[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1792 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1792

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend expiring 
 provisions, to fully allow the nonrefundable personal credits against 
             regular tax liability, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Relief 
Extension Act of 1999''.
    (b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other 
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; etc.
         TITLE I--EXTENSION OF EXPIRED AND EXPIRING PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. Extension of minimum tax relief for individuals.
Sec. 102. Extension of exclusion for employer-provided educational 
                            assistance.
Sec. 103. Extension of research and experimentation credit and increase 
                            in rates for alternative incremental 
                            research credit.
Sec. 104. Extension of exceptions under subpart F for active financing 
                            income.
Sec. 105. Extension of suspension of net income limitation on 
                            percentage depletion from marginal oil and 
                            gas wells.
Sec. 106. Extension of work opportunity tax credit and welfare-to-work 
                            tax credit.
Sec. 107. Extension and modification of tax credit for electricity 
                            produced from certain renewable resources.
Sec. 108. Expansion of brownfields environmental remediation.
Sec. 109. Temporary increase in amount of rum excise tax covered over 
                            to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
Sec. 110. Delay requirement that registered motor fuels terminals offer 
                            dyed fuel as a condition of registration.
Sec. 111. Extension of production credit for fuel produced by certain 
                            gasification facilities.
                  TITLE II--REVENUE OFFSET PROVISIONS

                     Subtitle A--General Provisions

Sec. 201. Modification of individual estimated tax safe harbor.
Sec. 202. Modification of foreign tax credit carryover rules.
Sec. 203. Clarification of tax treatment of income and loss on 
                            derivatives.
Sec. 204. Inclusion of certain vaccines against streptococcus 
                            pneumoniae to list of taxable vaccines.
Sec. 205. Expansion of reporting of cancellation of indebtedness 
                            income.
Sec. 206. Imposition of limitation on prefunding of certain employee 
                            benefits.
Sec. 207. Increase in elective withholding rate for nonperiodic 
                            distributions from deferred compensation 
                            plans.
Sec. 208. Limitation on conversion of character of income from 
                            constructive ownership transactions.
Sec. 209. Treatment of excess pension assets used for retiree health 
                            benefits.
Sec. 210. Modification of installment method and repeal of installment 
                            method for accrual method taxpayers.
Sec. 211. Limitation on use of nonaccrual experience method of 
                            accounting.
Sec. 212. Denial of charitable contribution deduction for transfers 
                            associated with split-dollar insurance 
                            arrangements.
Sec. 213. Prevention of duplication of loss through assumption of 
                            liabilities giving rise to a deduction.
Sec. 214. Consistent treatment and basis allocation rules for transfers 
                            of intangibles in certain nonrecognition 
                            transactions.
Sec. 215. Distributions by a partnership to a corporate partner of 
                            stock in another corporation.
Sec. 216. Prohibited allocations of stock in S corporation ESOP.
    Subtitle B--Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investment Trusts

   Part I--Treatment of Income and Services Provided by Taxable REIT 
                              Subsidiaries

Sec. 221. Modifications to asset diversification test.
Sec. 222. Treatment of income and services provided by taxable REIT 
                            subsidiaries.
Sec. 223. Taxable REIT subsidiary.
Sec. 224. Limitation on earnings stripping.
Sec. 225. 100 percent tax on improperly allocated amounts.
Sec. 226. Effective date.
                       Part II--Health Care REITs

Sec. 231. Health care REITs.
      Part III--Conformity With Regulated Investment Company Rules

Sec. 241. Conformity with regulated investment company rules.
 Part IV--Clarification of Exception From Impermissible Tenant Service 
                                 Income

Sec. 251. Clarification of exception for independent operators.
           Part V--Modification of Earnings and Profits Rules

Sec. 261. Modification of earnings and profits rules.
              Part VI--Modification of Estimated Tax Rules

Sec. 271. Modification of estimated tax rules for closely held real 
                            estate investment trusts.
       Part VII--Modification of Treatment of Closely-Held REITs

Sec. 281. Controlled entities ineligible for REIT status.
                      TITLE III--BUDGET PROVISION

Sec. 301. Exclusion from paygo scorecard.

         TITLE I--EXTENSION OF EXPIRED AND EXPIRING PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF MINIMUM TAX RELIEF FOR INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--The second sentence of section 26(a) (relating to 
limitations based on amount of tax) is amended by striking ``1998'' and 
inserting ``calendar year 1998, 1999, or 2000''.
    (b) Child Credit.--Section 24(d)(2) (relating to reduction of 
credit to taxpayer subject to alternative minimum tax) is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 1998'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1998.

SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSION FOR EMPLOYER-PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL 
              ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 127(d) (relating to termination) is 
amended by striking ``May 31, 2000'' and inserting ``December 31, 
2000''.
    (b) Repeal of Limitation on Graduate Education.--
            (1) In general.--The last sentence of section 127(c)(1) 
        (defining educational assistance) is amended by striking ``, 
        and such term also does not include any payment for, or the 
        provision of any benefits with respect to, any graduate level 
        course of a kind normally taken by an individual pursuing a 
        program leading to a law, business, medical, or other advanced 
        academic or professional degree''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply with respect to expenses relating to courses 
        beginning after December 31, 1999.

SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION CREDIT AND INCREASE 
              IN RATES FOR ALTERNATIVE INCREMENTAL RESEARCH CREDIT.

    (a) Extension.--
            (1) In general.--Section 41(h) (relating to termination) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``June 30, 1999'' and inserting 
                ``December 31, 2000'',
                    (B) by striking ``36-month'' and inserting ``54-
                month'', and
                    (C) by striking ``36 months'' and inserting ``54 
                months''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 45C(b)(1)(D) is amended 
        by striking ``June 30, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 
        2000''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after June 30, 1999.
    (b) Increase in Percentages Under Alternative Incremental Credit.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 41(c)(4) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``1.65 percent'' and inserting 
                ``2.65 percent'',
                    (B) by striking ``2.2 percent'' and inserting ``3.2 
                percent'', and
                    (C) by striking ``2.75 percent'' and inserting 
                ``3.75 percent''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to taxable years beginning after June 30, 1999.
    (c) Extension of Research Credit to Research in Puerto Rico and the 
Possessions of the United States.--
            (1) In general.--Section 41(d)(4)(F) (relating to foreign 
        research) is amended by inserting ``, the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, or any possession of the United States'' after 
        ``United States''.
            (2) Denial of double benefit.--Section 280C(c)(1) is 
        amended by inserting ``or credit'' after ``deduction'' each 
        place it appears.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after June 30, 1999.

SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTIONS UNDER SUBPART F FOR ACTIVE FINANCING 
              INCOME.

    (a) In General.--Sections 953(e)(10) and 954(h)(9) (relating to 
application) are each amended--
            (1) by striking ``the first taxable year'' and inserting 
        ``taxable years'',
            (2) by striking ``January 1, 2000'' and inserting ``January 
        1, 2001'', and
            (3) by striking ``within which such'' and inserting 
        ``within which any such''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.

SEC. 105. EXTENSION OF SUSPENSION OF NET INCOME LIMITATION ON 
              PERCENTAGE DEPLETION FROM MARGINAL OIL AND GAS WELLS.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (H) of section 613A(c)(6) (relating 
to temporary suspension of taxable limit with respect to marginal 
production) is amended by striking ``January 1, 2000'' and inserting 
``January 1, 2001''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.

SEC. 106. EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT AND WELFARE-TO-WORK 
              TAX CREDIT.

    (a) Temporary Extension.--Sections 51(c)(4)(B) and 51A(f) (relating 
to termination) are each amended by striking ``June 30, 1999'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
    (b) Clarification of First Year of Employment.--Paragraph (2) of 
section 51(i) is amended by striking ``during which he was not a member 
of a targeted group''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after June 30, 
1999.

SEC. 107. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF TAX CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY 
              PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN RENEWABLE RESOURCES.

    (a) Extension and Modification of Placed-in-Service Rules.--
Paragraph (3) of section 45(c) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Qualified facility.--
                    ``(A) Wind facility.--In the case of a facility 
                using wind to produce electricity, the term `qualified 
                facility' means any facility owned by the taxpayer 
                which is originally placed in service after December 
                31, 1993, and before January 1, 2001.
                    ``(B) Closed-loop biomass facility.--In the case of 
                a facility using closed-loop biomass to produce 
                electricity, the term `qualified facility' means any 
                facility owned by the taxpayer which is--
                            ``(i) originally placed in service after 
                        December 31, 1992, and before January 1, 2001, 
                        or
                            ``(ii) originally placed in service before 
                        December 31, 1992, and modified to use closed-
                        loop biomass to co-fire with coal after such 
                        date and before January 1, 2001.
                    ``(C) Biomass facility.--In the case of a facility 
                using biomass (other than closed-loop biomass) to 
                produce electricity, the term `qualified facility' 
                means any facility owned by the taxpayer which is 
                originally placed in service before January 1, 2001.
                    ``(D) Landfill gas or poultry waste facility.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of a 
                        facility using landfill gas or poultry waste to 
                        produce electricity, the term `qualified 
                        facility' means any facility of the taxpayer 
                        which is originally placed in service after 
                        December 31, 1999, and before January 1, 2001.
                            ``(ii) Landfill gas.--In the case of a 
                        facility using landfill gas, such term shall 
                        include equipment and housing (not including 
                        wells and related systems required to collect 
                        and transmit gas to the production facility) 
                        required to generate electricity which are 
                        owned by the taxpayer and so placed in service.
                    ``(E) Special rule.--In the case of a qualified 
                facility described in subparagraph (B) or (C) using 
                coal to co-fire with biomass, the 10-year period 
                referred to in subsection (a) shall be treated as 
                beginning no earlier than January 1, 2000.''.
    (b) Expansion of Qualified Energy Resources.--
            (1) In general.--Section 45(c)(1) (defining qualified 
        energy resources) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of 
        subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end of 
        subparagraph (B) and inserting a comma, and by adding at the 
        end the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(C) biomass (other than closed-loop biomass),
                    ``(D) landfill gas, and
                    ``(E) poultry waste.''.
            (2) Definitions.--Section 45(c), as amended by subsection 
        (a), is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (6) 
        and inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs:
            ``(3) Biomass.--The term `biomass' means any solid, 
        nonhazardous, cellulosic waste material which is segregated 
        from other waste materials and which is derived from--
                    ``(A) any of the following forest-related 
                resources: mill residues, precommercial thinnings, 
                slash, and brush, but not including old-growth timber,
                    ``(B) urban sources, including waste pallets, 
                crates, and dunnage, manufacturing and construction 
                wood wastes, and landscape or right-of-way tree 
                trimmings, but not including unsegregated municipal 
                solid waste (garbage) or paper that is commonly 
                recycled, or
                    ``(C) agriculture sources, including orchard tree 
                crops, vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and other crop 
                by-products or residues.
            ``(4) Landfill gas.--The term `landfill gas' means gas from 
        the decomposition of any household solid waste, commercial 
        solid waste, and industrial solid waste disposed of in a 
        municipal solid waste landfill unit (as such terms are defined 
        in regulations promulgated under subtitle D of the Solid Waste 
        Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.)).
            ``(5) Poultry waste.--The term `poultry waste' means 
        poultry manure and litter, including wood shavings, straw, rice 
        hulls, and other bedding material for the disposition of 
        manure.''.
    (c) Special Rules.--Section 45(d) (relating to definitions and 
special rules) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs:
            ``(6) Credit eligibility in the case of government-owned 
        facilities using poultry waste.--In the case of a facility 
        using poultry waste to produce electricity and owned by a 
        governmental unit, the person eligible for the credit under 
        subsection (a) is the lessor or the operator of such facility.
            ``(7) Proportional credit for facility using coal to co-
        fire with biomass.--In the case of a qualified facility 
        described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (c)(6) using 
        coal to co-fire with biomass, the amount of the credit 
        determined under subsection (a) for the taxable year shall be 
        reduced by the percentage coal comprises (on a Btu basis) of 
        the average fuel input of the facility for the taxable year.
            ``(8) Denial of double benefit.--No credit shall be allowed 
        under this section with respect to a facility for any taxable 
        year if the credit under section 29 is allowed in such year or 
        has been allowed in any preceding taxable year with respect to 
        any fuel produced from such facility.''.
    (d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 29(d) (relating to other 
definitions and special rules) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(9) Denial of double benefit.--No credit shall be allowed 
        under this section with respect to any fuel produced from a 
        facility for any taxable year if the credit under section 45 is 
        allowed in such year or has been allowed in any preceding 
        taxable year with respect to such facility.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 108. EXPANSION OF BROWNFIELDS ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 198(c) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Qualified Contaminated Site.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified contaminated site' 
        means any area--
                    ``(A) which is held by the taxpayer for use in a 
                trade or business or for the production of income, or 
                which is property described in section 1221(1) in the 
                hands of the taxpayer, and
                    ``(B) at or on which there has been a release (or 
                threat of release) or disposal of any hazardous 
                substance.
            ``(2) National priorities listed sites not included.--Such 
        term shall not include any site which is on, or proposed for, 
        the national priorities list under section 105(a)(8)(B) of the 
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
        Liability Act of 1980 (as in effect on the date of the 
        enactment of this section).
            ``(3) Taxpayer must receive statement from state 
        environmental agency.--An area shall be treated as a qualified 
        contaminated site with respect to expenditures paid or incurred 
        during any taxable year only if the taxpayer receives a 
        statement from the appropriate environmental agency of the 
        State in which such area is located that such area meets the 
        requirement of paragraph (1)(B).
            ``(4) Appropriate state agency.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (3), the chief executive officer of each State may, in 
        consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency, designate the appropriate State 
        environmental agency within 60 days of the date of the 
        enactment of this section. If the chief executive officer of a 
        State has not designated an appropriate State environmental 
        agency within such 60-day period, the appropriate environmental 
        agency for such State shall be designated by the Administrator 
        of the Environmental Protection Agency.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to expenditures paid or incurred after December 31, 1999.

SEC. 109. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF RUM EXCISE TAX COVERED OVER 
              TO PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 7652(f)(1) (relating to limitation on 
cover over of tax on distilled spirits) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) $10.50 ($13.50 in the case of distilled spirits 
        brought into the United States after June 30, 1999, and before 
        January 1, 2001), or''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by this section shall 
        take effect on July 1, 1999.
            (2) Special rule.--
                    (A) In general.--For the period beginning after 
                June 30, 1999, and before January 1, 2001, the treasury 
                of Puerto Rico shall make a Conservation Trust Fund 
                transfer within 30 days from the date of each cover 
                over payment made during such period to such treasury 
                under section 7652(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                1986.
                    (B) Conservation trust fund transfer.--
                            (i) In general.--For purposes of this 
                        paragraph, the term ``Conservation Trust Fund 
                        transfer'' means a transfer to the Puerto Rico 
                        Conservation Trust Fund of an amount equal to 
                        50 cents per proof gallon of the taxes imposed 
                        under section 5001 or section 7652 of such Code 
                        on distilled spirits that are covered over to 
                        the treasury of Puerto Rico under section 
                        7652(e) of such Code.
                            (ii) Treatment of transfer.--Each 
                        Conservation Trust Fund transfer shall be 
                        treated as principal for an endowment, the 
                        income from which to be available for use by 
                        the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund for the 
                        purposes for which the Trust Fund was 
                        established.
                            (iii) Result of nontransfer.--
                                    (I) In general.--Upon notification 
                                by the Secretary of the Interior that a 
                                Conservation Trust Fund transfer has 
                                not been made by the treasury of Puerto 
                                Rico during the period described in 
                                subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the 
                                Treasury shall, except as provided in 
                                subclause (II), deduct and withhold 
                                from the next cover over payment to be 
                                made to the treasury of Puerto Rico 
                                under section 7652(e) of such Code an 
                                amount equal to the appropriate 
                                Conservation Trust Fund transfer and 
                                interest thereon at the underpayment 
                                rate established under section 6621 of 
                                such Code as of the due date of such 
                                transfer. The Secretary of the Treasury 
                                shall transfer such amount deducted and 
                                withheld, and the interest thereon, 
                                directly to the Puerto Rico 
                                Conservation Trust Fund.
                                    (II) Good cause exception.--If the 
                                Secretary of the Interior finds, after 
                                consultation with the Governor of 
                                Puerto Rico, that the failure by the 
                                treasury of Puerto Rico to make a 
                                required transfer was for good cause, 
                                and notifies the Secretary of the 
                                Treasury of the finding of such good 
                                cause before the due date of the next 
                                cover over payment following the 
                                notification of nontransfer, then the 
                                Secretary of the Treasury shall not 
                                deduct the amount of such nontransfer 
                                from any cover over payment.
                    (C) Puerto rico conservation trust fund.--For 
                purposes of this paragraph, the term ``Puerto Rico 
                Conservation Trust Fund'' means the fund established 
                pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding between the 
                United States Department of the Interior and the 
                Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, dated December 24, 1968.

SEC. 110. DELAY REQUIREMENT THAT REGISTERED MOTOR FUELS TERMINALS OFFER 
              DYED FUEL AS A CONDITION OF REGISTRATION.

    Subsection (f)(2) of section 1032 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 
1997, as amended by section 9008 of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century, is amended by striking ``July 1, 2000'' and inserting 
``January 1, 2001''.

SEC. 111. EXTENSION OF PRODUCTION CREDIT FOR FUEL PRODUCED BY CERTAIN 
              GASIFICATION FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 29(g)(1)(A) (relating to extension for 
certain facilities) is amended by striking ``July 1, 1998'' and 
inserting ``July 1, 2000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to fuels produced on and after July 1, 1998.
    (c) Special Rule.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986, the credit determined under section 29 of such Code 
        which is otherwise allowable under such Code by reason of the 
        amendment made by subsection (a) and which is attributable to 
        the suspension period shall not be taken into account prior to 
        October 1, 2004. On or after such date, such credit may be 
        taken into account through the filing of an amended return, an 
        application for expedited refund, an adjustment of estimated 
        taxes, or other means allowed by such Code. Interest shall not 
        be allowed under section 6511(a) of such Code on any 
        overpayment attributable to such credit for any period before 
        the 45th day after the credit is taken into account under the 
        preceding sentence.
            (2) Suspension period.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the suspension period is the period beginning on July 1, 1998, 
        and ending on September 30, 2004.
            (3) Expedited refunds.--
                    (A) In general.--If there is an overpayment of tax 
                with respect to a taxable year by reason of paragraph 
                (1), the taxpayer may file an application for a 
                tentative refund of such overpayment. Such application 
                shall be in such manner and form, and contain such 
                information, as the Secretary may prescribe.
                    (B) Deadline for applications.--Subparagraph (A) 
                shall apply only to applications filed before October 
                1, 2005.
                    (C) Allowance of adjustments.--Not later than 90 
                days after the date on which an application is filed 
                under this paragraph, the Secretary shall--
                            (i) review the application,
                            (ii) determine the amount of the 
                        overpayment, and
                            (iii) apply, credit, or refund such 
                        overpayment,
                in a manner similar to the manner provided in section 
                6411(b) of such Code.
                    (D) Consolidated returns.--The provisions of 
                section 6411(c) of such Code shall apply to an 
                adjustment under this paragraph in such manner as the 
                Secretary may provide.
            (4) Credit attributable to suspension period.--For purposes 
        of this subsection, in the case of a taxable year which 
        includes a portion of the suspension period, the amount of 
        credit determined under section 29 of such Code for such 
        taxable year which is attributable to such period is the amount 
        which bears the same ratio to the amount of credit determined 
        under such section 29 for such taxable year as the number of 
        months in the suspension period which are during such taxable 
        year bears to the number of months in such taxable year.
            (5) Waiver of statute of limitations.--If, on October 1, 
        2004 (or at any time within the 1-year period beginning on such 
        date) credit or refund of any overpayment of tax resulting from 
        the provisions of this subsection is barred by any law or rule 
        of law, credit or refund of such overpayment shall, 
        nevertheless, be allowed or made if claim therefore is filed 
        before the date 1 year after October 1, 2004.
            (6) Secretary.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury (or such 
        Secretary's delegate).

                  TITLE II--REVENUE OFFSET PROVISIONS

                     Subtitle A--General Provisions

SEC. 201. MODIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL ESTIMATED TAX SAFE HARBOR.

    (a) In General.--The table contained in clause (i) of section 
6654(d)(1)(C) (relating to limitation on use of preceding year's tax) 
is amended by striking all matter beginning with the item relating to 
1999 or 2000 and inserting the following new items:

    ``1999........................................               110.5 
    2000..........................................                 106 
    2001..........................................                 112 
    2002..........................................                 110 
    2003..........................................                 112 
    2004 or thereafter............................               110''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to any installment payment for taxable years beginning 
after December 31, 1999.

SEC. 202. MODIFICATION OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT CARRYOVER RULES.

    (a) In General.--Section 904(c) (relating to limitation on credit) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``in the second preceding taxable year,'', 
        and
            (2) by striking ``or fifth'' and inserting ``fifth, sixth, 
        or seventh''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to credits arising in taxable years beginning after December 31, 
1999.

SEC. 203. CLARIFICATION OF TAX TREATMENT OF INCOME AND LOSS ON 
              DERIVATIVES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1221 (defining capital assets) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``For purposes'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--For purposes'',
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and 
        inserting a semicolon, and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) any commodities derivative financial instrument held 
        by a commodities derivatives dealer, unless--
                    ``(A) it is established to the satisfaction of the 
                Secretary that such instrument has no connection to the 
                activities of such dealer as a dealer, and
                    ``(B) such instrument is clearly identified in such 
                dealer's records as being described in subparagraph (A) 
                before the close of the day on which it was acquired, 
                originated, or entered into (or such other time as the 
                Secretary may by regulations prescribe);
            ``(7) any hedging transaction which is clearly identified 
        as such before the close of the day on which it was acquired, 
        originated, or entered into (or such other time as the 
        Secretary may by regulations prescribe); or
            ``(8) supplies of a type regularly used or consumed by the 
        taxpayer in the ordinary course of a trade or business of the 
        taxpayer.
    ``(b) Definitions and Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Commodities derivative financial instruments.--For 
        purposes of subsection (a)(6)--
                    ``(A) Commodities derivatives dealer.--The term 
                `commodities derivatives dealer' means a person which 
                regularly offers to enter into, assume, offset, assign, 
                or terminate positions in commodities derivative 
                financial instruments with customers in the ordinary 
                course of a trade or business.
                    ``(B) Commodities derivative financial 
                instrument.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `commodities 
                        derivative financial instrument' means any 
                        contract or financial instrument with respect 
                        to commodities (other than a share of stock in 
                        a corporation, a beneficial interest in a 
                        partnership or trust, a note, bond, debenture, 
                        or other evidence of indebtedness, or a section 
                        1256 contract (as defined in section 1256(b)), 
                        the value or settlement price of which is 
                        calculated by or determined by reference to a 
                        specified index.
                            ``(ii) Specified index.--The term 
                        `specified index' means any one or more or any 
                        combination of--
                                    ``(I) a fixed rate, price, or 
                                amount, or
                                    ``(II) a variable rate, price, or 
                                amount,
                        which is based on any current, objectively 
                        determinable financial or economic information 
                        with respect to commodities which is not within 
                        the control of any of the parties to the 
                        contract or instrument and is not unique to any 
                        of the parties' circumstances.
            ``(2) Hedging transaction.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this section, 
                the term `hedging transaction' means any transaction 
                entered into by the taxpayer in the normal course of 
                the taxpayer's trade or business primarily--
                            ``(i) to manage risk of price changes or 
                        currency fluctuations with respect to ordinary 
                        property which is held or to be held by the 
                        taxpayer,
                            ``(ii) to manage risk of interest rate or 
                        price changes or currency fluctuations with 
                        respect to borrowings made or to be made, or 
                        ordinary obligations incurred or to be 
                        incurred, by the taxpayer, or
                            ``(iii) to manage such other risks as the 
                        Secretary may prescribe in regulations.
                    ``(B) Treatment of nonidentification or improper 
                identification of hedging transactions.--
                Notwithstanding subsection (a)(7), the Secretary shall 
                prescribe regulations to properly characterize any 
                income, gain, expense, or loss arising from a 
                transaction--
                            ``(i) which is a hedging transaction but 
                        which was not identified as such in accordance 
                        with subsection (a)(7), or
                            ``(ii) which was so identified but is not a 
                        hedging transaction.
            ``(3) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
        regulations as are appropriate to carry out the purposes of 
        paragraph (6) and (7) of subsection (a) in the case of 
        transactions involving related parties.''.
    (b) Management of Risk.--
            (1) Section 475(c)(3) is amended by striking ``reduces'' 
        and inserting ``manages''.
            (2) Section 871(h)(4)(C)(iv) is amended by striking ``to 
        reduce'' and inserting ``to manage''.
            (3) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 988(d)(2)(A) are each 
        amended by striking ``to reduce'' and inserting ``to manage''.
            (4) Paragraph (2) of section 1256(e) is amended to read as 
        follows:
            ``(2) Definition of hedging transaction.--For purposes of 
        this subsection, the term `hedging transaction' means any 
        hedging transaction (as defined in section 1221(b)(2)(A)) if, 
        before the close of the day on which such transaction was 
        entered into (or such earlier time as the Secretary may 
        prescribe by regulations), the taxpayer clearly identifies such 
        transaction as being a hedging transaction.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Each of the following sections are amended by striking 
        ``section 1221'' and inserting ``section 1221(a)'':
                    (A) Section 170(e)(3)(A).
                    (B) Section 170(e)(4)(B).
                    (C) Section 367(a)(3)(B)(i).
                    (D) Section 818(c)(3).
                    (E) Section 865(i)(1).
                    (F) Section 1092(a)(3)(B)(ii)(II).
                    (G) Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section 
                1231(b)(1).
                    (H) Section 1234(a)(3)(A).
            (2) Each of the following sections are amended by striking 
        ``section 1221(1)'' and inserting ``section 1221(a)(1)'':
                    (A) Section 198(c)(1)(A)(i).
                    (B) Section 263A(b)(2)(A).
                    (C) Clauses (i) and (iii) of section 267(f)(3)(B).
                    (D) Section 341(d)(3).
                    (E) Section 543(a)(1)(D)(i).
                    (F) Section 751(d)(1).
                    (G) Section 775(c).
                    (H) Section 856(c)(2)(D).
                    (I) Section 856(c)(3)(C).
                    (J) Section 856(e)(1).
                    (K) Section 856(j)(2)(B).
                    (L) Section 857(b)(4)(B)(i).
                    (M) Section 857(b)(6)(B)(iii).
                    (N) Section 864(c)(4)(B)(iii).
                    (O) Section 864(d)(3)(A).
                    (P) Section 864(d)(6)(A).
                    (Q) Section 954(c)(1)(B)(iii).
                    (R) Section 995(b)(1)(C).
                    (S) Section 1017(b)(3)(E)(i).
                    (T) Section 1362(d)(3)(C)(ii).
                    (U) Section 4662(c)(2)(C).
                    (V) Section 7704(c)(3).
                    (W) Section 7704(d)(1)(D).
                    (X) Section 7704(d)(1)(G).
                    (Y) Section 7704(d)(5).
            (3) Section 818(b)(2) is amended by striking ``section 
        1221(2)'' and inserting ``section 1221(a)(2)''.
            (4) Section 1397B(e)(2) is amended by striking ``section 
        1221(4)'' and inserting ``section 1221(a)(4)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any instrument held, acquired, or entered into, any 
transaction entered into, and supplies held or acquired on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 204. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN VACCINES AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS 
              PNEUMONIAE TO LIST OF TAXABLE VACCINES.

    (a) Inclusion of Vaccines.--
            (1) In general.--Section 4132(a)(1) (defining taxable 
        vaccine) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(L) Any conjugate vaccine against streptococcus 
                pneumoniae.''
            (2) Effective date.--
                    (A) Sales.--The amendment made by this subsection 
                shall apply to vaccine sales beginning on the day after 
                the date on which the Centers for Disease Control makes 
                a final recommendation for routine administration to 
                children of any conjugate vaccine against streptococcus 
                pneumoniae, but shall not take effect if subsection (b) 
                does not take effect.
                    (B) Deliveries.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
                in the case of sales on or before the date described in 
                such subparagraph for which delivery is made after such 
                date, the delivery date shall be considered the sale 
                date.
    (b) Vaccine Tax and Trust Fund Amendments.--
            (1) Sections 1503 and 1504 of the Vaccine Injury 
        Compensation Program Modification Act (and the amendments made 
        by such sections) are hereby repealed.
            (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 9510(c)(1) is amended by 
        striking ``August 5, 1997'' and inserting ``October 21, 1998''.
            (3) The amendments made by this subsection shall take 
        effect as if included in the provisions of the Omnibus 
        Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
        1999 to which they relate.
    (c) Report.--Not later than January 31, 2000, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall prepare and submit a report to the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate on the operation of the Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Trust Fund and on the adequacy of such Fund to meet 
future claims made under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

SEC. 205. EXPANSION OF REPORTING OF CANCELLATION OF INDEBTEDNESS 
              INCOME.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 6050P(c) (relating to 
definitions and special rules) is amended by striking ``and'' at the 
end of subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (C) and inserting ``, and'', and by inserting after 
subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) any organization a significant trade or 
                business of which is the lending of money.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to discharges of indebtedness after December 31, 1999.

SEC. 206. IMPOSITION OF LIMITATION ON PREFUNDING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEE 
              BENEFITS.

    (a) Benefits to Which Exception Applies.--Section 419A(f)(6)(A) 
(relating to exception for 10 or more employer plans) is amended to 
read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--This subpart shall not apply to 
                a welfare benefit fund which is part of a 10 or more 
                employer plan if the only benefits provided through the 
                fund are 1 or more of the following:
                            ``(i) Medical benefits.
                            ``(ii) Disability benefits.
                            ``(iii) Group term life insurance benefits 
                        which do not provide directly or indirectly for 
                        any cash surrender value or other money that 
                        can be paid, assigned, borrowed, or pledged for 
                        collateral for a loan.
                The preceding sentence shall not apply to any plan 
                which maintains experience-rating arrangements with 
                respect to individual employers.''.
    (b) Limitation on Use of Amounts for Other Purposes.--Section 
4976(b) (defining disqualified benefit) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Special rule for 10 or more employer plans exempted 
        from prefunding limits.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(C), if--
                    ``(A) subpart D of part I of subchapter D of 
                chapter 1 does not apply by reason of section 
                419A(f)(6) to contributions to provide 1 or more 
                welfare benefits through a welfare benefit fund under a 
                10 or more employer plan, and
                    ``(B) any portion of the welfare benefit fund 
                attributable to such contributions is used for a 
                purpose other than that for which the contributions 
                were made,
        then such portion shall be treated as reverting to the benefit 
        of the employers maintaining the fund.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to contributions paid or accrued after June 9, 1999, in taxable 
years ending after such date.

SEC. 207. INCREASE IN ELECTIVE WITHHOLDING RATE FOR NONPERIODIC 
              DISTRIBUTIONS FROM DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3405(b)(1) (relating to withholding) is 
amended by striking ``10 percent'' and inserting ``15 percent''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to distributions after December 31, 2000.

SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON CONVERSION OF CHARACTER OF INCOME FROM 
              CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Part IV of subchapter P of chapter 1 (relating to 
special rules for determining capital gains and losses) is amended by 
inserting after section 1259 the following new section:

``SEC. 1260. GAINS FROM CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP TRANSACTIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--If the taxpayer has gain from a constructive 
ownership transaction with respect to any financial asset and such gain 
would (without regard to this section) be treated as a long-term 
capital gain--
            ``(1) such gain shall be treated as ordinary income to the 
        extent that such gain exceeds the net underlying long-term 
        capital gain, and
            ``(2) to the extent such gain is treated as a long-term 
        capital gain after the application of paragraph (1), the 
        determination of the capital gain rate (or rates) applicable to 
        such gain under section 1(h) shall be determined on the basis 
        of the respective rate (or rates) that would have been 
        applicable to the net underlying long-term capital gain.
    ``(b) Interest Charge on Deferral of Gain Recognition.--
            ``(1) In general.--If any gain is treated as ordinary 
        income for any taxable year by reason of subsection (a)(1), the 
        tax imposed by this chapter for such taxable year shall be 
        increased by the amount of interest determined under paragraph 
        (2) with respect to each prior taxable year during any portion 
        of which the constructive ownership transaction was open. Any 
        amount payable under this paragraph shall be taken into account 
        in computing the amount of any deduction allowable to the 
        taxpayer for interest paid or accrued during such taxable year.
            ``(2) Amount of interest.--The amount of interest 
        determined under this paragraph with respect to a prior taxable 
        year is the amount of interest which would have been imposed 
        under section 6601 on the underpayment of tax for such year 
        which would have resulted if the gain (which is treated as 
        ordinary income by reason of subsection (a)(1)) had been 
        included in gross income in the taxable years in which it 
        accrued (determined by treating the income as accruing at a 
        constant rate equal to the applicable Federal rate as in effect 
        on the day the transaction closed). The period during which 
        such interest shall accrue shall end on the due date (without 
        extensions) for the return of tax imposed by this chapter for 
        the taxable year in which such transaction closed.
            ``(3) Applicable federal rate.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (2), the applicable Federal rate is the applicable Federal rate 
        determined under 1274(d) (compounded semiannually) which would 
        apply to a debt instrument with a term equal to the period the 
        transaction was open.
            ``(4) No credits against increase in tax.--Any increase in 
        tax under paragraph (1) shall not be treated as tax imposed by 
        this chapter for purposes of determining--
                    ``(A) the amount of any credit allowable under this 
                chapter, or
                    ``(B) the amount of the tax imposed by section 55.
    ``(c) Financial Asset.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `financial asset' means--
                    ``(A) any equity interest in any pass-thru entity, 
                and
                    ``(B) to the extent provided in regulations--
                            ``(i) any debt instrument, and
                            ``(ii) any stock in a corporation which is 
                        not a pass-thru entity.
            ``(2) Pass-thru entity.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        term `pass-thru entity' means--
                    ``(A) a regulated investment company,
                    ``(B) a real estate investment trust,
                    ``(C) an S corporation,
                    ``(D) a partnership,
                    ``(E) a trust,
                    ``(F) a common trust fund,
                    ``(G) a passive foreign investment company (as 
                defined in section 1297 without regard to subsection 
                (e) thereof),
                    ``(H) a foreign personal holding company,
                    ``(I) a foreign investment company (as defined in 
                section 1246(b)), and
                    ``(J) a REMIC.
    ``(d) Constructive Ownership Transaction.--For purposes of this 
section--
            ``(1) In general.--The taxpayer shall be treated as having 
        entered into a constructive ownership transaction with respect 
        to any financial asset if the taxpayer--
                    ``(A) holds a long position under a notional 
                principal contract with respect to the financial asset,
                    ``(B) enters into a forward or futures contract to 
                acquire the financial asset,
                    ``(C) is the holder of a call option, and is the 
                grantor of a put option, with respect to the financial 
                asset and such options have substantially equal strike 
                prices and substantially contemporaneous maturity 
                dates, or
                    ``(D) to the extent provided in regulations 
                prescribed by the Secretary, enters into one or more 
                other transactions (or acquires one or more positions) 
                that have substantially the same effect as a 
                transaction described in any of the preceding 
                subparagraphs.
            ``(2) Exception for positions which are marked to market.--
        This section shall not apply to any constructive ownership 
        transaction if all of the positions which are part of such 
        transaction are marked to market under any provision of this 
        title or the regulations thereunder.
            ``(3) Long position under notional principal contract.--A 
        person shall be treated as holding a long position under a 
        notional principal contract with respect to any financial asset 
        if such person--
                    ``(A) has the right to be paid (or receive credit 
                for) all or substantially all of the investment yield 
                (including appreciation) on such financial asset for a 
                specified period, and
                    ``(B) is obligated to reimburse (or provide credit 
                for) all or substantially all of any decline in the 
                value of such financial asset.
            ``(4) Forward contract.--The term `forward contract' means 
        any contract to acquire in the future (or provide or receive 
        credit for the future value of) any financial asset.
    ``(e) Net Underlying Long-Term Capital Gain.--For purposes of this 
section, in the case of any constructive ownership transaction with 
respect to any financial asset, the term `net underlying long-term 
capital gain' means the aggregate net capital gain that the taxpayer 
would have had if--
            ``(1) the financial asset had been acquired for fair market 
        value on the date such transaction was opened and sold for fair 
        market value on the date such transaction was closed, and
            ``(2) only gains and losses that would have resulted from 
        the deemed ownership under paragraph (1) were taken into 
        account.
The amount of the net underlying long-term capital gain with respect to 
any financial asset shall be treated as zero unless the amount thereof 
is established by clear and convincing evidence.
    ``(f) Special Rule Where Taxpayer Takes Delivery.--Except as 
provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, if a constructive 
ownership transaction is closed by reason of taking delivery, this 
section shall be applied as if the taxpayer had sold all the contracts, 
options, or other positions which are part of such transaction for fair 
market value on the closing date. The amount of gain recognized under 
the preceding sentence shall not exceed the amount of gain treated as 
ordinary income under subsection (a). Proper adjustments shall be made 
in the amount of any gain or loss subsequently realized for gain 
recognized and treated as ordinary income under this subsection.
    ``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations 
as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this 
section, including regulations--
            ``(1) to permit taxpayers to mark to market constructive 
        ownership transactions in lieu of applying this section, and
            ``(2) to exclude certain forward contracts which do not 
        convey substantially all of the economic return with respect to 
        a financial asset.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part IV of 
subchapter P of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:

                              ``Sec. 1260. Gains from constructive 
                                        ownership transactions.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to transactions entered into after July 11, 1999.

SEC. 209. TREATMENT OF EXCESS PENSION ASSETS USED FOR RETIREE HEALTH 
              BENEFITS.

    (a) Extension.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (5) of section 420(b) (relating 
        to expiration) is amended by striking ``in any taxable year 
        beginning after December 31, 2000'' and inserting ``made after 
        September 30, 2009''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 101(e)(3) of the Employee Retirement 
                Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1021(e)(3)) is 
                amended by striking ``January 1, 1995'' and inserting 
                ``the date of the enactment of the Tax Relief Extension 
                Act of 1999''.
                    (B) Section 403(c)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
                1103(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``January 1, 1995'' 
                and inserting ``the date of the enactment of the Tax 
                Relief Extension Act of 1999''.
                    (C) Paragraph (13) of section 408(b) of such Act 
                (29 U.S.C. 1108(b)(13)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``in a taxable year 
                        beginning before January 1, 2001'' and 
                        inserting ``made before October 1, 2009'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``January 1, 1995'' and 
                        inserting ``the date of the enactment of the 
                        Tax Relief Extension Act of 1999''.
    (b) Application of Minimum Cost Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 420(c) is amended 
        to read as follows:
            ``(3) Minimum cost requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The requirements of this 
                paragraph are met if each group health plan or 
                arrangement under which applicable health benefits are 
                provided provides that the applicable employer cost for 
                each taxable year during the cost maintenance period 
                shall not be less than the higher of the applicable 
                employer costs for each of the 2 taxable years 
                immediately preceding the taxable year of the qualified 
                transfer.
                    ``(B) Applicable employer cost.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph, the term `applicable employer cost' 
                means, with respect to any taxable year, the amount 
                determined by dividing--
                            ``(i) the qualified current retiree health 
                        liabilities of the employer for such taxable 
                        year determined--
                                    ``(I) without regard to any 
                                reduction under subsection (e)(1)(B), 
                                and
                                    ``(II) in the case of a taxable 
                                year in which there was no qualified 
                                transfer, in the same manner as if 
                                there had been such a transfer at the 
                                end of the taxable year, by
                            ``(ii) the number of individuals to whom 
                        coverage for applicable health benefits was 
                        provided during such taxable year.
                    ``(C) Election to compute cost separately.--An 
                employer may elect to have this paragraph applied 
                separately with respect to individuals eligible for 
                benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
                at any time during the taxable year and with respect to 
                individuals not so eligible.
                    ``(D) Cost maintenance period.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph, the term `cost maintenance period' 
                means the period of 5 taxable years beginning with the 
                taxable year in which the qualified transfer occurs. If 
                a taxable year is in two or more overlapping cost 
                maintenance periods, this paragraph shall be applied by 
                taking into account the highest applicable employer 
                cost required to be provided under subparagraph (A) for 
                such taxable year.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Clause (iii) of section 420(b)(1)(C) is amended 
                by striking ``benefits'' and inserting ``cost''.
                    (B) Subparagraph (D) of section 420(e)(1) is 
                amended by striking ``and shall not be subject to the 
                minimum benefit requirements of subsection (c)(3)'' and 
                inserting ``or in calculating applicable employer cost 
                under subsection (c)(3)(B)''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to qualified transfers occurring after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Transition rule.--If the cost maintenance period for 
        any qualified transfer after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act includes any portion of a benefit maintenance period for 
        any qualified transfer on or before such date, the amendments 
        made by subsection (b) shall not apply to such portion of the 
        cost maintenance period (and such portion shall be treated as a 
        benefit maintenance period).

SEC. 210. MODIFICATION OF INSTALLMENT METHOD AND REPEAL OF INSTALLMENT 
              METHOD FOR ACCRUAL METHOD TAXPAYERS.

    (a) Repeal of Installment Method for Accrual Basis Taxpayers.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 453 (relating to 
        installment method) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Use of Installment Method.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        section, income from an installment sale shall be taken into 
        account for purposes of this title under the installment 
        method.
            ``(2) Accrual method taxpayer.--The installment method 
        shall not apply to income from an installment sale if such 
        income would be reported under an accrual method of accounting 
        without regard to this section. The preceding sentence shall 
        not apply to a disposition described in subparagraph (A) or (B) 
        of subsection (l)(2).''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Sections 453(d)(1), 453(i)(1), 
        and 453(k) are each amended by striking ``(a)'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``(a)(1)''.
    (b) Modification of Pledge Rules.--Paragraph (4) of section 453A(d) 
(relating to pledges, etc., of installment obligations) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``A payment shall be treated as 
directly secured by an interest in an installment obligation to the 
extent an arrangement allows the taxpayer to satisfy all or a portion 
of the indebtedness with the installment obligation.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to sales or other dispositions occurring on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 211. LIMITATION ON USE OF NONACCRUAL EXPERIENCE METHOD OF 
              ACCOUNTING.

    (a) In General.--Section 448(d)(5) (relating to special rule for 
services) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``in fields described in paragraph 
        (2)(A)'' after ``services by such person'', and
            (2) by inserting ``certain personal'' before ``services'' 
        in the heading.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
            (2) Change in method of accounting.--In the case of any 
        taxpayer required by the amendments made by this section to 
        change its method of accounting for its first taxable year 
        ending after the date of the enactment of this Act--
                    (A) such change shall be treated as initiated by 
                the taxpayer,
                    (B) such change shall be treated as made with the 
                consent of the Secretary of the Treasury, and
                    (C) the net amount of the adjustments required to 
                be taken into account by the taxpayer under section 481 
                of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be taken 
                into account over a period (not greater than 4 taxable 
                years) beginning with such first taxable year.

SEC. 212. DENIAL OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION FOR TRANSFERS 
              ASSOCIATED WITH SPLIT-DOLLAR INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (f) of section 170 (relating to 
disallowance of deduction in certain cases and special rules) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(10) Split-dollar life insurance, annuity, and endowment 
        contracts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Nothing in this section or in 
                section 545(b)(2), 556(b)(2), 642(c), 2055, 2106(a)(2), 
                or 2522 shall be construed to allow a deduction, and no 
                deduction shall be allowed, for any transfer to or for 
                the use of an organization described in subsection (c) 
                if in connection with such transfer--
                            ``(i) the organization directly or 
                        indirectly pays, or has previously paid, any 
                        premium on any personal benefit contract with 
                        respect to the transferor, or
                            ``(ii) there is an understanding or 
                        expectation that any person will directly or 
                        indirectly pay any premium on any personal 
                        benefit contract with respect to the 
                        transferor.
                    ``(B) Personal benefit contract.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the term `personal benefit contract' 
                means, with respect to the transferor, any life 
                insurance, annuity, or endowment contract if any direct 
                or indirect beneficiary under such contract is the 
                transferor, any member of the transferor's family, or 
                any other person (other than an organization described 
                in subsection (c)) designated by the transferor.
                    ``(C) Application to charitable remainder trusts.--
                In the case of a transfer to a trust referred to in 
                subparagraph (E), references in subparagraphs (A) and 
                (F) to an organization described in subsection (c) 
                shall be treated as a reference to such trust.
                    ``(D) Exception for certain annuity contracts.--If, 
                in connection with a transfer to or for the use of an 
                organization described in subsection (c), such 
                organization incurs an obligation to pay a charitable 
                gift annuity (as defined in section 501(m)) and such 
                organization purchases any annuity contract to fund 
                such obligation, persons receiving payments under the 
                charitable gift annuity shall not be treated for 
                purposes of subparagraph (B) as indirect beneficiaries 
                under such contract if--
                            ``(i) such organization possesses all of 
                        the incidents of ownership under such contract,
                            ``(ii) such organization is entitled to all 
                        the payments under such contract, and
                            ``(iii) the timing and amount of payments 
                        under such contract are substantially the same 
                        as the timing and amount of payments to each 
                        such person under such obligation (as such 
                        obligation is in effect at the time of such 
                        transfer).
                    ``(E) Exception for certain contracts held by 
                charitable remainder trusts.--A person shall not be 
                treated for purposes of subparagraph (B) as an indirect 
                beneficiary under any life insurance, annuity, or 
                endowment contract held by a charitable remainder 
                annuity trust or a charitable remainder unitrust (as 
                defined in section 664(d)) solely by reason of being 
                entitled to any payment referred to in paragraph (1)(A) 
                or (2)(A) of section 664(d) if--
                            ``(i) such trust possesses all of the 
                        incidents of ownership under such contract, and
                            ``(ii) such trust is entitled to all the 
                        payments under such contract.
                    ``(F) Excise tax on premiums paid.--
                            ``(i) In general.--There is hereby imposed 
                        on any organization described in subsection (c) 
                        an excise tax equal to the premiums paid by 
                        such organization on any life insurance, 
                        annuity, or endowment contract if the payment 
                        of premiums on such contract is in connection 
                        with a transfer for which a deduction is not 
                        allowable under subparagraph (A), determined 
                        without regard to when such transfer is made.
                            ``(ii) Payments by other persons.--For 
                        purposes of clause (i), payments made by any 
                        other person pursuant to an understanding or 
                        expectation referred to in subparagraph (A) 
                        shall be treated as made by the organization.
                            ``(iii) Reporting.--Any organization on 
                        which tax is imposed by clause (i) with respect 
                        to any premium shall file an annual return 
                        which includes--
                                    ``(I) the amount of such premiums 
                                paid during the year and the name and 
                                TIN of each beneficiary under the 
                                contract to which the premium relates, 
                                and
                                    ``(II) such other information as 
                                the Secretary may require.
                        The penalties applicable to returns required 
                        under section 6033 shall apply to returns 
                        required under this clause. Returns required 
                        under this clause shall be furnished at such 
                        time and in such manner as the Secretary shall 
                        by forms or regulations require.
                            ``(iv) Certain rules to apply.--The tax 
                        imposed by this subparagraph shall be treated 
                        as imposed by chapter 42 for purposes of this 
                        title other than subchapter B of chapter 42.
                    ``(G) Special rule where state requires 
                specification of charitable gift annuitant in 
                contract.--In the case of an obligation to pay a 
                charitable gift annuity referred to in subparagraph (D) 
                which is entered into under the laws of a State which 
                requires, in order for the charitable gift annuity to 
                be exempt from insurance regulation by such State, that 
                each beneficiary under the charitable gift annuity be 
                named as a beneficiary under an annuity contract issued 
                by an insurance company authorized to transact business 
                in such State, the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) 
                of subparagraph (D) shall be treated as met if--
                            ``(i) such State law requirement was in 
                        effect on February 8, 1999,
                            ``(ii) each such beneficiary under the 
                        charitable gift annuity is a bona fide resident 
                        of such State at the time the obligation to pay 
                        a charitable gift annuity is entered into, and
                            ``(iii) the only persons entitled to 
                        payments under such contract are persons 
                        entitled to payments as beneficiaries under 
                        such obligation on the date such obligation is 
                        entered into.
                    ``(H) Member of family.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, an individual's family consists of the 
                individual's grandparents, the grandparents of such 
                individual's spouse, the lineal descendants of such 
                grandparents, and any spouse of such a lineal 
                descendant.
                    ``(I) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
                such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to 
                carry out the purposes of this paragraph, including 
                regulations to prevent the avoidance of such 
                purposes.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        section, the amendment made by this section shall apply to 
        transfers made after February 8, 1999.
            (2) Excise tax.--Except as provided in paragraph (3) of 
        this subsection, section 170(f)(10)(F) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986 (as added by this section) shall apply to premiums 
        paid after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Reporting.--Clause (iii) of such section 170(f)(10)(F) 
        shall apply to premiums paid after February 8, 1999 (determined 
        as if the tax imposed by such section applies to premiums paid 
        after such date).

SEC. 213. PREVENTION OF DUPLICATION OF LOSS THROUGH ASSUMPTION OF 
              LIABILITIES GIVING RISE TO A DEDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 358 (relating to basis to distributees) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Special Rules for Assumption of Liabilities To Which 
Subsection (d) Does Not Apply.--
            ``(1) In general.--If, after application of the other 
        provisions of this section to an exchange or series of 
        exchanges, the basis of property to which subsection (a)(1) 
        applies exceeds the fair market value of such property, then 
        such basis shall be reduced (but not below such fair market 
        value) by the amount (determined as of the date of the 
        exchange) of any liability--
                    ``(A) which is assumed in exchange for such 
                property, and
                    ``(B) with respect to which subsection (d)(1) does 
                not apply to the assumption.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
        liability if the trade or business giving rise to the liability 
        is transferred to the person assuming the liability as part of 
        the exchange.
            ``(3) Liability.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        `liability' shall include any obligation to make payment, 
        without regard to whether the obligation is fixed or contingent 
        or otherwise taken into account for purposes of this title.
            ``(4) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
        regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
        this subsection.''.
    (b) Application of Comparable Rules to Partnerships.--The Secretary 
of the Treasury or his delegate shall prescribe rules which provide 
appropriate adjustments under subchapter K of chapter 1 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the acceleration or duplication of 
losses through the assumption of (or transfer of assets subject to) 
liabilities described in section 358(h)(3) of such Code (as added by 
subsection (a)) in transactions involving partnerships.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to assumptions of liability after October 18, 1999.
            (2) Rules.--The rules prescribed under subsection (b) shall 
        apply to assumptions of liability after October 18, 1999, or 
        such later date as may be prescribed in such rules.

SEC. 214. CONSISTENT TREATMENT AND BASIS ALLOCATION RULES FOR TRANSFERS 
              OF INTANGIBLES IN CERTAIN NONRECOGNITION TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) Transfers to Corporations.--Section 351 (relating to transfer 
to corporation controlled by transferor) is amended by redesignating 
subsection (h) as subsection (i) and by inserting after subsection (g) 
the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Treatment of Transfers of Intangible Property.--
            ``(1) Transfers of less than all substantial rights.
                    ``(A) In general.--A transfer of an interest in 
                intangible property (as defined in section 
                936(h)(3)(B)) shall be treated under this section as a 
                transfer of property even if the transfer is of less 
                than all of the substantial rights of the transferor in 
                the property.
                    ``(B) Allocation of basis.--In the case of a 
                transfer of less than all of the substantial rights of 
                the transferor in the intangible property, the 
                transferor's basis immediately before the transfer 
                shall be allocated among the rights retained by the 
                transferor and the rights transferred on the basis of 
                their respective fair market values.
            ``(2) Nonrecognition not to apply to intangible property 
        developed for transferee.--This section shall not apply to a 
        transfer of intangible property developed by the transferor or 
        any related person if such development was pursuant to an 
        arrangement with the transferee.''.
    (b) Transfers to Partnerships.--Subsection (d) of section 721 is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Transfers of Intangible Property.--
            ``(1) In general.--Rules similar to the rules of section 
        351(h) shall apply for purposes of this section.
            ``(2) Transfers to foreign partnerships.--For regulatory 
        authority to treat intangibles transferred to a partnership as 
        sold, see section 367(d)(3).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to transfers on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 215. DISTRIBUTIONS BY A PARTNERSHIP TO A CORPORATE PARTNER OF 
              STOCK IN ANOTHER CORPORATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 732 (relating to basis of distributed 
property other than money) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(f) Corresponding Adjustment to Basis of Assets of a Distributed 
Corporation Controlled by a Corporate Partner.--
            ``(1) In general.--If--
                    ``(A) a corporation (hereafter in this subsection 
                referred to as the `corporate partner') receives a 
                distribution from a partnership of stock in another 
                corporation (hereafter in this subsection referred to 
                as the `distributed corporation'),
                    ``(B) the corporate partner has control of the 
                distributed corporation immediately after the 
                distribution or at any time thereafter, and
                    ``(C) the partnership's adjusted basis in such 
                stock immediately before the distribution exceeded the 
                corporate partner's adjusted basis in such stock 
                immediately after the distribution,
        then an amount equal to such excess shall be applied to reduce 
        (in accordance with subsection (c)) the basis of property held 
        by the distributed corporation at such time (or, if the 
        corporate partner does not control the distributed corporation 
        at such time, at the time the corporate partner first has such 
        control).
            ``(2) Exception for certain distributions before control 
        acquired.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any distribution of 
        stock in the distributed corporation if--
                    ``(A) the corporate partner does not have control 
                of such corporation immediately after such 
                distribution, and
                    ``(B) the corporate partner establishes to the 
                satisfaction of the Secretary that such distribution 
                was not part of a plan or arrangement to acquire 
                control of the distributed corporation.
            ``(3) Limitations on basis reduction.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The amount of the reduction 
                under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the amount by 
                which the sum of the aggregate adjusted bases of the 
                property and the amount of money of the distributed 
                corporation exceeds the corporate partner's adjusted 
                basis in the stock of the distributed corporation.
                    ``(B) Reduction not to exceed adjusted basis of 
                property.--No reduction under paragraph (1) in the 
                basis of any property shall exceed the adjusted basis 
                of such property (determined without regard to such 
                reduction).
            ``(4) Gain recognition where reduction limited.--If the 
        amount of any reduction under paragraph (1) (determined after 
        the application of paragraph (3)(A)) exceeds the aggregate 
        adjusted bases of the property of the distributed corporation--
                    ``(A) such excess shall be recognized by the 
                corporate partner as long-term capital gain, and
                    ``(B) the corporate partner's adjusted basis in the 
                stock of the distributed corporation shall be increased 
                by such excess.
            ``(5) Control.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        `control' means ownership of stock meeting the requirements of 
        section 1504(a)(2).
            ``(6) Indirect distributions.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), if a corporation acquires (other than in a distribution 
        from a partnership) stock the basis of which is determined in 
        whole or in part by reference to subsection (a)(2) or (b), the 
        corporation shall be treated as receiving a distribution of 
        such stock from a partnership.
            ``(7) Special rule for stock in controlled corporation.--If 
        the property held by a distributed corporation is stock in a 
        corporation which the distributed corporation controls, this 
        subsection shall be applied to reduce the basis of the property 
        of such controlled corporation. This subsection shall be 
        reapplied to any property of any controlled corporation which 
        is stock in a corporation which it controls.
            ``(8) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
        regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of 
        this subsection, including regulations to avoid double counting 
        and to prevent the abuse of such purposes.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendment made by this section shall apply to distributions 
        made after July 14, 1999.
            (2) Partnerships in existence on July 14, 1999.--In the 
        case of a corporation which is a partner in a partnership as of 
        July 14, 1999, the amendment made by this section shall apply 
        to distributions made to such partner from such partnership 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 216. PROHIBITED ALLOCATIONS OF STOCK IN S CORPORATION ESOP.

    (a) In General.--Section 409 (relating to qualifications for tax 
credit employee stock ownership plans) is amended by redesignating 
subsection (p) as subsection (q) and by inserting after subsection (o) 
the following new subsection:
    ``(p) Prohibited Allocations of Securities in an S Corporation.--
            ``(1) In general.--An employee stock ownership plan holding 
        employer securities consisting of stock in an S corporation 
        shall provide that no portion of the assets of the plan 
        attributable to (or allocable in lieu of) such employer 
        securities may, during a nonallocation year, accrue (or be 
        allocated directly or indirectly under any plan of the employer 
        meeting the requirements of section 401(a)) for the benefit of 
        any disqualified person.
            ``(2) Failure to meet requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a plan fails to meet the 
                requirements of paragraph (1), the plan shall be 
                treated as having distributed to any disqualified 
                person the amount allocated to the account of such 
                person in violation of paragraph (1) at the time of 
                such allocation.
                    ``(B) Cross reference.--

                                ``For excise tax relating to violations 
of paragraph (1) and ownership of synthetic equity, see section 4979A.
            ``(3) Nonallocation year.--For purposes of this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `nonallocation year' 
                means any plan year of an employee stock ownership plan 
                if, at any time during such plan year--
                            ``(i) such plan holds employer securities 
                        consisting of stock in an S corporation, and
                            ``(ii) disqualified persons own at least 50 
                        percent of the number of shares of stock in the 
                        S corporation.
                    ``(B) Attribution rules.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) In general.--The rules of section 
                        318(a) shall apply for purposes of determining 
                        ownership, except that--
                                    ``(I) in applying paragraph (1) 
                                thereof, the members of an individual's 
                                family shall include members of the 
                                family described in paragraph (4)(D), 
                                and
                                    ``(II) paragraph (4) thereof shall 
                                not apply.
                            ``(ii) Deemed-owned shares.--
                        Notwithstanding the employee trust exception in 
                        section 318(a)(2)(B)(i), individual shall be 
                        treated as owning deemed-owned shares of the 
                        individual.
                Solely for purposes of applying paragraph (5), this 
                subparagraph shall be applied after the attribution 
                rules of paragraph (5) have been applied.
            ``(4) Disqualified person.--For purposes of this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `disqualified person' 
                means any person if--
                            ``(i) the aggregate number of deemed-owned 
                        shares of such person and the members of such 
                        person's family is at least 20 percent of the 
                        number of deemed-owned shares of stock in the S 
                        corporation, or
                            ``(ii) in the case of a person not 
                        described in clause (i), the number of deemed-
                        owned shares of such person is at least 10 
                        percent of the number of deemed-owned shares of 
                        stock in such corporation.
                    ``(B) Treatment of family members.--In the case of 
                a disqualified person described in subparagraph (A)(i), 
                any member of such person's family with deemed-owned 
                shares shall be treated as a disqualified person if not 
                otherwise treated as a disqualified person under 
                subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Deemed-owned shares.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `deemed-owned 
                        shares' means, with respect to any person--
                                    ``(I) the stock in the S 
                                corporation constituting employer 
                                securities of an employee stock 
                                ownership plan which is allocated to 
                                such person under the plan, and
                                    ``(II) such person's share of the 
                                stock in such corporation which is held 
                                by such plan but which is not allocated 
                                under the plan to participants.
                            ``(ii) Person's share of unallocated 
                        stock.--For purposes of clause (i)(II), a 
                        person's share of unallocated S corporation 
                        stock held by such plan is the amount of the 
                        unallocated stock which would be allocated to 
                        such person if the unallocated stock were 
                        allocated to all participants in the same 
                        proportions as the most recent stock allocation 
                        under the plan.
                    ``(D) Member of family.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `member of the family' means, with 
                respect to any individual--
                            ``(i) the spouse of the individual,
                            ``(ii) an ancestor or lineal descendant of 
                        the individual or the individual's spouse,
                            ``(iii) a brother or sister of the 
                        individual or the individual's spouse and any 
                        lineal descendant of the brother or sister, and
                            ``(iv) the spouse of any individual 
                        described in clause (ii) or (iii).
                A spouse of an individual who is legally separated from 
                such individual under a decree of divorce or separate 
                maintenance shall not be treated as such individual's 
                spouse for purposes of this subparagraph.
            ``(5) Treatment of synthetic equity.--For purposes of 
        paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of a person who owns 
        synthetic equity in the S corporation, except to the extent 
        provided in regulations, the shares of stock in such 
        corporation on which such synthetic equity is based shall be 
        treated as outstanding stock in such corporation and deemed-
        owned shares of such person if such treatment of synthetic 
        equity of 1 or more such persons results in--
                    ``(A) the treatment of any person as a disqualified 
                person, or
                    ``(B) the treatment of any year as a nonallocation 
                year.
        For purposes of this paragraph, synthetic equity shall be 
        treated as owned by a person in the same manner as stock is 
        treated as owned by a person under the rules of paragraphs (2) 
        and (3) of section 318(a). If, without regard to this 
        paragraph, a person is treated as a disqualified person or a 
        year is treated as a nonallocation year, this paragraph shall 
        not be construed to result in the person or year not being so 
        treated.
            ``(6) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) Employee stock ownership plan.--The term 
                `employee stock ownership plan' has the meaning given 
                such term by section 4975(e)(7).
                    ``(B) Employer securities.--The term `employer 
                security' has the meaning given such term by section 
                409(l).
                    ``(C) Synthetic equity.--The term `synthetic 
                equity' means any stock option, warrant, restricted 
                stock, deferred issuance stock right, or similar 
                interest or right that gives the holder the right to 
                acquire or receive stock of the S corporation in the 
                future. Except to the extent provided in regulations, 
                synthetic equity also includes a stock appreciation 
                right, phantom stock unit, or similar right to a future 
                cash payment based on the value of such stock or 
                appreciation in such value.
            ``(7) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
        regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of 
        this subsection.''.
    (b) Coordination With Section 4975(e)(7).--The last sentence of 
section 4975(e)(7) (defining employee stock ownership plan) is amended 
by inserting ``, section 409(p),'' after ``409(n)''.
    (c) Excise Tax.--
            (1) Application of tax.--Subsection (a) of section 4979A 
        (relating to tax on certain prohibited allocations of employer 
        securities) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1),
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (2) and inserting a comma, and
                    (C) by striking all that follows paragraph (2) and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(3) there is any allocation of employer securities which 
        violates the provisions of section 409(p), or a nonallocation 
        year described in subsection (c)(2)(C) with respect to an 
        employee stock ownership plan, or
            ``(4) any synthetic equity is owned by a disqualified 
        person in any nonallocation year,
there is hereby imposed a tax on such allocation or ownership equal to 
50 percent of the amount involved.''.
            (2) Liability.--Section 4979A(c) (defining liability for 
        tax) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Liability for Tax.--The tax imposed by this section shall be 
paid--
            ``(1) in the case of an allocation referred to in paragraph 
        (1) or (2) of subsection (a), by--
                    ``(A) the employer sponsoring such plan, or
                    ``(B) the eligible worker-owned cooperative,
        which made the written statement described in section 
        664(g)(1)(E) or in section 1042(b)(3)(B) (as the case may be), 
        and
            ``(2) in the case of an allocation or ownership referred to 
        in paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a), by the S corporation 
        the stock in which was so allocated or owned.''.
            (3) Definitions.--Section 4979A(e) (relating to 
        definitions) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Definitions and Special Rules.--For purposes of this 
section--
            ``(1) Definitions.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        terms used in this section have the same respective meanings as 
        when used in sections 409 and 4978.
            ``(2) Special rules relating to tax imposed by reason of 
        paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a).--
                    ``(A) Prohibited allocations.--The amount involved 
                with respect to any tax imposed by reason of subsection 
                (a)(3) is the amount allocated to the account of any 
                person in violation of section 409(p)(1).
                    ``(B) Synthetic equity.--The amount involved with 
                respect to any tax imposed by reason of subsection 
                (a)(4) is the value of the shares on which the 
                synthetic equity is based.
                    ``(C) Special rule during first nonallocation 
                year.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), the amount 
                involved for the first nonallocation year of any 
                employee stock ownership plan shall be determined by 
                taking into account the total value of all the deemed-
                owned shares of all disqualified persons with respect 
                to such plan.
                    ``(D) Statute of limitations.--The statutory period 
                for the assessment of any tax imposed by this section 
                by reason of paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a) 
                shall not expire before the date which is 3 years from 
                the later of--
                            ``(i) the allocation or ownership referred 
                        to in such paragraph giving rise to such tax, 
                        or
                            ``(ii) the date on which the Secretary is 
                        notified of such allocation or ownership.''.
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2000.
            (2) Exception for certain plans.--In the case of any--
                    (A) employee stock ownership plan established after 
                July 14, 1999, or
                    (B) employee stock ownership plan established on or 
                before such date if employer securities held by the 
                plan consist of stock in a corporation with respect to 
                which an election under section 1362(a) of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986 is not in effect on such date,
        the amendments made by this section shall apply to plan years 
        ending after July 14, 1999.

    Subtitle B--Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investment Trusts

   PART I--TREATMENT OF INCOME AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY TAXABLE REIT 
                              SUBSIDIARIES

SEC. 221. MODIFICATIONS TO ASSET DIVERSIFICATION TEST.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 856(c)(4) is amended 
to read as follows:
                    ``(B)(i) not more than 25 percent of the value of 
                its total assets is represented by securities (other 
                than those includible under subparagraph (A)),
                    ``(ii) not more than 20 percent of the value of its 
                total assets is represented by securities of 1 or more 
                taxable REIT subsidiaries, and
                    ``(iii) except with respect to a taxable REIT 
                subsidiary and securities includible under subparagraph 
                (A)--
                            ``(I) not more than 5 percent of the value 
                        of its total assets is represented by 
                        securities of any one issuer,
                            ``(II) the trust does not hold securities 
                        possessing more than 10 percent of the total 
                        voting power of the outstanding securities of 
                        any one issuer, and
                            ``(III) the trust does not hold securities 
                        having a value of more than 10 percent of the 
                        total value of the outstanding securities of 
                        any one issuer.''.
    (b) Exception for Straight Debt Securities.--Subsection (c) of 
section 856 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(7) Straight debt safe harbor in applying paragraph 
        (4).--Securities of an issuer which are straight debt (as 
        defined in section 1361(c)(5) without regard to subparagraph 
        (B)(iii) thereof) shall not be taken into account in applying 
        paragraph (4)(B)(ii)(III) if--
                    ``(A) the issuer is an individual, or
                    ``(B) the only securities of such issuer which are 
                held by the trust or a taxable REIT subsidiary of the 
                trust are straight debt (as so defined), or
                    ``(C) the issuer is a partnership and the trust 
                holds at least a 20 percent profits interest in the 
                partnership.''.

SEC. 222. TREATMENT OF INCOME AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY TAXABLE REIT 
              SUBSIDIARIES.

    (a) Income From Taxable REIT Subsidiaries Not Treated as 
Impermissible Tenant Service Income.--Clause (i) of section 
856(d)(7)(C) (relating to exceptions to impermissible tenant service 
income) is amended by inserting ``or through a taxable REIT subsidiary 
of such trust'' after ``income''.
    (b) Certain Income From Taxable REIT Subsidiaries Not Excluded From 
Rents From Real Property.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (d) of section 856 (relating to 
        rents from real property defined) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(8) Special rule for taxable reit subsidiaries.--For 
        purposes of this subsection, amounts paid to a real estate 
        investment trust by a taxable REIT subsidiary of such trust 
        shall not be excluded from rents from real property by reason 
        of paragraph (2)(B) if the requirements of either of the 
        following subparagraphs are met:
                    ``(A) Limited rental exception.--The requirements 
                of this subparagraph are met with respect to any 
                property if at least 90 percent of the leased space of 
                the property is rented to persons other than taxable 
                REIT subsidiaries of such trust and other than persons 
                described in section 856(d)(2)(B). The preceding 
                sentence shall apply only to the extent that the 
                amounts paid to the trust as rents from real property 
                (as defined in paragraph (1) without regard to 
                paragraph (2)(B)) from such property are substantially 
                comparable to such rents made by the other tenants of 
                the trust's property for comparable space.
                    ``(B) Exception for certain lodging facilities.--
                The requirements of this subparagraph are met with 
                respect to an interest in real property which is a 
                qualified lodging facility leased by the trust to a 
                taxable REIT subsidiary of the trust if the property is 
                operated on behalf of such subsidiary by a person who 
                is an eligible independent contractor.
            ``(9) Eligible independent contractor.--For purposes of 
        paragraph (8)(B)--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `eligible independent 
                contractor' means, with respect to any qualified 
                lodging facility, any independent contractor if, at the 
                time such contractor enters into a management agreement 
                or other similar service contract with the taxable REIT 
                subsidiary to operate the facility, such contractor (or 
                any related person) is actively engaged in the trade or 
                business of operating qualified lodging facilities for 
                any person who is not a related person with respect to 
                the real estate investment trust or the taxable REIT 
                subsidiary.
                    ``(B) Special rules.--Solely for purposes of this 
                paragraph and paragraph (8)(B), a person shall not fail 
                to be treated as an independent contractor with respect 
                to any qualified lodging facility by reason of any of 
                the following:
                            ``(i) The taxable REIT subsidiary bears the 
                        expenses for the operation of the facility 
                        pursuant to the management agreement or other 
                        similar service contract.
                            ``(ii) The taxable REIT subsidiary receives 
                        the revenues from the operation of such 
                        facility, net of expenses for such operation 
                        and fees payable to the operator pursuant to 
                        such agreement or contract.
                            ``(iii) The real estate investment trust 
                        receives income from such person with respect 
                        to another property that is attributable to a 
                        lease of such other property to such person 
                        that was in effect as of the later of--
                                    ``(I) January 1, 1999, or
                                    ``(II) the earliest date that any 
                                taxable REIT subsidiary of such trust 
                                entered into a management agreement or 
                                other similar service contract with 
                                such person with respect to such 
                                qualified lodging facility.
                    ``(C) Renewals, etc., of existing leases.--For 
                purposes of subparagraph (B)(iii)--
                            ``(i) a lease shall be treated as in effect 
                        on January 1, 1999, without regard to its 
                        renewal after such date, so long as such 
                        renewal is pursuant to the terms of such lease 
                        as in effect on whichever of the dates under 
                        subparagraph (B)(iii) is the latest, and
                            ``(ii) a lease of a property entered into 
                        after whichever of the dates under subparagraph 
                        (B)(iii) is the latest shall be treated as in 
                        effect on such date if--
                                    ``(I) on such date, a lease of such 
                                property from the trust was in effect, 
                                and
                                    ``(II) under the terms of the new 
                                lease, such trust receives a 
                                substantially similar or lesser benefit 
                                in comparison to the lease referred to 
                                in subclause (I).
                    ``(D) Qualified lodging facility.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `qualified 
                        lodging facility' means any lodging facility 
                        unless wagering activities are conducted at or 
                        in connection with such facility by any person 
                        who is engaged in the business of accepting 
                        wagers and who is legally authorized to engage 
                        in such business at or in connection with such 
                        facility.
                            ``(ii) Lodging facility.--The term `lodging 
                        facility' means a hotel, motel, or other 
                        establishment more than one-half of the 
                        dwelling units in which are used on a transient 
                        basis.
                            ``(iii) Customary amenities and 
                        facilities.--The term `lodging facility' 
                        includes customary amenities and facilities 
                        operated as part of, or associated with, the 
                        lodging facility so long as such amenities and 
                        facilities are customary for other properties 
                        of a comparable size and class owned by other 
                        owners unrelated to such real estate investment 
                        trust.
                    ``(E) Operate includes manage.--References in this 
                paragraph to operating a property shall be treated as 
                including a reference to managing the property.
                    ``(F) Related person.--Persons shall be treated as 
                related to each other if such persons are treated as a 
                single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 
                52.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (B) of section 
        856(d)(2) is amended by inserting ``except as provided in 
        paragraph (8),'' after ``(B)''.
            (3) Determining rents from real property.--
                    (A)(i) Paragraph (1) of section 856(d) is amended 
                by striking ``adjusted bases'' each place it occurs and 
                inserting ``fair market values''.
                    (ii) The amendment made by this subparagraph shall 
                apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
                2000.
                    (B)(i) Clause (i) of section 856(d)(2)(B) is 
                amended by striking ``number'' and inserting ``value''.
                    (ii) The amendment made by this subparagraph shall 
                apply to amounts received or accrued in taxable years 
                beginning after December 31, 2000, except for amounts 
                paid pursuant to leases in effect on July 12, 1999, or 
                pursuant to a binding contract in effect on such date 
                and at all times thereafter.

SEC. 223. TAXABLE REIT SUBSIDIARY.

    (a) In General.--Section 856 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(l) Taxable REIT Subsidiary.--For purposes of this part--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `taxable REIT subsidiary' 
        means, with respect to a real estate investment trust, a 
        corporation (other than a real estate investment trust) if--
                    ``(A) such trust directly or indirectly owns stock 
                in such corporation, and
                    ``(B) such trust and such corporation jointly elect 
                that such corporation shall be treated as a taxable 
                REIT subsidiary of such trust for purposes of this 
                part.
        Such an election, once made, shall be irrevocable unless both 
        such trust and corporation consent to its revocation. Such 
        election, and any revocation thereof, may be made without the 
        consent of the Secretary.
            ``(2) 35 percent ownership in another taxable reit 
        subsidiary.--The term `taxable REIT subsidiary' includes, with 
        respect to any real estate investment trust, any corporation 
        (other than a real estate investment trust) with respect to 
        which a taxable REIT subsidiary of such trust owns directly or 
        indirectly--
                    ``(A) securities possessing more than 35 percent of 
                the total voting power of the outstanding securities of 
                such corporation, or
                    ``(B) securities having a value of more than 35 
                percent of the total value of the outstanding 
                securities of such corporation.
        The preceding sentence shall not apply to a qualified REIT 
        subsidiary (as defined in subsection (i)(2)). The rule of 
        section 856(c)(7) shall apply for purposes of subparagraph (B).
            ``(3) Exceptions.--The term `taxable REIT subsidiary' shall 
        not include--
                    ``(A) any corporation which directly or indirectly 
                operates or manages a lodging facility or a health care 
                facility, and
                    ``(B) any corporation which directly or indirectly 
                provides to any other person (under a franchise, 
                license, or otherwise) rights to any brand name under 
                which any lodging facility or health care facility is 
                operated.
        Subparagraph (B) shall not apply to rights provided to an 
        eligible independent contractor to operate or manage a lodging 
        facility if such rights are held by such corporation as a 
        franchisee, licensee, or in a similar capacity and such lodging 
        facility is either owned by such corporation or is leased to 
        such corporation from the real estate investment trust.
            ``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of paragraph (3)--
                    ``(A) Lodging facility.--The term `lodging 
                facility' has the meaning given to such term by 
                paragraph (9)(D)(ii).
                    ``(B) Health care facility.--The term `health care 
                facility' has the meaning given to such term by 
                subsection (e)(6)(D)(ii).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (2) of section 856(i) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Such term 
shall not include a taxable REIT subsidiary.''.

SEC. 224. LIMITATION ON EARNINGS STRIPPING.

    Paragraph (3) of section 163(j) (relating to limitation on 
deduction for interest on certain indebtedness) is amended by striking 
``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the 
end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) any interest paid or accrued (directly or 
                indirectly) by a taxable REIT subsidiary (as defined in 
                section 856(l)) of a real estate investment trust to 
                such trust.''.

SEC. 225. 100 PERCENT TAX ON IMPROPERLY ALLOCATED AMOUNTS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 857 (relating to method 
of taxation of real estate investment trusts and holders of shares or 
certificates of beneficial interest) is amended by redesignating 
paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively, and by 
inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Income from redetermined rents, redetermined 
        deductions, and excess interest.--
                    ``(A) Imposition of tax.--There is hereby imposed 
                for each taxable year of the real estate investment 
                trust a tax equal to 100 percent of redetermined rents, 
                redetermined deductions, and excess interest.
                    ``(B) Redetermined rents.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `redetermined 
                        rents' means rents from real property (as 
                        defined in subsection 856(d)) the amount of 
                        which would (but for subparagraph (E)) be 
                        reduced on distribution, apportionment, or 
                        allocation under section 482 to clearly reflect 
                        income as a result of services furnished or 
                        rendered by a taxable REIT subsidiary of the 
                        real estate investment trust to a tenant of 
                        such trust.
                            ``(ii) Exception for certain services.--
                        Clause (i) shall not apply to amounts received 
                        directly or indirectly by a real estate 
                        investment trust for services described in 
                        paragraph (1)(B) or (7)(C)(i) of section 
                        856(d).
                            ``(iii) Exception for de minimis amounts.--
                        Clause (i) shall not apply to amounts described 
                        in section 856(d)(7)(A) with respect to a 
                        property to the extent such amounts do not 
                        exceed the one percent threshold described in 
                        section 856(d)(7)(B) with respect to such 
                        property.
                            ``(iv) Exception for comparably priced 
                        services.--Clause (i) shall not apply to any 
                        service rendered by a taxable REIT subsidiary 
                        of a real estate investment trust to a tenant 
                        of such trust if--
                                    ``(I) such subsidiary renders a 
                                significant amount of similar services 
                                to persons other than such trust and 
                                tenants of such trust who are unrelated 
                                (within the meaning of section 
                                856(d)(8)(F)) to such subsidiary, 
                                trust, and tenants, but
                                    ``(II) only to the extent the 
                                charge for such service so rendered is 
                                substantially comparable to the charge 
                                for the similar services rendered to 
                                persons referred to in subclause (I).
                            ``(v) Exception for certain separately 
                        charged services.--Clause (i) shall not apply 
                        to any service rendered by a taxable REIT 
                        subsidiary of a real estate investment trust to 
                        a tenant of such trust if--
                                    ``(I) the rents paid to the trust 
                                by tenants (leasing at least 25 percent 
                                of the net leasable space in the 
                                trust's property) who are not receiving 
                                such service from such subsidiary are 
                                substantially comparable to the rents 
                                paid by tenants leasing comparable 
                                space who are receiving such service 
                                from such subsidiary, and
                                    ``(II) the charge for such service 
                                from such subsidiary is separately 
                                stated.
                            ``(vi) Exception for certain services based 
                        on subsidiary's income from the services.--
                        Clause (i) shall not apply to any service 
                        rendered by a taxable REIT subsidiary of a real 
                        estate investment trust to a tenant of such 
                        trust if the gross income of such subsidiary 
                        from such service is not less than 150 percent 
                        of such subsidiary's direct cost in furnishing 
                        or rendering the service.
                            ``(vii) Exceptions granted by secretary.--
                        The Secretary may waive the tax otherwise 
                        imposed by subparagraph (A) if the trust 
                        establishes to the satisfaction of the 
                        Secretary that rents charged to tenants were 
                        established on an arms' length basis even 
                        though a taxable REIT subsidiary of the trust 
                        provided services to such tenants.
                    ``(C) Redetermined deductions.--The term 
                `redetermined deductions' means deductions (other than 
                redetermined rents) of a taxable REIT subsidiary of a 
                real estate investment trust if the amount of such 
                deductions would (but for subparagraph (E)) be 
                decreased on distribution, apportionment, or allocation 
                under section 482 to clearly reflect income as between 
                such subsidiary and such trust.
                    ``(D) Excess interest.--The term `excess interest' 
                means any deductions for interest payments by a taxable 
                REIT subsidiary of a real estate investment trust to 
                such trust to the extent that the interest payments are 
                in excess of a rate that is commercially reasonable.
                    ``(E) Coordination with section 482.--The 
                imposition of tax under subparagraph (A) shall be in 
                lieu of any distribution, apportionment, or allocation 
                under section 482.
                    ``(F) Regulatory authority.--The Secretary shall 
                prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or 
                appropriate to carry out the purposes of this 
                paragraph. Until the Secretary prescribes such 
                regulations, real estate investment trusts and their 
                taxable REIT subsidiaries may base their allocations on 
                any reasonable method.''.
    (b) Amount Subject to Tax Not Required To Be Distributed.--
Subparagraph (E) of section 857(b)(2) (relating to real estate 
investment trust taxable income) is amended by striking ``paragraph 
(5)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (5) and (7)''.

SEC. 226. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The amendments made by this part shall apply to 
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000.
    (b) Transitional Rules Related to Section 221.--
            (1) Existing arrangements.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in 
                this paragraph, the amendment made by section 221 shall 
                not apply to a real estate investment trust with 
                respect to--
                            (i) securities of a corporation held 
                        directly or indirectly by such trust on July 
                        12, 1999,
                            (ii) securities of a corporation held by an 
                        entity on July 12, 1999, if such trust acquires 
                        control of such entity pursuant to a written 
                        binding contract in effect on such date and at 
                        all times thereafter before such acquisition,
                            (iii) securities received by such trust (or 
                        a successor) in exchange for, or with respect 
                        to, securities described in clause (i) or (ii) 
                        in a transaction in which gain or loss is not 
                        recognized, and
                            (iv) securities acquired directly or 
                        indirectly by such trust as part of a 
                        reorganization (as defined in section 368(a)(1) 
                        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) with 
                        respect to such trust if such securities are 
                        described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) with 
                        respect to any other real estate investment 
                        trust.
                    (B) New trade or business or substantial new 
                assets.--Subparagraph (A) shall cease to apply to 
                securities of a corporation as of the first day after 
                July 12, 1999, on which such corporation engages in a 
                substantial new line of business, or acquires any 
                substantial asset, other than--
                            (i) pursuant to a binding contract in 
                        effect on such date and at all times thereafter 
                        before the acquisition of such asset,
                            (ii) in a transaction in which gain or loss 
                        is not recognized by reason of section 1031 or 
                        1033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or
                            (iii) in a reorganization (as so defined) 
                        with another corporation the securities of 
                        which are described in paragraph (1)(A) of this 
                        subsection.
                    (C) Limitation on transition rules.--Subparagraph 
                (A) shall cease to apply to securities of a corporation 
                held, acquired, or received, directly or indirectly, by 
                a real estate investment trust as of the first day 
                after July 12, 1999, on which such trust acquires any 
                additional securities of such corporation other than--
                            (i) pursuant to a binding contract in 
                        effect on July 12, 1999, and at all times 
                        thereafter, or
                            (ii) in a reorganization (as so defined) 
                        with another corporation the securities of 
                        which are described in paragraph (1)(A) of this 
                        subsection.
            (2) Tax-free conversion.--If--
                    (A) at the time of an election for a corporation to 
                become a taxable REIT subsidiary, the amendment made by 
                section 221 does not apply to such corporation by 
                reason of paragraph (1), and
                    (B) such election first takes effect before January 
                1, 2004,
        such election shall be treated as a reorganization qualifying 
        under section 368(a)(1)(A) of such Code.

                       PART II--HEALTH CARE REITS

SEC. 231. HEALTH CARE REITS.

    (a) Special Foreclosure Rule for Health Care Properties.--
Subsection (e) of section 856 (relating to special rules for 
foreclosure property) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(6) Special rule for qualified health care properties.--
        For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) Acquisition at expiration of lease.--The term 
                `foreclosure property' shall include any qualified 
                health care property acquired by a real estate 
                investment trust as the result of the termination of a 
                lease of such property (other than a termination by 
                reason of a default, or the imminence of a default, on 
                the lease).
                    ``(B) Grace period.--In the case of a qualified 
                health care property which is foreclosure property 
                solely by reason of subparagraph (A), in lieu of 
                applying paragraphs (2) and (3)--
                            ``(i) the qualified health care property 
                        shall cease to be foreclosure property as of 
                        the close of the second taxable year after the 
                        taxable year in which such trust acquired such 
                        property, and
                            ``(ii) if the real estate investment trust 
                        establishes to the satisfaction of the 
                        Secretary that an extension of the grace period 
                        in clause (i) is necessary to the orderly 
                        leasing or liquidation of the trust's interest 
                        in such qualified health care property, the 
                        Secretary may grant one or more extensions of 
                        the grace period for such qualified health care 
                        property.
                Any such extension shall not extend the grace period 
                beyond the close of the 6th year after the taxable year 
                in which such trust acquired such qualified health care 
                property.
                    ``(C) Income from independent contractors.--For 
                purposes of applying paragraph (4)(C) with respect to 
                qualified health care property which is foreclosure 
                property by reason of subparagraph (A) or paragraph 
                (1), income derived or received by the trust from an 
                independent contractor shall be disregarded to the 
                extent such income is attributable to--
                            ``(i) any lease of property in effect on 
                        the date the real estate investment trust 
                        acquired the qualified health care property 
                        (without regard to its renewal after such date 
                        so long as such renewal is pursuant to the 
                        terms of such lease as in effect on such date), 
                        or
                            ``(ii) any lease of property entered into 
                        after such date if--
                                    ``(I) on such date, a lease of such 
                                property from the trust was in effect, 
                                and
                                    ``(II) under the terms of the new 
                                lease, such trust receives a 
                                substantially similar or lesser benefit 
                                in comparison to the lease referred to 
                                in subclause (I).
                    ``(D) Qualified health care property.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `qualified 
                        health care property' means any real property 
                        (including interests therein), and any personal 
                        property incident to such real property, 
                        which--
                                    ``(I) is a health care facility, or
                                    ``(II) is necessary or incidental 
                                to the use of a health care facility.
                            ``(ii) Health care facility.--For purposes 
                        of clause (i), the term `health care facility' 
                        means a hospital, nursing facility, assisted 
                        living facility, congregate care facility, 
                        qualified continuing care facility (as defined 
                        in section 7872(g)(4)), or other licensed 
                        facility which extends medical or nursing or 
                        ancillary services to patients and which, 
                        immediately before the termination, expiration, 
                        default, or breach of the lease of or mortgage 
                        secured by such facility, was operated by a 
                        provider of such services which was eligible 
                        for participation in the medicare program under 
                        title XVIII of the Social Security Act with 
                        respect to such facility.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000.

      PART III--CONFORMITY WITH REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RULES

SEC. 241. CONFORMITY WITH REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RULES.

    (a) Distribution Requirement.--Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
857(a)(1)(A) (relating to requirements applicable to real estate 
investment trusts) are each amended by striking ``95 percent (90 
percent for taxable years beginning before January 1, 1980)'' and 
inserting ``90 percent''.
    (b) Imposition of Tax.--Clause (i) of section 857(b)(5)(A) 
(relating to imposition of tax in case of failure to meet certain 
requirements) is amended by striking ``95 percent (90 percent in the 
case of taxable years beginning before January 1, 1980)'' and inserting 
``90 percent''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000.

 PART IV--CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTION FROM IMPERMISSIBLE TENANT SERVICE 
                                 INCOME

SEC. 251. CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTION FOR INDEPENDENT OPERATORS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 856(d) (relating to 
independent contractor defined) is amended by adding at the end the 
following flush sentence:
        ``In the event that any class of stock of either the real 
        estate investment trust or such person is regularly traded on 
        an established securities market, only persons who own, 
        directly or indirectly, more than 5 percent of such class of 
        stock shall be taken into account as owning any of the stock of 
        such class for purposes of applying the 35 percent limitation 
        set forth in subparagraph (B) (but all of the outstanding stock 
        of such class shall be considered outstanding in order to 
        compute the denominator for purpose of determining the 
        applicable percentage of ownership).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000.

           PART V--MODIFICATION OF EARNINGS AND PROFITS RULES

SEC. 261. MODIFICATION OF EARNINGS AND PROFITS RULES.

    (a) Rules for Determining Whether Regulated Investment Company Has 
Earnings and Profits From Non-RIC Year.--Subsection (c) of section 852 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Distributions to meet requirements of subsection 
        (a)(2)(B).--Any distribution which is made in order to comply 
        with the requirements of subsection (a)(2)(B)--
                    ``(A) shall be treated for purposes of this 
                subsection and subsection (a)(2)(B) as made from the 
                earliest earnings and profits accumulated in any 
                taxable year to which the provisions of this part did 
                not apply rather than the most recently accumulated 
                earnings and profits, and
                    ``(B) to the extent treated under subparagraph (A) 
                as made from accumulated earnings and profits, shall 
                not be treated as a distribution for purposes of 
                subsection (b)(2)(D) and section 855.''.
    (b) Clarification of Application of REIT Spillover Dividend Rules 
to Distributions To Meet Qualification Requirement.--Subparagraph (B) 
of section 857(d)(3) is amended by inserting before the period ``and 
section 858''.
    (c) Application of Deficiency Dividend Procedures.--Paragraph (1) 
of section 852(e) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``If the determination under subparagraph (A) is solely as a 
result of the failure to meet the requirements of subsection (a)(2), 
the preceding sentence shall also apply for purposes of applying 
subsection (a)(2) to the non-RIC year.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to distributions after December 31, 2000.

              PART VI--MODIFICATION OF ESTIMATED TAX RULES

SEC. 271. MODIFICATION OF ESTIMATED TAX RULES FOR CLOSELY HELD REAL 
              ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 6655 (relating to 
estimated tax by corporations) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Treatment of certain reit dividends.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Any dividend received from a 
                closely held real estate investment trust by any person 
                which owns (after application of subsections (d)(5) and 
                (l)(3)(B) of section 856) 10 percent or more (by vote 
                or value) of the stock or beneficial interests in the 
                trust shall be taken into account in computing 
                annualized income installments under paragraph (2) in a 
                manner similar to the manner under which partnership 
                income inclusions are taken into account.
                    ``(B) Closely held reit.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the term `closely held real estate 
                investment trust' means a real estate investment trust 
                with respect to which 5 or fewer persons own (after 
                application of subsections (d)(5) and (l)(3)(B) of 
                section 856) 50 percent or more (by vote or value) of 
                the stock or beneficial interests in the trust.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to estimated tax payments due on or after November 15, 1999.

       PART VII--MODIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF CLOSELY-HELD REITS

SEC. 281. CONTROLLED ENTITIES INELIGIBLE FOR REIT STATUS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 856 (relating to 
definition of real estate investment trust) is amended by striking 
``and'' at the end of paragraph (6), by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8), and by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(7) which is not a controlled entity (as defined in 
        subsection (l)); and''.
    (b) Controlled Entity.--Section 856 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Controlled Entity.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a)(7), an 
        entity is a controlled entity if, at any time during the 
        taxable year, one person (other than a qualified entity)--
                    ``(A) in the case of a corporation, owns stock--
                            ``(i) possessing at least 50 percent of the 
                        total voting power of the stock of such 
                        corporation, or
                            ``(ii) having a value equal to at least 50 
                        percent of the total value of the stock of such 
                        corporation, or
                    ``(B) in the case of a trust, owns beneficial 
                interests in the trust which would meet the 
                requirements of subparagraph (A) if such interests were 
                stock.
            ``(2) Qualified entity.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        term `qualified entity' means--
                    ``(A) any real estate investment trust, and
                    ``(B) any partnership in which one real estate 
                investment trust owns at least 50 percent of the 
                capital and profits interests in the partnership.
            ``(3) Attribution rules.--For purposes of this paragraphs 
        (1) and (2)--
                    ``(A) In general.--Rules similar to the rules of 
                subsections (d)(5) and (h)(3) shall apply; except that 
                section 318(a)(3)(C) shall not be applied under such 
                rules to treat stock owned by a qualified entity as 
                being owned by a person which is not a qualified 
                entity.
                    ``(B) Stapled entities.--A group of entities which 
                are stapled entities (as defined in section 269B(c)(2)) 
                shall be treated as one person.
            ``(4) Exception for certain new reits.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `controlled entity' 
                shall not include an incubator REIT.
                    ``(B) Incubator reit.--A corporation shall be 
                treated as an incubator REIT for any taxable year 
                during the eligibility period if it meets all the 
                following requirements for such year:
                            ``(i) The corporation elects to be treated 
                        as an incubator REIT.
                            ``(ii) The corporation has only voting 
                        common stock outstanding.
                            ``(iii) Not more than 50 percent of the 
                        corporation's real estate assets consist of 
                        mortgages.
                            ``(iv) From not later than the beginning of 
                        the last half of the second taxable year, at 
                        least 10 percent of the corporation's capital 
                        is provided by lenders or equity investors who 
                        are unrelated to the corporation's largest 
                        shareholder.
                            ``(v) The corporation annually increases 
                        the value of its real estate assets by at least 
                        10 percent.
                            ``(vi) The directors of the corporation 
                        adopt a resolution setting forth an intent to 
                        engage in a going public transaction.
                No election may be made with respect to any REIT if an 
                election under this subsection was in effect for any 
                predecessor of such REIT. The requirement of clause 
                (ii) shall not fail to be met merely because a going 
                public transaction is accomplished through a 
                transaction described in section 368(a)(1) with another 
                corporation which had another class of stock 
                outstanding prior to the transaction.
                    ``(C) Eligibility period.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The eligibility period 
                        (for which an incubator REIT election can be 
                        made) begins with the REIT's second taxable 
                        year and ends at the close of the REIT's third 
                        taxable year, except that the REIT may, subject 
                        to clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), elect to 
                        extend such period for an additional 2 taxable 
                        years.
                            ``(ii) Going public transaction.--A REIT 
                        may not elect to extend the eligibility period 
                        under clause (i) unless it enters into an 
                        agreement with the Secretary that if it does 
                        not engage in a going public transaction by the 
                        end of the extended eligibility period, it 
                        shall pay Federal income taxes for the 2 years 
                        of the extended eligibility period as if it had 
                        not made an incubator REIT election and had 
                        ceased to qualify as a REIT for those 2 taxable 
                        years.
                            ``(iii) Returns, interest, and notice.--
                                    ``(I) Returns.--In the event the 
                                corporation ceases to be treated as a 
                                REIT by operation of clause (ii), the 
                                corporation shall file any appropriate 
                                amended returns reflecting the change 
                                in status within 3 months of the close 
                                of the extended eligibility period.
                                    ``(II) Interest.--Interest shall be 
                                payable on any tax imposed by reason of 
                                clause (ii) for any taxable year but, 
                                unless there was a finding under 
                                subparagraph (D), no substantial 
                                underpayment penalties shall be 
                                imposed.
                                    ``(III) Notice.--The corporation 
                                shall, at the same time it files its 
                                returns under subclause (I), notify its 
                                shareholders and any other persons 
                                whose tax position is, or may 
                                reasonably be expected to be, affected 
                                by the change in status so they also 
                                may file any appropriate amended 
                                returns to conform their tax treatment 
                                consistent with the corporation's loss 
                                of REIT status.
                                    ``(IV) Regulations.--The Secretary 
                                shall provide appropriate regulations 
                                setting forth transferee liability and 
                                other provisions to ensure collection 
                                of tax and the proper administration of 
                                this provision.
                            ``(iv) Clauses (ii) and (iii) shall not 
                        apply if the corporation allows its incubator 
                        REIT status to lapse at the end of the initial 
                        2-year eligibility period without engaging in a 
                        going public transaction if the corporation is 
                        not a controlled entity as of the beginning of 
                        its fourth taxable year. In such a case, the 
                        corporation's directors may still be liable for 
                        the penalties described in subparagraph (D) 
                        during the eligibility period.
                    ``(D) Special penalties.--If the Secretary 
                determines that an incubator REIT election was filed 
                for a principal purpose other than as part of a 
                reasonable plan to undertake a going public 
                transaction, an excise tax of $20,000 shall be imposed 
                on each of the corporation's directors for each taxable 
                year for which an election was in effect.
                    ``(E) Going public transaction.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph, a going public transaction means--
                            ``(i) a public offering of shares of the 
                        stock of the incubator REIT;
                            ``(ii) a transaction, or series of 
                        transactions, that results in the stock of the 
                        incubator REIT being regularly traded on an 
                        established securities market and that results 
                        in at least 50 percent of such stock being held 
                        by shareholders who are unrelated to persons 
                        who held such stock before it began to be so 
                        regularly traded; or
                            ``(iii) any transaction resulting in 
                        ownership of the REIT by 200 or more persons 
                        (excluding the largest single shareholder) who 
                        in the aggregate own at least 50 percent of the 
                        stock of the REIT.
                For the purposes of this subparagraph, the rules of 
                paragraph (3) shall apply in determining the ownership 
                of stock.
                    ``(F) Definitions.--The term `established 
                securities market' shall have the meaning set forth in 
                the regulations under section 897.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (2) of section 856(h) is 
amended by striking ``and (6)'' each place it appears and inserting ``, 
(6), and (7)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to taxable years ending after July 14, 1999.
            (2) Exception for existing controlled entities.--The 
        amendments made by this section shall not apply to any entity 
        which is a controlled entity (as defined in section 856(l) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section) as 
        of July 14, 1999, which is a real estate investment trust for 
        the taxable year which includes such date, and which has 
        significant business assets or activities as of such date. For 
        purposes of the preceding sentence, an entity shall be treated 
        as such a controlled entity on July 14, 1999, if it becomes 
        such an entity after such date in a transaction--
                    (A) made pursuant to a written agreement which was 
                binding on such date and at all times thereafter, or
                    (B) described on or before such date in a filing 
                with the Securities and Exchange Commission required 
                solely by reason of the transaction.

                      TITLE III--BUDGET PROVISION

SEC. 301. EXCLUSION FROM PAYGO SCORECARD.

    Any net deficit increase or net surplus increase resulting from the 
enactment of this Act shall not be counted for purposes of section 252 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 902).

            Passed the Senate October 29, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1792

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                                 AN ACT

     To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend expiring 
 provisions, to fully allow the nonrefundable personal credits against 
             regular tax liability, and for other purposes.