[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3529 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3529

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To provide tax incentives for economic recovery and assistance to 
                           displaced workers.

    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 ``Economic Security 
and Worker Assistance Act of 2001''.
    (b) References to Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--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--INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. Supplemental stimulus payments.
Sec. 102. Acceleration of 25 percent individual income tax rate.
                     TITLE II--BUSINESS PROVISIONS

Sec. 201. Special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired 
                            after September 10, 2001, and before 
                            September 11, 2004.
Sec. 202. Temporary increase in expensing under section 179.
Sec. 203. Alternative minimum tax reform.
Sec. 204. Carryback of certain net operating losses allowed for 5 
                            years.
Sec. 205. Recovery period for depreciation of certain leasehold 
                            improvements.
          TITLE III--EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN EXPIRING PROVISIONS

                         Subtitle A--Extensions

Sec. 301. Allowance of nonrefundable personal credits against regular 
                            and minimum tax liability.
Sec. 302. Credit for qualified electric vehicles.
Sec. 303. Credit for electricity produced from renewable resources.
Sec. 304. Work opportunity credit.
Sec. 305. Welfare-to-work credit.
Sec. 306. Deduction for clean-fuel vehicles and certain refueling 
                            property.
Sec. 307. Taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and 
                            natural gas produced from marginal 
                            properties.
Sec. 308. Qualified zone academy bonds.
Sec. 309. Cover over of tax on distilled spirits.
Sec. 310. Parity in the application of certain limits to mental health 
                            benefits.
Sec. 311. Temporary special rules for taxation of life insurance 
                            companies.
Sec. 312. Availability of medical savings accounts.
Sec. 313. Incentives for Indian employment and property on Indian 
                            reservations.
Sec. 314. Subpart F exemption for active financing.
Sec. 315. Repeal of requirement for approved diesel or kerosene 
                            terminals.
          Subtitle B--Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Sec. 321. Reauthorization of TANF supplemental grants for population 
                            increases for fiscal year 2002.
Sec. 322. 1-year extension of contingency fund under the TANF program.
 TITLE IV--TAX BENEFITS FOR AREA OF NEW YORK CITY DAMAGED IN TERRORIST 
                     ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

Sec. 401. Tax benefits for area of New York City damaged in terrorist 
                            attacks on September 11, 2001.
     TITLE V--RELIEF PROVISIONS FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, 
     PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTERS, AND CERTAIN OTHER DISASTERS

     Subtitle A--Relief Provisions for Victims of Terrorist Attacks

Sec. 501. Income taxes of victims of terrorist attacks.
Sec. 502. Exclusion of certain death benefits.
Sec. 503. Estate tax reduction.
Sec. 504. Payments by charitable organizations treated as exempt 
                            payments.
Sec. 505. Exclusion of certain cancellations of indebtedness.
                  Subtitle B--Other Relief Provisions

Sec. 511. Exclusion for disaster relief payments.
Sec. 512. Authority to postpone certain deadlines and required actions.
Sec. 513. Application of certain provisions to terroristic or military 
                            actions.
Sec. 514. Clarification of due date for airline excise tax deposits.
Sec. 515. Treatment of certain structured settlement payments.
Sec. 516. Personal exemption deduction for certain disability trusts.
Sec. 517. Disclosure of tax information in terrorism and national 
                            security investigations.
            TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL PROVISIONS

              Subtitle A--General Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 601. Allowance of electronic 1099's.
Sec. 602. Excluded cancellation of indebtedness income of S corporation 
                            not to result in adjustment to basis of 
                            stock of shareholders.
Sec. 603. Limitation on use of nonaccrual experience method of 
                            accounting.
Sec. 604. Exclusion for foster care payments to apply to payments by 
                            qualified placement agencies.
Sec. 605. Interest rate range for additional funding requirements.
Sec. 606. Adjusted gross income determined by taking into account 
                            certain expenses of elementary and 
                            secondary school teachers.
                   Subtitle B--Technical Corrections

Sec. 611. Amendments related to Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
                            Reconciliation Act of 2001.
Sec. 612. Amendments related to Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 
                            2000.
Sec. 613. Amendments related to the Tax Relief Extension Act of 1999.
Sec. 614. Amendments related to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
Sec. 615. Amendment related to the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
Sec. 616. Other technical corrections.
Sec. 617. Clerical amendments.
Sec. 618. Additional corrections.
                   TITLE VII--UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE

Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Federal-State agreements.
Sec. 703. Temporary extended unemployment compensation account.
Sec. 704. Payments to States having agreements for the payment of 
                            temporary extended unemployment 
                            compensation.
Sec. 705. Financing provisions.
Sec. 706. Fraud and overpayments.
Sec. 707. Definitions.
Sec. 708. Applicability.
Sec. 709. Special Reed Act transfer in fiscal year 2002.
          TITLE VIII--DISPLACED WORKER HEALTH INSURANCE CREDIT

Sec. 801. Displaced worker health insurance credit.
Sec. 802. Advance payment of displaced worker health insurance credit.
TITLE IX--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE AND TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE 
                          COVERAGE ASSISTANCE

Sec. 901. Employment and training assistance and temporary health care 
                            coverage assistance.
            TITLE X--TEMPORARY STATE HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE

Sec. 1001. Temporary State health care assistance.
  TITLE XI--SOCIAL SECURITY HELD HARMLESS; BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ACT

Sec. 1101. No impact on social security trust funds.
Sec. 1102. Emergency designation.

                     TITLE I--INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. SUPPLEMENTAL STIMULUS PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6428 (relating to acceleration of 10 
percent income tax rate bracket benefit for 2001) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Supplemental Stimulus Payments.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each individual who was an eligible 
        individual for such individual's first taxable year beginning 
        in 2000 and who, before October 16, 2001, filed a return of tax 
        imposed by subtitle A for such taxable year shall be treated as 
        having made a payment against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for 
        such first taxable year in an amount equal to the supplemental 
        refund amount for such taxable year.
            ``(2) Supplemental refund amount.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the supplemental refund amount is an amount equal 
        to the excess (if any) of--
                    ``(A)(i) $600 in the case of taxpayers to whom 
                section 1(a) applies,
                    ``(ii) $500 in the case of taxpayers to whom 
                section 1(b) applies, and
                    ``(iii) $300 in the case of taxpayers to whom 
                subsections (c) or (d) of section 1 applies, over
                    ``(B) the taxpayer's advance refund amount under 
                subsection (e).
            ``(3) Timing of payments.--In the case of any overpayment 
        attributable to this subsection, the Secretary shall, subject 
        to the provisions of this title, refund or credit such 
        overpayment as rapidly as possible.
            ``(4) No interest.--No interest shall be allowed on any 
        overpayment attributable to this subsection.''
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 6428(d)(1) is amended by 
        striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting ``subsections (e) and 
        (f)''.
            (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 6428(d)(1) is amended by 
        striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting ``subsection (e) or 
        (f)''.
            (3) Paragraph (3) of section 6428(e) is amended by 
        inserting before the period ``(or, if earlier, the date of the 
        enactment of the Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act of 
        2001)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 102. ACCELERATION OF 25 PERCENT INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATE.

    (a) In General.--The table contained in paragraph (2) of section 
1(i) (relating to reductions in rates after June 30, 2001) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``27.0%'' and inserting ``25.0%'', and
            (2) by striking ``26.0%'' and inserting ``25.0%''.
    (b) Reduction Not To Increase Minimum Tax.--
            (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 55(d)(1) is amended by 
        striking ``($49,000 in the case of taxable years beginning in 
        2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004)'' and inserting ``($49,000 in the 
        case of taxable years beginning in 2001, $52,200 in the case of 
        taxable years beginning in 2002 or 2003, and $50,700 in the 
        case of taxable years beginning in 2004)''.
            (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 55(d)(1) is amended by 
        striking ``($35,750 in the case of taxable years beginning in 
        2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004)'' and inserting ``($35,750 in the 
        case of taxable years beginning in 2001, $37,350 in the case of 
        taxable years beginning in 2002 or 2003, and $36,600 in the 
        case of taxable years beginning in 2004)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.
    (d) Section 15 Not To Apply.--No amendment made by this section 
shall be treated as a change in a rate of tax for purposes of section 
15 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 .

                     TITLE II--BUSINESS PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY ACQUIRED 
              AFTER SEPTEMBER 10, 2001, AND BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11, 2004.

    (a) In General.--Section 168 (relating to accelerated cost recovery 
system) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Special Allowance for Certain Property Acquired After 
September 10, 2001, and Before September 11, 2004.--
            ``(1) Additional allowance.--In the case of any qualified 
        property--
                    ``(A) the depreciation deduction provided by 
                section 167(a) for the taxable year in which such 
                property is placed in service shall include an 
                allowance equal to 30 percent of the adjusted basis of 
                the qualified property, and
                    ``(B) the adjusted basis of the qualified property 
                shall be reduced by the amount of such deduction before 
                computing the amount otherwise allowable as a 
                depreciation deduction under this chapter for such 
                taxable year and any subsequent taxable year.
            ``(2) Qualified property.--For purposes of this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified property' 
                means property--
                            ``(i)(I) to which this section applies 
                        which has a recovery period of 20 years or less 
                        or which is water utility property, or
                            ``(II) which is computer software (as 
                        defined in section 167(f)(1)(B)) for which a 
                        deduction is allowable under section 167(a) 
                        without regard to this subsection,
                            ``(ii) the original use of which commences 
                        with the taxpayer after September 10, 2001,
                            ``(iii) which is--
                                    ``(I) acquired by the taxpayer 
                                after September 10, 2001, and before 
                                September 11, 2004, but only if no 
                                written binding contract for the 
                                acquisition was in effect before 
                                September 11, 2001, or
                                    ``(II) acquired by the taxpayer 
                                pursuant to a written binding contract 
                                which was entered into after September 
                                10, 2001, and before September 11, 
                                2004, and
                            ``(iv) which is placed in service by the 
                        taxpayer before January 1, 2005, or, in the 
                        case of property described in subparagraph (B), 
                        before January 1, 2006.
                    ``(B) Certain property having longer production 
                periods treated as qualified property.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `qualified 
                        property' includes property--
                                    ``(I) which meets the requirements 
                                of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of 
                                subparagraph (A),
                                    ``(II) which has a recovery period 
                                of at least 10 years or is 
                                transportation property, and
                                    ``(III) which is subject to section 
                                263A by reason of clause (ii) or (iii) 
                                of subsection (f)(1)(B) thereof.
                            ``(ii) Only pre-september 11, 2004, basis 
                        eligible for additional allowance.--In the case 
                        of property which is qualified property solely 
                        by reason of clause (i), paragraph (1) shall 
                        apply only to the extent of the adjusted basis 
                        thereof attributable to manufacture, 
                        construction, or production before September 
                        11, 2004.
                            ``(iii) Transportation property.--For 
                        purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
                        `transportation property' means tangible 
                        personal property used in the trade or business 
                        of transporting persons or property.
                    ``(C) Exceptions.--
                            ``(i) Alternative depreciation property.--
                        The term `qualified property' shall not include 
                        any property to which the alternative 
                        depreciation system under subsection (g) 
                        applies, determined--
                                    ``(I) without regard to paragraph 
                                (7) of subsection (g) (relating to 
                                election to have system apply), and
                                    ``(II) after application of section 
                                280F(b) (relating to listed property 
                                with limited business use).
                            ``(ii) Election out.--If a taxpayer makes 
                        an election under this clause with respect to 
                        any class of property for any taxable year, 
                        this subsection shall not apply to all property 
                        in such class placed in service during such 
                        taxable year.
                            ``(iii) Qualified leasehold improvement 
                        property.--The term `qualified property' shall 
                        not include any qualified leasehold improvement 
                        property (as defined in section 168(e)(6)).
                    ``(D) Special rules.--
                            ``(i) Self-constructed property.--In the 
                        case of a taxpayer manufacturing, constructing, 
                        or producing property for the taxpayer's own 
                        use, the requirements of clause (iii) of 
                        subparagraph (A) shall be treated as met if the 
                        taxpayer begins manufacturing, constructing, or 
                        producing the property after September 10, 
                        2001, and before September 11, 2004.
                            ``(ii) Sale-leasebacks.--For purposes of 
                        subparagraph (A)(ii), if property--
                                    ``(I) is originally placed in 
                                service after September 10, 2001, by a 
                                person, and
                                    ``(II) sold and leased back by such 
                                person within 3 months after the date 
                                such property was originally placed in 
                                service,
                        such property shall be treated as originally 
                        placed in service not earlier than the date on 
                        which such property is used under the leaseback 
                        referred to in subclause (II).
                    ``(E) Coordination with section 280f.--For purposes 
                of section 280F--
                            ``(i) Automobiles.--In the case of a 
                        passenger automobile (as defined in section 
                        280F(d)(5)) which is qualified property, the 
                        Secretary shall increase the limitation under 
                        section 280F(a)(1)(A)(i) by $4,600.
                            ``(ii) Listed property.--The deduction 
                        allowable under paragraph (1) shall be taken 
                        into account in computing any recapture amount 
                        under section 280F(b)(2).''
    (b) Allowance Against Alternative Minimum Tax.--
            (1) In general.--Section 56(a)(1)(A) (relating to 
        depreciation adjustment for alternative minimum tax) is amended 
        by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) Additional allowance for certain 
                        property acquired after september 10, 2001, and 
                        before september 11, 2004.--The deduction under 
                        section 168(k) shall be allowed.''
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Clause (i) of section 
        56(a)(1)(A) is amended by striking ``clause (ii)'' both places 
        it appears and inserting ``clauses (ii) and (iii)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after September 10, 2001, in 
taxable years ending after such date.

SEC. 202. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN EXPENSING UNDER SECTION 179.

    (a) In General.--The table contained in section 179(b)(1) (relating 
to dollar limitation) is amended to read as follows:

        ``If the taxable year
                                                         The applicable
          begins in:
                                                             amount is:
                  2001...............................          $24,000 
                  2002 or 2003.......................          $35,000 
                  2004 or thereafter.................        $25,000.''
    (b) Temporary Increase in Amount of Property Triggering Phaseout of 
Maximum Benefit.--Paragraph (2) of section 179(b) is amended by 
inserting before the period ``($325,000 in the case of taxable years 
beginning during 2002 or 2003)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.

SEC. 203. ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX REFORM.

    (a) Repeal of Preference for Depreciation.--
            (1) Paragraph (1) of section 56(a) is amended by adding at 
        the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Termination.--This paragraph shall not apply 
                to property placed in service in taxable years 
                beginning after December 31, 2001.''
            (2) Paragraph (5) of section 56(a) is amended by adding at 
        the end: ``This paragraph shall not apply to property placed in 
        service in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.''
    (b) Repeal of 90 Percent Limitation on Foreign Tax Credits.--
            (1) Subsection (a) of section 59 is amended by striking 
        paragraph (2) and by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
        paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.
            (2) Subclause (II) of section 53(d)(1)(B)(i) is amended by 
        striking ``and if section 59(a)(2) did not apply''.
    (c) Repeal of 90 Percent Limitation on Net Operating Loss 
Deduction.--Subparagraph (A) of section 56(d)(1), as amended by section 
204, is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) the amount of such deduction shall not exceed 
                alternative minimum taxable income determined without 
                regard to such deduction, and''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.

SEC. 204. CARRYBACK OF CERTAIN NET OPERATING LOSSES ALLOWED FOR 5 
              YEARS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 172(b) (relating to years 
to which loss may be carried) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
                    ``(H) In the case of a taxpayer which has a net 
                operating loss for any taxable year ending during 2001 
                or 2002, subparagraph (A)(i) shall be applied by 
                substituting `5' for `2' and subparagraph (F) shall not 
                apply.''
    (b) Election To Disregard 5-Year Carryback.--Section 172 (relating 
to net operating loss deduction) is amended by redesignating subsection 
(j) as subsection (k) and by inserting after subjection (i) the 
following new subsection:
    ``(j) Election To Disregard 5-Year Carryback for Certain Net 
Operating Losses.--Any taxpayer entitled to a 5-year carryback under 
subsection (b)(1)(H) from any loss year may elect to have the carryback 
period with respect to such loss year determined without regard to 
subsection (b)(1)(H). Such election shall be made in such manner as may 
be prescribed by the Secretary and shall be made by the due date 
(including extensions of time) for filing the taxpayer's return for the 
taxable year of the net operating loss. Such election, once made for 
any taxable year, shall be irrevocable for such taxable year.''
    (c) Temporary Suspension of 90 Percent Limit on Certain NOL 
Carrybacks.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 56(d)(1) 
        (relating to general rule defining alternative tax net 
        operating loss deduction) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) the amount of such deduction shall not exceed 
                the sum of--
                            ``(i) the lesser of--
                                    ``(I) the amount of such deduction 
                                attributable to net operating losses 
                                (other than the deduction attributable 
                                to carrybacks described in clause 
                                (ii)(I)), or
                                    ``(II) 90 percent of alternative 
                                minimum taxable income determined 
                                without regard to such deduction, plus
                            ``(ii) the lesser of--
                                    ``(I) the amount of such deduction 
                                attributable to carrybacks of net 
                                operating losses for taxable years 
                                ending during 2001 or 2002, or
                                    ``(II) alternative minimum taxable 
                                income determined without regard to 
                                such deduction reduced by the amount 
                                determined under clause (i), and''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
        shall apply to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2002.
    (d) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
amendments made by this section shall apply to net operating losses for 
taxable years ending after December 31, 2000.

SEC. 205. RECOVERY PERIOD FOR DEPRECIATION OF CERTAIN LEASEHOLD 
              IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) 15-Year Recovery Period.--Subparagraph (E) of section 168(e)(3) 
(relating to 15-year property) is amended by striking ``and'' at the 
end of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) 
and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
                            ``(iv) any qualified leasehold improvement 
                        property.''
    (b) Qualified Leasehold Improvement Property.--Subsection (e) of 
section 168 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(6) Qualified leasehold improvement property.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified leasehold 
                improvement property' means any improvement to an 
                interior portion of a building which is nonresidential 
                real property if--
                            ``(i) such improvement is made under or 
                        pursuant to a lease (as defined in subsection 
                        (h)(7))--
                                    ``(I) by the lessee (or any 
                                sublessee) of such portion, or
                                    ``(II) by the lessor of such 
                                portion,
                            ``(ii) such portion is to be occupied 
                        exclusively by the lessee (or any sublessee) of 
                        such portion, and
                            ``(iii) such improvement is placed in 
                        service more than 3 years after the date the 
                        building was first placed in service.
                    ``(B) Certain improvements not included.--Such term 
                shall not include any improvement for which the 
                expenditure is attributable to--
                            ``(i) the enlargement of the building,
                            ``(ii) any elevator or escalator,
                            ``(iii) any structural component benefiting 
                        a common area, and
                            ``(iv) the internal structural framework of 
                        the building.
                    ``(C) Definitions and special rules.--For purposes 
                of this paragraph--
                            ``(i) Commitment to lease treated as 
                        lease.--A commitment to enter into a lease 
                        shall be treated as a lease, and the parties to 
                        such commitment shall be treated as lessor and 
                        lessee, respectively.
                            ``(ii) Related persons.--A lease between 
                        related persons shall not be considered a 
                        lease. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
                        the term `related persons' means--
                                    ``(I) members of an affiliated 
                                group (as defined in section 1504), and
                                    ``(II) persons having a 
                                relationship described in subsection 
                                (b) of section 267; except that, for 
                                purposes of this clause, the phrase `80 
                                percent or more' shall be substituted 
                                for the phrase `more than 50 percent' 
                                each place it appears in such 
                                subsection.
                    ``(D) Improvements made by lessor.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of an 
                        improvement made by the person who was the 
                        lessor of such improvement when such 
                        improvement was placed in service, such 
                        improvement shall be qualified leasehold 
                        improvement property (if at all) only so long 
                        as such improvement is held by such person.
                            ``(ii) Exception for changes in form of 
                        business.--Property shall not cease to be 
                        qualified leasehold improvement property under 
                        clause (i) by reason of--
                                    ``(I) death,
                                    ``(II) a transaction to which 
                                section 381(a) applies, or
                                    ``(III) a mere change in the form 
                                of conducting the trade or business so 
                                long as the property is retained in 
                                such trade or business as qualified 
                                leasehold improvement property and the 
                                taxpayer retains a substantial interest 
                                in such trade or business.
                            ``(iii) Treatment of failures to maintain 
                        substantial interest in trade or business.--In 
                        the case of property to which clause (ii)(III) 
                        would apply but for the failure of the taxpayer 
                        to retain a substantial interest in a trade or 
                        business, the remaining adjusted basis of such 
                        property shall be depreciated under this 
                        section over 39 years.''
    (c) Requirement To Use Straight Line Method.--Paragraph (3) of 
section 168(b) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(G) Qualified leasehold improvement property 
                described in subsection (e)(6).''
    (d) Alternative System.--The table contained in section 
168(g)(3)(B) is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

  ``(E)(iv)..........................................       15''.      
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to qualified leasehold improvement property placed in service 
after September 10, 2001.

          TITLE III--EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN EXPIRING PROVISIONS

                         Subtitle A--Extensions

SEC. 301. ALLOWANCE OF NONREFUNDABLE PERSONAL CREDITS AGAINST REGULAR 
              AND MINIMUM TAX LIABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 26(a) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``rule for 2000 and 2001.--'' and inserting 
        ``rule for 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.--'', and
            (2) by striking ``during 2000 or 2001,'' and inserting 
        ``during 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003,''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 904(h) is amended by striking ``during 2000 or 
        2001'' and inserting ``during 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003''.
            (2) The amendments made by sections 201(b), 202(f), and 
        618(b) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 
        of 2001 shall not apply to taxable years beginning during 2002 
        and 2003.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.

SEC. 302. CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

    (a) In General.--Section 30 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``December 31, 2001,'' and 
                inserting ``December 31, 2003,'', and
                    (B) in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), by striking 
                ``2002'', ``2003'', and ``2004'', respectively, and 
                inserting ``2004'', ``2005'', and ``2006'', 
                respectively, and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``December 31, 2004'' 
        and inserting ``December 31, 2006''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subparagraph (C) of section 280F(a)(1) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following new clause
                            ``(iii) Application of subparagraph.--This 
                        subparagraph shall apply to property placed in 
                        service after August 5, 1997, and before 
                        January 1, 2007.''
            (2) Subsection (b) of section 971 of the Taxpayer Relief 
        Act of 1997 is amended by striking ``and before January 1, 
        2005''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 303. CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 
45(c)(3) are each amended by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2004''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 304. WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 51(c)(4) is amended by 
striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2003''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 
2001.

SEC. 305. WELFARE-TO-WORK CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (f) of section 51A is amended by 
striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2003''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 
2001.

SEC. 306. DEDUCTION FOR CLEAN-FUEL VEHICLES AND CERTAIN REFUELING 
              PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Section 179A is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B)--
                    (A) by striking ``December 31, 2001,'' and 
                inserting ``December 31, 2003,'', and
                    (B) in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), by striking 
                ``2002'', ``2003'', and ``2004'', respectively, and 
                inserting ``2004'', ``2005'', and ``2006'', 
                respectively, and
            (2) in subsection (f), by striking ``December 31, 2004'' 
        and inserting ``December 31, 2006''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 307. TAXABLE INCOME LIMIT ON PERCENTAGE DEPLETION FOR OIL AND 
              NATURAL GAS PRODUCED FROM MARGINAL PROPERTIES.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (H) of section 613A(c)(6) is amended 
by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2004''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.

SEC. 308. QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY BONDS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 1397E(e) is amended by 
striking ``2000, and 2001'' and inserting ``2000, 2001, 2002, and 
2003''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 309. COVER OVER OF TAX ON DISTILLED SPIRITS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 7652(f) is amended by 
striking ``January 1, 2002'' and inserting ``January 1, 2004''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 310. PARITY IN THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LIMITS TO MENTAL HEALTH 
              BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (f) of section 9812, as amended by the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(f) Application of Section.--This section shall not apply to 
benefits for services furnished--
            ``(1) on or after September 30, 2001, and before January 1, 
        2002, and
            ``(2) after December 31, 2003.''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2000.

SEC. 311. TEMPORARY SPECIAL RULES FOR TAXATION OF LIFE INSURANCE 
              COMPANIES.

    (a) Reduction in Mutual Life Insurance Company Deductions Not To 
Apply in Certain Years.--Section 809 (relating to reduction in certain 
deductions of material life insurance companies) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(j) Differential Earnings Rate Treated as Zero for Certain 
Years.--Notwithstanding subsection (c) or (f), the differential 
earnings rate shall be treated as zero for purposes of computing both 
the differential earnings amount and the recomputed differential 
earnings amount for a mutual life insurance company's taxable years 
beginning in 2001, 2002, or 2003.''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000.

SEC. 312. AVAILABILITY OF MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraphs (2) and (3)(B) of section 220(i) 
(defining cut-off year) are each amended by striking ``2002'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``2003''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Paragraph (2) of section 220(j) is amended by striking 
        ``1998, 1999, or 2001'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``1998, 1999, 2001, or 2002''.
            (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 220(j)(4) is amended by 
        striking ``and 2001'' and inserting ``2001, and 2002''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 313. INCENTIVES FOR INDIAN EMPLOYMENT AND PROPERTY ON INDIAN 
              RESERVATIONS.

    (a) Employment.--Subsection (f) of section 45A is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2003'' and inserting ``December 31, 2004''.
    (b) Property.--Paragraph (8) of section 168(j) is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2003'' and inserting ``December 31, 2004''.

SEC. 314. SUBPART F EXEMPTION FOR ACTIVE FINANCING.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Section 953(e)(10) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``January 1, 2002'' and inserting 
                ``January 1, 2007'', and
                    (B) by striking ``December 31, 2001'' and inserting 
                ``December 31, 2006''.
            (2) Section 954(h)(9) is amended by striking ``January 1, 
        2002'' and inserting ``January 1, 2007''.
    (b) Life Insurance and Annuity Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 954(i)(4) is 
        amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Life insurance and annuity contracts.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), the amount of the reserve of a 
                        qualifying insurance company or qualifying 
                        insurance company branch for any life insurance 
                        or annuity contract shall be equal to the 
                        greater of--
                                    ``(I) the net surrender value of 
                                such contract (as defined in section 
                                807(e)(1)(A)), or
                                    ``(II) the reserve determined under 
                                paragraph (5).
                            ``(ii) Ruling request, etc.--The amount of 
                        the reserve under clause (i) shall be the 
                        foreign statement reserve for the contract 
                        (less any catastrophe, deficiency, 
                        equalization, or similar reserves), if, 
                        pursuant to a ruling request submitted by the 
                        taxpayer or as provided in published guidance, 
                        the Secretary determines that the factors taken 
                        into account in determining the foreign 
                        statement reserve provide an appropriate means 
                        of measuring income.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.

SEC. 315. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVED DIESEL OR KEROSENE 
              TERMINALS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 4101 is hereby repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 2002.

          Subtitle B--Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

SEC. 321. REAUTHORIZATION OF TANF SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR POPULATION 
              INCREASES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002.

    Section 403(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Reauthorization of grants for fiscal year 
                2002.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) any State that was a qualifying State 
                        under this paragraph for fiscal year 2001 or 
                        any prior fiscal year shall be entitled to 
                        receive from the Secretary for fiscal year 2002 
                        a grant in an amount equal to the amount 
                        required to be paid to the State under this 
                        paragraph for the most recent fiscal year in 
                        which the State was a qualifying State;
                            ``(ii) subparagraph (G) shall be applied as 
                        if `2002' were substituted for `2001'; and
                            ``(iii) out of any money in the Treasury of 
                        the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
                        there are appropriated for fiscal year 2002 
                        such sums as are necessary for grants under 
                        this subparagraph.''.

SEC. 322. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF CONTINGENCY FUND UNDER THE TANF PROGRAM.

    Section 403(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and 2001'' and 
        inserting ``2001, and 2002''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(C)(ii), by striking ``2001'' and 
        inserting ``2002''.

 TITLE IV--TAX BENEFITS FOR AREA OF NEW YORK CITY DAMAGED IN TERRORIST 
                     ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

SEC. 401. TAX BENEFITS FOR AREA OF NEW YORK CITY DAMAGED IN TERRORIST 
              ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subchapter:

             ``Subchapter Y--New York Liberty Zone Benefits

                              ``Sec. 1400L. Tax benefits for New York 
                                        Liberty Zone.

``SEC. 1400L. TAX BENEFITS FOR NEW YORK LIBERTY ZONE.

    ``(a) Special Allowance for Certain Property Acquired After 
September 10, 2001.--
            ``(1) Additional allowance.--In the case of any qualified 
        New York Liberty Zone property--
                    ``(A) the depreciation deduction provided by 
                section 167(a) for the taxable year in which such 
                property is placed in service shall include an 
                allowance equal to 30 percent of the adjusted basis of 
                such property, and
                    ``(B) the adjusted basis of the qualified New York 
                Liberty Zone property shall be reduced by the amount of 
                such deduction before computing the amount otherwise 
                allowable as a depreciation deduction under this 
                chapter for such taxable year and any subsequent 
                taxable year.
            ``(2) Qualified new york liberty zone property.--For 
        purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified New York 
                Liberty Zone property' means property--
                            ``(i)(I) to which section 168 applies 
                        (other than railroad grading and tunnel bores), 
                        or
                            ``(II) which is computer software (as 
                        defined in section 167(f)(1)(B)) for which a 
                        deduction is allowable under section 167(a) 
                        without regard to this subsection,
                            ``(ii) substantially all of the use of 
                        which is in the New York Liberty Zone and is in 
                        the active conduct of a trade or business by 
                        the taxpayer in such Zone,
                            ``(iii) the original use of which in the 
                        New York Liberty Zone commences with the 
                        taxpayer after September 10, 2001,
                            ``(iv) which is acquired by the taxpayer by 
                        purchase (as defined in section 179(d)) after 
                        September 10, 2001, but only if no written 
                        binding contract for the acquisition was in 
                        effect before September 11, 2001, and
                            ``(v) which is placed in service by the 
                        taxpayer on or before the termination date.
                The term `termination date' means December 31, 2006 
                (December 31, 2009, in the case of nonresidential real 
                property and residential rental property).
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--
                            ``(i) Alternative depreciation property.--
                        The term `qualified New York Liberty Zone 
                        property' shall not include any property to 
                        which the alternative depreciation system under 
                        section 168(g) applies, determined--
                                    ``(I) without regard to paragraph 
                                (7) of section 168(g) (relating to 
                                election to have system apply), and
                                    ``(II) after application of section 
                                280F(b) (relating to listed property 
                                with limited business use).
                            ``(ii) 30 percent additional allowance 
                        property.--Such term shall not include property 
                        to which section 168(k) applies.
                            ``(iii) Qualified leasehold improvement 
                        property.--Such term shall not include any 
                        qualified leasehold improvement property (as 
                        defined in section 168(e)(6)).
                            ``(iv) Election out.--If a taxpayer makes 
                        an election under this clause with respect to 
                        any class of property for any taxable year, 
                        this subsection shall not apply to all property 
                        in such class placed in service during such 
                        taxable year.
                    ``(C) Special rules.--
                            ``(i) Self-constructed property.--In the 
                        case of a taxpayer manufacturing, constructing, 
                        or producing property for the taxpayer's own 
                        use, the requirements of clause (iv) of 
                        subparagraph (A) shall be treated as met if the 
                        taxpayer begins manufacturing, constructing, or 
                        producing the property after September 10, 
                        2001, and before the termination date.
                            ``(ii) Sale-leasebacks.--For purposes of 
                        subparagraph (A)(iii), if property--
                                    ``(I) is originally placed in 
                                service after September 10, 2001, by a 
                                person, and
                                    ``(II) sold and leased back by such 
                                person within 3 months after the date 
                                such property was originally placed in 
                                service,
                        such property shall be treated as originally 
                        placed in service not earlier than the date on 
                        which such property is used under the leaseback 
                        referred to in subclause (II).
                    ``(D) Allowance against alternative minimum tax.--
                The deduction allowed by this subsection shall be 
                allowed in determining alternative minimum taxable 
                income under section 55.
    ``(b) 5-Year Recovery Period for Depreciation of Certain Leasehold 
Improvements.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of section 168, the term 
        `5-year property' includes any qualified New York Liberty Zone 
        leasehold improvement property.
            ``(2) Qualified new york liberty zone leasehold improvement 
        property.--For purposes of this section, the term `qualified 
        New York Liberty Zone leasehold improvement property' means 
        qualified leasehold improvement property (as defined in section 
        168(e)(6)) if--
                    ``(A) such building is located in the New York 
                Liberty Zone,
                    ``(B) such improvement is placed in service after 
                September 10, 2001, and before January 1, 2007, and
                    ``(C) no written binding contract for such 
                improvement was in effect before September 11, 2001.
            ``(3) Requirement to use straight line method.--The 
        applicable depreciation method under section 168 shall be the 
        straight line method in the case of qualified New York Liberty 
        Zone leasehold improvement property.
            ``(4) 9-year recovery period under alternative system.--For 
        purposes of section 168(g), the class life of qualified New 
        York Liberty Zone leasehold improvement property shall be 9 
        years.
    ``(c) Increase in Expensing Under Section 179.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of section 179--
                    ``(A) the limitation under section 179(b)(1) shall 
                be increased by the lesser of--
                            ``(i) $35,000, or
                            ``(ii) the cost of section 179 property 
                        which is qualified New York Liberty Zone 
                        property placed in service during the taxable 
                        year, and
                    ``(B) the amount taken into account under section 
                179(b)(2) with respect to any section 179 property 
                which is qualified New York Liberty Zone property shall 
                be 50 percent of the cost thereof.
            ``(2) Recapture.--Rules similar to the rules under section 
        179(d)(10) shall apply with respect to any qualified New York 
        Liberty Zone property which ceases to be used in the New York 
        Liberty Zone.
    ``(d) Tax-Exempt Bond Financing.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this title, any 
        qualified New York Liberty Bond shall be treated as an exempt 
        facility bond.
            ``(2) Qualified new york liberty bond.--For purposes of 
        this subsection, the term `qualified New York Liberty Bond' 
        means any bond issued as part of an issue if--
                    ``(A) 95 percent or more of the net proceeds (as 
                defined in section 150(a)(3)) of such issue are to be 
                used for qualified project costs,
                    ``(B) such bond is issued by the State of New York 
                or any political subdivision thereof,
                    ``(C) the Governor of New York designates such bond 
                for purposes of this section, and
                    ``(D) such bond is issued during calendar year 
                2002, 2003, or 2004.
            ``(3) Limitation on amount of bonds designated.--
                    ``(A) Aggregate amount designated.--The maximum 
                aggregate face amount of bonds which may be designated 
                under this subsection shall not exceed $15,000,000,000.
                    ``(B) Specific limits.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the aggregate face amount of bonds 
                issued which are to be used for--
                            ``(i) costs for property located outside 
                        the New York Liberty Zone, shall not exceed 
                        $7,000,000,000,
                            ``(ii) costs for residential rental 
                        property, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000, and
                            ``(iii) costs for property used for retail 
                        sales of tangible property, shall not exceed 
                        $1,500,000,000.
                    ``(C) Movable fixtures and equipment.--No bonds 
                shall be issued which are to be used for movable 
                fixtures and equipment.
            ``(4) Qualified project costs.--For purposes of this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified project 
                costs' means the cost of acquisition, construction, 
                reconstruction, and renovation of--
                            ``(i) nonresidential real property and 
                        residential rental property (including fixed 
                        tenant improvements associated with such 
                        property) located in the New York Liberty Zone, 
                        and
                            ``(ii) public utility property located in 
                        the New York Liberty Zone.
                    ``(B) Costs for certain property outside zone 
                included.--Such term includes the cost of acquisition, 
                construction, reconstruction, and renovation of 
                nonresidential real property (including fixed tenant 
                improvements associated with such property) located 
                outside the New York Liberty Zone but within the City 
                of New York, New York, if such property is part of a 
                project which consists of at least 100,000 square feet 
                of usable office or other commercial space located in a 
                single building or multiple adjacent buildings.
            ``(5) Special rules.--In applying this title to any 
        qualified New York Liberty Bond, the following modifications 
        shall apply:
                    ``(A) Section 146 (relating to volume cap) shall 
                not apply.
                    ``(B) Section 147(c) (relating to limitation on use 
                for land acquisition) shall be determined by reference 
                to the aggregate authorized face amount of all 
                qualified New York Liberty Bonds rather than the net 
                proceeds of each issue.
                    ``(C) Section 147(d) (relating to acquisition of 
                existing property not permitted) shall be applied by 
                substituting `50 percent' for `15 percent' each place 
                it appears.
                    ``(D) Section 148(f)(4)(C) (relating to exception 
                from rebate for certain proceeds to be used to finance 
                construction expenditures) shall apply to available 
                construction proceeds of bonds issued under this 
                section.
                    ``(E) Financing provided by such a bond shall not 
                be taken into account under section 168(g)(5)(A) with 
                respect to property substantially all of the use of 
                which is in the New York Liberty Zone and is in the 
                active conduct of a trade or business by the taxpayer 
                in such Zone.
                    ``(F) Repayments of principal on financing provided 
                by the issue--
                            ``(i) may not be used to provide financing, 
                        and
                            ``(ii) must be used not later than the 
                        close of the 1st semiannual period beginning 
                        after the date of the repayment to redeem bonds 
                        which are part of such issue.
                The requirement of clause (ii) shall be treated as met 
                with respect to amounts received within 10 years after 
                the date of issuance of the issue (or, in the case of 
                refunding bond, the date of issuance of the original 
                bond) if such amounts are used by the close of such 10 
                years to redeem bonds which are part of such issue.
                    ``(G) Section 57(a)(5) shall not apply.
            ``(6) Separate issue treatment of portions of an issue.--
        This subsection shall not apply to the portion of an issue 
        which (if issued as a separate issue) would be treated as a 
        qualified bond or as a bond that is not a private activity 
        bond, if the issuer elects to so treat such portion.
    ``(e) Extension of Replacement Period for Nonrecognition of Gain.--
Notwithstanding subsections (g) and (h) of section 1033, clause (i) of 
section 1033(a)(2)(B) shall be applied by substituting `5 years' for `2 
years' with respect to property which is compulsorily or involuntarily 
converted as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, 
in the New York Liberty Zone but only if substantially all of the use 
of the replacement property is in the City of New York, New York.
    ``(f) New York Liberty Zone.--For purposes of this section, the 
term `New York Liberty Zone' means the area located on or south of 
Canal Street, East Broadway (east of its intersection with Canal 
Street), or Grand Street (east of its intersection with East Broadway) 
in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York.''
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of subchapters for chapter 1 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                              ``Subchapter Y. New York Liberty Zone 
                                        Benefits.''

     TITLE V--RELIEF PROVISIONS FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, 
     PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTERS, AND CERTAIN OTHER DISASTERS

     Subtitle A--Relief Provisions for Victims of Terrorist Attacks

SEC. 501. INCOME TAXES OF VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS.

    (a) In General.--Section 692 (relating to income taxes of members 
of Armed Forces on death) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(d) Individuals Dying as a Result of Certain Attacks.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a specified terrorist 
        victim, any tax imposed by this chapter shall not apply--
                    ``(A) with respect to the taxable year in which 
                falls the date of death, and
                    ``(B) with respect to any prior taxable year in the 
                period beginning with the last taxable year ending 
                before the taxable year in which the wounds, injury, or 
                illness referred to in paragraph (3) were incurred.
            ``(2) $10,000 minimum benefit.--If, but for this paragraph, 
        the amount of tax not imposed by paragraph (1) with respect to 
        a specified terrorist victim is less than $10,000, then such 
        victim shall be treated as having made a payment against the 
        tax imposed by this chapter for such victim's last taxable year 
        in an amount equal to the excess of $10,000 over the amount of 
        tax not so imposed.
            ``(3) Taxation of certain benefits.--Subject to such rules 
        as the Secretary may prescribe, paragraph (1) shall not apply 
        to the amount of any tax imposed by this chapter which would be 
        computed by only taking into account the items of income, gain, 
        or other amounts attributable to--
                    ``(A) deferred compensation which would have been 
                payable after death if the individual had died other 
                than as a specified terrorist victim, or
                    ``(B) amounts payable in the taxable year which 
                would not have been payable in such taxable year but 
                for an action taken after September 11, 2001.
            ``(4) Specified terrorist victim.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `specified terrorist victim' means any 
        decedent--
                    ``(A) who dies as a result of wounds or injury 
                incurred as a result of the terrorist attacks against 
                the United States on April 19, 1995, or September 11, 
                2001, or
                    ``(B) who dies as a result of illness incurred as a 
                result of an attack involving anthrax occurring on or 
                after September 11, 2001, and before January 1, 2002.
        Such term shall not include any individual identified by the 
        Attorney General to have been a participant or conspirator in 
        any such attack or a representative of such an individual.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 5(b)(1) is amended by inserting ``and victims 
        of certain terrorist attacks'' before ``on death''.
            (2) Section 6013(f)(2)(B) is amended by inserting ``and 
        victims of certain terrorist attacks'' before ``on death''.
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) The heading of section 692 is amended to read as 
        follows:

``SEC. 692. INCOME TAXES OF MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES AND VICTIMS OF 
              CERTAIN TERRORIST ATTACKS ON DEATH.''.

            (2) The item relating to section 692 in the table of 
        sections for part II of subchapter J of chapter 1 is amended to 
        read as follows:

                              ``Sec. 692. Income taxes of members of 
                                        Armed Forces and victims of 
                                        certain terrorist attacks on 
                                        death.''.
    (d) Effective Date; Waiver of Limitations.--
            (1) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall apply to taxable years ending before, on, or after 
        September 11, 2001.
            (2) Waiver of limitations.--If refund or credit of any 
        overpayment of tax resulting from the amendments made by this 
        section is prevented at any time before the close of the 1-year 
        period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act by 
        the operation of any law or rule of law (including res 
        judicata), such refund or credit may nevertheless be made or 
        allowed if claim therefor is filed before the close of such 
        period.

SEC. 502. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DEATH BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Section 101 (relating to certain death benefits) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Certain Employee Death Benefits Payable by Reason of Death of 
Certain Terrorist Victims.--
            ``(1) In general.--Gross income does not include amounts 
        (whether in a single sum or otherwise) paid by an employer by 
        reason of the death of an employee who is a specified terrorist 
        victim (as defined in section 692(d)(4)).
            ``(2) Limitation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to such rules as the 
                Secretary may prescribe, paragraph (1) shall not apply 
                to amounts which would have been payable after death if 
                the individual had died other than as a specified 
                terrorist victim (as so defined).
                    ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
                to incidental death benefits paid from a plan described 
                in section 401(a) and exempt from tax under section 
                501(a).
            ``(3) Treatment of self-employed individuals.--For purposes 
        of paragraph (1), the term `employee' includes a self-employed 
        individual (as defined in section 401(c)(1)).''.
    (b) Effective Date; Waiver of Limitations.--
            (1) Effective date.--The amendment made by this section 
        shall apply to taxable years ending before, on, or after 
        September 11, 2001.
            (2) Waiver of limitations.--If refund or credit of any 
        overpayment of tax resulting from the amendments made by this 
        section is prevented at any time before the close of the 1-year 
        period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act by 
        the operation of any law or rule of law (including res 
        judicata), such refund or credit may nevertheless be made or 
        allowed if claim therefor is filed before the close of such 
        period.

SEC. 503. ESTATE TAX REDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 2201 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 2201. COMBAT ZONE-RELATED DEATHS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
              AND DEATHS OF VICTIMS OF CERTAIN TERRORIST ATTACKS.

    ``(a) In General.--Unless the executor elects not to have this 
section apply, in applying sections 2001 and 2101 to the estate of a 
qualified decedent, the rate schedule set forth in subsection (c) shall 
be deemed to be the rate schedule set forth in section 2001(c).
    ``(b) Qualified Decedent.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`qualified decedent' means--
            ``(1) any citizen or resident of the United States dying 
        while in active service of the Armed Forces of the United 
        States, if such decedent--
                    ``(A) was killed in action while serving in a 
                combat zone, as determined under section 112(c), or
                    ``(B) died as a result of wounds, disease, or 
                injury suffered while serving in a combat zone (as 
                determined under section 112(c)), and while in the line 
                of duty, by reason of a hazard to which such decedent 
                was subjected as an incident of such service, and
            ``(2) any specified terrorist victim (as defined in section 
        692(d)(4)).
    ``(c) Rate Schedule.--

``If the amount with respect to     The tentative tax is:
        which the tentative tax to 
        be computed is:
    Not over $150,000..............
                                        1 percent of the amount by 
                                                which such amount 
                                                exceeds $100,000.
    Over $150,000 but not over 
        $200,000.
                                        $500 plus 2 percent of the 
                                                excess over $150,000.
    Over $200,000 but not over 
        $300,000.
                                        $1,500 plus 3 percent of the 
                                                excess over $200,000.
    Over $300,000 but not over 
        $500,000.
                                        $4,500 plus 4 percent of the 
                                                excess over $300,000.
    Over $500,000 but not over 
        $700,000.
                                        $12,500 plus 5 percent of the 
                                                excess over $500,000.
    Over $700,000 but not over 
        $900,000.
                                        $22,500 plus 6 percent of the 
                                                excess over $700,000.
    Over $900,000 but not over 
        $1,100,000.
                                        $34,500 plus 7 percent of the 
                                                excess over $900,000.
    Over $1,100,000 but not over 
        $1,600,000.
                                        $48,500 plus 8 percent of the 
                                                excess over $1,100,000.
    Over $1,600,000 but not over 
        $2,100,000.
                                        $88,500 plus 9 percent of the 
                                                excess over $1,600,000.
    Over $2,100,000 but not over 
        $2,600,000.
                                        $133,500 plus 10 percent of the 
                                                excess over $2,100,000.
    Over $2,600,000 but not over 
        $3,100,000.
                                        $183,500 plus 11 percent of the 
                                                excess over $2,600,000.
    Over $3,100,000 but not over 
        $3,600,000.
                                        $238,500 plus 12 percent of the 
                                                excess over $3,100,000.
    Over $3,600,000 but not over 
        $4,100,000.
                                        $298,500 plus 13 percent of the 
                                                excess over $3,600,000.
    Over $4,100,000 but not over 
        $5,100,000.
                                        $363,500 plus 14 percent of the 
                                                excess over $4,100,000.
    Over $5,100,000 but not over 
        $6,100,000.
                                        $503,500 plus 15 percent of the 
                                                excess over $5,100,000.
    Over $6,100,000 but not over 
        $7,100,000.
                                        $653,500 plus 16 percent of the 
                                                excess over $6,100,000.
    Over $7,100,000 but not over 
        $8,100,000.
                                        $813,500 plus 17 percent of the 
                                                excess over $7,100,000.
    Over $8,100,000 but not over 
        $9,100,000.
                                        $983,500 plus 18 percent of the 
                                                excess over $8,100,000.
    Over $9,100,000 but not over 
        $10,100,000.
                                        $1,163,500 plus 19 percent of 
                                                the excess over 
                                                $9,100,000.
    Over $10,100,000...............
                                        $1,353,500 plus 20 percent of 
                                                the excess over 
                                                $10,100,000.
    ``(d) Determination of Unified Credit.--In the case of an estate to 
which this section applies, subsection (a) shall not apply in 
determining the credit under section 2010.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 2011 is amended by striking subsection (d) and 
        by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections 
        (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
            (2) Section 2053(d)(3)(B) is amended by striking ``section 
        2011(e)'' and inserting ``section 2011(d)''.
            (3) Paragraph (9) of section 532(c) of the Economic Growth 
        and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 is repealed.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The item relating to section 2201 in the 
table of sections for subchapter C of chapter 11 is amended to read as 
follows:

                              ``Sec. 2201. Combat zone-related deaths 
                                        of members of the Armed Forces 
                                        and deaths of victims of 
                                        certain terrorist attacks.''.
    (d) Effective Date; Waiver of Limitations.--
            (1) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall apply to estates of decedents--
                    (A) dying on or after September 11, 2001, and
                    (B) in the case of individuals dying as a result of 
                the April 19, 1995, terrorist attack, dying on or after 
                April 19, 1995.
            (2) Waiver of limitations.--If refund or credit of any 
        overpayment of tax resulting from the amendments made by this 
        section is prevented at any time before the close of the 1-year 
        period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act by 
        the operation of any law or rule of law (including res 
        judicata), such refund or credit may nevertheless be made or 
        allowed if claim therefor is filed before the close of such 
        period.

SEC. 504. PAYMENTS BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS TREATED AS EXEMPT 
              PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986--
            (1) payments made by an organization described in section 
        501(c)(3) of such Code by reason of the death, injury, 
        wounding, or illness of an individual incurred as the result of 
        the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 
        11, 2001, or an attack involving anthrax occurring on or after 
        September 11, 2001, and before January 1, 2002, shall be 
        treated as related to the purpose or function constituting the 
        basis for such organization's exemption under section 501 of 
        such Code if such payments are made in good faith using a 
        reasonable and objective formula which is consistently applied, 
        and
            (2) in the case of a private foundation (as defined in 
        section 509 of such Code), any payment described in paragraph 
        (1) shall not be treated as made to a disqualified person for 
        purposes of section 4941 of such Code.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to payments made on 
or after September 11, 2001.

SEC. 505. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN CANCELLATIONS OF INDEBTEDNESS.

    (a) In General.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986--
            (1) gross income shall not include any amount which (but 
        for this section) would be includible in gross income by reason 
        of the discharge (in whole or in part) of indebtedness of any 
        taxpayer if the discharge is by reason of the death of an 
        individual incurred as the result of the terrorist attacks 
        against the United States on September 11, 2001, or as the 
        result of illness incurred as a result of an attack involving 
        anthrax occurring on or after September 11, 2001, and before 
        January 1, 2002, and
            (2) return requirements under section 6050P of such Code 
        shall not apply to any discharge described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to discharges made on 
or after September 11, 2001, and before January 1, 2002.

                  Subtitle B--Other Relief Provisions

SEC. 511. EXCLUSION FOR DISASTER RELIEF PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 (relating to 
items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended by 
redesignating section 139 as section 140 and inserting after section 
138 the following new section:

``SEC. 139. DISASTER RELIEF PAYMENTS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--Gross income shall not include any amount 
received by an individual as a qualified disaster relief payment.
    ``(b) Qualified Disaster Relief Payment Defined.--For purposes of 
this section, the term `qualified disaster relief payment' means any 
amount paid to or for the benefit of an individual--
            ``(1) to reimburse or pay reasonable and necessary 
        personal, family, living, or funeral expenses incurred as a 
        result of a qualified disaster,
            ``(2) to reimburse or pay reasonable and necessary expenses 
        incurred for the repair or rehabilitation of a personal 
        residence or repair or replacement of its contents to the 
        extent that the need for such repair, rehabilitation, or 
        replacement is attributable to a qualified disaster,
            ``(3) by a person engaged in the furnishing or sale of 
        transportation as a common carrier by reason of the death or 
        personal physical injuries incurred as a result of a qualified 
        disaster, or
            ``(4) if such amount is paid by a Federal, State, or local 
        government, or agency or instrumentality thereof, in connection 
        with a qualified disaster in order to promote the general 
        welfare,
but only to the extent any expense compensated by such payment is not 
otherwise compensated for by insurance or otherwise.
    ``(c) Qualified Disaster Defined.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `qualified disaster' means--
            ``(1) a disaster which results from a terroristic or 
        military action (as defined in section 692(c)(2)),
            ``(2) a Presidentially declared disaster (as defined in 
        section 1033(h)(3)),
            ``(3) a disaster which results from an accident involving a 
        common carrier, or from any other event, which is determined by 
        the Secretary to be of a catastrophic nature, or
            ``(4) with respect to amounts described in subsection 
        (b)(4), a disaster which is determined by an applicable 
        Federal, State, or local authority (as determined by the 
        Secretary) to warrant assistance from the Federal, State, or 
        local government or agency or instrumentality thereof.
    ``(d) Coordination With Employment Taxes.--For purposes of chapter 
2 and subtitle C, a qualified disaster relief payment shall not be 
treated as net earnings from self-employment, wages, or compensation 
subject to tax.
    ``(e) No Relief for Certain Individuals.--Subsections (a) and (f) 
shall not apply with respect to any individual identified by the 
Attorney General to have been a participant or conspirator in a 
terroristic action (as so defined), or a representative of such 
individual.
    ``(f) Exclusion of Certain Additional Payments.--Gross income shall 
not include any amount received as payment under section 406 of the Air 
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act.''
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The table of sections for part III of 
subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 139 and inserting the following new items:

                              ``Sec. 139. Disaster relief payments.
                              ``Sec. 140. Cross references to other 
                                        Acts.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years ending on or after September 11, 2001.

SEC. 512. AUTHORITY TO POSTPONE CERTAIN DEADLINES AND REQUIRED ACTIONS.

    (a) Expansion of Authority Relating to Disasters and Terroristic or 
Military Actions.--Section 7508A is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7508A. AUTHORITY TO POSTPONE CERTAIN DEADLINES BY REASON OF 
              PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTER OR TERRORISTIC OR 
              MILITARY ACTIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of a taxpayer determined by the 
Secretary to be affected by a Presidentially declared disaster (as 
defined in section 1033(h)(3)) or a terroristic or military action (as 
defined in section 692(c)(2)), the Secretary may specify a period of up 
to one year that may be disregarded in determining, under the internal 
revenue laws, in respect of any tax liability of such taxpayer--
            ``(1) whether any of the acts described in paragraph (1) of 
        section 7508(a) were performed within the time prescribed 
        therefor (determined without regard to extension under any 
        other provision of this subtitle for periods after the date 
        (determined by the Secretary) of such disaster or action),
            ``(2) the amount of any interest, penalty, additional 
        amount, or addition to the tax for periods after such date, and
            ``(3) the amount of any credit or refund.
    ``(b) Special Rules Regarding Pensions, Etc.--In the case of a 
pension or other employee benefit plan, or any sponsor, administrator, 
participant, beneficiary, or other person with respect to such plan, 
affected by a disaster or action described in subsection (a), the 
Secretary may specify a period of up to one year which may be 
disregarded in determining the date by which any action is required or 
permitted to be completed under this title. No plan shall be treated as 
failing to be operated in accordance with the terms of the plan solely 
as the result of disregarding any period by reason of the preceding 
sentence.
    ``(c) Special Rules for Overpayments.--The rules of section 7508(b) 
shall apply for purposes of this section.''.
    (b) Clarification of Scope of Acts Secretary May Postpone.--Section 
7508(a)(1)(K) (relating to time to be disregarded) is amended by 
striking ``in regulations prescribed under this section''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments to ERISA.--
            (1) Part 5 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee 
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 518. AUTHORITY TO POSTPONE CERTAIN DEADLINES BY REASON OF 
              PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTER OR TERRORISTIC OR 
              MILITARY ACTIONS.

    ``In the case of a pension or other employee benefit plan, or any 
sponsor, administrator, participant, beneficiary, or other person with 
respect to such plan, affected by a Presidentially declared disaster 
(as defined in section 1033(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) 
or a terroristic or military action (as defined in section 692(c)(2) of 
such Code), the Secretary may, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, prescribe, by notice or otherwise, a period of up to one year 
which may be disregarded in determining the date by which any action is 
required or permitted to be completed under this Act. No plan shall be 
treated as failing to be operated in accordance with the terms of the 
plan solely as the result of disregarding any period by reason of the 
preceding sentence.''.
            (2) Section 4002 of Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
        of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1302) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(i) Special Rules Regarding Disasters, Etc.--In the case of a 
pension or other employee benefit plan, or any sponsor, administrator, 
participant, beneficiary, or other person with respect to such plan, 
affected by a Presidentially declared disaster (as defined in section 
1033(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) or a terroristic or 
military action (as defined in section 692(c)(2) of such Code), the 
corporation may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, prescribe, 
by notice or otherwise, a period of up to one year which may be 
disregarded in determining the date by which any action is required or 
permitted to be completed under this Act. No plan shall be treated as 
failing to be operated in accordance with the terms of the plan solely 
as the result of disregarding any period by reason of the preceding 
sentence.''.
    (d) Additional Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 6404 is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (h),
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
                (h), and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(i) Cross Reference.--

                                ``For authority to suspend running of 
interest, etc. by reason of Presidentially declared disaster or 
terroristic or military action, see section 7508A.''.
            (2) Section 6081(c) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Cross References.--

                                ``For time for performing certain acts 
postponed by reason of war, see section 7508, and by reason of 
Presidentially declared disaster or terroristic or military action, see 
section 7508A.''.
            (3) Section 6161(d) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Postponement of certain acts.--

                                ``For time for performing certain acts 
postponed by reason of war, see section 7508, and by reason of 
Presidentially declared disaster or terroristic or military action, see 
section 7508A.''.
    (d) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) The item relating to section 7508A in the table of 
        sections for chapter 77 is amended to read as follows:

                              ``Sec. 7508A. Authority to postpone 
                                        certain deadlines by reason of 
                                        Presidentially declared 
                                        disaster or terroristic or 
                                        military actions.''.
            (2) The table of contents for the Employee Retirement 
        Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 517 the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 518. Authority to postpone certain 
                                        deadlines by reason of 
                                        Presidentially declared 
                                        disaster or terroristic or 
                                        military actions.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to disasters and terroristic or military actions occurring on or 
after September 11, 2001, with respect to any action of the Secretary 
of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, or the Pension Benefit 
Guaranty Corporation occurring on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 513. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS TO TERRORISTIC OR MILITARY 
              ACTIONS.

    (a) Disability Income.--Section 104(a)(5) (relating to compensation 
for injuries or sickness) is amended by striking ``a violent attack'' 
and all that follows through the period and inserting ``a terroristic 
or military action (as defined in section 692(c)(2)).''.
    (b) Exemption From Income Tax for Certain Military or Civilian 
Employees.--Section 692(c) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``outside the United States'' in paragraph 
        (1), and
            (2) by striking ``Sustained Overseas'' in the heading.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years ending on or after September 11, 2001.

SEC. 514. CLARIFICATION OF DUE DATE FOR AIRLINE EXCISE TAX DEPOSITS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 301(a) of the Air 
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Public Law 107-42) 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Airline-related deposit.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `airline-related deposit' means any 
        deposit of taxes imposed by subchapter C of chapter 33 of such 
        Code (relating to transportation by air).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in section 301 of the Air Transportation Safety 
and System Stabilization Act (Public Law 107-42).

SEC. 515. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle E is amended by adding at the end the 
following new chapter:

       ``CHAPTER 55--STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT FACTORING TRANSACTIONS

                              ``Sec. 5891. Structured settlement 
                                        factoring transactions.

``SEC. 5891. STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT FACTORING TRANSACTIONS.

    ``(a) Imposition of Tax.--There is hereby imposed on any person who 
acquires directly or indirectly structured settlement payment rights in 
a structured settlement factoring transaction a tax equal to 40 percent 
of the factoring discount as determined under subsection (c)(4) with 
respect to such factoring transaction.
    ``(b) Exception for Certain Approved Transactions.--
            ``(1) In general.--The tax under subsection (a) shall not 
        apply in the case of a structured settlement factoring 
        transaction in which the transfer of structured settlement 
        payment rights is approved in advance in a qualified order.
            ``(2) Qualified order.--For purposes of this section, the 
        term `qualified order' means a final order, judgment, or decree 
        which--
                    ``(A) finds that the transfer described in 
                paragraph (1)--
                            ``(i) does not contravene any Federal or 
                        State statute or the order of any court or 
                        responsible administrative authority, and
                            ``(ii) is in the best interest of the 
                        payee, taking into account the welfare and 
                        support of the payee's dependents, and
                    ``(B) is issued--
                            ``(i) under the authority of an applicable 
                        State statute by an applicable State court, or
                            ``(ii) by the responsible administrative 
                        authority (if any) which has exclusive 
                        jurisdiction over the underlying action or 
                        proceeding which was resolved by means of the 
                        structured settlement.
            ``(3) Applicable state statute.--For purposes of this 
        section, the term `applicable State statute' means a statute 
        providing for the entry of an order, judgment, or decree 
        described in paragraph (2)(A) which is enacted by--
                    ``(A) the State in which the payee of the 
                structured settlement is domiciled, or
                    ``(B) if there is no statute described in 
                subparagraph (A), the State in which either the party 
                to the structured settlement (including an assignee 
                under a qualified assignment under section 130) or the 
                person issuing the funding asset for the structured 
                settlement is domiciled or has its principal place of 
                business.
            ``(4) Applicable state court.--For purposes of this 
        section--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `applicable State 
                court' means, with respect to any applicable State 
                statute, a court of the State which enacted such 
                statute.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--In the case of an applicable 
                State statute described in paragraph (3)(B), such term 
                also includes a court of the State in which the payee 
                of the structured settlement is domiciled.
            ``(5) Qualified order dispositive.--A qualified order shall 
        be treated as dispositive for purposes of the exception under 
        this subsection.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Structured settlement.--The term `structured 
        settlement' means an arrangement--
                    ``(A) which is established by--
                            ``(i) suit or agreement for the periodic 
                        payment of damages excludable from the gross 
                        income of the recipient under section 
                        104(a)(2), or
                            ``(ii) agreement for the periodic payment 
                        of compensation under any workers' compensation 
                        law excludable from the gross income of the 
                        recipient under section 104(a)(1), and
                    ``(B) under which the periodic payments are--
                            ``(i) of the character described in 
                        subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 130(c)(2), 
                        and
                            ``(ii) payable by a person who is a party 
                        to the suit or agreement or to the workers' 
                        compensation claim or by a person who has 
                        assumed the liability for such periodic 
                        payments under a qualified assignment in 
                        accordance with section 130.
            ``(2) Structured settlement payment rights.--The term 
        `structured settlement payment rights' means rights to receive 
        payments under a structured settlement.
            ``(3) Structured settlement factoring transaction.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `structured settlement 
                factoring transaction' means a transfer of structured 
                settlement payment rights (including portions of 
                structured settlement payments) made for consideration 
                by means of sale, assignment, pledge, or other form of 
                encumbrance or alienation for consideration.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Such term shall not include--
                            ``(i) the creation or perfection of a 
                        security interest in structured settlement 
                        payment rights under a blanket security 
                        agreement entered into with an insured 
                        depository institution in the absence of any 
                        action to redirect the structured settlement 
                        payments to such institution (or agent or 
                        successor thereof) or otherwise to enforce such 
                        blanket security interest as against the 
                        structured settlement payment rights, or
                            ``(ii) a subsequent transfer of structured 
                        settlement payment rights acquired in a 
                        structured settlement factoring transaction.
            ``(4) Factoring discount.--The term `factoring discount' 
        means an amount equal to the excess of--
                    ``(A) the aggregate undiscounted amount of 
                structured settlement payments being acquired in the 
                structured settlement factoring transaction, over
                    ``(B) the total amount actually paid by the 
                acquirer to the person from whom such structured 
                settlement payments are acquired.
            ``(5) Responsible administrative authority.--The term 
        `responsible administrative authority' means the administrative 
        authority which had jurisdiction over the underlying action or 
        proceeding which was resolved by means of the structured 
        settlement.
            ``(6) State.--The term `State' includes the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico and any possession of the United States.
    ``(d) Coordination With Other Provisions.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the applicable requirements of 
        sections 72, 104(a)(1), 104(a)(2), 130, and 461(h) were 
        satisfied at the time the structured settlement involving 
        structured settlement payment rights was entered into, the 
        subsequent occurrence of a structured settlement factoring 
        transaction shall not affect the application of the provisions 
        of such sections to the parties to the structured settlement 
        (including an assignee under a qualified assignment under 
        section 130) in any taxable year.
            ``(2) No withholding of tax.--The provisions of section 
        3405 regarding withholding of tax shall not apply to the person 
        making the payments in the event of a structured settlement 
        factoring transaction.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for subtitle E is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                              ``Chapter 55. Structured settlement 
                                        factoring transactions.''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section (other 
        than the provisions of section 5891(d) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986, as added by this section) shall apply to 
        structured settlement factoring transactions (as defined in 
        section 5891(c) of such Code (as so added)) entered into on or 
        after the 30th day following the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Clarification of existing law.--Section 5891(d) of such 
        Code (as so added) shall apply to structured settlement 
        factoring transactions (as defined in section 5891(c) of such 
        Code (as so added)) entered into before, on, or after such 30th 
        day.
            (3) Transition rule.--In the case of a structured 
        settlement factoring transaction entered into during the period 
        beginning on the 30th day following the date of the enactment 
        of this Act and ending on July 1, 2002, no tax shall be imposed 
        under section 5891(a) of such Code if--
                    (A) the structured settlement payee is domiciled in 
                a State (or possession of the United States) which has 
                not enacted a statute providing that the structured 
                settlement factoring transaction is ineffective unless 
                the transaction has been approved by an order, 
                judgment, or decree of a court (or where applicable, a 
                responsible administrative authority) which finds that 
                such transaction--
                            (i) does not contravene any Federal or 
                        State statute or the order of any court (or 
                        responsible administrative authority), and
                            (ii) is in the best interest of the 
                        structured settlement payee or is appropriate 
                        in light of a hardship faced by the payee, and
                    (B) the person acquiring the structured settlement 
                payment rights discloses to the structured settlement 
                payee in advance of the structured settlement factoring 
                transaction the amounts and due dates of the payments 
                to be transferred, the aggregate amount to be 
                transferred, the consideration to be received by the 
                structured settlement payee for the transferred 
                payments, the discounted present value of the 
                transferred payments (including the present value as 
                determined in the manner described in section 7520 of 
                such Code), and the expenses required under the terms 
                of the structured settlement factoring transaction to 
                be paid by the structured settlement payee or deducted 
                from the proceeds of such transaction.

SEC. 516. PERSONAL EXEMPTION DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN DISABILITY TRUSTS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 642 (relating to 
deduction for personal exemption) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Deduction for Personal Exemption.--
            ``(1) Estates.--An estate shall be allowed a deduction of 
        $600.
            ``(2) Trusts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in 
                this paragraph, a trust shall be allowed a deduction of 
                $100.
                    ``(B) Trusts distributing income currently.--A 
                trust which, under its governing instrument, is 
                required to distribute all of its income currently 
                shall be allowed a deduction of $300.
                    ``(C) Disability trusts.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A qualified disability 
                        trust shall be allowed a deduction equal to the 
                        exemption amount under section 151(d), 
                        determined--
                                    ``(I) by treating such trust as an 
                                individual described in section 
                                151(d)(3)(C)(iii), and
                                    ``(II) by applying section 67(e) 
                                (without the reference to section 
                                642(b)) for purposes of determining the 
                                adjusted gross income of the trust.
                            ``(ii) Qualified disability trust.--For 
                        purposes of clause (i), the term `qualified 
                        disability trust' means any trust if--
                                    ``(I) such trust is a disability 
                                trust described in subsection 
                                (c)(2)(B)(iv) of section 1917 of the 
                                Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396p), 
                                and
                                    ``(II) all of the beneficiaries of 
                                the trust as of the close of the 
                                taxable year are determined by the 
                                Commissioner of Social Security to have 
                                been disabled (within the meaning of 
                                section 1614(a)(3) of the Social 
                                Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3)) 
                                for some portion of such year.
                        A trust shall not fail to meet the requirements 
                        of subclause (II) merely because the corpus of 
                        the trust may revert to a person who is not so 
                        disabled after the trust ceases to have any 
                        beneficiary who is so disabled.''
            ``(3) Deductions in lieu of personal exemption.--The 
        deductions allowed by this subsection shall be in lieu of the 
        deductions allowed under section 151 (relating to deduction for 
        personal exemption).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years ending on or after September 11, 2001.

SEC. 517. DISCLOSURE OF TAX INFORMATION IN TERRORISM AND NATIONAL 
              SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS.

    (a) Disclosure Without a Request of Information Relating to 
Terrorist Activities, Etc.--Paragraph (3) of section 6103(i) (relating 
to disclosure of return information to apprise appropriate officials of 
criminal activities or emergency circumstances) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Terrorist activities, etc.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        paragraph (6), the Secretary may disclose in 
                        writing return information (other than taxpayer 
                        return information) that may be related to a 
                        terrorist incident, threat, or activity to the 
                        extent necessary to apprise the head of the 
                        appropriate Federal law enforcement agency 
                        responsible for investigating or responding to 
                        such terrorist incident, threat, or activity. 
                        The head of the agency may disclose such return 
                        information to officers and employees of such 
                        agency to the extent necessary to investigate 
                        or respond to such terrorist incident, threat, 
                        or activity.
                            ``(ii) Disclosure to the department of 
                        justice.--Returns and taxpayer return 
                        information may also be disclosed to the 
                        Attorney General under clause (i) to the extent 
                        necessary for, and solely for use in preparing, 
                        an application under paragraph (7)(D).
                            ``(iii) Taxpayer identity.--For purposes of 
                        this subparagraph, a taxpayer's identity shall 
                        not be treated as taxpayer return information.
                            ``(iv) Termination.--No disclosure may be 
                        made under this subparagraph after December 31, 
                        2003.''.
    (b) Disclosure Upon Request of Information Relating to Terrorist 
Activities, Etc.--Subsection (i) of section 6103 (relating to 
disclosure to Federal officers or employees for administration of 
Federal laws not relating to tax administration) is amended by 
redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and by inserting after 
paragraph (6) the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Disclosure upon request of information relating to 
        terrorist activities, etc.--
                    ``(A) Disclosure to law enforcement agencies.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        paragraph (6), upon receipt by the Secretary of 
                        a written request which meets the requirements 
                        of clause (iii), the Secretary may disclose 
                        return information (other than taxpayer return 
                        information) to officers and employees of any 
                        Federal law enforcement agency who are 
                        personally and directly engaged in the response 
                        to or investigation of any terrorist incident, 
                        threat, or activity.
                            ``(ii) Disclosure to state and local law 
                        enforcement agencies.--The head of any Federal 
                        law enforcement agency may disclose return 
                        information obtained under clause (i) to 
                        officers and employees of any State or local 
                        law enforcement agency but only if such agency 
                        is part of a team with the Federal law 
                        enforcement agency in such response or 
                        investigation and such information is disclosed 
                        only to officers and employees who are 
                        personally and directly engaged in such 
                        response or investigation.
                            ``(iii) Requirements.--A request meets the 
                        requirements of this clause if--
                                    ``(I) the request is made by the 
                                head of any Federal law enforcement 
                                agency (or his delegate) involved in 
                                the response to or investigation of any 
                                terrorist incident, threat, or 
                                activity, and
                                    ``(II) the request sets forth the 
                                specific reason or reasons why such 
                                disclosure may be relevant to a 
                                terrorist incident, threat, or 
                                activity.
                            ``(iv) Limitation on use of information.--
                        Information disclosed under this subparagraph 
                        shall be solely for the use of the officers and 
                        employees to whom such information is disclosed 
                        in such response or investigation.
                    ``(B) Disclosure to intelligence agencies.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        paragraph (6), upon receipt by the Secretary of 
                        a written request which meets the requirements 
                        of clause (ii), the Secretary may disclose 
                        return information (other than taxpayer return 
                        information) to those officers and employees of 
                        the Department of Justice, the Department of 
                        the Treasury, and other Federal intelligence 
                        agencies who are personally and directly 
                        engaged in the collection or analysis of 
                        intelligence and counterintelligence 
                        information or investigation concerning any 
                        terrorist incident, threat, or activity. For 
                        purposes of the preceding sentence, the 
                        information disclosed under the preceding 
                        sentence shall be solely for the use of such 
                        officers and employees in such investigation, 
                        collection, or analysis.
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--A request meets the 
                        requirements of this subparagraph if the 
                        request--
                                    ``(I) is made by an individual 
                                described in clause (iii), and
                                    ``(II) sets forth the specific 
                                reason or reasons why such disclosure 
                                may be relevant to a terrorist 
                                incident, threat, or activity.
                            ``(iii) Requesting individuals.--An 
                        individual described in this subparagraph is an 
                        individual--
                                    ``(I) who is an officer or employee 
                                of the Department of Justice or the 
                                Department of the Treasury who is 
                                appointed by the President with the 
                                advice and consent of the Senate or who 
                                is the Director of the United States 
                                Secret Service, and
                                    ``(II) who is responsible for the 
                                collection and analysis of intelligence 
                                and counterintelligence information 
                                concerning any terrorist incident, 
                                threat, or activity.
                            ``(iv) Taxpayer identity.--For purposes of 
                        this subparagraph, a taxpayer's identity shall 
                        not be treated as taxpayer return information.
                    ``(C) Disclosure under ex parte orders.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        paragraph (6), any return or return information 
                        with respect to any specified taxable period or 
                        periods shall, pursuant to and upon the grant 
                        of an ex parte order by a Federal district 
                        court judge or magistrate under clause (ii), be 
                        open (but only to the extent necessary as 
                        provided in such order) to inspection by, or 
                        disclosure to, officers and employees of any 
                        Federal law enforcement agency or Federal 
                        intelligence agency who are personally and 
                        directly engaged in any investigation, response 
                        to, or analysis of intelligence and 
                        counterintelligence information concerning any 
                        terrorist incident, threat, or activity. Return 
                        or return information opened to inspection or 
                        disclosure pursuant to the preceding sentence 
                        shall be solely for the use of such officers 
                        and employees in the investigation, response, 
                        or analysis, and in any judicial, 
                        administrative, or grand jury proceedings, 
                        pertaining to such terrorist incident, threat, 
                        or activity.
                            ``(ii) Application for order.--The Attorney 
                        General, the Deputy Attorney General, the 
                        Associate Attorney General, any Assistant 
                        Attorney General, or any United States attorney 
                        may authorize an application to a Federal 
                        district court judge or magistrate for the 
                        order referred to in clause (i). Upon such 
                        application, such judge or magistrate may grant 
                        such order if he determines on the basis of the 
                        facts submitted by the applicant that--
                                    ``(I) there is reasonable cause to 
                                believe, based upon information 
                                believed to be reliable, that the 
                                return or return information may be 
                                relevant to a matter relating to such 
                                terrorist incident, threat, or 
                                activity, and
                                    ``(II) the return or return 
                                information is sought exclusively for 
                                use in a Federal investigation, 
                                analysis, or proceeding concerning any 
                                terrorist incident, threat, or 
                                activity.
                    ``(D) Special rule for ex parte disclosure by the 
                irs.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        paragraph (6), the Secretary may authorize an 
                        application to a Federal district court judge 
                        or magistrate for the order referred to in 
                        subparagraph (C)(i). Upon such application, 
                        such judge or magistrate may grant such order 
                        if he determines on the basis of the facts 
                        submitted by the applicant that the 
                        requirements of subparagraph (C)(ii)(I) are 
                        met.
                            ``(ii) Limitation on use of information.--
                        Information disclosed under clause (i)--
                                    ``(I) may be disclosed only to the 
                                extent necessary to apprise the head of 
                                the appropriate Federal law enforcement 
                                agency responsible for investigating or 
                                responding to a terrorist incident, 
                                threat, or activity, and
                                    ``(II) shall be solely for use in a 
                                Federal investigation, analysis, or 
                                proceeding concerning any terrorist 
                                incident, threat, or activity.
                        The head of such Federal agency may disclose 
                        such information to officers and employees of 
                        such agency to the extent necessary to 
                        investigate or respond to such terrorist 
                        incident, threat, or activity.
                    ``(E) Termination.--No disclosure may be made under 
                this paragraph after December 31, 2003.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 6103(a)(2) is amended by inserting ``any local 
        law enforcement agency receiving information under subsection 
        (i)(7)(A),'' after ``State,''.
            (2) Section 6103(b) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(11) Terrorist incident, threat, or activity.--The term 
        `terrorist incident, threat, or activity' means an incident, 
        threat, or activity involving an act of domestic terrorism (as 
        defined in section 2331(5) of title 18, United States Code) or 
        international terrorism (as defined in section 2331(1) of such 
        title).''.
            (3) The heading of section 6103(i)(3) is amended by 
        inserting ``or terrorist'' after ``criminal''.
            (4) Paragraph (4) of section 6103(i) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``or (7)(C)'' 
                after ``paragraph (1)'', and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``or (3)(A)'' 
                and inserting ``(3)(A) or (C), or (7)''.
            (5) Paragraph (6) of section 6103(i) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(3)(A)'' and inserting ``(3)(A) 
                or (C)'', and
                    (B) by striking ``or (7)'' and inserting ``(7), or 
                (8)''.
            (6) Section 6103(p)(3) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``(7)(A)(ii)'' 
                and inserting ``(8)(A)(ii)'', and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
                ``(i)(3)(B)(i)'' and inserting ``(i)(3)(B)(i) or 
                (7)(A)(ii)''.
            (7) Section 6103(p)(4) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``or (5),'' the first place 
                        it appears and inserting ``(5), or (7),'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``(i)(3)(B)(i),'' and 
                        inserting ``(i)(3)(B)(i) or (7)(A)(ii),'', and
                    (B) in subparagraph (F)(ii) by striking ``or (5),'' 
                the first place it appears and inserting ``(5) or 
                (7),''.
            (8) Section 6103(p)(6)(B)(i) is amended by striking 
        ``(i)(7)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``(i)(8)(A)(ii)''.
            (9) Section 6105(b) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (2),
                    (B) by striking ``paragraphs (1) or (2)'' in 
                paragraph (3) and inserting ``paragraph (1), (2), or 
                (3)'',
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4), and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(3) to the disclosure of tax convention information on 
        the same terms as return information may be disclosed under 
        paragraph (3)(C) or (7) of section 6103(i), except that in the 
        case of tax convention information provided by a foreign 
        government, no disclosure may be made under this paragraph 
        without the written consent of the foreign government, or''.
            (10) Section 7213(a)(2) is amended by striking 
        ``(i)(3)(B)(i),'' and inserting ``(i)(3)(B)(i) or 
        (7)(A)(ii),''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to disclosures made on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

            TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL PROVISIONS

              Subtitle A--General Miscellaneous Provisions

SEC. 601. ALLOWANCE OF ELECTRONIC 1099'S.

    Any person required to furnish a statement under any section of 
subpart B of part III of subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 for any taxable year ending after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, may electronically furnish such statement 
(without regard to any first class mailing requirement) to any 
recipient who has consented to the electronic provision of the 
statement in a manner similar to the one permitted under regulations 
issued under section 6051 of such Code or in such other manner as 
provided by the Secretary.

SEC. 602. EXCLUDED CANCELLATION OF INDEBTEDNESS INCOME OF S CORPORATION 
              NOT TO RESULT IN ADJUSTMENT TO BASIS OF STOCK OF 
              SHAREHOLDERS.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 108(d)(7) (relating to 
certain provisions to be applied at corporate level) is amended by 
inserting before the period ``, including by not taking into account 
under section 1366(a) any amount excluded under subsection (a) of this 
section''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendment made by this section shall apply to discharges of 
        indebtedness after October 11, 2001, in taxable years ending 
        after such date.
            (2) Exception.--The amendment made by this section shall 
        not apply to any discharge of indebtedness before March 1, 
        2002, pursuant to a plan of reorganization filed with a 
        bankruptcy court on or before October 11, 2001.

SEC. 603. LIMITATION ON USE OF NONACCRUAL EXPERIENCE METHOD OF 
              ACCOUNTING.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (5) of section 448(d) is amended to read 
as follows:
            ``(5) Special rule for certain services.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any person using 
                an accrual method of accounting with respect to amounts 
                to be received for the performance of services by such 
                person, such person shall not be required to accrue any 
                portion of such amounts which (on the basis of such 
                person's experience) will not be collected if--
                            ``(i) such services are in fields referred 
                        to in paragraph (2)(A), or
                            ``(ii) such person meets the gross receipts 
                        test of subsection (c) for all prior taxable 
                        years.
                    ``(B) Exception.--This paragraph shall not apply to 
                any amount if interest is required to be paid on such 
                amount or there is any penalty for failure to timely 
                pay such amount.
                    ``(C) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
                regulations to permit taxpayers to determine amounts 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) using computations or 
                formulas which, based on experience, accurately reflect 
                the amount of income that will not be collected by such 
                person. A taxpayer may adopt, or request consent of the 
                Secretary to change to, a computation or formula that 
                clearly reflects the taxpayer's experience. A request 
                under the preceding sentence shall be approved if such 
                computation or formula clearly reflects the taxpayer's 
                experience.''.
    (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 of 4 years (or if less, the 
                number of taxable years that the taxpayer used the 
                method permitted under section 448(d)(5) of such Code 
                as in effect before the date of the enactment of this 
                Act) beginning with such first taxable year.

SEC. 604. EXCLUSION FOR FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS TO APPLY TO PAYMENTS BY 
              QUALIFIED PLACEMENT AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--The matter preceding subparagraph (B) of section 
131(b)(1) (defining qualified foster care payment) is amended to read 
as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified foster care payment' 
        means any payment made pursuant to a foster care program of a 
        State or political subdivision thereof--
                    ``(A) which is paid by--
                            ``(i) a State or political subdivision 
                        thereof, or
                            ``(ii) a qualified foster care placement 
                        agency, and''.
    (b) Qualified Foster Individuals To Include Individuals Placed by 
Qualified Placement Agencies.--Subparagraph (B) of section 131(b)(2) 
(defining qualified foster individual) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) a qualified foster care placement agency.''
    (c) Qualified Foster Care Placement Agency Defined.--Subsection (b) 
of section 131 is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
(4) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Qualified foster care placement agency.--The term 
        `qualified foster care placement agency' means any placement 
        agency which is licensed or certified by--
                    ``(A) a State or political subdivision thereof, or
                    ``(B) an entity designated by a State or political 
                subdivision thereof,
        for the foster care program of such State or political 
        subdivision to make foster care payments to providers of foster 
        care.''
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.

SEC. 605. INTEREST RATE RANGE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
            (1) Special rule.--Clause (i) of section 412(l)(7)(C) 
        (relating to interest rate) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subclause:
                                    ``(III) Special rule for 2002 and 
                                2003.--For a plan year beginning in 
                                2002 or 2003, notwithstanding subclause 
                                (I), in the case that the rate of 
                                interest used under subsection (b)(5) 
                                exceeds the highest rate permitted 
                                under subclause (I), the rate of 
                                interest used to determine current 
                                liability under this subsection may 
                                exceed the rate of interest otherwise 
                                permitted under subclause (I); except 
                                that such rate of interest shall not 
                                exceed 120 percent of the weighted 
                                average referred to in subsection 
                                (b)(5)(B)(ii).''
            (2) Quarterly contributions.--Subsection (m) of section 412 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Special rules for 2002 and 2004.--In any case in 
        which the interest rate used to determine current liability is 
        determined under subsection (l)(7)(C)(i)(III)--
                    ``(A) 2002.--For purposes of applying paragraphs 
                (1) and (4)(B)(ii) for plan years beginning in 2002, 
                the current liability for the preceding plan year shall 
                be redetermined using 120 percent as the specified 
                percentage determined under subsection 
                (l)(7)(C)(i)(II).
                    ``(B) 2004.--For purposes of applying paragraphs 
                (1) and (4)(B)(ii) for plan years beginning in 2004, 
                the current liability for the preceding plan year shall 
                be redetermined using 105 percent as the specified 
                percentage determined under subsection 
                (l)(7)(C)(i)(II).''
    (b) Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974.--
            (1) Special rule.--Clause (i) of section 302(d)(7)(C) of 
        such Act (29 U.S.C. 1082(d)(7)(C)) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(III) Special rule for 2002 and 
                                2003.--For a plan year beginning in 
                                2002 or 2003, notwithstanding subclause 
                                (I), in the case that the rate of 
                                interest used under subsection (b)(5) 
                                exceeds the highest rate permitted 
                                under subclause (I), the rate of 
                                interest used to determine current 
                                liability under this subsection may 
                                exceed the rate of interest otherwise 
                                permitted under subclause (I); except 
                                that such rate of interest shall not 
                                exceed 120 percent of the weighted 
                                average referred to in subsection 
                                (b)(5)(B)(ii).''
            (2) Quarterly contributions.--Subsection (e) of section 302 
        of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1082) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Special rules for 2002 and 2004.--In any case in 
        which the interest rate used to determine current liability is 
        determined under subsection (d)(7)(C)(i)(III)--
                    ``(A) 2002.--For purposes of applying paragraphs 
                (1) and (4)(B)(ii) for plan years beginning in 2002, 
                the current liability for the preceding plan year shall 
                be redetermined using 120 percent as the specified 
                percentage determined under subsection 
                (d)(7)(C)(i)(II).
                    ``(B) 2004.--For purposes of applying paragraphs 
                (1) and (4)(B)(ii) for plan years beginning in 2004, 
                the current liability for the preceding plan year shall 
                be redetermined using 105 percent as the specified 
                percentage determined under subsection 
                (d)(7)(C)(i)(II).''
    (c) PBGC.--Clause (iii) of section 4006(a)(3)(E) of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(E)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subclause:
    ``(IV) In the case of plan years beginning after December 31, 2001, 
and before January 1, 2004, subclause (II) shall be applied by 
substituting `100 percent' for `85 percent'. Subclause (III) shall be 
applied for such years without regard to the preceding sentence. Any 
reference to this clause by any other sections or subsections shall be 
treated as a reference to this clause without regard to this 
subclause.''

SEC. 606. ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME DETERMINED BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT 
              CERTAIN EXPENSES OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL 
              TEACHERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 62(a)(2) (relating to certain trade and 
business deductions of employees) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(D) Certain expenses of elementary and secondary 
                school teachers.--In the case of taxable years 
                beginning during 2002 or 2003, the deductions allowed 
                by section 162 which consist of expenses, not in excess 
                of $250, paid or incurred by an eligible educator in 
                connection with books, supplies (other than nonathletic 
                supplies for courses of instruction in health or 
                physical education), computer equipment (including 
                related software and services) and other equipment, and 
                supplementary materials used by the eligible educator 
                in the classroom.''.
    (b) Eligible Educator.--Section 62 is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(d) Definition; Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Eligible educator.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of subsection 
                (a)(2)(D), the term `eligible educator' means, with 
                respect to any taxable year, an individual who is a 
                kindergarten through grade 12 teacher, instructor, 
                counselor, principal, or aide in a school for at least 
                900 hours during a school year.
                    ``(B) School.--The term `school' means any school 
                which provides elementary education or secondary 
                education (kindergarten through grade 12), as 
                determined under State law.
            ``(2) Coordination with exclusions.--A deduction shall be 
        allowed under subsection (a)(2)(D) for expenses only to the 
        extent the amount of such expenses exceeds the amount 
        excludable under section 135, 529(c)(1), or 530(d)(2) for the 
        taxable year.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.

                   Subtitle B--Technical Corrections

SEC. 611. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX RELIEF 
              RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2001.

    (a) Amendments Related to Section 101 of the Act.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (b) of section 6428 is amended 
        to read as follows:
    ``(b) Credit Treated as Nonrefundable Personal Credit.--For 
purposes of this title, the credit allowed under this section shall be 
treated as a credit allowable under subpart A of part IV of subchapter 
A of chapter 1.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Subsection (d) of section 6428 is amended to 
                read as follows:
    ``(d) Coordination with Advance Refunds of Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of credit which would (but 
        for this paragraph) be allowable under this section shall be 
        reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate refunds and 
        credits made or allowed to the taxpayer under subsection (e). 
        Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as arising 
        out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according 
        to section 6213(b)(1).
            ``(2) Joint returns.--In the case of a refund or credit 
        made or allowed under subsection (e) with respect to a joint 
        return, half of such refund or credit shall be treated as 
        having been made or allowed to each individual filing such 
        return.''.
                    (B) Paragraph (2) of section 6428(e) is amended to 
                read as follows:
            ``(2) Advance refund amount.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), the advance refund amount is the amount that would have 
        been allowed as a credit under this section for such first 
        taxable year if--
                    ``(A) this section (other than subsections (b) and 
                (d) and this subsection) had applied to such taxable 
                year, and
                    ``(B) the credit for such taxable year were not 
                allowed to exceed the excess (if any) of--
                            ``(i) the sum of the regular tax liability 
                        (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax 
                        imposed by section 55, over
                            ``(ii) the sum of the credits allowable 
                        under part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
                        (other than the credits allowable under subpart 
                        C thereof, relating to refundable credits).''
    (b) Amendment Related to Section 201 of the Act.--Subparagraph (B) 
of section 24(d)(1) is amended by striking ``amount of credit allowed 
by this section'' and inserting ``aggregate amount of credits allowed 
by this subpart''.
    (c) Amendments Related to Section 202 of the Act.--
            (1) Corrections to credit for adoption expenses.--
                    (A) Paragraph (1) of section 23(a) is amended to 
                read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of an individual, there 
        shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this 
        chapter the amount of the qualified adoption expenses paid or 
        incurred by the taxpayer.''
                    (B) Subsection (a) of section 23 is amended by 
                adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) $10,000 credit for adoption of child with special 
        needs regardless of expenses.--In the case of an adoption of a 
        child with special needs which becomes final during a taxable 
        year, the taxpayer shall be treated as having paid during such 
        year qualified adoption expenses with respect to such adoption 
        in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of $10,000 over the 
        aggregate qualified adoption expenses actually paid or incurred 
        by the taxpayer with respect to such adoption during such 
        taxable year and all prior taxable years.''
                    (C) Paragraph (2) of section 23(a) is amended by 
                striking the last sentence.
                    (D) Paragraph (1) of section 23(b) is amended by 
                striking ``subsection (a)(1)(A)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (a)''.
                    (E) Subsection (i) of section 23 is amended by 
                striking ``the dollar limitation in subsection (b)(1)'' 
                and inserting ``the dollar amounts in subsections 
                (a)(3) and (b)(1)''.
                    (F) Expenses paid or incurred during any taxable 
                year beginning before January 1, 2002, may be taken 
                into account in determining the credit under section 23 
                of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 only to the extent 
                the aggregate of such expenses does not exceed the 
                applicable limitation under section 23(b)(1) of such 
                Code as in effect on the day before the date of the 
                enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
                Reconciliation Act of 2001.
            (2) Corrections to exclusion for employer-provided adoption 
        assistance.--
                    (A) Subsection (a) of section 137 is amended to 
                read as follows:
    ``(a) Exclusion.--
            ``(1) In general.--Gross income of an employee does not 
        include amounts paid or expenses incurred by the employer for 
        qualified adoption expenses in connection with the adoption of 
        a child by an employee if such amounts are furnished pursuant 
        to an adoption assistance program.
            ``(2) $10,000 exclusion for adoption of child with special 
        needs regardless of expenses.--In the case of an adoption of a 
        child with special needs which becomes final during a taxable 
        year, the qualified adoption expenses with respect to such 
        adoption for such year shall be increased by an amount equal to 
        the excess (if any) of $10,000 over the actual aggregate 
        qualified adoption expenses with respect to such adoption 
        during such taxable year and all prior taxable years.''
                    (B) Paragraph (2) of section 137(b) is amended by 
                striking ``subsection (a)(1)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (a)''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2002; 
        except that the amendments made by paragraphs (1)(C), (1)(D), 
        and (2)(B) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
        December 31, 2001.
    (d) Amendments Related to Section 205 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 45F(d)(4)(B) is amended by striking ``subpart 
        A, B, or D of this part'' and inserting ``this chapter or for 
        purposes of section 55''.
            (2) Section 38(b)(15) is amended by striking ``45F'' and 
        inserting ``45F(a)''.
    (e) Amendments Related to Section 301 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 63(c)(2) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraph 
                (C)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (D)'',
                    (B) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (B),
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D), and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) one-half of the amount allowable under 
                subparagraph (A) in the case of a married individual 
                filing a separate return, or''.
            (2) Section 63(c)(7) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
        ``If any amount determined under the preceding table is not a 
        multiple of $50, such amount shall be rounded to the next 
        lowest multiple of $50.''.
    (f) Amendment Related to Section 401 of the Act.--Section 
530(d)(4)(B)(iv) is amended by striking ``because the taxpayer elected 
under paragraph (2)(C) to waive the application of paragraph (2)'' and 
inserting ``by application of paragraph (2)(C)(i)(II)''.
    (g) Amendment Related to Section 511 of the Act.--Section 2511(c) 
is amended by striking ``taxable gift under section 2503,'' and 
inserting ``transfer of property by gift,''.
    (h) Amendment Related to Section 532 of the Act.--Section 2016 is 
amended by striking ``any State, any possession of the United States, 
or the District of Columbia,''.
    (i) Amendments Relating to Section 602 of the Act.--
            (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 408(q)(3) is amended to 
        read as follows:
                    ``(A) Qualified employer plan.--The term `qualified 
                employer plan' has the meaning given such term by 
                section 72(p)(4)(A)(i); except that such term shall 
                also include an eligible deferred compensation plan (as 
                defined in section 457(b)) of an eligible employer 
                described in section 457(e)(1)(A).''.
            (2) Section 4(c) of Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
        of 1974 is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``and part 5 (relating to 
                administration and enforcement)'' before the period at 
                the end, and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                sentence: ``Such provisions shall apply to such 
                accounts and annuities in a manner similar to their 
                application to a simplified employee pension under 
                section 408(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.
    (j) Amendments Relating to Section 611 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 408(k) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking ``$300'' and 
                inserting ``$450'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (8) by striking ``$300'' both 
                places it appears and inserting ``$450''.
            (2) Section 409(o)(1)(C)(ii) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``$500,000'' both places it appears 
                and inserting ``$800,000'', and
                    (B) by striking ``$100,000'' and inserting 
                ``$160,000''.
            (3) Section 611(i) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
        Reconciliation Act of 2001 is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Special rule.--In the case of plan that, on June 7, 
        2001, incorporated by reference the limitation of section 
        415(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 
        411(d)(6) of such Code and section 204(g)(1) of the Employee 
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 do not apply to a plan 
        amendment that--
                    ``(A) is adopted on or before June 30, 2002,
                    ``(B) reduces benefits to the level that would have 
                applied without regard to the amendments made by 
                subsection (a) of this section, and
                    ``(C) is effective no earlier than the years 
                described in paragraph (2).''.
    (k) Amendments Relating to Section 613 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 416(c)(1)(C)(iii) is amended by striking 
        ``Exception for frozen plan'' and inserting ``Exception for 
        plan under which no key employee (or former key employee) 
        benefits for plan year''.
            (2) Section 416(g)(3)(B) is amended by striking 
        ``separation from service'' and inserting ``severance from 
        employment''.
    (l) Amendments Relating to Sections 614 and 616 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 404(a)(12) is amended by striking ``(9),'' and 
        inserting ``(9) and subsection (h)(1)(C),''.
            (2) Section 404(n) is amended by striking ``subsection 
        (a),'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or paragraph (1)(C) of 
        subsection (h)''.
            (3) Section 402(h)(2)(A) is amended by striking ``15 
        percent'' and inserting ``25 percent''.
            (4) Section 404(a)(7)(C) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(C) Paragraph not to apply in certain cases.--
                            ``(i) Beneficiary test.--This paragraph 
                        shall not have the effect of reducing the 
                        amount otherwise deductible under paragraphs 
                        (1), (2), and (3), if no employee is a 
                        beneficiary under more than 1 trust or under a 
                        trust and an annuity plan.
                            ``(ii) Elective deferrals.--If, in 
                        connection with 1 or more defined contribution 
                        plans and 1 or more defined benefit plans, no 
                        amounts (other than elective deferrals (as 
                        defined in section 402(g)(3))) are contributed 
                        to any of the defined contribution plans for 
                        the taxable year, then subparagraph (A) shall 
                        not apply with respect to any of such defined 
                        contribution plans and defined benefit 
                        plans.''.
    (m) Amendment Relating to Section 618 of the Act.--Section 
25B(d)(2)(A) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--The qualified retirement savings 
                contributions determined under paragraph (1) shall be 
                reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate 
                distributions received by the individual during the 
                testing period from any entity of a type to which 
                contributions under paragraph (1) may be made. The 
                preceding sentence shall not apply to the portion of 
                any distribution which is not includible in gross 
                income by reason of a trustee-to-trustee transfer or a 
                rollover distribution.''.
    (n) Amendments Relating to Section 619 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 45E(e)(1) is amended by striking ``(n)'' and 
        inserting ``(m)''.
            (2) Section 619(d) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
        Reconciliation Act of 2001 is amended by striking 
        ``established'' and inserting ``first effective''.
    (o) Amendments Relating to Section 631 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 402(g)(1) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(C) Catch-up contributions.--In addition to 
                subparagraph (A), in the case of an eligible 
                participant (as defined in section 414(v)), gross 
                income shall not include elective deferrals in excess 
                of the applicable dollar amount under subparagraph (B) 
                to the extent that the amount of such elective 
                deferrals does not exceed the applicable dollar amount 
                under section 414(v)(2)(B)(i) for the taxable year 
                (without regard to the treatment of the elective 
                deferrals by an applicable employer plan under section 
                414(v)).''.
            (2) Section 401(a)(30) is amended by striking ``402(g)(1)'' 
        and inserting ``402(g)(1)(A)''.
            (3) Section 414(v)(2) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(D) Aggregation of plans.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, plans described in clauses (i), (ii), and 
                (iv) of paragraph (6)(A) that are maintained by the 
                same employer (as determined under subsection (b), (c), 
                (m) or (o)) shall be treated as a single plan, and 
                plans described in clause (iii) of paragraph (6)(A) 
                that are maintained by the same employer shall be 
                treated as a single plan.''.
            (4) Section 414(v)(3)(A)(i) is amended by striking 
        ``section 402(g), 402(h), 403(b), 404(a), 404(h), 408(k), 
        408(p), 415, or 457'' and inserting ``section 401(a)(30), 
        402(h), 403(b), 408, 415(c), and 457(b)(2) (determined without 
        regard to section 457(b)(3))''.
            (5) Section 414(v)(3)(B) is amended by striking ``section 
        401(a)(4), 401(a)(26), 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 
        403(b)(12), 408(k), 408(p), 408B, 410(b), or 416'' and 
        inserting ``section 401(a)(4), 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 
        403(b)(12), 408(k), 410(b), or 416''.
            (6) Section 414(v)(4)(B) is amended by inserting before the 
        period at the end the following: ``, except that a plan 
        described in clause (i) of section 410(b)(6)(C) shall not be 
        treated as a plan of the employer until the expiration of the 
        transition period with respect to such plan (as determined 
        under clause (ii) of such section)''.
            (7) Section 414(v)(5) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``, with respect to any plan 
                year,'' in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
                    (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) who would attain age 50 by the end of the 
                taxable year,'', and
                    (C) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``plan year'' 
                and inserting ``plan (or other applicable) year''.
            (8) Section 414(v)(6)(C) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(C) Exception for section 457 plans.--This 
                subsection shall not apply to a participant for any 
                year for which a higher limitation applies to the 
                participant under section 457(b)(3).''.
            (9) Section 457(e) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(18) Coordination with catch-up contributions for 
        individuals age 50 or older.-- In the case of an individual who 
        is an eligible participant (as defined by section 414(v)) and 
        who is a participant in an eligible deferred compensation plan 
        of an employer described in paragraph (1)(A), subsections 
        (b)(3) and (c) shall be applied by substituting for the amount 
        otherwise determined under the applicable subsection the 
        greater of--
                    ``(A) the sum of--
                            ``(i) the plan ceiling established for 
                        purposes of subsection (b)(2) (without regard 
                        to subsection (b)(3)), plus
                            ``(ii) the applicable dollar amount for the 
                        taxable year determined under section 
                        414(v)(2)(B)(i), or
                    ``(B) the amount determined under the applicable 
                subsection (without regard to this paragraph).''.
    (p) Amendments Relating to Section 632 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 403(b)(1) is amended in the matter following 
        subparagraph (E) by striking ``then amounts contributed'' and 
        all that follows and inserting the following:
            ``then contributions and other additions by such employer 
        for such annuity contract shall be excluded from the gross 
        income of the employee for the taxable year to the extent that 
        the aggregate of such contributions and additions (when 
        expressed as an annual addition (within the meaning of section 
        415(c)(2))) does not exceed the applicable limit under section 
        415. The amount actually distributed to any distributee under 
        such contract shall be taxable to the distributee (in the year 
        in which so distributed) under section 72 (relating to 
        annuities). For purposes of applying the rules of this 
        subsection to contributions and other additions by an employer 
        for a taxable year, amounts transferred to a contract described 
        in this paragraph by reason of a rollover contribution 
        described in paragraph (8) of this subsection or section 
        408(d)(3)(A)(ii) shall not be considered contributed by such 
        employer.''.
            (2) Section 403(b) is amended by striking paragraph (6).
            (3) Section 403(b)(3) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence by inserting the 
                following before the period at the end: ``, and which 
                precedes the taxable year by no more than five years'', 
                and
                    (B) in the second sentence by striking ``or any 
                amount received by a former employee after the fifth 
                taxable year following the taxable year in which such 
                employee was terminated''.
            (4) Section 415(c)(7) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(7) Special rules relating to church plans.--
                    ``(A) Alternative contribution limitation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other provision of this subsection, at the 
                        election of a participant who is an employee of 
                        a church or a convention or association of 
                        churches, including an organization described 
                        in section 414(e)(3)(B)(ii), contributions and 
                        other additions for an annuity contract or 
                        retirement income account described in section 
                        403(b) with respect to such participant, when 
                        expressed as an annual addition to such 
                        participant's account, shall be treated as not 
                        exceeding the limitation of paragraph (1) if 
                        such annual addition is not in excess of 
                        $10,000.
                            ``(ii) $40,000 aggregate limitation.--The 
                        total amount of additions with respect to any 
                        participant which may be taken into account for 
                        purposes of this subparagraph for all years may 
                        not exceed $40,000.
                    ``(B) Number of years of service for duly ordained, 
                commissioned, or licensed ministers or lay employees.--
                For purposes of this paragraph--
                            ``(i) all years of service by--
                                    ``(I) a duly ordained, 
                                commissioned, or licensed minister of a 
                                church, or
                                    ``(II) a lay person,
                        as an employee of a church, a convention or 
                        association of churches, including an 
                        organization described in section 
                        414(e)(3)(B)(ii), shall be considered as years 
                        of service for 1 employer, and
                            ``(ii) all amounts contributed for annuity 
                        contracts by each such church (or convention or 
                        association of churches) or such organization 
                        during such years for such minister or lay 
                        person shall be considered to have been 
                        contributed by 1 employer.
                    ``(C) Foreign missionaries.--In the case of any 
                individual described in subparagraph (D) performing 
                services outside the United States, contributions and 
                other additions for an annuity contract or retirement 
                income account described in section 403(b) with respect 
                to such employee, when expressed as an annual addition 
                to such employee's account, shall not be treated as 
                exceeding the limitation of paragraph (1) if such 
                annual addition is not in excess of the greater of 
                $3,000 or the employee's includible compensation 
                determined under section 403(b)(3).
                    ``(D) Annual addition.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `annual addition' has the meaning 
                given such term by paragraph (2).
                    ``(E) Church, convention or association of 
                churches.--For purposes of this paragraph, the terms 
                `church' and `convention or association of churches' 
                have the same meaning as when used in section 
                414(e).''.
            (5) Section 457(e)(5) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) Includible compensation.--The term `includible 
        compensation' has the meaning given to the term `participant's 
        compensation' by section 415(c)(3).''.
            (6) Section 402(g)(7)(B) is amended by striking ``2001.'' 
        and inserting ``2001).''.
    (q) Amendments Relating to Section 643 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 401(a)(31)(C)(i) is amended by inserting ``is a 
        qualified trust which is part of a plan which is a defined 
        contribution plan and'' before ``agrees''.
            (2) Section 402(c)(2) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following flush sentence:
        ``In the case of a transfer described in subparagraph (A) or 
        (B), the amount transferred shall be treated as consisting 
        first of the portion of such distribution that is includible in 
        gross income (determined without regard to paragraph (1)).''.
    (r) Amendments Relating to Section 648 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 417(e) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``exceed the 
                dollar limit under section 411(a)(11)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``exceed the amount that can be distributed 
                without the participant's consent under section 
                411(a)(11)'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ``exceeds the 
                dollar limit under section 411(a)(11)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``exceeds the amount that can be distributed 
                without the participant's consent under section 
                411(a)(11)''.
            (2) Section 205(g) of the Employee Retirement Income 
        Security Act of 1974 is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``exceed the 
                dollar limit under section 203(e)(1)'' and inserting 
                ``exceed the amount that can be distributed without the 
                participant's consent under section 203(e)'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ``exceeds the 
                dollar limit under section 203(e)(1)'' and inserting 
                ``exceeds the amount that can be distributed without 
                the participant's consent under section 203(e)''.
    (s) Amendment Relating to Section 652 of the Act.--Section 
404(a)(1)(D)(iv) is amended by striking ``Plans maintained by 
professional service employers'' and inserting ``Special rule for 
terminating plans''.
    (t) Amendments Relating to Section 657 of the Act.--Section 
404(c)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``the earlier of'' in subparagraph (A) the 
        second place it appears, and
            (2) by striking ``if the transfer'' and inserting ``a 
        transfer that''.
    (u) Amendments Relating to Section 659 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 4980F is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (e)(1) by striking ``written 
                notice'' and inserting ``the notice described in 
                paragraph (2)'',
                    (B) by amending subsection (f)(2)(A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) any defined benefit plan described in section 
                401(a) which includes a trust exempt from tax under 
                section 501(a), or'', and
                    (C) in subsection (f)(3) by striking 
                ``significantly'' both places it appears.
            (2) Section 204(h)(9) of the Employee Retirement Income 
        Security Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``significantly'' 
        both places it appears.
            (3) Section 659(c)(3)(B) of the Economic Growth and Tax 
        Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 is amended by striking 
        ``(or'' and inserting ``(and''.
    (v) Amendments Relating to Section 661 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 412(c)(9)(B) is amended--
                    (A) in clause (ii) by striking ``125 percent'' and 
                inserting ``100 percent'', and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iv) Limitation.--A change in funding 
                        method to use a prior year valuation, as 
                        provided in clause (ii), may not be made unless 
                        as of the valuation date within the prior plan 
                        year, the value of the assets of the plan are 
                        not less than 125 percent of the plan's current 
                        liability (as defined in paragraph (7)(B)).''.
            (2) Section 302(c)(9)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income 
        Security Act of 1974 is amended--
                    (A) in clause (ii) by striking ``125 percent'' and 
                inserting ``100 percent'', and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``(iv) A change in funding method to use a prior year valuation, as 
provided in clause (ii), may not be made unless as of the valuation 
date within the prior plan year, the value of the assets of the plan 
are not less than 125 percent of the plan's current liability (as 
defined in paragraph (7)(B)).''.
    (w) Amendments Relating to Section 662 of the Act.--
            (1) Section 404(k) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``during the 
                taxable year'',
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ``(A)(iii)'' 
                and inserting ``(A)(iv)'',
                    (C) in paragraph (4)(B) by striking ``(iii)'' and 
                inserting ``(iv)'', and
                    (D) by redesignating subparagraph (B) of paragraph 
                (4) (as amended by subparagraph (C)) as subparagraph 
                (C) of paragraph (4) and by inserting after 
                subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Reinvestment dividends.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), an applicable dividend reinvested 
                pursuant to clause (iii)(II) of paragraph (2)(A) shall 
                be treated as paid in the taxable year of the 
                corporation in which such dividend is reinvested in 
                qualifying employer securities or in which the election 
                under clause (iii) of paragraph (2)(A) is made, 
                whichever is later.''.
            (2) Section 404(k) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Full vesting.--In accordance with section 411, an 
        applicable dividend described in clause (iii)(II) of paragraph 
        (2)(A) shall be subject to the requirements of section 
        411(a)(1).''.
    (x) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the 
provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
2001 to which they relate.

SEC. 612. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO COMMUNITY RENEWAL TAX RELIEF ACT OF 
              2000.

    (a) Amendment Related to Section 101 of the Act.--Section 
469(i)(3)(E) is amended by striking clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) and 
inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) second to the portion of such loss 
                        to which subparagraph (C) applies,
                            ``(iii) third to the portion of the passive 
                        activity credit to which subparagraph (B) or 
                        (D) does not apply,
                            ``(iv) fourth to the portion of such credit 
                        to which subparagraph (B) applies, and''.
    (b) Amendment Related to Section 306 of the Act.--Section 
151(c)(6)(C) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``for earned income credit.--For purposes 
        of section 32, an'' and inserting ``for principal place of 
        abode requirements.--An'', and
            (2) by striking ``requirement of section 32(c)(3)(A)(ii)'' 
        and inserting ``principal place of abode requirements of 
        section 2(a)(1)(B), section 2(b)(1)(A), and section 
        32(c)(3)(A)(ii)''.
    (c) Amendment Related to Section 309 of the Act.--Subparagraph (A) 
of section 358(h)(1) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) which is assumed by another person as part of 
                the exchange, and''.
    (d) Amendments Related to Section 401 of the Act.--
            (1)(A) Section 1234A is amended by inserting ``or'' after 
        the comma at the end of paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at 
        the end of paragraph (2), and by striking paragraph (3).
            (B)(i) Section 1234B is amended in subsection (a)(1) and in 
        subsection (b) by striking ``sale or exchange'' the first place 
        it appears in each subsection and inserting ``sale, exchange, 
        or termination''.
            (ii) Section 1234B is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(f) Cross Reference.--

                                ``For special rules relating to dealer 
securities futures contracts, see section 1256.''
            (2) Section 1091(e) is amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Securities.--'' 
                and inserting ``Securities and Securities Futures 
                Contracts To Sell.--'',
                    (B) by inserting after ``closing of a short sale 
                of'' the following: ``(or a securities futures contract 
                to sell)'',
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ``short 
                sale of'' the following: ``(or securities futures 
                contracts to sell)'', and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
``For purposes of this subsection, the term `securities futures 
contract' has the meaning provided by section 1234B(c).''.
            (3) Section 1233(e)(2) is amended by striking ``and'' at 
        the end of subparagraph (C), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and'' at the end of subparagraph (D), and by 
        adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) entering into a securities futures contract 
                (as so defined) to sell shall be treated as entering 
                into a short sale, and the sale, exchange, or 
                termination of a securities futures contract to sell 
                shall be treated as the closing of a short sale.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the provisions of the Community Renewal Tax 
Relief Act of 2000 to which they relate.

SEC. 613. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE TAX RELIEF EXTENSION ACT OF 1999.

    (a) Amendments Related to Section 545 of the Act.--Section 
857(b)(7) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i) of subparagraph (B), by striking ``the 
        amount of which'' and inserting ``to the extent the amount of 
        the rents'', and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``if the amount'' and 
        inserting ``to the extent the amount''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in section 545 of the Tax Relief Extension Act of 
1999.

SEC. 614. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE TAXPAYER RELIEF ACT OF 1997.

    (a) Amendments Related to Section 311 of the Act.--Section 311(e) 
of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-34; 111 Stat. 836) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``recognized'' and 
        inserting ``included in gross income'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Disposition of interest in passive activity.--Section 
        469(g)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not 
        apply by reason of an election made under paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in section 311 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 
1997.

SEC. 615. AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 1997.

    (a) Amendment Related to Section 4006 of the Act.--Section 26(b)(2) 
is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (P), by 
striking the period and inserting ``, and'' at the end of subparagraph 
(Q), and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(R) section 138(c)(2) (relating to penalty for 
                distributions from Medicare+Choice MSA not used for 
                qualified medical expenses if minimum balance not 
                maintained).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in section 4006 of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997.

SEC. 616. OTHER TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    (a) Coordination of Advanced Payments of Earned Income Credit.--
            (1) Section 32(g)(2) is amended by striking ``subpart'' and 
        inserting ``part''.
            (2) The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect 
        as if included in section 474 of the Tax Reform Act of 1984.
    (b) Disclosure by Social Security Administration to Federal Child 
Support Agencies.--
            (1) Section 6103(l)(8) is amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``state and local'' 
                and inserting ``federal, state, and local'', and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``Federal 
                or'' before ``State or local''.
            (2) The amendments made by this subsection shall take 
        effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Treatment of Settlements Under Partnership Audit Rules.--
            (1) The following provisions are each amended by inserting 
        ``or the Attorney General (or his delegate)'' after 
        ``Secretary'' each place it appears:
                    (A) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 6224(c).
                    (B) Section 6229(f)(2).
                    (C) Section 6231(b)(1)(C).
                    (D) Section 6234(g)(4)(A).
            (2) The amendments made by this subsection shall apply with 
        respect to settlement agreements entered into after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Amendment Related to Procedure and Administration.--
            (1) Section 6331(k)(3) (relating to no levy while certain 
        offers pending or installment agreement pending or in effect) 
        is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Certain rules to apply.--Rules similar to the rules 
        of--
                    ``(A) paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (i), and
                    ``(B) except in the case of paragraph (2)(C), 
                paragraph (5) of subsection (i),
        shall apply for purposes of this subsection.''.
            (2) The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect 
        on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (e) Modified Endowment Contracts.--Paragraph (2) of section 318(a) 
of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2763A-645) 
is repealed, and clause (ii) of section 7702A(c)(3)(A) shall read and 
be applied as if the amendment made by such paragraph had not been 
enacted.

SEC. 617. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

            (1) The subsection (g) of section 25B that relates to 
        termination is redesignated as subsection (h).
            (2) Section 51A(c)(1) is amended by striking ``51(d)(10)'' 
        and inserting ``51(d)(11)''.
            (3) Section 172(b)(1)(F)(i) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``3 years'' and inserting ``3 
                taxable years'', and
                    (B) by striking ``2 years'' and inserting ``2 
                taxable years''.
            (4) Section 351(h)(1) is amended by inserting a comma after 
        ``liability''.
            (5) Section 741 is amended by striking ``which have 
        appreciated substantially in value''.
            (6) Section 857(b)(7)(B)(i) is amended by striking 
        ``subsection 856(d)'' and inserting ``section 856(d)''.
            (7) Section 1394(c)(2) is amended by striking 
        ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)''.
            (8)(A) Section 6227(d) is amended by striking ``subsection 
        (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (c)''.
            (B) Section 6228 is amended--
                    (i) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``subsection 
                (b) of section 6227'' and inserting ``subsection (c) of 
                section 6227'',
                    (ii) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking 
                ``subsection (b) of'', and
                    (iii) in subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2)(A), by 
                striking ``subsection (c) of section 6227'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (d) of section 6227''.
            (C) Section 6231(b)(2)(B)(i) is amended by striking 
        ``section 6227(c)'' and inserting ``section 6227(d)''.
            (9) Section 1221(b)(1)(B)(i) is amended by striking 
        ``1256(b))'' and inserting ``1256(b)))''.
            (10) Section 618(b)(2) of the Economic Growth and Tax 
        Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-16; 115 Stat. 
        108) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``203(d)'' and 
                inserting ``202(f)'', and
                    (B) in subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) by striking 
                ``203'' and inserting ``202(f)''.
            (11)(A) Section 525 of the Ticket to Work and Work 
        Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-170; 113 
        Stat. 1928) is amended by striking ``7200'' and inserting 
        ``7201''.
            (B) Section 532(c)(2) of such Act (113 Stat. 1930) is 
        amended--
                    (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``341(d)(3)'' 
                and inserting ``341(d)'', and
                    (ii) in subparagraph (Q), by striking 
                ``954(c)(1)(B)(iii) and inserting ``954(c)(1)(B)''.

SEC. 618. ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS.

    (a) Amendments Related to Section 202 of the Economic Growth and 
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.--
            (1) Subsection (h) of section 23 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (a)(1)(B)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (a)(3)'', and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new flush 
                sentence:
``If any amount as increased under the preceding sentence is not a 
multiple of $10, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple 
of $10.''
            (2) Subsection (f) of section 137 is amended by adding at 
        the end the following new flush sentence:
``If any amount as increased under the preceding sentence is not a 
multiple of $10, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple 
of $10.''
    (b) Amendments Related to Section 204 of the Economic Growth and 
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.--Section 21(d)(2) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``$200'' and inserting 
        ``$250'', and
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``$400'' and inserting 
        ``$500''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax 
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to which they relate.

                   TITLE VII--UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Temporary Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 702. FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Any State which desires to do so may enter into 
and participate in an agreement under this title with the Secretary of 
Labor (in this title referred to as the ``Secretary''). Any State which 
is a party to an agreement under this title may, upon providing 30 days 
written notice to the Secretary, terminate such agreement.
    (b) Provisions of Agreement.--Any agreement under subsection (a) 
shall provide that the State agency of the State will make payments of 
temporary extended unemployment compensation to individuals who--
            (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under 
        the State law or under Federal law with respect to a benefit 
        year (excluding any benefit year that ended before March 15, 
        2001);
            (2) have no rights to regular compensation or extended 
        compensation with respect to a week under such law or any other 
        State unemployment compensation law or to compensation under 
        any other Federal law;
            (3) are not receiving compensation with respect to such 
        week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and
            (4) filed an initial claim for regular compensation on or 
        after March 15, 2001.
    (c) Exhaustion of Benefits.--For purposes of subsection (b)(1), an 
individual shall be deemed to have exhausted such individual's rights 
to regular compensation under a State law when--
            (1) no payments of regular compensation can be made under 
        such law because such individual has received all regular 
        compensation available to such individual based on employment 
        or wages during such individual's base period; or
            (2) such individual's rights to such compensation have been 
        terminated by reason of the expiration of the benefit year with 
        respect to which such rights existed.
    (d) Weekly Benefit Amount, Etc.--For purposes of any agreement 
under this title--
            (1) the amount of temporary extended unemployment 
        compensation which shall be payable to any individual for any 
        week of total unemployment shall be equal to the amount of the 
        regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable 
        to such individual during such individual's benefit year under 
        the State law for a week of total unemployment;
            (2) the terms and conditions of the State law which apply 
        to claims for regular compensation and to the payment thereof 
        shall apply to claims for temporary extended unemployment 
        compensation and the payment thereof, except--
                    (A) that an individual shall not be eligible for 
                temporary extended unemployment compensation under this 
                title unless, in the base period with respect to which 
                the individual exhausted all rights to regular 
                compensation under the State law, the individual had 20 
                weeks of full-time insured employment or the equivalent 
                in insured wages, as determined under the provisions of 
                the State law implementing section 202(a)(5) of the 
                Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
                1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note); and
                    (B) where otherwise inconsistent with the 
                provisions of this title or with the regulations or 
                operating instructions of the Secretary promulgated to 
                carry out this title; and
            (3) the maximum amount of temporary extended unemployment 
        compensation payable to any individual for whom a temporary 
        extended unemployment compensation account is established under 
        section 703 shall not exceed the amount established in such 
        account for such individual.
    (e) Election by States.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
Federal law (and if State law permits), the Governor of a State that is 
in an extended benefit period may provide for the payment of temporary 
extended unemployment compensation in lieu of extended compensation to 
individuals who otherwise meet the requirements of this section. Such 
an election shall not require a State to trigger off an extended 
benefit period.

SEC. 703. TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--Any agreement under this title shall provide that 
the State will establish, for each eligible individual who files an 
application for temporary extended unemployment compensation, a 
temporary extended unemployment compensation account with respect to 
such individual's benefit year.
    (b) Amount in Account.--
            (1) In general.--The amount established in an account under 
        subsection (a) shall be equal to the lesser of--
                    (A) 50 percent of the total amount of regular 
                compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable 
                to the individual during the individual's benefit year 
                under such law, or
                    (B) 13 times the individual's average weekly 
                benefit amount for the benefit year.
            (2) Reduction for extended benefits.--The amount in an 
        account under paragraph (1) shall be reduced (but not below 
        zero) by the aggregate amount of extended compensation (if any) 
        received by such individual relating to the same benefit year 
        under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
        of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).
            (3) Weekly benefit amount.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, an individual's weekly benefit amount for any week 
        is the amount of regular compensation (including dependents' 
        allowances) under the State law payable to such individual for 
        such week for total unemployment.

SEC. 704. PAYMENTS TO STATES HAVING AGREEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF 
              TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) General Rule.--There shall be paid to each State that has 
entered into an agreement under this title an amount equal to 100 
percent of the temporary extended unemployment compensation paid to 
individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement.
    (b) Treatment of Reimbursable Compensation.--No payment shall be 
made to any State under this section in respect of any compensation to 
the extent the State is entitled to reimbursement in respect of such 
compensation under the provisions of any Federal law other than this 
title or chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code. A State shall not 
be entitled to any reimbursement under such chapter 85 in respect of 
any compensation to the extent the State is entitled to reimbursement 
under this title in respect of such compensation.
    (c) Determination of Amount.--Sums payable to any State by reason 
of such State having an agreement under this title shall be payable, 
either in advance or by way of reimbursement (as may be determined by 
the Secretary), in such amounts as the Secretary estimates the State 
will be entitled to receive under this title for each calendar month, 
reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any amount by which the 
Secretary finds that the Secretary's estimates for any prior calendar 
month were greater or less than the amounts which should have been paid 
to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of such 
statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by the 
Secretary and the State agency of the State involved.

SEC. 705. FINANCING PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Funds in the extended unemployment compensation 
account (as established by section 905(a) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as established by 
section 904(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used for the 
making of payments to States having agreements entered into under this 
title.
    (b) Certification.--The Secretary shall from time to time certify 
to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums 
payable to such State under this title. The Secretary of the Treasury, 
prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall 
make payments to the State in accordance with such certification, by 
transfers from the extended unemployment compensation account (as so 
established) to the account of such State in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund (as so established).
    (c) Assistance to States.--There are appropriated out of the 
employment security administration account (as established by section 
901(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1101(a)) of the 
Unemployment Trust Fund, without fiscal year limitation, such funds as 
may be necessary for purposes of assisting States (as provided in title 
III of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.)) in meeting the 
costs of administration of agreements under this title.
    (d) Appropriations for Certain Payments.--There are appropriated 
from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, 
to the extended unemployment compensation account (as so established) 
of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as so established) such sums as the 
Secretary estimates to be necessary to make the payments under this 
section in respect of--
            (1) compensation payable under chapter 85 of title 5, 
        United States Code; and
            (2) compensation payable on the basis of services to which 
        section 3309(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
        applies.
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not be 
required to be repaid.

SEC. 706. FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--If an individual knowingly has made, or caused to 
be made by another, a false statement or representation of a material 
fact, or knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to disclose a 
material fact, and as a result of such false statement or 
representation or of such nondisclosure such individual has received an 
amount of temporary extended unemployment compensation under this title 
to which he was not entitled, such individual--
            (1) shall be ineligible for further temporary extended 
        unemployment compensation under this title in accordance with 
        the provisions of the applicable State unemployment 
        compensation law relating to fraud in connection with a claim 
        for unemployment compensation; and
            (2) shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of 
        title 18, United States Code.
    (b) Repayment.--In the case of individuals who have received 
amounts of temporary extended unemployment compensation under this 
title to which they were not entitled, the State shall require such 
individuals to repay the amounts of such temporary extended 
unemployment compensation to the State agency, except that the State 
agency may waive such repayment if it determines that--
            (1) the payment of such temporary extended unemployment 
        compensation was without fault on the part of any such 
        individual; and
            (2) such repayment would be contrary to equity and good 
        conscience.
    (c) Recovery by State Agency.--
            (1) In general.--The State agency may recover the amount to 
        be repaid, or any part thereof, by deductions from any 
        temporary extended unemployment compensation payable to such 
        individual under this title or from any unemployment 
        compensation payable to such individual under any Federal 
        unemployment compensation law administered by the State agency 
        or under any other Federal law administered by the State agency 
        which provides for the payment of any assistance or allowance 
        with respect to any week of unemployment, during the 3-year 
        period after the date such individuals received the payment of 
        the temporary extended unemployment compensation to which they 
        were not entitled, except that no single deduction may exceed 
        50 percent of the weekly benefit amount from which such 
        deduction is made.
            (2) Opportunity for hearing.--No repayment shall be 
        required, and no deduction shall be made, until a determination 
        has been made, notice thereof and an opportunity for a fair 
        hearing has been given to the individual, and the determination 
        has become final.
    (d) Review.--Any determination by a State agency under this section 
shall be subject to review in the same manner and to the same extent as 
determinations under the State unemployment compensation law, and only 
in that manner and to that extent.

SEC. 707. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title, the terms ``compensation'', ``regular 
compensation'', ``extended compensation'', ``additional compensation'', 
``benefit year'', ``base period'', ``State'', ``State agency'', ``State 
law'', and ``week'' have the respective meanings given such terms under 
section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).

SEC. 708. APPLICABILITY.

    An agreement entered into under this title shall apply to weeks of 
unemployment--
            (1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is 
        entered into; and
            (2) ending before January 1, 2003.

SEC. 709. SPECIAL REED ACT TRANSFER IN FISCAL YEAR 2002.

    (a) Repeal of Certain Provisions Added by the Balanced Budget Act 
of 1997.--
            (1) In general.--The following provisions of section 903 of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103) are repealed:
                    (A) Paragraph (3) of subsection (a).
                    (B) The last sentence of subsection (c)(2).
            (2) Savings provision.--Any amounts transferred before the 
        date of enactment of this Act under the provision repealed by 
        paragraph (1)(A) shall remain subject to section 903 of the 
        Social Security Act, as last in effect before such date of 
        enactment.
    (b) Special Transfer in Fiscal Year 2002.--Section 903 of the 
Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

                 ``Special Transfer in Fiscal Year 2002

    ``(d)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer (as of the 
date determined under paragraph (5)) from the Federal unemployment 
account to the account of each State in the Unemployment Trust Fund the 
amount determined with respect to such State under paragraph (2).
    ``(2) The amount to be transferred under this subsection to a State 
account shall (as determined by the Secretary of Labor and certified by 
such Secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury) be equal to--
            ``(A) the amount which would have been required to have 
        been transferred under this section to such account at the 
        beginning of fiscal year 2002 if--
                    ``(i) section 709(a)(1) of the Temporary Extended 
                Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001 had been enacted 
                before the close of fiscal year 2001, and
                    ``(ii) section 5402 of Public Law 105-33 (relating 
                to increase in Federal unemployment account ceiling) 
                had not been enacted,
        minus
            ``(B) the amount which was in fact transferred under this 
        section to such account at the beginning of fiscal year 2002.
    ``(3)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (4), amounts transferred 
to a State account pursuant to this subsection may be used only in the 
payment of cash benefits--
            ``(i) to individuals with respect to their unemployment, 
        and
            ``(ii) which are allowable under subparagraph (B) or (C).
    ``(B)(i) At the option of the State, cash benefits under this 
paragraph may include amounts which shall be payable as--
            ``(I) regular compensation, or
            ``(II) additional compensation, upon the exhaustion of any 
        temporary extended unemployment compensation (if such State has 
        entered into an agreement under the Temporary Extended 
        Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001), for individuals 
        eligible for regular compensation under the unemployment 
        compensation law of such State.
    ``(ii) Any additional compensation under clause (i) may not be 
taken into account for purposes of any determination relating to the 
amount of any extended compensation for which an individual might be 
eligible.
    ``(C)(i) At the option of the State, cash benefits under this 
paragraph may include amounts which shall be payable to 1 or more 
categories of individuals not otherwise eligible for regular 
compensation under the unemployment compensation law of such State, 
including those described in clause (iii).
    ``(ii) The benefits paid under this subparagraph to any individual 
may not, for any period of unemployment, exceed the maximum amount of 
regular compensation authorized under the unemployment compensation law 
of such State for that same period, plus any additional compensation 
(described in subparagraph (B)(i)) which could have been paid with 
respect to that amount.
    ``(iii) The categories of individuals described in this clause 
include the following:
            ``(I) Individuals who are seeking, or available for, only 
        part-time (and not full-time) work.
            ``(II) Individuals who would be eligible for regular 
        compensation under the unemployment compensation law of such 
        State under an alternative base period.
    ``(D) Amounts transferred to a State account under this subsection 
may be used in the payment of cash benefits to individuals only for 
weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of enactment of this 
subsection.
    ``(4) Amounts transferred to a State account under this subsection 
may be used for the administration of its unemployment compensation law 
and public employment offices (including in connection with benefits 
described in paragraph (3) and any recipients thereof), subject to the 
same conditions as set forth in subsection (c)(2) (excluding 
subparagraph (B) thereof, and deeming the reference to `subsections (a) 
and (b)' in subparagraph (D) thereof to include this subsection).
    ``(5) Transfers under this subsection shall be made by December 31, 
2001, unless this paragraph is not enacted until after that date, in 
which case such transfers shall be made within 10 days after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph.''
    (c) Limitations on Transfers.--Section 903(b) of the Social 
Security Act shall apply to transfers under section 903(d) of such Act 
(as amended by this section). For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
such section 903(b) shall be deemed to be amended as follows:
            (1) By substituting ``the transfer date described in 
        subsection (d)(5)'' for ``October 1 of any fiscal year''.
            (2) By substituting ``remain in the Federal unemployment 
        account'' for ``be transferred to the Federal unemployment 
        account as of the beginning of such October 1''.
            (3) By substituting ``fiscal year 2002 (after the transfer 
        date described in subsection (d)(5))'' for ``the fiscal year 
        beginning on such October 1''.
            (4) By substituting ``under subsection (d)'' for ``as of 
        October 1 of such fiscal year''.
            (5) By substituting ``(as of the close of fiscal year 
        2002)'' for ``(as of the close of such fiscal year)''.
    (d) Technical Amendments.--(1) Sections 3304(a)(4)(B) and 
3306(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are amended by 
inserting ``or 903(d)(4)'' before ``of the Social Security Act''.
    (2) Section 303(a)(5) of the Social Security Act is amended in the 
second proviso by inserting ``or 903(d)(4)'' after ``903(c)(2)''.
    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any 
operating instructions or regulations necessary to carry out this 
section and the amendments made by this section.

          TITLE VIII--DISPLACED WORKER HEALTH INSURANCE CREDIT

SEC. 801. DISPLACED WORKER HEALTH INSURANCE CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 is amended by inserting 
after section 6428 the following new section:

``SEC. 6429. DISPLACED WORKER HEALTH INSURANCE CREDIT.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an individual, there shall be 
allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A an amount 
equal to 60 percent of the amount paid during the taxable year for 
coverage for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents of the 
taxpayer under qualified health insurance during eligible coverage 
months.
    ``(b) Only 12 Eligible Coverage Months.--The number of eligible 
coverage months taken into account under subsection (a) for all taxable 
years shall not exceed 12.
    ``(c) Eligible Coverage Month.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `eligible coverage month' means 
        any month during 2002 or 2003 if, as of the first day of such 
        month--
                    ``(A) the taxpayer is unemployed,
                    ``(B) the taxpayer is covered by qualified health 
                insurance,
                    ``(C) the premium for coverage under such insurance 
                for such month is paid by the taxpayer, and
                    ``(D) the taxpayer does not have other specified 
                coverage.
            ``(2) Special rules.--
                    ``(A) Treatment of first month of employment.--The 
                taxpayer shall be treated as meeting the requirement of 
                paragraph (1)(A) for the first month beginning on or 
                after the date that the taxpayer ceases to be 
                unemployed by reason of beginning work for an employer.
                    ``(B) Initial claim must be after march 15, 2001.--
                The taxpayer shall not be treated as meeting the 
                requirement of paragraph (1)(A) with respect to any 
                unemployment if the initial claim for regular 
                compensation for such unemployment is filed on or 
                before March 15, 2001.
                    ``(C) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint 
                return, the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be 
                treated as met if at least 1 spouse satisfies such 
                requirements.
            ``(3) Other specified coverage.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, an individual has other specified coverage for any 
        month if, as of the first day of such month--
                    ``(A) Subsidized coverage.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Such individual is 
                        covered under any qualified health insurance 
                        under which at least 50 percent of the cost of 
                        coverage (determined under section 4980B) is 
                        paid or incurred by an employer (or former 
                        employer) of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's 
                        spouse.
                            ``(ii) Treatment of cafeteria plans and 
                        flexible spending accounts.--For purposes of 
                        clause (i), the cost of benefits--
                                    ``(I) which are chosen under a 
                                cafeteria plan (as defined in section 
                                125(d)), or provided under a flexible 
                                spending or similar arrangement, of 
                                such an employer, and
                                    ``(II) which are not includible in 
                                gross income under section 106,
                        shall be treated as borne by such employer.
                    ``(B) Coverage under medicare, medicaid, or 
                schip.--Such individual--
                            ``(i) is entitled to benefits under part A 
                        of title XVIII of the Social Security Act or is 
                        enrolled under part B of such title, or
                            ``(ii) is enrolled in the program under 
                        title XIX or XXI of such Act.
                    ``(C) Certain other coverage.--Such individual--
                            ``(i) is enrolled in a health benefits plan 
                        under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
                        Code, or
                            ``(ii) is entitled to receive benefits 
                        under chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
                        Code.
            ``(4) Determination of unemployment.--For purposes of 
        paragraph (1), an individual shall be treated as unemployed 
        during any period--
                    ``(A) for which such individual is receiving 
                unemployment compensation (as defined in section 
                85(b)), or
                    ``(B) for which such individual is certified by a 
                State agency (or by any other entity designated by the 
                Secretary) as otherwise being entitled to receive 
                unemployment compensation (as so defined) but for--
                            ``(i) the termination of the period during 
                        which such compensation was payable, or
                            ``(ii) an exhaustion of such individual's 
                        rights to such compensation.
    ``(d) Qualified Health Insurance.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `qualified health insurance' means insurance which constitutes 
medical care; except that such term shall not include any insurance if 
substantially all of its coverage is of excepted benefits described in 
section 9832(c).
    ``(e) Coordination With Advance Payments of Credit.--
            ``(1) Recapture of excess advance payments.--If any payment 
        is made by the Secretary under section 7527 during any calendar 
        year to a provider of qualified health insurance for an 
        individual, then the tax imposed by this chapter for the 
        individual's last taxable year beginning in such calendar year 
        shall be increased by the aggregate amount of such payments.
            ``(2) Reconciliation of payments advanced and credit 
        allowed.--Any increase in tax under paragraph (1) shall not be 
        treated as tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of 
        determining the amount of any credit (other than the credit 
        allowed by subsection (a)) allowable under part IV of 
        subchapter A of chapter 1.
    ``(f) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Coordination with other deductions.--Amounts taken 
        into account under subsection (a) shall not be taken into 
        account in determining any deduction allowed under section 
        162(l) or 213.
            ``(2) MSA distributions.--Amounts distributed from an 
        Archer MSA (as defined in section 220(d)) shall not be taken 
        into account under subsection (a).
            ``(3) Denial of credit to dependents.--No credit shall be 
        allowed under this section to any individual with respect to 
        whom a deduction under section 151 is allowable to another 
        taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in 
        which such individual's taxable year begins.
            ``(4) Credit treated as refundable credit.--For purposes of 
        this title, the credit allowed under this section shall be 
        treated as a credit allowable under subpart C of part IV of 
        subchapter A of chapter 1.
            ``(5) Regulations.--The Secretary may prescribe such 
        regulations and other guidance as may be necessary or 
        appropriate to carry out this section and section 7527.''.
    (b) Increased Access to Health Insurance for Individuals Eligible 
for Tax Credit.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
applying section 2741 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300gg-41)) and any alternative State mechanism under section 2744 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C.300gg-44)), in determining who is an eligible 
individual (as defined in section 2741(b) of such Act) in the case of 
an individual who may be covered by insurance for which credit is 
allowable under section 6429 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for 
an eligible coverage month, if the individual seeks to obtain health 
insurance coverage under such section during an eligible coverage month 
under such section--
            (1) paragraph (1) of such section 2741(b) shall be applied 
        as if any reference to 18 months is deemed a reference to 12 
        months, and
            (2) paragraphs (4) and (5) of such section 2741(b) shall 
        not apply.
    (c) Information Reporting.--
            (1) In general.--Subpart B of part III of subchapter A of 
        chapter 61 (relating to information concerning transactions 
        with other persons) is amended by inserting after section 6050S 
        the following new section:

``SEC. 6050T. RETURNS RELATING TO DISPLACED WORKER HEALTH INSURANCE 
              CREDIT.

    ``(a) Requirement of Reporting.--Every person--
            ``(1) who, in connection with a trade or business conducted 
        by such person, receives payments during any calendar year from 
        any individual for coverage of such individual or any other 
        individual under qualified health insurance (as defined in 
        section 6429(d)), and
            ``(2) who claims a reimbursement for an advance credit 
        amount,
shall, at such time as the Secretary may prescribe, make the return 
described in subsection (b) with respect to each individual from whom 
such payments were received or for whom such a reimbursement is 
claimed.
    ``(b) Form and Manner of Returns.--A return is described in this 
subsection if such return--
            ``(1) is in such form as the Secretary may prescribe, and
            ``(2) contains--
                    ``(A) the name, address, and TIN of each individual 
                referred to in subsection (a),
                    ``(B) the aggregate of the advance credit amounts 
                provided to such individual and for which reimbursement 
                is claimed,
                    ``(C) the number of months for which such advance 
                credit amounts are so provided, and
                    ``(D) such other information as the Secretary may 
                prescribe.
    ``(c) Statements To Be Furnished to Individuals With Respect to 
Whom Information Is Required.--Every person required to make a return 
under subsection (a) shall furnish to each individual whose name is 
required to be set forth in such return a written statement showing--
            ``(1) the name and address of the person required to make 
        such return and the phone number of the information contact for 
        such person, and
            ``(2) the information required to be shown on the return 
        with respect to such individual.
The written statement required under the preceding sentence shall be 
furnished on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar 
year for which the return under subsection (a) is required to be made.
    ``(d) Advance Credit Amount.--For purposes of this section, the 
term `advance credit amount' means an amount for which the person can 
claim a reimbursement pursuant to a program established by the 
Secretary under section 7527.''
            (2) Assessable penalties.--
                    (A) Subparagraph (B) of section 6724(d)(1) 
                (relating to definitions) is amended by redesignating 
                clauses (xi) through (xvii) as clauses (xii) through 
                (xviii), respectively, and by inserting after clause 
                (x) the following new clause:
                            ``(xi) section 6050T (relating to returns 
                        relating to displaced worker health insurance 
                        credit),''.
                    (B) Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d) is amended by 
                striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (Z), by 
                striking the period at the end of subparagraph (AA) and 
                inserting ``, or'', and by adding after subparagraph 
                (AA) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(BB) section 6050T (relating to returns relating 
                to displaced worker health insurance credit).''returns 
                relating to payments for qualified health insurance).''
            (3) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for subpart 
        B of part III of subchapter A of chapter 61 is amended by 
        inserting after the item relating to section 6050S the 
        following new item:

                              ``Sec. 6050T. Returns relating to 
                                        displaced worker health 
                                        insurance credit.''
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United 
        States Code, is amended by inserting before the period ``, or 
        from section 6429 of such Code''.
            (2) The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 6429. Displaced worker health 
                                        insurance credit.''
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.

SEC. 802. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF DISPLACED WORKER HEALTH INSURANCE CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 77 (relating to miscellaneous provisions) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 7527. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF DISPLACED WORKER HEALTH INSURANCE 
              CREDIT.

    ``(a) General Rule.--The Secretary shall establish a program for 
making payments on behalf of eligible individuals to providers of 
health insurance for such individuals.
    ``(b) Eligible Individual.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`eligible individual' means any individual for whom a qualified health 
insurance credit eligibility certificate is in effect.
    ``(c) Qualified Health Insurance Credit Eligibility Certificate.--
For purposes of this section, a qualified health insurance credit 
eligibility certificate is a statement certified by a State agency (or 
by any other entity designated by the Secretary) which--
            ``(1) certifies that the individual was unemployed (within 
        the meaning of section 6429) as of the first day of any month, 
        and
            ``(2) provides such other information as the Secretary may 
        require for purposes of this section.''
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 77 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 7527. Advance payment of displaced 
                                        worker health insurance 
                                        credit.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

TITLE IX--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE AND TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE 
                          COVERAGE ASSISTANCE

SEC. 901. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE AND TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE 
              COVERAGE ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 173(a) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) to the Governor of any State or outlying area who 
        applies for assistance under subsection (f) to provide 
        employment and training assistance and temporary health care 
        coverage assistance to workers affected by major economic 
        dislocations, such as plant closures, mass layoffs, or multiple 
        layoffs, including those dislocations caused by the terrorist 
        attacks of September 11, 2001.''.
    (b) Requirements.--Section 173 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Additional Relief for Major Economic Dislocations.--
            ``(1) Grant recipient eligibility.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a 
                grant under subsection (a)(4), a Governor shall submit 
                an application, for assistance described in 
                subparagraph (B), to the Secretary at such time, in 
                such manner, and containing such information as the 
                Secretary may require.
                    ``(B) Types of assistance.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Assistance described in 
                        this subparagraph is--
                                    ``(I) employment and training 
                                assistance, including employment and 
                                training activities described in 
                                section 134; and
                                    ``(II) temporary health care 
                                coverage assistance described in 
                                paragraph (4).
                            ``(ii) Minimum allocation to temporary 
                        health care coverage assistance.--Not less than 
                        30 percent of the cost of assistance requested 
                        in any application submitted under this 
                        subsection shall consist of the cost for 
                        temporary health care coverage assistance 
                        described in paragraph (4).
                            ``(iii) Encouragement of certain types of 
                        health care coverage.--In publishing 
                        requirements for applications under this 
                        subsection, the Secretary shall encourage the 
                        use of private health coverage alternatives.
                    ``(C) Minimum award requirement for eligible states 
                and outlying areas.--
                            ``(i) Requirements.--In any case in which 
                        the requirements of this section are met in 
                        connection with one or more applications of the 
                        Governor of any State or outlying area for 
                        assistance described in subparagraph (B), the 
                        Governor--
                                    ``(I) shall be awarded at least 1 
                                grant under subsection (a)(4) pursuant 
                                to such applications, and
                                    ``(II) except as provided in clause 
                                (ii), shall be awarded not less than 
                                $5,000,000 in total grants awarded 
                                under (a)(4).
                            ``(ii) Exception to minimum grant 
                        requirements.--The Secretary may award to a 
                        Governor a total amount less than the minimum 
                        total amount specified in clause (i)(II), as 
                        appropriate, if the Governor--
                                    ``(I) requests less than such 
                                minimum total amount, or
                                    ``(II) fails to demonstrate to the 
                                Secretary that there are a sufficient 
                                number of eligible recipients to 
                                justify the awarding of grants in such 
                                minimum total amount.
            ``(2) State administration.--The Governor may designate one 
        or more local workforce investment boards or other entities 
        with the capability to respond to the circumstances relating to 
        the particular closure, layoff, or other dislocation to 
        administer the grant under subsection (a)(4).
            ``(3) Participant eligibility.--An individual shall be 
        eligible to receive assistance described in paragraph (1)(B) 
        under a grant awarded under subsection (a)(4) if such 
        individual is a dislocated worker and the Governor has 
        certified that a major economic dislocation, such as a plant 
        closure, mass layoff, or multiple layoff, including a 
        dislocation caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
        2001, contributed importantly to the dislocation.
            ``(4) Temporary health care coverage assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Temporary health care coverage 
                assistance described in this paragraph consists of 
                health care coverage premium assistance provided to 
                qualified individuals under this paragraph with respect 
                to premiums for coverage for themselves, for their 
                spouses, for their dependents, or for any combination 
                thereof, other than premiums for excluded health 
                insurance coverage.
                    ``(B) Qualified individuals.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), 
                        a qualified individual is an individual who--
                                    ``(I) is a dislocated worker 
                                referred to in paragraph (3) with 
                                respect to whom the Governor has made 
                                the certification regarding the 
                                dislocation as required under such 
                                paragraph, and
                                    ``(II) is receiving or has received 
                                employment and training assistance as 
                                described in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I).
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--An individual shall not 
                        be treated as a qualified individual if--
                                    ``(I) such individual is eligible 
                                for coverage under the program under 
                                title XIX of the Social Security Act 
                                applicable in the State or outlying 
                                area, or
                                    ``(II) such individual is eligible 
                                for coverage under the program under 
                                title XXI of such Act applicable in the 
                                State or outlying area,
                        unless such eligibility is effective solely in 
                        connection with eligibility for health care 
                        coverage premium assistance under a program 
                        established by the Governor in connection with 
                        temporary health care coverage assistance 
                        received under this subsection.
                            ``(iii) Construction.--
                                    ``(I) Permitting coverage through 
                                enrollment in medicaid or schip.--
                                Nothing in this subsection shall be 
                                construed as preventing a State from 
                                using funds made available by reason of 
                                subsection (a)(4) to provide health 
                                care coverage through enrollment in the 
                                program under title XIX (relating to 
                                medicaid) or in the program under title 
                                XXI (relating to SCHIP) of the Social 
                                Security Act, but only in the case of 
                                individuals who are not otherwise 
                                eligible for coverage under either such 
                                program.
                                    ``(II) Not affecting eligibility 
                                for assistance.--An individual shall 
                                not be treated for purposes of this 
                                subsection as being eligible for 
                                coverage under either such program (and 
                                thereby not eligible for assistance 
                                under this subsection) merely on the 
                                basis that the State provides 
                                assistance under this subsection 
                                through coverage under either such 
                                program.
                    ``(C) Limitation on entitlement.--Nothing in this 
                subsection shall be construed as establishing any 
                entitlement of qualified individuals to premium 
                assistance under this subsection.
                    ``(D) Concurrence and consultation.--In connection 
                with any temporary health care coverage assistance 
                provided pursuant to this paragraph--
                            ``(i) if the Secretary determines that 
                        health care coverage premium assistance 
                        provided through title XIX or XXI of the Social 
                        Security Act is a substantial component of the 
                        assistance provided, the Secretary shall act in 
                        concurrence with the Secretary of Health and 
                        Human Services, and
                            ``(ii) in any other case, the Secretary 
                        shall consult with the Secretary of Health and 
                        Human Services to the extent that such 
                        assistance affects programs administered by or 
                        under the Secretary of Health and Human 
                        Services.
                    ``(E) Use of funds.--Temporary health care coverage 
                assistance provided pursuant to this subsection shall 
                supplement and may not supplant any other State or 
                local funds used to provide health care coverage and 
                may not be included in determining the amount of non-
                Federal contributions required under any program.
                    ``(F) Definitions.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) Excluded health care coverage.--The 
                        term `excluded health care coverage' means 
                        coverage under--
                                    ``(I) title XVIII of the Social 
                                Security Act,
                                    ``(II) chapter 55 of title 10, 
                                United States Code,
                                    ``(III) chapter 17 of title 38, 
                                United States Code,
                                    ``(IV) chapter 89 of title 5, 
                                United States Code (other than coverage 
                                which is comparable to continuation 
                                coverage under section 4980B of the 
                                Internal Revenue Code of 1986), or
                                    ``(V) the Indian Health Care 
                                Improvement Act.
                        Such term also includes coverage under a 
                        qualified long-term care insurance contract and 
                        excepted benefits described in section 733(c) 
                        of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
                        of 1974.
                            ``(ii) Premium.--The term `premium' means, 
                        in connection with health care coverage, the 
                        premium which would (but for this section) be 
                        charged for the cost of coverage.
            ``(5) Appropriations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There is hereby appropriated, 
                from any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
                appropriated, $4,000,000,000 for the period consisting 
                of fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004 for the award of 
                grants under subsection (a)(4) in accordance with this 
                section.
                    ``(B) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
                to subparagraph (A) for each fiscal year--
                            ``(i) are in addition to amounts made 
                        available under section 132(a)(2)(A) or any 
                        other provision of law to carry out this 
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) notwithstanding section 189(g)(1), 
                        shall remain available for obligation by the 
                        Secretary from the date of the enactment of 
                        this subsection through each succeeding fiscal 
                        year, except that, notwithstanding section 
                        189(g)(2), no funds are hereby available for 
                        expenditure after June 30, 2004.''.

            TITLE X--TEMPORARY STATE HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE

SEC. 1001. TEMPORARY STATE HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Title XXI of the Social Security Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2111. TEMPORARY STATE HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--For the purpose of providing allotments to 
States under this section, there are hereby appropriated, out of any 
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,599,667,448. Such 
funds shall be available for expenditure by the State through the end 
of 2002. This section constitutes budget authority in advance of 
appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Federal 
Government to provide for the payment to States of amounts provided 
under this section.
    ``(b) Allotment.--Funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall be 
allotted by the Secretary among the States in accordance with the 
following table:

      

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               ``State                       Allotment (in dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Alabama                                50,746,770
 
 Alaska                                 31,934,026
 
 Arizona                                68,594,677
 
 Arkansas                               38,203,601
 
 California                            482,591,746
 
 Colorado                               37,469,775
 
 Connecticut                            60,039,005
 
 Delaware                               10,355,807
 
 District of Columbia                   18,321,834
 
 Florida                               164,619,369
 
 Georgia                               118,754,564
 
 Hawaii                                 12,827,163
 
 Idaho                                  13,031,700
 
 Illinois                              175,505,956
 
 Indiana                                66,067,368
 
 Iowa                                   31,521,201
 
 Kansas                                 27,288,967
 
 Kentucky                               82,759,133
 
 Louisiana                              83,907,301
 
 Maine                                  22,650,838
 
 Maryland                               60,347,066
 
 Massachusetts                         121,971,140
 
 Michigan                              156,479,213
 
 Minnesota                             113,966,453
 
 Mississippi                            55,335,225
 
 Missouri                               74,675,436
 
 Montana                                10,224,652
 
 Nebraska                               31,582,786
 
 Nevada                                 14,695,973
 
 New Hampshire                          15,482,962
 
 New Jersey                            115,880,093
 
 New Mexico                             39,204,714
 
 New York                              573,999,663
 
 North Carolina                        189,333,723
 
 North Dakota                            8,915,675
 
 Ohio                                  166,006,936
 
 Oklahoma                               48,914,626
 
 Oregon                                 71,160,353
 
 Pennsylvania                          227,183,255
 
 Rhode Island                           45,001,680
 
 South Carolina                         94,789,740
 
 South Dakota                           19,951,788
 
 Tennessee                             102,845,128
 
 Texas                                 289,526,532
 
 Utah                                   30,860,915
 
 Vermont                                10,291,090
 
 Virginia                               67,232,217
 
 Washington                            110,377,264
 
 West Virginia                          31,120,804
 
 Wisconsin                              93,089,086
 
 Wyoming                                12,030,459
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    ``(c) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Funds appropriated under this section 
        may be used by a State only to provide health care items and 
        services (other than types of items and services for which 
        Federal financial participation is prohibited under this title 
        or title XIX).
            ``(2) Limitation.--Funds so appropriated may not be used to 
        match other Federal expenditures or in any other manner that 
        results in the expenditure of Federal funds in excess of the 
        amounts provided under this section.
    ``(d) Payment to States.--Funds made available under this section 
shall be paid to the States in a form and manner and time specified by 
the Secretary, based upon the submission of such information as the 
Secretary may require. There is no requirement for the expenditure of 
any State funds in order to qualify for receipt of funds under this 
section. The previous sections of this title shall not apply with 
respect to funds provided under this section.
    ``(e) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term `State' 
means the 50 States and the District of Columbia.''.
    (b) Repeal.--Effective as of January 1, 2003, section 2111 of the 
Social Security Act, as inserted by subsection (a), is repealed.

  TITLE XI--SOCIAL SECURITY HELD HARMLESS; BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ACT

SEC. 1101. NO IMPACT ON SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this 
Act) shall be construed to alter or amend title II of the Social 
Security Act (or any regulation promulgated under that Act).
    (b) Transfers.--
            (1) Estimate of secretary.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
        shall annually estimate the impact that the enactment of this 
        Act has on the income and balances of the trust funds 
        established under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 401).
            (2) Transfer of funds.--If, under paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary of the Treasury estimates that the enactment of this 
        Act has a negative impact on the income and balances of the 
        trust funds established under section 201 of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401), the Secretary shall transfer, not 
        less frequently than quarterly, from the general revenues of 
        the Federal Government an amount sufficient so as to ensure 
        that the income and balances of such trust funds are not 
        reduced as a result of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 1102. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

    Congress designates as emergency requirements pursuant to section 
252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
the following amounts:
            (1) An amount equal to the amount by which revenues are 
        reduced by this Act below the recommended levels of Federal 
        revenues for fiscal year 2002, the total of fiscal years 2002 
        through 2006, and the total of fiscal years 2002 through 2011, 
        provided in the conference report accompanying H. Con. Res. 83, 
        the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) Amounts equal to the amounts of new budget authority 
        and outlays provided in this Act in excess of the allocations 
        under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 
        the Committee on Finance of the Senate for fiscal year 2002, 
        the total of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and the total of 
        fiscal years 2002 through 2011.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 20 
      (legislative day, December 19), 2001.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3529

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                                 AN ACT

   To provide tax incentives for economic recovery and assistance to 
                           displaced workers.