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		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>

		<congress>109th CONGRESS</congress>

		<session>1st Session</session>

		<legis-num>S. 2045</legis-num>

		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>

		<action>

			<action-date date="20051117">November 17, 2005</action-date>

			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S298">Mr. Obama</sponsor> introduced the

			 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

			 <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on

			 Finance</committee-name></action-desc>

		</action>

		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>

		<official-title>To provide incentives to the auto industry to accelerate

		  efforts to develop more energy-efficient vehicles to lessen dependence on

		  oil.</official-title>

	</form>

	<legis-body>

		<section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short

			 title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as

			 the <quote><short-title>Health Care for Hybrids

			 Act</short-title></quote>.</text>

		</section><section id="id4E28C60C25674F2CA4C4B31FF6C7D1FB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following

			 findings:</text>

			<paragraph id="ID66b882cfaa7b4d2893f2720cfeca380b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The United States

			 imports over half the oil it consumes.</text>

			</paragraph><paragraph id="ID68bde2c0dafc4096ae27a97d1fd7727f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>According to

			 present trends, the United States reliance on foreign oil will increase to 68

			 percent of its total consumption by 2025.</text>

			</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4db6e6e452e9448a8b81558f48c0e7de"><enum>(3)</enum><text>With only 3

			 percent of the world's known oil reserves, the health of the United States

			 economy is dependent on world oil prices.</text>

			</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7bb8ed8b643845008116fbd37128651d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>World oil prices

			 are overwhelmingly dictated by countries other than the United States, thus

			 endangering our economic and national security.</text>

			</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeda5a236134645c694adfccf9b8b75be"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Legacy health

			 care costs associated with retiree workers are an increasing burden on the

			 global competitiveness of American industries.</text>

			</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2855a03627324b8da7165d35d69b46b8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>American

			 automakers have lagged behind their foreign competitors in producing hybrid and

			 other energy efficient automobiles.</text>

			</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf781ee040eba4364b9bc26863e47073d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Innovative uses

			 of new technology in automobiles in the United States will help retain American

			 jobs, support health care obligations for retiring workers in the automotive

			 sector, decrease America's dependence on foreign oil, and address pressing

			 environmental concerns.</text>

			</paragraph></section><title id="id4EB390214EED4D1E8039A52F6B492502"><enum>I</enum><header>Program</header>

			<section id="id36F1E69EEE714AACB25921D7A05E636F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Coordinating task

			 force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months

			 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary

			 of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Transportation, and the

			 Secretary of the Treasury shall establish, and appoint an equal number of

			 representatives to, a task force (referred to in this Act as the <quote>task

			 force</quote>) to administer the program established under this Act.</text>

			</section><section id="ID8b5c9629456947599983f2f456fb542c"><enum>102.</enum><header>Establishment

			 of program</header>

				<subsection id="ID117fde2d090b4e7787aa397b8f621db6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In

			 General</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this

			 Act, the task force established under section 101 shall establish a program to

			 provide financial assistance to eligible domestic automobile manufacturers for

			 the costs incurred in providing health benefits to their retired

			 employees.</text>

				</subsection><subsection id="ID4ad685560ee344929d4555c20e96ead3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing the program under

			 subsection (a), the task force shall consult with representatives from the

			 domestic automobile manufacturers, unions representing employees of such

			 manufacturers, and consumer and environmental groups.</text>

				</subsection><subsection id="IDac010230a3914484b60df323d7475f0b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible

			 domestic automobile manufacturer</header><text>To be eligible to receive

			 financial assistance under the program established under subsection (a), a

			 domestic automobile manufacturer shall—</text>

					<paragraph id="ID4a986a56a57a4bdfb07ef5ef886e6ada"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit an

			 application to the task force at such time, in such manner, and containing such

			 information as the task force shall require;</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2860ca22a1e84ff1ab63f673b8323222"><enum>(2)</enum><text>certify that such

			 manufacturer is providing full health care coverage to all of its domestic

			 employees;</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93a3d2ace249433db9f9e6cd4ee444bb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide an

			 assurance that the manufacturer will invest an amount equal to not less than 50

			 percent of the amount of health savings derived by the manufacturer as a result

			 of its retiree health care costs being covered under the program under this

			 section, in—</text>

						<subparagraph id="ID230837c06a3b48f8ae428b2c16068217"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the domestic

			 manufacture and commercialization of petroleum fuel reduction technologies,

			 including alternative or flexible fuel vehicles, hybrids, and other

			 state-of-the-art fuel saving technologies;</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbd47fdccb6234cba90e3215048e2d6ec"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the retraining of

			 workers and retooling of assembly lines for such domestic manufacture and

			 commercialization;</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99664cd4e5c54cdca40f0f3f20eb77ea"><enum>(C)</enum><text>research and

			 development, design, commercialization, and other costs related to the

			 diversifying of domestic production of automobiles through the offering of high

			 performance fuel efficient vehicles; and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFC99A46D2E8F4B61B417EFF752744745"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assisting

			 domestic automobile component suppliers to retool their domestic manufacturing

			 plants to produce components for petroleum fuel reduction technologies,

			 including alternative or flexible fuel vehicles, hybrid, advanced diesel, or

			 other state-of-the-art fuel saving technologies; and</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0a5a4734663a479fa2e8b7739d33ea40"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide

			 additional assurances and information as the task force may require, including

			 information needed by the task force to audit the manufacturer’s compliance

			 with the requirements of the program.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb4534633d4814313870cac3a482fa846"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The

			 total amount of financial assistance that may be provided each year under the

			 program under this section with respect to any single domestic automobile

			 manufacturer shall not exceed an amount equal to 10 percent of the retiree

			 health care costs of that manufacturer for that year.</text>

				</subsection></section><section id="ID183d6a2fa0e84ee4b873e8f928a156b2"><enum>103.</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of

			 enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the task force shall

			 submit to Congress a report on any financial assistance provided under this

			 program under this Act and the resulting changes in the manufacture and

			 commercialization of fuel saving technologies implemented by auto manufacturers

			 as a result of such financial assistance. Not later than 1 year after the date

			 of enactment of this Act, the task force shall submit a report to Congress on

			 the effectiveness of current consumer incentives available for the purchase of

			 hybrid vehicles in encouraging the purchase of such vehicles and whether these

			 incentives should be expanded.</text>

			</section><section id="IDc534ed881d50430ca0d149b044a97aa8"><enum>104.</enum><header>Authorization

			 of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are

			 authorized to be appropriated, such sums as may be necessary in each fiscal

			 year to carry out this Act.</text>

			</section><section id="ID3624630498774beea9654aa2bdb5be5c"><enum>105.</enum><header>Limitation on

			 backsliding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To be eligible to

			 receive financial assistance under this title, a manufacturer shall provide

			 assurances to the task force that fuel savings achieved with respect its

			 average adjusted fuel economy will not result in decreases with respect to fuel

			 economy elsewhere in the domestic fleet. The task force shall determine

			 compliance with such assurances using accepted measurements of fuel

			 savings.</text>

			</section><section id="ID4ed4cec7d0e9499596bd3d972fa5769c"><enum>106.</enum><header>Termination of

			 program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The program

			 established under this title shall terminate on December 31, 2015.</text>

			</section></title><title id="id27E90BE8E6834675A44DAB5C0E938383"><enum>II</enum><header>Offsets</header>

			<section id="IDd068cccec6224e6fbdbe80cd31eb2b29"><enum>201.</enum><header>Clarification

			 of economic substance doctrine</header>

				<subsection id="ID2f990ed00f0e4be1a16696c1fced9dc5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In

			 general</header><text>Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is

			 amended by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection (p) and by inserting

			 after subsection (n) the following new subsection:</text>

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						<subsection id="ID3f1543998bb342998a1fd059c4a7e27a"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Clarification

				of Economic Substance Doctrine; Etc</header>

							<paragraph id="IDa528cff9438749ffaadc2b2f07bfbabc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General

				rules</header>

								<subparagraph id="ID57b87fb5bcc042aeaadc7de4e6ed8f80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In

				general</header><text>In any case in which a court determines that the economic

				substance doctrine is relevant for purposes of this title to a transaction (or

				series of transactions), such transaction (or series of transactions) shall

				have economic substance only if the requirements of this paragraph are

				met.</text>

								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDea113c7b02fb44a58fb6b504d6eee5dd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition of

				economic substance</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)—</text>

									<clause id="IDfd081d92dbeb4ad9928a65dc63349842"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In

				general</header><text>A transaction has economic substance only if—</text>

										<subclause id="ID5944c09caf244901b2c3465176887c88"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the transaction

				changes in a meaningful way (apart from Federal tax effects) the taxpayer's

				economic position, and</text>

										</subclause><subclause id="ID3468d9351e5f4a8c8b907165857ba175"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the taxpayer has

				a substantial nontax purpose for entering into such transaction and the

				transaction is a reasonable means of accomplishing such purpose.</text>

										</subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">In applying

				subclause (II), a purpose of achieving a financial accounting benefit shall not

				be taken into account in determining whether a transaction has a substantial

				nontax purpose if the origin of such financial accounting benefit is a

				reduction of income tax</continuation-text></clause><clause id="IDbbe1bd56d79d4c168d1bf361935f4c8b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Special rule

				where taxpayer relies on profit potential</header><text>A transaction shall not

				be treated as having economic substance by reason of having a potential for

				profit unless—</text>

										<subclause id="ID935604f2011e4397af04c01ebe2b0d3f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the present value

				of the reasonably expected pre-tax profit from the transaction is substantial

				in relation to the present value of the expected net tax benefits that would be

				allowed if the transaction were respected, and</text>

										</subclause><subclause id="ID38f71a6ebba741d8a3177df00eca7d5c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the reasonably

				expected pre-tax profit from the transaction exceeds a risk-free rate of

				return.</text>

										</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2ca406cb7b0646a099b736dda8e82a0f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment of

				fees and foreign taxes</header><text>Fees and other transaction expenses and

				foreign taxes shall be taken into account as expenses in determining pre-tax

				profit under subparagraph (B)(ii).</text>

								</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID352990d58008443da640b420fa0a873a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rules

				for transaction with tax-indifferent parties</header>

								<subparagraph id="ID7219b224295b48498ed99fc6d7facfa8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Special rules

				for financing transactions</header><text>The form of a transaction which is in

				substance the borrowing of money or the acquisition of financial capital

				directly or indirectly from a tax-indifferent party shall not be respected if

				the present value of the deductions to be claimed with respect to the

				transaction is substantially in excess of the present value of the anticipated

				economic returns of the person lending the money or providing the financial

				capital. A public offering shall be treated as a borrowing, or an acquisition

				of financial capital, from a tax-indifferent party if it is reasonably expected

				that at least 50 percent of the offering will be placed with tax-indifferent

				parties.</text>

								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa2ed3de75bef4968804b8de2540b5817"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Artificial

				income shifting and basis adjustments</header><text>The form of a transaction

				with a tax-indifferent party shall not be respected if—</text>

									<clause id="ID5eeba59e43b44e29ba2434fb3369b163"><enum>(i)</enum><text>it results in an

				allocation of income or gain to the tax-indifferent party in excess of such

				party's economic income or gain, or</text>

									</clause><clause id="IDb141a6ea4a25451e98115bc59b4c5a23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>it results in a

				basis adjustment or shifting of basis on account of overstating the income or

				gain of the tax-indifferent party.</text>

									</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4d793e08da49467ba240287b890084c7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions and

				special rules</header><text>For purposes of this subsection—</text>

								<subparagraph id="ID4268801b99944ce7bc265dda235bd2b3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Economic

				substance doctrine</header><text>The term <term>economic substance

				doctrine</term> means the common law doctrine under which tax benefits under

				subtitle A with respect to a transaction are not allowable if the transaction

				does not have economic substance or lacks a business purpose.</text>

								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDff7eb310395d4c9ca0f02ade7303f2a8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tax-indifferent

				party</header><text>The term <term>tax-indifferent party</term> means any

				person or entity not subject to tax imposed by subtitle A. A person shall be

				treated as a tax-indifferent party with respect to a transaction if the items

				taken into account with respect to the transaction have no substantial impact

				on such person's liability under subtitle A.</text>

								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID01d9644cb600446a9c774ec825692205"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception for

				personal transactions of individuals</header><text>In the case of an

				individual, this subsection shall apply only to transactions entered into in

				connection with a trade or business or an activity engaged in for the

				production of income.</text>

								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID95ba6c7109124193aae2c0e7bb4630a4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Treatment of

				lessors</header><text>In applying paragraph (1)(B)(ii) to the lessor of

				tangible property subject to a lease—</text>

									<clause id="IDa5e2fd441a3e493e989b50d9dcd61d80"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the expected net

				tax benefits with respect to the leased property shall not include the benefits

				of—</text>

										<subclause id="IDc010bab99d6b40e48a610215af78afef"><enum>(I)</enum><text>depreciation,</text>

										</subclause><subclause id="IDa568a17408a24f0c87989767c348a25b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any tax credit,

				or</text>

										</subclause><subclause id="ID167e4967acfb47cc8ecbd9b7503fa4a1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any other

				deduction as provided in guidance by the Secretary, and</text>

										</subclause></clause><clause id="ID3e41c6c03991469cafacd32df8371322"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subclause (II)

				of paragraph (1)(B)(ii) shall be disregarded in determining whether any of such

				benefits are allowable.</text>

									</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5e0cf96064ac4d6b9fa62e62f07f6959"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other common

				law doctrines not affected</header><text>Except as specifically provided in

				this subsection, the provisions of this subsection shall not be construed as

				altering or supplanting any other rule of law, and the requirements of this

				subsection shall be construed as being in addition to any such other rule of

				law.</text>

							</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc21bdf84ccf44585a3ea88fbd2c787a4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The

				Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate

				to carry out the purposes of this subsection. Such regulations may include

				exemptions from the application of this

				subsection.</text>

							</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>

				</subsection><subsection id="ID75ac63e0dffb4ff6bf36dd3ce4f47452"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective

			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to

			 transactions entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>

				</subsection></section><section id="IDc46864ace05c41ceae06e7f4e162ba74"><enum>202.</enum><header>Penalty for

			 understatements attributable to transactions lacking economic substance,

			 etc</header>

				<subsection id="IDea1e41f93fc54acf83d18d12c19d8bbb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In

			 general</header><text>Subchapter A of chapter 68 of the Internal Revenue Code

			 of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 6662A the following new

			 section:</text>

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						<section id="ID49dab1e54920470e861cb2edd57b7243"><enum>6662A.</enum><header>Penalty for

				understatements attributable to transactions lacking economic substance,

				etc</header>

							<subsection id="ID0f57fbf560be4fb3ab1da665e0b9475e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Imposition of

				penalty</header><text>If a taxpayer has an noneconomic substance transaction

				understatement for any taxable year, there shall be added to the tax an amount

				equal to 40 percent of the amount of such understatement.</text>

							</subsection><subsection id="ID49029dd77be1493cbbf8c28fc93e2571"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction of

				penalty for disclosed transactions</header><text>Subsection (a) shall be

				applied by substituting <quote>20 percent</quote> for <quote>40 percent</quote>

				with respect to the portion of any noneconomic substance transaction

				understatement with respect to which the relevant facts affecting the tax

				treatment of the item are adequately disclosed in the return or a statement

				attached to the return.</text>

							</subsection><subsection id="IDa67981917abe471c9e6e2dd4288595b4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Noneconomic

				substance transaction understatement</header><text>For purposes of this

				section—</text>

								<paragraph id="ID5e7b25f07d644f569369eacd9bee83da"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In

				general</header><text>The term <term>noneconomic substance transaction

				understatement</term> means any amount which would be an understatement under

				section 6662A(b)(1) if section 6662A were applied by taking into account items

				attributable to noneconomic substance transactions rather than items to which

				section 6662A would apply without regard to this paragraph.</text>

								</paragraph><paragraph id="ID923b6b91f8ed46eabd9b1208c72c6fc2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Noneconomic

				substance transaction</header><text>The term <term>noneconomic substance

				transaction</term> means any transaction if—</text>

									<subparagraph id="IDf0f56f0b30344ad8afd804e070f210ed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>there is a lack

				of economic substance (within the meaning of section 7701(o)(1)) for the

				transaction giving rise to the claimed benefit or the transaction was not

				respected under section 7701(o)(2), or</text>

									</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbc27c8b3498f45dca22aafaf995683b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the transaction

				fails to meet the requirements of any similar rule of law.</text>

									</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe4303b1b97fe43c7b457f0fe112faa53"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rules

				applicable to compromise of penalty</header>

								<paragraph id="ID1763b6805ecb4d12ac294a25cb0619c3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In

				general</header><text>If the 1st letter of proposed deficiency which allows the

				taxpayer an opportunity for administrative review in the Internal Revenue

				Service Office of Appeals has been sent with respect to a penalty to which this

				section applies, only the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may compromise all

				or any portion of such penalty.</text>

								</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9cedf471a51b49e1841298727fff51ad"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable

				rules</header><text>The rules of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 6707A(d)

				shall apply for purposes of paragraph (1).</text>

								</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDebd22712231a4f55989427f3c9eda39f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination

				with other penalties</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this part,

				the penalty imposed by this section shall be in addition to any other penalty

				imposed by this title.</text>

							</subsection><subsection id="ID415ed82e46664e0cbad43623c06a76af"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cross

				references</header>

								<paragraph id="IDd0304e79b2644cf6b25310928a418aaa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For coordination

				of penalty with understatements under section 6662 and other special rules, see

				section 6662A(e).</text>

								</paragraph><paragraph id="ID05fad5754d694979bc319369f55508a4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For reporting of

				penalty imposed under this section to the Securities and Exchange Commission,

				see section

				6707A(e).</text>

								</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>

				</subsection><subsection id="ID7edb448d08254ea6aa2c97d74ffec1df"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination

			 with other understatements and penalties</header>

					<paragraph id="IDfcbf0a42e8a249948f8a984ad7882605"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The second

			 sentence of section 6662(d)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is

			 amended by inserting <quote>and without regard to items with respect to which a

			 penalty is imposed by section 6662B</quote> before the period at the

			 end.</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6bdd0a8f0aa743faa74c70153cf9cffd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (e) of

			 section 6662A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>

						<subparagraph id="ID7b5c0986d0b14897ba4e0e140b8975b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),

			 by inserting <quote>and noneconomic substance transaction

			 understatements</quote> after <quote>reportable transaction

			 understatements</quote> both places it appears,</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID725b89d64b4b470e8900252a0908665e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph

			 (2)(A), by inserting <quote>and a noneconomic substance transaction

			 understatement</quote> after <quote>reportable transaction

			 understatement</quote>,</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8cf57e1d1f1b4333934b68aee2c3e915"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph

			 (2)(B), by inserting <quote>6662B or</quote> before <quote>6663</quote>,</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe975b209b46e4f3b8115a4ec67270e0c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph

			 (2)(C)(i), by inserting <quote>or section 6662B</quote> before the period at

			 the end,</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6c786b9676fe4a89827cd6d86e333aa1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph

			 (2)(C)(ii), by inserting <quote>and section 6662B</quote> after <quote>This

			 section</quote>,</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID940a72c28bea44b9b89887f76776563b"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),

			 by inserting <quote>or noneconomic substance transaction understatement</quote>

			 after <quote>reportable transaction understatement</quote>, and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDeb98d4e48b714a21a512d86113d0c04b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by adding at the

			 end the following new paragraph:</text>

							<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id369E694DEAE4407686698624C516A2AF" style="OLC">

								<paragraph id="ID53eda1266c4641e9b87d5bb001463f89"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Noneconomic

				substance transaction understatement</header><text>For purposes of this

				subsection, the term <term>noneconomic substance transaction

				understatement</term> has the meaning given such term by section

				6662B(c).</text>

								</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>

						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2de6bb730b5343918e9db1033474773a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsection (e) of

			 section 6707A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>

						<subparagraph id="IDa4918c02002344d49f8f6a2cd0e2aeaf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking

			 <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B), and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4b67cf307957410cb9ee467f1dc47743"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking

			 subparagraph (C) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text>

							<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EA2D7BCE6E04B96836AF5CD708F3AD1" style="OLC">

								<subparagraph id="ID843407162276418baa96ca14fcd72217"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is required to

				pay a penalty under section 6662B with respect to any noneconomic substance

				transaction, or</text>

								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe9d3be95d90f485a9d7292b7e34ca1ef"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is required to

				pay a penalty under section 6662(h) with respect to any transaction and would

				(but for section 6662A(e)(2)(C)) have been subject to penalty under section

				6662A at a rate prescribed under section 6662A(c) or under section

				6662B,</text>

								</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>

						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8a2728ef5c1047c8a90a717b23dcc766"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical

			 amendment</header><text>The table of sections for part II of subchapter A of

			 chapter 68 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after

			 the item relating to section 6662A the following new item:</text>

					<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7785714D72644EF59D8796F327A35E00" style="OLC">

						<toc>

							<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 6662B. Penalty for

				understatements attributable to transactions lacking economic substance,

				etc.</toc-entry>

						</toc>

						<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>

				</subsection><subsection id="IDcfe315fb90014e2fb828b85fa847c481"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective

			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to

			 transactions entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>

				</subsection></section><section id="IDdad4963934054f7590928de338b7c10f"><enum>203.</enum><header>Denial of

			 deduction for interest on underpayments attributable to noneconomic substance

			 transactions</header>

				<subsection id="ID585a1bc94cea43cc9aef26e813dfc63c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In

			 general</header><text>Section 163(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

			 (relating to interest on unpaid taxes attributable to nondisclosed reportable

			 transactions) is amended—</text>

					<paragraph id="ID1843499ffdea4c8fa906742ceb75144b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking

			 <quote>attributable</quote> and all that follows and inserting the

			 following:</text>

						<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id25D27ACA0062423BA26698310FE1943E" style="OLC">

							<text>attributable

			 to—</text><paragraph id="ID1f62738c76754894b878a4f51292e244"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the portion of

				any reportable transaction understatement (as defined in section 6662A(b)) with

				respect to which the requirement of section 6664(d)(2)(A) is not met, or</text>

							</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b6efe0eafcc48f9a978350b81ec43bb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any noneconomic

				substance transaction understatement (as defined in section

				6662B(c)).</text>

							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;

				and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>

					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1a43d15631a64db18ead81123479fa7c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting

			 <quote>and noneconomic substance transactions</quote> after

			 <quote>transactions</quote>.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6bbe6ae76a304f8987bcee9a4c38bbb4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective

			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to

			 transactions after the date of the enactment of this Act in taxable years

			 ending after such date.</text>

				</subsection></section></title></legis-body>

</bill>

