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112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 601
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 10, 2011
Mr. Blumenauer (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Welch, Mr. Polis, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Moran, Mr. Holt, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Stark, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Pingree of Maine, and Ms. Sutton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of
2011
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Amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures
In general
Subparagraph (A) of
section 167(h)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
major integrated oil company
and inserting covered large
oil company
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Covered large oil company
Paragraph (5) of section 167(h) of such Act is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:
Covered large oil company
For purposes of this paragraph, the term covered large oil company means a taxpayer which—
is a major integrated oil company, or
has gross receipts in excess of $50,000,000 for the taxable year.
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Conforming amendment
The heading for paragraph (5) of section 167(h) of such
Code is amended by inserting and other large taxpayers
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Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
Producing oil and gas from marginal wells
In general
Section 45I of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Exception for taxpayer who is not small, independent oil and gas company
In general
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any taxpayer which is not a small, independent oil and gas company for the taxable year.
Aggregation rule
For purposes of paragraph (1), all persons treated as a single employer under subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 shall be treated as 1 person.
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Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to credits determined for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
Enhanced oil recovery credit
In general
Section 43 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Exception for taxpayer who is not small, independent oil and gas company
In general
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any taxpayer which is not a small, independent oil and gas company for the taxable year.
Aggregation rule
For purposes of paragraph (1), all persons treated as a single employer under subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 shall be treated as 1 person.
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Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
Intangible drilling and development costs in the case of oil and gas wells
In general
Subsection (c) of
section 263 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the
end the following new sentence: This subsection shall not apply to
amounts paid or incurred by a taxpayer in any taxable year in which such
taxpayer is not a small, independent oil and gas company, determined by deeming
all persons treated as a single employer under subsections (a) and (b) of
section 52 as 1 person.
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Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
Percentage depletion
In general
Section 613A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Exception for taxpayer who is not small, independent oil and gas company
In general
This section and section 611 shall not apply to any taxpayer which is not a small, independent oil and gas company for the taxable year.
Aggregation rule
For purposes of paragraph (1), all persons treated as a single employer under subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 shall be treated as 1 person.
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Conforming amendment
Section 613A(c)(1) of such Code is amended by striking
subsection (d)
and inserting subsections (d) and
(f)
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Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
Tertiary injectants
In general
Section 193 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Exception for taxpayer who is not small, independent oil and gas company
In general
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any taxpayer which is not a small, independent oil and gas company for the taxable year.
Exception for qualified carbon dioxide disposed in secure geological storage
Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of any qualified tertiary injectant expense paid or incurred for any tertiary injectant is qualified carbon dioxide (as defined in section 45Q(b)) which is disposed of by the taxpayer in secure geological storage (as defined by section 45Q(d)).
Aggregation rule
For purposes of paragraph (1), all persons treated as a single employer under subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 shall be treated as 1 person.
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Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall apply to expenses incurred after December 31, 2011.
Passive activity losses and credits limited
In general
Paragraph (3) of section 469(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:
Exception for taxpayer who is not small, independent oil and gas company
In general
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any taxpayer which is not a small, independent oil and gas company for the taxable year.
Aggregation rule
For purposes of clause (i), all persons treated as a single employer under subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 shall be treated as 1 person.
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Income attributable to domestic production activities
In general
Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Exception for taxpayer who is not small, independent oil and gas company
Subsection (a) shall not apply to the income derived from the production, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any primary product (within the meaning of subsection (d)(9)) thereof by any taxpayer which for the taxable year is an oil and gas company which is not a small, independent oil and gas company.
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Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
Prohibition on using last-in, first-out accounting for major integrated oil companies
In general
Section 472 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Major integrated oil companies
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a major integrated oil company (as defined in section 167(h)) may not use the method provided in subsection (b) in inventorying of any goods.
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Effective date and special rule
In general
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
Change in method of accounting
In the case of any taxpayer required by the amendment made by this section to change its method of accounting for its first taxable year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act—
such change shall be treated as initiated by the taxpayer,
such change shall be treated as made with the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury, and
the net amount of the adjustments required to be taken into account by the taxpayer under section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be taken into account ratably over a period (not greater than 8 taxable years) beginning with such first taxable year.
Modifications of foreign tax credit rules applicable to dual capacity taxpayers
In general
Section 901 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection:
Special rules relating to dual capacity taxpayers
General rule
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any amount paid or accrued by a dual capacity taxpayer to a foreign country or possession of the United States for any period with respect to combined foreign oil and gas income (as defined in section 907(b)(1)) shall not be considered a tax to the extent such amount exceeds the amount (determined in accordance with regulations) which would have been required to be paid if the taxpayer were not a dual capacity taxpayer.
Dual capacity taxpayer
For purposes of this subsection, the term dual
capacity taxpayer
means, with respect to any foreign country or
possession of the United States, a person who—
is subject to a levy of such country or possession, and
receives (or will receive) directly or indirectly a specific economic benefit (as determined in accordance with regulations) from such country or possession.
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Effective date
In general
The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxes paid or accrued in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
Contrary treaty obligations upheld
The amendments made by this section shall not apply to the extent contrary to any treaty obligation of the United States.
