[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3586 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3586

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the small issuer 
    exception from the tax-exempt bond arbitrage rebate requirement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2001

Mr. Lewis of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the small issuer 
    exception from the tax-exempt bond arbitrage rebate requirement.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF SMALL ISSUER EXCEPTION FROM TAX-EXEMPT BOND 
              ARBITRAGE REBATE REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subclause (III) of section 148(f)(4)(D)(i) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exception for governmental 
units issuing $5,000,000 or less of bonds) is amended by striking 
``(or'' and inserting a comma and by striking ``issuer)'' and inserting 
``issuer, or of 1 or more governmental units each of which meets the 
requirement of subclause (IV) and is located in the same State as the 
issuer''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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