[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 1637 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1637

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World 
  Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that 
   preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to 
  reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2003

 Mr. Frist (for Mr. Grassley) (for himself, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Hatch) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World 
  Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that 
   preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to 
  reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Jumpstart Our 
Business Strength (JOBS) Act''.
    (b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other 
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (c) Table of Contents.--

Sec. 1. Short title; amendment of 1986 Code; table of contents.
        TITLE I--PROVISIONS RELATING TO REPEAL OF EXCLUSION FOR 
                        EXTRATERRITORIAL INCOME

Sec. 101. Repeal of exclusion for extraterritorial income.
Sec. 102. Deduction relating to income attributable to United States 
                            production activities.
                 TITLE II--INTERNATIONAL TAX PROVISIONS

                  Subtitle A--International Tax Reform

Sec. 201. 20-year foreign tax credit carryforward.
Sec. 202. Look-thru rules to apply to dividends from noncontrolled 
                            section 902 corporations.
Sec. 203. Foreign tax credit under alternative minimum tax.
Sec. 204. Recharacterization of overall domestic loss.
Sec. 205. Interest expense allocation rules.
Sec. 206. Determination of foreign personal holding company income with 
                            respect to transactions in commodities.
              Subtitle B--International Tax Simplification

Sec. 211. Repeal of foreign personal holding company rules and foreign 
                            investment company rules.
Sec. 212. Expansion of de minimis rule under subpart F.
Sec. 213. Attribution of stock ownership through partnerships to apply 
                            in determining section 902 and 960 credits.
Sec. 214. Application of uniform capitalization rules to foreign 
                            persons.
Sec. 215. Repeal of withholding tax on dividends from certain foreign 
                            corporations.
Sec. 216. Repeal of special capital gains tax on aliens present in the 
                            United States for 183 days or more.

        TITLE I--PROVISIONS RELATING TO REPEAL OF EXCLUSION FOR 
                        EXTRATERRITORIAL INCOME

SEC. 101. REPEAL OF EXCLUSION FOR EXTRATERRITORIAL INCOME.

    (a) In General.--Section 114 is hereby repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1)(A) Subpart E of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 
        (relating to qualifying foreign trade income) is hereby 
        repealed.
            (B) The table of subparts for such part III is amended by 
        striking the item relating to subpart E.
            (2) The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of 
        chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section 
        114.
            (3) The second sentence of section 56(g)(4)(B)(i) is 
        amended by striking ``or under section 114''.
            (4) Section 275(a) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``or'' at the end of paragraph 
                (4)(A), by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph 
                (4)(B) and inserting a period, and by striking 
                subparagraph (C), and
                    (B) by striking the last sentence.
            (5) Paragraph (3) of section 864(e) is amended--
                    (A) by striking:
            ``(3) Tax-exempt assets not taken into account.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of''; and 
                inserting:
            ``(3) Tax-exempt assets not taken into account.--For 
        purposes of'', and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B).
            (6) Section 903 is amended by striking ``114, 164(a),'' and 
        inserting ``164(a)''.
            (7) Section 999(c)(1) is amended by striking 
        ``941(a)(5),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to transactions occurring after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
            (2) Binding contracts.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall not apply to any transaction in the ordinary course of a 
        trade or business which occurs pursuant to a binding contract--
                    (A) which is between the taxpayer and a person who 
                is not a related person (as defined in section 
                943(b)(3) of such Code, as in effect on the day before 
                the date of the enactment of this Act), and
                    (B) which is in effect on September 17, 2003, and 
                at all times thereafter.
    (d) Revocation of Section 943(e) Elections.--
            (1) In general.--In the case of a corporation that elected 
        to be treated as a domestic corporation under section 943(e) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on the day 
        before the date of the enactment of this Act)--
                    (A) the corporation may, during the 1-year period 
                beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
                revoke such election, effective as of such date of 
                enactment, and
                    (B) if the corporation does revoke such election--
                            (i) such corporation shall be treated as a 
                        domestic corporation transferring (as of such 
                        date of enactment) all of its property to a 
                        foreign corporation in connection with an 
                        exchange described in section 354 of such Code, 
                        and
                            (ii) no gain or loss shall be recognized on 
                        such transfer.
            (2) Exception.--Subparagraph (B)(ii) of paragraph (1) shall 
        not apply to gain on any asset held by the revoking corporation 
        if--
                    (A) the basis of such asset is determined in whole 
                or in part by reference to the basis of such asset in 
                the hands of the person from whom the revoking 
                corporation acquired such asset,
                    (B) the asset was acquired by transfer (not as a 
                result of the election under section 943(e) of such 
                Code) occurring on or after the 1st day on which its 
                election under section 943(e) of such Code was 
                effective, and
                    (C) a principal purpose of the acquisition was the 
                reduction or avoidance of tax (other than a reduction 
                in tax under section 114 of such Code, as in effect on 
                the day before the date of the enactment of this Act).
    (e) General Transition.--
            (1) In general.--In the case of a taxable year ending after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act and beginning before 
        January 1, 2007, for purposes of chapter 1 of such Code, a 
        current FSC/ETI beneficiary shall be allowed a deduction equal 
        to the transition amount determined under this subsection with 
        respect to such beneficiary for such year.
            (2) Current fsc/eti beneficiary.--The term ``current FSC/
        ETI beneficiary'' means any corporation which entered into one 
        or more transactions during its taxable year beginning in 
        calendar year 2002 with respect to which FSC/ETI benefits were 
        allowable.
            (3) Transition amount.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    (A) In general.--The transition amount applicable 
                to any current FSC/ETI beneficiary for any taxable year 
                is the phaseout percentage of the base period amount.
                    (B) Phaseout percentage.--
                            (i) In general.--In the case of a taxpayer 
                        using the calendar year as its taxable year, 
                        the phaseout percentage shall be determined 
                        under the following table:

                                                The phaseout
            Years:                              percentage is:

                2004...............
                                                         80 
                2005...............
                                                         80 
                2006...............
                                                         60.
                            (ii) Special rule for 2003.--The phaseout 
                        percentage for 2003 shall be the amount that 
                        bears the same ratio to 100 percent as the 
number of days after the date of the enactment of this Act bears to 
365.
                            (iii) Special rule for fiscal year 
                        taxpayers.--In the case of a taxpayer not using 
                        the calendar year as its taxable year, the 
                        phaseout percentage is the weighted average of 
                        the phaseout percentages determined under the 
                        preceding provisions of this paragraph with 
                        respect to calendar years any portion of which 
                        is included in the taxpayer's taxable year. The 
                        weighted average shall be determined on the 
                        basis of the respective portions of the taxable 
                        year in each calendar year.
            (4) Base period amount.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the base period amount is the aggregate FSC/ETI benefits for 
        the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in calendar year 2002.
            (5) FSC/ETI benefit.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        term ``FSC/ETI benefit'' means--
                    (A) amounts excludable from gross income under 
                section 114 of such Code, and
                    (B) the exempt foreign trade income of related 
                foreign sales corporations from property acquired from 
                the taxpayer (determined without regard to section 
                923(a)(5) of such Code (relating to special rule for 
                military property), as in effect on the day before the 
                date of the enactment of the FSC Repeal and 
                Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act of 2000).
        In determining the FSC/ETI benefit there shall be excluded any 
        amount attributable to a transaction with respect to which the 
        taxpayer is the lessor unless the leased property was 
        manufactured or produced in whole or in part by the taxpayer.
            (6) Special rule for farm cooperatives.--Determinations 
        under this subsection with respect to an organization described 
        in section 943(g)(1) of such Code, as in effect on the day 
        before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be made at 
        the cooperative level and the purposes of this subsection shall 
        be carried out in a manner similar to section 250(h) of such 
        Code, as added by this Act. Such determinations shall be in 
        accordance with such requirements and procedures as the 
        Secretary may prescribe.
            (7) Certain rules to apply.--Rules similar to the rules of 
        section 41(f) of such Code shall apply for purposes of this 
        subsection.
            (8) Coordination with binding contract rule.--The deduction 
        determined under paragraph (1) for any taxable year shall be 
        reduced by the phaseout percentage of any FSC/ETI benefit 
        realized for the taxable year by reason of subsection (c)(2), 
        except that for purposes of this paragraph the phaseout 
        percentage for 2003 shall be treated as being equal to 100 
        percent.
            (9) Special rule for taxable year which includes date of 
        enactment.--In the case of a taxable year which includes the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the deduction allowed under 
        this subsection to any current FSC/ETI beneficiary shall in no 
        event exceed--
                    (A) 100 percent of such beneficiary's base period 
                amount for calendar year 2003, reduced by
                    (B) the aggregate FSC/ETI benefits of such 
                beneficiary with respect to transactions occurring 
                during the portion of the taxable year ending on the 
                date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 102. DEDUCTION RELATING TO INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO UNITED STATES 
              PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Part VIII of subchapter B of chapter 1 (relating 
to special deductions for corporations) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section:

``SEC. 250. INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of a corporation, there shall be 
allowed as a deduction an amount equal to 9 percent of the qualified 
production activities income of the corporation for the taxable year.
    ``(b) Phasein.--In the case of taxable years beginning in 2004, 
2005, 2006, 2007, or 2008, subsection (a) shall be applied by 
substituting for the percentage contained therein the transition 
percentage determined under the following table:

            ``Taxable years                     The transition
            beginning in:                       percentage is:

                2004...............
                                                        1 
                2005...............
                                                        2 
                2006...............
                                                        3 
                2007 or 2008.......
                                                        6.
    ``(c) Qualified Production Activities Income.--For purposes of this 
section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified production 
        activities income' means an amount equal to the applicable 
        percentage of the portion of the modified taxable income of the 
        taxpayer which is attributable to domestic production 
        activities.
            ``(2) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `applicable percentage' means--
                    ``(A) in the case of taxable years beginning before 
                2012, a percentage equal to the domestic/worldwide 
                fraction,
                    ``(B) in the case of taxable years beginning in 
                2012, a percentage (not greater than 100 percent) equal 
                to twice the domestic/worldwide fraction, and
                    ``(C) in the case of taxable years beginning after 
                2012, 100 percent.
    ``(d) Determination of Income Attributable to Domestic Production 
Activities.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The portion of the modified taxable 
        income which is attributable to domestic production activities 
        is so much of the modified taxable income for the taxable year 
        as does not exceed--
                    ``(A) the taxpayer's domestic production gross 
                receipts for such taxable year, reduced by
                    ``(B) the sum of--
                            ``(i) the costs of goods sold that are 
                        allocable to such receipts,
                            ``(ii) other deductions, expenses, or 
                        losses directly allocable to such receipts, and
                            ``(iii) a proper share of other deductions, 
                        expenses, and losses that are not directly 
                        allocable to such receipts or another class of 
                        income.
            ``(2) Allocation method.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
        rules for the proper allocation of items of income, deduction, 
        expense, and loss for purposes of determining income 
        attributable to domestic production activities.
            ``(3) Special rules for determining costs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of determining 
                costs under clause (i) of paragraph (1)(B), any item or 
                service brought into the United States without a 
                transfer price meeting the requirements of section 482 
                shall be treated as acquired by purchase, and its cost 
                shall be treated as not less than its value when it 
                entered the United States. A similar rule shall apply 
                in determining the adjusted basis of leased or rented 
                property where the lease or rental gives rise to 
                domestic production gross receipts.
                    ``(B) Exports for further manufacture.--In the case 
                of any property described in subparagraph (A) that had 
                been exported by the taxpayer for further manufacture, 
                the increase in cost or adjusted basis under 
                subparagraph (A) shall not exceed the difference 
                between the value of the property when exported and the 
                value of the property when brought back into the United 
                States after the further manufacture.
            ``(4) Modified taxable income.--The term `modified taxable 
        income' means taxable income computed without regard to the 
        deduction allowable under this section.
    ``(e) Domestic Production Gross Receipts.--For purposes of this 
section, the term `domestic production gross receipts' means the gross 
receipts of the taxpayer which are derived from--
            ``(1) any sale, exchange, or other disposition of, or
            ``(2) any lease, rental, or license of,
qualifying production property which was manufactured, produced, grown, 
or extracted in whole or in significant part by the taxpayer within the 
United States.
    ``(f) Qualifying Production Property.--For purposes of this 
section--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        paragraph, the term `qualifying production property' means--
                    ``(A) any tangible personal property,
                    ``(B) any computer software, and
                    ``(C) any property described in section 168(f) (3) 
                or (4).
            ``(2) Exclusions from qualifying production property.--The 
        term `qualifying production property' shall not include--
                    ``(A) consumable property that is sold, leased, or 
                licensed by the taxpayer as an integral part of the 
                provision of services,
                    ``(B) oil or gas (or any primary product thereof),
                    ``(C) electricity,
                    ``(D) water supplied by pipeline to the consumer,
                    ``(E) any unprocessed timber which is softwood,
                    ``(F) utility services, or
                    ``(G) any property (not described in paragraph 
                (1)(B)) which is a film, tape, recording, book, 
                magazine, newspaper, or similar property the market for 
                which is primarily topical or otherwise essentially 
                transitory in nature.
        For purposes of subparagraph (E), the term `unprocessed timber' 
        means any log, cant, or similar form of timber.
    ``(g) Domestic/Worldwide Fraction.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `domestic/worldwide fraction' 
        means a fraction--
                    ``(A) the numerator of which is the value of the 
                domestic production of the taxpayer, and
                    ``(B) the denominator of which is the value of the 
                worldwide production of the taxpayer.
            ``(2) Value of domestic production.--The value of domestic 
        production is the excess of--
                    ``(A) the domestic production gross receipts, over
                    ``(B) the cost of purchased inputs allocable to 
                such receipts that are deductible under this chapter 
                for the taxable year.
            ``(3) Purchased inputs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Purchased inputs are any of the 
                following items acquired by purchase:
                            ``(i) Services (other than services of 
                        employees) used in manufacture, production, 
                        growth, or extraction activities.
                            ``(ii) Items consumed in connection with 
                        such activities.
                            ``(iii) Items incorporated as part of the 
                        property being manufactured, produced, grown, 
                        or extracted.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--Rules similar to the rules of 
                subsection (d)(3) shall apply for purposes of this 
                subsection.
            ``(4) Value of worldwide production.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The value of worldwide 
                production shall be determined under the principles of 
                paragraph (2), except that--
                            ``(i) worldwide production gross receipts 
                        shall be taken into account, and
                            ``(ii) paragraph (3)(B) shall not apply.
                    ``(B) Worldwide production gross receipts.--The 
                worldwide production gross receipts is the amount that 
                would be determined under subsection (e) if such 
                subsection were applied without any reference to the 
                United States.
            ``(5) Special rule for affiliated groups.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a taxpayer that 
                is a member of an expanded affiliated group, the 
                domestic/worldwide fraction shall be the amount 
                determined under the preceding provisions of this 
                subsection by treating all members of such group as a 
                single corporation.
                    ``(B) Expanded affiliated group.--The term 
                `expanded affiliated group' means an affiliated group 
                as defined in section 1504(a), determined--
                            ``(i) by substituting `50 percent' for `80 
                        percent' each place it appears, and
                            ``(ii) without regard to paragraphs (2), 
                        (3), (4), and (8) of section 1504(b).
    ``(h) Definitions and Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Exclusion for patrons of agricultural and 
        horticultural cooperatives.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If any amount described in 
                paragraph (1) or (3) of section 1385 (a)--
                            ``(i) is received by a person from an 
                        organization to which part I of subchapter T 
                        applies which is engaged in the marketing of 
                        agricultural or horticultural products, and
                            ``(ii) is allocable to the portion of the 
                        qualified production activities income of the 
                        organization which is deductible under 
                        subsection (a) (determined as if the 
                        organization were a corporation if it is not) 
                        and designated as such by the organization in a 
                        written notice mailed to its patrons during the 
                        payment period described in section 1382(a),
                then such person shall be allowed an exclusion from 
                gross income with respect to such amount. The taxable 
                income of the organization shall not be reduced under 
                section 1382 by the portion of any such amount with 
                respect to which an exclusion is allowable to a person 
                by reason of this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Special rules.--For purposes of applying 
                subparagraph (A), in determining the qualified 
                production activities income of the organization under 
                this section--
                            ``(i) there shall not be taken into account 
                        in computing the organization's modified 
                        taxable income any deduction allowable under 
                        subsection (b) or (c) of section 1382 (relating 
                        to patronage dividends, per-unit retain 
                        allocations, and nonpatronage distributions), 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the organization shall be treated as 
                        having manufactured, produced, grown, or 
                        extracted in whole or significant part any 
                        qualifying production property marketed by the 
                        organization which its patrons have so 
                        manufactured, produced, grown, or extracted.
            ``(2) Special rule for partnerships.--For purposes of this 
        section, a corporation's distributive share of any partnership 
        item shall be taken into account as if directly realized by the 
        corporation.
            ``(3) Coordination with minimum tax.--The deduction under 
        this section shall be allowed for purposes of the tax imposed 
        by section 55; except that for purposes of section 55, 
        alternative minimum taxable income shall be taken into account 
        in determining the deduction under this section.
            ``(4) Ordering rule.--The amount of any other deduction 
        allowable under this chapter shall be determined as if this 
        section had not been enacted.
            ``(5) Coordination with transition rules.--For purposes of 
        this section--
                    ``(A) domestic production gross receipts shall not 
                include gross receipts from any transaction if the 
                binding contract transition relief of section 101(c)(2) 
                of the Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act 
                applies to such transaction, and
                    ``(B) any deduction allowed under section 101(e) of 
                such Act shall be disregarded in determining the 
                portion of the taxable income which is attributable to 
                domestic production gross receipts.''.
    (b) Deduction Allowed to Shareholders of S Corporations.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1363(b) (relating to computation 
        of S corporation's taxable income) is amended by striking 
        ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
        the end of paragraph (4) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding 
        at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) the deduction under section 250 shall be allowed to 
        the S corporation.''
            (2) Increase in basis.--Section 1367(a)(1) (relating to 
        increases in basis) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end 
        of subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end of 
        subparagraph (C) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the 
        end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) any deduction allowed under section 250.''
    (c) Minimum Tax.--Section 56(g)(4)(C) (relating to disallowance of 
items not deductible in computing earnings and profits) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(v) Deduction for domestic production.--
                        Clause (i) shall not apply to any amount 
                        allowable as a deduction under section 250.''
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part VIII of 
subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:

                              ``Sec. 250. Income attributable to 
                                        domestic production 
                                        activities.''

    (e) 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) Application of section 15.--Section 15 of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply to the amendments made by this 
        section as if they were changes in a rate of tax.

                 TITLE II--INTERNATIONAL TAX PROVISIONS

                  Subtitle A--International Tax Reform

SEC. 201. 20-YEAR FOREIGN TAX CREDIT CARRYFORWARD.

    (a) General Rule.--Section 904(c) (relating to carryback and 
carryover of excess tax paid) is amended by striking ``in the first, 
second, third, fourth, or fifth'' and inserting ``in any of the first 
20''.
    (b) Excess Extraction Taxes.--Paragraph (1) of section 907(f) is 
amended by striking ``in the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth'' 
and inserting ``in any of the first 20''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to excess foreign taxes which (without regard to the amendments 
made by this section) may be carried to any taxable year beginning 
after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 202. LOOK-THRU RULES TO APPLY TO DIVIDENDS FROM NONCONTROLLED 
              SECTION 902 CORPORATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 904(d)(4) (relating to look-thru rules 
apply to dividends from noncontrolled section 902 corporations) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) Look-thru applies to dividends from noncontrolled 
        section 902 corporations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, 
                any dividend from a noncontrolled section 902 
                corporation with respect to the taxpayer shall be 
                treated as income described in a subparagraph of 
                paragraph (1) in proportion to the ratio of--
                            ``(i) the portion of earnings and profits 
                        attributable to income described in such 
                        subparagraph, to
                            ``(ii) the total amount of earnings and 
                        profits.
                    ``(B) Special rules.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) Earnings and profits.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The rules of 
                                section 316 shall apply.
                                    ``(II) Regulations.--The Secretary 
                                may prescribe regulations regarding the 
                                treatment of distributions out of 
                                earnings and profits for periods before 
                                the taxpayer's acquisition of the stock 
                                to which the distributions relate.
                            ``(ii) Inadequate substantiation.--If the 
                        Secretary determines that the proper 
                        subparagraph of paragraph (1) in which a 
                        dividend is described has not been 
                        substantiated, such dividend shall be treated 
                        as income described in paragraph (1)(A).
                            ``(iii) Look-thru with respect to 
                        carryforwards of credit.--Rules similar to 
                        subparagraph (A) also shall apply to any 
                        carryforward under subsection (c) from a 
                        taxable year beginning before January 1, 2003, 
                        of tax allocable to a dividend from a 
                        noncontrolled section 902 corporation with 
                        respect to the taxpayer. The Secretary may by 
                        regulations provide for the allocation of any 
                        carryback of tax allocable to a dividend from a 
                        noncontrolled section 902 corporation to such a 
                        taxable year for purposes of allocating such 
                        dividend among the separate categories in 
effect for such taxable year.
                            ``(iv) Coordination with high-taxed income 
                        provisions.--Rules similar to the rules of 
                        paragraph (3)(F) shall apply for purposes of 
                        this paragraph.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 904(d)(2)(E) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``or (4)'' after ``paragraph (3)'' 
                in clause (i), and
                    (B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iv) and by 
                redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).
            (2) Clause (i) of section 864(d)(5)(A) is amended to read 
        as follows:
                            ``(i) Subclause (I) of section 
                        904(d)(2)(B)(iii).''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2002.

SEC. 203. FOREIGN TAX CREDIT UNDER ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.

    (a) In General.--
            (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) Section 53(d)(1)(B)(i)(II) of such Code is amended by 
        striking ``and if section 59(a)(2) did not apply''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 204. RECHARACTERIZATION OF OVERALL DOMESTIC LOSS.

    (a) General Rule.--Section 904 is amended by redesignating 
subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) as subsections (h), (i), (j), 
(k), and (l) respectively, and by inserting after subsection (f) the 
following new subsection:
    ``(g) Recharacterization of Overall Domestic Loss.--
            ``(1) General rule.--For purposes of this subpart and 
        section 936, in the case of any taxpayer who sustains an 
        overall domestic loss for any taxable year beginning after 
        December 31, 2006, that portion of the taxpayer's taxable 
        income from sources within the United States for each 
        succeeding taxable year which is equal to the lesser of--
                    ``(A) the amount of such loss (to the extent not 
                used under this paragraph in prior taxable years), or
                    ``(B) 50 percent of the taxpayer's taxable income 
                from sources within the United States for such 
                succeeding taxable year,
        shall be treated as income from sources without the United 
        States (and not as income from sources within the United 
        States).
            ``(2) Overall domestic loss defined.--For purposes of this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `overall domestic loss' 
                means any domestic loss to the extent such loss offsets 
                taxable income from sources without the United States 
                for the taxable year or for any preceding taxable year 
                by reason of a carryback. For purposes of the preceding 
                sentence, the term `domestic loss' means the amount by 
                which the gross income for the taxable year from 
                sources within the United States is exceeded by the sum 
                of the deductions properly apportioned or allocated 
                thereto (determined without regard to any carryback 
                from a subsequent taxable year).
                    ``(B) Taxpayer must have elected foreign tax credit 
                for year of loss.--The term `overall domestic loss' 
                shall not include any loss for any taxable year unless 
                the taxpayer chose the benefits of this subpart for 
                such taxable year.
            ``(3) Characterization of subsequent income.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Any income from sources within 
                the United States that is treated as income from 
                sources without the United States under paragraph (1) 
                shall be allocated among and increase the income 
                categories in proportion to the loss from sources 
                within the United States previously allocated to those 
                income categories.
                    ``(B) Income category.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `income category' has the meaning 
                given such term by subsection (f)(5)(E)(i).
            ``(4) Coordination with subsection (f).--The Secretary 
        shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to 
        coordinate the provisions of this subsection with the 
        provisions of subsection (f).''
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 535(d)(2) is amended by striking ``section 
        904(g)(6)'' and inserting ``section 904(h)(6)''.
            (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 936(a)(2) is amended by 
        striking ``section 904(f)'' and inserting ``subsections (f) and 
        (g) of section 904''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to losses for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006.

SEC. 205. INTEREST EXPENSE ALLOCATION RULES.

    (a) Election To Allocate on Worldwide Basis.-- Section 864 is 
amended by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g) and by 
inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Election To Allocate Interest, etc. on Worldwide Basis.--For 
purposes of this subchapter, at the election of the worldwide 
affiliated group--
            ``(1) Allocation and apportionment of interest expense.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The taxable income of each 
                domestic corporation which is a member of a worldwide 
                affiliated group shall be determined by allocating and 
                apportioning interest expense of each member as if all 
                members of such group were a single corporation.
                    ``(B) Treatment of worldwide affiliated group.--The 
                taxable income of the domestic members of a worldwide 
                affiliated group from sources outside the United States 
                shall be determined by allocating and apportioning the 
                interest expense of such domestic members to such 
                income in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of--
                            ``(i) the total interest expense of the 
                        worldwide affiliated group multiplied by the 
                        ratio which the foreign assets of the worldwide 
                        affiliated group bears to all the assets of the 
                        worldwide affiliated group, over
                            ``(ii) the interest expense of all foreign 
                        corporations which are members of the worldwide 
                        affiliated group to the extent such interest 
                        expense of such foreign corporations would have 
                        been allocated and apportioned to foreign 
                        source income if this subsection were applied 
                        to a group consisting of all the foreign 
                        corporations in such worldwide affiliated 
                        group.
                    ``(C) Worldwide affiliated group.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph, the term `worldwide affiliated group' 
                means a group consisting of--
                            ``(i) the includible members of an 
                        affiliated group (as defined in section 
                        1504(a), determined without regard to 
                        paragraphs (2) and (4) of section 1504(b)), and
                            ``(ii) all controlled foreign corporations 
                        in which such members in the aggregate meet the 
                        ownership requirements of section 1504(a)(2) 
                        either directly or indirectly through applying 
                        paragraph (2) of section 958(a) or through 
                        applying rules similar to the rules of such 
                        paragraph to stock owned directly or indirectly 
                        by domestic partnerships, trusts, or estates.
            ``(2) Allocation and apportionment of other expenses.--
        Expenses other than interest which are not directly allocable 
        or apportioned to any specific income producing activity shall 
        be allocated and apportioned as if all members of the 
        affiliated group were a single corporation. For purposes of the 
        preceding sentence, the term `affiliated group' has the meaning 
        given such term by section 1504 (determined without regard to 
        paragraph (4) of section 1504(b)).
            ``(3) Treatment of tax-exempt assets; basis of stock in 
        nonaffiliated 10-percent owned corporations.--The rules of 
        paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (e) shall apply for 
        purposes of this subsection; except that paragraph (4) shall be 
        applied on worldwide affiliated group basis.
            ``(4) Treatment of certain financial institutions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
                any corporation described in subparagraph (B) shall be 
                treated as an includible corporation for purposes of 
                section 1504 only for purposes of applying this 
                subsection separately to corporations so described.
                    ``(B) Description.--A corporation is described in 
                this subparagraph if--
                            ``(i) such corporation is a financial 
                        institution described in section 581 or 591,
                            ``(ii) the business of such financial 
                        institution is predominantly with persons other 
                        than related persons (within the meaning of 
                        subsection (d)(4)) or their customers, and
                            ``(iii) such financial institution is 
                        required by State or Federal law to be operated 
                        separately from any other entity which is not 
                        such an institution.
                    ``(C) Treatment of bank and financial holding 
                companies.--To the extent provided in regulations--
                            ``(i) a bank holding company (within the 
                        meaning of section 2(a) of the Bank Holding 
                        Company Act of 1956),
                            ``(ii) a financial holding company (within 
                        the meaning of section 2(p) of the Bank Holding 
                        Company Act of 1956), and
                            ``(iii) any subsidiary of a financial 
                        institution described in section 581 or 591, or 
                        of any such bank or financial holding company, 
                        if such subsidiary is predominantly engaged 
                        (directly or indirectly) in the active conduct 
                        of a banking, financing, or similar business,
                shall be treated as a corporation described in 
                subparagraph (B).
            ``(5) Election to expand financial institution group of 
        worldwide group.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a worldwide affiliated group 
                elects the application of this subsection, all 
                financial corporations which--
                            ``(i) are members of such worldwide 
                        affiliated group, but
                            ``(ii) are not corporations described in 
                        paragraph (4)(B),
                shall be treated as described in paragraph (4)(B) for 
                purposes of applying paragraph (4)(A). This subsection 
                (other than this paragraph) shall apply to any such 
                group in the same manner as this subsection (other than 
                this paragraph) applies to the pre-election worldwide 
                affiliated group of which such group is a part.
                    ``(B) Financial corporation.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `financial corporation' means any 
                corporation if at least 80 percent of its gross income 
                is income described in section 904(d)(2)(D)(ii) and the 
                regulations thereunder which is derived from 
                transactions with persons who are not related (within 
                the meaning of section 267(b) or 707(b)(1)) to the 
                corporation. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
                there shall be disregarded any item of income or gain 
                from a transaction or series of transactions a 
principal purpose of which is the qualification of any corporation as a 
financial corporation.
                    ``(C) Antiabuse rules.--In the case of a 
                corporation which is a member of an electing financial 
                institution group, to the extent that such 
                corporation--
                            ``(i) distributes dividends or makes other 
                        distributions with respect to its stock after 
                        the date of the enactment of this paragraph to 
                        any member of the pre-election worldwide 
                        affiliated group (other than to a member of the 
                        electing financial institution group) in excess 
                        of the greater of--
                                    ``(I) its average annual dividend 
                                (expressed as a percentage of current 
                                earnings and profits) during the 5-
                                taxable-year period ending with the 
                                taxable year preceding the taxable 
                                year, or
                                    ``(II) 25 percent of its average 
                                annual earnings and profits for such 5-
                                taxable-year period, or
                            ``(ii) deals with any person in any manner 
                        not clearly reflecting the income of the 
                        corporation (as determined under principles 
                        similar to the principles of section 482),
                an amount of indebtedness of the electing financial 
                institution group equal to the excess distribution or 
                the understatement or overstatement of income, as the 
                case may be, shall be recharacterized (for the taxable 
                year and subsequent taxable years) for purposes of this 
                paragraph as indebtedness of the worldwide affiliated 
                group (excluding the electing financial institution 
                group). If a corporation has not been in existence for 
                5 taxable years, this subparagraph shall be applied 
                with respect to the period it was in existence.
                    ``(D) Election.--An election under this paragraph 
                with respect to any financial institution group may be 
                made only by the common parent of the pre-election 
                worldwide affiliated group and may be made only for the 
                first taxable year beginning after December 31, 2009, 
                in which such affiliated group includes 1 or more 
                financial corporations. Such an election, once made, 
                shall apply to all financial corporations which are 
                members of the electing financial institution group for 
                such taxable year and all subsequent years unless 
                revoked with the consent of the Secretary.
                    ``(E) Definitions relating to groups.--For purposes 
                of this paragraph--
                            ``(i) Pre-election worldwide affiliated 
                        group.--The term `pre-election worldwide 
                        affiliated group' means, with respect to a 
                        corporation, the worldwide affiliated group of 
                        which such corporation would (but for an 
                        election under this paragraph) be a member for 
                        purposes of applying paragraph (1).
                            ``(ii) Electing financial institution 
                        group.--The term `electing financial 
                        institution group' means the group of 
                        corporations to which this subsection applies 
                        separately by reason of the application of 
                        paragraph (4)(A) and which includes financial 
                        corporations by reason of an election under 
                        subparagraph (A).
                    ``(F) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
                such regulations as may be appropriate to carry out 
                this subsection, including regulations--
                            ``(i) providing for the direct allocation 
                        of interest expense in other circumstances 
                        where such allocation would be appropriate to 
                        carry out the purposes of this subsection,
                            ``(ii) preventing assets or interest 
                        expense from being taken into account more than 
                        once, and
                            ``(iii) dealing with changes in members of 
                        any group (through acquisitions or otherwise) 
                        treated under this paragraph as an affiliated 
                        group for purposes of this subsection.
            ``(6) Election.--An election to have this subsection apply 
        with respect to any worldwide affiliated group may be made only 
        by the common parent of the domestic affiliated group referred 
        to in paragraph (1)(C) and may be made only for the first 
        taxable year beginning after December 31, 2009, in which a 
        worldwide affiliated group exists which includes such 
        affiliated group and at least one foreign corporation. Such an 
        election, once made, shall apply to such common parent and all 
        other corporations which are members of such worldwide 
        affiliated group for such taxable year and all subsequent years 
        unless revoked with the consent of the Secretary.''.
    (b) Expansion of Regulatory Authority.--Paragraph (7) of section 
864(e) is amended--
            (1) by inserting before the comma at the end of 
        subparagraph (B) ``and in other circumstances where such 
allocation would be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this 
subsection'', and
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E), by 
        redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G), and by 
        inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(F) preventing assets or interest expense from 
                being taken into account more than once, and''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009.

SEC. 206. DETERMINATION OF FOREIGN PERSONAL HOLDING COMPANY INCOME WITH 
              RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS IN COMMODITIES.

    (a) In General.--Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 954(c)(1)(C) 
(relating to commodity transactions) are amended to read as follows:
                            ``(i) arise out of commodity hedging 
                        transactions (as defined in paragraph (6)(A)),
                            ``(ii) are active business gains or losses 
                        from the sale of commodities, but only if 
                        substantially all of the controlled foreign 
                        corporation's commodities are property 
                        described in paragraph (1), (2), or (8) of 
                        section 1221(a), or''.
    (b) Definition and Special Rules.--Subsection (c) of section 954 is 
amended by adding after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Definition and special rules relating to commodity 
        transactions.--
                    ``(A) Commodity hedging transactions.--For purposes 
                of paragraph (1)(C)(i), the term `commodity hedging 
                transaction' means any transaction with respect to a 
                commodity if such transaction--
                            ``(i) is a hedging transaction as defined 
                        in section 1221(b)(2), determined--
                                    ``(I) without regard to 
                                subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof,
                                    ``(II) by applying subparagraph 
                                (A)(i) thereof by substituting 
                                `ordinary property or property 
                                described in section 1231(b)' for 
                                `ordinary property', and
                                    ``(III) by substituting `controlled 
                                foreign corporation' for `taxpayer' 
                                each place it appears, and
                            ``(ii) is clearly identified as such in 
                        accordance with section 1221(a)(7).
                    ``(B) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
                such regulations as are appropriate to carry out the 
                purposes of paragraph (1)(C) in the case of 
                transactions involving related parties.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to transactions entered into after December 31, 2004.

              Subtitle B--International Tax Simplification

SEC. 211. REPEAL OF FOREIGN PERSONAL HOLDING COMPANY RULES AND FOREIGN 
              INVESTMENT COMPANY RULES.

    (a) General Rule.--The following provisions are hereby repealed:
            (1) Part III of subchapter G of chapter 1 (relating to 
        foreign personal holding companies).
            (2) Section 1246 (relating to gain on foreign investment 
        company stock).
            (3) Section 1247 (relating to election by foreign 
        investment companies to distribute income currently).
    (b) Exemption of Foreign Corporations From Personal Holding Company 
Rules.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 542 (relating to 
        exceptions) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(5) a foreign corporation,'',
                    (B) by striking paragraphs (7) and (10) and by 
                redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (7) 
                and (8), respectively,
                    (C) by inserting ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (7) (as so redesignated), and
                    (D) by striking ``; and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (8) (as so redesignated) and inserting a period.
            (2) Treatment of income from personal service contracts.--
        Paragraph (1) of section 954(c) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(I) Personal service contracts.--
                            ``(i) Amounts received under a contract 
                        under which the corporation is to furnish 
                        personal services if--
                                    ``(I) some person other than the 
                                corporation has the right to designate 
                                (by name or by description) the 
                                individual who is to perform the 
                                services, or
                                    ``(II) the individual who is to 
                                perform the services is designated (by 
                                name or by description) in the 
                                contract, and
                            ``(ii) amounts received from the sale or 
                        other disposition of such a contract.
                This subparagraph shall apply with respect to amounts 
                received for services under a particular contract only 
                if at some time during the taxable year 25 percent or 
                more in value of the outstanding stock of the 
                corporation is owned, directly or indirectly, by or for 
                the individual who has performed, is to perform, or may 
                be designated (by name or by description) as the one to 
                perform, such services.''
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1(h) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (10), by inserting ``and'' at the 
                end of subparagraph (F), by striking subparagraph (G), 
                and by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph 
                (G), and
                    (B) by striking ``a foreign personal holding 
                company (as defined in section 552), a foreign 
                investment company (as defined in section 1246(b)), 
                or'' in paragraph (11)(C)(iii).
            (2) Paragraph (2) of section 171(c) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``, or by a foreign personal 
                holding company, as defined in section 552'', and
                    (B) by striking ``, or foreign personal holding 
                company''.
            (3) Paragraph (2) of section 245(a) is amended by striking 
        ``foreign personal holding company or''.
            (4) Section 312 is amended by striking subsection (j).
            (5) Subsection (m) of section 312 is amended by striking 
        ``, a foreign investment company (within the meaning of section 
        1246(b)), or a foreign personal holding company (within the 
        meaning of section 552)''.
            (6) Subsection (e) of section 443 is amended by striking 
        paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
        paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
            (7) Subparagraph (B) of section 465(c)(7) is amended by 
        adding ``or'' at the end of clause (i), by striking clause 
        (ii), and by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).
            (8) Paragraph (1) of section 543(b) is amended by inserting 
        ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking ``, and'' 
        at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period, and by 
        striking subparagraph (C).
            (9) Paragraph (1) of section 562(b) is amended by striking 
        ``or a foreign personal holding company described in section 
        552''.
            (10) Section 563 is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (c),
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
                (c), and
                    (C) by striking ``subsection (a), (b), or (c)'' in 
                subsection (c) (as so redesignated) and inserting 
                ``subsection (a) or (b)''.
            (11) Subsection (d) of section 751 is amended by adding 
        ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2), by striking paragraph (3), 
        by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3), and by 
        striking ``paragraph (1), (2), or (3)'' in paragraph (3) (as so 
        redesignated) and inserting ``paragraph (1) or (2)''.
            (12) Paragraph (2) of section 864(d) is amended by striking 
        subparagraph (A) and by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
        as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.
            (13)(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 898(b)(1) is amended to 
        read as follows:
                    ``(A) which is treated as a controlled foreign 
                corporation for any purpose under subpart F of part III 
                of this subchapter, and''.
            (B) Subparagraph (B) of section 898(b)(2) is amended by 
        striking ``and sections 551(f) and 554, whichever are 
        applicable,''.
            (C) Paragraph (3) of section 898(b) is amended to read as 
        follows:
            ``(3) United states shareholder.--The term `United States 
        shareholder' has the meaning given to such term by section 
        951(b), except that, in the case of a foreign corporation 
        having related person insurance income (as defined in section 
        953(c)(2)), the Secretary may treat any person as a United 
        States shareholder for purposes of this section if such person 
        is treated as a United States shareholder under section 
        953(c)(1).''
            (D) Subsection (c) of section 898 is amended to read as 
        follows:
    ``(c) Determination of Required Year.--
            ``(1) In general.--The required year is--
                    ``(A) the majority U.S. shareholder year, or
                    ``(B) if there is no majority U.S. shareholder 
                year, the taxable year prescribed under regulations.
            ``(2) 1-month deferral allowed.--A specified foreign 
        corporation may elect, in lieu of the taxable year under 
        paragraph (1)(A), a taxable year beginning 1 month earlier than 
        the majority U.S. shareholder year.
            ``(3) Majority u.s. shareholder year.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, 
                the term `majority U.S. shareholder year' means the 
                taxable year (if any) which, on each testing day, 
                constituted the taxable year of--
                            ``(i) each United States shareholder 
                        described in subsection (b)(2)(A), and
                            ``(ii) each United States shareholder not 
                        described in clause (i) whose stock was treated 
                        as owned under subsection (b)(2)(B) by any 
                        shareholder described in such clause.
                    ``(B) Testing day.--The testing days shall be--
                            ``(i) the first day of the corporation's 
                        taxable year (determined without regard to this 
                        section), or
                            ``(ii) the days during such representative 
                        period as the Secretary may prescribe.''
            (14) Clause (ii) of section 904(d)(2)(A) is amended to read 
        as follows:
                            ``(ii) Certain amounts included.--Except as 
                        provided in clause (iii), the term `passive 
                        income' includes, except as provided in 
                        subparagraph (E)(iii) or paragraph (3)(I), any 
                        amount includible in gross income under section 
                        1293 (relating to certain passive foreign 
                        investment companies).''
            (15)(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 904(g)(1), as 
        redesignated by section 204, is amended by adding ``or'' at the 
        end of clause (i), by striking clause (ii), and by 
        redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).
            (B) The paragraph heading of paragraph (2) of section 
        904(g), as so redesignated, is amended by striking ``foreign 
        personal holding or''.
            (16) Section 951 is amended by striking subsections (c) and 
        (d) and by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (c) and (d), respectively.
            (17) Paragraph (3) of section 989(b) is amended by striking 
        ``, 551(a),''.
            (18) Paragraph (5) of section 1014(b) is amended by 
        inserting ``and before January 1, 2005,'' after ``August 26, 
        1937,''.
            (19) Subsection (a) of section 1016 is amended by striking 
        paragraph (13).
            (20)(A) Paragraph (3) of section 1212(a) is amended to read 
        as follows:
            ``(3) Special rules on carrybacks.--A net capital loss of a 
        corporation shall not be carried back under paragraph (1)(A) to 
        a taxable year--
                    ``(A) for which it is a regulated investment 
                company (as defined in section 851), or
                    ``(B) for which it is a real estate investment 
                trust (as defined in section 856).''
            (B) The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply to 
        taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.
            (21) Section 1223 is amended by striking paragraph (10) and 
        by redesignating the following paragraphs accordingly.
            (22) Subsection (d) of section 1248 is amended by striking 
        paragraph (5) and by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 
        paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively.
            (23) Paragraph (2) of section 1260(c) is amended by 
        striking subparagraphs (H) and (I) and by redesignating 
        subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (H).
            (24)(A) Subparagraph (F) of section 1291(b)(3) is amended 
        by striking ``551(d), 959(a),'' and inserting ``959(a)''.
            (B) Subsection (e) of section 1291 is amended by inserting 
        ``(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
        the Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act)'' after 
        ``section 1246''.
            (25) Paragraph (2) of section 1294(a) is amended to read as 
        follows:
            ``(2) Election not permitted where amounts otherwise 
        includible under section 951.--The taxpayer may not make an 
        election under paragraph (1) with respect to the undistributed 
        PFIC earnings tax liability attributable to a qualified 
        electing fund for the taxable year if any amount is includible 
        in the gross income of the taxpayer under section 951 with 
        respect to such fund for such taxable year.''
            (26) Section 6035 is hereby repealed.
            (27) Subparagraph (D) of section 6103(e)(1) is amended by 
        striking clause (iv) and redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as 
        clauses (iv) and (v), respectively.
            (28) Subparagraph (B) of section 6501(e)(1) is amended to 
        read as follows:
                    ``(B) Constructive dividends.--If the taxpayer 
                omits from gross income an amount properly includible 
                therein under section 951(a), the tax may be assessed, 
                or a proceeding in court for the collection of such tax 
                may be done without assessing, at any time within 6 
                years after the return was filed.''
            (29) Subsection (a) of section 6679 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``6035, 6046, and 6046A'' in 
                paragraph (1) and inserting ``6046 and 6046A'', and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3).
            (30) Sections 170(f)(10)(A), 508(d), 4947, and 4948(c)(4) 
        are each amended by striking ``556(b)(2),'' each place it 
        appears.
            (31) The table of parts for subchapter G of chapter 1 is 
        amended by striking the item relating to part III.
            (32) The table of sections for part IV of subchapter P of 
        chapter 1 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 
        1246 and 1247.
            (33) The table of sections for subpart A of part III of 
        subchapter A of chapter 61 is amended by striking the item 
        relating to section 6035.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 
31, 2004, and taxable years of United States shareholders of such 
corporations ending with or within such taxable years of such 
corporations.

SEC. 212. EXPANSION OF DE MINIMIS RULE UNDER SUBPART F.

    (a) In General.--Clause (ii) of section 954(b)(3)(A) (relating to 
de minimis, etc., rules) is amended by striking ``$1,000,000'' and 
inserting ``$5,000,000''.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Clause (ii) of section 864(d)(5)(A) is amended by 
        striking ``$1,000,000'' and inserting ``$5,000,000''.
            (2) Clause (i) of section 881(c)(5)(A) is amended by 
        striking ``$1,000,000'' and inserting ``$5,000,000''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 
31, 2004, and taxable years of United States shareholders of such 
corporations ending with or within such taxable years of such 
corporations.

SEC. 213. ATTRIBUTION OF STOCK OWNERSHIP THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS TO APPLY 
              IN DETERMINING SECTION 902 AND 960 CREDITS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 902 is amended by 
redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and by inserting after 
paragraph (6) the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Constructive ownership through partnerships.--Stock 
        owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a partnership shall be 
        considered as being owned proportionately by its partners. 
        Stock considered to be owned by a person by reason of the 
        preceding sentence shall, for purposes of applying such 
        sentence, be treated as actually owned by such person. The 
        Secretary may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to 
        carry out the purposes of this paragraph, including rules to 
        account for special partnership allocations of dividends, 
        credits, and other incidents of ownership of stock in 
        determining proportionate ownership.''
    (b) Clarification of Comparable Attribution Under Section 
901(b)(5).--Paragraph (5) of section 901(b) is amended by striking 
``any individual'' and inserting ``any person''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxes of foreign corporations for taxable years of such 
corporations beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 214. APPLICATION OF UNIFORM CAPITALIZATION RULES TO FOREIGN 
              PERSONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 263A(c) (relating to exceptions) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Foreign persons.--Except for purposes of applying 
        sections 871(b)(1) and 882(a)(1), this section shall not apply 
        to any taxpayer who is not a United States person if such 
        taxpayer capitalizes costs of produced property or property 
        acquired for resale by applying the method used to ascertain 
        the income, profit, or loss for purposes of reports or 
        statements to shareholders, partners, other proprietors, or 
        beneficiaries, or for credit purposes.''
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.
            (2) Change in method of accounting.--In the case of any 
        taxpayer required by the amendment made by this section to 
        change its method of accounting for its first taxable year 
        beginning after December 31, 2004--
                    (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 in such first year.

SEC. 215. REPEAL OF WITHHOLDING TAX ON DIVIDENDS FROM CERTAIN FOREIGN 
              CORPORATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 871(i) (relating to tax 
not to apply to certain interest and dividends) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Dividends paid by a foreign corporation which 
                are treated under section 861(a)(2)(B) as income from 
                sources within the United States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to payments made after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 216. REPEAL OF SPECIAL CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON ALIENS PRESENT IN THE 
              UNITED STATES FOR 183 DAYS OR MORE.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 871 is amended by 
striking paragraph (2) and by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
(2).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003.
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