[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1424 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.1424
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eight
An Act
To provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure
certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability
to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and
protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend
certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
DIVISION A--EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the ``Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this division is
as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I--TROUBLED ASSETS RELIEF PROGRAM
Sec. 101. Purchases of troubled assets.
Sec. 102. Insurance of troubled assets.
Sec. 103. Considerations.
Sec. 104. Financial Stability Oversight Board.
Sec. 105. Reports.
Sec. 106. Rights; management; sale of troubled assets; revenues and sale
proceeds.
Sec. 107. Contracting procedures.
Sec. 108. Conflicts of interest.
Sec. 109. Foreclosure mitigation efforts.
Sec. 110. Assistance to homeowners.
Sec. 111. Executive compensation and corporate governance.
Sec. 112. Coordination with foreign authorities and central banks.
Sec. 113. Minimization of long-term costs and maximization of benefits
for taxpayers.
Sec. 114. Market transparency.
Sec. 115. Graduated authorization to purchase.
Sec. 116. Oversight and audits.
Sec. 117. Study and report on margin authority.
Sec. 118. Funding.
Sec. 119. Judicial review and related matters.
Sec. 120. Termination of authority.
Sec. 121. Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief
Program.
Sec. 122. Increase in statutory limit on the public debt.
Sec. 123. Credit reform.
Sec. 124. HOPE for Homeowners amendments.
Sec. 125. Congressional Oversight Panel.
Sec. 126. FDIC authority.
Sec. 127. Cooperation with the FBI.
Sec. 128. Acceleration of effective date.
Sec. 129. Disclosures on exercise of loan authority.
Sec. 130. Technical corrections.
Sec. 131. Exchange Stabilization Fund reimbursement.
Sec. 132. Authority to suspend mark-to-market accounting.
Sec. 133. Study on mark-to-market accounting.
Sec. 134. Recoupment.
Sec. 135. Preservation of authority.
Sec. 136. Temporary increase in deposit and share insurance coverage.
TITLE II--BUDGET-RELATED PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Information for congressional support agencies.
Sec. 202. Reports by the Office of Management and Budget and the
Congressional Budget Office.
Sec. 203. Analysis in President's Budget.
Sec. 204. Emergency treatment.
TITLE III--TAX PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Gain or loss from sale or exchange of certain preferred stock.
Sec. 302. Special rules for tax treatment of executive compensation of
employers participating in the troubled assets relief program.
Sec. 303. Extension of exclusion of income from discharge of qualified
principal residence indebtedness.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to immediately provide authority and facilities that the
Secretary of the Treasury can use to restore liquidity and
stability to the financial system of the United States; and
(2) to ensure that such authority and such facilities are used
in a manner that--
(A) protects home values, college funds, retirement
accounts, and life savings;
(B) preserves homeownership and promotes jobs and economic
growth;
(C) maximizes overall returns to the taxpayers of the
United States; and
(D) provides public accountability for the exercise of such
authority.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term ``appropriate
committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,
the Committee on Finance, the Committee on the Budget, and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on
Ways and Means, the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System.
(3) Congressional support agencies.--The term ``congressional
support agencies'' means the Congressional Budget Office and the
Joint Committee on Taxation.
(4) Corporation.--The term ``Corporation'' means the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(5) Financial institution.--The term ``financial institution''
means any institution, including, but not limited to, any bank,
savings association, credit union, security broker or dealer, or
insurance company, established and regulated under the laws of the
United States or any State, territory, or possession of the United
States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or
the United States Virgin Islands, and having significant operations
in the United States, but excluding any central bank of, or
institution owned by, a foreign government.
(6) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Troubled Assets
Insurance Financing Fund established under section 102.
(7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Treasury.
(8) TARP.--The term ``TARP'' means the Troubled Asset Relief
Program established under section 101.
(9) Troubled assets.--The term ``troubled assets'' means--
(A) residential or commercial mortgages and any securities,
obligations, or other instruments that are based on or related
to such mortgages, that in each case was originated or issued
on or before March 14, 2008, the purchase of which the
Secretary determines promotes financial market stability; and
(B) any other financial instrument that the Secretary,
after consultation with the Chairman of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, determines the purchase of which
is necessary to promote financial market stability, but only
upon transmittal of such determination, in writing, to the
appropriate committees of Congress.
TITLE I--TROUBLED ASSETS RELIEF PROGRAM
SEC. 101. PURCHASES OF TROUBLED ASSETS.
(a) Offices; Authority.--
(1) Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to establish the
Troubled Asset Relief Program (or ``TARP'') to purchase, and to
make and fund commitments to purchase, troubled assets from any
financial institution, on such terms and conditions as are
determined by the Secretary, and in accordance with this Act and
the policies and procedures developed and published by the
Secretary.
(2) Commencement of program.--Establishment of the policies and
procedures and other similar administrative requirements imposed on
the Secretary by this Act are not intended to delay the
commencement of the TARP.
(3) Establishment of treasury office.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall implement any program
under paragraph (1) through an Office of Financial Stability,
established for such purpose within the Office of Domestic
Finance of the Department of the Treasury, which office shall
be headed by an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, except that an interim Assistant Secretary may be
appointed by the Secretary.
(B) Clerical amendments.--
(i) Title 5.--Section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended in the item relating to Assistant
Secretaries of the Treasury, by striking ``(9)'' and
inserting ``(10)''.
(ii) Title 31.--Section 301(e) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``9'' and inserting
``10''.
(b) Consultation.--In exercising the authority under this section,
the Secretary shall consult with the Board, the Corporation, the
Comptroller of the Currency, the Director of the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration
Board, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
(c) Necessary Actions.--The Secretary is authorized to take such
actions as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the authorities
in this Act, including, without limitation, the following:
(1) The Secretary shall have direct hiring authority with
respect to the appointment of employees to administer this Act.
(2) Entering into contracts, including contracts for services
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Designating financial institutions as financial agents of
the Federal Government, and such institutions shall perform all
such reasonable duties related to this Act as financial agents of
the Federal Government as may be required.
(4) In order to provide the Secretary with the flexibility to
manage troubled assets in a manner designed to minimize cost to the
taxpayers, establishing vehicles that are authorized, subject to
supervision by the Secretary, to purchase, hold, and sell troubled
assets and issue obligations.
(5) Issuing such regulations and other guidance as may be
necessary or appropriate to define terms or carry out the
authorities or purposes of this Act.
(d) Program Guidelines.--Before the earlier of the end of the 2-
business-day period beginning on the date of the first purchase of
troubled assets pursuant to the authority under this section or the end
of the 45-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall publish program guidelines, including the
following:
(1) Mechanisms for purchasing troubled assets.
(2) Methods for pricing and valuing troubled assets.
(3) Procedures for selecting asset managers.
(4) Criteria for identifying troubled assets for purchase.
(e) Preventing Unjust Enrichment.--In making purchases under the
authority of this Act, the Secretary shall take such steps as may be
necessary to prevent unjust enrichment of financial institutions
participating in a program established under this section, including by
preventing the sale of a troubled asset to the Secretary at a higher
price than what the seller paid to purchase the asset. This subsection
does not apply to troubled assets acquired in a merger or acquisition,
or a purchase of assets from a financial institution in conservatorship
or receivership, or that has initiated bankruptcy proceedings under
title 11, United States Code.
SEC. 102. INSURANCE OF TROUBLED ASSETS.
(a) Authority.--
(1) In general.--If the Secretary establishes the program
authorized under section 101, then the Secretary shall establish a
program to guarantee troubled assets originated or issued prior to
March 14, 2008, including mortgage-backed securities.
(2) Guarantees.--In establishing any program under this
subsection, the Secretary may develop guarantees of troubled assets
and the associated premiums for such guarantees. Such guarantees
and premiums may be determined by category or class of the troubled
assets to be guaranteed.
(3) Extent of guarantee.--Upon request of a financial
institution, the Secretary may guarantee the timely payment of
principal of, and interest on, troubled assets in amounts not to
exceed 100 percent of such payments. Such guarantee may be on such
terms and conditions as are determined by the Secretary, provided
that such terms and conditions are consistent with the purposes of
this Act.
(b) Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate committees of
Congress on the program established under subsection (a).
(c) Premiums.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall collect premiums from any
financial institution participating in the program established
under subsection (a). Such premiums shall be in an amount that the
Secretary determines necessary to meet the purposes of this Act and
to provide sufficient reserves pursuant to paragraph (3).
(2) Authority to base premiums on product risk.--In
establishing any premium under paragraph (1), the Secretary may
provide for variations in such rates according to the credit risk
associated with the particular troubled asset that is being
guaranteed. The Secretary shall publish the methodology for setting
the premium for a class of troubled assets together with an
explanation of the appropriateness of the class of assets for
participation in the program established under this section. The
methodology shall ensure that the premium is consistent with
paragraph (3).
(3) Minimum level.--The premiums referred to in paragraph (1)
shall be set by the Secretary at a level necessary to create
reserves sufficient to meet anticipated claims, based on an
actuarial analysis, and to ensure that taxpayers are fully
protected.
(4) Adjustment to purchase authority.--The purchase authority
limit in section 115 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
difference between the total of the outstanding guaranteed
obligations and the balance in the Troubled Assets Insurance
Financing Fund.
(d) Troubled Assets Insurance Financing Fund.--
(1) Deposits.--The Secretary shall deposit fees collected under
this section into the Fund established under paragraph (2).
(2) Establishment.--There is established a Troubled Assets
Insurance Financing Fund that shall consist of the amounts
collected pursuant to paragraph (1), and any balance in such fund
shall be invested by the Secretary in United States Treasury
securities, or kept in cash on hand or on deposit, as necessary.
(3) Payments from fund.--The Secretary shall make payments from
amounts deposited in the Fund to fulfill obligations of the
guarantees provided to financial institutions under subsection (a).
SEC. 103. CONSIDERATIONS.
In exercising the authorities granted in this Act, the Secretary
shall take into consideration--
(1) protecting the interests of taxpayers by maximizing overall
returns and minimizing the impact on the national debt;
(2) providing stability and preventing disruption to financial
markets in order to limit the impact on the economy and protect
American jobs, savings, and retirement security;
(3) the need to help families keep their homes and to stabilize
communities;
(4) in determining whether to engage in a direct purchase from
an individual financial institution, the long-term viability of the
financial institution in determining whether the purchase
represents the most efficient use of funds under this Act;
(5) ensuring that all financial institutions are eligible to
participate in the program, without discrimination based on size,
geography, form of organization, or the size, type, and number of
assets eligible for purchase under this Act;
(6) providing financial assistance to financial institutions,
including those serving low- and moderate-income populations and
other underserved communities, and that have assets less than
$1,000,000,000, that were well or adequately capitalized as of June
30, 2008, and that as a result of the devaluation of the preferred
government-sponsored enterprises stock will drop one or more
capital levels, in a manner sufficient to restore the financial
institutions to at least an adequately capitalized level;
(7) the need to ensure stability for United States public
instrumentalities, such as counties and cities, that may have
suffered significant increased costs or losses in the current
market turmoil;
(8) protecting the retirement security of Americans by
purchasing troubled assets held by or on behalf of an eligible
retirement plan described in clause (iii), (iv), (v), or (vi) of
section 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except
that such authority shall not extend to any compensation
arrangements subject to section 409A of such Code; and
(9) the utility of purchasing other real estate owned and
instruments backed by mortgages on multifamily properties.
SEC. 104. FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT BOARD.
(a) Establishment.--There is established the Financial Stability
Oversight Board, which shall be responsible for--
(1) reviewing the exercise of authority under a program
developed in accordance with this Act, including--
(A) policies implemented by the Secretary and the Office of
Financial Stability created under sections 101 and 102,
including the appointment of financial agents, the designation
of asset classes to be purchased, and plans for the structure
of vehicles used to purchase troubled assets; and
(B) the effect of such actions in assisting American
families in preserving home ownership, stabilizing financial
markets, and protecting taxpayers;
(2) making recommendations, as appropriate, to the Secretary
regarding use of the authority under this Act; and
(3) reporting any suspected fraud, misrepresentation, or
malfeasance to the Special Inspector General for the Troubled
Assets Relief Program or the Attorney General of the United States,
consistent with section 535(b) of title 28, United States Code.
(b) Membership.--The Financial Stability Oversight Board shall be
comprised of--
(1) the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System;
(2) the Secretary;
(3) the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency;
(4) the Chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission; and
(5) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
(c) Chairperson.--The chairperson of the Financial Stability
Oversight Board shall be elected by the members of the Board from among
the members other than the Secretary.
(d) Meetings.--The Financial Stability Oversight Board shall meet 2
weeks after the first exercise of the purchase authority of the
Secretary under this Act, and monthly thereafter.
(e) Additional Authorities.--In addition to the responsibilities
described in subsection (a), the Financial Stability Oversight Board
shall have the authority to ensure that the policies implemented by the
Secretary are--
(1) in accordance with the purposes of this Act;
(2) in the economic interests of the United States; and
(3) consistent with protecting taxpayers, in accordance with
section 113(a).
(f) Credit Review Committee.--The Financial Stability Oversight
Board may appoint a credit review committee for the purpose of
evaluating the exercise of the purchase authority provided under this
Act and the assets acquired through the exercise of such authority, as
the Financial Stability Oversight Board determines appropriate.
(g) Reports.--The Financial Stability Oversight Board shall report
to the appropriate committees of Congress and the Congressional
Oversight Panel established under section 125, not less frequently than
quarterly, on the matters described under subsection (a)(1).
(h) Termination.--The Financial Stability Oversight Board, and its
authority under this section, shall terminate on the expiration of the
15-day period beginning upon the later of--
(1) the date that the last troubled asset acquired by the
Secretary under section 101 has been sold or transferred out of the
ownership or control of the Federal Government; or
(2) the date of expiration of the last insurance contract
issued under section 102.
SEC. 105. REPORTS.
(a) In General.--Before the expiration of the 60-day period
beginning on the date of the first exercise of the authority granted in
section 101(a), or of the first exercise of the authority granted in
section 102, whichever occurs first, and every 30-day period
thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate committees of
Congress, with respect to each such period--
(1) an overview of actions taken by the Secretary, including
the considerations required by section 103 and the efforts under
section 109;
(2) the actual obligation and expenditure of the funds provided
for administrative expenses by section 118 during such period and
the expected expenditure of such funds in the subsequent period;
and
(3) a detailed financial statement with respect to the exercise
of authority under this Act, including--
(A) all agreements made or renewed;
(B) all insurance contracts entered into pursuant to
section 102;
(C) all transactions occurring during such period,
including the types of parties involved;
(D) the nature of the assets purchased;
(E) all projected costs and liabilities;
(F) operating expenses, including compensation for
financial agents;
(G) the valuation or pricing method used for each
transaction; and
(H) a description of the vehicles established to exercise
such authority.
(b) Tranche Reports to Congress.--
(1) Reports.--The Secretary shall provide to the appropriate
committees of Congress, at the times specified in paragraph (2), a
written report, including--
(A) a description of all of the transactions made during
the reporting period;
(B) a description of the pricing mechanism for the
transactions;
(C) a justification of the price paid for and other
financial terms associated with the transactions;
(D) a description of the impact of the exercise of such
authority on the financial system, supported, to the extent
possible, by specific data;
(E) a description of challenges that remain in the
financial system, including any benchmarks yet to be achieved;
and
(F) an estimate of additional actions under the authority
provided under this Act that may be necessary to address such
challenges.
(2) Timing.--The report required by this subsection shall be
submitted not later than 7 days after the date on which commitments
to purchase troubled assets under the authorities provided in this
Act first reach an aggregate of $50,000,000,000 and not later than
7 days after each $50,000,000,000 interval of such commitments is
reached thereafter.
(c) Regulatory Modernization Report.--The Secretary shall review
the current state of the financial markets and the regulatory system
and submit a written report to the appropriate committees of Congress
not later than April 30, 2009, analyzing the current state of the
regulatory system and its effectiveness at overseeing the participants
in the financial markets, including the over-the-counter swaps market
and government-sponsored enterprises, and providing recommendations for
improvement, including--
(1) recommendations regarding--
(A) whether any participants in the financial markets that
are currently outside the regulatory system should become
subject to the regulatory system; and
(B) enhancement of the clearing and settlement of over-the-
counter swaps; and
(2) the rationale underlying such recommendations.
(d) Sharing of Information.--Any report required under this section
shall also be submitted to the Congressional Oversight Panel
established under section 125.
(e) Sunset.--The reporting requirements under this section shall
terminate on the later of--
(1) the date that the last troubled asset acquired by the
Secretary under section 101 has been sold or transferred out of the
ownership or control of the Federal Government; or
(2) the date of expiration of the last insurance contract
issued under section 102.
SEC. 106. RIGHTS; MANAGEMENT; SALE OF TROUBLED ASSETS; REVENUES AND
SALE PROCEEDS.
(a) Exercise of Rights.--The Secretary may, at any time, exercise
any rights received in connection with troubled assets purchased under
this Act.
(b) Management of Troubled Assets.--The Secretary shall have
authority to manage troubled assets purchased under this Act, including
revenues and portfolio risks therefrom.
(c) Sale of Troubled Assets.--The Secretary may, at any time, upon
terms and conditions and at a price determined by the Secretary, sell,
or enter into securities loans, repurchase transactions, or other
financial transactions in regard to, any troubled asset purchased under
this Act.
(d) Transfer to Treasury.--Revenues of, and proceeds from the sale
of troubled assets purchased under this Act, or from the sale,
exercise, or surrender of warrants or senior debt instruments acquired
under section 113 shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury
for reduction of the public debt.
(e) Application of Sunset to Troubled Assets.--The authority of the
Secretary to hold any troubled asset purchased under this Act before
the termination date in section 120, or to purchase or fund the
purchase of a troubled asset under a commitment entered into before the
termination date in section 120, is not subject to the provisions of
section 120.
SEC. 107. CONTRACTING PROCEDURES.
(a) Streamlined Process.--For purposes of this Act, the Secretary
may waive specific provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation
upon a determination that urgent and compelling circumstances make
compliance with such provisions contrary to the public interest. Any
such determination, and the justification for such determination, shall
be submitted to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and
Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committees
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate within 7 days.
(b) Additional Contracting Requirements.--In any solicitation or
contract where the Secretary has, pursuant to subsection (a), waived
any provision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation pertaining to
minority contracting, the Secretary shall develop and implement
standards and procedures to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable,
the inclusion and utilization of minorities (as such term is defined in
section 1204(c) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and
Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1811 note)) and women, and minority-
and women-owned businesses (as such terms are defined in section
21A(r)(4) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(r)(4)), in
that solicitation or contract, including contracts to asset managers,
servicers, property managers, and other service providers or expert
consultants.
(c) Eligibility of FDIC.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b),
the Corporation--
(1) shall be eligible for, and shall be considered in, the
selection of asset managers for residential mortgage loans and
residential mortgage-backed securities; and
(2) shall be reimbursed by the Secretary for any services
provided.
SEC. 108. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
(a) Standards Required.--The Secretary shall issue regulations or
guidelines necessary to address and manage or to prohibit conflicts of
interest that may arise in connection with the administration and
execution of the authorities provided under this Act, including--
(1) conflicts arising in the selection or hiring of contractors
or advisors, including asset managers;
(2) the purchase of troubled assets;
(3) the management of the troubled assets held;
(4) post-employment restrictions on employees; and
(5) any other potential conflict of interest, as the Secretary
deems necessary or appropriate in the public interest.
(b) Timing.--Regulations or guidelines required by this section
shall be issued as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 109. FORECLOSURE MITIGATION EFFORTS.
(a) Residential Mortgage Loan Servicing Standards.--To the extent
that the Secretary acquires mortgages, mortgage backed securities, and
other assets secured by residential real estate, including multifamily
housing, the Secretary shall implement a plan that seeks to maximize
assistance for homeowners and use the authority of the Secretary to
encourage the servicers of the underlying mortgages, considering net
present value to the taxpayer, to take advantage of the HOPE for
Homeowners Program under section 257 of the National Housing Act or
other available programs to minimize foreclosures. In addition, the
Secretary may use loan guarantees and credit enhancements to facilitate
loan modifications to prevent avoidable foreclosures.
(b) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate with the
Corporation, the Board (with respect to any mortgage or mortgage-backed
securities or pool of securities held, owned, or controlled by or on
behalf of a Federal reserve bank, as provided in section 110(a)(1)(C)),
the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, and other Federal Government entities that hold troubled
assets to attempt to identify opportunities for the acquisition of
classes of troubled assets that will improve the ability of the
Secretary to improve the loan modification and restructuring process
and, where permissible, to permit bona fide tenants who are current on
their rent to remain in their homes under the terms of the lease. In
the case of a mortgage on a residential rental property, the plan
required under this section shall include protecting Federal, State,
and local rental subsidies and protections, and ensuring any
modification takes into account the need for operating funds to
maintain decent and safe conditions at the property.
(c) Consent to Reasonable Loan Modification Requests.--Upon any
request arising under existing investment contracts, the Secretary
shall consent, where appropriate, and considering net present value to
the taxpayer, to reasonable requests for loss mitigation measures,
including term extensions, rate reductions, principal write downs,
increases in the proportion of loans within a trust or other structure
allowed to be modified, or removal of other limitation on
modifications.
SEC. 110. ASSISTANCE TO HOMEOWNERS.
(a) Definitions.--As used in this section--
(1) the term ``Federal property manager'' means--
(A) the Federal Housing Finance Agency, in its capacity as
conservator of the Federal National Mortgage Association and
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation;
(B) the Corporation, with respect to residential mortgage
loans and mortgage-backed securities held by any bridge
depository institution pursuant to section 11(n) of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act; and
(C) the Board, with respect to any mortgage or mortgage-
backed securities or pool of securities held, owned, or
controlled by or on behalf of a Federal reserve bank, other
than mortgages or securities held, owned, or controlled in
connection with open market operations under section 14 of the
Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 353), or as collateral for an
advance or discount that is not in default;
(2) the term ``consumer'' has the same meaning as in section
103 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602);
(3) the term ``insured depository institution'' has the same
meaning as in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. 1813); and
(4) the term ``servicer'' has the same meaning as in section
6(i)(2) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12
U.S.C. 2605(i)(2)).
(b) Homeowner Assistance by Agencies.--
(1) In general.--To the extent that the Federal property
manager holds, owns, or controls mortgages, mortgage backed
securities, and other assets secured by residential real estate,
including multifamily housing, the Federal property manager shall
implement a plan that seeks to maximize assistance for homeowners
and use its authority to encourage the servicers of the underlying
mortgages, and considering net present value to the taxpayer, to
take advantage of the HOPE for Homeowners Program under section 257
of the National Housing Act or other available programs to minimize
foreclosures.
(2) Modifications.--In the case of a residential mortgage loan,
modifications made under paragraph (1) may include--
(A) reduction in interest rates;
(B) reduction of loan principal; and
(C) other similar modifications.
(3) Tenant protections.--In the case of mortgages on
residential rental properties, modifications made under paragraph
(1) shall ensure--
(A) the continuation of any existing Federal, State, and
local rental subsidies and protections; and
(B) that modifications take into account the need for
operating funds to maintain decent and safe conditions at the
property.
(4) Timing.--Each Federal property manager shall develop and
begin implementation of the plan required by this subsection not
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
(5) Reports to congress.--Each Federal property manager shall,
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 30 days
thereafter, report to Congress specific information on the number
and types of loan modifications made and the number of actual
foreclosures occurring during the reporting period in accordance
with this section.
(6) Consultation.--In developing the plan required by this
subsection, the Federal property managers shall consult with one
another and, to the extent possible, utilize consistent approaches
to implement the requirements of this subsection.
(c) Actions With Respect to Servicers.--In any case in which a
Federal property manager is not the owner of a residential mortgage
loan, but holds an interest in obligations or pools of obligations
secured by residential mortgage loans, the Federal property manager
shall--
(1) encourage implementation by the loan servicers of loan
modifications developed under subsection (b); and
(2) assist in facilitating any such modifications, to the
extent possible.
(d) Limitation.--The requirements of this section shall not
supersede any other duty or requirement imposed on the Federal property
managers under otherwise applicable law.
SEC. 111. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
(a) Applicability.--Any financial institution that sells troubled
assets to the Secretary under this Act shall be subject to the
executive compensation requirements of subsections (b) and (c) and the
provisions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as provided under
the amendment by section 302, as applicable.
(b) Direct Purchases.--
(1) In general.--Where the Secretary determines that the
purposes of this Act are best met through direct purchases of
troubled assets from an individual financial institution where no
bidding process or market prices are available, and the Secretary
receives a meaningful equity or debt position in the financial
institution as a result of the transaction, the Secretary shall
require that the financial institution meet appropriate standards
for executive compensation and corporate governance. The standards
required under this subsection shall be effective for the duration
of the period that the Secretary holds an equity or debt position
in the financial institution.
(2) Criteria.--The standards required under this subsection
shall include--
(A) limits on compensation that exclude incentives for
senior executive officers of a financial institution to take
unnecessary and excessive risks that threaten the value of the
financial institution during the period that the Secretary
holds an equity or debt position in the financial institution;
(B) a provision for the recovery by the financial
institution of any bonus or incentive compensation paid to a
senior executive officer based on statements of earnings,
gains, or other criteria that are later proven to be materially
inaccurate; and
(C) a prohibition on the financial institution making any
golden parachute payment to its senior executive officer during
the period that the Secretary holds an equity or debt position
in the financial institution.
(3) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
``senior executive officer'' means an individual who is one of the
top 5 highly paid executives of a public company, whose
compensation is required to be disclosed pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and any regulations issued thereunder, and
non-public company counterparts.
(c) Auction Purchases.--Where the Secretary determines that the
purposes of this Act are best met through auction purchases of troubled
assets, and only where such purchases per financial institution in the
aggregate exceed $300,000,000 (including direct purchases), the
Secretary shall prohibit, for such financial institution, any new
employment contract with a senior executive officer that provides a
golden parachute in the event of an involuntary termination, bankruptcy
filing, insolvency, or receivership. The Secretary shall issue guidance
to carry out this paragraph not later than 2 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, and such guidance shall be effective upon
issuance.
(d) Sunset.--The provisions of subsection (c) shall apply only to
arrangements entered into during the period during which the
authorities under section 101(a) are in effect, as determined under
section 120.
SEC. 112. COORDINATION WITH FOREIGN AUTHORITIES AND CENTRAL BANKS.
The Secretary shall coordinate, as appropriate, with foreign
financial authorities and central banks to work toward the
establishment of similar programs by such authorities and central
banks. To the extent that such foreign financial authorities or banks
hold troubled assets as a result of extending financing to financial
institutions that have failed or defaulted on such financing, such
troubled assets qualify for purchase under section 101.
SEC. 113. MINIMIZATION OF LONG-TERM COSTS AND MAXIMIZATION OF
BENEFITS FOR TAXPAYERS.
(a) Long-Term Costs and Benefits.--
(1) Minimizing negative impact.--The Secretary shall use the
authority under this Act in a manner that will minimize any
potential long-term negative impact on the taxpayer, taking into
account the direct outlays, potential long-term returns on assets
purchased, and the overall economic benefits of the program,
including economic benefits due to improvements in economic
activity and the availability of credit, the impact on the savings
and pensions of individuals, and reductions in losses to the
Federal Government.
(2) Authority.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall--
(A) hold the assets to maturity or for resale for and until
such time as the Secretary determines that the market is
optimal for selling such assets, in order to maximize the value
for taxpayers; and
(B) sell such assets at a price that the Secretary
determines, based on available financial analysis, will
maximize return on investment for the Federal Government.
(3) Private sector participation.--The Secretary shall
encourage the private sector to participate in purchases of
troubled assets, and to invest in financial institutions,
consistent with the provisions of this section.
(b) Use of Market Mechanisms.--In making purchases under this Act,
the Secretary shall--
(1) make such purchases at the lowest price that the Secretary
determines to be consistent with the purposes of this Act; and
(2) maximize the efficiency of the use of taxpayer resources by
using market mechanisms, including auctions or reverse auctions,
where appropriate.
(c) Direct Purchases.--If the Secretary determines that use of a
market mechanism under subsection (b) is not feasible or appropriate,
and the purposes of the Act are best met through direct purchases from
an individual financial institution, the Secretary shall pursue
additional measures to ensure that prices paid for assets are
reasonable and reflect the underlying value of the asset.
(d) Conditions on Purchase Authority for Warrants and Debt
Instruments.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may not purchase, or make any
commitment to purchase, any troubled asset under the authority of
this Act, unless the Secretary receives from the financial
institution from which such assets are to be purchased--
(A) in the case of a financial institution, the securities
of which are traded on a national securities exchange, a
warrant giving the right to the Secretary to receive nonvoting
common stock or preferred stock in such financial institution,
or voting stock with respect to which, the Secretary agrees not
to exercise voting power, as the Secretary determines
appropriate; or
(B) in the case of any financial institution other than one
described in subparagraph (A), a warrant for common or
preferred stock, or a senior debt instrument from such
financial institution, as described in paragraph (2)(C).
(2) Terms and conditions.--The terms and conditions of any
warrant or senior debt instrument required under paragraph (1)
shall meet the following requirements:
(A) Purposes.--Such terms and conditions shall, at a
minimum, be designed--
(i) to provide for reasonable participation by the
Secretary, for the benefit of taxpayers, in equity
appreciation in the case of a warrant or other equity
security, or a reasonable interest rate premium, in the
case of a debt instrument; and
(ii) to provide additional protection for the taxpayer
against losses from sale of assets by the Secretary under
this Act and the administrative expenses of the TARP.
(B) Authority to sell, exercise, or surrender.--The
Secretary may sell, exercise, or surrender a warrant or any
senior debt instrument received under this subsection, based on
the conditions established under subparagraph (A).
(C) Conversion.--The warrant shall provide that if, after
the warrant is received by the Secretary under this subsection,
the financial institution that issued the warrant is no longer
listed or traded on a national securities exchange or
securities association, as described in paragraph (1)(A), such
warrants shall convert to senior debt, or contain appropriate
protections for the Secretary to ensure that the Treasury is
appropriately compensated for the value of the warrant, in an
amount determined by the Secretary.
(D) Protections.--Any warrant representing securities to be
received by the Secretary under this subsection shall contain
anti-dilution provisions of the type employed in capital market
transactions, as determined by the Secretary. Such provisions
shall protect the value of the securities from market
transactions such as stock splits, stock distributions,
dividends, and other distributions, mergers, and other forms of
reorganization or recapitalization.
(E) Exercise price.--The exercise price for any warrant
issued pursuant to this subsection shall be set by the
Secretary, in the interest of the taxpayers.
(F) Sufficiency.--The financial institution shall guarantee
to the Secretary that it has authorized shares of nonvoting
stock available to fulfill its obligations under this
subsection. Should the financial institution not have
sufficient authorized shares, including preferred shares that
may carry dividend rights equal to a multiple number of common
shares, the Secretary may, to the extent necessary, accept a
senior debt note in an amount, and on such terms as will
compensate the Secretary with equivalent value, in the event
that a sufficient shareholder vote to authorize the necessary
additional shares cannot be obtained.
(3) Exceptions.--
(A) De minimis.--The Secretary shall establish de minimis
exceptions to the requirements of this subsection, based on the
size of the cumulative transactions of troubled assets
purchased from any one financial institution for the duration
of the program, at not more than $100,000,000.
(B) Other exceptions.--The Secretary shall establish an
exception to the requirements of this subsection and
appropriate alternative requirements for any participating
financial institution that is legally prohibited from issuing
securities and debt instruments, so as not to allow
circumvention of the requirements of this section.
SEC. 114. MARKET TRANSPARENCY.
(a) Pricing.--To facilitate market transparency, the Secretary
shall make available to the public, in electronic form, a description,
amounts, and pricing of assets acquired under this Act, within 2
business days of purchase, trade, or other disposition.
(b) Disclosure.--For each type of financial institutions that sells
troubled assets to the Secretary under this Act, the Secretary shall
determine whether the public disclosure required for such financial
institutions with respect to off-balance sheet transactions,
derivatives instruments, contingent liabilities, and similar sources of
potential exposure is adequate to provide to the public sufficient
information as to the true financial position of the institutions. If
such disclosure is not adequate for that purpose, the Secretary shall
make recommendations for additional disclosure requirements to the
relevant regulators.
SEC. 115. GRADUATED AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE.
(a) Authority.--The authority of the Secretary to purchase troubled
assets under this Act shall be limited as follows:
(1) Effective upon the date of enactment of this Act, such
authority shall be limited to $250,000,000,000 outstanding at any
one time.
(2) If at any time, the President submits to the Congress a
written certification that the Secretary needs to exercise the
authority under this paragraph, effective upon such submission,
such authority shall be limited to $350,000,000,000 outstanding at
any one time.
(3) If, at any time after the certification in paragraph (2)
has been made, the President transmits to the Congress a written
report detailing the plan of the Secretary to exercise the
authority under this paragraph, unless there is enacted, within 15
calendar days of such transmission, a joint resolution described in
subsection (c), effective upon the expiration of such 15-day
period, such authority shall be limited to $700,000,000,000
outstanding at any one time.
(b) Aggregation of Purchase Prices.--The amount of troubled assets
purchased by the Secretary outstanding at any one time shall be
determined for purposes of the dollar amount limitations under
subsection (a) by aggregating the purchase prices of all troubled
assets held.
(c) Joint Resolution of Disapproval.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, the Secretary may not exercise any authority to make
purchases under this Act with regard to any amount in excess of
$350,000,000,000 previously obligated, as described in this section
if, within 15 calendar days after the date on which Congress
receives a report of the plan of the Secretary described in
subsection (a)(3), there is enacted into law a joint resolution
disapproving the plan of the Secretary with respect to such
additional amount.
(2) Contents of joint resolution.--For the purpose of this
section, the term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint
resolution--
(A) that is introduced not later than 3 calendar days after
the date on which the report of the plan of the Secretary
referred to in subsection (a)(3) is received by Congress;
(B) which does not have a preamble;
(C) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint resolution
relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008''; and
(D) the matter after the resolving clause of which is as
follows: ``That Congress disapproves the obligation of any
amount exceeding the amounts obligated as described in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 115(a) of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.''.
(d) Fast Track Consideration in House of Representatives.--
(1) Reconvening.--Upon receipt of a report under subsection
(a)(3), the Speaker, if the House would otherwise be adjourned,
shall notify the Members of the House that, pursuant to this
section, the House shall convene not later than the second calendar
day after receipt of such report;
(2) Reporting and discharge.--Any committee of the House of
Representatives to which a joint resolution is referred shall
report it to the House not later than 5 calendar days after the
date of receipt of the report described in subsection (a)(3). If a
committee fails to report the joint resolution within that period,
the committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the
joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be referred to the
appropriate calendar.
(3) Proceeding to consideration.--After each committee
authorized to consider a joint resolution reports it to the House
or has been discharged from its consideration, it shall be in
order, not later than the sixth day after Congress receives the
report described in subsection (a)(3), to move to proceed to
consider the joint resolution in the House. All points of order
against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order
after the House has disposed of a motion to proceed on the joint
resolution. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on
the motion to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion
shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by which
the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.
(4) Consideration.--The joint resolution shall be considered as
read. All points of order against the joint resolution and against
its consideration are waived. The previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the joint resolution to its passage
without intervening motion except two hours of debate equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. A motion
to reconsider the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not
be in order.
(e) Fast Track Consideration in Senate.--
(1) Reconvening.--Upon receipt of a report under subsection
(a)(3), if the Senate has adjourned or recessed for more than 2
days, the majority leader of the Senate, after consultation with
the minority leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members of the
Senate that, pursuant to this section, the Senate shall convene not
later than the second calendar day after receipt of such message.
(2) Placement on calendar.--Upon introduction in the Senate,
the joint resolution shall be placed immediately on the calendar.
(3) Floor consideration.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing
Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time during the
period beginning on the 4th day after the date on which
Congress receives a report of the plan of the Secretary
described in subsection (a)(3) and ending on the 6th day after
the date on which Congress receives a report of the plan of the
Secretary described in subsection (a)(3) (even though a
previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to
move to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution,
and all points of order against the joint resolution (and
against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The
motion to proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject
to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in
order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the
resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the
unfinished business until disposed of.
(B) Debate.--Debate on the joint resolution, and on all
debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be
limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided
equally between the majority and minority leaders or their
designees. A motion further to limit debate is in order and not
debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a
motion to proceed to the consideration of other business, or a
motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in order.
(C) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall occur
immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a joint
resolution, and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the
debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate.
(D) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the
decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules
of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to
a joint resolution shall be decided without debate.
(f) Rules Relating to Senate and House of Representatives.--
(1) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before the
passage by one House of a joint resolution of that House, that
House receives from the other House a joint resolution, then the
following procedures shall apply:
(A) The joint resolution of the other House shall not be
referred to a committee.
(B) With respect to a joint resolution of the House
receiving the resolution--
(i) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if
no joint resolution had been received from the other House;
but
(ii) the vote on passage shall be on the joint
resolution of the other House.
(2) Treatment of joint resolution of other house.--If one House
fails to introduce or consider a joint resolution under this
section, the joint resolution of the other House shall be entitled
to expedited floor procedures under this section.
(3) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following passage of
the joint resolution in the Senate, the Senate then receives the
companion measure from the House of Representatives, the companion
measure shall not be debatable.
(4) Consideration after passage.--
(A) In general.--If Congress passes a joint resolution, the
period beginning on the date the President is presented with
the joint resolution and ending on the date the President takes
action with respect to the joint resolution shall be
disregarded in computing the 15-calendar day period described
in subsection (a)(3).
(B) Vetoes.--If the President vetoes the joint resolution--
(i) the period beginning on the date the President
vetoes the joint resolution and ending on the date the
Congress receives the veto message with respect to the
joint resolution shall be disregarded in computing the 15-
calendar day period described in subsection (a)(3), and
(ii) debate on a veto message in the Senate under this
section shall be 1 hour equally divided between the
majority and minority leaders or their designees.
(5) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This
subsection and subsections (c), (d), and (e) are enacted by
Congress--
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is
deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in
that House in the case of a joint resolution, and it supersedes
other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with
such rules; and
(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.
SEC. 116. OVERSIGHT AND AUDITS.
(a) Comptroller General Oversight.--
(1) Scope of oversight.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall, upon establishment of the troubled assets relief
program under this Act (in this section referred to as the
``TARP''), commence ongoing oversight of the activities and
performance of the TARP and of any agents and representatives of
the TARP (as related to the agent or representative's activities on
behalf of or under the authority of the TARP), including vehicles
established by the Secretary under this Act. The subjects of such
oversight shall include the following:
(A) The performance of the TARP in meeting the purposes of
this Act, particularly those involving--
(i) foreclosure mitigation;
(ii) cost reduction;
(iii) whether it has provided stability or prevented
disruption to the financial markets or the banking system;
and
(iv) whether it has protected taxpayers.
(B) The financial condition and internal controls of the
TARP, its representatives and agents.
(C) Characteristics of transactions and commitments entered
into, including transaction type, frequency, size, prices paid,
and all other relevant terms and conditions, and the timing,
duration and terms of any future commitments to purchase
assets.
(D) Characteristics and disposition of acquired assets,
including type, acquisition price, current market value, sale
prices and terms, and use of proceeds from sales.
(E) Efficiency of the operations of the TARP in the use of
appropriated funds.
(F) Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations by
the TARP, its agents and representatives.
(G) The efforts of the TARP to prevent, identify, and
minimize conflicts of interest involving any agent or
representative performing activities on behalf of or under the
authority of the TARP.
(H) The efficacy of contracting procedures pursuant to
section 107(b), including, as applicable, the efforts of the
TARP in evaluating proposals for inclusion and contracting to
the maximum extent possible of minorities (as such term is
defined in 1204(c) of the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enhancement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1811 note),
women, and minority- and women-owned businesses, including
ascertaining and reporting the total amount of fees paid and
other value delivered by the TARP to all of its agents and
representatives, and such amounts paid or delivered to such
firms that are minority- and women-owned businesses (as such
terms are defined in section 21A of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a)).
(2) Conduct and administration of oversight.--
(A) GAO presence.--The Secretary shall provide the
Comptroller General with appropriate space and facilities in
the Department of the Treasury as necessary to facilitate
oversight of the TARP until the termination date established in
section 120.
(B) Access to records.--To the extent otherwise consistent
with law, the Comptroller General shall have access, upon
request, to any information, data, schedules, books, accounts,
financial records, reports, files, electronic communications,
or other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by
the TARP, or any vehicles established by the Secretary under
this Act, and to the officers, directors, employees,
independent public accountants, financial advisors, and other
agents and representatives of the TARP (as related to the agent
or representative's activities on behalf of or under the
authority of the TARP) or any such vehicle at such reasonable
time as the Comptroller General may request. The Comptroller
General shall be afforded full facilities for verifying
transactions with the balances or securities held by
depositaries, fiscal agents, and custodians. The Comptroller
General may make and retain copies of such books, accounts, and
other records as the Comptroller General deems appropriate.
(C) Reimbursement of costs.--The Treasury shall reimburse
the Government Accountability Office for the full cost of any
such oversight activities as billed therefor by the Comptroller
General of the United States. Such reimbursements shall be
credited to the appropriation account ``Salaries and Expenses,
Government Accountability Office'' current when the payment is
received and remain available until expended.
(3) Reporting.--The Comptroller General shall submit reports of
findings under this section, regularly and no less frequently than
once every 60 days, to the appropriate committees of Congress, and
the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
established under this Act on the activities and performance of the
TARP. The Comptroller may also submit special reports under this
subsection as warranted by the findings of its oversight
activities.
(b) Comptroller General Audits.--
(1) Annual audit.--The TARP shall annually prepare and issue to
the appropriate committees of Congress and the public audited
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and the Comptroller General shall annually
audit such statements in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards. The Treasury shall reimburse the Government
Accountability Office for the full cost of any such audit as billed
therefor by the Comptroller General. Such reimbursements shall be
credited to the appropriation account ``Salaries and Expenses,
Government Accountability Office'' current when the payment is
received and remain available until expended. The financial
statements prepared under this paragraph shall be on the fiscal
year basis prescribed under section 1102 of title 31, United States
Code.
(2) Authority.--The Comptroller General may audit the programs,
activities, receipts, expenditures, and financial transactions of
the TARP and any agents and representatives of the TARP (as related
to the agent or representative's activities on behalf of or under
the authority of the TARP), including vehicles established by the
Secretary under this Act.
(3) Corrective responses to audit problems.--The TARP shall--
(A) take action to address deficiencies identified by the
Comptroller General or other auditor engaged by the TARP; or
(B) certify to appropriate committees of Congress that no
action is necessary or appropriate.
(c) Internal Control.--
(1) Establishment.--The TARP shall establish and maintain an
effective system of internal control, consistent with the standards
prescribed under section 3512(c) of title 31, United States Code,
that provides reasonable assurance of--
(A) the effectiveness and efficiency of operations,
including the use of the resources of the TARP;
(B) the reliability of financial reporting, including
financial statements and other reports for internal and
external use; and
(C) compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
(2) Reporting.--In conjunction with each annual financial
statement issued under this section, the TARP shall--
(A) state the responsibility of management for establishing
and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting; and
(B) state its assessment, as of the end of the most recent
year covered by such financial statement of the TARP, of the
effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting.
(d) Sharing of Information.--Any report or audit required under
this section shall also be submitted to the Congressional Oversight
Panel established under section 125.
(e) Termination.--Any oversight, reporting, or audit requirement
under this section shall terminate on the later of--
(1) the date that the last troubled asset acquired by the
Secretary under section 101 has been sold or transferred out of the
ownership or control of the Federal Government; or
(2) the date of expiration of the last insurance contract
issued under section 102.
SEC. 117. STUDY AND REPORT ON MARGIN AUTHORITY.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall undertake a study to
determine the extent to which leverage and sudden deleveraging of
financial institutions was a factor behind the current financial
crisis.
(b) Content.--The study required by this section shall include--
(1) an analysis of the roles and responsibilities of the Board,
the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Secretary, and other
Federal banking agencies with respect to monitoring leverage and
acting to curtail excessive leveraging;
(2) an analysis of the authority of the Board to regulate
leverage, including by setting margin requirements, and what
process the Board used to decide whether or not to use its
authority;
(3) an analysis of any usage of the margin authority by the
Board; and
(4) recommendations for the Board and appropriate committees of
Congress with respect to the existing authority of the Board.
(c) Report.--Not later than June 1, 2009, the Comptroller General
shall complete and submit a report on the study required by this
section to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives.
(d) Sharing of Information.--Any reports required under this
section shall also be submitted to the Congressional Oversight Panel
established under section 125.
SEC. 118. FUNDING.
For the purpose of the authorities granted in this Act, and for the
costs of administering those authorities, the Secretary may use the
proceeds of the sale of any securities issued under chapter 31 of title
31, United States Code, and the purposes for which securities may be
issued under chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, are extended
to include actions authorized by this Act, including the payment of
administrative expenses. Any funds expended or obligated by the
Secretary for actions authorized by this Act, including the payment of
administrative expenses, shall be deemed appropriated at the time of
such expenditure or obligation.
SEC. 119. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND RELATED MATTERS.
(a) Judicial Review.--
(1) Standard.--Actions by the Secretary pursuant to the
authority of this Act shall be subject to chapter 7 of title 5,
United States Code, including that such final actions shall be held
unlawful and set aside if found to be arbitrary, capricious, an
abuse of discretion, or not in accordance with law.
(2) Limitations on equitable relief.--
(A) Injunction.--No injunction or other form of equitable
relief shall be issued against the Secretary for actions
pursuant to section 101, 102, 106, and 109, other than to
remedy a violation of the Constitution.
(B) Temporary restraining order.--Any request for a
temporary restraining order against the Secretary for actions
pursuant to this Act shall be considered and granted or denied
by the court within 3 days of the date of the request.
(C) Preliminary injunction.--Any request for a preliminary
injunction against the Secretary for actions pursuant to this
Act shall be considered and granted or denied by the court on
an expedited basis consistent with the provisions of rule
65(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any
successor thereto.
(D) Permanent injunction.--Any request for a permanent
injunction against the Secretary for actions pursuant to this
Act shall be considered and granted or denied by the court on
an expedited basis. Whenever possible, the court shall
consolidate trial on the merits with any hearing on a request
for a preliminary injunction, consistent with the provisions of
rule 65(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any
successor thereto.
(3) Limitation on actions by participating companies.--No
action or claims may be brought against the Secretary by any person
that divests its assets with respect to its participation in a
program under this Act, except as provided in paragraph (1), other
than as expressly provided in a written contract with the
Secretary.
(4) Stays.--Any injunction or other form of equitable relief
issued against the Secretary for actions pursuant to section 101,
102, 106, and 109, shall be automatically stayed. The stay shall be
lifted unless the Secretary seeks a stay from a higher court within
3 calendar days after the date on which the relief is issued.
(b) Related Matters.--
(1) Treatment of homeowners' rights.--The terms of any
residential mortgage loan that is part of any purchase by the
Secretary under this Act shall remain subject to all claims and
defenses that would otherwise apply, notwithstanding the exercise
of authority by the Secretary under this Act.
(2) Savings clause.--Any exercise of the authority of the
Secretary pursuant to this Act shall not impair the claims or
defenses that would otherwise apply with respect to persons other
than the Secretary. Except as established in any contract, a
servicer of pooled residential mortgages owes any duty to determine
whether the net present value of the payments on the loan, as
modified, is likely to be greater than the anticipated net recovery
that would result from foreclosure to all investors and holders of
beneficial interests in such investment, but not to any individual
or groups of investors or beneficial interest holders, and shall be
deemed to act in the best interests of all such investors or
holders of beneficial interests if the servicer agrees to or
implements a modification or workout plan when the servicer takes
reasonable loss mitigation actions, including partial payments.
SEC. 120. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.
(a) Termination.--The authorities provided under sections 101(a),
excluding section 101(a)(3), and 102 shall terminate on December 31,
2009.
(b) Extension Upon Certification.--The Secretary, upon submission
of a written certification to Congress, may extend the authority
provided under this Act to expire not later than 2 years from the date
of enactment of this Act. Such certification shall include a
justification of why the extension is necessary to assist American
families and stabilize financial markets, as well as the expected cost
to the taxpayers for such an extension.
SEC. 121. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF
PROGRAM.
(a) Office of Inspector General.--There is hereby established the
Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief
Program.
(b) Appointment of Inspector General; Removal.--(1) The head of the
Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief
Program is the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief
Program (in this section referred to as the ``Special Inspector
General''), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) The appointment of the Special Inspector General shall be made
on the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting,
auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public
administration, or investigations.
(3) The nomination of an individual as Special Inspector General
shall be made as soon as practicable after the establishment of any
program under sections 101 and 102.
(4) The Special Inspector General shall be removable from office in
accordance with the provisions of section 3(b) of the Inspector General
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
(5) For purposes of section 7324 of title 5, United States Code,
the Special Inspector General shall not be considered an employee who
determines policies to be pursued by the United States in the
nationwide administration of Federal law.
(6) The annual rate of basic pay of the Special Inspector General
shall be the annual rate of basic pay for an Inspector General under
section 3(e) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
(c) Duties.--(1) It shall be the duty of the Special Inspector
General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations
of the purchase, management, and sale of assets by the Secretary of the
Treasury under any program established by the Secretary under section
101, and the management by the Secretary of any program established
under section 102, including by collecting and summarizing the
following information:
(A) A description of the categories of troubled assets
purchased or otherwise procured by the Secretary.
(B) A listing of the troubled assets purchased in each such
category described under subparagraph (A).
(C) An explanation of the reasons the Secretary deemed it
necessary to purchase each such troubled asset.
(D) A listing of each financial institution that such troubled
assets were purchased from.
(E) A listing of and detailed biographical information on each
person or entity hired to manage such troubled assets.
(F) A current estimate of the total amount of troubled assets
purchased pursuant to any program established under section 101,
the amount of troubled assets on the books of the Treasury, the
amount of troubled assets sold, and the profit and loss incurred on
each sale or disposition of each such troubled asset.
(G) A listing of the insurance contracts issued under section
102.
(2) The Special Inspector General shall establish, maintain, and
oversee such systems, procedures, and controls as the Special Inspector
General considers appropriate to discharge the duty under paragraph
(1).
(3) In addition to the duties specified in paragraphs (1) and (2),
the Inspector General shall also have the duties and responsibilities
of inspectors general under the Inspector General Act of 1978.
(d) Powers and Authorities.--(1) In carrying out the duties
specified in subsection (c), the Special Inspector General shall have
the authorities provided in section 6 of the Inspector General Act of
1978.
(2) The Special Inspector General shall carry out the duties
specified in subsection (c)(1) in accordance with section 4(b)(1) of
the Inspector General Act of 1978.
(e) Personnel, Facilities, and Other Resources.--(1) The Special
Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ such officers and
employees as may be necessary for carrying out the duties of the
Special Inspector General, subject to the provisions of title 5, United
States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such
title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.
(2) The Special Inspector General may obtain services as authorized
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at daily rates not to
exceed the equivalent rate prescribed for grade GS-15 of the General
Schedule by section 5332 of such title.
(3) The Special Inspector General may enter into contracts and
other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services
with public agencies and with private persons, and make such payments
as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the Inspector General.
(4)(A) Upon request of the Special Inspector General for
information or assistance from any department, agency, or other entity
of the Federal Government, the head of such entity shall, insofar as is
practicable and not in contravention of any existing law, furnish such
information or assistance to the Special Inspector General, or an
authorized designee.
(B) Whenever information or assistance requested by the Special
Inspector General is, in the judgment of the Special Inspector General,
unreasonably refused or not provided, the Special Inspector General
shall report the circumstances to the appropriate committees of
Congress without delay.
(f) Reports.--(1) Not later than 60 days after the confirmation of
the Special Inspector General, and every calendar quarter thereafter,
the Special Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report summarizing the activities of the
Special Inspector General during the 120-day period ending on the date
of such report. Each report shall include, for the period covered by
such report, a detailed statement of all purchases, obligations,
expenditures, and revenues associated with any program established by
the Secretary of the Treasury under sections 101 and 102, as well as
the information collected under subsection (c)(1).
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the
public disclosure of information that is--
(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other
provision of law;
(B) specifically required by Executive order to be protected
from disclosure in the interest of national defense or national
security or in the conduct of foreign affairs; or
(C) a part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
(3) Any reports required under this section shall also be submitted
to the Congressional Oversight Panel established under section 125.
(g) Funding.--(1) Of the amounts made available to the Secretary of
the Treasury under section 118, $50,000,000 shall be available to the
Special Inspector General to carry out this section.
(2) The amount available under paragraph (1) shall remain available
until expended.
(h) Termination.--The Office of the Special Inspector General shall
terminate on the later of--
(1) the date that the last troubled asset acquired by the
Secretary under section 101 has been sold or transferred out of the
ownership or control of the Federal Government; or
(2) the date of expiration of the last insurance contract
issued under section 102.
SEC. 122. INCREASE IN STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such
subsection and inserting ``$11,315,000,000,000''.
SEC. 123. CREDIT REFORM.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the costs of purchases
of troubled assets made under section 101(a) and guarantees of troubled
assets under section 102, and any cash flows associated with the
activities authorized in section 102 and subsections (a), (b), and (c)
of section 106 shall be determined as provided under the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et. seq.).
(b) Costs.--For the purposes of section 502(5) of the Federal
Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5))--
(1) the cost of troubled assets and guarantees of troubled
assets shall be calculated by adjusting the discount rate in
section 502(5)(E) (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)(E)) for market risks; and
(2) the cost of a modification of a troubled asset or guarantee
of a troubled asset shall be the difference between the current
estimate consistent with paragraph (1) under the terms of the
troubled asset or guarantee of the troubled asset and the current
estimate consistent with paragraph (1) under the terms of the
troubled asset or guarantee of the troubled asset, as modified.
SEC. 124. HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERS AMENDMENTS.
Section 257 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-23) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting before ``a ratio''
the following: ``, or thereafter is likely to have, due to the
terms of the mortgage being reset,'';
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting before the period at
the end ``(or such higher percentage as the Board determines,
in the discretion of the Board)'';
(C) in paragraph (4)(A)--
(i) in the first sentence, by inserting after ``insured
loan'' the following: ``and any payments made under this
paragraph,''; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following: ``Such actions
may include making payments, which shall be accepted as
payment in full of all indebtedness under the eligible
mortgage, to any holder of an existing subordinate
mortgage, in lieu of any future appreciation payments
authorized under subparagraph (B).''; and
(2) in subsection (w), by inserting after ``administrative
costs'' the following: ``and payments pursuant to subsection
(e)(4)(A)''.
SEC. 125. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT PANEL.
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established the Congressional
Oversight Panel (hereafter in this section referred to as the
``Oversight Panel'') as an establishment in the legislative branch.
(b) Duties.--The Oversight Panel shall review the current state of
the financial markets and the regulatory system and submit the
following reports to Congress:
(1) Regular reports.--
(A) In general.--Regular reports of the Oversight Panel
shall include the following:
(i) The use by the Secretary of authority under this
Act, including with respect to the use of contracting
authority and administration of the program.
(ii) The impact of purchases made under the Act on the
financial markets and financial institutions.
(iii) The extent to which the information made
available on transactions under the program has contributed
to market transparency.
(iv) The effectiveness of foreclosure mitigation
efforts, and the effectiveness of the program from the
standpoint of minimizing long-term costs to the taxpayers
and maximizing the benefits for taxpayers.
(B) Timing.--The reports required under this paragraph
shall be submitted not later than 30 days after the first
exercise by the Secretary of the authority under section 101(a)
or 102, and every 30 days thereafter.
(2) Special report on regulatory reform.--The Oversight Panel
shall submit a special report on regulatory reform not later than
January 20, 2009, analyzing the current state of the regulatory
system and its effectiveness at overseeing the participants in the
financial system and protecting consumers, and providing
recommendations for improvement, including recommendations
regarding whether any participants in the financial markets that
are currently outside the regulatory system should become subject
to the regulatory system, the rationale underlying such
recommendation, and whether there are any gaps in existing consumer
protections.
(c) Membership.--
(1) In general.--The Oversight Panel shall consist of 5
members, as follows:
(A) 1 member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(B) 1 member appointed by the minority leader of the House
of Representatives.
(C) 1 member appointed by the majority leader of the
Senate.
(D) 1 member appointed by the minority leader of the
Senate.
(E) 1 member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the majority leader of the Senate, after
consultation with the minority leader of the Senate and the
minority leader of the House of Representatives.
(2) Pay.--Each member of the Oversight Panel shall each be paid
at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic
pay for level I of the Executive Schedule for each day (including
travel time) during which such member is engaged in the actual
performance of duties vested in the Commission.
(3) Prohibition of compensation of federal employees.--Members
of the Oversight Panel who are full-time officers or employees of
the United States or Members of Congress may not receive additional
pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their service on the
Oversight Panel.
(4) Travel expenses.--Each member shall receive travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance
with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of
title 5, United States Code.
(5) Quorum.--Four members of the Oversight Panel shall
constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings.
(6) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Oversight Panel shall be
filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
(7) Meetings.--The Oversight Panel shall meet at the call of
the Chairperson or a majority of its members.
(d) Staff.--
(1) In general.--The Oversight Panel may appoint and fix the
pay of any personnel as the Commission considers appropriate.
(2) Experts and consultants.--The Oversight Panel may procure
temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title
5, United States Code.
(3) Staff of agencies.--Upon request of the Oversight Panel,
the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a
reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department or
agency to the Oversight Panel to assist it in carrying out its
duties under this Act.
(e) Powers.--
(1) Hearings and sessions.--The Oversight Panel may, for the
purpose of carrying out this section, hold hearings, sit and act at
times and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as the Panel
considers appropriate and may administer oaths or affirmations to
witnesses appearing before it.
(2) Powers of members and agents.--Any member or agent of the
Oversight Panel may, if authorized by the Oversight Panel, take any
action which the Oversight Panel is authorized to take by this
section.
(3) Obtaining official data.--The Oversight Panel may secure
directly from any department or agency of the United States
information necessary to enable it to carry out this section. Upon
request of the Chairperson of the Oversight Panel, the head of that
department or agency shall furnish that information to the
Oversight Panel.
(4) Reports.--The Oversight Panel shall receive and consider
all reports required to be submitted to the Oversight Panel under
this Act.
(f) Termination.--The Oversight Panel shall terminate 6 months
after the termination date specified in section 120.
(g) Funding for Expenses.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Oversight Panel such sums as may be necessary
for any fiscal year, half of which shall be derived from the
applicable account of the House of Representatives, and half of
which shall be derived from the contingent fund of the Senate.
(2) Reimbursement of amounts.--An amount equal to the expenses
of the Oversight Panel shall be promptly transferred by the
Secretary, from time to time upon the presentment of a statement of
such expenses by the Chairperson of the Oversight Panel, from funds
made available to the Secretary under this Act to the applicable
fund of the House of Representatives and the contingent fund of the
Senate, as appropriate, as reimbursement for amounts expended from
such account and fund under paragraph (1).
SEC. 126. FDIC AUTHORITY.
(a) In General.--Section 18(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. 1828(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(4) False advertising, misuse of fdic names, and
misrepresentation to indicate insured status.--
``(A) Prohibition on false advertising and misuse of fdic
names.--No person may represent or imply that any deposit
liability, obligation, certificate, or share is insured or
guaranteed by the Corporation, if such deposit liability,
obligation, certificate, or share is not insured or guaranteed
by the Corporation--
``(i) by using the terms `Federal Deposit', `Federal
Deposit Insurance', `Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation', any combination of such terms, or the
abbreviation `FDIC' as part of the business name or firm
name of any person, including any corporation, partnership,
business trust, association, or other business entity; or
``(ii) by using such terms or any other terms, sign, or
symbol as part of an advertisement, solicitation, or other
document.
``(B) Prohibition on misrepresentations of insured
status.--No person may knowingly misrepresent--
``(i) that any deposit liability, obligation,
certificate, or share is insured, under this Act, if such
deposit liability, obligation, certificate, or share is not
so insured; or
``(ii) the extent to which or the manner in which any
deposit liability, obligation, certificate, or share is
insured under this Act, if such deposit liability,
obligation, certificate, or share is not so insured, to the
extent or in the manner represented.
``(C) Authority of the appropriate federal banking
agency.--The appropriate Federal banking agency shall have
enforcement authority in the case of a violation of this
paragraph by any person for which the agency is the appropriate
Federal banking agency, or any institution-affiliated party
thereof.
``(D) Corporation authority if the appropriate federal
banking agency fails to follow recommendation.--
``(i) Recommendation.--The Corporation may recommend in
writing to the appropriate Federal banking agency that the
agency take any enforcement action authorized under section
8 for purposes of enforcement of this paragraph with
respect to any person for which the agency is the
appropriate Federal banking agency or any institution-
affiliated party thereof.
``(ii) Agency response.--If the appropriate Federal
banking agency does not, within 30 days of the date of
receipt of a recommendation under clause (i), take the
enforcement action with respect to this paragraph
recommended by the Corporation or provide a plan acceptable
to the Corporation for responding to the situation
presented, the Corporation may take the recommended
enforcement action against such person or institution-
affiliated party.
``(E) Additional authority.--In addition to its authority
under subparagraphs (C) and (D), for purposes of this
paragraph, the Corporation shall have, in the same manner and
to the same extent as with respect to a State nonmember insured
bank--
``(i) jurisdiction over--
``(I) any person other than a person for which
another agency is the appropriate Federal banking
agency or any institution-affiliated party thereof; and
``(II) any person that aids or abets a violation of
this paragraph by a person described in subclause (I);
and
``(ii) for purposes of enforcing the requirements of
this paragraph, the authority of the Corporation under--
``(I) section 10(c) to conduct investigations; and
``(II) subsections (b), (c), (d) and (i) of section
8 to conduct enforcement actions.
``(F) Other actions preserved.--No provision of this
paragraph shall be construed as barring any action otherwise
available, under the laws of the United States or any State, to
any Federal or State agency or individual.''.
(b) Enforcement Orders.--Section 8(c) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(4) False advertising or misuse of names to indicate insured
status.--
``(A) Temporary order.--
``(i) In general.--If a notice of charges served under
subsection (b)(1) specifies on the basis of particular
facts that any person engaged or is engaging in conduct
described in section 18(a)(4), the Corporation or other
appropriate Federal banking agency may issue a temporary
order requiring--
``(I) the immediate cessation of any activity or
practice described, which gave rise to the notice of
charges; and
``(II) affirmative action to prevent any further,
or to remedy any existing, violation.
``(ii) Effect of order.--Any temporary order issued
under this subparagraph shall take effect upon service.
``(B) Effective period of temporary order.--A temporary
order issued under subparagraph (A) shall remain effective and
enforceable, pending the completion of an administrative
proceeding pursuant to subsection (b)(1) in connection with the
notice of charges--
``(i) until such time as the Corporation or other
appropriate Federal banking agency dismisses the charges
specified in such notice; or
``(ii) if a cease-and-desist order is issued against
such person, until the effective date of such order.
``(C) Civil money penalties.--Any violation of section
18(a)(4) shall be subject to civil money penalties, as set
forth in subsection (i), except that for any person other than
an insured depository institution or an institution-affiliated
party that is found to have violated this paragraph, the
Corporation or other appropriate Federal banking agency shall
not be required to demonstrate any loss to an insured
depository institution.''.
(c) Unenforceability of Certain Agreements.--Section 13(c) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1823(c)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(11) Unenforceability of certain agreements.--No provision
contained in any existing or future standstill, confidentiality, or
other agreement that, directly or indirectly--
``(A) affects, restricts, or limits the ability of any
person to offer to acquire or acquire,
``(B) prohibits any person from offering to acquire or
acquiring, or
``(C) prohibits any person from using any previously
disclosed information in connection with any such offer to
acquire or acquisition of,
all or part of any insured depository institution, including any
liabilities, assets, or interest therein, in connection with any
transaction in which the Corporation exercises its authority under
section 11 or 13, shall be enforceable against or impose any
liability on such person, as such enforcement or liability shall be
contrary to public policy.''.
(d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 18 of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3)--
(A) by striking ``this subsection'' the first place that
term appears and inserting ``paragraph (1)''; and
(B) by striking ``this subsection'' the second place that
term appears and inserting ``paragraph (2)''; and
(2) in the heading for subsection (a), by striking ``Insurance
Logo.--'' and inserting ``Representations of Deposit Insurance.--
''.
SEC. 127. COOPERATION WITH THE FBI.
Any Federal financial regulatory agency shall cooperate with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies
investigating fraud, misrepresentation, and malfeasance with respect to
development, advertising, and sale of financial products.
SEC. 128. ACCELERATION OF EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 203 of the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006
(12 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2011'' and
inserting ``October 1, 2008''.
SEC. 129. DISCLOSURES ON EXERCISE OF LOAN AUTHORITY.
(a) In General.--Not later than 7 days after the date on which the
Board exercises its authority under the third paragraph of section 13
of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 343; relating to discounts for
individuals, partnerships, and corporations) the Board shall provide to
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a
report which includes--
(1) the justification for exercising the authority; and
(2) the specific terms of the actions of the Board, including
the size and duration of the lending, available information
concerning the value of any collateral held with respect to such a
loan, the recipient of warrants or any other potential equity in
exchange for the loan, and any expected cost to the taxpayers for
such exercise.
(b) Periodic Updates.--The Board shall provide updates to the
Committees specified in subsection (a) not less frequently than once
every 60 days while the subject loan is outstanding, including--
(1) the status of the loan;
(2) the value of the collateral held by the Federal reserve
bank which initiated the loan; and
(3) the projected cost to the taxpayers of the loan.
(c) Confidentiality.--The information submitted to the Congress
under this section shall be kept confidential, upon the written request
of the Chairman of the Board, in which case it shall be made available
only to the Chairpersons and Ranking Members of the Committees
described in subsection (a).
(d) Applicability.--The provisions of this section shall be in
force for all uses of the authority provided under section 13 of the
Federal Reserve Act occurring during the period beginning on March 1,
2008 and ending on the after the date of enactment of this Act, and
reports described in subsection (a) shall be required beginning not
later than 30 days after that date of enactment, with respect to any
such exercise of authority.
(e) Sharing of Information.--Any reports required under this
section shall also be submitted to the Congressional Oversight Panel
established under section 125.
SEC. 130. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 128(b)(2) of the Truth in Lending Act (15
U.S.C. 1638(b)(2)), as amended by section 2502 of the Mortgage
Disclosure Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289), is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``In the case'' and
inserting ``Except as provided in subparagraph (G), in the case'';
and
(2) by amending subparagraph (G) to read as follows:
``(G)(i) In the case of an extension of credit relating to
a plan described in section 101(53D) of title 11, United States
Code--
``(I) the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (E)
shall not apply; and
``(II) a good faith estimate of the disclosures
required under subsection (a) shall be made in accordance
with regulations of the Board under section 121(c) before
such credit is extended, or shall be delivered or placed in
the mail not later than 3 business days after the date on
which the creditor receives the written application of the
consumer for such credit, whichever is earlier.
``(ii) If a disclosure statement furnished within 3
business days of the written application (as provided under
clause (i)(II)) contains an annual percentage rate which is
subsequently rendered inaccurate, within the meaning of section
107(c), the creditor shall furnish another disclosure statement
at the time of settlement or consummation of the
transaction.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as if included in the amendments made by section 2502 of
the Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289).
SEC. 131. EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND REIMBURSEMENT.
(a) Reimbursement.--The Secretary shall reimburse the Exchange
Stabilization Fund established under section 5302 of title 31, United
States Code, for any funds that are used for the Treasury Money Market
Funds Guaranty Program for the United States money market mutual fund
industry, from funds under this Act.
(b) Limits on Use of Exchange Stabilization Fund.--The Secretary is
prohibited from using the Exchange Stabilization Fund for the
establishment of any future guaranty programs for the United States
money market mutual fund industry.
SEC. 132. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND MARK-TO-MARKET ACCOUNTING.
(a) Authority.--The Securities and Exchange Commission shall have
the authority under the securities laws (as such term is defined in
section 3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
78c(a)(47)) to suspend, by rule, regulation, or order, the application
of Statement Number 157 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board for
any issuer (as such term is defined in section 3(a)(8) of such Act) or
with respect to any class or category of transaction if the Commission
determines that is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and
is consistent with the protection of investors.
(b) Savings Provision.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be
construed to restrict or limit any authority of the Securities and
Exchange Commission under securities laws as in effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 133. STUDY ON MARK-TO-MARKET ACCOUNTING.
(a) Study.--The Securities and Exchange Commission, in consultation
with the Board and the Secretary, shall conduct a study on mark-to-
market accounting standards as provided in Statement Number 157 of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board, as such standards are applicable
to financial institutions, including depository institutions. Such a
study shall consider at a minimum--
(1) the effects of such accounting standards on a financial
institution's balance sheet;
(2) the impacts of such accounting on bank failures in 2008;
(3) the impact of such standards on the quality of financial
information available to investors;
(4) the process used by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board in developing accounting standards;
(5) the advisability and feasibility of modifications to such
standards; and
(6) alternative accounting standards to those provided in such
Statement Number 157.
(b) Report.--The Securities and Exchange Commission shall submit to
Congress a report of such study before the end of the 90-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act containing the
findings and determinations of the Commission, including such
administrative and legislative recommendations as the Commission
determines appropriate.
SEC. 134. RECOUPMENT.
Upon the expiration of the 5-year period beginning upon the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office, shall submit a report to the Congress on the net amount within
the Troubled Asset Relief Program under this Act. In any case where
there is a shortfall, the President shall submit a legislative proposal
that recoups from the financial industry an amount equal to the
shortfall in order to ensure that the Troubled Asset Relief Program
does not add to the deficit or national debt.
SEC. 135. PRESERVATION OF AUTHORITY.
With the exception of section 131, nothing in this Act may be
construed to limit the authority of the Secretary or the Board under
any other provision of law.
SEC. 136. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN DEPOSIT AND SHARE INSURANCE
COVERAGE.
(a) Federal Deposit Insurance Act; Temporary Increase in Deposit
Insurance.--
(1) Increased amount.--Effective only during the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on
December 31, 2009, section 11(a)(1)(E) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1821(a)(1)(E)) shall apply with
``$250,000'' substituted for ``$100,000''.
(2) Temporary increase not to be considered for setting
assessments.--The temporary increase in the standard maximum
deposit insurance amount made under paragraph (1) shall not be
taken into account by the Board of Directors of the Corporation for
purposes of setting assessments under section 7(b)(2) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(2)).
(3) Borrowing limits temporarily lifted.--During the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on
December 31, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may
request from the Secretary, and the Secretary shall approve, a loan
or loans in an amount or amounts necessary to carry out this
subsection, without regard to the limitations on such borrowing
under section 14(a) and 15(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. 1824(a), 1825(c)).
(b) Federal Credit Union Act; Temporary Increase in Share
Insurance.--
(1) Increased amount.--Effective only during the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on
December 31, 2009, section 207(k)(5) of the Federal Credit Union
Act (12 U.S.C. 1787(k)(5)) shall apply with ``$250,000''
substituted for ``$100,000''.
(2) Temporary increase not to be considered for setting
insurance premium charges and insurance deposit adjustments.--The
temporary increase in the standard maximum share insurance amount
made under paragraph (1) shall not be taken into account by the
National Credit Union Administration Board for purposes of setting
insurance premium charges and share insurance deposit adjustments
under section 202(c)(2) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C.
1782(c)(2)).
(3) Borrowing limits temporarily lifted.--During the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on
December 31, 2009, the National Credit Union Administration Board
may request from the Secretary, and the Secretary shall approve, a
loan or loans in an amount or amounts necessary to carry out this
subsection, without regard to the limitations on such borrowing
under section 203(d)(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C.
1783(d)(1)).
(c) Not for Use in Inflation Adjustments.--The temporary increase
in the standard maximum deposit insurance amount made under this
section shall not be used to make any inflation adjustment under
section 11(a)(1)(F) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
1821(a)(1)(F)) for purposes of that Act or the Federal Credit Union
Act.
TITLE II--BUDGET-RELATED PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. INFORMATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT AGENCIES.
Upon request, and to the extent otherwise consistent with law, all
information used by the Secretary in connection with activities
authorized under this Act (including the records to which the
Comptroller General is entitled under this Act) shall be made available
to congressional support agencies (in accordance with their obligations
to support the Congress as set out in their authorizing statutes) for
the purposes of assisting the committees of Congress with conducting
oversight, monitoring, and analysis of the activities authorized under
this Act.
SEC. 202. REPORTS BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.
(a) Reports by the Office of Management and Budget.--Within 60 days
of the first exercise of the authority granted in section 101(a), but
in no case later than December 31, 2008, and semiannually thereafter,
the Office of Management and Budget shall report to the President and
the Congress--
(1) the estimate, notwithstanding section 502(5)(F) of the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)(F)), as of the
first business day that is at least 30 days prior to the issuance
of the report, of the cost of the troubled assets, and guarantees
of the troubled assets, determined in accordance with section 123;
(2) the information used to derive the estimate, including
assets purchased or guaranteed, prices paid, revenues received, the
impact on the deficit and debt, and a description of any
outstanding commitments to purchase troubled assets; and
(3) a detailed analysis of how the estimate has changed from
the previous report.
Beginning with the second report under subsection (a), the Office of
Management and Budget shall explain the differences between the
Congressional Budget Office estimates delivered in accordance with
subsection (b) and prior Office of Management and Budget estimates.
(b) Reports by the Congressional Budget Office.--Within 45 days of
receipt by the Congress of each report from the Office of Management
and Budget under subsection (a), the Congressional Budget Office shall
report to the Congress the Congressional Budget Office's assessment of
the report submitted by the Office of Management and Budget,
including--
(1) the cost of the troubled assets and guarantees of the
troubled assets,
(2) the information and valuation methods used to calculate
such cost, and
(3) the impact on the deficit and the debt.
(c) Financial Expertise.--In carrying out the duties in this
subsection or performing analyses of activities under this Act, the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office may employ personnel and
procure the services of experts and consultants.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to produce reports required
by this section.
SEC. 203. ANALYSIS IN PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.
(a) In General.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(35) as supplementary materials, a separate analysis of the
budgetary effects for all prior fiscal years, the current fiscal
year, the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, and
ensuing fiscal years of the actions the Secretary of the Treasury
has taken or plans to take using any authority provided in the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, including--
``(A) an estimate of the current value of all assets
purchased, sold, and guaranteed under the authority provided in
the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 using
methodology required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990
(2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) and section 123 of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008;
``(B) an estimate of the deficit, the debt held by the
public, and the gross Federal debt using methodology required
by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 and section 123 of the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008;
``(C) an estimate of the current value of all assets
purchased, sold, and guaranteed under the authority provided in
the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 calculated on
a cash basis;
``(D) a revised estimate of the deficit, the debt held by
the public, and the gross Federal debt, substituting the cash-
based estimates in subparagraph (C) for the estimates
calculated under subparagraph (A) pursuant to the Federal
Credit Reform Act of 1990 and section 123 of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; and
``(E) the portion of the deficit which can be attributed to
any action taken by the Secretary using authority provided by
the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and the extent
to which the change in the deficit since the most recent
estimate is due to a reestimate using the methodology required
by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 and section 123 of the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.''
(b) Consultation.--In implementing this section, the Director of
Office of Management and Budget shall consult periodically, but at
least annually, with the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, and the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
(c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendment made by this
section shall apply beginning with respect to the fiscal year 2010
budget submission of the President.
SEC. 204. EMERGENCY TREATMENT.
All provisions of this Act are designated as an emergency
requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section
204(a) of S. Con. Res 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2008 and rescissions of any amounts provided
in this Act shall not be counted for purposes of budget enforcement.
TITLE III--TAX PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. GAIN OR LOSS FROM SALE OR EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN PREFERRED
STOCK.
(a) In General.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
gain or loss from the sale or exchange of any applicable preferred
stock by any applicable financial institution shall be treated as
ordinary income or loss.
(b) Applicable Preferred Stock.--For purposes of this section, the
term ``applicable preferred stock'' means any stock--
(1) which is preferred stock in--
(A) the Federal National Mortgage Association, established
pursuant to the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter
Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.), or
(B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, established
pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), and
(2) which--
(A) was held by the applicable financial institution on
September 6, 2008, or
(B) was sold or exchanged by the applicable financial
institution on or after January 1, 2008, and before September
7, 2008.
(c) Applicable Financial Institution.--For purposes of this
section:
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term
``applicable financial institution'' means--
(A) a financial institution referred to in section
582(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or
(B) a depository institution holding company (as defined in
section 3(w)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
1813(w)(1))).
(2) Special rules for certain sales.--In the case of--
(A) a sale or exchange described in subsection (b)(2)(B),
an entity shall be treated as an applicable financial
institution only if it was an entity described in subparagraph
(A) or (B) of paragraph (1) at the time of the sale or
exchange, and
(B) a sale or exchange after September 6, 2008, of
preferred stock described in subsection (b)(2)(A), an entity
shall be treated as an applicable financial institution only if
it was an entity described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of
paragraph (1) at all times during the period beginning on
September 6, 2008, and ending on the date of the sale or
exchange of the preferred stock.
(d) Special Rule for Certain Property Not Held on September 6,
2008.--The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate may
extend the application of this section to all or a portion of the gain
or loss from a sale or exchange in any case where--
(1) an applicable financial institution sells or exchanges
applicable preferred stock after September 6, 2008, which the
applicable financial institution did not hold on such date, but the
basis of which in the hands of the applicable financial institution
at the time of the sale or exchange is the same as the basis in the
hands of the person which held such stock on such date, or
(2) the applicable financial institution is a partner in a
partnership which--
(A) held such stock on September 6, 2008, and later sold or
exchanged such stock, or
(B) sold or exchanged such stock during the period
described in subsection (b)(2)(B).
(e) Regulatory Authority.--The Secretary of the Treasury or the
Secretary's delegate may prescribe such guidance, rules, or regulations
as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(f) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to sales or exchanges
occurring after December 31, 2007, in taxable years ending after such
date.
SEC. 302. SPECIAL RULES FOR TAX TREATMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
OF EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING IN THE TROUBLED ASSETS RELIEF PROGRAM.
(a) Denial of Deduction.--Subsection (m) of section 162 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(5) Special rule for application to employers participating
in the troubled assets relief program.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of an applicable employer,
no deduction shall be allowed under this chapter--
``(i) in the case of executive remuneration for any
applicable taxable year which is attributable to services
performed by a covered executive during such applicable
taxable year, to the extent that the amount of such
remuneration exceeds $500,000, or
``(ii) in the case of deferred deduction executive
remuneration for any taxable year for services performed
during any applicable taxable year by a covered executive,
to the extent that the amount of such remuneration exceeds
$500,000 reduced (but not below zero) by the sum of--
``(I) the executive remuneration for such
applicable taxable year, plus
``(II) the portion of the deferred deduction
executive remuneration for such services which was
taken into account under this clause in a preceding
taxable year.
``(B) Applicable employer.--For purposes of this
paragraph--
``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii),
the term `applicable employer' means any employer from whom
1 or more troubled assets are acquired under a program
established by the Secretary under section 101(a) of the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 if the
aggregate amount of the assets so acquired for all taxable
years exceeds $300,000,000.
``(ii) Disregard of certain assets sold through direct
purchase.--If the only sales of troubled assets by an
employer under the program described in clause (i) are
through 1 or more direct purchases (within the meaning of
section 113(c) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
of 2008), such assets shall not be taken into account under
clause (i) in determining whether the employer is an
applicable employer for purposes of this paragraph.
``(iii) Aggregation rules.--Two or more persons who are
treated as a single employer under subsection (b) or (c) of
section 414 shall be treated as a single employer, except
that in applying section 1563(a) for purposes of either
such subsection, paragraphs (2) and (3) thereof shall be
disregarded.
``(C) Applicable taxable year.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the term `applicable taxable year' means, with
respect to any employer--
``(i) the first taxable year of the employer--
``(I) which includes any portion of the period
during which the authorities under section 101(a) of
the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 are in
effect (determined under section 120 thereof), and
``(II) in which the aggregate amount of troubled
assets acquired from the employer during the taxable
year pursuant to such authorities (other than assets to
which subparagraph (B)(ii) applies), when added to the
aggregate amount so acquired for all preceding taxable
years, exceeds $300,000,000, and
``(ii) any subsequent taxable year which includes any
portion of such period.
``(D) Covered executive.--For purposes of this paragraph--
``(i) In general.--The term `covered executive' means,
with respect to any applicable taxable year, any employee--
``(I) who, at any time during the portion of the
taxable year during which the authorities under section
101(a) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of
2008 are in effect (determined under section 120
thereof), is the chief executive officer of the
applicable employer or the chief financial officer of
the applicable employer, or an individual acting in
either such capacity, or
``(II) who is described in clause (ii).
``(ii) Highest compensated employees.--An employee is
described in this clause if the employee is 1 of the 3
highest compensated officers of the applicable employer for
the taxable year (other than an individual described in
clause (i)(I)), determined--
``(I) on the basis of the shareholder disclosure
rules for compensation under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (without regard to whether those rules
apply to the employer), and
``(II) by only taking into account employees
employed during the portion of the taxable year
described in clause (i)(I).
``(iii) Employee remains covered executive.--If an
employee is a covered executive with respect to an
applicable employer for any applicable taxable year, such
employee shall be treated as a covered executive with
respect to such employer for all subsequent applicable
taxable years and for all subsequent taxable years in which
deferred deduction executive remuneration with respect to
services performed in all such applicable taxable years
would (but for this paragraph) be deductible.
``(E) Executive remuneration.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the term `executive remuneration' means the
applicable employee remuneration of the covered executive, as
determined under paragraph (4) without regard to subparagraphs
(B), (C), and (D) thereof. Such term shall not include any
deferred deduction executive remuneration with respect to
services performed in a prior applicable taxable year.
``(F) Deferred deduction executive remuneration.--For
purposes of this paragraph, the term `deferred deduction
executive remuneration' means remuneration which would be
executive remuneration for services performed in an applicable
taxable year but for the fact that the deduction under this
chapter (determined without regard to this paragraph) for such
remuneration is allowable in a subsequent taxable year.
``(G) Coordination.--Rules similar to the rules of
subparagraphs (F) and (G) of paragraph (4) shall apply for
purposes of this paragraph.
``(H) Regulatory authority.--The Secretary may prescribe
such guidance, rules, or regulations as are necessary to carry
out the purposes of this paragraph and the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008, including the extent to which this
paragraph applies in the case of any acquisition, merger, or
reorganization of an applicable employer.''.
(b) Golden Parachute Rule.--Section 280G of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f), and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection:
``(e) Special Rule for Application to Employers Participating in
the Troubled Assets Relief Program.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of the severance from employment
of a covered executive of an applicable employer during the period
during which the authorities under section 101(a) of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 are in effect (determined under
section 120 of such Act), this section shall be applied to payments
to such executive with the following modifications:
``(A) Any reference to a disqualified individual (other
than in subsection (c)) shall be treated as a reference to a
covered executive.
``(B) Any reference to a change described in subsection
(b)(2)(A)(i) shall be treated as a reference to an applicable
severance from employment of a covered executive, and any
reference to a payment contingent on such a change shall be
treated as a reference to any payment made during an applicable
taxable year of the employer on account of such applicable
severance from employment.
``(C) Any reference to a corporation shall be treated as a
reference to an applicable employer.
``(D) The provisions of subsections (b)(2)(C), (b)(4),
(b)(5), and (d)(5) shall not apply.
``(2) Definitions and special rules.--For purposes of this
subsection:
``(A) Definitions.--Any term used in this subsection which
is also used in section 162(m)(5) shall have the meaning given
such term by such section.
``(B) Applicable severance from employment.--The term
`applicable severance from employment' means any severance from
employment of a covered executive--
``(i) by reason of an involuntary termination of the
executive by the employer, or
``(ii) in connection with any bankruptcy, liquidation,
or receivership of the employer.
``(C) Coordination and other rules.--
``(i) In general.--If a payment which is treated as a
parachute payment by reason of this subsection is also a
parachute payment determined without regard to this
subsection, this subsection shall not apply to such
payment.
``(ii) Regulatory authority.--The Secretary may
prescribe such guidance, rules, or regulations as are
necessary--
``(I) to carry out the purposes of this subsection
and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008,
including the extent to which this subsection applies
in the case of any acquisition, merger, or
reorganization of an applicable employer,
``(II) to apply this section and section 4999 in
cases where one or more payments with respect to any
individual are treated as parachute payments by reason
of this subsection, and other payments with respect to
such individual are treated as parachute payments under
this section without regard to this subsection, and
``(III) to prevent the avoidance of the application
of this section through the mischaracterization of a
severance from employment as other than an applicable
severance from employment.''.
(c) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to taxable years ending on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(2) Golden parachute rule.--The amendments made by subsection
(b) shall apply to payments with respect to severances occurring
during the period during which the authorities under section 101(a)
of this Act are in effect (determined under section 120 of this
Act).
SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSION OF INCOME FROM DISCHARGE OF
QUALIFIED PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE INDEBTEDNESS.
(a) Extension.--Subparagraph (E) of section 108(a)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``January 1,
2010'' and inserting ``January 1, 2013''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to discharges of indebtedness occurring on or after January 1, 2010.
DIVISION B--ENERGY IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION ACT OF 2008
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the ``Energy
Improvement and Extension Act of 2008''.
(b) Reference.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this division an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this division is
as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title, etc.
TITLE I--ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVES
Subtitle A--Renewable Energy Incentives
Sec. 101. Renewable energy credit.
Sec. 102. Production credit for electricity produced from marine
renewables.
Sec. 103. Energy credit.
Sec. 104. Energy credit for small wind property.
Sec. 105. Energy credit for geothermal heat pump systems.
Sec. 106. Credit for residential energy efficient property.
Sec. 107. New clean renewable energy bonds.
Sec. 108. Credit for steel industry fuel.
Sec. 109. Special rule to implement FERC and State electric
restructuring policy.
Subtitle B--Carbon Mitigation and Coal Provisions
Sec. 111. Expansion and modification of advanced coal project investment
credit.
Sec. 112. Expansion and modification of coal gasification investment
credit.
Sec. 113. Temporary increase in coal excise tax; funding of Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund.
Sec. 114. Special rules for refund of the coal excise tax to certain
coal producers and exporters.
Sec. 115. Tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration.
Sec. 116. Certain income and gains relating to industrial source carbon
dioxide treated as qualifying income for publicly traded
partnerships.
Sec. 117. Carbon audit of the tax code.
TITLE II--TRANSPORTATION AND DOMESTIC FUEL SECURITY PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Inclusion of cellulosic biofuel in bonus depreciation for
biomass ethanol plant property.
Sec. 202. Credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel.
Sec. 203. Clarification that credits for fuel are designed to provide an
incentive for United States production.
Sec. 204. Extension and modification of alternative fuel credit.
Sec. 205. Credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor
vehicles.
Sec. 206. Exclusion from heavy truck tax for idling reduction units and
advanced insulation.
Sec. 207. Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit.
Sec. 208. Certain income and gains relating to alcohol fuels and
mixtures, biodiesel fuels and mixtures, and alternative fuels
and mixtures treated as qualifying income for publicly traded
partnerships.
Sec. 209. Extension and modification of election to expense certain
refineries.
Sec. 210. Extension of suspension of taxable income limit on percentage
depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal
properties.
Sec. 211. Transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters.
TITLE III--ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Qualified energy conservation bonds.
Sec. 302. Credit for nonbusiness energy property.
Sec. 303. Energy efficient commercial buildings deduction.
Sec. 304. New energy efficient home credit.
Sec. 305. Modifications of energy efficient appliance credit for
appliances produced after 2007.
Sec. 306. Accelerated recovery period for depreciation of smart meters
and smart grid systems.
Sec. 307. Qualified green building and sustainable design projects.
Sec. 308. Special depreciation allowance for certain reuse and recycling
property.
TITLE IV--REVENUE PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Limitation of deduction for income attributable to domestic
production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof.
Sec. 402. Elimination of the different treatment of foreign oil and gas
extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes
of the foreign tax credit.
Sec. 403. Broker reporting of customer's basis in securities
transactions.
Sec. 404. 0.2 percent FUTA surtax.
Sec. 405. Increase and extension of Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund tax.
TITLE I--ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVES
Subtitle A--Renewable Energy Incentives
SEC. 101. RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDIT.
(a) Extension of Credit.--
(1) 1-year extension for wind and refined coal facilities.--
Paragraphs (1) and (8) of section 45(d) are each amended by
striking ``January 1, 2009'' and inserting ``January 1, 2010''.
(2) 2-year extension for certain other facilities.--Each of the
following provisions of section 45(d) is amended by striking
``January 1, 2009'' and inserting ``January 1, 2011'':
(A) Clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (2)(A).
(B) Clauses (i)(I) and (ii) of paragraph (3)(A).
(C) Paragraph (4).
(D) Paragraph (5).
(E) Paragraph (6).
(F) Paragraph (7).
(G) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (9).
(b) Modification of Refined Coal as a Qualified Energy Resource.--
(1) Elimination of increased market value test.--Section
45(c)(7)(A)(i) (defining refined coal), as amended by section 108,
is amended--
(A) by striking subclause (IV),
(B) by adding ``and'' at the end of subclause (II), and
(C) by striking ``, and'' at the end of subclause (III) and
inserting a period.
(2) Increase in required emission reduction.--Section
45(c)(7)(B) (defining qualified emission reduction) is amended by
inserting ``at least 40 percent of the emissions of'' after
``nitrogen oxide and''.
(c) Trash Facility Clarification.--Paragraph (7) of section 45(d)
is amended--
(1) by striking ``facility which burns'' and inserting
``facility (other than a facility described in paragraph (6)) which
uses'', and
(2) by striking ``combustion''.
(d) Expansion of Biomass Facilities.--
(1) Open-loop biomass facilities.--Paragraph (3) of section
45(d) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph
(C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new
subparagraph:
``(B) Expansion of facility.--Such term shall include a new
unit placed in service after the date of the enactment of this
subparagraph in connection with a facility described in
subparagraph (A), but only to the extent of the increased
amount of electricity produced at the facility by reason of
such new unit.''.
(2) Closed-loop biomass facilities.--Paragraph (2) of section
45(d) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph
(C) and inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new
subparagraph:
``(B) Expansion of facility.--Such term shall include a new
unit placed in service after the date of the enactment of this
subparagraph in connection with a facility described in
subparagraph (A)(i), but only to the extent of the increased
amount of electricity produced at the facility by reason of
such new unit.''.
(e) Modification of Rules for Hydropower Production.--Subparagraph
(C) of section 45(c)(8) is amended to read as follows:
``(C) Nonhydroelectric dam.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A), a facility is described in this subparagraph if--
``(i) the hydroelectric project installed on the
nonhydroelectric dam is licensed by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission and meets all other applicable
environmental, licensing, and regulatory requirements,
``(ii) the nonhydroelectric dam was placed in service
before the date of the enactment of this paragraph and
operated for flood control, navigation, or water supply
purposes and did not produce hydroelectric power on the
date of the enactment of this paragraph, and
``(iii) the hydroelectric project is operated so that
the water surface elevation at any given location and time
that would have occurred in the absence of the
hydroelectric project is maintained, subject to any license
requirements imposed under applicable law that change the
water surface elevation for the purpose of improving
environmental quality of the affected waterway.
The Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, shall certify if a hydroelectric project
licensed at a nonhydroelectric dam meets the criteria in clause
(iii). Nothing in this section shall affect the standards under
which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issues licenses
for and regulates hydropower projects under part I of the
Federal Power Act.''.
(f) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to
property originally placed in service after December 31, 2008.
(2) Refined coal.--The amendments made by subsection (b) shall
apply to coal produced and sold from facilities placed in service
after December 31, 2008.
(3) Trash facility clarification.--The amendments made by
subsection (c) shall apply to electricity produced and sold after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(4) Expansion of biomass facilities.--The amendments made by
subsection (d) shall apply to property placed in service after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 102. PRODUCTION CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM MARINE
RENEWABLES.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 45(c) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (G), by striking the period
at the end of subparagraph (H) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(I) marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy.''.
(b) Marine Renewables.--Subsection (c) of section 45 is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(10) Marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy.--
``(A) In general.--The term `marine and hydrokinetic
renewable energy' means energy derived from--
``(i) waves, tides, and currents in oceans, estuaries,
and tidal areas,
``(ii) free flowing water in rivers, lakes, and
streams,
``(iii) free flowing water in an irrigation system,
canal, or other man-made channel, including projects that
utilize nonmechanical structures to accelerate the flow of
water for electric power production purposes, or
``(iv) differentials in ocean temperature (ocean
thermal energy conversion).
``(B) Exceptions.--Such term shall not include any energy
which is derived from any source which utilizes a dam,
diversionary structure (except as provided in subparagraph
(A)(iii)), or impoundment for electric power production
purposes.''.
(c) Definition of Facility.--Subsection (d) of section 45 is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(11) Marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities.--In
the case of a facility producing electricity from marine and
hydrokinetic renewable energy, the term `qualified facility' means
any facility owned by the taxpayer--
``(A) which has a nameplate capacity rating of at least 150
kilowatts, and
``(B) which is originally placed in service on or after the
date of the enactment of this paragraph and before January 1,
2012.''.
(d) Credit Rate.--Subparagraph (A) of section 45(b)(4) is amended
by striking ``or (9)'' and inserting ``(9), or (11)''.
(e) Coordination With Small Irrigation Power.--Paragraph (5) of
section 45(d), as amended by section 101, is amended by striking
``January 1, 2012'' and inserting ``the date of the enactment of
paragraph (11)''.
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to electricity produced and sold after the date of the enactment
of this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.
SEC. 103. ENERGY CREDIT.
(a) Extension of Credit.--
(1) Solar energy property.--Paragraphs (2)(A)(i)(II) and
(3)(A)(ii) of section 48(a) are each amended by striking ``January
1, 2009'' and inserting ``January 1, 2017''.
(2) Fuel cell property.--Subparagraph (E) of section 48(c)(1)
is amended by striking ``December 31, 2008'' and inserting
``December 31, 2016''.
(3) Microturbine property.--Subparagraph (E) of section
48(c)(2) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2008'' and inserting
``December 31, 2016''.
(b) Allowance of Energy Credit Against Alternative Minimum Tax.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 38(c)(4), as
amended by the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, is amended by
redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vi) and (vii), respectively,
and by inserting after clause (iv) the following new clause:
``(v) the credit determined under section 46 to the
extent that such credit is attributable to the energy
credit determined under section 48,''.
(2) Technical amendment.--Clause (vi) of section 38(c)(4)(B),
as redesignated by paragraph (1), is amended by striking ``section
47 to the extent attributable to'' and inserting ``section 46 to
the extent that such credit is attributable to the rehabilitation
credit under section 47, but only with respect to''.
(c) Energy Credit for Combined Heat and Power System Property.--
(1) In general.--Section 48(a)(3)(A) is amended by striking
``or'' at the end of clause (iii), by inserting ``or'' at the end
of clause (iv), and by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(v) combined heat and power system property,''.
(2) Combined heat and power system property.--Subsection (c) of
section 48 is amended--
(A) by striking ``Qualified Fuel Cell Property; Qualified
Microturbine Property'' in the heading and inserting
``Definitions'', and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Combined heat and power system property.--
``(A) Combined heat and power system property.--The term
`combined heat and power system property' means property
comprising a system--
``(i) which uses the same energy source for the
simultaneous or sequential generation of electrical power,
mechanical shaft power, or both, in combination with the
generation of steam or other forms of useful thermal energy
(including heating and cooling applications),
``(ii) which produces--
``(I) at least 20 percent of its total useful
energy in the form of thermal energy which is not used
to produce electrical or mechanical power (or
combination thereof), and
``(II) at least 20 percent of its total useful
energy in the form of electrical or mechanical power
(or combination thereof),
``(iii) the energy efficiency percentage of which
exceeds 60 percent, and
``(iv) which is placed in service before January 1,
2017.
``(B) Limitation.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of combined heat and
power system property with an electrical capacity in excess
of the applicable capacity placed in service during the
taxable year, the credit under subsection (a)(1)
(determined without regard to this paragraph) for such year
shall be equal to the amount which bears the same ratio to
such credit as the applicable capacity bears to the
capacity of such property.
``(ii) Applicable capacity.--For purposes of clause
(i), the term `applicable capacity' means 15 megawatts or a
mechanical energy capacity of more than 20,000 horsepower
or an equivalent combination of electrical and mechanical
energy capacities.
``(iii) Maximum capacity.--The term `combined heat and
power system property' shall not include any property
comprising a system if such system has a capacity in excess
of 50 megawatts or a mechanical energy capacity in excess
of 67,000 horsepower or an equivalent combination of
electrical and mechanical energy capacities.
``(C) Special rules.--
``(i) Energy efficiency percentage.--For purposes of
this paragraph, the energy efficiency percentage of a
system is the fraction--
``(I) the numerator of which is the total useful
electrical, thermal, and mechanical power produced by
the system at normal operating rates, and expected to
be consumed in its normal application, and
``(II) the denominator of which is the lower
heating value of the fuel sources for the system.
``(ii) Determinations made on btu basis.--The energy
efficiency percentage and the percentages under
subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be determined on a Btu basis.
``(iii) Input and output property not included.--The
term `combined heat and power system property' does not
include property used to transport the energy source to the
facility or to distribute energy produced by the facility.
``(D) Systems using biomass.--If a system is designed to
use biomass (within the meaning of paragraphs (2) and (3) of
section 45(c) without regard to the last sentence of paragraph
(3)(A)) for at least 90 percent of the energy source--
``(i) subparagraph (A)(iii) shall not apply, but
``(ii) the amount of credit determined under subsection
(a) with respect to such system shall not exceed the amount
which bears the same ratio to such amount of credit
(determined without regard to this subparagraph) as the
energy efficiency percentage of such system bears to 60
percent.''.
(3) Conforming amendment.--Section 48(a)(1) is amended by
striking ``paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B)'' and inserting
``paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3)(B)''.
(d) Increase of Credit Limitation for Fuel Cell Property.--
Subparagraph (B) of section 48(c)(1) is amended by striking ``$500''
and inserting ``$1,500''.
(e) Public Utility Property Taken Into Account.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 48(a) is amended by
striking the second sentence thereof.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Paragraph (1) of section 48(c) is amended by striking
subparagraph (D) and redesignating subparagraph (E) as
subparagraph (D).
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 48(c) is amended by striking
subparagraph (D) and redesignating subparagraph (E) as
subparagraph (D).
(f) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the amendments made by this section shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Allowance against alternative minimum tax.--The amendments
made by subsection (b) shall apply to credits determined under
section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in taxable years
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and to
carrybacks of such credits.
(3) Combined heat and power and fuel cell property.--The
amendments made by subsections (c) and (d) shall apply to periods
after the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years
ending after such date, under rules similar to the rules of section
48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act
of 1990).
(4) Public utility property.--The amendments made by
subsection (e) shall apply to periods after February 13, 2008, in
taxable years ending after such date, under rules similar to the
rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue
Reconciliation Act of 1990).
SEC. 104. ENERGY CREDIT FOR SMALL WIND PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Section 48(a)(3)(A), as amended by section 103, is
amended by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (iv), by adding ``or''
at the end of clause (v), and by inserting after clause (v) the
following new clause:
``(vi) qualified small wind energy property,''.
(b) 30 Percent Credit.--Section 48(a)(2)(A)(i) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of subclause (II) and by inserting after
subclause (III) the following new subclause:
``(IV) qualified small wind energy property, and''.
(c) Qualified Small Wind Energy Property.--Section 48(c), as
amended by section 103, is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(4) Qualified small wind energy property.--
``(A) In general.--The term `qualified small wind energy
property' means property which uses a qualifying small wind
turbine to generate electricity.
``(B) Limitation.--In the case of qualified small wind
energy property placed in service during the taxable year, the
credit otherwise determined under subsection (a)(1) for such
year with respect to all such property of the taxpayer shall
not exceed $4,000.
``(C) Qualifying small wind turbine.--The term `qualifying
small wind turbine' means a wind turbine which has a nameplate
capacity of not more than 100 kilowatts.
``(D) Termination.--The term `qualified small wind energy
property' shall not include any property for any period after
December 31, 2016.''.
(d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 48(a)(1), as amended by section
103, is amended by striking ``paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3)(B)''
and inserting ``paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), (3)(B), and (4)(B)''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to periods after the date of the enactment of this Act, in
taxable years ending after such date, under rules similar to the rules
of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation
Act of 1990).
SEC. 105. ENERGY CREDIT FOR GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 48(a)(3), as amended
by this Act, is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (v), by
inserting ``or'' at the end of clause (vi), and by adding at the end
the following new clause:
``(vii) equipment which uses the ground or ground water
as a thermal energy source to heat a structure or as a
thermal energy sink to cool a structure, but only with
respect to periods ending before January 1, 2017,''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to periods after the date of the enactment of this Act, in
taxable years ending after such date, under rules similar to the rules
of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation
Act of 1990).
SEC. 106. CREDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENT PROPERTY.
(a) Extension.--Section 25D(g) is amended by striking ``December
31, 2008'' and inserting ``December 31, 2016''.
(b) Removal of Limitation for Solar Electric Property.--
(1) In general.--Section 25D(b)(1), as amended by subsections
(c) and (d), is amended--
(A) by striking subparagraph (A), and
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (E) as
subparagraphs (A) through and (D), respectively.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 25D(e)(4)(A), as amended by
subsections (c) and (d), is amended--
(A) by striking clause (i), and
(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) through (v) as clauses
(i) and (iv), respectively.
(c) Credit for Residential Wind Property.--
(1) In general.--Section 25D(a) is amended by striking ``and''
at the end of paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (3) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(4) 30 percent of the qualified small wind energy property
expenditures made by the taxpayer during such year.''.
(2) Limitation.--Section 25D(b)(1) 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) $500 with respect to each half kilowatt of capacity
(not to exceed $4,000) of wind turbines for which qualified
small wind energy property expenditures are made.''.
(3) Qualified small wind energy property expenditures.--
(A) In general.--Section 25D(d) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Qualified small wind energy property expenditure.--The
term `qualified small wind energy property expenditure' means an
expenditure for property which uses a wind turbine to generate
electricity for use in connection with a dwelling unit located in
the United States and used as a residence by the taxpayer.''.
(B) No double benefit.--Section 45(d)(1) is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Such term shall
not include any facility with respect to which any qualified
small wind energy property expenditure (as defined in
subsection (d)(4) of section 25D) is taken into account in
determining the credit under such section.''.
(4) Maximum expenditures in case of joint occupancy.--Section
25D(e)(4)(A) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of clause
(ii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and
inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new
clause:
``(iv) $1,667 in the case of each half kilowatt of
capacity (not to exceed $13,333) of wind turbines for which
qualified small wind energy property expenditures are
made.''.
(d) Credit for Geothermal Heat pump Systems.--
(1) In general.--Section 25D(a), as amended by subsection (c),
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) 30 percent of the qualified geothermal heat pump property
expenditures made by the taxpayer during such year.''.
(2) Limitation.--Section 25D(b)(1), as amended by subsection
(c), is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C),
by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting
``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) $2,000 with respect to any qualified geothermal heat
pump property expenditures.''.
(3) Qualified geothermal heat pump property expenditure.--
Section 25D(d), as amended by subsection (c), is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) Qualified geothermal heat pump property expenditure.--
``(A) In general.--The term `qualified geothermal heat pump
property expenditure' means an expenditure for qualified
geothermal heat pump property installed on or in connection
with a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a
residence by the taxpayer.
``(B) Qualified geothermal heat pump property.--The term
`qualified geothermal heat pump property' means any equipment
which--
``(i) uses the ground or ground water as a thermal
energy source to heat the dwelling unit referred to in
subparagraph (A) or as a thermal energy sink to cool such
dwelling unit, and
``(ii) meets the requirements of the Energy Star
program which are in effect at the time that the
expenditure for such equipment is made.''.
(4) Maximum expenditures in case of joint occupancy.--Section
25D(e)(4)(A), as amended by subsection (c), is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of clause (iii), by striking the period at the
end of clause (iv) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the
end the following new clause:
``(v) $6,667 in the case of any qualified geothermal
heat pump property expenditures.''.
(e) Credit Allowed Against Alternative Minimum Tax.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 25D is amended to
read as follows:
``(c) Limitation Based on Amount of Tax; Carryforward of Unused
Credit.--
``(1) Limitation based on amount of tax.--In the case of a
taxable year to which section 26(a)(2) does not apply, the credit
allowed under subsection (a) for the taxable year shall not exceed
the excess of--
``(A) the sum of the regular tax liability (as defined in
section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over
``(B) the sum of the credits allowable under this subpart
(other than this section) and section 27 for the taxable year.
``(2) Carryforward of unused credit.--
``(A) Rule for years in which all personal credits allowed
against regular and alternative minimum tax.--In the case of a
taxable year to which section 26(a)(2) applies, if the credit
allowable under subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed
by section 26(a)(2) for such taxable year reduced by the sum of
the credits allowable under this subpart (other than this
section), such excess shall be carried to the succeeding
taxable year and added to the credit allowable under subsection
(a) for such succeeding taxable year.
``(B) Rule for other years.--In the case of a taxable year
to which section 26(a)(2) does not apply, if the credit
allowable under subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed
by paragraph (1) for such taxable year, such excess shall be
carried to the succeeding taxable year and added to the credit
allowable under subsection (a) for such succeeding taxable
year.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 23(b)(4)(B) is amended by inserting ``and
section 25D'' after ``this section''.
(B) Section 24(b)(3)(B) is amended by striking ``and 25B''
and inserting ``, 25B, and 25D''.
(C) Section 25B(g)(2) is amended by striking ``section 23''
and inserting ``sections 23 and 25D''.
(D) Section 26(a)(1) is amended by striking ``and 25B'' and
inserting ``25B, and 25D''.
(f) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2007.
(2) Solar electric property limitation.--The amendments made by
subsection (b) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2008.
(3) Application of egtrra sunset.--The amendments made by
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (e)(2) shall be subject to
title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
of 2001 in the same manner as the provisions of such Act to which
such amendments relate.
SEC. 107. NEW CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BONDS.
(a) In General.--Subpart I of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 54C. NEW CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BONDS.
``(a) New Clean Renewable Energy Bond.--For purposes of this
subpart, the term `new clean renewable energy bond' means any bond
issued as part of an issue if--
``(1) 100 percent of the available project proceeds of such
issue are to be used for capital expenditures incurred by
governmental bodies, public power providers, or cooperative
electric companies for one or more qualified renewable energy
facilities,
``(2) the bond is issued by a qualified issuer, and
``(3) the issuer designates such bond for purposes of this
section.
``(b) Reduced Credit Amount.--The annual credit determined under
section 54A(b) with respect to any new clean renewable energy bond
shall be 70 percent of the amount so determined without regard to this
subsection.
``(c) Limitation on Amount of Bonds Designated.--
``(1) In general.--The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds
which may be designated under subsection (a) by any issuer shall
not exceed the limitation amount allocated under this subsection to
such issuer.
``(2) National limitation on amount of bonds designated.--There
is a national new clean renewable energy bond limitation of
$800,000,000 which shall be allocated by the Secretary as provided
in paragraph (3), except that--
``(A) not more than 33\1/3\ percent thereof may be
allocated to qualified projects of public power providers,
``(B) not more than 33\1/3\ percent thereof may be
allocated to qualified projects of governmental bodies, and
``(C) not more than 33\1/3\ percent thereof may be
allocated to qualified projects of cooperative electric
companies.
``(3) Method of allocation.--
``(A) Allocation among public power providers.--After the
Secretary determines the qualified projects of public power
providers which are appropriate for receiving an allocation of
the national new clean renewable energy bond limitation, the
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make
allocations among such projects in such manner that the amount
allocated to each such project bears the same ratio to the cost
of such project as the limitation under paragraph (2)(A) bears
to the cost of all such projects.
``(B) Allocation among governmental bodies and cooperative
electric companies.--The Secretary shall make allocations of
the amount of the national new clean renewable energy bond
limitation described in paragraphs (2)(B) and (2)(C) among
qualified projects of governmental bodies and cooperative
electric companies, respectively, in such manner as the
Secretary determines appropriate.
``(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) Qualified renewable energy facility.--The term `qualified
renewable energy facility' means a qualified facility (as
determined under section 45(d) without regard to paragraphs (8) and
(10) thereof and to any placed in service date) owned by a public
power provider, a governmental body, or a cooperative electric
company.
``(2) Public power provider.--The term `public power provider'
means a State utility with a service obligation, as such terms are
defined in section 217 of the Federal Power Act (as in effect on
the date of the enactment of this paragraph).
``(3) Governmental body.--The term `governmental body' means
any State or Indian tribal government, or any political subdivision
thereof.
``(4) Cooperative electric company.--The term `cooperative
electric company' means a mutual or cooperative electric company
described in section 501(c)(12) or section 1381(a)(2)(C).
``(5) Clean renewable energy bond lender.--The term `clean
renewable energy bond lender' means a lender which is a cooperative
which is owned by, or has outstanding loans to, 100 or more
cooperative electric companies and is in existence on February 1,
2002, and shall include any affiliated entity which is controlled
by such lender.
``(6) Qualified issuer.--The term `qualified issuer' means a
public power provider, a cooperative electric company, a
governmental body, a clean renewable energy bond lender, or a not-
for-profit electric utility which has received a loan or loan
guarantee under the Rural Electrification Act.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 54A(d) is amended to read as
follows:
``(1) Qualified tax credit bond.--The term `qualified tax
credit bond' means--
``(A) a qualified forestry conservation bond, or
``(B) a new clean renewable energy bond,
which is part of an issue that meets requirements of paragraphs
(2), (3), (4), (5), and (6).''.
(2) Subparagraph (C) of section 54A(d)(2) is amended to read as
follows:
``(C) Qualified purpose.--For purposes of this paragraph,
the term `qualified purpose' means--
``(i) in the case of a qualified forestry conservation
bond, a purpose specified in section 54B(e), and
``(ii) in the case of a new clean renewable energy
bond, a purpose specified in section 54C(a)(1).''.
(3) The table of sections for subpart I of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
``Sec. 54C. Qualified clean renewable energy bonds.''.
(c) Extension for Clean Renewable Energy Bonds.--Subsection (m) of
section 54 is amended by striking ``December 31, 2008'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 108. CREDIT FOR STEEL INDUSTRY FUEL.
(a) Treatment as Refined Coal.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 45(c)(7) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refined coal), as
amended by this Act, is amended to read as follows:
``(A) In general.--The term `refined coal' means a fuel--
``(i) which--
``(I) is a liquid, gaseous, or solid fuel produced
from coal (including lignite) or high carbon fly ash,
including such fuel used as a feedstock,
``(II) is sold by the taxpayer with the reasonable
expectation that it will be used for purpose of
producing steam,
``(III) is certified by the taxpayer as resulting
(when used in the production of steam) in a qualified
emission reduction, and
``(IV) is produced in such a manner as to result in
an increase of at least 50 percent in the market value
of the refined coal (excluding any increase caused by
materials combined or added during the production
process), as compared to the value of the feedstock
coal, or
``(ii) which is steel industry fuel.''.
(2) Steel industry fuel defined.--Paragraph (7) of section
45(c) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
``(C) Steel industry fuel.--
``(i) In general.--The term `steel industry fuel' means
a fuel which--
``(I) is produced through a process of liquifying
coal waste sludge and distributing it on coal, and
``(II) is used as a feedstock for the manufacture
of coke.
``(ii) Coal waste sludge.--The term `coal waste sludge'
means the tar decanter sludge and related byproducts of the
coking process, including such materials that have been
stored in ground, in tanks and in lagoons, that have been
treated as hazardous wastes under applicable Federal
environmental rules absent liquefaction and processing with
coal into a feedstock for the manufacture of coke.''.
(b) Credit Amount.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (8) of section 45(e) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refined coal production
facilities) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph
``(D) Special rule for steel industry fuel.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of a taxpayer who
produces steel industry fuel--
``(I) this paragraph shall be applied separately
with respect to steel industry fuel and other refined
coal, and
``(II) in applying this paragraph to steel industry
fuel, the modifications in clause (ii) shall apply.
``(ii) Modifications.--
``(I) Credit amount.--Subparagraph (A) shall be
applied by substituting `$2 per barrel-of-oil
equivalent' for `$4.375 per ton'.
``(II) Credit period.--In lieu of the 10-year
period referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)(II) of
subparagraph (A), the credit period shall be the period
beginning on the later of the date such facility was
originally placed in service, the date the
modifications described in clause (iii) were placed in
service, or October 1, 2008, and ending on the later of
December 31, 2009, or the date which is 1 year after
the date such facility or the modifications described
in clause (iii) were placed in service.
``(III) No phaseout.--Subparagraph (B) shall not
apply.
``(iii) Modifications.--The modifications described in
this clause are modifications to an existing facility which
allow such facility to produce steel industry fuel.
``(iv) Barrel-of-oil equivalent.--For purposes of this
subparagraph, a barrel-of-oil equivalent is the amount of
steel industry fuel that has a Btu content of 5,800,000
Btus.''.
(2) Inflation adjustment.--Paragraph (2) of section 45(b) of
such Code is amended by inserting ``the $3 amount in subsection
(e)(8)(D)(ii)(I),'' after ``subsection (e)(8)(A),''.
(c) Termination.--Paragraph (8) of section 45(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refined coal production facility), as
amended by this Act, is amended to read as follows:
``(8) Refined coal production facility.--In the case of a
facility that produces refined coal, the term `refined coal
production facility' means--
``(A) with respect to a facility producing steel industry
fuel, any facility (or any modification to a facility) which is
placed in service before January 1, 2010, and
``(B) with respect to any other facility producing refined
coal, any facility placed in service after the date of the
enactment of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and before
January 1, 2010.''.
(d) Coordination With Credit for Producing Fuel From a
Nonconventional Source.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 45(e)(9) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(A) by striking ``The term'' and inserting the following:
``(i) In general.--The term'', and
(B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(ii) Exception for steel industry coal.--In the case
of a facility producing steel industry fuel, clause (i)
shall not apply to so much of the refined coal produced at
such facility as is steel industry fuel.''.
(2) No double benefit.--Section 45K(g)(2) of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) Coordination with section 45.--No credit shall be
allowed with respect to any qualified fuel which is steel
industry fuel (as defined in section 45(c)(7)) if a credit is
allowed to the taxpayer for such fuel under section 45.''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to fuel produced and sold after September 30, 2008.
SEC. 109. SPECIAL RULE TO IMPLEMENT FERC AND STATE ELECTRIC
RESTRUCTURING POLICY.
(a) Extension for Qualified Electric Utilities.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 451(i) is amended by
inserting ``(before January 1, 2010, in the case of a qualified
electric utility)'' after ``January 1, 2008''.
(2) Qualified electric utility.--Subsection (i) of section 451
is amended by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as
paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively, and by inserting after
paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:
``(6) Qualified electric utility.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term `qualified electric utility' means a person
that, as of the date of the qualifying electric transmission
transaction, is vertically integrated, in that it is both--
``(A) a transmitting utility (as defined in section 3(23)
of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(23))) with respect to
the transmission facilities to which the election under this
subsection applies, and
``(B) an electric utility (as defined in section 3(22) of
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(22))).''.
(b) Extension of Period for Transfer of Operational Control
Authorized by FERC.--Clause (ii) of section 451(i)(4)(B) is amended by
striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting ``the date which is 4
years after the close of the taxable year in which the transaction
occurs''.
(c) Property Located Outside the United States Not Treated as
Exempt Utility Property.--Paragraph (5) of section 451(i) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) Exception for property located outside the united
states.--The term `exempt utility property' shall not include
any property which is located outside the United States.''.
(d) Effective Dates.--
(1) Extension.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to transactions after December 31, 2007.
(2) Transfers of operational control.--The amendment made by
subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in section 909 of
the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.
(3) Exception for property located outside the united states.--
The amendment made by subsection (c) shall apply to transactions
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Subtitle B--Carbon Mitigation and Coal Provisions
SEC. 111. EXPANSION AND MODIFICATION OF ADVANCED COAL PROJECT
INVESTMENT CREDIT.
(a) Modification of Credit Amount.--Section 48A(a) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1), by striking the period at
the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(3) 30 percent of the qualified investment for such taxable
year in the case of projects described in clause (iii) of
subsection (d)(3)(B).''.
(b) Expansion of Aggregate Credits.--Section 48A(d)(3)(A) is
amended by striking ``$1,300,000,000'' and inserting
``$2,550,000,000''.
(c) Authorization of Additional Projects.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 48A(d)(3) is
amended to read as follows:
``(B) Particular projects.--Of the dollar amount in
subparagraph (A), the Secretary is authorized to certify--
``(i) $800,000,000 for integrated gasification combined
cycle projects the application for which is submitted
during the period described in paragraph (2)(A)(i),
``(ii) $500,000,000 for projects which use other
advanced coal-based generation technologies the application
for which is submitted during the period described in
paragraph (2)(A)(i), and
``(iii) $1,250,000,000 for advanced coal-based
generation technology projects the application for which is
submitted during the period described in paragraph
(2)(A)(ii).''.
(2) Application period for additional projects.--Subparagraph
(A) of section 48A(d)(2) is amended to read as follows:
``(A) Application period.--Each applicant for certification
under this paragraph shall submit an application meeting the
requirements of subparagraph (B). An applicant may only submit
an application--
``(i) for an allocation from the dollar amount
specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (3)(B) during
the 3-year period beginning on the date the Secretary
establishes the program under paragraph (1), and
``(ii) for an allocation from the dollar amount
specified in paragraph (3)(B)(iii) during the 3-year period
beginning at the earlier of the termination of the period
described in clause (i) or the date prescribed by the
Secretary.''.
(3) Capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide emissions
requirement.--
(A) In general.--Section 48A(e)(1) is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E), by striking the period
at the end of subparagraph (F) and inserting ``; and'', and by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(G) in the case of any project the application for which
is submitted during the period described in subsection
(d)(2)(A)(ii), the project includes equipment which separates
and sequesters at least 65 percent (70 percent in the case of
an application for reallocated credits under subsection (d)(4))
of such project's total carbon dioxide emissions.''.
(B) Highest priority for projects which sequester carbon
dioxide emissions.--Section 48A(e)(3) is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (B)(iii) and inserting ``,
and'', and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) give highest priority to projects with the greatest
separation and sequestration percentage of total carbon dioxide
emissions.''.
(C) Recapture of credit for failure to sequester.--Section
48A is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(i) Recapture of Credit for Failure To Sequester.--The Secretary
shall provide for recapturing the benefit of any credit allowable under
subsection (a) with respect to any project which fails to attain or
maintain the separation and sequestration requirements of subsection
(e)(1)(G).''.
(4) Additional priority for research partnerships.--Section
48A(e)(3)(B), as amended by paragraph (3)(B), is amended--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (ii),
(B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv), and
(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new
clause:
``(iii) applicant participants who have a research
partnership with an eligible educational institution (as
defined in section 529(e)(5)), and''.
(5) Clerical amendment.--Section 48A(e)(3) is amended by
striking ``integrated gasification combined cycle'' in the heading
and inserting ``certain''.
(d) Disclosure of Allocations.--Section 48A(d) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) Disclosure of allocations.--The Secretary shall, upon
making a certification under this subsection or section 48B(d),
publicly disclose the identity of the applicant and the amount of
the credit certified with respect to such applicant.''.
(e) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to
credits the application for which is submitted during the period
described in section 48A(d)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 and which are allocated or reallocated after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(2) Disclosure of allocations.--The amendment made by
subsection (d) shall apply to certifications made after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(3) Clerical amendment.--The amendment made by subsection
(c)(5) shall take effect as if included in the amendment made by
section 1307(b) of the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005.
SEC. 112. EXPANSION AND MODIFICATION OF COAL GASIFICATION
INVESTMENT CREDIT.
(a) Modification of Credit Amount.--Section 48B(a) is amended by
inserting ``(30 percent in the case of credits allocated under
subsection (d)(1)(B))'' after ``20 percent''.
(b) Expansion of Aggregate Credits.--Section 48B(d)(1) is amended
by striking ``shall not exceed $350,000,000'' and all that follows and
inserting ``shall not exceed--
``(A) $350,000,000, plus
``(B) $250,000,000 for qualifying gasification projects
that include equipment which separates and sequesters at least
75 percent of such project's total carbon dioxide emissions.''.
(c) Recapture of Credit for Failure to Sequester.--Section 48B is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Recapture of Credit for Failure to Sequester.--The Secretary
shall provide for recapturing the benefit of any credit allowable under
subsection (a) with respect to any project which fails to attain or
maintain the separation and sequestration requirements for such project
under subsection (d)(1).''.
(d) Selection Priorities.--Section 48B(d) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Selection priorities.--In determining which qualifying
gasification projects to certify under this section, the Secretary
shall--
``(A) give highest priority to projects with the greatest
separation and sequestration percentage of total carbon dioxide
emissions, and
``(B) give high priority to applicant participants who have
a research partnership with an eligible educational institution
(as defined in section 529(e)(5)).''.
(e) Eligible Projects Include Transportation Grade Liquid Fuels.--
Section 48B(c)(7) (defining eligible entity) is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the
end of subparagraph (G) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
``(H) transportation grade liquid fuels.''.
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to credits described in section 48B(d)(1)(B) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 which are allocated or reallocated after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 113. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN COAL EXCISE TAX; FUNDING OF BLACK
LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND.
(a) Extension of Temporary Increase.--Paragraph (2) of section
4121(e) is amended--
(1) by striking ``January 1, 2014'' in subparagraph (A) and
inserting ``December 31, 2018'', and
(2) by striking ``January 1 after 1981'' in subparagraph (B)
and inserting ``December 31 after 2007''.
(b) Restructuring of Trust Fund Debt.--
(1) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
(A) Market value of the outstanding repayable advances,
plus accrued interest.--The term ``market value of the
outstanding repayable advances, plus accrued interest'' means
the present value (determined by the Secretary of the Treasury
as of the refinancing date and using the Treasury rate as the
discount rate) of the stream of principal and interest payments
derived assuming that each repayable advance that is
outstanding on the refinancing date is due on the 30th
anniversary of the end of the fiscal year in which the advance
was made to the Trust Fund, and that all such principal and
interest payments are made on September 30 of the applicable
fiscal year.
(B) Refinancing date.--The term ``refinancing date'' means
the date occurring 2 days after the enactment of this Act.
(C) Repayable advance.--The term ``repayable advance''
means an amount that has been appropriated to the Trust Fund in
order to make benefit payments and other expenditures that are
authorized under section 9501 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 and are required to be repaid when the Secretary of the
Treasury determines that monies are available in the Trust Fund
for such purpose.
(D) Treasury rate.--The term ``Treasury rate'' means a rate
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into
consideration current market yields on outstanding marketable
obligations of the United States of comparable maturities.
(E) Treasury 1-year rate.--The term ``Treasury 1-year
rate'' means a rate determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, taking into consideration current market yields on
outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with
remaining periods to maturity of approximately 1 year, to have
been in effect as of the close of business 1 business day prior
to the date on which the Trust Fund issues obligations to the
Secretary of the Treasury under paragraph (2)(B).
(2) Refinancing of outstanding principal of repayable advances
and unpaid interest on such advances.--
(A) Transfer to general fund.--On the refinancing date, the
Trust Fund shall repay the market value of the outstanding
repayable advances, plus accrued interest, by transferring into
the general fund of the Treasury the following sums:
(i) The proceeds from obligations that the Trust Fund
shall issue to the Secretary of the Treasury in such
amounts as the Secretaries of Labor and the Treasury shall
determine and bearing interest at the Treasury rate, and
that shall be in such forms and denominations and be
subject to such other terms and conditions, including
maturity, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.
(ii) All, or that portion, of the appropriation made to
the Trust Fund pursuant to paragraph (3) that is needed to
cover the difference defined in that paragraph.
(B) Repayment of obligations.--In the event that the Trust
Fund is unable to repay the obligations that it has issued to
the Secretary of the Treasury under subparagraph (A)(i) and
this subparagraph, or is unable to make benefit payments and
other authorized expenditures, the Trust Fund shall issue
obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury in such amounts as
may be necessary to make such repayments, payments, and
expenditures, with a maturity of 1 year, and bearing interest
at the Treasury 1-year rate. These obligations shall be in such
forms and denominations and be subject to such other terms and
conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.
(C) Authority to issue obligations.--The Trust Fund is
authorized to issue obligations to the Secretary of the
Treasury under subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B). The Secretary of
the Treasury is authorized to purchase such obligations of the
Trust Fund. For the purposes of making such purchases, the
Secretary of the Treasury may use as a public debt transaction
the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under
chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, and the purposes
for which securities may be issued under such chapter are
extended to include any purchase of such Trust Fund obligations
under this subparagraph.
(3) One-time appropriation.--There is hereby appropriated to
the Trust Fund an amount sufficient to pay to the general fund of
the Treasury the difference between--
(A) the market value of the outstanding repayable advances,
plus accrued interest; and
(B) the proceeds from the obligations issued by the Trust
Fund to the Secretary of the Treasury under paragraph
(2)(A)(i).
(4) Prepayment of trust fund obligations.--The Trust Fund is
authorized to repay any obligation issued to the Secretary of the
Treasury under subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) of paragraph (2) prior
to its maturity date by paying a prepayment price that would, if
the obligation being prepaid (including all unpaid interest accrued
thereon through the date of prepayment) were purchased by a third
party and held to the maturity date of such obligation, produce a
yield to the third-party purchaser for the period from the date of
purchase to the maturity date of such obligation substantially
equal to the Treasury yield on outstanding marketable obligations
of the United States having a comparable maturity to this period.
SEC. 114. SPECIAL RULES FOR REFUND OF THE COAL EXCISE TAX TO
CERTAIN COAL PRODUCERS AND EXPORTERS.
(a) Refund.--
(1) Coal producers.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a)(1) and (c)
of section 6416 and section 6511 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, if--
(i) a coal producer establishes that such coal
producer, or a party related to such coal producer,
exported coal produced by such coal producer to a foreign
country or shipped coal produced by such coal producer to a
possession of the United States, or caused such coal to be
exported or shipped, the export or shipment of which was
other than through an exporter who meets the requirements
of paragraph (2),
(ii) such coal producer filed an excise tax return on
or after October 1, 1990, and on or before the date of the
enactment of this Act, and
(iii) such coal producer files a claim for refund with
the Secretary not later than the close of the 30-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act,
then the Secretary shall pay to such coal producer an amount
equal to the tax paid under section 4121 of such Code on such
coal exported or shipped by the coal producer or a party
related to such coal producer, or caused by the coal producer
or a party related to such coal producer to be exported or
shipped.
(B) Special rules for certain taxpayers.--For purposes of
this section--
(i) In general.--If a coal producer or a party related
to a coal producer has received a judgment described in
clause (iii), such coal producer shall be deemed to have
established the export of coal to a foreign country or
shipment of coal to a possession of the United States under
subparagraph (A)(i).
(ii) Amount of payment.--If a taxpayer described in
clause (i) is entitled to a payment under subparagraph (A),
the amount of such payment shall be reduced by any amount
paid pursuant to the judgment described in clause (iii).
(iii) Judgment described.--A judgment is described in
this subparagraph if such judgment--
(I) is made by a court of competent jurisdiction
within the United States,
(II) relates to the constitutionality of any tax
paid on exported coal under section 4121 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and
(III) is in favor of the coal producer or the party
related to the coal producer.
(2) Exporters.--Notwithstanding subsections (a)(1) and (c) of
section 6416 and section 6511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
and a judgment described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii) of this
subsection, if--
(A) an exporter establishes that such exporter exported
coal to a foreign country or shipped coal to a possession of
the United States, or caused such coal to be so exported or
shipped,
(B) such exporter filed a tax return on or after October 1,
1990, and on or before the date of the enactment of this Act,
and
(C) such exporter files a claim for refund with the
Secretary not later than the close of the 30-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act,
then the Secretary shall pay to such exporter an amount equal to
$0.825 per ton of such coal exported by the exporter or caused to
be exported or shipped, or caused to be exported or shipped, by the
exporter.
(b) Limitations.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to
exported coal if a settlement with the Federal Government has been made
with and accepted by, the coal producer, a party related to such coal
producer, or the exporter, of such coal, as of the date that the claim
is filed under this section with respect to such exported coal. For
purposes of this subsection, the term ``settlement with the Federal
Government'' shall not include any settlement or stipulation entered
into as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the terms of which
contemplate a judgment concerning which any party has reserved the
right to file an appeal, or has filed an appeal.
(c) Subsequent Refund Prohibited.--No refund shall be made under
this section to the extent that a credit or refund of such tax on such
exported or shipped coal has been paid to any person.
(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
(1) Coal producer.--The term ``coal producer'' means the person
in whom is vested ownership of the coal immediately after the coal
is severed from the ground, without regard to the existence of any
contractual arrangement for the sale or other disposition of the
coal or the payment of any royalties between the producer and third
parties. The term includes any person who extracts coal from coal
waste refuse piles or from the silt waste product which results
from the wet washing (or similar processing) of coal.
(2) Exporter.--The term ``exporter'' means a person, other than
a coal producer, who does not have a contract, fee arrangement, or
any other agreement with a producer or seller of such coal to
export or ship such coal to a third party on behalf of the producer
or seller of such coal and--
(A) is indicated in the shipper's export declaration or
other documentation as the exporter of record, or
(B) actually exported such coal to a foreign country or
shipped such coal to a possession of the United States, or
caused such coal to be so exported or shipped.
(3) Related party.--The term ``a party related to such coal
producer'' means a person who--
(A) is related to such coal producer through any degree of
common management, stock ownership, or voting control,
(B) is related (within the meaning of section 144(a)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) to such coal producer, or
(C) has a contract, fee arrangement, or any other agreement
with such coal producer to sell such coal to a third party on
behalf of such coal producer.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
Treasury or the Secretary's designee.
(e) Timing of Refund.--With respect to any claim for refund filed
pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall determine whether the
requirements of this section are met not later than 180 days after such
claim is filed. If the Secretary determines that the requirements of
this section are met, the claim for refund shall be paid not later than
180 days after the Secretary makes such determination.
(f) Interest.--Any refund paid pursuant to this section shall be
paid by the Secretary with interest from the date of overpayment
determined by using the overpayment rate and method under section 6621
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(g) Denial of Double Benefit.--The payment under subsection (a)
with respect to any coal shall not exceed--
(1) in the case of a payment to a coal producer, the amount of
tax paid under section 4121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
with respect to such coal by such coal producer or a party related
to such coal producer, and
(2) in the case of a payment to an exporter, an amount equal to
$0.825 per ton with respect to such coal exported by the exporter
or caused to be exported by the exporter.
(h) Application of Section.--This section applies only to claims on
coal exported or shipped on or after October 1, 1990, through the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(i) Standing Not Conferred.--
(1) Exporters.--With respect to exporters, this section shall
not confer standing upon an exporter to commence, or intervene in,
any judicial or administrative proceeding concerning a claim for
refund by a coal producer of any Federal or State tax, fee, or
royalty paid by the coal producer.
(2) Coal producers.--With respect to coal producers, this
section shall not confer standing upon a coal producer to commence,
or intervene in, any judicial or administrative proceeding
concerning a claim for refund by an exporter of any Federal or
State tax, fee, or royalty paid by the producer and alleged to have
been passed on to an exporter.
SEC. 115. TAX CREDIT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
(relating to business credits) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 45Q. CREDIT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION.
``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 38, the carbon dioxide
sequestration credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to the sum
of--
``(1) $20 per metric ton of qualified carbon dioxide which is--
``(A) captured by the taxpayer at a qualified facility, and
``(B) disposed of by the taxpayer in secure geological
storage, and
``(2) $10 per metric ton of qualified carbon dioxide which is--
``(A) captured by the taxpayer at a qualified facility, and
``(B) used by the taxpayer as a tertiary injectant in a
qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project.
``(b) Qualified Carbon Dioxide.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) In general.--The term `qualified carbon dioxide' means
carbon dioxide captured from an industrial source which--
``(A) would otherwise be released into the atmosphere as
industrial emission of greenhouse gas, and
``(B) is measured at the source of capture and verified at
the point of disposal or injection.
``(2) Recycled carbon dioxide.--The term `qualified carbon
dioxide' includes the initial deposit of captured carbon dioxide
used as a tertiary injectant. Such term does not include carbon
dioxide that is re-captured, recycled, and re-injected as part of
the enhanced oil and natural gas recovery process.
``(c) Qualified Facility.--For purposes of this section, the term
`qualified facility' means any industrial facility--
``(1) which is owned by the taxpayer,
``(2) at which carbon capture equipment is placed in service,
and
``(3) which captures not less than 500,000 metric tons of
carbon dioxide during the taxable year.
``(d) Special Rules and Other Definitions.--For purposes of this
section--
``(1) Only carbon dioxide captured and disposed of or used
within the united states taken into account.--The credit under this
section shall apply only with respect to qualified carbon dioxide
the capture and disposal or use of which is within--
``(A) the United States (within the meaning of section
638(1)), or
``(B) a possession of the United States (within the meaning
of section 638(2)).
``(2) Secure geological storage.--The Secretary, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, shall establish regulations for determining adequate
security measures for the geological storage of carbon dioxide
under subsection (a)(1)(B) such that the carbon dioxide does not
escape into the atmosphere. Such term shall include storage at deep
saline formations and unminable coal seems under such conditions as
the Secretary may determine under such regulations.
``(3) Tertiary injectant.--The term `tertiary injectant' has
the same meaning as when used within section 193(b)(1).
``(4) Qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project.--
The term `qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project'
has the meaning given the term `qualified enhanced oil recovery
project' by section 43(c)(2), by substituting `crude oil or natural
gas' for `crude oil' in subparagraph (A)(i) thereof.
``(5) Credit attributable to taxpayer.--Any credit under this
section shall be attributable to the person that captures and
physically or contractually ensures the disposal of or the use as a
tertiary injectant of the qualified carbon dioxide, except to the
extent provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
``(6) Recapture.--The Secretary shall, by regulations, provide
for recapturing the benefit of any credit allowable under
subsection (a) with respect to any qualified carbon dioxide which
ceases to be captured, disposed of, or used as a tertiary injectant
in a manner consistent with the requirements of this section.
``(7) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any taxable year
beginning in a calendar year after 2009, there shall be substituted
for each dollar amount contained in subsection (a) an amount equal
to the product of--
``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
``(B) the inflation adjustment factor for such calendar
year determined under section 43(b)(3)(B) for such calendar
year, determined by substituting `2008' for `1990'.
``(e) Application of Section.--The credit under this section shall
apply with respect to qualified carbon dioxide before the end of the
calendar year in which the Secretary, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, certifies that
75,000,000 metric tons of qualified carbon dioxide have been captured
and disposed of or used as a tertiary injectant.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 38(b) (relating to general
business credit) is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of
paragraph (32), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (33) and
inserting ``, plus'', and by adding at the end of following new
paragraph:
``(34) the carbon dioxide sequestration credit determined under
section 45Q(a).''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart B of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 (relating to other credits) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 45Q. Credit for carbon dioxide sequestration.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to carbon dioxide captured after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 116. CERTAIN INCOME AND GAINS RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL SOURCE
CARBON DIOXIDE TREATED AS QUALIFYING INCOME FOR PUBLICLY TRADED
PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (E) of section 7704(d)(1) (defining
qualifying income) is amended by inserting ``or industrial source
carbon dioxide'' after ``timber)''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years
ending after such date.
SEC. 117. CARBON AUDIT OF THE TAX CODE.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall enter into an
agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to undertake a
comprehensive review of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to identify
the types of and specific tax provisions that have the largest effects
on carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions and to estimate the
magnitude of those effects.
(b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to Congress a
report containing the results of study authorized under this section.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $1,500,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
TITLE II--TRANSPORTATION AND DOMESTIC FUEL SECURITY PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. INCLUSION OF CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL IN BONUS DEPRECIATION FOR
BIOMASS ETHANOL PLANT PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 168(l) is amended to read
as follows:
``(3) Cellulosic biofuel.--The term `cellulosic biofuel' means
any liquid fuel which is produced from any lignocellulosic or
hemicellulosic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring
basis.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (l) of section 168 is
amended--
(1) by striking ``cellulosic biomass ethanol'' each place it
appears and inserting ``cellulosic biofuel'',
(2) by striking ``Cellulosic Biomass Ethanol'' in the heading
of such subsection and inserting ``Cellulosic Biofuel'', and
(3) by striking ``cellulosic biomass ethanol'' in the heading
of paragraph (2) thereof and inserting ``cellulosic biofuel''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of
this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.
SEC. 202. CREDITS FOR BIODIESEL AND RENEWABLE DIESEL.
(a) In General.--Sections 40A(g), 6426(c)(6), and 6427(e)(5)(B) are
each amended by striking ``December 31, 2008'' and inserting ``December
31, 2009''.
(b) Increase in Rate of Credit.--
(1) Income tax credit.--Paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of section
40A(b) are each amended by striking ``50 cents'' and inserting
``$1.00''.
(2) Excise tax credit.--Paragraph (2) of section 6426(c) is
amended to read as follows:
``(2) Applicable amount.--For purposes of this subsection, the
applicable amount is $1.00.''.
(3) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Subsection (b) of section 40A is amended by striking
paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 40A(f) is amended to read as
follows:
``(2) Exception.--Subsection (b)(4) shall not apply with
respect to renewable diesel.''.
(C) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 40A(e) are each
amended by striking ``subsection (b)(5)(C)'' and inserting
``subsection (b)(4)(C)''.
(D) Clause (ii) of section 40A(d)(3)(C) is amended by
striking ``subsection (b)(5)(B)'' and inserting ``subsection
(b)(4)(B)''.
(c) Uniform Treatment of Diesel Produced From Biomass.--Paragraph
(3) of section 40A(f) is amended--
(1) by striking ``diesel fuel'' and inserting ``liquid fuel'',
(2) by striking ``using a thermal depolymerization process'',
and
(3) by inserting ``, or other equivalent standard approved by
the Secretary'' after ``D396''.
(d) Coproduction of Renewable Diesel With Petroleum Feedstock.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 40A(f) is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentences: ``Such term does not
include any fuel derived from coprocessing biomass with a feedstock
which is not biomass. For purposes of this paragraph, the term
`biomass' has the meaning given such term by section 45K(c)(3).''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Paragraph (3) of section 40A(f) is
amended by striking ``(as defined in section 45K(c)(3))''.
(e) Eligibility of Certain Aviation Fuel.--Subsection (f) of
section 40A (relating to renewable diesel) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Certain aviation fuel.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in the last 3
sentences of paragraph (3), the term `renewable diesel' shall
include fuel derived from biomass which meets the requirements
of a Department of Defense specification for military jet fuel
or an American Society of Testing and Materials specification
for aviation turbine fuel.
``(B) Application of mixture credits.--In the case of fuel
which is treated as renewable diesel solely by reason of
subparagraph (A), subsection (b)(1) and section 6426(c) shall
be applied with respect to such fuel by treating kerosene as
though it were diesel fuel.''.
(f) Modification Relating to Definition of Agri-Biodiesel.--
Paragraph (2) of section 40A(d) (relating to agri-biodiesel) is amended
by striking ``and mustard seeds'' and inserting ``mustard seeds, and
camelina''.
(g) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel
produced, and sold or used, after December 31, 2008.
(2) Coproduction of renewable diesel with petroleum
feedstock.--The amendment made by subsection (d) shall apply to
fuel produced, and sold or used, after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 203. CLARIFICATION THAT CREDITS FOR FUEL ARE DESIGNED TO
PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE FOR UNITED STATES PRODUCTION.
(a) Alcohol Fuels Credit.--Subsection (d) of section 40 is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(7) Limitation to alcohol with connection to the united
states.--No credit shall be determined under this section with
respect to any alcohol which is produced outside the United States
for use as a fuel outside the United States. For purposes of this
paragraph, the term `United States' includes any possession of the
United States.''.
(b) Biodiesel Fuels Credit.--Subsection (d) of section 40A is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) Limitation to biodiesel with connection to the united
states.--No credit shall be determined under this section with
respect to any biodiesel which is produced outside the United
States for use as a fuel outside the United States. For purposes of
this paragraph, the term `United States' includes any possession of
the United States.''.
(c) Excise Tax Credit.--
(1) In general.--Section 6426 is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
``(i) Limitation to Fuels With Connection to the United States.--
``(1) Alcohol.--No credit shall be determined under this
section with respect to any alcohol which is produced outside the
United States for use as a fuel outside the United States.
``(2) Biodiesel and alternative fuels.--No credit shall be
determined under this section with respect to any biodiesel or
alternative fuel which is produced outside the United States for
use as a fuel outside the United States.
For purposes of this subsection, the term `United States' includes any
possession of the United States.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Subsection (e) of section 6427 is
amended by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6) and by
inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:
``(5) Limitation to fuels with connection to the united
states.--No amount shall be payable under paragraph (1) or (2) with
respect to any mixture or alternative fuel if credit is not allowed
with respect to such mixture or alternative fuel by reason of
section 6426(i).''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to claims for credit or payment made on or after May 15, 2008.
SEC. 204. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL CREDIT.
(a) Extension.--
(1) Alternative fuel credit.--Paragraph (4) of section 6426(d)
(relating to alternative fuel credit) is amended by striking
``September 30, 2009'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(2) Alternative fuel mixture credit.--Paragraph (3) of section
6426(e) (relating to alternative fuel mixture credit) is amended by
striking ``September 30, 2009'' and inserting ``December 31,
2009''.
(3) Payments.--Subparagraph (C) of section 6427(e)(5) (relating
to termination) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2009'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Modifications.--
(1) Alternative fuel to include compressed or liquified biomass
gas.--Paragraph (2) of section 6426(d) (relating to alternative
fuel credit) is amended 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) compressed or liquefied gas derived from biomass (as
defined in section 45K(c)(3)), and''.
(2) Credit allowed for aviation use of fuel.--Paragraph (1) of
section 6426(d) is amended by inserting ``sold by the taxpayer for
use as a fuel in aviation,'' after ``motorboat,''.
(c) Carbon Capture Requirement for Certain Fuels.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (d) of section 6426, as amended by
subsection (a), is amended by redesignating paragraph (4) as
paragraph (5) and by inserting after paragraph (3) the following
new paragraph:
``(4) Carbon capture requirement.--
``(A) In general.--The requirements of this paragraph are
met if the fuel is certified, under such procedures as required
by the Secretary, as having been derived from coal produced at
a gasification facility which separates and sequesters not less
than the applicable percentage of such facility's total carbon
dioxide emissions.
``(B) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A), the applicable percentage is--
``(i) 50 percent in the case of fuel produced after
September 30, 2009, and on or before December 30, 2009, and
``(ii) 75 percent in the case of fuel produced after
December 30, 2009.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (E) of section
6426(d)(2) is amended by inserting ``which meets the requirements
of paragraph (4) and which is'' after ``any liquid fuel''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to fuel sold or used after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 205. CREDIT FOR NEW QUALIFIED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR
VEHICLES.
(a) Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit.--Subpart B of part
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 (relating to other credits) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 30D. NEW QUALIFIED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLES.
``(a) Allowance of Credit.--
``(1) In general.--There shall be allowed as a credit against
the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount
equal to the applicable amount with respect to each new qualified
plug-in electric drive motor vehicle placed in service by the
taxpayer during the taxable year.
``(2) Applicable amount.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the
applicable amount is sum of--
``(A) $2,500, plus
``(B) $417 for each kilowatt hour of traction battery
capacity in excess of 4 kilowatt hours.
``(b) Limitations.--
``(1) Limitation based on weight.--The amount of the credit
allowed under subsection (a) by reason of subsection (a)(2) shall
not exceed--
``(A) $7,500, in the case of any new qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating
of not more than 10,000 pounds,
``(B) $10,000, in the case of any new qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating
of more than 10,000 pounds but not more than 14,000 pounds,
``(C) $12,500, in the case of any new qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating
of more than 14,000 pounds but not more than 26,000 pounds, and
``(D) $15,000, in the case of any new qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating
of more than 26,000 pounds.
``(2) Limitation on number of passenger vehicles and light
trucks eligible for credit.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of a new qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle sold during the phaseout period,
only the applicable percentage of the credit otherwise
allowable under subsection (a) shall be allowed.
``(B) Phaseout period.--For purposes of this subsection,
the phaseout period is the period beginning with the second
calendar quarter following the calendar quarter which includes
the first date on which the total number of such new qualified
plug-in electric drive motor vehicles sold for use in the
United States after December 31, 2008, is at least 250,000.
``(C) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A), the applicable percentage is--
``(i) 50 percent for the first 2 calendar quarters of
the phaseout period,
``(ii) 25 percent for the 3d and 4th calendar quarters
of the phaseout period, and
``(iii) 0 percent for each calendar quarter thereafter.
``(D) Controlled groups.--Rules similar to the rules of
section 30B(f)(4) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
``(c) New Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle.--For
purposes of this section, the term `new qualified plug-in electric
drive motor vehicle' means a motor vehicle--
``(1) which draws propulsion using a traction battery with at
least 4 kilowatt hours of capacity,
``(2) which uses an offboard source of energy to recharge such
battery,
``(3) which, in the case of a passenger vehicle or light truck
which has a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 8,500
pounds, has received a certificate of conformity under the Clean
Air Act and meets or exceeds the equivalent qualifying California
low emission vehicle standard under section 243(e)(2) of the Clean
Air Act for that make and model year, and
``(A) in the case of a vehicle having a gross vehicle
weight rating of 6,000 pounds or less, the Bin 5 Tier II
emission standard established in regulations prescribed by the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under
section 202(i) of the Clean Air Act for that make and model
year vehicle, and
``(B) in the case of a vehicle having a gross vehicle
weight rating of more than 6,000 pounds but not more than 8,500
pounds, the Bin 8 Tier II emission standard which is so
established,
``(4) the original use of which commences with the taxpayer,
``(5) which is acquired for use or lease by the taxpayer and
not for resale, and
``(6) which is made by a manufacturer.
``(d) Application With Other Credits.--
``(1) Business credit treated as part of general business
credit.--So much of the credit which would be allowed under
subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined without regard to
this subsection) that is attributable to property of a character
subject to an allowance for depreciation shall be treated as a
credit listed in section 38(b) for such taxable year (and not
allowed under subsection (a)).
``(2) Personal credit.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of this title, the credit
allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined
after application of paragraph (1)) shall be treated as a
credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable year.
``(B) Limitation based on amount of tax.--In the case of a
taxable year to which section 26(a)(2) does not apply, the
credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year
(determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall not
exceed the excess of--
``(i) the sum of the regular tax liability (as defined
in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over
``(ii) the sum of the credits allowable under subpart A
(other than this section and sections 23 and 25D) and
section 27 for the taxable year.
``(e) Other Definitions and Special Rules.--For purposes of this
section--
``(1) Motor vehicle.--The term `motor vehicle' has the meaning
given such term by section 30(c)(2).
``(2) Other terms.--The terms `passenger automobile', `light
truck', and `manufacturer' have the meanings given such terms in
regulations prescribed by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency for purposes of the administration of title II of
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.).
``(3) Traction battery capacity.--Traction battery capacity
shall be measured in kilowatt hours from a 100 percent state of
charge to a zero percent state of charge.
``(4) Reduction in basis.--For purposes of this subtitle, the
basis of any property for which a credit is allowable under
subsection (a) shall be reduced by the amount of such credit so
allowed.
``(5) No double benefit.--The amount of any deduction or other
credit allowable under this chapter for a new qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle shall be reduced by the amount of
credit allowed under subsection (a) for such vehicle for the
taxable year.
``(6) Property used by tax-exempt entity.--In the case of a
vehicle the use of which is described in paragraph (3) or (4) of
section 50(b) and which is not subject to a lease, the person who
sold such vehicle to the person or entity using such vehicle shall
be treated as the taxpayer that placed such vehicle in service, but
only if such person clearly discloses to such person or entity in a
document the amount of any credit allowable under subsection (a)
with respect to such vehicle (determined without regard to
subsection (b)(2)).
``(7) Property used outside united states, etc., not
qualified.--No credit shall be allowable under subsection (a) with
respect to any property referred to in section 50(b)(1) or with
respect to the portion of the cost of any property taken into
account under section 179.
``(8) Recapture.--The Secretary shall, by regulations, provide
for recapturing the benefit of any credit allowable under
subsection (a) with respect to any property which ceases to be
property eligible for such credit (including recapture in the case
of a lease period of less than the economic life of a vehicle).
``(9) Election to not take credit.--No credit shall be allowed
under subsection (a) for any vehicle if the taxpayer elects not to
have this section apply to such vehicle.
``(10) Interaction with air quality and motor vehicle safety
standards.--Unless otherwise provided in this section, a motor
vehicle shall not be considered eligible for a credit under this
section unless such vehicle is in compliance with--
``(A) the applicable provisions of the Clean Air Act for
the applicable make and model year of the vehicle (or
applicable air quality provisions of State law in the case of a
State which has adopted such provision under a waiver under
section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act), and
``(B) the motor vehicle safety provisions of sections 30101
through 30169 of title 49, United States Code.
``(f) Regulations.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as necessary to carry
out the provisions of this section.
``(2) Coordination in prescription of certain regulations.--The
Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of
Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, shall prescribe such regulations as necessary to
determine whether a motor vehicle meets the requirements to be
eligible for a credit under this section.
``(g) Termination.--This section shall not apply to property
purchased after December 31, 2014.''.
(b) Coordination With Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit.--Section
30B(d)(3) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) Exclusion of plug-in vehicles.--Any vehicle with
respect to which a credit is allowable under section 30D
(determined without regard to subsection (d) thereof) shall not
be taken into account under this section.''.
(c) Credit Made Part of General Business Credit.--Section 38(b), as
amended by this Act, is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of
paragraph (33), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (34) and
inserting ``plus'', and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(35) the portion of the new qualified plug-in electric drive
motor vehicle credit to which section 30D(d)(1) applies.''.
(d) Conforming Amendments.--
(1)(A) Section 24(b)(3)(B), as amended by section 106, is
amended by striking ``and 25D'' and inserting ``25D, and 30D''.
(B) Section 25(e)(1)(C)(ii) is amended by inserting ``30D,''
after ``25D,''.
(C) Section 25B(g)(2), as amended by section 106, is amended by
striking ``and 25D'' and inserting ``, 25D, and 30D''.
(D) Section 26(a)(1), as amended by section 106, is amended by
striking ``and 25D'' and inserting ``25D, and 30D''.
(E) Section 1400C(d)(2) is amended by striking ``and 25D'' and
inserting ``25D, and 30D''.
(2) Section 1016(a) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end
of paragraph (35), by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(36) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(37) to the extent provided in section 30D(e)(4).''.
(3) Section 6501(m) is amended by inserting ``30D(e)(9),''
after ``30C(e)(5),''.
(4) The table of sections for subpart B of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
``Sec. 30D. New qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles.''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.
(f) Application of EGTRRA Sunset.--The amendment made by subsection
(d)(1)(A) shall be subject to title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 in the same manner as the provision
of such Act to which such amendment relates.
SEC. 206. EXCLUSION FROM HEAVY TRUCK TAX FOR IDLING REDUCTION UNITS
AND ADVANCED INSULATION.
(a) In General.--Section 4053 is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraphs:
``(9) Idling reduction device.--Any device or system of devices
which--
``(A) is designed to provide to a vehicle those services
(such as heat, air conditioning, or electricity) that would
otherwise require the operation of the main drive engine while
the vehicle is temporarily parked or remains stationary using
one or more devices affixed to a tractor, and
``(B) is determined by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the
Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Transportation, to
reduce idling of such vehicle at a motor vehicle rest stop or
other location where such vehicles are temporarily parked or
remain stationary.
``(10) Advanced insulation.--Any insulation that has an R value
of not less than R35 per inch.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to sales or installations after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 207. ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE REFUELING PROPERTY CREDIT.
(a) Extension of Credit.--Paragraph (2) of section 30C(g) is
amended by striking ``December 31, 2009'' and inserting ``December 31,
2010''.
(b) Inclusion of Electricity as a Clean-Burning Fuel.--Section
30C(c)(2) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) Electricity.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of
this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.
SEC. 208. CERTAIN INCOME AND GAINS RELATING TO ALCOHOL FUELS AND
MIXTURES, BIODIESEL FUELS AND MIXTURES, AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND
MIXTURES TREATED AS QUALIFYING INCOME FOR PUBLICLY TRADED
PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (E) of section 7704(d)(1), as amended
by this Act, is amended by striking ``or industrial source carbon
dioxide'' and inserting ``, industrial source carbon dioxide, or the
transportation or storage of any fuel described in subsection (b), (c),
(d), or (e) of section 6426, or any alcohol fuel defined in section
6426(b)(4)(A) or any biodiesel fuel as defined in section 40A(d)(1)''
after ``timber)''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years
ending after such date.
SEC. 209. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ELECTION TO EXPENSE CERTAIN
REFINERIES.
(a) Extension.--Paragraph (1) of section 179C(c) (relating to
qualified refinery property) is amended--
(1) by striking ``January 1, 2012'' in subparagraph (B) and
inserting ``January 1, 2014'', and
(2) by striking ``January 1, 2008'' each place it appears in
subparagraph (F) and inserting ``January 1, 2010''.
(b) Inclusion of Fuel Derived From Shale and Tar Sands.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (d) of section 179C is amended by
inserting ``, or directly from shale or tar sands'' after ``(as
defined in section 45K(c))''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Paragraph (2) of section 179C(e) is
amended by inserting ``shale, tar sands, or'' before ``qualified
fuels''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 210. EXTENSION OF SUSPENSION OF TAXABLE INCOME LIMIT ON
PERCENTAGE DEPLETION FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCED FROM
MARGINAL PROPERTIES.
Subparagraph (H) of section 613A(c)(6) (relating to oil and gas
produced from marginal properties) is amended by striking ``for any
taxable year'' and all that follows and inserting ``for any taxable
year--
``(i) beginning after December 31, 1997, and before
January 1, 2008, or
``(ii) beginning after December 31, 2008, and before
January 1, 2010.''.
SEC. 211. TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFIT TO BICYCLE COMMUTERS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 132(f) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(D) Any qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement.''.
(b) Limitation on Exclusion.--Paragraph (2) of section 132(f) is
amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking
the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``, and'', and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) the applicable annual limitation in the case of any
qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement.''.
(c) Definitions.--Paragraph (5) of section 132(f) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(F) Definitions related to bicycle commuting
reimbursement.--
``(i) Qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement.--The
term `qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement' means,
with respect to any calendar year, any employer
reimbursement during the 15-month period beginning with the
first day of such calendar year for reasonable expenses
incurred by the employee during such calendar year for the
purchase of a bicycle and bicycle improvements, repair, and
storage, if such bicycle is regularly used for travel
between the employee's residence and place of employment.
``(ii) Applicable annual limitation.--The term
`applicable annual limitation' means, with respect to any
employee for any calendar year, the product of $20
multiplied by the number of qualified bicycle commuting
months during such year.
``(iii) Qualified bicycle commuting month.--The term
`qualified bicycle commuting month' means, with respect to
any employee, any month during which such employee--
``(I) regularly uses the bicycle for a substantial
portion of the travel between the employee's residence
and place of employment, and
``(II) does not receive any benefit described in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1).''.
(d) Constructive Receipt of Benefit.--Paragraph (4) of section
132(f) is amended by inserting ``(other than a qualified bicycle
commuting reimbursement)'' after ``qualified transportation fringe''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.
TITLE III--ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. QUALIFIED ENERGY CONSERVATION BONDS.
(a) In General.--Subpart I of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1,
as amended by section 107, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 54D. QUALIFIED ENERGY CONSERVATION BONDS.
``(a) Qualified Energy Conservation Bond.--For purposes of this
subchapter, the term `qualified energy conservation bond' means any
bond issued as part of an issue if--
``(1) 100 percent of the available project proceeds of such
issue are to be used for one or more qualified conservation
purposes,
``(2) the bond is issued by a State or local government, and
``(3) the issuer designates such bond for purposes of this
section.
``(b) Reduced Credit Amount.--The annual credit determined under
section 54A(b) with respect to any qualified energy conservation bond
shall be 70 percent of the amount so determined without regard to this
subsection.
``(c) Limitation on Amount of Bonds Designated.--The maximum
aggregate face amount of bonds which may be designated under subsection
(a) by any issuer shall not exceed the limitation amount allocated to
such issuer under subsection (e).
``(d) National Limitation on Amount of Bonds Designated.--There is
a national qualified energy conservation bond limitation of
$800,000,000.
``(e) Allocations.--
``(1) In general.--The limitation applicable under subsection
(d) shall be allocated by the Secretary among the States in
proportion to the population of the States.
``(2) Allocations to largest local governments.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of any State in which there
is a large local government, each such local government shall
be allocated a portion of such State's allocation which bears
the same ratio to the State's allocation (determined without
regard to this subparagraph) as the population of such large
local government bears to the population of such State.
``(B) Allocation of unused limitation to state.--The amount
allocated under this subsection to a large local government may
be reallocated by such local government to the State in which
such local government is located.
``(C) Large local government.--For purposes of this
section, the term `large local government' means any
municipality or county if such municipality or county has a
population of 100,000 or more.
``(3) Allocation to issuers; restriction on private activity
bonds.--Any allocation under this subsection to a State or large
local government shall be allocated by such State or large local
government to issuers within the State in a manner that results in
not less than 70 percent of the allocation to such State or large
local government being used to designate bonds which are not
private activity bonds.
``(f) Qualified Conservation Purpose.--For purposes of this
section--
``(1) In general.--The term `qualified conservation purpose'
means any of the following:
``(A) Capital expenditures incurred for purposes of--
``(i) reducing energy consumption in publicly-owned
buildings by at least 20 percent,
``(ii) implementing green community programs,
``(iii) rural development involving the production of
electricity from renewable energy resources, or
``(iv) any qualified facility (as determined under
section 45(d) without regard to paragraphs (8) and (10)
thereof and without regard to any placed in service date).
``(B) Expenditures with respect to research facilities, and
research grants, to support research in--
``(i) development of cellulosic ethanol or other
nonfossil fuels,
``(ii) technologies for the capture and sequestration
of carbon dioxide produced through the use of fossil fuels,
``(iii) increasing the efficiency of existing
technologies for producing nonfossil fuels,
``(iv) automobile battery technologies and other
technologies to reduce fossil fuel consumption in
transportation, or
``(v) technologies to reduce energy use in buildings.
``(C) Mass commuting facilities and related facilities that
reduce the consumption of energy, including expenditures to
reduce pollution from vehicles used for mass commuting.
``(D) Demonstration projects designed to promote the
commercialization of--
``(i) green building technology,
``(ii) conversion of agricultural waste for use in the
production of fuel or otherwise,
``(iii) advanced battery manufacturing technologies,
``(iv) technologies to reduce peak use of electricity,
or
``(v) technologies for the capture and sequestration of
carbon dioxide emitted from combusting fossil fuels in
order to produce electricity.
``(E) Public education campaigns to promote energy
efficiency.
``(2) Special rules for private activity bonds.--For purposes
of this section, in the case of any private activity bond, the term
`qualified conservation purposes' shall not include any expenditure
which is not a capital expenditure.
``(g) Population.--
``(1) In general.--The population of any State or local
government shall be determined for purposes of this section as
provided in section 146(j) for the calendar year which includes the
date of the enactment of this section.
``(2) Special rule for counties.--In determining the population
of any county for purposes of this section, any population of such
county which is taken into account in determining the population of
any municipality which is a large local government shall not be
taken into account in determining the population of such county.
``(h) Application to Indian Tribal Governments.--An Indian tribal
government shall be treated for purposes of this section in the same
manner as a large local government, except that--
``(1) an Indian tribal government shall be treated for purposes
of subsection (e) as located within a State to the extent of so
much of the population of such government as resides within such
State, and
``(2) any bond issued by an Indian tribal government shall be
treated as a qualified energy conservation bond only if issued as
part of an issue the available project proceeds of which are used
for purposes for which such Indian tribal government could issue
bonds to which section 103(a) applies.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 54A(d), as amended by this Act, is
amended to read as follows:
``(1) Qualified tax credit bond.--The term `qualified tax
credit bond' means--
``(A) a qualified forestry conservation bond,
``(B) a new clean renewable energy bond, or
``(C) a qualified energy conservation bond,
which is part of an issue that meets requirements of paragraphs
(2), (3), (4), (5), and (6).''.
(2) Subparagraph (C) of section 54A(d)(2), as amended by this
Act, is amended to read as follows:
``(C) Qualified purpose.--For purposes of this paragraph,
the term `qualified purpose' means--
``(i) in the case of a qualified forestry conservation
bond, a purpose specified in section 54B(e),
``(ii) in the case of a new clean renewable energy
bond, a purpose specified in section 54C(a)(1), and
``(iii) in the case of a qualified energy conservation
bond, a purpose specified in section 54D(a)(1).''.
(3) The table of sections for subpart I of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1, as amended by this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following new item:
``Sec. 54D. Qualified energy conservation bonds.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 302. CREDIT FOR NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY.
(a) Extension of Credit.--Section 25C(g) is amended by striking
``placed in service after December 31, 2007'' and inserting ``placed in
service--
``(1) after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2009, or
``(2) after December 31, 2009.''.
(b) Qualified Biomass Fuel Property.--
(1) In general.--Section 25C(d)(3) is amended--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D),
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E)
and inserting ``, and'', and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(F) a stove which uses the burning of biomass fuel to
heat a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a
residence by the taxpayer, or to heat water for use in such a
dwelling unit, and which has a thermal efficiency rating of at
least 75 percent.''.
(2) Biomass fuel.--Section 25C(d) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Biomass fuel.--The term `biomass fuel' means any plant-
derived fuel available on a renewable or recurring basis, including
agricultural crops and trees, wood and wood waste and residues
(including wood pellets), plants (including aquatic plants),
grasses, residues, and fibers.''.
(c) Modification of Water Heater Requirements.--Section
25C(d)(3)(E) is amended by inserting ``or a thermal efficiency of at
least 90 percent'' after ``0.80''.
(d) Coordination With Credit for Qualified Geothermal Heat pump
Property Expenditures.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 25C(d), as amended by
subsections (b) and (c), is amended by striking subparagraph (C)
and by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F) as
subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (C) of section
25C(d)(2) is amended to read as follows:
``(C) Requirements and standards for air conditioners and
heat pumps.--The standards and requirements prescribed by the
Secretary under subparagraph (B) with respect to the energy
efficiency ratio (EER) for central air conditioners and
electric heat pumps--
``(i) shall require measurements to be based on
published data which is tested by manufacturers at 95
degrees Fahrenheit, and
``(ii) may be based on the certified data of the Air
Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute that are prepared
in partnership with the Consortium for Energy
Efficiency.''.
(e) Modification of Qualified Energy Efficiency Improvements.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 25C(c) is amended by
inserting ``, or an asphalt roof with appropriate cooling
granules,'' before ``which meet the Energy Star program
requirements''.
(2) Building envelope component.--Subparagraph (D) of section
25C(c)(2) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``or asphalt roof'' after ``metal roof'',
and
(B) by inserting ``or cooling granules'' after ``pigmented
coatings''.
(f) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made this section shall apply to expenditures made after
December 31, 2008.
(2) Modification of qualified energy efficiency improvements.--
The amendments made by subsection (e) shall apply to property
placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 303. ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS DEDUCTION.
Subsection (h) of section 179D is amended by striking ``December
31, 2008'' and inserting ``December 31, 2013''.
SEC. 304. NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME CREDIT.
Subsection (g) of section 45L (relating to termination) is amended
by striking ``December 31, 2008'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
SEC. 305. MODIFICATIONS OF ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE CREDIT FOR
APPLIANCES PRODUCED AFTER 2007.
(a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 45M is amended to read
as follows:
``(b) Applicable Amount.--For purposes of subsection (a)--
``(1) Dishwashers.--The applicable amount is--
``(A) $45 in the case of a dishwasher which is manufactured
in calendar year 2008 or 2009 and which uses no more than 324
kilowatt hours per year and 5.8 gallons per cycle, and
``(B) $75 in the case of a dishwasher which is manufactured
in calendar year 2008, 2009, or 2010 and which uses no more
than 307 kilowatt hours per year and 5.0 gallons per cycle (5.5
gallons per cycle for dishwashers designed for greater than 12
place settings).
``(2) Clothes washers.--The applicable amount is--
``(A) $75 in the case of a residential top-loading clothes
washer manufactured in calendar year 2008 which meets or
exceeds a 1.72 modified energy factor and does not exceed a 8.0
water consumption factor,
``(B) $125 in the case of a residential top-loading clothes
washer manufactured in calendar year 2008 or 2009 which meets
or exceeds a 1.8 modified energy factor and does not exceed a
7.5 water consumption factor,
``(C) $150 in the case of a residential or commercial
clothes washer manufactured in calendar year 2008, 2009, or
2010 which meets or exceeds 2.0 modified energy factor and does
not exceed a 6.0 water consumption factor, and
``(D) $250 in the case of a residential or commercial
clothes washer manufactured in calendar year 2008, 2009, or
2010 which meets or exceeds 2.2 modified energy factor and does
not exceed a 4.5 water consumption factor.
``(3) Refrigerators.--The applicable amount is--
``(A) $50 in the case of a refrigerator which is
manufactured in calendar year 2008, and consumes at least 20
percent but not more than 22.9 percent less kilowatt hours per
year than the 2001 energy conservation standards,
``(B) $75 in the case of a refrigerator which is
manufactured in calendar year 2008 or 2009, and consumes at
least 23 percent but no more than 24.9 percent less kilowatt
hours per year than the 2001 energy conservation standards,
``(C) $100 in the case of a refrigerator which is
manufactured in calendar year 2008, 2009, or 2010, and consumes
at least 25 percent but not more than 29.9 percent less
kilowatt hours per year than the 2001 energy conservation
standards, and
``(D) $200 in the case of a refrigerator manufactured in
calendar year 2008, 2009, or 2010 and which consumes at least
30 percent less energy than the 2001 energy conservation
standards.''.
(b) Eligible Production.--
(1) Similar treatment for all appliances.--Subsection (c) of
section 45M is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (2),
(B) by striking ``(1) In general'' and all that follows
through ``the eligible'' and inserting ``The eligible'',
(C) by moving the text of such subsection in line with the
subsection heading, and
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and by moving such
paragraphs 2 ems to the left.
(2) Modification of base period.--Paragraph (2) of section
45M(c), as amended by paragraph (1), is amended by striking ``3-
calendar year'' and inserting ``2-calendar year''.
(c) Types of Energy Efficient Appliances.--Subsection (d) of
section 45M is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Types of Energy Efficient Appliance.--For purposes of this
section, the types of energy efficient appliances are--
``(1) dishwashers described in subsection (b)(1),
``(2) clothes washers described in subsection (b)(2), and
``(3) refrigerators described in subsection (b)(3).''.
(d) Aggregate Credit Amount Allowed.--
(1) Increase in limit.--Paragraph (1) of section 45M(e) is
amended to read as follows:
``(1) Aggregate credit amount allowed.--The aggregate amount of
credit allowed under subsection (a) with respect to a taxpayer for
any taxable year shall not exceed $75,000,000 reduced by the amount
of the credit allowed under subsection (a) to the taxpayer (or any
predecessor) for all prior taxable years beginning after December
31, 2007.''.
(2) Exception for certain refrigerator and clothes washers.--
Paragraph (2) of section 45M(e) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Amount allowed for certain refrigerators and clothes
washers.--Refrigerators described in subsection (b)(3)(D) and
clothes washers described in subsection (b)(2)(D) shall not be
taken into account under paragraph (1).''.
(e) Qualified Energy Efficient Appliances.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 45M(f) is amended to
read as follows:
``(1) Qualified energy efficient appliance.--The term
`qualified energy efficient appliance' means--
``(A) any dishwasher described in subsection (b)(1),
``(B) any clothes washer described in subsection (b)(2),
and
``(C) any refrigerator described in subsection (b)(3).''.
(2) Clothes washer.--Section 45M(f)(3) is amended by inserting
``commercial'' before ``residential'' the second place it appears.
(3) Top-loading clothes washer.--Subsection (f) of section 45M
is amended by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as
paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively, and by inserting
after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
``(4) Top-loading clothes washer.--The term `top-loading
clothes washer' means a clothes washer which has the clothes
container compartment access located on the top of the machine and
which operates on a vertical axis.''.
(4) Replacement of energy factor.--Section 45M(f)(6), as
redesignated by paragraph (3), is amended to read as follows:
``(6) Modified energy factor.--The term `modified energy
factor' means the modified energy factor established by the
Department of Energy for compliance with the Federal energy
conservation standard.''.
(5) Gallons per cycle; water consumption factor.--Section
45M(f), as amended by paragraph (3), is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(9) Gallons per cycle.--The term `gallons per cycle' means,
with respect to a dishwasher, the amount of water, expressed in
gallons, required to complete a normal cycle of a dishwasher.
``(10) Water consumption factor.--The term `water consumption
factor' means, with respect to a clothes washer, the quotient of
the total weighted per-cycle water consumption divided by the cubic
foot (or liter) capacity of the clothes washer.''.
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to appliances produced after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 306. ACCELERATED RECOVERY PERIOD FOR DEPRECIATION OF SMART
METERS AND SMART GRID SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Section 168(e)(3)(D) is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of clause (i), by striking the period at the end of
clause (ii) and inserting a comma, and by inserting after clause (ii)
the following new clauses:
``(iii) any qualified smart electric meter, and
``(iv) any qualified smart electric grid system.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 168(i) is amended by inserting at the end
the following new paragraph:
``(18) Qualified smart electric meters.--
``(A) In general.--The term `qualified smart electric
meter' means any smart electric meter which--
``(i) is placed in service by a taxpayer who is a
supplier of electric energy or a provider of electric
energy services, and
``(ii) does not have a class life (determined without
regard to subsection (e)) of less than 10 years.
``(B) Smart electric meter.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A), the term `smart electric meter' means any time-based meter
and related communication equipment which is capable of being
used by the taxpayer as part of a system that--
``(i) measures and records electricity usage data on a
time-differentiated basis in at least 24 separate time
segments per day,
``(ii) provides for the exchange of information between
supplier or provider and the customer's electric meter in
support of time-based rates or other forms of demand
response,
``(iii) provides data to such supplier or provider so
that the supplier or provider can provide energy usage
information to customers electronically, and
``(iv) provides net metering.
``(19) Qualified smart electric grid systems.--
``(A) In general.--The term `qualified smart electric grid
system' means any smart grid property which--
``(i) is used as part of a system for electric
distribution grid communications, monitoring, and
management placed in service by a taxpayer who is a
supplier of electric energy or a provider of electric
energy services, and
``(ii) does not have a class life (determined without
regard to subsection (e)) of less than 10 years.
``(B) Smart grid property.--For the purposes of
subparagraph (A), the term `smart grid property' means
electronics and related equipment that is capable of--
``(i) sensing, collecting, and monitoring data of or
from all portions of a utility's electric distribution
grid,
``(ii) providing real-time, two-way communications to
monitor or manage such grid, and
``(iii) providing real time analysis of and event
prediction based upon collected data that can be used to
improve electric distribution system reliability, quality,
and performance.''.
(c) Continued Application of 150 Percent Declining Balance
Method.--Paragraph (2) of section 168(b) is amended by striking ``or''
at the end of subparagraph (B), by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D), and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following
new subparagraph:
``(C) any property (other than property described in
paragraph (3)) which is a qualified smart electric meter or
qualified smart electric grid system, or''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 307. QUALIFIED GREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (8) of section 142(l) is amended by
striking ``September 30, 2009'' and inserting ``September 30, 2012''.
(b) Treatment of Current Refunding Bonds.--Paragraph (9) of section
142(l) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2009'' and inserting
``October 1, 2012''.
(c) Accountability.--The second sentence of section 701(d) of the
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 is amended by striking ``issuance,''
and inserting ``issuance of the last issue with respect to such
project,''.
SEC. 308. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN REUSE AND
RECYCLING PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Section 168 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(m) Special Allowance for Certain Reuse and Recycling Property.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of any qualified reuse and
recycling property--
``(A) the depreciation deduction provided by section 167(a)
for the taxable year in which such property is placed in
service shall include an allowance equal to 50 percent of the
adjusted basis of the qualified reuse and recycling property,
and
``(B) the adjusted basis of the qualified reuse and
recycling property shall be reduced by the amount of such
deduction before computing the amount otherwise allowable as a
depreciation deduction under this chapter for such taxable year
and any subsequent taxable year.
``(2) Qualified reuse and recycling property.--For purposes of
this subsection--
``(A) In general.--The term `qualified reuse and recycling
property' means any reuse and recycling property--
``(i) to which this section applies,
``(ii) which has a useful life of at least 5 years,
``(iii) the original use of which commences with the
taxpayer after August 31, 2008, and
``(iv) which is--
``(I) acquired by purchase (as defined in section
179(d)(2)) by the taxpayer after August 31, 2008, but
only if no written binding contract for the acquisition
was in effect before September 1, 2008, or
``(II) acquired by the taxpayer pursuant to a
written binding contract which was entered into after
August 31, 2008.
``(B) Exceptions.--
``(i) Bonus depreciation property under subsection
(k).--The term `qualified reuse and recycling property'
shall not include any property to which section 168(k)
applies.
``(ii) Alternative depreciation property.--The term
`qualified reuse and recycling property' shall not include
any property to which the alternative depreciation system
under subsection (g) applies, determined without regard to
paragraph (7) of subsection (g) (relating to election to
have system apply).
``(iii) Election out.--If a taxpayer makes an election
under this clause with respect to any class of property for
any taxable year, this subsection shall not apply to all
property in such class placed in service during such
taxable year.
``(C) Special rule for self-constructed property.--In the
case of a taxpayer manufacturing, constructing, or producing
property for the taxpayer's own use, the requirements of clause
(iv) of subparagraph (A) shall be treated as met if the
taxpayer begins manufacturing, constructing, or producing the
property after August 31, 2008.
``(D) Deduction allowed in computing minimum tax.--For
purposes of determining alternative minimum taxable income
under section 55, the deduction under subsection (a) for
qualified reuse and recycling property shall be determined
under this section without regard to any adjustment under
section 56.
``(3) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) Reuse and recycling property.--
``(i) In general.--The term `reuse and recycling
property' means any machinery and equipment (not including
buildings or real estate), along with all appurtenances
thereto, including software necessary to operate such
equipment, which is used exclusively to collect,
distribute, or recycle qualified reuse and recyclable
materials.
``(ii) Exclusion.--Such term does not include rolling
stock or other equipment used to transport reuse and
recyclable materials.
``(B) Qualified reuse and recyclable materials.--
``(i) In general.--The term `qualified reuse and
recyclable materials' means scrap plastic, scrap glass,
scrap textiles, scrap rubber, scrap packaging, recovered
fiber, scrap ferrous and nonferrous metals, or electronic
scrap generated by an individual or business.
``(ii) Electronic scrap.--For purposes of clause (i),
the term `electronic scrap' means--
``(I) any cathode ray tube, flat panel screen, or
similar video display device with a screen size greater
than 4 inches measured diagonally, or
``(II) any central processing unit.
``(C) Recycling or recycle.--The term `recycling' or
`recycle' means that process (including sorting) by which worn
or superfluous materials are manufactured or processed into
specification grade commodities that are suitable for use as a
replacement or substitute for virgin materials in manufacturing
tangible consumer and commercial products, including
packaging.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to property placed in service after August 31, 2008.
TITLE IV--REVENUE PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. LIMITATION OF DEDUCTION FOR INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS, OR PRIMARY PRODUCTS THEREOF.
(a) In General.--Section 199(d) is amended by redesignating
paragraph (9) as paragraph (10) and by inserting after paragraph (8)
the following new paragraph:
``(9) Special rule for taxpayers with oil related qualified
production activities income.--
``(A) In general.--If a taxpayer has oil related qualified
production activities income for any taxable year beginning
after 2009, the amount otherwise allowable as a deduction under
subsection (a) shall be reduced by 3 percent of the least of--
``(i) the oil related qualified production activities
income of the taxpayer for the taxable year,
``(ii) the qualified production activities income of
the taxpayer for the taxable year, or
``(iii) taxable income (determined without regard to
this section).
``(B) Oil related qualified production activities income.--
For purposes of this paragraph, the term `oil related qualified
production activities income' means for any taxable year the
qualified production activities income which is attributable to
the production, refining, processing, transportation, or
distribution of oil, gas, or any primary product thereof during
such taxable year.
``(C) Primary product.--For purposes of this paragraph, the
term `primary product' has the same meaning as when used in
section 927(a)(2)(C), as in effect before its repeal.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 199(d)(2) (relating to
application to individuals) is amended by striking ``subsection
(a)(1)(B)'' and inserting ``subsections (a)(1)(B) and (d)(9)(A)(iii)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.
SEC. 402. ELIMINATION OF THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT OF FOREIGN OIL AND
GAS EXTRACTION INCOME AND FOREIGN OIL RELATED INCOME FOR PURPOSES
OF THE FOREIGN TAX CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subsections (a) and (b) of section 907 (relating
to special rules in case of foreign oil and gas income) are amended to
read as follows:
``(a) Reduction in Amount Allowed as Foreign Tax Under Section
901.--In applying section 901, the amount of any foreign oil and gas
taxes paid or accrued (or deemed to have been paid) during the taxable
year which would (but for this subsection) be taken into account for
purposes of section 901 shall be reduced by the amount (if any) by
which the amount of such taxes exceeds the product of--
``(1) the amount of the combined foreign oil and gas income for
the taxable year,
``(2) multiplied by--
``(A) in the case of a corporation, the percentage which is
equal to the highest rate of tax specified under section 11(b),
or
``(B) in the case of an individual, a fraction the
numerator of which is the tax against which the credit under
section 901(a) is taken and the denominator of which is the
taxpayer's entire taxable income.
``(b) Combined Foreign Oil and Gas Income; Foreign Oil and Gas
Taxes.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) Combined foreign oil and gas income.--The term `combined
foreign oil and gas income' means, with respect to any taxable
year, the sum of--
``(A) foreign oil and gas extraction income, and
``(B) foreign oil related income.
``(2) Foreign oil and gas taxes.--The term `foreign oil and gas
taxes' means, with respect to any taxable year, the sum of--
``(A) oil and gas extraction taxes, and
``(B) any income, war profits, and excess profits taxes
paid or accrued (or deemed to have been paid or accrued under
section 902 or 960) during the taxable year with respect to
foreign oil related income (determined without regard to
subsection (c)(4)) or loss which would be taken into account
for purposes of section 901 without regard to this section.''.
(b) Recapture of Foreign Oil and Gas Losses.--Paragraph (4) of
section 907(c) (relating to recapture of foreign oil and gas extraction
losses by recharacterizing later extraction income) is amended to read
as follows:
``(4) Recapture of foreign oil and gas losses by
recharacterizing later combined foreign oil and gas income.--
``(A) In general.--The combined foreign oil and gas income
of a taxpayer for a taxable year (determined without regard to
this paragraph) shall be reduced--
``(i) first by the amount determined under subparagraph
(B), and
``(ii) then by the amount determined under subparagraph
(C).
The aggregate amount of such reductions shall be treated as
income (from sources without the United States) which is not
combined foreign oil and gas income.
``(B) Reduction for pre-2009 foreign oil extraction
losses.--The reduction under this paragraph shall be equal to
the lesser of--
``(i) the foreign oil and gas extraction income of the
taxpayer for the taxable year (determined without regard to
this paragraph), or
``(ii) the excess of--
``(I) the aggregate amount of foreign oil
extraction losses for preceding taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1982, and before January 1, 2009,
over
``(II) so much of such aggregate amount as was
recharacterized under this paragraph (as in effect
before and after the date of the enactment of the
Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008) for
preceding taxable years beginning after December 31,
1982.
``(C) Reduction for post-2008 foreign oil and gas losses.--
The reduction under this paragraph shall be equal to the lesser
of--
``(i) the combined foreign oil and gas income of the
taxpayer for the taxable year (determined without regard to
this paragraph), reduced by an amount equal to the
reduction under subparagraph (A) for the taxable year, or
``(ii) the excess of--
``(I) the aggregate amount of foreign oil and gas
losses for preceding taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2008, over
``(II) so much of such aggregate amount as was
recharacterized under this paragraph for preceding
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.
``(D) Foreign oil and gas loss defined.--
``(i) In general.--For purposes of this paragraph, the
term `foreign oil and gas loss' means the amount by which--
``(I) the gross income for the taxable year from
sources without the United States and its possessions
(whether or not the taxpayer chooses the benefits of
this subpart for such taxable year) taken into account
in determining the combined foreign oil and gas income
for such year, is exceeded by
``(II) the sum of the deductions properly
apportioned or allocated thereto.
``(ii) Net operating loss deduction not taken into
account.--For purposes of clause (i), the net operating
loss deduction allowable for the taxable year under section
172(a) shall not be taken into account.
``(iii) Expropriation and casualty losses not taken
into account.--For purposes of clause (i), there shall not
be taken into account--
``(I) any foreign expropriation loss (as defined in
section 172(h) (as in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of
1990)) for the taxable year, or
``(II) any loss for the taxable year which arises
from fire, storm, shipwreck, or other casualty, or from
theft,
to the extent such loss is not compensated for by insurance
or otherwise.
``(iv) Foreign oil extraction loss.--For purposes of
subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), foreign oil extraction losses
shall be determined under this paragraph as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of the Energy
Improvement and Extension Act of 2008.''.
(c) Carryback and Carryover of Disallowed Credits.--Section 907(f)
(relating to carryback and carryover of disallowed credits) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``oil and gas extraction taxes'' each place it
appears and inserting ``foreign oil and gas taxes'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Transition rules for pre-2009 and 2009 disallowed
credits.--
``(A) Pre-2009 credits.--In the case of any unused credit
year beginning before January 1, 2009, this subsection shall be
applied to any unused oil and gas extraction taxes carried from
such unused credit year to a year beginning after December 31,
2008--
``(i) by substituting `oil and gas extraction taxes'
for `foreign oil and gas taxes' each place it appears in
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), and
``(ii) by computing, for purposes of paragraph (2)(A),
the limitation under subparagraph (A) for the year to which
such taxes are carried by substituting `foreign oil and gas
extraction income' for `foreign oil and gas income' in
subsection (a).
``(B) 2009 credits.--In the case of any unused credit year
beginning in 2009, the amendments made to this subsection by
the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 shall be
treated as being in effect for any preceding year beginning
before January 1, 2009, solely for purposes of determining how
much of the unused foreign oil and gas taxes for such unused
credit year may be deemed paid or accrued in such preceding
year.''.
(d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 6501(i) is amended by striking
``oil and gas extraction taxes'' and inserting ``foreign oil and gas
taxes''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.
SEC. 403. BROKER REPORTING OF CUSTOMER'S BASIS IN SECURITIES
TRANSACTIONS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Broker reporting for securities transactions.--Section 6045
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) Additional Information Required in the Case of Securities
Transactions, etc.--
``(1) In general.--If a broker is otherwise required to make a
return under subsection (a) with respect to the gross proceeds of
the sale of a covered security, the broker shall include in such
return the information described in paragraph (2).
``(2) Additional information required.--
``(A) In general.--The information required under paragraph
(1) to be shown on a return with respect to a covered security
of a customer shall include the customer's adjusted basis in
such security and whether any gain or loss with respect to such
security is long-term or short-term (within the meaning of
section 1222).
``(B) Determination of adjusted basis.--For purposes of
subparagraph (A)--
``(i) In general.--The customer's adjusted basis shall
be determined--
``(I) in the case of any security (other than any
stock for which an average basis method is permissible
under section 1012), in accordance with the first-in
first-out method unless the customer notifies the
broker by means of making an adequate identification of
the stock sold or transferred, and
``(II) in the case of any stock for which an
average basis method is permissible under section 1012,
in accordance with the broker's default method unless
the customer notifies the broker that he elects another
acceptable method under section 1012 with respect to
the account in which such stock is held.
``(ii) Exception for wash sales.--Except as otherwise
provided by the Secretary, the customer's adjusted basis
shall be determined without regard to section 1091
(relating to loss from wash sales of stock or securities)
unless the transactions occur in the same account with
respect to identical securities.
``(3) Covered security.--For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) In general.--The term `covered security' means any
specified security acquired on or after the applicable date if
such security--
``(i) was acquired through a transaction in the account
in which such security is held, or
``(ii) was transferred to such account from an account
in which such security was a covered security, but only if
the broker received a statement under section 6045A with
respect to the transfer.
``(B) Specified security.--The term `specified security'
means--
``(i) any share of stock in a corporation,
``(ii) any note, bond, debenture, or other evidence of
indebtedness,
``(iii) any commodity, or contract or derivative with
respect to such commodity, if the Secretary determines that
adjusted basis reporting is appropriate for purposes of
this subsection, and
``(iv) any other financial instrument with respect to
which the Secretary determines that adjusted basis
reporting is appropriate for purposes of this subsection.
``(C) Applicable date.--The term `applicable date' means--
``(i) January 1, 2011, in the case of any specified
security which is stock in a corporation (other than any
stock described in clause (ii)),
``(ii) January 1, 2012, in the case of any stock for
which an average basis method is permissible under section
1012, and
``(iii) January 1, 2013, or such later date determined
by the Secretary in the case of any other specified
security.
``(4) Treatment of s corporations.--In the case of the sale of
a covered security acquired by an S corporation (other than a
financial institution) after December 31, 2011, such S corporation
shall be treated in the same manner as a partnership for purposes
of this section.
``(5) Special rules for short sales.--In the case of a short
sale, reporting under this section shall be made for the year in
which such sale is closed.''.
(2) Broker information required with respect to options.--
Section 6045, as amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Application to Options on Securities.--
``(1) Exercise of option.--For purposes of this section, if a
covered security is acquired or disposed of pursuant to the
exercise of an option that was granted or acquired in the same
account as the covered security, the amount received with respect
to the grant or paid with respect to the acquisition of such option
shall be treated as an adjustment to gross proceeds or as an
adjustment to basis, as the case may be.
``(2) Lapse or closing transaction.--In the case of the lapse
(or closing transaction (as defined in section 1234(b)(2)(A))) of
an option on a specified security or the exercise of a cash-settled
option on a specified security, reporting under subsections (a) and
(g) with respect to such option shall be made for the calendar year
which includes the date of such lapse, closing transaction, or
exercise.
``(3) Prospective application.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
not apply to any option which is granted or acquired before January
1, 2013.
``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the terms
`covered security' and `specified security' shall have the meanings
given such terms in subsection (g)(3).''.
(3) Extension of period for statements sent to customers.--
(A) In general.--Subsection (b) of section 6045 is amended
by striking ``January 31'' and inserting ``February 15''.
(B) Statements related to substitute payments.--Subsection
(d) of section 6045 is amended--
(i) by striking ``at such time and'', and
(ii) by inserting after ``other item.'' the following
new sentence: ``The written statement required under the
preceding sentence shall be furnished on or before February
15 of the year following the calendar year in which the
payment was made.''.
(C) Other statements.--Subsection (b) of section 6045 is
amended by adding at the end the following: ``In the case of a
consolidated reporting statement (as defined in regulations)
with respect to any customer, any statement which would
otherwise be required to be furnished on or before January 31
of a calendar year with respect to any item reportable to the
taxpayer shall instead be required to be furnished on or before
February 15 of such calendar year if furnished with such
consolidated reporting statement.''.
(b) Determination of Basis of Certain Securities on Account by
Account or Average Basis Method.--Section 1012 is amended--
(1) by striking ``The basis of property'' and inserting the
following:
``(a) In General.--The basis of property'',
(2) by striking ``The cost of real property'' and inserting the
following:
``(b) Special Rule for Apportioned Real Estate Taxes.--The cost of
real property'', and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(c) Determinations by Account.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of the sale, exchange, or other
disposition of a specified security on or after the applicable
date, the conventions prescribed by regulations under this section
shall be applied on an account by account basis.
``(2) Application to certain funds.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
any stock for which an average basis method is permissible
under section 1012 which is acquired before January 1, 2012,
shall be treated as a separate account from any such stock
acquired on or after such date.
``(B) Election fund for treatment as single account.--If a
fund described in subparagraph (A) elects to have this
subparagraph apply with respect to one or more of its
stockholders--
``(i) subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to
any stock in such fund held by such stockholders, and
``(ii) all stock in such fund which is held by such
stockholders shall be treated as covered securities
described in section 6045(g)(3) without regard to the date
of the acquisition of such stock.
A rule similar to the rule of the preceding sentence shall
apply with respect to a broker holding such stock as a nominee.
``(3) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms
`specified security' and `applicable date' shall have the meaning
given such terms in section 6045(g).
``(d) Average Basis for Stock Acquired Pursuant to a Dividend
Reinvestment Plan.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of any stock acquired after
December 31, 2010, in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan,
the basis of such stock while held as part of such plan shall be
determined using one of the methods which may be used for
determining the basis of stock in an open-end fund.
``(2) Treatment after transfer.--In the case of the transfer to
another account of stock to which paragraph (1) applies, such stock
shall have a cost basis in such other account equal to its basis in
the dividend reinvestment plan immediately before such transfer
(properly adjusted for any fees or other charges taken into account
in connection with such transfer).
``(3) Separate accounts; election for treatment as single
account.--Rules similar to the rules of subsection (c)(2) shall
apply for purposes of this subsection.
``(4) Dividend reinvestment plan.--For purposes of this
subsection--
``(A) In general.--The term `dividend reinvestment plan'
means any arrangement under which dividends on any stock are
reinvested in stock identical to the stock with respect to
which the dividends are paid.
``(B) Initial stock acquisition treated as acquired in
connection with plan.--Stock shall be treated as acquired in
connection with a dividend reinvestment plan if such stock is
acquired pursuant to such plan or if the dividends paid on such
stock are subject to such plan.''.
(c) Information by Transferors To Aid Brokers.--
(1) In general.--Subpart B of part III of subchapter A of
chapter 61 is amended by inserting after section 6045 the following
new section:
``SEC. 6045A. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS OF
COVERED SECURITIES TO BROKERS.
``(a) Furnishing of Information.--Every applicable person which
transfers to a broker (as defined in section 6045(c)(1)) a security
which is a covered security (as defined in section 6045(g)(3)) in the
hands of such applicable person shall furnish to such broker a written
statement in such manner and setting forth such information as the
Secretary may by regulations prescribe for purposes of enabling such
broker to meet the requirements of section 6045(g).
``(b) Applicable Person.--For purposes of subsection (a), the term
`applicable person' means--
``(1) any broker (as defined in section 6045(c)(1)), and
``(2) any other person as provided by the Secretary in
regulations.
``(c) Time for Furnishing Statement.--Except as otherwise provided
by the Secretary, any statement required by subsection (a) shall be
furnished not later than 15 days after the date of the transfer
described in such subsection.''.
(2) Assessable penalties.--Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d), as
amended by the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, is amended by
redesignating subparagraphs (I) through (DD) as subparagraphs (J)
through (EE), respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (H)
the following new subparagraph:
``(I) section 6045A (relating to information required in
connection with transfers of covered securities to brokers),''.
(3) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for subpart B of
part III of subchapter A of chapter 61 is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 6045 the following new item:
``Sec. 6045A. Information required in connection with transfers of
covered securities to brokers.''.
(d) Additional Issuer Information To Aid Brokers.--
(1) In general.--Subpart B of part III of subchapter A of
chapter 61, as amended by subsection (b), is amended by inserting
after section 6045A the following new section:
``SEC. 6045B. RETURNS RELATING TO ACTIONS AFFECTING BASIS OF SPECIFIED
SECURITIES.
``(a) In General.--According to the forms or regulations prescribed
by the Secretary, any issuer of a specified security shall make a
return setting forth--
``(1) a description of any organizational action which affects
the basis of such specified security of such issuer,
``(2) the quantitative effect on the basis of such specified
security resulting from such action, and
``(3) such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.
``(b) Time for Filing Return.--Any return required by subsection
(a) shall be filed not later than the earlier of--
``(1) 45 days after the date of the action described in
subsection (a), or
``(2) January 15 of the year following the calendar year during
which such action occurred.
``(c) Statements To Be Furnished to Holders of Specified Securities
or Their Nominees.--According to the forms or regulations prescribed by
the Secretary, every person required to make a return under subsection
(a) with respect to a specified security shall furnish to the nominee
with respect to the specified security (or certificate holder if there
is no nominee) a written statement showing--
``(1) the name, address, and phone number of the information
contact of the person required to make such return,
``(2) the information required to be shown on such return with
respect to such security, and
``(3) such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.
The written statement required under the preceding sentence shall be
furnished to the holder on or before January 15 of the year following
the calendar year during which the action described in subsection (a)
occurred.
``(d) Specified Security.--For purposes of this section, the term
`specified security' has the meaning given such term by section
6045(g)(3)(B). No return shall be required under this section with
respect to actions described in subsection (a) with respect to a
specified security which occur before the applicable date (as defined
in section 6045(g)(3)(C)) with respect to such security.
``(e) Public Reporting in Lieu of Return.--The Secretary may waive
the requirements under subsections (a) and (c) with respect to a
specified security, if the person required to make the return under
subsection (a) makes publicly available, in such form and manner as the
Secretary determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this
section--
``(1) the name, address, phone number, and email address of the
information contact of such person, and
``(2) the information described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)
of subsection (a).''.
(2) Assessable penalties.--
(A) Subparagraph (B) of section 6724(d)(1), as amended by
the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, is amended by
redesignating clause (iv) and each of the clauses which follow
as clauses (v) through (xxiii), respectively, and by inserting
after clause (iii) the following new clause:
``(iv) section 6045B(a) (relating to returns relating
to actions affecting basis of specified securities),''.
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d), as amended by the
Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 and by subsection (c)(2), is
amended by redesignating subparagraphs (J) through (EE) as
subparagraphs (K) through (FF), respectively, and by inserting
after subparagraph (I) the following new subparagraph:
``(J) subsections (c) and (e) of section 6045B (relating to
returns relating to actions affecting basis of specified
securities),''.
(3) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for subpart B of
part III of subchapter A of chapter 61, as amended by subsection
(b)(3), is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
6045A the following new item:
``Sec. 6045B. Returns relating to actions affecting basis of specified
securities.''.
(e) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the amendments made by this section shall take effect
on January 1, 2011.
(2) Extension of period for statements sent to customers.--The
amendments made by subsection (a)(3) shall apply to statements
required to be furnished after December 31, 2008.
SEC. 404. 0.2 PERCENT FUTA SURTAX.
(a) In General.--Section 3301 (relating to rate of tax) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``through 2008'' in paragraph (1) and inserting
``through 2009'', and
(2) by striking ``calendar year 2009'' in paragraph (2) and
inserting ``calendar year 2010''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to wages paid after December 31, 2008.
SEC. 405. INCREASE AND EXTENSION OF OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND
TAX.
(a) Increase in Rate.--
(1) In general.--Section 4611(c)(2)(B) (relating to rates) is
amended by striking ``is 5 cents a barrel.'' and inserting ``is--
``(i) in the case of crude oil received or petroleum
products entered before January 1, 2017, 8 cents a barrel,
and
``(ii) in the case of crude oil received or petroleum
products entered after December 31, 2016, 9 cents a
barrel.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection
shall apply on and after the first day of the first calendar
quarter beginning more than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(b) Extension.--
(1) In general.--Section 4611(f) (relating to application of
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate) is amended by
striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following new
paragraph:
``(2) Termination.--The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
financing rate shall not apply after December 31, 2017.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 4611(f)(1) is amended by
striking ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'' and inserting ``paragraph
(2)''.
(3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
DIVISION C--TAX EXTENDERS AND ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX RELIEF
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the ``Tax Extenders
and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this division an amendment or repeal is expressed
in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this division is
as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; amendment of 1986 Code; table of contents.
TITLE I--ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX RELIEF
Sec. 101. Extension of alternative minimum tax relief for nonrefundable
personal credits.
Sec. 102. Extension of increased alternative minimum tax exemption
amount.
Sec. 103. Increase of AMT refundable credit amount for individuals with
long-term unused credits for prior year minimum tax liability,
etc.
TITLE II--EXTENSION OF INDIVIDUAL TAX PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Deduction for State and local sales taxes.
Sec. 202. Deduction of qualified tuition and related expenses.
Sec. 203. Deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary
school teachers.
Sec. 204. Additional standard deduction for real property taxes for
nonitemizers.
Sec. 205. Tax-free distributions from individual retirement plans for
charitable purposes.
Sec. 206. Treatment of certain dividends of regulated investment
companies.
Sec. 207. Stock in RIC for purposes of determining estates of
nonresidents not citizens.
Sec. 208. Qualified investment entities.
TITLE III--EXTENSION OF BUSINESS TAX PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Extension and modification of research credit.
Sec. 302. New markets tax credit.
Sec. 303. Subpart F exception for active financing income.
Sec. 304. Extension of look-thru rule for related controlled foreign
corporations.
Sec. 305. Extension of 15-year straight-line cost recovery for qualified
leasehold improvements and qualified restaurant improvements;
15-year straight-line cost recovery for certain improvements
to retail space.
Sec. 306. Modification of tax treatment of certain payments to
controlling exempt organizations.
Sec. 307. Basis adjustment to stock of S corporations making charitable
contributions of property.
Sec. 308. Increase in limit on cover over of rum excise tax to Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Sec. 309. Extension of economic development credit for American Samoa.
Sec. 310. Extension of mine rescue team training credit.
Sec. 311. Extension of election to expense advanced mine safety
equipment.
Sec. 312. Deduction allowable with respect to income attributable to
domestic production activities in Puerto Rico.
Sec. 313. Qualified zone academy bonds.
Sec. 314. Indian employment credit.
Sec. 315. Accelerated depreciation for business property on Indian
reservations.
Sec. 316. Railroad track maintenance.
Sec. 317. Seven-year cost recovery period for motorsports racing track
facility.
Sec. 318. Expensing of environmental remediation costs.
Sec. 319. Extension of work opportunity tax credit for Hurricane Katrina
employees.
Sec. 320. Extension of increased rehabilitation credit for structures in
the Gulf Opportunity Zone.
Sec. 321. Enhanced deduction for qualified computer contributions.
Sec. 322. Tax incentives for investment in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 323. Enhanced charitable deductions for contributions of food
inventory.
Sec. 324. Extension of enhanced charitable deduction for contributions
of book inventory.
Sec. 325. Extension and modification of duty suspension on wool
products; wool research fund; wool duty refunds.
TITLE IV--EXTENSION OF TAX ADMINISTRATION PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Permanent authority for undercover operations.
Sec. 402. Permanent authority for disclosure of information relating to
terrorist activities.
TITLE V--ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF AND OTHER TAX PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--General Provisions
Sec. 501. $8,500 income threshold used to calculate refundable portion
of child tax credit.
Sec. 502. Provisions related to film and television productions.
Sec. 503. Exemption from excise tax for certain wooden arrows designed
for use by children.
Sec. 504. Income averaging for amounts received in connection with the
Exxon Valdez litigation.
Sec. 505. Certain farming business machinery and equipment treated as 5-
year property.
Sec. 506. Modification of penalty on understatement of taxpayer's
liability by tax return preparer.
Subtitle B--Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and
Addiction Equity Act of 2008
Sec. 511. Short title.
Sec. 512. Mental health parity.
TITLE VI--OTHER PROVISIONS
Sec. 601. Secure rural schools and community self-determination program.
Sec. 602. Transfer to abandoned mine reclamation fund.
TITLE VII--DISASTER RELIEF
Subtitle A--Heartland and Hurricane Ike Disaster Relief
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Temporary tax relief for areas damaged by 2008 Midwestern
severe storms, tornados, and flooding.
Sec. 703. Reporting requirements relating to disaster relief
contributions.
Sec. 704. Temporary tax-exempt bond financing and low-income housing tax
relief for areas damaged by Hurricane Ike.
Subtitle B--National Disaster Relief
Sec. 706. Losses attributable to federally declared disasters.
Sec. 707. Expensing of Qualified Disaster Expenses.
Sec. 708. Net operating losses attributable to federally declared
disasters.
Sec. 709. Waiver of certain mortgage revenue bond requirements following
federally declared disasters.
Sec. 710. Special depreciation allowance for qualified disaster
property.
Sec. 711. Increased expensing for qualified disaster assistance
property.
Sec. 712. Coordination with Heartland disaster relief.
TITLE VIII--SPENDING REDUCTIONS AND APPROPRIATE REVENUE RAISERS FOR NEW
TAX RELIEF POLICY
Sec. 801. Nonqualified deferred compensation from certain tax
indifferent parties.
TITLE I--ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX RELIEF
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX RELIEF FOR
NONREFUNDABLE PERSONAL CREDITS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 26(a) (relating to
special rule for taxable years 2000 through 2007) is amended--
(1) by striking ``or 2007'' and inserting ``2007, or 2008'',
and
(2) by striking ``2007'' in the heading thereof and inserting
``2008''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF INCREASED ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX EXEMPTION
AMOUNT.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 55(d) (relating to
exemption amount) is amended--
(1) by striking ``($66,250 in the case of taxable years
beginning in 2007)'' in subparagraph (A) and inserting ``($69,950
in the case of taxable years beginning in 2008)'', and
(2) by striking ``($44,350 in the case of taxable years
beginning in 2007)'' in subparagraph (B) and inserting ``($46,200
in the case of taxable years beginning in 2008)''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 103. INCREASE OF AMT REFUNDABLE CREDIT AMOUNT FOR INDIVIDUALS
WITH LONG-TERM UNUSED CREDITS FOR PRIOR YEAR MINIMUM TAX
LIABILITY, ETC.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 53(e) is amended to read
as follows:
``(2) AMT refundable credit amount.--For purposes of paragraph
(1), the term `AMT refundable credit amount' means, with respect to
any taxable year, the amount (not in excess of the long-term unused
minimum tax credit for such taxable year) equal to the greater of--
``(A) 50 percent of the long-term unused minimum tax credit
for such taxable year, or
``(B) the amount (if any) of the AMT refundable credit
amount determined under this paragraph for the taxpayer's
preceding taxable year (determined without regard to subsection
(f)(2)).''.
(b) Treatment of Certain Underpayments, Interest, and Penalties
Attributable to the Treatment of Incentive Stock Options.--Section 53
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Treatment of Certain Underpayments, Interest, and Penalties
Attributable to the Treatment of Incentive Stock Options.--
``(1) Abatement.--Any underpayment of tax outstanding on the
date of the enactment of this subsection which is attributable to
the application of section 56(b)(3) for any taxable year ending
before January 1, 2008, and any interest or penalty with respect to
such underpayment which is outstanding on such date of enactment,
is hereby abated. The amount determined under subsection (b)(1)
shall not include any tax abated under the preceding sentence.
``(2) Increase in credit for certain interest and penalties
already paid.--The AMT refundable credit amount, and the minimum
tax credit determined under subsection (b), for the taxpayer's
first 2 taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, shall each
be increased by 50 percent of the aggregate amount of the interest
and penalties which were paid by the taxpayer before the date of
the enactment of this subsection and which would (but for such
payment) have been abated under paragraph (1).''.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2007.
(2) Abatement.--Section 53(f)(1), as added by subsection (b),
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE II--EXTENSION OF INDIVIDUAL TAX PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. DEDUCTION FOR STATE AND LOCAL SALES TAXES.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (I) of section 164(b)(5) is amended
by striking ``January 1, 2008'' and inserting ``January 1, 2010''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 202. DEDUCTION OF QUALIFIED TUITION AND RELATED EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 222 (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 203. DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (D) of section 62(a)(2) (relating to
certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers) is
amended by striking ``or 2007'' and inserting ``2007, 2008, or 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 204. ADDITIONAL STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR REAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR
NONITEMIZERS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (C) of section 63(c)(1), as added by
the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, is amended by inserting ``or
2009'' after ``2008''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.
SEC. 205. TAX-FREE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT PLANS
FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (F) of section 408(d)(8) (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to distributions made in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2007.
SEC. 206. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DIVIDENDS OF REGULATED INVESTMENT
COMPANIES.
(a) Interest-Related Dividends.--Subparagraph (C) of section
871(k)(1) (defining interest-related dividend) is amended by striking
``December 31, 2007'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends.--Subparagraph (C) of section
871(k)(2) (defining short-term capital gain dividend) is amended by
striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to dividends with respect to taxable years of regulated
investment companies beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 207. STOCK IN RIC FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ESTATES OF
NONRESIDENTS NOT CITIZENS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 2105(d) (relating to
stock in a RIC) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to decedents dying after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 208. QUALIFIED INVESTMENT ENTITIES.
(a) In General.--Clause (ii) of section 897(h)(4)(A) (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on January 1, 2008.
TITLE III--EXTENSION OF BUSINESS TAX PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF RESEARCH CREDIT.
(a) Extension.--
(1) In general.--Section 41(h) (relating to termination) is
amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting ``December
31, 2009'' in paragraph (1)(B).
(2) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (D) of section
45C(b)(1) (relating to special rule) is amended by striking ``after
December 31, 2007'' and inserting ``after December 31, 2009''.
(b) Termination of Alternative Incremental Credit.--Section 41(h)
is amended by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and by
inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
``(2) Termination of alternative incremental credit.--No
election under subsection (c)(4) shall apply to taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2008.''.
(c) Modification of Alternative Simplified Credit.--Paragraph
(5)(A) of section 41(c) (relating to election of alternative simplified
credit) is amended by striking ``12 percent'' and inserting ``14
percent (12 percent in the case of taxable years ending before January
1, 2009)''.
(d) Technical Correction.--Paragraph (3) of section 41(h) is
amended to read as follows:
``(2) Computation for taxable year in which credit
terminates.--In the case of any taxable year with respect to which
this section applies to a number of days which is less than the
total number of days in such taxable year--
``(A) the amount determined under subsection (c)(1)(B) with
respect to such taxable year shall be the amount which bears
the same ratio to such amount (determined without regard to
this paragraph) as the number of days in such taxable year to
which this section applies bears to the total number of days in
such taxable year, and
``(B) for purposes of subsection (c)(5), the average
qualified research expenses for the preceding 3 taxable years
shall be the amount which bears the same ratio to such average
qualified research expenses (determined without regard to this
paragraph) as the number of days in such taxable year to which
this section applies bears to the total number of days in such
taxable year.''.
(e) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2007.
(2) Extension.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 302. NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT.
Subparagraph (D) of section 45D(f)(1) (relating to national
limitation on amount of investments designated) is amended by striking
``and 2008'' and inserting ``2008, and 2009''.
SEC. 303. SUBPART F EXCEPTION FOR ACTIVE FINANCING INCOME.
(a) Exempt Insurance Income.--Paragraph (10) of section 953(e)
(relating to application) is amended--
(1) by striking ``January 1, 2009'' and inserting ``January 1,
2010'', and
(2) by striking ``December 31, 2008'' and inserting ``December
31, 2009''.
(b) Exception to Treatment as Foreign Personal Holding Company
Income.--Paragraph (9) of section 954(h) (relating to application) is
amended by striking ``January 1, 2009'' and inserting ``January 1,
2010''.
SEC. 304. EXTENSION OF LOOK-THRU RULE FOR RELATED CONTROLLED
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (C) of section 954(c)(6) (relating to
application) is amended by striking ``January 1, 2009'' and inserting
``January 1, 2010''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31,
2007, and to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within
which such taxable years of foreign corporations end.
SEC. 305. EXTENSION OF 15-YEAR STRAIGHT-LINE COST RECOVERY FOR
QUALIFIED LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS AND QUALIFIED RESTAURANT
IMPROVEMENTS; 15-YEAR STRAIGHT-LINE COST RECOVERY FOR CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS TO RETAIL SPACE.
(a) Extension of Leasehold and Restaurant Improvements.--
(1) In general.--Clauses (iv) and (v) of section 168(e)(3)(E)
(relating to 15-year property) are each amended by striking
``January 1, 2008'' and inserting ``January 1, 2010''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2007.
(b) Treatment To Include New Construction.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (7) of section 168(e) (relating to
classification of property) is amended to read as follows:
``(7) Qualified restaurant property.--
``(A) In general.--The term `qualified restaurant property'
means any section 1250 property which is--
``(i) a building, if such building is placed in service
after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2010, or
``(ii) an improvement to a building,
if more than 50 percent of the building's square footage is
devoted to preparation of, and seating for on-premises
consumption of, prepared meals.
``(B) Exclusion from bonus depreciation.--Property
described in this paragraph shall not be considered qualified
property for purposes of subsection (k).''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection
shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2008.
(c) Recovery Period for Depreciation of Certain Improvements to
Retail Space.--
(1) 15-year recovery period.--Section 168(e)(3)(E) (relating to
15-year property) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of
clause (vii), by striking the period at the end of clause (viii)
and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new
clause:
``(ix) any qualified retail improvement property placed
in service after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
2010.''.
(2) Qualified retail improvement property.--Section 168(e) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(8) Qualified retail improvement property.--
``(A) In general.--The term `qualified retail improvement
property' means any improvement to an interior portion of a
building which is nonresidential real property if--
``(i) such portion is open to the general public and is
used in the retail trade or business of selling tangible
personal property to the general public, and
``(ii) such improvement is placed in service more than
3 years after the date the building was first placed in
service.
``(B) Improvements made by owner.--In the case of an
improvement made by the owner of such improvement, such
improvement shall be qualified retail improvement property (if
at all) only so long as such improvement is held by such owner.
Rules similar to the rules under paragraph (6)(B) shall apply
for purposes of the preceding sentence.
``(C) Certain improvements not included.--Such term shall
not include any improvement for which the expenditure is
attributable to--
``(i) the enlargement of the building,
``(ii) any elevator or escalator,
``(iii) any structural component benefitting a common
area, or
``(iv) the internal structural framework of the
building.
``(D) Exclusion from bonus depreciation.--Property
described in this paragraph shall not be considered qualified
property for purposes of subsection (k).
``(E) Termination.--Such term shall not include any
improvement placed in service after December 31, 2009.''.
(3) Requirement to use straight line method.--Section 168(b)(3)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(I) Qualified retail improvement property described in
subsection (e)(8).''.
(4) Alternative system.--The table contained in section
168(g)(3)(B) is amended by inserting after the item relating to
subparagraph (E)(viii) the following new item:
``(E)(ix).................................................. 39''.
(5) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2008.
SEC. 306. MODIFICATION OF TAX TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO
CONTROLLING EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Clause (iv) of section 512(b)(13)(E) (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to payments received or accrued after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 307. BASIS ADJUSTMENT TO STOCK OF S CORPORATIONS MAKING
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--The last sentence of section 1367(a)(2) (relating
to decreases in basis) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to contributions made in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2007.
SEC. 308. INCREASE IN LIMIT ON COVER OVER OF RUM EXCISE TAX TO
PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 7652(f) is amended by
striking ``January 1, 2008'' and inserting ``January 1, 2010''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to distilled spirits brought into the United States after December 31,
2007.
SEC. 309. EXTENSION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CREDIT FOR AMERICAN
SAMOA.
(a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 119 of division A of the
Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 is amended--
(1) by striking ``first two taxable years'' and inserting
``first 4 taxable years'', and
(2) by striking ``January 1, 2008'' and inserting ``January 1,
2010''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 310. EXTENSION OF MINE RESCUE TEAM TRAINING CREDIT.
Section 45N(e) (relating to termination) is amended by striking
``December 31, 2008'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
SEC. 311. EXTENSION OF ELECTION TO EXPENSE ADVANCED MINE SAFETY
EQUIPMENT.
Section 179E(g) (relating to termination) is amended by striking
``December 31, 2008'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
SEC. 312. DEDUCTION ALLOWABLE WITH RESPECT TO INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE
TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES IN PUERTO RICO.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (C) of section 199(d)(8) (relating to
termination) is amended--
(1) by striking ``first 2 taxable years'' and inserting ``first
4 taxable years'', and
(2) by striking ``January 1, 2008'' and inserting ``January 1,
2010''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 313. QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY BONDS.
(a) In General.--Subpart I of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 54E. QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY BONDS.
``(a) Qualified Zone Academy Bonds.--For purposes of this
subchapter, the term `qualified zone academy bond' means any bond
issued as part of an issue if--
``(1) 100 percent of the available project proceeds of such
issue are to be used for a qualified purpose with respect to a
qualified zone academy established by an eligible local education
agency,
``(2) the bond is issued by a State or local government within
the jurisdiction of which such academy is located, and
``(3) the issuer--
``(A) designates such bond for purposes of this section,
``(B) certifies that it has written assurances that the
private business contribution requirement of subsection (b)
will be met with respect to such academy, and
``(C) certifies that it has the written approval of the
eligible local education agency for such bond issuance.
``(b) Private Business Contribution Requirement.--For purposes of
subsection (a), the private business contribution requirement of this
subsection is met with respect to any issue if the eligible local
education agency that established the qualified zone academy has
written commitments from private entities to make qualified
contributions having a present value (as of the date of issuance of the
issue) of not less than 10 percent of the proceeds of the issue.
``(c) Limitation on Amount of Bonds Designated.--
``(1) National limitation.--There is a national zone academy
bond limitation for each calendar year. Such limitation is
$400,000,000 for 2008 and 2009, and, except as provided in
paragraph (4), zero thereafter.
``(2) Allocation of limitation.--The national zone academy bond
limitation for a calendar year shall be allocated by the Secretary
among the States on the basis of their respective populations of
individuals below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget). The limitation amount allocated to a State
under the preceding sentence shall be allocated by the State
education agency to qualified zone academies within such State.
``(3) Designation subject to limitation amount.--The maximum
aggregate face amount of bonds issued during any calendar year
which may be designated under subsection (a) with respect to any
qualified zone academy shall not exceed the limitation amount
allocated to such academy under paragraph (2) for such calendar
year.
``(4) Carryover of unused limitation.--
``(A) In general.--If for any calendar year--
``(i) the limitation amount for any State, exceeds
``(ii) the amount of bonds issued during such year
which are designated under subsection (a) with respect to
qualified zone academies within such State,
the limitation amount for such State for the following calendar
year shall be increased by the amount of such excess.
``(B) Limitation on carryover.--Any carryforward of a
limitation amount may be carried only to the first 2 years
following the unused limitation year. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, a limitation amount shall be treated as
used on a first-in first-out basis.
``(C) Coordination with section 1397e.--Any carryover
determined under section 1397E(e)(4) (relating to carryover of
unused limitation) with respect to any State to calendar year
2008 or 2009 shall be treated for purposes of this section as a
carryover with respect to such State for such calendar year
under subparagraph (A), and the limitation of subparagraph (B)
shall apply to such carryover taking into account the calendar
years to which such carryover relates.
``(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) Qualified zone academy.--The term `qualified zone
academy' means any public school (or academic program within a
public school) which is established by and operated under the
supervision of an eligible local education agency to provide
education or training below the postsecondary level if--
``(A) such public school or program (as the case may be) is
designed in cooperation with business to enhance the academic
curriculum, increase graduation and employment rates, and
better prepare students for the rigors of college and the
increasingly complex workforce,
``(B) students in such public school or program (as the
case may be) will be subject to the same academic standards and
assessments as other students educated by the eligible local
education agency,
``(C) the comprehensive education plan of such public
school or program is approved by the eligible local education
agency, and
``(D)(i) such public school is located in an empowerment
zone or enterprise community (including any such zone or
community designated after the date of the enactment of this
section), or
``(ii) there is a reasonable expectation (as of the date of
issuance of the bonds) that at least 35 percent of the students
attending such school or participating in such program (as the
case may be) will be eligible for free or reduced-cost lunches
under the school lunch program established under the National
School Lunch Act.
``(2) Eligible local education agency.--For purposes of this
section, the term `eligible local education agency' means any local
educational agency as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
``(3) Qualified purpose.--The term `qualified purpose' means,
with respect to any qualified zone academy--
``(A) rehabilitating or repairing the public school
facility in which the academy is established,
``(B) providing equipment for use at such academy,
``(C) developing course materials for education to be
provided at such academy, and
``(D) training teachers and other school personnel in such
academy.
``(4) Qualified contributions.--The term `qualified
contribution' means any contribution (of a type and quality
acceptable to the eligible local education agency) of--
``(A) equipment for use in the qualified zone academy
(including state-of-the-art technology and vocational
equipment),
``(B) technical assistance in developing curriculum or in
training teachers in order to promote appropriate market driven
technology in the classroom,
``(C) services of employees as volunteer mentors,
``(D) internships, field trips, or other educational
opportunities outside the academy for students, or
``(E) any other property or service specified by the
eligible local education agency.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 54A(d), as amended by this Act, is
amended by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (B), by
inserting ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (C), and by inserting
after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:
``(D) a qualified zone academy bond,''.
(2) Subparagraph (C) of section 54A(d)(2), as amended by this
Act, is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (ii), by
striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting ``,
and'', and by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(iv) in the case of a qualified zone academy bond, a
purpose specified in section 54E(a)(1).''.
(3) Section 1397E is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(m) Termination.--This section shall not apply to any obligation
issued after the date of the enactment of the Tax Extenders and
Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008.''.
(4) The table of sections for subpart I of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
``Sec. 54E. Qualified zone academy bonds.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 314. INDIAN EMPLOYMENT CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subsection (f) of section 45A (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 315. ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY ON INDIAN
RESERVATIONS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (8) of section 168(j) (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to property placed in service after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 316. RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE.
(a) In General.--Subsection (f) of section 45G (relating to
application of section) is amended by striking ``January 1, 2008'' and
inserting ``January 1, 2010''.
(b) Credit Allowed Against Alternative Minimum Tax.--Subparagraph
(B) of section 38(c)(4), as amended by this Act, is amended--
(1) by redesignating clauses (v), (vi), and (vii) as clauses
(vi), (vii), and (viii), respectively, and
(2) by inserting after clause (iv) the following new clause:
``(v) the credit determined under section 45G,''.
(c) Effective Dates.--
(1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to
expenditures paid or incurred during taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2007.
(2) The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to
credits determined under section 45G of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, and to
carrybacks of such credits.
SEC. 317. SEVEN-YEAR COST RECOVERY PERIOD FOR MOTORSPORTS RACING
TRACK FACILITY.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (D) of section 168(i)(15) (relating
to termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to property placed in service after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 318. EXPENSING OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION COSTS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (h) of section 198 (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to expenditures paid or incurred after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 319. EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT FOR HURRICANE
KATRINA EMPLOYEES.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 201(b) of the Katrina
Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 is amended by striking ``2-year'' and
inserting ``4-year''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to individuals hired after August 27, 2007.
SEC. 320. EXTENSION OF INCREASED REHABILITATION CREDIT FOR
STRUCTURES IN THE GULF OPPORTUNITY ZONE.
(a) In General.--Subsection (h) of section 1400N is amended by
striking ``December 31, 2008'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to expenditures paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 321. ENHANCED DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED COMPUTER CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (G) of section 170(e)(6) is amended
by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to contributions made during taxable years beginning after December 31,
2007.
SEC. 322. TAX INCENTIVES FOR INVESTMENT IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
(a) Designation of Zone.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (f) of section 1400 is amended by
striking ``2007'' both places it appears and inserting ``2009''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall apply to periods beginning after December 31, 2007.
(b) Tax-Exempt Economic Development Bonds.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (b) of section 1400A is amended by
striking ``2007'' and inserting ``2009''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection
shall apply to bonds issued after December 31, 2007.
(c) Zero Percent Capital Gains Rate.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (b) of section 1400B is amended by
striking ``2008'' each place it appears and inserting ``2010''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 1400B(e)(2) is amended--
(i) by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2014'', and
(ii) by striking ``2012'' in the heading thereof and
inserting ``2014''.
(B) Section 1400B(g)(2) is amended by striking ``2012'' and
inserting ``2014''.
(C) Section 1400F(d) is amended by striking ``2012'' and
inserting ``2014''.
(3) Effective dates.--
(A) Extension.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall
apply to acquisitions after December 31, 2007.
(B) Conforming amendments.--The amendments made by
paragraph (2) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(d) First-Time Homebuyer Credit.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (i) of section 1400C is amended by
striking ``2008'' and inserting ``2010''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection
shall apply to property purchased after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 323. ENHANCED CHARITABLE DEDUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOOD
INVENTORY.
(a) Increased Amount of Deduction.--
(1) In general.--Clause (iv) of section 170(e)(3)(C) (relating
to termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection
shall apply to contributions made after December 31, 2007.
(b) Temporary Suspension of Limitations on Charitable
Contributions.--
(1) In general.--Section 170(b) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
``(3) Temporary suspension of limitations on charitable
contributions.--In the case of a qualified farmer or rancher (as
defined in paragraph (1)(E)(v)), any charitable contribution of
food--
``(A) to which subsection (e)(3)(C) applies (without regard
to clause (ii) thereof), and
``(B) which is made during the period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this paragraph and before January 1, 2009,
shall be treated for purposes of paragraph (1)(E) or (2)(B),
whichever is applicable, as if it were a qualified conservation
contribution which is made by a qualified farmer or rancher and
which otherwise meets the requirements of such paragraph.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection
shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 324. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOOK INVENTORY.
(a) Extension.--Clause (iv) of section 170(e)(3)(D) (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2007'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--Clause (iii) of section 170(e)(3)(D)
(relating to certification by donee) is amended by inserting ``of
books'' after ``to any contribution''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to contributions made after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 325. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DUTY SUSPENSION ON WOOL
PRODUCTS; WOOL RESEARCH FUND; WOOL DUTY REFUNDS.
(a) Extension of Temporary Duty Reductions.--Each of the following
headings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by striking the date in the effective period column and
inserting ``12/31/2014'':
(1) Heading 9902.51.11 (relating to fabrics of worsted wool).
(2) Heading 9902.51.13 (relating to yarn of combed wool).
(3) Heading 9902.51.14 (relating to wool fiber, waste,
garnetted stock, combed wool, or wool top).
(4) Heading 9902.51.15 (relating to fabrics of combed wool).
(5) Heading 9902.51.16 (relating to fabrics of combed wool).
(b) Extension of Duty Refunds and Wool Research Trust Fund.--
(1) In general.--Section 4002(c) of the Wool Suit and Textile
Trade Extension Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-429; 118 Stat. 2603) is
amended--
(A) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ``2010'' and inserting
``2015''; and
(B) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ``through 2009'' and
inserting ``through 2014''.
(2) Sunset.--Section 506(f) of the Trade and Development Act of
2000 (Public 106-200; 114 Stat. 303 (7 U.S.C. 7101 note)) is
amended by striking ``2010'' and inserting ``2015''.
TITLE IV--EXTENSION OF TAX ADMINISTRATION PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 7608(c) (relating to rules relating to
undercover operations) is amended by striking paragraph (6).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to operations conducted after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 402. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
RELATING TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
(a) Disclosure of Return Information To Apprise Appropriate
Officials of Terrorist Activities.--Subparagraph (C) of section
6103(i)(3) is amended by striking clause (iv).
(b) Disclosure Upon Request of Information Relating to Terrorist
Activities.--Paragraph (7) of section 6103(i) is amended by striking
subparagraph (E).
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to disclosures after the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE V--ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF AND OTHER TAX PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--General Provisions
SEC. 501. $8,500 INCOME THRESHOLD USED TO CALCULATE REFUNDABLE
PORTION OF CHILD TAX CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Section 24(d) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(4) Special rule for 2008.--Notwithstanding paragraph (3), in
the case of any taxable year beginning in 2008, the dollar amount
in effect for such taxable year under paragraph (1)(B)(i) shall be
$8,500.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 502. PROVISIONS RELATED TO FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS.
(a) Extension of Expensing Rules for Qualified Film and Television
Productions.--Section 181(f) (relating to termination) is amended by
striking ``December 31, 2008'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
(b) Modification of Limitation on Expensing.--Subparagraph (A) of
section 181(a)(2) is amended to read as follows:
``(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to so much
of the aggregate cost of any qualified film or television
production as exceeds $15,000,000.''.
(c) Modifications to Deduction for Domestic Activities.--
(1) Determination of w-2 wages.--Paragraph (2) of section
199(b) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) Special rule for qualified film.--In the case of a
qualified film, such term shall include compensation for
services performed in the United States by actors, production
personnel, directors, and producers.''.
(2) Definition of qualified film.--Paragraph (6) of section
199(c) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``A qualified
film shall include any copyrights, trademarks, or other intangibles
with respect to such film. The methods and means of distributing a
qualified film shall not affect the availability of the deduction
under this section.''.
(3) Partnerships.--Subparagraph (A) of section 199(d)(1) is
amended by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (ii), by striking
the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting ``, and'', and
by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(iv) in the case of each partner of a partnership, or
shareholder of an S corporation, who owns (directly or
indirectly) at least 20 percent of the capital interests in
such partnership or of the stock of such S corporation--
``(I) such partner or shareholder shall be treated
as having engaged directly in any film produced by such
partnership or S corporation, and
``(II) such partnership or S corporation shall be
treated as having engaged directly in any film produced
by such partner or shareholder.''.
(d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 181(d)(3)(A) is amended by
striking ``actors'' and all that follows and inserting ``actors,
production personnel, directors, and producers.''.
(e) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to
qualified film and television productions commencing after December
31, 2007.
(2) Deduction.--The amendments made by subsection (c) shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 503. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR CERTAIN WOODEN ARROWS
DESIGNED FOR USE BY CHILDREN.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 4161(b) is amended by
redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and by inserting
after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:
``(B) Exemption for certain wooden arrow shafts.--
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any shaft consisting of all
natural wood with no laminations or artificial means of
enhancing the spine of such shaft (whether sold separately or
incorporated as part of a finished or unfinished product) of a
type used in the manufacture of any arrow which after its
assembly--
``(i) measures \5/16\ of an inch or less in diameter,
and
``(ii) is not suitable for use with a bow described in
paragraph (1)(A).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to shafts first sold after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 504. INCOME AVERAGING FOR AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE EXXON VALDEZ LITIGATION.
(a) Income Averaging of Amounts Received From the Exxon Valdez
Litigation.--For purposes of section 1301 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986--
(1) any qualified taxpayer who receives any qualified
settlement income in any taxable year shall be treated as engaged
in a fishing business (determined without regard to the commercial
nature of the business), and
(2) such qualified settlement income shall be treated as income
attributable to such a fishing business for such taxable year.
(b) Contributions of Amounts Received to Retirement Accounts.--
(1) In general.--Any qualified taxpayer who receives qualified
settlement income during the taxable year may, at any time before
the end of the taxable year in which such income was received, make
one or more contributions to an eligible retirement plan of which
such qualified taxpayer is a beneficiary in an aggregate amount not
to exceed the lesser of--
(A) $100,000 (reduced by the amount of qualified settlement
income contributed to an eligible retirement plan in prior
taxable years pursuant to this subsection), or
(B) the amount of qualified settlement income received by
the individual during the taxable year.
(2) Time when contributions deemed made.--For purposes of
paragraph (1), a qualified taxpayer shall be deemed to have made a
contribution to an eligible retirement plan on the last day of the
taxable year in which such income is received if the contribution
is made on account of such taxable year and is made not later than
the time prescribed by law for filing the return for such taxable
year (not including extensions thereof).
(3) Treatment of contributions to eligible retirement plans.--
For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a
contribution is made pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to
qualified settlement income, then--
(A) except as provided in paragraph (4)--
(i) to the extent of such contribution, the qualified
settlement income shall not be included in taxable income,
and
(ii) for purposes of section 72 of such Code, such
contribution shall not be considered to be investment in
the contract,
(B) the qualified taxpayer shall, to the extent of the
amount of the contribution, be treated--
(i) as having received the qualified settlement
income--
(I) in the case of a contribution to an individual
retirement plan (as defined under section 7701(a)(37)
of such Code), in a distribution described in section
408(d)(3) of such Code, and
(II) in the case of any other eligible retirement
plan, in an eligible rollover distribution (as defined
under section 402(f)(2) of such Code), and
(ii) as having transferred the amount to the eligible
retirement plan in a direct trustee to trustee transfer
within 60 days of the distribution,
(C) section 408(d)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 shall not apply with respect to amounts treated as a
rollover under this paragraph, and
(D) section 408A(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 shall not apply with respect to amounts contributed to a
Roth IRA (as defined under section 408A(b) of such Code) or a
designated Roth contribution to an applicable retirement plan
(within the meaning of section 402A of such Code) under this
paragraph.
(4) Special rule for roth iras and roth 401(k)s.--For purposes
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a contribution is made
pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to qualified settlement
income to a Roth IRA (as defined under section 408A(b) of such
Code) or as a designated Roth contribution to an applicable
retirement plan (within the meaning of section 402A of such Code),
then--
(A) the qualified settlement income shall be includible in
taxable income, and
(B) for purposes of section 72 of such Code, such
contribution shall be considered to be investment in the
contract.
(5) Eligible retirement plan.--For purpose of this subsection,
the term ``eligible retirement plan'' has the meaning given such
term under section 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
(c) Treatment of Qualified Settlement Income Under Employment
Taxes.--
(1) SECA.--For purposes of chapter 2 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and section 211 of the Social Security Act, no portion
of qualified settlement income received by a qualified taxpayer
shall be treated as self-employment income.
(2) FICA.--For purposes of chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and section 209 of the Social Security Act, no portion
of qualified settlement income received by a qualified taxpayer
shall be treated as wages.
(d) Qualified Taxpayer.--For purposes of this section, the term
``qualified taxpayer'' means--
(1) any individual who is a plaintiff in the civil action In re
Exxon Valdez, No. 89-095-CV (HRH) (Consolidated) (D. Alaska); or
(2) any individual who is a beneficiary of the estate of such a
plaintiff who--
(A) acquired the right to receive qualified settlement
income from that plaintiff; and
(B) was the spouse or an immediate relative of that
plaintiff.
(e) Qualified Settlement Income.--For purposes of this section, the
term ``qualified settlement income'' means any interest and punitive
damage awards which are--
(1) otherwise includible in taxable income, and
(2) received (whether as lump sums or periodic payments) in
connection with the civil action In re Exxon Valdez, No. 89-095-CV
(HRH) (Consolidated) (D. Alaska) (whether pre- or post-judgment and
whether related to a settlement or judgment).
SEC. 505. CERTAIN FARMING BUSINESS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TREATED
AS 5-YEAR PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Section 168(e)(3)(B) (defining 5-year property) is
amended by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (v), by striking the
period at the end of clause (vi)(III) and inserting ``, and'', and by
inserting after clause (vi) the following new clause:
``(vii) any machinery or equipment (other than any
grain bin, cotton ginning asset, fence, or other land
improvement) which is used in a farming business (as
defined in section 263A(e)(4)), the original use of which
commences with the taxpayer after December 31, 2008, and
which is placed in service before January 1, 2010.''.
(b) Alternative System.--The table contained in section
168(g)(3)(B) (relating to special rule for certain property assigned to
classes) is amended by inserting after the item relating to
subparagraph (B)(iii) the following:
(B)(vii)................................ 10''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2008.
SEC. 506. MODIFICATION OF PENALTY ON UNDERSTATEMENT OF TAXPAYER'S
LIABILITY BY TAX RETURN PREPARER.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 6694 is amended to read
as follows:
``(a) Understatement Due to Unreasonable Positions.--
``(1) In general.--If a tax return preparer--
``(A) prepares any return or claim of refund with respect
to which any part of an understatement of liability is due to a
position described in paragraph (2), and
``(B) knew (or reasonably should have known) of the
position,
such tax return preparer shall pay a penalty with respect to each
such return or claim in an amount equal to the greater of $1,000 or
50 percent of the income derived (or to be derived) by the tax
return preparer with respect to the return or claim.
``(2) Unreasonable position.--
``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
paragraph, a position is described in this paragraph unless
there is or was substantial authority for the position.
``(B) Disclosed positions.--If the position was disclosed
as provided in section 6662(d)(2)(B)(ii)(I) and is not a
position to which subparagraph (C) applies, the position is
described in this paragraph unless there is a reasonable basis
for the position.
``(C) Tax shelters and reportable transactions.--If the
position is with respect to a tax shelter (as defined in
section 6662(d)(2)(C)(ii)) or a reportable transaction to which
section 6662A applies, the position is described in this
paragraph unless it is reasonable to believe that the position
would more likely than not be sustained on its merits.
``(3) Reasonable cause exception.--No penalty shall be imposed
under this subsection if it is shown that there is reasonable cause
for the understatement and the tax return preparer acted in good
faith.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall
apply--
(1) in the case of a position other than a position described
in subparagraph (C) of section 6694(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (as amended by this section), to returns prepared
after May 25, 2007, and
(2) in the case of a position described in such subparagraph
(C), to returns prepared for taxable years ending after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
Subtitle B--Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and
Addiction Equity Act of 2008
SEC. 511. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Paul Wellstone and Pete
Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008''.
SEC. 512. MENTAL HEALTH PARITY.
(a) Amendments to ERISA.--Section 712 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Financial requirements and treatment limitations.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of a group health plan (or
health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a
plan) that provides both medical and surgical benefits and
mental health or substance use disorder benefits, such plan or
coverage shall ensure that--
``(i) the financial requirements applicable to such
mental health or substance use disorder benefits are no
more restrictive than the predominant financial
requirements applied to substantially all medical and
surgical benefits covered by the plan (or coverage), and
there are no separate cost sharing requirements that are
applicable only with respect to mental health or substance
use disorder benefits; and
``(ii) the treatment limitations applicable to such
mental health or substance use disorder benefits are no
more restrictive than the predominant treatment limitations
applied to substantially all medical and surgical benefits
covered by the plan (or coverage) and there are no separate
treatment limitations that are applicable only with respect
to mental health or substance use disorder benefits.
``(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
``(i) Financial requirement.--The term `financial
requirement' includes deductibles, copayments, coinsurance,
and out-of-pocket expenses, but excludes an aggregate
lifetime limit and an annual limit subject to paragraphs
(1) and (2),
``(ii) Predominant.--A financial requirement or
treatment limit is considered to be predominant if it is
the most common or frequent of such type of limit or
requirement.
``(iii) Treatment limitation.--The term `treatment
limitation' includes limits on the frequency of treatment,
number of visits, days of coverage, or other similar limits
on the scope or duration of treatment.
``(4) Availability of plan information.--The criteria for
medical necessity determinations made under the plan with respect
to mental health or substance use disorder benefits (or the health
insurance coverage offered in connection with the plan with respect
to such benefits) shall be made available by the plan administrator
(or the health insurance issuer offering such coverage) in
accordance with regulations to any current or potential
participant, beneficiary, or contracting provider upon request. The
reason for any denial under the plan (or coverage) of reimbursement
or payment for services with respect to mental health or substance
use disorder benefits in the case of any participant or beneficiary
shall, on request or as otherwise required, be made available by
the plan administrator (or the health insurance issuer offering
such coverage) to the participant or beneficiary in accordance with
regulations.
``(5) Out-of-network providers.--In the case of a plan or
coverage that provides both medical and surgical benefits and
mental health or substance use disorder benefits, if the plan or
coverage provides coverage for medical or surgical benefits
provided by out-of-network providers, the plan or coverage shall
provide coverage for mental health or substance use disorder
benefits provided by out-of-network providers in a manner that is
consistent with the requirements of this section.'';
(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
``(2) in the case of a group health plan (or health insurance
coverage offered in connection with such a plan) that provides
mental health or substance use disorder benefits, as affecting the
terms and conditions of the plan or coverage relating to such
benefits under the plan or coverage, except as provided in
subsection (a).'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)--
(i) by inserting ``(or 1 in the case of an employer
residing in a State that permits small groups to include a
single individual)'' after ``at least 2'' the first place
that such appears; and
(ii) by striking ``and who employs at least 2 employees
on the first day of the plan year''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Cost exemption.--
``(A) In general.--With respect to a group health plan (or
health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a
plan), if the application of this section to such plan (or
coverage) results in an increase for the plan year involved of
the actual total costs of coverage with respect to medical and
surgical benefits and mental health and substance use disorder
benefits under the plan (as determined and certified under
subparagraph (C)) by an amount that exceeds the applicable
percentage described in subparagraph (B) of the actual total
plan costs, the provisions of this section shall not apply to
such plan (or coverage) during the following plan year, and
such exemption shall apply to the plan (or coverage) for 1 plan
year. An employer may elect to continue to apply mental health
and substance use disorder parity pursuant to this section with
respect to the group health plan (or coverage) involved
regardless of any increase in total costs.
``(B) Applicable percentage.--With respect to a plan (or
coverage), the applicable percentage described in this
subparagraph shall be--
``(i) 2 percent in the case of the first plan year in
which this section is applied; and
``(ii) 1 percent in the case of each subsequent plan
year.
``(C) Determinations by actuaries.--Determinations as to
increases in actual costs under a plan (or coverage) for
purposes of this section shall be made and certified by a
qualified and licensed actuary who is a member in good standing
of the American Academy of Actuaries. All such determinations
shall be in a written report prepared by the actuary. The
report, and all underlying documentation relied upon by the
actuary, shall be maintained by the group health plan or health
insurance issuer for a period of 6 years following the
notification made under subparagraph (E).
``(D) 6-month determinations.--If a group health plan (or a
health insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a
group health plan) seeks an exemption under this paragraph,
determinations under subparagraph (A) shall be made after such
plan (or coverage) has complied with this section for the first
6 months of the plan year involved.
``(E) Notification.--
``(i) In general.--A group health plan (or a health
insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a
group health plan) that, based upon a certification
described under subparagraph (C), qualifies for an
exemption under this paragraph, and elects to implement the
exemption, shall promptly notify the Secretary, the
appropriate State agencies, and participants and
beneficiaries in the plan of such election.
``(ii) Requirement.--A notification to the Secretary
under clause (i) shall include--
``(I) a description of the number of covered lives
under the plan (or coverage) involved at the time of
the notification, and as applicable, at the time of any
prior election of the cost-exemption under this
paragraph by such plan (or coverage);
``(II) for both the plan year upon which a cost
exemption is sought and the year prior, a description
of the actual total costs of coverage with respect to
medical and surgical benefits and mental health and
substance use disorder benefits under the plan; and
``(III) for both the plan year upon which a cost
exemption is sought and the year prior, the actual
total costs of coverage with respect to mental health
and substance use disorder benefits under the plan.
``(iii) Confidentiality.--A notification to the
Secretary under clause (i) shall be confidential. The
Secretary shall make available, upon request and on not
more than an annual basis, an anonymous itemization of such
notifications, that includes--
``(I) a breakdown of States by the size and type of
employers submitting such notification; and
``(II) a summary of the data received under clause
(ii).
``(F) Audits by appropriate agencies.--To determine
compliance with this paragraph, the Secretary may audit the
books and records of a group health plan or health insurance
issuer relating to an exemption, including any actuarial
reports prepared pursuant to subparagraph (C), during the 6
year period following the notification of such exemption under
subparagraph (E). A State agency receiving a notification under
subparagraph (E) may also conduct such an audit with respect to
an exemption covered by such notification.'';
(4) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following:
``(4) Mental health benefits.--The term `mental health
benefits' means benefits with respect to services for mental health
conditions, as defined under the terms of the plan and in
accordance with applicable Federal and State law.
``(5) Substance use disorder benefits.--The term `substance use
disorder benefits' means benefits with respect to services for
substance use disorders, as defined under the terms of the plan and
in accordance with applicable Federal and State law.'';
(5) by striking subsection (f);
(6) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Secretary Report.--The Secretary shall, by January 1, 2012,
and every two years thereafter, submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report on compliance of group health plans (and health
insurance coverage offered in connection with such plans) with the
requirements of this section. Such report shall include the results of
any surveys or audits on compliance of group health plans (and health
insurance coverage offered in connection with such plans) with such
requirements and an analysis of the reasons for any failures to comply.
``(g) Notice and Assistance.--The Secretary, in cooperation with
the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Treasury, as
appropriate, shall publish and widely disseminate guidance and
information for group health plans, participants and beneficiaries,
applicable State and local regulatory bodies, and the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners concerning the requirements of
this section and shall provide assistance concerning such requirements
and the continued operation of applicable State law. Such guidance and
information shall inform participants and beneficiaries of how they may
obtain assistance under this section, including, where appropriate,
assistance from State consumer and insurance agencies.'';
(7) by striking ``mental health benefits'' and inserting
``mental health and substance use disorder benefits'' each place it
appears in subsections (a)(1)(B)(i), (a)(1)(C), (a)(2)(B)(i), and
(a)(2)(C); and
(8) by striking ``mental health benefits'' and inserting
``mental health or substance use disorder benefits'' each place it
appears (other than in any provision amended by the previous
paragraph).
(b) Amendments to Public Health Service Act.--Section 2705 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-5) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Financial requirements and treatment limitations.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of a group health plan (or
health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a
plan) that provides both medical and surgical benefits and
mental health or substance use disorder benefits, such plan or
coverage shall ensure that--
``(i) the financial requirements applicable to such
mental health or substance use disorder benefits are no
more restrictive than the predominant financial
requirements applied to substantially all medical and
surgical benefits covered by the plan (or coverage), and
there are no separate cost sharing requirements that are
applicable only with respect to mental health or substance
use disorder benefits; and
``(ii) the treatment limitations applicable to such
mental health or substance use disorder benefits are no
more restrictive than the predominant treatment limitations
applied to substantially all medical and surgical benefits
covered by the plan (or coverage) and there are no separate
treatment limitations that are applicable only with respect
to mental health or substance use disorder benefits.
``(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
``(i) Financial requirement.--The term `financial
requirement' includes deductibles, copayments, coinsurance,
and out-of-pocket expenses, but excludes an aggregate
lifetime limit and an annual limit subject to paragraphs
(1) and (2).
``(ii) Predominant.--A financial requirement or
treatment limit is considered to be predominant if it is
the most common or frequent of such type of limit or
requirement.
``(iii) Treatment limitation.--The term `treatment
limitation' includes limits on the frequency of treatment,
number of visits, days of coverage, or other similar limits
on the scope or duration of treatment.
``(4) Availability of plan information.--The criteria for
medical necessity determinations made under the plan with respect
to mental health or substance use disorder benefits (or the health
insurance coverage offered in connection with the plan with respect
to such benefits) shall be made available by the plan administrator
(or the health insurance issuer offering such coverage) in
accordance with regulations to any current or potential
participant, beneficiary, or contracting provider upon request. The
reason for any denial under the plan (or coverage) of reimbursement
or payment for services with respect to mental health or substance
use disorder benefits in the case of any participant or beneficiary
shall, on request or as otherwise required, be made available by
the plan administrator (or the health insurance issuer offering
such coverage) to the participant or beneficiary in accordance with
regulations.
``(5) Out-of-network providers.--In the case of a plan or
coverage that provides both medical and surgical benefits and
mental health or substance use disorder benefits, if the plan or
coverage provides coverage for medical or surgical benefits
provided by out-of-network providers, the plan or coverage shall
provide coverage for mental health or substance use disorder
benefits provided by out-of-network providers in a manner that is
consistent with the requirements of this section.'';
(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
``(2) in the case of a group health plan (or health insurance
coverage offered in connection with such a plan) that provides
mental health or substance use disorder benefits, as affecting the
terms and conditions of the plan or coverage relating to such
benefits under the plan or coverage, except as provided in
subsection (a).'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period the
following: ``(as defined in section 2791(e)(4), except that for
purposes of this paragraph such term shall include employers
with 1 employee in the case of an employer residing in a State
that permits small groups to include a single individual)'';
and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Cost exemption.--
``(A) In general.--With respect to a group health plan (or
health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a
plan), if the application of this section to such plan (or
coverage) results in an increase for the plan year involved of
the actual total costs of coverage with respect to medical and
surgical benefits and mental health and substance use disorder
benefits under the plan (as determined and certified under
subparagraph (C)) by an amount that exceeds the applicable
percentage described in subparagraph (B) of the actual total
plan costs, the provisions of this section shall not apply to
such plan (or coverage) during the following plan year, and
such exemption shall apply to the plan (or coverage) for 1 plan
year. An employer may elect to continue to apply mental health
and substance use disorder parity pursuant to this section with
respect to the group health plan (or coverage) involved
regardless of any increase in total costs.
``(B) Applicable percentage.--With respect to a plan (or
coverage), the applicable percentage described in this
subparagraph shall be--
``(i) 2 percent in the case of the first plan year in
which this section is applied; and
``(ii) 1 percent in the case of each subsequent plan
year.
``(C) Determinations by actuaries.--Determinations as to
increases in actual costs under a plan (or coverage) for
purposes of this section shall be made and certified by a
qualified and licensed actuary who is a member in good standing
of the American Academy of Actuaries. All such determinations
shall be in a written report prepared by the actuary. The
report, and all underlying documentation relied upon by the
actuary, shall be maintained by the group health plan or health
insurance issuer for a period of 6 years following the
notification made under subparagraph (E).
``(D) 6-month determinations.--If a group health plan (or a
health insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a
group health plan) seeks an exemption under this paragraph,
determinations under subparagraph (A) shall be made after such
plan (or coverage) has complied with this section for the first
6 months of the plan year involved.
``(E) Notification.--
``(i) In general.--A group health plan (or a health
insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a
group health plan) that, based upon a certification
described under subparagraph (C), qualifies for an
exemption under this paragraph, and elects to implement the
exemption, shall promptly notify the Secretary, the
appropriate State agencies, and participants and
beneficiaries in the plan of such election.
``(ii) Requirement.--A notification to the Secretary
under clause (i) shall include--
``(I) a description of the number of covered lives
under the plan (or coverage) involved at the time of
the notification, and as applicable, at the time of any
prior election of the cost-exemption under this
paragraph by such plan (or coverage);
``(II) for both the plan year upon which a cost
exemption is sought and the year prior, a description
of the actual total costs of coverage with respect to
medical and surgical benefits and mental health and
substance use disorder benefits under the plan; and
``(III) for both the plan year upon which a cost
exemption is sought and the year prior, the actual
total costs of coverage with respect to mental health
and substance use disorder benefits under the plan.
``(iii) Confidentiality.--A notification to the
Secretary under clause (i) shall be confidential. The
Secretary shall make available, upon request and on not
more than an annual basis, an anonymous itemization of such
notifications, that includes--
``(I) a breakdown of States by the size and type of
employers submitting such notification; and
``(II) a summary of the data received under clause
(ii).
``(F) Audits by appropriate agencies.--To determine
compliance with this paragraph, the Secretary may audit the
books and records of a group health plan or health insurance
issuer relating to an exemption, including any actuarial
reports prepared pursuant to subparagraph (C), during the 6
year period following the notification of such exemption under
subparagraph (E). A State agency receiving a notification under
subparagraph (E) may also conduct such an audit with respect to
an exemption covered by such notification.'';
(4) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following:
``(4) Mental health benefits.--The term `mental health
benefits' means benefits with respect to services for mental health
conditions, as defined under the terms of the plan and in
accordance with applicable Federal and State law.
``(5) Substance use disorder benefits.--The term `substance use
disorder benefits' means benefits with respect to services for
substance use disorders, as defined under the terms of the plan and
in accordance with applicable Federal and State law.'';
(5) by striking subsection (f);
(6) by striking ``mental health benefits'' and inserting
``mental health and substance use disorder benefits'' each place it
appears in subsections (a)(1)(B)(i), (a)(1)(C), (a)(2)(B)(i), and
(a)(2)(C); and
(7) by striking ``mental health benefits'' and inserting
``mental health or substance use disorder benefits'' each place it
appears (other than in any provision amended by the previous
paragraph).
(c) Amendments to Internal Revenue Code.--Section 9812 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Financial requirements and treatment limitations.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of a group health plan that
provides both medical and surgical benefits and mental health
or substance use disorder benefits, such plan shall ensure
that--
``(i) the financial requirements applicable to such
mental health or substance use disorder benefits are no
more restrictive than the predominant financial
requirements applied to substantially all medical and
surgical benefits covered by the plan, and there are no
separate cost sharing requirements that are applicable only
with respect to mental health or substance use disorder
benefits; and
``(ii) the treatment limitations applicable to such
mental health or substance use disorder benefits are no
more restrictive than the predominant treatment limitations
applied to substantially all medical and surgical benefits
covered by the plan and there are no separate treatment
limitations that are applicable only with respect to mental
health or substance use disorder benefits.
``(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
``(i) Financial requirement.--The term `financial
requirement' includes deductibles, copayments, coinsurance,
and out-of-pocket expenses, but excludes an aggregate
lifetime limit and an annual limit subject to paragraphs
(1) and (2),
``(ii) Predominant.--A financial requirement or
treatment limit is considered to be predominant if it is
the most common or frequent of such type of limit or
requirement.
``(iii) Treatment limitation.--The term `treatment
limitation' includes limits on the frequency of treatment,
number of visits, days of coverage, or other similar limits
on the scope or duration of treatment.
``(4) Availability of plan information.--The criteria for
medical necessity determinations made under the plan with respect
to mental health or substance use disorder benefits shall be made
available by the plan administrator in accordance with regulations
to any current or potential participant, beneficiary, or
contracting provider upon request. The reason for any denial under
the plan of reimbursement or payment for services with respect to
mental health or substance use disorder benefits in the case of any
participant or beneficiary shall, on request or as otherwise
required, be made available by the plan administrator to the
participant or beneficiary in accordance with regulations.
``(5) Out-of-network providers.--In the case of a plan that
provides both medical and surgical benefits and mental health or
substance use disorder benefits, if the plan provides coverage for
medical or surgical benefits provided by out-of-network providers,
the plan shall provide coverage for mental health or substance use
disorder benefits provided by out-of-network providers in a manner
that is consistent with the requirements of this section.'';
(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
``(2) in the case of a group health plan that provides mental
health or substance use disorder benefits, as affecting the terms
and conditions of the plan relating to such benefits under the
plan, except as provided in subsection (a).'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
``(1) Small employer exemption.--
``(A) In general.--This section shall not apply to any
group health plan for any plan year of a small employer.
``(B) Small employer.--For purposes of subparagraph (A),
the term `small employer' means, with respect to a calendar
year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at
least 2 (or 1 in the case of an employer residing in a State
that permits small groups to include a single individual) but
not more than 50 employees on business days during the
preceding calendar year. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, all persons treated as a single employer under
subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 shall be
treated as 1 employer and rules similar to rules of
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 4980D(d)(2) shall
apply.''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Cost exemption.--
``(A) In general.--With respect to a group health plan, if
the application of this section to such plan results in an
increase for the plan year involved of the actual total costs
of coverage with respect to medical and surgical benefits and
mental health and substance use disorder benefits under the
plan (as determined and certified under subparagraph (C)) by an
amount that exceeds the applicable percentage described in
subparagraph (B) of the actual total plan costs, the provisions
of this section shall not apply to such plan during the
following plan year, and such exemption shall apply to the plan
for 1 plan year. An employer may elect to continue to apply
mental health and substance use disorder parity pursuant to
this section with respect to the group health plan involved
regardless of any increase in total costs.
``(B) Applicable percentage.--With respect to a plan, the
applicable percentage described in this subparagraph shall be--
``(i) 2 percent in the case of the first plan year in
which this section is applied; and
``(ii) 1 percent in the case of each subsequent plan
year.
``(C) Determinations by actuaries.--Determinations as to
increases in actual costs under a plan for purposes of this
section shall be made and certified by a qualified and licensed
actuary who is a member in good standing of the American
Academy of Actuaries. All such determinations shall be in a
written report prepared by the actuary. The report, and all
underlying documentation relied upon by the actuary, shall be
maintained by the group health plan for a period of 6 years
following the notification made under subparagraph (E).
``(D) 6-month determinations.--If a group health plan seeks
an exemption under this paragraph, determinations under
subparagraph (A) shall be made after such plan has complied
with this section for the first 6 months of the plan year
involved.
``(E) Notification.--
``(i) In general.--A group health plan that, based upon
a certification described under subparagraph (C), qualifies
for an exemption under this paragraph, and elects to
implement the exemption, shall promptly notify the
Secretary, the appropriate State agencies, and participants
and beneficiaries in the plan of such election.
``(ii) Requirement.--A notification to the Secretary
under clause (i) shall include--
``(I) a description of the number of covered lives
under the plan involved at the time of the
notification, and as applicable, at the time of any
prior election of the cost-exemption under this
paragraph by such plan;
``(II) for both the plan year upon which a cost
exemption is sought and the year prior, a description
of the actual total costs of coverage with respect to
medical and surgical benefits and mental health and
substance use disorder benefits under the plan; and
``(III) for both the plan year upon which a cost
exemption is sought and the year prior, the actual
total costs of coverage with respect to mental health
and substance use disorder benefits under the plan.
``(iii) Confidentiality.--A notification to the
Secretary under clause (i) shall be confidential. The
Secretary shall make available, upon request and on not
more than an annual basis, an anonymous itemization of such
notifications, that includes--
``(I) a breakdown of States by the size and type of
employers submitting such notification; and
``(II) a summary of the data received under clause
(ii).
``(F) Audits by appropriate agencies.--To determine
compliance with this paragraph, the Secretary may audit the
books and records of a group health plan relating to an
exemption, including any actuarial reports prepared pursuant to
subparagraph (C), during the 6 year period following the
notification of such exemption under subparagraph (E). A State
agency receiving a notification under subparagraph (E) may also
conduct such an audit with respect to an exemption covered by
such notification.'';
(4) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following:
``(4) Mental health benefits.--The term `mental health
benefits' means benefits with respect to services for mental health
conditions, as defined under the terms of the plan and in
accordance with applicable Federal and State law.
``(5) Substance use disorder benefits.--The term `substance use
disorder benefits' means benefits with respect to services for
substance use disorders, as defined under the terms of the plan and
in accordance with applicable Federal and State law.'';
(5) by striking subsection (f);
(6) by striking ``mental health benefits'' and inserting
``mental health and substance use disorder benefits'' each place it
appears in subsections (a)(1)(B)(i), (a)(1)(C), (a)(2)(B)(i), and
(a)(2)(C); and
(7) by striking ``mental health benefits'' and inserting
``mental health or substance use disorder benefits'' each place it
appears (other than in any provision amended by the previous
paragraph).
(d) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
the Treasury shall issue regulations to carry out the amendments made
by subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively.
(e) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to group health plans for plan years beginning
after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, regardless of whether regulations have been issued to carry
out such amendments by such effective date, except that the
amendments made by subsections (a)(5), (b)(5), and (c)(5), relating
to striking of certain sunset provisions, shall take effect on
January 1, 2009.
(2) Special rule for collective bargaining agreements.--In the
case of a group health plan maintained pursuant to one or more
collective bargaining agreements between employee representatives
and one or more employers ratified before the date of the enactment
of this Act, the amendments made by this section shall not apply to
plan years beginning before the later of--
(A) the date on which the last of the collective bargaining
agreements relating to the plan terminates (determined without
regard to any extension thereof agreed to after the date of the
enactment of this Act), or
(B) January 1, 2009.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), any plan amendment made pursuant
to a collective bargaining agreement relating to the plan which
amends the plan solely to conform to any requirement added by this
section shall not be treated as a termination of such collective
bargaining agreement.
(f) Assuring Coordination.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury may
ensure, through the execution or revision of an interagency memorandum
of understanding among such Secretaries, that--
(1) regulations, rulings, and interpretations issued by such
Secretaries relating to the same matter over which two or more such
Secretaries have responsibility under this section (and the
amendments made by this section) are administered so as to have the
same effect at all times; and
(2) coordination of policies relating to enforcing the same
requirements through such Secretaries in order to have a
coordinated enforcement strategy that avoids duplication of
enforcement efforts and assigns priorities in enforcement.
(g) Conforming Clerical Amendments.--
(1) ERISA heading.--
(A) In general.--The heading of section 712 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended to read as
follows:
``SEC. 712. PARITY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
BENEFITS.''.
(B) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 1
of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section
712 and inserting the following new item:
``Sec. 712. Parity in mental health and substance use disorder
benefits.''.
(2) PHSA heading.--The heading of section 2705 of the Public
Health Service Act is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 2705. PARITY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
BENEFITS.''.
(3) IRC heading.--
(A) In general.--The heading of section 9812 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 9812. PARITY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
BENEFITS.''.
(B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for
subchapter B of chapter 100 of such Code is amended by striking
the item relating to section 9812 and inserting the following
new item:
``Sec. 9812. Parity in mental health and substance use disorder
benefits.''.
(h) GAO Study on Coverage and Exclusion of Mental Health and
Substance Use Disorder Diagnoses.--
(1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study that analyzes the specific rates, patterns,
and trends in coverage and exclusion of specific mental health and
substance use disorder diagnoses by health plans and health
insurance. The study shall include an analysis of--
(A) specific coverage rates for all mental health
conditions and substance use disorders;
(B) which diagnoses are most commonly covered or excluded;
(C) whether implementation of this Act has affected trends
in coverage or exclusion of such diagnoses; and
(D) the impact of covering or excluding specific diagnoses
on participants' and enrollees' health, their health care
coverage, and the costs of delivering health care.
(2) Reports.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and 2 years after the date of submission the
first report under this paragraph, the Comptroller General shall
submit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted
under paragraph (1).
TITLE VI--OTHER PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION
PROGRAM.
(a) Reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000.--The Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 500 note; Public Law 106-393)
is amended by striking sections 1 through 403 and inserting the
following:
``SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
``This Act may be cited as the `Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000'.
``SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
``The purposes of this Act are--
``(1) to stabilize and transition payments to counties to
provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other
available funds;
``(2) to make additional investments in, and create additional
employment opportunities through, projects that--
``(A)(i) improve the maintenance of existing
infrastructure;
``(ii) implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest
ecosystems; and
``(iii) restore and improve land health and water quality;
``(B) enjoy broad-based support; and
``(C) have objectives that may include--
``(i) road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or
obliteration;
``(ii) soil productivity improvement;
``(iii) improvements in forest ecosystem health;
``(iv) watershed restoration and maintenance;
``(v) the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of
wildlife and fish habitat;
``(vi) the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and
``(vii) the reestablishment of native species; and
``(3) to improve cooperative relationships among--
``(A) the people that use and care for Federal land; and
``(B) the agencies that manage the Federal land.
``SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
``In this Act:
``(1) Adjusted share.--The term `adjusted share' means the
number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing--
``(A) the number equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing--
``(i) the base share for the eligible county; by
``(ii) the income adjustment for the eligible county;
by
``(B) the number equal to the sum of the quotients obtained
under subparagraph (A) and paragraph (8)(A) for all eligible
counties.
``(2) Base share.--The term `base share' means the number equal
to the average of--
``(A) the quotient obtained by dividing--
``(i) the number of acres of Federal land described in
paragraph (7)(A) in each eligible county; by
``(ii) the total number acres of Federal land in all
eligible counties in all eligible States; and
``(B) the quotient obtained by dividing--
``(i) the amount equal to the average of the 3 highest
25-percent payments and safety net payments made to each
eligible State for each eligible county during the
eligibility period; by
``(ii) the amount equal to the sum of the amounts
calculated under clause (i) and paragraph (9)(B)(i) for all
eligible counties in all eligible States during the
eligibility period.
``(3) County payment.--The term `county payment' means the
payment for an eligible county calculated under section 101(b).
``(4) Eligible county.--The term `eligible county' means any
county that--
``(A) contains Federal land (as defined in paragraph (7));
and
``(B) elects to receive a share of the State payment or the
county payment under section 102(b).
``(5) Eligibility period.--The term `eligibility period' means
fiscal year 1986 through fiscal year 1999.
``(6) Eligible state.--The term `eligible State' means a State
or territory of the United States that received a 25-percent
payment for 1 or more fiscal years of the eligibility period.
``(7) Federal land.--The term `Federal land' means--
``(A) land within the National Forest System, as defined in
section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)) exclusive of the
National Grasslands and land utilization projects designated as
National Grasslands administered pursuant to the Act of July
22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1010-1012); and
``(B) such portions of the revested Oregon and California
Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land as are
or may hereafter come under the jurisdiction of the Department
of the Interior, which have heretofore or may hereafter be
classified as timberlands, and power-site land valuable for
timber, that shall be managed, except as provided in the former
section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875; 43
U.S.C. 1181c), for permanent forest production.
``(8) 50-percent adjusted share.--The term `50-percent adjusted
share' means the number equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing--
``(A) the number equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing--
``(i) the 50-percent base share for the eligible
county; by
``(ii) the income adjustment for the eligible county;
by
``(B) the number equal to the sum of the quotients obtained
under subparagraph (A) and paragraph (1)(A) for all eligible
counties.
``(9) 50-percent base share.--The term `50-percent base share'
means the number equal to the average of--
``(A) the quotient obtained by dividing--
``(i) the number of acres of Federal land described in
paragraph (7)(B) in each eligible county; by
``(ii) the total number acres of Federal land in all
eligible counties in all eligible States; and
``(B) the quotient obtained by dividing--
``(i) the amount equal to the average of the 3 highest
50-percent payments made to each eligible county during the
eligibility period; by
``(ii) the amount equal to the sum of the amounts
calculated under clause (i) and paragraph (2)(B)(i) for all
eligible counties in all eligible States during the
eligibility period.
``(10) 50-percent payment.--The term `50-percent payment' means
the payment that is the sum of the 50-percent share otherwise paid
to a county pursuant to title II of the Act of August 28, 1937
(chapter 876; 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f), and the payment made
to a county pursuant to the Act of May 24, 1939 (chapter 144; 53
Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq.).
``(11) Full funding amount.--The term `full funding amount'
means--
``(A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
``(B) for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter,
the amount that is equal to 90 percent of the full funding
amount for the preceding fiscal year.
``(12) Income adjustment.--The term `income adjustment' means
the square of the quotient obtained by dividing--
``(A) the per capita personal income for each eligible
county; by
``(B) the median per capita personal income of all eligible
counties.
``(13) Per capita personal income.--The term `per capita
personal income' means the most recent per capita personal income
data, as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
``(14) Safety net payments.--The term `safety net payments'
means the special payment amounts paid to States and counties
required by section 13982 or 13983 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66; 16 U.S.C. 500 note;
43 U.S.C. 1181f note).
``(15) Secretary concerned.--The term `Secretary concerned'
means--
``(A) the Secretary of Agriculture or the designee of the
Secretary of Agriculture with respect to the Federal land
described in paragraph (7)(A); and
``(B) the Secretary of the Interior or the designee of the
Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Federal land
described in paragraph (7)(B).
``(16) State payment.--The term `State payment' means the
payment for an eligible State calculated under section 101(a).
``(17) 25-percent payment.--The term `25-percent payment' means
the payment to States required by the sixth paragraph under the
heading of `FOREST SERVICE' in the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat.
260; 16 U.S.C. 500), and section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36
Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500).
``TITLE I--SECURE PAYMENTS FOR STATES AND COUNTIES CONTAINING FEDERAL
LAND
``SEC. 101. SECURE PAYMENTS FOR STATES CONTAINING FEDERAL LAND.
``(a) State Payment.--For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall calculate for each eligible State an
amount equal to the sum of the products obtained by multiplying--
``(1) the adjusted share for each eligible county within the
eligible State; by
``(2) the full funding amount for the fiscal year.
``(b) County Payment.--For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011,
the Secretary of the Interior shall calculate for each eligible county
that received a 50-percent payment during the eligibility period an
amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
``(1) the 50-percent adjusted share for the eligible county; by
``(2) the full funding amount for the fiscal year.
``SEC. 102. PAYMENTS TO STATES AND COUNTIES.
``(a) Payment Amounts.--Except as provided in section 103, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to--
``(1) a State or territory of the United States an amount equal
to the sum of the amounts elected under subsection (b) by each
county within the State or territory for--
``(A) if the county is eligible for the 25-percent payment,
the share of the 25-percent payment; or
``(B) the share of the State payment of the eligible
county; and
``(2) a county an amount equal to the amount elected under
subsection (b) by each county for--
``(A) if the county is eligible for the 50-percent payment,
the 50-percent payment; or
``(B) the county payment for the eligible county.
``(b) Election To Receive Payment Amount.--
``(1) Election; submission of results.--
``(A) In general.--The election to receive a share of the
State payment, the county payment, a share of the State payment
and the county payment, a share of the 25-percent payment, the
50-percent payment, or a share of the 25-percent payment and
the 50-percent payment, as applicable, shall be made at the
discretion of each affected county by August 1, 2008 (or as
soon thereafter as the Secretary concerned determines is
practicable), and August 1 of each second fiscal year
thereafter, in accordance with paragraph (2), and transmitted
to the Secretary concerned by the Governor of each eligible
State.
``(B) Failure to transmit.--If an election for an affected
county is not transmitted to the Secretary concerned by the
date specified under subparagraph (A), the affected county
shall be considered to have elected to receive a share of the
State payment, the county payment, or a share of the State
payment and the county payment, as applicable.
``(2) Duration of election.--
``(A) In general.--A county election to receive a share of
the 25-percent payment or 50-percent payment, as applicable,
shall be effective for 2 fiscal years.
``(B) Full funding amount.--If a county elects to receive a
share of the State payment or the county payment, the election
shall be effective for all subsequent fiscal years through
fiscal year 2011.
``(3) Source of payment amounts.--The payment to an eligible
State or eligible county under this section for a fiscal year shall
be derived from--
``(A) any amounts that are appropriated to carry out this
Act;
``(B) any revenues, fees, penalties, or miscellaneous
receipts, exclusive of deposits to any relevant trust fund,
special account, or permanent operating funds, received by the
Federal Government from activities by the Bureau of Land
Management or the Forest Service on the applicable Federal
land; and
``(C) to the extent of any shortfall, out of any amounts in
the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.
``(c) Distribution and Expenditure of Payments.--
``(1) Distribution method.--A State that receives a payment
under subsection (a) for Federal land described in section 3(7)(A)
shall distribute the appropriate payment amount among the
appropriate counties in the State in accordance with--
``(A) the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500); and
``(B) section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963;
16 U.S.C. 500).
``(2) Expenditure purposes.--Subject to subsection (d),
payments received by a State under subsection (a) and distributed
to counties in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be expended as
required by the laws referred to in paragraph (1).
``(d) Expenditure Rules for Eligible Counties.--
``(1) Allocations.--
``(A) Use of portion in same manner as 25-percent payment
or 50-percent payment, as applicable.--Except as provided in
paragraph (3)(B), if an eligible county elects to receive its
share of the State payment or the county payment, not less than
80 percent, but not more than 85 percent, of the funds shall be
expended in the same manner in which the 25-percent payments or
50-percent payment, as applicable, are required to be expended.
``(B) Election as to use of balance.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (C), an eligible county shall elect to do 1 or
more of the following with the balance of any funds not
expended pursuant to subparagraph (A):
``(i) Reserve any portion of the balance for projects
in accordance with title II.
``(ii) Reserve not more than 7 percent of the total
share for the eligible county of the State payment or the
county payment for projects in accordance with title III.
``(iii) Return the portion of the balance not reserved
under clauses (i) and (ii) to the Treasury of the United
States.
``(C) Counties with modest distributions.--In the case of
each eligible county to which more than $100,000, but less than
$350,000, is distributed for any fiscal year pursuant to either
or both of paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of subsection (a), the
eligible county, with respect to the balance of any funds not
expended pursuant to subparagraph (A) for that fiscal year,
shall--
``(i) reserve any portion of the balance for--
``(I) carrying out projects under title II;
``(II) carrying out projects under title III; or
``(III) a combination of the purposes described in
subclauses (I) and (II); or
``(ii) return the portion of the balance not reserved
under clause (i) to the Treasury of the United States.
``(2) Distribution of funds.--
``(A) In general.--Funds reserved by an eligible county
under subparagraph (B)(i) or (C)(i) of paragraph (1) for
carrying out projects under title II shall be deposited in a
special account in the Treasury of the United States.
``(B) Availability.--Amounts deposited under subparagraph
(A) shall--
``(i) be available for expenditure by the Secretary
concerned, without further appropriation; and
``(ii) remain available until expended in accordance
with title II.
``(3) Election.--
``(A) Notification.--
``(i) In general.--An eligible county shall notify the
Secretary concerned of an election by the eligible county
under this subsection not later than September 30, 2008 (or
as soon thereafter as the Secretary concerned determines is
practicable), and each September 30 thereafter for each
succeeding fiscal year.
``(ii) Failure to elect.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), if the eligible county fails to make an
election by the date specified in clause (i), the eligible
county shall--
``(I) be considered to have elected to expend 85
percent of the funds in accordance with paragraph
(1)(A); and
``(II) return the balance to the Treasury of the
United States.
``(B) Counties with minor distributions.--In the case of
each eligible county to which less than $100,000 is distributed
for any fiscal year pursuant to either or both of paragraphs
(1)(B) and (2)(B) of subsection (a), the eligible county may
elect to expend all the funds in the same manner in which the
25-percent payments or 50-percent payments, as applicable, are
required to be expended.
``(e) Time for Payment.--The payments required under this section
for a fiscal year shall be made as soon as practicable after the end of
that fiscal year.
``SEC. 103. TRANSITION PAYMENTS TO STATES.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Adjusted amount.--The term `adjusted amount' means, with
respect to a covered State--
``(A) for fiscal year 2008, 90 percent of--
``(i) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 2006
under section 102(a)(2) (as in effect on September 29,
2006) for the eligible counties in the covered State that
have elected under section 102(b) to receive a share of the
State payment for fiscal year 2008; and
``(ii) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 2006
under section 103(a)(2) (as in effect on September 29,
2006) for the eligible counties in the State of Oregon that
have elected under section 102(b) to receive the county
payment for fiscal year 2008;
``(B) for fiscal year 2009, 81 percent of--
``(i) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 2006
under section 102(a)(2) (as in effect on September 29,
2006) for the eligible counties in the covered State that
have elected under section 102(b) to receive a share of the
State payment for fiscal year 2009; and
``(ii) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 2006
under section 103(a)(2) (as in effect on September 29,
2006) for the eligible counties in the State of Oregon that
have elected under section 102(b) to receive the county
payment for fiscal year 2009; and
``(C) for fiscal year 2010, 73 percent of--
``(i) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 2006
under section 102(a)(2) (as in effect on September 29,
2006) for the eligible counties in the covered State that
have elected under section 102(b) to receive a share of the
State payment for fiscal year 2010; and
``(ii) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 2006
under section 103(a)(2) (as in effect on September 29,
2006) for the eligible counties in the State of Oregon that
have elected under section 102(b) to receive the county
payment for fiscal year 2010.
``(2) Covered state.--The term `covered State' means each of
the States of California, Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington.
``(b) Transition Payments.--For each of fiscal years 2008 through
2010, in lieu of the payment amounts that otherwise would have been
made under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of section 102(a), the
Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the adjusted amount to each covered
State and the eligible counties within the covered State, as
applicable.
``(c) Distribution of Adjusted Amount.--Except as provided in
subsection (d), it is the intent of Congress that the method of
distributing the payments under subsection (b) among the counties in
the covered States for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010 be in the
same proportion that the payments were distributed to the eligible
counties in fiscal year 2006.
``(d) Distribution of Payments in California.--The following
payments shall be distributed among the eligible counties in the State
of California in the same proportion that payments under section
102(a)(2) (as in effect on September 29, 2006) were distributed to the
eligible counties for fiscal year 2006:
``(1) Payments to the State of California under subsection (b).
``(2) The shares of the eligible counties of the State payment
for California under section 102 for fiscal year 2011.
``(e) Treatment of Payments.--For purposes of this Act, any payment
made under subsection (b) shall be considered to be a payment made
under section 102(a).
``TITLE II--SPECIAL PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LAND
``SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.
``In this title:
``(1) Participating county.--The term `participating county'
means an eligible county that elects under section 102(d) to expend
a portion of the Federal funds received under section 102 in
accordance with this title.
``(2) Project funds.--The term `project funds' means all funds
an eligible county elects under section 102(d) to reserve for
expenditure in accordance with this title.
``(3) Resource advisory committee.--The term `resource advisory
committee' means--
``(A) an advisory committee established by the Secretary
concerned under section 205; or
``(B) an advisory committee determined by the Secretary
concerned to meet the requirements of section 205.
``(4) Resource management plan.--The term `resource management
plan' means--
``(A) a land use plan prepared by the Bureau of Land
Management for units of the Federal land described in section
3(7)(B) pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); or
``(B) a land and resource management plan prepared by the
Forest Service for units of the National Forest System pursuant
to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604).
``SEC. 202. GENERAL LIMITATION ON USE OF PROJECT FUNDS.
``(a) Limitation.--Project funds shall be expended solely on
projects that meet the requirements of this title.
``(b) Authorized Uses.--Project funds may be used by the Secretary
concerned for the purpose of entering into and implementing cooperative
agreements with willing Federal agencies, State and local governments,
private and nonprofit entities, and landowners for protection,
restoration, and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, and other
resource objectives consistent with the purposes of this Act on Federal
land and on non-Federal land where projects would benefit the resources
on Federal land.
``SEC. 203. SUBMISSION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS.
``(a) Submission of Project Proposals to Secretary Concerned.--
``(1) Projects funded using project funds.--Not later than
September 30 for fiscal year 2008 (or as soon thereafter as the
Secretary concerned determines is practicable), and each September
30 thereafter for each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year
2011, each resource advisory committee shall submit to the
Secretary concerned a description of any projects that the resource
advisory committee proposes the Secretary undertake using any
project funds reserved by eligible counties in the area in which
the resource advisory committee has geographic jurisdiction.
``(2) Projects funded using other funds.--A resource advisory
committee may submit to the Secretary concerned a description of
any projects that the committee proposes the Secretary undertake
using funds from State or local governments, or from the private
sector, other than project funds and funds appropriated and
otherwise available to do similar work.
``(3) Joint projects.--Participating counties or other persons
may propose to pool project funds or other funds, described in
paragraph (2), and jointly propose a project or group of projects
to a resource advisory committee established under section 205.
``(b) Required Description of Projects.--In submitting proposed
projects to the Secretary concerned under subsection (a), a resource
advisory committee shall include in the description of each proposed
project the following information:
``(1) The purpose of the project and a description of how the
project will meet the purposes of this title.
``(2) The anticipated duration of the project.
``(3) The anticipated cost of the project.
``(4) The proposed source of funding for the project, whether
project funds or other funds.
``(5)(A) Expected outcomes, including how the project will meet
or exceed desired ecological conditions, maintenance objectives, or
stewardship objectives.
``(B) An estimate of the amount of any timber, forage, and
other commodities and other economic activity, including jobs
generated, if any, anticipated as part of the project.
``(6) A detailed monitoring plan, including funding needs and
sources, that--
``(A) tracks and identifies the positive or negative
impacts of the project, implementation, and provides for
validation monitoring; and
``(B) includes an assessment of the following:
``(i) Whether or not the project met or exceeded
desired ecological conditions; created local employment or
training opportunities, including summer youth jobs
programs such as the Youth Conservation Corps where
appropriate.
``(ii) Whether the project improved the use of, or
added value to, any products removed from land consistent
with the purposes of this title.
``(7) An assessment that the project is to be in the public
interest.
``(c) Authorized Projects.--Projects proposed under subsection (a)
shall be consistent with section 2.
``SEC. 204. EVALUATION AND APPROVAL OF PROJECTS BY SECRETARY
CONCERNED.
``(a) Conditions for Approval of Proposed Project.--The Secretary
concerned may make a decision to approve a project submitted by a
resource advisory committee under section 203 only if the proposed
project satisfies each of the following conditions:
``(1) The project complies with all applicable Federal laws
(including regulations).
``(2) The project is consistent with the applicable resource
management plan and with any watershed or subsequent plan developed
pursuant to the resource management plan and approved by the
Secretary concerned.
``(3) The project has been approved by the resource advisory
committee in accordance with section 205, including the procedures
issued under subsection (e) of that section.
``(4) A project description has been submitted by the resource
advisory committee to the Secretary concerned in accordance with
section 203.
``(5) The project will improve the maintenance of existing
infrastructure, implement stewardship objectives that enhance
forest ecosystems, and restore and improve land health and water
quality.
``(b) Environmental Reviews.--
``(1) Request for payment by county.--The Secretary concerned
may request the resource advisory committee submitting a proposed
project to agree to the use of project funds to pay for any
environmental review, consultation, or compliance with applicable
environmental laws required in connection with the project.
``(2) Conduct of environmental review.--If a payment is
requested under paragraph (1) and the resource advisory committee
agrees to the expenditure of funds for this purpose, the Secretary
concerned shall conduct environmental review, consultation, or
other compliance responsibilities in accordance with Federal laws
(including regulations).
``(3) Effect of refusal to pay.--
``(A) In general.--If a resource advisory committee does
not agree to the expenditure of funds under paragraph (1), the
project shall be deemed withdrawn from further consideration by
the Secretary concerned pursuant to this title.
``(B) Effect of withdrawal.--A withdrawal under
subparagraph (A) shall be deemed to be a rejection of the
project for purposes of section 207(c).
``(c) Decisions of Secretary Concerned.--
``(1) Rejection of projects.--
``(A) In general.--A decision by the Secretary concerned to
reject a proposed project shall be at the sole discretion of
the Secretary concerned.
``(B) No administrative appeal or judicial review.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a decision by the
Secretary concerned to reject a proposed project shall not be
subject to administrative appeal or judicial review.
``(C) Notice of rejection.--Not later than 30 days after
the date on which the Secretary concerned makes the rejection
decision, the Secretary concerned shall notify in writing the
resource advisory committee that submitted the proposed project
of the rejection and the reasons for rejection.
``(2) Notice of project approval.--The Secretary concerned
shall publish in the Federal Register notice of each project
approved under subsection (a) if the notice would be required had
the project originated with the Secretary.
``(d) Source and Conduct of Project.--Once the Secretary concerned
accepts a project for review under section 203, the acceptance shall be
deemed a Federal action for all purposes.
``(e) Implementation of Approved Projects.--
``(1) Cooperation.--Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,
United States Code, using project funds the Secretary concerned may
enter into contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements with
States and local governments, private and nonprofit entities, and
landowners and other persons to assist the Secretary in carrying
out an approved project.
``(2) Best value contracting.--
``(A) In general.--For any project involving a contract
authorized by paragraph (1) the Secretary concerned may elect a
source for performance of the contract on a best value basis.
``(B) Factors.--The Secretary concerned shall determine
best value based on such factors as--
``(i) the technical demands and complexity of the work
to be done;
``(ii)(I) the ecological objectives of the project; and
``(II) the sensitivity of the resources being treated;
``(iii) the past experience by the contractor with the
type of work being done, using the type of equipment
proposed for the project, and meeting or exceeding desired
ecological conditions; and
``(iv) the commitment of the contractor to hiring
highly qualified workers and local residents.
``(3) Merchantable timber contracting pilot program.--
``(A) Establishment.--The Secretary concerned shall
establish a pilot program to implement a certain percentage of
approved projects involving the sale of merchantable timber
using separate contracts for--
``(i) the harvesting or collection of merchantable
timber; and
``(ii) the sale of the timber.
``(B) Annual percentages.--Under the pilot program, the
Secretary concerned shall ensure that, on a nationwide basis,
not less than the following percentage of all approved projects
involving the sale of merchantable timber are implemented using
separate contracts:
``(i) For fiscal year 2008, 35 percent.
``(ii) For fiscal year 2009, 45 percent.
``(iii) For each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011, 50
percent.
``(C) Inclusion in pilot program.--The decision whether to
use separate contracts to implement a project involving the
sale of merchantable timber shall be made by the Secretary
concerned after the approval of the project under this title.
``(D) Assistance.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary concerned may use
funds from any appropriated account available to the
Secretary for the Federal land to assist in the
administration of projects conducted under the pilot
program.
``(ii) Maximum amount of assistance.--The total amount
obligated under this subparagraph may not exceed $1,000,000
for any fiscal year during which the pilot program is in
effect.
``(E) Review and report.--
``(i) Initial report.--Not later than September 30,
2010, the Comptroller General shall submit to the
Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the
Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives a report assessing the pilot
program.
``(ii) Annual report.--The Secretary concerned shall
submit to the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and
the Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives an annual report describing the
results of the pilot program.
``(f) Requirements for Project Funds.--The Secretary shall ensure
that at least 50 percent of all project funds be used for projects that
are primarily dedicated--
``(1) to road maintenance, decommissioning, or obliteration; or
``(2) to restoration of streams and watersheds.
``SEC. 205. RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
``(a) Establishment and Purpose of Resource Advisory Committees.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary concerned shall establish
and maintain resource advisory committees to perform the duties in
subsection (b), except as provided in paragraph (4).
``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of a resource advisory committee
shall be--
``(A) to improve collaborative relationships; and
``(B) to provide advice and recommendations to the land
management agencies consistent with the purposes of this title.
``(3) Access to resource advisory committees.--To ensure that
each unit of Federal land has access to a resource advisory
committee, and that there is sufficient interest in participation
on a committee to ensure that membership can be balanced in terms
of the points of view represented and the functions to be
performed, the Secretary concerned may, establish resource advisory
committees for part of, or 1 or more, units of Federal land.
``(4) Existing advisory committees.--
``(A) In general.--An advisory committee that meets the
requirements of this section, a resource advisory committee
established before September 29, 2006, or an advisory committee
determined by the Secretary concerned before September 29,
2006, to meet the requirements of this section may be deemed by
the Secretary concerned to be a resource advisory committee for
the purposes of this title.
``(B) Charter.--A charter for a committee described in
subparagraph (A) that was filed on or before September 29,
2006, shall be considered to be filed for purposes of this Act.
``(C) Bureau of land management advisory committees.--The
Secretary of the Interior may deem a resource advisory
committee meeting the requirements of subpart 1784 of part 1780
of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, as a resource
advisory committee for the purposes of this title.
``(b) Duties.--A resource advisory committee shall--
``(1) review projects proposed under this title by
participating counties and other persons;
``(2) propose projects and funding to the Secretary concerned
under section 203;
``(3) provide early and continuous coordination with
appropriate land management agency officials in recommending
projects consistent with purposes of this Act under this title;
``(4) provide frequent opportunities for citizens,
organizations, tribes, land management agencies, and other
interested parties to participate openly and meaningfully,
beginning at the early stages of the project development process
under this title;
``(5)(A) monitor projects that have been approved under section
204; and
``(B) advise the designated Federal official on the progress of
the monitoring efforts under subparagraph (A); and
``(6) make recommendations to the Secretary concerned for any
appropriate changes or adjustments to the projects being monitored
by the resource advisory committee.
``(c) Appointment by the Secretary.--
``(1) Appointment and term.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary concerned, shall appoint
the members of resource advisory committees for a term of 4
years beginning on the date of appointment.
``(B) Reappointment.--The Secretary concerned may reappoint
members to subsequent 4-year terms.
``(2) Basic requirements.--The Secretary concerned shall ensure
that each resource advisory committee established meets the
requirements of subsection (d).
``(3) Initial appointment.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall
make initial appointments to the resource advisory committees.
``(4) Vacancies.--The Secretary concerned shall make
appointments to fill vacancies on any resource advisory committee
as soon as practicable after the vacancy has occurred.
``(5) Compensation.--Members of the resource advisory
committees shall not receive any compensation.
``(d) Composition of Advisory Committee.--
``(1) Number.--Each resource advisory committee shall be
comprised of 15 members.
``(2) Community interests represented.--Committee members shall
be representative of the interests of the following 3 categories:
``(A) 5 persons that--
``(i) represent organized labor or non-timber forest
product harvester groups;
``(ii) represent developed outdoor recreation, off
highway vehicle users, or commercial recreation activities;
``(iii) represent--
``(I) energy and mineral development interests; or
``(II) commercial or recreational fishing
interests;
``(iv) represent the commercial timber industry; or
``(v) hold Federal grazing or other land use permits,
or represent nonindustrial private forest land owners,
within the area for which the committee is organized.
``(B) 5 persons that represent--
``(i) nationally recognized environmental
organizations;
``(ii) regionally or locally recognized environmental
organizations;
``(iii) dispersed recreational activities;
``(iv) archaeological and historical interests; or
``(v) nationally or regionally recognized wild horse
and burro interest groups, wildlife or hunting
organizations, or watershed associations.
``(C) 5 persons that--
``(i) hold State elected office (or a designee);
``(ii) hold county or local elected office;
``(iii) represent American Indian tribes within or
adjacent to the area for which the committee is organized;
``(iv) are school officials or teachers; or
``(v) represent the affected public at large.
``(3) Balanced representation.--In appointing committee members
from the 3 categories in paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned
shall provide for balanced and broad representation from within
each category.
``(4) Geographic distribution.--The members of a resource
advisory committee shall reside within the State in which the
committee has jurisdiction and, to extent practicable, the
Secretary concerned shall ensure local representation in each
category in paragraph (2).
``(5) Chairperson.--A majority on each resource advisory
committee shall select the chairperson of the committee.
``(e) Approval Procedures.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), each resource
advisory committee shall establish procedures for proposing
projects to the Secretary concerned under this title.
``(2) Quorum.--A quorum must be present to constitute an
official meeting of the committee.
``(3) Approval by majority of members.--A project may be
proposed by a resource advisory committee to the Secretary
concerned under section 203(a), if the project has been approved by
a majority of members of the committee from each of the 3
categories in subsection (d)(2).
``(f) Other Committee Authorities and Requirements.--
``(1) Staff assistance.--A resource advisory committee may
submit to the Secretary concerned a request for periodic staff
assistance from Federal employees under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary.
``(2) Meetings.--All meetings of a resource advisory committee
shall be announced at least 1 week in advance in a local newspaper
of record and shall be open to the public.
``(3) Records.--A resource advisory committee shall maintain
records of the meetings of the committee and make the records
available for public inspection.
``SEC. 206. USE OF PROJECT FUNDS.
``(a) Agreement Regarding Schedule and Cost of Project.--
``(1) Agreement between parties.--The Secretary concerned may
carry out a project submitted by a resource advisory committee
under section 203(a) using project funds or other funds described
in section 203(a)(2), if, as soon as practicable after the issuance
of a decision document for the project and the exhaustion of all
administrative appeals and judicial review of the project decision,
the Secretary concerned and the resource advisory committee enter
into an agreement addressing, at a minimum, the following:
``(A) The schedule for completing the project.
``(B) The total cost of the project, including the level of
agency overhead to be assessed against the project.
``(C) For a multiyear project, the estimated cost of the
project for each of the fiscal years in which it will be
carried out.
``(D) The remedies for failure of the Secretary concerned
to comply with the terms of the agreement consistent with
current Federal law.
``(2) Limited use of federal funds.--The Secretary concerned
may decide, at the sole discretion of the Secretary concerned, to
cover the costs of a portion of an approved project using Federal
funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Secretary for the
same purposes as the project.
``(b) Transfer of Project Funds.--
``(1) Initial transfer required.--As soon as practicable after
the agreement is reached under subsection (a) with regard to a
project to be funded in whole or in part using project funds, or
other funds described in section 203(a)(2), the Secretary concerned
shall transfer to the applicable unit of National Forest System
land or Bureau of Land Management District an amount of project
funds equal to--
``(A) in the case of a project to be completed in a single
fiscal year, the total amount specified in the agreement to be
paid using project funds, or other funds described in section
203(a)(2); or
``(B) in the case of a multiyear project, the amount
specified in the agreement to be paid using project funds, or
other funds described in section 203(a)(2) for the first fiscal
year.
``(2) Condition on project commencement.--The unit of National
Forest System land or Bureau of Land Management District concerned,
shall not commence a project until the project funds, or other
funds described in section 203(a)(2) required to be transferred
under paragraph (1) for the project, have been made available by
the Secretary concerned.
``(3) Subsequent transfers for multiyear projects.--
``(A) In general.--For the second and subsequent fiscal
years of a multiyear project to be funded in whole or in part
using project funds, the unit of National Forest System land or
Bureau of Land Management District concerned shall use the
amount of project funds required to continue the project in
that fiscal year according to the agreement entered into under
subsection (a).
``(B) Suspension of work.--The Secretary concerned shall
suspend work on the project if the project funds required by
the agreement in the second and subsequent fiscal years are not
available.
``SEC. 207. AVAILABILITY OF PROJECT FUNDS.
``(a) Submission of Proposed Projects To Obligate Funds.--By
September 30, 2008 (or as soon thereafter as the Secretary concerned
determines is practicable), and each September 30 thereafter for each
succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2011, a resource advisory
committee shall submit to the Secretary concerned pursuant to section
203(a)(1) a sufficient number of project proposals that, if approved,
would result in the obligation of at least the full amount of the
project funds reserved by the participating county in the preceding
fiscal year.
``(b) Use or Transfer of Unobligated Funds.--Subject to section
208, if a resource advisory committee fails to comply with subsection
(a) for a fiscal year, any project funds reserved by the participating
county in the preceding fiscal year and remaining unobligated shall be
available for use as part of the project submissions in the next fiscal
year.
``(c) Effect of Rejection of Projects.--Subject to section 208, any
project funds reserved by a participating county in the preceding
fiscal year that are unobligated at the end of a fiscal year because
the Secretary concerned has rejected one or more proposed projects
shall be available for use as part of the project submissions in the
next fiscal year.
``(d) Effect of Court Orders.--
``(1) In general.--If an approved project under this Act is
enjoined or prohibited by a Federal court, the Secretary concerned
shall return the unobligated project funds related to the project
to the participating county or counties that reserved the funds.
``(2) Expenditure of funds.--The returned funds shall be
available for the county to expend in the same manner as the funds
reserved by the county under subparagraph (B) or (C)(i) of section
102(d)(1).
``SEC. 208. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.
``(a) In General.--The authority to initiate projects under this
title shall terminate on September 30, 2011.
``(b) Deposits in Treasury.--Any project funds not obligated by
September 30, 2012, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United
States.
``TITLE III--COUNTY FUNDS
``SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS.
``In this title:
``(1) County funds.--The term `county funds' means all funds an
eligible county elects under section 102(d) to reserve for
expenditure in accordance with this title.
``(2) Participating county.--The term `participating county'
means an eligible county that elects under section 102(d) to expend
a portion of the Federal funds received under section 102 in
accordance with this title.
``SEC. 302. USE.
``(a) Authorized Uses.--A participating county, including any
applicable agencies of the participating county, shall use county
funds, in accordance with this title, only--
``(1) to carry out activities under the Firewise Communities
program to provide to homeowners in fire-sensitive ecosystems
education on, and assistance with implementing, techniques in home
siting, home construction, and home landscaping that can increase
the protection of people and property from wildfires;
``(2) to reimburse the participating county for search and
rescue and other emergency services, including firefighting, that
are--
``(A) performed on Federal land after the date on which the
use was approved under subsection (b);
``(B) paid for by the participating county; and
``(3) to develop community wildfire protection plans in
coordination with the appropriate Secretary concerned.
``(b) Proposals.--A participating county shall use county funds for
a use described in subsection (a) only after a 45-day public comment
period, at the beginning of which the participating county shall--
``(1) publish in any publications of local record a proposal
that describes the proposed use of the county funds; and
``(2) submit the proposal to any resource advisory committee
established under section 205 for the participating county.
``SEC. 303. CERTIFICATION.
``(a) In General.--Not later than February 1 of the year after the
year in which any county funds were expended by a participating county,
the appropriate official of the participating county shall submit to
the Secretary concerned a certification that the county funds expended
in the applicable year have been used for the uses authorized under
section 302(a), including a description of the amounts expended and the
uses for which the amounts were expended.
``(b) Review.--The Secretary concerned shall review the
certifications submitted under subsection (a) as the Secretary
concerned determines to be appropriate.
``SEC. 304. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.
``(a) In General.--The authority to initiate projects under this
title terminates on September 30, 2011.
``(b) Availability.--Any county funds not obligated by September
30, 2012, shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States.
``TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
``SEC. 401. REGULATIONS.
``The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
shall issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
``SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary to carry out this Act for each of fiscal years 2008 through
2011.
``SEC. 403. TREATMENT OF FUNDS AND REVENUES.
``(a) Relation to Other Appropriations.--Funds made available under
section 402 and funds made available to a Secretary concerned under
section 206 shall be in addition to any other annual appropriations for
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
``(b) Deposit of Revenues and Other Funds.--All revenues generated
from projects pursuant to title II, including any interest accrued from
the revenues, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United
States.''.
(b) Forest Receipt Payments to Eligible States and Counties.--
(1) Act of may 23, 1908.--The sixth paragraph under the heading
``FOREST SERVICE'' in the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500) is
amended in the first sentence by striking ``twenty-five percentum''
and all that follows through ``shall be paid'' and inserting the
following: ``an amount equal to the annual average of 25 percent of
all amounts received for the applicable fiscal year and each of the
preceding 6 fiscal years from each national forest shall be paid''.
(2) Weeks law.--Section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911
(commonly known as the ``Weeks Law'') (16 U.S.C. 500) is amended in
the first sentence by striking ``twenty-five percentum'' and all
that follows through ``shall be paid'' and inserting the following:
``an amount equal to the annual average of 25 percent of all
amounts received for the applicable fiscal year and each of the
preceding 6 fiscal years from each national forest shall be paid''.
(c) Payments in Lieu of Taxes.--
(1) In general.--Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 6906. Funding
``For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012--
``(1) each county or other eligible unit of local government
shall be entitled to payment under this chapter; and
``(2) sums shall be made available to the Secretary of the
Interior for obligation or expenditure in accordance with this
chapter.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 69
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking the item
relating to section 6906 and inserting the following:
``6906. Funding.''.
(3) Budget scorekeeping.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding the Budget Scorekeeping
Guidelines and the accompanying list of programs and accounts
set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee
of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217, the
section in this title regarding Payments in Lieu of Taxes shall
be treated in the baseline for purposes of section 257 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as
in effect prior to September 30, 2002), and by the Chairmen of
the House and Senate Budget Committees, as appropriate, for
purposes of budget enforcement in the House and Senate, and
under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as if Payment in
Lieu of Taxes (14-1114-0-1-806) were an account designated as
Appropriated Entitlements and Mandatories for Fiscal Year 1997
in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of
conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217.
(B) Effective date.--This paragraph shall remain in effect
for the fiscal years to which the entitlement in section 6906
of title 31, United States Code (as amended by paragraph (1)),
applies.
SEC. 602. TRANSFER TO ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND.
Subparagraph (C) of section 402(i)(1) of the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(i)(1)) is amended by
striking ``and $9,000,000 on October 1, 2009'' and inserting
``$9,000,000 on October 1, 2009, and $9,000,000 on October 1, 2010''.
TITLE VII--DISASTER RELIEF
Subtitle A--Heartland and Hurricane Ike Disaster Relief
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Heartland Disaster Tax Relief
Act of 2008''.
SEC. 702. TEMPORARY TAX RELIEF FOR AREAS DAMAGED BY 2008 MIDWESTERN
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOS, AND FLOODING.
(a) In General.--Subject to the modifications described in this
section, the following provisions of or relating to the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply to any Midwestern disaster area in
addition to the areas to which such provisions otherwise apply:
(1) Go zone benefits.--
(A) Section 1400N (relating to tax benefits) other than
subsections (b), (d), (e), (i), (j), (m), and (o) thereof.
(B) Section 1400O (relating to education tax benefits).
(C) Section 1400P (relating to housing tax benefits).
(D) Section 1400Q (relating to special rules for use of
retirement funds).
(E) Section 1400R(a) (relating to employee retention credit
for employers).
(F) Section 1400S (relating to additional tax relief) other
than subsection (d) thereof.
(G) Section 1400T (relating to special rules for mortgage
revenue bonds).
(2) Other benefits included in katrina emergency tax relief act
of 2005.--Sections 302, 303, 304, 401, and 405 of the Katrina
Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005.
(b) Midwestern Disaster Area.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of this section and for applying
the substitutions described in subsections (d) and (e), the term
``Midwestern disaster area'' means an area--
(A) with respect to which a major disaster has been
declared by the President on or after May 20, 2008, and before
August 1, 2008, under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by reason of
severe storms, tornados, or flooding occurring in any of the
States of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wisconsin, and
(B) determined by the President to warrant individual or
individual and public assistance from the Federal Government
under such Act with respect to damages attributable to such
severe storms, tornados, or flooding.
(2) Certain benefits available to areas eligible only for
public assistance.--For purposes of applying this section to
benefits under the following provisions, paragraph (1) shall be
applied without regard to subparagraph (B):
(A) Sections 1400Q, 1400S(b), and 1400S(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
(B) Sections 302, 401, and 405 of the Katrina Emergency Tax
Relief Act of 2005.
(c) References.--
(1) Area.--Any reference in such provisions to the Hurricane
Katrina disaster area or the Gulf Opportunity Zone shall be treated
as a reference to any Midwestern disaster area and any reference to
the Hurricane Katrina disaster area or the Gulf Opportunity Zone
within a State shall be treated as a reference to all Midwestern
disaster areas within the State.
(2) Items attributable to disaster.--Any reference in such
provisions to any loss, damage, or other item attributable to
Hurricane Katrina shall be treated as a reference to any loss,
damage, or other item attributable to the severe storms, tornados,
or flooding giving rise to any Presidential declaration described
in subsection (b)(1)(A).
(3) Applicable disaster date.--For purposes of applying the
substitutions described in subsections (d) and (e), the term
``applicable disaster date'' means, with respect to any Midwestern
disaster area, the date on which the severe storms, tornados, or
flooding giving rise to the Presidential declaration described in
subsection (b)(1)(A) occurred.
(d) Modifications to 1986 Code.--The following provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied with the following
modifications:
(1) Tax-exempt bond financing.--Section 1400N(a)--
(A) by substituting ``qualified Midwestern disaster area
bond'' for ``qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone Bond'' each place
it appears, except that in determining whether a bond is a
qualified Midwestern disaster area bond--
(i) paragraph (2)(A)(i) shall be applied by only
treating costs as qualified project costs if--
(I) in the case of a project involving a private
business use (as defined in section 141(b)(6)), either
the person using the property suffered a loss in a
trade or business attributable to the severe storms,
tornados, or flooding giving rise to any Presidential
declaration described in subsection (b)(1)(A) or is a
person designated for purposes of this section by the
Governor of the State in which the project is located
as a person carrying on a trade or business replacing a
trade or business with respect to which another person
suffered such a loss, and
(II) in the case of a project relating to public
utility property, the project involves repair or
reconstruction of public utility property damaged by
such severe storms, tornados, or flooding, and
(ii) paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall be applied by treating
an issue as a qualified mortgage issue only if 95 percent
or more of the net proceeds (as defined in section
150(a)(3)) of the issue are to be used to provide financing
for mortgagors who suffered damages to their principal
residences attributable to such severe storms, tornados, or
flooding.
(B) by substituting ``any State in which a Midwestern
disaster area is located'' for ``the State of Alabama,
Louisiana, or Mississippi'' in paragraph (2)(B),
(C) by substituting ``designated for purposes of this
section (on the basis of providing assistance to areas in the
order in which such assistance is most needed)'' for
``designated for purposes of this section'' in paragraph
(2)(C),
(D) by substituting ``January 1, 2013'' for ``January 1,
2011'' in paragraph (2)(D),
(E) in paragraph (3)(A)--
(i) by substituting ``$1,000'' for ``$2,500'', and
(ii) by substituting ``before the earliest applicable
disaster date for Midwestern disaster areas within the
State'' for ``before August 28, 2005'',
(F) by substituting ``qualified Midwestern disaster area
repair or construction'' for ``qualified GO Zone repair or
construction'' each place it appears,
(G) by substituting ``after the date of the enactment of
the Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 and before
January 1, 2013'' for ``after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph and before January 1, 2011'' in paragraph (7)(C), and
(H) by disregarding paragraph (8) thereof.
(2) Low-income housing credit.--Section 1400N(c)--
(A) only with respect to calendar years 2008, 2009, and
2010,
(B) by substituting ``Disaster Recovery Assistance housing
amount'' for ``Gulf Opportunity housing amount'' each place it
appears,
(C) in paragraph (1)(B)--
(i) by substituting ``$8.00'' for ``$18.00'', and
(ii) by substituting ``before the earliest applicable
disaster date for Midwestern disaster areas within the
State'' for ``before August 28, 2005'', and
(D) determined without regard to paragraphs (2), (3), (4),
(5), and (6) thereof.
(3) Expensing for certain demolition and clean-up costs.--
Section 1400N(f)--
(A) by substituting ``qualified Disaster Recovery
Assistance clean-up cost'' for ``qualified Gulf Opportunity
Zone clean-up cost'' each place it appears,
(B) by substituting ``beginning on the applicable disaster
date and ending on December 31, 2010'' for ``beginning on
August 28, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2007'' in paragraph
(2), and
(C) by treating costs as qualified Disaster Recovery
Assistance clean-up costs only if the removal of debris or
demolition of any structure was necessary due to damage
attributable to the severe storms, tornados, or flooding giving
rise to any Presidential declaration described in subsection
(b)(1)(A).
(4) Extension of expensing for environmental remediation
costs.--Section 1400N(g)--
(A) by substituting ``the applicable disaster date'' for
``August 28, 2005'' each place it appears,
(B) by substituting ``January 1, 2011'' for ``January 1,
2008'' in paragraph (1),
(C) by substituting ``December 31, 2010'' for ``December
31, 2007'' in paragraph (1), and
(D) by treating a site as a qualified contaminated site
only if the release (or threat of release) or disposal of a
hazardous substance at the site was attributable to the severe
storms, tornados, or flooding giving rise to any Presidential
declaration described in subsection (b)(1)(A).
(5) Increase in rehabilitation credit.--Section 1400N(h), as
amended by this Act--
(A) by substituting ``the applicable disaster date'' for
``August 28, 2005'',
(B) by substituting ``December 31, 2011'' for ``December
31, 2009'' in paragraph (1), and
(C) by only applying such subsection to qualified
rehabilitation expenditures with respect to any building or
structure which was damaged or destroyed as a result of the
severe storms, tornados, or flooding giving rise to any
Presidential declaration described in subsection (b)(1)(A).
(6) Treatment of net operating losses attributable to disaster
losses.--Section 1400N(k)--
(A) by substituting ``qualified Disaster Recovery
Assistance loss'' for ``qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone loss''
each place it appears,
(B) by substituting ``after the day before the applicable
disaster date, and before January 1, 2011'' for ``after August
27, 2005, and before January 1, 2008'' each place it appears,
(C) by substituting ``the applicable disaster date'' for
``August 28, 2005'' in paragraph (2)(B)(ii)(I),
(D) by substituting ``qualified Disaster Recovery
Assistance property'' for ``qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone
property'' in paragraph (2)(B)(iv), and
(E) by substituting ``qualified Disaster Recovery
Assistance casualty loss'' for ``qualified Gulf Opportunity
Zone casualty loss'' each place it appears.
(7) Credit to holders of tax credit bonds.--Section 1400N(l)--
(A) by substituting ``Midwestern tax credit bond'' for
``Gulf tax credit bond'' each place it appears,
(B) by substituting ``any State in which a Midwestern
disaster area is located or any instrumentality of the State''
for ``the State of Alabama, Louisiana, or Mississippi'' in
paragraph (4)(A)(i),
(C) by substituting ``after December 31, 2008 and before
January 1, 2010'' for ``after December 31, 2005, and before
January 1, 2007'',
(D) by substituting ``shall not exceed $100,000,000 for any
State with an aggregate population located in all Midwestern
disaster areas within the State of at least 2,000,000,
$50,000,000 for any State with an aggregate population located
in all Midwestern disaster areas within the State of at least
1,000,000 but less than 2,000,000, and zero for any other
State. The population of a State within any area shall be
determined on the basis of the most recent census estimate of
resident population released by the Bureau of Census before the
earliest applicable disaster date for Midwestern disaster areas
within the State.'' for ``shall not exceed'' and all that
follows in paragraph (4)(C), and
(E) by substituting ``the earliest applicable disaster date
for Midwestern disaster areas within the State'' for ``August
28, 2005'' in paragraph (5)(A).
(8) Education tax benefits.--Section 1400O, by substituting
``2008 or 2009'' for ``2005 or 2006''.
(9) Housing tax benefits.--Section 1400P, by substituting ``the
applicable disaster date'' for ``August 28, 2005'' in subsection
(c)(1).
(10) Special rules for use of retirement funds.--Section
1400Q--
(A) by substituting ``qualified Disaster Recovery
Assistance distribution'' for ``qualified hurricane
distribution'' each place it appears,
(B) by substituting ``on or after the applicable disaster
date and before January 1, 2010'' for ``on or after August 25,
2005, and before January 1, 2007'' in subsection (a)(4)(A)(i),
(C) by substituting ``the applicable disaster date'' for
``August 28, 2005'' in subsections (a)(4)(A)(i) and (c)(3)(B),
(D) by disregarding clauses (ii) and (iii) of subsection
(a)(4)(A) thereof,
(E) by substituting ``qualified storm damage distribution''
for ``qualified Katrina distribution'' each place it appears,
(F) by substituting ``after the date which is 6 months
before the applicable disaster date and before the date which
is the day after the applicable disaster date'' for ``after
February 28, 2005, and before August 29, 2005'' in subsection
(b)(2)(B)(ii),
(G) by substituting ``the Midwestern disaster area, but not
so purchased or constructed on account of severe storms,
tornados, or flooding giving rise to the designation of the
area as a disaster area'' for ``the Hurricane Katrina disaster
area, but not so purchased or constructed on account of
Hurricane Katrina'' in subsection (b)(2)(B)(iii),
(H) by substituting ``beginning on the applicable disaster
date and ending on the date which is 5 months after the date of
the enactment of the Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of
2008'' for ``beginning on August 25, 2005, and ending on
February 28, 2006'' in subsection (b)(3)(A),
(I) by substituting ``qualified storm damage individual''
for ``qualified Hurricane Katrina individual'' each place it
appears,
(J) by substituting ``December 31, 2009'' for ``December
31, 2006'' in subsection (c)(2)(A),
(K) by disregarding subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection
(c)(3) thereof,
(L) by substituting ``beginning on the date of the
enactment of the Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 and
ending on December 31, 2009'' for ``beginning on September 24,
2005, and ending on December 31, 2006'' in subsection
(c)(4)(A)(i),
(M) by substituting ``the applicable disaster date'' for
``August 25, 2005'' in subsection (c)(4)(A)(ii), and
(N) by substituting ``January 1, 2010'' for ``January 1,
2007'' in subsection (d)(2)(A)(ii).
(11) Employee retention credit for employers affected by severe
storms, tornados, and flooding.--Section 1400R(a)--
(A) by substituting ``the applicable disaster date'' for
``August 28, 2005'' each place it appears,
(B) by substituting ``January 1, 2009'' for ``January 1,
2006'' both places it appears, and
(C) only with respect to eligible employers who employed an
average of not more than 200 employees on business days during
the taxable year before the applicable disaster date.
(12) Temporary suspension of limitations on charitable
contributions.--Section 1400S(a), by substituting the following
paragraph for paragraph (4) thereof:
``(4) Qualified contributions.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, the
term `qualified contribution' means any charitable contribution
(as defined in section 170(c)) if--
``(i) such contribution--
``(I) is paid during the period beginning on the
earliest applicable disaster date for all States and
ending on December 31, 2008, in cash to an organization
described in section 170(b)(1)(A), and
``(II) is made for relief efforts in 1 or more
Midwestern disaster areas,
``(ii) the taxpayer obtains from such organization
contemporaneous written acknowledgment (within the meaning
of section 170(f)(8)) that such contribution was used (or
is to be used) for relief efforts in 1 or more Midwestern
disaster areas, and
``(iii) the taxpayer has elected the application of
this subsection with respect to such contribution.
``(B) Exception.--Such term shall not include a
contribution by a donor if the contribution is--
``(i) to an organization described in section
509(a)(3), or
``(ii) for establishment of a new, or maintenance of an
existing, donor advised fund (as defined in section
4966(d)(2)).
``(C) Application of election to partnerships and s
corporations.--In the case of a partnership or S corporation,
the election under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be made
separately by each partner or shareholder.''.
(13) Suspension of certain limitations on personal casualty
losses.--Section 1400S(b)(1), by substituting ``the applicable
disaster date'' for ``August 25, 2005''.
(14) Special rule for determining earned income.--Section
1400S(d)--
(A) by treating an individual as a qualified individual if
such individual's principal place of abode on the applicable
disaster date was located in a Midwestern disaster area,
(B) by treating the applicable disaster date with respect
to any such individual as the applicable date for purposes of
such subsection, and
(C) by treating an area as described in paragraph
(2)(B)(ii) thereof if the area is a Midwestern disaster area
only by reason of subsection (b)(2) of this section (relating
to areas eligible only for public assistance).
(15) Adjustments regarding taxpayer and dependency status.--
Section 1400S(e), by substituting ``2008 or 2009'' for ``2005 or
2006''.
(e) Modifications to Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005.--The
following provisions of the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005
shall be applied with the following modifications:
(1) Additional exemption for housing displaced individual.--
Section 302--
(A) by substituting ``2008 or 2009'' for ``2005 or 2006''
in subsection (a) thereof,
(B) by substituting ``Midwestern displaced individual'' for
``Hurricane Katrina displaced individual'' each place it
appears, and
(C) by treating an area as a core disaster area for
purposes of applying subsection (c) thereof if the area is a
Midwestern disaster area without regard to subsection (b)(2) of
this section (relating to areas eligible only for public
assistance).
(2) Increase in standard mileage rate.--Section 303, by
substituting ``beginning on the applicable disaster date and ending
on December 31, 2008'' for ``beginning on August 25, 2005, and
ending on December 31, 2006''.
(3) Mileage reimbursements for charitable volunteers.--Section
304--
(A) by substituting ``beginning on the applicable disaster
date and ending on December 31, 2008'' for ``beginning on
August 25, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2006'' in
subsection (a), and
(B) by substituting ``the applicable disaster date'' for
``August 25, 2005'' in subsection (a).
(4) Exclusion of certain cancellation of indebtedness income.--
Section 401--
(A) by treating an individual whose principal place of
abode on the applicable disaster date was in a Midwestern
disaster area (determined without regard to subsection (b)(2)
of this section) as an individual described in subsection
(b)(1) thereof, and by treating an individual whose principal
place of abode on the applicable disaster date was in a
Midwestern disaster area solely by reason of subsection (b)(2)
of this section as an individual described in subsection (b)(2)
thereof,
(B) by substituting ``the applicable disaster date'' for
``August 28, 2005'' both places it appears, and
(C) by substituting ``January 1, 2010'' for ``January 1,
2007'' in subsection (e).
(5) Extension of replacement period for nonrecognition of
gain.--Section 405, by substituting ``on or after the applicable
disaster date'' for ``on or after August 25, 2005''.
SEC. 703. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF
CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 6033(b) (relating to returns of certain
organizations described in section 501(c)(3)) is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of paragraph (13), by redesignating paragraph (14)
as paragraph (15), and by adding after paragraph (13) the following new
paragraph:
``(14) such information as the Secretary may require with
respect to disaster relief activities, including the amount and use
of qualified contributions to which section 1400S(a) applies,
and''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to returns the due date for which (determined without regard to
any extension) occurs after December 31, 2008.
SEC. 704. TEMPORARY TAX-EXEMPT BOND FINANCING AND LOW-INCOME
HOUSING TAX RELIEF FOR AREAS DAMAGED BY HURRICANE IKE.
(a) Tax-Exempt Bond Financing.--Section 1400N(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply to any Hurricane Ike disaster area in
addition to any other area referenced in such section, but with the
following modifications:
(1) By substituting ``qualified Hurricane Ike disaster area
bond'' for ``qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone Bond'' each place it
appears, except that in determining whether a bond is a qualified
Hurricane Ike disaster area bond--
(A) paragraph (2)(A)(i) shall be applied by only treating
costs as qualified project costs if--
(i) in the case of a project involving a private
business use (as defined in section 141(b)(6)), either the
person using the property suffered a loss in a trade or
business attributable to Hurricane Ike or is a person
designated for purposes of this section by the Governor of
the State in which the project is located as a person
carrying on a trade or business replacing a trade or
business with respect to which another person suffered such
a loss, and
(ii) in the case of a project relating to public
utility property, the project involves repair or
reconstruction of public utility property damaged by
Hurricane Ike, and
(B) paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall be applied by treating an
issue as a qualified mortgage issue only if 95 percent or more
of the net proceeds (as defined in section 150(a)(3)) of the
issue are to be used to provide financing for mortgagors who
suffered damages to their principal residences attributable to
Hurricane Ike.
(2) By substituting ``any State in which any Hurricane Ike
disaster area is located'' for ``the State of Alabama, Louisiana,
or Mississippi'' in paragraph (2)(B).
(3) By substituting ``designated for purposes of this section
(on the basis of providing assistance to areas in the order in
which such assistance is most needed)'' for ``designated for
purposes of this section'' in paragraph (2)(C).
(4) By substituting ``January 1, 2013'' for ``January 1, 2011''
in paragraph (2)(D).
(5) By substituting the following for subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (3):
``(A) Aggregate amount designated.--The maximum aggregate
face amount of bonds which may be designated under this
subsection with respect to any State shall not exceed the
product of $2,000 multiplied by the portion of the State
population which is in--
``(i) in the case of Texas, the counties of Brazoria,
Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, and Orange, and
``(ii) in the case of Louisiana, the parishes of
Calcasieu and Cameron,
(as determined on the basis of the most recent census estimate
of resident population released by the Bureau of Census before
September 13, 2008).''.
(6) By substituting ``qualified Hurricane Ike disaster area
repair or construction'' for ``qualified GO Zone repair or
construction'' each place it appears.
(7) By substituting ``after the date of the enactment of the
Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 and before January 1,
2013'' for ``after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and
before January 1, 2011'' in paragraph (7)(C).
(8) By disregarding paragraph (8) thereof.
(9) By substituting ``any Hurricane Ike disaster area'' for
``the Gulf Opportunity Zone'' each place it appears.
(b) Low-Income Housing Credit.--Section 1400N(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply to any Hurricane Ike disaster area in
addition to any other area referenced in such section, but with the
following modifications:
(1) Only with respect to calendar years 2008, 2009, and 2010.
(2) By substituting ``any Hurricane Ike disaster area'' for
``the Gulf Opportunity Zone'' each place it appears.
(3) By substituting ``Hurricane Ike Recovery Assistance housing
amount'' for ``Gulf Opportunity housing amount'' each place it
appears.
(4) By substituting the following for subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (1):
``(B) Hurricane ike housing amount.--For purposes of
subparagraph (A), the term `Hurricane Ike housing amount'
means, for any calendar year, the amount equal to the product
of $16.00 multiplied by the portion of the State population
which is in--
``(i) in the case of Texas, the counties of Brazoria,
Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, and Orange, and
``(ii) in the case of Louisiana, the parishes of
Calcasieu and Cameron,
(as determined on the basis of the most recent census estimate
of resident population released by the Bureau of Census before
September 13, 2008).''.
(5) Determined without regard to paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5),
and (6) thereof.
(c) Hurricane Ike Disaster Area.--For purposes of this section and
for applying the substitutions described in subsections (a) and (b),
the term ``Hurricane Ike disaster area'' means an area in the State of
Texas or Louisiana--
(1) with respect to which a major disaster has been declared by
the President on September 13, 2008, under section 401 of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by
reason of Hurricane Ike, and
(2) determined by the President to warrant individual or
individual and public assistance from the Federal Government under
such Act with respect to damages attributable to Hurricane Ike.
Subtitle B--National Disaster Relief
SEC. 706. LOSSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS.
(a) Waiver of Adjusted Gross Income Limitation.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (h) of section 165 is amended by
redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5),
respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following
new paragraph:
``(3) Special rule for losses in federally declared
disasters.--
``(A) In general.--If an individual has a net disaster loss
for any taxable year, the amount determined under paragraph
(2)(A)(ii) shall be the sum of--
``(i) such net disaster loss, and
``(ii) so much of the excess referred to in the matter
preceding clause (i) of paragraph (2)(A) (reduced by the
amount in clause (i) of this subparagraph) as exceeds 10
percent of the adjusted gross income of the individual.
``(B) Net disaster loss.--For purposes of subparagraph (A),
the term `net disaster loss' means the excess of--
``(i) the personal casualty losses--
``(I) attributable to a federally declared disaster
occurring before January 1, 2010, and
``(II) occurring in a disaster area, over
``(ii) personal casualty gains.
``(C) Federally declared disaster.--For purposes of this
paragraph--
``(i) Federally declared disaster.--The term `federally
declared disaster' means any disaster subsequently
determined by the President of the United States to warrant
assistance by the Federal Government under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
``(ii) Disaster area.--The term `disaster area' means
the area so determined to warrant such assistance.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 165(h)(4)(B) (as so redesignated) is amended by
striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (2) and
(3)''.
(B) Section 165(i)(1) is amended by striking ``loss'' and
all that follows through ``Act'' and inserting ``loss occurring
in a disaster area (as defined by clause (ii) of subsection
(h)(3)(C)) and attributable to a federally declared disaster
(as defined by clause (i) of such subsection)''.
(C) Section 165(i)(4) is amended by striking
``Presidentially declared disaster (as defined by section
1033(h)(3))'' and inserting ``federally declared disaster (as
defined by subsection (h)(3)(C)(i)''.
(D)(i) So much of subsection (h) of section 1033 as
precedes subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) thereof is amended
to read as follows:
``(h) Special Rules for Property Damaged by Federally Declared
Disasters.--
``(1) Principal residences.--If the taxpayer's principal
residence or any of its contents is located in a disaster area and
is compulsorily or involuntarily converted as a result of a
federally declared disaster--''.
(ii) Paragraph (2) of section 1033(h) is amended by
striking ``investment'' and all that follows through
``disaster'' and inserting ``investment located in a disaster
area and compulsorily or involuntarily converted as a result of
a federally declared disaster''.
(iii) Paragraph (3) of section 1033(h) is amended to read
as follows:
``(3) Federally declared disaster; disaster area.--The terms
``federally declared disaster'' and ``disaster area'' shall have
the respective meaning given such terms by section 165(h)(3)(C).''.
(iv) Section 139(c)(2) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) federally declared disaster (as defined by section
165(h)(3)(C)(i)),''.
(v) Subclause (II) of section 172(b)(1)(F)(ii) is amended
by striking ``Presidentially declared disasters (as defined in
section 1033(h)(3))'' and inserting ``federally declared
disasters (as defined by subsection (h)(3)(C)(i))''.
(vi) Subclause (III) of section 172(b)(1)(F)(ii) is amended
by striking ``Presidentially declared disasters'' and inserting
``federally declared disasters''.
(vii) Subsection (a) of section 7508A is amended by
striking ``Presidentially declared disaster (as defined in
section 1033(h)(3))'' and inserting ``federally declared
disaster (as defined by section 165(h)(3)(C)(i))''.
(b) Increase in Standard Deduction by Disaster Casualty Loss.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 63(c), as amended by
the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, 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) the disaster loss deduction.''.
(2) Disaster loss deduction.--Subsection (c) of section 63, as
amended by the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(8) Disaster loss deduction.--For the purposes of paragraph
(1), the term `disaster loss deduction' means the net disaster loss
(as defined in section 165(h)(3)(B)).''.
(3) Allowance in computing alternative minimum taxable
income.--Subparagraph (E) of section 56(b)(1) is amended by adding
at the end the following new sentence: ``The preceding sentence
shall not apply to so much of the standard deduction as is
determined under section 63(c)(1)(D).''.
(c) Increase in Limitation on Individual Loss Per Casualty.--
Paragraph (1) of section 165(h) is amended by striking ``$100'' and
inserting ``$500 ($100 for taxable years beginning after December 31,
2009)''.
(d) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall apply to disasters declared
in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
(2) Increase in limitation on individual loss per casualty.--
The amendment made by subsection (c) shall apply to taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2008.
SEC. 707. EXPENSING OF QUALIFIED DISASTER EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by
inserting after section 198 the following new section:
``SEC. 198A. EXPENSING OF QUALIFIED DISASTER EXPENSES.
``(a) In General.--A taxpayer may elect to treat any qualified
disaster expenses which are paid or incurred by the taxpayer as an
expense which is not chargeable to capital account. Any expense which
is so treated shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year in
which it is paid or incurred.
``(b) Qualified Disaster Expense.--For purposes of this section,
the term `qualified disaster expense' means any expenditure--
``(1) which is paid or incurred in connection with a trade or
business or with business-related property,
``(2) which is--
``(A) for the abatement or control of hazardous substances
that were released on account of a federally declared disaster
occurring before January 1, 2010,
``(B) for the removal of debris from, or the demolition of
structures on, real property which is business-related property
damaged or destroyed as a result of a federally declared
disaster occurring before such date, or
``(C) for the repair of business-related property damaged
as a result of a federally declared disaster occurring before
such date, and
``(3) which is otherwise chargeable to capital account.
``(c) Other Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) Business-related property.--The term `business-related
property' means property--
``(A) held by the taxpayer for use in a trade or business
or for the production of income, or
``(B) described in section 1221(a)(1) in the hands of the
taxpayer.
``(2) Federally declared disaster.--The term `federally
declared disaster' has the meaning given such term by section
165(h)(3)(C)(i).
``(d) Deduction Recaptured as Ordinary Income on Sale, etc.--Solely
for purposes of section 1245, in the case of property to which a
qualified disaster expense would have been capitalized but for this
section--
``(1) the deduction allowed by this section for such expense
shall be treated as a deduction for depreciation, and
``(2) such property (if not otherwise section 1245 property)
shall be treated as section 1245 property solely for purposes of
applying section 1245 to such deduction.
``(e) Coordination With Other Provisions.--Sections 198, 280B, and
468 shall not apply to amounts which are treated as expenses under this
section.
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
section.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part VI of
subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 198 the following new item:
``Sec. 198A. Expensing of Qualified Disaster Expenses.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2007 in connection
with disaster declared after such date.
SEC. 708. NET OPERATING LOSSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO FEDERALLY DECLARED
DISASTERS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 172(b) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(J) Certain losses attributable federally declared
disasters.--In the case of a taxpayer who has a qualified
disaster loss (as defined in subsection (j)), such loss shall
be a net operating loss carryback to each of the 5 taxable
years preceding the taxable year of such loss.''.
(b) Qualified Disaster Loss.--Section 172 is amended by
redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections (k) and (l),
respectively, and by inserting after subsection (i) the following new
subsection:
``(j) Rules Relating to Qualified Disaster Losses.--For purposes of
this section--
``(1) In general.--The term `qualified disaster loss' means the
lesser of--
``(A) the sum of--
``(i) the losses allowable under section 165 for the
taxable year--
``(I) attributable to a federally declared disaster
(as defined in section 165(h)(3)(C)(i)) occurring
before January 1, 2010, and
``(II) occurring in a disaster area (as defined in
section 165(h)(3)(C)(ii)), and
``(ii) the deduction for the taxable year for qualified
disaster expenses which is allowable under section 198A(a)
or which would be so allowable if not otherwise treated as
an expense, or
``(B) the net operating loss for such taxable year.
``(2) Coordination with subsection (b)(2).--For purposes of
applying subsection (b)(2), a qualified disaster loss for any
taxable year shall be treated in a manner similar to the manner in
which a specified liability loss is treated.
``(3) Election.--Any taxpayer entitled to a 5-year carryback
under subsection (b)(1)(J) from any loss year may elect to have the
carryback period with respect to such loss year determined without
regard to subsection (b)(1)(J). Such election shall be made in such
manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary and shall be made by
the due date (including extensions of time) for filing the
taxpayer's return for the taxable year of the net operating loss.
Such election, once made for any taxable year, shall be irrevocable
for such taxable year.
``(4) Exclusion.--The term `qualified disaster loss' shall not
include any loss with respect to any property described in section
1400N(p)(3).''.
(c) Loss Deduction Allowed in Computing Alternative Minimum Taxable
Income.--Subsection (d) of section 56 is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
``(3) Net operating loss attributable to federally declared
disasters.--In the case of a taxpayer which has a qualified
disaster loss (as defined by section 172(b)(1)(J)) for the taxable
year, paragraph (1) shall be applied by increasing the amount
determined under subparagraph (A)(ii)(I) thereof by the sum of the
carrybacks and carryovers of such loss.''.
(d) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Clause (ii) of section 172(b)(1)(F) is amended by inserting
``or qualified disaster loss (as defined in subsection (j))''
before the period at the end of the last sentence.
(2) Paragraph (1) of section 172(i) is amended by adding at the
end the following new flush sentence:
``Such term shall not include any qualified disaster loss (as
defined in subsection (j)).''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to losses arising in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2007, in connection with disasters declared after such date.
SEC. 709. WAIVER OF CERTAIN MORTGAGE REVENUE BOND REQUIREMENTS
FOLLOWING FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (k) of section 143 is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(12) Special rules for residences destroyed in federally
declared disasters.--
``(A) Principal residence destroyed.--At the election of
the taxpayer, if the principal residence (within the meaning of
section 121) of such taxpayer is--
``(i) rendered unsafe for use as a residence by reason
of a federally declared disaster occurring before January
1, 2010, or
``(ii) demolished or relocated by reason of an order of
the government of a State or political subdivision thereof
on account of a federally declared disaster occurring
before such date,
then, for the 2-year period beginning on the date of the
disaster declaration, subsection (d)(1) shall not apply with
respect to such taxpayer and subsection (e) shall be applied by
substituting `110' for `90' in paragraph (1) thereof.
``(B) Principal residence damaged.--
``(i) In general.--At the election of the taxpayer, if
the principal residence (within the meaning of section 121)
of such taxpayer was damaged as the result of a federally
declared disaster occurring before January 1, 2010, any
owner-financing provided in connection with the repair or
reconstruction of such residence shall be treated as a
qualified rehabilitation loan.
``(ii) Limitation.--The aggregate owner-financing to
which clause (i) applies shall not exceed the lesser of--
``(I) the cost of such repair or reconstruction, or
``(II) $150,000.
``(C) Federally declared disaster.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the term `federally declared disaster' has the
meaning given such term by section 165(h)(3)(C)(i).
``(D) Election; denial of double benefit.--
``(i) Election.--An election under this paragraph may
not be revoked except with the consent of the Secretary.
``(ii) Denial of double benefit.--If a taxpayer elects
the application of this paragraph, paragraph (11) shall not
apply with respect to the purchase or financing of any
residence by such taxpayer.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to disasters occurring after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 710. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE FOR QUALIFIED DISASTER
PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Section 168, as amended by this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(n) Special Allowance for Qualified Disaster Assistance
Property.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of any qualified disaster
assistance property--
``(A) the depreciation deduction provided by section 167(a)
for the taxable year in which such property is placed in
service shall include an allowance equal to 50 percent of the
adjusted basis of the qualified disaster assistance property,
and
``(B) the adjusted basis of the qualified disaster
assistance property shall be reduced by the amount of such
deduction before computing the amount otherwise allowable as a
depreciation deduction under this chapter for such taxable year
and any subsequent taxable year.
``(2) Qualified disaster assistance property.--For purposes of
this subsection--
``(A) In general.--The term `qualified disaster assistance
property' means any property--
``(i)(I) which is described in subsection (k)(2)(A)(i),
or
``(II) which is nonresidential real property or
residential rental property,
``(ii) substantially all of the use of which is--
``(I) in a disaster area with respect to a
federally declared disaster occurring before January 1,
2010, and
``(II) in the active conduct of a trade or business
by the taxpayer in such disaster area,
``(iii) which--
``(I) rehabilitates property damaged, or replaces
property destroyed or condemned, as a result of such
federally declared disaster, except that, for purposes
of this clause, property shall be treated as replacing
property destroyed or condemned if, as part of an
integrated plan, such property replaces property which
is included in a continuous area which includes real
property destroyed or condemned, and
``(II) is similar in nature to, and located in the
same county as, the property being rehabilitated or
replaced,
``(iv) the original use of which in such disaster area
commences with an eligible taxpayer on or after the
applicable disaster date,
``(v) which is acquired by such eligible taxpayer by
purchase (as defined in section 179(d)) on or after the
applicable disaster date, but only if no written binding
contract for the acquisition was in effect before such
date, and
``(vi) which is placed in service by such eligible
taxpayer on or before the date which is the last day of the
third calendar year following the applicable disaster date
(the fourth calendar year in the case of nonresidential
real property and residential rental property).
``(B) Exceptions.--
``(i) Other bonus depreciation property.--The term
`qualified disaster assistance property' shall not
include--
``(I) any property to which subsection (k)
(determined without regard to paragraph (4)), (l), or
(m) applies,
``(II) any property to which section 1400N(d)
applies, and
``(III) any property described in section
1400N(p)(3).
``(ii) Alternative depreciation property.--The term
`qualified disaster assistance property' shall not include
any property to which the alternative depreciation system
under subsection (g) applies, determined without regard to
paragraph (7) of subsection (g) (relating to election to
have system apply).
``(iii) Tax-exempt bond financed property.--Such term
shall not include any property any portion of which is
financed with the proceeds of any obligation the interest
on which is exempt from tax under section 103.
``(iv) Qualified revitalization buildings.--Such term
shall not include any qualified revitalization building
with respect to which the taxpayer has elected the
application of paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1400I(a).
``(v) Election out.--If a taxpayer makes an election
under this clause with respect to any class of property for
any taxable year, this subsection shall not apply to all
property in such class placed in service during such
taxable year.
``(C) Special rules.--For purposes of this subsection,
rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (E) of subsection
(k)(2) shall apply, except that such subparagraph shall be
applied--
``(i) by substituting `the applicable disaster date'
for `December 31, 2007' each place it appears therein,
``(ii) without regard to `and before January 1, 2009'
in clause (i) thereof, and
``(iii) by substituting `qualified disaster assistance
property' for `qualified property' in clause (iv) thereof.
``(D) Allowance against alternative minimum tax.--For
purposes of this subsection, rules similar to the rules of
subsection (k)(2)(G) shall apply.
``(3) Other definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) Applicable disaster date.--The term `applicable
disaster date' means, with respect to any federally declared
disaster, the date on which such federally declared disaster
occurs.
``(B) Federally declared disaster.--The term `federally
declared disaster' has the meaning given such term under
section 165(h)(3)(C)(i).
``(C) Disaster area.--The term `disaster area' has the
meaning given such term under section 165(h)(3)(C)(ii).
``(D) Eligible taxpayer.--The term `eligible taxpayer'
means a taxpayer who has suffered an economic loss attributable
to a federally declared disaster.
``(4) Recapture.--For purposes of this subsection, rules
similar to the rules under section 179(d)(10) shall apply with
respect to any qualified disaster assistance property which ceases
to be qualified disaster assistance property.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to property placed in service after December 31, 2007, with respect
disasters declared after such date.
SEC. 711. INCREASED EXPENSING FOR QUALIFIED DISASTER ASSISTANCE
PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--Section 179 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(e) Special Rules for Qualified Disaster Assistance Property.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section--
``(A) the dollar amount in effect under subsection (b)(1)
for the taxable year shall be increased by the lesser of--
``(i) $100,000, or
``(ii) the cost of qualified section 179 disaster
assistance property placed in service during the taxable
year, and
``(B) the dollar amount in effect under subsection (b)(2)
for the taxable year shall be increased by the lesser of--
``(i) $600,000, or
``(ii) the cost of qualified section 179 disaster
assistance property placed in service during the taxable
year.
``(2) Qualified section 179 disaster assistance property.--For
purposes of this subsection, the term `qualified section 179
disaster assistance property' means section 179 property (as
defined in subsection (d)) which is qualified disaster assistance
property (as defined in section 168(n)(2)).
``(3) Coordination with empowerment zones and renewal
communities.--For purposes of sections 1397A and 1400J, qualified
section 179 disaster assistance property shall not be treated as
qualified zone property or qualified renewal property, unless the
taxpayer elects not to take such qualified section 179 disaster
assistance property into account for purposes of this subsection.
``(4) Recapture.--For purposes of this subsection, rules
similar to the rules under subsection (d)(10) shall apply with
respect to any qualified section 179 disaster assistance property
which ceases to be qualified section 179 disaster assistance
property.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to property placed in service after December 31, 2007, with respect
disasters declared after such date.
SEC. 712. COORDINATION WITH HEARTLAND DISASTER RELIEF.
The amendments made by this subtitle, other than the amendments
made by sections 706(a)(2), 710, and 711, shall not apply to any
disaster described in section 702(c)(1)(A), or to any expenditure or
loss resulting from such disaster.
TITLE VIII--SPENDING REDUCTIONS AND APPROPRIATE REVENUE RAISERS FOR NEW
TAX RELIEF POLICY
SEC. 801. NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION FROM CERTAIN TAX
INDIFFERENT PARTIES.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part II of subchapter E of chapter 1
is amended by inserting after section 457 the following new section:
``SEC. 457A. NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION FROM CERTAIN TAX
INDIFFERENT PARTIES.
``(a) In General.--Any compensation which is deferred under a
nonqualified deferred compensation plan of a nonqualified entity shall
be includible in gross income when there is no substantial risk of
forfeiture of the rights to such compensation.
``(b) Nonqualified Entity.--For purposes of this section, the term
`nonqualified entity' means--
``(1) any foreign corporation unless substantially all of its
income is--
``(A) effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or
business in the United States, or
``(B) subject to a comprehensive foreign income tax, and
``(2) any partnership unless substantially all of its income is
allocated to persons other than--
``(A) foreign persons with respect to whom such income is
not subject to a comprehensive foreign income tax, and
``(B) organizations which are exempt from tax under this
title.
``(c) Determinability of Amounts of Compensation.--
``(1) In general.--If the amount of any compensation is not
determinable at the time that such compensation is otherwise
includible in gross income under subsection (a)--
``(A) such amount shall be so includible in gross income
when determinable, and
``(B) the tax imposed under this chapter for the taxable
year in which such compensation is includible in gross income
shall be increased by the sum of--
``(i) the amount of interest determined under paragraph
(2), and
``(ii) an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount of
such compensation.
``(2) Interest.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(i), the
interest determined under this paragraph for any taxable year is
the amount of interest at the underpayment rate under section 6621
plus 1 percentage point on the underpayments that would have
occurred had the deferred compensation been includible in gross
income for the taxable year in which first deferred or, if later,
the first taxable year in which such deferred compensation is not
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.
``(d) Other Definitions and Special Rules.--For purposes of this
section--
``(1) Substantial risk of forfeiture.--
``(A) In general.--The rights of a person to compensation
shall be treated as subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture
only if such person's rights to such compensation are
conditioned upon the future performance of substantial services
by any individual.
``(B) Exception for compensation based on gain recognized
on an investment asset.--
``(i) In general.--To the extent provided in
regulations prescribed by the Secretary, if compensation is
determined solely by reference to the amount of gain
recognized on the disposition of an investment asset, such
compensation shall be treated as subject to a substantial
risk of forfeiture until the date of such disposition.
``(ii) Investment asset.--For purposes of clause (i),
the term `investment asset' means any single asset (other
than an investment fund or similar entity)--
``(I) acquired directly by an investment fund or
similar entity,
``(II) with respect to which such entity does not
(nor does any person related to such entity)
participate in the active management of such asset (or
if such asset is an interest in an entity, in the
active management of the activities of such entity),
and
``(III) substantially all of any gain on the
disposition of which (other than such deferred
compensation) is allocated to investors in such entity.
``(iii) Coordination with special rule.--Paragraph
(3)(B) shall not apply to any compensation to which clause
(i) applies.
``(2) Comprehensive foreign income tax.--The term
`comprehensive foreign income tax' means, with respect to any
foreign person, the income tax of a foreign country if--
``(A) such person is eligible for the benefits of a
comprehensive income tax treaty between such foreign country
and the United States, or
``(B) such person demonstrates to the satisfaction of the
Secretary that such foreign country has a comprehensive income
tax.
``(3) Nonqualified deferred compensation plan.--
``(A) In general.--The term `nonqualified deferred
compensation plan' has the meaning given such term under
section 409A(d), except that such term shall include any plan
that provides a right to compensation based on the appreciation
in value of a specified number of equity units of the service
recipient.
``(B) Exception.--Compensation shall not be treated as
deferred for purposes of this section if the service provider
receives payment of such compensation not later than 12 months
after the end of the taxable year of the service recipient
during which the right to the payment of such compensation is
no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.
``(4) Exception for certain compensation with respect to
effectively connected income.--In the case a foreign corporation
with income which is taxable under section 882, this section shall
not apply to compensation which, had such compensation had been
paid in cash on the date that such compensation ceased to be
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, would have been
deductible by such foreign corporation against such income.
``(5) Application of rules.--Rules similar to the rules of
paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 409A(d) shall apply.
``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
section, including regulations disregarding a substantial risk of
forfeiture in cases where necessary to carry out the purposes of this
section.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 26(b)(2), as amended by the
Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, is amended by striking ``and'' at
the end of subparagraph (V), by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (W) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
``(X) section 457A(c)(1)(B) (relating to determinability of
amounts of compensation).''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections of subpart B of part
II of subchapter E of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 457 the following new item:
``Sec. 457A. Nonqualified deferred compensation from certain tax
indifferent parties.''.
(d) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to
amounts deferred which are attributable to services performed after
December 31, 2008.
(2) Application to existing deferrals.--In the case of any
amount deferred to which the amendments made by this section do not
apply solely by reason of the fact that the amount is attributable
to services performed before January 1, 2009, to the extent such
amount is not includible in gross income in a taxable year
beginning before 2018, such amounts shall be includible in gross
income in the later of--
(A) the last taxable year beginning before 2018, or
(B) the taxable year in which there is no substantial risk
of forfeiture of the rights to such compensation (determined in
the same manner as determined for purposes of section 457A of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section).
(3) Accelerated payments.--No later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue
guidance providing a limited period of time during which a
nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement attributable to
services performed on or before December 31, 2008, may, without
violating the requirements of section 409A(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, be amended to conform the date of
distribution to the date the amounts are required to be included in
income.
(4) Certain back-to-back arrangements.--If the taxpayer is also
a service recipient and maintains one or more nonqualified deferred
compensation arrangements for its service providers under which any
amount is attributable to services performed on or before December
31, 2008, the guidance issued under paragraph (4) shall permit such
arrangements to be amended to conform the dates of distribution
under such arrangement to the date amounts are required to be
included in the income of such taxpayer under this subsection.
(5) Accelerated payment not treated as material modification.--
Any amendment to a nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement
made pursuant to paragraph (4) or (5) shall not be treated as a
material modification of the arrangement for purposes of section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.