Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/2610

 119 STAT. 2592

PUBLIC LAW 109–135—DEC. 21, 2005

‘‘(A) $300,000,000 for 2005 and 2006, to be allocated among qualified community development entities to make qualified low-income community investments within the Gulf Opportunity Zone, and ‘‘(B) $400,000,000 for 2007, to be so allocated, and ‘‘(3) subsection (f)(3) thereof shall be applied separately with respect to the amount of the increase under paragraph (2). ‘‘(n) TREATMENT OF REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR PURPOSES OF QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of determining if any residential rental project meets the requirements of section 142(d)(1) and if any certification with respect to such project meets the requirements under section 142(d)(7), the operator of the project may rely on the representations of any individual applying for tenancy in such project that such individual’s income will not exceed the applicable income limits of section 142(d)(1) upon commencement of the individual’s tenancy if such tenancy begins during the 6-month period beginning on and after the date such individual was displaced by reason of Hurricane Katrina. ‘‘(o) TREATMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITY PROPERTY DISASTER LOSSES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the election of the taxpayer, in the case of any eligible public utility property loss— ‘‘(A) section 165(i) shall be applied by substituting ‘the fifth taxable year immediately preceding’ for ‘the taxable year immediately preceding’, ‘‘(B) an application for a tentative carryback adjustment of the tax for any prior taxable year affected by the application of subparagraph (A) may be made under section 6411, and ‘‘(C) section 6611 shall not apply to any overpayment attributable to such loss. ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PUBLIC UTILITY PROPERTY LOSS.—For purposes of this subsection— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible public utility property loss’ means any loss with respect to public utility property located in the Gulf Opportunity Zone and attributable to Hurricane Katrina. ‘‘(B) PUBLIC UTILITY PROPERTY.—The term ‘public utility property’ has the meaning given such term by section 168(i)(10) without regard to the matter following subparagraph (D) thereof. ‘‘(3) WAIVER OF LIMITATIONS.—If refund or credit of any overpayment of tax resulting from the application of paragraph (1) is prevented at any time before the close of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this section by the operation of any law or rule of law (including res judicata), such refund or credit may nevertheless be made or allowed if claim therefor is filed before the close of such period. ‘‘(p) TAX BENEFITS NOT AVAILABLE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN PROPERTY.— ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED GULF OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROPERTY.—For purposes of subsections (d), (e), and (k)(2)(B)(iv), the term ‘qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone property’ shall not include any property described in paragraph (3).

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