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               with regard to the amendment.  [Rev. Proc. 99-23,                      
               1999-1 C.B. at 920-923.]                                               
               Rev. Proc. 99-23, supra, was subsequently modified by Rev.             
          Proc. 2000-27, 2000-1 C.B. 1272.  Rev. Proc. 2000-27, supra,                
          provides, in pertinent part, as follows:                                    
               SECTION 1.  PURPOSE                                                    
                    .01  * * * This [revenue] procedure * * * extends                 
               until the last day of the first plan year beginning on                 
               or after January 1, 2001, the remedial amendment period                
               under sec. 401(b) of the Code for amending plans for                   
               GUST * * *                                                             
                    .02  The term “GUST” refers to the following:                     
                    1  the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Pub. L.                      
               103-465 (“GATT”);                                                      
                    2  the Uniformed Services Employment and                          
               Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, Pub. L. 103-353                       
               (“USERRA”);                                                            
                    3  SBJPA;                                                         
                    4  the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Pub. L. 105-34                
               (“TRA ‘97"); and                                                       
                    5  the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and                 
               Reform Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-206 (“RRA ‘98").                       
               SECTION 2.  BACKGROUND                                                 
                         *    *    *    *    *    *    *                              
                    .03  Under sec. 401(b), plan sponsors have a                      
               remedial amendment period in which to adopt GUST plan                  
               amendments.  Rev. Proc. 99-23, 1999-16 I.R.B. 5,                       
               provides that the GUST remedial amendment period for                   
               nongovernmental plans ends on the last day of the first                
               plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2000.  * * *                
               The end of the GUST remedial amendment period is the                   
               deadline for making all GUST plan amendments, including                
               plan amendments reflecting the repeal of sec. 415(e)                   






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