(a) In general. Section 412(c)(2)(B) provides that, at the election of the administrator of a plan which includes a trust qualified under
section 401(a) or of a plan which satisfies the requirements of
section 403(a) or
section 405(a), the value of a bond or other evidence of indebtedness which is held by the plan and which is not in default as to principal or interest may be determined on an amortized basis running from initial cost at purchase to the amount payable at maturity (or, in the case of a bond which is callable prior to maturity, the earliest call date). So long as this election is in effect, the value of any such evidence of indebtedness shall, for purposes of
section 412, be determined on such an amortized basis rather than on a method taking into account fair market value as described in
section 412(c)(2)(A).