108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 256
To provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals
and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations,
and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security
by building assets, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 30, 2003
Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. SANTORUM, and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Finance
A BILL
To provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals
and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations,
and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security
by building assets, 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 `CARE Act of 2003'.
(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.
TITLE I--CHARITABLE GIVING INCENTIVES
Sec. 101. Deduction for portion of charitable contributions to be allowed
to individuals who do not itemize deductions.
Sec. 102. Tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for
charitable purposes.
Sec. 103. Charitable deduction for contributions of food inventories.
Sec. 104. Charitable deduction for contributions of book inventories.
Sec. 105. Expansion of charitable contribution allowed for scientific property
used for research and for computer technology and equipment used for educational
purposes.
Sec. 106. Modifications to encourage contributions of capital gain real
property made for conservation purposes.
Sec. 107. Exclusion of 25 percent of gain on sales or exchanges of land
or water interests to eligible entities for conservation purposes.
Sec. 108. Tax exclusion for cost-sharing payments under Partners for Fish
and Wildlife Program.
Sec. 109. Adjustment to basis of S corporation stock for certain charitable
contributions.
Sec. 110. Enhanced deduction for charitable contribution of literary, musical,
artistic, and scholarly compositions.
Sec. 111. Mileage reimbursements to charitable volunteers excluded from
gross income.
TITLE II--IMPROVE OVERSIGHT OF TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 201. Disclosure of written determinations.
Sec. 202. Disclosure of Internet web site and name under which organization
does business.
Sec. 203. Modification to reporting capital transactions.
Sec. 204. Disclosure that Form 990 is publicly available.
Sec. 205. Disclosure to State officials of proposed actions related to section
501(c) organizations.
Sec. 206. Expansion of penalties to preparers of Form 990.
Sec. 207. Notification requirement for entities not currently required to
file.
Sec. 208. Suspension of tax-exempt status of terrorist organizations.
TITLE III--OTHER CHARITABLE AND EXEMPT ORGANIZATION PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Modification of excise tax on unrelated business taxable income
of charitable remainder trusts.
Sec. 302. Modifications to section 512(b)(13).
Sec. 303. Simplification of lobbying expenditure limitation.
Sec. 304. Expedited review process for certain tax-exemption applications.
Sec. 305. Clarification of definition of church tax inquiry.
Sec. 306. Expansion of declaratory judgment remedy to tax-exempt organizations.
Sec. 307. Definition of convention or association of churches.
Sec. 308. Payments by charitable organizations to victims of war on terrorism.
Sec. 309. Modification of scholarship foundation rules.
Sec. 310. Treatment of certain hospital support organizations as qualified
organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness.
TITLE IV--SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
Sec. 401. Restoration of funds for the Social Services Block Grant.
Sec. 402. Restoration of authority to transfer up to 10 percent of TANF
funds to the Social Services Block Grant.
Sec. 403. Requirement to submit annual report on State activities.
TITLE V--INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS
Sec. 504. Structure and administration of qualified individual development
account programs.
Sec. 505. Procedures for opening and maintaining an individual development
account and qualifying for matching funds.
Sec. 506. Deposits by qualified individual development account programs.
Sec. 507. Withdrawal procedures.
Sec. 508. Certification and termination of qualified individual development
account programs.
Sec. 509. Reporting, monitoring, and evaluation.
Sec. 510. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 511. Matching funds for individual development accounts provided through
a tax credit for qualified financial institutions.
Sec. 512. Account funds disregarded for purposes of certain means-tested
Federal programs.
TITLE VI--MANAGEMENT OF EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 601. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE I--CHARITABLE GIVING INCENTIVES
SEC. 101. DEDUCTION FOR PORTION OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE ALLOWED
TO INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT ITEMIZE DEDUCTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 170 (relating to charitable, etc., contributions and
gifts) is amended by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n) and by
inserting after subsection (l) the following new subsection:
`(m) DEDUCTION FOR INDIVIDUALS NOT ITEMIZING DEDUCTIONS- In the case of an
individual who does not itemize deductions for any taxable year, there shall
be taken into account as a direct charitable deduction under section 63 an
amount equal to the amount allowable under subsection (a) for the taxable
year for cash contributions, but only with respect to such contributions which
exceed $250 ($500 in the case of a joint return), but do not exceed $500 ($1,000
in the case of a joint return).'.
(b) DIRECT CHARITABLE DEDUCTION-
(1) IN GENERAL- Subsection (b) of section 63 (defining taxable income) 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) the direct charitable deduction.'.
(2) DEFINITION- Section 63 is amended by redesignating subsection (g) as
subsection (h) and by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection:
`(g) DIRECT CHARITABLE DEDUCTION- For purposes of this section, the term `direct
charitable deduction' means that portion of the amount allowable under section
170(a) which is taken as a direct charitable deduction for the taxable year
under section 170(m).'.
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Subsection (d) of section 63 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) the direct charitable deduction.'.
(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of the Treasury shall study the effect of
the amendments made by this section on increased charitable giving and taxpayer
compliance, including a comparison of taxpayer compliance by those who itemize
their charitable contributions with those who claim a direct charitable
deduction.
(2) REPORT- By not later than December 31, 2004, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall report on the study required under paragraph (1) to the Committee
on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House
of Representatives.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2002, and before January 1, 2005.
SEC. 102. TAX-FREE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS FOR
CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL- Subsection (d) of section 408 (relating to individual retirement
accounts) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(8) DISTRIBUTIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES-
`(A) IN GENERAL- No amount shall be includible in gross income by reason
of a qualified charitable distribution.
`(B) QUALIFIED CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION- For purposes of this paragraph,
the term `qualified charitable distribution' means any distribution from
an individual retirement account--
`(i) which is made directly by the trustee--
`(I) to an organization described in section 170(c), or
`(II) to a split-interest entity, and
`(ii) which is made on or after the date that the individual for whose
benefit the account is maintained has attained--
`(I) in the case of any distribution described in clause (i)(I), age
70 1/2 , and
`(II) in the case of any distribution described in clause (i)(II),
age 59 1/2 .
A distribution shall be treated as a qualified charitable distribution
only to the extent that the distribution would be includible in gross
income without regard to subparagraph (A) and, in the case of a distribution
to a split-interest entity, only if no person holds an income interest
in the amounts in the split-interest entity attributable to such distribution
other than one or more of the following: the individual for whose benefit
such account is maintained, the spouse of such individual, or any organization
described in section 170(c).
`(C) CONTRIBUTIONS MUST BE OTHERWISE DEDUCTIBLE- For purposes of this
paragraph--
`(i) DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS- A distribution to an organization described
in section 170(c) shall be treated as a qualified charitable distribution
only if a deduction for the entire distribution would be allowable under
section 170 (determined without regard to subsection (b) thereof and
this paragraph).
`(ii) SPLIT-INTEREST GIFTS- A distribution to a split-interest entity
shall be treated as a qualified charitable distribution only if a deduction
for the entire value of the interest in the distribution for the use
of an organization described in section 170(c) would be allowable under
section 170 (determined without regard to subsection (b) thereof and
this paragraph).
`(D) APPLICATION OF SECTION 72- Notwithstanding section 72, in determining
the extent to which a distribution is a qualified charitable distribution,
the entire amount of the distribution shall be treated as includible in
gross income without regard to subparagraph (A) to the extent that such
amount does not exceed the aggregate amount which would be so includible
if all amounts were distributed from all individual retirement accounts
otherwise taken into account in determining the inclusion on such distribution
under section 72. Proper adjustments shall be made in applying section
72 to other distributions in such taxable year and subsequent taxable
years.
`(E) SPECIAL RULES FOR SPLIT-INTEREST ENTITIES-
`(i) CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS- Notwithstanding section 664(b), distributions
made from a trust described in subparagraph (G)(i) shall be treated
as ordinary income in the hands of the beneficiary to whom is paid the
annuity described in section 664(d)(1)(A) or the payment described in
section 664(d)(2)(A).
`(ii) POOLED INCOME FUNDS- No amount shall be includible in the gross
income of a pooled income fund (as defined in subparagraph (G)(ii))
by reason of a qualified charitable distribution to such fund, and all
distributions from the fund which are attributable to qualified charitable
distributions shall be treated as ordinary income to the beneficiary.
`(iii) CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES- Qualified charitable distributions
made for a charitable gift annuity shall not be treated as an investment
in the contract.
`(F) DENIAL OF DEDUCTION- Qualified charitable distributions shall not
be taken into account in determining the deduction under section 170.
`(G) SPLIT-INTEREST ENTITY DEFINED- For purposes of this paragraph, the
term `split-interest entity' means--
`(i) a charitable remainder annuity trust or a charitable remainder
unitrust (as such terms are defined in section 664(d)) which must be
funded exclusively by qualified charitable distributions,
`(ii) a pooled income fund (as defined in section 642(c)(5)), but only
if the fund accounts separately for amounts attributable to qualified
charitable distributions, and
`(iii) a charitable gift annuity (as defined in section 501(m)(5)).'.
(b) MODIFICATIONS RELATING TO INFORMATION RETURNS BY CERTAIN TRUSTS-
(1) RETURNS- Section 6034 (relating to returns by trusts described in section
4947(a)(2) or claiming charitable deductions under section 642(c)) is amended
to read as follows:
`SEC. 6034. RETURNS BY TRUSTS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4947(a)(2) OR CLAIMING
CHARITABLE DEDUCTIONS UNDER SECTION 642(c).
`(a) TRUSTS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4947(a)(2)- Every trust described in section
4947(a)(2) shall furnish such information with respect to the taxable year
as the Secretary may by forms or regulations require.
`(b) TRUSTS CLAIMING A CHARITABLE DEDUCTION UNDER SECTION 642(c)-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Every trust not required to file a return under subsection
(a) but claiming a charitable, etc., deduction under section 642(c) for
the taxable year shall furnish such information with respect to such taxable
year as the Secretary may by forms or regulations prescribe, including:
`(A) the amount of the charitable, etc., deduction taken under section
642(c) within such year,
`(B) the amount paid out within such year which represents amounts for
which charitable, etc., deductions under section 642(c) have been taken
in prior years,
`(C) the amount for which charitable, etc., deductions have been taken
in prior years but which has not been paid out at the beginning of such
year,
`(D) the amount paid out of principal in the current and prior years for
charitable, etc., purposes,
`(E) the total income of the trust within such year and the expenses attributable
thereto, and
`(F) a balance sheet showing the assets, liabilities, and net worth of
the trust as of the beginning of such year.
`(2) EXCEPTIONS- Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a taxable
year if all the net income for such year, determined under the applicable
principles of the law of trusts, is required to be distributed currently
to the beneficiaries. Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a trust
described in section 4947(a)(1).'.
(2) INCREASE IN PENALTY RELATING TO FILING OF INFORMATION RETURN BY SPLIT-INTEREST
TRUSTS- Paragraph (2) of section 6652(c) (relating to returns by exempt
organizations and by certain trusts) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
`(C) SPLIT-INTEREST TRUSTS- In the case of a trust which is required to
file a return under section 6034(a), subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this
paragraph shall not apply and paragraph (1) shall apply in the same manner
as if such return were required under section 6033, except that--
`(i) the 5 percent limitation in the second sentence of paragraph (1)(A)
shall not apply,
`(ii) in the case of any trust with gross income in excess of $250,000,
the first sentence of paragraph (1)(A) shall be applied by substituting
`$100' for `$20', and the second sentence thereof shall be applied by
substituting `$50,000' for `$10,000', and
`(iii) the third sentence of paragraph (1)(A) shall be disregarded.
In addition to any penalty imposed on the trust pursuant to this subparagraph,
if the person required to file such return knowingly fails to file the
return, such penalty shall also be imposed on such person who shall be
personally liable for such penalty.'.
(3) CONFIDENTIALITY OF NONCHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES- Subsection (b) of section
6104 (relating to inspection of annual information returns) is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: `In the case of a trust which
is required to file a return under section 6034(a), this subsection shall
not apply to information regarding beneficiaries which are not organizations
described in section 170(c).'.
(1) SUBSECTION (a)- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to
distributions made after the date of the enactment.
(2) SUBSECTION (b)- The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to
returns for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003.
SEC. 103. CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOOD INVENTORIES.
(a) IN GENERAL- Subsection (e) of section 170 (relating to certain contributions
of ordinary income and capital gain property) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
`(7) APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH (3) TO CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOOD INVENTORY-
For purposes of this section--
`(A) EXTENSION TO INDIVIDUALS- In the case of a charitable contribution
of apparently wholesome food--
`(i) paragraph (3)(A) shall be applied without regard to whether the
contribution is made by a C corporation, and
`(ii) in the case of a taxpayer other than a C corporation, the aggregate
amount of such contributions from any trade or business (or interest
therein) of the taxpayer for any taxable year which may be taken into
account under this section shall not exceed 10 percent of the taxpayer's
net income from any such trade or business, computed without regard
to this section, for such taxable year.
`(B) LIMITATION ON REDUCTION- In the case of a charitable contribution
of apparently wholesome food, notwithstanding paragraph (3)(B), the amount
of the reduction determined under paragraph (1)(A) shall not exceed the
amount by which the fair market value of such property exceeds twice the
basis of such property.
`(C) DETERMINATION OF BASIS- If a taxpayer--
`(i) does not account for inventories under section 471, and
`(ii) is not required to capitalize indirect costs under section 263A,
the taxpayer may elect, solely for purposes of paragraph (3)(B), to treat
the basis of any apparently wholesome food as being equal to 25 percent
of the fair market value of such food.
`(D) DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE- In the case of a charitable contribution
of apparently wholesome food which is a qualified contribution (within
the meaning of paragraph (3), as modified by subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph) and which, solely by reason of internal standards of the taxpayer
or
lack of market, cannot or will not be sold, the fair market value of such
contribution shall be determined--
`(i) without regard to such internal standards or such lack of market
and
`(ii) by taking into account the price at which the same or substantially
the same food items (as to both type and quality) are sold by the taxpayer
at the time of the contribution (or, if not so sold at such time, in
the recent past).
`(E) APPARENTLY WHOLESOME FOOD- For purposes of this paragraph, the term
`apparently wholesome food' has the meaning given such term by section
22(b)(2) of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C.
1791(b)(2)), as in effect on the date of the enactment of this paragraph.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by this section shall apply to contributions
made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 104. CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOOK INVENTORIES.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 170(e)(3) (relating to certain contributions of ordinary
income and capital gain property) is amended by redesignating subparagraph
(C) as subparagraph (D) and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following
new subparagraph:
`(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOOK INVENTORY FOR EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSES-
`(i) CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOOK INVENTORY- In determining whether a qualified
book contribution is a qualified contribution, subparagraph (A) shall
be applied without regard to whether--
`(I) the donee is an organization described in the matter preceding
clause (i) of subparagraph (A), and
`(II) the property is to be used by the donee solely for the care
of the ill, the needy, or infants.
`(ii) AMOUNT OF REDUCTION- Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the amount
of the reduction determined under paragraph (1)(A) shall not exceed
the amount by which the fair market value of the contributed property
(as determined by the taxpayer using a bona fide published market price
for such book) exceeds twice the basis of such property.
`(iii) QUALIFIED BOOK CONTRIBUTION- For purposes of this paragraph,
the term `qualified book contribution' means a charitable contribution
of books, but only if the requirements of clauses (iv) and (v) are met.
`(iv) IDENTITY OF DONEE- The requirement of this clause is met if the
contribution is to an organization--
`(I) described in subclause (I) or (III) of paragraph (6)(B)(i), or
`(II) described in section 501(c)(3) and exempt from tax under section
501(a) (other than a private foundation, as defined in section 509(a),
which is not an operating foundation, as defined in section 4942(j)(3)),
which is organized primarily to make books available to the general
public at no cost or to operate a literacy program.
`(v) CERTIFICATION BY DONEE- The requirement of this clause is met if,
in addition to the certifications required by subparagraph (A) (as modified
by this subparagraph), the donee certifies in writing that--
`(I) the books are suitable, in terms of currency, content, and quantity,
for use in the donee's educational programs, and
`(II) the donee will use the books in its educational programs.
`(vi) BONA FIDE PUBLISHED MARKET PRICE- For purposes of this subparagraph,
the term `bona fide published market price' means, with respect to any
book, a price--
`(I) determined using the same printing and edition,
`(II) published within 7 years preceding the contribution of such
book,
`(III) determined as a result of an arm's length transaction, and
`(IV) for which such a book has been customarily sold.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to contributions
made after the date of the enactment of this Act
SEC. 105. EXPANSION OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION ALLOWED FOR SCIENTIFIC PROPERTY
USED FOR RESEARCH AND FOR COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT USED FOR EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSES.
(a) SCIENTIFIC PROPERTY USED FOR RESEARCH-
(1) IN GENERAL- Clause (ii) of section 170(e)(4)(B) (defining qualified
research contributions) is amended by inserting `or assembled' after `constructed'.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Clause (iii) of section 170(e)(4)(B) is amended
by inserting `or assembling' after `construction'.
(b) COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES-
(1) IN GENERAL- Clause (ii) of section 170(e)(6)(B) is amended by inserting
`or assembled' after `constructed' and `or assembling' after `construction'.
(2) SPECIAL RULE MADE PERMANENT- Section 170(e)(6) is amended by striking
subparagraph (G).
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- Subparagraph (D) of section 170(e)(6) is amended
by inserting `or assembled' after `constructed' and `or assembling' after
`construction'.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2002.
SEC. 106. MODIFICATIONS TO ENCOURAGE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CAPITAL GAIN REAL
PROPERTY MADE FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 170(h) (relating to qualified conservation contribution)
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(7) ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR QUALIFIED CONSERVATION CONTRIBUTIONS-
`(A) IN GENERAL- In the case of any qualified conservation contribution
(as defined in paragraph (1)) made by an individual--
`(i) subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1) shall not apply,
`(ii) except as provided in subparagraph (B)(i), subsections (b)(1)(A)
and (d)(1) shall be applied separately with respect to such contributions
by treating references to 50 percent of the taxpayer's
contribution base as references to the amount of such percentage of such
base reduced by the amount of other contributions allowable under subsection
(b)(1)(A), and
`(iii) subparagraph (A) of subsection (d)(1) shall be applied--
`(I) by substituting `15 succeeding taxable years' for `5 succeeding
taxable years', and
`(II) by applying clause (ii) to each of the 15 succeeding taxable
years.
`(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR ELIGIBLE FARMERS AND RANCHERS-
`(i) IN GENERAL- In the case of any such contributions made by an eligible
farmer or rancher--
`(I) if the taxpayer is an individual, subsections (b)(1)(A) and (d)(1)
shall be applied separately with respect to such contributions by
substituting `the taxpayer's contribution base reduced by the amount
of other contributions allowable under subsection (b)(1)(A)' for `50
percent of the taxpayer's contribution base' each place it appears,
and
`(II) if the taxpayer is a corporation, subsections (b)(2) and (d)(2)
shall be applied separately with respect to such contributions, subsection
(b)(2) shall be applied with respect to such contributions as if such
subsection did not contain the words `10 percent of' and as if subparagraph
(A) thereof read `the deduction under this section for qualified conservation
contributions', and rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (A)(iii)
shall apply for purposes of subsection (d)(2).
`(ii) DEFINITION- For purposes of clause (i), the term `eligible farmer
or rancher' means a taxpayer whose gross income from the trade or business
of farming (within the meaning of section 2032A(e)(5)) is at least 51
percent of the taxpayer's gross income for the taxable year, and, in
the case of a C corporation, the stock of which is not publicly traded
on a recognized exchange.'.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by this section shall apply to contributions
made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 107. EXCLUSION OF 25 PERCENT OF GAIN ON SALES OR EXCHANGES OF LAND
OR WATER INTERESTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL- Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 (relating to items specifically
excluded from gross income) is amended by inserting after section 121 the
following new section:
`SEC. 121A. 25-PERCENT EXCLUSION OF GAIN ON SALES OR EXCHANGES OF LAND OR
WATER INTERESTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES.
`(a) EXCLUSION- Gross income shall not include 25 percent of the qualifying
gain from a conservation sale of a long-held qualifying land or water interest.
`(b) QUALIFYING GAIN- For purposes of this section--
`(1) IN GENERAL- The term `qualifying gain' means any gain which would be
recognized as long-term capital gain, reduced by the amount of any long-term
capital gain attributable to disqualified improvements.
`(2) DISQUALIFIED IMPROVEMENT- For purposes of paragraph (1), the term `disqualified
improvement' means any building, structure, or other improvement, other
than--
`(A) any improvement which is described in section 175(c)(1), determined--
`(i) without regard to the requirements that the taxpayer be engaged
in farming, and
`(ii) without taking into account subparagraphs (A) and (B) thereof,
or
`(B) any improvement which the Secretary determines directly furthers
conservation purposes.
`(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR SALES OF STOCK- If the long-held qualifying land or
water interest is 1 or more shares of stock in a qualifying land or water
corporation, the qualifying gain is equal to the lesser of--
`(A) the qualifying gain determined under paragraph (1), or
`(i) the percentage of such corporation's stock which is transferred
by the taxpayer, times
`(ii) the amount which would have been the qualifying gain (determined
under paragraph (1)) if there had been a conservation sale by such corporation
of all of its interests in the land and water for a price equal to the
product of the fair market value of such interests times the ratio of--
`(I) the proceeds of the conservation sale of the stock, to
`(II) the fair market value of the stock which was the subject of
the conservation sale.
`(c) CONSERVATION SALE- For purposes of this section, the term `conservation
sale' means a sale or exchange which meets the following requirements:
`(1) TRANSFEREE IS AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY- The transferee of the long-held qualifying
land or water interest is an eligible entity.
`(2) QUALIFYING LETTER OF INTENT REQUIRED- At the time of the sale or exchange,
such
transferee provides the taxpayer with a qualifying letter of intent.
`(3) NONAPPLICATION TO CERTAIN SALES- The sale or exchange is not made pursuant
to an order of condemnation or eminent domain.
`(4) CONTROLLING INTEREST IN STOCK SALE REQUIRED- In the case of the sale
or exchange of stock in a qualifying land or water corporation, at the end
of the taxpayer's taxable year in which such sale or exchange occurs, the
transferee's ownership of stock in such corporation meets the requirements
of section 1504(a)(2) (determined by substituting `90 percent' for `80 percent'
each place it appears).
`(d) LONG-HELD QUALIFYING LAND OR WATER INTEREST- For purposes of this section--
`(1) IN GENERAL- The term `long-held qualifying land or water interest'
means any qualifying land or water interest owned by the taxpayer or a member
of the taxpayer's family (as defined in section 2032A(e)(2)) at all times
during the 5-year period ending on the date of the sale.
`(2) QUALIFYING LAND OR WATER INTEREST-
`(A) IN GENERAL- The term `qualifying land or water interest' means a
real property interest which constitutes--
`(i) a taxpayer's entire interest in land,
`(ii) a taxpayer's entire interest in water rights,
`(iii) a qualified real property interest (as defined in section 170(h)(2)),
or
`(iv) stock in a qualifying land or water corporation.
`(B) ENTIRE INTEREST- For purposes of clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph
(A)--
`(i) a partial interest in land or water is not a taxpayer's entire
interest if an interest in land or water was divided in order to create
such partial interest in order to avoid the requirements of such clause
or section 170(f)(3)(A), and
`(ii) a taxpayer's entire interest in certain land does not fail to
satisfy subparagraph (A)(i) solely because the taxpayer has retained
an interest in other land, even if the other land is contiguous with
such certain land and was acquired by the taxpayer along with such certain
land in a single conveyance.
`(e) OTHER DEFINITIONS- For purposes of this section--
`(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY- The term `eligible entity' means--
`(A) a governmental unit referred to in section 170(c)(1), or an agency
or department thereof operated primarily for 1 or more of the conservation
purposes specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of section 170(h)(4)(A),
or
`(B) an entity which is--
`(i) described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) or section 170(h)(3)(B),
and
`(ii) organized and at all times operated primarily for 1 or more of
the conservation purposes specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of
section 170(h)(4)(A).
`(2) QUALIFYING LETTER OF INTENT- The term `qualifying letter of intent'
means a written letter of intent which includes the following statement:
`The transferee's intent is that this acquisition will serve 1 or more of
the conservation purposes specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of section
170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that the transferee's
use of the property so acquired will be consistent with section 170(h)(5)
of such Code, and that the use of the property will continue to be consistent
with such section, even if ownership or possession of such property is subsequently
transferred to another person.'
`(3) QUALIFYING LAND OR WATER CORPORATION- The term `qualifying land or
water corporation' means a C corporation (as defined in section 1361(a)(2))
if, as of the date of the conservation sale--
`(A) the fair market value of the corporation's interests in land or water
held by the corporation at all times during the preceding 5 years equals
or exceeds 90 percent of the fair market value of all of such corporation's
assets, and
`(B) not more than 50 percent of the total fair market value of such corporation's
assets consists of water rights or infrastructure related to the delivery
of water, or both.
`(f) TAX ON SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS OR REMOVALS OF CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS-
`(1) IN GENERAL- A tax is hereby imposed on any subsequent--
`(A) transfer by an eligible entity of ownership or possession, whether
by sale, exchange, or lease, of property acquired directly or indirectly
in--
`(i) a conservation sale described in subsection (a), or
`(ii) a transfer described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph
(4)(A), or
`(B) removal of a conservation restriction contained in an instrument
of conveyance of such property.
`(2) AMOUNT OF TAX- The amount of tax imposed by paragraph (1) on any transfer
or removal shall be equal to the sum of--
`(i) 20 percent of the fair market value (determined at the time of
the transfer) of the property the ownership or possession of which is
transferred, or
`(ii) 20 percent of the fair market value (determined at the time immediately
after the removal) of the property upon which the conservation restriction
was removed, plus
`(i) the highest rate of tax specified in section 11, times
`(ii) any gain or income realized by the transferor or person removing
such restriction as a result of the transfer or removal.
`(3) LIABILITY- The tax imposed by paragraph (1) shall be paid--
`(A) on any transfer, by the transferor, and
`(B) on any removal of a conservation restriction contained in an instrument
of conveyance, by the person removing such restriction.
`(4) RELIEF FROM LIABILITY- The person (otherwise liable for any tax imposed
by paragraph (1)) shall be relieved of liability for the tax imposed by
paragraph (1)--
`(A) with respect to any transfer if--
`(i) the transferee is an eligible entity which provides such person,
at the time of transfer, a qualifying letter of intent,
`(ii) the transferee is not an eligible entity, it is established to
the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the transfer of ownership or
possession, as the case may be, will be consistent with section 170(h)(5),
and the transferee provides such person, at the time of transfer, a
qualifying letter of intent, or
`(iii) tax has previously been paid under this subsection as a result
of a prior transfer of ownership or possession of the same property,
or
`(B) with respect to any removal of a conservation restriction contained
in an instrument of conveyance, if it is established to the satisfaction
of the Secretary that the retention of the restriction was impracticable
or impossible and the proceeds continue to be used in a manner consistent
with 1 or more of the conservation purposes specified in clause (i), (ii),
or (iii) of section 170(h)(4)(A).
`(5) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS- For purposes of subtitle F, the taxes imposed
by this subsection shall be treated as excise taxes with respect to which
the deficiency procedures of such subtitle apply.
`(6) REPORTING- The Secretary may require such reporting as may be necessary
or appropriate to further the purpose under this section that any conservation
use be in perpetuity.'.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of sections for part III of subchapter B
of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 121
the following new item:
`Sec. 121A. 25-percent exclusion of gain on sales or exchanges of land or
water interests to eligible entities for conservation purposes.'.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to sales
or exchanges occurring after December 31, 2003.
SEC. 108. TAX EXCLUSION FOR COST-SHARING PAYMENTS UNDER PARTNERS FOR FISH
AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 126(a) (relating to certain cost-sharing payments)
is amended by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11) and by inserting
after paragraph (9) the following:
`(10) The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program authorized by the Fish
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.).'
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to payments
received after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 109. ADJUSTMENT TO BASIS OF S CORPORATION STOCK FOR CERTAIN CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Paragraph (2) of section 1367(a) (relating to adjustments
to basis of stock of shareholders, etc.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new flush sentence:
`The decrease under subparagraph (B) by reason of a charitable contribution
(as defined in section 170(c)) of property shall be the amount equal to
the shareholder's pro rata share of the adjusted basis of such property.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by this section shall apply to contributions
made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 110. ENHANCED DEDUCTION FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION OF LITERARY, MUSICAL,
ARTISTIC, AND SCHOLARLY COMPOSITIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Subsection (e) of section 170 (relating to certain contributions
of ordinary income and capital gain property), as amended by this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(8) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS OF LITERARY, MUSICAL, ARTISTIC,
OR SCHOLARLY COMPOSITIONS-
`(A) IN GENERAL- In the case of a qualified artistic charitable contribution--
`(i) the amount of such contribution taken into account under this section
shall be the fair market value of the property contributed (determined
at the time of such contribution), and
`(ii) no reduction in the amount of such contribution shall be made
under paragraph (1).
`(B) QUALIFIED ARTISTIC CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION- For purposes of this
paragraph, the term `qualified artistic charitable contribution' means
a charitable contribution of any literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly
composition, or similar property, or the copyright thereon (or both),
but only if--
`(i) such property was created by the personal efforts of the taxpayer
making such contribution no less than 18 months prior to such contribution,
`(I) has received a qualified appraisal of the fair market value of
such property in accordance with the regulations under this section,
and
`(II) attaches to the taxpayer's income tax return for the taxable
year in which such contribution was made a copy of such appraisal,
`(iii) the donee is an organization described in subsection (b)(1)(A),
`(iv) the use of such property by the donee is related to the purpose
or function constituting the basis for the donee's exemption under section
501 (or, in the case of a governmental unit, to any purpose or function
described under section 501(c)),
`(v) the taxpayer receives from the donee a written statement representing
that the donee's use of the property will be in accordance with the
provisions of clause (iv), and
`(vi) the written appraisal referred to in clause (ii) includes evidence
of the extent (if any) to which property created by the personal efforts
of the taxpayer and of
the same type as the donated property is or has been--
`(I) owned, maintained, and displayed by organizations described in
subsection (b)(1)(A), and
`(II) sold to or exchanged by persons other than the taxpayer, donee,
or any related person (as defined in section 465(b)(3)(C)).
`(C) MAXIMUM DOLLAR LIMITATION; NO CARRYOVER OF INCREASED DEDUCTION- The
increase in the deduction under this section by reason of this paragraph
for any taxable year--
`(i) shall not exceed the artistic adjusted gross income of the taxpayer
for such taxable year, and
`(ii) shall not be taken into account in determining the amount which
may be carried from such taxable year under subsection (d).
`(D) ARTISTIC ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME- For purposes of this paragraph, the
term `artistic adjusted gross income' means that portion of the adjusted
gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year attributable to--
`(i) income from the sale or use of property created by the personal
efforts of the taxpayer which is of the same type as the donated property,
and
`(ii) income from teaching, lecturing, performing, or similar activity
with respect to property described in clause (i).
`(E) PARAGRAPH NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS- Subparagraph (A)
shall not apply to any charitable contribution of any letter, memorandum,
or similar property which was written, prepared, or produced by or for
an individual while the individual is an officer or employee of any person
(including any government agency or instrumentality) unless such letter,
memorandum, or similar property is entirely personal.
`(F) COPYRIGHT TREATED AS SEPARATE PROPERTY FOR PARTIAL INTEREST RULE-
In the case of a qualified artistic charitable contribution, the tangible
literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly composition, or similar property
and the copyright on such work shall be treated as separate properties
for purposes of this paragraph and subsection (f)(3).'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by this section shall apply to contributions
made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 111. MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS TO CHARITABLE VOLUNTEERS EXCLUDED FROM
GROSS INCOME.
(a) IN GENERAL- Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by inserting
after section 139 the following new section:
`SEC. 139A. MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS TO CHARITABLE VOLUNTEERS.
`(a) IN GENERAL- Gross income of an individual does not include amounts received,
from an organization described in section 170(c), as reimbursement of operating
expenses with respect to use of a passenger automobile for the benefit of
such organization. The preceding sentence shall apply only to the extent that
such reimbursement would be deductible under this chapter if section 274(d)
were applied--
`(1) by using the standard business mileage rate established under such
section, and
`(2) as if the individual were an employee of an organization not described
in section 170(c).
`(b) APPLICATION TO VOLUNTEER SERVICES ONLY- Subsection (a) shall not apply
with respect to any expenses relating to the performance of services for compensation.
`(c) NO DOUBLE BENEFIT- A taxpayer may not claim a deduction or credit under
any other provision of this title with respect to the expenses under subsection
(a).
`(d) EXEMPTION FROM REPORTING REQUIREMENTS- Section 6041 shall not apply with
respect to reimbursements excluded from income under subsection (a).'
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of sections for part III of subchapter B
of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 139
and inserting the following new item:
`Sec. 139A. Mileage reimbursements to charitable volunteers.'.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE II--IMPROVE OVERSIGHT OF TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
SEC. 201. DISCLOSURE OF WRITTEN DETERMINATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 6110(l) (relating to section not to apply) is amended
by striking all matter before subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) and inserting
the following:
`(l) SECTION NOT TO APPLY-
`(1) IN GENERAL- This section shall not apply to any matter to which section
6104 or 6105 applies, except that this section shall apply to any written
determination and related background file document relating to an organization
described under subsection (c) or (d) of section 501 (including any written
determination denying an organization tax-exempt status under such subsection)
or a political organization described in section 527 which is not required
to be disclosed by section 6104(a)(1)(A).
`(2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS- This section shall not apply to any--'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by this section shall apply to written
determinations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 202. DISCLOSURE OF INTERNET WEB SITE AND NAME UNDER WHICH ORGANIZATION
DOES BUSINESS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 6033 (relating to returns by exempt organizations)
is amended by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i) and by inserting
after subsection (g) the following new subsection:
`(h) DISCLOSURE OF NAME UNDER WHICH ORGANIZATION DOES BUSINESS AND ITS INTERNET
WEB SITE- Any organization which is subject to the requirements of subsection
(a) shall include on the return required under subsection (a)--
`(1) any name under which such organization operates or does business, and
`(2) the Internet web site address (if any) of such organization.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to returns
filed after December 31, 2003.
SEC. 203. MODIFICATION TO REPORTING CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS.
(a) REQUIREMENT OF SUMMARY REPORT- Section 6033(c) (relating to additional
provisions relating to private foundations) is amended by adding at the end
the following new sentence: `Any information included in an annual return
regarding the gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of property
which is required to be furnished in order to calculate the tax on net investment
income shall also be reported in summary form with a notice that detailed
information is available upon request by the public.'.
(b) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT- Section 6104(b) (relating to inspection of annual
information returns), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the
end the following new sentences: `With respect to any private
foundation (as defined in section 509(a)), any information regarding the
gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of property which is required
to be furnished in order to calculate the tax on net investment income but
which is not in summary form is not required to be made available to the public
under this subsection except upon the explicit request by a member of the
public to the Secretary.'.
(c) PUBLIC INSPECTION REQUIREMENT- Section 6104(d) (relating to public inspection
of certain annual returns, applications for exemptions, and notices of status)
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(9) APPLICATION TO PRIVATE FOUNDATION CAPITAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION-
With respect to any private foundation (as defined in section 509(a)), any
information regarding the gain or loss from the sale or other disposition
of property which is required to be furnished in order to calculate the
tax on net investment income but which is not in summary form is not required
to be made available to the public under this subsection except upon the
explicit request by a member of the public to the private foundation in
the form and manner of a request described in paragraph (1)(B).'.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to returns
filed after December 31, 2003.
SEC. 204. DISCLOSURE THAT FORM 990 IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
(a) IN GENERAL- The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue shall notify the
public in appropriate publications or other materials of the extent to which
an exempt organization's Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF is publicly
available.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to publications
or other materials issued or revised after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 205. DISCLOSURE TO STATE OFFICIALS OF PROPOSED ACTIONS RELATED TO SECTION
501(c) ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Subsection (c) of section 6104 is amended by striking paragraph
(2) and inserting the following new paragraphs:
`(2) DISCLOSURE OF PROPOSED ACTIONS RELATED TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS-
`(A) SPECIFIC NOTIFICATIONS- In the case of an organization to which paragraph
(1) applies, the Secretary may disclose to the appropriate State officer--
`(i) a notice of proposed refusal to recognize such organization as
an organization described in section 501(c)(3) or a notice of proposed
revocation of such organization's recognition as an organization exempt
from taxation,
`(ii) the issuance of a letter of proposed deficiency of tax imposed
under section 507 or chapter 41 or 42, and
`(iii) the names, addresses, and taxpayer identification numbers of
organizations which have applied for recognition as organizations described
in section 501(c)(3).
`(B) ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES- Returns and return information of organizations
with respect to which information is disclosed under subparagraph (A)
may be made available for inspection by or disclosed to an appropriate
State officer.
`(C) PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE- Information may be inspected or disclosed
under subparagraph (A) or (B) only--
`(i) upon written request by an appropriate State officer, and
`(ii) for the purpose of, and only to the extent necessary in, the administration
of State laws regulating such organizations.
Such information may only be inspected by or disclosed to representatives
of the appropriate State officer designated as the individuals who are
to inspect or to receive the returns or return information under this
paragraph on behalf of such officer. Such representatives shall not include
any contractor or agent.
`(D) DISCLOSURES OTHER THAN BY REQUEST- The Secretary may make available
for inspection or disclose returns and return information of an organization
to which paragraph (1) applies to an appropriate State officer of any
State if the Secretary determines that such inspection or disclosure may
facilitate the resolution of Federal or State issues relating to the tax-exempt
status of such organization.
`(3) DISCLOSURE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN OTHER EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS- Upon
written request by an appropriate State officer, the Secretary may make
available for inspection or disclosure returns and return information of
an organization described in paragraph (2), (4), (6), (7), (8), (10), or
(13) of section 501(c) for the purpose of, and to the extent necessary in,
the administration of State laws regulating the solicitation or administration
of the charitable funds or charitable assets of such organizations. Such
information may be inspected only by or disclosed only to representatives
of the appropriate State officer designated as the individuals who are to
inspect or to receive the returns or return information under this paragraph
on behalf of such officer. Such representatives shall not include any contractor
or agent.
`(4) USE IN CIVIL JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS- Returns and return
information disclosed pursuant to this subsection may be disclosed in civil
administrative and civil judicial proceedings pertaining to the enforcement
of State laws regulating such organizations in a manner prescribed by the
Secretary similar to that for tax administration proceedings under section
6103(h)(4).
`(5) NO DISCLOSURE IF IMPAIRMENT- Returns and return information shall not
be disclosed under this subsection, or in any proceeding described
in paragraph (4), to the extent that the Secretary determines that such disclosure
would seriously impair Federal tax administration.
`(6) DEFINITIONS- For purposes of this subsection--
`(A) RETURN AND RETURN INFORMATION- The terms `return' and `return information'
have the respective meanings given to such terms by section 6103(b).
`(B) APPROPRIATE STATE OFFICER- The term `appropriate State officer' means--
`(i) the State attorney general,
`(ii) in the case of an organization to which paragraph (1) applies,
any other State official charged with overseeing organizations of the
type described in section 501(c)(3), and
`(iii) in the case of an organization to which paragraph (3) applies,
the head of an agency designated by the State attorney general as having
primary responsibility for overseeing the solicitation of funds for
charitable purposes.'.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS-
(1) Subsection (a) of section 6103 is amended--
(A) by inserting `or any appropriate State officer who has or had access
to returns or return information under section 6104(c)' after `this section'
in paragraph (2), and
(B) by striking `or subsection (n)' in paragraph (3) and inserting `subsection
(n), or section 6104(c)'.
(2) Subparagraph (A) of section 6103(p)(3) is amended by inserting `and
section 6104(c)' after `section' in the first sentence.
(3) Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p) is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking `(16) or any
other person described in subsection (l)(16)' and inserting `(16), any
other person described in subsection (l)(16), or any appropriate State
officer (as defined in section 6104(c))', and
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking `or any other person described in
subsection (l)(16)' and inserting `any other person described in subsection
(l)(16), or any appropriate State officer (as defined in section 6104(c))'.
(4) The heading for paragraph (1) of section 6104(c) is amended by inserting
`FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS'.
(5) Paragraph (2) of section 7213(a) is amended by inserting `or under section
6104(c)' after `6103'.
(6) Paragraph (2) of section 7213A(a) is amended by inserting `or 6104(c)'
after `6103'.
(7) Paragraph (2) of section 7431(a) is amended by inserting `(including
any disclosure in violation of section 6104(c))' after `6103'.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act but shall not apply to requests made
before such date.
SEC. 206. EXPANSION OF PENALTIES TO PREPARERS OF FORM 990.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 6695 (relating to other assessable penalties with
respect to the preparation of income tax returns for other persons) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsections:
`(h) CERTAIN OMISSIONS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Any person who prepares for compensation any return under
section 6033 who omits or misrepresents any information with respect to
such return which was known or should have been known by such person shall
pay a penalty of $250 with respect to such return.
`(2) EXCEPTION FOR MINOR, INADVERTENT OMISSIONS- Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to minor, inadvertent omissions.
`(3) RULES FOR DETERMINING RETURN PREPARER- For purposes of this subsection
and subsection (i), any reference to a person who prepares for compensation
a return under section 6033--
`(A) shall include any person who employs 1 or more persons to prepare
for compensation a return under section 6033, and
`(B) shall not include any person who would be described in clause (i),
(ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 7701(a)(36)(B) if such section referred
to a return under section 6033.
`(i) WILLFUL OR RECKLESS CONDUCT-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Any person who prepares for compensation any return under
section 6033 who recklessly or intentionally misrepresents any information
or recklessly or intentionally disregards any rule or regulation with respect
to such return shall pay a penalty of $1,000 with respect to such return.
`(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PENALTIES- With respect to any return, the
amount of the penalty payable by any person by reason of paragraph (1) shall
be reduced by the amount of the penalty paid by such person by reason of
subsection (h) or section 6694.'.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS-
(1) The heading for section 6695 is amended by inserting `and other' after
`income tax'.
(2) The item relating to section 6695 in the table of sections for part
I of subchapter B of chapter 68 is amended by inserting `and other' after
`income tax'.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect
to documents prepared after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 207. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR ENTITIES NOT CURRENTLY REQUIRED TO
FILE.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 6033 (relating to returns by exempt organizations),
as amended by section 202(a), is amended by redesignating subsection (i) as
subsection (j) and by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:
`(i) ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Any organization the gross receipts of which in any taxable
year result in such organization being referred to in subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii)
or (a)(2)(B)--
`(A) shall furnish annually information, at such time and in such manner
as the Secretary may by forms or regulations prescribe, setting forth--
`(i) the legal name of the organization,
`(ii) any name under which such organization operates or does business,
`(iii) the organization's mailing address and Internet web site address
(if any),
`(iv) the organization's taxpayer identification number,
`(v) the name and address of a principal officer, and
`(vi) evidence of the continuing basis for the organization's exemption
from the filing requirements under subsection (a)(1), and
`(B) upon the termination of the existence of the organization, shall
furnish notice of such termination.
`(2) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY-
`(A) IN GENERAL- If an organization described in paragraph (1) fails to
file 3 consecutive annual notices required under such paragraph, such
organization's status as an organization exempt from tax under section
501(a) shall be considered revoked on and after the date set by the Secretary
for the filing of the third annual notice. The Secretary shall publish
and maintain a list of organizations the status of which is so revoked.
`(B) RETROACTIVE REINSTATEMENT IF REASONABLE CAUSE SHOWN FOR FAILURE-
If upon reapplication for status as an organization exempt from tax under
section 501(a), an organization described in subparagraph (A) can show
to the satisfaction of the Secretary evidence of reasonable cause for
the failure described in such subparagraph, the organization's status
shall be effective from the date of the revocation under such subparagraph.'.
(b) NO DECLARATORY JUDGMENT RELIEF- Section 7428(b) (relating to limitations)
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(4) NONAPPLICATION FOR CERTAIN REVOCATIONS- No action may be brought under
this section with respect to any revocation of status described in section
6033(i)(2)(A).'.
(c) NO INSPECTION REQUIREMENT- Section 6104(b) (relating to inspection of
annual information returns) is amended by inserting `(other than subsection
(i) thereof)' after `6033'.
(d) NO DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT- Section 6104(d)(3) (relating to exceptions
from disclosure requirements) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B)
as subparagraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following
new subparagraph:
`(B) NONDISCLOSURE OF ANNUAL NOTICES- Paragraph (1) shall not require
the disclosure of any notice required under section 6033(i)(1).'.
(e) NO MONETARY PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY- Section 6652(c)(1) (relating
to annual returns under section 6033 or 6012(a)(6)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
`(E) NO PENALTY FOR CERTAIN ANNUAL NOTICES- This paragraph shall not apply
with respect to any notice required under section 6033(i)(1).'.
(f) NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT BY SECRETARY- The Secretary of the Treasury shall
notify in a timely manner every organization described in section 6033(i)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) of the requirement
under such section 6033(i)(1)--
(1) by mail, in the case of any organization the identity and address of
which is included in the list of exempt organizations maintained by the
Secretary, and
(2) by Internet or other means of outreach, in the case of any other organization.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to notices
with respect to annual periods beginning after 2003.
SEC. 208. SUSPENSION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc.) is amended by
redesignating subsection (p) as subsection (q) and by inserting after subsection
(o) the following new subsection:
`(p) SUSPENSION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS-
`(1) IN GENERAL- The exemption from tax under subsection (a) with respect
to any organization described in paragraph (2), and the eligibility of any
organization described in paragraph (2) to apply for recognition of exemption
under subsection (a), shall be suspended during the period described in
paragraph (3).
`(2) TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS- An organization is described in this paragraph
if such organization is designated or otherwise individually identified--
`(A) under section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(II) or 219 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act as a terrorist organization or foreign terrorist organization,
`(B) in or pursuant to an Executive order which is related to terrorism
and issued under the authority of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act or section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945
for the purpose of imposing on such organization an economic or other
sanction, or
`(C) in or pursuant to an Executive order issued under the authority of
any Federal law if--
`(i) the organization is designated or otherwise individually identified
in or pursuant to such Executive order as supporting or engaging in
terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act) or supporting terrorism (as defined in section
140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988
and 1989); and
`(ii) such Executive order refers to this subsection.
`(3) PERIOD OF SUSPENSION- With respect to any organization described in
paragraph (2), the period of suspension--
`(A) begins on the date of the first publication of a designation or identification
described in paragraph (2) with respect to such organization, and
`(B) ends on the first date that all designations and identifications
described in paragraph (2) with respect to such organization are rescinded
pursuant to the law or Executive order under which such designation or
identification was made.
`(4) DENIAL OF DEDUCTION- No deduction shall be allowed under section 170,
545(b)(2), 556(b)(2), 642(c), 2055, 2106(a)(2), or 2522 for any contribution
to an organization described in paragraph (2) during the period described
in paragraph (3).
`(5) DENIAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL CHALLENGE OF SUSPENSION OR DENIAL
OF DEDUCTION- Notwithstanding section 7428 or any other provision of law,
no organization or other person may challenge a suspension under paragraph
(1), a designation or identification described in paragraph (2), the period
of suspension described in paragraph (3), or a denial of a deduction under
paragraph (4) in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to the
Federal tax liability of such organization or other person.
`(6) ERRONEOUS DESIGNATION-
`(i) the tax exemption of any organization described in paragraph (2)
is suspended under paragraph (1),
`(ii) each designation and identification described in paragraph (2)
which has been made with respect to such organization is determined
to be erroneous pursuant to the law or Executive order under which such
designation or identification was made, and
`(iii) the erroneous designations and identifications result in an overpayment
of income tax for any taxable year by such organization,
credit or refund (with interest) with respect to such overpayment shall
be made.
`(B) WAIVER OF LIMITATIONS- If the credit or refund of any overpayment
of tax described in subparagraph (A)(iii) is prevented at any time by
the operation of any law or rule of law (including res judicata), such
credit or refund may nevertheless be allowed or made if the claim therefor
is filed before the close of the 1-year period beginning on the date of
the last determination described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
`(7) NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONS- If the tax exemption of any organization is
suspended under this subsection, the Internal Revenue Service shall update
the listings of tax-exempt organizations and shall publish appropriate notice
to taxpayers of such suspension and of the fact that contributions to such
organization are not deductible during the period of such suspension.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE III--OTHER CHARITABLE AND EXEMPT ORGANIZATION PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. MODIFICATION OF EXCISE TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME
OF CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Subsection (c) of section 664 (relating to exemption from
income taxes) is amended to read as follows:
`(1) INCOME TAX- A charitable remainder annuity trust and a charitable remainder
unitrust shall, for any taxable year, not be subject to any tax imposed
by this subtitle.
`(A) IN GENERAL- In the case of a charitable remainder annuity trust or
a charitable remainder unitrust which has unrelated business taxable income
(within the meaning of section 512, determined as if part III of subchapter
F applied to such trust) for a taxable year, there is hereby imposed on
such trust or unitrust an excise tax equal to the amount of such unrelated
business taxable income.
`(B) CERTAIN RULES TO APPLY- The tax imposed by subparagraph (A) shall
be treated as imposed by chapter 42 for purposes of this title other than
subchapter E of chapter 42.
`(C) TAX COURT PROCEEDINGS- For purposes of this paragraph, the references
in section 6212(c)(1) to section 4940 shall be deemed to include references
to this paragraph.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2002.
SEC. 302. MODIFICATIONS TO SECTION 512(b)(13).
(a) IN GENERAL- Paragraph (13) of section 512(b) (relating to special rules
for certain amounts received from controlled entities) is amended by redesignating
subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F) and by inserting after subparagraph (D)
the following new subparagraph:
`(E) PARAGRAPH TO APPLY ONLY TO EXCESS PAYMENTS-
`(i) IN GENERAL- Subparagraph (A) shall apply only to the portion of
a specified payment received or accrued by the controlling organization
that exceeds the amount which would have been paid or accrued if such
payment met the requirements prescribed under section 482.
`(ii) ADDITION TO TAX FOR VALUATION MISSTATEMENTS- The tax imposed by
this chapter on the controlling organization shall be increased by an
amount equal to 20 percent of the larger of--
`(I) such excess determined without regard to any amendment or supplement
to a return of tax, or
`(II) such excess determined with regard to all such amendments and
supplements.'.
(1) IN GENERAL- The amendment made by this section shall apply to payments
received or accrued after December 31, 2000.
(2) PAYMENTS SUBJECT TO BINDING CONTRACT TRANSITION RULE- If the amendments
made by section 1041 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 did not apply to
any amount received or accrued in the first 2 taxable years beginning on
or after the date of the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 under
any contract described in subsection (b)(2) of such section, such amendments
also shall not apply to amounts received or accrued under such contract
before January 1, 2001.
SEC. 303. SIMPLIFICATION OF LOBBYING EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.
(a) REPEAL OF GRASSROOTS EXPENDITURE LIMIT- Paragraph (1) of section 501(h)
(relating to expenditures by public charities to influence legislation) is
amended to read as follows:
`(1) GENERAL RULE- In the case of an organization to which this subsection
applies, exemption from taxation under subsection (a) shall be denied because
a substantial part of the activities of such organization consists of carrying
on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation, but only
if such organization normally makes lobbying expenditures in excess of the
lobbying ceiling amount for such organization for each taxable year.'.
(b) EXCESS LOBBYING EXPENDITURES- Section 4911(b) is amended to read as follows:
`(b) EXCESS LOBBYING EXPENDITURES- For purposes of this section, the term
`excess lobbying expenditures' means, for a taxable year, the amount by which
the lobbying expenditures made by the organization during the taxable year
exceed the lobbying nontaxable amount for such organization for such taxable
year.'.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS-
(1) Section 501(h)(2) is amended by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D).
(2) Section 4911(c) is amended by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).
(3) Paragraph (1)(A) of section 4911(f) is amended by striking `limits of
section 501(h)(1) have' and inserting `limit of section 501(h)(1) has'.
(4) Paragraph (1)(C) of section 4911(f) is amended by striking `limits of
section 501(h)(1) are' and inserting `limit of section 501(h)(1) is'.
(5) Paragraphs (4)(A) and (4)(B) of section 4911(f) are each amended by
striking `limits of section 501(h)(1)' and inserting `limit of section 501(h)(1)'.
(6) Paragraph (8) of section 6033(b) (relating to certain organizations
described in section 501(c)(3)) is amended by inserting `and' at the end
of subparagraph (A) and by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D).
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2002.
SEC. 304. EXPEDITED REVIEW PROCESS FOR CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate
(in this section, referred to as the `Secretary') shall adopt procedures to
expedite the consideration of applications for exempt status under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 filed after December 31, 2003,
by any organization that--
(1) is organized and operated for the primary purpose of providing social
services;
(2) is seeking a contract or grant under a Federal, State, or local program
that provides funding for social services programs;
(3) establishes that, under the terms and conditions of the contract or
grant program, an organization is required to obtain such exempt status
before the organization is eligible to apply for a contract or grant;
(4) includes with its exemption application a copy of its completed Federal,
State, or local contract or grant application; and
(5) meets such other criteria as the Secretary deems appropriate for expedited
consideration.
The Secretary may prescribe other similar circumstances in which such organizations
may be entitled to expedited consideration.
(b) WAIVER OF APPLICATION FEE FOR EXEMPT STATUS- Any organization that meets
the conditions described in subsection (a) (without regard to paragraph (3)
of that subsection) is entitled to a waiver of any fee for an application
for exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 if the organization certifies that the organization has had (or expects
to have) average annual gross receipts of not more than $50,000 during the
preceding 4 years (or, in the case of an organization not in existence throughout
the preceding 4 years, during such organization's first 4 years).
(c) SOCIAL SERVICES DEFINED- For purposes of this section--
(1) IN GENERAL- The term `social services' means services directed at helping
people in need, reducing poverty, improving outcomes of low-income children,
revitalizing low-income communities, and empowering low-income families
and low-income individuals to become self-sufficient, including--
(A) child care services, protective services for children and adults,
services for children and adults in foster care, adoption services, services
related to the management and maintenance of the home, day care services
for adults, and services to meet the special needs of children, older
individuals, and individuals with disabilities (including physical, mental,
or emotional disabilities);
(B) transportation services;
(C) job training and related services, and employment services;
(D) information, referral, and counseling services;
(E) the preparation and delivery of meals, and services related to soup
kitchens or food banks;
(F) health support services;
(G) literacy and mentoring programs;
(H) services for the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency
and substance abuse, services for the prevention of crime and the provision
of assistance to the victims and the families of criminal offenders, and
services related to the intervention in, and prevention of, domestic violence;
and
(I) services related to the provision of assistance for housing under
Federal law.
(2) EXCLUSIONS- The term does not include a program having the purpose of
delivering educational assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) or under the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
SEC. 305. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF CHURCH TAX INQUIRY.
Subsection (i) of section 7611 (relating to section not to apply to criminal
investigations, etc.) is amended by striking `or' at the end of paragraph
(4), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting `, or',
and by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
`(6) information provided by the Secretary related to the standards for
exemption from tax under this title and the requirements under this title
relating to unrelated business taxable income.'.
SEC. 306. EXPANSION OF DECLARATORY JUDGMENT REMEDY TO TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Paragraph (1) of section 7428(a) (relating to creation of
remedy) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after `509(a))' the following: `or
as a private operating foundation (as defined in section 4942(j)(3))'; and
(2) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
`(C) with respect to the initial qualification or continuing qualification
of an organization as an organization described in section 501(c) (other
than paragraph (3)) or 501(d) which is exempt from tax under section 501(a),
or'.
(b) COURT JURISDICTION- Subsection (a) of section 7428 is amended in the material
following paragraph (2) by striking `United States Tax Court, the United States
Claims Court, or the district court of the United States for the District
of Columbia' and inserting the following: `United States Tax Court (in the
case of any such determination or failure) or the United States Claims Court
or the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia (in
the case of a determination or failure with respect to an issue referred to
in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1)),'.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to pleadings
filed with respect to determinations (or requests for determinations) made
after December 31, 2002.
SEC. 307. DEFINITION OF CONVENTION OR ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES.
Section 7701 (relating to definitions) is amended by redesignating subsection
(n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) the following
new subsection:
`(n) CONVENTION OR ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES- For purposes of this title, any
organization which is otherwise a convention or association of churches shall
not fail to so qualify merely because the membership of such organization
includes individuals as well as churches or because individuals have voting
rights in such organization.'.
SEC. 308. PAYMENTS BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO VICTIMS OF WAR ON TERRORISM.
(a) IN GENERAL- For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986--
(1) payments made by an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of such
Code to a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or to an individual
of such member's immediate family by reason of the death, injury, wounding,
or illness of such member incurred as the result of the military response
of the United States to the terrorist attacks against the United States
on September 11, 2001, shall be treated as related to the purpose or function
constituting the basis for such organization's exemption under section 501
of such Code if such payments are made using an objective formula which
is consistently applied, and
(2) in the case of a private foundation (as defined in section 509 of such
Code), any payment described in paragraph (1) shall not be treated as made
to a disqualified person for purposes of section 4941 of such Code.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- This section shall apply to payments made after the date
of the enactment of this Act and before September 11, 2004.
SEC. 309. MODIFICATION OF SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION RULES.
In applying the limitations on the percentage of scholarship grants which
may be awarded after the date of the enactment of this Act, to children of
current or former employees under Revenue Procedure 76-47, such percentage
shall be increased to 35 percent of the eligible applicants to be considered
by the selection committee and to 20 percent of individuals eligible for the
grants, but only if the foundation awarding the grants demonstrates that,
in addition to meeting the other requirements of Revenue Procedure 76-47,
it provides a comparable number and aggregate amount of grants during the
same program year to individuals who are not such employees, children or dependents
of such employees, or affiliated with the employer of such employees.
SEC. 310. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN HOSPITAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AS QUALIFIED
ORGANIZATIONS FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ACQUISITION INDEBTEDNESS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Subparagraph (C) of section 514(c)(9) (relating to real property
acquired by a qualified organization) is amended by striking `or' at the end
of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting
`; or', and by adding at the end the following new clause:
`(iv) a qualified hospital support organization (as defined in subparagraph
(I)).'.
(b) QUALIFIED HOSPITAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS- Paragraph (9) of section 514(c)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
`(I) QUALIFIED HOSPITAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS- For purposes of subparagraph
(C)(iv), the term `qualified hospital support organization' means, with
respect to any eligible indebtedness (including any qualified refinancing
of such eligible indebtedness), a support organization (as defined in
section 509(a)(3)) which supports a hospital described in section 119(d)(4)(B)
and with respect to which--
`(i) more than half of the organization's assets (by value) at any
time since its organization--
`(I) were acquired, directly or indirectly, by testamentary gift
or devise, and
`(II) consisted of real property, and
`(ii) the fair market value of the organization's real estate acquired,
directly or indirectly, by gift or devise, exceeded 25 percent of
the fair market value of all investment assets held by the organization
immediately prior to the time that the eligible indebtedness was incurred.
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `eligible indebtedness' means
indebtedness secured by real property acquired by the organization, directly
or indirectly, by gift or devise, the proceeds of which are used exclusively
to acquire any leasehold interest in such real property or for improvements
on, or repairs to, such real property. A determination under clauses (i)
and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be made each time such an eligible
indebtedness (or the qualified refinancing of such an eligible indebtedness)
is incurred. For purposes of this subparagraph, a refinancing of such
an eligible indebtedness shall be considered qualified if such refinancing
does not exceed the amount of the refinanced eligible indebtedness immediately
before the refinancing.'.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to indebtedness
incurred after December 31, 2003.
TITLE IV--SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
SEC. 401. RESTORATION OF FUNDS FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.
(a) FINDINGS- Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On August 22, 1996, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2105) was signed
into law.
(2) In enacting that law, Congress authorized $2,800,000,000 for fiscal
year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter to carry out the Social Services
Block Grant program established under title XX of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.).
(b) RESTORATION OF FUNDS- Section 2003(c)(11) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1397b(c)(11)) is amended by inserting `, except that, with respect
to fiscal year 2003, the amount shall be $1,975,000,000, and with respect
to fiscal year 2004, the amount shall be $2,800,000,000' after `thereafter.'.
SEC. 402. RESTORATION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER UP TO 10 PERCENT OF TANF
FUNDS TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 404(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 604(d)(2))
is amended to read as follows:
`(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT TRANSFERABLE TO TITLE XX PROGRAMS- A State may
use not more than 10 percent of the amount of any grant made to the State
under section 403(a) for a fiscal year to carry out State programs pursuant
to title XX.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to amounts
made available for fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
SEC. 403. REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORT ON STATE ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 2006(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397e(c))
is amended by adding at the end the following: `The Secretary shall compile
the information submitted by the States and submit that information to Congress
on an annual basis.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to information
submitted by States under section 2006 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1397e) with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.
TITLE V--INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the `Savings for Working Families Act of 2003'.
SEC. 502. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are to provide for the establishment of individual
development account programs that will--
(1) provide individuals and families with limited means an opportunity to
accumulate assets and to enter the financial mainstream,
(2) promote education, homeownership, and the development of small businesses,
(3) stabilize families and build communities, and
(4) support continued United States economic expansion.
SEC. 503. DEFINITIONS.
(A) IN GENERAL- The term `eligible individual' means, with respect to
any taxable year, an individual who--
(i) has attained the age of 18 but not the age of 61 as of the last
day of such taxable year,
(ii) is a citizen or lawful permanent resident (within the meaning of
section 7701(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of the United
States as of the last day of such taxable year,
(iii) was not a student (as defined in section 151(c)(4) of such Code)
for the immediately preceding taxable year,
(iv) is not an individual with respect to whom a deduction under section
151 of such Code is allowable to another taxpayer for a taxable year
of the other taxpayer ending during the immediately preceding taxable
year of the individual,
(v) is not a taxpayer described in subsection (c), (d), or (e) of section
6402 of such Code for the immediately preceding taxable year,
(vi) is not a taxpayer described in section 1(d) of such Code for the
immediately preceding taxable year, and
(vii) is a taxpayer the modified adjusted gross income of whom for the
immediately preceding taxable year does not exceed--
(I) $18,000, in the case of a taxpayer described in section 1(c) of
such Code,
(II) $30,000, in the case of a taxpayer described in section 1(b)
of such Code, and
(III) $38,000, in the case of a taxpayer described in section 1(a)
of such Code.
(B) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT-
(i) IN GENERAL- In the case of any taxable year beginning after 2004,
each dollar amount referred to in subparagraph (A)(vii) shall be increased
by an amount equal to--
(I) such dollar amount, multiplied by
(II) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section (1)(f)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the calendar year in which
the taxable year begins, by substituting `2003' for `1992'.
(ii) ROUNDING- If any amount as adjusted under clause (i) is not a multiple
of $50, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $50.
(C) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME- For purposes of subparagraph (A)(v),
the term `modified adjusted gross income' means adjusted gross income--
(i) determined without regard to sections 86, 893, 911, 931, and 933
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and
(ii) increased by the amount of interest received or accrued by the
taxpayer during the taxable year which is exempt from tax.
(2) INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT- The term `Individual Development Account'
means an account established for an eligible individual as part of a qualified
individual development account program, but only if the written governing
instrument creating the account meets the following requirements:
(A) The owner of the account is the individual for whom the account was
established.
(B) No contribution will be accepted unless it is in cash, and, except
in the case of any qualified rollover, contributions will not be accepted
for the taxable year in excess of $1,500 on behalf of any individual.
(C) The trustee of the account is a qualified financial institution.
(D) The assets of the account will not be commingled with other property
except in a common trust fund or common investment fund.
(E) Except as provided in section 507(b), any amount in the account may
be paid out only for the purpose of paying the qualified expenses of the
account owner.
(3) PARALLEL ACCOUNT- The term `parallel account' means a separate, parallel
individual or pooled account for all matching funds and earnings dedicated
to an Individual Development Account owner as part of a qualified individual
development account program, the trustee of which is a qualified financial
institution.
(4) QUALIFIED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION- The term `qualified financial institution'
means any person authorized to be a trustee of any individual retirement
account under section 408(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(5) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM- The term `qualified
individual development account program' means a program established upon
approval of the Secretary under section 504 after December 31, 2002, under
which--
(A) Individual Development Accounts and parallel accounts are held in
trust by a qualified financial institution, and
(B) additional activities determined by the Secretary, in consultation
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as necessary to responsibly
develop and administer accounts, including recruiting, providing financial
education and other training to Account owners, and regular program monitoring,
are carried out by the qualified financial institution.
(6) QUALIFIED EXPENSE DISTRIBUTION-
(A) IN GENERAL- The term `qualified expense distribution' means any amount
paid (including through electronic payments) or distributed out of an
Individual Development Account or a parallel account established for an
eligible individual if such amount--
(i) is used exclusively to pay the qualified expenses of the Individual
Development Account owner or such owner's spouse or dependents,
(ii) is paid by the qualified financial institution--
(I) except as otherwise provided in this clause, directly to the unrelated
third party to whom the amount is due,
(II) in the case of any qualified rollover, directly to another Individual
Development Account and parallel account, or
(III) in the case of a qualified final distribution, directly to the
spouse, dependent, or other named beneficiary of the deceased Account
owner, and
(iii) is paid after the Account owner has completed a financial education
course if required under section 505(b).
(i) IN GENERAL- The term `qualified expenses' means any of the following
expenses approved by the qualified financial institution:
(I) Qualified higher education expenses.
(II) Qualified first-time homebuyer costs.
(III) Qualified business capitalization or expansion costs.
(IV) Qualified rollovers.
(V) Qualified final distribution.
(ii) QUALIFIED HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSES-
(I) IN GENERAL- The term `qualified higher education expenses' has
the meaning given such term by section 529(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, determined by treating the Account owner, the owner's
spouse, or one or more of the owner's dependents as a designated beneficiary,
and reduced as provided in section 25A(g)(2) of such Code.
(II) COORDINATION WITH OTHER BENEFITS- The amount of expenses which
may be taken into account for purposes of section 135, 529, or 530
of such Code for any taxable year shall be reduced by the amount of
any qualified higher education expenses taken into account as qualified
expense distributions during such taxable year.
(iii) QUALIFIED FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER COSTS- The term `qualified first-time
homebuyer costs' means qualified acquisition costs (as defined in section
72(t)(8)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) with respect to a
principal residence (within the meaning of section 121 of such Code)
for a qualified first-time homebuyer (as defined in section 72(t)(8)(D)(i)
of such Code).
(iv) QUALIFIED BUSINESS CAPITALIZATION OR EXPANSION COSTS-
(I) IN GENERAL- The term `qualified business capitalization or expansion
costs' means qualified expenditures for the capitalization or expansion
of a qualified business pursuant to a qualified business plan.
(II) QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES- The term `qualified expenditures' means
expenditures normally associated with starting or expanding a business
and included in a qualified business plan, including costs for capital,
plant, and equipment, inventory expenses, and attorney and accounting
fees.
(III) QUALIFIED BUSINESS- The term `qualified business' means any
business that does not contravene any law.
(IV) QUALIFIED BUSINESS PLAN- The term `qualified business plan' means
a business plan which has been approved by the qualified financial
institution and which meets
such requirements as the Secretary may specify.
(v) QUALIFIED ROLLOVERS- The term `qualified rollover' means the complete
distribution of the amounts in an Individual Development Account and
parallel account to another Individual Development Account and parallel
account established in another qualified financial institution for the
benefit of the Account owner.
(vi) QUALIFIED FINAL DISTRIBUTION- The term `qualified final distribution'
means, in the case of a deceased Account owner, the complete distribution
of the amounts in the Individual Development Account and parallel account
directly to the spouse, any dependent, or other named beneficiary of
the deceased.
(7) SECRETARY- The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
SEC. 504. STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
ACCOUNT PROGRAMS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAMS- Any
qualified financial institution may apply to the Secretary for approval to
establish 1 or more qualified individual development account programs which
meet the requirements of this title and for an allocation of the Individual
Development Account limitation under section 45G(i)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 with respect to such programs.
(b) BASIC PROGRAM STRUCTURE-
(1) IN GENERAL- All qualified individual development account programs shall
consist of the following 2 components for each participant:
(A) An Individual Development Account to which an eligible individual
may contribute cash in accordance with section 505.
(B) A parallel account to which all matching funds shall be deposited
in accordance with section 506.
(2) TAILORED IDA PROGRAMS- A qualified financial institution may tailor
its qualified individual development account program to allow matching funds
to be spent on 1 or more of the categories of qualified expenses.
(3) NO FEES MAY BE CHARGED TO IDAS- A qualified financial institution may
not charge any fees to any Individual Development Account or parallel account
under a qualified individual development account program.
(c) COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS- Section
3(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(e)(2)) is
amended by inserting `or in any Individual Development Account established
under the Savings for Working Families Act of 2003' after `subsection'.
(d) TAX TREATMENT OF PARALLEL ACCOUNTS-
(1) IN GENERAL- Chapter 77 (relating to miscellaneous provisions) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
`SEC. 7525. TAX INCENTIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PARALLEL ACCOUNTS.
`For purposes of this title--
`(1) any account described in section 504(b)(1)(B) of the Savings for Working
Families Act of 2003 shall be exempt from taxation,
`(2) except as provided in section 45G, no item of income, expense, basis,
gain, or loss with respect to such an account may be taken into account,
and
`(3) any amount withdrawn from such an account shall not be includible in
gross income.'.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- The table of sections for chapter 77 is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
`Sec. 7525. Tax incentives for individual development parallel accounts.'.
(e) COORDINATION OF CERTAIN EXPENSES- Section 25A(g)(2) 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:
`(D) a qualified expense distribution with respect to qualified higher
education expenses from an Individual Development Account or a parallel
account under section 507(a) of the Savings for Working Families Act of
2003.
SEC. 505. PROCEDURES FOR OPENING AND MAINTAINING AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
ACCOUNT AND QUALIFYING FOR MATCHING FUNDS.
(a) OPENING AN ACCOUNT- An eligible individual may open an Individual Development
Account with a qualified financial institution upon certification that such
individual has never maintained any other Individual Development Account (other
than an Individual Development Account to be terminated by a qualified rollover).
(b) REQUIRED COMPLETION OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION COURSE-
(1) IN GENERAL- Before becoming eligible to withdraw funds to pay for qualified
expenses, owners of Individual Development Accounts must complete 1 or more
financial education courses specified in the qualified individual development
account program.
(2) STANDARD AND APPLICABILITY OF COURSE- The Secretary, in consultation
with representatives of qualified individual development account programs
and financial educators, shall not later than January 1, 2004, establish
minimum quality standards for the contents of financial education courses
and providers of such courses described in paragraph (1) and a protocol
to exempt individuals from the requirement under paragraph (1) in the case
of hardship, lack of need, the attainment of age 65, or a qualified final
distribution.
(c) PROOF OF STATUS AS AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL- Federal income tax forms for
the immediately preceding taxable year and any other evidence of eligibility
which may be required by a qualified financial institution shall be presented
to such institution at the time of the establishment of the Individual Development
Account and in any taxable year in which contributions are made to
the Account to qualify for matching funds under section 506(b)(1)(A).
(d) SPECIAL RULE IN THE CASE OF MARRIED INDIVIDUALS- For purposes of this
title, if, with respect to any taxable year, 2 married individuals file a
Federal joint income tax return, then not more than 1 of such individuals
may be treated as an eligible individual with respect to the succeeding taxable
year.
SEC. 506. DEPOSITS BY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAMS.
(a) PARALLEL ACCOUNTS- The qualified financial institution shall deposit all
matching funds for each Individual Development Account into a parallel account
at a qualified financial institution.
(b) REGULAR DEPOSITS OF MATCHING FUNDS-
(1) IN GENERAL- Subject to paragraph (2), the qualified financial institution
shall deposit into the parallel account with respect to each eligible individual
the following amounts:
(A) A dollar-for-dollar match for the first $500 contributed by the eligible
individual into an Individual Development Account with respect to any
taxable year of such individual.
(B) Any matching funds provided by State, local, or private sources in
accordance with the matching ratio set by those sources.
(2) TIMING OF DEPOSITS- A deposit of the amounts described in paragraph
(1) shall be made into a parallel account--
(A) in the case of amounts described in paragraph (1)(A), not later than
30 days after the end of the calendar quarter during which the contribution
described in such paragraph was made, and
(B) in the case of amounts described in paragraph (1)(B), not later than
2 business days after such amounts were provided.
For allowance of tax credit for Individual Development Account subsidies,
including matching funds, see section 45G of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
(c) DEPOSIT OF MATCHING FUNDS INTO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL
WHO HAS ATTAINED AGE 65- In the case of an Individual Development Account
owner who attains the age of 65, the qualified financial institution shall
deposit the funds in the parallel account with respect to such individual
into the Individual Development Account of such individual on the later of--
(1) the day which is the 1-year anniversary of the deposit of such funds
in the parallel account, or
(2) the first business day of the taxable year of such individual following
the taxable year in which such individual attained age 65.
(d) UNIFORM ACCOUNTING REGULATIONS- To ensure proper recordkeeping and determination
of the tax credit under section 45G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
the Secretary shall prescribe regulations with respect to accounting for matching
funds in the parallel accounts.
(e) REGULAR REPORTING OF ACCOUNTS- Any qualified financial institution shall
report the balances in any Individual Development Account and parallel account
of an individual on not less than an annual basis to such individual.
SEC. 507. WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES.
(a) WITHDRAWALS FOR QUALIFIED EXPENSES-
(1) IN GENERAL- An Individual Development Account owner may withdraw funds
in order to pay qualified expense distributions from such individual's--
(A) Individual Development Account, but only from funds which have been
on deposit in such Account for at least 1 year, and
(B) parallel account, but only--
(i) from matching funds which have been on deposit in such parallel
account for at least 1 year,
(ii) from earnings in such parallel account, after all matching funds
described in clause (i) have been withdrawn, and
(iii) to the extent such withdrawal does not result in a remaining balance
in such parallel account which is less than the remaining balance in
the Individual Development Account after such withdrawal.
(2) PROCEDURE- Upon receipt of a withdrawal request which meets the requirements
of paragraph (1), the qualified financial institution shall directly transfer
the funds electronically to the distributees described in section 503(6)(A)(ii).
If a distributee is not equipped to receive funds electronically, the qualified
financial institution may issue such funds by paper check to the distributee.
(b) WITHDRAWALS FOR NONQUALIFIED EXPENSES- An Individual Development Account
owner may withdraw any amount of funds from the Individual Development Account
for purposes other than to pay qualified expense distributions, but if, after
such withdrawal, the amount in the parallel account of such owner (excluding
earnings on matching funds) exceeds the amount remaining in such Individual
Development Account, then such owner shall forfeit from the parallel account
the lesser of such excess or the amount withdrawn.
(c) WITHDRAWALS FROM ACCOUNTS OF NONELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS- If the individual
for whose benefit an Individual Development Account is established ceases
to be an eligible individual, such account shall remain an Individual Development
Account, but such individual shall not be eligible for any further matching
funds under section 506(b)(1)(A) for contributions which are made to the Account
during any taxable year when such individual is not an eligible individual.
(d) EFFECT OF PLEDGING ACCOUNT AS SECURITY- If, during any taxable year of
the individual for whose benefit an Individual Development Account is established,
that individual uses the Account, the individual's parallel account, or any
portion thereof as security for a loan, the portion so used shall be treated
as a withdrawal of such portion from the Individual Development Account for
purposes other than to pay qualified expenses.
SEC. 508. CERTIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
ACCOUNT PROGRAMS.
(a) CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES- Upon establishing a qualified individual development
account program under section 504, a qualified financial institution shall
certify to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed
by the Secretary and accompanied by any documentation required by the Secretary,
that--
(1) the accounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 504(b)(1)
are operating pursuant to all the provisions of this title, and
(2) the qualified financial institution agrees to implement an information
system necessary to monitor the cost and outcomes of the qualified individual
development account program.
(b) AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE QUALIFIED IDA PROGRAM- If the Secretary determines
that a qualified financial institution under this title is not operating a
qualified individual development account program in accordance with the requirements
of this title (and has not implemented any corrective recommendations directed
by the Secretary), the Secretary shall terminate such institution's authority
to conduct the program. If the Secretary is unable to identify a qualified
financial institution to assume the authority to conduct such program, then
any funds in a parallel account established for the benefit of any individual
under such program shall be deposited into the Individual Development Account
of such individual as of the first day of such termination.
SEC. 509. REPORTING, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION.
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF QUALIFIED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS-
(1) IN GENERAL- Each qualified financial institution that operates a qualified
individual development account program under section 504 shall report annually
to the Secretary within 90 days after the end of each calendar year on--
(A) the number of individuals making contributions into Individual Development
Accounts and the amounts contributed,
(B) the amounts contributed into Individual Development Accounts by eligible
individuals and the amounts deposited into parallel accounts for matching
funds,
(C) the amounts withdrawn from Individual Development Accounts and parallel
accounts, and the purposes for which such amounts were withdrawn,
(D) the balances remaining in Individual Development Accounts and parallel
accounts, and
(E) such other information needed to help the Secretary monitor the effectiveness
of the qualified individual development account program (provided in a
non-individually-identifiable manner).
(2) ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS- Each qualified financial institution
that operates a qualified individual development account program under section
504 shall report at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe
any additional information that the Secretary requires to be provided for
purposes of administering and supervising the qualified individual development
account program. This additional data may include, without limitation, identifying
information about Individual Development Account owners, their Accounts,
additions to the Accounts, and withdrawals from the Accounts.
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY-
(1) MONITORING PROTOCOL- Not later than 12 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, shall develop and implement a protocol and
process to monitor the cost and outcomes of the qualified individual development
account programs established under section 504.
(2) ANNUAL REPORTS- For each year after 2003, the Secretary shall submit
a progress report to Congress on the status of such qualified individual
development account programs. Such report shall, to the extent data are
available, include from a representative sample of qualified individual
development account programs information on--
(A) the characteristics of participants, including age, gender, race or
ethnicity, marital status, number of children, employment status, and
monthly income,
(B) deposits, withdrawals, balances, uses of Individual Development Accounts,
and participant characteristics,
(C) the characteristics of qualified individual development account programs,
including match rate, economic education requirements, permissible uses
of accounts, staffing of programs in full time employees, and the total
costs of programs, and
(D) process information on program implementation and administration,
especially on problems encountered and how problems were solved.
(3) REAUTHORIZATION REPORT ON COST AND OUTCOMES OF IDAS-
(A) IN GENERAL- Not later than July 1, 2008, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall submit a report to Congress and the chairmen and ranking members
of the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Banking
and Financial Services, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce
of the House of Representatives, in which the Secretary shall--
(i) summarize the previously submitted annual reports required under
paragraph (2),
(ii) from a representative sample of qualified individual development
account programs, include an analysis of--
(I) the economic, social, and behavioral outcomes,
(II) the changes in savings rates, asset holdings, and household debt,
and overall changes in economic stability,
(III) the changes in outlooks, attitudes, and behavior regarding savings
strategies, investment, education, and family,
(IV) the integration into the financial mainstream, including decreased
reliance on alternative financial services, and increase in acquisition
of mainstream financial products, and
(V) the involvement in civic affairs, including neighborhood schools
and associations,
associated with participation in qualified individual development account
programs,
(iii) from a representative sample of qualified individual development
account programs, include a comparison of outcomes associated with such
programs with outcomes associated with other Federal Government social
and economic development programs, including asset building programs,
and
(iv) make recommendations regarding the reauthorization of the qualified
individual development account programs, including--
(I) recommendations regarding reforms that will improve the cost and
outcomes of the such programs, including the ability to help low income
families save and accumulate productive assets,
(II) recommendations regarding the appropriate levels of subsidies
to provide effective incentives to financial institutions and Account
owners under such programs, and
(III) recommendations regarding how such programs should be integrated
into other Federal poverty reduction, asset building, and community
development policies and programs.
(B) AUTHORIZATION- There is authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000,
for carrying out the purposes of this paragraph.
(4) USE OF ACCOUNTS IN RURAL AREAS ENCOURAGED- The Secretary shall develop
methods to encourage the use of Individual Development Accounts in rural
areas.
SEC. 510. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $1,000,000 for fiscal
year 2004 and for each fiscal year through 2011, for the purposes of implementing
this title, including the reporting, monitoring, and evaluation required under
section 509, to remain available until expended.
SEC. 511. MATCHING FUNDS FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS PROVIDED THROUGH
A TAX CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 (relating
to business related credits) is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
`SEC. 45G. INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT INVESTMENT CREDIT.
`(a) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT- For purposes of section 38, the individual development
account investment credit determined under this section with respect to any
eligible entity for any taxable year is an amount equal to the individual
development account investment provided by such eligible entity during the
taxable year under an individual development account program established under
section 504 of the Savings for Working Families Act of 2003.
`(b) APPLICABLE TAX- For the purposes of this section, the term `applicable
tax' means the excess (if any) of--
`(1) the tax imposed under this chapter (other than the taxes imposed under
the provisions described in subparagraphs (C) through (Q) of section 26(b)(2)),
over
`(2) the credits allowable under subpart B (other than this section) and
subpart D of this part.
`(c) INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT INVESTMENT- For purposes of this section,
the term `individual development account investment' means, with respect to
an individual development account program in any taxable year, an amount equal
to the sum of--
`(1) the aggregate amount of dollar-for-dollar matches under such program
under section 506(b)(1)(A) of the Savings for Working Families Act of 2003
for such taxable year, plus
`(2) $50 with respect to each Individual Development Account maintained--
`(A) as of the end of such taxable year, but only if such taxable year
is within the 7-taxable-year period beginning with the taxable year in
which such Account is opened, and
`(B) with a balance of not less than $100 (other than the taxable year
in which such Account is opened).
`(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITY- For purposes of this section, except as provided in
regulations, the term `eligible entity' means a qualified financial institution.
`(e) OTHER DEFINITIONS- For purposes of this section, any term used in this
section and also in the Savings for Working Families Act of 2003 shall have
the meaning given such term by such Act.
`(f) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT-
`(1) IN GENERAL- No deduction or credit (other than under this section)
shall be allowed under this chapter with respect to any expense which--
`(A) is taken into account under subsection (c)(1)(A) in determining the
credit under this section, or
`(B) is attributable to the maintenance of an Individual Development Account.
`(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT- Solely for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the
amount attributable to the maintenance of an Individual Development Account
shall be deemed to be the dollar amount of the credit allowed under subsection
(c)(l)(B) for each taxable year such Individual Development Account is maintained.
`(g) CREDIT MAY BE TRANSFERRED-
`(1) IN GENERAL- An eligible entity may transfer any credit allowable to
the eligible entity under subsection (a) to any person other than to another
eligible entity which is exempt from tax under this title. The determination
as to whether a credit is allowable shall be made without regard to the
tax-exempt status of the eligible entity.
`(2) CONSENT REQUIRED FOR REVOCATION- Any transfer under paragraph (1) may
be revoked only with the consent of the Secretary.
`(h) REGULATIONS- The Secretary may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary
or appropriate to carry out this section, including
`(1) such regulations as necessary to insure that any credit described in
subsection (g)(1) is claimed once and not retransferred by a transferee,
and
`(2) regulations providing for a recapture of the credit allowed under this
section (notwithstanding any termination date described in subsection (i))
in cases where there is a forfeiture under section 507(b) of the Savings
for Working Families Act of 2003 in a subsequent taxable year of any amount
which was taken into account in determining the amount of such credit.
`(i) APPLICATION OF SECTION-
`(1) IN GENERAL- This section shall apply to any expenditure made in any
taxable year ending after December 31, 2003, and beginning on or before
January 1, 2011, with respect to any Individual Development Account which--
`(A) is opened before January 1, 2011, and
`(B) as determined by the Secretary, when added to all of the previously
opened Individual Development Accounts, does not exceed--
`(i) 100,000 Accounts if opened after December 31, 2003, and before
January 1, 2007,
`(ii) an additional 100,000 Accounts if opened after December 31, 2006,
and before January 1, 2009, but only if, except as provided in paragraph
(4), the total number of Accounts described in clause (i) are opened
and the Secretary determines that such Accounts are being reasonably
and responsibly administered, and
`(iii) an additional 100,000 Accounts if opened after December 31, 2008,
and before January 1, 2011, but only if the total number of Accounts
described in clauses (i) and (ii) are opened and the Secretary makes
a determination described in paragraph (2).
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this section shall apply to amounts
which are described in subsection (c)(1)(A) and which are timely deposited
into a parallel account during the 30-day period following the end of last
taxable year beginning before January 1, 2011.
`(2) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO THIRD GROUP OF ACCOUNTS- A determination
is described in this paragraph if the Secretary determines that--
`(A) substantially all of the previously opened Accounts have been reasonably
and responsibly administered prior to the date of the determination,
`(B) the individual development account programs have increased net savings
of participants in the programs,
`(C) participants in the individual development account programs have
increased Federal income tax liability and decreased utilization of Federal
assistance programs relative to similarly situated individuals that did
not participate in the individual development account programs, and
`(D) the sum of the estimated increased Federal tax liability and reduction
of Federal assistance program benefits to participants in the individual
development account programs is greater than the cost of the individual
development account programs to the Federal government.
`(3) DETERMINATION OF LIMITATION- The limitation on the number of Individual
Development Accounts under paragraph (1)(B) shall be allocated by the Secretary
among qualified individual development account programs selected by the
Secretary and, in the case of the limitation under clause (iii) of such
paragraph, shall be equally divided among the States.
`(4) SPECIAL RULE IF SMALLER NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS ARE OPENED- For purposes
of paragraph (1)(B)(ii)--
`(i) IN GENERAL- If less than 100,000 Accounts are opened before January
1, 2007, such paragraph shall be applied by substituting `applicable
number of Accounts' for `100,000 Accounts'.
`(ii) APPLICABLE NUMBER- For purposes of clause (i), the applicable
number equals the lesser of--
`(II) 3 times the number of Accounts opened before January 1, 2007.'.
(b) CREDIT TREATED AS BUSINESS CREDIT- Section 38(b) (relating to current
year business credit) is amended by striking `plus' at the end of paragraph
(14), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting `,
plus', and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(16) the individual development account investment credit determined under
section 45G(a).'.
(c) NO CARRYBACKS- Subsection (d) of section 39 (relating to carryback and
carryforward of unused credits) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(11) NO CARRYBACK OF SECTION 45G CREDIT BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE- No portion
of the unused business credit for any taxable year which is attributable
to the individual development account investment credit determined under
section 45G may be carried back to a taxable year ending before January
1, 2004.'.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- The table of sections for subpart C of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
`Sec. 45G. Individual development account investment credit.'.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years ending after December 31, 2003.
SEC. 512. ACCOUNT FUNDS DISREGARDED FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN MEANS-TESTED
FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law (other than the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986) that requires consideration of 1 or more financial circumstances
of an individual, for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive, or
the amount of, any assistance or benefit authorized by such provision to be
provided to or for the benefit of such individual, any amount (including earnings
thereon) in any Individual Development Account of such individual and any
matching deposit made on behalf of such individual (including earnings thereon)
in any parallel account shall be disregarded for such purpose with respect
to any period during which such individual maintains or makes contributions
into such Individual Development Account.
TITLE VI--MANAGEMENT OF EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL- There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
the Treasury $80,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out the administration
of exempt organizations by the Internal Revenue Service.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 527- There is authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of the Treasury $3,000,000 to carry out the provisions of
Public Laws 106-230 and 107-276 relating to section 527 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
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