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- (A) which is --
- (1) a furnace replacement burner designed to achieve a
- reduction in the amount of fuel consumed as a result of increased
- combustion efficiency,
- (ii) a device for modifying flue openings designed to
- increase the efficiency of operation of the heating system,
- (iii) an electrical or mechanical furnace ignition
- system, which replaces a gas pilot light,
- (iv) a storm or thermal window or door for the exterior of
- the dwelling,
- (v) an automatic energy-saving setback thermostat,
- (vi) caulking or weatherstripping of an exterior door or
- window,
- (vii) a meter which displays the cost of energy usage,
- or
- (viii) an item of the kind which the Secretary specifies
- by regulations as increasing the energy efficiency of the
- dwelling,
- (B) the original use of which begins with the taxpayer,
- (C) which can reasonably be expected to remain in operation
- for at least 3 years, and
- (D) which meets the performance and quality standard (if
- any) which --
- (i) have been prescribed by the Secretary by regulations,
- and
- (ii) are in effect at the time of the acquisition of the
- item.
- (5) Renewable energy source property. -- The term
- "renewable energy source property" means property --
- (A) which, when installed in connection with a dwelling,
- transmits or uses --
- (i) solar energy, energy derived from the geothermal
- deposits (as a defined in section 613(e)(3)), or any other form
- of renewable energy which the Secretary specifies by regulations,
- for the purpose of heating or cooling such dwelling or providing
- hot water or electricity for use within such dwelling, or
- (ii) wind energy for nonbusiness residential purposes,
- (B) the original use of which begins with the taxpayer,
- (C) which can reasonably be expected to remain in operation
- for at least 5 years, and
- (D) which meets the performance and quality standards (it
- any) which --
- (i) have been prescribed by the Secretary by regulations,
- and
- (ii) are in effect at the time of the acquisition of the
- property.
- (6) Regulations. --
- (A) Criteria; certification procedures. -- The Secretary
- shall by regulations --
- (i) establish the criteria which are to be used in (I)
- prescribing performance and quality standards under paragraphs
- (3), (4), and (5), or (II) specifying any item under paragraph
- (4)(A)(viii) or any form of renewable energy under paragraph
-
- (5)(A)(i), and
- (ii) establish a procedure under which a manufacturer of an
- item may request the Secretary to certify that the item will be
- treated, for purposes of this section, as insulation, an
- energy-conserving component, or renewable energy source property.
- (B) Consultation. -- Performance and quality standards
- regulations and other regulations shall be prescribed by the
- Secretary under paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) and under this
- paragraph only after consultation with the Secretary of Energy,
- the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and other
- appropriate federal officers.
- (C) Action on requests. --
- (i) In general. -- The Secretary shall make a final
- determination with respect to any request filed under
- subparagraph (A)(ii) for specifying an item under paragraph
- (4)(A)(viii) or for specifying a form of renewable energy under
- paragraph (5)(A)(i) within 1 year after the filing of the
- request, together with any information required to be filed with
- such request under subparagraph (A)(ii).
- (ii) Reports. -- Each month the Secretary shall publish a
- report of any request which has been denied during the preceding
- month and the reasons for the denial.
- (D) Effective date. --
- (i) In general. -- In the case ;of any item or energy
- source specified under paragraph (4)(A)(viii) or (5)(A)(i), the
- credit allowed by subsection (a) shall supply with respect to
- expenditures which are made on or after the date on which final
- notice of such specification is published in the Federal
- Register.
- (ii) Expenditures taken into account in following taxable
- years. -- The Secretary may prescribe by regulations that
- expenditures made on or after the date referred to in clause (i)
- and before the closes of the taxable year in which such date
- occurs shall be taken into account in the following taxable year.
- (7) When expenditures made; amount of expenditures. --
- (A) In general. -- Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
- an expenditure with respect to an item shall be treated as made
- when original installation of the item is completed.
- (B) Renewable energy source expenditures. -- In the case of
- renewable energy source expenditures in connection with the
- construction or reconstruction of a dwelling, such expenditures
- shall be treated as made when the original use of the constructed
- or reconstructed dwelling by the taxpayer begins.
- (C) Amount,. -- The amount of any expenditure shall be the
- cost thereof.
- (D) Allocation in certain cases. -- If less than 80 percent
- of the use of an item is for nonbusiness residential purposes,
- only that portion of the expenditures of such item which properly
- allocable to use for nonbusiness residential purposes shall be
- taken into account. For purposes of this subparagraph, use for a
- swimming pool shall be treated as use which is not for
- residential purposes.
- (8) Principal residence. -- The determination of whether
- or not a dwelling unit is a taxpayer's principal residence shall
- be made under principles similar to those applicable to section
- 1034, except that --
- (A) no ownership requirement shall be imposed, and
- (B) the period for which a dwelling is treated as the
- principal residence of the taxpayer shall include the 30-day
- period ending on the first day on which it would (but for this
- subparagraph) be treated as his principal residence.
- (9) Limitations on Secretarial authority. --
- (A) In general. -- The Secretary shall not specify any item
- under paragraph (4)(A)(viii) or any form of renewable energy
- under paragraph (5)(A)(i) unless the Secretary determines that --
- (i) there will be a reduction in oil or natural gas
- consumption as a result of such specification, and such reduction
- is sufficient to justify any resulting decrease in Federal
- revenues,
- (ii) such specification will not resulting an increased use
- of any item which is known to be, or reasonably suspected to be,
- environmentally hazardous or a threat to public heath or safety,
- and
- (iii) available federal subsidies do not make such
- specification unnecessary or inappropriate (in the light of the
- most advantageous allocation of economic resources).
- (B) factors taken into account. -- In making any
- determination under subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary (after
- consultation with the Secretary of Energy) --
- (i) shall make an estimate of the amount by which the
- specification will reduce oil and natural gas consumption, and
- (ii) shall determine whether such specification compares
- favorably, on the basis of the reduction in oil and natural gas
- consumption per dollar of cost the Federal Government (including
- revenue loss), with other Federal programs in existence or being
- proposed.
- (C) Factor taken into account in making estimates. --
- In making any estimate under subparagraph (B)(i), the Secretary
- shall take into account (among other factors) --
- (i) the extent to which the use of any item will be
- increased as a result of the specification,
- (ii) whether sufficient capacity is available to increase
- production to meet any increase in demand caused by such
- specification,
- (iii) the amount of oil and natural gas used
- the manufacture of such item and other items necessary for its
- use, and
- (iv) the estimated useful life of such item.
- (10) Property financed by subsidized energy financing. --
- (A) Reduction of qualified expenditures. -- For purposes of
- determining the amount of energy conservation or renewable energy
- source expenditures made by any individual with respect to any
- dwelling unit, there shall not be taken into account expenditures
- which are made form subsidized energy financing.
- (B) Dollar limits reduced. -- Paragraph (1) or (2) of
- subsection (b) (whichever is appropriate) shall be applied with
- respect to such dwelling unit for any taxable year of such
- taxpayer by reducing each dollar amount contained in such
- paragraph (reduced as provided in subsection (b)(3)) by an amount
- equal to the sum of --
- (i) the amount of the expenditures which were made by the
- taxpayer during such taxable year or any prior taxable year with
- respect to such dwelling unit and which were not taken into
- account by reason of subparagraph (A), and
- (ii) the amount of any Federal, State, or local grant
- received by the taxpayer during such taxable year or any prior
- taxable year which was used to make energy conservation or
- renewable energy source expenditures with respect to the dwelling
- unit and which was not included in the gross income of such
- taxpayer.
- (C) Subsidized energy financing. -- For purposes of
- subparagraph (A), the term "subsidized energy financing" means
- financing provided under a Federal, State, or local program a
- principal purpose of which is to provide subsidized financing for
- projects designed to conserve or produce energy.
- (d) Special rules. -- For purposes of this section --
- (1) Dollar amounts in case of joint occupancy. -- In the
- case of any dwelling unit which is jointly occupied and used
- during any calendar year as a principal residence by 2 or more
- individuals --
- (A) the amount of credit allowable under subsection (a) by
- reason of energy conservation expenditures or by reason of
- renewable energy source expenditures (as the case may be) made
- during such calendar year by any of such individuals with respect
- to such dwelling unit shall be determined by treating all of such
- individuals as one taxpayer whose taxable year is such calendar
- year and
- (B) there shall be allowable with respect to such
- expenditures to each of such individuals a credit under
- subsection (a) for the taxable year in which such calendar year
- ends in an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount
- determined under subparagraph (A) as the amount of such
- expenditures made by such individual during such calendar year
- bears to the aggregate of such expenditures made by all of such
- individuals during such calendar year.
- (2) Tenant-stockholder in cooperative housing corporation.
- -- In the case of an individual who is a tenant-stockholder (as
- defined in section 216) in a cooperative housing corporation (as
- defined in such section ), such individual shall be treated as
- having made his tenant-stockholder's proportionate share (as
- defined in section 216(b)(3)) of any expenditures of such
- corporation.
- (3) Condominiums. --
- (A) In general. -- In the case of an individual who is a
- member of a condominium management association with respect to a
- condominium which he owns, such individual shall be treated as
- having made his proportionate share of any expenditures of such
- association.
- (B) Condominium management association. -- For purposes of
- this paragraph, the term "condominium management association"
- means an organization which meets the requirements of paragraph
- (1) of section 528(c) (other than subparagraph (E) thereof) with
- respect to a condominium project substantially all of the units
- of which are used as residences.
- (4) Joint ownership of energy items. --
- (A) In general. -- Any expenditure otherwise qualifying as
- an energy conservation expenditure or a renewable energy source
- expenditure shall not be treated as failing to so quality merely
- because such expenditure was made with respect to 2 or more
- dwelling units.
- (B) Limits applied separately. -- In the case of any
- expenditure described in subparagraph (A), the amount of the
- credit allowable under subsection (a) shall (subject to paragraph
- (1)) be computed separately with respect to the amount of the
- expenditure made by each individual.
- (5) 1977 expenditures allowed for 1978. --
- (A) No credit for taxable years beginning before 1978.
- -- No credit shall be allowed under this section for any taxable
- year beginning before January 1, 1978.
- (B) 1977 Expenditures allowed for 1978. -- In the case of
- the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning after December 31,
- 1977, this section shall be applied by taking into account the
- period beginning April 20, 1977, and ending on the last day of
- such first taxable year.
- (e) Basis adjustments. -- For purposes of this subtitle, if
- a credit is allowed under this section for any expenditure with
- respect to any property, the increase in the basis of such
- property which would (but for this subsection) result from such
- expenditure shall be reduced by the amount of the credit so
- allowed.
- (f) Termination. -- This section shall not apply to
- expenditures made after December 31, 1985.
-
- 25. Interest on certain home mortgages
- (a) Allowance of credit. --
- (1) In general. -- There shall be allowed as a credit
- against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an
- amount equal to the product of --
- (A) the certificate credit rate, and
- (B) the interest paid or accrued by the taxpayer during the
- taxable year on the remaining principal of the certified
- indebtedness amount.
- (2) Limitation where credit rate exceeds 20 percent. --
- (A) In general. -- If the certificate credit rate exceeds
- 20 percent, the amount of the credit allowed to the taxpayer
- under paragraph (1) for any taxable year shall not exceed $2,000.
- (B) Special rule where 2 or more persons hold interests in
- residence. --
- (b) Certificate credit rate; certified indebtedness amount.
- -- For purposes of this section --
- (1) Certificate credit rate. -- The term "certificate
- credit rate" means the rate of the credit allowable by this
- section which is specified in the mortgage credit certificate.
- (2) Certified indebtedness amount. -- The term "certified
- indebtedness amount" means the amount of indebtedness which is --
- (A) incurred by the taxpayer --
- (i) to acquire the principal residence of the taxpayer,
- (ii) as a qualified rehabilitation loan (as defined in
- section 143(K)(5) with respect to such residence, and
- (B) specified in the mortgage credit certificate.
- (c) Mortgage credit certificate; qualified mortgage credit
- certificate program. --
- For purposes of this section --
- (1) Mortgage credit certificate. -- The term "mortgage
- credit certificate" means any certificate which --
- (A) is issued under a qualified mortgage credit certificate
- program by the State or political subdivision having the
- authority to issue a qualified mortgage bond to provide financing
- on the principal residence of the taxpayer,
- (B) is issued to the taxpayer in connection with the
- acquisition, qualified rehabilitation, or qualified home
- improvement of the taxpayer's principal residence,
- C) specifies --
- (i) the certificate credit rate, and
- (ii) the certified indebtedness amount, and
- (D) is in such form as the Secretary may prescribe.
- (2) Qualified mortgage credit certificate program. --
- (A) In general. -- The term "qualified mortgage credit
- certificate program" means any program --
- (i) which is established by a State or political
- subdivision thereof for any calendar year for which it is
- authorized to issue qualified mortgage bonds,
- (ii) under which the issuing authority elects (in such
- manner and form as the Secretary may prescribe) not to issue an
- amount of private activity bonds which it may otherwise issue
- during such calendar year under section 146,
- (iii) under which the indebtedness certified by mortgage
- credit certificates meets the requirements of the following
- subsections of section 143 (as modified by subparagraph (B) of
- this paragraph):
- (I) subsection (c) (relating to residence requirements),
- (II) subsection (d) (relating to 3-year requirement),
- (III) subsection (e) (relating to purchase price
- requirement),
- (IV) subsection (f) (relating to income requirements),
- (V) subsection (h) (relating to portion of loans required
- to be placed in targeting areas), and
- (VI) paragraph (1) of subsection (i) (relating to other
- requirements),
- (iv) under which no mortgage credit certificate may be
- issued with respect to any residence any of the financing of
- which is provided from the proceeds of a qualified mortgage bond
- or a qualified veterans' mortgage bond,
- (v) except to the extent provided in regulations, which
- is not limited to indebtedness incurred form particular lenders,
- (vi) except to the extent provided in regulations, which
- provides that a mortgage credit certificate is not transferable,
- and
- (vii) if the issuing authority allocates a block of
- mortgage credit certificates for ruse in connection with a
- particular development, which requires the developer to furnish
- to the issuing authority and the home buyer a certificate that
- the price for the residence is no higher than it would be without
- the use of a mortgage credit certificate.
- Under regulations, rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs
- (B) and (C) of section 143(a)(2) shall apply to the requirements
- of this subparagraph.
- (B) Modifications of section 143. -- Under regulations
- prescribed by the Secretary, in applying section 143 for purposes
- of subclauses (II), (IV), and (V) of subparagraph (A)(iii) --
- (i) each qualified mortgage certificate credit program
- shall be treated as a separate issue,
- (ii) the product determined by multiplying --
- (I) the certified indebtedness amount of each mortgage
- credit certificate issued under such program, by
- (II) the certificate credit rate specified in such
- certificate,
- shall be treated as proceeds of such issue and the sum of such
- products shall be treated as the total proceeds of such issue,
- and
- (iii) paragraph (1) of section 143(d) shall be applied
- by substituting "100 percent" for "95-percent requirement of
- section 143(d)(1) and the Secretary is satisfied that such
- requirement will be met under such plan.
- (d) Determination of certificate credit rate. -- For
- purposes of this section --
- (1) In general. -- The certificate credit rate specified in
- any mortgage credit certificate shall not be less than 10 percent
- or more than 50 percent.
- (2) Aggregate limit on certificate credit rates. --
- (A) In general. -- In the case of each qualified mortgage
- credit certificate program, the sum of the products determined by
- multiplying --
- (i) the certified indebtedness amount of each mortgage
- credit certificate issued under such program, by
- (ii) the certificate credit rate with respect to such
- certificate,
- shall not exceed 25 percent of the non issued bond amount.
- (B) Non issued bond amount. -- For purposes of subparagraph
- (A), the term "non issued bond amount" means, with respect to any
- qualified mortgage credit certificate program, the amount of
- qualified mortgage bonds which the issuing authority is otherwise
- authorized to issue and elects not to issue under subsection
- (c)(2)(A)(ii).
- (e) Special rules and definitions -- For purposes of this
- section. --
- (1) Carry forward of unused credit. --
- (A) In general -- If the credit allowable under subsection
- (a) for any taxable year exceeds the applicable tax limit for
- such taxable year, such excess shall be a carryover to each of
- the 3 succeeding taxable years and, subject to the limitations of
- subparagraph (B), shall be added to the credit allowable by
- subsection (a) for such succeeding taxable year.
- (B) Limitation. -- The amount of the unused credit which
- may be taken into account under subparagraph (A) for any taxable
- year shall not exceed the amount (if any) by which the applicable
- tax limit for such taxable year exceeds the sum of --
- (i) the credit allowable under subsection (a) for such
- taxable year determined without regard to this paragraph, and
- (ii) the amounts which, by reason of this paragraph, are
- carried to such taxable year and are attributable to taxable
- years before the unused credit year.
- (C) Applicable tax limit. -- For purposes of this
- paragraph, the term "applicable tax limit" means the limitation
- imposed by section 26(a) for the taxable year reduced by the sum
- of the credits allowable under this subpart (other than this
- section).
- (2) Indebtedness not treated as certified where certain
- requirements not in fact met. -- Subsections (a) shall not apply
- to any indebtedness if all the requirements of subsections
- (c)(1), (d), (e), (f), and (i) ;of section 143 and clauses (iv),
- (v), and (vii) of subsection (c)(2)(A), were not in fact met with
- respect to such indebtedness. Except to the extent provided in
- regulations, the requirements described in the preceding sentence
- shall be treated as met if there is a certification, under
- penalty of perjury, that such requirements are met.
- (3) Period for which certificate in effect. --
- (A) In general. -- Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
- a mortgage credit certificate shall be treated as in effect with
- respect to interest attributable to the period --
- (i) beginning on the date such certificate is issued, and
- (ii) ending on the earlier of the date on which --
- (I) the certificate is revoked by the issuing authority, or
- (II) the residence to which such certificate relates ceases
- to be the principal residence of the individual to whom the
- certificate relates.
- (B) Certificate invalid unless indebtedness incurred within
- certain period. -- A certificate shall not apply to any
- indebtedness which is incurred after the close of the second
- calendar year following the calendar year for which the issuing
- authority made the applicable election under subsection
- (c)(2)(A)(ii).
- (C) Notice to Secretary when certificate revoked. -- Any
- issuing authority which revokes any mortgage credit certificate
- shall notify the Secretary of such revocation at such time and in
- such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations.
- (4) Re issuance of mortgage credit certificates. -- The
- Secretary may prescribe regulations which allow the administrator
- of a mortgage credit certificate program to reissue a mortgage
- credit certificate specifying a certified mortgage indebtedness
- specified on the original certificate to any taxpayer to whom the
- original certificate was issued, under such terms and conditions
- as the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure that the
- amount of the credit allowable under subsection (a) with respect
- to such reissued certificate is equal to or less than the amount
- of credit which would be allowable under subsection (a) with
- respect to the original certificate for any taxable year ending
- after such re-issuance.
- (5) Public notice that certificates will be issued. -- At
- least 90 days before any mortgage credit certificate is to be
- issued after a qualified mortgage credit certificate program, the
- issuing authority shall provide reasonable public notice of --
- (A) the eligibility requirements for such certificate,
- (B) the methods by which such certificates are to be
- issued, and
- (C) such other information as the Secretary may require.
- (6) Interest paid or accrued to related persons. -- No
- credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) for any interest
- paid or accrued to a person who is a related person to the
- taxpayer (within the meaning of section 144(a)(3)(A)).
- (7) Principal residence. -- The term "principal residence"
- has the same meaning as when used in section 1034.
- (8) Qualified rehabilitation and home improvement. --
- (A) Qualified rehabilitation. -- The term "qualified
- rehabilitation " has the meaning given such term by section
- 143(k)(5)(B).
- (B) Qualified home improvement. -- The term "qualified home
- improvement" means an alteration, repair, or improvement
- described in section 143(k)(4).
- (9) Qualified mortgage bond. -- The term "qualified
- mortgage bond" has the meaning given such term by section
- 143(a)(1).
- (10) Manufactured housing. -- For purposes of this section,
- the term "single family residence" includes an manufactured home
- which has a minimum of 400 square feet of living space and a
- minimum width in excess of 102 inches and which is of a kind
- customarily used at a fixed location. Nothing in the preceding
- sentence shall be construed as providing that such a home will be
- taken into account in making determinations under section 143.
- (f) Reduction in aggregate amount of qualified mortgage
- bonds which may be issued where certain requirements not met. --
- (1) In general. -- If for any calendar year any mortgage
- credit certificate program which satisfies procedural
- requirements with respect to volume limitations prescribed by the
- Secretary fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of
- subsection (d), such requirements shall be treated as satisfied
- with respect to any certified indebtedness of such program, but
- the applicable State ceiling under subsection (d) of section 146
- for the State in which such program operates shall be reduced by
- 1.25 times the correction amount with respect to such failure.
- Such reduction shall be applied to such State ceiling for the
- calendar year following the calendar year in which the Secretary
- determines the correction amount with respect to such failure.
- (2) Correction amount. --
- (A) In general. -- For purposes of paragraph (1), the term
- "correction amount" means an amount equal to the excess credit
- amount divided by 0.25.
- (B) excess credit amount. --
- (i) In general. -- For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii),
- the term "excess credit amount" means the excess of --
- (I) the credit amount for any mortgage credit certificate
- program, over
- (II) the amount which would have been the credit amount for
- such program had such program met the requirements of paragraph
- (2) of subsection (d).
- (ii) Credit amount. -- For purposes of clause (i), the term
- "credit amount" means the sum of the products determined under
- clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (d)(2)(A).
- (3) Special rule for states having constitutional home rule
- cities. -- In the case of a State having one or more
- constitutional home rule cities (within the meaning of section
- 146(d)(3)(C))), the reduction in the State ceiling by reason of
- paragraph (1) shall be allocated to the constitutional home rule
- city, or to the portion of the State not within such city,
- whichever caused the reduction.
- (4) Exception where certification program. -- The
- provisions of this subsection shall not apply in any case in
- which there is a certification program which is designed to
- ensure that the requirements of this section are met and which
- meets such requirements as the Secretary may by regulations
- prescribe.
- (5) Waiver. -- The Secretary may waive the application of
- paragraph (1) in any case in which he determines that the failure
- is due to reasonable cause.
- (g) Reporting requirements. -- Each person who makes a loan
- which is a certified indebtedness under any mortgage credit
- certificate shall file a report with the Secretary containing --
- (1) the name, address, and social security account number
- of the individual to which the certificate was issued,
- (2) the certificate's issuer, date of issue, certified
- indebtedness amount, and certificate credit rate, and
- (3) such other information as the Secretary may require by
- regulations.
- Each person who issues a mortgage credit certificate shall file a
- report showing such information as the Secretary shall by
- regulations prescribe. Any such report shall be filed at such
- time and in such manner as the secretary may require by
- regulations.
- (h) Termination. -- No election may be made under
- subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii) for any period after June 30, 1992.
- (i) Regulations. -- The Secretary shall prescribe such
- regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this
- section, including regulations which may require recipients of
- mortgage credit certificates to pay a reasonable processing fee
- to defray the expenses incurred in administering the program.
- (2) Contracts. -- The Secretary is authorized to enter into
- contracts with any person to provide services in connection with
- the administration of this section.
- (j) Recapture of portion of Federal subsidy form use of
- mortgage credit certificates
-
- 26. Limitation based on tax liability; definition of tax
- liability
- (a) Limitation based on amount of tax. -- The aggregate
- amount of credits allowed by this subpart for the taxable year
- shall not exceed the excess (if any) of --
- (1) the taxpayer's regular tax liability for the taxable
- year, over
- (2) the tentative minimum tax for the taxable year
- (determined without regard to the alternative minimum tax foreign
- tax credit).
- (b) regular tax liability. -- For purposes of this part --
- (1) In general. -- The term "regular tax liability" means
- the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year.
- (2) Exception for certain taxes. -- For purposes of
- paragraph (1), any tax imposed by any of the following provisions
- shall not be treated as tax imposed by this chapter:
- (A) section 55 (relating to minimum tax),
- (B) section 59A (relating to environmental tax),
- (C) subsection (m)(5)(B), (q), (t), or (v) of section 72
- (relating to additional taxes on certain distributions),
- (D) section 143(m) (relating to recapture of proration of
- Federal subsidy from use of mortgage bonds and mortgage credit
- certificates),
- (E) section 531 (relating to accumulated earnings tax),
- (F) section 541 (relating to personal holding company tax),
- (G) section 1351(d)(1) (relating to recoveries of foreign
- expropriation losses),
- (H) section 1374 (relating to tax on certain built-in gains
- of S corporations),
- (I) section 1375 (relating to tax imposed when passive
- investment income of corporation having subchapter C earnings
- and profits exceeds 25 percent of gross receipts),
- (J) subparagraph (A) of section 7518(g)(6) (relating to
- non qualified withdrawals form capital construction funds taxed
- at highest marginal rate),
- (K) sections 871(a) and 881 (relating to certain income
- of nonresident aliens and foreign corporations),
- (L) section 860E(e) (relating to taxes with respect to
- certain residual interests),
- (M) section 884 (relating to branch profits tax), and
- (N) sections 453(l)(3) and 453A(c) (relating to interest on
- certain deferred tax liabilities).
- (c) Tentative minimum tax. -- For purposes of this part,
- the term "tentative minimum tax" means the amount determined
- under section 55(b)(1).
-
- 27. Taxes of foreign countries and possessions of the United
- States; possession tax credit
- (a) Foreign tax credit. -- The amount of taxes imposed by
- foreign countries and possessions of the United States shall be
- allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter to
- the extent provided in section 901.
- (b) Section 936 credit. -- In the case of a domestic
- corporation, the amount provided by section 936 (relating to
- Puerto Rico and possession tax credit) shall be allowed as a
- credit against the tax imposed by this chapter.
-
- 28. Clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare
- diseases or conditions
- (a) General rule. -- There shall be allowed as a
- credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable
- year an amount equal to 50 percent of the qualified clinical
- testing expenses for the taxable year.
- (b) Qualified clinical testing expenses. -- For purposes of
- this section --
- (1) Qualified clinical testing expenses. --
- (A) In general. -- except as otherwise provided in this
- paragraph, the term "qualified clinical testing expenses" means
- the amounts which are paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the
- taxable year which would be described in subsection (b) of
- section 41 if such subsection were applied with the modifications
- set forth in subparagraph (B).
- (B) Modifications. -- For purposes of subparagraph (A),
- subsection (b) of section 41 shall be applied --
- (i) by substituting "clinical testing" for "qualified
- research" each place it appears in paragraphs (2) and 93) of such
- subsection, and
- (ii) by substituting "100 percent" for "65 percent" in
- paragraph (3)(A) of such subsection.
- (C) Exclusion for amounts funded by grants, etc. -- The
- term "qualified clinical testing expenses" shall not include any
- amount to the extent such amount is funded by any grant,
- contract, or otherwise by another person (or any governmental
- entity).
- (D) Special rule. -- For purposes of this paragraph,
- section 41 shall be deemed to remain in effect for periods after
- June 30, 1992.
- (2) Clinical testing. --
- (A) In general. -- The term "clinical testing" means any
- human clinical testing --
- (i) which is carried out under an exemption for a drug
- being tested for a rare disease or condition under section 50(i)
- of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (or regulations
- issued under such section),
- (ii) which occurs --
- (I) after the date such drug is designated under section
- 526 of such Act, and
- (II) before the date on which an application with respect
- to such drug is approved under section 505 (b) or 507 of such Act
- or, if the drug is a biological product, before the date on which
- a license for such drug is issued under section 351 of the Public
- Health Service Act; and
- (iii) which is conducted by or on behalf of the taxpayer
- to whom the designation under such section 526 applies.
- (B) Testing must be related to use for rare disease or
- condition. --
- Human clinical testing shall be taken into account under
- subparagraph (A) only to the extent such testing is related to
- the use of a drug for the rare disease or condition for which it
- was designated under section 526 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
- Cosmetic Act.
- (e) Coordination with credit for increasing research
- expenditures. --
- (1) In general. -- Except as provided in paragraph (2), any
- qualified clinical testing expenses for a taxable year to which
- an election under this section applies shall not be taken into
- account for purposes of determining the credit allowable under
- section 41 for such taxable year.
- (2) Expenses included in determining base period research
- expenses. -- Any qualified clinical testing expenses for any
- taxable year which are qualified research expenses (within the
- meaning of section 41(b)) shall be taken into account in
- determining base period research expenses for purposes of
- applying section 41 to subsequent taxable years.
- (d) Definition and special rules. --
- (1) Rare disease or condition. -- For purposes of this
- section, the term "rare disease or condition" means any disease
- or condition which --
- (A) affects less than 200,000 persons in the United States,
- or
- (B) affects more than 200,000 persons in the United States
- but for which there is no reasonable expectation that the cost
- of developing and making available in the United States a drug
- for such disease or condition will be recovered from sales in the
- United States of such drug.
- Determinations under the preceding sentence with respect to any
- drug shall be made on the basis of the facts and circumstances as
- of the date such drug is designated under section 526 of the
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
- (2) Limitation based on amount of tax. -- The credit
- allowed by this section for any taxable year shall not exceed the
- excess (if any) of --
- (A) the regular tax (reduced by the sum of the credits
- allowable under subpart A and section 27), over
- (B) the tentative minimum tax for the taxable year.
- (3) Special limitations on foreign testing. --
- (A) In general. -- No credit shall be allowed under this
- section with respect to any clinical testing conducted outside
- the United States unless --
- (i) such testing is conducted outside the United States
- because there is an insufficient testing population in the United
- States, and
- (ii) such testing is conducted by a United States person or
- by any other person who is not related to the taxpayer to whom
- the designation under section 526 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
- Cosmetic Act applies.
- (B) Special limitation for corporations to which section
- 936 applies. --
- No credit shall be allowed under this section with respect to any
- clinical testing conducted by a corporation to which an election
- under section 936 applies.
- (4) Certain rules made applicable. -- Rules similar to the
- rules of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 41(f) shall apply for
- purposes of this section.
- (5) Election. -- This section shall apply to any taxpayer
- for any taxable year only if such taxpayer elects at such time
- and in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe)
- to have this section apply for such taxable year.
- (e) Termination. -- This section shall not apply to any
- amount paid or incurred after June 30, 1992.
-