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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-369—JULY 18, 1984

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shall not be taken into account under subclause (II) any property pledged which is property subject to the agreement or property directly or indirectly financed by indebtedness secured by property subject to the agreement. "(iii) CERTIFICATION BY LESSEE; NOTICE OF TAX OWNERSHIP.—An agreement meets the requirements of this clause if such agreement contains a separate written statement separately signed by the lessee— "(I) under which the lessee certifies, under penalty of perjury, that it intends that more than 50 percent of the use of the property subject to such agreement is to be in a trade or business of the lessee, and "(II) which clearly and legibly states that the lessee has been advised that it will not be treated as the owner of the property subject to the agreement for Federal income tax purposes.

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"(iv) LESSOR MUST HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE THAT CERTIFICATION IS FALSE.—An agreement meets the require-

ments of this clause if the lessor does not know that the certification described in clause (iii)(I) is false. "(C) TERMINAL RENTAL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE DEFINED.—

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"(i^ I^ GENERAL.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'terminal rental adjustment clause' means a provision of an agreement which permits or requires the rental price to be adjusted upward or downward by reference to the amount realized by the lessor under the agreement upon sale or other disposition of such property. "(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR LESSEE DEALERS.—The term 'terminal rental adjustment clause' also includes a provision of an agreement which requires a lessee who is a dealer in motor vehicles to purchase the motor vehicle for a predetermined price and then resell such vehicle where such provision achieves substantially the same results as a provision described in clause (i).' (b) TERMINATION OF SECTION 210.—Section 210(a) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 is amended by inserting "entered into on or before the 90th day after the date of the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984" after "agreement" the first place it appears. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to agreements described in section 168(6(13) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (as added by subsection (a)) entered into more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Subtitle C—Treatment of Bonds and Other Debt Instruments SEC. 41. TREATMENT OF BONDS AND OTHER DEBT INSTRUMENTS.

(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subchapter P of chapter 1 (relating to special rules for capital gains and losses) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part:

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26 USC 168 note.

26 USC 168 note.