House Ways and Means Committee to mark-up international tax reform bill in 2016 – Senate Finance Committee leaders express concern over EU State aid investigations – President Obama delivers State of the Union address – US legislation has implications for certain foreign pension funds –IRS Notice 2016-10 offers guidance for RICs with Section 853 elections alternative methods for handling foreign tax refunds – Treasury is considering foreign goodwill exception in final Section 367 regulations – Sixth Circuit holds FX option is Section 1256 contract, reverses Tax Court.