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                                                          Calendar No. 39

                   114TH CONGRESS                                     REPORT
                      1st Session             SENATE                  114-16





                   A BILL TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE  CODE  OF 1986 TO INCREASE
                   THE  LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ALTERNATIVE TAX FOR CER-
                   TAIN  SMALL INSURANCE  COMPANIES


                                   APRIL 14, 2015.-Ordered to be printed



                             Mr. HATCH,  from the Committee on Finance,
                                       submitted the following


                                          REPORT

                                          [To accompany S. 905]

                     The Committee  on Finance, having considered an original bill, S.
                   905, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the
                   limitation on eligibility for the alternative tax for certain small in-
                   surance companies, having considered the same, reports favorably
                   thereon without amendment  and recommends  that the bill do pass.

                                             CONTENTS
                                                                              Page
                    I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND .................................................................... .  1
                    II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ......................................................................  2
                         A. Modification to Alternative Tax for Certain Small Insurance Com-
                            panies (sec. 1 of the bill and sec. 831(b) of the Code)  ....................  2
                         B. Increase Continuous Levy Authority on Payments to Medicare
                            Providers and Suppliers (sec. 2 of the bill and sec. 6331 of
                            th e C ode)  .............................................................................................  3
                   III. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL .............................................................  5
                   IV. VOTES OF THE COMM ITTEE .....................................................................  7
                   V. REGULATORY  IMPACT AND OTHER MATTERS  ....................................  7
                   VI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED            8

                                 I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND

                     The Committee  on Finance, having considered S. 905, a bill to
                   amend  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limita-
                   tion on eligibility for the alternative tax for certain small insurance
                   companies, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
                   ommends  that the bill do pass.

                   Background and need for legislative action
                     Background.-Based   on  a proposal recommended   by  Senator
                   Grassley, the Senate Committee  on Finance marked  up  original
                      49-010

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