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111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3780
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 8, 2009
Mr. Maffei introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit for members of the Armed Forces and certain Federal employees serving on extended duty.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Service Members’ Homebuyer Tax Credit
Extension Act 2009
.
Extension of first-time homebuyer credit for individuals on qualified official extended duty
In general
Subsection (h) of section 36 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
by striking
This section
and inserting the following:
In general
This section
, and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Special rule for qualified extended duty
In general
In the case of an individual who serves on qualified official extended duty outside the United States for at least 180 days in calendar year 2009—
paragraph (1)
shall be applied by substituting December 1, 2010
for
December 1, 2009
,
subparagraph (D)
of subsection (f)(4) shall be applied by substituting December 1,
2010
for December 1, 2009
, and
in the case of a purchase of a principal residence after December 31, 2009, and before December 1, 2010, the taxpayer may elect to treat such purchase as made on December 31, 2009, for purposes of this section (other than subsections (c) and (f)(4)(D)).
Qualified official extended duty
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
qualified official extended duty
means qualified official
extended duty (as defined in section 121(d))—
as a member of the uniformed services,
as a member of the Foreign Service of the United States, or
as an employee of the intelligence community.
.
Conforming amendment
Paragraph (4) of section 1400C(e) of such Code is
amended by striking December 1, 2009
and inserting
December 31, 2009
.
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to purchases made after November 30, 2009.