From: Erika Kellerhals Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 1:14 AM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: Re: I am absolutely disgusted. Erika A. Kellerhals Member K=llerhals Ferguson Kroblin nit 9053 Estate Thomas, Suite 101 St. Thomas VI 00802 Cell: On Dec 15, 2017, at 8:58 PM, Jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: pretty late in the game for that d=termination/explanation . that seems so clear . weird On Fri, Dec 15, 2=17 at 7:48 PM, Erika Kellerhals < <mailto > wrote: Here's t=e explanation we go from Crapo's tax guy <=pan style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The conference report la=guage is now posted on the House Rules Committee website. Tony may ha=e already told you guys, since he was in the conference, but we found out from Team Hatch as the conference wrapped up that our USVI provisions had to b= dropped out. Tony may more insight but apparently JCT ultimately det=rmined that the language as written would also apply to Puerto Rico, leadin= to a revised score of $3.9 billion, which was more than they could accommo=ate in the bill. When they tried to find a way to adjust the language=to only apply to the VI, they found it couldn't be done without it b=ing considered an ineligible tax earmark. I'm still waiting f=r more details about how and why JCT ended up with this new interpretation.=nbsp; But sadly it appears after all our efforts we are now back to the dra=ing board. Erika A. Kellerhals Member Kellerhals Ferguson Krobli= PLI.0 9053 Estate Thomas, Suite 101 St. Thomas VI 00802 Office <tel <=iv>Cell: Sea EFTA_R1_01703504 EFTA02548580

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