[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4388 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 327
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4388
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 12, 2005
Received; read the first time
December 13, 2005
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring
provisions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Revision Act
of 2005''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title, etc.
Sec. 2. Election to include combat pay as earned income for purposes of
earned income credit.
Sec. 3. Cover over of tax on distilled spirits.
Sec. 4. Authority for undercover operations.
Sec. 5. Disclosures of certain tax return information.
Sec. 6. Deduction allowable with respect to income attributable to
domestic production activities in Puerto
Rico.
Sec. 7. Technical corrections to regional value-content methods for
rules of origin under Public Law 109-53.
SEC. 2. ELECTION TO INCLUDE COMBAT PAY AS EARNED INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF
EARNED INCOME CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subclause (II) of section 32(c)(2)(B)(vi) is
amended by striking ``January 1, 2006'' and inserting ``January 1,
2007''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005.
SEC. 3. COVER OVER OF TAX ON DISTILLED SPIRITS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 7652(f) (relating to
limitation on cover over of tax on distilled spirits) is amended by
striking ``January 1, 2006'' and inserting ``January 1, 2007''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to articles brought into the United States after December 31,
2005.
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY FOR UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS.
Paragraph (6) of section 7608(c) (relating to application of
section) is amended by striking ``January 1, 2006'' both places is
appears and inserting ``January 1, 2007''.
SEC. 5. DISCLOSURES OF CERTAIN TAX RETURN INFORMATION.
(a) Disclosures to Facilitate Combined Employment Tax Reporting.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 6103(d)(5)
(relating to termination) is amended by striking ``December 31,
2005'' and inserting ``December 31, 2006''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall apply to disclosures after December 31, 2005.
(b) Disclosures Relating to Terrorist Activities.--
(1) In general.--Clause (iv) of section 6103(i)(3)(C) and
subparagraph (E) of section 6103(i)(7) are each amended by
striking ``December 31, 2005'' and inserting ``December 31,
2006''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)
shall apply to disclosures after December 31, 2005.
(c) Disclosures Relating to Student Loans.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (D) of section 6103(l)(13)
(relating to termination) is amended by striking ``December 31,
2005'' and inserting ``December 31, 2006''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall apply to requests made after December 31, 2005.
SEC. 6. DEDUCTION ALLOWABLE WITH RESPECT TO INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES IN PUERTO RICO.
(a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 199 (relating to
definitions and special rules) is amended by redesignating paragraph
(7) as paragraph (8) and by inserting after paragraph (6) the following
new paragraph:
``(7) Treatment of activities in puerto rico.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of any taxpayer with
gross receipts for any taxable year from sources within
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, if all of such
receipts are taxable under section 1 or 11 for such
taxable year, then for purposes of determining the
domestic production gross receipts of such taxpayer for
such taxable year under subsection (c)(4), the term
`United States' shall include the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico.
``(B) Termination.--Subparagraph (A) shall not
apply to any taxable year beginning after December 31,
2006.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005.
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO REGIONAL VALUE-CONTENT METHODS FOR
RULES OF ORIGIN UNDER PUBLIC LAW 109-53.
Section 203(c) of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United
States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 109-53; 19
U.S.C. 4033(c)) is amended as follows:
(1) In paragraph (2)(A), by striking all that follows ``the
following build-down method:'' and inserting the following:
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(2) In paragraph (3)(A), by striking all that follows ``the
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(3) In paragraph (4)(A), by striking all that follows ``the
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Passed the House of Representatives December 7, 2005.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 327
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4388
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring
provisions, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
December 13, 2005
Read the second time and placed on the calendar