rural projects (a) In general Paragraph (8) of section 42(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the second sentence. (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 103. Codification of rules relating to increased tenant income (a) In general Clause (i) of section 42(g)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this Act, is amended by striking clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) and all that follows and inserting “clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (vi), notwithstanding an increase in the income of the occupants above the income limitation applicable under paragraph (1)— (I) a low-income unit shall continue to be treated as a low-income unit if the income of such occupants initially was 60 percent or less of area median gross income and such unit continues to be rent-restricted, and (II) a unit to which, at the time of initial occupancy by such occupants, any Federal, State, or local government income restriction applied, and which subsequently becomes part of a building with respect to which rehabilitation expenditures are taken into account under subsection (e), shall be treated as a low-income unit if the income of such occupants initially was 60 percent or less of area median gross income and does not exceed 120 percent of area median gross income as of the date of acquisition of the property by the taxpayer. . (b) Exception Subparagraph (D) of section 42(g)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: (vi) Exception to rule relating to increased tenant income In the case of an occupant of a low-income unit who initially qualified to occupy such unit by reason of paragraph (1)(C) with an income in excess of 60 percent of area median gross income but not in excess of 80 percent of area median gross income, clause (i) shall be applied for substituting 80 percent for 60 percent each place it appears. . (c) Effective date The amendments