United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5351 (98th)
Oil Company Acquisition Moratorium Act
Introduced
4 April 1984
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Status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Summary
Oil Company Acquisition Moratorium Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that for the time period between April 4 1984, and April 3, 1985: (1) no income tax deduction shall be allowed for interest paid on indebtedness incurred to acquire a major energy corporation; (2) purchases of stock in a major energy corporation shall be treated as a purchase of assets; (3) the acquisition of a major energy corporation shall not be treated as a reorganization; (4) the nonrecognition of gain or loss shall not apply to any sale or exchange made by a corporation which was a major energy corporation immediately before adopting a plan of complete liquidation; (5) gain shall be recognized on distributions of property in a liquidation by a major energy corporation; and (6) gain shall be recognized on any non-liquidating distribution of a major energy corporation.
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summary · EN · 4 April 1984
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5351
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