United States · Bill · S
S. 1057 (106th)
Real Estate Investment Trust Modernization Act of 1999
Introduced
14 May 1999
Last action
14 May 1999 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL], Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE], Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX], Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV], Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA], Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Subjects
Healthcare, Taxation
Source updated
20 August 2025
Summary
Real Estate Investment Trust Modernization Act of 1999 - Title I: Treatment of Income and Services Provided by Taxable REIT Subsidiaries - Excludes taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRSs) from the five and ten percent asset tests. Allows TRSs to provide non-customary tenant services. Allows a REIT to establish a TRS (as defined). Includes in the definition of "disqualified interest" (Sec. 163 of the IRC) any interest paid or accrued by a TRS to the REIT. Imposes a 100 percent tax on any interest payments by a TRS to the REIT in excess of the commercially reasonable interest rate. Title II: Health Care REITs - Includes within the definition of the term "foreclosure property" any qualified health care property acquired by a REIT as the result of the termination of a lease of such property. Title III: Conformity With Regulated Investment Company Rules - Changes the distribution requirement from 95 percent to 90 percent. Title IV : Clarification of Definition of Independent Contractor - Provides, with respect to the definition of an independent contractor, that in the event that any class of stock of is regularly traded on an established securities market, only owners who own, directly or indirectly, more than five percent of such class of stock shall be taken into account as owning any of the stock of such class for purposes of applying the 35 percent limitation. Title V: Modification of Earnings and Profits Rules - Provides rules for determining whether a Regulated Investment Company (RIC) has earnings and profits form a non-RIC year.
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Timeline
14 May 1999
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
14 May 1999
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5377-5378)
Source: IntroReferral
14 May 1999
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 14 May 1999 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1057
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