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               SEC. 6038A.  INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN                       
               FOREIGN-OWNED CORPORATIONS.                                            
                    (a) Requirement.--If, at any time during a taxable                
               year, a corporation (hereinafter in this section                       
               referred to as the "reporting corporation")--                          
                         (1) is a domestic corporation, and                           
                         (2) is 25-percent foreign-owned,                             
               such corporation shall furnish, at such time and in                    
               such manner as the Secretary shall by regulations                      
               prescribe, the information described in subsection (b)                 
               and such corporation shall maintain * * * such records                 
               as may be appropriate to determine the correct                         
               treatment of transactions with related parties as the                  
               Secretary shall by regulations prescribe * * *.                        
                              *   *   *   *   *   *   *                               
                    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--                  
                         (1) 25-percent foreign-owned.--A                             
                    corporation is 25-percent foreign-owned if at                     
                    least 25 percent of--                                             
                              (A) the total voting power of all                       
                         classes of stock of such corporation entitled                
                         to vote, or                                                  
                              (B) the total value of all classes of                   
                         stock of such corporation,                                   
               is owned at any time during the taxable year by 1                      
               foreign person (hereinafter in this section referred to                
               as a "25-percent foreign shareholder").                                
          Hence, recordkeeping, reporting, and authorization of agent                 
          requirements under section 6038A apply to "reporting                        
          corporations" who have "transactions" with "related parties".               
               1.   Reporting Corporation                                             
               Section 6038A(c)(1) defines a reporting corporation as a               
          domestic corporation that is 25-percent foreign-owned, meaning              




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