text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act 
  of 2001''.
  
  SEC. 2. PHASEOUT OF ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX ON INDIVIDUALS.
  
      (a) Repeal in 2011.--Subsection (a) of section 55 of the Internal 
  Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
  flush sentence:
  ``For purposes of this title, the tentative minimum tax on any taxpayer 
  other than a corporation for any taxable year beginning after December 
  31, 2010, shall be zero.''.
      (b) Reduction of Tax on Individuals Prior to Repeal.--
              (1) Immediate increase in exemption amounts.--Paragraph (1) 
          of section 55(d) of such Code is amended--
                      (A) by striking ``$45,000'' and inserting 
                  ``$52,000'',
                      (B) by striking ``$33,750'' and inserting 
                  ``$38,000'', and
                      (C) by striking ``$22,500'' and inserting ``\1/2\ 
                  the amount applicable under subparagraph (A)''.
              (2) Additional increases in exemption amounts; repeal of 
          phase-out of exemption amounts.--Paragraph (3) of section 55(d) 
          of such Code is amended to read as follows:
              ``(3) Increases in exemption amounts for taxpayers other 
          than corporations.--
                      ``(A) In general.--The exemption amounts under 
                  paragraph (1) for taxable years beginning in any 
                  calendar year after 2001 shall be determined by 
                  increasing the dollar amounts contained in 
                  subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) by the 
                  applicable percentage for such calendar year of such 
                  dollar amounts.
                      ``(B) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of 
                  subparagraph (A), the applicable percentage shall be 
                  determined in accordance with the following table:
  
                  ``For calendar year--
                                                           The applicable
                    
                                                          percentage is--
                      2002...................................         10 
                      2003...................................         20 
                      2004...................................         30 
                      2005...................................         40 
                      2006...................................         50 
                      2007...................................         60 
                      2008...................................         70 
                      2009...................................         80 
                      2010...................................         90.
                      ``(C) Rounding.--If any amount, as increased under 
                  subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $5, such amount 
                  shall be increased to the nearest multiple of $5.''
      (c) Nonrefundable Personal Credits Fully Allowed Against Regular 
  Tax Liability.--
              (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 26 of such Code 
          (relating to limitation based on amount of tax) is amended to 
          read as follows:
      ``(a) Limitation Based on Amount of Tax.--The aggregate amount of 
  credits allowed by this subpart for the taxable year shall not exceed 
  the sum of--
              ``(1) the taxpayer's regular tax liability for the taxable 
          year reduced by the foreign tax credit allowable under section 
          27(a), and
              ``(2) the tax imposed by section 55(a) for the taxable 
          year.''
              (2) Repeal of reduction of refundable tax credits.--
                      (A) Subsection (d) of section 24 of such Code is 
                  amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
                  paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
                      (B) Section 32 of such Code is amended by striking 
                  subsection (h).
              (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 904 of such Code is 
          amended by striking subsection (h).
      (d) Limitation on Use of Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax 
  Liability.--Subsection (c) of section 53 of such Code is amended to 
  read as follows:
      ``(c) Limitation.--
              ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
          subsection, the credit allowable under subsection (a) for any 
          taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) of--
                      ``(A) the regular tax liability of the taxpayer for 
                  such taxable year reduced by the sum of the credits 
                  allowable under subparts A, B, D, E, and F of this 
                  part, over
                      ``(B) the tentative minimum tax for the taxable 
                  year.
              ``(2) Taxable years beginning after 2010.--In the case of 
          any taxable year beginning after 2010, the credit allowable 
          under subsection (a) to a taxpayer other than a corporation for 
          any taxable year shall not exceed 90 percent of the excess (if 
          any) of--
                      ``(A) regular tax liability of the taxpayer for 
                  such taxable year, over
                      ``(B) the sum of the credits allowable under 
                  subparts A, B, D, E, and F of this part.''.
      (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
  apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000.
target: Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 2001 - Amends the alternative minimum tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) state that the tentative minimum tax on any taxpayer other than a corporation for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2010, shall be zero; and (2) provide for reductions in such tax until such time.
feat_title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the alternative minimum tax on individuals.