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 112 STAT. 2681-899 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 be substituted for the prevailing State assumed interest rate, and "(C) tables for mortality and morbidity which reasonably reflect the current mortality and morbidity risks in the company's or branch's home country shall be substituted for the mortality and morbidity tables otherwise used for such subchapter. The Secretary may provide that the interest rate and mortality and morbidity tables of a qualifying insurance company may be used for 1 or more of its qualifying insurance company branches when appropriate. " (6) DEFINITIONS.— For purposes of this subsection, any term used in this subsection which is also used in section 953(e) shall have the meaning given such term by section 953.". (3) RESERVES.—Section 953(b) is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(3) Reserves for any insurance or annuity contract shall be determined in the same manner as under section 954(i).". (c) SPECIAL RULES FOR DEALERS. —Section 954(c)(2)(C) is amended to read as follows: "(C) EXCEPTION FOR DEALERS.— Except as provided by regulations, in the case of a regular dealer in property which is property described in paragraph (1)(B), forward contracts, option contracts, or similar financial instruments (including notional principal contracts and all instruments referenced to commodities), there shall not be taken into account in computing foreign personal holding company income— "(i) any item of income, gain, deduction, or loss (other than any item described in subparagraph (A), (E), or (G) of paragraph (1)) from any transaction (including hedging transactions) entered into in the ordinary course of such dealer's trade or business as such a dealer, and "(ii) if such dealer is a dealer in securities (within the meaning of section 475), any interest or dividend or equivalent amount described in subparagraph (E) or (G) of paragraph (1) from any transaction (including any hedging transaction or transaction described in section 956(c)(2)(J)) entered into in the ordinary course of such dealer's trade or business as such a dealer in securities, but only if the income from the transaction is attributable to activities of the dealer in the country under the laws of which the dealer is created or organized (or in the case of a qualified business unit described in section 989(a), is attributable to activities of the unit in the country in which the unit both maintains its principal office and conducts substantial business activity).". (d) EXEMPTION FROM FOREIGN BASE COMPANY SERVICES INCOME. —Paragraph (2) of section 954(e) is amended by inserting "or" at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking ", or" at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period, by striking subparagraph (C), and by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:

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