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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 137
55 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain
66 provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affecting individuals, families,
77 and small businesses, and for other purposes.
88 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
99 JANUARY3, 2025
1010 Mr. B
1111 UCHANAN(for himself, Mr. SMITHof Nebraska, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr.
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1313 STES, Mrs. MILLERof West Virginia, Mr. KUSTOFF, Ms. TENNEY, Ms.
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1515 ANDUYNE, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. CAREY, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. MORAN, Mr.
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1717 ILLERof Ohio, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. GUEST, Mr.
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1919 OOLENAAR, Mr. AMODEIof Nevada, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr.
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2121 ROTHMAN, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. HINSON, Mr.
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2323 ULLI, Mr. EZELL, Mr. BOST, Mr. BARR, Mr. WEBERof Texas, and Mr.
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2525 ARTERof Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
2626 the Committee on Ways and Means
2727 A BILL
2828 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make
2929 permanent certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs
3030 Act affecting individuals, families, and small businesses,
3131 and for other purposes.
3232 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
3333 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
3434 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC. 3
3535 (a) S
3636 HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
3737 ‘‘TCJA Permanency Act’’. 5
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4141 (b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-1
4242 wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-2
4343 ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 3
4444 to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 4
4545 shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-5
4646 sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 6
4747 (c) R
4848 EFERENCES TO THE TAXCUTS ANDJOBS 7
4949 A
5050 CT.—Title I of Public Law 115–97 may be cited as the 8
5151 ‘‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’’. 9
5252 (d) T
5353 ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 10
5454 this Act is as follows: 11
5555 Sec. 1. Short title, etc.
5656 TITLE I—INDIVIDUAL REFORM MADE PERMANENT
5757 Subtitle A—Rate Reform
5858 Sec. 101. Modification of rates.
5959 Subtitle B—Deduction for Qualified Business Income of Pass-Thru Entities
6060 Sec. 111. Deduction for qualified business income.
6161 Sec. 112. Limitation on losses for taxpayers other than corporations.
6262 Subtitle C—Tax Benefits for Families and Individuals
6363 Sec. 121. Increase in standard deduction.
6464 Sec. 122. Increase in and modification of child tax credit.
6565 Sec. 123. Increased limitation for certain charitable contributions.
6666 Sec. 124. Increased contributions to ABLE accounts.
6767 Sec. 125. Rollovers to ABLE programs from 529 programs.
6868 Sec. 126. Treatment of certain individuals performing services in the Sinai Pe-
6969 ninsula of Egypt.
7070 Subtitle D—Education
7171 Sec. 131. Treatment of student loan discharges.
7272 Sec. 132. 529 account funding for homeschool and additional elementary and
7373 secondary expenses.
7474 Subtitle E—Deductions and Exclusions
7575 Sec. 141. Repeal of deduction for personal exemptions.
7676 Sec. 142. Limitation on deduction for State and local, etc., taxes.
7777 Sec. 143. Limitation on deduction for qualified residence interest.
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8181 Sec. 144. Modification of deduction for personal casualty losses.
8282 Sec. 145. Termination of miscellaneous itemized deductions.
8383 Sec. 146. Repeal of overall limitation on itemized deductions.
8484 Sec. 147. Termination of exclusion for qualified bicycle commuting reimburse-
8585 ment.
8686 Sec. 148. Qualified moving expense reimbursement exclusion limited to mem-
8787 bers of Armed Forces.
8888 Sec. 149. Deduction for moving expenses limited to members of Armed Forces.
8989 Sec. 150. Limitation on wagering losses.
9090 Subtitle F—Increase in Estate and Gift Tax Exemption
9191 Sec. 151. Increase in estate and gift tax exemption.
9292 TITLE II—INCREASED EXEMPTION FOR ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM
9393 TAX MADE PERMANENT
9494 Sec. 201. Increased exemption for individuals.
9595 TITLE I—INDIVIDUAL REFORM 1
9696 MADE PERMANENT 2
9797 Subtitle A—Rate Reform 3
9898 SEC. 101. MODIFICATION OF RATES. 4
9999 (a) M
100100 ARRIEDINDIVIDUALSFILINGJOINTRETURNS 5
101101 ANDSURVIVINGSPOUSES.—Section 1(a) is amended by 6
102102 striking the table contained therein and inserting the fol-7
103103 lowing: 8
104104 ‘‘If taxable income is: The tax is:
105105 Not over $19,050 ...................................... 10% of taxable income.
106106 Over $19,050 but not over $77,400 .......... $1,905, plus 12% of the excess over
107107 $19,050.
108108 Over $77,400 but not over $165,000 ........ $8,907, plus 22% of the excess over
109109 $77,400.
110110 Over $165,000 but not over $315,000 ...... $28,179, plus 24% of the excess
111111 over $165,000.
112112 Over $315,000 but not over $400,000 ...... $64,179, plus 32% of the excess
113113 over $315,000.
114114 Over $400,000 but not over $600,000 ...... $91,379, plus 35% of the excess
115115 over $400,000.
116116 Over $600,000 ........................................... $161,379, plus 37% of the excess
117117 over $600,000.’’.
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121121 (b) HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS.—Section 1(b) is 1
122122 amended by striking the table contained therein and in-2
123123 serting the following: 3
124124 ‘‘If taxable income is: The tax is:
125125 Not over $13,600 ...................................... 10% of taxable income.
126126 Over $13,600 but not over $51,800 .......... $1,360, plus 12% of the excess over
127127 $13,600.
128128 Over $51,800 but not over $82,500 .......... $5,944, plus 22% of the excess over
129129 $51,800.
130130 Over $82,500 but not over $157,500 ........ $12,698, plus 24% of the excess
131131 over $82,500.
132132 Over $157,500 but not over $200,000 ...... $30,698, plus 32% of the excess
133133 over $157,500.
134134 Over $200,000 but not over $500,000 ...... $44,298, plus 35% of the excess
135135 over $200,000.
136136 Over $500,000 ........................................... $149,298, plus 37% of the excess
137137 over $500,000.’’.
138138 (c) UNMARRIEDINDIVIDUALSOTHERTHANSUR-4
139139 VIVINGSPOUSES ANDHEADS OFHOUSEHOLDS.—Section 5
140140 1(c) is amended by striking the table contained therein 6
141141 and inserting the following: 7
142142 ‘‘If taxable income is: The tax is:
143143 Not over $9,525 ........................................ 10% of taxable income.
144144 Over $9,525 but not over $38,700 ............ $952.50, plus 12% of the excess
145145 over $9,525.
146146 Over $38,700 but not over $82,500 .......... $4,453.50, plus 22% of the excess
147147 over $38,700.
148148 Over $82,500 but not over $157,500 ........ $14,089.50, plus 24% of the excess
149149 over $82,500.
150150 Over $157,500 but not over $200,000 ...... $32,089.50, plus 32% of the excess
151151 over $157,500.
152152 Over $200,000 but not over $500,000 ...... $45,689.50, plus 35% of the excess
153153 over $200,000.
154154 Over $500,000 ........................................... $150,689.50, plus 37% of the ex-
155155 cess over $500,000.’’.
156156 (d) MARRIEDINDIVIDUALSFILINGSEPARATERE-8
157157 TURNS.—Section 1(d) is amended by striking the table 9
158158 contained therein and inserting the following: 10
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162162 ‘‘If taxable income is: The tax is:
163163 Not over $9,525 ........................................ 10% of taxable income.
164164 Over $9,525 but not over $38,700 ............ $952.50, plus 12% of the excess
165165 over $9,525.
166166 Over $38,700 but not over $82,500 .......... $4,453.50, plus 22% of the excess
167167 over $38,700.
168168 Over $82,500 but not over $157,500 ........ $14,089.50, plus 24% of the excess
169169 over $82,500.
170170 Over $157,500 but not over $200,000 ...... $32,089.50, plus 32% of the excess
171171 over $157,500.
172172 Over $200,000 but not over $300,000 ...... $45,689.50, plus 35% of the excess
173173 over $200,000.
174174 Over $300,000 ........................................... $80,689.50, plus 37% of the excess
175175 over $300,000.’’.
176176 (e) ESTATES ANDTRUSTS.—Section 1(e) is amended 1
177177 by striking the table contained therein and inserting the 2
178178 following: 3
179179 ‘‘If taxable income is: The tax is:
180180 Not over $2,550 ........................................ 10% of taxable income.
181181 Over $2,550 but not over $9,150 .............. $255, plus 24% of the excess over
182182 $2,550.
183183 Over $9,150 but not over $12,500 ............ $1,839, plus 35% of the excess over
184184 $9,150.
185185 Over $12,500 ............................................. $3,011.50, plus 37% of the excess
186186 over $12,500.’’.
187187 (f) INFLATIONADJUSTMENTS.—Section 1(f) is 4
188188 amended— 5
189189 (1) by amending paragraph (2)(A) to read as 6
190190 follows: 7
191191 ‘‘(A) by increasing the minimum and max-8
192192 imum dollar amounts for each bracket for 9
193193 which a tax is imposed under such table by the 10
194194 cost-of-living adjustment for such calendar year, 11
195195 determined under this subsection for such cal-12
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199199 endar year by substituting ‘2017’ for ‘2016’ in 1
200200 paragraph (3)(A)(ii),’’, 2
201201 (2) by amending paragraph (7) to read as fol-3
202202 lows: 4
203203 ‘‘(7) R
204204 OUNDING.— 5
205205 ‘‘(A) I
206206 N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 6
207207 subparagraph (B), if any increase determined 7
208208 under paragraph (2)(A) is not a multiple of 8
209209 $25, such increase shall be rounded to the next 9
210210 lowest multiple of $25. 10
211211 ‘‘(B) J
212212 OINT RETURNS, ETC.—In the case 11
213213 of a table prescribed under subsection (a), sub-12
214214 paragraph (A) shall be applied by substituting 13
215215 ‘$50’ for ‘$25’ both places it appears.’’, 14
216216 (3) by striking paragraph (8), and 15
217217 (4) in the heading, by striking ‘‘P
218218 HASEOUT OF 16
219219 M
220220 ARRIAGEPENALTY IN15-PERCENTBRACKET; AD-17
221221 JUSTMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘ADJUSTMENTS’’. 18
222222 (g) A
223223 PPLICATION OFINCOMETAXBRACKETS TO 19
224224 C
225225 APITALGAINSBRACKETS.—Section 1(h) is amended— 20
226226 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘25 per-21
227227 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘22 percent’’, 22
228228 (2) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii)(I), by striking 23
229229 ‘‘which would (without regard to this paragraph) be 24
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233233 taxed at a rate below 39.6 percent’’ and inserting 1
234234 ‘‘below the maximum 15-percent rate amount’’, and 2
235235 (3) by adding at the end the following new 3
236236 paragraphs: 4
237237 ‘‘(12) M
238238 AXIMUM 15-PERCENT RATE AMOUNT 5
239239 DEFINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the 6
240240 maximum 15-percent rate amount shall be— 7
241241 ‘‘(A) in the case of a joint return or sur-8
242242 viving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), 9
243243 $479,000 (
244244 1
245245 ⁄2such amount in the case of a 10
246246 married individual filing a separate return), 11
247247 ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who is a 12
248248 head of household (as defined in section 2(b)), 13
249249 $452,400, 14
250250 ‘‘(C) in the case of any other individual 15
251251 (other than an estate or trust), $425,800, and 16
252252 ‘‘(D) in the case of an estate or trust, 17
253253 $12,700. 18
254254 ‘‘(13) D
255255 ETERMINATION OF 0 PERCENT RATE 19
256256 BRACKET FOR ESTATES AND TRUSTS .—In the case 20
257257 of any estate or trust, paragraph (1)(B) shall be ap-21
258258 plied by treating the amount determined in clause (i) 22
259259 thereof as being equal to $2,600. 23
260260 ‘‘(14) I
261261 NFLATION ADJUSTMENT .— 24
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265265 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each of the dollar 1
266266 amounts in paragraphs (12) and (13) shall be 2
267267 increased by an amount equal to— 3
268268 ‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 4
269269 ‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-5
270270 termined under subsection (f)(3) for the 6
271271 calendar year in which the taxable year be-7
272272 gins, determined by substituting ‘calendar 8
273273 year 2017’ for ‘calendar year 2016’ in sub-9
274274 paragraph (A)(ii) thereof. 10
275275 ‘‘(B) R
276276 OUNDING.—If any increase under 11
277277 subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $50, such 12
278278 increase shall be rounded to the next lowest 13
279279 multiple of $50.’’. 14
280280 (h) C
281281 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 15
282282 (1) Section 1 is amended by striking sub-16
283283 sections (i) and (j). 17
284284 (2) Section 3402(q)(1) is amended by striking 18
285285 ‘‘third lowest’’ and inserting ‘‘fourth lowest’’. 19
286286 (i) A
287287 PPLICATION OFSECTION15.— 20
288288 (1) I
289289 N GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 15 21
290290 is amended by striking ‘‘If any rate of tax’’ and in-22
291291 serting ‘‘In the case of a corporation, if any rate of 23
292292 tax’’. 24
293293 (2) C
294294 ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 25
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298298 (A) Section 15 is amended by striking sub-1
299299 sections (d) and (f). 2
300300 (B) Section 6013(c) is amended by strik-3
301301 ing ‘‘sections 15, 443, and 7851(a)(1)(A)’’ and 4
302302 inserting ‘‘section 443’’. 5
303303 (C) The heading of section 15 is amended 6
304304 by inserting ‘‘
305305 ON CORPORATIONS ’’ after ‘‘EF-7
306306 FECT OF CHANGES ’’. 8
307307 (D) The table of sections for part III of 9
308308 subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by strik-10
309309 ing the item relating to section 15 and inserting 11
310310 the following new item: 12
311311 ‘‘Sec. 15. Effect of changes on corporations.’’.
312312 (j) EFFECTIVEDATE.— 13
313313 (1) I
314314 N GENERAL.—The amendments made by 14
315315 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning 15
316316 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 16
317317 (2) A
318318 PPLICATION OF SECTION 15 .—Section 15 17
319319 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not 18
320320 apply to any change in a rate of tax by reason of— 19
321321 (A) section 1(j) of such Code (as in effect 20
322322 before its repeal by this section), or 21
323323 (B) any amendment made by this Act. 22
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327327 Subtitle B—Deduction for Quali-1
328328 fied Business Income of Pass- 2
329329 Thru Entities 3
330330 SEC. 111. DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED BUSINESS INCOME. 4
331331 (a) I
332332 NGENERAL.—Section 199A is amended by 5
333333 striking subsection (i). 6
334334 (b) E
335335 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 7
336336 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 8
337337 the date of the enactment of this Act. 9
338338 SEC. 112. LIMITATION ON LOSSES FOR TAXPAYERS OTHER 10
339339 THAN CORPORATIONS. 11
340340 (a) I
341341 NGENERAL.—Section 461 is amended— 12
342342 (1) by amending subsection (l)(1) to read as 13
343343 follows: 14
344344 ‘‘(1) L
345345 IMITATION.—In the case of a taxpayer 15
346346 other than a corporation, any excess business loss of 16
347347 the taxpayer for the taxable year shall not be al-17
348348 lowed.’’, and 18
349349 (2) by striking subsection (j) and redesignating 19
350350 subsections (k) and (l) (as amended) as subsections 20
351351 (j) and (k), respectively. 21
352352 (b) C
353353 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 22
354354 (1) Section 58(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking 23
355355 ‘‘461(k)’’ and inserting ‘‘461(j)’’. 24
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359359 (2) Section 461(i)(4) is amended by striking 1
360360 ‘‘subsection (k)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (j)’’. 2
361361 (3) Section 464(d)(2)(B)(iii) is amended by 3
362362 striking ‘‘section 461(k)(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-4
363363 tion 461(j)(2)(E)’’. 5
364364 (4) Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 6
365365 1256(e)(3) are each amended by striking ‘‘section 7
366366 461(k)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 461(j)(4)’’. 8
367367 (5) Section 1258(d)(5)(C) is amended by strik-9
368368 ing ‘‘section 461(k)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 10
369369 461(j)(4)’’. 11
370370 (c) E
371371 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 12
372372 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 13
373373 the date of the enactment of this Act. 14
374374 Subtitle C—Tax Benefits for 15
375375 Families and Individuals 16
376376 SEC. 121. INCREASE IN STANDARD DEDUCTION. 17
377377 (a) I
378378 NGENERAL.—Section 63(c)(2) is amended— 18
379379 (1) by striking ‘‘$4,400’’ in subparagraph (B) 19
380380 and inserting ‘‘$18,000’’, and 20
381381 (2) by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ in subparagraph (C) 21
382382 and inserting ‘‘$12,000’’. 22
383383 (b) I
384384 NFLATIONADJUSTMENT.—Section 63(c)(4) is 23
385385 amended to read as follows: 24
386386 ‘‘(4) A
387387 DJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION .— 25
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391391 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each dollar amount in 1
392392 paragraph (2)(B), (2)(C), or (5) or subsection 2
393393 (f) shall be increased by an amount equal to— 3
394394 ‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 4
395395 ‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-5
396396 termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-6
397397 endar year in which the taxable year be-7
398398 gins, determined by substituting for ‘2016’ 8
399399 in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof— 9
400400 ‘‘(I) in the case of the dollar 10
401401 amounts contained in paragraph 11
402402 (2)(B) or (2)(C), ‘2017’, 12
403403 ‘‘(II) in the case of the dollar 13
404404 amounts contained in paragraph 14
405405 (5)(A) or subsection (f), ‘1987’, and 15
406406 ‘‘(III) in the case of the dollar 16
407407 amount contained in paragraph 17
408408 (5)(B), ‘1997’. 18
409409 ‘‘(B) R
410410 OUNDING.—If any increase under 19
411411 subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $50, such 20
412412 increase shall be rounded to the next lowest 21
413413 multiple of $50.’’. 22
414414 (c) C
415415 ONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 63(c) is 23
416416 amended by striking paragraph (7). 24
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420420 (d) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
421421 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 2
422422 the date of the enactment of this Act. 3
423423 SEC. 122. INCREASE IN AND MODIFICATION OF CHILD TAX 4
424424 CREDIT. 5
425425 (a) I
426426 NGENERAL.—Section 24 is amended by striking 6
427427 subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting the following 7
428428 new subsections: 8
429429 ‘‘(a) A
430430 LLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—There shall be al-9
431431 lowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter 10
432432 for the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of— 11
433433 ‘‘(1) $2,000 for each qualifying child of the tax-12
434434 payer, and 13
435435 ‘‘(2) $500 for each qualifying dependent (other 14
436436 than a qualifying child) of the taxpayer. 15
437437 ‘‘(b) L
438438 IMITATIONBASED ONADJUSTEDGROSSIN-16
439439 COME.—The amount of the credit allowable under sub-17
440440 section (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by $50 18
441441 for each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the tax-19
442442 payer’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds $400,000 20
443443 in the case of a joint return ($200,000 in any other case). 21
444444 For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘modi-22
445445 fied adjusted gross income’’ means adjusted gross income 23
446446 increased by any amount excluded from gross income 24
447447 under section 911, 931, or 933. 25
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451451 ‘‘(c) QUALIFYINGCHILD; QUALIFYINGDEPEND-1
452452 ENT.—For purposes of this section— 2
453453 ‘‘(1) Q
454454 UALIFYING CHILD.—The term ‘qualifying 3
455455 child’ means any qualifying dependent of the tax-4
456456 payer— 5
457457 ‘‘(A) who is a qualifying child (as defined 6
458458 in section 7706(c)) of the taxpayer, 7
459459 ‘‘(B) who has not attained age 17 at the 8
460460 close of the calendar year in which the taxable 9
461461 year of the taxpayer begins, and 10
462462 ‘‘(C) whose name and social security num-11
463463 ber are included on the taxpayer’s return of tax 12
464464 for the taxable year. 13
465465 ‘‘(2) Q
466466 UALIFYING DEPENDENT .—The term 14
467467 ‘qualifying dependent’ means any dependent of the 15
468468 taxpayer (as defined in section 7706 without regard 16
469469 to all that follows ‘resident of the United States’ in 17
470470 section 7706(b)(3)(A)) whose name and TIN are in-18
471471 cluded on the taxpayer’s return of tax for the tax-19
472472 able year. 20
473473 ‘‘(3) S
474474 OCIAL SECURITY NUMBER DEFINED .— 21
475475 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘social se-22
476476 curity number’ means, with respect to a return of 23
477477 tax, a social security number issued to an individual 24
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481481 by the Social Security Administration, but only if 1
482482 the social security number is issued— 2
483483 ‘‘(A) to a citizen of the United States or 3
484484 pursuant to subclause (I) (or that portion of 4
485485 subclause (III) that relates to subclause (I)) of 5
486486 section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security 6
487487 Act, and 7
488488 ‘‘(B) on or before the due date of filing 8
489489 such return.’’. 9
490490 (b) P
491491 ORTION OFCREDITREFUNDABLE.— 10
492492 (1) I
493493 N GENERAL.—Section 24(d)(1)(A) is 11
494494 amended to read as follows: 12
495495 ‘‘(A) the credit which would be allowed 13
496496 under this section determined— 14
497497 ‘‘(i) by substituting ‘$1,400’ for 15
498498 ‘$2,000’ in subsection (a)(1), 16
499499 ‘‘(ii) without regard to subsection 17
500500 (a)(2), and 18
501501 ‘‘(iii) without regard to this subsection 19
502502 (other than this subparagraph) and the 20
503503 limitation under section 26(a), or’’. 21
504504 (2) M
505505 ODIFICATION OF LIMITATION BASED ON 22
506506 EARNED INCOME.—Section 24(d)(1)(B)(i) is amend-23
507507 ed by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’. 24
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511511 (3) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT .—Section 24(d) is 1
512512 amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-2
513513 lowing new paragraph: 3
514514 ‘‘(4) A
515515 DJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION .— 4
516516 ‘‘(A) I
517517 N GENERAL.—The $1,400 amount in 5
518518 paragraph (1)(A)(i) shall be increased by an 6
519519 amount equal to— 7
520520 ‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 8
521521 ‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-9
522522 termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-10
523523 endar year in which the taxable year be-11
524524 gins, determined by substituting ‘2017’ for 12
525525 ‘2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof. 13
526526 ‘‘(B) R
527527 OUNDING.—If any increase under 14
528528 subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, 15
529529 such increase shall be rounded to the next low-16
530530 est multiple of $100. 17
531531 ‘‘(C) L
532532 IMITATION.—The amount of any in-18
533533 crease under subparagraph (A) (after the appli-19
534534 cation of subparagraph (B)) shall not exceed 20
535535 $600.’’. 21
536536 (4) C
537537 ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 22
538538 (A) Section 24(e) is amended to read as 23
539539 follows: 24
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543543 ‘‘(e) TAXPAYERIDENTIFICATIONREQUIREMENT.— 1
544544 No credit shall be allowed under this section if the identi-2
545545 fying number of the taxpayer was issued after the due date 3
546546 for filing the return of tax for the taxable year.’’. 4
547547 (B) Section 24 is amended by striking sub-5
548548 section (h). 6
549549 (c) R
550550 EPEAL OFCERTAINLATERENACTEDPROVI-7
551551 SIONS.— 8
552552 (1) Section 24 is amended by striking sub-9
553553 sections (i), (j), and (k). 10
554554 (2) Chapter 77 is amended by striking section 11
555555 7527A (and by striking the item relating to section 12
556556 7527A in the table of sections for such chapter). 13
557557 (3) Section 26(b)(2) is amended by inserting 14
558558 ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (X), by striking 15
559559 ‘‘, and’’ at the end of subparagraph (Y) and insert-16
560560 ing a period, and by striking subparagraph (Z). 17
561561 (4) Section 3402(f)(1)(C) is amended by strik-18
562562 ing ‘‘section 24 (determined after application of sub-19
563563 section (j) thereof)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 24(a)’’. 20
564564 (5) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) is amended— 21
565565 (A) by striking ‘‘24 by reason of sub-22
566566 sections (d) and (i)(1) thereof’’ and inserting 23
567567 ‘‘24(d)’’, and 24
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571571 (B) by striking ‘‘6428B, and 7527A’’ and 1
572572 inserting ‘‘and 6428B’’. 2
573573 (6) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 3
574574 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 4
575575 ‘‘6431, or 7527A’’ and inserting ‘‘or 6431’’. 5
576576 (d) E
577577 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 6
578578 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 7
579579 the date of the enactment of this Act. 8
580580 SEC. 123. INCREASED LIMITATION FOR CERTAIN CHARI-9
581581 TABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. 10
582582 (a) I
583583 NGENERAL.—Section 170(b)(1)(G) is amended 11
584584 to read as follows: 12
585585 ‘‘(G) C
586586 ASH CONTRIBUTIONS.— 13
587587 ‘‘(i) I
588588 N GENERAL.—Any contribution 14
589589 of cash to an organization described in 15
590590 subparagraph (A) shall be allowed to the 16
591591 extent that the aggregate of such contribu-17
592592 tions does not exceed 60 percent of the 18
593593 taxpayer’s contribution base for the taxable 19
594594 year, reduced by the aggregate amount of 20
595595 contributions allowable under subpara-21
596596 graph (A) for such taxpayer for such year. 22
597597 ‘‘(ii) C
598598 ARRYOVER.—If the aggregate 23
599599 amount of contributions described in clause 24
600600 (i) exceeds the limitation of clause (i), such 25
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604604 excess shall be treated (in a manner con-1
605605 sistent with the rules of subsection (d)(1)) 2
606606 as a charitable contribution to which clause 3
607607 (i) applies in each of the 5 succeeding 4
608608 years in order of time.’’. 5
609609 (b) C
610610 OORDINATIONWITHLIMITATIONS ONOTHER 6
611611 C
612612 ONTRIBUTIONS.— 7
613613 (1) C
614614 OORDINATION WITH 50 PERCENT LIMITA -8
615615 TION.—Section 170(b)(1)(A) is amended by striking 9
616616 ‘‘Any charitable contribution’’ and inserting ‘‘Any 10
617617 charitable contribution other than a contribution de-11
618618 scribed in subparagraph (G)’’. 12
619619 (2) C
620620 OORDINATION WITH 30 PERCENT LIMITA -13
621621 TION.—Section 170(b)(1)(B) is amended— 14
622622 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 15
623623 striking ‘‘to which subparagraph (A) applies’’ 16
624624 and inserting ‘‘to which subparagraph (A) or 17
625625 (G) applies’’, 18
626626 (B) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol-19
627627 lows: 20
628628 ‘‘(ii) the excess of— 21
629629 ‘‘(I) the sum of 50 percent of the 22
630630 taxpayer’s contribution base for the 23
631631 taxable year, plus so much of the 24
632632 amount of charitable contributions al-25
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635635 •HR 137 IH
636636 lowable under subparagraph (G) as 1
637637 does not exceed 10 percent of such 2
638638 contribution base, over 3
639639 ‘‘(II) the amount of charitable 4
640640 contributions allowable under sub-5
641641 paragraphs (A) and (G) (determined 6
642642 without regard to subparagraph 7
643643 (C)).’’, and 8
644644 (C) in the matter following clause (ii), by 9
645645 striking ‘‘(to which subparagraph (A) does not 10
646646 apply)’’ and inserting ‘‘(to which neither sub-11
647647 paragraph (A) nor (G) applies)’’. 12
648648 (c) E
649649 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 13
650650 this section shall apply to contributions made in taxable 14
651651 years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 15
652652 Act. 16
653653 SEC. 124. INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO ABLE AC-17
654654 COUNTS. 18
655655 (a) I
656656 NCREASE INLIMITATION FORCONTRIBUTIONS 19
657657 F
658658 ROMCOMPENSATION OF INDIVIDUALSWITHDISABIL-20
659659 ITIES.—Section 529A(b)(2)(B)(ii) is amended by striking 21
660660 ‘‘before January 1, 2026’’. 22
661661 (b) A
662662 LLOWANCE OF SAVER’SCREDIT FORABLE 23
663663 C
664664 ONTRIBUTIONS BY ACCOUNT HOLDER.—Section 24
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668668 25B(d)(1)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘made before Janu-1
669669 ary 1, 2026,’’. 2
670670 (c) E
671671 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 3
672672 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 4
673673 the date of the enactment of this Act. 5
674674 SEC. 125. ROLLOVERS TO ABLE PROGRAMS FROM 529 PRO-6
675675 GRAMS. 7
676676 (a) I
677677 NGENERAL.—Section 529(c)(3)(C)(i)(III) is 8
678678 amended by striking ‘‘before January 1, 2026,’’. 9
679679 (b) E
680680 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 10
681681 this section shall apply to distributions after the date of 11
682682 the enactment of this Act. 12
683683 SEC. 126. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS PER-13
684684 FORMING SERVICES IN THE SINAI PENIN-14
685685 SULA OF EGYPT. 15
686686 (a) I
687687 NGENERAL.—Section 112(c)(2) is amended— 16
688688 (1) by striking ‘‘means any area’’ and inserting 17
689689 ‘‘means— 18
690690 ‘‘(A) any area’’, and 19
691691 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert-20
692692 ing ‘‘, and 21
693693 ‘‘(B) the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.’’. 22
694694 (b) P
695695 ERIOD OFTREATMENT.—Section 112(c)(3) is 23
696696 amended— 24
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700700 (1) by striking ‘‘only if performed’’ and insert-1
701701 ing ‘‘only if— 2
702702 ‘‘(A) in the case of an area described in 3
703703 paragraph (2)(A), such service is performed’’, 4
704704 and 5
705705 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert-6
706706 ing ‘‘, and 7
707707 ‘‘(B) in the case of the area described in 8
708708 paragraph (2)(B), such service is performed 9
709709 during any period with respect to which one or 10
710710 more members of the Armed Forces of the 11
711711 United States are entitled to special pay under 12
712712 section 310 of title 37, United States Code (re-13
713713 lating to special pay; duty subject to hostile fire 14
714714 or imminent danger), for service performed in 15
715715 such area.’’. 16
716716 (c) C
717717 ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—The Tax Cuts and 17
718718 Jobs Act is amended by striking section 11026. 18
719719 (d) E
720720 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 19
721721 this section shall apply with respect to services performed 20
722722 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 21
723723 Subtitle D—Education 22
724724 SEC. 131. TREATMENT OF STUDENT LOAN DISCHARGES. 23
725725 (a) S
726726 UNSET OFSPECIALRULE FORDISCHARGES OF 24
727727 C
728728 ERTAINLOANS.—Section 108(f)(5) is amended— 25
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732732 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2025’’ and in-1
733733 serting ‘‘
734734 2024’’, and 2
735735 (2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2026’’ and insert-3
736736 ing ‘‘January 1, 2025’’. 4
737737 (b) R
738738 EINSTATEMENT OF RULE FORDISCHARGES ON 5
739739 A
740740 CCOUNT OFDEATH ORDISABILITYAFTER2024.—Sec-6
741741 tion 108(f) is amended by adding at the end the following 7
742742 new paragraph: 8
743743 ‘‘(6) D
744744 ISCHARGES ON ACCOUNT OF DEATH OR 9
745745 DISABILITY AFTER 2024.— 10
746746 ‘‘(A) I
747747 N GENERAL.—In the case of an indi-11
748748 vidual, gross income does not include any 12
749749 amount which (but for this subsection) would 13
750750 be includible in gross income for such taxable 14
751751 year by reasons of the discharge (in whole or in 15
752752 part) of any loan described in subparagraph 16
753753 (B) after December 31, 2024, if such discharge 17
754754 was— 18
755755 ‘‘(i) pursuant to subsection (a) or (d) 19
756756 of section 437 of the Higher Education 20
757757 Act of 1965 or the parallel benefit under 21
758758 part D of title IV of such Act (relating to 22
759759 the repayment of loan liability), 23
760760 ‘‘(ii) pursuant to section 464(c)(1)(F) 24
761761 of such Act, or 25
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765765 ‘‘(iii) otherwise discharged on account 1
766766 of the death or total and permanent dis-2
767767 ability of the student. 3
768768 ‘‘(B) L
769769 OANS DESCRIBED.—A loan is de-4
770770 scribed in this subparagraph if such loan is— 5
771771 ‘‘(i) a student loan (as defined in 6
772772 paragraph (2)), or 7
773773 ‘‘(ii) a private education loan (as de-8
774774 fined in section 140(7) of the Consumer 9
775775 Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 10
776776 1650(7))).’’. 11
777777 (c) E
778778 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 12
779779 this section shall apply to discharges of indebtedness after 13
780780 December 31, 2024. 14
781781 SEC. 132. 529 ACCOUNT FUNDING FOR HOMESCHOOL AND 15
782782 ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 16
783783 EXPENSES. 17
784784 (a) I
785785 NGENERAL.—Section 529(c)(7) of the Internal 18
786786 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 19
787787 ‘‘(7) T
788788 REATMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SEC -20
789789 ONDARY TUITION.—Any reference in this section to 21
790790 the term ‘qualified higher education expense’ shall 22
791791 include a reference to the following expenses in con-23
792792 nection with enrollment or attendance at, or for stu-24
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796796 dents enrolled at or attending, an elementary or sec-1
797797 ondary public, private, or religious school: 2
798798 ‘‘(A) Tuition. 3
799799 ‘‘(B) Curriculum and curricular materials. 4
800800 ‘‘(C) Books or other instructional mate-5
801801 rials. 6
802802 ‘‘(D) Online educational materials. 7
803803 ‘‘(E) Tuition for tutoring or educational 8
804804 classes outside of the home, including at a tu-9
805805 toring facility, but only if the tutor or instruc-10
806806 tor is not related to the student and— 11
807807 ‘‘(i) is licensed as a teacher in any 12
808808 State, 13
809809 ‘‘(ii) has taught at an eligible edu-14
810810 cational institution, or 15
811811 ‘‘(iii) is a subject matter expert in the 16
812812 relevant subject. 17
813813 ‘‘(F) Fees for a nationally standardized 18
814814 norm-referenced achievement test, an advanced 19
815815 placement examination, or any examinations re-20
816816 lated to college or university admission. 21
817817 ‘‘(G) Fees for dual enrollment in an insti-22
818818 tution of higher education. 23
819819 ‘‘(H) Educational therapies for students 24
820820 with disabilities provided by a licensed or ac-25
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824824 credited practitioner or provider, including oc-1
825825 cupational, behavioral, physical, and speech-lan-2
826826 guage therapies. 3
827827 Such term shall include expenses for the purposes 4
828828 described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) in con-5
829829 nection with a homeschool (whether treated as a 6
830830 homeschool or a private school for purposes of appli-7
831831 cable State law).’’. 8
832832 (b) E
833833 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 9
834834 this section shall apply to distributions made after the 10
835835 date of the enactment of this Act. 11
836836 Subtitle E—Deductions and 12
837837 Exclusions 13
838838 SEC. 141. REPEAL OF DEDUCTION FOR PERSONAL EXEMP-14
839839 TIONS. 15
840840 (a) I
841841 NGENERAL.—Part V of subchapter B of chapter 16
842842 1 is hereby repealed. 17
843843 (b) D
844844 EFINITION OFDEPENDENTRETAINED.—Sec-18
845845 tion 152, prior to the repeal made by subsection (a), is 19
846846 hereby redesignated as section 7706 and moved to the end 20
847847 of chapter 79. 21
848848 (c) A
849849 PPLICATION TOTRUSTS ANDESTATES.—Sec-22
850850 tion 642(b) is amended— 23
851851 (1) in paragraph (2)(C)— 24
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855855 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the exemp-1
856856 tion amount under section 151(d)’’ and all that 2
857857 follows through the period at the end and in-3
858858 serting ‘‘the dollar amount in effect under sec-4
859859 tion 7706(d)(1)(B).’’, and 5
860860 (B) by striking clause (iii), 6
861861 (2) by striking paragraph (3), and 7
862862 (3) by striking ‘‘D
863863 EDUCTIONFORPERSONAL 8
864864 E
865865 XEMPTION’’ in the heading thereof and inserting 9
866866 ‘‘B
867867 ASICDEDUCTION’’. 10
868868 (d) A
869869 PPLICATION TONONRESIDENTALIENS.—Sec-11
870870 tion 873(b) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 12
871871 (e) M
872872 ODIFICATION OFRETURNREQUIREMENT.— 13
873873 (1) I
874874 N GENERAL.—Section 6012(a)(1) is 14
875875 amended to read as follows: 15
876876 ‘‘(1) Every individual who has gross income for 16
877877 the taxable year, except that a return shall not be 17
878878 required of— 18
879879 ‘‘(A) an individual who is not married (de-19
880880 termined by applying section 7703) and who 20
881881 has gross income for the taxable year which 21
882882 does not exceed the standard deduction applica-22
883883 ble to such individual for such taxable year 23
884884 under section 63, or 24
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888888 ‘‘(B) an individual entitled to make a joint 1
889889 return if— 2
890890 ‘‘(i) the gross income of such indi-3
891891 vidual, when combined with the gross in-4
892892 come of such individual’s spouse, for the 5
893893 taxable year does not exceed the standard 6
894894 deduction which would be applicable for 7
895895 such taxable year under section 63 if such 8
896896 individual and such individual’s spouse 9
897897 made a joint return, 10
898898 ‘‘(ii) such individual’s spouse does not 11
899899 make a separate return, and 12
900900 ‘‘(iii) neither such individual nor such 13
901901 individual’s spouse is an individual de-14
902902 scribed in section 63(c)(4) who has income 15
903903 (other than earned income) in excess of the 16
904904 amount in effect under section 17
905905 63(c)(4)(A).’’. 18
906906 (2) B
907907 ANKRUPTCY ESTATES .—Section 19
908908 6012(a)(8) is amended by striking ‘‘the sum of the 20
909909 exemption amount plus the basic standard deduction 21
910910 under section 63(c)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘the stand-22
911911 ard deduction in effect under section 63(c)(1)(B)’’. 23
912912 (3) C
913913 ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 6012 24
914914 is amended by striking subsection (f). 25
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918918 (f) CONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 1
919919 (1) Section 1(g)(5)(A) is amended by striking 2
920920 ‘‘section 152(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706(e)’’. 3
921921 (2) Section 2(a)(1)(B) is amended— 4
922922 (A) by striking ‘‘section 152’’ and insert-5
923923 ing ‘‘section 7706’’, and 6
924924 (B) by striking ‘‘with respect to whom the 7
925925 taxpayer is entitled to a deduction for the tax-8
926926 able year under section 151’’ and inserting 9
927927 ‘‘whose TIN is included on the taxpayer’s re-10
928928 turn of tax for the taxable year’’. 11
929929 (3) Section 2(b)(1)(A)(i) is amended— 12
930930 (A) in the matter preceding subclause 13
931931 (I)— 14
932932 (i) by striking ‘‘section 152(c)’’ and 15
933933 inserting ‘‘section 7706(c)’’, and 16
934934 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 152(e)’’ and 17
935935 inserting ‘‘section 7706(e)’’, and 18
936936 (B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘section 19
937937 152(b)(2) or 152(b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 20
938938 7706(b)(2) or 7706(b)(3)’’. 21
939939 (4) Section 2(b)(1)(A)(ii) is amended by strik-22
940940 ing ‘‘if the taxpayer is entitled to a deduction for the 23
941941 taxable year for such person under section 151’’ and 24
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945945 inserting ‘‘if the taxpayer included such person’s 1
946946 TIN on the return of tax for the taxable year’’. 2
947947 (5) Section 2(b)(1)(B) is amended by striking 3
948948 ‘‘if the taxpayer is entitled to a deduction for the 4
949949 taxable year for such father or mother under section 5
950950 151’’ and inserting ‘‘if such father or mother is a 6
951951 dependent of the taxpayer and the taxpayer included 7
952952 such father or mother’s TIN on the return of tax for 8
953953 the taxable year’’. 9
954954 (6) Section 2(b)(3)(B) is amended— 10
955955 (A) by striking ‘‘section 152(d)(2)’’ in 11
956956 clause (i) and inserting ‘‘section 7706(d)(2)’’, 12
957957 and 13
958958 (B) by striking ‘‘section 152(d)’’ in clause 14
959959 (ii) and inserting ‘‘section 7706(d)’’. 15
960960 (7) Section 21(b)(1)(A) is amended by striking 16
961961 ‘‘section 152(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 17
962962 7706(a)(1)’’. 18
963963 (8) Section 21(b)(1)(B) is amended by striking 19
964964 ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 20
965965 (9) Section 21(e)(5)(A) is amended by striking 21
966966 ‘‘section 152(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706(e)’’. 22
967967 (10) Section 21(e)(5) is amended by striking 23
968968 ‘‘section 152(e)(4)(A)’’ in the matter following sub-24
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971971 •HR 137 IH
972972 paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘section 1
973973 7706(e)(4)(A)’’. 2
974974 (11) Section 21(e)(6)(A) is amended to read as 3
975975 follows: 4
976976 ‘‘(A) who is a dependent of either the tax-5
977977 payer or the taxpayer’s spouse for the taxable 6
978978 year, or’’. 7
979979 (12) Section 21(e)(6)(B) is amended by striking 8
980980 ‘‘section 152(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9
981981 7706(f)(1)’’. 10
982982 (13) Section 25A(f)(1)(A)(iii) is amended by 11
983983 striking ‘‘with respect to whom the taxpayer is al-12
984984 lowed a deduction under section 151’’. 13
985985 (14) Section 25A(g)(3) is amended by striking 14
986986 ‘‘If a deduction under section 151 with respect to an 15
987987 individual is allowed to another taxpayer’’ and in-16
988988 serting ‘‘If an individual is a dependent of another 17
989989 taxpayer’’. 18
990990 (15) Section 25B(c)(2)(A) is amended by strik-19
991991 ing ‘‘any individual with respect to whom a deduc-20
992992 tion under section 151 is allowed to another tax-21
993993 payer’’ and inserting ‘‘any individual who is a de-22
994994 pendent of another taxpayer’’. 23
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998998 (16) Section 25B(c)(2)(B) is amended by strik-1
999999 ing ‘‘section 152(f)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2
10001000 7706(f)(2)’’. 3
10011001 (17) Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(III) is amended by 4
10021002 striking ‘‘a dependent for whom a deduction is al-5
10031003 lowable under section 151 to another taxpayer’’ and 6
10041004 inserting ‘‘a dependent of another taxpayer’’. 7
10051005 (18) Section 32(c)(3) is amended— 8
10061006 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 9
10071007 (i) by striking ‘‘section 152(c)’’ and 10
10081008 inserting ‘‘section 7706(c)’’, and 11
10091009 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 152(e)’’ and 12
10101010 inserting ‘‘section 7706(e)’’, 13
10111011 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘un-14
10121012 less the taxpayer is entitled to a deduction 15
10131013 under section 151 for such taxable year with re-16
10141014 spect to such individual (or would be so entitled 17
10151015 but for section 152(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘if such 18
10161016 individual is not treated as a dependent of such 19
10171017 taxpayer for such taxable year by reason of sec-20
10181018 tion 7706(b)(2) (determined without regard to 21
10191019 section 7706(e))’’, and 22
10201020 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sec-23
10211021 tion 152(c)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 24
10221022 7706(c)(1)(B)’’. 25
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10251025 •HR 137 IH
10261026 (19) Section 35(d)(1)(B) is amended by strik-1
10271027 ing ‘‘with respect to whom the taxpayer is entitled 2
10281028 to a deduction under section 151(c)’’ and inserting 3
10291029 ‘‘if the taxpayer included such person’s TIN on the 4
10301030 return of tax for the taxable year’’. 5
10311031 (20) Section 35(d)(2) is amended— 6
10321032 (A) by striking ‘‘section 152(e)’’ and in-7
10331033 serting ‘‘section 7706(e)’’, and 8
10341034 (B) by striking ‘‘section 152(e)(4)(A)’’ and 9
10351035 inserting ‘‘section 7706(e)(4)(A)’’. 10
10361036 (21) Section 36B(b)(2)(A) is amended by strik-11
10371037 ing ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 12
10381038 (22) Section 36B(b)(3)(B) is amended— 13
10391039 (A) in clause (ii)(I)(aa), by striking ‘‘who 14
10401040 is not allowed a deduction under section 151 for 15
10411041 the taxable year with respect to a dependent’’ 16
10421042 and inserting ‘‘who does not have any depend-17
10431043 ents for the taxable year’’, and 18
10441044 (B) in the flush matter at the end, by 19
10451045 striking ‘‘unless a deduction is allowed under 20
10461046 section 151 for the taxable year with respect to 21
10471047 a dependent’’ and inserting ‘‘unless the tax-22
10481048 payer has a dependent for the taxable year (and 23
10491049 the taxpayer included such dependent’s TIN on 24
10501050 the return of tax for the taxable year)’’. 25
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10531053 •HR 137 IH
10541054 (23) Section 36B(c)(1)(D) is amended by strik-1
10551055 ing ‘‘with respect to whom a deduction under section 2
10561056 151 is allowable to another taxpayer’’ and inserting 3
10571057 ‘‘who is a dependent of another taxpayer’’. 4
10581058 (24) Section 36B(d)(1) is amended by striking 5
10591059 ‘‘equal to the number of individuals for whom the 6
10601060 taxpayer is allowed a deduction under section 151 7
10611061 (relating to allowance of deduction for personal ex-8
10621062 emptions) for the taxable year’’ and inserting ‘‘the 9
10631063 sum of 1 (2 in the case of a joint return) plus the 10
10641064 number of individuals who are dependents of the 11
10651065 taxpayer for the taxable year’’. 12
10661066 (25) Section 36B(e)(1) is amended by striking 13
10671067 ‘‘1 or more individuals for whom a taxpayer is al-14
10681068 lowed a deduction under section 151 (relating to al-15
10691069 lowance of deduction for personal exemptions) for 16
10701070 the taxable year (including the taxpayer or his 17
10711071 spouse)’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more of the taxpayer, 18
10721072 the taxpayer’s spouse, or any dependent of the tax-19
10731073 payer’’. 20
10741074 (26) Section 42(i)(3)(D)(ii)(I) is amended by 21
10751075 striking ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 22
10761076 (27) Section 45R(e)(1)(A)(iv) is amended— 23
10771077 (A) by striking ‘‘section 152(d)(2)’’ and in-24
10781078 serting ‘‘section 7706(d)(2)’’, and 25
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10821082 (B) by striking ‘‘section 152(d)(2)(H)’’ 1
10831083 and inserting ‘‘section 7706(d)(2)(H)’’. 2
10841084 (28) Section 51(i)(1) is amended— 3
10851085 (A) by striking ‘‘section 152(d)(2)’’ in sub-4
10861086 paragraphs (A) and (B) and inserting ‘‘section 5
10871087 7706(d)(2)’’, and 6
10881088 (B) by striking ‘‘section 152(d)(2)(H)’’ in 7
10891089 subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘section 8
10901090 7706(d)(2)(H)’’. 9
10911091 (29) Section 56(b)(1)(D) is amended— 10
10921092 (A) by striking ‘‘, the deduction for per-11
10931093 sonal exemptions under section 151,’’, and 12
10941094 (B) by striking ‘‘
10951095 AND DEDUCTION FOR 13
10961096 PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS ’’ in the heading there-14
10971097 of. 15
10981098 (30) Section 63(b) is amended by adding ‘‘and’’ 16
10991099 at the end of paragraph (1), by striking paragraph 17
11001100 (2), and by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-18
11011101 graph (2). 19
11021102 (31) Section 63(c), as amended by section 121, 20
11031103 is amended by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-21
11041104 nating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs 22
11051105 (3), (4), and (5), respectively. 23
11061106 (32) Section 63(c)(4), as redesignated, is 24
11071107 amended— 25
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11111111 (A) by striking ‘‘with respect to whom a 1
11121112 deduction under section 151 is allowable to’’ 2
11131113 and inserting ‘‘who is a dependent of’’, and 3
11141114 (B) by striking ‘‘
11151115 CERTAIN’’ in the heading 4
11161116 thereof. 5
11171117 (33) Section 63(f) is amended by striking all 6
11181118 that precedes paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-7
11191119 lowing: 8
11201120 ‘‘(f) A
11211121 DDITIONALSTANDARDDEDUCTION FOR THE 9
11221122 A
11231123 GED ANDBLIND.— 10
11241124 ‘‘(1) I
11251125 N GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 11
11261126 (c)(1), the additional standard deduction is, with re-12
11271127 spect to a taxpayer for a taxable year, the sum of— 13
11281128 ‘‘(A) $600 if the taxpayer has attained age 14
11291129 65 before the close of such taxable year, and 15
11301130 ‘‘(B) $600 if the taxpayer is blind as of 16
11311131 the close of such taxable year. 17
11321132 ‘‘(2) A
11331133 PPLICATION TO MARRIED INDIVID -18
11341134 UALS.— 19
11351135 ‘‘(A) J
11361136 OINT RETURNS.—In the case of a 20
11371137 joint return, paragraph (1) shall be applied sep-21
11381138 arately with respect to each spouse. 22
11391139 ‘‘(B) C
11401140 ERTAIN MARRIED INDIVIDUALS FIL -23
11411141 ING SEPARATELY.—In the case of a married in-24
11421142 dividual filing a separate return, if— 25
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11461146 ‘‘(i) the spouse of such individual has 1
11471147 no gross income for the calendar year in 2
11481148 which the taxable year of such individual 3
11491149 begins, 4
11501150 ‘‘(ii) such spouse is not the dependent 5
11511151 of another taxpayer for a taxable year be-6
11521152 ginning in the calendar year in which such 7
11531153 individual’s taxable year begins, and 8
11541154 ‘‘(iii) the TIN of such spouse is in-9
11551155 cluded on such individual’s return of tax 10
11561156 for the taxable year, 11
11571157 the additional standard deduction shall be de-12
11581158 termined in the same manner as if such indi-13
11591159 vidual and such individual’s spouse filed a joint 14
11601160 return.’’. 15
11611161 (34) Section 63(f)(3) is amended by striking 16
11621162 ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-17
11631163 graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1)’’. 18
11641164 (35) Section 72(t)(2)(D)(i)(III) is amended by 19
11651165 striking ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 20
11661166 (36) Section 72(t)(7)(A)(iii) is amended by 21
11671167 striking ‘‘section 152(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22
11681168 7706(f)(1)’’. 23
11691169 (37) Section 105(b) is amended— 24
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11731173 (A) by striking ‘‘as defined in section 152’’ 1
11741174 and inserting ‘‘as defined in section 7706’’, 2
11751175 (B) by striking ‘‘section 152(f)(1)’’ and in-3
11761176 serting ‘‘section 7706(f)(1)’’, and 4
11771177 (C) by striking ‘‘section 152(e)’’ and in-5
11781178 serting ‘‘section 7706(e)’’. 6
11791179 (38) Section 105(c)(1) is amended by striking 7
11801180 ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 8
11811181 (39) Section 125(e)(1)(D) is amended by strik-9
11821182 ing ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 10
11831183 (40) Section 129(c)(1) is amended to read as 11
11841184 follows: 12
11851185 ‘‘(1) who is a dependent of such employee or of 13
11861186 such employee’s spouse, or’’. 14
11871187 (41) Section 129(c)(2) is amended by striking 15
11881188 ‘‘section 152(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 16
11891189 7706(f)(1)’’. 17
11901190 (42) Section 132(h)(2)(B) is amended— 18
11911191 (A) by striking ‘‘section 152(f)(1)’’ and in-19
11921192 serting ‘‘section 7706(f)(1)’’, and 20
11931193 (B) by striking ‘‘section 152(e)’’ and in-21
11941194 serting ‘‘section 7706(e)’’. 22
11951195 (43) Section 139D(c)(5) is amended by striking 23
11961196 ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 24
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11991199 •HR 137 IH
12001200 (44) Section 139E(c)(2) is amended by striking 1
12011201 ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 2
12021202 (45) Section 162(l)(1)(D) is amended by strik-3
12031203 ing ‘‘section 152(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4
12041204 7706(f)(1)’’. 5
12051205 (46) Section 170(g)(1) is amended by striking 6
12061206 ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 7
12071207 (47) Section 170(g)(3) is amended by striking 8
12081208 ‘‘section 152(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9
12091209 7706(d)(2)’’. 10
12101210 (48) Section 172(d) is amended by striking 11
12111211 paragraph (3). 12
12121212 (49) Section 213(a) is amended by striking 13
12131213 ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 14
12141214 (50) Section 213(d)(5) is amended by striking 15
12151215 ‘‘section 152(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706(e)’’. 16
12161216 (51) Section 213(d)(11) is amended by striking 17
12171217 ‘‘section 152(d)(2)’’ in the matter following subpara-18
12181218 graph (B) and inserting ‘‘section 7706(d)(2)’’. 19
12191219 (52) Section 220(b)(6) is amended by striking 20
12201220 ‘‘with respect to whom a deduction under section 21
12211221 151 is allowable to’’ and inserting ‘‘who is a depend-22
12221222 ent of’’. 23
12231223 (53) Section 220(d)(2)(A) is amended by strik-24
12241224 ing ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 25
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12271227 •HR 137 IH
12281228 (54) Section 221(d)(4) is amended by striking 1
12291229 ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 2
12301230 (55) Section 223(b)(6) is amended by striking 3
12311231 ‘‘with respect to whom a deduction under section 4
12321232 151 is allowable to’’ and inserting ‘‘who is a depend-5
12331233 ent of’’. 6
12341234 (56) Section 223(d)(2)(A) is amended by strik-7
12351235 ing ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 8
12361236 (57) Section 401(h) is amended by striking 9
12371237 ‘‘section 152(f)(1)’’ in the last sentence and insert-10
12381238 ing ‘‘section 7706(f)(1)’’. 11
12391239 (58) Section 402(l)(4)(D) is amended by strik-12
12401240 ing ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 13
12411241 (59) Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I) is amended 14
12421242 by striking ‘‘section 152(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 15
12431243 7706(a)’’. 16
12441244 (60) Section 441(f)(2)(B)(iii) is amended by 17
12451245 striking ‘‘, but only the adjusted amount of the de-18
12461246 ductions for personal exemptions as described in sec-19
12471247 tion 443(c)’’. 20
12481248 (61) Section 443 is amended— 21
12491249 (A) in subsection (b)— 22
12501250 (i) by striking paragraph (3), and 23
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12541254 (ii) by striking ‘‘modified taxable in-1
12551255 come’’ and inserting ‘‘taxable income’’ each 2
12561256 place such term appears, 3
12571257 (B) by striking subsection (c), and 4
12581258 (C) by redesignating subsections (d) and 5
12591259 (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 6
12601260 (62) Section 501(c)(9) is amended by striking 7
12611261 ‘‘section 152(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8
12621262 7706(f)(1)’’. 9
12631263 (63) Section 529(e)(2)(B) is amended by strik-10
12641264 ing ‘‘section 152(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 11
12651265 7706(d)(2)’’. 12
12661266 (64) Section 529A(e)(4) is amended— 13
12671267 (A) by striking ‘‘section 152(d)(2)(B)’’ and 14
12681268 inserting ‘‘section 7706(d)(2)(B)’’, and 15
12691269 (B) by striking ‘‘section 152(f)(1)(B)’’ and 16
12701270 inserting ‘‘section 7706(f)(1)(B)’’. 17
12711271 (65) Section 643(a)(2) is amended— 18
12721272 (A) by striking ‘‘(relating to deduction for 19
12731273 personal exemptions)’’ and inserting ‘‘(relating 20
12741274 to basic deduction)’’, and 21
12751275 (B) by striking ‘‘D
12761276 EDUCTION FOR PER -22
12771277 SONAL EXEMPTION’’ in the heading thereof and 23
12781278 inserting ‘‘B
12791279 ASIC DEDUCTION’’. 24
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12821282 •HR 137 IH
12831283 (66) Section 703(a)(2) is amended by striking 1
12841284 subparagraph (A) and by redesignating subpara-2
12851285 graphs (B) through (F) as subparagraphs (A) 3
12861286 through (E), respectively. 4
12871287 (67) Section 874 is amended by striking sub-5
12881288 section (b) and by redesignating subsection (c) as 6
12891289 subsection (b). 7
12901290 (68) Section 891 is amended by striking ‘‘under 8
12911291 section 151 and’’. 9
12921292 (69) Section 904(b)(1) is amended to read as 10
12931293 follows: 11
12941294 ‘‘(1) D
12951295 EDUCTION FOR ESTATES AND TRUSTS .— 12
12961296 For purposes of subsection (a), the taxable income 13
12971297 of an estate or trust shall be computed without any 14
12981298 deduction under section 642(b).’’. 15
12991299 (70) Section 931(b)(1) is amended to read as 16
13001300 follows: 17
13011301 ‘‘(1) any deduction from gross income, or’’. 18
13021302 (71) Section 933 is amended— 19
13031303 (A) by striking ‘‘as a deduction from his 20
13041304 gross income any deductions (other than the de-21
13051305 duction under section 151, relating to personal 22
13061306 exemptions)’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting 23
13071307 ‘‘any deduction from gross income’’, and 24
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13101310 •HR 137 IH
13111311 (B) by striking ‘‘as a deduction from his 1
13121312 gross income any deductions (other than the de-2
13131313 duction for personal exemptions under section 3
13141314 151)’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘any de-4
13151315 duction from gross income’’. 5
13161316 (72) Section 1212(b)(2)(B)(ii) is amended to 6
13171317 read as follows: 7
13181318 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an estate or trust, 8
13191319 the deduction allowed for such year under 9
13201320 section 642(b).’’. 10
13211321 (73) Section 1361(c)(1)(C) is amended by strik-11
13221322 ing ‘‘section 152(f)(1)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12
13231323 7706(f)(1)(C)’’. 13
13241324 (74) Section 1402(a) is amended by striking 14
13251325 paragraph (7). 15
13261326 (75) Section 2032A(c)(7)(D) is amended by 16
13271327 striking ‘‘section 152(f)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 17
13281328 7706(f)(2)’’. 18
13291329 (76) Section 3402(f)(1)(A) is amended by strik-19
13301330 ing ‘‘for whom a deduction is allowable with respect 20
13311331 to another taxpayer under section 151’’ and insert-21
13321332 ing ‘‘who is a dependent of another taxpayer’’. 22
13331333 (77) Section 3402(m)(1) is amended by striking 23
13341334 ‘‘other than the deductions referred to in section 24
13351335 151 and’’. 25
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13381338 •HR 137 IH
13391339 (78) Section 3402(m)(3) is amended by striking 1
13401340 ‘‘section 63(c)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 63(f)’’. 2
13411341 (79) Section 3402(r)(2) is amended by striking 3
13421342 ‘‘the sum of—’’ and all that follows and inserting 4
13431343 ‘‘the basic standard deduction (as defined in section 5
13441344 63(c)) for an individual to whom section 63(c)(2)(C) 6
13451345 applies.’’. 7
13461346 (80) Section 5000A(b)(3)(A) is amended by 8
13471347 striking ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 9
13481348 (81) Section 5000A(c)(4)(A) is amended by 10
13491349 striking ‘‘the number of individuals for whom the 11
13501350 taxpayer is allowed a deduction under section 151 12
13511351 (relating to allowance of deduction for personal ex-13
13521352 emptions) for the taxable year’’ and inserting ‘‘the 14
13531353 sum of 1 (2 in the case of a joint return) plus the 15
13541354 number of the taxpayer’s dependents for the taxable 16
13551355 year’’. 17
13561356 (82) Section 6013(b)(3)(A) is amended— 18
13571357 (A) by striking ‘‘had less than the exemp-19
13581358 tion amount of gross income’’ in clause (ii) and 20
13591359 inserting ‘‘had no gross income’’, 21
13601360 (B) by striking ‘‘had gross income of the 22
13611361 exemption amount or more’’ in clause (iii) and 23
13621362 inserting ‘‘had any gross income’’, and 24
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13661366 (C) by striking the flush language fol-1
13671367 lowing clause (iii). 2
13681368 (83) Section 6014(a) is amended by striking 3
13691369 ‘‘section 6012(a)(1)(C)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4
13701370 6012(a)(1)(B)(iii)’’. 5
13711371 (84) Section 6014(b)(4) is amended by striking 6
13721372 ‘‘63(c)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘63(c)(4)’’. 7
13731373 (85) Section 6103(l)(13) is amended— 8
13741374 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 9
13751375 clause (iv) and redesignating clauses (v) and 10
13761376 (vi) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively, and 11
13771377 (B) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 12
13781378 ‘‘clauses (i) through (iv)’’ and inserting 13
13791379 ‘‘clauses (i) through (iii)’’. 14
13801380 (86) Section 6103(l)(21)(A)(iii) is amended to 15
13811381 read as follows: 16
13821382 ‘‘(iii) the number of the taxpayer’s de-17
13831383 pendents,’’. 18
13841384 (87) Section 6213(g)(2)(H) is amended by 19
13851385 striking ‘‘section 21 (relating to expenses for house-20
13861386 hold and dependent care services necessary for gain-21
13871387 ful employment) or section 151 (relating to allow-22
13881388 ance of deductions for personal exemptions)’’ and in-23
13891389 serting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(B), (b)(1)(A)(ii), or 24
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13931393 (b)(1)(B) of section 2 or section 21, 35(d)(1)(B), 1
13941394 36B(b)(3)(B), or 63(f)(2)(B)’’. 2
13951395 (88) Section 6334(d) is amended— 3
13961396 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 4
13971397 follows: 5
13981398 ‘‘(2) E
13991399 XEMPT AMOUNT.— 6
14001400 ‘‘(A) I
14011401 N GENERAL.—For purposes of para-7
14021402 graph (1), the term ‘exempt amount’ means an 8
14031403 amount equal to— 9
14041404 ‘‘(i) the sum of the amount deter-10
14051405 mined under subparagraph (B) and the 11
14061406 standard deduction, divided by 12
14071407 ‘‘(ii) 52. 13
14081408 ‘‘(B) A
14091409 MOUNT DETERMINED .—For pur-14
14101410 poses of subparagraph (A), the amount deter-15
14111411 mined under this subparagraph is— 16
14121412 ‘‘(i) the dollar amount in effect under 17
14131413 section 7706(d)(1)(B), multiplied by 18
14141414 ‘‘(ii) the number of the taxpayer’s de-19
14151415 pendents for the taxable year in which the 20
14161416 levy occurs. 21
14171417 ‘‘(C) V
14181418 ERIFIED STATEMENT .—Unless the 22
14191419 taxpayer submits to the Secretary a written and 23
14201420 properly verified statement specifying the facts 24
14211421 necessary to determine the proper amount 25
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14251425 under subparagraph (A), subparagraph (A) 1
14261426 shall be applied as if the taxpayer were a mar-2
14271427 ried individual filing a separate return with no 3
14281428 dependents.’’, and 4
14291429 (B) by striking paragraph (4). 5
14301430 (89) Section 7702B(f)(2)(C)(iii) is amended by 6
14311431 striking ‘‘section 152(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7
14321432 7706(d)(2)’’. 8
14331433 (90) Section 7703(a) is amended by striking 9
14341434 ‘‘part V of subchapter B of chapter 1 and’’. 10
14351435 (91) Section 7703(b)(1) is amended by striking 11
14361436 ‘‘section 152(f)(1))’’ and all that follows and insert-12
14371437 ing ‘‘section 7706(f)(1)) who is a dependent of such 13
14381438 individual for the taxable year (or would be but for 14
14391439 section 7706(e)),’’. 15
14401440 (92) Section 7706(a), as redesignated by this 16
14411441 section, is amended by striking ‘‘this subtitle’’ and 17
14421442 inserting ‘‘this title’’. 18
14431443 (93)(A) Section 7706(d)(1)(B), as redesignated 19
14441444 by this section, is amended by striking ‘‘the exemp-20
14451445 tion amount (as defined in section 151(d))’’ and in-21
14461446 serting ‘‘$4,150’’. 22
14471447 (B) Section 7706(d), as redesignated by this 23
14481448 section, is amended by adding at the end the fol-24
14491449 lowing new paragraph: 25
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14531453 ‘‘(6) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT .—The $4,150 1
14541454 amount in paragraph (1)(B) shall be increased by an 2
14551455 amount equal to— 3
14561456 ‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 4
14571457 ‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-5
14581458 mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 6
14591459 year in which such taxable year begins, deter-7
14601460 mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2017’ for 8
14611461 ‘calendar year 2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) 9
14621462 thereof. 10
14631463 If any increase determined under the preceding sen-11
14641464 tence is not a multiple of $50, such increase shall 12
14651465 be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50.’’. 13
14661466 (94) Section 7706(e)(3), as redesignated by this 14
14671467 section, is amended by inserting ‘‘(as in effect before 15
14681468 its repeal)’’ after ‘‘section 151’’. 16
14691469 (95) Section 7706(f)(6)(B), as redesignated by 17
14701470 this section, is amended by striking clause (i) and 18
14711471 designating clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) as clauses (i), 19
14721472 (ii), and (iii), respectively. 20
14731473 (96) The table of parts for subchapter B of 21
14741474 chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating 22
14751475 to part V. 23
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14781478 •HR 137 IH
14791479 (97) The table of sections for chapter 79 is 1
14801480 amended by adding at the end the following new 2
14811481 item: 3
14821482 ‘‘Sec. 7706. Dependent defined.’’.
14831483 (g) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 4
14841484 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 5
14851485 the date of the enactment of this Act. 6
14861486 SEC. 142. LIMITATION ON DEDUCTION FOR STATE AND 7
14871487 LOCAL, ETC., TAXES. 8
14881488 (a) I
14891489 NGENERAL.—Section 164(b)(6) is amended by 9
14901490 striking all that precedes ‘‘The preceding sentence’’ and 10
14911491 inserting the following: 11
14921492 ‘‘(6) L
14931493 IMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL DEDUC -12
14941494 TIONS.—In the case of an individual— 13
14951495 ‘‘(A) no deduction shall be allowed under 14
14961496 this chapter for foreign real property taxes paid 15
14971497 or accrued during the taxable year, and 16
14981498 ‘‘(B) the aggregate amount of the deduc-17
14991499 tion allowed under this chapter for taxes de-18
15001500 scribed in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sub-19
15011501 section (a) and paragraph (5) of this subsection 20
15021502 (and any tax described in any such paragraph 21
15031503 taken into account under section 216(a)(1)) 22
15041504 paid or accrued by the taxpayer during the tax-23
15051505 able year shall not exceed $10,000 ($5,000 in 24
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15081508 •HR 137 IH
15091509 the case of a married individual filing a sepa-1
15101510 rate return).’’. 2
15111511 (b) E
15121512 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 3
15131513 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 4
15141514 the date of the enactment of this Act. 5
15151515 SEC. 143. LIMITATION ON DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED RES-6
15161516 IDENCE INTEREST. 7
15171517 (a) I
15181518 NTEREST ONHOMEEQUITYINDEBTEDNESS.— 8
15191519 Section 163(h)(3)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘during the 9
15201520 taxable year on’’ and all that follows through ‘‘residence 10
15211521 of the taxpayer.’’ and inserting ‘‘during the taxable year 11
15221522 on acquisition indebtedness with respect to any qualified 12
15231523 residence of the taxpayer.’’. 13
15241524 (b) L
15251525 IMITATION ONACQUISITIONINDEBTEDNESS.— 14
15261526 Section 163(h)(3)(B)(ii) is amended to read as follows: 15
15271527 ‘‘(ii) L
15281528 IMITATION.—The aggregate 16
15291529 amount treated as acquisition indebtedness 17
15301530 for any period shall not exceed the excess 18
15311531 (if any) of— 19
15321532 ‘‘(I) $750,000 ($375,000, in the 20
15331533 case of a married individual filing a 21
15341534 separate return), over 22
15351535 ‘‘(II) the sum of the aggregate 23
15361536 outstanding pre-October 13, 1987, in-24
15371537 debtedness (as defined in subpara-25
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15401540 •HR 137 IH
15411541 graph (D)) plus the aggregate out-1
15421542 standing pre-December 15, 2017, in-2
15431543 debtedness (as defined in subpara-3
15441544 graph (C)).’’. 4
15451545 (c) T
15461546 REATMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED ON 5
15471547 ORBEFOREDECEMBER15, 2017.—Section 163(h)(3)(C) 6
15481548 is amended to read as follows: 7
15491549 ‘‘(C) T
15501550 REATMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS IN -8
15511551 CURRED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 15 , 2017.— 9
15521552 ‘‘(i) I
15531553 N GENERAL.—In the case of any 10
15541554 pre-December 15, 2017, indebtedness, sub-11
15551555 paragraph (B)(ii) shall not apply and the 12
15561556 aggregate amount of such indebtedness 13
15571557 treated as acquisition indebtedness for any 14
15581558 period shall not exceed the excess (if any) 15
15591559 of— 16
15601560 ‘‘(I) $1,000,000 ($500,000, in 17
15611561 the case of a married individual filing 18
15621562 a separate return), over 19
15631563 ‘‘(II) the aggregate outstanding 20
15641564 pre-October 13, 1987, indebtedness 21
15651565 (as defined in subparagraph (D)). 22
15661566 ‘‘(ii) P
15671567 RE-DECEMBER 15, 2017, IN-23
15681568 DEBTEDNESS.—For purposes of this sub-24
15691569 paragraph— 25
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15721572 •HR 137 IH
15731573 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The term 1
15741574 ‘pre-December 15, 2017, indebted-2
15751575 ness’ means indebtedness (other than 3
15761576 pre-October 13, 1987, indebtedness) 4
15771577 incurred on or before December 15, 5
15781578 2017. 6
15791579 ‘‘(II) B
15801580 INDING WRITTEN CON -7
15811581 TRACT EXCEPTION.—In the case of a 8
15821582 taxpayer who enters into a written 9
15831583 binding contract before December 15, 10
15841584 2017, to close on the purchase of a 11
15851585 principal residence before January 1, 12
15861586 2018, and who purchases such resi-13
15871587 dence before April 1, 2018, the term 14
15881588 ‘pre-December 15, 2017, indebted-15
15891589 ness’ shall include indebtedness se-16
15901590 cured by such residence. 17
15911591 ‘‘(iii) R
15921592 EFINANCING INDEBTED -18
15931593 NESS.— 19
15941594 ‘‘(I) I
15951595 N GENERAL.—In the case 20
15961596 of any indebtedness which is incurred 21
15971597 to refinance indebtedness, such refi-22
15981598 nanced indebtedness shall be treated 23
15991599 for purposes of this subparagraph as 24
16001600 incurred on the date that the original 25
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16031603 •HR 137 IH
16041604 indebtedness was incurred to the ex-1
16051605 tent the amount of the indebtedness 2
16061606 resulting from such refinancing does 3
16071607 not exceed the amount of the refi-4
16081608 nanced indebtedness. 5
16091609 ‘‘(II) L
16101610 IMITATION ON PERIOD OF 6
16111611 REFINANCING.—Subclause (I) shall 7
16121612 not apply to any indebtedness after 8
16131613 the expiration of the term of the origi-9
16141614 nal indebtedness or, if the principal of 10
16151615 such original indebtedness is not am-11
16161616 ortized over its term, the expiration of 12
16171617 the term of the 1st refinancing of 13
16181618 such indebtedness (or if earlier, the 14
16191619 date which is 30 years after the date 15
16201620 of such 1st refinancing).’’. 16
16211621 (d) C
16221622 OORDINATIONWITHTREATMENT OF INDEBT-17
16231623 EDNESSINCURRED ON ORBEFOREOCTOBER13, 1987.— 18
16241624 Section 163(h)(3)(D) is amended— 19
16251625 (1) by striking clause (ii) and redesignating 20
16261626 clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respec-21
16271627 tively, and 22
16281628 (2) in clause (iii) (as so redesignated)— 23
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16311631 •HR 137 IH
16321632 (A) by striking ‘‘clause (iii)’’ in the matter 1
16331633 preceding subclause (I) and inserting ‘‘clause 2
16341634 (ii)’’, and 3
16351635 (B) by striking ‘‘clause (iii)(I)’’ in sub-4
16361636 clauses (I) and (II) and inserting ‘‘clause 5
16371637 (ii)(I)’’. 6
16381638 (e) C
16391639 OORDINATIONWITHEXCLUSION OF INCOME 7
16401640 F
16411641 ROM DISCHARGE OF INDEBTEDNESS.—Section 8
16421642 108(h)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘applied by substituting 9
16431643 ‘$750,000 ($375,000’ for ‘$1,000,000 ($500,000’ in 10
16441644 clause (ii) thereof and’’. 11
16451645 (f) C
16461646 ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 163(h)(3) 12
16471647 is amended by striking subparagraph (F). 13
16481648 (g) E
16491649 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 14
16501650 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 15
16511651 the date of the enactment of this Act. 16
16521652 SEC. 144. MODIFICATION OF DEDUCTION FOR PERSONAL 17
16531653 CASUALTY LOSSES. 18
16541654 (a) I
16551655 NGENERAL.—Section 165(h)(5)(A) is amended 19
16561656 by striking ‘‘in a taxable year beginning after December 20
16571657 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026,’’. 21
16581658 (b) C
16591659 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 22
16601660 (1) Section 165(h)(5)(B) is amended by strik-23
16611661 ing ‘‘for any taxable year to which subparagraph (A) 24
16621662 applies’’. 25
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16651665 •HR 137 IH
16661666 (2) Section 165(h)(5) is amended by striking 1
16671667 ‘‘
16681668 FOR TAXABLE YEARS 2018 THROUGH 2025 ’’ in the 2
16691669 heading thereof and inserting ‘‘
16701670 TO LOSSES ATTRIB-3
16711671 UTABLE TO FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS ’’. 4
16721672 (c) E
16731673 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 5
16741674 this section shall apply to losses sustained in taxable years 6
16751675 beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 7
16761676 SEC. 145. TERMINATION OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMIZED DE-8
16771677 DUCTIONS. 9
16781678 (a) I
16791679 NGENERAL.—Section 67 is amended— 10
16801680 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-11
16811681 lows: 12
16821682 ‘‘(a) I
16831683 NGENERAL.—In the case of an individual, mis-13
16841684 cellaneous itemized deductions shall not be allowed.’’, and 14
16851685 (2) by striking subsection (g). 15
16861686 (b) M
16871687 OVEMENT OF DEFINITION OF ADJUSTED 16
16881688 G
16891689 ROSSINCOME FORESTATES ANDTRUSTS.— 17
16901690 (1) Section 67 is amended by striking sub-18
16911691 section (e). 19
16921692 (2) Section 641 is amended by adding at the 20
16931693 end the following new subsection: 21
16941694 ‘‘(d) C
16951695 OMPUTATION OFADJUSTEDGROSSINCOME.— 22
16961696 For purposes of this title, the adjusted gross income of 23
16971697 an estate or trust shall be computed in the same manner 24
16981698 as in the case of an individual, except that— 25
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17021702 ‘‘(1) the deductions for costs which are paid or 1
17031703 incurred in connection with the administration of the 2
17041704 estate or trust and which would not have been in-3
17051705 curred if the property were not held in such trust or 4
17061706 estate, and 5
17071707 ‘‘(2) the deductions allowable under sections 6
17081708 642(b), 651, and 661, 7
17091709 shall be treated as allowable in arriving at adjusted gross 8
17101710 income.’’. 9
17111711 (c) C
17121712 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 10
17131713 (1) Section 56(b)(1)(A) is amended to read as 11
17141714 follows: 12
17151715 ‘‘(A) C
17161716 ERTAIN TAXES .—No deduction 13
17171717 (other than a deduction allowable in computing 14
17181718 adjusted gross income) shall be allowed for any 15
17191719 taxes described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of 16
17201720 section 164(a) or clause (ii) of section 17
17211721 164(b)(5)(A).’’. 18
17221722 (2) Section 56(b)(1)(C), as amended by the 19
17231723 preceding provisions of this Act, is amended by 20
17241724 striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-21
17251725 paragraph (A)’’. 22
17261726 (3) Section 62(a) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-23
17271727 title’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and in-24
17281728 serting ‘‘title’’. 25
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17311731 •HR 137 IH
17321732 (4) Section 641(c)(2)(E) is amended to read as 1
17331733 follows: 2
17341734 ‘‘(E) Section 642(c) shall not apply.’’. 3
17351735 (5) Section 1411(a)(2) is amended by striking 4
17361736 ‘‘(as defined in section 67(e))’’. 5
17371737 (6) Section 6654(d)(1)(C) is amended by strik-6
17381738 ing clause (iii). 7
17391739 (7) Section 67 is amended in the heading, by 8
17401740 striking ‘‘
17411741 2-PERCENT FLOOR ON ’’ and inserting 9
17421742 ‘‘
17431743 DENIAL OF’’. 10
17441744 (8) The table of sections for part 1 of sub-11
17451745 chapter B of chapter 1 is amended by striking the 12
17461746 item relating to section 67 and inserting the fol-13
17471747 lowing new item: 14
17481748 ‘‘Sec. 67. Denial of miscellaneous itemized deductions.’’.
17491749 (d) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 15
17501750 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 16
17511751 the date of the enactment of this Act. 17
17521752 SEC. 146. REPEAL OF OVERALL LIMITATION ON ITEMIZED 18
17531753 DEDUCTIONS. 19
17541754 (a) I
17551755 NGENERAL.—Part 1 of subchapter B of chapter 20
17561756 1 is amended by striking section 68 (and the item relating 21
17571757 to such section in the table of sections for such part). 22
17581758 (b) C
17591759 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 23
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17621762 •HR 137 IH
17631763 (1) Section 56(b)(1), as amended by the pre-1
17641764 ceding provisions of this Act, is amended by striking 2
17651765 subparagraph (E). 3
17661766 (2) Section 164(b)(5)(H)(ii)(III) is amended by 4
17671767 striking ‘‘(as determined under section 68(b))’’. 5
17681768 (3) Section 164(b)(5)(H) is amended by adding 6
17691769 at the end the following new clause: 7
17701770 ‘‘(iii) A
17711771 PPLICABLE AMOUNT DE -8
17721772 FINED.—For purposes of clause (ii), the 9
17731773 term ‘applicable amount’ means— 10
17741774 ‘‘(I) $300,000 in the case of a 11
17751775 joint return or a surviving spouse, 12
17761776 ‘‘(II) $275,000 in the case of a 13
17771777 head of household, 14
17781778 ‘‘(III) $250,000 in the case of an 15
17791779 individual who is not married and who 16
17801780 is not a surviving spouse or head of 17
17811781 household, and 18
17821782 ‘‘(IV)
17831783 1
17841784 ⁄2the amount applicable 19
17851785 under subclause (I) in the case of a 20
17861786 married individual filing a separate 21
17871787 return. 22
17881788 For purposes of this paragraph, marital 23
17891789 status shall be determined under section 24
17901790 7703. In the case of any taxable year be-25
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17931793 •HR 137 IH
17941794 ginning in calendar years after the date of 1
17951795 the enactment of this clause, each of the 2
17961796 dollar amounts in this clause shall be in-3
17971797 creased by an amount equal to such dollar 4
17981798 amount, multiplied by the cost-of-living ad-5
17991799 justment determined under section 1(f)(3) 6
18001800 for the calendar year in which the taxable 7
18011801 year begins, determined by substituting 8
18021802 ‘2012’ for ‘2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) 9
18031803 thereof. If any amount after adjustment 10
18041804 under the preceding sentence is not a mul-11
18051805 tiple of $50, such amount shall be rounded 12
18061806 to the next lowest multiple of $50.’’. 13
18071807 (c) E
18081808 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 14
18091809 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 15
18101810 the date of the enactment of this Act. 16
18111811 SEC. 147. TERMINATION OF EXCLUSION FOR QUALIFIED BI-17
18121812 CYCLE COMMUTING REIMBURSEMENT. 18
18131813 (a) I
18141814 NGENERAL.—Section 132(f)(1) is amended by 19
18151815 striking subparagraph (D). 20
18161816 (b) C
18171817 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 21
18181818 (1) Section 132(f)(2) is amended by adding 22
18191819 ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), striking ‘‘, 23
18201820 and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting 24
18211821 a period, and striking subparagraph (C). 25
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18241824 •HR 137 IH
18251825 (2) Section 132(f)(4) is amended by striking 1
18261826 ‘‘(other than a qualified bicycle commuting reim-2
18271827 bursement)’’. 3
18281828 (3) Section 132(f) is amended by striking para-4
18291829 graph (8). 5
18301830 (4) Section 274(l)(2) is amended by striking 6
18311831 ‘‘after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 7
18321832 2026’’. 8
18331833 (c) E
18341834 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 9
18351835 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 10
18361836 the date of the enactment of this Act. 11
18371837 SEC. 148. QUALIFIED MOVING EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT 12
18381838 EXCLUSION LIMITED TO MEMBERS OF 13
18391839 ARMED FORCES. 14
18401840 (a) I
18411841 NGENERAL.—Section 132(g) is amended— 15
18421842 (1) by striking ‘‘by an individual’’ in paragraph 16
18431843 (1) and inserting ‘‘by a qualified military indi-17
18441844 vidual’’, and 18
18451845 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 19
18461846 following new paragraph: 20
18471847 ‘‘(2) Q
18481848 UALIFIED MILITARY INDIVIDUAL .—For 21
18491849 purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified mili-22
18501850 tary individual’ means a member of the Armed 23
18511851 Forces of the United States on active duty who 24
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18551855 moves pursuant to a military order and incident to 1
18561856 a permanent change of station.’’. 2
18571857 (b) E
18581858 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 3
18591859 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 4
18601860 the date of the enactment of this Act. 5
18611861 SEC. 149. DEDUCTION FOR MOVING EXPENSES LIMITED TO 6
18621862 MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES. 7
18631863 (a) I
18641864 NGENERAL.—Section 217 is amended— 8
18651865 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-9
18661866 lows: 10
18671867 ‘‘(a) D
18681868 EDUCTIONALLOWED.—There shall be allowed 11
18691869 as a deduction moving expenses paid or incurred during 12
18701870 the taxable year by a member of the Armed Forces of the 13
18711871 United States on active duty who moves pursuant to a 14
18721872 military order and incident to a permanent change of sta-15
18731873 tion.’’, 16
18741874 (2) by striking subsections (c), (d), (f), (g), and 17
18751875 (k) and redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as 18
18761876 subsections (c), (d), and (f), respectively, and 19
18771877 (3) by inserting after subsection (d), as so re-20
18781878 designated, the following new subsection: 21
18791879 ‘‘(e) E
18801880 XPENSESFURNISHEDIN-KIND.—Any moving 22
18811881 and storage expenses which are furnished in-kind (or for 23
18821882 which reimbursement or an allowance is provided, but only 24
18831883 to the extent of the expenses paid or incurred)— 25
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18871887 ‘‘(1) to a member described in subsection (a), 1
18881888 or to such member’s spouse or dependents, shall not 2
18891889 be includible in gross income, and no reporting with 3
18901890 respect to such expenses shall be required by the 4
18911891 Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transpor-5
18921892 tation, as the case may be, and 6
18931893 ‘‘(2) to the spouse and dependents of a member 7
18941894 described in subsection (a) with regard to moving to 8
18951895 a location other than the one to which such member 9
18961896 moves (or from a location other than the one from 10
18971897 which such member moves), this section shall apply 11
18981898 with respect to the moving expenses of such spouse 12
18991899 and dependents as if such spouse were a member de-13
19001900 scribed in subsection (a).’’. 14
19011901 (b) C
19021902 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 15
19031903 (1) Subsections (d)(3)(C) and (e) of section 23 16
19041904 are each amended by striking ‘‘section 217(h)(3)’’ 17
19051905 and inserting ‘‘section 217(c)(3)’’. 18
19061906 (2) Section 7872(f) is amended by striking 19
19071907 paragraph (11). 20
19081908 (3) Section 217 is amended in the heading by 21
19091909 striking ‘‘
19101910 MOVING EXPENSES ’’ and inserting 22
19111911 ‘‘
19121912 CERTAIN MOVING EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF 23
19131913 ARMED FORCES ’’. 24
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19171917 (4) The table of sections for part VII of sub-1
19181918 chapter B of chapter 1 is amended by striking the 2
19191919 item relating to section 217 and inserting the fol-3
19201920 lowing new item: 4
19211921 ‘‘Sec. 217. Certain moving expenses of members of Armed Forces.’’.
19221922 (c) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 5
19231923 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 6
19241924 the date of the enactment of this Act. 7
19251925 SEC. 150. LIMITATION ON WAGERING LOSSES. 8
19261926 (a) I
19271927 NGENERAL.—Section 165(d) is amended by 9
19281928 striking ‘‘in the case of taxable years beginning after De-10
19291929 cember 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026,’’. 11
19301930 (b) E
19311931 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 12
19321932 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 13
19331933 the date of the enactment of this Act. 14
19341934 Subtitle F—Increase in Estate and 15
19351935 Gift Tax Exemption 16
19361936 SEC. 151. INCREASE IN ESTATE AND GIFT TAX EXEMPTION. 17
19371937 (a) I
19381938 NGENERAL.—Section 2010(c)(3) is amended in 18
19391939 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 19
19401940 ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 20
19411941 (b) C
19421942 ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 2010(c)(3) 21
19431943 is amended by striking subparagraph (C). 22
19441944 (c) E
19451945 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 23
19461946 this section shall apply to estates of decedents dying and 24
19471947 gifts made after the date of the enactment of this Act. 25
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19511951 TITLE II—INCREASED EXEMP-1
19521952 TION FOR ALTERNATIVE MIN-2
19531953 IMUM TAX MADE PERMANENT 3
19541954 SEC. 201. INCREASED EXEMPTION FOR INDIVIDUALS. 4
19551955 (a) I
19561956 NGENERAL.—Section 55(d)(1) is amended— 5
19571957 (1) by striking ‘‘$78,750’’ in subparagraph (A) 6
19581958 and inserting ‘‘$109,400’’, and 7
19591959 (2) by striking ‘‘$50,600’’ in subparagraph (B) 8
19601960 and inserting ‘‘$70,300’’. 9
19611961 (b) P
19621962 HASE-OUT OFEXEMPTIONAMOUNT.—Section 10
19631963 55(d)(2) is amended— 11
19641964 (1) by striking ‘‘$150,000’’ in subparagraph 12
19651965 (A) and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’, and 13
19661966 (2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and 14
19671967 by inserting the following new subparagraphs: 15
19681968 ‘‘(B) 50 percent of the dollar amount ap-16
19691969 plicable under subparagraph (A) in the case of 17
19701970 a taxpayer described in paragraph (1)(B) or 18
19711971 (1)(C), and 19
19721972 ‘‘(C) $75,000 in the case of a taxpayer de-20
19731973 scribed in paragraph (1)(D).’’. 21
19741974 (c) I
19751975 NFLATIONADJUSTMENT.—Section 55(d)(3) is 22
19761976 amended to read as follows: 23
19771977 ‘‘(3) I
19781978 NFLATION ADJUSTMENT .—Each dollar 24
19791979 amount described in clause (i) or (ii) of subpara-25
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19831983 graph (B) shall be increased by an amount equal 1
19841984 to— 2
19851985 ‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 3
19861986 ‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-4
19871987 mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 5
19881988 year in which the taxable year begins, deter-6
19891989 mined by substituting— 7
19901990 ‘‘(i) in the case of a dollar amount 8
19911991 contained in paragraph (1)(D) or (2)(C) or 9
19921992 in subsection (b)(1)(A), ‘calendar year 10
19931993 2011’ for ‘calendar year 2016’ in subpara-11
19941994 graph (A)(ii) thereof, and 12
19951995 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a dollar amount 13
19961996 contained in paragraph (1)(A), (1)(B), or 14
19971997 (2)(A), ‘calendar year 2017’ for ‘calendar 15
19981998 year 2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof. 16
19991999 Any increased amount determined under this para-17
20002000 graph shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of 18
20012001 $100 ($50 in the case of the dollar amount con-19
20022002 tained in paragraph (2)(C)).’’. 20
20032003 (d) R
20042004 EPEAL OFCOORDINATIONWITHRULESRELAT-21
20052005 ING TO THETAXATION OFUNEARNEDCHILDREN.—Sec-22
20062006 tion 59 is amended by striking subsection (j). 23
20072007 (e) C
20082008 ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 55(d) is 24
20092009 amended by striking paragraph (4). 25
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20132013 (f) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
20142014 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 2
20152015 the date of the enactment of this Act. 3
20162016 Æ
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