S.Amdt. 3061

SA 3061. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr.
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 2074, after line 25, add the following:

SEC. 9024. TAXES NOT FEES, PENALTIES, OR ASSESSABLE PAYMENTS.

(a) Taxes Not Fees.--Sections 4375, 4376, 4377, and 9511 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section
6301(e)) and sections 9008, 9009, and 9010 are each amended
by striking ``fee'' or ``fees'' each place they appear and
inserting ``tax'' or ``taxes'', respectively.
(b) Taxes Not Penalties.--Section 5000A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 1501(b)) is amended
by striking ``penalty'' each place it appears (other than the
second place in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of subsection (g)
thereof) and inserting ``tax''.
(c) Taxes Not Assessable Payments.--Section 4980H of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 1513(a))
and section 1513(c)(1) are each amended by striking
``assessable payment'' or ``assessable payments''each place
they appear and inserting ``tax'' or ``taxes'', respectively.
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