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S.595
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V.(introduced 3/11/1999)
Related Bills: H.R.1116
Latest Major Action: 3/11/1999 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a graduated response to shrinking domestic oil and gas production and surging foreign oil imports, and for other purposes.
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3/11/1999:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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COSPONSORS(14), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Allard, Wayne - 4/14/1999 Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 5/3/1999
Sen Breaux, John B. - 4/26/1999 Sen Brownback, Sam - 4/12/1999
Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 4/12/1999 Sen Cochran, Thad - 4/12/1999
Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey - 3/17/1999 Sen Inhofe, James M. - 3/11/1999
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. - 3/18/1999 Sen Lott, Trent - 3/19/1999
Sen Murkowski, Frank H. - 4/20/1999 Sen Nickles, Don - 3/15/1999
Sen Roberts, Pat - 3/25/1999 Sen Thomas, Craig - 4/12/1999


SUMMARY AS OF:
3/11/1999--Introduced.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Domestic Oil and Gas Production Preservation Provisions

Title II: Domestic Oil and Gas Industry Crisis Tax Relief

Subtitle A: Credits to Cash Provisions

Subtitle B: Hard Times Tax Relief

Subtitle C: Oil-for-Food Program Compensating Tax Benefits

Title III: Foreign Oil Reliance Reversal Provisions

Title IV: National Security Emergency Provisions

Domestic Oil and Gas Crises Tax Relief and Foreign Oil Reliance Reversal Act of 1999 - Title I: Domestic Oil and Gas Production Preservation Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a marginal oil and gas well production credit.

Excludes from gross income certain income attributable to independent producer oil from a recovered inactive well.

Extends the enhanced oil recovery credit to include certain nontertiary recovery methods.

Title II: Domestic Oil and Gas Industry Crisis Tax Relief - Subtitle A: Credits to Cash Provisions - Provides a ten-year carryback for: (1) unused energy minimum tax credits; (2) percentage depletion for oil and gas recovery; and (3) losses attributable to oil servicing companies and mineral interests of oil and gas producers. Provides for a waiver of limitations.

Subtitle B: Hard Times Tax Relief - Provides, as a general rule, that in computing the alternative minimum taxable income of any taxpayer which is an integrated oil company for any taxable year beginning after 1998, there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the alternative tax energy preference deduction (as defined).

Makes the depreciation adjustment inapplicable to property used in the active conduct of the trade or business of exploring for, extracting, developing, or gathering crude oil or natural gas. Repeals specified adjustments.

Allows using the enhanced oil recovery credit and the credit for producing oil from a nonconventional source against the minimum tax.

Subtitle C: Oil-for-Food Program Compensating Tax Benefits - Increases the percentage depletion for stripper wells.

Repeals the net income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and gas properties.

Permits a taxpayer to treat geological and geophysical expenses incurred in connection with the exploration for, or development of, oil or gas within the United States as expenses which are not chargeable to capital account.

Doubles from the 90th to the 180th day the time allowed under the "spudding rule."

Title III: Foreign Oil Reliance Reversal Provisions - Establishes a crude oil and natural gas exploration credit.

Title IV: National Security Emergency Provisions - Directs the President to: (1) establish a National Security Energy Independence Ceiling which shall represent a ceiling beyond which foreign crude and oil product imports as a share of U.S. crude and oil product consumption shall not rise; (2) report to Congress annually with a national security projection for energy independence; and (3) certify whether such imports will exceed the ceiling. Provides for review of each projection by Congress. Requires the President, if the ceiling level will be exceeded, to submit a National Security and Oil production policy to Congress which shall prevent such imports from the exceeding the National Security Energy Independence Ceiling.