[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5038 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5038

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for economic 
                      recovery in the territories.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2016

 Ms. Plaskett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for economic 
                      recovery in the territories.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Territorial Tax Equity and Economic 
Growth Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO RESIDENCE AND SOURCE RULES INVOLVING 
              POSSESSIONS.

    (a) Bona Fide Resident.--Section 937(a) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking the last sentence, and
            (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) who has a substantial presence (determined under the 
        principles of section 7701(b)(3)(A) (applied by substituting 
        `122 days' for `31 days' in clause (i) thereof) without regard 
        to sections 7701(b)(3)(B), (C), and (D)) during the taxable 
        year in Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
        Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, and''.
    (b) Source Rules.--Section 937(b) of such Code is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1),
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting the following: ``to the extent such income is 
        attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the 
        United States (determined under the rules of section 
        864(c)(5)),'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) for purposes of paragraph (1), the principles of 
        section 864(c)(2), rather than rules similar to the rules in 
        section 864(c)(4), shall apply for purposes of determining 
        whether income from sources without a possession specified in 
        subsection (a)(1) is effectively connected with the conduct of 
        a trade or business within such possession, and
            ``(4) for purposes of paragraph (2), income from activities 
        within the United States which are of a preparatory or 
        auxiliary character shall not be treated as income from sources 
        within the United States or as effectively connected with the 
        conduct of a trade or business within the United States.''.
    (c) Source Rules for Personal Property Sales.--Section 865(j)(3) of 
such Code is amended by adding ``932,'' after ``931,'' and before 
``933.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
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