[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR259.33]

[Page 648-650]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 259_CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 259.33  Constructive deposits and withdrawals; ratification of 

withdrawals (as qualified) made without first having obtained 
Secretary's consent; first 
          tax year for which Interim CCF Agreement is effective.

    (a) Periods controlling permissibility. For the purpose of this 
Sec. 259.33, the period between the beginning and the end of a party's 
tax year is designated ``Period (aa)''; the period between the

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end of a party's tax year and the party's tax due date for that tax year 
is designated ``Period (bb)''; the period between the party's tax due 
date and the date on which ends the party's last extension (if any) of 
that tax due date is designated ``Period (cc)''.
    (b) Constructive deposits and withdrawals (before Interim CCF 
Agreement effectiveness date). Constructive deposits and withdrawals 
shall be permissible only during the Period (aa) during which a written 
application for an interim CCF Agreement is submitted to the Secretary 
and so much of the next succeeding Period (aa), if any, which occurs 
before the Secretary executes the Interim CCF Agreement previously 
applied for. All otherwise qualified expenditures of eligible ceilings 
during Period (aa) may be consented to by the Secretary as constructive 
deposits and withdrawals: Provided, The applicant's application for an 
Interim CCF Agreement and for consent to constructive deposit and 
withdrawal qualification (together with sufficient supporting data to 
enable the Secretary's execution or issuance of consent) is submitted to 
the Secretary either before the end of Period (bb) or, if extension was 
requested and received, before the end of Period (cc). If, however, the 
Secretary receives the completed application in proper form so close to 
the latest permissible period that the Interim CCF Agreement cannot be 
executed and/or the consent given before the end of Period (bb) or 
Period (cc), whichever applies, then the burden is entirely upon the 
applicant to negotiate with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for such 
relief as may be available (e.g., filing an amended tax return, if 
appropriate). The Secretary willl nevertheless execute the Interim CCF 
Agreement and issue his consent however long past the applicant's Period 
(bb) or Period (cc), whichever applies, the Secretary's administrative 
workload requires. Should IRS relief be, for any reason, unavailable, 
the Secretary shall regard the same as merely due to the applicant's 
having failed to apply in a more timely fashion.
    (c) Constructive deposits (after Interim CCF Agreement effectiveness 
date). The Secretary shall not permit constructive deposits or 
withdrawals after the effective date of an Interim CCF Agreement. 
Eligible ceilings must, after the effective date of an interim CCF 
Agreement, be physically deposited in money or kind in scheduled 
depositories before the last date eligible ceilings for any Period (aa) 
of any party become ineligible for deposit (the last date being Period 
(bb) or Period (cc), whichever applies).
    (d) Ratification of withdrawals (as qualified) made without first 
having obtained Secretary's consent. The Secretary may ratify as 
qualified any withdrawal made without first having obtained the 
Secretary's consent therefor, provided the withdrawal was such as would 
have resulted in the Secretary's consent had it been requested before 
withdrawal, and provided further that the party's request for consent 
(together with sufficient supporting data to enable issuance of the 
Secretary's consent) is submitted to the Secretary either before the end 
of Period (bb) or, if extension was requested and received, before the 
end of Period (cc).
    (1) If, however, the Secretary receives the request in proper form 
so close to the latest permissible period that the consent cannot be 
given before expiration of Period (bb) or Period (cc), whichever 
applies, then the burden is entirely upon the party to negotiate with 
IRS for such relief as may be available (e.g., filing an amended tax 
return, if appropriate). The Secretary will nevertheless issue his 
consent however long past the party's Period (bb) or Period (cc), 
whichever applies, the Secretary's administrative workload requires. 
Should IRS relief be, for any reason, unavailable, the Secretary shall 
regard the same as merely due to the party's having failed to apply in a 
more timely fashion.
    (2) All parties shall be counseled that it is manifestly in their 
best interest to request the Secretary's consent 45 days in advance of 
the expected date of withdrawal. Withdrawals made without the 
Secretary's consent, in reliance on obtaining the Secretary's consent, 
are made purely at a party's own risk. Should any withdrawal made 
without the Secretary's consent prove, for any reason, to be one to 
which the Secretary will not or cannot consent by

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ratification, then the result will be either, or both, at the 
Secretary's discretion, an unqualified withdrawal or an involuntary 
termination of the Interim CCF Agreement.
    (3) Should the withdrawal made without having first obtained the 
Secretary's consent be made in pursuance of a project not then an 
eligible Schedule B objective, then the Secretary may entertain an 
application to amend the Interim CCF Agreement's Schedule B objectives 
as the prerequisite to consenting by ratification to the withdrawal, all 
under the same time constraints and conditions as otherwise specified 
herein.
    (4) Any withdrawals made, after the effective date of an Interim CCF 
Agreement, without the Secretary's consent are automatically non-
qualified withdrawals unless the Secretary subsequently consents to them 
by ratification as otherwise specified herein.
    (5) Redeposit of that portion of the ceiling withdrawn without the 
Secretary's consent, and for which such consent is not subsequently 
given (either by ratification or otherwise), shall not be permitted. If 
such a non-qualified withdrawal adversely affects the Interim CCF 
Agreement's general status in any wise deemed by the Secretary, at his 
discretion, to be significant and material, the Secretary may 
involuntarily terminate the Interim CCF Agreement.
    (e) First tax year for which Interim CCF Agreement is effective. An 
Agreement, to be effective for any party's Period (aa), must be executed 
and entered into by the party, and submitted to the Secretary, before 
the end of Period (bb) or Period (cc), whichever applies, for such 
Period (aa). If executed and entered into by the party, and/or received 
by the Secretary, after the end of Period (bb) or Period (cc), whichever 
applies, then the Agreement will be first effective for the next 
succeeding Period (aa).
    (1) If, however, the Secretary receives an Agreement executed and 
entered into by the party in proper form so close to the latest 
permissible period that the Secretary cannot execute the Agreement 
before expiration of Period (bb) or Period (cc), whichever applies, then 
the burden is entirely upon the party to negotiate with IRS for such 
relief as may be available (e.g., filing an amended tax return, if 
appropriate). The Secretary will nevertheless execute the Agreement 
however long past the party's Period (bb) or Period (cc), whichever 
applies, the Secretary's administrative workload requires. Should IRS 
relief be, for any reason, unavailable, the Secretary shall regard the 
same as merely due to the party's having failed to apply in a more 
timely manner.
    (2) All parties shall be counseled that it is manifestly in their 
best interest to enter into and execute an Agreement, and submit the 
same to the Secretary, at least 45 days in advance of the Period (bb) or 
Period (cc), whichever applies, for the Period (aa) for which the 
Agreement is first intended to be effective.