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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Koby Mandell Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Numerous American citizens have been murdered or maimed
by terrorists around the world, including more than 100
murdered since 1968 in terrorist attacks occurring in Israel or
in territories administered by Israel or in territories
administered by the Palestinian Authority.
(2) Some American citizens who have been victims of
terrorism overseas, especially those harmed by terrorists
operating from areas administered by the Palestinian Authority,
have not received from the United States Government services
equal to those received by other such victims of overseas
terrorism.
(3) The United States Government has not devoted adequate
efforts or resources to the apprehension of terrorists who have
harmed American citizens overseas, particularly in cases
involving terrorists operating from areas administered by the
Palestinian Authority. Monetary rewards for information leading
to the capture of terrorists overseas, which the Government
advertises in regions where the terrorists are believed to be
hiding, have not been advertised in areas administered by the
Palestinian Authority.
(4) This situation is especially grave in the areas
administered by the Palestinian Authority, because many
terrorists involved in the murders of Americans are walking
free there; some of these terrorists have been given positions
in the Palestinian Authority security forces or other official
Palestinian Authority agencies; and a number of schools,
streets, and other public sites have been named in honor of
terrorists who were involved in the murders of Americans.
(5) To remedy these and related problems, an office should
be established within the Department of Justice for the purpose
of ensuring equally vigorous efforts to capture all terrorists
who have harmed American citizens overseas and equal treatment
for all American victims of overseas terrorism.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OFFICE OF JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF OVERSEAS
TERRORISM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
(a) In General.--There is established within the Department of
Justice an Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism (in this
Act referred to as the ``Office'') to carry out the following
activities:
(1) Rewards for justice.--
(A) In general.--The Office shall assume
responsibility for administration of the Rewards for
Justice program and its website.
(B) Administration.--In administering the Rewards
for Justice program the Office shall ensure that--
(i) rewards are offered to capture all
terrorists involved in harming American
citizens overseas, regardless of the
terrorists' country of origin or residence;
(ii) such rewards are prominently
advertised in the mass media and public sites
in all countries or regions where such
terrorists reside;
(iii) the names and photographs and
suspects in all such cases are included on the
website; and
(iv) the names of the specific
organizations claiming responsibility for
terrorist attacks mentioned on the site are
included in the descriptions of those attacks.
(2) Notification program.--The Office shall establish and
administer a program--
(A) comparable to the VINE system for notification
of crime victims; and
(B) that will provide notification for American
victims of overseas terrorism or their immediate family
to update them on the status of efforts to capture the
terrorists who harmed them.
(3) Government representation.--The Office shall send an
official United States Government representative to attend the
funeral of every American victim of terrorism overseas.
(4) Report.--The Office shall assume responsibility for
providing twice-annual reports to Congress as required by
section 805 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and
2001.
(5) Profiting from crimes.--The Office shall work with
other United States Government agencies to expand legal
restrictions on the ability of murderers to reap profits from
books or movies concerning their crimes so as to ensure that
terrorists who harm American citizens overseas are unable to
profit from book or movie sales in the United States.
(6) Terrorists as police.--The Office shall--
(A) determine if terrorists who have harmed
American citizens overseas are serving in their local
police or security forces; and
(B) if it is found that terrorists who have harmed
American citizens overseas are serving in their local
police or security forces--
(i) alert those United States Government
agencies involved in providing assistance,
directly or indirectly, to those forces; and
(ii) request of those agencies that all
such assistance be halted until the
aforementioned terrorists are removed from
their positions.
(7) Patterns of prosecution.--The Office shall--
(A) undertake a comprehensive assessment of the
pattern of United States indictments and prosecution of
terrorists who have harmed American citizens overseas,
in order to determine the reasons for the absence of
indictments of terrorists residing in some regions,
such as the territories controlled by the Palestinian
Authority; and
(B) provide the assessment to the Attorney General
and to Congress, together with its recommendations.
(8) Monitoring.--The Office shall--
(A) monitor public actions by governments and
regimes overseas pertaining to terrorists who have
harmed American citizens, such as the naming of
schools, streets, or other public institutions or sites
after such terrorists; and
(B) in such instances, encourage other United
States Government agencies to halt their provision of
assistance, directly or indirectly, to those
institutions.
(9) Compensation.--The Office shall initiate negotiations
to secure appropriate financial compensation for American
citizens, or the families of such citizens, who were harmed by
organizations that claim responsibility for acts of terrorism
against Americans overseas and that subsequently become part of
a governing regime with which the United States Government
maintains diplomatic or other official contacts, such as the
Palestinian Authority.
(10) Incarcerated terrorists.--The Office shall--
(A) monitor the incarceration abroad of terrorists
who harmed Americans overseas, to ensure that their
conditions of incarceration are reasonably similar to
conditions of incarceration in the United States; and
(B) in cases where terrorists who have harmed
Americans overseas, and are subsequently released from
incarceration abroad, are eligible for further
prosecution in the United States, coordinate with other
Government agencies to seek the transfer of those
terrorists to the United States for further
prosecution.
(11) Persona non grata.--The Office shall strive to ensure
that all terrorists who have harmed Americans overseas are
treated by the United States Government as persona non grata,
including steps such as--
(A) denying those individuals visas for entry to
the United States;
(B) urging United States Government agencies to
refrain from political and diplomatic contacts with
those individuals; and
(C) instructing United States embassies and
consulates to urge American visitors to those countries
to refrain from patronizing businesses that are owned
or operated by such individuals.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 2003 and each subsequent fiscal year such sums as may be necessary
to carry out this Act.
(b) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are authorized to
remain available until expended. | Koby Mandell Act of 2003 - Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism.Requires the Office to: (1) assume responsibility for administration of the Rewards for Justice program and its website; (2) ensure that rewards are offered to capture all terrorists involved in harming American citizens overseas; (3) establish and administer a program comparable to the VINE system for notification of crime victims to notify or update American victims of overseas terrorism or their families on the status of efforts to capture the terrorists; (4) send an official U.S. Government representative to attend the funeral of every American victim of terrorism overseas; (5) work to expand restrictions on the ability of murderers to reap profits from books or movies concerning their crimes; (6) determine if terrorists who have harmed Americans overseas are serving in their local police or security forces and alert U.S. agencies that provide assistance to those forces; (7) undertake a comprehensive assessment to determine the reasons for the absence of indictments of terrorists residing in some regions; (8) monitor public actions pertaining to terrorists by governments and regimes overseas, such as naming streets or public institutions after terrorists; (9) initiate negotiations to secure financial compensation for American citizens who were harmed by an organization that claims responsibility for terrorist acts against Americans overseas and that subsequently become part of a governing regime with which the U.S. Government maintains diplomatic or official contacts; (10) monitor the incarceration abroad of terrorists who harmed Americans overseas; and (11) ensure that all terrorists who have harmed Americans overseas are treated by the Government as persona non grata. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to create an office within the Department of Justice to undertake certain specific steps to ensure that all American citizens harmed by terrorism overseas receive equal treatment by the United States Government regardless of the terrorists' country of origin or residence, and to ensure that all terrorists involved in such attacks are pursued, prosecuted, and punished with equal vigor, regardless of the terrorists' country of origin or residence."} | 1,580 | 363 | 0.62452 | 2.027176 | 0.771713 | 4.488673 | 4.724919 | 0.97411 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Response to Terrorism and
Consequence Management Act of 2002''.
TITLE I--CAPACITY BUILDING FOR URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TASK FORCES
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``National Urban Search and Rescue
Task Force Assistance Act of 2002''.
SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
established the National Urban Search and Rescue Response
System in 1989 pursuant to requirement in the Earthquakes
Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 which directed FEMA to provide
adequate search and rescue capacity in the event of an
earthquake;
(2) once the President has issued a major disaster
declaration following a request by a governor, FEMA may
activate up to three task forces that are closest to the
disaster and additional task forces may be activated as
necessary;
(3) each task force must be able to deploy all personnel
and equipment within six hours of activation and are expected
to be able to sustain themselves for the first 72 hours of
operations;
(4) each task force must be capable of deploying at least
62 fully trained individuals, with each position staffed three
deep to ensure the availability of at least two alternatives
available in reserve for each position for a total of 186
members in each task force;
(5) task forces are supported by Incident Support Teams
which provide technical assistance to state and local emergency
managers, coordinate the activities of multiple task forces,
and provide logistical support;
(6) in fiscal year 2001, FEMA provided $7,200,000 to the
task forces for training and equipment, allocated according to
need;
(7) in fiscal year 2001, FEMA provided some $6,000,000 for
upgrading the capability of six task forces to respond to
disaster resulting from the use of weapons of mass destruction,
including the capacity to search and provide assistance in an
environment with chemical, biological, or radiological
contamination;
(8) there currently are 28 task forces throughout the
United States;
(9) since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the
need for fully equipped and trained task forces is obvious;
(10) by noon of September 12, 2001, eight task forces were
working valiantly with the courageous New York firefighters to
address the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World
Trade Center, four task forces responded to the attacks on the
Pentagon, and 25 of 28 task forces were deployed over a three-
week period;
(11) each task force is currently in need of additional
training and support equipment with each task force being
deployed with some 80,000 pounds of search, rescue, and support
equipment valued at some $1,800,000;
(12) each task force is supported by some $150,000 per year
in operating costs with needs of approximately $1,500,000 to
maintain optimum operational efficiency;
(13) many task forces have inadequate transportation to
ensure a timely response to disasters, including acts of
terrorism;
(14) the cost of maintaining FEMA's Incident Support Teams
as part of the search and rescue task forces is $5,000,000 per
year;
(15) the Federal Government needs to ensure that each task
force is adequately trained and equipped to perform urban
search and rescue functions in all environments, including the
aftermath from acts of terrorism involving weapons of mass
destruction;
(16) the Federal Government needs to ensure that each task
force has adequate equipment to meet all operational needs and
staff support;
(17) the Federal Government needs to ensure that each task
force has the capability to put two full teams in the field to
meet any disaster or act of terrorism;
(18) the Federal Government needs to ensure that designated
task forces have the capability to deploy internationally to
provide search and rescue functions vital to our interests and
those of our allies; and
(19) while these task forces were originally created for
earthquake response, these highly capable task forces have an
expanding and vital role in responding to acts of terrorism,
including those involving weapons of mass destruction.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this act is to provide the needed
funds, equipment, and training to ensure that all urban search and
rescue task forces have the full capability to respond to all emergency
search and rescue needs arising from any disaster, including acts of
terrorism involving a weapon of mass destruction.
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) The term ``Director'' shall mean the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(2) The term ``urban search and rescue task force'' shall
be any of the 28 urban search and rescue task forces currently
designated by FEMA.
(3) The term ``urban search and rescue equipment'' means
any equipment, determined by the Director, as necessary to
respond to any emergency, designated as a disaster by the
President of the United States, including any emergency for
which the proximate cause is a terrorist act, including
biological, nuclear/radioactive, or chemical terrorism.
SEC. 104. ASSISTANCE.
(a) Eligible Activities.--The Director may provide one or more
grants to each urban search and rescue task forces for--
(1) operational costs in excess of the funds provided under
subsection (b) of this section;
(2) the cost of all needed urban search and rescue
equipment;
(3) the cost of equipment needed to allow a task force to
operate in an environment contaminated by weapons of mass
destruction, including chemical, biological, and nuclear/
radioactive contaminants;
(4) the cost of training, including training for operating
in an environment contaminated by weapons of mass destruction,
including chemical, biological, and nuclear/radioactive
weapons;
(5) the cost of transportation;
(6) the cost of task force expansion;
(7) the cost of Incident Support Teams, including the cost
to conduct appropriate task force readiness evaluations; and
(8) the cost of making task forces capable of responding to
international disasters, including acts of terrorism.
(b) Cost of Operations.--The Director shall provide not less than
$1,500,000 for operational costs to each urban search and rescue task
force in each fiscal year.
(c) Priority for Funding.--The Director shall prioritize all
funding under this section to ensure that all urban search and rescue
task forces have the capacity, including all needed equipment and
training, to deploy two separate task forces simultaneously from each
sponsoring agency.
(d) Funding Requirements for International Search and Rescue
Teams.--The Director shall only make grants to fund subsection (a)(8)
upon a determination of need by the Director or to maintain existing
capacity, according to criteria established by the Secretary of State
in coordination with the Director.
SEC. 105. GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
The Director shall establish such requirements as necessary to
award grants under this Act.
SEC. 106. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR COORDINATION.
The Director may award no more than four percent of the funds
appropriated for any fiscal year under section 109 for technical
assistance to allow urban search and rescue task forces to coordinate
with other agencies and organizations, including career and volunteer
fire departments, to meet state and local disasters, including those
resulting from acts of terrorism involving the use of a weapon of mass
destruction including chemical, biological, and nuclear/radioactive
weapons.
SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL TASK FORCES.
The Director is authorized to establish additional urban search and
rescue teams pursuant to a finding of need. No additional urban search
and resuce teams may be designated or funded until the first 28 teams
are fully funded and able to deploy simultaneously two task forces from
each sponsoring agency with all necessary equipment, training, and
transportation.
SEC. 108. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES.
For purposes of ensuring the effectiveness of the urban search and
resuce task forces assisted under this Act, the Director may use the
authority under section 306 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5149), to
incur any additional obligations as determined necessary by the
Director. Such obligations may include the cost of temporary
employment, workmen compensation, insurance, and other compensation for
work-related injuries consistent with memorandums of understanding
agreed to between the Director and the task forces.
SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated $160,000,000 for fiscal year
2002 of which each task force is to receive not less than $1,500,000
for operational costs (including the costs of basic search and rescue
equipment).
TITLE II--PROMOTE THE CONTRIBUTION OF EQUIPMENT TO VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTING DEPARTMENTS
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Good Samaritan Volunteer
Firefighter Assistance Act of 2002''.
SEC. 202. REMOVAL OF CIVIL LIABILITY BARRIERS THAT DISCOURAGE THE
DONATION OF FIRE EQUIPMENT TO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES.
(a) Liability Protection.--A person who donates fire control or
fire rescue equipment to a volunteer fire company shall not be liable
for civil damages under any State or Federal law for personal injuries,
property damage or loss, or death proximately caused by the equipment
after the donation.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply to a person if--
(1) the person's act or omission proximately causing the
injury, damage, loss, or death constitutes gross negligence or
intentional misconduct; or
(2) the person is the manufacturer of the fire control or
fire rescue equipment.
(c) Preemption.--This Act preempts the laws of any State to the
extent such laws are inconsistent with this Act, except that
notwithstanding subsection (b), this Act shall not preempt any State
law that provides additional protection from liability for a person who
donates fire control or fire rescue equipment to a volunteer fire
company.
(d) Certification of Safety by State Fire Marshal.--The State shall
designate its State Fire Marshal or equivalent person to certify the
safety and usefulness of the fire control or fire rescue equipment that
is being donated.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Person.--The term ``person'' includes any governmental
or other entity.
(2) Fire control or rescue equipment.--The term ``fire
control or fire rescue equipment'' includes any fire vehicle,
fire fighting tool, emergency medical equipment, protective
gear, fire hose, or breathing apparatus.
(3) Gross negligence.--The term ``gross negligence'' shall
mean voluntary and conscious conduct harmful to the health or
well-being of another person by a person who, at the time of
the conduct, knew that the conduct was likely to be harmful to
the health or well-being of another person.
(4) Intentional misconduct.--The term ``intentional
misconduct'' shall mean voluntary and conscious conduct harmful
to the health or well-being of another person by a person who,
at the time of the conduct, knew that the conduct was harmful
to the health or well-being of another person.
(5) State.--The term ``State'' includes the several States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, any other territory, or possession of
the United States, and any political subdivision of any such
State, territory, or possession.
(6) Volunteer fire company.--The term ``volunteer fire
company'' shall mean an association of individuals who provide
fire protection and other emergency services, where at least 30
percent of the individuals receive little or no compensation
compared with an entry level full-time paid individual in that
association or in the nearest such association with an entry
level full-time paid individual.
(f) Effective Date.--This Act applies only to liability for injury,
damage, loss, or death caused by equipment that, for purposes of
subsection (a), is donated on or after the date that is 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE III--ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATION OFFICE WITHIN THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATION OFFICE FOR RESPONDING TO ACTS
OF TERRORISM.
(a) FEMA Office for Emergency Coordination.--The Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall establish or designate
an office within FEMA to coordinate the response of State and local
agencies, including fire departments, hospitals, and emergency medical
facilities, to acts of terrorism, including the capacity to provide
assistance in an environment with chemical, biological, or nuclear/
radiological contamination.
(b) Definitions.--
(1) The term ``Director'' shall mean the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(2) The term ``State'' shall mean each of the States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other
territory or possession of the United States.
(c) Technical Assistance Grants.--The Director is authorized to
make grants to provide technical assistance and coordinating funding to
States to ensure that localities, fire departments, hospitals, and
other appropriate entities, as determined by the Director, have the
capacity to respond to the consequences of possible acts of terrorism,
including the capacity to provide assistance in an environment with
chemical, biological, or nuclear/radiological contamination.
(d) Fire and Safety Training Grants.--The Director shall award
grants to states to operate new and existing state fire and safety
training programs for firefighting personnel within each State.
(e) State and Local Coordination Plans To Respond to Acts of
Terrorism.--To be eligible for a technical assistance grant under
subsection (c), a State must submit a plan that--
(1) identifies an organizational hierarchy within the State
and at the local level for responding to acts of terrorism; and
(2) prioritizes State and local needs for developing the
capacity to respond to the aftermath of acts of terrorism,
including the capacity to meet these needs. This plan shall be
developed in conjunction with police departments, fire
departments, hospitals, and emergency medical facilities.
(f) Confidentiality.--The Director, in conjunction with the
Department of Justice, shall establish appropriate guidelines and
safeguards to ensure that any plans developed under subsection (e) have
adequate protections to limit the availability of information that
could put a state or locality at an additional risk of an act of
terrorism.
(g) Cooperation Between Agencies.--The Director shall establish a
task force among Federal agencies for the coordination of Federal,
State, and local resources as needed to develop a national response
plan for responding to acts of terrorism, including the capacity to
provide assistance in an environment with chemical, biological, or
nuclear/radiological contamination.
(h) Administrative Costs.--No more than five percent of any funds
made available to a State under this title may be used for
administrative costs.
(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--The Director is authorized to
use such sums as necessary from the Disaster Relief Fund to meet the
requirements of this title, including no less than $100,000,000 for
grants to support State fire and safety training programs under
subsection (d). No less than 20 percent of the funds awarded under
subsection (d) for these State fire and safety training programs shall
be used to assist fire departments with an annual budget of no more
than $25,000. | National Response to Terrorism and Consequence Management Act of 2002 - National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force Assistance Act of 2002 - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide grants to urban search and rescue task forces for specified operational, equipment, training, and other costs. Requires the Director to prioritize funding to ensure that all task forces have the capacity to deploy two separate task forces simultaneously from each sponsoring agency.Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2002 - Declares that a person who donates fire control or fire rescue equipment to a volunteer fire company shall not be liable (with exceptions) for civil damages under any State or Federal law for personal injuries, property damage or loss, or death caused by the equipment. Requires each State to designate its State Fire Marshal to certify the safety and usefulness of such equipment.Directs the Director to establish or designate an office to coordinate the responses of State and local agencies to acts of terrorism. Authorizes the Director to make grants to provide technical assistance and coordinating funding to States with State and local coordination plans to ensure that localities, fire departments, hospitals, and other appropriate entities have the capacity to respond to the consequences of possible terrorist acts. Requires the Director to: (1) award grants to States to operate fire and safety training programs for fire-fighting personnel; and (2) establish a Federal agency task force for the coordination of Federal, State, and local resources to develop a national response plan. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to establish a national response to terrorism, a national urban search and rescue task force program to ensure local capability to respond to the threat and aftermath of terrorist activities and other emergencies, and for other purposes."} | 3,402 | 328 | 0.542144 | 1.707721 | 0.720417 | 4.816254 | 11.254417 | 0.964664 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Research
Infrastructure Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE UPGRADE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for the
upgrade to the Advanced Light Source described in the publication
approved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9,
2016, titled ``Report on Facility Upgrades'', including the development
of a multi-bend achromat lattice to produce a high flux of coherent x-
rays within the soft x-ray energy region.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Flux.--The term ``flux'' means the rate of flow of
photons.
(2) Soft x-ray.--The term ``soft x-ray'' means a photon
with energy in the range from 50 to 2,000 electron volts.
(c) Start of Operations.--The Secretary shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the
upgrade under this section occurs before December 31, 2026.
(d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for the Office of Science to carry out to completion the
upgrade under this section--
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
(4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
(5) $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(6) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
(7) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.
SEC. 3. LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE II HIGH ENERGY UPGRADE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for the
upgrade to the Linac Coherent Light Source II facility described in the
publication approved by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee on
June 9, 2016, titled ``Report on Facility Upgrades'', including the
development of experimental capabilities for high energy x-rays to
reveal fundamental scientific discoveries. The Secretary shall ensure
the upgrade under this section enables the production and use of high
energy, ultra-short pulse x-rays delivered at a high repetition rate.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) High energy x-ray.--The term a ``high energy x-ray''
means a photon with an energy at or exceeding 12 kiloelectron
volts.
(2) High repetition rate.--The term ``high repetition
rate'' means the delivery of x-ray pulses up to one million
pulses per second.
(3) Ultra-short pulse x-rays.--The term ``ultra-short pulse
x-rays'' means x-ray bursts capable of durations of less than
100 femtoseconds.
(c) Start of Operations.--The Secretary shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the
upgrade under this section occurs before December 31, 2025.
(d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for the Office of Science to carry out to completion the
upgrade under this section--
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
(2) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
(4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
(5) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and
(6) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.
SEC. 4. FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for a
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to advance the understanding of rare
nuclear isotopes and the evolution of the cosmos.
(b) Facility Capabilities.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary shall ensure that the user facility will provide, at a
minimum, the following:
(1) A rare isotope beam facility capable of 400 kW of beam
power.
(2) Scientific instruments, which may include a gamma-ray
energy tracking array, a particle spectrometer with high
rigidity, and a beta-decay detection system.
(c) Start of Operations.--The Secretary shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, ensure that the start of full operations of the
facility under this section occurs before June 30, 2022, with early
operation in 2018.
(d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for the Office of Science to carry out to completion the
construction of the facility under this section--
(1) $101,200,000 for fiscal year 2018;
(2) $86,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
(3) $64,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;
(4) $36,300,000 for fiscal year 2021;
(5) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(6) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
(7) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.
SEC. 5. SPENDING LIMITATION.
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and this Act and such
amendments shall be carried out using amounts otherwise available for
such purpose.
Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 2018.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Park
Service Authorities and Corrections Act of 2009''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 101. National Park System Advisory Board.
Sec. 102. National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board.
Sec. 103. National Park System uniform penalties.
Sec. 104. Volunteers in the parks.
TITLE II--PEARL HARBOR TICKETING
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Facilitation of admission to historic attractions within
Pearl Harbor Naval Complex.
Sec. 203. Protection of resources.
TITLE III--CHANGES TO NATIONAL PARK UNITS
Sec. 301. George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Sec. 302. District of Columbia snow removal.
Sec. 303. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.
Sec. 304. Lava Beds National Monument Wilderness boundary adjustment.
TITLE IV--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Sec. 401. Baltimore National Heritage Area.
Sec. 402. Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area.
Sec. 403. Snake River headwaters.
Sec. 404. Taunton River.
Sec. 405. Cumberland Island National Seashore.
Sec. 406. Niagara Falls National Heritage Area.
TITLE I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 101. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD.
Section 3(f) of the Act entitled, ``An Act to provide for the
preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and
antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes'',
approved August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 463(f)), is amended in the first
sentence by striking ``2010'' and inserting ``2020''.
SEC. 102. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONCESSIONS MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD.
Section 409(d) of the National Park Service Concessions Management
Improvement Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-391) is amended by striking
``2009'' and inserting ``2019''.
SEC. 103. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNIFORM PENALTIES.
(a) Fines and Imprisonment.--The first section of the Act entitled,
``An Act to provide for the protection of national military parks,
national parks, battlefield sites, national monuments, and
miscellaneous memorials under the control of the War Department'',
approved March 2, 1933 (47 Stat. 1420, ch. 180), is amended by striking
``such fine and imprisonment.'' and inserting ``such fine and
imprisonment; except if the violation occurs within a park, site,
monument, or memorial that is part of the National Park System, where
violations shall be subject to the penalty provision set forth in
section 3 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 3; commonly known as
the `National Park Service Organic Act') and section 3571 of title 18,
United States Code.''.
(b) Cost of Proceedings.--Section 2(k) of the Act entitled, ``An
Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites,
buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for
other purposes'', approved August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 462(k)), is
amended by striking ``cost of the proceedings.'' and inserting ``cost
of the proceedings; except if the violation occurs within an area that
is part of the National Park System, where violations shall be subject
to the penalty provision set forth in section 3 of the Act of August
25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 3; commonly known as the `National Park Service
Organic Act'), and section 3571 of title 18, United States Code.''.
SEC. 104. VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS.
Section 4 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 (16 U.S.C.
18j) is amended by striking ``$3,500,000'' and inserting
``$10,000,000''.
TITLE II--PEARL HARBOR TICKETING
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(2) Pearl harbor historic site.--The term ``Pearl Harbor
historic site'' means a historic attraction within the Pearl
Harbor Naval Complex, including the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum
and Park, the Battleship Missouri Memorial, the Pacific
Aviation Museum--Pearl Harbor, and any other historic
attraction that the Secretary identifies as a Pearl Harbor
historic site and that is not administered or managed by the
Secretary.
(3) Visitor center.--The term ``visitor center'' means the
visitor center located within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex on
lands that are within the World War II Valor in the Pacific
National Monument and managed by the Secretary through the
National Park Service.
SEC. 202. FACILITATION OF ADMISSION TO HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS WITHIN
PEARL HARBOR NAVAL COMPLEX.
(a) In General.--The Secretary, in managing the World War II Valor
in the Pacific National Monument, may enter into an agreement with the
nonprofit organizations or other legally recognized entities that are
authorized to administer or manage a Pearl Harbor historic site--
(1) to allow visitors to a Pearl Harbor historic site to
gain access to the site by passing through security screening
at the Visitor Center; and
(2) to allow the sale of tickets to a Pearl Harbor historic
site within the Visitor Center by employees of the National
Park Service or by organizations that administer or manage a
Pearl Harbor historic site.
(b) Terms and Conditions.--In any agreement entered into pursuant
to this title, the Secretary--
(1) shall require the organization administering or
managing a Pearl Harbor historic site to pay to the Secretary a
reasonable fee to recover administrative costs associated with
the use of the Visitor Center for public access and ticket
sales, the proceeds of which shall remain available, without
further appropriation, for use by the National Park Service at
the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument;
(2) shall ensure the limited liability of the United States
arising from the admission of the public through the Visitor
Center to a Pearl Harbor historic site and the sale or issuance
of any tickets to the site; and
(3) may include any other terms and conditions the
Secretary deems appropriate.
(c) Limitation of Authority.--Under this title, the Secretary shall
have no authority--
(1) to regulate or approve the rates for admission to an
attraction within the Pearl Harbor historic site;
(2) to regulate or manage any visitor services of any
historic sites within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex other than
at those sites managed by the National Park Service as part of
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument; or
(3) to charge an entrance fee for admission to the World
War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.
SEC. 203. PROTECTION OF RESOURCES.
Nothing in this title authorizes the Secretary or any organization
that administers or manages a Pearl Harbor historic site to take any
action in derogation of the preservation and protection of the values
and resources of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National
Monument.
TITLE III--CHANGES TO NATIONAL PARK UNITS
SEC. 301. GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to authorize, direct,
facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of
certain Federal land in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this section.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(2) Research center.--The term ``Research Center'' means
the Federal Highway Administration's Turner-Fairbank Highway
Research Center.
(3) Farm.--The term ``Farm'' means the Claude Moore
Colonial Farm.
(4) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map titled ``GWMP--
Claude Moore Proposed Boundary Adjustment'', numbered 850/
82003, and dated April 2004. The map shall be available for
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National
Park Service, Department of the Interior.
(c) Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer.--
(1) Transfer of jurisdiction.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary and the Secretary of
Transportation are authorized to transfer
administrative jurisdiction for approximately 0.342
acre of land under the jurisdiction of the Department
of the Interior within the boundary of the George
Washington Memorial Parkway, generally depicted as
``B'' on the Map, for approximately 0.479 acre within
the boundary of the Research Center land under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation
adjacent to the boundary of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway, generally depicted as ``A'' on the
Map.
(B) Use restriction.--The Secretary shall restrict
the use of 0.139 acre of land within the boundary of
the George Washington Memorial Parkway immediately
adjacent to part of the north perimeter fence of the
Research Center, generally depicted as ``C'' on the
Map, by prohibiting the storage, construction, or
installation of any item that may obstruct the view
from the Research Center into the George Washington
Memorial Parkway.
(2) Reimbursement or consideration.--The transfer of
administrative jurisdiction under this section shall occur
without reimbursement or consideration.
(3) Compliance with agreement.--
(A) Agreement.--The National Park Service and the
Federal Highway Administration shall comply with all
terms and conditions of the Agreement entered into by
the parties on September 11, 2002, regarding the
transfer of administrative jurisdiction, management,
and maintenance of the lands discussed in the
Agreement.
(B) Access to land.--The Secretary shall allow the
Research Center access to the land the Secretary
restricts under paragraph (1)(B) for purposes of
maintenance in accordance with National Park Service
standards, which includes grass mowing and weed
control, tree maintenance, fence maintenance, and
visual appearance. No tree 6 inches or more in diameter
shall be pruned or removed without the advance written
permission of the Secretary. Any pesticide use must be
approved in writing by the Secretary prior to
application of the pesticide.
(d) Management of Transferred Lands.--
(1) Interior land.--The land transferred to the Secretary
under subsection (c)(1) shall be included in the boundaries of
the George Washington Memorial Parkway and shall be
administered by the National Park Service as part of the
parkway subject to applicable laws and regulations.
(2) Transportation land.--The land transferred to the
Secretary of Transportation under subsection (c)(1) shall be
included in the boundary of the Research Center and shall be
removed from the boundary of the parkway.
(3) Restricted-use land.--The land the Secretary has
designated for restricted use under subsection (c)(1) shall be
maintained by the Research Center.
SEC. 302. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SNOW REMOVAL.
Section 3 of the Act entitled, ``An Act Providing for the removal
of snow and ice from the paved sidewalks of the District of Columbia'',
approved September 16, 1922 (Sec. 9-603, D.C. Official Code), is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3. (a) It shall be the duty of a Federal agency to remove,
or cause to be removed, snow, sleet, or ice from paved sidewalks and
crosswalks within the fire limits of the District of Columbia that
are--
``(1) in front of or adjacent to buildings owned by the
United States and under such Federal agency's jurisdiction; or
``(2) public thoroughfares in front of, around, or through
public squares, reservations, or open spaces and that are owned
by the United States and under such Federal agency's
jurisdiction.
``(b) The snow, sleet, or ice removal required by subsection (a)
shall occur within a reasonable time period after snow or sleet ceases
to fall or after ice has accumulated. In the event that snow, sleet, or
ice has hardened and cannot be removed, such Federal agency shall--
``(1) make the paved sidewalks and crosswalks under its
jurisdiction described in subsection (a) reasonably safe for
travel by the application of sand, ashes, salt, or other
acceptable materials; and
``(2) as soon as practicable, thoroughly remove the snow,
sleet, or ice.
``(c)(1) The duty of a Federal agency described in subsections (a)
and (b) may be delegated to another governmental or nongovernmental
entity through a lease, contract, or other comparable arrangement.
``(2) If two or more Federal agencies have overlapping
responsibility for the same sidewalk or crosswalk they may enter into
an arrangement assigning responsibility.''.
SEC. 303. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
(a) Amendments.--The Act entitled ``An Act to establish the Martin
Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia,
and for other purposes'', approved October 10, 1980 (Public Law 96-428;
94 Stat. 1839) is amended--
(1) in the first section, by striking ``the map entitled
`Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site Boundary
Map', number 489/80,013B, and dated September 1992'' and
inserting ``the map titled `Martin Luther King, Jr. National
Historical Park', numbered 489/80,032, and dated April 2009'';
(2) by striking ``Martin Luther King, Junior, National
Historic Site'' each place it appears and inserting ``Martin
Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park''; and
(3) by striking ``historic site'' each place it appears and
inserting ``historical park''.
(b) References.--Any reference in any law (other than this Act),
map, regulation, document, record, or other official paper of the
United States to the ``Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic
Site'' shall be considered to be a reference to the ``Martin Luther
King, Jr. National Historical Park''.
SEC. 304. LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT WILDERNESS BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
The first section of the Act of October 13, 1972 (Public Law 92-
493; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note), is amended in the first sentence--
(1) by striking ``That, in'' and inserting the following:
``Section 1. In''; and
(2) by striking ``ten thousand acres'' and all that follows
through the end of the sentence and inserting ``10,431 acres,
as depicted within the proposed wilderness boundary on the map
titled `Lava Beds National Monument, Proposed Wilderness
Boundary Adjustment', numbered 147/80,015, and dated September
2005, and those lands within the area generally known as the
`Schonchin Lava Flow', comprising approximately 18,029 acres,
as depicted within the proposed wilderness boundary on the map,
are designated as wilderness.''.
TITLE IV--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
SEC. 401. BALTIMORE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11)
is amended--
(1) in sections 8005(b)(3) and 8005(b)(4) by striking
``Baltimore Heritage Area Association'' and inserting
``Baltimore City Heritage Area Association''; and
(2) in section 8005(i) by striking ``Effectiveness'' and
inserting ``Financial Assistance''.
SEC. 402. MUSCLE SHOALS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.
Section 8009(j) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
is amended by striking ``Effectiveness'' and inserting ``Financial
Assistance''.
SEC. 403. SNAKE RIVER HEADWATERS.
Section 5002(c)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of
2009 is amended by striking ``paragraph (205) of section 3(a)'' each
place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (206) of section 3(a)''.
SEC. 404. TAUNTON RIVER.
Section 5003(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
is amended by striking ``section 3(a)(206)'' each place it appears and
inserting ``section 3(a)(207)''.
SEC. 405. CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE.
Section 6(b) of the Act titled ``An Act to establish the Cumberland
Island National Seashore in the State of Georgia, and for other
purposes'' (Public Law 92-536) is amended by striking ``physiographic
conditions not prevailing'' and inserting ``physiographic conditions
now prevailing''.
SEC. 406. NIAGARA FALLS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.
Section 427(k) of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-229) is amended by striking ``Except as provided for
the leasing of administrative facilities under subsection (g)(1), the''
and inserting ``The''. | National Park Service Authorities and Corrections Act of 2009 - Title I: National Park Service Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Extends the National Park Service Advisory Board and the National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board until December 31, 2019.
(Sec. 103) Revises specified current penalty provisions applicable to the National Park System to provide for the uniform application throughout the System of specified penalty provisions of the National Park Service Organic Act and the federal criminal code.
(Sec. 104) Increases the amount that may be appropriated in any one year for the National Park Service (NPS) Volunteers-In-Parks Program.
Title II: Pearl Harbor Ticketing - (Sec. 202) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in managing the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, to enter into an agreement with the organizations authorized to administer a Pearl Harbor historic site in Hawaii with respect to visitor access and the sale of tickets.
Instructs the Secretary, with respect to any such agreement, to: (1) require the organization administering or managing a Pearl Harbor historic site to pay to the Secretary a fee to recover administrative costs associated with the use of the visitor center within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex within the Monument for public access and ticket sales, the proceeds of which shall remain available for use by the NPS at the Monument; and (2) ensure the limited liability of the United States arising from the admission of the public through the visitor center to such a site and the sale or issuance of any tickets to such site.
Prohibits the Secretary, under this title, from: (1) regulating or approving rates for admission to an attraction within a Pearl Harbor historic site; (2) regulating or managing visitor services of such historic sites within the Complex, other than at those sites managed by the NPS as part of the Monument; or (3) charging an entrance fee for admission to the Monument.
(Sec. 203) Prohibits anything in this title from authorizing the Secretary or any organization that administers or manages a Pearl Harbor historic site to take any action in derogation of the preservation and protection of the values and resources of the Monument.
Title III: Changes to National Park Units - (Sec. 301) Provides for the transfer of the administrative jurisdiction of specified land within the George Washington Memorial Parkway and the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to restrict the use of specified acreage within the boundary of the Parkway that is immediately adjacent to part of the Research Center's north perimeter fence by prohibiting the storage, construction, or installation of any item that may obstruct the view from the Research Center into the Parkway.
Provides for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction to occur without reimbursement or consideration.
Requires NPS and the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) to comply with all terms and conditions of a certain Agreement with regard to the transfer of administrative jurisdiction, management, and maintenance of the lands discussed in such Agreement.
Instructs the Secretary to allow the Research Center access to the land the Secretary restricts for maintenance purposes. Bars the pruning or removal of trees which are six inches or more in diameter without the advance permission of the Secretary. Requires the use of any pesticide to be approved by the Secretary prior to its application.
Requires the inclusion of: (1) the land transferred to the Secretary in the boundaries of the Parkway and to be administered by the NPS as part of the Parkway; and (2) the land transferred to the Secretary of Transportation in the boundary of the Research Center and to be removed from the Parkway's boundary.
Requires the land designated for restricted use to be maintained by the Research Center.
(Sec. 302) Revises provisions regarding the removal of snow and ice around federal buildings in the District of Columbia. Requires federal agencies (under current law, the Director of the NPS) to remove snow, sleet, and ice from around such buildings. Requires such snow, sleet, or ice removal to occur within a reasonable time period after snow or sleet ceases to fall or after ice has accumulated. Permits delegation of all such duties to another governmental or nongovernmental entity through a lease, contract, or other comparable arrangement.
(Sec. 303) Redesignates the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in Georgia as the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.
(Sec. 304) Adjusts the boundary of the Lava Beds National Monument in California.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business and Financial
Institutions Tax Relief Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF S CORPORATION ELIGIBLE SHAREHOLDERS TO INCLUDE
IRAS.
(a) In General.--Section 1361(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to certain trusts permitted as shareholders) is
amended by inserting after clause (v) the following:
``(vi) A trust which constitutes an
individual retirement account under section
408(a), including one designated as a Roth IRA
under section 408A.''
(b) Treatment as Shareholder.--Section 1361(c)(2)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to treatment as shareholders)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(vi) In the case of a trust described in
clause (vi) of subparagraph (A), the individual
for whose benefit the trust was created shall
be treated as a shareholder.''
(c) Sale of Stock in IRA Relating To S Corporation Election Exempt
From Prohibited Transaction Rules.--Section 4975(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exemptions) is amended by striking
``or'' at the end of paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end
of paragraph (15) and inserting ``; or'', and by adding at the end the
following:
``(16) a sale of stock held by a trust which constitutes an
individual retirement account under section 408(a) to the
individual for whose benefit such account is established if
such sale is pursuant to an election under section 1362(a).''
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.
SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES INCOME FROM PASSIVE INCOME
TEST FOR BANK S CORPORATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 1362(d)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (defining passive investment income) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(v) Exception for banks; etc.--In the
case of a bank (as defined in section 581), a
bank holding company (as defined in section
246A(c)(3)(B)(ii)), or a qualified subchapter S
subsidiary bank, the term `passive investment
income' shall not include--
``(I) interest income earned by
such bank, bank holding company, or
qualified subchapter S subsidiary bank,
or
``(II) dividends on assets required
to be held by such bank, bank holding
company, or qualified subchapter S
subsidiary bank to conduct a banking
business, including stock in the
Federal Reserve Bank, the Federal Home
Loan Bank, or the Federal Agricultural
Mortgage Bank or participation
certificates issued by a Federal
Intermediate Credit Bank.''
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996.
SEC. 4. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE SHAREHOLDERS TO 150.
(a) In General.--Section 1361(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (defining small business corporation) is amended by striking
``75'' and inserting ``150''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.
SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF QUALIFYING DIRECTOR SHARES.
(a) In General.--Section 1361 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Treatment of Qualifying Director Shares.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of this subchapter--
``(A) qualifying director shares shall not be
treated as a second class of stock, and
``(B) no person shall be treated as a shareholder
of the corporation by reason of holding qualifying
director shares.
``(2) Qualifying director shares defined.--For purposes of
this subsection, the term `qualifying director shares' means
any shares of stock in a bank (as defined in section 581) or in
a bank holding company registered as such with the Federal
Reserve System--
``(i) which are held by an individual
solely by reason of status as a director of
such bank or company or its controlled
subsidiary; and
``(ii) which are subject to an agreement
pursuant to which the holder is required to
dispose of the shares of stock upon termination
of the holder's status as a director at the
same price as the individual acquired such
shares of stock.
``(3) Distributions.--A distribution (not in part or full
payment in exchange for stock) made by the corporation with
respect to qualifying director shares shall be includible as
ordinary income of the holder and deductible to the corporation
as an expense in computing taxable income under section 1363(b)
in the year such distribution is received.''
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 1361(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by inserting ``, except as provided in subsection
(f),'' before ``which does not''.
(2) Section 1366(a) of such Code is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(3) Allocation with respect to qualifying director
shares.--The holders of qualifying director shares (as defined
in section 1361(f)) shall not, with respect to such shares of
stock, be allocated any of the items described in paragraph
(1).''
(3) Section 1373(a) of such Code is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of paragraph (1), by striking the period at
the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ``, and'', and adding at
the end the following:
``(3) no amount of an expense deductible under this
subchapter by reason of section 1361(f)(3) shall be apportioned
or allocated to such income.''
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996.
SEC. 6. BAD DEBT CHARGE OFFS IN YEARS AFTER ELECTION YEAR TREATED AS
ITEMS OF BUILT-IN LOSS.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Regulation 1.1374-4(f)
for S corporation elections made in taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1996, with respect to bad debt deductions under section
166 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat such deductions as
built-in losses under section 1374(d)(4) of such Code during the entire
period during which the bank recognizes built-in gains from changing
its accounting method for recognizing bad debts from the reserve method
under section 585 of such Code to the charge-off method under section
166 of such Code.
SEC. 7. INCLUSION OF BANKS IN 3-YEAR S CORPORATION RULE FOR CORPORATE
PREFERENCE ITEMS.
(a) In General.--Section 1363(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to computation of corporation's taxable income) is
amended by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:
``Paragraph (4) shall apply to any bank whether such bank is an S
corporation or a qualified subchapter S subsidiary.''
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.
SEC. 8. EXPANSION OF S CORPORATION ELIGIBLE SHAREHOLDERS TO INCLUDE
FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) In General.--Section 1361(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (defining small business corporation) is amended--
(1) by striking ``or an organization'' and inserting ``an
organization'', and
(2) by inserting ``, or a family partnership described in
subsection (c)(8)'' after ``subsection (c)(6)''.
(b) Family Partnership.--Section 1361(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to special rules for applying subsection (b)),
as amended by section 5, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(8) Family partnerships.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of subsection
(b)(1)(B), any partnership or limited liability company
may be a shareholder in an S corporation if--
``(i) all partners or members are members
of 1 family as determined under section
704(e)(3), and
``(ii) all of the partners or members would
otherwise be eligible shareholders of an S
corporation.
``(B) Treatment as shareholders.--For purposes of
subsection (b)(1)(A), in the case of a partnership or
limited liability company described in subparagraph
(A), each partner or member shall be treated as a
shareholder.''
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.
SEC. 9. ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED STOCK PERMITTED.
(a) In General.--Section 1361 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended by section 5(a), is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(g) Treatment of Qualified Preferred Stock.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of this subchapter--
``(A) qualified preferred stock shall not be
treated as a second class of stock, and
``(B) no person shall be treated as a shareholder
of the corporation by reason of holding qualified
preferred stock.
``(2) Qualified preferred stock defined.--For purposes of
this subsection, the term `qualified preferred stock' means
stock which meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (C) of section 1504(a)(4). Stock shall not fail to be
treated as qualified preferred stock solely because it is
convertible into other stock.
``(3) Distributions.--A distribution (not in part or full
payment in exchange for stock) made by the corporation with
respect to qualified preferred stock shall be includible as
ordinary income of the holder and deductible to the corporation
as an expense in computing taxable income under section 1363(b)
in the year such distribution is received.''
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 1361(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended by section 5(b)(1), is amended by striking
``subsection (f)'' and inserting ``subsections (f) and (g)''.
(2) Section 1366(a) of such Code, as amended by section
5(b)(2), is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Allocation with respect to qualified preferred
stock.--The holders of qualified preferred stock (as defined in
section 1361(g)) shall not, with respect to such stock, be
allocated any of the items described in paragraph (1).''
(3) Section 1373(a)(3) of such Code, as added by section
5(b)(3), is amended by inserting ``or 1361(g)(3)'' after
``section 1361(f)(3)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.
SEC. 10. CONSENT TO ELECTIONS.
(a) 90 Percent of Shares Required for Consent to Election.--Section
1362(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to all
shareholders must consent to election) is amended--
(1) by striking ``all persons who are shareholders in'' and
inserting ``shareholders holding at least 90 percent of the
shares of'', and
(2) by striking ``All shareholders'' in the heading and
inserting ``At least 90 percent of shares''.
(b) Rules for Consent.--Section 1362(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to election) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(3) Rules for consent.--For purposes of making any
consent required under paragraph (2) or subsection (d)(1)(B)--
``(A) each joint owner of shares shall consent with
respect to such shares,
``(B) the personal representative or other
fiduciary authorized to act on behalf of the estate of
a deceased individual shall consent for the estate,
``(C) one parent, the custodian, the guardian, or
the conservator shall consent with respect to shares
owned by a minor or subject to a custodianship,
guardianship, conservatorship, or similar arrangement,
``(D) the trustee of a trust shall consent with
respect to shares owned in trust,
``(E) the trustee of the estate of a bankrupt
individual shall consent for shares owned by a
bankruptcy estate,
``(F) an authorized officer or the trustee of an
organization described in subsection (c)(6) shall
consent for the shares owned by such organization, and
``(G) in the case of a partnership or limited
liability company described in subsection (c)(8)--
``(i) all general partners shall consent
with respect to shares owned by such
partnership,
``(ii) all managers shall consent with
respect to shares owned by such company if
management of such company is vested in 1 or
more managers, and
``(iii) all members shall consent with
respect to shares owned by such company if
management of such company is vested in the
members.''
(c) Treatment of Nonconsenting Shareholder Stock.--
(1) In general.--Section 1361 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended by section 9(a), is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(h) Treatment of Nonconsenting Shareholder Stock.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of this subchapter--
``(A) nonconsenting shareholder stock shall not be
treated as a second class of stock,
``(B) such stock shall be treated as C corporation
stock, and
``(C) the shareholder's pro rata share under
section 1366(a)(1) with respect to such stock shall be
subject to tax paid by the S corporation at the highest
rate of tax specified in section 11(b).
``(2) Nonconsenting shareholder stock defined.--For
purposes of this subsection, the term `nonconsenting
shareholder stock' means stock of an S corporation which is
held by a shareholder who did not consent to an election under
section 1362(a) with respect to such S corporation.
``(3) Distributions.--A distribution (not in part or full
payment in exchange for stock) made by the corporation with
respect to nonconsenting shareholder stock shall be includible
as ordinary income of the holder and deductible to the
corporation as an expense in computing taxable income under
section 1363(b) in the year such distribution is received.''
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1361(b)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 9(b)(1),
is amended by striking ``subsections (f) and (g)'' and
inserting ``subsections (f), (g), and (h)''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to elections made in taxable years beginning after December 31,
1999.
SEC. 11. INFORMATION RETURNS FOR QUALIFIED SUBCHAPTER S SUBSIDIARIES.
(a) In General.--Section 1361(b)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to treatment of certain wholly owned subsidiaries) is
amended by inserting ``and in the case of information returns required
under part III of subchapter A of chapter 61'' after ``Secretary''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999. | Small Business and Financial Institutions Tax Relief Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit S corporation eligible shareholders to include individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
(Sec. 2) Exempts from prohibited transaction rules any sale of stock in an IRA pursuant to a small business corporation's election to be an S corporation.
(Sec. 3) Excludes from the definition of passive income for purposes of S status termination any interest income earned by or dividends on assets required to be held by a bank, a bank holding company, or a qualified subchapter S subsidiary bank.
(Sec. 4) Increases from 75 to 150 the maximum number of shareholders a small business organization may have to be eligible to elect S corporation treatment.
(Sec. 5) States that stock held by a bank director as required by banking regulations (director qualifying stock) shall not be considered a disqualifying second class of S corporation stock.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to modify a certain regulation to permit an S corporation bank to treat certain bad debt deductions as built-in losses during the entire period during which the bank recognized built-in gains from changing its accounting method for recognizing bad debts from the reserve method to the charge-off method.
(Sec. 7) Includes all banks within the three-year deduction preference rule.
(Sec. 8) Makes family limited partnerships eligible to be S corporation shareholders.
(Sec. 9) Permits the issuance of qualified preferred stock, which shall not be treated as second class stock. Makes any distribution (not in payment in exchange for stock) made by an S corporation with respect to qualified preferred stock includible as ordinary income of the holder and deductible to the corporation as an expense.
(Sec. 10) Reduces from 100 percent to 90 percent the percentage of shares held by shareholders necessary for consent to election by a small business organization to be an S corporation. Prescribes rules for such consent.
(Sec. 11) Revises exceptions to the criteria for the treatment of certain wholly owned subchapter S subsidiaries with reference to required information returns. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Small Business and Financial Institutions Tax Relief Act of 1999"} | 3,648 | 475 | 0.547234 | 1.699635 | 0.718068 | 2.908654 | 7.569712 | 0.913462 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Faster Care for Veterans Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHING A PATIENT SELF-SCHEDULING
APPOINTMENT SYSTEM.
(a) Pilot Program.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall commence
a pilot program under which veterans use an Internet website or mobile
application to schedule and confirm medical appointments at medical
facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) Selection of Locations.--The Secretary shall select not less
than three Veterans Integrated Services Networks in which to carry out
the pilot program under subsection (a).
(c) Contracts.--
(1) Authority.--The Secretary shall seek to enter into a
contract using competitive procedures with one or more contractors
to provide the scheduling capability described in subsection (a).
(2) Notice of competition.--Not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a
request for proposals for the contract described in paragraph (1).
Such request shall be full and open to any contractor that has an
existing commercially available, off-the-shelf online patient self-
scheduling system that includes the capabilities specified in
section 3(a).
(3) Selection.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall award a contract to one
or more contractors pursuant to the request for proposals under
paragraph (2).
(d) Duration of Pilot Program.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall carry out the pilot program under subsection (a)
for an 18-month period.
(2) Extension.--The Secretary may extend the duration of the
pilot program under subsection (a), and may expand the selection of
Veterans Integrated Services Networks under subsection (b), if the
Secretary determines that the pilot program is reducing the wait
times of veterans seeking medical care and ensuring that more
available appointment times are filled.
(e) Mobile Application Defined.--In this section, the term ``mobile
application'' means a software program that runs on the operating
system of a cellular telephone, tablet computer, or similar portable
computing device that transmits data over a wireless connection.
SEC. 3. CAPABILITIES OF PATIENT SELF-SCHEDULING APPOINTMENT SYSTEM.
(a) Minimum Capabilities.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
ensure that the patient self-scheduling appointment system used in the
pilot program under section 2, and any other patient self-scheduling
appointment system developed or used by the Department of Veterans
Affairs, includes, at a minimum, the following capabilities:
(1) Capability to schedule, modify, and cancel appointments for
primary care, specialty care, and mental health.
(2) Capability to support appointments for the provision of
health care regardless of whether such care is provided in person
or through telehealth services.
(3) Capability to view appointment availability in real time.
(4) Capability to make available, in real time, appointments
that were previously filled but later cancelled by other patients.
(5) Capability to provide prompts or reminders to veterans to
schedule follow-up appointments.
(6) Capability to be used 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
(7) Capability to integrate with the Veterans Health
Information Systems and Technology Architecture of the Department,
or such successor information technology system.
(b) Independent Validation and Verification.--
(1) Independent entity.--
(A) The Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement
with an appropriate non-governmental, not-for-profit entity
with expertise in health information technology to
independently validate and verify that the patient self-
scheduling appointment system used in the pilot program under
section 2, and any other patient self-scheduling appointment
system developed or used by the Department of Veterans Affairs,
includes the capabilities specified in subsection (a).
(B) Each independent validation and verification conducted
under subparagraph (A) shall be completed as follows:
(i) With respect to the validation and verification of
the patient self-scheduling appointment system used in the
pilot program under section 2, by not later than 60 days
after the date on which such pilot program commences.
(ii) With respect to any other patient self-scheduling
appointment system developed or used by the Department of
Veterans Affairs, by not later than 60 days after the date
on which such system is deployed, regardless of whether
such deployment is on a limited basis, but not including
any deployments for testing purposes.
(2) GAO evaluation.--
(A) The Comptroller General of the United States shall
evaluate each validation and verification conducted under
paragraph (1).
(B) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the
Comptroller General completes an evaluation under paragraph
(1), the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on such evaluation.
(C) In this paragraph, the term ``appropriate congressional
committees'' means--
(i) the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Senate; and
(ii) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
(c) Certification.--
(1) Capabilities included.--Not later than December 31, 2017,
the Secretary shall certify to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the patient
self-scheduling appointment system used in the pilot program under
section 2, and any other patient self-scheduling appointment system
developed or used by the Department of Veterans Affairs as of the
date of the certification, includes the capabilities specified in
subsection (a).
(2) New systems.--If the Secretary develops or begins using a
new patient self-scheduling appointment system that is not covered
by a certification made under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
certify to such committees that such new system includes the
capabilities specified in subsection (a) by not later than 30 days
after the date on which the Secretary determines to replace the
previous patient self-scheduling appointment system.
(3) Effect of capabilities not included.--If the Secretary does
not make a timely certification under paragraph (1) or paragraph
(2), the Secretary shall replace any patient self-scheduling
appointment system developed by the Secretary that is in use with a
commercially available, off-the-shelf online patient self-
scheduling system that includes the capabilities specified in
subsection (a).
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON NEW APPROPRIATIONS.
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts
otherwise authorized.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate. | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 6, 2016. Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to begin an 18-month pilot program in at least three Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) under which veterans use an Internet website or mobile application to schedule and confirm appointments at VA medical facilities.The program's duration may be extended and the number of VISNs may be increased if the VA determines that the program is reducing the wait times of veterans seeking medical care and ensuring that more available appointment times are filled. The VA shall seek to enter into a contract using competitive procedures with one or more contractors to provide the scheduling capability. The VA's request for proposals shall be open to any contractor that has an existing commercially available, off-the-shelf online patient self-scheduling system that includes the capabilities to: schedule, modify, and cancel appointments for primary care, specialty care, and mental health; support appointments for the provision of health care regardless of whether such care is provided in person or through telehealth services; view appointment availability in real time; make available, in real time, appointments that were previously filled but later cancelled by other patients; provide prompts or reminders to veterans to schedule follow-up appointments; be used 24 hours per day, 7 days per week; and integrate with the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture of the VA. The VA shall seek to enter into an agreement with an appropriate non-governmental, not-for-profit entity with expertise in health information technology to independently validate and verify that the system used in the program and any other patient self-scheduling appointment system developed or used by the VA includes such capabilities. The bill sets deadlines for the validation and verification of such systems. The Government Accountability Office shall evaluate and report to specified congressional committees on each validation and verification conducted. By December 31, 2017, the VA shall certify to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs that such systems include such capabilities. If the VA develops or begins using a new patient self-scheduling appointment system that is not covered by such certification, it shall: (1) certify that such new system includes such capabilities by 30 days after it makes the determination to replace the previous system, or (2) replace any such system developed that is in use with a commercially available, off-the-shelf online patient self-scheduling system that includes the specified capabilities. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016"} | 1,471 | 530 | 0.712954 | 2.461229 | 0.711749 | 5.267206 | 2.82996 | 0.910931 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Morris K. Udall Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. SHORT TITLE.
Section 1 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in
National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992
(20 U.S.C. 5601 note; Public Law 102-259) is amended to read as
follows:
``SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
``This Act may be cited as the `Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.
Udall Foundation Act'.''.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
Section 3 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Act (20 U.S.C. 5601) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) the Foundation--
``(A) since 1995, has operated exceptional
scholarship, internship, and fellowship programs for
areas of study related to the environment and Native
American tribal policy and health care;
``(B) since 1999, has provided valuable
environmental conflict resolution services and
leadership through the United States Institute for
Environmental Conflict Resolution; and
``(C) is committed to continue making a substantial
contribution toward public policy in the future by--
``(i) playing a significant role in
developing the next generation of environmental
and Native American leaders; and
``(ii) working with current leaders to
improve decisionmaking on--
``(I) challenging environmental,
energy, and related economic problems;
and
``(II) tribal governance and
economic issues;
``(6) Stewart L. Udall, as a member of Congress, Secretary
of the Interior, environmental lawyer, and author, has provided
distinguished national leadership in environmental and Native
American policy for more than 50 years;
``(7) as Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969,
Stewart L. Udall oversaw the creation of 4 national parks, 6
national monuments, 8 national seashores and lakeshores, 9
recreation areas, 20 historic sites, and 56 wildlife refuges;
and
``(8) it is fitting that the leadership and vision of
Stewart L. Udall in the areas of environmental and Native
American policy be jointly honored with that of Morris K. Udall
through the foundation bearing the Udall name.''.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
Section 4 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Act (20 U.S.C. 5602) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Morris K. Udall
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy'';
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Policy'' and inserting
``and Stewart L. Udall''; and
(3) in paragraph (9), by striking ``Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Policy'' and inserting
``and Stewart L. Udall''.
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOUNDATION.
Section 5 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Act (20 U.S.C. 5603) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``scholarship and
excellence in national environmental policy'' and inserting
``and stewart l. udall'';
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Policy'' and inserting
``and Stewart L. Udall''; and
(3) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``the rate specified
for employees in level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code'' and inserting ``a
rate determined by the Board in accordance with section 5383 of
title 5, United States Code''.
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY OF FOUNDATION.
Section 7 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Act (20 U.S.C. 5605) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(5)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) to conduct training, research, and other
activities under section 6(7).''; and
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
``(b) Udall Scholars.--Recipients of scholarships, fellowships, and
internships under this Act shall be known as `Udall Scholars', `Udall
Fellows', and `Udall Interns', respectively.''.
SEC. 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND.
Section 8 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Act (20 U.S.C. 5606) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``scholarship and
excellence in national environmental policy'' and inserting
``and stewart l. udall''; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Policy'' and inserting
``and Stewart L. Udall''.
SEC. 8. EXPENDITURES AND AUDIT OF TRUST FUND.
Section 9(a) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Act (20 U.S.C. 5607(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ``, including a reasonable amount for official
reception and representation expenses, as determined by the Board, not
to exceed $5,000 for a fiscal year''.
SEC. 9. USE OF INSTITUTE BY FEDERAL AGENCY OR OTHER ENTITY.
Section 11 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Act (20 U.S.C. 5607b) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Agency Management or Control.--Use of the Foundation or
Institute to provide independent and impartial assessment, mediation,
or other dispute or conflict resolution under this section shall not be
considered to be the establishment or use of an advisory committee
within the meaning of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.).''.
SEC. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
Section 12(a) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall
Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5608(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1)(A) appoint such personnel as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this Act, without regard to the
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
appointments in the competitive service; and
``(B) fix the compensation of the personnel appointed under
subparagraph (A) at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate for
employees in grade GS-15 of the General Schedule under section
5332 of title 5, United States Code, except that up to 4
employees (in addition to the Executive Director under section
5(f)(2)) may be paid at a rate determined by the Board in
accordance with section 5383 of that title.'';
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
``(7) to rent office space in the District of Columbia or
its environs; and''.
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Act (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``is authorized to be
appropriated to the Trust Fund $40,000,000'' and inserting
``are authorized to be appropriated to the Trust Fund such sums
as are necessary''; and
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
``(b) Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
established under section 10(a) such sums as are necessary for the
operating costs of the Institute.''.
Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2009.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk. | Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to rename the Act as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act.
(Sec. 3) Adds to the Act's findings to salute Stewart L. Udall's leadership in environmental and Native American policy as a member of Congress, Secretary of the Interior, environmental lawyer, and author.
(Sec. 5) Renames the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation.
Requires the Executive Director of the Foundation to be paid at a senior executive rate.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Foundation to award grants to the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, at the University of Arizona, to conduct training, research, and other activities with regard to the involvement of Native American and Alaska Native professionals in health care and public policy.
Refers to recipients of scholarships, fellowships, and internships under the Act as Udall Scholars, Udall Fellows, and Udall Interns, respectively. (Currently, they are known as Morris K. Udall Scholars.)
(Sec. 7) Renames the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund.
Allows the use of reasonable amounts of the Trust Fund for official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed $5,000 for a fiscal year.
(Sec. 9) Declares that the use of the Foundation or the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution for independent and impartial assessment, mediation, or other related services in connection with a dispute or conflict related to the environment, public lands, or natural resources shall not be considered the establishment or use of an advisory committee within the meaning of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
(Sec. 10) Sets forth administrative provisions that allow the Foundation to: (1) appoint personnel without regard to federal law provisions governing appointments in the competitive service; (2) pay up to four employees, in addition to the Executive Director, at senior executive pay rates; and (3) rent office space in the District of Columbia or its environs. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to honor the legacy of Stewart L. Udall, and for other purposes."} | 1,938 | 529 | 0.678393 | 2.523597 | 0.743095 | 3.930493 | 3.843049 | 0.912556 |
To amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, relating to
protective orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of discovery
information in civil actions, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sunshine in Litigation Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND SEALING OF CASES AND
SETTLEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1660. Restrictions on protective orders and sealing of cases and
settlements
``(a)(1) Except as provided under subsection (e), in any civil
action in which the pleadings state facts that are relevant to the
protection of public health or safety, a court shall not enter, by
stipulation or otherwise, an order otherwise authorized under rule
26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure restricting the
disclosure of information obtained through discovery, an order
approving a settlement agreement that would restrict the disclosure of
such information, or an order restricting access to court records
unless in connection with such order the court has first made
independent findings of fact that--
``(A) such order would not restrict the disclosure of
information which is relevant to the protection of public
health or safety; or
``(B)(i) the public interest in the disclosure of past,
present, or potential health or safety hazards is outweighed by
a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the
confidentiality of the information or records in question; and
``(ii) the requested order is no broader than necessary to
protect the confidentiality interest asserted.
``(2) No order entered as a result of the operation paragraph (1),
other than an order approving a settlement agreement, may continue in
effect after the entry of final judgment, unless at the time of, or
after, such entry the court makes a separate finding of fact that the
requirements of paragraph (1) continue to be met.
``(3) The party who is the proponent for the entry of an order, as
provided under this section, shall have the burden of proof in
obtaining such an order.
``(4) This section shall apply even if an order under paragraph (1)
is requested--
``(A) by motion pursuant to rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure; or
``(B) by application pursuant to the stipulation of the
parties.
``(5)(A) The provisions of this section shall not constitute
grounds for the withholding of information in discovery that is
otherwise discoverable under rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure.
``(B) A court shall not approve any party's stipulation or request
to stipulate to an order that would violate this section.
``(b)(1) In any civil action in which the pleadings state facts
that are relevant to the protection of public health or safety, a court
shall not approve or enforce any provision of an agreement between or
among parties, or approve or enforce an order entered as a result of
the operation of subsection (a)(1), to the extent that such provision
or such order prohibits or otherwise restricts a party from disclosing
any information relevant to such civil action to any Federal or State
agency with authority to enforce laws regulating an activity relating
to such information.
``(2) Any such information disclosed to a Federal or State agency
shall be confidential to the extent provided by law.
``(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a court shall not enforce any
provision of a settlement agreement described under subsection (a)(1)
between or among parties that prohibits one or more parties from--
``(A) disclosing the fact that such settlement was reached
or the terms of such settlement, other than the amount of money
paid; or
``(B) discussing a civil action, or evidence produced in
the civil action, that involves matters relevant to the
protection of public health or safety.
``(2) Paragraph (1) applies unless the court has made independent
findings of fact that--
``(A) the public interest in the disclosure of past,
present, or potential public health or safety hazards is
outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in
maintaining the confidentiality of the information or records
in question; and
``(B) the requested order is no broader than necessary to
protect the confidentiality interest asserted.
``(d) When weighing the interest in maintaining confidentiality
under this section, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the
interest in protecting personally identifiable information relating to
financial, health or other similar information of an individual
outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
``(e) Nothing in this section--
``(1) shall prohibit a court from entering an order that
would restrict the disclosure of information, or an order
restricting access to court records, if in either instance such
order is necessary to protect from public disclosure--
``(A) information classified under criteria
established by an Executive order to be kept secret in
the interest of national defense or foreign policy; or
``(B) intelligence sources and methods; or
``(2) shall be construed to permit, require, or authorize
the disclosure of information that--
``(A) is classified under criteria established by
an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of
national defense or foreign policy; or
``(B) reveals intelligence sources and methods.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding after
the item relating to section 1659 the following:
``1660. Restrictions on protective orders and sealing of cases and
settlements.''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.
The amendments made by this Act shall--
(1) take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this
Act;
(2) apply only to orders entered in civil actions or
agreements entered into on or after the effective date of this
Act; and
(3) not provide a basis for the--
(A) granting of a motion to reconsider, modify,
amend or vacate a protective order or settlement order
entered into before the effective date of this Act; or
(B) reversal on appeal of a protective order or
settlement order entered into before the effective date
of this Act. | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2014 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit a court, in any civil action in which the pleadings state facts relevant to protecting public health or safety, from entering an order restricting the disclosure of information obtained through discovery, approving a settlement agreement that would restrict such disclosure, or restricting access to court records, subject to exceptions, unless the court has first made independent findings of fact that: (1) the order would not restrict the disclosure of information relevant to the protection of public health or safety or (2) the public interest in the disclosure of past, present, or potential health or safety hazards is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information and the requested protective order is no broader than necessary to protect the confidentiality interest asserted. Prohibits a court from approving any party's stipulation or request to stipulate to an order that would violate this Act. Prohibits such a court from: (1) approving or enforcing any provision of an agreement between or among parties, or an order entered under this Act, to the extent that it restricts a party from disclosing information to any federal or state agency with authority to enforce laws regulating an activity relating to such information (requires such information disclosed to a federal or state agency to be confidential to the extent provided by law); or (2) enforcing any provision of a settlement agreement described under this Act between or among parties to such civil action that prohibits a party from disclosing that a settlement was reached or the terms of the settlement, other than the amount paid, or from discussing the civil action, or evidence produced in it, that involves matters relevant to the protection of public health or safety. Excepts from this enforcement prohibition (thus allowing enforcement of) a settlement agreement provision about which the court finds that the public interest in the disclosure of past, present, or potential health or safety hazards is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information or records in question and that the requested protective order is no broader than necessary to protect the confidentiality interest asserted. Creates a rebuttable presumption that the interest in protecting personally identifiable information relating to an individual's financial, health, or other similar information outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit, require, or authorize the disclosure of, and no court shall be prohibited from restricting disclosure of or access to: (1) information classified under a secret Executive order concerning national defense or foreign policy, or (2) intelligence sources and methods. Bars this Act from providing a basis for: (1) granting a motion to reconsider, modify, amend, or vacate a protective or settlement order entered before the effective date of this Act; or (2) reversing such an order retroactively on appeal. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2014"} | 1,392 | 634 | 0.724956 | 2.627688 | 0.851378 | 4.930783 | 2.455373 | 0.952641 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Energy
Extender Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TAX INCENTIVES
Sec. 101. Extension of credit for electricity produced from certain
renewable resources.
Sec. 102. Extension and expansion of credit to holders of clean
renewable energy bonds.
Sec. 103. Extension and expansion of qualifying advanced coal project
credit.
Sec. 104. Extension and expansion of qualifying gasification project
credit.
TITLE II--DOMESTIC FOSSIL FUEL SECURITY
Sec. 201. Extension of election to expense certain refineries.
TITLE III--CONSERVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Extension of energy efficient commercial buildings deduction.
Sec. 302. Extension of new energy efficient home credit.
Sec. 303. Extension of residential energy efficient property credit.
Sec. 304. Extension of credit for business installation of qualified
fuel cells and stationary microturbine
power plants.
Sec. 305. Extension of business solar investment tax credit.
TITLE IV--ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND VEHICLES INCENTIVES
Sec. 401. Extension of excise tax provisions, income tax credits, and
tariff duties.
TITLE I--ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TAX INCENTIVES
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN
RENEWABLE RESOURCES.
Section 45(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
qualified facilities) is amended by striking ``2008'' each place it
appears and inserting ``2011''.
SEC. 102. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF CREDIT TO HOLDERS OF CLEAN
RENEWABLE ENERGY BONDS.
(a) In General.--Section 54(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to termination) is amended by striking ``2007'' and inserting
``2010''.
(b) Annual Volume Cap for Bonds Issued During Extension Period.--
Paragraph (1) of section 54(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to limitation on amount of bonds designated) is amended to
read as follows:
``(1) National limitation.--
``(A) Initial national limitation.--With respect to
bonds issued after December 31, 2005, and before
January 1, 2008, there is a national clean renewable
energy bond limitation of $800,000,000.
``(B) Annual national limitation.--With respect to
bonds issued after December 31, 2007, and before
January 1, 2011, there is a national clean renewable
energy bond limitation for each calendar year of
$800,000,000.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to bonds issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 103. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF QUALIFYING ADVANCED COAL PROJECT
CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Section 48A(d)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to aggregate credits) is amended by striking
``$1,300,000,000'' and inserting ``$1,800,000,000''.
(b) Authorization of Additional Integrated Gasification Combined
Cycle Projects.--Subparagraph (B) of section 48A(d)(3) of te Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to aggregate credits) is amended to read
as follows:
``(B) Particular projects.--Of the dollar amount in
subparagraph (A), the Secretary is authorized to
certify--
``(i) $800,000,000 for integrated
gasification combined cycle projects the
application for which is submitted during the
period described in paragraph (2)(A)(i),
``(ii) $500,000,000 for projects which use
other advanced coal-based generation
technologies the application for which is
submitted during the period described in
paragraph (2)(A)(i), and
``(iii) $500,000,000 for integrated
gasification combined cycle projects the
application for which is submitted during the
period described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii).''.
(c) Application Period for Additional Projects.--Subparagraph (A)
of section 48A(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
certification) is amended to read as follows:
``(A) Application period.--Each applicant for
certification under this paragraph shall submit an
application meeting the requirements of subparagraph
(B). An applicant may only submit an application--
``(i) for an allocation from the dollar
amount specified in clause (i) or (ii) of
paragraph (3)(A) during the 3-year period
beginning on the date the Secretary establishes
the program under paragraph (1), and
``(ii) for an allocation from the dollar
amount specified in paragraph (3)(A)(iii)
during the 3-year period beginning at the
termination of the period described in clause
(i).''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the amendments made by section 1307 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005.
SEC. 104. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF QUALIFYING GASIFICATION PROJECT
CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Section 48B(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to qualifying gasification project program) is amended
by striking ``$350,000,000'' and inserting ``$850,000,000''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the amendments made by section 1307 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005.
TITLE II--DOMESTIC FOSSIL FUEL SECURITY
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF ELECTION TO EXPENSE CERTAIN REFINERIES.
(a) In General.--Section 179C(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (defining qualified refinery property) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and before January 1, 2012'' in
subparagraph (B) and inserting ``and, in the case of any
qualified refinery described in subsection (d)(1), before
January 1, 2012'', and
(2) by inserting ``if described in subsection (d)(1)''
after ``of which'' in subparagraph (F)(i).
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (d) of section 179C of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Qualified Refinery.--For purposes of this section, the term
`qualified refinery' means any refinery located in the United States
which is designed to serve the primary purpose of processing liquid
fuel from--
``(1) crude oil, or
``(2) qualified fuels (as defined in section 45K(c)).''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the amendment made by section 1323(a) of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005.
TITLE III--CONSERVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS DEDUCTION.
Section 179D(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``2007'' and inserting ``2010''.
SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME CREDIT.
(a) In General.--Subsection (g) of section 45L of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to new energy efficient home credit) is
amended to read as follows:
``(g) Termination.--This section shall not apply to--
``(1) any qualified new energy efficient home meeting the
energy saving requirements of subsection (c)(1) acquired after
December 31, 2010, and
``(2) any qualified new energy efficient home meeting the
energy saving requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) of
subsection (c) acquired after December 31, 2007.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the amendments made by section 1332 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005.
SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENT PROPERTY CREDIT.
Section 25D(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
termination) is amended by striking ``2007'' and inserting ``2010''.
SEC. 304. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR BUSINESS INSTALLATION OF QUALIFIED
FUEL CELLS AND STATIONARY MICROTURBINE POWER PLANTS.
Sections 48(c)(1)(E) and 48(c)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to termination) are each amended by striking ``2007''
and inserting ``2010''.
SEC. 305. EXTENSION OF BUSINESS SOLAR INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.
Sections 48(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) and 48(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termination) are each amended by
striking ``2008'' and inserting ``2011''.
TITLE IV--ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND VEHICLES INCENTIVES
SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF EXCISE TAX PROVISIONS, INCOME TAX CREDITS, AND
TARIFF DUTIES.
(a) Biodiesel.--Sections 40A(g), 6426(c)(6), and 6427(e)(5)(B) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by striking ``2008''
and inserting ``2010''.
(b) Alternative Fuel.--
(1) Fuels.--Sections 6426(d)(4) and 6427(e)(5)(C) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by striking
``September 30, 2009'' and inserting ``December 31, 2010''.
(2) Refueling property.--Section 30C(g) of such Code is
amended by striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2010''.
(c) Ethanol Tariff Schedule.--Headings 9901.00.50 and 9901.00.52 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 3007)
are each amended in the effective period column by striking ``10/1/
2007'' each place it appears and inserting ``1/1/2011''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on January 1, 2007. | Alternative Energy Extender Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010: (1) the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; (2) the tax credit for holders of clean renewable energy bonds and the national volume cap for such bonds; (3) the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; (4) the tax credit for new energy efficient homes; (5) the tax credit for residential energy efficient property; (6) the tax credits for investment in qualified fuel cells, microturbine power plants, and solar energy property; and (7) the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel and alternative fuels and for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property.
Increases the maximum tax credit amounts for the advanced coal and gasification project programs.
Extends through 2012 the taxpayer election to expense certain crude oil refinery property.
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend through 2010 the suspension of duties on mixtures of ethyl alcohol and ethyl tertiary-butyl ether. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain energy tax incentives, and for other purposes."} | 2,525 | 223 | 0.611863 | 1.611758 | 0.6683 | 1.974093 | 10.07772 | 0.854922 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, REFERENCE, AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Uniform
Food Safety Labeling Act''.
(b) Reference.--Except as otherwise specified, whenever in this Act
an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or
other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that
section or other provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).
(c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title, reference, and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Labeling of raw or partially cooked foods and unpasteurized
juice.
Sec. 3. Sale and labeling of frozen fish and shellfish.
Sec. 4. Sale of raw eggs.
Sec. 5. Statement of origin.
Sec. 6. Freshness date.
Sec. 7. Food labeled as natural.
Sec. 8. Labeling of kosher and kosher-style foods.
Sec. 9. Unit pricing.
Sec. 10. Grades for farm products.
Sec. 11. Regulations.
SEC. 2. LABELING OF RAW OR PARTIALLY COOKED FOODS AND UNPASTEURIZED
JUICE.
Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(y)(1) Unless the label or labeling of raw or partially cooked
eggs, fish, milk, dairy products, shellfish, or unpasteurized juice
offered in a ready-to-eat form as a deli, vended, or other item, or the
label or labeling of a ready-to-eat food containing as an ingredient
raw or partially cooked eggs, fish, milk, dairy products, shellfish, or
unpasteurized juice, discloses the increased risk associated with
eating such food in raw or partially cooked form.
``(2) Eggs, fish, milk, dairy products, and shellfish routinely
served raw or partially cooked, unpasteurized juice, and ready-to-eat
foods containing such raw or partially cooked foods or unpasteurized
juice as ingredients shall bear the following: This food contains raw
or partially cooked eggs, fish, shellfish, or unpasteurized juice.
Children, the elderly, pregnant women, or persons with weakened immune
systems may experience severe foodborne illness from eating this item.
``(3) The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 11 of the
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act, establish by regulation the
labeling requirements of this paragraph.''.
SEC. 3. SALE AND LABELING OF FROZEN FISH AND SHELLFISH.
Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343), as amended by section 2, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(z)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), if it is fish or
shellfish that has been frozen unless its label or labeling bears a
prominent and conspicuous statement indicating that such product has
been frozen.
``(2) This paragraph shall not apply to fish or shellfish that has
been frozen prior to being smoked, cured, cooked, or subjected to the
heat of commercial sterilization.
``(3) The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 11 of the
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act, establish by regulation the
labeling requirements of this paragraph.''.
SEC. 4. SALE OF RAW EGGS.
Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343), as amended by section 3, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(aa)(1) If it is raw eggs, unless its label or labeling states
`Children, the elderly, pregnant women, or persons with weakened immune
systems may experience severe illness from eating raw or partially
cooked eggs.'
``(2) The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 11 of the
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act, establish by regulation the
labeling requirements of this paragraph.''.
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF ORIGIN.
Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343), as amended by section 4, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(bb)(1) If it is a perishable agricultural commodity as defined
in section 1(b)(4) of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of
1930 (7 U.S.C. 499a(b)(1)), unless it bears a label or labeling
containing the country of origin of the perishable agricultural
commodity.
``(2) If it is a product derived from a perishable agricultural
commodity, including juice, frozen juice concentrate, fruit butter,
preserves and jams, or canned or frozen fruits or vegetables, unless it
bears a label or labeling containing the country of origin of the
perishable agricultural commodity and the product derived from it.
``(3) The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 11 of the
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act, establish by regulation the
labeling requirements of this paragraph.''.
SEC. 6. FRESHNESS DATE.
Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343), as amended by section 5, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(cc)(1) Unless its label or labeling bears the date upon which
the food should no longer be sold because of diminution of quality,
nutrient availability, or safety. The freshness date shall be stated in
terms of the day and month of the year if the food will not be fresh
after 3 months on the shelf, or in terms of the month and year if the
product will be fresh for more than 3 months on the shelf. The phrase
`use by' shall precede the date.
``(2) The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 11 of the
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act, establish by regulation the
means of disclosing the freshness date.''.
SEC. 7. FOOD LABELED AS NATURAL.
Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343), as amended by section 6, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(dd)(1) If its label or labeling bears the word `natural',
unless--
``(A) it contains no artificial flavoring, color additive,
chemical preservative, or any other artificial or synthetic
ingredient added after harvesting; and
``(B) it has undergone no processing other than minimal
processing, such as the removal of inedible substances or the
application of physical processes such as cutting, grinding,
drying, homogenizing, or pulping.
``(2) This paragraph shall not apply to the use of the terms
`natural flavors' and `natural colors' as approved by the Food and Drug
Administration.
``(3) The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 11 of the
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act, establish by regulation the
labeling requirements of this paragraph.''.
SEC. 8. LABELING OF KOSHER AND KOSHER-STYLE FOODS.
Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343), as amended by section 7, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(ee)(1) If it is falsely represented in the food's label or
labeling to be kosher, kosher for Passover, pareve, or as having been
prepared in accordance with orthodox Jewish religious standards either
by direct statements, orally or in writing, or by display of the word
`Kosher', `Kosher for Passover', or `Pareve'; or
``(2) if the food's label or labeling uses the term `Kosher' in
conjunction with the words `style' or `type' or any similar expression
which might reasonably be calculated to deceive a reasonable person to
believe that a representation is being made that the food sold is
kosher, kosher for Passover, pareve, or prepared in accordance with
orthodox Jewish religious standards.
``(3) The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 11 of the
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act, establish by regulation
provisions that implement this paragraph.''.
SEC. 9. UNIT PRICING.
(a) In General.--Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343), as amended by section
8, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(ff)(1) Unless its label or labeling bears the unit price and the
total price of the food as provided in this paragraph.
``(2) As used in this paragraph:
``(A) The term `unit price' of food shall mean the price
per measure.
``(B) The term `price per measure' shall mean--
``(i) price per pound for food whose net quantity
is expressed in units of weight, except for such food
whose net weight is less than 1 ounce which shall be
expressed as price per ounce if the same unit of
measure is used for the same food in all sizes;
``(ii) price per pint or quart for food whose net
quantity is stated in fluid ounces, pints, quarts,
gallons, or a combination thereof, if the same unit of
measure is used for the same food in all sizes sold in
the retail establishment; and
``(iii) price per 100 for food whose net quantity
is expressed by count, except as otherwise provided by
regulation.
``(3) The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 11 of the
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act, establish by regulation a
national program of pricing as prescribed by this paragraph.''.
SEC. 10. GRADES FOR FARM PRODUCTS.
Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343), as amended by section 9, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(gg)(1) Unless it bears a grade, where grading is customary
within the industry.
``(2) The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 11 of the
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act, establish by regulation a
national program of grading for food which is customarily graded.''.
SEC. 11. REGULATIONS.
(a)(1) Within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue proposed
regulations to implement paragraphs (y) through (gg) of section 403 of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The proposed regulations
shall establish format requirements for the label statements mandated
by such sections. The required label statements shall appear in easily
legible boldface print or type, with upper and lower case letters, and
in distinct contrast to other printed or graphic matter. The label
statements shall appear in a type size not less than the largest type
found on the label, except that used for the brand name, product name,
logo, or universal product code, and in any case not less than the type
size required for the declaration of net quantity of contents statement
as prescribed by regulation printed in 21 C.F.R. 101.105(1). All
required label statements shall be placed on the information panel,
except for the statements required by paragraphs (bb) and (ff) of such
section 403, which shall be placed on the principal display panel.
(2) Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall issue final regulations to implement sections
403(dd) and 403(ee) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
(b) If the Secretary does not promulgate final regulations under
subsection (a)(2) upon the expiration of 24 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the proposed regulation issued in accordance
with subsection (a)(1) shall be considered as the final regulations
upon the expiration of such 24 months. There shall be promptly
published in the Federal Register notice of the new status of the
proposed regulations. | National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem food to be misbranded unless the label: (1) for raw or partially cooked eggs, fish, milk, dairy products, shellfish, or unpasteurized juice discloses the increased risk associated with eating such food in raw or partially cooked form and the risk to children, the elderly, pregnant women, and persons with weakened immune systems of experiencing foodborne illnesses from eating such food; (2) for frozen fish or shellfish prominently discloses that the product has been frozen unless it was smoked, cured, cooked, or commercially sterilized prior to being frozen; (3) for raw eggs discloses the increased risk associated with eating raw eggs for children, the elderly, pregnant women, or persons with weakened immune systems; (4) for perishable agricultural commodities or derivatives contains the country of origin; (5) contains the date upon which it should no longer be sold because of diminution of quality, nutrient availability, or safety; (6) bears the word "natural" only if the food contains no artificial or synthetic ingredient added after harvesting and has not undergone other than minimal processing; (7) does not falsely represent that food has been prepared in accordance with orthodox Jewish religious standards; (8) includes the unit price and the total price of the food in accordance with this Act; and (9) bears a grade where grading is customary within the industry. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to safeguard public health and provide to consumers food that is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented."} | 2,649 | 316 | 0.600842 | 1.96065 | 0.754648 | 4.97153 | 8.498221 | 0.94306 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Entrepreneur Startup Growth Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAX INITIATIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration, shall establish a self-employment tax initiative grant
program (in this section referred to as the ``program'') to provide to
covered individuals affordable tax preparation and business development
assistance.
(b) Grant Authority and Eligible Entities.--Under the program, the
Commissioner may make a grant to the following:
(1) A community-based organization.
(2) A microlender.
(3) A nonprofit organization.
(4) An institution of higher education.
(5) A local government.
(6) A consortium of entities described in any of paragraphs
(1) through (5).
(c) Grant Uses.--A grant made under the program shall be used for
the following:
(1) Providing affordable tax preparation assistance to a
covered individual.
(2) Providing business development assistance to a covered
individual, including individual counseling, classroom
training, or other activities designed to assist a covered
individual to improve the profitability, efficiency, or
readiness for financing of the individual's business.
(3) Conducting culturally and linguistically appropriate
outreach to underserved communities in the area in which
assistance described in paragraph (1) or (2) is provided.
(d) Applications for Grants.--To be eligible for a grant under the
program an entity specified in subsection (b) shall submit to the
Commissioner an application at such time, in such form, and containing
such information as the Commissioner may require, but which, at a
minimum, shall--
(1) include the plan of the entity to provide assistance
and outreach described in subsection (c) throughout each year;
and
(2) demonstrate that the entity has experience providing
the assistance described in paragraph (1) and the assistance
described in paragraph (2) of subsection (c).
(e) Grant Amount.--A grant made under the program may not be in an
amount that exceeds $75,000.
(f) GAO Study and Report.--
(1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study on the program, including program
outcomes.
(2) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which
the program is established, the Comptroller General shall
submit to Congress a report on the results of the study
conducted under paragraph (1), which shall include the
following:
(A) An analysis of the impact of the program on
covered individuals and the businesses of such
individuals.
(B) An identification of the best practices of
grant recipients with respect to activities carried out
with grant funds.
(C) Recommendations for improving the program.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out the program $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2012
through 2016.
(2) Administrative costs.--Of the funds made available to
carry out the program each fiscal year, the Commissioner may
use not more than 10 percent for the administrative costs of
the program.
(h) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Covered individual.--The term ``covered individual''
means, with respect to any taxable year, an individual who--
(A) is engaged in an active trade or business as a
sole proprietor during such taxable year;
(B) is required to report income or loss on
Schedule C to Form 1040 for such taxable year; and
(C) has modified adjusted gross income of $50,000
or less for the preceding taxable year.
(2) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given that
term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1002).
(3) Microlender.--The term ``microlender'' means a private
organization that provides--
(A) loans of $50,000 or less to entrepreneurs,
small business owners, and nonprofit child care
providers; and
(B) marketing, management, and technical assistance
to loan recipients and potential loan recipients.
(4) Modified adjusted gross income.--The term ``modified
adjusted gross income'' means the adjusted gross income (as
defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of
the taxpayer for a taxable year increased by any amount
excluded from gross income under section 911, 931, or 933 of
such Code. | Entrepreneur Startup Growth Act of 2011 - Directs the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), to establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program to provide certain self-employed individuals with modified adjusted gross incomes of $50,000 or less with affordable tax preparation and business development assistance. Authorizes the Commissioner to make program grants of not more than $75,000 to community-based organizations, microlenders, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on such program, including program outcomes. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To direct the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program, and for other purposes."} | 1,000 | 131 | 0.587447 | 1.564387 | 0.65529 | 3.033333 | 8.016667 | 0.866667 |
SECTION 1. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.
The first section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 33. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.
``(a) Definition of Firefighting Personnel.--In this section, the
term `firefighting personnel' means individuals, including volunteers,
who are firefighters, officers of fire departments, or emergency
medical service personnel of fire departments.
``(b) Assistance Program.--
``(1) Authority.--In accordance with this section, the
Administrator may--
``(A) make grants on a competitive basis directly
to fire departments of a State, in consultation with
the chief executive of the State, for the purpose of
protecting the health and safety of the public,
firefighting personnel, and property against fire and
fire-related hazards; and
``(B) provide assistance for fire prevention
programs in accordance with paragraph (4).
``(2) Office for administration of assistance.--
``(A) Establishment.--Before providing assistance
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall establish
an office in the Administration to administer the
assistance under this section.
``(B) Included duties.--The duties of the office
shall include the following:
``(i) Recipient selection criteria.--To
establish specific criteria for the selection
of recipients of the assistance under this
section, including a requirement for peer
review of the selection process.
``(ii) Grant-writing assistance.--To
provide grant-writing assistance to applicants.
``(3) Use of fire department grant funds.--The
Administrator may make a grant under paragraph (1)(A) only if
the applicant for the grant agrees to use the grant funds for
one or more of the following purposes:
``(A) To hire additional firefighting personnel.
``(B) To train firefighting personnel in
firefighting, emergency response (including response to
a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of mass
destruction), arson prevention and detection, or the
handling of hazardous materials, or to train
firefighting personnel to provide any of the training
described in this subparagraph.
``(C) To fund the creation of rapid intervention
teams to protect firefighting personnel at the scenes
of fires and other emergencies.
``(D) To certify fire inspectors.
``(E) To establish wellness and fitness programs
for firefighting personnel to ensure that the
firefighting personnel can carry out their duties.
``(F) To fund emergency medical services provided
by fire departments.
``(G) To acquire additional firefighting vehicles,
including fire trucks.
``(H) To acquire additional firefighting equipment,
including equipment for communications, monitoring, and
response to a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of
mass destruction.
``(I) To acquire personal protective equipment
required for firefighting personnel by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, and other personal
protective equipment for firefighting personnel,
including protective equipment to respond to a
terrorism incident or the use of a weapon of mass
destruction.
``(J) To modify fire stations, fire training
facilities, and other facilities to protect the health
and safety of firefighting personnel.
``(K) To enforce fire codes.
``(L) To fund fire prevention programs.
``(M) To educate the public about arson prevention
and detection.
``(N) To provide incentives for the recruitment and
retention of volunteer firefighting personnel for
volunteer firefighting departments and other
firefighting departments that utilize volunteers,
including funding to enable training described in
subparagraph (B).
``(4) Fire prevention programs.--
``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year, the
Administrator shall use not less than 5 percent of the
funds made available under subsection (e)--
``(i) to make grants to fire departments
for the purpose described in paragraph (3)(L);
and
``(ii) to make grants to, or enter into
contracts or cooperative agreements with,
national, State, local, or community
organizations that are recognized for their
experience and expertise with respect to fire
prevention or fire safety programs and
activities, for the purpose of carrying out
fire prevention programs.
``(B) Priority.--In selecting organizations
described in subparagraph (A)(ii) to receive assistance
under this paragraph, the Administrator shall give
priority to organizations that focus on prevention of
injuries to children from fire.
``(5) Application.--The Administrator may provide
assistance to a fire department or organization under this
subsection only if the fire department or organization seeking
the assistance submits to the Administrator an application that
meets the following requirements:
``(A) Form.--The application shall be in such form
as the Administrator may require.
``(B) Information.--The application shall include
the following information:
``(i) Financial need.--Information that
demonstrates the financial need of the
applicant for the assistance for which applied.
In allocating funds under this section, the
Administrator shall not discriminate against an
applicant whose funding jurisdiction places a
high budget priority on fire department needs.
``(ii) Cost-benefit analysis.--An analysis
of the costs and benefits, with respect to
public safety, of the use of the assistance.
``(iii) Reporting systems data.--An
agreement to provide information to the
national fire incident reporting system for the
period covered by the assistance.
``(iv) Other information.--Any other
information that the Administrator may require.
``(6) Non-federal contribution.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Administrator may provide assistance under this
subsection only if the applicant for the assistance
agrees to provide 30 percent of the cost of the
purposes for which the assistance is sought under this
subsection in non-Federal funds for any fiscal year.
``(B) Requirement for small community
organizations.--In the case of an applicant whose
personnel serve jurisdictions of 50,000 or fewer
residents, the required non-Federal contribution under subparagraph (A)
shall be 10 percent.
``(7) Maintenance of expenditures.--The Administrator may
provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant
for the assistance agrees to maintain in the fiscal year for
which the assistance will be received the applicant's aggregate
expenditures for the uses described in paragraph (3) or (4) at
or above the average level of such expenditures in the two
fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the assistance
will be received.
``(8) Report to the administrator.--The Administrator may
provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant
for the assistance agrees to submit to the Administrator a
report, including a description of how the assistance was used,
with respect to each fiscal year for which the assistance was
received.
``(9) Variety of fire department grant recipients.--The
Administrator shall ensure that grants under paragraph (1)(A)
for a fiscal year are made to a variety of fire departments,
including, to the extent that there are eligible applicants--
``(A) career, volunteer, and combination fire
departments;
``(B) fire departments located in communities of
varying sizes; and
``(C) fire departments located in urban, suburban,
and rural communities.
``(10) Grant limitations.--
``(A) Recipient limitation.--A grant recipient
under this section may not receive more than $750,000
under this section for any fiscal year.
``(B) Limitation on expenditures for firefighting
vehicles.--Not more than 25 percent of the funds
appropriated to provide grants under this section for a
fiscal year may be used to assist grant recipients to
purchase vehicles, as authorized by paragraph (3)(G).
``(11) Reservation of grant funds for volunteer
departments.--In making grants to firefighting departments, the
Administrator shall ensure that those firefighting departments
that have either all-volunteer forces of firefighting personnel
or combined forces of volunteer and career firefighting
personnel collectively receive at least a proportion of the
total grant funding that equals the proportion of the United
States population that those firefighting departments protect.
``(c) Audits.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall be
subject to audits to ensure that the grant proceeds are expended for
the intended purposes and that the grant recipient complies with the
requirements of paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b).
``(d) State Defined.--In this section, the term `State' includes
the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Administrator $900,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2002 through 2004 for the purposes of this section.
``(2) Administrative expenses.--Of the funds appropriated
pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Administrator
may use not more than five percent of the funds to cover
salaries and expenses and other administrative costs incurred
by the Administrator to operate the office established under
subsection (b)(2) and make grants and provide assistance under
this section.''.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
The second section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2230) and section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C.
2231) are redesignated as sections 34 and 35, respectively. | Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 with respect to competitive grants to fire departments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) U.S. Fire Administration. Adds protection of property to the list of grant purposes.Requires the grant administration office to require peer review of the grant recipient selection process.Adds funding for training as a volunteer recruitment and retention incentive among the proper uses of grant funds. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 with respect to firefighter assistance."} | 2,074 | 94 | 0.577245 | 1.310802 | 0.954418 | 2 | 24.658228 | 0.835443 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Western Colorado Wilderness Study
Area Release Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Congress finds that for the purposes of section 603(c)
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1782(c)), the public lands in the North Sand Hills
Instant Study Area in Jackson County, Colorado, have been
adequately studied for wilderness designation; and
(A) the Bureau of Land Management in 1980 found the
North Sand Hills Instant Study Area did not meet
wilderness criteria; and
(B) in 2011, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado
Northwest Resource Advisory Council Resolution 2011-01
supported the release of the North Sand Hills Instant
Study Area from further consideration of wilderness
designation.
(2) Congress finds that for the purposes of section 603(c)
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1782(c)), the public lands, as defined by section 103(e)
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1702(e)), in the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area
in Mesa and Delta Counties, Colorado, and the public lands, as
defined by section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)), in the Black Ridge
Canyons Wilderness Study Area in Mesa County, Colorado, have
been adequately studied for wilderness designation and the
remaining Wilderness Study Area acreage in the Dominguez Canyon
Wilderness Study Area and the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
Study Area was excluded from their respective wilderness
designations.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to release certain
Wilderness Study Areas from further consideration of wilderness
designation, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage
those areas according to applicable land use plans.
SEC. 3. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.
(a) North Sand Hills Instant Study Area.--Any public land in the
North Sand Hills Instant Study Area--
(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and
(2) shall be managed according to the applicable land use
plan adopted under section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712).
(b) Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area.--Any portion of the
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area within the Dominguez-Escalante
National Conservation Area, as designated by Public Law 111-11, and not
designated as wilderness by that Act, or any subsequent Act--
(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c));
(2) shall be included in the non-wilderness component of
the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area; and
(3) shall be managed according to the applicable National
Conservation Area land use plan adopted under section 202 of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712).
(c) Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Study Area.--Any portion of the
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Study Area within the McInnis Canyons
National Conservation Area, as designated by Public Law 106-353, and
not designated as wilderness by that Act, or any subsequent Act--
(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c));
(2) shall be included in the non-wilderness component of
the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area; and
(3) shall be managed according to the applicable National
Conservation Area land use plan adopted under section 202 of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712).
SEC. 4. BOUNDARIES ALONG COLORADO RIVER.
Section 6(l)(5) of Public Law 106-353 (16 U.S.C. 460mmm-4(l)(5)) is
amended--
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
``(A) In areas in which the Colorado River is used as a
reference for defining the boundary of the Conservation Area,
the boundary shall--
``(i) be located at the edge of the river; and
``(ii) change according to the river level.''; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A), the following (and
redesignating the subsequent subparagraphs accordingly):
``(B) Regardless of the level of the Colorado River, no
portion of the Colorado River shall be included in the
Conservation Area.''.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN LAND EXCHANGES.
Section 2405 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16
U.S.C. 460zzz-4) is amended by adding at the end of subsection (d) the
following:
``(3) Certain conservation area exchanges.--
``(A) In general.--In order to protect and
consolidate Federal land within the boundary of the
Conservation Area and to resolve inadvertent
trespasses, and subject to subparagraph (B), the
Secretary may enter into an agreement with any owner of
private land within the boundaries of the Conservation
Area to exchange any private land for Federal land in
the Conservation Area, if the Secretary determines that
the exchange would enhance the values for which the
Conservation Area is established.
``(B) Conditions.--An exchange of land under
subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) be carried out consistent with any
applicable laws (including regulations,
including laws relating to appraisals and equal
value exchanges); and
``(ii) be subject to--
``(I) valid existing rights; and
``(II) any terms and conditions
that the Secretary may require.''. | Western Colorado Wilderness Study Area Release Act This bill releases the following areas in Colorado from further review for designation as wilderness: (1) any public lands in the North Sand Hills Instant Study Area, (2) any portions of the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area within the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area not designated as wilderness, and (3) any portions of the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Study Area within the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area not designated as wilderness. The bill states that in areas in which the Colorado River is used as a reference for defining the boundary of McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, the boundary shall: (1) be located at the edge of the river, and (2) change according to the river's level. The bill prohibits the inclusion of any portion of the Colorado River, regardless of its level, within the conservation area. The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 is amended to authorize the Department of the Interior to enter into land exchanges within the conservation area which would enhance the values for which it was established. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Western Colorado Wilderness Study Area Release Act"} | 1,336 | 226 | 0.591038 | 1.806431 | 0.769665 | 4.354369 | 5.592233 | 0.917476 |
SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES FOR CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT.
(a) Expansion of Scope of Base Closure Law.--The Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Part A of title XXIX of Public Law
101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 2910 and 2911 as sections
2911 and 2912, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 2909 the following new
section:
``SEC. 2910. CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES.
``(a) Recommendations for Termination and Reductions of Military
Operations Outside the United States.--With respect to recommendations
made in 1995 for the closure and realignment of military installations
under this part, the Secretary and the Commission shall include
recommendations for the termination and reduction of military
operations carried out by the United States at military installations
outside the United States.
``(b) Selection Criteria.--(1) Not later than December 31, 1993,
the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the
congressional defense committees the criteria proposed to be used by
the Department of Defense in making recommendations for terminating and
reducing military operations carried out by the United States at
military installations outside the United States. The Secretary shall
provide an opportunity for public comment on the proposed criteria for
a period of at least 30 days and shall include notice of that
opportunity in the publication required under the preceding sentence.
``(2) Not later than February 15, 1994, the Secretary shall publish
in the Federal Register and transmit to the congressional defense
committees the final criteria to be used in making recommendations for
terminating and reducing military operations carried out by the United
States at military installations outside the United States.
``(3) The criteria developed under this subsection, along with the
force-structure plan referred to in section 2903(a), shall be the final
criteria to be used in making recommendations for terminating and
reducing military operations carried out by the United States at
military installations outside the United States, unless the criteria
are--
``(A) disapproved by a joint resolution of Congress enacted
on or before March 15, 1994; or
``(B) amended by the Secretary in the manner described in
section 2903(b)(2)(B).
``(c) Recommendations of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall
transmit recommendations to the Commission for the termination and
reduction of military operations of the United States at specified
military installations outside the United States. The recommendations
shall be included in the recommendations transmitted to the Commission
with respect to the closure and realignment of military installations
inside the United States under section 2903(c).
``(d) Review and Recommendations by Commission.--The Commission
shall review the recommendations transmitted by the Secretary under
subsection (c). The Commission may make changes in the recommendations
made by the Secretary only in the manner provided in subparagraphs (B),
(C), and (D) of section 2903(d)(2). The Commission shall include, in
its recommendations to the President under section 2903(d), its
recommendations for the termination and reduction of military
operations of the United States at specified military installations
outside the United States.
``(e) Review and Transmittal by the President.--The recommendations
transmitted by the President under section 2903(e) shall contain the
recommendations of the Commission for the termination and reduction of
military operations of the United States at specified military
installations outside the United States.``.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Subsection (b) of section 2901 of
such Act is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this part is to provide a fair
process that will result in the timely closure and realignment of
military installations inside and outside the United States.''.
(2) Section 2911 of such Act, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1),
is amended--
(A) in paragraph (4), by inserting after the first sentence
the following new sentence: ``With respect to military
operations carried out by the United States outside the United
States, such term includes the sites and facilities at which
such operations are carried out without regard to whether the
sites and facilities are owned by the United States.''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(8) The terms `closure' and `realignment' include, with
respect to military operations carried out by the United States
outside the United States, the termination or reduction of such
operations.''. | Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, with respect to recommendations made in 1995 for the closure and realignment of military installations under such Act, to include recommendations for the termination and reduction of operations at military installations outside the United States.
Directs the: (1) Secretary to publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the appropriate congressional committees the interim and final criteria proposed to be used by the Department of Defense in making such recommendations; (2) Secretary to transmit final recommendations to the Commission; and (3) Commission to review and make changes, if necessary, to such recommendations and report its recommendations to the President. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to consider military installations outside the United States for closure and realignment in addition to military installations inside the United States."} | 1,013 | 146 | 0.662034 | 1.867452 | 0.662204 | 4.15 | 6.621429 | 0.935714 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Coast Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Digital Coast is a model approach for effective
Federal partnerships with State and local government,
nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector.
(2) Access to current, accurate, uniform, and standards-
based geospatial information, tools, and training to
characterize the United States coastal region is critical for
public safety and for the environment, infrastructure, and
economy of the United States.
(3) More than half of all people of the United States
(153,000,000) currently live on or near a coast and an
additional 12,000,000 are expected in the next decade.
(4) Coastal counties in the United States average 300
persons per square mile, compared with the national average of
98.
(5) On a typical day, more than 1,540 permits for
construction of single-family homes are issued in coastal
counties, combined with other commercial, retail, and
institutional construction to support this population.
(6) Over half of the economic productivity of the United
States is located within coastal regions.
(7) Highly accurate, high-resolution remote sensing and
other geospatial data play an increasingly important role in
decisionmaking and management of the coastal zone and economy,
including for--
(A) flood and coastal storm surge prediction;
(B) hazard risk and vulnerability assessment;
(C) emergency response and recovery planning;
(D) community resilience to longer range coastal
change;
(E) local planning and permitting;
(F) habitat and ecosystem health assessments; and
(G) landscape change detection.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Coastal region.--The term ``coastal region'' means the
area of United States waters extending inland from the
shoreline to include coastal watersheds and seaward to the
territorial sea.
(2) Coastal state.--The term ``coastal State'' has the
meaning given the term ``coastal state'' in section 304 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453).
(3) Federal geographic data committee.--The term ``Federal
Geographic Data Committee'' means the interagency committee
that promotes the coordinated development, use, sharing, and
dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis.
(4) Remote sensing and other geospatial.--The term ``remote
sensing and other geospatial'' means collecting, storing,
retrieving, or disseminating graphical or digital data
depicting natural or manmade physical features, phenomena, or
boundaries of the Earth and any information related thereto,
including surveys, maps, charts, satellite and airborne remote
sensing data, images, LiDAR, and services performed by
professionals such as surveyors, photogrammetrists,
hydrographers, geodesists, cartographers, and other such
services.
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DIGITAL COAST.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a program
for the provision of an enabling platform that integrates
geospatial data, decision-support tools, training, and best
practices to address coastal management issues and needs. Under
the program, the Secretary shall strive to enhance resilient
communities, ecosystem values, and coastal economic growth and
development by helping communities address their issues, needs,
and challenges through cost-effective and participatory
solutions.
(2) Designation.--The program established under paragraph
(1) shall be known as the ``Digital Coast'' (in this section
referred to as the ``program'').
(b) Program Requirements.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary shall ensure that the program provides data integration, tool
development, training, documentation, dissemination, and archive by--
(1) making data and resulting integrated products developed
under this section readily accessible via the Digital Coast
Internet website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the GeoPlatform.gov and data.gov Internet
websites, and such other information distribution technologies
as the Secretary considers appropriate;
(2) developing decision-support tools that use and display
resulting integrated data and provide training on use of such
tools;
(3) documenting such data to Federal Geographic Data
Committee standards; and
(4) archiving all raw data acquired under this Act at the
appropriate National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
data center or such other Federal data center as the Secretary
considers appropriate.
(c) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate the activities
carried out under the program to optimize data collection, sharing and
integration, and to minimize duplication by--
(1) consulting with coastal managers and decisionmakers
concerning coastal issues, and sharing information and best
practices, as the Secretary considers appropriate, with--
(A) coastal States;
(B) local governments; and
(C) representatives of academia, the private
sector, and nongovernmental organizations;
(2) consulting with other Federal agencies, including
interagency committees, on relevant Federal activities,
including activities carried out under the Ocean and Coastal
Mapping Integration Act (33 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), the
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33
U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and the Hydrographic Services Improvement
Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892 et seq.);
(3) participating, pursuant to section 216 of the E-
Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347; 44 U.S.C. 3501
note), in the establishment of such standards and common
protocols as the Secretary considers necessary to assure the
interoperability of remote sensing and other geospatial data
with all users of such information within--
(A) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration;
(B) other Federal agencies;
(C) State and local government; and
(D) the private sector; and
(4) coordinating with, seeking assistance and cooperation
of, and providing liaison to the Federal Geographic Data
Committee pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular
A-16 and Executive Order 12906 of April 14, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg.
17671), as amended by Executive Order 13286 of March 5, 2003
(68 Fed. Reg. 10619).
(d) Filling Needs and Gaps.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary shall--
(1) maximize the use of remote sensing and other geospatial
data collection activities conducted for other purposes and
under other authorities;
(2) focus on filling data needs and gaps for coastal
management issues, including with respect to areas that, as of
the date of the enactment of this Act, were underserved by
coastal data and the areas of the Arctic that are under the
jurisdiction of the United States;
(3) pursuant to the Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration
Act (33 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), support continue improvement in
existing efforts to coordinate the acquisition and integration
of key data sets needed for coastal management and other
purposes, including--
(A) coastal elevation data;
(B) land use and land cover data;
(C) socioeconomic and human use data;
(D) critical infrastructure data;
(E) structures data;
(F) living resources and habitat data;
(G) cadastral data; and
(H) aerial imagery; and
(4) integrate the priority supporting data set forth under
paragraph (3) with other available data for the benefit of the
broadest measure of coastal resource management constituents
and applications.
(e) Financial Agreements and Contracts.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary--
(A) may enter into financial agreements to carry
out the program, including--
(i) support to non-Federal entities that
participate in implementing the program;
(ii) grants, cooperative agreements,
interagency agreements, contracts, or any other
agreement on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable
basis, with other Federal, tribal, State, and
local governmental and nongovernmental
entities; and
(iii) registration fees in support of
training, workshops, and conferences that
advance the purposes of the program; and
(B) shall enter into such contracts with private
sector entities for such products and services as the
Secretary determines may be necessary to collect,
process, and provide remote sensing and other
geospatial data and products for purposes of the
program.
(2) Survey and mapping.--Contracts entered into under
paragraph (1)(B) shall be considered ``surveying and mapping''
services as such term is used in and as such contracts are
awarded by the Secretary in accordance with the selection
procedures in chapter 11 of title 40, United States Code.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry
out the program in each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. | Digital Coast Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management to establish a Digital Coast program for the sharing of digital information to help coastal communities better prepare for storms, plan for long-term coastal resilience, and manage coastal resources. The program launches the next phase of development at NOAA for the use of coastal mapping. In order for coastal communities to effectively use coastal mapping to solve coastal problems there must be coordination and information sharing among federal, state, local, and private participants in each coastal area. NOAA's Office for Coastal Management should optimize the development and use of coastal mapping data by: integrating the data to make it readily accessible via the internet, developing visualization and predictive tools that makes the data easier to find and use, providing training on how to decipher and use the data to make accurate decisions, making sure the data meets federal standards, and archiving the data at the NOAA data center. In addition, the Digital Coast program requires NOAA's Office for Coastal Management to prioritize the collection of coastal mapping data in critical coastal areas, and support existing efforts to improve the acquisition of the key data sets necessary for coastal communities to effectively solve coastal problems. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Digital Coast Act of 2016"} | 2,006 | 262 | 0.557486 | 1.646751 | 0.902485 | 1.404167 | 7.708333 | 0.7875 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and submit to
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives a report
regarding the digital maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier
Resources System units and otherwise protected areas created under the
digital mapping pilot project, carried out under section 6 of the
Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503
note).
(b) Consultation in Preparing Report.--The Secretary shall prepare
the report required under subsection (a) in consultation with the
Governors of the States in which System units and otherwise protected
areas are located, and after providing the opportunity for submission
of, and considering, public comment.
(c) Report Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
contain--
(1) final recommended digital maps created under such pilot
project;
(2) recommendations for the adoption of such digital maps
by the Congress;
(3) a summary of the comments received from the Governors
of the States, other government officials, and the public
regarding the digital maps;
(4) a summary and update of the protocols and findings of
the report required under section 6(d) of the Coastal Barrier
Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note);
and
(5) an analysis of the benefit, if any, that the public
will receive by utilizing digital mapping technology for all
System units and otherwise protected areas.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $500,000 for
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2007.
SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING JOHN H. CHAFEE
COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM UNITS AND OTHERWISE
PROTECTED AREAS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out a
project to create digital versions of all of the John H. Chafee Coastal
Barrier Resources System maps referred to in section 4(a) of the
Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), including otherwise
protected areas, as defined in section 12 of the Coastal Barrier
Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note), that were not included
in the pilot project under section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note).
(b) Data.--
(1) Use of existing data.--To the maximum extent
practicable, in carrying out the project under this section,
the Secretary shall use digital spatial data in the possession
of Federal, State, and local agencies, including digital
orthophotos, color infrared photography, wetlands data, and
property parcel data.
(2) Provision of data by other agencies.--The head of a
Federal agency that possesses data referred to in paragraph (1)
shall, upon request of the Secretary, promptly provide the data
to the Secretary at no cost.
(3) Provision of data by non-federal agencies.--State and
local agencies, and other entities, that possess data referred
to in paragraph (1) are encouraged, upon request of the
Secretary, to promptly provide the data to the Secretary at no
cost.
(4) Additional data.--If the Secretary determines that data
necessary to carry out the project under this section does not
exist, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service shall enter into an agreement with the Director of the
United States Geological Survey under which the United States
Geological Survey shall obtain, in cooperation with the heads
of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, and provide to the
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service the
data required to carry out this section.
(5) Data standards.--All data used or created to carry out
this section shall comply with--
(A) the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
established by Executive Order 12906 (59 Fed Reg. 17671
(April 13, 1994)); and
(B) any other standards established by the Federal
Geographic Data Committee established by Office of
Management and Budget Circular A-16.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the
transmittal of the report described in section 2, the Secretary
shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of
the House of Representatives a report regarding the digital
maps created under this section.
(2) Consultation in preparing report.--The Secretary shall
prepare the report required under this subsection in
consultation with the Governors of the States in which the
System units and otherwise protected areas are located and
after providing opportunity for submission of, and considering,
public comment.
(3) Report content.--The report required under this
subsection shall contain--
(A) the extent to which the boundary lines on the
digital maps differ from the boundary lines on the
original maps;
(B) a summary of the comments received from
Governors, other government officials, and the public
regarding the digital maps created under this section;
(C) recommendations for the adoption of the digital
maps created under this section by the Congress;
(D) recommendations for expansion of the existing
System and otherwise protected areas, after considering
the inventories, assessments, and recommendations of
participating States under section 4;
(E) a summary and update on the implementation and
use of the digital maps created under the digital
mapping pilot project carried out under section 6 of
the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of
2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note);
(F) a description of the feasibility of, and the
amount of funding necessary for, making all of the
System unit and otherwise protected area maps available
to the public in digital format; and
(G) a description of the feasibility of, and the
amount of funding necessary for, facilitating the
integration of digital System unit and otherwise
protected area boundaries into Federal, State, and
local planning tools.
SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT OF
UNDEVELOPED COASTAL BARRIERS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Interior shall establish a
program to provide grants to States for the purpose of identifying,
assessing, and recommending additional eligible coastal barriers, or
portions thereof, along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the shore
areas of the Great Lakes of the United States, for inclusion in the
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System or for treatment as
otherwise protected areas.
(b) Inventory.--Subject to funds being made available under the
program, the Secretary shall develop criteria for soliciting and
reviewing grant proposals from, and issuing grants to States in which
System units or otherwise protected areas are located. The criteria
shall include a requirement that States that receive grants through the
program shall conduct a comprehensive statewide inventory of all
coastal barriers, or portions thereof, that--
(1) are undeveloped coastal barriers as defined in section
3(1) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3502(1));
(2) are not currently designated as a System unit or
otherwise protected area;
(3) consist of five acres or more, of land above mean high
tide; and
(4) have a minimum of approximately one-quarter mile of
shoreline on the unprotected (seaward) side of the coastal
barrier.
(c) Report.--Each State receiving a grant under this section, in
accordance with the criteria developed by the Secretary under
subsection (b), shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a report
regarding the inventory under subsection (b).
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3510) is
amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for
carrying out this Act $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through
2010.''. | Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on the creation of digital maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units and other protected areas under the digital mapping pilot project. Requires the Secretary to carry out a project to create digital versions of all the remaining John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System maps and protected areas not included in the pilot project.
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SECTION 1. COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS TAKEN HOSTAGE BY
TERRORISTS OR STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.
(a) In General.--In accordance with such procedures as the
President may by regulation establish, the President or his designee
shall receive the claims of, and pay compensation to, any national of
the United States, or to the estate of any such national, who--
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act has a claim
pending in a court of the United States against a foreign state
seeking compensation for injuries caused by an act of hostage-
taking or has obtained a judgment on such a claim that has not
been fully satisfied;
(2) at any time on or after August 2, 1990, and while not
serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United
States, was taken hostage by a terrorist party; or
(3) was a representative plaintiff or class member in Case
Number 1:00CV03110(EGS) in the United States District Court for
the District of Columbia.
(b) Limit on Amount of Award.--The amount that may be awarded to
any person seeking compensation under this section shall not exceed
$500,000, adjusted to reflect the annual percentage change in the
Consumer Price Index, from the date on which the hostage-taking
occurred to the date on which compensation is paid.
(c) Type of Award.--Subject to the limit in subsection (b), any
person seeking compensation for hostage-taking under this section shall
be awarded the following amounts with respect to which the United
States shall enjoy full subrogation rights in the event such person
obtains any recovery in litigation or otherwise as a result of such
hostage-taking:
(1) In the case of any person who has been issued a final
judgment for compensatory damages, the unsatisfied amount of
such judgment.
(2) In the case of any person who survived his captivity
and who has not been issued a final judgment for compensatory
damages, $10,000 per day for each day that such person was held
or, if he died or was tortured during the course of his
captivity, the maximum amount in subsection (b).
(d) Prohibition on Civil Actions Against Foreign States.--A person
who has accepted compensation under subsection (c)(2) may not commence
or maintain in a court of the United States a civil action seeking
compensation for such injuries or damages associated with such hostage
taking against a foreign state or its agencies or instrumentalities.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Hostage taking.--The term ``hostage taking'' has the
meaning given that term in Article 1 of the International
Convention Against the Taking of the Hostages and includes any
act that caused a person to be in ``hostage status'' within the
meaning of section 599C(d)(1) of Public Law 101-513.
(2) Terrorist party.--The term ``terrorist party'' has the
meaning given that term in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
(section 201(d)(4) of Public Law 107-297) and includes any
person, organization, or foreign state that was designated as
such either at the time or as a result of the act of hostage-
taking for which compensation is sought.
(f) Funding.--Funds sufficient to pay persons to whom compensation
is due under this section shall be made available from the Hostage
Victims Fund, into which the President shall direct deposits, in
proportions the President so allocates in the discretion of the
President, from--
(1) the ``blocked assets'' of terrorist parties, as that
term is defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (section
201(d)(2) of Public Law 107-297);
(2) amounts received by the United States by reason of any
legal action taken by the United States against any person
relating to improper conduct in connection with the Oil for
Food Program of the United Nations, including any fines,
forfeitures or disgorgements of amounts received through any
activity related to said Program; or
(3) amounts received as a result of any fine or forfeiture
obtained from any person or entity in connection with a
violation of--
(A) the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
(B) section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act
(50 U.S.C. App 5(b));
(C) the United and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001 (Public
Law 107-56; 115 Stat. 272);
(D) the Bank Secrecy Act (codified at title 12
U.S.C. 1829 (b) and 1951-1959 and 31 U.S.C. 5311-5313
and 5316-5332);
(E) the Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. App.
2401-2410); or
(F) any regulations promulgated under an Act listed
in subparagraphs (A) through (E).
(g) Additional Compensation for Victims of Iranian Hostage Taking
in Tehran.--In addition to any amounts that may be awarded under
subsection (c), the President or his designee shall from monies
deposited for Iran in the Iran Foreign Military Sales Fund account
within the Foreign Military Sales Fund (including any amounts accrued
as interest thereon)--
(1) pay any person who qualifies for payment under
subsection (a)(3) who was taken hostage by the Islamic Republic
of Iran on November 4, 1979 additional compensation of
$500,000, adjusted to reflect the annual percentage change in
the Consumer Price Index, from the date on which the hostage
taking occurred to the date on which the compensation is paid;
and
(2) pay any person who was, at the time of such hostage-
taking, the spouse or child of such person, 50 percent of the
total amount of compensation paid to the hostage. | Authorizes the President to compensate a U.S. national, or his or her estate, who: (1) has a claim pending in U.S. court against a foreign state seeking compensation for injuries caused by an act of hostage-taking, or has obtained a judgment on such a claim that has not been fully satisfied; (2) on or after August 2, 1990, and while not serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, was taken hostage by a terrorist party; or (3) was a representative plaintiff or class member in Case Number 1:00CV03110(EGS) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Bars a person who has accepted compensation under this Act from commencing or maintaining a U.S. civil action seeking compensation for such injuries or damages associated with such hostage taking against a foreign state or its agencies or instrumentalities.
Funds compensation under this Act from the Hostage Victims Fund, into which the President shall direct deposits from: (1) blocked assets of terrorist parties; (2) amounts received against any person in connection with the U.N. Oil for Food Program; or (3) amounts received as a result of any fine or forfeiture in connection with a violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Trading With the Enemy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, the Bank Secrecy Act, or the Export Administration Act.
Provides additional compensation for victims of the 1979 Iranian hostage taking in Tehran, including spouses and children of persons taken captive. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to provide compensation for United States citizens taken hostage by terrorists or State sponsors of terrorism."} | 1,319 | 333 | 0.737284 | 2.456483 | 0.741695 | 5.53169 | 4.144366 | 0.926056 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Home Fire Safety Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There were 12,800 candle fires in 1998, resulting in
170 deaths, 1,200 civilian injuries, and $174,600,000 in
property damage.
(2) In 1998, mattress and bedding fires caused 410 deaths,
2,260 civilian injuries, and $255,400,000 in property damage.
(3) The United States mattress industry has a long history
of working closely with safety officials to reduce mattress
flammability. For the past 25 years, mattresses have been
subject to a Federal flammability standard that requires
mattresses to resist ignition by smoldering cigarettes.
(4) Nevertheless, in 1998, fires involving mattresses and
bedding accessories (which include pillows, comforters, and
bedspreads) caused 410 deaths, 2,260 civilian injuries, and
$255,400,000 in property damage.
(5) In many such fires, the bedding accessories are the
first products to ignite. Such products have a material impact
on the fire's intensity, duration, and the risk that the fire
will spread beyond the room of origin.
(6) Upholstered furniture fires were responsible for 520
deaths in 1998, with little statistical change in the number of
fires and deaths since 1994.
(7) While the fire death rates for upholstered furniture
fires have dropped during the period 1982 through 1994 for both
California and the entire Nation, death rates in California,
which has stricter standards, have dropped by a larger
percentage than the nation as a whole.
(8) Children, the elderly, and lower income families are at
higher risk of death and injury from upholstered furniture
fires caused primarily by the increasing incidents of children
playing with matches, candles, lighters, or other small open
flames.
(9) In view of the increased incidents of fire, it is
important for Congress to establish fire safety standards for
candles, mattresses, bed clothing, and upholstered furniture.
(10) The Consumer Product Safety Commission is the
appropriate agency to develop and enforce such standards.
(11) The Environmental Protection Agency should continue to
review and determine the suitability of any materials used to
meet any fire safety standard established as a result of this
Act.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to protect the public against death and injury from
fires associated with candles, mattresses, bed clothing, and
upholstered furniture; and
(2) to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to
develop and issue comprehensive uniform safety standards to
reduce the flammability of candles, mattresses, bed clothing,
and upholstered furniture.
SEC. 3. CONSUMER PRODUCT FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS.
(a) In General.--Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall promulgate, as final
consumer product safety standards under section 9 of the Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058), the following fire safety
standards:
(1) Upholstered furniture.--A fire safety standard for
upholstered furniture that is substantially the same as the
provisions of Technical Bulletin 117, ``Requirements, Test
Procedure and Apparatus for Testing the Flame and Smolder
Resistance of Upholstered Furniture'', published by the State
of California, Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Home
Furnishings and Thermal Insulation, February 2002.
(2) Mattresses.--A fire safety standard for mattresses that
is substantially the same as Technical Bulletin 603,
``Requirements and Test Procedure for Resistance of a
Residential Mattress/Box Spring Set to a Large Open Flame'',
published by the State of California, Department of Consumer
Affairs, Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation,
February 2003.
(3) Bedclothing.--A fire safety standard for bedclothing
that is substantially the same as the October 22, 2003, draft
for task force review of Technical Bulletin 604, ``Test
Procedure and Apparatus for the Flame Resistance of Filled
Bedclothing'', published by the State of California, Department
of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal
Insulation, October, 2003.
(4) Candles.--A fire safety standard for candles that is
substantially the same as Provisional Standard PS 59-02,
``Provisional Specification for Fire Safety for Candles'', ASTM
International, as that provisional standard existed on the date
of enactment of this Act.
(b) Application of Certain Promulgation Requirements.--The
requirements of subsections (a) through (f) of section 9 of the
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058), and section 36 of that
Act (15 U.S.C. 2083), do not apply to the consumer product safety
standards required to be promulgated by subsection (a) of this section. | American Home Fire Safety Act - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate, as final consumer product safety standards under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), specified fire safety standards for upholstered furniture, mattresses, bedclothing, and candles.
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Adak Island is an isolated island located 1,200 miles
southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, between the Pacific Ocean and
the Bering Sea. The island, with its unique physical and
biological features, including a deepwater harbor and abundant
marine-associated wildlife, was recognized early for both its
natural and military values. In 1913, Adak Island was reserved
and set aside as a preserve because of its value to seabirds,
marine mammals, and fisheries. Withdrawals of portions of Adak
Island for various military purposes date back to 1901 and
culminated in the 1959 withdrawal of approximately half of the
island for use by the Department of the Navy for military
purposes.
(2) By 1990, military development on Adak Island supported
a community of 6,000 residents. Outside of the Adak Naval
Complex, there was no independent community on Adak Island.
(3) As a result of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1808), the Adak Naval Complex has been
closed by the Department of Defense.
(4) The Aleut Corporation is an Alaskan Native Regional
Corporation incorporated in the State of Alaska pursuant to the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
The Aleut Corporation represents the indigenous people of the
Aleutian Islands who prior to the Russian exploration and
settlement of the Aleutian Islands were found throughout the
Aleutian Islands, which includes Adak Island.
(5) None of Adak Island was available for selection by The
Aleut Corporation under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) because it was
part of a national wildlife refuge and because the portion
comprising the Adak Naval Complex was withdrawn for use by the
United States Navy for military purposes prior to the passage
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in December 1971.
(6) The Aleut Corporation is attempting to establish a
community on Adak and has offered to exchange Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act land selections and entitlements for
conveyance of certain lands and interests therein on a portion
of Adak formerly occupied by the Navy.
(7) Removal of a portion of the Adak Island land from
refuge status will be offset by the acquisition of high-quality
wildlife habitat in other Aleut Corporation selections within
the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, maintaining a
resident human population on Adak to control caribou, and
making possible a continued United States Fish and Wildlife
Service presence in that remote location to protect the natural
resources of the Aleutian Islands Unit of the Alaska Maritime
National Wildlife Refuge.
(8) It is in the public interest to promote reuse of the
Adak Island lands by exchanging certain lands for lands
selected by The Aleut Corporation elsewhere in the Alaska
Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Experience with
environmental problems associated with formerly used defense
sites in the State of Alaska suggests that the most effective
and efficient way to avoid future environmental problems on
Adak is to support and encourage active reuse of Adak.
SEC. 2. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT.
The document entitled the ``Agreement Concerning the Conveyance of
Property at the Adak Naval Complex'' (hereinafter referred to as the
``Agreement''), and dated September 20, 2000, executed by The Aleut
Corporation, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of the
Navy, together with any technical amendments or modifications to the
boundaries that may be agreed to by the parties, is hereby ratified,
confirmed, and approved and the terms, conditions, procedures,
covenants, reservations, indemnities and other provisions set forth in
the Agreement are declared to be obligations and commitments of the
United States as a matter of Federal law. Modifications to the maps and
legal descriptions of lands to be removed from the National Wildlife
Refuge System within the military withdrawal on Adak Island set forth
in Public Land Order 1949 may be made only upon agreement of all
Parties to the Agreement and notification given to the Committee on
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate. The acreage conveyed to the United
States by The Aleut Corporation under the Agreement, as modified, shall
be at least 36,000 acres.
SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF LANDS FROM REFUGE.
Effective on the date of conveyance to the Aleut Corporation of the
Adak Exchange Lands as described in the Agreement, all such lands shall
be removed from the National Wildlife Refuge System and shall neither
be considered as part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
nor subject to any laws pertaining to lands within the boundaries of
the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The conveyance
restrictions imposed by section 22(g) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(g)) for land in the National Wildlife
Refuge System shall not apply. The Secretary shall adjust the
boundaries of the Refuge so as to exclude all interests in lands and
land rights, surface and subsurface, received by The Aleut Corporation
in accordance with this Act and the Agreement.
SEC. 4. ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT.
Lands and interests therein exchanged and conveyed by the United
States pursuant to this Act shall be considered and treated as
conveyances of lands or interests therein under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act, except that receipt of such lands and interests
therein shall not constitute a sale or disposition of land or interests
received pursuant to such Act. The public easements for access to
public lands and waters reserved pursuant to the Agreement are deemed
to satisfy the requirements and purposes of section 17(b) of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act.
SEC. 5. REACQUISITION OF LANDS.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase
or exchange, on a willing seller basis only, any land conveyed to The
Aleut Corporation under the Agreement and this Act. In the event any of
the lands are subsequently acquired by the United States, they shall be
automatically included in the Refuge System. The laws and regulations
applicable to refuge lands shall then apply to these lands and the
Secretary shall then adjust the boundaries accordingly.
SEC. 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) Conveyance of Navy Personal Property.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, and for the purposes of the transfer of
property authorized by this Act, Department of Navy personal property
that remains on Adak Island is deemed related to the real property and
shall be conveyed by the Department of the Navy to The Aleut
Corporation, at no additional cost, when the related real property is
conveyed by the Department of the Interior.
(b) Additional Conveyance.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
convey to the Aleut Corporation those lands identified in the Agreement
as the former landfill sites without charge to the Aleut Corporation's
entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
(c) Valuation.--For purposes of section 21(c) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act, the receipt of all property by The Aleut
Corporation shall be entitled to a tax basis equal to fair value on
date of transfer. Fair value shall be determined by replacement cost
appraisal.
(d) Certain Property Treated as Not Developed.--Any property,
including, but not limited to, appurtenances and improvements, received
pursuant to this Act shall, for purposes of section 21(d) of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act and section 907(d) of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act be treated as not developed until such
property is actually occupied, leased (other than leases for nominal
consideration to public entities) or sold by The Aleut Corporation, or,
in the case of a lease or other transfer by The Aleut Corporation to a
wholly owned development subsidiary, actually occupied, leased, or sold
by the subsidiary.
(e) Certain Lands Unavailable for Selection.--Upon conveyance to
The Aleut Corporation of the lands described in Appendix A of the
Agreement, the lands described in Appendix C of the Agreement will
become unavailable for selection under the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act.
(f) Maps.--The maps included as part of Appendix A to the Agreement
depict the lands to be conveyed to The Aleut Corporation. The maps are
on file at the Region 7 Office of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service and the offices of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
in Homer, Alaska. The written legal descriptions of the lands to be
conveyed to The Aleut Corporation are also part of Appendix A. In case
of discrepancies, the maps shall control. | Ratifies, confirms, and approves the "Agreement Concerning the Conveyance of Property at the Adak Naval Complex" executed by the Aleut Corporation and the Departments of the Interior and the Navy. Declares the provisions set forth in the Agreement to be obligations and commitments of the United States.Provides that the Adak exchange lands shall be removed from the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and shall not be considered as part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge or subject to laws pertaining to lands within such Refuge.Treats lands and interests exchanged and conveyed by the United States pursuant to this Act as conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), except that receipt shall not constitute a sale or disposition of land or interests pursuant to such Act.Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire any land conveyed to the Corporation under the Agreement and this Act. Includes acquired lands in the NWRS.Deems, for purposes of the transfer of property authorized by this Act, Department of Navy personal property that remains on Adak Island to be related to the real property and requires such personal property to be conveyed by such Department to the Corporation when the related real property is conveyed.Requires the Secretary to convey those lands identified in the Agreement as the former landfill sites to the Corporation without charge to its entitlement under ANCSA.Provides that, upon conveyance to the Corporation of certain lands described in the Agreement, specified other lands will become unavailable for selection under ANCSA. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To ratify an agreement between The Aleut Corporation and the United States of America to exchange land rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for certain land interests on Adak Island, and for other purposes."} | 1,909 | 345 | 0.573458 | 2.082088 | 0.695296 | 4.547445 | 6.222628 | 0.934307 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal
Alcohol Effect Prevention and Services Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the leading known cause of
mental retardation, and it is 100 percent preventable;
(2) each year, up to 12,000 infants are born in the United
States with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, suffering irreversible
physical and mental damage;
(3) thousands more infants are born each year with Fetal
Alcohol Effect, also known as Alcohol Related Neurobehavioral
Disorder (ARND), a related and equally tragic syndrome;
(4) children of women who use alcohol while pregnant have a
significantly higher infant mortality rate (13.3 per 1000) than
children of those women who do not use alcohol (8.6 per 1000);
(5) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect are
national problems which can impact any child, family, or
community, but their threat to American Indians and Alaska
Natives is especially alarming;
(6) in some American Indian communities, where alcohol
dependency rates reach 50 percent and above, the chances of a
newborn suffering Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol
Effect are up to 30 times greater than national averages;
(7) in addition to the immeasurable toll on children and
their families, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect
pose extraordinary financial costs to the Nation, including the
costs of health care, education, foster care, job training, and
general support services for affected individuals;
(8) the total cost to the economy of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
was approximately $2,500,000,000 in 1995, and over a lifetime,
health care costs for one Fetal Alcohol Syndrome child are
estimated to be at least $1,400,000;
(9) researchers have determined that the possibility of
giving birth to a baby with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal
Alcohol Effect increases in proportion to the amount and
frequency of alcohol consumed by a pregnant woman, and that
stopping alcohol consumption at any point in the pregnancy
reduces the emotional, physical, and mental consequences of
alcohol exposure to the baby; and
(10) though approximately 1 out of every 5 pregnant women
drink alcohol during their pregnancy, we know of no safe dose
of alcohol during pregnancy, or of any safe time to drink
during pregnancy, thus, it is in the best interest of the
Nation for the Federal Government to take an active role
in encouraging all women to abstain from alcohol consumption during
pregnancy.
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to establish, within the Department
of Health and Human Services, a comprehensive program to help prevent
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect nationwide and to
provide effective intervention programs and services for children,
adolescents and adults already affected by these conditions. Such
program shall--
(1) coordinate, support, and conduct national, State, and
community-based public awareness, prevention, and education
programs on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect;
(2) coordinate, support, and conduct prevention and
intervention studies as well as epidemiologic research
concerning Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect;
(3) coordinate, support and conduct research and
demonstration projects to develop effective developmental and
behavioral interventions and programs that foster effective
advocacy, educational and vocational training, appropriate
therapies, counseling, medical and mental health, and other
supportive services, as well as models that integrate or
coordinate such services, aimed at the unique challenges facing
individuals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol Effect
and their families; and
(4) foster coordination among all Federal, State and local
agencies, and promote partnerships between research
institutions and communities that conduct or support Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect research, programs,
surveillance, prevention, and interventions and otherwise meet
the general needs of populations already affected or at risk of
being impacted by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol
Effect.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART O--FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME PREVENTION AND SERVICES PROGRAM
``SEC. 399G. ESTABLISHMENT OF FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME PREVENTION AND
SERVICES PROGRAM.
``(a) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention, Intervention and Services
Delivery Program.--The Secretary shall establish a comprehensive Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect prevention, intervention and
services delivery program that shall include--
``(1) an education and public awareness program to support,
conduct, and evaluate the effectiveness of--
``(A) educational programs targeting medical
schools, social and other supportive services,
educators and counselors and other service providers in
all phases of childhood development, and other relevant
service providers, concerning the prevention,
identification, and provision of services for children,
adolescents and adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and
Fetal Alcohol Effect;
``(B) strategies to educate school-age children,
including pregnant and high risk youth, concerning
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect;
``(C) public and community awareness programs
concerning Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol
Effect; and
``(D) strategies to coordinate information and
services across affected community agencies, including
agencies providing social services such as foster care,
adoption, and social work, medical and mental health
services, and agencies involved in education,
vocational training and civil and criminal justice;
``(2) a prevention and diagnosis program to support
clinical studies, demonstrations and other research as
appropriate to--
``(A) develop appropriate medical diagnostic
methods for identifying Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and
Fetal Alcohol Effect; and
``(B) develop effective prevention services and
interventions for pregnant, alcohol-dependent women;
and
``(3) an applied research program concerning intervention
and prevention to support and conduct service demonstration
projects, clinical studies and other research models providing
advocacy, educational and vocational training, counseling,
medical and mental health, and other supportive services, as
well as models that integrate and coordinate such services,
that are aimed at the unique challenges facing individuals with
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol Effect and their
families.
``(b) Grants and Technical Assistance.--The Secretary may award
grants, cooperative agreements and contracts and provide technical
assistance to eligible entities described in section 399H to carry out
subsection (a).
``(c) Dissemination of Criteria.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall develop a procedure for disseminating the Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect diagnostic criteria developed
pursuant to section 705 of the ADAMHA Reorganization Act (42 U.S.C.
485n note) to health care providers, educators, social workers, child
welfare workers, and other individuals.
``(d) National Task Force.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a task
force to be known as the National task force on Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect (referred to in this
subsection as the `task force') to foster coordination among
all governmental agencies, academic bodies and community groups
that conduct or support Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal
Alcohol Effect research, programs, and surveillance, and
otherwise meet the general needs of populations actually or
potentially impacted by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal
Alcohol Effect.
``(2) Membership.--The Task Force established pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall--
``(A) be chaired by an individual to be appointed
by the Secretary and staffed by the Administration; and
``(B) include the Chairperson of the Interagency
Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome of the
Department of Health and Human Services, and
representatives from research and advocacy
organizations such as the Research Society on
Alcoholism, the FAS Family Resource Institute and the
National Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, the
academic community, and Federal, State and local
government agencies and offices.
``(3) Functions.--The Task Force shall--
``(A) advise Federal, State and local programs and
research concerning Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal
Alcohol Effect, including programs and research
concerning education and public awareness for relevant
service providers, school-age children, women at-risk,
and the general public, medical diagnosis,
interventions for women at-risk of giving birth to
children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol
Effect, and beneficial services for individuals with
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect and
their families;
``(B) coordinate its efforts with the Interagency
Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome of the
Department of Health and Human Services; and
``(C) report on a biennial basis to the Secretary
and relevant committees of Congress on the current and
planned activities of the participating agencies.
``(4) Time for appointment.--The members of the Task Force
shall be appointed by the Secretary not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of this part.
``SEC. 399H. ELIGIBILITY.
``To be eligible to receive a grant, or enter into a cooperative
agreement or contract under this part, an entity shall--
``(1) be a State, Indian tribal government, local
government, scientific or academic institution, or nonprofit
organization; and
``(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as
the Secretary may prescribe, including a description of the
activities that the entity intends to carry out using amounts
received under this part.
``SEC. 399I. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this part, $27,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 through
2003.
``(b) Task Force.--From amounts appropriate for a fiscal year under
subsection (a), the Secretary may use not to exceed $2,000,000 of such
amounts for the operations of the National Task Force under section
399G(d).
``SEC. 399J. SUNSET PROVISION.
``This part shall not apply on the date that is 7 years after the
date on which all members of the national task force have been
appointed under section 399G(d)(1).''. | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect Prevention and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE) prevention, intervention, and services delivery program.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance to eligible State, tribal, and local governments, scientific or academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations to carry out such activities.
Directs the Secretary to establish a National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect to: (1) foster coordination among governmental agencies, academic bodies, and community groups that support FAS and FAE research, programs, and surveillance and otherwise meet the needs of populations actually or potentially impacted by FAS and FAE; and (2) advise Federal, State, and local programs and research concerning FAS and FAE.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003.
Terminates application of this Act seven years after the date on which all Task Force members have been appointed. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect Prevention and Services Act"} | 2,176 | 224 | 0.487616 | 1.471426 | 0.71914 | 2.901478 | 10.374384 | 0.931034 |
SECTION 1. CAMPUS-BASED CHILD CARE.
Subpart 8 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1070f) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 420C. CAMPUS-BASED CHILD CARE.
``(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the `Child Care
Access Means Parents in School Act'.
``(b) Findings.--Congress finds that--
``(1) earning potential increases significantly when
individuals attend college for any period of time;
``(2) public assistance recipients who complete college are
more likely to leave public assistance permanently;
``(3) students who are parents and receive campus-based
child care are more likely to remain in school, and to graduate
more rapidly and at a higher rate than students who are parents
and do not receive campus-based child care;
``(4) students who are parents rate access to campus-based
child care programs as an important factor affecting their
college enrollment;
``(5) children placed in high quality child care programs
exhibit significant positive results from the experience,
including--
``(A) higher earnings as adults;
``(B) higher rates of secondary school graduation;
``(C) lower rates of retention in grade level;
``(D) lower rates of teenage pregnancy; and
``(E) reduced need for special education or social
services;
``(6) the public saves $7 for every $1 invested in quality
child care; and
``(7) campus-based child care programs may have an
increasingly difficult time accessing Federal child care funds
under the structure of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110
Stat. 2105).
``(c) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to support the
participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through
the provision of campus-based child care services.
``(d) Program Authorized.--
``(1) Authority.--The Secretary may award grants to
institutions of higher education to assist the institutions in
providing campus-based child care services to low-income
students.
``(2) Amount of grants.--
``(A) In general.--The amount of a grant awarded to
an institution of higher education under this section
for a fiscal year shall not exceed 1 percent of the
total amount of all Federal Pell Grant funds awarded to
students enrolled at the institution of higher
education for the preceding fiscal year.
``(B) Minimum.--A grant under this section shall be
awarded in an amount that is not less than $10,000.
``(3) Duration; renewal; and payments.--
``(A) Duration.--The Secretary shall award a grant
under this section for a period of 3 years.
``(B) Renewal.--A grant under this section may be
renewed for a period of 3 years.
``(C) Payments.--Subject to subsection (f)(2), the
Secretary shall make annual grant payments under this
section.
``(4) Eligible institutions.--An institution of higher
education shall be eligible to receive a grant under this
section for a fiscal year if the total amount of all Federal
Pell Grant funds awarded to students enrolled at the
institution of higher education for the preceding fiscal year
equals or exceeds $1,000,000.
``(5) Use of funds.--Grant funds under this section shall
be used by an institution of higher education to support or
establish a campus-based child care program serving the needs
of low-income students enrolled at the institution of higher education.
``(6) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prohibit an institution of higher education that
receives grant funds under this section from serving the child
care needs of the community served by the institution.
``(7) Definition of low-income student.--For the purpose of
this section, the term ``low-income student'' means a student
who is eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant for the fiscal
year for which the determination is made.
``(e) Applications.--An institution of higher education desiring a
grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as
the Secretary may require. Each application shall--
``(1) demonstrate that the institution is an eligible
institution described in subsection (d)(4);
``(2) specify the amount of funds requested;
``(3) demonstrate the need of low-income students at the
institution for campus-based child care services by including
in the application student demographics and other relevant
data;
``(4) contain a description of the activities to be
assisted, including whether the grant funds will support an
existing child care program or a new child care program;
``(5) identify the resources the institution will draw upon
to support the child care program and the participation of low-
income students in the program, such as accessing social
services funding, using student activity fees to help pay the
costs of child care, using resources obtained by meeting the
needs of parents who are not low-income students, and accessing
foundation, corporate or other institutional support, and
demonstrate that the use of the resources will not result in
increases in student tuition;
``(6) contain an assurance that the institution will meet
the child care needs of low-income students through the
provision of services, or through a contract for the provision
of services;
``(7) in the case of an institution seeking assistance for
a new child care program--
``(A) provide a timeline, covering the period from
receipt of the grant through the provision of the child
care services, delineating the specific steps the
institution will take to achieve the goal of providing
low-income students with child care services;
``(B) specify any measures the institution will
take to assist low-income students with child care
during the period before the institution provides child
care services; and
``(C) include a plan for identifying resources
needed for the child care services, including space in
which to provide child care services, and technical
assistance if necessary;
``(8) contain an assurance that any child care facility
assisted under this section will meet the applicable State or
local government licensing, certification, approval, or
registration requirements; and
``(9) contain a plan for any child care facility assisted
under this section to become accredited within 3 years of the
date the institution first receives assistance under this
section.
``(f) Reporting Requirements; Continuing Eligibility.--
``(1) Reporting requirements.--
``(A) Reports.--Each institution of higher
education receiving a grant under this section shall
report to the Secretary 18 months and 36 months after
receiving the first grant payment under this section.
``(B) Contents.--The report shall include--
``(i) data on the population served under
this section;
``(ii) information on campus and community
resources and funding used to help low-income
students access child care services;
``(iii) information on progress made toward
accreditation of any child care facility; and
``(iv) information on the impact of the
grant on the quality, availability, and
affordability of campus-based child care
services.
``(2) Continuing eligibility.--The Secretary shall make the
third annual grant payment under this section to an institution
of higher education only if the Secretary determines, on the
basis of the 18-month report submitted under paragraph (1),
that the institution is making a good faith effort to ensure
that low-income students at the institution have access to
affordable, quality child care services.
``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years to carry out this
section.''. | Child Care Access Means Parents in School Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to assist institutions of higher education in providing campus-based child care services to low-income students.
Authorizes appropriations. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Child Care Access Means Parents in School Act"} | 1,702 | 57 | 0.607358 | 1.330623 | 1.288729 | 4.918367 | 34.326531 | 0.918367 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthcare Enhancement for Local
Public Safety Retirees Act of 2005'' or the ``HELPS Retirees Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTIONS FROM GOVERNMENTAL RETIREMENT PLANS FOR HEALTH AND
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.
(a) In General.--Section 402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to taxability of beneficiary of employees' trust) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(l) Distributions From Governmental Plans for Health and Long-
Term Care Insurance.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of an employee who is an
eligible retired public safety officer who makes the election
described in paragraph (6) with respect to any taxable year of
such employee, gross income of such employee for such taxable
year does not include any distribution from an eligible
retirement plan to the extent that the aggregate amount of such
distributions does not exceed the amount paid by such employee
for qualified health insurance premiums of the employee, his
spouse, or dependents (as defined in section 152) for such
taxable year.
``(2) Limitation.--The amount which may be excluded from
gross income for the taxable year by reason of paragraph (1)
shall not exceed $5,000.
``(3) Distributions must otherwise be includible.--
``(A) In general.--An amount shall be treated as a
distribution for purposes of paragraph (1) only to the
extent that such amount would be includible in gross
income without regard to paragraph (1).
``(B) Application of section 72.--Notwithstanding
section 72, in determining the extent to which an
amount is treated as a distribution for purposes of
subparagraph (A), the aggregate amounts distributed
from an eligible retirement plan in a taxable year
shall be treated as includible in gross income (without
regard to subparagraph (A)) to the extent that such
amount does not exceed the aggregate amount which would
have been so includible if all amounts distributed from
all eligible retirement plans were treated as 1
contract for purposes of determining the inclusion of
such distribution under section 72. Proper adjustments
shall be made in applying section 72 to other
distributions in such taxable year and subsequent
taxable years.
``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) Eligible retirement plan.--For purposes of
paragraph (1), the term `eligible retirement plan'
means a governmental plan (within the meaning of
section 414(d)) which is described in clause (iii),
(iv), (v), or (vi) of subsection (c)(8)(B).
``(B) Eligible retired public safety officer.--The
term `eligible retired public safety officer' means an
individual who, by reason of disability or attainment
of normal retirement age, is separated from service as
a public safety officer with the employer who maintains
the eligible retirement plan from which distributions
subject to paragraph (1) are made.
``(C) Public safety officer.--The term `public
safety officer' shall have the same meaning given such
term by section 1204(8)(A) of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b(8)(A)).
``(D) Qualified health insurance premiums.--The
term `qualified health insurance premiums' means
premiums for coverage for the eligible retired public
safety officer, his spouse, and dependents, by an
accident or health insurance plan or qualified long-
term care insurance contract (as defined in section
7702B(b)).
``(5) Special rules.--For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) Direct payment to insurer required.--
Paragraph (1) shall only apply to a distribution if
payment of the premiums is made directly to the
provider of the accident or health insurance plan or
qualified long-term care insurance contract by
deduction from a distribution from the eligible
retirement plan.
``(B) Related plans treated as 1.--All eligible
retirement plans of an employer shall be treated as a
single plan.
``(6) Election described.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
an election is described in this paragraph if the
election is made by an employee after separation from
service with respect to amounts not distributed from an
eligible retirement plan to have amounts from such plan
distributed in order to pay for qualified health
insurance premiums.
``(B) Special rule.--A plan shall not be treated as
violating the requirements of section 401, or as
engaging in a prohibited transaction for purposes of
section 503(b), merely because it provides for an
election with respect to amounts that are otherwise
distributable under the plan or merely because of a
distribution made pursuant to an election described in
subparagraph (A).
``(7) Coordination with medical expense deduction.--The
amounts excluded from gross income under paragraph (1) shall
not be taken into account under section 213.
``(8) Coordination with deduction for health insurance
costs of self-employed individuals.--The amounts excluded from
gross income under paragraph (1) shall not be taken into
account under section 162(l).''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 403(a) of such Code (relating to taxability of
beneficiary under a qualified annuity plan) is amended by
inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
``(2) Special rule for health and long-term care
insurance.--To the extent provided in section 402(l), paragraph
(1) shall not apply to the amount distributed under the
contract which is otherwise includible in gross income under
this subsection.''.
(2) Section 403(b) of such Code (relating to taxability of
beneficiary under annuity purchased by section 501(c)(3)
organization or public school) is amended by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
``(2) Special rule for health and long-term care
insurance.--To the extent provided in section 402(l), paragraph
(1) shall not apply to the amount distributed under the
contract which is otherwise includible in gross income under
this subsection.''.
(3) Section 457(a) of such Code (relating to year of
inclusion in gross income) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(3) Special rule for health and long-term care
insurance.--To the extent provided in section 402(l), paragraph
(1) shall not apply to amounts otherwise includible in gross
income under this subsection.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to distributions in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2004. | Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Safety Retirees Act of 2005 or the HELPS Retirees Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow retired public safety officers to elect an annual exclusion from gross income up to $5,000 for distributions from governmental retirement plans for the payment of accident or health insurance or long-term care insurance. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit tax-free distributions from governmental retirement plans for premiums for health and long-term care insurance for public safety officers."} | 1,491 | 77 | 0.526153 | 1.255192 | 0.868063 | 3.258065 | 22.112903 | 0.903226 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Underground Railroad
Freedom Center Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
(hereinafter ``Freedom Center'') is a nonprofit organization
incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio in 1995;
(2) the objectives of the Freedom Center are to interpret
the history of the Underground Railroad through development of
a national cultural institution in Cincinnati, Ohio, that will
house an interpretive center, including museum, educational,
and research facilities, all dedicated to communicating to the
public the importance of the quest for human freedom which
provided the foundation for the historic and inspiring story of
the Underground Railroad;
(3) the City of Cincinnati has granted exclusive
development rights for a prime riverfront location to the
Freedom Center;
(4) the Freedom Center will be a national center linked
through state-of-the-art technology to Underground Railroad
sites and facilities throughout the United States and to a
constituency that reaches across the United States, Canada,
Mexico, the Caribbean and beyond; and
(5) the Freedom Center has reached an agreement with the
National Park Service to pursue a range of historical and
educational cooperative activities related to the Underground
Railroad, including but not limited to assisting the National
Park Service in the implementation of the National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom Act.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to promote preservation and public awareness of the
history of the Underground Railroad;
(2) to assist the Freedom Center in the development of its
programs and facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio; and
(3) to assist the National Park Service in the
implementation of the National Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom Act (112 Stat. 679; 16 U.S.C. 469l and following).
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(2) Project budget.--The term ``project budget'' means the
total amount of funds expended by the Freedom Center on
construction of its facility, development of its programs and
exhibits, research, collection of informative and educational
activities related to the history of the Underground Railroad,
and any administrative activities necessary to the operation of
the Freedom Center, prior to the opening of the Freedom Center
facility in Cincinnati, Ohio.
(3) Federal share.--The term ``Federal share'' means an
amount not to exceed 20 percent of the project budget and shall
include all amounts received from the Federal Government under
this legislation and any other Federal programs.
(4) Non-federal share.--The term ``non-Federal share''
means all amounts obtained by the Freedom Center for the
implementation of its facilities and programs from any source
other than the Federal Government, and shall not be less than
80 percent of the project budget.
(5) The freedom center facility.--The term ``the Freedom
Center facility'' means the facility, including the building
and surrounding site, which will house the museum and research
institute to be constructed and developed in Cincinnati, Ohio,
on the site described in section 4(c).
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Program Authorized.--From sums appropriated pursuant to the
authority of subsection (d) in any fiscal year, the Secretary is
authorized and directed to provide financial assistance to the Freedom
Center, in order to pay the Federal share of the cost of authorized
activities described in section 5.
(b) Expenditure on Non-Federal Property.--The Secretary is
authorized to expend appropriated funds under subsection (a) of this
section to assist in the construction of the Freedom Center facility
and the development of programs and exhibits for that facility which
will be funded primarily through private and non-Federal funds, on
property owned by the City of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, and the
State of Ohio.
(c) Description of the Freedom Center Facility Site.--The facility
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) will be located on a site
described as follows: a 2-block area south of new South Second, west of
Walnut Street, north of relocated Theodore M. Berry Way, and east of
Vine Street in Cincinnati, Ohio.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $16,000,000 for the 4 fiscal year period beginning October
1, 1999. Funds not to exceed that total amount may be appropriated in
one or more of such fiscal years. Funds shall not be disbursed until
the Freedom Center has commitments for a minimum of 50 percent of the
non-Federal share.
(e) Availability of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act shall
remain available for obligation and expenditure until the end of the
fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which the funds were
appropriated.
(f) Other Provisions.--Any grant made under this Act shall provide
that--
(1) no change or alteration may be made in the Freedom
Center facility except with the agreement of the property owner
and the Secretary;
(2) the Secretary shall have the right of access at
reasonable times to the public portions of the Freedom Center
facility for interpretive and other purposes; and
(3) conversion, use, or disposal of the Freedom Center
facility for purposes contrary to the purposes of this Act, as
determined by the Secretary, shall result in a right of the
United States to compensation equal to the greater of--
(A) all Federal funds made available to the grantee
under this Act; or
(B) the proportion of the increased value of the
Freedom Center facility attributable to such funds, as
determined at the time of such conversion, use, or
disposal.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--The Freedom Center may engage in any activity
related to its objectives addressed in section 2(a), including, but not
limited to, construction of the Freedom Center facility, development of
programs and exhibits related to the history of the Underground
Railroad, research, collection of information and artifacts and
educational activities related to the history of the Underground
Railroad, and any administrative activities necessary to the operation
of the Freedom Center.
(b) Priorities.--The Freedom Center shall give priority to--
(1) construction of the Freedom Center facility;
(2) development of programs and exhibits to be presented in
or from the Freedom Center facility; and
(3) providing assistance to the National Park Service in
the implementation of the National Underground Railroad Network
to Freedom Act (16 U.S.C. 469l).
SEC. 6. APPLICATION.
(a) In General.--The Freedom Center shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing or
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably
require. Each application shall--
(1) describe the activities for which assistance is sought;
(2) provide assurances that the non-Federal share of the
cost of activities of the Freedom Center shall be paid from
non-Federal sources, together with an accounting of costs
expended by the Freedom Center to date, a budget of costs to be
incurred prior to the opening of the Freedom Center facility,
an accounting of funds raised to date, both Federal and non-
Federal, and a projection of funds to be raised through the
completion of the Freedom Center facility.
(b) Approval.--The Secretary shall approve the application
submitted pursuant to subsection (a) unless such application fails to
comply with the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 7. REPORTS.
The Freedom Center shall submit an annual report to the appropriate
committees of the Congress not later than January 31, 2000, and each
succeeding year thereafter for any fiscal year in which Federal funds
are expended pursuant to this Act. The report shall--
(1) include a financial statement addressing the Freedom
Center's costs incurred to date and projected costs, and funds
raised to date and projected fundraising goals;
(2) include a comprehensive and detailed description of the
Freedom Center's activities for the preceding and succeeding
fiscal years; and
(3) include a description of the activities taken to assure
compliance with this Act.
SEC. 8. AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NETWORK TO
FREEDOM ACT OF 1998.
The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998
(112 Stat. 679; 16 U.S.C. 469l and following) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``SEC. 4. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SITES OR STRUCTURES.
``(a) Authority to Make Grants.--The Secretary of the Interior may
make grants in accordance with this section for the preservation and
restoration of historic buildings or structures associated with the
Underground Railroad, and for related research and documentation to
sites, programs, or facilities that have been included in the national
network.
``(b) Grant Conditions.--Any grant made under this section shall
provide that--
``(1) no change or alteration may be made in property for
which the grant is used except with the agreement of the
property owner and the Secretary;
``(2) the Secretary shall have the right of access at
reasonable times to the public portions of such property for
interpretive and other purposes; and
``(3) conversion, use, or disposal of such property for
purposes contrary to the purposes of this Act, as determined by
the Secretary, shall result in a right of the United States to
compensation equal to all Federal funds made available to the
grantee under this Act.
``(c) Matching Requirement.--The Secretary may obligate funds made
available for a grant under this section only if the grantee agrees to
match, from funds derived from non-Federal sources, the amount of the
grant with an amount that is equal to or greater than the grant. The
Secretary may waive the requirement of the preceding sentence with
respect to a grant if the Secretary determines that an extreme
emergency exists or that such a waiver is in the public interest to
assure the preservation of historically significant resources.
``(d) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for purposes of this section $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2001
and each subsequent fiscal year. Amounts authorized but not
appropriated in a fiscal year shall be available for appropriation in
subsequent fiscal years.''. | Authorizes appropriations.Requires annual reports from the Center to Congress.Amends the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary to make grants for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings or structures associated with the Underground Railroad and related research and documentation to sites, programs, or facilities that have been included in the national underground railroad network. Provides a matching funds requirement. Authorizes appropriations. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act"} | 2,256 | 93 | 0.572852 | 1.426849 | 0.318617 | 5.727273 | 27.857143 | 0.922078 |
SECTION 1. EXTENDING AVAILABILITY OF SCHIP ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS
1998 THROUGH 2001.
(a) Retained and Redistributed Allotments for Fiscal Years 1998 and
1999.--Paragraphs (2)(A)(i) and (2)(A)(ii) of section 2104(g) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(g)) are each amended by striking
``fiscal year 2002'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2004''.
(b) Extension and Revision of Retained and Redistributed Allotments
for Fiscal Year 2000.--
(1) Permitting and extending retention of portion of fiscal
year 2000 allotment.--Paragraph (2) of such section 2104(g) is
amended--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``and 1999'' and
inserting ``through 2000''; and
(B) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) the
following:
``(iii) Fiscal year 2000 allotment.--Of the
amounts allotted to a State pursuant to this
section for fiscal year 2000 that were not
expended by the State by the end of fiscal year
2002, 50 percent of that amount shall remain
available for expenditure by the State through
the end of fiscal year 2004.''.
(2) Redistributed allotments.--Paragraph (1) of such
section 2104(g) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or for
fiscal year 2000 by the end of fiscal year 2002,''
after ``fiscal year 2001,'';
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1998 or
1999'' and inserting ``1998, 1999, or 2000'';
(C) in subparagraph (A)(i)--
(i) by striking ``or'' at the end of
subclause (I),
(ii) by striking the period at the end of
subclause (II) and inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following
new subclause:
``(III) the fiscal year 2000
allotment, the amount specified in
subparagraph (C)(i) (less the total of
the amounts under clause (ii) for such
fiscal year), multiplied by the ratio
of the amount specified in subparagraph
(C)(ii) for the State to the amount
specified in subparagraph (C)(iii).'';
(D) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``or
1999'' and inserting ``, 1999, or 2000'';
(E) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``with respect
to fiscal year 1998 or 1999'';
(F) in subparagraph (B)(ii)--
(i) by inserting ``with respect to fiscal
year 1998, 1999, or 2000,'' after ``subsection
(e),''; and
(ii) by striking ``2002'' and inserting
``2004''; and
(G) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) Amounts used in computing redistributions for
fiscal year 2000.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A)(i)(III)--
``(i) the amount specified in this clause
is the amount specified in paragraph
(2)(B)(i)(I) for fiscal year 2000, less the
total amount remaining available pursuant to
paragraph (2)(A)(iii);
``(ii) the amount specified in this clause
for a State is the amount by which the State's
expenditures under this title in fiscal years
2000, 2001, and 2002 exceed the State's
allotment for fiscal year 2000 under subsection
(b); and
``(iii) the amount specified in this clause
is the sum, for all States entitled to a
redistribution under subparagraph (A) from the
allotments for fiscal year 2000, of the amounts
specified in clause (ii).''.
(3) Conforming amendments.--Such section 2104(g) is further
amended--
(A) in its heading, by striking ``and 1999'' and
inserting ``, 1999, and 2000''; and
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by striking ``or fiscal year 1999'' and
inserting ``, fiscal year 1999, or fiscal year
2000''; and
(ii) by striking ``or November 30, 2001''
and inserting ``November 30, 2001, or November
30, 2002'', respectively.
(c) Extension and Revision of Retained and Redistributed Allotments
for Fiscal Year 2001.--
(1) Permitting and extending retention of portion of fiscal
year 2001 allotment.--Paragraph (2) of such section 2104(g), as
amended in subsection (b)(1)(B), is further amended--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``2000'' and
inserting ``2001''; and
(B) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) the
following:
``(iv) Fiscal year 2001 allotment.--Of the
amounts allotted to a State pursuant to this
section for fiscal year 2001 that were not
expended by the State by the end of fiscal year
2003, 50 percent of that amount shall remain
available for expenditure by the State through
the end of fiscal year 2005.''.
(2) Redistributed allotments.--Paragraph (1) of such
section 2104(g), as amended in subsection (b)(2), is further
amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or for
fiscal year 2001 by the end of fiscal year 2003,''
after ``fiscal year 2002,'';
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1999, or
2000'' and inserting ``1999, 2000, or 2001'';
(C) in subparagraph (A)(i)--
(i) by striking ``or'' at the end of
subclause (II),
(ii) by striking the period at the end of
subclause (III) and inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following
new subclause:
``(IV) the fiscal year 2001
allotment, the amount specified in
subparagraph (D)(i) (less the total of
the amounts under clause (ii) for such
fiscal year), multiplied by the ratio
of the amount specified in subparagraph
(D)(ii) for the State to the amount
specified in subparagraph (D)(iii).'';
(D) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``or
2000'' and inserting ``2000, or 2001'';
(E) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by striking ``and'' at the end of
clause (ii);
(ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as
clause (iv); and
(iii) by inserting after clause (ii) the
following new clause:
``(iii) notwithstanding subsection (e),
with respect to fiscal year 2001, shall remain
available for expenditure by the State through
the end of fiscal year 2005; and''; and
(F) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) Amounts used in computing redistributions for
fiscal year 2001.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A)(i)(IV)--
``(i) the amount specified in this clause
is the amount specified in paragraph
(2)(B)(i)(I) for fiscal year 2001, less the
total amount remaining available pursuant to
paragraph (2)(A)(iv);
``(ii) the amount specified in this clause
for a State is the amount by which the State's
expenditures under this title in fiscal years
2001, 2002, and 2003 exceed the State's
allotment for fiscal year 2001 under subsection
(b); and
``(iii) the amount specified in this clause
is the sum, for all States entitled to a
redistribution under subparagraph (A) from the
allotments for fiscal year 2001, of the amounts
specified in clause (ii).''.
(3) Conforming amendments.--Such section 2104(g) is further
amended--
(A) in its heading, by striking ``and 2000'' and
inserting ``2000, and 2001''; and
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by striking ``or fiscal year 2000'' and
inserting ``fiscal year 2000, or fiscal year
2001''; and
(ii) by striking ``or November 30, 2002,''
and inserting ``November 30, 2002, or November
30, 2003,'', respectively.
(d) Effective Date.--This section, and the amendments made by this
section, shall be effective as if this section had been enacted on
September 30, 2002, and amounts under title XXI of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) from allotments for fiscal years 1998
through 2000 are available for expenditure on and after October 1,
2002, under the amendments made by this section as if this section had
been enacted on September 30, 2002.
Passed the House of Representatives June 26, 2003.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk. | Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the special rule for the redistribution and availability of unexpended FY1998 and 1999 SCHIP allotments, including to: (1) extend the availability of FY 1998 and 1999 reallocated funds through FY 2004; and (2) permit 50 percent of the total amount of unexpended FY 2000 and 2001 SCHIP allotments that remain available to a State through the end of FY 2002 and 2003 to remain available for expenditure by the State through the end of FY 2004 and 2005, respectively. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)."} | 2,174 | 143 | 0.592037 | 1.66252 | 0.552946 | 1.946429 | 16.375 | 0.803571 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hunger Has a Cure Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. STANDARD DEDUCTION.
Section 5(e)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(1))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Such standard deductions shall be adjusted on October 1,
2001, and each October 1 thereafter to the nearest lower dollar
increment to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
for items other than food for the 12-month period ending on
June 30 preceding the date of the adjustment.''.
SEC. 3. EXCESS SHELTER DEDUCTION.
Section 5(e)(7)(B) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2014(e)(7)) is amended--
(1) in clause (ii) by striking ``1998'' and inserting
``1997'',
(2) in clause (iii) by striking ``1999 and 2000'' and
inserting ``1998 and 1999'', and
(3) in clause (iv) by striking ``year 2001 and each
subsequent fiscal year'' and inserting ``years 2000 and 2001''.
SEC. 4. VEHICLE ALLOWANCE.
Section 5(g) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)) is
amended--
(1) by moving the left margin of paragraph (2), and of each
designated subdivision of such paragraph, 2 ems to the left;
and
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)(iv)--
(A) by striking ``and'' the first place it appears;
and
(B) by inserting before the semicolon the
following:
``, and $5,000 beginning on October 1, 1997, and as
adjusted on each October 1 thereafter, to reflect
changes in the new car component of the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics for the 12-month period ending on
June 30 preceding the date of the adjustment, and
rounded to the nearest $50''.
SEC. 5. WORK REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 6(o) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2015(o)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking ``, other than a job
search program or job search training program'', and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``preceding 36-month period'' and
all that follows through ``3 months'', and inserting
``preceding 12-month period, the individual received
food stamp benefits for not less than 6 months'', and
(B) in subparagraph (D) by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ``or is not offered an
opportunity to participate in a program that allows an
individual to satisfy the requirements of subparagraph
(B) or (C)''.
(b) Enhanced Employment and Training Program.--Section 16(h)(1) of
the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``through (C)'' and
inserting ``through (D)'',
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as
subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively,
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
``(B) To carry out employment and training
programs, and in addition to amounts reserved under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall reserve
$100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998 through
2002 for allocation to State agencies from funds made
available under section 18(a)(1) for such fiscal
years.'', and
(4) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated--
(i) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``Alloca-tion--'';
(ii) by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting
``subparagraphs (A) and (B)'', and
(iii) by inserting before the period at the end the
following:
``who are ineligible under section 6(o)(2) to receive
food stamp benefits.
``(ii) To be eligible to receive funds allocated
under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, the State
agency shall agree to expend for such fiscal year, to
provide to individuals who compose such population
opportunities to participate in programs that allow
such individuals to satisfy the requirements of
subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 6(o)(2)--
``(I) the funds the State agency receives
from funds allocated under subparagraph (B);
and
``(II) of the funds the State agency
receives from funds allocated under
subparagraph (A) for such fiscal year, an
amount that is not less than the amount the
State agency received under subparagraph (A)(i)
and expended for the benefit of similar
individuals, as determined by the Secretary.''.
SEC. 6. LEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
(a) Protecting Elderly and Child Legal Immigrants Who Have Been in
the United States for at Least 5 Years, and Legal Immigrants Who Become
Disabled After Entry.--
(1) Eligibility for food stamp benefits.--Section 402(a)(2)
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(E) Legal immigrants becoming disabled after
entering the united states.--In the case of the program
specified in paragraph (3)(B), paragraph (1) shall not
apply to a qualified alien who becomes disabled after
the date of entry of such immigrant into the United
States.
``(F) Legal immigrant children and elderly
individuals.--In the case of the program specified in
paragraph (3)(B), paragraph (1) shall not apply to a
qualified alien who is under 18 years of age or over 75
years of age and who has been a legal permanent
resident of the United States for not less than 5
years.''.
(2) Eligibility limitation.--Section 403(b) of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. 1613(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(3) Legal immigrants who become disabled after entering
the united states and seek food assistance.--In the case of the
program specified in section 402(a)(3)(B), a qualified alien
who becomes disabled after the date of entry of such alien into
the United States.''.
(b) Protecting Refugees and Asylees During Their First 7 Years in
the United States.--Section 402(a)(2)(A) of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1612(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ``(or 7 years in the case of the
program specified in paragraph (3)(B))'' after ``5 years''.
(c) Repealing Deeming Requirements and Protecting Legal Immigrants
Who Become Disabled After Entry.--
(1) Generic rules.--Section 421(a) of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. 1631(a)) is amended by inserting ``(except in the
case of the program specified in section 402(a)(3)(B))'' after
``of law''.
(2) Food stamp act of 1977.--
(A) Section 5(i) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2014(i)) is repealed.
(B) The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall
not apply with respect to any alien who entered the
United States before August 22, 1996.
SEC. 7. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that $45,000,000 should be
appropriated for fiscal year 1998 under section 204(a)(1) of the
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1) to assist in
the provision of short-term emergency food assistance to low-income
individuals in need and to continue the efficient distribution of
commodities under such Act.
SEC. 8. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING FULL FUNDING FOR SPECIAL
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND
CHILDREN.
It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) the Congress should include in any supplemental
appropriations bill for fiscal year 1997 a provision
appropriating not less than $76,000,000 for the special
supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC)
under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) in
order to meet the expected year-end caseload of approximately 7,400,000
participants; and
(2) the Congress should appropriate not less $4,008,000,000
for fiscal year 1998 for the special supplemental nutrition
program for women, infants, and children (WIC) under section 17
of such Act in order to allow the expected year-end caseload in
such program to increase to 7,500,000 participants.
SEC. 9. ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN.
(a) In General.--Section 13(b)(1)(B)(i) of the National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(1)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ``$1.97''
and inserting ``$2.23''.
SEC. 10. OUTREACH AND START-UP FUNDING FOR SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND SUMMER
FEEDING PROGRAMS.
Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Expansion of Program.--(1)(A) As a national nutrition and
health policy, it is the purpose and intent of the Congress that the
school breakfast program be made available in all schools where it is
needed to provide adequate nutrition for children in attendance. The
Secretary is hereby directed, in cooperation with State educational
agencies, to carry out a program of information in furtherance of this
policy.
``(B) In cooperation with State educational agencies, the Secretary
shall promote the school breakfast program by--
``(i) marketing the program in a manner that expands
participation in the program by schools and students; and
``(ii) improving public education and outreach efforts in
language appropriate materials that enhance the public image of
the program.
``(C) As used in this paragraph, the term `language appropriate
materials' means materials using a language other than the English
language in a case in which the language is dominant for a large
percentage of individuals participating in the program.
``(2)(A) Each State educational agency--
``(i) shall provide information to school boards and public
officials concerning the benefits and availability of the
school breakfast program; and
``(ii) shall select each year, for additional informational
efforts concerning the program, schools in the State--
``(I) in which a substantial portion of school
enrollment consists of children from low-income
families; and
``(II) that do not participate in the school
breakfast program.
``(B) Not later than October 1, 2000, the Secretary shall report to
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate concerning the efforts of the Secretary and the
States to increase the participation of schools in the program.
``(g) Startup and Expansion Costs.--(1) Out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall provide to the Secretary $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each
subsequent fiscal year to make payments under this subsection. The
Secretary shall be entitled to receive the funds and shall accept the
funds. The Secretary shall use the funds to make payments on a
competitive basis and in the following order of priority (subject to
other provisions of this subsection), to--
``(A) State educational agencies in a substantial number of
States for distribution to eligible schools to assist the
schools with nonrecurring expenses incurred in--
``(i) initiating a school breakfast program under
this section; or
``(ii) expanding a school breakfast program; and
``(B) a substantial number of States for distribution to
service institutions to assist the institutions with
nonrecurring expenses incurred in--
``(i) initiating a summer food service program for
children; or
``(ii) expanding a summer food service program for
children.
``(2) Payments received under this subsection shall be in addition
in payments to which State agencies are entitled under subsection (b)
of this section and section 13 of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1761).
``(3) To be eligible to receive a payment under this subsection, a
State educational agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan to
initiate or expand school breakfast programs conducted in the State,
including a description of the manner in which the agency will provide
technical assistance and funding to schools in the State to initiate or
expand the programs.
``(4) In making payments under this subsection for any fiscal year
to initiate or expand school breakfast programs, the Secretary shall
provide a preference to State educational agencies that--
``(A) have in effect a State law that requires the
expansion of the programs during the year;
``(B) have significant public or private resources that
have been assembled to carry out the expansion of the programs
during the year;
``(C) do not have a school breakfast program available to a
large number of low-income children in the State; or
``(D) serve an unmet need among low-income children, as
determined by the Secretary.
``(5) In making payments under this subsection for any fiscal year
to initiate or expand summer food service programs for children, the
Secretary shall provide a preference to States--
``(A)(i) in which the numbers of children participating in
the summer food service program for children represent the
lowest percentages of the number of children receiving free or
reduced price meals under the school lunch program established
under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.);
or
``(ii) that do not have a summer food service program for
children available to a large number of low-income children in
the State; and
``(B) that submit to the Secretary a plan to expand the
summer food service programs for children conducted in the
State, including a description of--
``(i) the manner in which the State will provide
technical assistance and funding to service
institutions in the State to expand the programs; and
``(ii) significant public or private resources that
have been assembled to carry out the expansion of the
programs during the year.
``(6) The Secretary shall act in a timely manner to recover and
reallocate to other States any amounts provided to a State educational
agency or State under this subsection that are not used by the agency
or State within a reasonable period (as determined by the Secretary).
``(7) The Secretary shall allow States to apply on an annual basis
for assistance under this subsection.
``(8) Each State agency and State, in allocating funds within the
State, shall give preference for assistance under this subsection to
eligible schools and service institutions that demonstrate the greatest
need for a school breakfast program or a summer food service program
for children, respectively.
``(9) Expenditures for funds from State and local sources for the
maintenance of the school breakfast program and the summer food service
program for children shall not be diminished as a result of payments
received under this subsection.
``(10) As used in this section:
``(A) The term `eligible school' means a school--
``(i) attended by children a significant percentage
of whom are members of low-income families;
``(ii)(I) as used with respect to a school
breakfast program, that agrees to operate the school
breakfast program established or expanded with the
assistance provided under this subsection for a period
of not less than 3 years; and
``(II) as used with respect to a summer food
service program for children, that agrees to operate
the summer food service program for children
established or expanded with the assistance provided
under this subsection for a period of not less than 3
years.
``(B) The term `service institution' means an institution
or organization described in paragraph (1)(B) or (7) of section
13(a) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(1)(B)
or (7)).
``(C) The term `summer food service program for children'
means a program authorized by section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1761).''.
SEC. 11. RESTORATION OF ``FOURTH MEAL'' UNDER CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD
PROGRAM.
Section 17(f)(2)(B) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1766(f)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``two meals and one supplement''
and inserting ``two meals and two supplements or three meals and one
supplement''. | Hunger Has a Cure Act of 1997 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for an annual price-indexed standard deduction adjustment (as of FY 2001).
(Sec. 3) Revises maximum excess shelter deduction amounts and authorizes such amounts through FY 2001 (currently permanent).
(Sec. 4) Provides for an annual price-indexed vehicle allowance adjustment.
(Sec. 5) Revises work requirement provisions. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to reserve specified amounts for FY 1998 through 2002 employment and training programs.
(Sec. 6) Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to make legal immigrants who became disabled after U.S. entry and certain elderly and under-18 years of age legal immigrants eligible for the food stamp program (program). Extends program eligibility for refugees and asylees from five years to seven years. Repeals specified program attribution of (alien) sponsor income provisions.
(Sec. 7) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) specified funds under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 should be appropriated to provide FY 1998 short-term emergency food assistance; and (2) FY 1997 and 1998 appropriations for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) should meet case load demands.
(Sec. 9) Amends the National School Lunch Act to: (1) increase lunch and supper reimbursement rates for the summer food service program for children; and (2) increase the number of meals and-or supplements available under the child and adult food care program.
(Sec. 10) Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary to carry out school breakfast and summer feeding program outreach activities. Obligates specified Treasury funds for State start-up and expansion costs. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Hunger Has a Cure Act of 1997"} | 3,894 | 390 | 0.492489 | 1.580986 | 0.672685 | 2.614286 | 10.008571 | 0.888571 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Methamphetamine Education,
Treatment, and Hope Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AWARENESS OF METHAMPHETAMINE
ADDICTION.
Section 507(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
290bb(b)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) as paragraphs
(14) and (15), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:
``(13) collaborate with professionals in the addiction
field and primary health care providers to raise awareness
about how to--
``(A) recognize the signs of a substance abuse
disorder; and
``(B) apply evidence-based practices for screening
and treating individuals with or at-risk for developing
an addiction, including addiction to methamphetamine or
other drugs;''.
SEC. 3. RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING
WOMEN.
Section 508 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-1) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``postpartum women treatment for substance
abuse'' and inserting ``parenting women treatment for
substance abuse (including treatment for addiction to
methamphetamine)'';
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``reside in'' and
inserting ``reside in or receive outpatient treatment
services from''; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the minor
children of the women reside with the women in such
facilities'' and inserting ``the minor children of the
women who reside in such facilities reside with such
women'';
(2) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
``(2) Referrals for necessary hospital and dental
services.'';
(3) by amending subsection (m) to read as follows:
``(m) Allocation of Awards.--In making awards under subsection (a),
the Director shall give priority to any entity that agrees to use the
award for a program serving an area that--
``(1) is a rural area, an area designated under section 332
by the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration as a health professional shortage area with a
shortage of mental health professionals, or an area determined
by the Director to have a shortage of family-based substance
abuse treatment options; and
``(2) is determined by the Director to have high rates of
addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.'';
(4) in subsection (p)--
(A) by striking ``October 1, 1994'' and inserting
``one year after the date of the enactment of the
Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of
2010'';
(B) by inserting ``In submitting reports under this
subsection, the Director may use data collected under
this section or other provisions of law, insofar as
such data is used in a manner consistent with all
Federal privacy laws applicable to the use of data
collected under this section or other provision,
respectively.'' after ``biennial report under section
501(k).''; and
(C) by striking ``Each report under this subsection
shall include'' and all that follows and inserting
``Each report under this subsection shall, with respect
to the period for which the report is prepared, include
the following:
``(1) A summary of any evaluations conducted under
subsection (o).
``(2) Data on the number of pregnant and parenting women in
need of, but not receiving, treatment for substance abuse. Such
data shall include, but not be limited to, the number of
pregnant and parenting women in need of, but not receiving,
treatment for methamphetamine abuse, disaggregated by State and
tribe.
``(3) Data on recovery and relapse rates of women receiving
treatment for substance abuse under programs carried out
pursuant to this section, including data disaggregated with
respect to treatment for methamphetamine abuse.'';
(5) by redesignating subsections (q) and (r) as subsections
(r) and (s), respectively;
(6) by inserting after subsection (p) the following:
``(q) Methamphetamine Addiction.--In carrying out this section, the
Director shall expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide
pregnant and parenting women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine
or other drugs.''; and
(7) in subsection (s) (as so redesignated), by striking
``such sums as may be necessary to fiscal years 2001 through
2003'' and inserting ``$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2012,
$16,500,000 for fiscal year 2013, $17,000,000 for fiscal year
2014, $17,500,000 for fiscal year 2015, and $18,000,000 for
fiscal year 2016''.
SEC. 4. WORKPLACE INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.
Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-
21(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (13); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new
paragraph:
``(11) maintain a clearinghouse that provides information
and educational materials to employers and employees about
comprehensive drug-free workplace programs and substance abuse
prevention and treatment resources;''.
SEC. 5. YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTION STRATEGIES.
Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-
21(b)), as amended by section 4, is further amended by inserting after
paragraph (11) the following new paragraph:
``(12) support the involvement of youth in the development
and implementation of prevention strategies focused on youth,
with regard to methamphetamine and other drugs; and''.
Passed the House of Representatives September 30
(legislative day September 29), 2010.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk. | Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to collaborate with professionals in the addiction field and primary health care providers to raise awareness about how to: (1) recognize the signs of a substance abuse disorder; and (2) apply evidence-based practices for screening and treating individuals with, or at-risk for developing, an addiction.
Revises provisions governing a grant program for substance abuse residential treatment for pregnant and parenting women (currently, for postpartum women), to include treatment for addiction to methamphetamine, outpatient treatment services, and referrals for dental services.
Requires the Director to give grant priority to a program serving an area that: (1) is a rural area, an area with a shortage of mental health professionals, or an area with a shortage of family-based substance abuse treatment options; and (2) has high rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.
Revises requirements for biennial reports to Congress to require such reports to include: (1) data on the number of pregnant and parenting women in need of, but not receiving, treatment for substance abuse; and (2) data on recovery and relapse rates of women receiving treatment for substance abuse under the grant program.
Requires the Director to expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.
Requires the Director of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention to: (1) maintain a clearinghouse that provides information and educational materials to employers and employees about comprehensive drug-free workplace programs and substance abuse prevention and treatment resources; and (2) support the involvement of youth in the development and implementation of prevention strategies focused on youth. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, to support residential methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, to improve the prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction, and for other purposes."} | 1,377 | 384 | 0.688727 | 2.21344 | 0.877123 | 5.15562 | 3.651297 | 0.948127 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Offshore Fairness Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Coast line.--The term ``coast line'' means the line of
ordinary low water along the portion of the coast which is in
direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the
seaward limit of inland waters, as in existence on the day that
is 1 day before the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Existing interest.--The term ``existing interest''
means any lease, easement, right of use, or right-of-way on, or
for any natural resources or minerals, underlying, expanded
submerged land that is in existence on the date of conveyance
of the expanded submerged land.
(3) Expanded seaward boundary.--The term ``expanded seaward
boundary'' means the boundary of a State that is 3 marine
leagues seaward of the coast line of the State.
(4) Expanded submerged land.--The term ``expanded submerged
land'' means the area of the outer Continental Shelf that is
located between the point that is 3 miles seaward of the coast
line of a State and the point that is 3 marine leagues seaward
of the coast line of the State.
(5) Interest owner.--The term ``interest owner'' means any
person holding an existing interest or a portion of an existing
interest.
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(7) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the States of
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
SEC. 3. SEAWARD BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN STATES.
(a) Seaward Boundaries.--Section 4 of the Submerged Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1312) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The'' at the beginning and inserting the
following:
``(a) In General.--Except for the States described in subsection
(b), the''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Seaward Boundaries of Certain Coastal States.--Subject to
subsection (a), the seaward boundary of each of the following States
shall be a line 3 marine leagues distant from the coast line of the
State as of the date that is 1 day before the date of enactment of the
Offshore Fairness Act:
``(1) Alabama.
``(2) Florida.
``(3) Georgia.
``(4) Louisiana.
``(5) Mississippi.
``(6) North Carolina.
``(7) South Carolina.
``(8) Virginia.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act
(43 U.S.C. 1301) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ``, or 3 marine
leagues distant from the coast line of a State described in
section 4(b),'' after ``the coast line of each such State'';
and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``from the coast line'';
(B) by inserting ``from the coast line of a State,
or more than 3 marine leagues from the coast line of a
State described in section 4(b),'' after ``three
geographical miles''; and
(C) by inserting ``from the coast line of a State,
or more than 3 marine leagues from the coast line of a
State described in section 4(b),'' after ``three marine
leagues''.
SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and section 5,
the Secretary shall, by not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act--
(1) notify each State of the right to request a conveyance
of the applicable interest of the United States in and to the
expanded submerged land; and
(2) at the request of a State, convey to the applicable
State the interest of the United States in and to the expanded
submerged land.
(b) Administration.--On conveyance under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall transfer to the Governor of the State the authority to
exercise the powers and duties of the Secretary under the terms of any
existing interest, subject to the condition that the State--
(1) shall not impose any burdens or requirements on an
interest owner that would be stricter than any burdens or
requirements imposed under Federal law; and
(2) shall not impose any administrative or judicial penalty
or sanction on an interest owner that is more severe than any
administrative or judicial penalty or sanction under current
Federal law.
(c) Liability.--As a condition of accepting the conveyance, the
State shall agree to indemnify the United States from any liability to
any interest owner for the taking of a property interest or breach of
contract arising from--
(1) the conveyance of the expanded submerged land to the
State; or
(2) the administration by the State of any existing
interest on or underlying the expanded submerged land.
SEC. 5. EFFECT.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsections (b) through (e), this Act
and the amendments made by this Act shall not affect any valid existing
right in and to the expanded submerged land.
(b) Submerged Land.--Submerged land within the seaward boundaries
of a State (as extended by the amendments made by this Act) shall be--
(1) subject to Federal oil and gas mineral rights to the
extent provided by law;
(2) considered to be part of the Federal outer Continental
Shelf for purposes of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); and
(3) subject to--
(A) leasing under the authority of that Act;
(B) the distribution of revenues under section
8(g)(2) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)(2)); and
(C) any other laws applicable to the leasing of the
oil and gas resources of the Federal outer Continental
Shelf, including the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act
of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432).
(c) Existing Leases.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this Act shall not
affect any Federal oil and gas lease in effect on the date of
conveyance under section 4.
(2) Divided leases.--If the conveyance under section 4
results in a division of a Federal oil and gas lease that is in
existence on the date of conveyance, the conveyance of the
portion of the expanded submerged land that is covered by the
lease shall not take effect until the date that is 1 day after
the date that the lease expires or terminates.
(d) Future Interests.--This section shall not apply to any interest
in the expanded submerged land that is granted by the State after the
date on which the land is conveyed to the State under section 4.
(e) Taxation.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a State may
exercise all of the sovereign powers of taxation of the State
within the entire extent of the seaward boundaries of the State
(as extended by the amendments made by this Act).
(2) Limitation.--Nothing in this subsection affects the
authority of a State to tax any Federal oil and gas lease in
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 6. JURISDICTION OF GULF COASTAL STATES WITH RESPECT TO GULF OF
MEXICO RED SNAPPER.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Exclusive economic zone.--The term ``exclusive economic
zone'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1802).
(2) Gulf coastal state.--The term ``Gulf coastal State''
means the following States bordering the Gulf of Mexico:
(A) Alabama.
(B) Florida.
(C) Louisiana.
(D) Mississippi.
(E) Texas.
(b) Jurisdiction.--For purposes of management of Gulf of Mexico red
snapper, on approval by each of the Gulf coastal States of a fishery
management plan applicable to the Gulf coastal States that provides for
the sustainability of Gulf of Mexico red snapper, the Gulf coastal
States shall have exclusive fishery management authority to manage and
conserve the Gulf of Mexico red snapper in adjacent coastal waters of
the applicable Gulf coastal State and extending through the exclusive
economic zone.
(c) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.--The
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
shall provide financial assistance to the Gulf coastal States for the
conduct of any necessary stock assessments and data collection relating
to Gulf of Mexico red snapper under subsection (b). | Offshore Fairness Act This bill amends the Submerged Lands Act to change the seaward boundaries of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia from a distance of three geographic miles from the coast line to a distance of three marine leagues. This change expands the offshore jurisdictions of those states. The Department of the Interior must convey the submerged land in the Outer Continental Shelf that is within this expanded area to a state upon request. After a conveyance, states are prohibited from imposing on that land: (1) burdens or requirements on an interest owner that would be stricter than federal burdens or requirements, or (2) administrative or judicial penalties or sanctions on an interest owner that are more severe than the federal penalties or sanctions. The submerged land within the seaward boundaries of those states are subject to federal oil and gas mineral rights and are considered to be part of the federal Outer Continental Shelf for purposes of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, and other laws applicable to the leasing of the oil and gas resources. Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas are given exclusive fishery management authority to manage and conserve the Gulf of Mexico red snapper in adjacent coastal waters of the applicable state and through the exclusive economic zone. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must provide financial assistance to those states for stock assessments and data collection relating to the Gulf of Mexico red snapper. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Offshore Fairness Act"} | 1,989 | 314 | 0.592041 | 1.736748 | 0.687618 | 4.390845 | 6.355634 | 0.897887 |
SECTION 1. CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Additional coverage.--The term ``additional coverage''
has the meaning given the term in section 502(b) of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)).
(2) Insurable commodity.--The term ``insurable commodity''
means an agricultural commodity (excluding livestock) for which
the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain a policy or plan
of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.).
(3) Noninsurable commodity.--The term ``noninsurable
commodity'' means an agricultural commodity for which the
producers on a farm are eligible to obtain assistance under
section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).
(b) Emergency Financial Assistance.--Notwithstanding section
508(b)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(7)), the
Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums as are necessary of funds
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial
assistance authorized under this section available to producers on a
farm that have incurred qualifying crop or quality losses for the 2003
or 2004 crop (as elected by a producer), but not both crops, due to
damaging weather or related condition, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance available
under this section in the same manner as provided under section 815 of
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114
Stat. 1549A-55), including using the same loss thresholds for the
quantity and quality losses as were used in administering that section.
(d) Ineligibility for Assistance.--Except as provided in subsection
(e), the producers on a farm shall not be eligible for assistance under
this section with respect to losses to an insurable commodity or
noninsurable commodity if the producers on the farm--
(1) in the case of an insurable commodity, did not obtain a
policy or plan of insurance for the insurable commodity under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the
crop incurring the losses; and
(2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, did not file
the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the
applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable
commodity under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) for the crop
incurring the losses.
(e) Contract Waiver.--The Secretary may waive subsection (d) with
respect to the producers on a farm if the producers enter into a
contract with the Secretary under which the producers agree--
(1) in the case of an insurable commodity, to obtain a
policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance
Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) providing additional coverage for
the insurable commodity for each of the next 2 crops; and
(2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, to file the
required paperwork and pay the administrative fee by the
applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable
commodity for each of the next 2 crops under section 196 of the
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7
U.S.C. 7333).
(f) Effect of Violation.--In the event of the violation of a
contract under subsection (e) by a producer, the producer shall
reimburse the Secretary for the full amount of the assistance provided
to the producer under this section.
(g) Payment Limitations.--
(1) Limit on amount of assistance.--Assistance provided
under this section to a producer for losses to a crop, together
with the amounts specified in paragraph (2) applicable to the
same crop, may not exceed 95 percent of what the value of the
crop would have been in the absence of the losses, as estimated
by the Secretary.
(2) Other payments.--In applying the limitation in
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:
(A) Any crop insurance payment made under the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or
payment under section 196 of the Federal Agricultural
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) that
the producer receives for losses to the same crop.
(B) The value of the crop that was not lost (if
any), as estimated by the Secretary.
(3) Effect of florida disaster programs.--The amount of
assistance that a producer would otherwise receive under this
section shall be reduced by the amount of assistance that the
producer receives for the same loss under the Florida Disaster
Programs carried out pursuant to the Farm Service Agency notice
(DAP-203) released October 4, 2004.
SEC. 2. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Emergency Financial Assistance.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make and administer payments for livestock losses to
producers for 2003 or 2004 losses (as elected by a producer), but not
both, in a county that has received an emergency designation by the
President or the Secretary after January 1, 2003, of which an amount
determined by the Secretary shall be made available for the American
Indian livestock program under section 806 of the Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-51).
(b) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance available
under this section in the same manner as provided under section 806 of
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114
Stat. 1549A-51).
(c) Mitigation.--In determining the eligibility for or amount of
payments for which a producer is eligible under the livestock
assistance program, the Secretary shall not penalize a producer that
takes actions (recognizing disaster conditions) that reduce the average
number of livestock the producer owned for grazing during the
production year for which assistance is being provided.
SEC. 3. TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Emergency Assistance.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use
such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to provide assistance under the tree assistance program
established under sections 10201 through 10204 of the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.) to producers who
suffered tree losses during the period beginning on December 1, 2003,
and ending on December 31, 2004.
(b) Additional Assistance.--In addition to providing assistance to
eligible orchardists under the tree assistance program, the Secretary
shall use an additional $15,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide reimbursement under section 10203 of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8203) to
eligible forest land owners who produce periodic crops of timber from
trees for commercial purposes and who have suffered tree losses during
the period specified in subsection (a).
SEC. 4. EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall use an additional $50,000,000 of
the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance
under the Emergency Conservation Program under title IV of the
Agriculture Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.). Participants
in the Emergency Conservation Program shall receive the maximum cost
share percentage allowed under section 701.26 of title 7, Code of
Federal Regulations.
SEC. 5. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds, facilities, and
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act.
SEC. 6. REGULATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture may promulgate such
regulations as are necessary to implement this Act.
(b) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and
administration of this Act shall be made without regard to--
(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of
title 5, United States Code;
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture
effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to
notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in
rulemaking; and
(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly
known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
(c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 7. OFFSET.
Section 1241(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3841(a)(3)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, using not more than $6,037,000,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2005 through 2014''. | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2003 or 2004 crop losses due to weather or related conditions. Permits producers with qualifying losses in both years to elect to receive payments in either, but not both, of such years. Makes producers ineligible for crop disaster assistance if they did not: (1) get Federal crop insurance for insurable commodities; and (2) file required paperwork and pay related fees for noninsurable commodities. Sets forth: (1) waiver provisions; and (2) payment limitations, including reductions for amounts received under the Florida Disaster Programs.
Directs the Secretary to provide payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2003 or 2004 losses in an emergency-designated county, with discretionary set-asides for the American Indian livestock program. Permits producers with qualifying losses in both years to elect to receive payments in either, but not both, of such years.
Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to commercial orchardists and tree farmers who have suffered losses during the December 1, 2003 through December 31, 2004 period.
Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to emergency conservation program participants.
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to limit Commodity Credit Corporation amounts available for the conservation security program for FY 2005 through 2014. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To respond to recent natural disasters adversely affecting agricultural producers."} | 2,002 | 268 | 0.544713 | 1.593222 | 0.719095 | 2.020243 | 7.178138 | 0.878543 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that all authorities with jurisdiction,
including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other entities within
the Department of Justice, should--
(1) expeditiously investigate unsolved civil rights
murders, due to the amount of time that has passed since the
murders and the age of potential witnesses; and
(2) provide all the resources necessary to ensure timely
and thorough investigations in the cases involved.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Chief.--The term ``Chief'' means the Chief of the
Section.
(2) Criminal civil rights statutes.--The term ``criminal
civil rights statutes'' means--
(A) section 241 of title 18, United States Code
(relating to conspiracy against rights);
(B) section 242 of title 18, United States Code
(relating to deprivation of rights under color of law);
(C) section 245 of title 18, United States Code
(relating to federally protected activities);
(D) sections 1581 and 1584 of title 18, United
States Code (relating to involuntary servitude and
peonage);
(E) section 901 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
3631); and
(F) any other Federal law that--
(i) was in effect on or before December 31,
1969; and
(ii) the Criminal Section of the Civil
Rights Division of the Department of Justice
enforced, prior to the date of enactment of
this Act.
(3) Section.--The term ``Section'' (except when used as
part of the term ``Criminal Section'') means the Unsolved
Crimes Section established under section 4.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF SECTION.
(a) In General.--There is established in the Civil Rights Division
of the Department of Justice an Unsolved Crimes Section. The Section
shall be headed by a Chief of the Section.
(b) Responsibility.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
Federal law, the Chief shall be responsible for investigating
and prosecuting violations of criminal civil rights statutes,
in each case in which a complaint alleges that such a
violation--
(A) occurred not later than December 31, 1969; and
(B) resulted in a death.
(2) Coordination.--After investigating a complaint under
paragraph (1), if the Chief determines that an alleged practice
that is a violation of a criminal civil rights statute occurred
in a State, or political subdivision of a State, that has a
State or local law prohibiting the practice alleged and
establishing or authorizing a State or local official to grant
or seek relief from such practice or to institute criminal
proceedings with respect to the practice on receiving notice of
the practice, the Chief shall consult with the State or local
official regarding the appropriate venue for the case involved.
(3) Referral.--After investigating a complaint under
paragraph (1), the Chief shall refer the complaint to the
Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, if the Chief
determines that the subject of the complaint has violated a
criminal civil rights statute in the case involved but the
violation does not meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) or
(B) of paragraph (1).
(c) Study and Report.--
(1) Study.--The Chief shall annually conduct a study of the
cases under the jurisdiction of the Chief and, in conducting
the study, shall determine the cases--
(A) for which the Chief has sufficient evidence to
prosecute violations of criminal civil rights statutes;
and
(B) for which the Chief has insufficient evidence
to prosecute those violations.
(2) Report.--Not later than September 30 of 2006 and of
each subsequent year, the Chief shall prepare and submit to
Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted
under paragraph (1), including a description of the cases
described in paragraph (1)(B).
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) Authorization.--There is authorized to be appropriated
to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and
each subsequent fiscal year.
(2) Additional appropriations.--Any funds appropriated
under this subsection shall consist of additional
appropriations for the activities described in this section,
rather than funds made available through reductions in the
appropriations authorized for other enforcement activities of
the Department of Justice. | Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Establishes an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Requires the Chief of the Section to be responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the complaint alleges that such a violation occurred not later than December 31, 1969, and resulted in a death.
Requires the Chief to consult with state or local officials regarding the appropriate venue for a case where there has been a violation of a criminal civil rights statute that is also a violation of a state or local law.
Directs the Chief to refer cases to the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division if the Chief determines that the subject of the complaint has violated a criminal civil rights statute but the violation does not meet the requirements for the Unsolved Crimes Section.
Requires the Chief, annually, to determine the cases under his or her jurisdiction for which there is sufficient evidence to prosecute violations of criminal civil rights statutes. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice."} | 980 | 224 | 0.614059 | 1.857392 | 0.931779 | 4.113514 | 4.940541 | 0.924324 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. PERMISSIVE EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAMS EXPANDED TO
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH PRIOR INTEREST IN SANCTIONED
ENTITIES AND ENTITIES AFFILIATED WITH SANCTIONED
ENTITIES.
Paragraph (15) of section 1128(b) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320a-7(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(15) Individuals and entities affiliated with a
sanctioned entity.--(A) Any of the following:
``(i) Any individual who--
``(I) is a person with an ownership or
control interest in a sanctioned entity or an
affiliated entity of such sanctioned entity (or
was a person with such an ownership or control
interest at the time of any of the conduct that
formed a basis for the conviction or exclusion
described in subparagraph (B)); and
``(II) knows or should have known (as
defined in section 1128A(i)(7)) (or knew or
should have known) of such conduct.
``(ii) Any individual who is an officer or managing
employee (as defined in section 1126(b)) of a
sanctioned entity or affiliated entity of such
sanctioned entity (or was such an officer or managing
employee at the time of any of the conduct that formed
a basis for the conviction or exclusion described in
subparagraph (B)).
``(iii) Any affiliated entity of a sanctioned
entity.
``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `sanctioned
entity' means an entity--
``(i) that has been convicted of any offense
described in subsection (a) of this section or in
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection; or
``(ii) that has been excluded from participation
under a program under title XVIII or under a State
health care program.
``(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
`affiliated entity' means, with respect to a sanctioned entity,
an entity that is (or was at the time of any of the conduct
that formed the basis for the conviction or exclusion described
in subparagraph (B)) affiliated with such sanctioned entity,
and includes an entity--
``(i) that is a person with an ownership or control
interest in such sanctioned entity (or was such a
person with respect to such sanctioned entity at the
time of any conduct that formed the basis for the
conviction described in subparagraph (B));
``(ii) with respect to which a sanctioned entity is
a person with an ownership or control interest in such
entity (or was such a person with respect to such
entity at the time of any conduct that formed the basis
for the conviction described in subparagraph (B));
``(iii) with respect to which a person with an
ownership or control interest in such entity also has
such an interest in such sanctioned entity;
``(iv) with respect to which a person who is an
officer or managing employee (as defined in section
1126(b)) of such entity also is such an officer or
managing employee of such sanctioned entity.
``(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `person with
an ownership or control interest' has the meaning given such
term in section 1124(a)(3).''.
SEC. 3. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICARE,
MEDICAID, OR CHIP BENEFICIARY IDENTIFICATION OR PROVIDER
NUMBERS.
Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(b))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Whoever knowingly and with the intent to defraud purchases,
sells or distributes, or arranges for the purchase, sale, or
distribution of two or more Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health
Insurance Program beneficiary identification numbers or provider
numbers under title XVIII, XIX, or XXI shall be imprisoned for not more
than 15 years or fined under title 18, United States Code (or, if
greater, an amount equal to the monetary loss to the Federal and any
State government as a result of such acts), or both.''.
SEC. 4. REPORTS ON INCIDENCES OF FRAUD AND ABUSE UNDER MEDICARE PARTS C
AND D.
(a) In General.--Section 1857(d) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395w-27(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(7) Report on incidences of fraud and abuse.--
``(A) In general.--A contract under this section
with an MA organization offering an MA plan shall
provide that such MA organization report to the
Secretary (or to any person or organization designated
by the Secretary for such purpose) any instances of
probable fraud or abuse related to the payment or
delivery of health benefits under such contract not
later than 60 days after such organization identifies
such instance.
``(B) Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary,
in consultation with the Inspector General of the
Department of Health and Human Services and the
Attorney General, shall issue to MA organizations (and
PDP sponsors) guidance for defining the terms `fraud'
and `abuse' for purposes of subparagraph (A).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment to Part D.--Section 1860D-12(b)(3)(C) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-112(b)(3)(C)) is amended by
inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, except in
applying paragraph (7) of such section any reference to an MA
organization, with respect to an MA plan, shall be deemed a reference
to a PDP sponsor or MA organization, with respect to a prescription
drug plan or MA-PD plan''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act. | Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of 2014 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to exclude from federal health programs certain individuals, including officers or managing employees, with an ownership or control interest in entities sanctioned for a criminal conviction relating to fraud, obstruction of an investigation or audit, or a misdemeanor related to a controlled substance. Extends the permissive exclusion from federal health programs to persons, including officers or managing employees, with an ownership or control interest in entities affiliated with a sanctioned entity. Includes individuals with such connections at the time of the conduct that formed a basis for the conviction or exclusion of the sanctioned entity or the affiliated entity. Establishes criminal penalties for anyone who knowingly and with intent to defraud purchases, sells, or distributes, or arranges for the purchase, sale, or distribution of two or more beneficiary identification or provider numbers under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]). Amends SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice) to require a contract with a Medicare Advantage (MA) organization offering an MA plan to require that the MA organization report to the Secretary any instances of probable fraud or abuse related to the payment or delivery of health benefits within 60 days after the organization identifies that instance. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of 2014"} | 1,483 | 335 | 0.635107 | 2.029432 | 0.76532 | 3.212687 | 4.634328 | 0.86194 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Expansion Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION AND LAND CONVEYANCES
INVOLVING JOLIET TRAINING AREA, ILLINOIS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Will County,
State of Illinois, constitutes some of the last vestiges of
natural prairie ecosystems in the United States, and its
administration by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the
Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995 (title XXIX of Public
Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 594) provides significant public
benefits in resource conservation and protection, wildlife
habitat, and public recreation.
(2) The Joliet Training Area presently administered by the
Secretary of the Army (in this section referred to as the
``JTA'') is adjacent to the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie,
but the JTA is no longer needed for military purposes.
(3) The Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995 requires the
eventual incorporation of JTA into the Midewin National
Tallgrass Prairie subject to meeting local land use needs as
provided in such Act.
(b) Map.--For purposes of this section, the JTA comprises those
federally owned lands and interests in lands depicted on a map entitled
``Joliet Training Area Lands, April 2008'' (in this section referred to
as the ``map''). The map shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service.
(c) Transfer of Jurisdiction.--Administrative jurisdiction over the
JTA is hereby transferred, without consideration, from the Secretary of
the Army to the Secretary of Agriculture. This transfer of
administrative jurisdiction does not eliminate or reduce any obligation
of the Secretary of the Army under the Illinois Land Conservation Act
of 1995 (title XXIX of Public Law 104-106) or this section.
(d) Management.--
(1) Inclusion in midewin national tallgrass prairie.--The
JTA lands transferred by subsection (c) shall be administered
by the Secretary of Agriculture as part of the Midewin National
Tallgrass Prairie in accordance with the Illinois Land
Conservation Act of 1995 (title XXIX of Public Law 104-106) and
the laws and regulations pertaining to the National Forest
System.
(2) Management plan.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
manage the transferred lands consistent with the land and
resource management plan for the Midewin National Tallgrass
Prairie and include consideration of the transferred lands in
the next regular update of such management plan.
(3) Effect on existing rights.--The Secretary of
Agriculture shall administer any valid permit, lease, or other
authorization on the JTA lands transferred by subsection (c)
under its existing terms, except that any renewal or
modification shall be at the option of the Secretary of
Agriculture on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may
prescribe.
(e) Conveyance to Will County.--
(1) Conveyance required.--Subject to valid existing rights,
within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey by quitclaim deed,
without cash consideration, to Will County, Illinois, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the
parcel of land consisting of approximately 351 acres and
depicted on the map as the ``Will County Conveyance Parcel''.
(2) Restrictive covenant.--The quitclaim deed shall contain
restrictive covenants enforceable by the Secretary of
Agriculture for the benefit of the appurtenant Federal lands
and the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. The covenants shall
require that the lands conveyed to Will County, Illinois, shall
be used only for the following governmental purposes:
(A) Parks and recreation.
(B) Firing ranges for small arms.
(C) Office and training facilities for fire
fighters, police, and emergency personnel.
(D) Public safety facilities (but not facilities
for incarceration).
(E) Offices for county and municipal governments.
(3) Prohibited uses.--The lands conveyed under this
subsection shall not be used for industrial or commercial
purposes, including landfills, parking and transportation
facilities, power generation facilities, or waste water
treatment (except for wastes generated on site).
(4) Reserved rights.--The quitclaim deed shall reserve in
the United States--
(A) rights or easements for public and
administrative access and utilities over Arsenal Road
and such other rights-of-way as the Secretary of
Agriculture shall designate;
(B) mineral rights;
(C) surface and underground waters, subject to
reasonable use on site by the County; and
(D) rights to permit Federal, State, and local law
enforcement, public safety, and land management
agencies to have access to and use of training
facilities located on the property as of the date of
the enactment of this Act or constructed after that
date, subject to the right of Will County to manage
such uses and to charge reasonable fees commensurate
with use as necessary to cover its operating and
maintenance costs.
(5) Environmental cleanup.--With respect to the lands
conveyed to Will County pursuant to this subsection, the
Secretary of the Army shall comply with the requirements of
section 120 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620).
(6) Administrative costs.--Will County shall cover the cost
of the conveyance under this subsection, including survey and
similar expenses.
(f) Conveyance to CenterPoint Properties.--
(1) Conveyance required.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall convey by quitclaim deed to CenterPoint Properties, LLC
(in this section referred to as ``CenterPoint''), an easement
to the lands depicted on the map as the ``CenterPoint
Conveyance Parcel''.
(2) Purpose of easement.--The easement shall permit the
holder to construct roads and railroads for access to
appurtenant properties, subject to terms and conditions
prescribed by the Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to section
404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) and any other
applicable law and regulation.
(3) Reserved rights.--The easement shall reserve in the
United States public access over any roads, and may prescribe
remedies for failure to meet any of the consideration
obligations of paragraph (4).
(4) Consideration.--Consideration for the easement provided
by this subsection shall be as follows:
(A) A cash payment equal to the market value of the
easement based on an appraisal prepared in conformity
with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land
Acquisitions and approved by the Forest Service.
(B) An agreement or cash payment by CenterPoint to
fund a wetland mitigation project prescribed by the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Army Corps of
Engineers that effects the permanent enhancement,
restoration, and creation of wetlands and other rare
flora and fauna community types on the JTA and adjacent
lands.
(C) An agreement by CenterPoint to pay the
Secretary of Agriculture a reasonable annual fee, the
amount to be established annually by the Forest
Service, for the purpose of controlling invasive and
exotic species and for conducting other environmental
measures deemed necessary by the Forest Service on the
easement areas.
(D) A cash payment of $1,000,000 by CenterPoint to
a nonprofit corporation established under the laws of
the State of Illinois, with such corporation to be
designated at the sole discretion of the Secretary of
Agriculture, for purposes of establishing a charitable
foundation to fund habitat restoration at the Midewin
National Tallgrass Prairie.
(5) Administrative costs.--CenterPoint shall cover all
costs associated with the conveyance of the easement under this
subsection, including costs of survey, appraisal, and document
preparation, and reasonable administrative costs of the
Department of Agriculture, including legal expenses.
(g) Disposition of Certain Receipts.--
(1) Payment to secretary of the army.--The cash payment
required by subsection (f)(4)(A) shall be paid to the Secretary
of the Army, and shall be availability to the Secretary of the
Army, without further appropriation and until expended, for any
purposes authorized under existing law.
(2) Payment to secretary of agriculture.--The cash payments
required by subsections (f)(4)(B) and (f)(4)(C) shall be
deposited into the MNP Rental Fee Account established under
section 2915(c) of the Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995
(title XXIX of Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 601), to be merged
with other funds in the MNP Rental Fee Account and availability
to the same extent and for the same purposes as other funds in
the MNP Rental Fee Account. Monies so deposited into the MNP
Rental Fee Account shall not be subject to transfer or
reprogramming for wildland fire management or any other purpose
(h) Environmental Cleanup.--
(1) Obligations and liabilities.--With respect to the lands
comprising the JTA, the Secretary of the Army shall have the
same obligations and liabilities for environmental clean up as
enumerated in sections 2912(c), 2912(d), and 2913 of the
Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995 (title XXIX of Public
Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 597, 598).
(2) Preliminary assessment/site inspection.--Within 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Army shall provide a Preliminary Assessment/Site
Inspection to the Secretary of Agriculture for the lands
comprising the JTA.
(3) Remediation plans.--Within 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall develop
and provide to the Secretary of Agriculture plans to remediate
the Recognized Environmental Conditions identified by the
Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection.
(4) Completion of remediation.--Within 2 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army
shall certify to the Secretary of Agriculture that all
remediation activities have been completed.
(i) Records.--Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Army shall transfer to the Secretary of
Agriculture all original records pertaining to land titles, surveys,
utilities, and other records pertaining to the JTA.
(j) Prairie Restoration Fund Amendment.--Section 2915(f) of the
Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995 (title XXIX of Public Law 104-
106; 110 Stat. 602) is amended by striking the first two sentences and
inserting the following new sentences: ``Monies collected pursuant to
subsections (d) and (e), as well as any other monies collected or
received with regard to the MNP as may be provided by law, shall be
covered into the Treasury and constitute a special fund known as the
`Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Restoration Fund' which funds shall
be available until expended, without further appropriation, for
purposes of or related to the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie as
provided in section subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section 2914.
Monies deposited into the Fund shall not be subject to transfer or
reprogramming for wildland fire management or any other emergency
purpose unless specifically authorized by Congress.''. | Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Expansion Act of 2008 - Transfers administrative jurisdiction over the Joliet Training Area (JTA) from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of Agriculture.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a specified parcel of land to Will County, Illinois. Requires the deed for such land to contain restrictive covenants enforceable by such Secretary for the benefit of the appurtenant federal lands and the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.
Requires the conveyed lands to only be used for: (1) parks and recreation; (2) firing ranges for small arms; (3) office and training facilities for fire fighters, police, and emergency personnel; (4) public safety facilities (but not for incarceration); and (5) offices for county and municipal governments. Prohibits the use of such lands for industrial or commercial purposes.
Provides for environmental remediation of the lands conveyed to the county.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to CenterPoint Properties, LLC, an easement to specified lands to permit the construction of roads and railroads for access to appurtenant properties.
Provides for certain cash payments.
Requires the Secretary of the Army to provide a preliminary assessment/site inspection to the Secretary of Agriculture for the lands comprising the JTA and to develop plans for remediation of the recognized environmental conditions identified by the preliminary assessment/site inspection. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Joliet Training Area in Will County, Illinois, to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, to provide for the conveyance of several parcels of the Joliet Training Area, and for other purposes."} | 2,515 | 308 | 0.587688 | 1.975067 | 0.757751 | 3.915058 | 8.598456 | 0.972973 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Constitution Center
Commemorative Coin Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) a Constitutional Convention was convened in the summer
of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the purposes of
replacing the failed Articles of Confederation as a framework
for governing the 13 American colonies newly independent from
Great Britain;
(2) the United States Constitution produced by the
Convention would set the United States of America on a unique
course of experiment in self-government that would profoundly
impact the United States and the world;
(3) in its deliberations and promotion through such
literary works as The Federalist Papers, the United States
Constitution drew upon the successes and failures of nations
and peoples dating as far back as the city-state republics of
ancient Greece in forming representative governments;
(4) the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, known as
the Bill of Rights, comprise the best written set of legal
protections of the rights and dignity of the individual in the
history of human civilization and continue to be the benchmark
for nations' adherence to human rights standards;
(5) the principles of the United States Constitution have
been enacted into the governing laws of numerous free countries
around the globe, and are reflected in the founding documents
of the United Nations;
(6) the United States Constitution created the framework
for what is now the oldest representative democracy in the
world;
(7) in its wisdom, the Constitutional Convention created a
mechanism through which the United States Constitution can be
perfected, as it has been 27 times to date, to better reflect
its founding ideals, as well as to accommodate changing
circumstances;
(8) the rights and freedoms secured to Americans by the
United States Constitution have and continue to draw millions
from around the globe to the shores of this Nation;
(9) all Americans should gain an understanding of and
appreciation for the United States Constitution and the role
this remarkable document plays in the freedoms and quality of
life they enjoy;
(10) the National Constitution Center was established by
the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 407aa et
seq.), which was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on
September 16, 1988, to provide for continuing interpretation of
the Constitution and to establish a national center for the
United States Constitution; and
(11) the National Constitution Center, located at the site
of the birth of the Constitution, only steps away from the
Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in the Independence National
Historic Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the only center
in the world solely dedicated to promoting understanding of the
Constitution and its values and ideals.
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $1 Silver Coins.--The Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not more than
500,000 $1 coins, which shall--
(1) weigh 26.73 grams;
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
(b) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this Act shall be legal
tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 4. SOURCES OF BULLION.
The Secretary may obtain silver for minting coins under this Act
from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical Materials
Stock Piling Act, to the extent available, and from other available
sources, if necessary.
SEC. 5. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) Design Requirements.--
(1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this
Act shall be emblematic of the National Constitution Center in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(2) Designation and inscriptions.--On each coin minted
under this Act, there shall be--
(A) a designation of the value of the coin;
(B) an inscription of the year ``2003''; and
(C) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God
We Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E
Pluribus Unum''.
(b) Design Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this
Act shall be--
(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the
Constitution Center Coin Advisory Committee; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory
Committee.
SEC. 6. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued
in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(b) Mint Facility.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may
be used to mint coins under this Act.
(c) Period for Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted
under this Act beginning on January 1, 2003, and ending when the
quantity of coins issued under this Act reaches the limit under section
3(a).
SEC. 7. SALE OF COINS.
(a) Sale Price.--The coins minted under this Act shall be sold by
the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of--
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharge provided in subsection (d) with respect
to such coins; and
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including
labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses,
marketing, and shipping).
(b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins
issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
(c) Prepaid Orders.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders
for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of such
coins.
(2) Discount.--Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders
under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.
(d) Surcharges.--All sales of coins issued under this Act shall
include a surcharge established by the Secretary, in an amount equal to
not more than $10 per coin.
SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
(a) In General.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United
States Code, the proceeds from the surcharges received by the Secretary
from the sale of coins minted under this Act shall be paid promptly by
the Secretary to the National Constitution Center.
(b) Use of Proceeds.--The proceeds received by the National
Constitution Center under subsection (a) shall be used by the Center to
promote a greater understanding of the Constitution and its values and
ideals.
(c) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall
have the right to examine such books, records, documents, and other
data of the National Constitution Center as may be related to the
expenditures of amounts paid under subsection (a).
SEC. 9. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.
(a) No Net Cost to the Government.--The Secretary shall take such
actions as may be necessary to ensure that minting and issuing coins
under this Act will not result in any net cost to the United States
Government.
(b) Payment for Coins.--A coin shall not be issued under this Act,
unless the Secretary has received--
(1) full payment for the coin;
(2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to indemnify the
United States for full payment; or
(3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to the
Secretary from a depository institution, the deposits of which
are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the
National Credit Union Administration. | National Constitution Center Commemorative Coin Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one-dollar silver coins in commemoration of the opening of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, scheduled for July 4, 2003. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the opening of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, scheduled for July 4, 2003."} | 1,634 | 52 | 0.402678 | 1.01317 | 0.133474 | 2.673913 | 33.152174 | 0.847826 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Support Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ABOVE-THE-LINE DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EXPENSES OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
(a) Deduction Allowed.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized
deductions for individuals) is amended by redesignating section 222 as
section 223 and by inserting after section 221 the following new
section:
``SEC. 222. QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES.
``(a) Allowance of Deduction.--In the case of an eligible teacher,
there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the qualified
professional development expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer
during the taxable year.
``(b) Qualified Professional Development Expenses of Eligible
Teachers.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) Qualified professional development expenses.--
``(A) In general.--The term `qualified professional
development expenses' means expenses for tuition, fees,
books, supplies, equipment, and transportation required
for the enrollment or attendance of an individual in a
qualified course of instruction.
``(B) Qualified course of instruction.--The term
`qualified course of instruction' means a course of
instruction which--
``(i) is--
``(I) directly related to the
curriculum and academic subjects in
which an eligible teacher provides
instruction, or
``(II) designed to enhance the
ability of an eligible teacher to
understand and use State standards for
the academic subjects in which such
teacher provides instruction,
``(ii) may--
``(I) provide instruction in how to
teach children with different learning
styles, particularly children with
disabilities and children with special
learning needs (including children who
are gifted and talented), or
``(II) provide instruction in how
best to discipline children in the
classroom and identify early and
appropriate interventions to help
children described in subclause (I) to
learn,
``(iii) is tied to challenging State or
local content standards and student performance
standards,
``(iv) is tied to strategies and programs
that demonstrate effectiveness in increasing
student academic achievement and student
performance, or substantially increasing the
knowledge and teaching skills of an eligible
teacher,
``(v) is of sufficient intensity and
duration to have a positive and lasting impact
on the performance of an eligible teacher in
the classroom (which shall not include 1-day or
short-term workshops and conferences), except
that this clause shall not apply to an activity
if such activity is 1 component described in a
long-term comprehensive professional
development plan established by an eligible
teacher and the teacher's supervisor based upon
an assessment of the needs of the teacher, the
students of the teacher, and the local
educational agency involved, and
``(vi) is part of a program of professional
development which is approved and certified by
the appropriate local educational agency as
furthering the goals of the preceding clauses.
``(C) Local educational agency.--The term `local
educational agency' has the meaning given such term by
section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as in effect on the date of the enactment
of this section.
``(2) Eligible teacher.--
``(A) In general.--The term `eligible teacher'
means an individual who is a kindergarten through grade
12 classroom teacher or aide in an elementary or
secondary school for at least 720 hours during a school
year.
``(B) Elementary or secondary school.--The terms
`elementary school' and `secondary school' have the
meanings given such terms by section 14101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8801), as so in effect.
``(c) Denial of Double Benefit.--
``(1) In general.--No other deduction or credit shall be
allowed under this chapter for any amount taken into account
for which a deduction is allowed under this section.
``(2) Coordination with exclusions.--A deduction shall be
allowed under subsection (a) for qualified professional
development expenses only to the extent the amount of such
expenses exceeds the amount excludable under section 135,
529(c)(1), or 530(d)(2) for the taxable year.''.
(b) Deduction Allowed in Computing Adjusted Gross Income.--Section
62(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting
after paragraph (17) the following new paragraph:
``(18) Qualified professional development expenses.--The
deduction allowed by section 222.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for part VII of
subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking the item relating to section 222 and inserting the
following new items:
``Sec. 222. Qualified professional
development expenses.
``Sec. 223. Cross reference.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000.
SEC. 3. CREDIT TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO PROVIDE
CLASSROOM MATERIALS.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to other credits) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 30B. CREDIT TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO
PROVIDE CLASSROOM MATERIALS.
``(a) Allowance of Credit.--In the case of an eligible teacher,
there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this
chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the qualified
elementary and secondary education expenses which are paid or incurred
by the taxpayer during such taxable year.
``(b) Maximum Credit.--The credit allowed by subsection (a) for any
taxable year shall not exceed $100.
``(c) Definitions.--
``(1) Eligible teacher.--The term `eligible teacher' means
an individual who is a kindergarten through grade 12 classroom
teacher, instructor, counselor, aide, or principal in an
elementary or secondary school on a full-time basis for an
academic year ending during a taxable year.
``(2) Qualified elementary and secondary education
expenses.--The term `qualified elementary and secondary
education expenses' means expenses for books, supplies (other
than nonathletic supplies for courses of instruction in health
or physical education), computer equipment (including related
software and services) and other equipment, and supplementary
materials used by an eligible teacher in the classroom.
``(3) Elementary or secondary school.--The term `elementary
or secondary school' means any school which provides elementary
education or secondary education (through grade 12), as
determined under State law.
``(d) Special Rules.--
``(1) Denial of double benefit.--No deduction shall be
allowed under this chapter for any expense for which credit is
allowed under this section.
``(2) Application with other credits.--The credit allowable
under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed the
excess (if any) of--
``(A) the regular tax for the taxable year, reduced
by the sum of the credits allowable under subpart A and
the preceding sections of this subpart, over
``(B) the tentative minimum tax for the taxable
year.
``(e) Election To Have Credit Not Apply.--A taxpayer may elect to
have this section not apply for any taxable year.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart B of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:
``Sec. 30B. Credit to elementary and
secondary school teachers who
provide classroom materials.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000. | Teacher Support Act of 2001- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make the two percent floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions inapplicable to qualified professional development expenses incurred by elementary and secondary school teachers and aides; and (2) allow a credit to elementary and secondary school teachers, instructors, counselors, aides, or principals who provide classroom materials. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an above-the-line deduction for qualified professional development expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to allow a credit against income tax to elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials."} | 1,844 | 83 | 0.535043 | 1.252752 | 0.661841 | 2.447761 | 24.432836 | 0.776119 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Energy and Western Jobs
Act''.
SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN INSTRUCTION MEMORANDA.
The following are rescinded and shall have no force or effect:
(1) The Bureau of Land Management Instruction Memorandum
entitled ``Oil and Gas Leasing Reform--Land Use Planning and
Lease Parcel Reviews'', numbered 2010-117, and dated May 17,
2010.
(2) The Bureau of Land Management Instruction Memorandum
entitled ``Energy Policy Act Section 390 Categorical Exclusion
Policy Revision'', numbered 2010-118, and dated May 17, 2010.
(3) Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Secretary of
the Interior on December 22, 2010.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE MINERAL LEASING ACT.
(a) Onshore Oil and Gas Lease Issuance Improvement.--Section
17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)) is
amended in the seventh sentence, by striking ``Leases shall be issued
within 60 days following payment by the successful bidder of the
remainder of the bonus bid, if any, and the annual rental for the first
lease year'' and inserting ``The Secretary of the Interior shall
automatically issue a lease 60 days after the date of the payment by
the successful bidder of the remainder of the bonus bid, if any, and
the annual rental for the first lease year, unless the Secretary of the
Interior is able to issue the lease before that date. The filing of any
protest to the sale or issuance of a lease shall not extend the date by
which the lease is to be issued''.
(b) Judicial Review.--Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30
U.S.C. 226) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(q) Judicial Review.--Any action seeking judicial review of the
adequacy of any program or site-specific environmental impact statement
under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4332) concerning oil and gas leasing for onshore Federal land
shall be barred unless the action is brought in the appropriate
district court of the United States by the date that is 60 days after
the date on which there is published in the Federal Register the notice
of the availability of the environmental impact statement.''.
(c) Determination of Impact of Proposed Policy Modifications.--The
Mineral Leasing Act is amended by inserting after section 37 (30 U.S.C.
193) the following:
``SEC. 38. DETERMINATION OF IMPACT OF PROPOSED POLICY MODIFICATIONS.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Department.--The term `Department' means the
Department of the Interior.
``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
``(b) Duty of Secretary.--
``(1) In general.--Before the modification and
implementation of any onshore oil or natural gas preleasing or
leasing and development policy (as in effect as of January 1,
2010) or a policy relating to protecting the wilderness
characteristics of public land, the Secretary shall--
``(A) complete an economic impact assessment in
accordance with paragraph (2); and
``(B) issue a determination that the proposed
policy modification would have the effects described in
paragraph (2)(A).
``(2) Requirements.--In carrying out an assessment to
determine the impact of a proposed policy modification
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
``(A) in consultation with the appropriate
officials of each State (including political
subdivisions of the State) in which 1 or more parcels
of land subject to oil and natural gas leasing are
located and any other appropriate individuals or
entities, as determined by the Secretary--
``(i)(I) carry out an economic analysis of
the impact of the policy modification on oil-
and natural gas-related employment
opportunities and domestic reliance on foreign
imports of petroleum resources; and
``(II) certify that the policy modification
would not result in a detrimental impact on
employment opportunities relating to oil- and
natural gas-related development or contribute
to an increase in the domestic use of imported
petroleum resources; and
``(ii) carry out a policy assessment to
determine the manner by which the policy
modification would impact--
``(I) revenues from oil and natural
gas receipts to the general fund of the
Treasury, including a certification
that the modification would, for the
10-year period beginning on the date of
implementation of the modification, not
contribute to an aggregate loss of oil
and natural gas receipts; and
``(II) revenues to the treasury of
each affected State that shares oil and
natural gas receipts with the Federal
Government, including a certification
that the modification would, for the
10-year period beginning on the date of
implementation of the modification, not
contribute to an aggregate loss of oil
and natural gas receipts; and
``(B) provide notice to the public of, and an
opportunity to comment on, the policy modification in a
manner consistent with subchapter II of chapter 5 and
chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code (commonly
known as the `Administrative Procedure Act').''.
SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT ON REVENUES GENERATED FROM MULTIPLE USE OF PUBLIC
LAND.
(a) Annual Report.--As part of the annual agency budget, the
Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management) and the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the
Chief of the Forest Service) shall submit an annual report detailing,
for each field office, the revenues generated by each use of public
land.
(b) Inclusions.--The report shall include--
(1) a line item for each use of public land, including use
for--
(A) grazing;
(B) recreation;
(C) timber;
(D) leasable minerals, including a distinct
accounting for each of oil, natural gas, coal, and
geothermal development;
(E) locatable minerals;
(F) renewable energy sources, including a distinct
accounting for each of wind and solar energy;
(G) the sale of land; and
(H) transmission; and
(2) identification of the total acres designated as
wilderness, wilderness study areas, and wild lands.
(c) Availability.--The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture shall make the report prepared under this section
publicly available on the applicable agency website.
SEC. 5. FEDERAL ONSHORE OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION GOAL.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall establish a
domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and
natural gas managed by the Federal Government.
(b) Requirements.--In establishing the goal under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall--
(1) ensure that the United States maintains or increases
production of Federal onshore oil and natural gas;
(2) ensure that the 10-year production outlook for Federal
onshore oil and natural gas be provided annually;
(3) examine steps to streamline the permitting process to
meet the goal;
(4) include the goal in each resource management plan; and
(5) analyze each proposed policy of the Department of the
Interior for the potential impact of the policy on achieving
the goal before implementation of the policy.
SEC. 6. OIL SHALE.
(a) Additional Research and Development Lease Sales.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior shall hold a lease sale in which the Secretary of the
Interior shall offer an additional 10 parcels for lease for research,
development, and demonstration of oil shale resources in accordance
with the terms offered in the solicitation of bids for the leases
described in the notice entitled ``Potential for Oil Shale Development;
Call for Nominations--Oil Shale Research, Development, and
Demonstration (R, D, and D) Program'' (74 Fed. Reg. 2611).
(b) Application of Regulations.--The final rule entitled ``Oil
Shale Management--General'' (73 Fed. Reg. 69414), shall apply to all
commercial leasing for the management of federally owned oil shale and
any associated minerals located on Federal land. | American Energy and Western Jobs Act - Rescinds and declares without force or effect: (1) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Instruction Memoranda numbered 2010-117 (Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Land Use Planning and Lease Parcel Reviews) and 2010-118 (Energy Policy Act Section 390 Categorical Exclusion Policy Revision), both issued on May 17, 2010; and (2) Secretarial Order No. 3310 (Wild Lands Policy) issued by the Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010.
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to: (1) repeal the requirement that leases be issued within 60 days following payment by the successful bidder of the remainder of the bonus bid and the annual rental for the first lease year, and (2) direct the Secretary to automatically issue a lease 60 days after the date of such payment, unless the Secretary is able to issue the lease before that date.
Bars an action seeking judicial review of the adequacy of any program or site-specific environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 concerning oil and gas leasing for onshore federal land unless the action is brought in federal district court within 60 days after publication in the Federal Register of notice of the availability of the environmental impact statement.
Directs the Secretary, before modifying and implementing any onshore oil or natural gas preleasing or leasing and development policy, or a policy relating to protecting the wilderness characteristics of public land, to complete an economic impact assessment and determine that the proposed policy modification will not: (1) result in a detrimental impact on employment opportunities relating to oil- and natural gas-related development, (2) contribute to an increase in the domestic use of imported petroleum resources, or (3) contribute to an aggregate loss of oil and natural gas receipts.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to submit, as part of the annual agency budget, a report detailing, for each field office, the revenues generated by specified use of public land.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and natural gas managed by the federal government; and (2) hold a lease sale offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources in accordance with terms offered in a specified solicitation of bids for the leases. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to provide for the rescission of certain instruction memoranda of the Bureau of Land Management, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the determination of the impact of proposed policy modifications, and for other purposes."} | 1,892 | 520 | 0.75805 | 2.582906 | 0.802334 | 5.222689 | 3.581933 | 0.94958 |
SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP VOTING INTEREST OWNERSHIP
REQUIREMENT.
Subchapter I of chapter 417, of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 41714. REDUCTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP VOTING INTEREST OWNERSHIP
REQUIREMENT.
``(a) General Rule.--Notwithstanding the requirement of section
40102(15) that at least 75 percent of the voting interests of an air
carrier be owned or controlled by persons who are citizens of the
United States or of one of its possessions, a person who is not a
citizen of the United States may purchase voting interests of a
corporation or association which is, or owns or controls, an air
carrier without regard to whether or not such purchase would result in
the corporation or association failing to meet such voting interest
requirement of section 40102(15) if the Secretary of Transportation
finds that--
``(1) after the purchase--
``(A) the president, chairman of the board of
directors, chief operating officer, and two-thirds or
more of the board of directors of the corporation or
association which is, or owns or controls, the air
carrier would be citizens of the United States or one
of its possessions; and
``(B) at least 51 percent of the voting interests
of the air carrier would be owned or controlled by
persons who are citizens of the United States or one of
its possessions; and
``(2) the purchase is in the public interest.
``(b) Factors To Consider for Public Interest Finding.--The
Secretary, in making the finding required by subsection (a)(2), shall
consider the following:
``(1) The financial condition of the air carrier and the
importance of the purchase to the carrier's ability to survive
and effectively compete.
``(2) The effect of the purchase on the employees of the
air carrier.
``(3) The effect of the purchase on competition in
interstate, overseas, and foreign air transportation.
``(4) Whether the laws and regulations of the foreign
country of which the purchaser is a citizen would permit a
citizen of the United States to acquire, under similar terms
and conditions, the same percentage of stock of a person who
provides in such foreign country transportation by aircraft of
persons or property as a common carrier as the percentage of
stock which the person making the purchase would have in the
air carrier after the purchase.
``(5) The extent to which the purchaser is owned,
controlled, or subsidized by a government of a foreign country.
``(6) The extent to which a person who is not a citizen of
the United States or one of its possessions would, after the
purchase, have the power to exercise control over the air
carrier.
``(7) The extent to which the foreign country of which the
purchaser is a citizen permits air carriers to have access to
its aviation markets equivalent to the access that the foreign
citizen would have to the aviation markets of the United States
after the purchase.
``(c) Application.--
``(1) Submission.--A person interested in making a purchase
with respect to which subsection (a) applies must submit an
application with respect to such purchase to the Secretary. The
application must be in such form and contain such information
as the Secretary may, by regulation, require.
``(2) Approval or disapproval.--Within 90 days after an
application meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) and any
regulations issued thereunder is submitted to the Secretary,
the Secretary shall approve the application, approve the
application subject to such conditions or modifications as the
Secretary determines appropriate to carry out the objectives of
this section, or disapprove the application.
``(3) Presidential review.--
``(A) Presentation.--The approval, with or without
conditions or modifications, of any application under
this section shall be presented to the President for
review.
``(B) Disapproval; conditions.--The President shall
have the right to disapprove or impose conditions on
the application solely on the basis of national defense
considerations including the effect of the purchase on
the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program. Any such
disapproval or conditions shall be issued in a public
document, setting forth the reasons for the disapproval
or conditions to the extent national security permits,
within 30 days after submission of the Secretary's
action to the President.
``(C) Effect of disapproval.--Any action of the
Secretary disapproved by the President under this
paragraph shall be null and void.
``(D) Effect of expiration of time limit; judicial
review.--Any action of the Secretary not disapproved
within the 30-day period referred to in subparagraph
(B) shall take effect as an action of the Secretary,
not the President, and as such shall be subject to
judicial review as provided in section 1006 of this
Act.''.
SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
The analyses for chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 41713 the
following:
``41714. Reduction of U.S. citizenship voting interest ownership
requirement.''. | Amends Federal transportation law to authorize foreign persons to purchase more than a specified percentage of the voting interests of a U.S. air carrier under certain conditions, including continued minimum 51 percent ownership or control of the voting interests, and continued predominant management of the corporation or association, by U.S. citizens. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to reduce under certain circumstances the percentage of voting interests of air carriers which are required to be owned or controlled by persons who are citizens of the United States."} | 1,132 | 66 | 0.58577 | 1.492759 | 0.634472 | 1.654545 | 19.563636 | 0.781818 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Amtrak Route Closure and Realignment
Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. THE COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--There is established an independent commission
to be known as the ``Total Realignment of Amtrak Commission'' (in this
Act referred to as the ``Commission'').
(b) Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of eleven
members as follows:
(1) Three individuals appointed by the President,
including--
(A) the Secretary of Transportation;
(B) one representative of a rail labor union; and
(C) one representative of a rail management.
(2) Four individuals who collectively have expertise in
rail finance, economic analysis, legal issues, and other
relevant areas, to be appointed by the Majority Leader of the
Senate, in consultation with the Minority Leader.
(3) Four individuals who collectively have expertise in
rail finance, economic analysis, legal issues, and other
relevant areas, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, in consultation with the Minority Leader.
Appointments under this subsection shall be made within 15 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act. Individuals appointed under
paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not be employees of the Department of
Transportation or representatives of a rail labor union or rail
management.
(c) Chairman.--Within 10 days after the 15-day period described in
subsection (b), or the appointment of the last member of the Commission
under such subsection, whichever occurs first, a majority of the
members of the Commission may elect a chairman from among its
membership. If a chairman is not elected within such 10-day period, the
President shall select a chairman for the Commission from among its
membership.
(d) Meetings.--(1) Each meeting of the Commission shall be open to
the public.
(2) All the proceedings, information, and deliberations of the
Commission shall be open or available, upon request, to the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, and to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(e) Pay and Travel Expenses.--(1)(A) Each member, other than the
Chairman, shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the
minimum annual rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each
day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the
actual performance of duties vested in the Commission.
(B) The Chairman shall be paid for each day referred to in
subparagraph (A) at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum
annual rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
(C) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), officers and
employees of the Federal Government shall not be paid under this
paragraph for service on the Commission.
(2) Members shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in
lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title
5, United States Code.
(f) Director of Staff.--The Commission shall appoint a Director,
who shall be paid at the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
(g) Staff.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Director, with the
approval of the Commission, may appoint and fix the pay of not more
than 5 additional employees.
(2) The Director may make such appointments without regard to the
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in
the competitive service, and any personnel so appointed may be paid
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General
Schedule pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not
receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay payable for level
V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United
States Code.
(h) Hearings and Sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose of
carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places,
take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers
appropriate. The Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to
witnesses appearing before it.
(i) Information.--The Commission may secure directly from any
department or agency of the United States information necessary to
enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the Chairman of the
Commission, the head of that department or agency shall furnish that
information to the Commission to the extent otherwise permitted by law.
(j) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in the
same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and
agencies of the United States.
(k) Administrative Support Services.--The Administrator of General
Services shall provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, such
administrative support services as the Commission may request.
(l) Experts or Consultants.--The Commission may procure by
contract, to the extent funds are available, the temporary or
intermittent services of experts or consultants pursuant to section
3109 of title 5, United States Code.
(m) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 30 days after
transmitting a report under section 3(e).
SEC. 3. DUTIES.
(a) Economic Performance Rankings.--The Commission shall examine
economic data for Amtrak's system and develop system-wide performance
rankings of all routes based on long-term economic loss.
(b) Identification of Candidate Routes for Closure or
Realignment.--(1) The Commission shall identify routes which are
candidates for closure or realignment, based on the performance
rankings developed under subsection (a) and on the following
principles:
(A) The system which remains after closure and realignment
of routes shall not be required to be a national,
interconnected system.
(B) Federal operating subsidies for Amtrak shall be assumed
to decline over the 5-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of a joint resolution under section 4, possibly to
the point of zero Federal operating subsidy.
(C) The rail labor protection costs of Amtrak shall be
calculated both--
(i) at the level required under rail labor laws as
in effect when the Commission is identifying routes
under this subsection; and
(ii) at the level which would be required if
amendments to rail labor laws were enacted that--
(I) limit to a maximum of 6 months any wage
continuation or severance benefit for an
employee of Amtrak whose employment is
terminated as a result of a discontinuance of
intercity rail passenger service; and
(II) permit Amtrak to require any employee
whose position is eliminated as a result of
such a discontinuance to transfer to another
part of Amtrak's system.
(2) The Commission shall specifically examine ridership forecasts
and other assumptions supporting continued service on the Northeast
Corridor, particularly with respect to the continuation of the
electrification of the Northeast Corridor between New Haven,
Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Consideration of Quality of Life Factors.--(1) Each route
identified under subsection (b) as a candidate for closure or
realignment shall be reviewed to determine whether there are important
social, environmental, or other quality of life factors which should be
considered in determining whether to close or realign the route. The
commission shall also consider the effect on airport congestion and the
availability of alternative modes of transportation, especially in
rural areas, before recommending any closure or realignment.
(2) The Commission shall hold public hearings to obtain testimony
from State and local officials, and other interested parties, with
respect to factors described in paragraph (1).
(d) Optional Uses for Abandoned Rail Lines.--The Commission shall
also examine optional uses for abandoned rail lines.
(e) Recommendations.--The Commission shall, within 120 days after
the election or selection of its chairman under section 2(c), transmit
to the Congress and the President a report on its activities under this
Act, including recommendations developed under this section for the
closure and realignment of routes in Amtrak's passenger rail system.
SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.
(a) Terms of the Resolution.--For purposes of this section, the
term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution which is
introduced within the 10-day period beginning on the date on which the
Commission transmits its recommendations to the Congress under section
3(e), and--
(1) which does not have a preamble;
(2) the matter after the resolving clause of which is as
follows: ``That Congress approves the recommendations of the
Total Realignment of Amtrak Commission as submitted on
______'', the blank space being filled in with the appropriate
date; and
(3) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint resolution
approving the recommendations of the Total Realignment of
Amtrak Commission.''.
(b) Referral.--A resolution described in subsection (a) that is
introduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives. A resolution described in subsection (a) introduced in
the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate.
(c) Discharge.--If the committee to which a resolution described in
subsection (a) is referred has not reported such resolution (or an
identical resolution) by the end of the 20-day period beginning on the
date on which the Commission transmits the report to the Congress under
section 3(e), such committee shall be, at the end of such period,
discharged from further consideration of such resolution, and such
resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House
involved.
(d) Consideration.--(1) On or after the third day after the date on
which the committee to which such a resolution is referred has
reported, or has been discharged (under subsection (c)) from further
consideration of, such a resolution, it is in order (even though a
previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for any
Member of the respective House to move to proceed to the consideration
of the resolution. A Member may make the motion only on the day after
the calendar day on which the Member announces to the House concerned
the Member's intention to make the motion. All points of order against
the resolution (and against consideration of the resolution) are
waived. The motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives
and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not
subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to
proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider
the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be
in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the resolution
is agreed to, the respective House shall immediately proceed to
consideration of the joint resolution without intervening motion,
order, or other business, and the resolution shall remain the
unfinished business of the respective House until disposed of.
(2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable motions and
appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2
hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those
opposing the resolution. An amendment to the resolution is not in
order. A motion further to limit debate is in order and not debatable.
A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of
other business, or a motion to recommit the resolution is not in order.
A motion to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or
disagreed to is not in order.
(3) Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a
resolution described in subsection (a) and a single quorum call at the
conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of
the appropriate House, the vote on final passage of the resolution
shall occur.
(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the
application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives,
as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a resolution described
in subsection (a) shall be decided without debate.
(e) Consideration by Other House.--(1) If, before the passage by
one House of a resolution of that House described in subsection (a),
that House receives from the other House a resolution described in
subsection (a), then the following procedures shall apply:
(A) The resolution of the other House shall not be referred
to a committee and may not be considered in the House receiving
it except in the case of final passage as provided in
subparagraph (B)(ii).
(B) With respect to a resolution described in subsection
(a) of the House receiving the resolution--
(i) the procedure in that House shall be the same
as if no resolution had been received from the other
House; but
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the
resolution of the other House.
(2) Upon disposition of the resolution received from the other
House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the resolution that
originated in the receiving House.
(f) Rules of the Senate and House.--This section is enacted by
Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is
deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in
that House in the case of a resolution described in subsection
(a), and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it
is inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,500,000
for carrying out this Act. | Amtrak Route Closure and Realignment Act of 1995 - Establishes as an independent commission the Total Realignment of Amtrak Commission.
(Sec. 3) Directs the Commission to: (1) identify Amtrak passenger rail routes which are candidates for closure or realignment based on system-wide economic performance rankings and other specified principles and factors; (2) examine ridership forecasts and other assumptions supporting continued service on the Northeast Corridor, particularly with respect to the continuation of the electrification of the Northeast Corridor between New Haven, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts; and (3) examine optional uses for abandoned rail lines. Requires the Commission to transmit to the Congress and the President a report on its activities, including recommendations for the closure and realignment of routes in Amtrak's passenger rail system.
(Sec. 4) Sets forth procedures for congressional consideration of Commission recommendations.
(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Amtrak Route Closure and Realignment Act of 1995"} | 3,108 | 211 | 0.533916 | 1.441002 | 0.742332 | 5.211429 | 16.862857 | 0.948571 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Voter Opportunity To Inform
Congress Effectively on a Flat Tax and a Cap on Tax Increases Act of
1995 (National VOICE on a Flat Tax and Cap on Tax Increases Act of
1995)''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the right of citizens of the United States to vote is a
fundamental right;
(2) the right of citizens of the United States to have an
effective voice in the decisionmaking processes of the Congress
is grounded in the right to petition and is a fundamental part
of American democracy, and Congress should provide an
opportunity for citizens to express their views on important
public issues; and
(3) there is an increasing public sentiment and demand for
less taxation and a simplified tax code.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to give the citizens of every State the opportunity to
have a voice on whether or not Congress should adopt a flat
income tax system and amend the Constitution to require a
majority vote of the American people to raise taxes; and
(2) to conduct a national nonbinding referendum on a flat
tax on income and requiring a national vote on tax increases at
the 1996 general election, thereby having an opportunity to
study the feasibility of conducting national nonbinding
referenda on other important issues in the future.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act--
(1) the term ``nonbinding referendum'' means the placing on
the general election ballot in every congressional district and
delegate or resident commissioner district in 1996 the advisory
questions defined below, the results of which shall be properly
tabulated and certified as described herein, but which results
shall not be legally binding on any person or institution;
(2) the term ``advisory questions'' means the National
Advisory Referendum on a flat tax on income and requiring a
national vote on tax increases, the language of which is
contained in section 4(b) of this Act;
(3) the term ``general election'' means the election at
which Federal officers are elected in 1996; and
(4) the term ``State election agency'' means the official
agency of each State and territory charged with the legal
responsibility for conducting general elections within that
jurisdiction.
SEC. 4. PROCEDURES FOR NATIONAL VOTER OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM CONGRESS
EFFECTIVELY ON A FLAT TAX AND REQUIRING A NATIONAL VOTE
ON TAX INCREASES NONBINDING REFERENDUM.
(a) In General.--This Act shall have the effect of placing on the
1996 general election ballot in every congressional district, and
delegate and/or resident commissioner district, in the United States,
the District of Columbia and the territories of the United States, the
advisory questions under subsection (b).
(b) Advisory Questions; Ballot Title and Language.--Not later than
June 30, 1996, the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
and the Secretary of the United States Senate shall jointly certify to
the appropriate State election agencies for inclusion on the 1996
general election ballot in each congressional district, the following
ballot title and questions:
``national advisory referendum on a flat tax on income and requiring a
national vote on tax increases
``Question #1: Should Congress adopt a simple flat tax rate on
income?
``Yes No.
``Question #2: Should Congress approve a constitutional amendment
to require a majority vote of the American people to raise taxes?
``Yes No''.
(c) Preparation of Ballots.--
(1) Procedures.--The procedures for printing and
preparation of the ballots containing the advisory questions
shall be the same as provided in each State and territory for
conducting the elections of the Members of the United States
House of Representatives and Senators, and Delegates or
Resident Commissioners.
(2) Advisory questions.--In each congressional and delegate
district, every general election ballot shall include the
advisory questions contained in subsection (b). Should there be
no general election scheduled to be held in any particular
congressional or delegate district, a ballot shall nonetheless
be prepared for the voters of said district to be able to
participate in the nonbinding referendum in the same manner as
all other districts where a general election is being held.
States shall be reimbursed at 4 cents per voter, or an
estimated $5,000,000 for the costs incurred in placing the
questions in subsection (b) on the ballots in November 1996.
Therefore, this bill authorizes $5,000,000 for these purposes.
All reimbursements to State election agencies for the costs of
conducting the nonbinding referendum shall be made from the
franking accounts of the Congress, with equal amounts drawn
from the franking accounts of the House of Representatives and
the Senate in proportion to the total funds appropriated to
each House for franking, to reimburse the States for such
expenses. The Clerk of the United States House of
Representatives and the Secretary of the United States Senate
shall be responsible for ensuring the proper application for
and reimbursement of said expenses.
(d) Tabulation and Certification of Voting Results.--The State
election agencies shall tabulate the results of the voting on the
advisory questions in the same manner as is customary for tabulating
the results of elections of the Members of the United States House of
Representatives and Senators. Said results shall be officially
certified pursuant to the customary laws and procedures of each
jurisdiction.
(e) Transmission of Certified Results to the Congress, All Members,
and Committees on the Judiciary.--The official, certified election
results of each jurisdiction's nonbinding referenda on the advisory
questions shall be certified by the State election agency to the Clerk
of the United States House of Representatives and the Secretary of the
United States Senate in the same manner and at the same time of the
certification of election of Members of the House of Representatives
and Senate at the 1996 general election, said results to be certified
by county, congressional district and statewide totals. The Clerk and
the Secretary shall be responsible for transmitting to each Member of
the respective House of Congress the results of the nonbinding
referenda from all jurisdictions. The results shall also be taken under
advisement by the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, with
recommendations for response reported back to the full House and Senate
within 6 months of the general election.
(f) Comments Regarding Procedures for Future Nonbinding
Referenda.--Within 90 days of the date of the general election, the
State election agencies shall forward to the Clerk of the United States
House of Representatives and the Secretary of the United States Senate
their comments or suggestions regarding changes or improvements in
procedures for conducting national nonbinding referenda in future
general elections. All such comments shall be referred to the
respective committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives
and Senate.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act. | National Voter Opportunity To Inform Congress Effectively on a Flat Tax and a Cap on Tax Increases Act of 1995 (National VOICE on a Flat Tax and Cap on Tax Increases Act of 1995) - Establishes a national advisory nonbinding referendum to provide for placing on the 1996 general election ballot or, if there is no general election in a particular district, placing on a ballot the following questions: (1) Should Congress adopt a simple flat tax rate on income?; and (2) Should Congress approve a constitutional amendment to require a majority vote of the American people to raise taxes? Authorizes that $5 million be reimbursed to the States from the franking accounts of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the costs of conducting the nonbinding referendum in proportions equal to the total amount appropriated for franking in each House. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "National Voter Opportunity To Inform Congress Effectively on a Flat Tax and a Cap on Tax Increases Act of 1995 (National VOICE on a Flat Tax and Cap on Tax Increases Act of 1995)"} | 1,540 | 185 | 0.66289 | 2.062903 | 0.820369 | 6.278481 | 9.025316 | 0.949367 |
SECTION 1. LIFETIME ANNUITY PAYOUTS AND SIMILAR PAYMENTS OF LIFE
INSURANCE PROCEEDS AT DATES LATER THAN DEATH TAXED AT
CAPITAL GAINS RATES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (h) of section 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to maximum capital gains rate) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(13) Net capital gain increased by certain annuity and
life insurance payments.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
the amount (if any) of net capital gain, determined
without regard to this paragraph, for any taxable year
shall be increased by--
``(i) the amount received as an annuity
under an annuity contract which is includible
in income under section 72, and
``(ii) the amount received as a payment of
life insurance proceeds at a date later than
death which is includible in income under
section 101(d).
``(B) Amount received as an annuity under annuity
contract.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), an
amount is received as an annuity under an annuity
contract if such amount is received as an annuity under
any portion of an annuity contract and is part of a
series of payments made over--
``(i) the life of the annuitant,
``(ii) the joint lives of 2 or more
annuitants,
``(iii) the life of the annuitant with a
minimum period of payments certain or with a
minimum amount which must be paid in any event,
or
``(iv) the joint lives of 2 or more
annuitants with a minimum period of payments
certain or with a minimum amount which must be
paid in any event.
``(C) Amount received as payment of life insurance
proceeds at a date later than death.--For purposes of
subparagraph (A)(ii), an amount is received as a
payment of life insurance proceeds at a date later than
death if such amount is part of a series of payments
made over--
``(i) the life of the beneficiary of the
life insurance contract,
``(ii) the joint lives of 2 or more
beneficiaries of the life insurance contract,
``(iii) the life of the beneficiary of the
life insurance contract with a minimum period
of payments certain or with a minimum amount
which must be paid in any event, or
``(iv) the joint lives of 2 or more
beneficiaries of the life insurance contract
with a minimum period of payments certain or
with a minimum amount which must be paid in any
event.
``(D) Exception for deferred compensation plans and
retirement plans.--Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)
shall not apply to amounts received under an eligible
deferred compensation plan (as defined in section
457(b)) or under a qualified retirement plan (as
defined in section 4974(c)).''.
(b) Alternative Minimum Tax.--The last sentence of paragraph (3) of
section 55(b) of such Code is amended by inserting ``(including the
modification made by paragraph (13) thereof)'' after ``section 1(h)''
the first place it appears.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 72(a) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ``Annuities.--Except'' and
inserting ``Annuities.--
``(1) Inclusion in gross income.--Except'', and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Cross reference.--
``For taxation at capital gains rates
of certain amounts includible in income under this section, see section
1(h)(13).''.
(2) Section 101(d) of such Code is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Cross reference.--
``For taxation at capital gains rates
of certain amounts includible in income under this subsection, see
section 1(h)(13).''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to amounts received in calendar years beginning after the date of
enactment of this Act. | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to tax lifetime annuity payouts and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death at capital gains rates.Excludes amounts received under an eligible deferred compensation plan or under a qualified retirement plan.Includes such gains in the calculation of the maximum rate of tax on net capital gains of noncorporate taxpayers when computing the alternative minimum tax. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by taxing the income portion of such payments at capital gains rates."} | 971 | 84 | 0.546249 | 1.282716 | 0.594518 | 3.376812 | 12.231884 | 0.826087 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southwest Border Port-of-Entry
Infrastructure Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the Agreement
Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the United Mexican States Concerning the
Establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission
and a North American Development Bank, done at Washington and
Mexico City November 16 and 18, 1993 (TIAS 12516).
(2) Border environment cooperation commission.--The term
``Border Environmental Cooperation Commission'' means the
commission established in chapter I of the Agreement.
(3) Commissioner.--The term ``Commissioner'' means the
Commissioner of Customs.
(4) North american development bank.--The term ``North
American Development Bank'' means the bank established in
chapter II of the Agreement.
(5) Southwest border.--The term ``Southwest border'' has
the same meaning given the term ``border region'' in article V
of chapter III of the Agreement.
TITLE I--UNITED STATES SOUTHWEST BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS
SEC. 101. UNITED STATES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
(a) Update and Development of Priorities.--
(1) In general.--The Commissioner of Customs, in
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, shall, not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
update the Ports of Entry Infrastructure Assessment Study
submitted by the Customs Service pursuant to Public Law 106-58
(commonly known as the ``Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2000'') (113 Stat. 430), and develop
priorities for port-of-entry infrastructure improvement
projects in the United States along the Southwest border.
(2) Criteria.--The Commissioner shall update the Study and
develop priorities for projects under paragraph (1) based on
the positive impact that completion of a project will have on
facilitating trade across the Southwest border.
(3) Port to federal highway connections.--The update and
priorities developed under paragraph (1) may include port to
Federal highway connections in the United States.
(4) Publication and opportunity to comment.--Prior to
finalizing the update and the priority of projects under
paragraph (1), the Commissioner shall publish the proposed
update and priorities in the Federal Register and provide an
opportunity for public comment.
(b) Effect of Prioritization.--
(1) In general.--The Commissioner shall implement port-of-
entry infrastructure improvement projects in the United States
along the Southwest border in accordance with the priority of
projects developed through the update.
(2) Divergence from priorities.--The Commissioner may
diverge from the priorities developed through the update if the
Commissioner finds that significantly changed circumstances,
such as changes in infrastructure in Mexico, compellingly alter
the need for a project in the United States.
(c) Use of Local Businesses.--Every effort shall be made to use
local businesses to carry out projects under this title.
SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and such other sums as may be necessary
in any succeeding fiscal year, to carry out the provisions of this
title.
TITLE II--SOUTHWEST BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE INCENTIVE INITIATIVE
SEC. 201. SOUTHWEST BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--There is established in the Department of
Transportation a fund known as the ``Southwest Border
Infrastructure Fund'' (in this title referred to as the
``Fund'') which shall consist of such sums as may be available
in appropriations Acts.
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the Fund shall be to award
grants under section 202.
(b) Consultation.--In establishing the Fund, the Secretary of
Transportation shall consult with the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, and may use the Border Environment
Infrastructure Fund of the North American Development Bank as a model.
SEC. 202. SOUTHWEST BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Transportation is
authorized to make grants from the Fund to an eligible applicant
through the North American Development Bank to pay the United States
contribution of the costs of projects described in subsection (b).
(b) Authorized Activities.--
(1) In general.--A project described in this subsection
means a project to develop the physical port-of-entry
infrastructure along the Southwest border in order to reduce
the negative environmental impact, particularly with respect to
air, soil, and water quality, associated with cross-border
transportation.
(2) Scope.--A project includes any activity associated with
the financing, design, development, construction, and
transition necessary to bring a port-of-entry infrastructure
project described in paragraph (1) to completion.
(c) Eligibility.--For the purposes of this title, an eligible
applicant is an entity certified as eligible for project financing by
the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission.
(d) Limitation.--A grant awarded under subsection (a) may not
exceed $25,000,000.
SEC. 203. APPLICATION.
An entity that desires to receive a grant under this title shall
submit an application through the Border Environmental Cooperation
Commission to the Secretary of Transportation at a time, in a manner,
and accompanied by information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
SEC. 204. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.
The Secretary of Transportation may not award a grant under section
202 unless the eligible applicant provides assurances that, with
respect to the costs to be incurred in carrying out the project for
which the grant is awarded, the eligible applicant will have available
(directly or through funding from public or private entities)
contributions in an amount equal to not less than $1 for every $1 of
United States Government funds provided under the grant.
SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
Transportation $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such other sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006, to
carry out the provisions of this title.
TITLE III--PORT-OF-ENTRY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF PORT-OF-ENTRY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the
Commissioner of Customs, shall establish a port-of-entry demonstration
site to carry out the port-of-entry technology demonstration program
described in section 302.
(b) Criteria.--To ensure that the facility selected as the port-of-
entry demonstration site has the most up-to-date design, contains
sufficient space to conduct the demonstration program, has a traffic
volume low enough to easily incorporate new technologies without
interrupting normal processing activity, and can efficiently carry out
demonstration and port-of-entry operations, the port-of-entry selected
as the demonstration site shall--
(1) have been established not more than 5 years before the
date of enactment of this Act;
(2) consist of not less than 67 acres, with the possibility
of expansion onto not less than 33 adjacent acres; and
(3) service an average of not more than 31,000 vehicles per
month in the 12 months preceding the date of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 302. PORT-OF-ENTRY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of the technology demonstration program
is to carry out an ongoing program to test and evaluate new port-of-
entry technologies, refine port-of-entry technologies and operational
concepts, and train personnel under realistic conditions.
(b) Technology Tested.--The Secretary shall test technologies that
enhance port-of-entry operations, including those related to
inspections, communications, port tracking, identification of persons
and cargo, sensory devices, personal detection, and decision support.
SEC. 303. REPORT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall submit to Congress a report on the activities of the
demonstration site and technology program established under this title.
(b) Content.--The report shall include an assessment by the
Secretary of the Treasury of the feasibility of incorporating any
demonstrated technology throughout the United States Customs Service.
SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the
Treasury $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such other sums as may
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006, to carry
out the provisions of this title. | Southwest Border Port-of-Entry Infrastructure Improvement Act - Directs the Commissioner of Customs to update the Ports of Entry Infrastructure Assessment Study and develop priorities for port-of-entry infrastructure improvement projects in the United States (which may include port-to-Federal-highway connections) along the Southwest border.Establishes in the Department of Transportation the Southwest Border Infrastructure Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants from the Fund to an eligible applicant through the North American Development Bank to pay the U.S. contribution of costs for projects to develop the physical port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border in order to reduce the negative environmental impact, particularly with respect to air, soil, and water quality, associated with cross-border transportation.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a site to carry out a port-of-entry technology demonstration program to test and evaluate new port-of-entry technologies, refine them as well as operational concepts, and train personnel under realistic conditions. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to improve port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the United States, to establish grants to improve port-of-entry facilities, to designate a port-of-entry as a port technology demonstration site, and for other purposes."} | 1,997 | 219 | 0.575743 | 1.577119 | 0.87921 | 6.223958 | 9.098958 | 0.963542 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Global Environmental Cleanup Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the lack of environmental pollution controls in foreign
countries provides a huge cost savings for foreign
manufacturers and agricultural producers, which provide them
with an unfair competitive advantage in the global marketplace;
(2) air and water pollution, including pollution of the
oceans, by foreign countries is a direct threat to United
States citizens and undermines United States environmental
efforts;
(3) the United States is the largest export market for the
worst international polluters; and
(4) a Global Cleanup Fund that takes a portion of the
foreign assistance funds allocated to each foreign country with
pollution control standards less stringent than those of the
United States and uses those funds to make loans to that
country in order to finance the purchase of pollution control
equipment and services from the United States--
(A) would not impose additional costs on United
States taxpayers,
(B) would result in increased employment in the
United States, and
(C) would promote international environmental
efforts by establishing environmental responsibility as
a clear United States foreign policy priority.
SEC. 3. ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON POLLUTION PREVENTION PRACTICES.
(a) Requirement for Reports.--The Secretary of State shall prepare
a detailed annual report regarding the environmental protection
requirements of each foreign country with respect to air quality, water
quality, and disposal of hazardous and solid wastes. For each foreign
country, each such report shall--
(1) describe the air quality, water quality, and hazardous
and solid waste disposal conditions in that country;
(2) describe the laws, policies, and practices of the
government of that country with respect to air quality, water
quality, and hazardous and solid waste disposal; and
(3) include a determination by the Secretary of State, made
after consultation with Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, of whether those laws, policies, and
practices are adequately enforced to protect the local
environment from damaging industrial practices.
(b) Use of Reports.--Not later than January 31 each year, the
Secretary of State shall submit a copy of the report required by
subsection (a) to--
(1) the Congress;
(2) the United States Trade Representative, who shall
consider the information and determinations contained in such
report in carrying out trade negotiations; and
(3) the head of each agency of the United States Government
that is involved in foreign assistance programs, who shall
consider the information and determinations contained in such
report in determining which countries will receive foreign
assistance.
SEC. 4. GLOBAL CLEANUP FUND.
(a) Countries to Which Section Applies.--This section applies with
respect to any country for which United States foreign assistance funds
are allocated for a fiscal year unless the Secretary of State, after
consultation with Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
determines that that country, through its laws, policies, and
practices, assures compliance with pollution control standards with
respect to air quality, water quality, and disposal of hazardous and
solid wastes and promotes the protection of the local environment from
damaging industrial practices.
(b) Use of Foreign Assistance Funds To Finance the Acquisition of
United States Environmental Protection Goods and Services.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall use 20
percent of the aggregate amount of foreign assistance funds allocated
each fiscal year for a country described in subsection (a)--
(1) to make loans to the government of that country, on
such terms and conditions as the President determines, to
enable it to purchase United States pollution control products
and services; and
(2) for administrative expenses in carrying out this
section.
(c) Annual Report to Congress.--Each year, the President shall
submit to the Committee on Government Operations of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate
a report with respect to implementation of this section during the
preceding fiscal year. Each such report--
(1) shall set forth the amount made available for loans to
each country under this section;
(2) shall describe the loans made;
(3) shall describe the use of United States pollution
control products and services purchased by each such country as
a result of loans; and
(4) shall describe the status of pollution control efforts
in each such country.
SEC. 5. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION LOANS TO COUNTRIES THAT DO
NOT ENFORCE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS TO PROTECT LOCAL
ENVIRONMENTS FROM DAMAGING INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES.
(a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States
Executive Director of each international financial institution to use
the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any proposed lending
by that institution unless the Secretary of State, after consultation
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
determines that--
(1) the borrowing country, through its laws, policies, and
practices, adequately and constructively assures compliance
with pollution control standards with respect to air quality,
water quality, and disposal of hazardous and solid wastes that
will protect local environments from damaging industrial
practices; or
(2) the lending will support an industrial project or
program that--
(A) has the potential to adversely affect air
quality or water quality or will involve hazardous or
solid wastes, but
(B) is designed to protect the local environment
from damaging industrial practices.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act--
(1) the term ``foreign assistance'' means assistance under
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act; and
(2) the term ``international financial institution''
includes the International Monetary Fund, the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International
Development Association, the International Finance Corporation,
and each regional multilateral development bank in which the
United States participates. | Global Environmental Cleanup Act - Directs the Secretary of State to prepare an annual report regarding the environmental protection requirements of each foreign country with respect to air and water quality and hazardous and solid waste disposal.
Directs the President to use 20 percent of the aggregate amount of foreign assistance allocated each fiscal year for a foreign country to make loans to enable the country to purchase U.S. pollution control products and services and for administrative expenses. Makes such requirement inapplicable if a country assures compliance with pollution control standards and promotes protection of the local environment from damaging industrial practices.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of each international financial institution to oppose proposed lending unless the Secretary of State determines that: (1) the borrowing country assures compliance with pollution control standards that will protect local environments from damaging industrial practices; or (2) the lending will support an industrial program that has the potential to adversely affect air or water quality or involves hazardous or solid wastes but is designed to protect the environment from damaging industrial practices. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Global Environmental Cleanup Act"} | 1,231 | 221 | 0.611567 | 1.838373 | 0.89935 | 4.492462 | 6.095477 | 0.934673 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Second Chance Voting Rights Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The right to vote is the most fundamental act performed
by citizens in our great representative democracy.
(2) Citizen participation in local, State, and Federal
elections is the primary means to assure representation of many
constituent groups in the political process.
(3) More than 500,000 Americans who were convicted of
felony crimes have served their entire sentence and stand free
and clear of incarceration and parole.
(4) It is the civic duty of every citizen of the United
States to vote in any election in order to guarantee full and
fair representation of all interests.
(5) Allowing ex-offenders to vote restores them to their
role as responsible citizens in this great country whose
greatness is strengthened by the civic rehabilitation and
participation of all nonvoting citizens.
(6) The States of Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South
Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, and the District of
Columbia, restore the right to vote automatically upon the
completion of sentence, including parole.
(7) The United States should ensure that the Federal voting
rights of a person are restored upon the unconditional release
of that person from prison and the completion of sentence,
including parole.
SEC. 3. FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
(a) In General.--The right of an individual who is a citizen of the
United States to vote in any election for Federal office shall not be
denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a
criminal offense.
(b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall apply to an individual
convicted of a criminal offense upon the unconditional release of that
individual from incarceration for that offense and the completion of
sentence for that offense, including parole.
SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Attorney General.--The Attorney General may, in a civil action,
obtain such declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to remedy
a violation of this Act.
(b) Private Right of Action.--
(1) A person who is aggrieved by a violation of this Act
may provide written notice of the violation to the chief
election official of the State involved.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), if the violation
is not corrected within 90 days after receipt of a notice under
paragraph (1), or within 20 days after receipt of the notice if
the violation occurred within 120 days before the date of an
election for Federal office, the aggrieved person may, in a
civil action obtain declaratory or injunctive relief with
respect to the violation.
(3) If the violation occurred within 30 days before the
date of an election for Federal office, the aggrieved person
need not provide notice to the chief election official of the
State under paragraph (1) before bringing a civil action to
obtain declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the
violation.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act--
(1) the term ``election'' means--
(A) a general, special, primary, or runoff
election;
(B) a convention or caucus of a political party
held to nominate a candidate;
(C) a primary election held for the selection of
delegates to a national nominating convention of a
political party; or
(D) a primary election held for the expression of a
preference for the nomination of persons for election
to the office of President; and
(2) the term ``Federal office'' means the office of
President or Vice President of the United States, or of Senator
or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to,
the Congress of the United States.
SEC. 6. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.
(a) State Laws.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit
the States enacting any State law which affords the right to vote in
any election for Federal office on terms less restrictive than those
established by this Act.
(b) Federal Laws.--The rights and remedies established by this Act
are in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and
neither rights and remedies established by this Act shall supersede,
restrict, or limit the application of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) or the National Voter Registration Act (42 U.S.C.
1973-gg). | Authorizes the Attorney General, in a civil action, to obtain such declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to remedy a violation of this Act. Creates a private right of action, subject to specified requirements. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Second Chance Voting Rights Act of 2000"} | 1,054 | 51 | 0.369532 | 0.926115 | 0.385586 | 5.375 | 24.575 | 0.875 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Concussion Treatment and Care Tools
Act of 2013'' or the ``ConTACT Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries, the
long-term effects of which are not well understood.
(2) According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), each year United States emergency departments
treat an estimated 173,285 sports- and recreation-related mild
traumatic brain injuries (MTBIs), including concussions, among
children and adolescents, from birth to 19 years of age.
However, this number does not capture the total number, as many
MTBIs go undiagnosed.
(3) There is an increased risk for subsequent brain
injuries among persons who have had at least one previous brain
injury.
(4) A repeat concussion, one that occurs before the brain
recovers from a previous concussion, can slow recovery or
increase the likelihood of having long-term problems.
(5) In rare cases, repeat concussions can result in second
impact syndrome, which can be marked by brain swelling,
permanent brain damage, and death.
(6) Recurrent brain injuries and second impact syndrome are
highly preventable.
(7) Many States have adopted concussion management rules
and regulations, but many schools lack the resources to
implement best practices in concussion diagnosis and
management.
SEC. 3. GUIDELINES ON BEST PRACTICES FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND
MANAGEMENT OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES IN SCHOOL-
AGED CHILDREN.
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 6 (42 U.S.C.
243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317T the following:
``SEC. 317U. GUIDELINES ON BEST PRACTICES FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND
MANAGEMENT OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES IN SCHOOL-
AGED CHILDREN.
``(a) Guidelines.--
``(1) By secretary.--Not later than 90 days after issuance
of the final report under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall
establish guidelines for States on the implementation of best
practices for diagnosis, treatment, and management of MTBIs in
school-aged children.
``(2) By panel.--Not later than March 15, 2015, the
Pediatric MTBI Guideline Expert Panel of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention shall issue a final report on
best practices for diagnosis, treatment, and management of
MTBIs in school-aged children.
``(3) Student athletes returning to play.--The guidelines
under paragraph (1) and the report under paragraph (2) shall
address best practices for diagnosis, treatment, and management
of MTBIs in student athletes returning to play after an MTBI.
``(b) Grants to States.--
``(1) In general.--After establishing the guidelines under
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary may make grants to States for
purposes of--
``(A) adopting such guidelines, and disseminating
such guidelines to elementary and secondary schools;
and
``(B) ensuring that elementary and secondary
schools--
``(i) implement such guidelines;
``(ii) are adequately staffed with athletic
trainers and other medical professionals
necessary to implement such guidelines; and
``(iii) implement computerized pre-season
baseline and post-injury neuropsychological
testing for student athletes.
``(2) Grant applications.--
``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a
grant under this section, a State shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary may require.
``(B) Minimum contents.--The Secretary shall
require that an application of a State under
subparagraph (A) contain at a minimum--
``(i) a description of the strategies the
State will use to disseminate the guidelines
under subsection (a)(1) to elementary and
secondary schools, and to ensure implementation
of such guidelines by such schools, including
any strategic partnerships that the State will
form; and
``(ii) an agreement by the State to
periodically provide data with respect to the
incidence of MTBIs and second impact syndrome
among student athletes in the State.
``(3) Utilization of high school sports associations and
local chapters of national brain injury organizations.--The
Secretary shall require States receiving grants under this
section to utilize, to the extent practicable, applicable
expertise and services offered by high school sports
associations and local chapters of national brain injury
organizations in such States.
``(c) Coordination of Activities.--In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall coordinate in an appropriate manner with the heads
of other Federal departments and agencies that carry out activities
related to MTBIs.
``(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 4 years after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report on the implementation of subsection (b) and shall include in
such report--
``(1) the number of States that have adopted the guidelines
under subsection (a)(1);
``(2) the number of elementary and secondary schools that
have implemented computerized pre-season baseline and post-
injury neuro-psychological testing for student athletes; and
``(3) the data collected with respect to the incidence of
MTBIs and second impact syndrome among student athletes.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions
apply:
``(1) The term `MTBI' means a mild traumatic brain injury.
``(2) The term `school-aged child' means an individual in
the range of 5 through 18 years of age.
``(3) The term `second impact syndrome' means catastrophic
or fatal events that occur when an individual suffers an MTBI
while symptomatic and healing from a previous MTBI.
``(4) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
``(5) The term `State' means each of the 50 States and the
District of Columbia.
``(6) The term `student athlete' means a school-aged child
in any of the grades 6th through 12th who participates in a
sport through such child's elementary or secondary school.
``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section,
there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2016
and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2017 through
2020.''. | Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2013 or ConTACT Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish guidelines for states on the implementation of best practices for diagnosis, treatment, and management of mild traumatic brain injuries (MTBIs) in school-aged children, including best practices relating to student athletes returning to play after an MTBI. Requires the Pediatric MTBI Guideline Expert Panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a final report on such best practices by March 15, 2015. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states for: (1) adopting, disseminating, and ensuring school implementation of the guidelines; and (2) ensuring elementary and secondary schools implement computerized preseason baseline and post-injury neuropsychological testing for student athletes. Directs the Secretary to require states receiving grants to utilize, to the extent practicable, applicable expertise and services offered by local chapters of national brain injury organizations. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "ConTACT Act of 2013"} | 1,483 | 224 | 0.64795 | 1.863532 | 0.817325 | 4.671958 | 7.169312 | 0.957672 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran and Syria Nonproliferation
Enforcement Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. SANCTIONS APPLICABLE UNDER THE IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF
2000.
(a) Application of Certain Measures.--Section 3 of the Iran and
Syria Nonproliferation Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
``(a) Application of Measures.--Subject to sections 4 and 5, the
President shall apply, for a period of not less than 2 years, the
measures described in subsection (b) with respect to--
``(1) each foreign person identified in a report submitted
pursuant to section 2(a);
``(2) all successors, subunits, and subsidiaries of each
such foreign person; and
``(3) any entity (if operating as a business enterprise)
that owns more than 50 percent of, or controls in fact, any
such foreign person and any successors, subunits, and
subsidiaries of such entity.'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
``(1) Executive order no. 12938 prohibitions.--The measures
set forth in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 4 of
Executive Order 12938.'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking ``to that foreign person'';
and
(ii) by striking ``to that person'';
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``to that
person''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(4) Investment prohibition.--Prohibition of any new
investment by a United States person in property, including
entities, owned or controlled by--
``(A) that foreign person;
``(B) any entity (if operating as a business
enterprise) that owns more than 50 percent of, or
controls in fact, such foreign person; or
``(C) any successor, subunit, or subsidiary of such
entity.
``(5) Financing prohibition.--Prohibition of any approval,
financing, or guarantee by a United States person, wherever
located, of a transaction by--
``(A) that foreign person;
``(B) any entity (if operating as a business
enterprise) that owns more than 50 percent of, or
controls in fact, such foreign person; or
``(C) any successor, subunit, or subsidiary of such
entity.
``(6) Financial assistance prohibition.--Denial by the
United States Government of any credit, credit guarantees,
grants, or other financial assistance by any department,
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government to--
``(A) that foreign person;
``(B) any entity (if operating as a business
enterprise) that owns more than 50 percent of, or
controls in fact, such foreign person; and
``(C) any successor, subunit, or subsidiary of such
entity.''; and
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
``(d) Publication in Federal Register.--
``(1) In general.--The application of measures pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be announced by notice published in the
Federal Register.
``(2) Content.--Each notice published pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall include the name and address (where known) of each
person or entity to whom measures have been applied pursuant to
subsection (a).''.
(b) National Security Waiver.--Section 4 of such Act is amended to
read as follows:
``SEC. 4. WAIVER ON BASIS OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
``(a) In General.--The President may waive the imposition of any
sanction that would otherwise be required under section 3 on any person
or entity 15 days after the President determines and reports to the
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that such waiver
is essential to the national security of the United States.
``(b) Written Justification.--The determination and report of the
President under subsection (a) shall include a written justification--
``(1) describing in detail the circumstances and rationale
supporting the President's conclusion that the waiver is
essential to the national security of the United States; and
``(2) identifying--
``(A) the name and address (where known) of the
person or entity to whom the waiver is applied pursuant
to subsection (a);
``(B) the specific goods, services, or
technologies, the transfer of which would have required
the imposition of measures pursuant to section 3 if the
President had not invoked the waiver authority under
subsection (a); and
``(C) the name and address (where known) of the
recipient of such transfer.
``(c) Form.--The written justification shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.''. | Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Enforcement Act of 2006 - Amends the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act respecting the imposition of sanctions under such Act to: (1) apply sanctions for a minimum two-year period; (2) apply sanctions to an identified foreign person, a successor or subsidiary, and an entity controlling more than 50% of such foreign person, successor, or subsidiary (currently, such provision applies only to a foreign person); (3) include among applicable sanctions under Executive Order 12938 certain exemptions for military, medical, or humanitarian purposes; (4) establish investment, financing, and financial assistance prohibitions; and (5) require publication of sanctions applicable to such expanded entities in the Federal Register.
Authorizes the President to waive, with congressional notification, the imposition of any sanction for national security purposes. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to make amendments to the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act."} | 1,128 | 171 | 0.607165 | 1.700184 | 0.758073 | 1.685535 | 6.698113 | 0.81761 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Shortage Response Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. INCREASED QUALIFIED LOAN AMOUNTS.
(a) FFEL Loans.--Section 428J(c) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(3) Increased amounts for teachers in mathematics,
science, or special education.--
``(A) Service qualifying for increased amounts.--
Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph (1),
the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall repay
under this section shall not be more than $17,500 in
the case of--
``(i) a secondary school teacher--
``(I) who meets the requirements of
subsection (b), subject to subparagraph
(D) of this paragraph; and
``(II) whose qualifying employment
for purposes of such subsection has
been teaching mathematics or science on
a full-time basis;
``(ii) an elementary or secondary school
teacher--
``(I) who meets the requirements of
subsection (b), subject to subparagraph
(D) of this paragraph;
``(II) whose qualifying employment
for purposes of such subsection has
been as a special education teacher
whose primary responsibility is to
provide special education to children
with disabilities (as those terms are
defined in section 602 of the
Individuals with Disabilities Act); and
``(III) who, as certified by the
chief administrative officer of the
public or nonprofit private elementary
or secondary school in which the
borrower is employed, is teaching
children with disabilities that
correspond with the borrower's special
education training and has demonstrated
knowledge and teaching skills in the
content areas of the elementary or
secondary school curriculum that the
borrower is teaching; and
``(iii) an elementary or secondary school
teacher who primarily teaches reading and--
``(I) who meets the requirements of
subsection (b), subject to subparagraph
(D) of this paragraph;
``(II) who has obtained a separate
reading instruction credential from the
State in which the teacher is employed;
and
``(III) who is certified by the
chief administrative officer of the
public or nonprofit private elementary
or secondary school in which the
borrower is employed to teach reading--
``(aa) as being proficient
in teaching the essential
components of reading
instruction as defined in
section 1208 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of
1965; and
``(bb) as having such
credential.
``(B) Accelerated payment.--Notwithstanding the
requirements of subsection (b)(1) and paragraph (1) of
this subsection that 5 consecutive complete years of
service have been completed prior to the receipt of
loan forgiveness, in the case of service described in
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Secretary shall
repay a portion of a borrower's loan obligation
outstanding at the commencement of the qualifying
service under this subsection, not to exceed a total of
$17,500, in the following increments:
``(i) up to $1,750, or 10 percent of such
outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
at the completion of the second year of such
service;
``(ii) up to $2,625, or 15 percent of such
outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
at the completion of the third year of such
service;
``(iii) up to $4,375, or 25 percent of such
outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
at the completion of the fourth year of such
service; and
``(iv) up to $8,750, or 50 percent of such
outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
at the completion of the fifth year of such
service.
``(C) Promise to complete service required for
accelerated payment.--Any borrower who receives
accelerated payment under this paragraph shall enter
into an agreement to continue in the qualifying service
for not less than 5 consecutive complete school years,
or, upon a failure to complete such 5 years, to repay
the United States, in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the Secretary, the amount of the loans
repaid by the Secretary under this paragraph, together
with interest thereon and, to the extent required in
such regulations, the reasonable costs of collection.
Such regulations may provide for waiver by the
Secretary of such repayment obligations upon proof of
economic hardship as specified in such regulations.
``(D) Higher poverty enrollment required.--In order
to qualify for an increased repayment amount under this
paragraph, section 465(a)(2)(A) shall, for purposes of
subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section, be applied by
substituting `40 percent of the total enrollment' for
`30 percent of the total enrollment'.''.
(b) Direct Loans.--Section 460(c) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(3) Increased amounts for teachers in mathematics,
science, or special education.--
``(A) Service qualifying for increased amounts.--
Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph (1),
the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall repay
under this section shall not be more than $17,500 in
the case of--
``(i) a secondary school teacher--
``(I) who meets the requirements of
subsection (b)(1), subject to
subparagraph (D) of this paragraph; and
``(II) whose qualifying employment
for purposes of such subsection has
been teaching mathematics or science on
a full-time basis;
``(ii) an elementray or secondary school
teacher--
``(I) who meets the requirements of
subsection (b)(1), subject to
subparagraph (D) of this paragraph;
``(II) whose qualifying employment
for purposes of such subsection has
been as a special education teacher
whose primary responsibility is to
provide special education to children
with disabilities (as those terms are
defined in section 602 of the
Individuals with Disabilities Act); and
``(III) who, as certified by the
chief administrative officer of the
public or nonprofit private elementary
or secondary school in which the
borrower is employed, is teaching
children with disabilities that
correspond with the borrower's special
education training and has demonstrated
knowledge and teaching skills in the
content areas of the elementary or
secondary school curriculum that the
borrower is teaching; and
``(iii) an elementary or secondary school
teacher who primarily teaches reading and--
``(I) who meets the requirements of
subsection (b), subject to subparagraph
(D) of this paragraph;
``(II) who has obtained a separate
reading instruction credential from the
State in which the teacher is employed;
and
``(III) who is certified by the
chief administrative officer of the
public or nonprofit private elementary
or secondary school in which the
borrower is employed to teach reading--
``(aa) as being proficient
in teaching the essential
components of reading
instruction as defined in
section 1208 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of
1965; and
``(bb) as having such
credential.
``(B) Accelerated payment.--Notwithstanding the
requirements of subsection (b)(1)(A) and paragraph (1)
of this subsection that 5 consecutive complete years of
service have been completed prior to the receipt of
loan forgiveness, in the case of service described in
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Secretary shall
repay a portion of a borrower's loan obligation
outstanding at the commencement of the qualifying
service under this subsection, not to exceed a total of
$17,500, in the following increments:
``(i) up to $1,750, or 10 percent of such
outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
at the completion of the second year of such
service;
``(ii) up to $2,625, or 15 percent of such
outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
at the completion of the third year of such
service;
``(iii) up to $4,375, or 25 percent of such
outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
at the completion of the fourth year of such
service; and
``(iv) up to $8,750, or 50 percent of such
outstanding loan obligation, whichever is less,
at the completion of the fifth year of such
service.
``(C) Promise to complete service required for
accelerated payment.--Any borrower who receives
accelerated payment under this paragraph shall enter
into an agreement to continue in the qualifying service
for not less than 5 consecutive complete school years,
or, upon a failure to complete such 5 years, to repay
the United States, in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the Secretary, the amount of the loans
repaid by the Secretary under this paragraph, together
with interest thereon and, to the extent required in
such regulations, the reasonable costs of collection.
Such regulations may provide for waiver by the
Secretary of such repayment obligations upon proof of
economic hardship as specified in such regulations.
``(D) Higher poverty enrollment required.--In order
to qualify for an increased repayment amount under this
paragraph, section 465(a)(2)(A) shall, for purposes of
subsection (b)(1)(A)(i) of this section, be applied by
substituting `40 percent of the total enrollment' for
`30 percent of the total enrollment'.''.
SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTING HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Amendments.--
(1) FFEL loans.--Section 428J(b)(1) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(b)(1)) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the
end of subparagraph (A); and
(B) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and
inserting the following:
``(B) if employed as an elementary or secondary
school teacher, is highly qualified as defined in
section 9101(23) of the Elementary Secondary Education
Act of 1965; and''.
(2) Direct loans.--Section 460(b)(1)(A) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)(A)) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the
end of clause (i); and
(B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and
inserting the following:
``(ii) if employed as an elementary or
secondary school teacher, is highly qualified
as defined in section 9101(23) of the
Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965;
and''.
(b) Transition Rule.--
(1) Rule.--The amendments made by subsection (a) of this
section to sections 428J(b)(1) and 460(b)(1)(A) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 shall not be applied to disqualify any
individual who, before the date of enactment of this Act,
commenced service that met and continues to meet the
requirements of such sections as in effect before such date of
enactment.
(2) Rule not applicable to increased qualified loan
amounts.--Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply for
purposes of obtaining increased qualified loan amounts under
sections 428J(b)(3) and 460(b)(3) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 as added by section 2 of this Act.
SEC. 4. INFORMATION ON BENEFITS TO RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
The Secretary shall--
(1) notify local educational agencies eligible to
participate in the Small Rural Achievement Program authorized
under subpart 1 of part B of title VI of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 of the benefits available under
the amendments made by this Act; and
(2) encourage such agencies to notify their teachers of
such benefits. | Teacher Shortage Response Act of 2004 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for highly qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education and for reading specialists.
Directs the Secretary of Education to notify local educational agencies eligible to participate in the Small Rural Achievement Program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 of the benefits available under the amendments made by this Act, and to encourage such agencies to notify their teachers of such increased benefits. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To increase the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for highly qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education and for reading specialists."} | 2,601 | 104 | 0.525139 | 1.233189 | 0.628029 | 4.319588 | 25.175258 | 0.938144 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Tax-breaks for Oil Profiteering
Act'' or the ``STOP Act''.
SEC. 2. CAPITAL GAIN OR LOSS FROM SALE OR EXCHANGE OF OIL OR NATURAL
GAS AND RELATED COMMODITIES TREATED AS SHORT-TERM CAPITAL
GAIN OR LOSS.
(a) Gain or Loss on Applicable Commodities.--
(1) In general.--Part IV of subchapter P of chapter 1 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special rules
for determining capital gains and losses) is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 1261. CAPITAL GAIN OR LOSS FROM SALE OR EXCHANGE OF OIL OR
NATURAL GAS AND RELATED COMMODITIES TREATED AS SHORT-TERM
CAPITAL GAIN OR LOSS.
``(a) General Rule.--If a taxpayer has gain or loss from the sale
or exchange of any applicable commodity which, without regard to this
section, would be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, such gain
or loss shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this title, be
treated as short-term capital gain or loss.
``(b) Applicable Commodity.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) In general.--The term `applicable commodity' means--
``(A) oil or natural gas (or any primary product of
oil or natural gas) which is actively traded (within
the meaning of section 1092(d)(1)),
``(B) a specified index (within the meaning of
section 1221(b)(1)(B)(ii)) a substantial portion of
which is, as of the date the taxpayer acquires its
position with respect to such specified index, based on
1 or more commodities described in subparagraph (A),
``(C) any notional principal contract with respect
to any commodity described in subparagraph (A) or (B),
and
``(D) any evidence of an interest in, or a
derivative instrument in, any commodity described in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), including any option,
forward contract, futures contract, short position, and
any similar instrument in such a commodity.
``(2) Exception for certain section 1256 contracts.--Such
term shall not include a section 1256 contract (as defined in
section 1256(b)) which is required to be marked to market under
section 1256(a).
``(c) Special Rule for Certain Partnership Interests.--For purposes
of this section, if a taxpayer recognizes gain or loss on the sale or
exchange of any interest in a partnership, the portion of such gain or
loss which is attributable to unrecognized gain or loss with respect to
1 or more applicable commodities shall be treated as short-term capital
gain or loss. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the taxpayer is
otherwise required to treat such portion of gain or loss as ordinary
income or loss.
``(d) Application.--This section shall apply to any applicable
commodity acquired after August 31, 2009, and before January 1,
2014.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 1222 of such Code is amended by
striking the last sentence thereof.
(B) The table of sections for part IV of subchapter
P of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
``Sec. 1261. Capital gain or loss from sale or exchange of oil or
natural gas and related commodities treated
as short-term capital gain or loss.''.
(b) Application to Section 1256 Contracts.--
(1) In general.--Section 1256(f) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to special rules) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Special rules for certain commodity contracts.--
``(A) All gain or loss from commodity contracts
treated as short-term gain or loss.--In the case of a
section 1256 contract which is an applicable commodity,
subsection (a)(3) shall be applied to any gain or loss
with respect to such contract--
``(i) by substituting `100 percent' for `40
percent' in subparagraph (A) thereof, and
``(ii) without regard to subparagraph (B)
thereof.
``(B) Treatment of mixed straddles.--A taxpayer may
not make an election under subsection (d), or an
election under the regulations prescribed pursuant to
section 1092(b)(2), with respect to any mixed straddle
if any position forming a part of such straddle is a
section 1256 contract which is an applicable commodity.
For purposes of this subparagraph, if any section 1256
contract which is part of a straddle is an applicable
commodity, any other section 1256 contract which is
part of such straddle shall be treated as an applicable
commodity.
``(C) Applicable commodity.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the term `applicable commodity' has the
meaning given such term by section 1261(b), except that
such section shall be applied without regard to
paragraph (2) thereof.
``(D) Application.--This paragraph shall apply to
any applicable commodity acquired after August 31,
2009, and before January 1, 2014.''.
(2) Special rule for loss carrybacks.--Section 1212(c) of
such Code (relating to carryback of losses from section 1256
contracts to offset prior gains from such contracts) is amended
by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and by
inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph:
``(7) Special rule for losses all of which are treated as
short-term.--If any portion of the net section 1256 contracts
loss for any taxable year is attributable to a net loss from
contracts to which section 1256(f)(6) applies--
``(A) this subsection shall be applied first to
such portion of such net section 1256 contracts loss
and then to the remainder of such loss, and
``(B) in applying this subsection to such portion--
``(i) notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), all
of the loss attributable to such portion and
allowed as a carryback shall be treated as a
short-term capital loss, and
``(ii) notwithstanding paragraph (6)(A),
all of the loss attributable to such portion
and allowed as a carryback shall be treated for
purposes of applying paragraph (6) as a short-
term capital gain for the loss year.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to applicable commodities acquired after August 31, 2009, in
taxable years ending after such date.
SEC. 3. GAINS AND LOSSES FROM OIL AND NATURAL GAS AND RELATED
COMMODITIES TREATED AS UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME.
(a) In General.--Section 512(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to modifications to unrelated business taxable income)
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(20) Treatment of gains or losses from commodities.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (5) or
any other provision of this part--
``(i) income, gain, or loss of an
organization with respect to any applicable
commodity shall not be excluded but shall be
taken into account as income, gain, or loss
from an unrelated trade or business, and
``(ii) all deductions directly connected
with such income or gain shall be allowed.
``(B) Exception for ordinary income and losses.--
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any income, gain,
or loss of an organization which, if not excluded under
this title and without regard to subparagraph (A),
would be treated as ordinary income or loss.
``(C) Look-thru in the case of foreign
corporations.--
``(i) In general.--If an organization owns
directly or indirectly stock in a foreign
corporation, the organization's pro rata share
of any income, gain, or loss of such
corporation (and any deductions directly
connected with such income or gain) with
respect to 1 or more applicable commodities
shall be taken into account under subparagraph
(A) in the same manner as if such commodities
were held directly by the organization. Any
such item shall be taken into account for the
taxable year of the organization in which the
item arises without regard to whether there was
an actual distribution to the organization with
respect to the item. For purposes of this
clause, the rule under section 1261(c) shall
apply in determining the income, gain, or loss
of the foreign corporation with respect to
applicable commodities.
``(ii) Sale of interests in corporation.--
If a taxpayer recognizes gain or loss on the
sale or exchange of any share of stock in a
foreign corporation, the portion of such gain
or loss which is attributable to unrecognized
gain or loss with respect to 1 or more
applicable commodities shall be taken into
account under subparagraph (A) in the same
manner as if such commodities were sold or
exchanged directly by the organization.
``(iii) No double counting.--The Secretary
shall prescribe such rules as are necessary to
ensure that any item of income, gain, loss, or
deduction described in clause (i) or (ii) is
taken into account only once for purposes of
this paragraph.
``(D) Applicable commodity.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the term `applicable commodity' has the
meaning given such term by section 1261(b), except that
such section shall be applied without regard to
paragraph (2) thereof.
``(E) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe
such regulations as are necessary to carry out the
provisions of this paragraph, including regulations--
``(i) to prevent the avoidance of the
purposes of this paragraph through the use of
pass-thru entities or tiered structures, and
``(ii) to provide that this paragraph shall
not apply to ownership interests of
organizations in foreign corporations in cases
where the income or gain of the foreign
corporation from any applicable commodity is
otherwise subject to tax imposed by this
chapter.
``(F) Application.--This paragraph shall apply to
any applicable commodity acquired after August 31,
2009, and before January 1, 2014.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to applicable commodities acquired after August 31, 2009, in taxable
years ending after such date.
SEC. 4. STUDY OF TAX TREATMENT OF COMMODITIES AND SECTION 1256
CONTRACTS.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary's
delegate, shall conduct a study of the Federal income tax treatment of
section 1256 contracts under section 1256 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 and of applicable commodities under sections 1261, 1256(f)(6),
and 512(b)(20) of such Code. Such study shall include an analysis of--
(1) the average annual number of sales or exchanges of such
contracts and commodities, including the number of sales and
exchanges involving organizations exempt from Federal income
taxation under such Code,
(2) whether the amendments made by this Act have had any
effect on the number or type of such sales and exchanges,
(3) the effect of tax policy on the operation of the
commodities exchanges and on the demand for, and price of,
commodities, particularly with respect to oil and natural gas,
and
(4) such other matters with respect to such tax treatment
as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(b) Report.--The Secretary shall, not later than January 1, 2012,
report the results of the study conducted under subsection (a) to the
Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives, together with such legislative
recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate with respect to
the Federal income tax treatment of section 1256 contracts and
applicable commodities. | Stop Tax-breaks for Oil Profiteering Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat gain or loss from the sale or exchange of oil or natural gas and related commodities as ordinary income or loss (thus taxed at regular income tax rates); and (2) require certain tax-exempt entities to pay unrelated business tax on gain or loss from the sale or exchange of oil or natural gas and related commodities. Makes such tax treatment applicable to commodities acquired after August 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2014.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to Congress on the tax treatment of certain commodities and contracts under section 1256 of the Internal Revenue Code. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the same tax treatment for both commercial and noncommercial investors in oil and natural gas and related commodities, and for other purposes."} | 2,690 | 148 | 0.546087 | 1.412333 | 0.709119 | 4.021429 | 17.385714 | 0.921429 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Flu Vaccine Incentive Act of 2004''
or the ``FLU-VIA''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF PRICE CAP FOR THE PURCHASE OF INFLUENZA
VACCINES.
(a) In General.--
(1) Vaccines for children program.--Section 1928(d)(3) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396s(d)(3)) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``With'' and
inserting ``Except as provided in subparagraph (D),
with''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) Nonapplication to influenza vaccines.--With
respect to contracts entered into for the purchase of a
pediatric vaccine that is an influenza vaccine, and to
the maximum extent practicable, with respect to any
other contracts entered into by the Secretary for the
purchase of an influenza vaccine, the price for the
purchase of such vaccine shall be established without
regard to subparagraph (B).''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)
shall apply to contracts entered into on or after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(b) Application to Purchases for Other Federal Programs.--Section
1928(d)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396s(d)(3)(D)), as
amended by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to the purchase of
an influenza vaccine by any Federal agency and in lieu of the price
that would otherwise apply to such a purchase under the schedule for
the purchase of drugs by the Veterans Administration under section 8126
of title 38, United States Code, under agreements negotiated by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 340B of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b), or otherwise.
SEC. 3. INCENTIVES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFLUENZA VACCINE
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES.
(a) Influenza Vaccine Manufacturing Facilities Investment Tax
Credit.--
(1) Allowance of credit.--Section 46 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to amount of investment credit)
is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting
``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(3) the influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities
investment credit.''.
(2) Amount of credit.--Section 48 of such Code is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Influenza Vaccine Manufacturing Facilities Investment
Credit.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of section 46, the
influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities investment credit
for any taxable year is an amount equal to 20 percent of the
qualified investment for such taxable year.
``(2) Qualified investment.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
the qualified investment for any taxable year is the basis of
each influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities property placed
in service by the taxpayer during such taxable year.
``(3) Influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities
property.--For purposes of this subsection, the term `influenza
vaccine manufacturing facilities property' means real and
tangible personal property--
``(A)(i) the original use of which commences with
the taxpayer, or
``(ii) which is acquired through purchase (as
defined by section 179(d)(2)),
``(B) which is depreciable under section 167,
``(C) which is used for the manufacture,
distribution, or research and development of influenza
vaccines, and
``(D) which is in compliance with any standards and
regulations which are promulgated by the Food and Drug
Administration, the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, or the Environmental Protection Agency
and which are applicable to such property.
``(4) Certain progress expenditure rules made applicable.--
Rules similar to rules of subsections (c)(4) and (d) of section
46 (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of
the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990) shall apply for
purposes of this subsection.
``(5) Termination.--This subsection shall not apply to any
property placed in service after December 31, 2014.''.
(b) Technical Amendments.--
(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 49(a)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end
of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of clause
(iii) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the
following new clause:
``(iv) the basis of any influenza vaccine
manufacturing facilities property.''.
(2) Subparagraph (E) of section 50(a)(2) of such Code is
amended by inserting ``or 48(c)(4)'' before the period.
(3)(A) The section heading for section 48 of such Code is
amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 48. OTHER CREDITS.''.
(B) The table of sections for subpart E of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking
the item relating to section 48 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 48. Other credits.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2004, under
rules similar to the rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of
the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990).
SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING NEW
TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF INFLUENZA VACCINES.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) 30 years ago, more than a dozen companies produced the
influenza vaccine in the United States. As of 2004, only 2
companies make the vaccine for the United States.
(2) Currently, the influenza vaccine is grown in eggs
through a process that takes approximately 6 months and
consumes tens of thousands of eggs.
(3) Companies are developing new technologies for the
faster and safer production of the influenza vaccine. For
example, one manufacturer is testing a process that relies on
cell lines from silk moths, a technique that promises to shave
the production time by at least a month and reduce the costs
significantly.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that it is
prudent to allocate a greater percentage of the amounts appropriated to
the National Institutes of Health for research to the development of
new technologies for the production of influenza vaccines. | Flu Vaccine Incentive Act of 2004 or FLU-VIA - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to exempt contracts entered into by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the purchase of a pediatric influenza vaccine and other vaccines from certain price restrictions applicable to such contracts. Extends such exemption to any other Federal agency that purchases an influenza vaccine.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities.
Expresses the sense of the Senate supporting increased funding to develop new technologies for the production of influenza vaccines. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to amend section 1928 of the Social Security Act to encourage the production of influenza vaccines by eliminating the price cap applicable to the purchase of such vaccines under contracts entered into by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit to encourage vaccine production capacity, and for other purposes."} | 1,532 | 133 | 0.558842 | 1.40338 | 0.60192 | 3.330275 | 12.449541 | 0.87156 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home Heating Fuels Cost Relief Act
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS USING HOME HEATING
FUELS.
(a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable credits)
is amended by redesignating section 36 as section 37 and by inserting
after section 35 the following new section:
``SEC. 36. USE OF HOME HEATING FUELS IN HOMES.
``(a) Allowance of Credit.--In the case of an eligible individual,
there shall be allowed to the taxpayer as a credit against the tax
imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to amounts
paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year for heating
oil, natural gas, and propane to heat the principal place of abode of
the taxpayer.
``(b) Limitations.--
``(1) Limitation based on dollar amount.--The amount
allowed as a credit under subsection (a) for a taxable year
shall not exceed $1,000 ($2,000 in the case of a joint return).
``(2) Limitation based on adjusted gross income.--No amount
shall be allowed as a credit under subsection (a) for a taxable
year in the case of a taxpayer whose adjusted gross income
exceeds $100,000 ($200,000 in the case of a joint return).
``(c) Eligible Individual.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
`eligible individual' means any individual whose principal
place of abode is in the United States.
``(2) Exception.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), such
term shall not include any individual--
``(A) who is not a citizen or lawful permanent
resident of the United States, or
``(B) with respect to whom a deduction under
section 151 is allowed to another taxpayer for a
taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which
such individual's taxable year begins.
``(3) Special rule for married individuals.--In the case of
persons married to each other, if one spouse is an eligible
individual, the other spouse shall be treated as an eligible
individual for purposes of this subsection.
``(d) Denial of Double Benefit.--For purposes of this section, no
credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) for any expense for which
a deduction or credit is allowed under any other provision of this
chapter.
``(e) Termination.--This section shall not apply to any taxable
year beginning after December 31, 2009.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``36,'' after
``35,''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart C of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking the item relating to section 36 and
inserting the following new items:
``Sec. 36. Use of home heating fuels in homes.
``Sec. 37. Overpayments of tax.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO STATES TO CREATE HOME WEATHERIZATION LOAN PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a program to make
grants to States in accordance with this section to create revolving
loan funds to provide eligible individuals with loans to purchase
weatherization materials for the purpose of weatherizing the principal
place of abode of the individual.
(b) Establishment of Fund.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a State shall establish a weatherization revolving loan
fund (referred to in this section as the ``State loan fund'') and
comply with the other requirements of this section. Each grant to a
State under this section shall be deposited in the State loan fund
established by the State.
(c) Applications.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall issue requirements for
applying for grants under this section.
(2) Determination of grant amounts.--In determining the
amount of the grant awarded to a State, the Secretary shall
consider--
(A) the incidence of extreme winter or summer
temperatures within the State;
(B) the average age of homes within the State; and
(C) such other factors as the Secretary determines
are appropriate.
(d) Program Requirements.--
(1) Use of funds.--
(A) In general.--Amounts deposited in a State loan
fund, including loan repayments and interest earned on
such amounts, shall be used only for providing loans to
eligible individuals to purchase weatherization
materials for the purpose of weatherizing the principal
place of abode of the individual.
(B) Loan amount limitations.--
(i) Individuals.--Subject to clause (ii),
the total amount of all loans made from the
State loan fund to an eligible individual
during a calendar year may not exceed $5,000.
(ii) Dwelling.--The combined amount of all
loans made from the State loan fund to eligible
individuals living within a single dwelling
during a calendar year may not exceed $10,000.
(C) Income limitation and interest rates.--
(i) For an eligible individual with
adjusted gross income for the previous taxable
year of $100,000 or less, the annual interest
rate for each loan shall be 1 percent.
(ii) For an eligible individual with
adjusted gross income for the previous taxable
year of more than $100,000 but no more than
$200,000, the annual interest rate for each
loan shall be 2 percent.
(iii) An eligible individual making more
than $200,000 is not eligible for a loan made
from the State loan fund.
(D) Loan repayment.--In order to receive a loan
from a State loan fund, an eligible individual must
enter into an agreement with the State to repay the
full amount of the loan, plus interest, not more than 2
years after the date on which the individual receives
the loan funds.
(2) Annual report.--Each State receiving a grant under this
section shall submit an annual report to the Secretary
detailing the use of funds from the State loan fund.
(e) Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall submit an annual
report to the Congress detailing the distribution of grant funds,
including a copy of each report submitted to the Secretary pursuant to
subsection (d)(2).
(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Eligible individual.--The term ``eligible individual''
means an individual--
(A) whose principal place of abode is in the United
States;
(B) who is a citizen or lawful permanent resident
of the United States; and
(C) with respect to whom a deduction under section
151 is not allowed to another taxpayer for a taxable
year beginning in the calendar year in which such
individual's taxable year begins.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Treasury.
(3) Weatherization materials.--The term ``weatherization
materials'' means--
(A) caulking and weatherstripping of doors and
windows;
(B) furnace efficiency modifications, including,
but not limited to--
(i) replacement burners, furnaces, or
boilers or any combination thereof;
(ii) devices for minimizing energy loss
through heating system, chimney, or venting
devices; and
(iii) electrical or mechanical furnace
ignition systems which replace standing gas
pilot lights;
(C) clock thermostats;
(D) ceiling, attic, wall, floor, and duct
insulation;
(E) water heater insulation;
(F) storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows
and doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective window and
door materials;
(G) cooling efficiency modifications, including,
but not limited to, replacement air-conditioners,
ventilation equipment, screening, window films, and
shading devices;
(H) solar thermal water heaters;
(I) wood-heating appliances; and
(J) such other insulating or energy conserving
devices or technologies as the Secretary may determine,
after consulting with the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, and
the Director of the Community Services Administration.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry
out this section. | Home Heating Fuels Cost Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based refundable tax credit for up to $1,000 ($2,000 in the case of a joint return) of the cost of heating oil, natural gas, and propane to heat a principal residence. Terminates such credit after 2009.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to states to create revolving loan funds for home weatherization loans. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable tax credit for heating fuels and to create a grant program for States to provide individuals with loans to weatherize their homes."} | 1,914 | 95 | 0.556275 | 1.387125 | 0.54702 | 4.6 | 20.517647 | 0.929412 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Disclosing Aid Spent to Ensure
Relief Act'' or the ``DISASTER Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) At a time of constrained budgets, it is fiscally
prudent to understand the amount and the scope of the Federal
Government's involvement in providing disaster-related
assistance to communities in need.
(2) The Federal Government does not provide a single,
publicly available estimate of the amount it is spending on
disaster-related assistance.
(3) Because recovery is a long-term process, providing
disaster-related assistance requires significant Federal
resources to support a multi-agency, multi-year restoration of
infrastructure and commerce in affected communities.
(4) Understanding the expenditures of individual Federal
agencies for disaster-related assistance will help better
inform the congressional appropriations process, as well as
presidential budget requests.
(5) Knowledge about disaster-related expenses will
illustrate opportunities for reducing these expenses through
efforts to reduce vulnerabilities to future natural disasters.
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to require the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget to annually submit to Congress a report on all
disaster-related assistance provided by the Federal Government.
SEC. 4. REPORTING OF DISASTER-RELATED ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1126. Reporting of disaster-related assistance
``(a) In General.--On the same day that the President makes the
annual budget submission to the Congress under section 1105(a) for a
fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
submit to Congress a report on Federal disaster-related assistance for
the fiscal year ending in the calendar year immediately preceding the
calendar year in which the annual budget submission is made. Disaster-
related assistance encompasses Federal obligations related to disaster
response, recovery, and mitigation efforts, as well as administrative
costs associated with these activities, including spending by the
following agencies and programs:
``(1) Department of Agriculture:
``(A) Agriculture Research Service.
``(B) Farm Service Agency.
``(C) Food and Nutrition Service.
``(D) Natural Resource Conservation Service.
``(E) Forest Service.
``(F) Rural Housing Service.
``(G) Rural Utilities Service.
``(2) Department of Commerce:
``(A) National Marine Fisheries Service of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
``(B) Economic Development Administration Economic
Adjustment Assistance.
``(3) Army Corps of Engineers of the Department of Defense
(Civil).
``(4) Department of Defense (Military):
``(A) Military Personnel.
``(B) Operations and Maintenance.
``(C) Procurement.
``(D) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.
``(E) Military Construction (MILCON) and Family
Housing.
``(F) Management Funds.
``(G) Other Department of Defense Programs.
``(5) Department of Education:
``(A) Elementary and Secondary Education.
``(B) Higher Education.
``(6) Department of Health and Human Services:
``(A) Administration for Children and Families.
``(B) Public Health and Medical Assistance.
``(C) Public Health Emergency Fund.
``(7) Department of Homeland Security:
``(A) Federal Emergency Management Agency:
``(i) Emergency Declarations.
``(ii) Fire Management Assistance Grants.
``(iii) Major Disaster Declarations.
``(iv) Administrative Assistance.
``(B) FEMA Missions Assignments by Federal Agency.
``(C) Community Disaster Loan Program.
``(8) Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):
``(A) Community Development Block Grants.
``(B) Rental Assistance/Section 8 Vouchers.
``(C) Supportive Housing.
``(D) Public Housing Repair.
``(E) Inspector General.
``(9) Department of the Interior:
``(A) Bureau of Indian Affairs.
``(B) United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
``(C) National Park Service.
``(D) Wildland Fire Management.
``(10) Department of Justice:
``(A) Legal Activities.
``(B) United States Marshals Service.
``(C) Federal Bureau of Investigation.
``(D) Drug Enforcement Administration.
``(E) Bureau of Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
``(F) Federal Prison System (Bureau of Prisons).
``(G) Office of Justice Programs.
``(11) Department of Labor:
``(A) National Emergency Grants for Dislocation
Events.
``(B) Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Dislocated
Worker Program.
``(12) Department of Transportation:
``(A) Federal Highway Administration: Emergency
Relief Program (ER).
``(B) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
``(C) Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
``(13) Department of the Treasury: Internal Revenue
Service.
``(14) Department of Veterans Affairs.
``(15) Corporation for National and Community Service.
``(16) Environmental Protection Agency:
``(A) Hurricane Emergency Response Authorities.
``(B) EPA Hurricane Response.
``(C) EPA Regular Appropriations.
``(17) The Federal Judiciary.
``(18) Disaster Assistance Program of the Small Business
Administration.
``(19) Other authorities as appropriate.
``(b) Content.--The report shall detail the following:
``(1) Overall amount of disaster-related assistance
obligations during the fiscal year.
``(2) Disaster-related assistance obligations by agency and
account.
``(3) Disaster for which the spending was obligated.
``(4) Obligations by disaster.
``(5) Disaster-related assistance by disaster type.
``(6) Response and recovery spending.
``(7) Mitigation spending.
``(8) Spending in the form of loans.
``(9) Spending in the form of grants.
``(c) Availability of Report.--The report shall be made publicly
available on the website of the Office of Management and Budget and
should be searchable, sortable and downloadable.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for chapter 11 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
``1126. Reporting of disaster-related assistance.''.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The reporting requirement under the amendment made by section 3(a)
shall take effect with the budget submission of the President under
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prematurity Research Expansion and
Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act'' or the ``PREEMIE
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Premature birth is a serious and growing problem. The
rate of preterm birth increased 27 percent between 1981 and
2001 (from 9.4 percent to 11.9 percent). In 2001, more than
476,000 babies were born prematurely in the United States.
(2) Preterm birth accounts for 23 percent of deaths in the
first month of life.
(3) Premature infants are 14 times more likely to die in
the first year of life.
(4) Premature babies who survive may suffer lifelong
consequences, including cerebral palsy, mental retardation,
chronic lung disease, and vision and hearing loss.
(5) Preterm and low birthweight birth is a significant
financial burden in health care. The estimated charges for
hospital stays for infants with any diagnosis of prematurity/
low birthweight were $11,900,000,000 in 2000. The average
lifetime medical costs of a premature baby are conservatively
estimated at $500,000.
(6) The proportion of preterm infants born to African-
American mothers (17.3 percent) was significantly higher
compared to the rate of infants born to white mothers (10.6
percent). Prematurity or low birthweight is the leading cause
of death for African-American infants.
(7) The cause of approximately half of all premature births
is unknown.
(8) Women who smoke during pregnancy are twice as likely as
nonsmokers to give birth to a low birthweight baby. Babies born
to smokers weigh, on average, 200 grams less than nonsmokers'
babies.
(9) To reduce the rates of preterm labor and delivery more
research is needed on the underlying causes of preterm
delivery, the development of treatments for prevention of
preterm birth, and treatments improving outcomes for infants
born preterm.
(b) Purposes.--It the purpose of this Act to--
(1) reduce rates of preterm labor and delivery;
(2) work toward an evidence-based standard of care for
pregnant women at risk of preterm labor or other serious
complications, and for infants born preterm and at a low
birthweight; and
(3) reduce infant mortality and disabilities caused by
prematurity.
SEC. 3. RESEARCH RELATING TO PRETERM LABOR AND DELIVERY AND THE CARE,
TREATMENT, AND OUTCOMES OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTHWEIGHT
INFANTS.
(a) General Expansion of NIH Research.--Part B of title IV of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``SEC. 409J. EXPANSION AND COORDINATION OF RESEARCH RELATING TO PRETERM
LABOR AND DELIVERY AND INFANT MORTALITY.
``(a) In General.--The Director of NIH shall expand, intensify, and
coordinate the activities of the National Institutes of Health with
respect to research on the causes of preterm labor and delivery, infant
mortality, and improving the care and treatment of preterm and low
birthweight infants.
``(b) Authorization of Research Networks.--There shall be
established within the National Institutes of Health a Maternal-Fetal
Medicine Units Network and a Neonatal Research Units Network. In
complying with this subsection, the Director of NIH shall utilize
existing networks.
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section, such sums as may be necessary
for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008.''.
(b) General Expansion of CDC Research.--Section 301 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(e) The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention shall expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to preterm
labor and delivery and infant mortality.''.
(c) Study on Assisted Reproduction Technologies.--Section 1004(c)
of the Children's Health Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-310) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting
``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) consider the impact of assisted reproduction
technologies on the mother's and children's health and
development.''.
(d) Study on Relationship Between Prematurity and Birth Defects.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention shall conduct a study on the
relationship between prematurity, birth defects, and
developmental disabilities.
(2) Report.--Not later than 2 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report concerning the results of the
study conducted under paragraph (1).
(e) Review of Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey.--The
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall
conduct a review of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey to
ensure that the Survey includes information relative to medical care
and intervention received, in order to track pregnancy outcomes and
reduce instances of preterm birth.
(f) Study on the Health and Economic Consequences of Preterm
Birth.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the National Institutes of
Health in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention shall enter into a contract with
the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
for the conduct of a study to define and address the health and
economic consequences of preterm birth. In conducting the
study, the Institute of Medicine shall--
(A) review and assess the epidemiology of premature
birth and low birthweight, and the associated maternal
and child health effects in the United States, with
attention paid to categories of gestational age,
plurality, maternal age, and racial or ethnic
disparities;
(B) review and describe the spectrum of short and
long-term disability and health-related quality of life
associated with premature births and the impact on
maternal health, health care and quality of life,
family employment, caregiver issues, and other social
and financial burdens;
(C) assess the direct and indirect costs associated
with premature birth, including morbidity, disability,
and mortality;
(D) identify gaps and provide recommendations for
feasible systems of monitoring and assessing associated
economic and quality of life burdens associated with
prematurity;
(E) explore the implications of the burden of
premature births for national health policy;
(F) identify community outreach models that are
effective in decreasing prematurity rates in
communities;
(G) consider options for addressing, as
appropriate, the allocation of public funds to
biomedical and behavioral research, the costs and
benefits of preventive interventions, public health,
and access to health care; and
(H) provide recommendations on best practices and
interventions to prevent premature birth, as well as
the most promising areas of research to further
prevention efforts.
(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which
the contract is entered into under paragraph (1), the Institute
of Medicine shall submit to the Director of the National
Institutes of Health, the Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, and the appropriate committees of
Congress a report concerning the results of the study conducted
under such paragraph.
(g) Evaluation of National Core Performance Measures.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator of the Health Resources
and Services Administration shall conduct an assessment of the
current national core performance measures and national core
outcome measures utilized under the Maternal and Child Health
Block Grant under title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
701 et seq.) for purposes of expanding such measures to include
some of the known risk factors of low birthweight and
prematurity, including the percentage of infants born to
pregnant women who smoked during pregnancy.
(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Health
Resources and Services Administration shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the
results of the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1).
SEC. 4. PUBLIC AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 399O. PUBLIC AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT
SERVICES.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary, directly or through the awarding
of grants to public or private nonprofit entities, shall conduct a
demonstration project to improve the provision of information on
prematurity to health professionals and other health care providers and
the public.
``(b) Activities.--Activities to be carried out under the
demonstration project under subsection (a) shall include the
establishment of programs--
``(1) to provide information and education to health
professionals, other health care providers, and the public
concerning--
``(A) the signs of preterm labor, updated as new
research results become available;
``(B) the screening for and the treating of
infections;
``(C) counseling on optimal weight and good
nutrition, including folic acid;
``(D) smoking cessation education and counseling;
and
``(E) stress management; and
``(2) to improve the treatment and outcomes for babies born
premature, including the use of evidence-based standards of
care by health care professionals for pregnant women at risk of
preterm labor or other serious complications and for infants
born preterm and at a low birthweight.
``(c) Requirement.--Any program or activity funded under this
section shall be evidence-based.
``(d) NICU Family Support Programs.--The Secretary shall conduct,
through the awarding of grants to public and nonprofit private
entities, projects to respond to the emotional and informational needs
of families during the stay of an infant in a neonatal intensive care
unit, during the transition of the infant to the home, and in the event
of a newborn death. Activities under such projects may include
providing books and videos to families that provide information about
the neonatal intensive care unit experience, and providing direct
services that provide emotional support within the neonatal intensive
care unit setting.
``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section, such sums as may be necessary
for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008.''.
SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL ON PREMATURITY AND LOW
BIRTHWEIGHT.
(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to stimulate
multidisciplinary research, scientific exchange, and collaboration
among the agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services and
to assist the Department in targeting efforts to achieve the greatest
advances toward the goal of reducing prematurity and low birthweight.
(b) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall establish an Interagency Coordinating Council on Prematurity and
Low Birthweight (referred to in this section as the Council) to carry
out the purpose of this section.
(c) Composition.--The Council shall be composed of members to be
appointed by the Secretary, including representatives of--
(1) the agencies of the Department of Health and Human
Services; and
(2) voluntary health care organizations, including
grassroots advocacy organizations, providers of specialty
obstetrical and pediatric care, and researcher organizations.
(d) Activities.--The Council shall--
(1) annually report to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services on current Departmental activities relating to
prematurity and low birthweight;
(2) plan and hold a conference on prematurity and low
birthweight under the sponsorship of the Surgeon General;
(3) establish a consensus research plan for the Department
of Health and Human Services on prematurity and low
birthweight;
(4) report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
and the appropriate committees of Congress on recommendations
derived from the conference held under paragraph (2) and on the
status of Departmental research activities concerning
prematurity and low birthweight;
(5) carry out other activities determined appropriate by
the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and
(6) oversee the coordination of the implementation of this
Act.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008. | Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act or the PREEMIE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require both the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to expand and coordinate research relating to preterm labor and delivery and infant mortality.
Establishes within NIH two networks: a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network and a Neonatal Research Unit Network.
Requires the Director of the CDC to study and report on the relationship between prematurity, birth defects, and developmental disabilities as well as review the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey.
Requires the Director of NIH to contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences for a study on the health and economic consequences of preterm birth.
Directs the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to assess the current national core performance and outcome measures under the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant with the goal of expanding them to include known risk factors of low birthweight and prematurity such as smoking by pregnant women.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for a demonstration project to improve the provision of information on prematurity to health professionals and other health care providers and the public.
Funds grants for projects to support the informational and emotional needs of families during the stay of an infant in a neonatal intensive care unit (nicu).
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Limpopo River Debt Relief and
Reconstruction Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Beginning on February 9, 2000, the southern African
countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, South
Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe began to experience
severe flooding caused by days of heavy rain and cyclones, and
the Republic of Mozambique bore the brunt of these torrential
rains and experienced the worst flooding in 50 years.
(2) Flooding along the Limpopo River in Mozambique is
particularly severe.
(3) The extent of the death and destruction caused by these
floods is still unknown.
(4) Because of the floods, there are hundreds of thousands
of homeless people living in camps in these countries. These
displaced people are in desperate need of food, clean water,
medicine, blankets and tents.
(5) Many of these countries' roads and bridges have been
completely washed out, and their infrastructure has been
severely damaged.
(6) These countries need long-term economic and technical
assistance for the repair and reconstruction of roads and
bridges, schools and hospitals, energy infrastructure,
telecommunications facilities and other essential
infrastructure.
(7) The governments of these countries cannot adequately
address the immediate needs of displaced people or invest in
long-term development while continuing to make debt payments to
foreign governments.
(8) Debt cancellation and reconstruction assistance are
essential to allow these countries to provide for the needs of
their people, repair their damaged infrastructure and rebuild
their economies.
TITLE I--DEBT RELIEF
SEC. 101. BILATERAL DEBT FORGIVENESS.
(a) Cancellation of Debt.--Subject to amounts provided in advance
in appropriations Acts, the President shall cancel all amounts owed to
the United States (or any agency of the United States) by eligible
countries (as defined in section 301) as a result of concessional and
nonconcessional loans made, guarantees or insurance issued, or credits
extended under any provision of law.
(b) Special Provisions.--
(1) Cancellation of debt not considered to be assistance.--
Except as the President may otherwise determine for reasons of
national security, a cancellation of debt under subsection (a)
shall not be considered to be assistance for purposes of any
provision of law limiting assistance to a country.
(2) Inapplicability of certain prohibitions relating to
cancellation of debt.--The authority to provide for
cancellation of debt under subsection (a) may be exercised
notwithstanding section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 or any similar provision of law.
(3) Other debt cancellation authorities.--The authority to
cancel debt under subsection (a) is in addition to the
authority to cancel debt under any other provision of law and
does not in any way limit or otherwise affect such other
authority.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the cost (as defined in
section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990) of the
cancellation of any debt under subsection (a), there are authorized to
be appropriated to the President such sums as may be necessary for each
of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002.
SEC. 102. DEBT FORGIVENESS BY PARIS CLUB MEMBERS.
The Congress urges the President to use the influence of the United
States within the Paris Club of Official Creditors to urge each nation
that is a member of the Paris Club of Official Creditors to cancel all
debt owed to the nation by the government of any eligible country.
SEC. 103. DEBT FORGIVENESS BY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States
Executive Directors at the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the International Monetary Fund, the African Development
Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice, vote, and
influence of the United States to urge their respective institutions to
cancel all debt owed to the institution by the government of any
eligible country.
TITLE II--RECONSTRUCTION AID
SEC. 201. BILATERAL AID.
Chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2292 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 495L. Southern Africa Relief and Reconstruction
Assistance.--
``(a) Authorization of Assistance.--The President is authorized to
provide assistance for relief, reconstruction, and related recovery
activities in southern Africa as a result of the severe flooding that
began on February 9, 2000, in the southern African nations of Botswana,
Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe. Assistance under this subsection shall be provided on a grant
basis.
``(b) Policies and Authorities To Be Applied.--Assistance under
subsection (a) shall be furnished in accordance with the policies and
general authorities contained in section 491.
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts
otherwise available for carrying out subsection (a), there are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002.''.
SEC. 202. AID BY PARIS CLUB MEMBERS.
The Congress urges the President to use the influence of the United
States within the Paris Club of Official Creditors to urge each country
that is a member of the Paris Club of Official Creditors to provide
grants to the government of each eligible country for the repair and
reconstruction of the infrastructure of the country that has been
damaged or destroyed by the flooding in southern Africa that began on
February 9, 2000.
SEC. 203. AID BY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States
Executive Directors at the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the International Monetary Fund, the African Development
Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice, vote, and
influence of the United States to urge their respective institutions to
provide grants to the government of each eligible country for the
repair and reconstruction of the infrastructure of the country that has
been damaged or destroyed by the flooding in southern Africa that began
on February 9, 2000.
TITLE III--ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
SEC. 301. DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRY.
In this Act, the term ``eligible country'' means Botswana, Lesotho,
Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. | (Sec. 101) Provides that cancellation of debt shall not be considered to be assistance for purposes of any law limiting assistance to a country.
Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 102) Urges the President to use U.S. influence within the Paris Club of Official Creditors to urge each nation that is a member to the Club to cancel all debt owed to the nation by an eligible country.
(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors at specified international financial institutions to use the U.S. vote to urge such institutions to cancel all debt owed to it by any eligible country.
Title II: Reconstruction Aid
- Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide grant assistance for relief, reconstruction, and related recovery activities in southern Africa, in particular the eligible countries, as a result of the severe flooding that began on February 9, 2000.
(Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 202) Urges the President to use U.S. influence within the Paris Club of Official Creditors to urge each country that is a member of the Club to provide grants to each eligible country for the repair and reconstruction of the infrastructure of the country that has been damaged or destroyed by the flooding in southern Africa that began on February 9, 2000.
(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors at specified international financial institutions to use the U.S. vote to urge such institutions to provide grants to each eligible country for the repair and reconstruction of the infrastructure of the country that has been damaged or destroyed by the flooding in southern Africa that began on February 9, 2000.
Title III: Eligible Countries
- Defines "eligible country" to mean Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Limpopo River Debt Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2000"} | 1,476 | 423 | 0.623404 | 2.204464 | 0.674473 | 5.407821 | 3.648045 | 0.932961 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Peninsula Wilderness
Designation Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) The term ``land'' means lands, waters, and interests
therein;
(2) The term ``public lands'' means land situated in Alaska
which, after the date of enactment of this Act, the title is in
the United States, except--
(A) land selections of the State of Alaska which
have been tentatively approved or validly selected
under the Alaska Statehood Act and lands which have
been confirmed to, validly selected by, or granted to
the Territory of Alaska or the State under any other
provisions of Federal law; and
(B) land selections of a Native Corporation made
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) which have not been conveyed to a
Native Corporation, unless any such selection is
determined to be invalid or is relinquished.
(3) The term ``Native Corporation'' means any Regional
Corporation, any Village Corporation, any Native group and
those Native entities which have incorporated pursuant to
section 14(h)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43
U.S.C. 1613(h)(3)).
(4) The term ``Regional Corporation'' has the same meaning
as such term has under section 3(g) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act.
(5) The term ``Village Corporation'' has the same meaning
as such term has under section 3(j) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act.
(6) The term ``Native group'' has the same meaning as such
term has under sections 3(d) and 14(h)(2) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act.
(7) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the
Interior.
(8) The term ``Alaska Statehood Act'' means the Act
entitled ``An Act to provide for the admission of the State of
Alaska into the Union'', approved July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339),
as amended.
(9) The term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.
(10) The term ``Koniag'' means Koniag, Incorporated, a
Regional Corporation.
(11) The term ``Selection Rights'' means those rights
granted to Koniag pursuant to sections 12(a), 12(b), and
14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat.
688), as amended, to receive title to the oil and gas rights
and other interests in the subsurface estate of approximately
two hundred and seventy-five thousand acres of public lands in
the State of Alaska which lands are identified as ``Koniag
Selections'' on the map entitled ``Koniag Interest Lands,
Alaska Peninsula'', dated May 1989.
(12) The term ``agency'' includes--
(A) any instrumentality of the United States;
(B) any element of an agency; and
(C) any wholly owned or mixed-owned corporation of
the United States Government identified in chapter 91
of title 31, United States Code.
(13) The term ``property'' has the same meaning as is
provided the term in section 12(b)(7) of Public Law 94-9204 (43
U.S.C. 1611 note), as amended.''.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.
(a) Designation of Wilderness.--The public lands within the
boundaries depicted as ``Proposed Wilderness'' on the following
identified maps are hereby designated as wilderness, and therefore as
components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, with the
nomenclature and approximate acreage as indicated below:
(1) Aniakchak Wilderness of approximately five hundred and
three thousand acres within the Aniakchak National Monument and
Preserve and which is generally depicted upon the map entitled
``Aniakchak Wilderness'' dated July 1992.
(2) Alaska Peninsula Wilderness of approximately one
million eight hundred and seventy-six thousand acres within the
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge and which is
generally depicted upon the map entitled ``Alaska Peninsula
Wilderness'' dated July 1992.
(3) Approximately three hundred and forty-seven thousand
acres within the Becharof National Wildlife Refuge as an
addition to the existing Becharof Wilderness, as generally
depicted upon the map entitled ``Becharof Additional
Wilderness'' dated July 1992.
(b) Map and Legal Description.--As soon as practicable after the
enactment of this Act, a map and legal description of each wilderness
area designated by this Act shall be published in the Federal Register
and filed with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of
Representatives and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate. Each such legal description shall have the same force
and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may
correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and
map. A copy of each map shall be available for public inspection in an
appropriate office of the National Park Service and the Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
(c) Lands Included.--Except for those lands subject to Koniag
Selection Rights which are subsequently relinquished pursuant to
section 5, only those lands within the boundaries of any wilderness
area which are public lands (as such term is defined in this Act) shall
be deemed to be included as a portion of such area. No lands within the
boundaries of any wilderness area designated pursuant to section 3(a)
hereof and which, before, on, or after the date of enactment of this
Act, are conveyed to the State, to any Native Corporation, or to any
private party, shall be subject to the regulations applicable solely to
public lands within such wilderness areas. Any lands subject to Koniag
Selection Rights relinquished to the United States pursuant to section
5 which are within the boundaries of a wilderness area designated by
this Act shall become part of such wilderness areas and be administered
accordingly.
SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
(a) Generally.--Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
section, and subject to valid existing rights, the lands designated as
Aniakchak Wilderness by this Act shall be managed by the Secretary of
the Interior in the same manner as the lands designated as wilderness
by section 701 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and the other lands designated as wilderness
by this Act shall be managed by such Secretary in the same manner as
the lands designated as wilderness by section 702 of such Act.
(b) Permits.--(1) Any special use or concession permit which was in
existence during 1991 for operations on lands designated as wilderness
by this Act and which except for designation of such lands as
wilderness could have remained in effect or been renewed by or reissued
to the same permittee, may be renewed or reissued to such permittee,
subject to the provisions of this subsection.
(2) Nothing in this Act shall require renewal or reissuance of a
permit if the Secretary, for reasons other than the designation of
lands as wilderness, determines that such action would be inconsistent
with applicable law or established regulations. Nothing in this Act
shall preclude the Secretary from canceling or otherwise restricting
any permit for any reason other than the designation of lands as
wilderness.
(3) No renewal or reissuance of a permit described in paragraph (1)
of this subsection shall be for a period longer than the lifetime of
the permittee, and no such permit shall be transferable or assignable.
(4) Designation of lands as wilderness shall not prevent any
structures and other improvements authorized by a permit described in
paragraph (1), including cabins, from continuing to be used,
maintained, and if necessary, replaced, to the extent otherwise
permissible, but no additional structures or other improvements shall
be permitted on lands so designated.
SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF KONIAG SELECTION RIGHTS.
(a) In General.--(1) If the Secretary receives from Koniag a timely
tender of relinquishment of the Selection Rights, the Secretary shall
accept such tender no later than 60 days after its receipt, and shall
notify the Secretary of the Treasury of such acceptance.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, a tender by Koniag shall be
timely if it is received by the Secretary no later than 180 days after
either--
(A) receipt by Koniag of the Secretary's determination of
the value of the Selection Rights pursuant to subsection (b) of
this section, or
(B) the outcome of the procedures established by subsection
(b) of this section for resolution of any dispute regarding
such value,
whichever last occurs, unless the Secretary and Koniag agree to modify
his deadline.
(b) Value.--(1) The value of the Selection Rights shall be equal to
the fair market value of the oil and gas interests, and where
appropriate the fair market value of the subsurface estate of the lands
or interests in lands.
(2) Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, Koniag
and the Secretary shall meet to determine the identity of a qualified
appraiser who shall perform an appraisal of the Selection Rights in
conformity with the standards of the Appraisal Foundation and utilizing
the methodology customarily used by the Minerals Management Service of
the Department of the Interior in valuing such interests. Such
appraiser shall be selected by the mutual agreement of Koniag and the
Secretary, or if such agreement is not reached within 60 days after
such initial meeting, then Koniag and the Secretary, no later than 90
days after such initial meeting, shall each designate an appraiser who
is qualified to perform the appraisal. The 2 appraisers so identified
shall select a third qualified appraiser who shall perform the
appraisal. Within 180 days after the selection of the third appraiser,
a written appraisal report setting out the value of the Selection
Rights and the methodology used to arrive at it, shall be delivered to
the Secretary and to Koniag.
(3) Within 60 days after the receipt of the appraisal report
described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall determine the value of
the Selection Rights and shall immediately notify Koniag of such
determination. If Koniag does not agree with the value as determined by
the Secretary, the procedures specified in section 206(d) of Public Law
94-579, as amended, shall be used to establish the value, but the
average value per acre of the Selection Rights shall not be more than
$300.
SEC. 6. KONIAG ACCOUNT.
(a) Establishment.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
on October 1, 1996, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with
the Secretary, shall establish a Koniag Account.
(2) Beginning on October 1, 1996, the balance of the account
shall--
(A) be available to Koniag for bidding on and purchasing
property sold at public sale, subject to the conditions
described in paragraph (3); and
(B) remain available until expended.
(3)(A) Koniag may use the account established under paragraph (1)
to bid as any other bidder for property (wherever located) at any
public sale by an agency and may purchase the property in accordance
with applicable laws and regulations of the agency offering the
property for sale. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
right to draw against such account shall be assignable in whole or in
part by Koniag, but no assignment shall be recognized by the Secretary
of the Treasury until written notice thereof is filed with the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior by Koniag.
(B) In conducting a transaction described in subparagraph (A), an
agency shall accept, in the same manner as cash, any amount tendered
from the account established by the Secretary of the Treasury under
paragraph (1). The Secretary of the Treasury shall adjust the balance
of the account to reflect the transaction.
(C) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Interior, shall establish procedures to permit the
account established under paragraph (1) to--
(i) receive deposits;
(ii) make deposits into escrow when an escrow is required
for the sale of any property; and
(iii) reinstate to the account any unused escrow deposits
in the event sales are not consummated.
(b) Amount.--The initial balance of the account established in
subsection (a) shall be equal to the value of the Selection Rights as
determined pursuant to section 5 of this Act.
(c) Treatment of Amounts From Account.--(1) The Secretary of the
Treasury shall deem as cash payments any amount tendered from the
account established pursuant to subsection (a) and received by agencies
as proceeds from a public sale of property, and shall make any
transfers necessary to allow an agency to use the proceeds in the event
an agency is authorized by law to use the proceeds for a specific
purpose.
(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of the Treasury
and the heads of agencies shall administer sales pursuant to this
section in the same manner as is provided for any other Alaska native
corporation authorized by law as of the date of enactment of this
section (including the use of similar accounts for bidding on and
purchasing property sold for public sale).
(B) Amounts in an account created for the benefit of a specific
Alaska native corporation may not be used to satisfy the property
purchase obligations of any other Alaska native corporation.
(d) Revenues.--The Selection Rights shall be deemed to be an
interest in the subsurface for purposes of section 7(i) of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). | Alaska Peninsula Wilderness Designation Act of 1993 - Designates the following lands in Alaska as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Aniakchak Wilderness within the Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve; (2) the Alaska Peninsula Wilderness within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge; and (3) the addition of specified lands within the Becharof National Wildlife Refuge to the Becharof Wilderness.
Provides for the relinquishment of Koniag, Inc., Selection Rights (oil and gas rights) to specified lands in Alaska in exchange for Certificates of Value which could be used only with respect to Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Alaska Peninsula Wilderness Designation Act of 1993"} | 3,083 | 154 | 0.505517 | 1.342397 | 0.74906 | 2.720339 | 23.813559 | 0.90678 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care Public-Private
Partnership Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
The Secretary shall establish a program to make grants to--
(1) businesses and consortia--
(A) to pay start-up costs incurred to provide child
care services needed by the employees of such
businesses; or
(B) to provide additional child care services
needed by the employees of such businesses, other than
services provided prior to the period for which the
grant is made; and
(2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical
information and assistance to enable businesses to provide
child care services.
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS.
To be eligible to receive a grant under section 2, a business,
nonprofit business organization, or consortium shall submit an
application to the Secretary in accordance with section 4.
SEC. 4. APPLICATION.
In submitting an application referred to in section 3, a business,
nonprofit business organization, or consortium shall submit the
application at such time, in such form, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require by rule, except that such application
shall contain--
(1) an assurance that the applicant shall make available,
with respect to the costs to be incurred by the applicant in
carrying out the activities for which such grant is made, non-
Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than $2
for every $1 of Federal funds provided under the grant;
(2) an assurance that such applicant will expend such grant
for the use specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 2, as
the case may be;
(3) an assurance that such applicant will employ strategies
to ensure that child care services provided by such applicant,
or provided with the technical information and assistance made
available by such applicant, are provided at affordable rates,
and on an equitable basis, to low- and moderate-income
employees;
(4) an assurance that such applicant--
(A) in the case of a business or consortium, will
comply with all State and local licensing requirements
applicable to such business or consortium concerning
the provision of child care services; or
(B) in the case of a nonprofit business
organization, will employ procedures to ensure that
technical information and assistance provided under
this Act by such business organization will be provided
only to businesses that comply with the requirements
described in subparagraph (A); and
(5) in the case of a business or consortium, an assurance
that if the employees of such applicant do not require all the
child care services for which such grant and the funds required
by paragraph (1) are to be expended by such applicant, the
excess of such child care services shall be made available to
families in the community in which such applicant is located.
SEC. 5. SELECTION OF GRANTEES.
For purposes of selecting applicants to receive grants under this
Act, the Secretary shall give priority to businesses that have fewer
than 100 full-time employees. To the extent practicable, the Secretary
shall--
(1) make grants equitably under this Act to applicants
located in all geographical regions of the United States; and
(2) give priority to applicants for grants under section
2(1).
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) Business.--The term ``business'' means a person engaged
in commerce whose primary activity is not providing child care
services.
(2) Child care services.--The term ``child care services''
means care for a child that is--
(A) provided on the site at which a parent of such
child is employed or at a site nearby in the community;
and
(B) subsidized at least in part by the business
that employs such parent.
(3) Consortium.--The term ``consortium'' means--
(A) two or more businesses acting jointly; or
(B) two or more businesses and a nonprofit private
organization, acting jointly.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships.
Provides program grants to cover not more than one-third of the costs for: (1) businesses or consortia (two or more businesses acting jointly, which may also include a nonprofit private organization) to start up, or provide additional, employee child care services; and (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide employee child care services.
Requires: (1) provision of such services equitably and affordably to low- and moderate-income employees; and (2) compliance with State and local licensing requirements.
Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees and to business and consortia applications. Requires equitable geographic distribution.
Authorizes appropriations. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993"} | 911 | 198 | 0.636717 | 1.807383 | 0.763636 | 2.983333 | 5.011111 | 0.861111 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In approving the Compact of Free Association it was not
the intent of Congress to cause adverse consequences for Guam,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, or the State of Hawaii.
(2) Congress declared that if any adverse consequences to
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, or the State of Hawaii resulted from implementation of
the Compact of Free Association, Congress would act
sympathetically and expeditiously to redress those adverse
consequences.
(3) The Government Accountability Office has reported that
migration from the Freely Associated States has had a
significant impact on Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the State of Hawaii.
(4) By placing demands on local governments for health,
educational, and other social services, migration under the
Compact has adversely affected the budgetary resources of Guam,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the State
of Hawaii.
(5) Insufficient sums have been appropriated to cover the
costs incurred by Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the State of Hawaii, resulting from
increased demands placed on health, educational, and other
social services by individuals from the Federated States of
Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the
Republic of Palau.
(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to address the unfunded
mandate and adverse financial consequences resulting from the Compact
by meeting the obligations set forth in the Compact.
SEC. 3. ENSURING MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS AND HEALTH SERVICES
REIMBURSEMENT AS PART OF COMPACT-IMPACT AID.
(a) In General.--Section 104(e)(6) of the Compact of Free
Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1904(e)(6)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(6) Impact costs.--
``(A) Authorization and continuing
appropriations.--
``(i) In general.--There is hereby
authorized and appropriated to the Secretary of
the Interior, for each fiscal year from 2012
through 2024, $185,000,000 for grants to Guam,
the State of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa to
aid in defraying costs incurred by their
governments as a result of increased demands
placed on health, educational, social, or
public safety services, or infrastructure
related to such services due to the residence
of qualified nonimmigrants.
``(ii) Awarding.--The grants under clause
(i) shall be--
``(I) awarded and administered by
the Department of the Interior, Office
of Insular Affairs, or any successor
thereto, in accordance with
regulations, policies and procedures
applicable to grants so awarded and
administered; and
``(II) used only for health,
educational, social, or public safety
services, or infrastructure related to
such services, specially affected by
qualified nonimmigrants.
``(iii) Enumeration.--For purposes of
carrying out this subparagraph, the Secretary
of the Interior shall provide for periodic
enumerations of qualified nonimmigrants in
Guam, the State of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and American
Samoa. The enumerations--
``(I) shall be conducted at such
intervals as the Secretary of the
Interior shall determine, but not less
frequently than once every five years,
beginning in fiscal year 2012; and
``(II) shall be supervised by the
United States Bureau of the Census or
any other organization that the
Secretary of the Interior selects.
``(iv) Allocation.--The Secretary of the
Interior shall allocate to each of the
governments of Guam, the State of Hawaii, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
and American Samoa, grants under clause (i) for
a fiscal year on the basis of the ratio of the
number of qualified immigrants (as most
recently enumerated under clause (iii)) in the
respective jurisdiction to the total of such
numbers for all the jurisdictions.
``(B) Treatment of certain health care impact
costs.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
purposes of providing medical assistance for qualified
nonimmigrants under title XIX of the Social Security
Act in the case of a State or territory referred to in
subparagraph (A)(i)--
``(i) such individuals shall be treated in
the same manner as an individual described in
section 402(a)(2)(G) of Public Law 104-193, as
amended;
``(ii) the Federal medical assistance
percentage shall be the same percentage as is
applied to medical assistance for services
which are received through an Indian Health
Service Facility; and
``(iii) payments under such title for
medical assistance for such individuals shall
not be taken into account in applying any
limitations under section 1108 of the Social
Security Act.
``(C) Qualified nonimmigrant defined.--In this
paragraph, term `qualified nonimmigrant' means a person
admitted to the United States pursuant to--
``(i) section 141 of the Compact of Free
Association set forth in title II; or
``(ii) section 141 of the Compact of Free
Association between the United States and the
Government of Palau.''.
(b) Effective Date.--Section 104(e)(6)(B) of the Compact of Free
Association Act of 1985, as amended by subsection (a), shall apply to
medical assistance for items and services furnished during or after
fiscal year 2012. | Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act of 2011 - Amends the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 to authorize and appropriate FY2012-FY2014 funds to the Secretary of the Interior for grants to Guam, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa for the costs of increased demands placed on health, educational, social, or public safety services, or infrastructure related to such services due to the residence of qualified nonimmigrants.
Directs the Secretary to provide for periodic enumerations of qualified nonimmigrants in Guam, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
Defines "qualified nonimmigrant" as a person admitted to the United States pursuant to: (1) section 141 of the Compact of Free Association set forth in title II, or (2) section 141 of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the government of Palau. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Compact of Free Association of 1985 to provide for adequate Compact-impact aid to affected States and territories, and for other purposes."} | 1,292 | 205 | 0.666376 | 2.004034 | 0.821993 | 4.88024 | 6.856287 | 0.94012 |
SECTION 1. FINDING AND POLICY.
(a) Finding.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Presidential Decision Directive 42, issued on October
21, 1995, ordered agencies of the executive branch of the
United States Government to, inter alia, increase the priority
and resources devoted to the direct and immediate threat
international crime presents to national security, work more
closely with other governments to develop a global response to
this threat, and use aggressively and creatively all legal
means available to combat international crime.
(2) Executive Order No. 12978 of October 21, 1995, provides
for the use of the authorities in the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to target and sanction four
specially designated narcotics traffickers and their
organizations which operate from Colombia.
(b) Policy.--It should be the policy of the United States to impose
economic and other financial sanctions against foreign international
narcotics traffickers and their organizations worldwide.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to provide for the use of the
authorities in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to
sanction additional specially designated narcotics traffickers
operating worldwide.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKERS.
(a) Preparation of List of Names.--Not later than January 1, 2000
and not later than January 1 of each year thereafter, the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General, Director of
Central Intelligence, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of State,
shall transmit to the Director of National Drug Control Policy a list
of those individuals who play a significant role in international
narcotics trafficking as of that date.
(b) Review by Director of National Drug Control Policy.--Not later
than February 1, 2000 and not later than February 1 of each year
thereafter, the Director of National Drug Control Policy shall transmit
to the President the list submitted that year to the Director under
subsection (a) to the President, together with his recommendations for
the inclusion in, or exclusion from, the list of specific individuals.
(c) Exclusion of Certain Persons From List.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this section, neither the list described in subsections (a) and
(b) nor the accompanying recommendations of the Director of
National Drug Control Policy under subsection (b) shall include
the name of any individual if the Director of Central
Intelligence determines that the disclosure of that person's
role in international narcotics trafficking could compromise
United States intelligence sources or methods. The Director of
Central Intelligence shall advise the President when a
determination is made to withhold an individual's identity
under this subsection.
(2) Reports.--In each case in which the Director of Central
Intelligence has made a determination under paragraph (1), the
President shall submit a report in classified form to the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Represent setting forth the reasons for the determination.
(d) Designation of Individuals as Threats to the United States.--
The President shall determine not later than March 1 of each year
whether or not to designate persons on the list transmitted to the
President that year as persons constituting an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States. The President shall notify the Secretary
of the Treasury of any person designated under this subsection. If the
President determines not to designate any person on such list as such a
threat, the President shall submit a report to Congress setting forth
the reasons therefore.
(e) Changes in Designations of Individuals.--
(1) Additional individuals designated.--If at any time
after March 1 of a year, but prior to January 1 of the
following year, the President determines that a person is
playing a significant role in international narcotics
trafficking and has not been designated under subsection (d) as
a person constituting an unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the
United States, the President may so designate the person. The
President shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury of any
person designated under this paragraph.
(2) Removal of designations of individuals.--Whenever the
President determines that a person designated under subsection
(d) or paragraph (1) of this subsection no longer poses an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States, the person
shall no longer be considered as designated under that
subsection.
(f) References.--Any person designated under subsection (d) or (e)
may be referred to in this Act as a ``specially designated narcotics
trafficker''.
SEC. 4. BLOCKING ASSETS.
(a) Finding.--Congress finds that a national emergency exists with
respect to any individual who is a specially designated narcotics
trafficker.
(b) Blocking of Assets.--Except to the extent provided in section
203(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1702(b)) and in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may
be issued pursuant to this Act, and notwithstanding any contract
entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of
designation of a person as a specially designated narcotics trafficker,
there are hereby blocked all property and interests in property that
are, or after that date come, within the United States, or that are, or
after that date come, within the possession or control of any United
States person, of--
(1) any specially designated narcotics trafficker;
(2) any person who materially assists in, provides
financial or technological support for, or provides goods or
services in support of, the narcotics trafficking activities of
a specially designated narcotics trafficker; and
(3) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury,
in consultation with the Attorney General, Director of Central
Intelligence, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of State, to
be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, a
specially designated narcotics trafficker.
(c) Prohibited Acts.--Except to the extent provided in section
203(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or in any
regulation, order, directive, or license that may be issued pursuant to
this Act, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license
or permit granted prior to the effective date, the following acts are
prohibited:
(1) Any transaction or dealing by a United States person,
or within the United States, in property or interests in
property of any specially designated narcotics trafficker.
(2) Any transaction or dealing by a United States person,
or within the United States, that evades or avoids, has the
purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate,
subsection (b).
(d) Law Enforcement and Intelligence Activities Not Affected.--
Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit or otherwise limit the
authorized law enforcement or intelligence activities of the United
States, or the law enforcement activities of any State or subdivision
thereof.
(e) Implementation.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Attorney General, Director of Central Intelligence, Secretary
of Defense, and Secretary of State, is authorized to take such actions,
including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all
powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act as may be necessary to carry out this section. The Secretary
of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to any other
officer or agency of the United States Government. Each agency of the
United States shall take all appropriate measures within its authority
to carry out this section.
(f) Enforcement.--Violations of licenses, orders, or regulations
under this Act shall be subject to the same civil or criminal penalties
as are provided by section 206 of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) for violations of licenses, orders, and
regulations under that Act.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Entity.--The term ``entity'' means a partnership,
association, corporation, or other organization, group or
subgroup.
(2) Narcotics trafficking.--The term ``narcotics
trafficking'' means any activity undertaken illicitly to
cultivate, produce, manufacture, distribute, sell, finance, or
transport, or otherwise assist, abet, conspire, or collude with
others in illicit activities relating to, narcotic drugs,
including, but not limited to, heroin, methamphetamine and
cocaine.
(3) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or
entity.
(4) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means any United States citizen or national, permanent
resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United
States (including foreign branches), or any person in the
United States.
SEC. 5. DENIAL OF VISAS TO AND INADMISSIBILITY OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS.
(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and
the Attorney General may not admit to the United States--
(1) any specially designated narcotics trafficker; or
(2) any alien who the consular officer or the Attorney
General knows or has reason to believe--
(A) is a spouse or minor child of a specially
designated narcotics trafficker; or
(B) is a person described in paragraph (2) or (3)
of section 4(b).
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply--
(1) where the Secretary of State finds, on a case-by-case
basis, that the entry into the United States of the person is
necessary for medical reasons;
(2) upon the request of the Attorney General, Director of
Central Intelligence, Secretary of the Treasury, or the
Secretary of Defense; or
(3) for purposes of the prosecution of a specially
designated narcotics trafficker. | Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury, by January 1 of each year, to transmit to the Director of National Drug Control Policy a list of those individuals who play a significant role in international narcotics trafficking; and (2) the Director, by February 1 of each year, to transmit to the President the list, together with recommendations for individuals to be included or excluded.
Prohibits the inclusion of the name of any individual if the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) determines that the disclosure of that person's role in international narcotics trafficking could compromise U.S. intelligence sources or methods. Requires: (1) the DCI to advise the President when a determination is made to withhold an individual's identity; and (2) the President to submit a report in classified form to the House and Senate intelligence committees in each such case setting forth the reasons for the determination.
Prohibits the President from determining later than March 1 of each year whether to designate persons on the list as persons constituting an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. Directs the President to: (1) notify the Secretary of any person so designated; and (2) report to Congress the reasons for any determination not to designate any person on such list as such a threat.
Sets forth provisions regarding changes in designations of individuals as threats.
(Sec. 4) Finds that a national emergency exists with respect to any individual who is a specially designated narcotics trafficker.
Blocks all property of the following persons which is, or which comes within, the possession or control of a U.S. person, with exceptions: (1) a specially designated narcotics trafficker; (2) a person who materially assists in, provides financial or technological support for, or provides goods or services in support of, the narcotics trafficking activities of a specially designated narcotics trafficker; and (3) a person determined by the Secretary to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, a specially designated narcotics trafficker.
Prohibits (with exceptions) any transaction or dealing by a U.S. person, or within the United States: (1) in property or interests therein of any specially designated narcotics trafficker; and (2) that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate provisions regarding the blocking of assets under this section.
Authorizes the Secretary to take such actions and to employ all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as may be necessary to carry out this section.
Subjects violations of licenses, orders, or regulations under this Act to the same penalties as provided by the IEEPA.
(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of State (with exceptions) to deny a visa to, and the Attorney General to not admit to the United States, any: (1) specially designated narcotics trafficker; or (2) alien who the consular officer or the Attorney General knows or has reason to believe is a spouse or minor child of such trafficker, who materially assists such trafficker, or who is owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, such trafficker. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to block assets of narcotics traffickers who pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States."} | 2,209 | 725 | 0.65926 | 2.182476 | 0.741912 | 5.308307 | 3.202875 | 0.947284 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Equity and Accountability
through Research Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES.
(a) Redesignation.--
(1) In general.--Title IV of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 401(b)(24), by striking ``National
Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities'' and
inserting ``National Institute for Minority Health and
Health Disparities''; and
(B) in subpart 6 of part E--
(i) in the subpart heading, by striking
``Center'' and inserting ``Institute'';
(ii) in the headings of sections 485E and
485H, by striking ``center'' and inserting
``institute''; and
(iii) by striking (other than in section
485E(i)(1)) the term ``Center'' each place it
appears and inserting ``Institute''.
(2) References.--Any reference in any law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities shall
be deemed to be a reference to the National Institute for
Minority Health and Health Disparities.
(b) Duties; Authorities; Funding.--Section 485E of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287c-31) is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
``(e) Duties of the Director.--
``(1) Interagency coordination of minority health and
health disparity activities.--With respect to minority health
and health disparities, the Director of the Institute shall
plan, coordinate, and evaluate research and other activities
conducted or supported by the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health. In carrying out the preceding
sentence, the Director of the Institute shall evaluate the
minority health and health disparity activities of each of such
institutes and centers and shall provide for the periodic
reevaluation of such activities. Such institutes and centers
shall be responsible for providing information to the
Institute, including data on clinical trials funded or
conducted by these institutes and centers.
``(2) Consultations.--The Director of the Institute shall
carry out this subpart (including developing and revising the
plan and budget required by subsection (f) in consultation with
the heads of the institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health, the advisory councils of such institutes
and centers, and the advisory council established pursuant to
subsection (j).
``(3) Coordination of activities.--The Director of the
Institute--
``(A) shall act as the primary Federal official
with responsibility for coordinating all research and
activities conducted or supported by the National
Institutes of Health on minority or other health
disparities;
``(B) shall represent the health disparities
research program of the National Institutes of Health,
including the minority health and other health
disparities research program, at all relevant executive
branch task forces, committees, and planning
activities; and
``(C) shall maintain communications with all
relevant agencies of the Public Health Service,
including the Indian Health Service, and various other
departments and agencies of the Federal Government to
ensure the timely transmission of information
concerning advances in minority health disparities
research and other health disparities research among
these various agencies for dissemination to affected
communities and health care providers.'';
(2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
``(f) Strategic Plan.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to the provisions of this
section and other applicable law, the Director of the
Institute, in consultation with the Director of NIH, the
Directors of the other institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health, and the advisory council established
pursuant to subsection (j), shall--
``(A) annually review and revise a strategic plan
(referred to in this section as `the plan') and budget
for the conduct and support of all minority health
disparity research and other health disparity research
activities of the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health that include time-based
targeted objectives with measurable outcomes and assure
that the annual review and revision of the plan uses an
established trans-National Institutes of Health process
subject to timely review, approval, and dissemination;
``(B) ensure that the plan and budget establish
priorities among the health disparities research
activities that such agencies are authorized to carry
out;
``(C) ensure that the plan and budget establish
objectives regarding such activities, describe the
means for achieving the objectives, and designate the
date by which the objectives are expected to be
achieved;
``(D) ensure that all amounts appropriated for such
activities are expended in accordance with the plan and
budget;
``(E) annually submit to Congress a report on the
progress made with respect to the plan; and
``(F) create and implement a plan for the systemic
review of research activities supported by the National
Institutes of Health that are within the mission of
both the Institute and other institutes and centers of
the National Institutes of Health, including by
establishing mechanisms for--
``(i) tracking minority health and health
disparity research conducted within the
institutes and centers assessing the
appropriateness of this research with regard to
the overall goals and objectives of the plan;
``(ii) the early identification of
applications and proposals for grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements
supporting extramural training, research, and
development, that are submitted to the
institutes and centers that are within the
mission of the Institute;
``(iii) providing the Institute with the
written descriptions and scientific peer review
results of such applications and proposals;
``(iv) enabling the institutes and centers
to consult with the Director of the Institute
prior to final approval of such applications
and proposals; and
``(v) reporting to the Director of the
Institute all such applications and proposals
that are approved for funding by the institutes
and centers.
``(2) Certain components of plan and budget.--With respect
to health disparities research activities of the agencies of
the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the
Institute shall ensure that the plan and budget under paragraph
(1) provide for--
``(A) basic research and applied research,
including research and development with respect to
products;
``(B) research that is conducted by the agencies;
``(C) research that is supported by the agencies;
``(D) proposals developed pursuant to solicitations
by the agencies and for proposals developed
independently of such solicitations; and
``(E) behavioral research and social sciences
research, which may include cultural and linguistic
research in each of the agencies.
``(3) Minority health disparities research.--The plan and
budget under paragraph (1) shall include a separate statement
of the plan and budget for minority health disparities
research.'';
(3) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
``(h) Research Endowments.--
``(1) In general.--The Director of the Institute shall
carry out a program to facilitate minority health and health
disparities research and other health disparities research by
providing research endowments at--
``(A) centers of excellence under section 736; and
``(B) centers of excellence under section 485F.
``(2) Eligibility.--The Director of the Institute shall
provide for a research endowment under paragraph (1) only if
the institution involved meets the following conditions:
``(A) The institution does not have an endowment
that is worth in excess of an amount equal to 50
percent of the national average of endowment funds at
institutions that conduct similar biomedical research
or training of health professionals.
``(B) The application of the institution under
paragraph (1) regarding a research endowment has been
recommended pursuant to technical and scientific peer
review and has been approved by the advisory council
established pursuant to subsection (j).
``(C) The institution at any time was deemed to be
eligible to receive a grant under section 736 and at
any time received a research endowment under paragraph
(1).''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Funding.--
``(1) Full funding budget.--
``(A) In general.--With respect to a fiscal year,
the Director of the Institute shall prepare and submit
directly to the President, for review and transmittal
to Congress, a budget estimate for carrying out the
plan for the fiscal year, after reasonable opportunity
for comment (but without change) by the Secretary, the
Director of the National Institutes of Health, the
directors of the other institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health, and the advisory council
established pursuant to subsection (j). The budget
estimate shall include an estimate of the number and
type of personnel needs for the Institute.
``(B) Amounts necessary.--The budget estimate
submitted under subparagraph (A) shall estimate the
amounts necessary for the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health to carry out all minority
health and health disparities activities determined by
the Director of the Institute to be appropriate,
without regard to the probability that such amounts
will be appropriated.
``(2) Alternate budgets.--
``(A) In general.--With respect to a fiscal year,
the Director of the Institute shall prepare and submit
to the Secretary and the Director of the National
Institutes of Health the budget estimates described in
subparagraph (B) for carrying out the plan for the
fiscal year. The Secretary and such Director shall
consider each of such estimates in making
recommendations to the President regarding a budget for
the plan for such year.
``(B) Description.--With respect to the fiscal year
involved, the budget estimates referred to in
subparagraph (A) for the plan are as follows:
``(i) The budget estimate submitted under
paragraph (1).
``(ii) A budget estimate developed on the
assumption that the amounts appropriated will
be sufficient only for--
``(I) continuing the conduct by the
institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health of existing
minority health and health disparity
activities (if approved for
continuation), and continuing the
support of such activities by the
institutes and centers in the case of
projects or programs for which the
institutes or centers have made a
commitment of continued support; and
``(II) carrying out activities that
are in addition to activities specified
in subclause (I), only for which the
Director determines there is the most
substantial need.
``(iii) Such other budget estimates as the
Director of the Institute determines to be
appropriate.
``(l) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to carry out
this section.''. | Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to rename the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities. Revises and expands the duties of the Director of such Institute relating to coordination of research activities conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and review of a strategic plan and budget for minority health disparity research. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, and for other purposes."} | 2,403 | 99 | 0.59789 | 1.473641 | 1.425892 | 3.772152 | 29.240506 | 0.936709 |
SECTION 1. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY UNITS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) older electric utility units are exempt from strict
emission control requirements applicable to newer facilities,
allowing some older units to emit greater quantities of
dangerous pollutants;
(2) this disparity in regulatory treatment is of particular
concern in the new era of electric utility restructuring, which
was never envisioned at the time of enactment of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) or amendments to that Act;
(3) in an era of electric utility restructuring, utilities
that spend less money on environmental controls will be able to
increase their generation of power and emissions of dangerous
pollutants;
(4) this situation results in an unfair competitive
disadvantage for utilities that generate electricity while
meeting strict environmental standards; and
(5) electricity restructuring can result in enormous
benefits for consumers and the environment if done right.
(b) Standards.--Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Standards of Performance for Electric Generating Units.--
``(1) Definition of grandfathered unit.--In this
subsection, the term `grandfathered unit' means a fossil fuel-
fired electric utility unit that, before the date of enactment
of this subsection, was not subject to the standards of
performance set forth in subpart D of part 60 of title 40, Code
of Federal Regulations, or to any subsequently adopted standard
of performance under this section applicable to fossil fuel-
fired electric utility units.
``(2) Applicability.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, in the case of a fossil fuel-fired electric utility
unit, a standard of performance under this section that applies
to new or modified electric utility units shall also apply to a
grandfathered unit that--
``(A) has the capacity to generate more than 25
megawatts of electrical output per hour; and
``(B) generates electricity that flows through
transmission or connected facilities that cross State
lines (including electricity in a transaction that for
regulatory purposes is treated as an intrastate rather
than an interstate transaction).
``(3) Deadlines for compliance.--Each grandfathered unit
shall comply with--
``(A) a standard of performance established under
this section before the date of enactment of this
subsection, not later than 5 years after the date of
enactment of this subsection; and
``(B) a standard of performance established under
this section on or after the date of enactment of this
subsection, not later than 3 years after the date of
establishment of the standard.
``(4) Alternative compliance.--
``(A) In general.--To provide an alternative means
of complying with standards of performance made
applicable by this subsection, the Administrator
shall--
``(i) establish national annual limitations
for calendar year 2003 and each calendar year
thereafter for each pollutant subject to the
standards at a level that is equal to the
aggregate emissions of each pollutant that
would result from application of the standards
to all electric utility units subject to this
section;
``(ii) allocate transferable allowances for
pollutants subject to the standards to electric
utility units subject to this section in an
annual quantity not to exceed the limitations
established under clause (i) based on each
unit's share of the total electric generation
from such units in each calendar year; and
``(iii) require grandfathered units to meet
the standards by emitting in any calender year
no more of each pollutant regulated under this
section than the quantity of allowances that
the unit holds for the pollutant for the
calendar year.
``(B) Calculation of limitations.--In calculating
the limitations under subparagraph (A)(i), the
Administrator shall apply the standard for the
applicable fuel type in effect in calendar year 2000.
``(5) No effect on obligation to comply with other
provisions.--Nothing in this subsection affects the obligation
of an owner or operator of a source to comply with--
``(A) any standard of performance under this
section that applies to the source under any provision
of this section other than this subsection; or
``(B) any other provision of this Act (including
provisions relating to National Ambient Air Quality
Standards and State Implementation Plans).''. | Amends the Clean Air Act to require emissions standards of performance for new or modified fossil fuel-fired electric utility units to apply to grandfathered units (units that were not subject to standards set forth in Federal regulations pertaining to fossil fuel-fired steam generators for which construction is commenced after August 17, 1971, and certain other steam generating units or to subsequent standards for such units) that: (1) have the capacity to generate more than 25 megawatts of electrical output per hour; and (2) generate electricity that flows through transmission or connected facilities that cross State lines (including electricity in a transaction that for regulatory purposes is treated as an intrastate rather than an interstate transaction).
Requires grandfathered units to comply with standards established before this Act's enactment within five years of this Act's enactment and within three years of enactment of any standard established after this Act's enactment.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to provide an alternative means of complying with such standards, to: (1) establish national annual limitations for calendar year 2003 and subsequent years for each pollutant subject to standards at a level equal to the aggregate emissions of each pollutant that would result from application of the standards to all affected electric utility units; (2) allocate transferable allowances for such pollutants to such units in an annual quantity not to exceed such limitations based on each unit's share of the total electric generation from such units in each year; and (3) require grandfathered units to meet standards by emitting no more of each regulated pollutant than the quantity of allowances held by such units for the year. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to amend the Clean Air to repeal the grandfather status for electric utility units."} | 966 | 350 | 0.678806 | 2.052843 | 0.840588 | 3.548387 | 2.883871 | 0.916129 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Higher Education for Freedom Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Given the increased threat to American ideals in the
trying times in which we live, it is important to preserve and
defend our common heritage of freedom and civilization and to
ensure that future generations of Americans understand the
importance of traditional American history and the principles
of free government on which this Nation was founded in order to
provide the basic knowledge that is essential to full and
informed participation in civic life and to the larger vibrancy
of the American experiment in self-government, binding together
a diverse people into a single Nation with a common purpose.
(2) However, despite its importance, most of the Nation's
colleges and universities no longer require United States
history or systematic study of Western civilization and free
institutions as a prerequisite to graduation.
(3) In addition, too many of our Nation's elementary and
secondary school history teachers lack the training necessary
to effectively teach these subjects, due largely to the
inadequacy of their teacher preparation.
(4) Distinguished historians and intellectuals fear that
without a common civic memory and a common understanding of the
remarkable individuals, events, and ideals that have shaped our
Nation and its free institutions, the people in the United
States risk losing much of what it means to be an American, as
well as the ability to fulfill the fundamental responsibilities
of citizens in a democracy.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to promote and sustain
postsecondary academic centers, institutes, and programs that offer
undergraduate and graduate courses, support research, sponsor lectures,
seminars, and conferences, and develop teaching materials, for the
purpose of developing and imparting a knowledge of traditional American
history, the American founding, and the history and nature of, and
threats to, free institutions, or of the nature, history and
achievements of western civilization, particularly for--
(1) undergraduate students who are enrolled in teacher
education programs, who may consider becoming school teachers,
or who wish to enhance their civic competence;
(2) elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers in
need of additional training in order to effectively teach in
these subject areas; and
(3) graduate students and postsecondary faculty who wish to
teach about these subject areas with greater knowledge and
effectiveness.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) Eligible institution.--The term ``eligible
institution'' means--
(A) an institution of higher education;
(B) a specific program within an institution of
higher education; and
(C) a non-profit history or academic organization
associated with higher education whose mission is
consistent with the purposes of this Act.
(2) Free institution.--The term ``free institution'' means
an institution that emerged out of Western Civilization, such
as democracy, constitutional government, individual rights,
market economics, religious freedom and tolerance, and freedom
of thought and inquiry.
(3) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education'' has the same meaning given
that term under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1001).
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Education.
(5) Traditional american history.--The term ``traditional
American history'' means--
(A) the significant constitutional, political,
intellectual, economic, and foreign policy trends and
issues that have shaped the course of American history;
and
(B) the key episodes, turning points, and leading
figures involved in the constitutional, political,
intellectual, diplomatic, and economic history of the
United States.
SEC. 4. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.
(a) In General.--From amounts appropriated to carry out this act,
the secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible
institutions, which grants shall be used for--
(1) history teacher preparation initiatives, that--
(A) stress content mastery in traditional American
history and the principles on which the American
political system is based, including the history and
philosophy of free institutions, and the study of
Western civilization; and
(B) provide for grantees to carry out research,
planning, and coordination activities devoted to the
purposes of this Act; and
(2) strengthening postsecondary programs in fields related
to the American founding, free institutions, and western
civilization, particularly through--
(A) the design and implementation of courses,
lecture series and symposia, the development and
publication of instructional materials, and the
development of new, and supporting of existing,
academic centers;
(B) research supporting the development of relevant
course materials;
(C) the support of faculty teaching in
undergraduate and graduate programs; and
(D) the support of graduate and postgraduate
fellowships and courses for scholars related to such
fields.
(b) Selection Criteria.--In selecting eligible institutions for
grants under this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall
establish criteria by regulation, which shall, at a minimum, consider
the education value and relevance of the institution's programming to
carrying out the purposes of this Act and the expertise of key
personnel in the area of traditional American history and the
principles on which the American political system is based, including
the political and intellectual history and philosophy of free
institutions, the American Founding, and other key events that have
contributed to American freedom, and the study of Western civilization.
(c) Grant Application.--An eligible institution that desires to
receive a grant under this Act shall submit to the Secretary an
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
(d) Grant Review.--The Secretary shall establish procedures for
reviewing and evaluating grants made under this Act.
(e) Grant Awards.--
(1) Maximum and minimum grants.--The Secretary shall award
each grant under this Act in an amount that is not less than
$400,000 and not more than $6,000,000.
(2) Exception.--A subgrant made by an eligible institution
under this Act to another eligible institution shall not be
subject to the minimum amount specified in paragraph (1).
(f) Multiple Awards.--For the purposes of this Act, the Secretary
may award more than 1 grant to an eligible institution.
(g) Subgrants.--An eligible institution may use grant funds
provided under this Act to award subgrants to other eligible
institutions at the discretion of, and subject to the oversight of, the
Secretary.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there are authorized to
be appropriated--
(1) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(2) such sums as may be necessary for each of the
succeeding 5 fiscal years. | Higher Education for Freedom Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to institutions of higher education and nonprofit history or academic organizations associated with higher education to prepare elementary, middle, and secondary school history teachers and to strengthen postsecondary programs in fields related to the founding of the United States, free institutions, and Western civilization. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To establish and strengthen postsecondary programs and courses in the subjects of traditional American history, free institutions, and Western civilization, available to students preparing to teach these subjects, and to other students."} | 1,459 | 69 | 0.504569 | 1.317014 | 0.95573 | 3.3125 | 22.203125 | 0.90625 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hospital Price Transparency and
Disclosure Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF HOSPITAL DATA.
Part B of title II of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``data reporting by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers and
public posting
``Sec. 249. (a) Semiannual Reporting Requirement.--Not later than
80 days after the end of each semiannual period beginning January 1 or
July 1 (beginning more than one year after the date of the enactment of
this section), a hospital and an ambulatory surgical center shall
report to the Secretary the following data:
``(1) In the case of a hospital--
``(A) the frequency of occurrence for such hospital
during such period of each treatment episode identified
under subsection (c)(1) for a condition or disease
selected under subparagraph (A) or (B) of such
subsection (or updated under subsection (c)(3)),
furnished in an inpatient or outpatient setting,
respectively; and
``(B) if care was furnished for such a treatment
episode by such hospital during such period--
``(i) the total number of such treatment
episodes for which care was so furnished by the
hospital during such period;
``(ii) the insured individual average
charge (as computed under subsection (e)(3)) by
the hospital for such treatment episode during
such period; and
``(iii) the uninsured individual average
charge (as computed under subsection (e)(4)) by
the hospital for such treatment episode during
such period.
``(2) In the case of an ambulatory surgical center--
``(A) the frequency of occurrence for such center
during such period of each treatment episode identified
under subsection (c)(1) for a condition or disease
selected under subparagraph (C) of such subsection (or
updated under subsection (c)(3)); and
``(B) if care was furnished for such a treatment
episode by such center during such period--
``(i) the total number of such treatment
episodes for which care was so furnished by the
center during such period;
``(ii) the insured individual average
charge (as computed under subsection (e)(3)) by
the center for such episode during such period;
and
``(iii) the uninsured individual average
charge (as computed under subsection (e)(4)) by
the center for such episode during such period.
``(b) Public Availability of Data.--
``(1) Public posting of data.--The Secretary shall promptly
post, on the official public Internet site of the Department of
Health and Human Services, the data reported under subsection
(a). Such data shall be set forth in a manner that promotes
charge comparison among hospitals and among ambulatory surgical
centers.
``(2) Notice of availability.--A hospital and an ambulatory
surgical center shall prominently post at each admission site
of the hospital or center a notice of the availability of the
data reported under subsection (a) on the official public
Internet site under paragraph (1).
``(c) Specification of Treatment Episodes.--For purposes of this
section:
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall identify treatment
episodes for each of the following:
``(A) The 25 conditions and diseases selected by
the Secretary as being the most frequently treated
conditions and diseases in a hospital inpatient
setting.
``(B) The 25 conditions and diseases selected by
the Secretary as being the most frequently treated
conditions and diseases in a hospital outpatient
setting.
``(C) The 25 conditions and diseases selected by
the Secretary as being the most frequently treated
conditions and diseases in an ambulatory surgical
center setting.
``(2) Agreement with iom.--In carrying out paragraph (1),
the Secretary may enter into an agreement with the Institute of
Medicine to define a treatment episode for any condition or
disease selected by the Secretary under this subsection.
``(3) Updating selection.--The Secretary shall periodically
update the conditions and diseases selected under paragraph
(1).
``(d) Civil Money Penalty.--The Secretary may impose a civil money
penalty of not more than $10,000 for each knowing violation of
subsection (a) or (b)(2) by a hospital or an ambulatory surgical
center. The provisions of subsection (i)(2) of section 351A shall apply
with respect to civil money penalties under this subsection in the same
manner as such provisions apply to civil money penalties under
subsection (i)(1) of such section.
``(e) Administrative Provisions.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall prescribe such
regulations and issue such guidelines as may be required to
carry out this section.
``(2) Classification of services.--The regulations and
guidelines under paragraph (1) shall include rules on the
classification of different treatment episodes and the
assignment of items and procedures to those episodes.
``(3) Computation of insured individual average charges.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of subsections
(a)(1)(B)(ii) and (a)(2)(B)(ii), an insured individual
average charge for a treatment episode, with respect to
a hospital or ambulatory surgical center during a
period, shall be computed as the average of the rates
(including any applicable copayment, coinsurance, or
other costsharing) for such episode that have been
negotiated by the hospital or ambulatory surgical
center, respectively, with the 3 most used health
insurance providers for such hospital or center during
such period.
``(B) 3 most used health insurance providers.--For
purposes of subparagraph (A), the 3 most used health
insurance providers, with respect to a hospital or
ambulatory surgical center during a period, are the 3
group health plans or insurance issuers offering health
insurance coverage--
``(i) that have negotiated with the
hospital or center a rate for the treatment
episode involved; and
``(ii) the enrollees of which represent the
highest number of patients of the hospital or
center, respectively.
``(4) Computation of uninsured individual average
charges.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of subsections
(a)(1)(B)(iii) and (a)(2)(B)(iii), an uninsured
individual average charge for a treatment episode, with
respect to a hospital or ambulatory surgical center
during a period, shall be computed as the average of
the total amounts charged for such an episode for which
care was furnished to an uninsured individual by such
hospital or ambulatory surgical center during such
period.
``(B) Uninsured individual defined.--For purposes
of subparagraph (A), the term `uninsured individual'
means, with respect to care furnished to the individual
by a hospital or ambulatory surgical center, an
individual who does not have insurance or other third-
party contractual benefits that provides payment for
costs incurred for such care.
``(5) Form of report and notice.--The regulations and
guidelines under paragraph (1) shall specify the electronic
form and manner by which a hospital or an ambulatory surgical
center shall report data under subsection (a) and the form for
posting of notices under subsection (b)(2).
``(f) Rules of Construction.--
``(1) Non-preemption of state laws.--Nothing in this
section shall be construed as preempting or otherwise affecting
any provision of State law relating to the disclosure of
charges or other information for a hospital or an ambulatory
surgical center.
``(2) Charges.--Nothing in this section shall be construed
to regulate or set hospital or ambulatory surgical center
charges.
``(g) Hospital and Ambulatory Surgical Center Defined.--For
purposes of this section, the terms `hospital' and `ambulatory surgical
center' have the meaning given such terms by the Secretary.''. | Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2011 [sic] - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a hospital or ambulatory surgical center to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding: (1) the frequency of occurrence of certain treatment episodes for the most frequently treated conditions or diseases in each setting, (2) the total number of treatment episodes for which care was furnished by the hospital or center, and (3) the insured and uninsured average charge by the hospital or center for such treatment episode.
Requires the Secretary to promptly post such information on the HHS website in a manner that promotes charge comparisons among hospitals and among ambulatory surgical centers. Requires a hospital and an ambulatory surgical center to prominently post at each admission site a notice of the availability of such data.
Authorizes civil penalties for violations of this Act. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center treatment episodes."} | 1,782 | 192 | 0.588449 | 1.689027 | 0.890609 | 3.090361 | 9.849398 | 0.89759 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Women's History Museum Act
of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of General Services.
(2) CERCLA.--The term ``CERCLA'' means the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).
(3) Committees.--The term ``Committees'' means the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate.
(4) Museum.--The term ``Museum'' means the National Women's
History Museum, Inc., a District of Columbia nonprofit
corporation exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(5) Property.--The term ``Property'' means the property
located in the District of Columbia, subject to survey and as
determined by the Administrator, generally consisting of
Squares 325 and 326. The Property is generally bounded by 12th
Street, Independence Avenue, C Street, and the James Forrestal
Building, all in Southwest Washington, District of Columbia,
and shall include all associated air rights, improvements
thereon, and appurtenances thereto.
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.
(a) Authority To Convey.--
(1) In general.--Subject to the requirements of this Act,
the Administrator shall convey the Property to the Museum, on
such terms and conditions as the Administrator considers
reasonable and appropriate to protect the interests of the
United States and further the purposes of this Act.
(2) Agreement.--As soon as practicable, but not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Administrator shall enter into an agreement with the Museum for
the conveyance.
(3) Terms and conditions.--The terms and conditions of the
agreement shall address, among other things, mitigation of
developmental impacts to existing Federal buildings and
structures, security concerns, and operational protocols for
development and use of the property.
(b) Purchase Price.--
(1) In general.--The purchase price for the Property shall
be its fair market value based on its highest and best use as
determined by an independent appraisal commissioned by the
Administrator and paid for by the Museum.
(2) Selection of appraiser.--The appraisal shall be
performed by an appraiser mutually acceptable to the
Administrator and the Museum.
(3) Terms and conditions for appraisal.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided by subparagraph
(B), the assumptions, scope of work, and other terms
and conditions related to the appraisal assignment
shall be mutually acceptable to the Administrator and
the Museum.
(B) Required terms.--The appraisal shall assume
that the Property does not contain hazardous substances
(as defined in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601))
which require response action (as defined in such
section).
(c) Application of Proceeds.--The purchase price shall be paid into
the Federal Buildings Fund established under section 592 of title 40,
United States Code. Upon deposit, the Administrator may expend, in
amounts specified in authorizations and appropriations acts, the
proceeds from the conveyance for any lawful purpose consistent with
existing authorities granted to the Administrator.
(d) Quit Claim Deed.--The Property shall be conveyed pursuant to a
quit claim deed.
(e) Use Restriction.--The Property shall be dedicated for use as a
site for a national women's history museum for the 99-year period
beginning on the date of conveyance to the Museum.
(f) Funding Restriction.--No Federal funds shall be made available
to the Museum for the purchase of the Property or the design and
construction of any facility on the Property.
(g) Reversion.--
(1) Bases for reversion.--The Property shall revert to the
United States, at the option of the United States, without any
obligation for repayment by the United States of any amount of
the purchase price for the property, if--
(A) the Property is not used as a site for a
national women's history museum at any time during the
99-year period referred to in subsection (e); or
(B) the Museum has not commenced construction of a
museum facility on the Property in the 5-year period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, other
than for reasons beyond the control of the Museum as
reasonably determined by the Administrator.
(2) Enforcement.--The Administrator may perform any acts
necessary to enforce the reversionary rights provided in this
section.
(3) Custody of property upon reversion.--If the Property
reverts to the United States pursuant to this section, such
property shall be under the custody and control of the
Administrator.
(h) Closing.--The conveyance pursuant to this Act shall occur not
later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. The
Administrator may extend that period for such time as is reasonably
necessary for the Museum to perform its obligations under section 4(a).
SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
(a) Authorization To Contract for Environmental Response Actions.--
The Administrator is authorized to contract with the Museum or an
affiliate thereof for the performance (on behalf of the Administrator)
of response actions on the Property.
(b) Crediting of Response Costs.--Any costs incurred by the Museum
or an affiliate thereof pursuant to subsection (a) shall be credited to
the purchase price for the Property.
(c) No Effect on Compliance With Environmental Laws.--Nothing in
this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, affects or limits the
application of or obligation to comply with any environmental law,
including section 120(h) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)).
SEC. 5. INCIDENTAL COSTS.
Subject to section 4, the Museum shall bear any and all costs
associated with complying with the provisions of this Act, including
studies and reports, surveys, relocating tenants, and mitigating
impacts to existing Federal buildings and structures resulting directly
from the development of the property by the Museum.
SEC. 6. LAND USE APPROVALS.
(a) Existing Authorities.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed
as limiting or affecting the authority or responsibilities of the
National Capital Planning Commission or the Commission of Fine Arts.
(b) Cooperation.--
(1) Zoning and land use.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
Administrator shall reasonably cooperate with the Museum with
respect to any zoning or other land use matter relating to
development of the Property in accordance with this Act. Such
cooperation shall include consenting to applications by the
Museum for applicable zoning and permitting with respect to the
property.
(2) Limitations.--The Administrator shall not be required
to incur any costs with respect to cooperation under this
subsection and any consent provided under this subsection shall
be premised on the property being developed and operated in
accordance with this Act.
SEC. 7. REPORTS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and
annually thereafter until the end of the 5-year period following
conveyance of the Property or until substantial completion of the
museum facility (whichever is later), the Museum shall submit annual
reports to the Administrator and the Committees detailing the
development and construction activities of the Museum with respect to
this Act. | National Women's History Museum Act of 2011 - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to convey, by quitclaim deed, to the National Women's History Museum, Inc. (the Museum) specified property in the District of Columbia, on terms which the Administrator deems appropriate.
Requires the purchase price for the property to be: (1) its market value based on its highest and best use, as determined by an independent appraisal; and (2) paid into the Federal Buildings Fund.
Requires the property to be dedicated for use as a site for a national women's history museum for a 99-year period.
Provides for the reversion of the property to the United States without any obligation for repayment of any amount of the purchase price if: (1) it is not used as a site for a national women's history museum during the 99-year period, and (2) the Museum has not commenced construction of a museum facility on such property in a 5-year period other than for reasons beyond the Museum's control. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to provide for the establishment of a National Women's History Museum."} | 1,675 | 229 | 0.595481 | 1.89262 | 0.828139 | 3.893204 | 7.237864 | 0.951456 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Firearm-Free Airport Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Commercial airports are critical to the economy and
economic competitiveness of the United States.
(2) Commercial airports and commercial aircraft are
essential elements of interstate commerce and the Supreme Court
has recognized the authority of Congress over all matters with
a close and substantial relation to interstate commerce.
(3) In 2007, commercial aviation contributed
$266,500,000,000, or 2 percent, to the gross domestic product
of the United States, employed, directly and indirectly,
10,881,000 people, and had a total economic impact of
$1,224,800,000,000.
(4) Commercial aviation is a vital channel of interstate
commerce and it is necessary that people and goods be able to
move through such a channel safely.
(5) Individuals and terrorist organizations use commercial
airports and commercial aircraft for premeditated, politically
motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets.
(6) The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in which
terrorists used 4 commercial aircraft to cause the deaths of
2,976 people, had a severe adverse impact on airlines in the
United States, resulted in $40,000,000,000 in property and
casualty claims, resulted in 18,000 businesses being
dislocated, disrupted, or destroyed, and displaced nearly
130,000 employees.
(7) Firearms in airports would have an adverse impact on
the economy of the United States.
(8) Firearms are prohibited in the sterile area of
airports.
(9) Congress has the power, under clause 3 of section 8 of
article I of the Constitution of the United States (commonly
referred to as the ``Commerce Clause'') and other provisions of
the Constitution, to enact measures to ensure the safety and
economic well-being of commercial airports in the United
States.
(10) It is important for Congress to regulate the
possession of firearms in commercial airport facilities to
facilitate commercial aviation traffic safety, to protect the
safety of passengers and goods flying on commercial aircraft,
and to preserve the economic stability of the commercial
aviation industry.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION OF FIREARMS IN CERTAIN AIRPORT
BUILDINGS AND AIRFIELDS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 463 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 46303 the following:
``Sec. 46303A. Prohibition on possession of firearms in certain airport
buildings and airfields
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall
be unlawful for an individual to possess a firearm at a commercial
airport in any area in a terminal building, in any area adjacent to the
sterile area, in an airfield, or in any building that opens on to an
airfield.
``(b) Exceptions.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not
apply with respect to the following:
``(1) Individuals authorized to carry firearms under
section 1540.111(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations
(or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
``(2) Members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty.
``(3) Individuals who bring firearms into an airport
building solely to check the firearms in checked baggage in
accordance with section 1540.111(c) of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or
ruling).
``(c) Penalty.--An individual who violates the prohibition in
subsection (a) shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, fined
under title 18, or both.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Commercial airport.--The term `commercial airport'
means an airport that holds an airport operating certificate
under part 139 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any
corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
``(2) Firearm.--The term `firearm' has the meaning given
that term in section 921 of title 18, United States Code.
``(3) Sterile area.--The term `sterile area' has the
meaning given that term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or
ruling).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 463 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 46303 the following:
``46303A. Prohibition on possession of firearms in certain airport
buildings and airfields.''.
SEC. 4. SIGNS WARNING OF PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION OF FIREARMS IN
AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDINGS.
The Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that signs are posted
in airport terminal buildings to warn passengers of the prohibition on
the possession of firearms in airport terminal buildings and other
areas under section 46303A of title 49, United States Code, as added by
section 3. | Firearm-Free Airport Act - Makes it unlawful for all but specified authorized individuals to possess a firearm at a commercial airport in any area in a terminal building, in any area adjacent to the sterile area, in an airfield, or in any building that opens on to an airfield.
Prescribes criminal penalties for nonauthorized individuals who violate such prohibition.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that signs warning passengers of such prohibition are posted in airport terminal buildings and other such areas. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to prohibit individuals from carrying firearms in certain airports buildings and airfields, and for other purposes."} | 1,112 | 107 | 0.436434 | 1.22412 | 0.300753 | 7.043011 | 10.645161 | 0.913978 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ANCSA Cook Inlet Region Land
Conveyance Finalization Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. CIRI LAND ENTITLEMENT.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Alaska native corporation; anc.--The terms ``Alaska
Native Corporation'' and ``ANC'' have the meaning given the
term ``Native Corporation'' in section 3 of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).
(2) CIRI.--The term ``CIRI'' means Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.
(b) Conveyance.--
(1) In general.--In order to allow CIRI to satisfy the
acreage of land to which CIRI is entitled under the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), subject
to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall convey to CIRI the
acreage of land selected by CIRI under subsections (c) and (d).
(2) Condition.--The conveyance under paragraph (1) shall be
subject to the condition that, with respect to any land subject
to selection under subsection (c) that is located within the
boundaries of another regional ANC, CIRI may not select, and
the Secretary shall not convey to CIRI, that land unless CIRI
has obtained the written consent of the other regional ANC in
an instrument signed by an authorized officer of that regional
ANC.
(c) Selection.--CIRI shall select from among the following land,
43,000 acres, which is an acreage quantity equivalent to the
unsatisfied portion of the acreage of land to which CIRI is entitled
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.):
(1) Land in the State located outside of the boundaries of
Cook Inlet Region--
(A) that was previously selected for conveyance by
one or more other Alaska Native Corporations; and
(B) the selection of which under subparagraph (A)
was later withdrawn by those one or more ANCs.
(2) Land in the State located outside of the boundaries of
Cook Inlet Region that is adjacent to land owned by other ANCs.
(3) Land located within the boundaries of the National
Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
(4) Land located within a unit of the National Wildlife
Refuge System in the State, except that no land may be selected
inside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
(5) Federal land in the State that is located outside of
the boundaries of any National Monument, unit of the National
Park System, or land designated as wilderness under the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
(6) Land selected under subsection (d).
(d) Selection of Excess Federal Land or Property.--
(1) In general.--In accordance with paragraph (2), CIRI
shall have a right of notice and first refusal to select land
or property located within the region of CIRI in the State that
is identified by the Federal Government as excess to the needs
of the Federal Government, except to the extent that right
would conflict with section 1425(b) of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487; 94 Stat.
2515).
(2) Requirements.--
(A) Notice.--Prior to any conveyance of excess
Federal land or property within the region of CIRI, the
Federal Government shall provide to CIRI notice of the
intent of the Federal Government to convey that excess
Federal land or property.
(B) Deadline.--Not later than 180 days after the
date on which the Federal Government provides notice
under subparagraph (A), CIRI shall determine whether to
acquire the excess Federal land or property.
(C) Conveyance and relinquishment.--If CIRI chooses
to acquire the excess Federal land or property under
subparagraph (B), on conveyance, CIRI shall relinquish
the number of acres from the unsatisfied portion of the
acreage of land to which CIRI is entitled under the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.) that is equal to--
(i) the fair market value per acre of the
excess Federal land or the surplus value of the
property to be conveyed; divided by
(ii) the difference between--
(I) the value per acre of land
determined from the most recent census
of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service of the Department of
Agriculture of agricultural land values
for the State, specifically by the
statewide value of land in the State;
and
(II) the value of land in the
Juneau and Anchorage census areas used
for Federal surplus property credits,
adjusted for inflation. | ANCSA Cook Inlet Region Land Conveyance Finalization Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to convey to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), an Alaska Native regional corporation, land CIRI selects from specified areas to satisfy its claim to an additional 43,000 acres under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. CIRI is granted a right of notice and first refusal for federal land or property identified as excess in CIRI's region. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "ANCSA Cook Inlet Region Land Conveyance Finalization Act of 2017"} | 1,105 | 103 | 0.614902 | 1.729709 | 0.524678 | 3.012195 | 11.756098 | 0.890244 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Revitalizing the Economy of
Fisheries in the Pacific Act of 2012'' or the ``REFI Pacific Act of
2012''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
(1) In 2000, the Secretary of Commerce declared the Pacific
Coast Groundfish Fishery a Federal fisheries disaster due to
low stock abundance of groundfish and an overcapitalized fleet.
(2) In 2003, section 212 of the Department of Commerce and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (title II of division
B of Public Law 108-7; 117 Stat. 80) was enacted to require
establishment of a Pacific Coast groundfish fishery buyback
program to remove excess fishing capacity from the groundfish,
crab, and shrimp fisheries.
(3) In 2003, a $35,700,000 buyback loan was authorized by
Congress, creating the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishing
capacity reduction program through the National Marine
Fisheries Service Fisheries Finance Program with a term of 30
years. The interest rate of the buyback loan was fixed at 6.97
percent and is paid back based on an ex-vessel fee landing rate
of 5 percent for the loan.
(4) The buyback program resulted in the removal of limited
entry trawl Federal fishing permits from the fishery,
representing approximately 46 percent of total landings at the
time.
(5) Because of an absence of a repayment mechanism,
$4,243,730 in interest was accrued before fee collection
procedures were established in 2005, over 18 months after the
fishing capacity reduction program was initiated.
(6) In 2011, the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery
transitioned to a catch share program.
(7) By 2015, Pacific Coast groundfish fishermen's expenses
are expected to include fees of approximately $450 per day for
observers, a 3-percent cost recovery fee as authorized by the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for
catch share programs, and a 5-percent ex-vessel landings rate
for the loan repayment, which could reach 18 percent of their
total gross revenue.
(8) In the period covering 2006 through 2011, the annual
average Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery ex-vessel revenue was
$85,945,847, which included revenue of at-sea catcher
processors, at-sea mothership catcher vessels, trawls, open
access, and tribal fishing and all other groundfish revenue. Of
that revenue, an average of $45,000,000 was generated by the
limited entry trawl fishery.
(9) Currently, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Fisheries administers industry-funded capacity
reduction programs in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands crab,
Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands non-pollock groundfish, and
American Fisheries Act pollock fisheries, along with the
Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. Each program has a 30-year,
long-term loan repayment period based on fees for future
landings in the fisheries.
(10) A fifth reduction buyback program was implemented in
2012 for the Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery, which has a 40-
year, long-term repayment period based on fees for future
landings in the fishery with an ex-vessel landing rate of 3
percent.
(11) In the past when fishery disasters have been declared,
some fisheries have been issued Federal disaster assistance
grants to provide short-term economic assistance to fishermen
leaving the industry, increased profitability for remaining
fishermen, and conservation of fish stocks.
(12) In 1996 and 1997, a $23,000,000 Federal disaster
assistance grant was issued for the New England Groundfish
Fishery, which was used to remove 68 multi-species permits and
scrap 58 vessels associated with those permits. No loan
repayments were required for this grant.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Act is to refinance the Pacific
Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program to protect
and conserve the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery, fishermen's economic
livelihood, and jobs of associated industries.
SEC. 3. REFINANCING OF WEST COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY FISHING CAPACITY
REDUCTION LOAN.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall, upon receipt of
such assurances as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the
interests of the United States, issue a loan to refinance the existing
debt obligation funding the fishing capacity reduction program for the
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery implemented under section 212 of the
Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003
(title II of division B of Public Law 108-7; 117 Stat. 80).
(b) Applicable Law.--Except as otherwise provided in this section,
the Secretary shall issue such loan in accordance with subsections (b)
through (e) of section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a) and sections 53702 and 53735 of
title 46, United States Code.
(c) Loan Term.--Notwithstanding section 53735(c)(4) of title 46,
United States Code, a loan under this section must have a maturity that
expires at the end of the 45-year period beginning on the date of
issuance of such loan.
(d) Limitation on Fee Amount.--Notwithstanding section 312(d)(2)(B)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1861(d)(2)(B)), the fee established by the Secretary with
respect to a loan under this section shall not exceed 3 percent of the
ex-vessel value of all fish harvested from each fishery for which the
loan is issued.
(e) Funding.--To implement this section there is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary an amount equal to 1 percent of the
amount of the loan authorized under this section. | Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act of 2012 or REFI Pacific Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (upon receipt of such assurances as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States) to issue a loan to refinance the existing debt obligation funding the fishing capacity reduction program for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery implemented under the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.
Requires such loan to have a maturity that expires 45 years after the date of issuance.
Prohibits the fee with respect to such loan from exceeding 3% of the ex-vessel value of all fish harvested from each fishery for which the loan is issued. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance the existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program."} | 1,324 | 159 | 0.509686 | 1.638202 | 0.688611 | 5.807692 | 8.730769 | 0.961538 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal-Local Information Sharing
Partnership Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO SHARE GRAND JURY INFORMATION.
Rule 6(e)(3)(C) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is
amended--
(1) in clause (i)(V), by inserting after ``national
security official'' the following: ``or to law enforcement
personnel of a State or political subdivision of a State
(including the chief executive officer of that State or
political subdivision who has the authority to appoint or
direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or
political subdivision)''; and
(2) in clause (iii)--
(A) by striking ``Federal''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief
executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a
State or political subdivision of a State who receives
information pursuant to clause (i)(V), shall only use
that information consistent with such guidelines as the
Attorney General shall issue to protect confidentiality.''.
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO SHARE ELECTRONIC, WIRE, AND ORAL INTERCEPTION
INFORMATION.
Section 2517(6) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting after ``national
security official'' the following: ``or to law enforcement
personnel of a State or political subdivision of a State
(including the chief executive officer of that State or
political subdivision who has the authority to appoint or
direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or
political subdivision)'';
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Federal''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief
executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or
political subdivision of a State who receives information
pursuant to this paragraph shall only use that information
consistent with such guidelines as the Attorney General shall
issue to protect confidentiality.''.
SEC. 4. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.
Section 203(d)(1) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT ACT) of 2001 (Public Law 107-56) is
amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting after ``national
security official'' the following: ``or to law enforcement
personnel of a State or political subdivision of a State
(including the chief executive officer of that State or
political subdivision who has the authority to appoint or
direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or
political subdivision)'';
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Federal''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief
executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or
political subdivision of a State who receives information
pursuant to this paragraph shall only use that information
consistent with such guidelines as the Attorney General shall
issue to protect confidentiality.''.
SEC. 5. DISCLOSURES TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES FOR COUNTERTERRORISM
PURPOSES.
Section 626(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The recipient of
that consumer report or information may further disclose the contents
of that report or information to law enforcement personnel of a State
or political subdivision of a State (including the chief executive
officer of that State or political subdivision who has the authority to
appoint or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or
political subdivision) to assist the official who is to receive that
information in the performance of the official duties of that official.
Any chief executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or
political subdivision of a State who receives information pursuant to
this subsection shall only use that information consistent with such
guidelines as the Attorney General shall issue to protect
confidentiality.''.
SEC. 6. MULTILATERAL COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISTS.
Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1202(f)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) the Secretary of State may provide copies of any
record of the Department of State and of diplomatic and
consular offices of the United States pertaining to the
issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United
States, or any information contained in those records, to law
enforcement personnel of a State or political subdivision of a
State (including the chief executive officer of that State or
political subdivision who has the authority to appoint or
direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or
political subdivision), if the Secretary determines that it is
necessary and appropriate, however, any chief executive officer
or law enforcement personnel of a State or political
subdivision of a State who receives information pursuant to
this paragraph shall only use that information consistent with
such guidelines as the Attorney General shall issue to protect
confidentiality; and''.
SEC. 7. INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM AN ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE.
Section 160(k)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1806) is amended by inserting after ``law enforcement
officers'' the following: ``or law enforcement personnel of a State or
political subdivision of a State (including the chief executive officer
of that State or political subdivision who has the authority to appoint
or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or political
subdivision)''.
SEC. 8. INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM A PHYSICAL SEARCH.
Section 305(k)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1825) is amended by inserting after ``law enforcement
officers'' the following: ``or law enforcement personnel of a State or
political subdivision of a State (including the chief executive officer
of that State or political subdivision who has the authority to appoint
or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or political
subdivision)''.
SEC. 9. DISCLOSURE OF EDUCATIONAL RECORDS.
Section 444(j)(1)(B) of the General Education Provisions Act (20
U.S.C. 1232g) is amended--
(1) by inserting after ``disseminate'' the following:
``(including disclosure of the contents of those education
records to law enforcement personnel of a State or political
subdivision of a State, including the chief executive officer
of that State or political subdivision who has the authority to
appoint or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that
State or political subdivision, in the performance of the
official duties of that law enforcement officer)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief
executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or
political subdivision of a State who receives information
pursuant to this paragraph shall only use that information
consistent with those guidelines.''.
SEC. 10. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TERRORISM.
Section 408(c)(1)(B) of the National Education Statistics Act of
1994 (20 U.S.C. 9007) is amended--
(1) by inserting after ``disseminate'' the following:
``(including disclosure of the contents of those reports,
records, and information to law enforcement personnel of a
State or political subdivision of a State, including the chief
executive officer of that State or political subdivision who
has the authority to appoint or direct the chief law
enforcement officer of that State or political subdivision, in
the performance of the official duties of that law enforcement
officer)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief
executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or
political subdivision of a State who receives information
pursuant to this paragraph shall only use that information
consistent with those guidelines.''. | Federal-Local Information Sharing Partnership Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Federal criminal code, and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT ACT) of 2001 to authorize the sharing of grand jury information, electronic, wire, and oral interception information, and foreign intelligence information, respectively, with State or local law enforcement personnel. Directs that such information be used consistent with such guidelines as the Attorney General shall issue to protect confidentiality.Amends: (1) the Fair Credit Reporting Act to authorize the recipient of a consumer report or information to disclose the contents to law enforcement personnel to assist in the performance of official duties; and (2) the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of State to provide copies of Department of State and U.S. diplomatic and consular office records regarding visas or related information to law enforcement personnel. Directs that such information be used consistent with such guidelines.Amends: (1) the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to authorize the sharing of information acquired from an electronic surveillance or from a physical search with law enforcement personnel; and (2) the General Education Provisions Act and the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 to authorize the disclosure of the contents of education records and reports, records, and information to law enforcement personnel, subject to guidelines for the use of that information. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To provide for the sharing of certain foreign intelligence information with local law enforcement personnel, and for other purposes."} | 1,802 | 304 | 0.618475 | 1.823086 | 0.772371 | 3.780669 | 6.01487 | 0.933086 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Geothermal Initiative Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) domestic geothermal resources have the potential to
provide vast amounts of clean, renewable, and reliable energy
to the United States;
(2) Federal policies and programs are critical to achieving
the potential of those resources;
(3) Federal tax policies should be modified to
appropriately support the longer lead-times of geothermal
facilities and address the high risks of geothermal exploration
and development;
(4) sustained and expanded research programs are needed--
(A) to support the goal of increased energy
production from geothermal resources; and
(B) to develop the technologies that will enable
commercial production of energy from more geothermal
resources;
(5) a comprehensive national resource assessment is needed
to support policymakers and industry needs;
(6) a national exploration and development technology and
information center should be established to support the
achievement of increased geothermal energy production; and
(7) implementation and completion of geothermal and other
renewable initiatives on public land in the United States is
critical, consistent with the principles and requirements of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.) and other applicable law.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL GOAL.
Congress declares that it shall be a national goal to achieve 20
percent of total electrical energy production in the United States from
geothermal resources by not later than 2030.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Initiative.--The term ``Initiative'' means the national
geothermal initiative established by section 5(a).
(2) National goal.--The term ``national goal'' means the
national goal of increased energy production from geothermal
resources described in section 3.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
SEC. 5. NATIONAL GEOTHERMAL INITIATIVE.
(a) Establishment.--There is established a national geothermal
initiative under which the Federal Government shall seek to achieve the
national goal.
(b) Federal Support and Coordination.--In carrying out the
Initiative, each Federal agency shall give priority to programs and
efforts necessary to support achievement of the national goal to the
extent consistent with applicable law.
(c) Energy and Interior Goals.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out the Initiative, the
Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior shall establish and
carry out policies and programs--
(A) to characterize the complete geothermal
resource base (including engineered geothermal systems)
of the United States by not later than 2010;
(B) to sustain an annual growth rate in the use of
geothermal power, heat, and heat pump applications of
at least 10 percent;
(C) to demonstrate state-of-the-art energy
production from the full range of geothermal resources
in the United States;
(D) to achieve new power or commercial heat
production from geothermal resources in at least 25
States; and
(E) to develop the tools and techniques to
construct an engineered geothermal system power plant.
(2) Report to congress.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter,
the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly
submit to the appropriate Committees of Congress a report that
describes--
(A) the proposed plan to achieve the goals
described in paragraph (1); and
(B) a description of the progress during the period
covered by the report toward achieving those goals.
(d) Geothermal Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial
Application.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a program of
geothermal research, development, demonstration, outreach and
education, and commercial application to support the
achievement of the national goal.
(2) Requirements of program.--In carrying out the
geothermal research program described in paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall--
(A) prioritize funding for the discovery and
characterization of geothermal resources;
(B) expand funding for cost-shared drilling;
(C)(i) establish, at a national laboratory or
university research center selected by the Secretary, a
national geothermal exploration research and
information center;
(ii) support development and application of new
exploration and development technologies through the
center; and
(iii) in cooperation with the Secretary of the
Interior, disseminate geological and geophysical data
to support geothermal exploration activities through
the center;
(D) support cooperative programs with and among
States, including with the Great Basin Center for
Geothermal Energy, the Intermountain West Geothermal
Consortium, and other similar State and regional
initiatives, to expand knowledge of the geothermal
resource base of the United States and potential
applications of that resource base;
(E) improve and advance high-temperature and high-
pressure drilling, completion, and instrumentation
technologies benefiting geothermal well construction;
(F) demonstrate geothermal applications in settings
that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are
noncommercial;
(G) research, develop, and demonstrate engineered
geothermal systems techniques for commercial
application of the technologies, including advances
in--
(i) reservoir stimulation;
(ii) reservoir characterization,
monitoring, and modeling;
(iii) stress mapping;
(iv) tracer development;
(v) 3-dimensional tomography; and
(vi) understanding seismic effects of deep
drilling and reservoir engineering; and
(H) support the development and application of the
full range of geothermal technologies and applications.
(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this
subsection--
(A) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(B) $110,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009
through 2012; and
(C) for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year
thereafter through fiscal year 2030, such sums as are
necessary.
(e) Geothermal Assessment, Exploration Information, and Priority
Activities.--
(1) Interior.--In carrying out the Initiative, the
Secretary of the Interior--
(A) acting through the Director of the United
States Geological Survey, shall, not later than 2010--
(i) conduct and complete a comprehensive
nationwide geothermal resource assessment that
examines the full range of geothermal resources
in the United States; and
(ii) submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a report describing the results of
the assessment; and
(B) in planning and leasing, shall consider the
national goal established under this Act.
(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry
out this subsection--
(A) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(B) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 to
2012; and
(C) for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year
thereafter through fiscal year 2030, such sums as are
necessary.
SEC. 6. INTERMOUNTAIN WEST GEOTHERMAL CONSORTIUM.
Section 237 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15874) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section--
``(1) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through
2013; and
``(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
2014 through 2020.''.
SEC. 7. INTERNATIONAL MARKET SUPPORT FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.
(a) United States Agency for International Development.--The United
States Agency for International Development, in coordination with other
appropriate Federal and multilateral agencies, shall support
international and regional development to promote the use of geothermal
resources, including (as appropriate) the African Rift Geothermal
Development Facility.
(b) United States Trade and Development Agency.--The United States
Trade and Development Agency shall support the Initiative by--
(1) encouraging participation by United States firms in
actions taken to carry out subsection (a); and
(2) providing grants and other financial support for
feasibility and resource assessment studies.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. | National Geothermal Initiative Act of 2007 - Declares a national goal to achieve 20% of total electrical energy production in the United States from geothermal resources by 2030.
Establishes a national geothermal initiative under which the federal government shall seek to achieve the national goal.
Requires each federal agency to give priority to programs and efforts necessary to achieve such national goal.
Specifies goals for the Secretaries of Energy and of the Interior.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to implement a geothermal research and development program to achieve such goals, and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a related comprehensive nationwide geothermal resource assessment.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize appropriations for the Intermountain West Geothermal Consortium.
Directs the U.S. Agency for International Development to support international and regional development to promote the use of geothermal resources, including the African Rift Geothermal Development Facility.
Directs the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to: (1) support the national geothermal initiative; and (2) provide grants and other financial support for feasibility and resource assessment studies. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to establish a national geothermal initiative to encourage increased production of energy from geothermal resources, and for other purposes."} | 1,810 | 241 | 0.667044 | 1.774757 | 0.925642 | 4.16 | 8.43 | 0.92 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding
Improvement Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING BID SURETY BONDS AND STATE LICENSURE FOR ENTITIES
SUBMITTING BIDS UNDER THE MEDICARE DMEPOS COMPETITIVE
ACQUISITION PROGRAM.
(a) Bid Surety Bonds.--Section 1847(a)(1) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-3(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraphs:
``(G) Requiring bid bonds for bidding entities.--
With respect to rounds of competitions beginning under
this subsection for contracts beginning not earlier
than January 1, 2017, and not later than January 1,
2019, an entity may not submit a bid for a competitive
acquisition area unless, as of the deadline for bid
submission, the entity has obtained (and provided the
Secretary with proof of having obtained) a bid surety
bond (in this paragraph referred to as a `bid bond') in
a form specified by the Secretary consistent with
subparagraph (H) and in an amount that is not less than
$50,000 and not more than $100,000 for each competitive
acquisition area in which the entity submits the bid.
``(H) Treatment of bid bonds submitted.--
``(i) For bidders that submit bids at or
below the median and are offered but do not
accept the contract.--In the case of a bidding
entity that is offered a contract for any
product category for a competitive acquisition
area, if--
``(I) the entity's composite bid
for such product category and area was
at or below the median composite bid
rate for all bidding entities included
in the calculation of the single
payment amounts for such product
category and area; and
``(II) the entity does not accept
the contract offered for such product
category and area,
the bid bond submitted by such entity for such
area shall be forfeited by the entity and the
Secretary shall collect on it.
``(ii) Treatment of other bidders.--In the
case of a bidding entity for any product
category for a competitive acquisition area, if
the entity does not meet the bid forfeiture
conditions in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause
(i) for any product category for such area, the
bid bond submitted by such entity for such area
shall be returned within 90 days of the public
announcement of the contract suppliers for such
area.''.
(b) State Licensure.--
(1) In general.--Section 1847(b)(2)(A) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-3(b)(2)(A)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new clause:
``(v) The entity meets applicable State
licensure requirements.''.
(2) Construction.--Nothing in the amendment made by
paragraph (1) shall be construed as affecting the authority of
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require State
licensure of an entity under the Medicare competitive
acquisition program under section 1847 of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-3) before the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(c) GAO Report on Bid Bond Impact on Small Suppliers.--
(1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study that evaluates the effect of the bid
surety bond requirement under the amendment made by subsection
(a) on the participation of small suppliers in the Medicare
DMEPOS competitive acquisition program under section 1847 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-3).
(2) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date
contracts are first awarded subject to such bid surety bond
requirement, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a
report on the study conducted under paragraph (1). Such report
shall include recommendations for changes in such requirement
in order to ensure robust participation by
legitimate small suppliers in the Medicare DMEPOS competition
acquisition program.
Passed the House of Representatives March 16, 2015.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk. | Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program. Prohibits an entity from submitting a bid for a competitive acquisition area, during calendar 2017-2019, unless it has obtained a bid surety bond of between $50,000 and $100,000 for each such area. Requires the forfeit of any bid bond submitted for a competitive acquisition area if the bidding entity does not accept a contract offered for any product category when its composite bid was at or below the median composite bid rate for all bidding entities included in the calculation of the single payment amounts for the product category and the area. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect on the forfeited bond. Requires return of a bid bond within a specified 90-day period to a bidding entity that does not meet such bid forfeiture conditions. Prohibits the Secretary from awarding a contract to any entity that does not meet state licensure requirements. Directs the Government Accountability Office to study the effect of this bid surety bond requirement on the participation of small suppliers in the Medicare DMEPOS competitive acquisition program. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015"} | 944 | 286 | 0.721341 | 2.272857 | 0.90314 | 2.895652 | 3.508696 | 0.86087 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nonprofit Organizations Tax-Exempt
Bond Reform Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. TAX TREATMENT OF 501(c)(3) BONDS SIMILAR TO GOVERNMENTAL BONDS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 150 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to definitions and special rules) is
amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (4), by redesignating paragraphs
(5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively, and by inserting
after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
``(2) Exempt person.--
``(A) In general.--The term `exempt person' means--
``(i) a governmental unit, or
``(ii) a 501(c)(3) organization, but only
with respect to its activities which do not
constitute unrelated trades or businesses as
determined by applying section 513(a).
``(B) Governmental unit not to include federal
government.--The term `governmental unit' does not
include the United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof.
``(C) 501(c)(3) organization.--The term `501(c)(3)
organization' means any organization described in
section 501(c)(3) and exempt from tax under section
501(a).''
(b) Repeal of Qualified 501(c)(3) Bond Designation.--Section 145 of
such Code (relating to qualified 501(c)(3) bonds) is repealed.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Paragraph (3) of section 141(b) of such Code is
amended--
(A) by striking ``government use'' in subparagraph
(A)(ii)(I) and subparagraph (B)(ii) and inserting
``exempt person use'',
(B) by striking ``a government use'' in
subparagraph (B) and inserting ``an exempt person
use'',
(C) by striking ``related business use'' in
subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) and subparagraph (B) and
inserting ``related private business use'',
(D) by striking ``related business use'' in the
heading of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``related
private business use'', and
(E) by striking ``government use'' in the heading
thereof and inserting ``exempt person use''.
(2) Subparagraph (A) of section 141(b)(6) of such Code is
amended by striking ``a governmental unit'' and inserting ``an
exempt person''.
(3) Paragraph (7) of section 141(b) of such Code is
amended--
(A) by striking ``government use'' and inserting
``exempt person use'', and
(B) by striking ``Government use'' in the heading
thereof and inserting ``Exempt person use''.
(4) Section 141(b) of such Code is amended by striking
paragraph (9).
(5) Paragraph (1) of section 141(c) of such Code is amended
by striking ``governmental units'' and inserting ``exempt
persons''.
(6) Section 141 of such Code is amended by redesignating
subsection (e) as subsection (f) and by inserting after
subsection (d) the following new subsection:
``(e) Certain Issues Used To Provide Residential Rental Housing for
Family Units.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), for
purposes of this title, the term `private activity bond'
includes any bond issued as part of an issue if any portion of
the net proceeds of the issue are to be used (directly or
indirectly) by an exempt person described in section
150(a)(2)(A)(ii) to provide residential rental property for
family units.
``(2) Exception for bonds used to provide qualified
residential rental projects.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
any bond issued as part of an issue if the portion of such
issue which is to be used as described in paragraph (1) is to
be used to provide--
``(A) a residential rental property for family
units if the first use of such property is pursuant to
such issue,
``(B) qualified residential rental projects (as
defined in section 142(d)), or
``(C) property which is to be substantially
rehabilitated in a rehabilitation beginning within the
2-year period ending 1 year after the date of the
acquisition of such property.
``(3) Substantial rehabilitation.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), rules similar to the rules of section
47(c)(1)(C) shall apply in determining for purposes of
paragraph (2)(C) whether property is substantially
rehabilitated.
``(B) Exception.--For purposes of subparagraph (A),
clause (ii) of section 47(c)(1)(C) shall not apply, but
the Secretary may extend the 24-month period in section
47(c)(1)(C)(i) where appropriate due to circumstances
not within the control of the owner.
``(4) Certain property treated as new property.--Solely for
purposes of determining under paragraph (2)(A) whether the 1st
use of property is pursuant to tax-exempt financing--
``(A) In general.--If--
``(i) the 1st use of property is pursuant
to taxable financing,
``(ii) there was a reasonable expectation
(at the time such taxable financing was
provided) that such financing would be replaced
by tax-exempt financing, and
``(iii) the taxable financing is in fact so
replaced within a reasonable period after the
taxable financing was provided,
then the 1st use of such property shall be treated as
being pursuant to the tax-exempt financing.
``(B) Special rule where no operating state or
local program for tax-exempt financing.--If, at the
time of the 1st use of property, there was no operating
State or local program for tax-exempt financing of the
property, the 1st use of the property shall be treated
as pursuant to the 1st tax-exempt financing of the
property.
``(C) Definitions.--For purposes of this
paragraph--
``(i) Tax-exempt financing.--The term `tax-
exempt financing' means financing provided by
tax-exempt bonds.
``(ii) Taxable financing.--The term
`taxable financing' means financing which is
not tax-exempt financing.''
(7) Section 141(f) of such Code, as redesignated by
paragraph (6), is amended--
(A) by adding ``or'' at the end of subparagraph
(E),
(B) by striking ``, or'' at the end of subparagraph
(F), and inserting in lieu thereof a period, and
(C) by striking subparagraph (G).
(8) The last sentence of section 144(b)(1) of such Code is
amended by striking ``(determined'' and all that follows to the
period.
(9) Clause (ii) of section 144(c)(2)(C) of such Code is
amended by striking ``governmental unit'' and inserting
``exempt person''.
(10) Section 146(g) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (2), and
(B) by redesignating the remaining paragraphs after
paragraph (1) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.
(11) The heading of section 146(k)(3) of such Code is
amended by striking ``governmental'' and inserting ``exempt
person''.
(12) The heading of section 146(m) of such Code is amended
by striking ``Government'' and inserting ``Exempt Person''.
(13) Subsection (h) of section 147 of such Code is amended
to read as follows:
``(h) Certain Rules Not To Apply to Mortgage Revenue Bonds and
Qualified Student Loan Bonds.--Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall
not apply to any qualified mortgage bond, qualified veterans' mortgage
bond, or qualified student loan bond.''
(14) Section 147 of such Code is amended by striking
paragraph (4) of subsection (b) and redesignating paragraph (5)
of such subsection as paragraph (4).
(15) Subparagraph (F) of section 148(d)(3) of such Code is
amended--
(A) by striking ``or which is a qualified 501(c)(3)
bond'', and
(B) by striking ``governmental use bonds and
qualified 501(c)(3)'' in the heading thereof and
inserting ``exempt person''.
(16) Subclause (II) of section 148(f)(4)(B)(ii) of such
Code is amended by striking ``(other than a qualified 501(c)(3)
bond)''.
(17) Clause (iv) of section 148(f)(4)(C) of such Code is
amended--
(A) by striking ``a governmental unit or a
501(c)(3) organization'' each place it appears and
inserting ``an exempt person'', and
(B) by striking ``qualified 501(c)(3) bonds,''.
(18) Subparagraph (A) of section 148(f)(7) of such Code is
amended by striking ``(other than a qualified 501(c)(3)
bond)''.
(19) Paragraph (2) of section 149(d) of such Code is
amended--
(A) by striking ``(other than a qualified 501(c)(3)
bond)'', and
(B) by striking ``Certain private'' in the heading
thereof and inserting in lieu thereof ``Private''.
(20) Section 149(e)(2) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ``which is not a private activity
bond'' in the second sentence and inserting ``which is
a bond issued for an exempt person described in section
150(a)(2)(A)(i)'', and
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new
sentence: ``Subparagraph (D) shall not apply to any
bond which is not a private activity bond but which
would be such a bond if the 501(c)(3) organization
using the proceeds thereof were not an exempt person.''
(21) The heading of subsection (b) of section 150 of such
Code is amended by striking ``Tax-Exempt Private Activity
Bonds'' and inserting ``Certain Tax-Exempt Bonds''.
(22) Paragraph (3) of section 150(b) of such Code is
amended--
(A) by inserting ``owned by a 501(c)(3)
organization'' after ``any facility'' in subparagraph
(A),
(B) by striking ``any private activity bond which,
when issued, purported to be a tax-exempt qualified
501(c)(3) bond'' in subparagraph (A) and inserting
``any bond which, when issued, purported to be a tax-
exempt bond, and which would be a private activity bond
if the 501(c)(3) organization using the proceeds
thereof were not an exempt person'', and
(C) by striking the heading thereof and inserting
``Bonds for exempt persons other than governmental
units.--''.
(23) Paragraph (5) of section 150(b) of such Code is
amended--
(A) by striking ``private activity'' in
subparagraph (A),
(B) by inserting ``and which would be a private
activity bond if the 501(c)(3) organization using the
proceeds thereof were not an exempt person'' after
``tax-exempt bond'' in subparagraph (A),
(C) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
following new subparagraph:
``(B) such facility is required to be owned by an
exempt person, and'', and
(D) by striking ``governmental units or 501(c)(3)
organizations'' in the heading thereof and inserting
``exempt persons''.
(24) Section 150 of such Code is amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new subsection:
``(f) Certain Rules To Apply to Bonds for Exempt Persons Other Than
Governmental Units.--
``(1) In general.--Nothing in section 103(a) or any other
provision of law shall be construed to provide an exemption
from Federal income tax for interest on any bond which would be
a private activity bond if the 501(c)(3) organization using the
proceeds thereof were not an exempt person unless such bond
satisfies the requirements of subsections (b) and (f) of
section 147.
``(2) Special rule for pooled financing of 501(c)(3)
organization.--
``(A) In general.--At the election of the issuer, a
bond described in paragraph (1) shall be treated as
meeting the requirements of section 147(b) if such bond
meets the requirements of subparagraph (B).
``(B) Requirements.--A bond meets the requirements
of this subparagraph if--
``(i) 95 percent or more of the net
proceeds of the issue of which such bond is a
part are to be used to make or finance loans to
2 or more 501(c)(3) organizations or
governmental units for acquisition of property
to be used by such organizations,
``(ii) each loan described in clause (i)
satisfies the requirements of section 147(b)
(determined by treating each loan as a separate
issue),
``(iii) before such bond is issued, a
demand survey was conducted which shows a
demand for financing greater than an amount
equal to 120 percent of the lendable proceeds
of such issue, and
``(iv) 95 percent or more of the net
proceeds of such issue are to be loaned to
501(c)(3) organizations or governmental units
within 1 year of issuance and, to the extent
there are any unspent proceeds after such 1-
year period, bonds issued as part of such issue
are to be redeemed as soon as possible
thereafter (and in no event later than 18
months after issuance).
A bond shall not meet the requirements of this
subparagraph if the maturity date of any bond issued as
part of such issue is more than 30 years after the date
on which the bond was issued (or, in the case of a
refunding or series of refundings, the date on which
the original bond was issued).''
(25) Section 1302 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 is
repealed.
(26) Subparagraph (C) of section 57(a)(5) of such Code is
amended by striking clause (ii) and redesignating clauses (iii)
and (iv) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively.
(27) Paragraph (3) of section 103(b) of such Code is
amended by inserting ``and section 150(f)'' after ``section
149''.
(28) Paragraph (3) of section 265(b) of such Code is
amended--
(A) by striking clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
``(ii) Certain bonds not treated as private
activity bonds.--For purposes of clause
(i)(II), there shall not be treated as a
private activity bond any obligation issued to
refund (or which is part of a series of
obligations issued to refund) an obligation
issued before August 8, 1986, which was not an
industrial development bond (as defined in
section 103(b)(2) as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of the Tax
Reform Act of 1986 (or a private loan bond (as
defined in section 103(o)(2)(A), as so in
effect, but without regard to any exemption
from such definition other than section
103(o)(2)(A)))).''; and
(B) by striking ``(other than a qualified 501(c)(3)
bond, as defined in section 145)'' in subparagraph
(C)(ii)(I).
(f) Effective Date; Special Rule.--
(1) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply to bonds issued after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(2) Special rule for certain bonds issued after date of
enactment.--
(A) In general.--The amendments made by this
section shall not apply to any bond which--
(i) is issued after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and
(ii) is part of an issue which is subject
to any transitional rule under subtitle B of
title XIII of the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
(B) Election out.--This paragraph shall not apply
to any issue with respect to which the issuer elects
not to have this paragraph apply.
(3) Delayed effective date with respect to small issuer
rules.--For purposes of section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, the amendments made by this section shall
apply to bonds issued in calendar years beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act. | Nonprofit Organizations Tax-Exempt Bond Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the tax treatment of bonds of certain nonprofit tax-exempt organizations in a manner similar to governmental bonds. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Nonprofit Organizations Tax-Exempt Bond Reform Act of 1993"} | 3,941 | 49 | 0.547432 | 1.159992 | 0.529433 | 2.948718 | 88.307692 | 0.948718 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pediatric Research Initiative Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) innovations in health care, deriving from scientific
investigation of the highest quality, offer substantial
benefits to the well-being of children and savings in health
care costs;
(2) findings in pediatric research not only promote and
maintain health throughout a child's lifespan, but also
contribute significantly to new insights and discoveries that
will aid in the prevention and treatment of illnesses and
conditions among adults;
(3) the rapidly expanding knowledge base in biology and
medicine is offering greater opportunities than ever for
pediatric physician-scientists and basic researchers to harness
this knowledge to the benefit of children and society;
(4) the relatively smaller number of children compared as
to adults and the relative rarity of many of their diseases and
conditions has resulted in comparatively fewer resources being
devoted to pediatric research and a lesser focus on children's
needs;
(5) substantially more of the support for children's health
research is provided through the Federal Government than is the
case for adults because of these market forces;
(6) a new commitment to invest in children's research today
will make a real difference for children tomorrow;
(7) the commitment to invest in children's research should
include not only added investment that is devoted to pediatric
research but should also focus on ensuring the existence of a
future supply of pediatric physician-scientists;
(8) the supply of pediatric physician-scientists is
threatened by market demands which provide little room for
support for research training for new pediatric physician-
scientists;
(9) over 60 percent of the pediatric departments in the
United States have no National Institutes of Health training
grant support; and
(10) improvements in the level of training grant support is
essential to ensuring the existence of future generations of
pediatric clinical investigators who are responsible for moving
research discoveries from the laboratories to the patients, and
who are therefore critical to clinical research.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE.
Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 404F. PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE.
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish within the
Office of the Director of NIH a Pediatric Research Initiative (referred
to in this section as the `Initiative'). The Initiative shall be headed
by the Director of NIH.
``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Initiative is to provide funds
to enable the Director of NIH to encourage--
``(1) increased support for pediatric biomedical research
within the National Institutes of Health to ensure that the
expanding opportunities for advancement in scientific
investigations and care for children are realized;
``(2) enhanced collaborative efforts among the Institutes
to support multidisciplinary research in the areas that the
Director deems most promising; and
``(3) the development of adequate pediatric clinical trials
and pediatric use information to promote the safer and more
effective use of prescription drugs in the pediatric
population.
``(c) Duties.--In carrying out subsection (b), the Director of NIH
shall--
``(1) consult with the Institute of Child Health and Human
Development and the other Institutes, in considering their
requests for new or expanded pediatric research efforts, and
consult with other advisors as the Director determines
appropriate;
``(2) have broad discretion in the allocation of any
Initiative assistance among the Institutes, among types of
grants, and between basic and clinical research so long as
the--
``(A) assistance is directly related to the
illnesses and conditions of children; and
``(B) assistance is extramural in nature; and
``(3) be responsible for the oversight of any newly
appropriated Initiative funds and annually report to Congress
and the public on the extent of the total extramural support
for pediatric research across the NIH, including the specific
support and research awards allocated through the Initiative.
``(d) Authorization.--To carry out this section, there is
authorized to be appropriated in the aggregate, $50,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2000 through 2002.
``(e) Transfer of Funds.--The Director of NIH may transfer amounts
appropriated under this section to any of the Institutes for a fiscal
year to carry out the purposes of the Initiative under this section.''.
SEC. 4. INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW'S PEDIATRIC RESEARCHERS.
Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 285g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 452E. INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW'S PEDIATRIC RESEARCHERS.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make available within the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development enhanced
support for extramural activities relating to the training and career
development of pediatric researchers.
``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of support provided under subsection
(a) shall be to ensure the future supply of researchers dedicated to
the care and research needs of children by providing for--
``(1) an increase in the number and size of institutional
training grants to medical school pediatric departments and
children's hospitals; and
``(2) an increase in the number of career development
awards for pediatricians building careers in pediatric basic
and clinical research.
``(c) Authorization.--To carry out this section, there is
authorized to be appropriated, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $20,000,000 for fiscal year
2002.''. | Pediatric Research Initiative Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate establishment, in the National Institutes of Health, of a Pediatric Research Initiative. Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development enhanced support for extramural activities relating to the training and career development of pediatric researchers. Authorizes appropriations. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Pediatric Research Initiative Act of 1999"} | 1,258 | 91 | 0.526797 | 1.283671 | 0.430159 | 4.684211 | 15.5 | 0.868421 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cuba Agricultural Exports Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States has a long history of providing safe
and reliable exports. Close proximity to Cuba further lends
itself to low transportation costs for United States goods
exported to Cuba. The United States is geographically poised to
be a significant trading partner in agricultural commodities.
United States and Cuban borders are less than 100 miles apart,
meaning lower shipping costs and shorter transit times compared
to our competitors.
(2) Cuba imports approximately 80 percent of its food, with
global agricultural exports to Cuba doubling over the past
decade to $1.9 billion.
(3) In 2005, the United States Department of the Treasury
published a final rule narrowing the definition of ``cash in
advance'' for trading with Cuba, requiring that cash payments
must be made before United States products leave United States
ports, rather than the more customary payment upon delivery.
United States firms are precluded from offering credit to
ALIMPORT, a state-owned and state-controlled entity that makes
all decisions regarding United States imports to the Cuban
market, resulting in declining United States agricultural
exports to Cuba. Notably, rice exports fell from a value of $64
million in 2004 to essentially $0 in 2009 and subsequent years.
Recent action by the Administration reverses that change to the
definition of cash in advance, but United States agricultural
exporters are still not permitted to extend credit to Cuban
buyers, a key disadvantage relative to other exporting nations.
(4) Despite these restrictions, the United States has been
the largest exporter of agricultural goods to Cuba over the
last decade. However, the United States slipped to being the
second leading exporter of agricultural goods to Cuba in 2013
and the third leading exporter of agricultural goods to Cuba in
2014.
(5) While trade opportunities exist, Cuba remains an
undemocratic autocracy that oppresses its own people and
restricts freedom.
(6) In addition, there is no opportunity for United States
agricultural businesses to trade directly with the Cuban people
and there is no Cuban market. At present, there is just one
opportunity for United States businesses to trade with Cuba and
that is through ALIMPORT, the state-owned and state-controlled
entity described in paragraph (3).
(7) With these cautionary factors in mind, it is important
to provide United States farmers and ranchers additional
opportunities to benefit from trade with Cuba.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE AND
FINANCING FOR CERTAIN EXPORTS TO CUBA UNDER THE TRADE
SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000.
(a) Assistance for Exports to Cuba.--Section 908 of the Trade
Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207) is
amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``and financing'';
(2) by striking subsection (b);
(3) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
subsections (b) and (c), respectively, and by moving
such subsections, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the
left; and
(B) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the
following:
``(2) Exception for certain programs.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B),
paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to exports
to Cuba under section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5622), section 203 of the
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623), or
section 702 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7
U.S.C. 5722), including any obligation or expenditure
of funds by Federal commodity promotion programs
established in accordance with a commodity promotion
law, as defined by section 501(a) of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7
U.S.C. 7401(a)).
``(B) Restriction on certain recipients.--The
exception under subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the
recipient of the United States assistance would be an
entity controlled by the Government of Cuba, including
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, the Ministry of
the Interior of Cuba, or any subdivision of either
governmental entity.'';
(4) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)''; and
(5) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)''.
(b) Financing of Sales of Agricultural Commodities to Cuba.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(other than section 908 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and
Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207), as amended by
subsection (a)), a person subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States may provide payment or financing terms for sales
of agricultural commodities to Cuba or an individual or entity
in Cuba.
(2) Definitions.--In this section:
(A) Agricultural commodity.--The term
``agricultural commodity'' has the meaning given the
term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of
1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
(B) Financing.--The term ``financing'' includes any
loan or extension of credit.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect
to exports to Cuba on or after such date of enactment.
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED
STATES TO INVEST WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL
BUSINESS IN CUBA.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States may make an
investment with respect to the development of an agricultural business
in Cuba if the Secretary of State and Secretary of Agriculture jointly
determine that--
(1) the agricultural business is not controlled by the
Government of Cuba, including the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Cuba, the Ministry of the Interior of Cuba, or any subdivision
of either governmental entity; and
(2) the agricultural business does not traffic in property
of persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States
which was confiscated by the Cuban Government on or after
January 1, 1959.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agricultural business.--The term ``agricultural
business'' means any entity involved in the production,
manufacture, or distribution of agricultural products (as such
term is defined in section 207 of the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1626)).
(2) Confiscated, cuban government, property, and traffic.--
The terms ``confiscated'', ``Cuban Government'', ``property'',
and ``traffic'' have the meaning given such terms in section 4
of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act
of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023).
(3) Investment.--The term ``investment'', with respect to
the development of an agricultural business in Cuba, means--
(A) entry into a contract involving the purchase of
a share of ownership, including an equity interest, in
the development of the agricultural business;
(B) entry into a contract providing for
participation in royalties, earnings, or profits in the
development of the agricultural business; or
(C) entry into, or performance or financing of, a
contract to sell goods, services, or technology
relating to the agricultural business. | Cuba Agricultural Exports Act This bill amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to exempt from prohibitions against U.S. assistance to Cuba any exports under the market access program, the export credit guarantee program, and the foreign market development cooperator program, including any federal commodity promotion program obligations or expenditures of funds. This exemption shall not apply if the U.S. assistance recipient would be an entity controlled by the Cuban government, including the armed forces, the Ministry of the Interior, or any subdivision of either governmental entity. A person subject to U.S. jurisdiction may invest in the development of an agricultural business in Cuba if the Department of State and the Department of Agriculture jointly determine that the agricultural business: is not controlled by the government of Cuba, including the armed forces, the Ministry of the Interior, or any subdivision of either governmental entity; and does not traffic in property of persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction which was confiscated by Cuba on or after January 1, 1959. Certain language limiting financing of agricultural sales to Cuba is repealed. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Cuba Agricultural Exports Act"} | 1,754 | 232 | 0.467953 | 1.449835 | 0.654662 | 3.147783 | 7.748768 | 0.862069 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cutting Contractor Use and Taxpayer
Savings Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since 2002, the Department of Defense has spent more
than $2,000,000,000,000 on service contractors.
(2) The decade-long trend of outsourcing work has created a
shadow government of service contractors that are largely
dependent on the taxpayers as their sole source of revenue.
(3) Studies show that service contractors can cost
taxpayers up to twice what it costs for members of the Armed
Forces to perform the work.
(4) In 2013, the Department of Defense spent nearly
$180,000,000,000 on service contractors, making it the largest
buyer of services in the Federal Government.
(5) Approximately 30 percent of the intelligence community
workforce is made up of service contractors, employees that
work for companies whose primary goal is to make a profit and
have never sworn an oath to defend and protect the United
States.
(6) Since 2002, Congress has repeatedly enacted legislation
to improve the Department of Defense's management of service
contractors. However, in 2013 the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) found that, while the Department has taken action
to address such legislative requirements, there are no metrics
in place to determine the effects of those actions.
SEC. 3. INSPECTOR GENERAL ANALYSIS OF SERVICE CONTRACTOR INVENTORY.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Inspector General
of the Department of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a comprehensive analysis of the global inventory Department
of Defense service contractors.
(b) Elements.--The analysis required under subsection (a) shall
include the following elements:
(1) A comprehensive inventory of Department of Defense
service contractors.
(2) An analysis of the types of service contracts that were
significantly expanded after fiscal year 2002.
(3) Identification of redundancies in the inventory.
(c) Public Availability.--The analysis required under subsection
(a) shall be made publically available.
SEC. 4. DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY REPORTING ON SERVICE CONTRACTS.
(a) Audits.--The Defense Contract Audit Agency, in conducting
audits of defense contracts, shall distinguish service contracts in its
analysis, including by distinguishing the percentage of payment awarded
for service elements on contracts containing both manufacturing and
service elements.
(b) Reporting.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Defense Contract
Audit Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report containing its findings pursuant to subsection (a). The report
shall be made publically available.
SEC. 5. SERVICE ACQUISITION IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
(a) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics shall, in consultation with the senior
services managers of the military departments, submit to the
congressional defense committees a plan to improve the acquisition of
services by the Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The plan required under subsection (a) shall include
the following elements:
(1) Baseline data on the status of service acquisition,
including budget and spending data on services by volume, type,
and location.
(2) Specific goals for improving service acquisition.
(3) Metrics to assess progress in meeting the goals
outlined under paragraph (2).
SEC. 6. REPORTING ON USE OF SERVICE CONTRACTS BY INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.
(a) Annual Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of
National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional defense
committees and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives a report with an inventory of service contractors used
by each element of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)).
(b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) may be
submitted in classified form, but shall contain an unclassified summary
including the total amount expended by each element of the intelligence
community on service contracts.
SEC. 7. LIMITATION ON ALLOWABLE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR COMPENSATION
COSTS.
(a) Limitation.--
(1) Civilian contracts.--Paragraph (16) of section 4304(a)
of title 41, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(16) Costs of compensation of contractor and
subcontractor employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the
contract funding source, to the extent that such compensation
exceeds the annual salary of the President as determined under
section 102 of title 3, except that the head of an executive
agency may establish one or more narrowly targeted exceptions
for scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon a
determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that
the executive agency has continued access to needed skills and
capabilities.''.
(2) Defense contracts.--Subparagraph (P) of section
2324(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
``(P) Costs of compensation of contractor and subcontractor
employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding
source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds the annual
salary of the President as determined under section 102 of
title 3, except that the head of an executive agency may
establish one or more narrowly targeted exceptions for
scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon a
determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that
the executive agency has continued access to needed skills and
capabilities.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Repeal.--Section 1127 of title 41, United States Code,
is repealed.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by striking
the item relating to section 1127.
(c) Applicability.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall apply only with respect to costs of compensation incurred
under contracts entered into on or after the date that is 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the end of
each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall submit a report on contractor compensation to--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives;
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
(D) the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform of the House of Representatives;
(E) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
and
(F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall include--
(A) the total number of contractor employees, by
executive agency, in the narrowly targeted exception
positions described in section 4304(a)(16) of title 41,
United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)(1)),
and section 2324(e)(1)(P) of title 10, United States
Code (as amended by subsection (a)(2)), during the
preceding fiscal year;
(B) the taxpayer-funded compensation amounts
received by each contractor employee in a narrowly
targeted exception position during such fiscal year;
and
(C) the duties and services performed by contractor
employees in the narrowly targeted exception positions
during such fiscal year.
SEC. 8. REDUCTION IN SERVICE CONTRACT SPENDING.
(a) Three-Year Requirement.--
(1) Limitation.--The aggregate amount obligated and
expended by the Department of Defense for service contracts in
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2017, may not exceed
the lesser of--
(A) the amount equal to 67 percent of the aggregate
amount expended for service contracts in fiscal year
2014; or
(B) the amount equal to 67 percent of the amount
appropriated for the Department of Defense for the
current fiscal year and available for service
contracts.
(2) Inapplicability of limitation.--The limitation in
paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense
certifies to Congress in writing that the aggregate amount to
be obligated and expended by the Department of Defense in such
fiscal year for service contracts will not exceed the amount
specified in paragraph (1)(A).
(b) Ten-Year Requirement.--The amount obligated and expended by the
Department of Defense on service contracts in fiscal years beginning
after September 30, 2024, may not exceed the amount obligated or
expended by the Department of Defense on service contracts in fiscal
year 2002 (adjusted for inflation).
SEC. 9. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``congressional defense committees'' has the
meaning given the term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States
Code. | Cutting Contractor Use and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2014 - Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit to the congressional defense committees, and make publicly available, an annual comprehensive analysis of the global inventory of DOD service contractors. Requires the Defense Contract Audit Agency, in conducting audits of defense contracts, to distinguish service contracts in its analysis, including by distinguishing the percentage of payment awarded for service elements on contracts containing both manufacturing and service elements. Directs the Agency to submit to the congressional defense committees, and make publicly available, an annual report on its findings. Directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics to submit a plan to the congressional defense committees to improve the acquisition of services by DOD. Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit to the congressional defense and intelligence committees an annual inventory of the service contractors used by each element of the intelligence community. Prohibits civilian or defense contracts from allowing compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees for a fiscal year to exceed the annual salary of the President (currently, $400,000). Allows an exception to such limitation for scientists, engineers, or other specialists who are needed to ensure that an executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit an annual report to specified congressional committees on contractor compensation, including the number of contractor employees who were exempt in the preceding fiscal year from this Act's compensation limits. Prohibits the aggregate amount obligated and expended by DOD for service contracts in each fiscal year through FY2024 from exceeding the lesser of: (1) 67% of the aggregate amount expended for service contracts in FY2014, or (2) 67% of the amount appropriated for DOD for the current fiscal year that is available for service contracts. Makes the latter limitation inapplicable if the Secretary certifies to Congress in writing that DOD will not exceed the prior limitation. Prohibits the aggregate amount obligated and expended by DOD for service contracts in each fiscal year after FY2023 from exceeding the amount obligated or expended by DOD on service contracts in FY2002 (adjusted for inflation). | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Cutting Contractor Use and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2014"} | 2,012 | 485 | 0.602647 | 2.044313 | 0.840203 | 3.583942 | 4.472019 | 0.888078 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Pay Act of
1999''.
(b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Wage differentials exist between equivalent jobs
segregated by sex, race, and national origin in Government
employment and in industries engaged in commerce or in the
production of goods for commerce:
(2) The existence of such wage differentials--
(A) depresses wages and living standards for
employees necessary for their health and efficiency;
(B) prevents the maximum utilization of the
available labor resources;
(C) tends to cause labor disputes, thereby
burdening, affecting, and obstructing commerce;
(D) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in
commerce; and
(E) constitutes an unfair method of competition.
(3) Discrimination in hiring and promotion has played a
role in maintaining a segregated work force.
(4) Many women and people of color work in occupations
dominated by individuals of their same sex, race, and national
origin.
(5)(A) A General Accounting Office analysis of wages in the
civil service of the State of Washington found that in 1985 of
the 44 jobs studied that paid less than the average of all
equivalent jobs, approximately 39 percent were female-dominated
and approximately 16 percent were male dominated.
(B) A study of wages in Minnesota using 1990 Decennial
Census data found that 75 percent of the wage differential
between white and non-white workers was unexplained and may be
a result of discrimination.
(6) Section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
prohibits discrimination in compensation for ``equal work'' on
the basis of sex.
(7) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits
discrimination in compensation because of race, color,
religion, national origin, and sex. The United States Supreme
Court, in its decision in County of Washington v. Gunther, 452
U.S. 161 (1981), held that title VII's prohibition against
discrimination in compensation also applies to jobs which do
not constitute ``equal work'' as defined in section 6(d) of the
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Decisions of lower courts,
however, have demonstrated that further clarification of
existing legislation is necessary in order effectively to carry
out the intent of Congress to implement the Supreme Court's
holding in its Gunther decision.
(8) Artificial barriers to the elimination of
discrimination in compensation based upon sex, race, and
national origin continue to exist more than 3 decades after the
passage of section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Elimination of such barriers
would have positive effects, including--
(A) providing a solution to problems in the economy
created by discriminating wage differentials;
(B) substantially reducing the number of working
women and people of color earning low wages, thereby
reducing the dependence on public assistance; and
(C) promoting stable families by enabling working
family members to earn a fair rate of pay.
SEC. 3. EQUAL PAY FOR EQUIVALENT JOBS.
(a) Amendment.--Section 6 (29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(g)(1)(A) No employer having employees subject to any provisions
of this section shall discriminate between its employees on the basis
of sex, race, or national origin by paying wages to employees or groups
of employees at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays
wages to employees or groups of employees of the opposite sex or
different race or national origin for work in equivalent jobs, except
where such payment is made pursuant to a seniority system, a merit
system, or a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of
production.
``(B) An employer who is paying a wage rate differential in
violation of subparagraph (A) shall not, in order to comply with the
provisions of such subparagraph, reduce the wage rate of any employee.
``(2) No labor organization or its agents representing employees of
an employer having employees subject to any provision of this section
shall cause or attempt to cause such an employer to discriminate
against an employee in violation of paragraph (1)(A).
``(3) For purposes of administration and enforcement of this
subsection, any amounts owing to any employee which have been withheld
in violation of paragraph (1)(A) shall be deemed to be unpaid minimum
wages or unpaid overtime compensation under this section or section 7.
``(4) As used in this subsection:
``(A) The term `labor organization' means any organization
of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee
or plan, in which employees participate and which exists for
the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers
concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay,
hours of employment, or conditions of work.
``(B) The term `equivalent jobs' means jobs that may be
dissimilar, but whose requirements are equivalent, when viewed
as a composite of skills, effort, responsibility, and working
conditions.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 13(a) (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is
amended in the matter before paragraph (1) by striking ``section 6(d)''
and inserting ``sections 6(d) and 6(g)''.
SEC. 4. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Section 15(a) (29 U.S.C. 215(a)) is amended by striking the period
at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting a semicolon and by adding
after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) to discriminate against any individual because such
individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by
section 6(g) or because such individual made a charge,
testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an
investigation, proceeding, or hearing under section 6(g); or
``(7) to discharge or in any other manner discriminate
against, coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any
employee or any other person because the employee inquired
about, disclosed, compared, or otherwise discussed the
employee's wages or the wages of any other employee, or because
the employee exercised, enjoyed, aided, or encouraged any other
person to exercise or enjoy any right granted or protected by
section 6(g).''.
SEC. 5. REMEDIES.
Section 16 (29 U.S.C. 216) is amended--
(1) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) In any action brought under this section for violation of
section 6(g), the court shall, in addition to any other remedies
awarded to the prevailing plaintiff or plaintiffs, allow expert fees as
part of the costs. Any such action may be maintained as a class action
as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``section 15(a)(3)''
each place it occurs and inserting ``paragraphs (3), (6), and
(7) of section 15(a)''; and
(3) in the fourth sentence of subsection (b), by striking
``No employees'' and inserting ``Except with respect to class
actions brought under subsection (f), no employees''.
SEC. 6. RECORDS.
Section 11(c) (29 U.S.C. 211(c)) is amended by inserting ``(1)''
after ``(c)'' and by adding at the end the following:
``(2)(A) Every employer subject to section 6(g) shall preserve
records which document and support the method, system, calculations,
and other bases used by the employer in establishing, adjusting, and
determining the wages paid to the employees of the employer. Every
employer subject to section 6(g) shall preserve such records for such
periods of time and shall make such reports therefrom to the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission as shall be prescribed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission by regulation or order as necessary
or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of section 6(g) or
any regulations promulgated thereunder.
``(B) Every employer subject to section 6(g) shall file annually
with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission a report signed by its
president, treasurer, or corresponding principal officer containing
information in such detail as may be necessary accurately to disclose
the wage or salary rates paid to each classification, position, job
title, or other wage or salary group of employees employed by the
employer, as well as the sex, race, and national origin of employees at
each wage or salary level in each classification, position, job title,
or other wage or salary group. The report shall not contain the name of
any individual employee.
``(C) In order to carry out the purposes of this Act, the contents
of the reports filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be public information, and the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission may publish any information and data
which it obtains pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (B). The
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may use the information and
data for statistical and research purposes, and compile and publish
such studies, analyses, reports, and surveys based thereon as it may
deem appropriate.
``(D) In order to carry out the purposes of this Act the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission shall by regulation make reasonable
provision for the inspection and examination by any person of the
information and data contained in any report filed with it pursuant to
subparagraph (B).
``(E) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall by
regulation provide for the furnishing of copies of reports filed with
it pursuant to subparagraph (B) to any person upon payment of a charge
based upon the cost of the service.
``(F) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall issue rules
and regulations prescribing the form and content of reports required to
be filed under subparagraph (B) and such other reasonable rules and
regulations as it may find necessary to prevent the circumvention or
evasion of such reporting requirements. In exercising its authority
under subparagraph (B), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may
prescribe by general rule simplified reports for employers for whom it
finds that by virtue of their size a detailed report would be unduly
burdensome.''.
SEC. 7. RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; REPORT
TO CONGRESS.
Section 4(d) (29 U.S.C. 204(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(4) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall undertake
studies and provide information and technical assistance to employers,
labor organizations, and the general public concerning effective means
available to implement the provisions of section 6(g) prohibiting wage
discrimination between employees performing work in equivalent jobs on
the basis of sex, race, or national origin. Such studies, information,
and technical assistance shall be based upon and include reference to
the declared policy of such section to eliminate such discrimination.
In order to achieve the purposes of such section, the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission shall further carry on a continuing program of
research, education, and technical assistance including--
``(A) undertaking and promoting research with the intent of
developing means to expeditiously correct the conditions
leading to section 6(g);
``(B) publishing and otherwise making available to
employers, labor organizations, professional associations,
educational institutions, the various media of communication,
and the general public the findings of studies and other
materials for promoting compliance with section 6(g);
``(C) sponsoring and assisting State and community
informational and educational programs; and
``(D) providing technical assistance to employers, labor
organizations, professional associations and other interested
persons on means of achieving and maintaining compliance with
the provisions of section 6(g).
``(5) The report submitted annually by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission to Congress pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
include a separate evaluation and appraisal regarding the
implementation of section 6(g).''.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the
expiration of one year from the date of its enactment. | (Sec. 4) Prohibits the discharge of or any other discrimination against an individual for opposing any act or practice made unlawful by this Act, or for assisting in an investigation or proceeding under it.
(Sec. 5) Directs courts, in any action brought under this Act for violation of such prohibition, to allow expert fees as part of the costs awarded to prevailing plaintiffs. Allows any such action to be maintained as a class action.
(Sec. 6) Requires employers subject to such prohibition to: (1) preserve records which document and support the method, system, calculations, and other bases used by the employer in establishing, adjusting, and determining the wages paid to their employees, for periods of time prescribed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); and (2) make reports to the EEOC.
(Sec. 7) Directs the EEOC to: (1) undertake studies and provide information and technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and the general public concerning effective means available to implement this Act; (2) carry on a continuing program of research, education, and technical assistance with specified components related to the purposes of this Act; and (3) include a separate evaluation and appraisal regarding the implementation of this Act in its annual report to the Congress. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Fair Pay Act of 1999"} | 2,718 | 275 | 0.437255 | 1.37742 | 0.622114 | 4.443137 | 10.133333 | 0.952941 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Partnerships to
Prevent Opioid Abuse Act''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM INTEGRITY TRANSPARENCY MEASURES UNDER MEDICARE PARTS C
AND D.
(a) In General.--Section 1859 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395w-28) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Program Integrity Transparency Measures.--
``(1) Program integrity portal.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than two years after
the date of the enactment of this subsection, the
Secretary shall, after consultation with stakeholders,
establish a secure Internet website portal (or other
successor technology) that would allow a secure path
for communication between the Secretary, MA plans under
this part, prescription drug plans under part D, and an
eligible entity with a contract under section 1893
(such as a Medicare drug integrity contractor or an
entity responsible for carrying out program integrity
activities under this part and part D) for the purpose
of enabling through such portal (or other successor
technology)--
``(i) the referral by such plans of
substantiated fraud, waste, and abuse for
initiating or assisting investigations
conducted by the eligible entity; and
``(ii) data sharing among such MA plans,
prescription drug plans, and the Secretary.
``(B) Required uses of portal.--The Secretary shall
disseminate the following information to MA plans under
this part and prescription drug plans under part D
through the secure Internet website portal (or other
successor technology) established under subparagraph
(A):
``(i) Providers of services and suppliers
that have been referred pursuant to
subparagraph (A)(i) during the previous 12-
month period.
``(ii) Providers of services and suppliers
who are the subject of an active exclusion
under section 1128 or who are subject to a
suspension of payment under this title pursuant
to section 1862(o) or otherwise.
``(iii) Providers of services and suppliers
who are the subject of an active revocation of
participation under this title, including for
not satisfying conditions of participation.
``(iv) In the case of such a plan that
makes a referral under subparagraph (A)(i)
through the portal (or other successor
technology) with respect to activities of
substantiated fraud, waste, or abuse of a
provider of services or supplier, if such
provider or supplier has been the subject of an
administrative action under this title or title
XI with respect to similar activities, a
notification to such plan of such action so
taken.
``(C) Rulemaking.--For purposes of this paragraph,
the Secretary shall, through rulemaking, specify what
constitutes substantiated fraud, waste, and abuse,
using guidance such as what is provided in the Medicare
Program Integrity Manual 4.7.1.
``(D) HIPAA compliant information only.--For
purposes of this subsection, communications may only
occur if the communications are permitted under the
Federal regulations (concerning the privacy of
individually identifiable health information)
promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
``(2) Quarterly reports.--Beginning two years after the
date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall make
available to MA plans under this part and prescription drug
plans under part D in a timely manner (but no less frequently
than quarterly) and using information submitted to an entity
described in paragraph (1) through the portal (or other
successor technology) described in such paragraph or pursuant
to section 1893, information on fraud, waste, and abuse schemes
and trends in identifying suspicious activity. Information
included in each such report shall--
``(A) include administrative actions, pertinent
information related to opioid overprescribing, and
other data determined appropriate by the Secretary in
consultation with stakeholders; and
``(B) be anonymized information submitted by plans
without identifying the source of such information.
``(3) Clarification.--Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed as precluding or otherwise affecting referrals
described in subparagraph (A) that may otherwise be made to law
enforcement entities or to the Secretary.''.
(b) Contract Requirement To Communicate Plan Corrective Actions
Against Opioids Over-prescribers.--Section 1857(e)(4)(C) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-27(e)(4)(C)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(5) Communicating plan corrective actions against opioids
over-prescribers.--
``(A) In general.--Beginning with plan years
beginning on or after January 1, 2021, a contract under
this section with an MA organization shall require the
organization to submit to the Secretary, through the
process established under subparagraph (B), information
on the investigations and other actions taken by such
plans related to providers of services who prescribe a
high volume of opioids.
``(B) Process.--Not later than January 1, 2021, the
Secretary shall, in consultation with stakeholders,
establish a process under which MA plans and
prescription drug plans shall submit to the Secretary
information described in subparagraph (A).
``(C) Regulations.--For purposes of this paragraph,
including as applied under section 1860D-12(b)(3)(D),
the Secretary shall, pursuant to rulemaking--
``(i) specify a definition for the term
`high volume of opioids' and a method for
determining if a provider of services
prescribes such a high volume; and
``(ii) establish the process described in
subparagraph (B) and the types of information
that shall be submitted through such
process.''.
(c) Reference Under Part D to Program Integrity Transparency
Measures.--Section 1860D-4 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
104) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(m) Program Integrity Transparency Measures.--For program
integrity transparency measures applied with respect to prescription
drug plan and MA plans, see section 1859(i).''. | Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a secure online portal to allow: (1) data sharing among the CMS, Medicare prescription drug benefit plans, and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans; and (2) referrals by such plans of substantiated fraud, waste, or abuse in order to initiate or assist investigations by contracted entities under the Medicare Integrity Program. The CMS must disseminate and report certain collected information to such plans, including information regarding providers that were referred through the portal and trends in identifying suspicious activity. Additionally, for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, MA organizations must submit information to the CMS regarding investigations or other actions taken by MA plans against providers that prescribe high volumes of opioids (as determined by the CMS). | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act"} | 1,421 | 205 | 0.552731 | 1.643485 | 0.771205 | 2.3875 | 7.6375 | 0.8125 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Future Accountability in Retail Fuel
Act'' or the ``FAIR Fuel Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION EQUIPMENT.
(a) In General.--
(1) New motor fuel dispensers.--Beginning 90 days after the
issuance of final regulations under subsection (c), all motor
fuel dispensers that are newly installed or upgraded at any
retail fuel establishment in the United States shall be
equipped with automatic temperature compensation equipment to
ensure that any volume of gasoline or diesel fuel measured by
such dispenser for retail sale is equal to the volume that such
quantity of fuel would equal at the time of such sale if the
temperature of the fuel was 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
(2) Existing motor fuel dispensers.--Not later than 5 years
after the issuance of final regulations under subsection (c),
all motor fuel dispensers at any retail fuel establishment in
the United States shall be equipped with the automatic
temperature compensation equipment described in paragraph (1).
(b) Inspections.--
(1) Annual inspection.--Beginning on the date described in
subsection (a), State inspectors conducting an initial or
annual inspection of motor fuel dispensers are authorized to
determine if such dispensers are equipped with the automatic
temperature compensation equipment required under subsection
(a).
(2) Notification.--If the State inspector determines that a
motor fuel dispenser does not comply with the requirement under
subsection (a), the State inspector is authorized to notify the
Federal Trade Commission, through an electronic notification
system developed by the Commission, of such noncompliance.
(3) Follow-up inspection.--Not earlier than 180 days after
a motor fuel dispenser is found to be out of compliance with
the requirement under subsection (a), the Federal Trade
Commission shall coordinate a follow-up inspection of such
motor fuel dispenser.
(4) Fine.--
(A) In general.--The owner or operator of any
retail fuel establishment with a motor fuel dispenser
subject to the requirement under subsection (a) that is
determined to be out of compliance with such
requirement shall be subject to a fine equal to $5,000
for each noncompliant motor fuel dispenser.
(B) Additional fine.--If a motor fuel dispenser is
determined to be out of compliance during a follow-up
inspection, the owner or operator of the retail fuel
establishment at which such motor fuel dispenser is
located shall be subject to an additional fine equal to
$5,000.
(5) Use of fines.--Any amounts collected under paragraph
(4) shall be deposited into the trust fund established under
section 3.
(c) Defined Term.--In this Act, the term ``automatic temperature
compensation equipment'' has the meaning given the term in the National
Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44.
(d) Rulemaking.--
(1) Commencement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission, in
consultation with the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, shall commence a rulemaking procedure to implement
the requirement under subsection (a).
(2) Final regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission
shall issue final regulations to implement the requirement
under subsection (a), including specifying which volume
correction factor tables shall be used for the range of
gasoline and diesel fuel products that are sold to retail
customers in the United States.
SEC. 3. AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Trust Fund.--
(1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of
the United States a trust fund to be known as the ``Automatic
Temperature Compensation Equipment Trust Fund'' (referred to in
this section as the ``Trust Fund'').
(2) Transfers.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer to the Trust Fund out of the general fund of the
Treasury an amount equal to the amount collected as fines under
section 2(b)(4).
(3) Investment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest
such portion of the Trust Fund as is not required to meet
current withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in
interest-bearing obligations of the United States.
(b) Grants Authorized.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to
use amounts in the Trust Fund for grants to owners and
operators of retail fuel establishments to offset the costs
associated with the installation of automatic temperature
compensation equipment on motor fuel dispensers.
(2) Maximum amount.--The Secretary may not award a grant
under this subsection in excess of--
(A) $1,000 per motor fuel dispenser; or
(B) $10,000 per grant recipient.
(3) Ineligible companies.--A major integrated oil company
(as defined in section 167(h)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986) is ineligible to receive a grant under this
subsection.
(4) Use of grant funds.--Grant funds received under this
subsection may be used to offset the costs incurred by owners
and operators of retail establishments to acquire and install
automatic temperature compensation equipment in accordance with
the requirement under section 2(a).
(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this subsection.
(c) Reimbursement of State Inspection Costs.--The Secretary of
Commerce is authorized to use amounts in the Trust Fund to reimburse
States for the costs incurred by the States to--
(1) inspect motor fuel dispensers for compliance with the
requirement under section 2(a); and
(2) notify the Secretary of Commerce of any noncompliance
with such requirement.
SEC. 4. SAVINGS PROVISION.
(a) In General.--Nothing in this Act may be construed to preempt a
State from enacting a law that imposes an equivalent standard or a more
stringent standard concerning the retail sale of gasoline at certain
temperatures.
(b) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``equivalent
standard'' means any standard that prohibits the retail sale of
gasoline with energy content per gallon that is different than the
energy content of 1 gallon of gasoline stored at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. | Future Accountability in Retail Fuel Act or the FAIR Fuel Act - Requires, after a specified period, all new and existing motor fuel dispensers at retail fuel stations to be equipped with automatic temperature compensation equipment.
Requires state inspectors to conduct annual inspections of motor fuel dispensers at such stations and to notify the Federal Trade Commission of any noncompliance with the requirements of this Act. Subjects owners or operators of retail fuel stations who are not in compliance to certain fines.
Establishes the Automatic Temperature Compensation Equipment Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to use amounts in the Trust Fund to award grants to owners and operators of retail fuel stations to offset the costs for the installation of automatic temperature compensation equipment on motor fuel dispensers. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to require all new and upgraded fuel pumps to be equipped with automatic temperature compensation equipment, and for other purposes."} | 1,354 | 162 | 0.653213 | 1.773895 | 0.762467 | 3.137681 | 8.992754 | 0.891304 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``U.S.S. New Jersey Commemorative Coin
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The U.S.S. New Jersey was launched December 7, 1942,
the start of nearly 50 years of dedicated service to our Nation
prior to final decommissioning in 1991.
(2) After commissioning, the U.S.S. New Jersey was sent to
the Pacific, and played a key role in operations in the
Marshalls, Marianas, Carolines, Philippines, Iwo Jima, and
Okinawa, with a particular highlight being the U.S.S. New
Jersey's service as the flagship for Commander 3d Fleet,
Admiral William ``Bull'' Halsey, during the Battle of Leyte
Gulf in October 1944.
(3) After the Allied victory in World War II, the U.S.S.
New Jersey was deactivated in 1948 until being called to
service for the second time, in November 1950.
(4) The U.S.S. New Jersey served two tours in the Western
Pacific during the Korean War, serving as flagship for
Commander 7th Fleet.
(5) After her valiant service during the Korean War, the
U.S.S. New Jersey was again mothballed in 1957, only to be re-
activated again in 1968 to serve as the only active-duty Navy
battleship.
(6) The U.S.S. New Jersey served a successful tour during
the Vietnam conflict, providing critical major-caliber fire
support for friendly troops, before again being decommissioned
in December 1969.
(7) The U.S.S. New Jersey's service to our country did not
end with the Vietnam conflict, as she was again called to
active duty status in December 1982 and provided a show of
strength off the coast of Nicaragua, in Central America in
1983.
(8) The Navy again called upon the U.S.S. New Jersey to
provide critical support by sending her to the Mediterranean in
1983 to provide critical fire support to Marines in embattled
Beirut, Lebanon.
(9) The U.S.S. New Jersey continued to serve the Navy in a
variety of roles, including regular deployments in the Western
Pacific.
(10) The U.S.S. New Jersey was decommissioned for the
fourth and final time in February 1991.
(11) In 1998 Congress passed legislation to decommission
the U.S.S. New Jersey and permanently berth her in the State of
New Jersey.
(12) The State has strongly endorsed bringing the U.S.S.
New Jersey home, and has issued commemorative license plates
and taken other steps to raise funds for the costs of
relocating the U.S.S. New Jersey.
(13) The New Jersey congressional delegation is united in
its support for bringing the U.S.S. New Jersey home to New
Jersey.
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) Denomination.--In commemoration of the U.S.S. New Jersey, the
Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins,
each of which shall--
(1) weigh 26.73 grams;
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
(b) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this Act shall be legal
tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5136 of title 31,
United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered
to be numismatic items.
SEC. 4. SOURCES OF BULLION.
The Secretary may obtain silver for minting coins under this Act
from any available source, including stockpiles established under the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.
SEC. 5. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) Design Requirements.--
(1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this
Act shall be emblematic of service of the U.S.S. New Jersey.
(2) Designation and inscriptions.--On each coin minted
under this Act there shall be--
(A) a designation of the value of the coin;
(B) an inscription of the year ``2002''; and
(C) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God
We Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E
Pluribus Unum''.
(3) Obverse of coin.--The obverse of each coin minted under
this Act shall bear the likeness of the U.S.S. New Jersey.
(4) General design.--In designing this coin, the Secretary
shall also consider incorporating appropriate elements from the
tenure of service of the U.S.S. New Jersey in the Navy.
(b) Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this Act
shall be selected by the Secretary after consultation with the
Commission of Fine Arts and shall be reviewed by the Citizens
Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee.
SEC. 6. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued
in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(b) Mint Facility.--Only one facility of the United States Mint may
be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under this
Act.
(c) Period for Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted
under this Act only during the period beginning on January 1, 2002, and
ending on December 31, 2002.
SEC. 7. SALE OF COINS.
(a) Sale Price.--The coins issued under this Act shall be sold by
the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of--
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharge provided in subsection (d) with respect
to such coins; and
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including
labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses,
marketing, and shipping).
(b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins
issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
(c) Prepaid Orders.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders
for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of such
coins.
(2) Discount.--Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders
under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.
(d) Surcharges.--All sales of coins minted under this Act shall
include a surcharge of $10 per coin.
SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
(a) In General.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United
States Code, 10 percent of the proceeds from the surcharges received by
the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be
promptly paid by the Secretary to the U.S.S. New Jersey Battleship
Foundation in Middletown, New Jersey, for activities associated with
the costs of moving the U.S.S. New Jersey and permanently berthing her
in her new location.
(b) Audits.--The U.S.S. New Jersey Battleship Foundation shall be
subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31,
United States Code. | U.S.S. New Jersey Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one-dollar silver coins in commemoration of the U.S.S. New Jersey.
Mandates that ten percent of all coin surcharges be paid to the U.S.S. New Jersey Battleship Foundation in Middletown, New Jersey, for activities associated with the costs of moving the U.S.S. New Jersey and permanently berthing her in her new location. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "U.S.S. New Jersey Commemorative Coin Act"} | 1,652 | 109 | 0.430371 | 1.307088 | 0.305323 | 5.706667 | 18.68 | 0.933333 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act
of 2017'' or the ``MEDS Act''.
SEC. 2. MARIJUANA RESEARCH.
(a) In General.--Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 823(f)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as
subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively;
(2) by striking ``(f) The Attorney General'' and inserting
``(f)(1) The Attorney General'';
(3) by striking ``Registration applications'' and inserting
the following:
``(2) Registration applications'';
(4) in paragraph (2), as so designated, by striking
``schedule I'' each place that term appears and inserting
``schedule I, except marijuana,'';
(5) by striking ``Article 7'' and inserting the following:
``(4) Article 7''; and
(6) by inserting before paragraph (4), as so designated,
the following:
``(3)(A) The Attorney General shall register a practitioner to
conduct research with marijuana if--
``(i) the applicant is authorized to dispense, or conduct
research with respect to, controlled substances in schedules
II, III, IV, and V under the laws of the State in which the
applicant practices;
``(ii) the applicant's research protocol--
``(I) has been reviewed and allowed by--
``(aa) the Secretary under section 505(i)
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 355(i)); or
``(bb) the National Institutes of Health or
another Federal agency that funds scientific
research; or
``(II) in the case of nonhuman research that is not
federally funded, has been voluntarily submitted by the
applicant to, and approved by, the National Institutes
of Health; and
``(iii) the applicant has demonstrated that there are
effective procedures in place to adequately safeguard against
diversion of the marijuana from legitimate medical or
scientific use, in accordance with subparagraph (E).
``(B) The Attorney General shall grant an application for
registration under this paragraph unless the Attorney General
determines that the issuance of the registration would be inconsistent
with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the
following factors shall be considered:
``(i) The applicant's experience in dispensing, or
conducting research with respect to, controlled substances.
``(ii) The applicant's conviction record under Federal or
State laws relating to the manufacture, distribution, or
dispensing of controlled substances.
``(iii) Compliance with applicable State, Federal, or local
laws relating to controlled substances.
``(iv) Such other conduct by the applicant that may
threaten the public health and safety.
``(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
paragraph, for purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), the National
Institutes of Health shall establish a process that--
``(i) allows a researcher to voluntarily submit the
research protocol of the researcher for review and approval;
and
``(ii) provides a researcher described in clause (i) with a
decision not later than 30 days after the date on which the
research protocol is submitted.
``(D)(i) Not later than 60 days after the date on which the
Attorney General receives a complete application for registration under
this paragraph, the Attorney General shall--
``(I) approve the application; or
``(II) serve an order to show cause upon the applicant in
accordance with section 304(c).
``(ii) For purposes of clause (i), an application shall be deemed
complete when the applicant has submitted documentation showing that
the requirements under subparagraph (A) are satisfied.
``(E)(i) A researcher registered under this paragraph shall store
marijuana to be used in research in a securely locked, substantially
constructed cabinet.
``(ii) Any other security measures required by the Attorney General
under this paragraph to safeguard against diversion shall be consistent
with those required for practitioners conducting research on other
controlled substances in schedules I and II that have a similar risk of
diversion and abuse.
``(F)(i) If the Attorney General grants an application for
registration under this paragraph, the applicant may amend or
supplement the research protocol without reapplying if the applicant
does not--
``(I) change the type of drug, the source of the drug, or
the conditions under which the drug is stored, tracked, or
administered; or
``(II) otherwise increase the risk of diversion.
``(ii) If an applicant amends or supplements the research protocol
under clause (i), the applicant shall, in order to renew the
registration under this paragraph, provide notice to the Attorney
General of the amended or supplemented research protocol in the
applicant's renewal materials.
``(iii)(I) If an applicant amends or supplements the research
protocol in a manner that involves a change to the type of drug, the
source of the drug, or conditions under which the drug is stored,
tracked, or administered or otherwise increases the risk of diversion,
the applicant shall provide notice to the Attorney General not later
than 30 days before proceeding on such amended or supplemental research
protocol.
``(II) If the Attorney General does not object during the 30-day
period following a notification under subclause (I), the applicant may
proceed with the amended or supplemental research protocol.
``(iv) The Attorney General may object to an amended or
supplemental research protocol under clause (i) or (iii) if additional
security measures are needed to safeguard against diversion or abuse.
``(G) Article 28 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs shall
not be construed to prohibit, or impose additional restrictions upon,
research involving marijuana that is conducted in accordance with this
paragraph and other applicable provisions of this title.
``(H) If marijuana or a compound of marijuana is listed on a
schedule other than schedule I--
``(i) the provisions of this subsection that apply to
research with a controlled substance in the applicable schedule
shall apply to research with marijuana or that compound, as
applicable; and
``(ii) subparagraphs (A) through (G) of this paragraph
shall not apply to research with marijuana or that compound, as
applicable.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 102(16) of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(16)) is amended by inserting ``or
`marijuana''' after ``The term `marihuana'''.
SEC. 3. MANUFACTURING OF MARIJUANA FOR CLINICAL USE.
Section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Registration of Persons To Manufacture and Distribute
Marijuana.--
``(1) Manufacture and distribution for use in research.--
The Attorney General shall register an applicant to manufacture
or distribute marijuana on behalf of the Federal Government to
the extent that the marijuana is intended to be used
exclusively for legitimate research and scientific uses, in
accordance with the applicable requirements under subsection
(a) or (b) for registration of manufacturers or distributors of
controlled substances in schedule I or II.
``(2) Manufacture and distribution for commercial
production of fda-approved drugs.--The Attorney General shall
register an applicant to manufacture or distribute marijuana on
behalf of the Federal Government exclusively for the purpose of
commercial production of a drug containing or derived from
marijuana that is approved by the Secretary under section 505
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355), in
accordance with the applicable requirements under subsection
(a) or (b) of this section for registration of manufacturers or
distributors of controlled substances in schedule I or II.
``(3) No limit on number of manufacturers and
distributors.--The Attorney General shall not impose a limit on
the number of applicants eligible to be registered under
paragraph (1) or (2).
``(4) Timing.--Not later than 30 days after the date on
which the Attorney General receives an application for
registration under paragraph (1) or (2), the Attorney General
shall--
``(A) grant the application; or
``(B) serve an order to show cause upon the
applicant in accordance with section 304(c).
``(5) Determination of supply.--In considering the factors
under subsection (a) or (b), as applicable, for the purposes of
registering an applicant eligible under paragraph (1) or (2) of
this subsection, the Attorney General shall consider the demand
from researchers for an adequate and uninterrupted supply of
specific strains of marijuana and for marijuana grown pursuant
to specific manufacturing processes.
``(6) Relation to the single convention on narcotic
drugs.--
``(A) Constructive possession and control.--The
registration of manufacturers and distributors of
marijuana under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall constitute
constructive possession and control by the Federal
Government for the purposes of the obligations under
the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
``(B) Article 28.--Article 28 of the Single
Convention on Narcotic Drugs shall not be construed to
prohibit, or impose additional restrictions upon, the
manufacturing of marijuana that is conducted in
accordance with paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable,
and other applicable provisions of this title.''.
SEC. 4. GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the National Institute for Drug Abuse shall develop and publish
recommendations for good manufacturing practices for growing and
producing marijuana (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled
Substance Act (21 U.S.C. 802), as amended by this Act) for research.
SEC. 5. QUOTAS.
Section 306(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 826(e))
is amended in the third sentence by striking ``exceeds the aggregate of
the quotas of all registrants under this section'' and inserting
``should be increased to meet the changing medical, scientific, and
industrial needs for the controlled substance''.
SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEW PROCESS FOR NON-NIH-
FUNDED RESEARCHERS.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not--
(1) reinstate the Public Health Service interdisciplinary
review process described in the guidance entitled ``Guidance on
Procedures for the Provision of Marijuana for Medical
Research'' (issued on May 21, 1999); or
(2) create an additional review of scientific protocols
that is conducted only for research on marijuana (as defined in
section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802),
as amended by section 2(b)) other than the review of research
protocols performed at the request of a researcher conducting
nonhuman research that is not federally funded, in accordance
with section 303(f)(3)(A)(ii)(II) of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)(3)(A)(ii)(II)), as amended by section
2(a). | Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2017 or the MEDS Act This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate research involving marijuana and the commercial production of drugs made from marijuana. Specifically, the bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to register manufacturers and distributors to supply marijuana: (1) for use in research, and (2) for the commercial production of approved drugs containing or derived from marijuana. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2017"} | 2,573 | 95 | 0.530483 | 1.240683 | 0.785885 | 2.070588 | 27.341176 | 0.870588 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Solvency Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT TO RATE OF INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT
BASE.
Section 230(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 430(b)(2))
is amended to read as follows:
``(2) the sum of--
``(A) the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i)
the national average wage index (as defined in section
209(k)(1)) for the calendar year before the calendar
year in which the determination under subsection (a) is
made to (ii) the national average wage index (as so
defined) for 1992, plus
``(B) for purposes of determining the contribution
and benefit base effective with respect to remuneration
paid during calendar years after 2005 and before 2037
and self-employment income derived in taxable years
beginning with or during such calendar years, 2
percentage points,''.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF THE CHAINED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN
CONSUMERS IN DETERMINING COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES IN
BENEFITS.
(a) In General.--Section 215(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 425(i)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period and
inserting ``; and''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(H) the term `Consumer Price Index' means the chained
consumer price index for all urban consumers, published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to increases described in section 215(i)(2)(A) of
the Social Security Act effective with the month of December of
calendar years after 2005.
SEC. 4. RETENTION OF ESTATE TAX; TRANSFERS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST
FUND.
(a) Exclusion Equivalent Made Permanent at 2009 Amount.--The item
relating to 2009 in the table in section 2010(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to applicable credit amount) is amended
by striking all that follows ``the applicable exclusion amount'' and
inserting ``. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the applicable
exclusion amount is $3,500,000.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Subtitles A and E of title V of the Economic Growth and
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and the amendments made
by such subtitles, are hereby repealed; and the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such subtitles, and
amendments, had never been enacted.
(2)(A) Subsection (a) of section 901 of the Economic Growth
and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 is amended by
striking ``this Act'' and all that follows and inserting ``this
Act (other than title V) shall not apply to taxable, plan, or
limitation years beginning after December 31, 2010.''.
(B) Subsection (b) of such section 901 is amended by
striking ``, estates, gifts, and transfers''.
(3) Subsections (d) and (e) of section 511 of the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and the
amendments made by such subsections, are hereby repealed; and
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such
subsections, and amendments, had never been enacted.
(c) Transfers to Trust Fund.--
(1) In general.--There are hereby appropriated to the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund amounts
equivalent to the taxes received in the Treasury under chapters
11 and 13 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
estate tax and tax on generation-skipping transfers,
respectively).
(2) Transfers.--The amounts appropriated by paragraph (1)
shall be transferred from time to time (but not less frequently
than quarterly) from the general fund of the Treasury on the
basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the
amounts referred to in such paragraph. Any such quarterly
payment shall be made on the first day of such quarter. Proper
adjustments shall be made in the amounts subsequently
transferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of or
less than the amounts required to be transferred.
(3) Reports.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
annual reports to the Congress and to the Commissioner of
Social Security regarding--
(A) the transfers made under this subsection during
the year, and the methodology used in determining the
amount of such transfers, and
(B) the anticipated operation of this subsection
during the next 5 years.
SEC. 5. FUTURE ADJUSTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT TAX RATES TO KEEP SOCIAL
SECURITY TRUST FUNDS IN BALANCE.
(a) Statement of Projected Insolvency in Annual Report of Board of
Trustees.--Section 201(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(c))
is amended, in the second sentence following clause (5), by striking
``Trustees).'' and inserting ``Trustees), the Board's best estimate of
the date as of which, using intermediate assumptions, the Trust Funds
will, with no change in rates of tax under chapters 2 and 21 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, first have assets insufficient to pay
scheduled benefits in full on a timely basis, and, if such date is
within 2 years after the date of the filing of the report, the minimum
increase necessary in such rates of tax (using such assumptions and
assuming pro rata adjustments in the taxes applicable under sections
1401(a), 3101(a), and 3111(a) of such Code) necessary to take effect
(effective for the calendar year and applicable taxable years in which
such date occurs) to preclude such an insufficiency (rounded, if not a
multiple of 0.01 percent, to the next higher multiple of 0.01
percent).''.
(b) Employee Contribution.--Subsection (a) of section 3101 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate of tax for old-age,
survivors, and disability insurance) is amended by adding at the end
the following flush sentence: ``In the case of the year in which occurs
the date determined under section 201(c) of the Social Security Act to
be the date as of which the Trust Funds will first have assets
insufficient to pay scheduled benefits in full on a timely basis, the
rate in effect under the preceding sentence for such year and each year
thereafter (without regard for this sentence) shall be increased to the
extent determined under section 201(c) of such Act to be necessary to
preclude such an insufficiency. Such increase shall be prescribed by
the Secretary.''.
(c) Employer Contribution.--Subsection (a) of section 3111 of such
Code (relating to rate of tax for old-age, survivors, and disability
insurance) is amended by adding at the end the following flush
sentence: ``In the case of the year in which occurs the date determined
under section 201(c) of the Social Security Act to be the date as of
which the Trust Funds will first have assets insufficient to pay
scheduled benefits in full on a timely basis, the rate in effect under
the preceding sentence for such year and each year thereafter (without
regard for this sentence) shall be increased to the extent determined
under section 201(c) of such Act to be necessary to preclude such an
insufficiency. Such increase shall be prescribed by the Secretary.''.
(d) Self-Employment Contribution.--Subsection (a) of section 1401
of such Code (relating to rate of tax for old-age, survivors, and
disability insurance) is amended by adding at the end the following
flush sentence: ``In the case of the year in which occurs the date
determined under section 201(c) of the Social Security Act to be the
date as of which the Trust Funds will first have assets insufficient to
pay scheduled benefits in full on a timely basis, the rate in effect
under the preceding sentence for such year and each year thereafter
(without regard for this sentence) shall be increased to the extent
determined under section 201(c) of such Act to be necessary to preclude
such an insufficiency. Such increase shall be prescribed by the
Secretary.''. | Social Security Solvency Act of 2004 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) revise requirements for calculating the contribution and benefit base with respect to remuneration paid (including self-employment income derived) during the calendar years between 2005 and 2037; and (2) apply the chained consumer price index for all urban consumers in determining cost-of-living increases in benefits.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the unified credit against the estate tax, to set the applicable exclusion amount permanently at $3.5 million (the amount currently set for 2009).
Makes appropriations (and requires transfers from the General Fund) at least quarterly to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund equivalent to estate taxes and taxes on generation-skipping transfers.
Amends SSA title II to require the statement of projected insolvency in the annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds to include: (1) the Board's best estimate of the date as of which the Trust Funds will, with no change in employment tax rates, first have assets insufficient to pay scheduled benefits in full on a timely basis; and (2) if such date is within two years after the filing of the report, the minimum increase necessary in such tax rates necessary to preclude such an insufficiency period.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for future adjustment of employment tax rates to keep the Social Security Trust Funds in balance. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for modest adjustments necessary to restore the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program to long-term actuarial balance."} | 1,904 | 336 | 0.604239 | 1.813105 | 0.759835 | 3.976351 | 5.692568 | 0.908784 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Enhancement Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. URBAN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS INITIATIVE GRANTS.
(a) Urban University Business Initiative Grants.--
(1) Authorization.--The Administrator of the Small Business
Administration (hereafter in this section referred to as the
``Administrator'') may make grants to eligible institutions in
accordance with this section.
(2) Application.--
(A) In general.--An eligible institution seeking
assistance under this section shall submit to the
Administrator an application at such time, in such
form, and containing or accompanied by such information
and assurances as the Administrator may require by
regulation.
(B) Contents.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(C), each application submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (A) shall include--
(i) a description of the activities and
services for which assistance is sought;
(ii) evidence of coordination with any
small business development center in existence
in the community; and
(iii) documentation of the formation of a
consortium that includes, in addition to
eligible institutions, one or more of the
following entities:
(I) A nonprofit organization.
(II) A business or other employer.
(C) Waiver.--The Administrator may waive the
requirements of subparagraph (B)(iii) for any applicant
who can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
Administrator that the applicant has devised an
integrated and coordinated plan that otherwise meets
the requirements of this section.
(3) Selection procedures.--Not later than 120 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall by
regulation develop a formal procedure for the submission of
applications under this section and shall publish in the
Federal Register an announcement of that procedure and the
availability of funds under this section.
(b) Authorized Activities.--
(1) In general.--Funds provided under this section shall be
used to design and implement programs to assist businesses,
especially those in lower income urban communities, to become
more productive and able to compete in the global marketplace.
(2) Specific authorized activities.--Activities conducted
with funds made available under this section may include
research on, or planning and implementation of technology
transfer, technical training, the delivery of services, or
technical assistance in--
(A) business development;
(B) business creation;
(C) business expansion; and
(D) human resource management.
(c) Peer Review Panel.--
(1) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date
on which the Administrator publishes the announcement in the
Federal Register in accordance with subsection (a)(3), the
Administrator shall appoint a peer review panel (hereafter in
this section referred to as the ``panel'').
(2) Membership.--In appointing the panel under paragraph
(1), the Administrator shall consult with officials of other
Federal agencies and with non-Federal organizations in order to
ensure that--
(A) the panel membership is geographically
balanced; and
(B) the panel is composed of representatives from
public and private institutions of higher education,
labor, business, and nonprofit organizations having
expertise in business development in lower income urban
communities.
(3) Duties.--The panel shall--
(A) review applications submitted under this
section; and
(B) make recommendations to the Administrator
concerning the selection of grant recipients.
(d) Disbursement of Funds.--
(1) Limitation on amount.--The Administrator shall not
provide assistance under this section to any recipient in an
amount that exceeds $400,000 during any 1-year period.
(2) Equitable geographic distribution.--The Administrator
shall award grants under this section in a manner that achieves
equitable geographic distribution of such grants.
(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
(1) Lower income urban community.--The term ``lower income
urban community'' means an urban area in which the percent of
residents living below the Federal poverty level is not less
than 115 percent of the statewide average.
(2) Urban area.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the term ``urban area'' means a primary
metropolitan statistical area of the Bureau of the
Census, Department of Commerce.
(B) Exception.--With respect to a State that does
not contain an urban area, as defined in subparagraph
(A), the Administrator shall designate 1 area in the
State as an urban area for purposes of this section.
(3) Eligible institution.--
(A) Institution or consortium.--The term ``eligible
institution'' means a nonprofit institution of higher
education that meets the requirements of subparagraph
(b), or a consortium of such institutions, any 1 of
which meets the requirements of subparagraph (B).
(B) Requirements.--An institution meets the
requirements of this subparagraph if the institution--
(i) is located in an urban area;
(ii) draws a substantial portion of its
undergraduate students from the urban area in
which such institution is located, or from
contiguous areas;
(iii) carries out programs to make
postsecondary educational opportunities more
accessible to residents of such urban area, or
contiguous areas;
(iv) has the present capacity to provide
resources responsive to the needs and
priorities of such urban area and contiguous
areas;
(v) offers a range of professional,
technical, or graduate programs sufficient to
sustain the capacity of such institution to
provided such resources;
(vi) has demonstrated and sustained a sense
of responsibility to such urban area and
contiguous areas and the people of such areas;
and
(vii) has a school of business accredited
by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools
of Business (or similar organization) with
faculty experienced in conducting research on
issues of immediate concern to small and
emerging businesses.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section--
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1996; and
(2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1997,
1998, 1999, and 2000. | Small Business Enhancement Act of 1995 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to eligible institutions to design and implement programs to assist businesses, especially those in lower income urban communities, to become more productive and able to compete in the global marketplace. Directs the SBA Administrator to establish a peer review panel to review grant applications and make recommendations to the Administrator concerning the selection of grant recipients. Limits to $400,000 the assistance provided to any single recipient during any one-year period. Requires the SBA Administrator to achieve equitable geographic distribution in the awarding of such grants. Defines an eligible institution as a nonprofit institution of higher education that is located in an urban area, has an accredited school of business, draws a substantial amount of its enrollment from urban areas, and carries out programs to make postsecondary educational opportunities more accessible to residents of such urban or contiguous areas. Authorizes appropriations for the grant program for FY 1996 through 2000. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Small Business Enhancement Act of 1995"} | 1,342 | 213 | 0.580943 | 1.567773 | 0.766593 | 3.904762 | 6.603175 | 0.878307 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Public Housing Authorities
Paperwork Reduction Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS FOR CERTAIN QUALIFIED PUBLIC
HOUSING AGENCIES.
(a) In General.--Section 5A(b) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c-1(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(3) Exemption of certain phas from filing requirement.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or
any other provision of this Act--
``(i) the requirement under paragraph (1)
shall not apply to any qualified public housing
agency; and
``(ii) except as provided in subsection
(e)(4)(B), any reference in this section or any
other provision of law to a `public housing
agency' shall not be considered to refer to any
qualified public housing agency, to the extent
such reference applies to the requirement to
submit an annual public housing agency plan
under this subsection.
``(B) Civil rights certification.--Notwithstanding
that qualified public housing agencies are exempt under
subparagraph (A) from the requirement under this
section to prepare and submit an annual public housing
plan, each qualified public housing agency shall, on an
annual basis, make the certification described in
paragraph (16) of subsection (d), except that for
purposes of such qualified public housing agencies,
such paragraph shall be applied by substituting `the
public housing program of the agency' for `the public
housing agency plan'.
``(C) Definition.--For purposes of this section,
the term `qualified public housing agency' means a
public housing agency that--
``(i) administers--
``(I) 500 or fewer public housing
dwelling units; or
``(II) any number of vouchers under
section 8(o) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f(o)); and
``(ii) is not designated under section
6(j)(2) as a troubled public housing agency.''.
(b) Resident Participation.--Section 5A of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c-1) is amended--
(1) in subsection (e), by inserting after paragraph (3) the
following:
``(4) Qualified public housing agencies.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), nothing in this section may be
construed to exempt a qualified public housing agency
from the requirement under paragraph (1) to establish 1
or more resident advisory boards. Notwithstanding that
qualified public housing agencies are exempt under
subsection (b)(3)(A) from the requirement under this
section to prepare and submit an annual public housing
plan, each qualified public housing agency shall
consult with, and consider the recommendations of the
resident advisory boards for the agency, at the annual
public hearing required under subsection (f)(5),
regarding any changes to the goals, objectives, and
policies of that agency.
``(B) Applicability of waiver authority.--Paragraph
(3) shall apply to qualified public housing agencies,
except that for purposes of such qualified public
housing agencies, subparagraph (B) of such paragraph
shall be applied by substituting `the functions
described in the second sentence of paragraph (4)(A)'
for `the functions described in paragraph (2)'.
``(f) Public Hearings.--''; and
(2) in subsection (f) (as so designated by the amendment
made by paragraph (1)), by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Qualified public housing agencies.--
``(A) Requirement.--Notwithstanding that qualified
public housing agencies are exempt under subsection
(b)(3)(A) from the requirement under this section to
conduct a public hearing regarding the annual public
housing plan of the agency, each qualified public
housing agency shall annually conduct a public
hearing--
``(i) to discuss any changes to the goals,
objectives, and policies of the agency; and
``(ii) to invite public comment regarding
such changes.
``(B) Availability of information and notice.--Not
later than 45 days before the date of any hearing
described in subparagraph (A), a qualified public
housing agency shall--
``(i) make all information relevant to the
hearing and any determinations of the agency
regarding changes to the goals, objectives, and
policies of the agency to be considered at the
hearing available for inspection by the public
at the principal office of the public housing
agency during normal business hours; and
``(ii) publish a notice informing the
public that--
``(I) the information is available
as required under clause (i); and
``(II) a public hearing under
subparagraph (A) will be conducted.'' | Small Public Housing Authorities Paperwork Reduction Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt a qualified public housing agency from the requirement to prepare an annual public agency plan if the agency: (1) administers 500 or fewer public housing dwelling units, or section 8 vouchers; and (2) is not designated as a troubled agency.
Requires an agency to: (1) continue to make an annual civil rights certification and establish, and consult with, one or more resident advisory boards; and (2) conduct a public hearing to discuss changes to agency goals and policies and make the information available to the public at the agency's principal office. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt qualified public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing an annual public housing agency plan."} | 1,089 | 138 | 0.609329 | 1.588981 | 0.642895 | 2.742188 | 7.820313 | 0.929688 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Child Custody Protection Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF MINORS IN CIRCUMVENTION OF CERTAIN LAWS
RELATING TO ABORTION.
(a) In General.--Title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after chapter 117 the following:
``CHAPTER 117A--TRANSPORTATION OF MINORS IN CIRCUMVENTION OF CERTAIN
LAWS RELATING TO ABORTION
``Sec.
``2431. Transportation of minors in circumvention of certain laws
relating to abortion.
``2432. Transportation of minors in circumvention of certain laws
relating to incest.
``Sec. 2431. Transportation of minors in circumvention of certain laws
relating to abortion
``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `law requiring parental involvement in a
minor's abortion decision' means a law in force in the State in
which a minor resides--
``(A) that requires, before an abortion is
performed on the minor--
``(i) notification to, or consent of, a
parent of the minor; or
``(ii) judicial authorization from a State
court; and
``(B) that does not provide as an alternative to
the requirements described in subparagraph (A)--
``(i) notification to, or consent of, an
individual who is not a parent of the minor; or
``(ii) authorization from an entity that is
not a State court;
``(2) the term `parent' means--
``(A) a parent or guardian;
``(B) a legal custodian; or
``(C) an individual standing in loco parentis who
has care and control of a minor, with whom the minor
regularly resides, and who is designated by a law
requiring parental involvement in the minor's abortion
decision as an individual to whom notification, or from
whom consent, is required;
``(3) the term `minor' means an individual who is not older
than the maximum age requiring parental notification or
consent, or judicial authorization from a State court, under a
law requiring parental involvement in a minor's abortion
decision; and
``(4) the term `State' includes the District of Columbia
and any commonwealth, possession, or other territory of the
United States.
``(b) Offense.--
``(1) Generally.--Except as provided in subsection (c),
whoever knowingly transports a minor across a State line, with
the intent that the minor obtain an abortion, and thereby in
fact abridges the right of a parent of the minor under a law
requiring parental involvement in a minor's abortion decision,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1
year, or both.
``(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, an
abridgement of the right of a parent of a minor occurs if an
abortion is performed on the minor, in a State other than the
State in which the minor resides, without the parental consent
or notification, or the judicial authorization, that would have
been required under a law requiring parental involvement in a
minor's abortion decision, had the abortion been performed in
the State where the minor resides.
``(c) Exceptions.--
``(1) Life-endangering conditions.--The prohibition under
subsection (b) shall not apply in the case of an abortion that
is necessary to save the life of a minor because her life is
endangered by a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical
illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused
by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
``(2) Minors and parents.--A minor transported in violation
of this section, and any parent of the minor, may not be
prosecuted or sued for a violation of this section, a
conspiracy to violate this section, or an offense under section
2 or 3 based on a violation of this section.
``(d) Affirmative Defense.--It is an affirmative defense to a
prosecution for an offense, or to a civil action, based on a violation
of this section that the defendant reasonably believed, based on
information the defendant obtained directly from a parent of the minor
or other compelling facts, that before the minor obtained the abortion,
the parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, that
would have been required under the law requiring parental involvement
in a minor's abortion decision, had the abortion been performed in the
State where the minor resides, took place.
``(e) Civil Action.--Any parent who suffers harm from a violation
of subsection (b) may obtain appropriate relief in a civil action,
unless the parent has committed an act of incest with the minor who was
transported in violation of subsection (b).
``Sec. 2432. Transportation of minors in circumvention of certain laws
relating to incest
``Notwithstanding section 2431(c)(2), whoever has committed an act
of incest with a minor and knowingly transports the minor across a
State line with the intent that the minor obtain an abortion, shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for
part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
the item relating to chapter 117 the following:
``117A. Transportation of minors in circumvention of certain 2431.''.
laws relating to abortion. | Child Custody Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor's state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor's abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to save the life of the minor. Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on anyone who has committed an act of incest with a minor and knowingly transports such minor across a state line to obtain an abortion. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Child Custody Protection Act of 2013"} | 1,293 | 194 | 0.583132 | 1.574419 | 0.692394 | 3.10828 | 7.210191 | 0.840764 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bring Jobs Home Act''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR INSOURCING EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``SEC. 45S. CREDIT FOR INSOURCING EXPENSES.
``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 38, the insourcing
expenses credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to 20 percent
of the eligible insourcing expenses of the taxpayer which are taken
into account in such taxable year under subsection (d).
``(b) Eligible Insourcing Expenses.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) In general.--The term `eligible insourcing expenses'
means--
``(A) eligible expenses paid or incurred by the
taxpayer in connection with the elimination of any
business unit of the taxpayer (or of any member of any
expanded affiliated group in which the taxpayer is also
a member) located outside the United States, and
``(B) eligible expenses paid or incurred by the
taxpayer in connection with the establishment of any
business unit of the taxpayer (or of any member of any
expanded affiliated group in which the taxpayer is also
a member) located within the United States,
if such establishment constitutes the relocation of business
unit so eliminated. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a
relocation shall not be treated as failing to occur merely
because such elimination occurs in a different taxable year
than such establishment.
``(2) Eligible expenses.--The term `eligible expenses'
means--
``(A) any amount for which a deduction is allowed
to the taxpayer under section 162, and
``(B) permit and license fees, lease brokerage
fees, equipment installation costs, and, to the extent
provided by the Secretary, other similar expenses.
Such term does not include any compensation which is paid or
incurred in connection with severance from employment and, to
the extent provided by the Secretary, any similar amount.
``(3) Business unit.--The term `business unit' means--
``(A) any trade or business, and
``(B) any line of business, or functional unit,
which is part of any trade or business.
``(4) Expanded affiliated group.--The term `expanded
affiliated group' means an affiliated group as defined in
section 1504(a), determined without regard to section
1504(b)(3) and by substituting `more than 50 percent' for `at
least 80 percent' each place it appears in section 1504(a). A
partnership or any other entity (other than a corporation)
shall be treated as a member of an expanded affiliated group if
such entity is controlled (within the meaning of section
954(d)(3)) by members of such group (including any entity
treated as a member of such group by reason of this paragraph).
``(5) Expenses must be pursuant to insourcing plan.--
Amounts shall be taken into account under paragraph (1) only to
the extent that such amounts are paid or incurred pursuant to a
written plan to carry out the relocation described in paragraph
(1).
``(6) Operating expenses not taken into account.--Any
amount paid or incurred in connection with the on-going
operation of a business unit shall not be treated as an amount
paid or incurred in connection with the establishment or
elimination of such business unit.
``(c) Increased Domestic Employment Requirement.--No credit shall
be allowed under this section unless the number of full-time equivalent
employees of the taxpayer for the taxable year for which the credit is
claimed exceeds the number of full-time equivalent employees of the
taxpayer for the last taxable year ending before the first taxable year
in which such eligible insourcing expenses were paid or incurred. For
purposes of this subsection, full-time equivalent employees has the
meaning given such term under section 45R(d) (and the applicable rules
of section 45R(e)), determined by only taking into account wages (as
otherwise defined in section 45R(e)) paid with respect to services
performed within the United States. All employers treated as a single
employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 shall be
treated as a single employer for purposes of this subsection.
``(d) Credit Allowed Upon Completion of Insourcing Plan.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
eligible insourcing expenses shall be taken into account under
subsection (a) in the taxable year during which the plan
described in subsection (b)(5) has been completed and all
eligible insourcing expenses pursuant to such plan have been
paid or incurred.
``(2) Election to apply employment test and claim credit in
first full taxable year after completion of plan.--If the
taxpayer elects the application of this paragraph, eligible
insourcing expenses shall be taken into account under
subsection (a) in the first taxable year after the taxable year
described in paragraph (1).
``(e) Possessions Treated as Part of the United States.--For
purposes of this section, the term `United States' shall be treated as
including each possession of the United States (including the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands).
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the
purposes of this section.''.
(b) Credit To Be Part of General Business Credit.--Subsection (b)
of section 38 of such Code is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end
of paragraph (35), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (36)
and inserting ``, plus'', and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(37) the insourcing expenses credit determined under
section 45S(a).''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
``Sec. 45S. Credit for insourcing expenses.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(e) Application to United States Possessions.--
(1) Payments to possessions.--
(A) Mirror code possessions.--The Secretary of the
Treasury shall make periodic payments to each
possession of the United States with a mirror code tax
system in an amount equal to the loss to that
possession by reason of section 45S of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986. Such amount shall be determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information
provided by the government of the respective
possession.
(B) Other possessions.--The Secretary of the
Treasury shall make annual payments to each possession
of the United States which does not have a mirror code
tax system in an amount estimated by the Secretary of
the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate benefits
that would have been provided to residents of such
possession by reason of section 45S of such Code if a
mirror code tax system had been in effect in such
possession. The preceding sentence shall not apply with
respect to any possession of the United States unless
such possession has a plan, which has been approved by
the Secretary of the Treasury, under which such
possession will promptly distribute such payment to the
residents of such possession.
(2) Coordination with credit allowed against united states
income taxes.--No credit shall be allowed against United States
income taxes under section 45S of such Code to any person--
(A) to whom a credit is allowed against taxes
imposed by the possession by reason of such section, or
(B) who is eligible for a payment under a plan
described in paragraph (1)(B).
(3) Definitions and special rules.--
(A) Possessions of the united states.--For purposes
of this section, the term ``possession of the United
States'' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(B) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this
section, the term ``mirror code tax system'' means,
with respect to any possession of the United States,
the income tax system of such possession if the income
tax liability of the residents of such possession under
such system is determined by reference to the income
tax laws of the United States as if such possession
were the United States.
(C) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section
1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, the
payments under this section shall be treated in the
same manner as a refund due from sections referred to
in such section 1324(b)(2).
SEC. 3. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR OUTSOURCING EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Part IX of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 280I. OUTSOURCING EXPENSES.
``(a) In General.--No deduction otherwise allowable under this
chapter shall be allowed for any specified outsourcing expense.
``(b) Specified Outsourcing Expense.--For purposes of this
section--
``(1) In general.--The term `specified outsourcing expense'
means--
``(A) any eligible expense paid or incurred by the
taxpayer in connection with the elimination of any
business unit of the taxpayer (or of any member of any
expanded affiliated group in which the taxpayer is also
a member) located within the United States, and
``(B) any eligible expense paid or incurred by the
taxpayer in connection with the establishment of any
business unit of the taxpayer (or of any member of any
expanded affiliated group in which the taxpayer is also
a member) located outside the United States,
if such establishment constitutes the relocation of business
unit so eliminated. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a
relocation shall not be treated as failing to occur merely
because such elimination occurs in a different taxable year
than such establishment.
``(2) Application of certain definitions and rules.--
``(A) Definitions.--For purposes of this section,
the terms `eligible expenses', `business unit', and
`expanded affiliated group' shall have the respective
meanings given such terms by section 45S(b).
``(B) Operating expenses not taken into account.--A
rule similar to the rule of section 45S(b)(6) shall
apply for purposes of this section.
``(c) Special Rules.--
``(1) Application to deductions for depreciation and
amortization.--In the case of any portion of a specified
outsourcing expense which is not deductible in the taxable year
in which paid or incurred, such portion shall neither be
chargeable to capital account nor amortizable.
``(2) Possessions treated as part of the united states.--
For purposes of this section, the term `United States' shall be
treated as including each possession of the United States
(including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands).
``(d) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the
purposes of this section, including regulations which provide (or
create a rebuttable presumption) that certain establishments of
business units outside the United States will be treated as relocations
(based on timing or such other factors as the Secretary may provide) of
business units eliminated within the United States.''.
(b) Limitation on Subpart F Income of Controlled Foreign
Corporations Determined Without Regard to Specified Outsourcing
Expenses.--Subsection (c) of section 952 of such Code is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Earnings and profits determined without regard to
specified outsourcing expenses.--For purposes of this
subsection, earnings and profits of any controlled foreign
corporation shall be determined without regard to any specified
outsourcing expense (as defined in section 280I(b)).''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part IX of
subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:
``Sec. 280I. Outsourcing expenses.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF SECURITIES OF A CONTROLLED CORPORATION EXCHANGED
FOR ASSETS IN CERTAIN REORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 361 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Special Rules for Transactions Involving Section 355
Distributions.--In the case of a reorganization described in section
368(a)(1)(D) with respect to which stock or securities of the
corporation to which the assets are transferred are distributed in a
transaction which qualifies under section 355--
``(1) this section shall be applied by substituting `stock
other than nonqualified preferred stock (as defined in section
351(g)(2))' for `stock or securities' in subsections (a) and
(b)(1), and
``(2) the first sentence of subsection (b)(3) shall apply
only to the extent that the sum of the money and the fair
market value of the other property transferred to such
creditors does not exceed the adjusted bases of such assets
transferred (reduced by the amount of the liabilities assumed
(within the meaning of section 357(c))).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (3) of section 361(b) of such
Code is amended by striking the last sentence.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall apply to exchanges after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Transition rule.--The amendments made by this section
shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to a transaction which
is--
(A) made pursuant to a written agreement which was
binding on February 6, 2012, and at all times
thereafter;
(B) described in a ruling request submitted to the
Internal Revenue Service on or before February 6, 2012;
or
(C) described on or before February 6, 2012, in a
public announcement or in a filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. | Bring Jobs Home Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) grant business taxpayers a tax credit for up to 20% of insourcing expenses incurred for eliminating a business located outside the United States and relocating it within the United States, and (2) deny a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses incurred in relocating a U.S. business outside the United States. Requires an increase in the taxpayer's employment of full-time employees in the United States in order to claim the tax credit for insourcing expenses.
Allows nonrecognition of gain in a corporate reorganization for corporations that exchange property solely for stock other than nonqualified preferred stock. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing, and for other purposes."} | 3,271 | 150 | 0.467253 | 1.248432 | 0.703856 | 2.268293 | 24.02439 | 0.821138 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Equity in Prescription Insurance and
Contraceptive Coverage Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) each year, approximately 3,600,000 pregnancies, or
nearly 60 percent of all pregnancies, in this country are
unintended;
(2) contraceptive services are part of basic health care,
allowing families to both adequately space desired pregnancies
and avoid unintended pregnancy;
(3) studies show that contraceptives are cost effective:
for every $1 of public funds invested in family planning, $4 to
$14 of public funds is saved in pregnancy and health care-
related costs;
(4) by reducing rates of unintended pregnancy,
contraceptives help reduce the need for abortion;
(5) unintended pregnancies lead to higher rates of infant
mortality, low-birth weight, and maternal morbidity, and
threaten the economic viability of families;
(6) the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality
determined that ``infant mortality could be reduced by 10
percent if all women not desiring pregnancy used
contraception'';
(7) most women in the United States, including two-thirds
of women of childbearing age, rely on some form of private
employment-related insurance (through either their own employer
or a family member's employer) to defray their medical
expenses;
(8) the vast majority of private insurers cover
prescription drugs, but many exclude coverage for prescription
contraceptives;
(9) private insurance provides extremely limited coverage
of contraceptives: half of traditional indemnity plans and
preferred provider organizations, 20 percent of point-of-
service networks, and 7 percent of health maintenance
organizations cover no contraceptive methods other than
sterilization;
(10) women of reproductive age spend 68 percent more than
men on out-of-pocket health care costs, with contraceptives and
reproductive health care services accounting for much of the
difference;
(11) the lack of contraceptive coverage in health insurance
places many effective forms of contraceptives beyond the
financial reach of many women, leading to unintended
pregnancies; and
(12) the Institute of Medicine Committee on Unintended
Pregnancy recently recommended that ``financial barriers to
contraception be reduced by increasing the proportion of all
health insurance policies that cover contraceptive services and
supplies''.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974.
(a) In General.--Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title I of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as added by
section 603(a) of the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of
1996 and amended by section 702(a) of the Mental Health Parity Act of
1996) is further amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``SEC. 713. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR CONTRACEPTIVES.
``(a) Requirements for Coverage.--A group health plan, and a health
insurance issuer providing health insurance coverage in connection with
a group health plan, may not--
``(1) exclude or restrict benefits for prescription
contraceptive drugs or devices approved by the Food and Drug
Administration, or generic equivalents approved as
substitutable by the Food and Drug Administration, if such plan
provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs or
devices; or
``(2) exclude or restrict benefits for outpatient
contraceptive services if such plan provides benefits for other
outpatient services provided by a health care professional
(referred to in this section as `outpatient health care
services').
``(b) Prohibitions.--A group health plan, and a health insurance
issuer providing health insurance coverage in connection with a group
health plan, may not--
``(1) deny to an individual eligibility, or continued
eligibility, to enroll or to renew coverage under the terms of
the plan because of the individual's or enrollee's use or
potential use of items or services that are covered in
accordance with the requirements of this section;
``(2) provide monetary payments or rebates to a covered
individual to encourage such individual to accept less than the
minimum protections available under this section;
``(3) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the
reimbursement of a health care professional because such
professional prescribed contraceptive drugs or devices, or
provided contraceptive services, described in subsection (a),
in accordance with this section; or
``(4) provide incentives (monetary or otherwise) to a
health care professional to induce such professional to
withhold from a covered individual contraceptive drugs or
devices, or contraceptive services, described in subsection
(a).
``(c) Rules of Construction.--
``(1) In general.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed--
``(A) as preventing a group health plan and a
health insurance issuer providing health insurance
coverage in connection with a group health plan from
imposing deductibles, coinsurance, or other cost-
sharing or limitations in relation to--
``(i) benefits for contraceptive drugs
under the plan, except that such a deductible,
coinsurance, or other cost-sharing or
limitation for any such drug may not be greater
than such a deductible, coinsurance, or cost-
sharing or limitation for any outpatient
prescription drug otherwise covered under the
plan;
``(ii) benefits for contraceptive devices
under the plan, except that such a deductible,
coinsurance, or other cost-sharing or
limitation for any such device may not be
greater than such a deductible, coinsurance, or
cost-sharing or limitation for any outpatient
prescription device otherwise covered under the
plan; and
``(iii) benefits for outpatient
contraceptive services under the plan, except
that such a deductible, coinsurance, or other
cost-sharing or limitation for any such service
may not be greater than such a deductible,
coinsurance, or cost-sharing or limitation for
any outpatient health care service otherwise
covered under the plan; and
``(B) as requiring a group health plan and a health
insurance issuer providing health insurance coverage in
connection with a group health plan to cover
experimental or investigational contraceptive drugs or
devices, or experimental or investigational
contraceptive services, described in subsection (a),
except to the extent that the plan or issuer provides
coverage for other experimental or investigational
outpatient prescription drugs or devices, or
experimental or investigational outpatient health care
services.
``(2) Limitations.--As used in paragraph (1), the term
`limitation' includes--
``(A) in the case of a contraceptive drug or
device, restricting the type of health care
professionals that may prescribe such drugs or devices,
utilization review provisions, and limits on the volume
of prescription drugs or devices that may be obtained
on the basis of a single consultation with a
professional; or
``(B) in the case of an outpatient contraceptive
service, restricting the type of health care
professionals that may provide such services,
utilization review provisions, requirements relating to
second opinions prior to the coverage of such services,
and requirements relating to preauthorizations prior to
the coverage of such services.
``(d) Notice Under Group Health Plan.--The imposition of the
requirements of this section shall be treated as a material
modification in the terms of the plan described in section 102(a)(1),
for purposes of assuring notice of such requirements under the plan,
except that the summary description required to be provided under the
last sentence of section 104(b)(1) with respect to such modification
shall be provided by not later than 60 days after the first day of the
first plan year in which such requirements apply.
``(e) Preemption.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
preempt any provision of State law to the extent that such State law
establishes, implements, or continues in effect any standard or
requirement that provides protections for enrollees that are greater
than the protections provided under this section.
``(f) Definition.--In this section, the term `outpatient
contraceptive services' means consultations, examinations, procedures,
and medical services, provided on an outpatient basis and related to
the use of contraceptive methods (including natural family planning) to
prevent an unintended pregnancy.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1 of such
Act, as amended by section 603 of the Newborns' and Mothers' Health
Protection Act of 1996 and section 702 of the Mental Health Parity Act
of 1996, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 712
the following new item:
``Sec. 713. Standards relating to benefits for contraceptives.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1998.
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT RELATING TO THE
GROUP MARKET.
(a) In General.--Subpart 2 of part A of title XXVII of the Public
Health Service Act (as added by section 604(a) of the Newborns' and
Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 and amended by section 703(a) of
the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996) is further amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
``SEC. 2706. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR CONTRACEPTIVES.
``(a) Requirements for Coverage.--A group health plan, and a health
insurance issuer providing health insurance coverage in connection with
a group health plan, may not--
``(1) exclude or restrict benefits for prescription
contraceptive drugs or devices approved by the Food and Drug
Administration, or generic equivalents approved as
substitutable by the Food and Drug Administration, if such plan
provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs or
devices; or
``(2) exclude or restrict benefits for outpatient
contraceptive services if such plan provides benefits for other
outpatient services provided by a health care professional
(referred to in this section as `outpatient health care
services').
``(b) Prohibitions.--A group health plan, and a health insurance
issuer providing health insurance coverage in connection with a group
health plan, may not--
``(1) deny to an individual eligibility, or continued
eligibility, to enroll or to renew coverage under the terms of
the plan because of the individual's or enrollee's use or
potential use of items or services that are covered in accordance with
the requirements of this section;
``(2) provide monetary payments or rebates to a covered
individual to encourage such individual to accept less than the
minimum protections available under this section;
``(3) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the
reimbursement of a health care professional because such
professional prescribed contraceptive drugs or devices, or
provided contraceptive services, described in subsection (a),
in accordance with this section; or
``(4) provide incentives (monetary or otherwise) to a
health care professional to induce such professional to
withhold from covered individual contraceptive drugs or
devices, or contraceptive services, described in subsection
(a).
``(c) Rules of Construction.--
``(1) In general.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed--
``(A) as preventing a group health plan and a
health insurance issuer providing health insurance
coverage in connection with a group health plan from
imposing deductibles, coinsurance, or other cost-
sharing or limitations in relation to--
``(i) benefits for contraceptive drugs
under the plan, except that such a deductible,
coinsurance, or other cost-sharing or
limitation for any such drug may not be greater
than such a deductible, coinsurance, or cost-
sharing or limitation for any outpatient
prescription drug otherwise covered under the
plan;
``(ii) benefits for contraceptive devices
under the plan, except that such a deductible,
coinsurance, or other cost-sharing or
limitation for any such device may not be
greater than such a deductible, coinsurance, or
cost-sharing or limitation for any outpatient
prescription device otherwise covered under the
plan; and
``(iii) benefits for outpatient
contraceptive services under the plan, except
that such a deductible, coinsurance, or other
cost-sharing or limitation for any such service
may not be greater than such a deductible,
coinsurance, or cost-sharing or limitation for
any outpatient health care service otherwise
covered under the plan; and
``(B) as requiring a group health plan and a health
insurance issuer providing health insurance coverage in
connection with a group health plan to cover
experimental or investigational contraceptive drugs or
devices, or experimental or investigational
contraceptive services, described in subsection (a),
except to the extent that the plan or issuer provides
coverage for other experimental or investigational
outpatient prescription drugs or devices, or
experimental or investigational outpatient health care
services.
``(2) Limitations.--As used in paragraph (1), the term
`limitation' includes--
``(A) in the case of a contraceptive drug or
device, restricting the type of health care
professionals that may prescribe such drugs or devices,
utilization review provisions, and limits on the volume
of prescription drugs or devices that may be obtained
on the basis of a single consultation with a
professional; or
``(B) in the case of an outpatient contraceptive
service, restricting the type of health care
professionals that may provide such services,
utilization review provisions, requirements relating to
second opinions prior to the coverage of such services,
and requirements relating to preauthorizations prior to
the coverage of such services.
``(d) Notice.--A group health plan under this part shall comply
with the notice requirement under section 713(d) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the requirements
of this section as if such section applied to such plan.
``(e) Preemption.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
preempt any provision of State law to the extent that such State law
establishes, implements, or continues in effect any standard or
requirement that provides protections for enrollees that are greater
than the protections provided under this section.
``(f) Definition.--In this section, the term `outpatient
contraceptive services' means consultations, examinations, procedures,
and medical services, provided on an outpatient basis and related to
the use of contraceptive methods (including natural family planning) to
prevent an unintended pregnancy.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to group health plans for plan years beginning on or
after January 1, 1998.
SEC. 5. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT RELATING TO THE
INDIVIDUAL MARKET.
(a) In General.--Subpart 3 of part B of title XXVII of the Public
Health Service Act (as added by section 605(a) of the Newborn's and
Mother's Health Protection Act of 1996) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``SEC. 2752. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR CONTRACEPTIVES.
``The provisions of section 2706 shall apply to health insurance
coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market
in the same manner as they apply to health insurance coverage offered
by a health insurance issuer in connection with a group health plan in
the small or large group market.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
with respect to health insurance coverage offered, sold, issued,
renewed, in effect, or operated in the individual market on or after
January 1, 1998. | Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 1997 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage, from: (1) excluding or restricting benefits for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services; (2) denying eligibility based on use or potential use of such items or services; (3) providing monetary payments or rebates to a covered individual to encourage acceptance of less than the minimum protections available; (4) penalizing, reducing, or limiting a professional's reimbursement because the professional prescribed such drugs or devices or provided such services; or (5) providing incentives to a professional to induce the professional to withhold drugs, devices, or services. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply those prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 1997"} | 3,508 | 211 | 0.468656 | 1.343728 | 0.770259 | 3.054054 | 17.221622 | 0.935135 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act
of 1998''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EARNINGS TEST FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTAINED
RETIREMENT AGE.
Section 203 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``the age of
seventy'' and inserting ``retirement age (as defined in section
216(l))'';
(2) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2) of subsection (d), by
striking ``the age of seventy'' each place it appears and
inserting ``retirement age (as defined in section 216(l))'';
(3) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by striking ``was age seventy
or over'' and inserting ``was at or above retirement age (as
defined in section 216(l))'';
(4) in subsection (f)(3)--
(A) by striking ``33\1/3\ percent'' and all that
follows through ``any other individual,'' and inserting
``50 percent of such individual's earnings for such
year in excess of the product of the exempt amount as
determined under paragraph (8),''; and
(B) by striking ``age 70'' and inserting
``retirement age (as defined in section 216(l))'';
(5) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by striking ``age 70'' each
place it appears and inserting ``retirement age (as defined in
section 216(l))''; and
(6) in subsection (j)--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``Age Seventy'' and
inserting ``Retirement Age''; and
(B) by striking ``seventy years of age'' and
inserting ``having attained retirement age (as defined
in section 216(l))''.
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS ELIMINATING THE SPECIAL EXEMPT AMOUNT FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTAINED RETIREMENT AGE.
(a) Uniform Exempt Amount.--Section 203(f)(8)(A) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ``the new
exempt amounts (separately stated for individuals described in
subparagraph (D) and for other individuals) which are to be
applicable'' and inserting ``a new exempt amount which shall be
applicable''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 203(f)(8)(B) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)(B)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
``Except'' and all that follows through ``whichever'' and
inserting ``The exempt amount which is applicable for each
month of a particular taxable year shall be whichever'';
(2) in clauses (i) and (ii), by striking ``corresponding''
each place it appears; and
(3) in the last sentence, by striking ``an exempt amount''
and inserting ``the exempt amount''.
(c) Repeal of Basis for Computation of Special Exempt Amount.--
Section 203(f)(8)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. (f)(8)(D))
is repealed.
SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Elimination of Redundant References to Retirement Age.--Section
203 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), in the last sentence, by striking
``nor shall any deduction'' and all that follows and inserting
``nor shall any deduction be made under this subsection from
any widow's or widower's insurance benefit if the widow,
surviving divorced wife, widower, or surviving divorced husband
involved became entitled to such benefit prior to attaining age
60.''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking clause (D) and
inserting the following: ``(D) for which such individual is
entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if such
individual became so entitled prior to attaining age 60,''.
(b) Conforming Amendment to Provisions for Determining Amount of
Increase on Account of Delayed Retirement.--Section 202(w)(2)(B)(ii) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(w)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``either''; and
(2) by striking ``or suffered deductions under section
203(b) or 203(c) in amounts equal to the amount of such
benefit''.
(c) Provisions Relating to Earnings Taken Into Account in
Determining Substantial Gainful Activity of Blind Individuals.--The
second sentence of section 223(d)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 423(d)(4))
is amended by striking ``if section 102 of the Senior Citizens' Right
to Work Act of 1996 had not been enacted'' and inserting the following:
``if the amendments to section 203 made by section 102 of the Senior
Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996 and by the Senior Citizens' Freedom
to Work Act of 1998 had not been enacted''.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments and repeals made by this Act shall apply with
respect to taxable years ending after December 31, 1997. | Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1998"} | 1,353 | 76 | 0.477779 | 1.11998 | 0.295094 | 2.466667 | 17.416667 | 0.766667 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Act for
Responsible Employment'' or ``CARE Act''.
(b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201
et seq.).
SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT.
Section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 213(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) The provisions of section 12 relating to child labor shall
not apply to any employee employed in agriculture outside of school
hours for the school district where such employee is living while he or
she is so employed, if such employee is employed by his or her parent
or legal guardian, on a farm owned or operated by such parent or legal
guardian.''; and
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4).
SEC. 3. YOUTH PEDDLING.
(a) Fair Labor Standards Act Coverage.--
(1) Finding.--The last sentence of section 2(a) (29 U.S.C.
202(a)) is amended by inserting after ``households'' the
following: ``, and the employment of employees under the age of
16 years in youth peddling,''.
(2) Definition.--Section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(z) `Youth peddling' means selling goods or services to customers
at their residences, places of business, or public places such as
street corners or public transportation stations. `Youth peddling' does
not include the activities of persons who, as volunteers, sell goods or
services on behalf of not-for-profit organizations.''.
(b) Definition of Oppressive Child Labor.--Section 3(l) (29 U.S.C.
203(l)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) of the first sentence, by inserting
``youth peddling,'' after ``occupation other than''; and
(2) in the last sentence by inserting ``youth peddling,''
after ``occupations other than''.
(c) Prohibition of Youth Peddling.--Section 12(c) (29 U.S.C.
212(c)) is amended by inserting after ``oppressive child labor in
commerce or in the production of goods for commerce'' the following:
``, or in youth peddling,''.
SEC. 4. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS.
(a) Civil Money Penalties.--Section 16(e) (29 U.S.C. 216(e)) is
amended in the first sentence--
(1) by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$15,000'';
(2) by inserting after ``subject to a civil penalty of''
the following: ``not less than $500 and''.
(b) Criminal Penalties.--Section 16(a) (29 U.S.C. 216(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ``Any person who violates
the provisions of section 15(a)(4), concerning oppressive child labor,
shall on conviction be subject to a fine of not more than $15,000, or
to imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both, in the case of a
willful or repeat violation that results in or contributes to a
fatality of a minor employee or a permanent disability of a minor
employee, or a violation which is concurrent with a criminal violation
of any other provision of this Act or of any other Federal or State
law.''.
SEC. 5. GOODS TAINTED BY OPPRESSIVE CHILD LABOR.
Section 12(a) (29 U.S.C. 212(a)) is amended by striking the period
at the end and inserting the following: ``: And provided further, that
the Secretary shall determine the circumstances under which such goods
may be allowed to be shipped or delivered for shipment in interstate
commerce.''.
SEC. 6. COORDINATION.
Section 4 (29 U.S.C. 204) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(g) The Secretary shall encourage and establish closer working
relationships with non-governmental organizations and with State and
local government agencies having responsibility for administering and
enforcing labor and safety and health laws. Upon the request of the
Secretary, and to the extent permissible under applicable law, State
and local government agencies with information regarding injuries and
deaths of employees shall submit such information to the Secretary for
use as appropriate in the enforcement of section 12 and in the
promulgation and interpretation of the regulations and orders
authorized by section 3(l). The Secretary may reimburse such State and
local government agencies for such services.''.
SEC. 7. REGULATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor shall promulgate such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act and the
amendments made by this Act. Such regulations shall be promulgated
through notice and comment rulemaking in accordance with chapter 5 of
title 5, United States Code, taking into consideration the best
available data and including procedures to obtain and consider the
views of interested parties, such as agricultural employers, workers,
and injury prevention experts.
(b) Existing Regulations.--
(1) In general.--The regulations of the Secretary of Labor
that are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act which
identify occupations in agriculture that are particularly
hazardous for the employment of children under the age of 16
(contained in section 570.71 of title 29, Code of Federal
Regulations) shall continue in effect until superseded by
regulations promulgated under subsection (a). Prior to the
promulgation of such regulations, children ages 14 and 15 may
be employed outside of school hours, in occupations in
agriculture other than the occupations that are identified in
the regulations referred to in the proceeding sentence as being
particularly hazardous.
(2) Applicability.--The regulations referred to in
paragraph (1) that are in effect on the date of enactment of
this Act, shall be applicable only to the employment of
children under the age of 16.
(3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall
be construed to restrict the agricultural occupations in which
children ages 16 and 17 may be employed until such time as the
Secretary of Labor promulgates regulations pursuant to
subsection (a) to identify agricultural occupations that are
particularly hazardous for the employment of such children, or
detrimental to their health or well-being.
(c) Consultation.--With respect to the promulgation of regulations
to identify agricultural occupations which are particularly hazardous
for the employment of children under the age of 18 or detrimental to
the health or well-being of such children, the Secretary of Labor shall
consult and collaborate with the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall
include in such regulations a process by which children may be employed
in such occupations as vocational agriculture student-learners so long
as such children have successfully completed a Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service training program or have
successfully completed a bona fide agricultural education training
program. During the rulemaking process under this section, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall cooperate with the Secretary of Labor,
including providing advice and technical expertise.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor
such sums as may be necessary for to carry out this Act and the
amendments made by this Act. | (Sec. 2) Repeals certain exemptions from child labor prohibitions for agricultural employment.
Applies the same age restrictions to agricultural employment as to other forms of employment. Limits exemptions to agricultural labor outside of school hours, if the individual is employed by his or her parent or legal guardian, on a farm owned or operated by such parent or legal guardian. Raises from 16 to 18 years old the minimum age for engaging in hazardous agricultural employment.
(Sec. 3) Prohibits employment of individuals under age 16 in youth peddling. Excludes from the definition of youth peddling volunteer selling of goods or services on behalf of not-for-profit organizations.
(Sec. 4) Increases civil and criminal penalties for child labor violations.
(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to determine the circumstances under which goods tainted by oppressive child labor may be allowed to be shipped or delivered for shipment in interstate commerce.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to establish closer working relationships with non-governmental organizations and with State and local government agencies having responsibility for administering and enforcing labor and safety and health laws. Requires State and local government agencies to submit information regarding injuries and deaths of employees to the Secretary, upon request, for specified use in enforcement and other uses under FLRA. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse such agencies for such services.
(Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to: (1) collaborate with the Secretary of Agriculture on regulations to identify agricultural occupations which are particularly hazardous for the employment of children under the age of 18 or detrimental to the health or well-being of such children; and (2) include in such regulations a process by which children may be employed in such occupations as vocational agriculture student-learners if they have successfully completed a Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service training program or a bona fide agricultural education training program.
(Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "CARE Act"} | 1,750 | 440 | 0.544593 | 1.771345 | 0.709376 | 5.298942 | 4.026455 | 0.907407 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``The Small Business 503 Loan Refinancing
Assistance Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT OF DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DEBENTURES.
(a) In General.--Title V of the Small Business Investment Act of
1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 507. PAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT OF DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DEBENTURES.
``(a) In General.--The issuer of a debenture purchased by the
Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed by the Administration under
section 503 may, at the election of the borrower whose loan secures the
debenture--
``(1) continue to make payments on the debenture in
accordance with the original terms of the debenture;
``(2) if the requirements of subsection (b) are met, make
payments on the debenture at an adjusted rate of interest; or
``(3) if the requirements of subsection (c) are met, prepay
the debenture.
``(b) Adjustment of Interest Rates.--
``(1) In general.--The issuer of a debenture described in
subsection (a) may, at the election of the borrower whose loan
secures the debenture, submit to the Federal Financing Bank a
request for an adjustment in the rate of interest charged on
the debenture.
``(2) Approval.--The Federal Financing Bank shall approve a
request submitted by the issuer of a debenture under paragraph
(1) if--
``(A) the request is submitted on or before the
date which is 5 years after the date of the enactment
of this section;
``(B) no other request under this subsection has
been approved with respect to the debenture;
``(C) the debenture is outstanding and neither the
debenture nor the borrower's loan that secures the
debenture is in default on the date of the request; and
``(D) the issuer agrees to make an equivalent
adjustment in the rate of interest charged on the loan
which secures the debenture.
``(3) Determination of interest rate.--Upon approving a
request submitted by the issuer of a debenture under paragraph
(1), the Federal Financing Bank shall adjust the rate of
interest charged on the debenture. The adjusted rate shall be
the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury (as of the
close of the calendar month preceding the month in which the
adjustment is made) to be equal to the current average market
yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United
States with remaining periods of maturity comparable to the
remaining term of the debenture plus 4\1/2\ percentage points,
except that such rate shall be at least 8 percent and shall not
exceed 12 percent.
``(4) Other terms and conditions.--An adjustment under this
subsection in the rate of interest charged on a debenture shall
not affect other terms and conditions applicable to the
debenture.
``(c) Prepayment.--
``(1) In general.--If the requirements of paragraph (3) are
met, the issuer of a debenture described in subsection (a) may,
at the election of the borrower whose loan secures such
debenture, prepay the debenture by paying to the Federal
Financing Bank, the amount that is equal to the sum of the
unpaid principal balance (adjusted for funds in the borrower's
escrow reserve account) due on the debenture on the date of
prepayment (plus accrued interest at the coupon rate on the
debenture) and the amount of the repurchase premium described
in paragraph (2)(A).
``(2) Repurchase premium.--
``(A) Amount.--The amount of the repurchase premium
described in this paragraph is the product of--
``(i) the unpaid principal balance
(adjusted for funds in the borrower's escrow
reserve account) due on the debenture on the
date of prepayment;
``(ii) the interest rate of the debenture;
and
``(iii) the factor `P', as determined under
subparagraph (B).
``(B) Applicable percent.--For purposes of
subparagraph (A)(iii), the factor `P' means the
applicable percent determined in accordance with the
following table:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applicable percent
Year in which prepayment of -----------------------------------
debenture is made (from date of 20 or 25-
original issuance): 10-year 15-year year term
term loan term loan loan
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1................................... 1.00 1.00 1.00
2................................... .80 .85 .90
3................................... .60 .70 .80
4................................... .40 .55 .70
5................................... .20 .40 .60
6................................... 0 .25 .50
7................................... 0 .10 .40
8................................... 0 0 .30
9................................... 0 0 .20
10.................................. 0 0 .10
11 through 25....................... 0 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
``(3) Requirements.--The requirements of this paragraph are
met if--
``(A) the debenture referred to in subsection (a)
is outstanding and neither the debenture nor the
borrower's loan that secures the debenture is in
default on the date of prepayment;
``(B) only non-Federal funds are used to prepay the
debenture;
``(C) the debenture is prepaid on or before the
date which is 5 years after the date of the enactment
of this section; and
``(D) the issuer extinguishes the borrower's loan
which secured such debenture.
``(d) Prohibition of Other Fees and Penalties.--Notwithstanding any
other law, no fees or penalties other than those specified in this
section may be imposed against the issuer, the borrower, or the
Administration as a condition for adjusting a rate of interest under
subsection (b) or as a condition of prepayment under subsection (c).
``(e) Regulations.--The Administrator shall issue regulations to
carry out this section not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this section.
``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) Borrower.--The term `borrower' means a small business
concern.
``(2) Issuer.--The term `issuer' means a qualified State or
local development company.
``(3) Qualified state or local development company.--The
term `qualified State or local development company' has the
meaning given such term in section 503(e).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of title V of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:
``Sec. 507. Payment and prepayment of development company
debentures.''. | Small Business 503 Loan Refinancing Assistance Act of 1993 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to permit a qualified State or local development company that issues a debenture purchased by the Federal Financing Bank (Bank) and guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA), at the election of the small business borrower whose loan secures such debenture, to: (1) continue to make payments under the original debenture terms; (2) make payments at an adjusted interest rate; or (3) prepay the debenture to the Bank by paying the unpaid principal balance and the amount of the repurchase premium (determined under this Act).
Prohibits any fees or penalties other than those specified in this Act from being imposed against the issuer, borrower, or the SBA as a condition for adjusting the interest rate or prepayment. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Small Business 503 Loan Refinancing Assistance Act of 1993"} | 1,766 | 191 | 0.682449 | 1.998406 | 0.761043 | 3.694268 | 8.872611 | 0.955414 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Census of Agriculture Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER TO THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE OF THE AUTHORITY TO
CONDUCT THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE.
(a) In General.--Section 526 of the Revised Statutes (7 U.S.C.
2204) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c)(1) The Secretary shall, in 1998 and in every 5th year
beginning after 1998, take a census of agriculture. In connection with
each such census, the Secretary may conduct any survey or other data
collection, and employ any sampling or other statistical method, that
the Secretary determines is necessary and appropriate.
``(2) The data collected in each census taken under this subsection
shall relate to the year immediately preceding the year in which the
census is taken.
``(3) Any person who refuses or neglects to answer questions
submitted to such person in connection with a census or survey under
this subsection, or who answers any such questions falsely, shall be
subject to section 221 of title 13, United States Code, to the same
extent and in the same manner as if--
``(A) section 142 of such title 13 had remained in effect;
and
``(B) the census or survey were a census or survey under
such section 142, rather than under this subsection.
The failure or refusal on the part of any person to disclose such
person's social security number in response to a request made in
connection with any census or other activity under this subsection
shall not be a violation under the preceding sentence.
``(4) Each census under this subsection shall include each State,
and as may be determined by the Secretary, the District of Columbia,
the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any such other
possessions and areas over which the United States exercises
jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty. Inclusion of other areas over
which the United States exercises jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty
shall be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State.
``(5) The Secretary of Commerce may, upon written request of the
Secretary of Agriculture, furnish any information collected under title
13, United States Code, which the Secretary of Agriculture considers
necessary for the taking of a census or survey under this subsection.
Any information so furnished may not be used for any purpose other than
the statistical purposes for which it is supplied.
``(6) The Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon written request of
the Secretary of Commerce, furnish any information collected in a
census taken under this subsection which the Secretary of Commerce
considers necessary for the taking of a census or survey under title
13, United States Code. Any information so furnished may not be used
for any purpose other than the statistical purposes for which it is
supplied.
``(7) Any rules or regulations necessary to carry out this
subsection may be prescribed by--
``(A) the Secretary, to the extent that matters within the
jurisdiction of the Secretary are involved; and
``(B) the Secretary of Commerce, to the extent that matters
within the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce are
involved.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Effective October 1, 1998--
(1) section 142 of title 13, United States Code, and the
item relating to section 142 in the table of sections for
chapter 5 of such title 13, are repealed; and
(2) section 343(a)(11)(F) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(11)(F)) is amended by
inserting ``or section 526(c) of the Revised Statutes (7 U.S.C.
2204(c)), as the case may be,'' before ``except''.
SEC. 3. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.
(a) Information Furnished to the Department of Agriculture.--
(1) Authority to furnish information.--Section 9(a) of
title 13, United States Code, is amended by striking ``chapter
10 of this title--'' and inserting ``chapter 10 of this title
or section 526(c)(5) of the Revised Statutes--''.
(2) Confidentiality of information.--Section 1770(d)(5) of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 2276(d)(5)) is amended
to read as follows:
``(5) subsections (a) and (c) of section 526 of the Revised
Statutes (7 U.S.C. 2204(a) and (c));''.
(b) Information Furnished to the Department of Commerce.--
(1) Authority to furnish information.--Section 1770 of the
Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(e) Nothing in this section shall be considered to prohibit any
release of information under section 526(c)(6) of the Revised Statutes
(7 U.S.C. 2204(c)(6)).''.
(2) Confidentiality of information.--Information furnished
under section 526(c)(6) of the Revised Statutes shall, for
purposes of sections 9 and 214 of title 13, United States Code,
be treated as if it were information furnished under the
provisions of such title 13.
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk. | Census of Agriculture Act of 1996 - Amends Federal law to transfer authority to conduct the census of agriculture from the Secretary of Commerce to the Secretary (Secretary) of Agriculture. Requires the Secretary to take a census every five years beginning after 1998.
Sets forth confidentiality provisions. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Census of Agriculture Act of 1996"} | 1,212 | 64 | 0.496948 | 1.2074 | 0.827903 | 2.481481 | 20.074074 | 0.814815 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Sensitive Locations
Act''.
SEC. 2. POWERS OF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AT SENSITIVE
LOCATIONS.
Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i)(1) In this subsection:
``(A) The term `appropriate committees of Congress' means--
``(i) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
``(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate;
``(iii) the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives; and
``(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives.
``(B) The term `enforcement action'--
``(i) means an apprehension, arrest, interview,
request for identification, search, or surveillance for
the purposes of immigration enforcement; and
``(ii) includes an enforcement action at, or
focused on, a sensitive location that is part of a
joint case led by another law enforcement agency.
``(C) The term `exigent circumstances' means a situation
involving--
``(i) the imminent risk of death, violence, or
physical harm to any person or property, including a
situation implicating terrorism or the national
security of the United States;
``(ii) the immediate arrest or pursuit of a
dangerous felon, terrorist suspect, or other individual
presenting an imminent danger; or
``(iii) the imminent risk of destruction of
evidence that is material to an ongoing criminal case.
``(D) The term `prior approval' means--
``(i) in the case of officers and agents of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prior written
approval to carry out an enforcement action involving a
specific individual or individuals authorized by--
``(I) the Assistant Director of Operations,
Homeland Security Investigations;
``(II) the Executive Associate Director of
Homeland Security Investigations;
``(III) the Assistant Director for Field
Operations, Enforcement and Removal Operations;
or
``(IV) the Executive Associate Director for
Field Operations, Enforcement and Removal
Operations;
``(ii) in the case of officers and agents of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, prior written approval
to carry out an enforcement action involving a specific
individual or individuals authorized by--
``(I) a Chief Patrol Agent;
``(II) the Director of Field Operations;
``(III) the Director of Air and Marine
Operations; or
``(IV) the Internal Affairs Special Agent
in Charge; and
``(iii) in the case of other Federal, State, or
local law enforcement officers, to carry out an
enforcement action involving a specific individual or
individuals authorized by--
``(I) the head of the Federal agency
carrying out the enforcement action; or
``(II) the head of the State or local law
enforcement agency carrying out the enforcement
action.
``(E) The term `sensitive location' includes all of the
physical space located within 1,000 feet of--
``(i) any medical treatment or health care
facility, including any hospital, doctor's office,
accredited health clinic, alcohol or drug treatment
center, or emergent or urgent care facility;
``(ii) any public or private school, including any
known and licensed day care facility, preschool, other
early learning program facility, primary school,
secondary school, postsecondary school (including
colleges and universities), or other institution of
learning (including vocational or trade schools);
``(iii) any scholastic or education-related
activity or event, including field trips and
interscholastic events;
``(iv) any school bus or school bus stop during
periods when school children are present on the bus or
at the stop;
``(v) any organization that--
``(I) assists children, pregnant women,
victims of crime or abuse, or individuals with
significant mental or physical disabilities; or
``(II) provides disaster or emergency
social services and assistance;
``(vi) any church, synagogue, mosque, or other
place of worship, including buildings rented for the
purpose of religious services, retreats, counseling,
workshops, instruction, and education;
``(vii) any Federal, State, or local courthouse,
including the office of an individual's legal counsel
or representative, and a probation, parole, or
supervised release office;
``(viii) the site of a funeral, wedding, or other
religious ceremony or observance;
``(ix) any public demonstration, such as a march,
rally, or parade;
``(x) any domestic violence shelter, rape crisis
center, supervised visitation center, family justice
center, or victim services provider; or
``(xi) any other location specified by the
Secretary of Homeland Security for purposes of this
subsection.
``(2)(A) An enforcement action may not take place at, or be focused
on, a sensitive location unless--
``(i) the action involves exigent circumstances; and
``(ii) prior approval for the enforcement action was
obtained from the appropriate official.
``(B) If an enforcement action is initiated pursuant to
subparagraph (A) and the exigent circumstances permitting the
enforcement action cease, the enforcement action shall be discontinued
until such exigent circumstances reemerge.
``(C) If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this
subsection--
``(i) no information resulting from the enforcement action
may be entered into the record or received into evidence in a
removal proceeding resulting from the enforcement action; and
``(ii) the alien who is the subject of such removal
proceeding may file a motion for the immediate termination of
the removal proceeding.
``(3)(A) This subsection shall apply to any enforcement action by
officers or agents of the Department of Homeland Security, including--
``(i) officers or agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement;
``(ii) officers or agents of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection; and
``(iii) any individual designated to perform immigration
enforcement functions pursuant to subsection (g).
``(B) While carrying out an enforcement action at a sensitive
location, officers and agents referred to in subparagraph (A) shall
make every effort--
``(i) to limit the time spent at the sensitive location;
``(ii) to limit the enforcement action at the sensitive
location to the person or persons for whom prior approval was
obtained; and
``(iii) to conduct themselves discreetly.
``(C) If, while carrying out an enforcement action that is not
initiated at or focused on a sensitive location, officers or agents are
led to a sensitive location, and no exigent circumstance and prior
approval with respect to the sensitive location exists, such officers
or agents shall--
``(i) cease before taking any further enforcement action;
``(ii) conduct themselves in a discreet manner;
``(iii) maintain surveillance; and
``(iv) immediately consult their supervisor in order to
determine whether such enforcement action should be
discontinued.
``(D) The limitations under this paragraph shall not apply to the
transportation of an individual apprehended at or near a land or sea
border to a hospital or health care provider for the purpose of
providing medical care to such individual.
``(4)(A) Each official specified in subparagraph (B) shall ensure
that the employees under his or her supervision receive annual training
on compliance with--
``(i) the requirements under this subsection in enforcement
actions at or focused on sensitive locations and enforcement
actions that lead officers or agents to a sensitive location;
and
``(ii) the requirements under section 239 of this Act and
section 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367).
``(B) The officials specified in this subparagraph are--
``(i) the Chief Counsel of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement;
``(ii) the Field Office Directors of U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement;
``(iii) each Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement;
``(iv) each Chief Patrol Agent of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection;
``(v) the Director of Field Operations of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection;
``(vi) the Director of Air and Marine Operations of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection;
``(vii) the Internal Affairs Special Agent in Charge of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and
``(viii) the chief law enforcement officer of each State or
local law enforcement agency that enters into a written
agreement with the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to
subsection (g).
``(5) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall modify the Notice to
Appear form (I-862)--
``(A) to provide the subjects of an enforcement action with
information, written in plain language, summarizing the
restrictions against enforcement actions at sensitive locations
set forth in this subsection and the remedies available to the
alien if such action violates such restrictions;
``(B) so that the information described in subparagraph (A)
is accessible to individuals with limited English proficiency;
and
``(C) so that subjects of an enforcement action are not
permitted to verify that the officers or agents that carried
out such action complied with the restrictions set forth in
this subsection.
``(6)(A) The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall each
submit an annual report to the appropriate committees of Congress that
includes the information set forth in subparagraph (B) with respect to
the respective agency.
``(B) Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include,
with respect to the submitting agency during the reporting period--
``(i) the number of enforcement actions that were carried
out at, or focused on, a sensitive location;
``(ii) the number of enforcement actions in which officers
or agents were subsequently led to a sensitive location; and
``(iii) for each enforcement action described in clause (i)
or (ii)--
``(I) the date on which it occurred;
``(II) the specific site, city, county, and State
in which it occurred;
``(III) the components of the agency involved in
the enforcement action;
``(IV) a description of the enforcement action,
including the nature of the criminal activity of its
intended target;
``(V) the number of individuals, if any, arrested
or taken into custody;
``(VI) the number of collateral arrests, if any,
and the reasons for each such arrest;
``(VII) a certification whether the location
administrator was contacted before, during, or after
the enforcement action; and
``(VIII) the percentage of all of the staff members
and supervisors reporting to the officials listed in
paragraph (4)(B) who completed the training required
under paragraph (4)(A).
``(7) Nothing in the subsection may be construed--
``(A) to affect the authority of Federal, State, or local
law enforcement agencies--
``(i) to enforce generally applicable Federal or
State criminal laws unrelated to immigration; or
``(ii) to protect residents from imminent threats
to public safety; or
``(B) to limit or override the protections provided in--
``(i) section 239; or
``(ii) section 384 of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1367).''. | Protecting Sensitive Locations Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an immigration enforcement action by the Department of Homeland Security or an individual designated to perform immigration enforcement functions may not take place at a sensitive location, unless: (1) the action involves exigent circumstances, and (2) prior approval was obtained from the appropriate official. A "sensitive location" includes all of the physical space located within 1,000 feet of: medical treatment or health care facilities; public and private schools; scholastic or education-related activities; school bus or school bus stops during periods when school children are present; any organization that assists children, pregnant women, victims of crime or abuse, or individuals with significant mental or physical disabilities or that provides disaster or emergency social services; places of worship; funerals, weddings, or other public religious ceremonies; public demonstrations; federal, state, or local courthouses; or any domestic violence shelter, rape crisis center, supervised visitation center, family justice center, or victim services provider. The bill shall not apply to the transportation of an individual apprehended at or near a land or sea border to a hospital or health care provider for the purpose of providing such individual with medical care. If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this bill: (1) no information resulting from the action may be entered into the record or received into evidence in a resulting removal proceeding, and (2) the affected alien may file a motion for such proceeding's immediate termination. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall provide training to officers and report to Congress on any enforcement activity occurring at sensitive locations. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Protecting Sensitive Locations Act"} | 2,625 | 358 | 0.538821 | 1.62917 | 0.785458 | 4.615616 | 7.561562 | 0.903904 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lowey-DeLauro Emergency
Infrastructure Jobs Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS.
Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1381-1387) is amended by inserting at the end the following new
section:
``SEC. 608. EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STIMULATION PROGRAM.
``(a) In General.--In order to provide a short-term stimulus to the
economy of the United States, the Administrator shall make
capitalization grants to each State from funds appropriated pursuant to
this section. Such grants shall be made in accordance with and subject
to the provisions of this title unless otherwise provided in this
section.
``(b) Schedule of Grant Payments.--
``(1) In general.--The schedule of grant payments for
grants made under this section shall be as provided under
section 601 except that such payments shall be made in
semiannual installments instead of quarterly installments.
``(2) First installment.--The first semiannual installment
shall be equal to 40 percent of the amount of funds allotted to
the State from funds appropriated pursuant to this section and
shall be paid to the State not later than the 30th day
following the date on which funds are appropriated pursuant to
this section.
``(3) Second installment.--The second semiannual
installment shall be equal to 60 percent of the amount of such
allotted funds and shall be paid to the State not later than
the 180th day following such appropriation date.
``(c) Capitalization Grant Agreements.--
``(1) Specific requirements.--
``(A) Existing requirements.--Except for the
specific requirements set forth in paragraphs (2) and
(3) of section 602(b), the specific requirements set
forth in such section shall apply to capitalization
grants made from funds appropriated pursuant to this
section. For purposes of this section, the reference to
quarterly grant payments in paragraph (7) of such
section shall be treated as a reference to semiannual
grant payments.
``(B) Additional requirements.--
``(i) Number of agreements.--The
Administrator shall enter into an agreement
under section 602(b) with a State with respect
to each of the semiannual payments to be made
to the State under this section.
``(ii) First agreement.--The Administrator
shall enter into the agreement with respect to
the first semiannual payment to be made to the
State under this section only after--
``(I) the State has entered into
binding commitments to provide
assistance in accordance with the
requirements of this title in fiscal
year 1993 in an amount equal to 40
percent of the funds allotted to the
State from funds appropriated pursuant
to section 607 for fiscal year 1993;
and
``(II) the State has established to
the satisfaction of the Administrator
that it will enter into binding
commitments to provide assistance in
accordance with the requirements of
this title in an amount equal to 40
percent of the amount allotted to the
State from funds appropriated pursuant
to this section within 6 months after
the date of such appropriation.
``(iii) Second agreement.--The
Administrator shall enter into the agreement
with respect to the second semiannual payment
to be made to the State under this section only
after--
``(I) the State has entered into
binding commitments to provide
assistance in accordance with the
requirements of this title in fiscal
year 1993 in an amount equal to 100
percent of the funds allotted to the
State from funds appropriated pursuant
to section 607 for fiscal year 1993
(including amounts counted with respect
to the meeting of the requirement of
clause (ii)(I) by the State);
``(II) the State has entered into
binding commitments to provide
assistance in accordance with the
requirements of this title of 40
percent of the funds allotted to the
State from funds appropriated pursuant
to this section; and
``(III) the State has established
to the satisfaction of the
Administrator that it will enter into
binding commitments to provide
assistance in accordance with the
requirements of this title in an amount
equal to the remaining 60 percent of
the funds allotted to the State from
funds appropriated pursuant to this
section within 1 year after the date of
such appropriation.
``(2) Waiver of matching fund requirement.--Notwithstanding
section 602(b), a State shall not be required to deposit in its
State water pollution control revolving fund an amount equal to
at least 20 percent of the total amount of capitalization
grants made with funds appropriated pursuant to this section.
``(d) Allotment Period.--Notwithstanding section 604(c), sums
allotted to a State from funds appropriated pursuant to this section
shall be available for obligation by the State in accordance with the
time periods set forth in clauses (ii)(II) and (iii)(III) of subsection
(c)(1)(B), respectively. The amount of such allotment which is not
obligated by the State in accordance with such time periods shall be
immediately deposited in the Treasury of the United States.
``(e) Types of Assistance.--In addition to the types of assistance
authorized by section 603(d), a State may use not to exceed 50 percent
of the funds allotted to it from amounts appropriated pursuant to this
section to subsidize not to exceed 90 percent of the principal portion
of the amount of debt service required to be paid by an entity referred
to in section 603(c) if such principle subsidy will be financed from
interest earned on funds allotted to the State from amounts so
appropriated, if such debt service is being incurred for a project
eligible for assistance under this title, and if the State determines
that such entity would be financially unable to carry out such project
without such subsidy.
``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to funds
authorized to be appropriated by section 607, there is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title $3,000,000,000 for
fiscal year 1993.''.
SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANTS UNDER SECTION 306(a)(2)
OF THE CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT.
(a) Supplemental Authorization.--In addition to amounts otherwise
authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of Agriculture for grants under section 306(a)(2) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act not to exceed
$300,000,000 for fiscal year 1993.
(b) Waiver of Annual Dollar Limitation.--The Secretary of
Agriculture may use amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of
this section to make grants under section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act, notwithstanding the dollar limitation
specified in such section 306(a)(2).
(c) Allocation and Availability of Funds.--All amounts appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be allocated to the
States in accordance with section 1940.582 (except subsection (i)) and
section 1940.587 (except subsection (i)) of title 7, Code of Federal
Regulations (January 1, 1992, edition), and all such amounts shall be
available to the Secretary of Agriculture, upon the enactment of this
section, for States to obligate on an annual basis.
(d) Reserved Funds to be Used for Technical Assistance and Training
Grants.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the amounts
appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section that are
reserved pursuant to section 306(a)(16)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act, for grants under section 306(a)(16)(A) of such
Act. | Lowey-DeLauro Emergency Infrastructure Jobs Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make capitalization grants to each State during FY 1993 for an economic stimulus program administered through such State's water pollution control revolving fund program. Authorizes appropriations.
Authorizes supplemental appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture for FY 1993 for grants to States, Indian tribes, and nonprofit entities and agencies for soil conservation and water resources and waste facilities development purposes as specified under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Reserves part of such authorized funds for related technical assistance and training grants. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Lowey-DeLauro Emergency Infrastructure Jobs Act"} | 1,748 | 142 | 0.538152 | 1.556102 | 0.613367 | 2.470085 | 13.042735 | 0.74359 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Girls' Access to
Education in Vulnerable Settings Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The number of people displaced by conflict in 2016 is
the highest since the end of the Second World War, at almost 60
million. Armed conflicts in Iraq, Libya, the Syrian Arab
Republic, Yemen, the Central African Republic, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, Ukraine,
and many other countries have led to the internal displacement
of civilians as well as forcing many people to become refugees
or stateless.
(2) The majority of such displaced people, including
refugees and stateless people, are also survivors of human
rights abuses, violence, and conflict.
(3) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has
identified deprivation and discrimination as two root causes of
the crisis of displaced people. The causes of deprivation may
include poor governance, lack of access to the benefits of
economic development, regional dynamics and conflicts,
urbanization, and political extremism. The discrimination such
people face may be based on race or ethnicity, nationality,
gender, beliefs, caste, or class.
(4) Half of the population of displaced people is under the
age of 18. One out of every four such children does not receive
either a primary or secondary education.
(5) Displaced people spend an average of 17 years away from
their home countries. As a result, displaced children may spend
the entirety of their childhoods in a foreign country, without
access to quality primary or secondary education.
(6) Although the global enrollment rate in secondary
schools is 67 percent, among displaced children, this rate is
36 percent.
(7) Education offers socioeconomic opportunities,
psychological stability, and physical protection for displaced
people. Education also contributes to the long-term livelihood
of such people, ensuring that displaced generations are able to
rebuild their lives and communities in their countries of
asylum or in their home countries.
(8) Each additional year of secondary education completed
by displaced people results in a ten percent increase in
earnings.
(9) Displaced children face many barriers to accessing
educational services. Educational services may not be
accessible because such services are too expensive, too far
away, or located in areas too dangerous to travel to daily.
Even if a school is available and sufficiently staffed, the
school may not accommodate children who have missed years of
schooling, or who face linguistic or cultural barriers to
assimilation.
(10) Despite the development of recent conflicts such as
those in Syria and Somalia, humanitarian aid for education has
dropped. Less than two percent of global emergency aid was
directed toward educational services in 2016.
(11) A lack of education among women and girls can
aggravate an otherwise reduced ability to seek employment,
participate in civil society, or purchase or inherit land and
other assets. In general, girls who have received secondary
education are up to six times less likely to marry as minors,
compared to girls who have received little or no formal
education. Girls who are not attending primary or secondary
schools are also disproportionately vulnerable to human and sex
trafficking and sexual violence.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that it is critical to ensure that
children, particularly girls, displaced by conflicts overseas are able
to access educational services and receive a quality education, and
that the educational needs of women and girls are considered in the
design, implementation, and evaluation of United States foreign
assistance policies and programs.
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States to--
(1) encourage other countries to support efforts to ensure
that displaced children have access to safe, quality primary
and secondary education;
(2) enhance training and capacity-building for the
governments of countries hosting displaced people to design,
implement, and monitor programs to effectively address barriers
to such education, in coordination with--
(A) the United Nations, the World Bank, and other
international organizations;
(B) local and international nongovernmental
organizations; and
(C) civil society organizations, including faith-
based organizations and organizations representing
parents and children;
(3) incorporate into the design and implementation of such
programs measures to evaluate the impact of the programs on
girls, with respect to the reduction of child marriage, gender-
based violence, sexual and human trafficking, and forced labor;
and
(4) coordinate with the governments of countries hosting
displaced people to--
(A) promote the inclusion of displaced children
into the educational systems of such countries; and
(B) develop safe, quality primary and secondary
educational opportunities in circumstances in which
such inclusion is not possible or appropriate,
including through fostering innovative solutions such
as schools that permit more children to be educated by
extending the hours of schooling and expanding the
number of teachers.
SEC. 5. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR
DISPLACED CHILDREN.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State and the Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development are authorized
to prioritize and advance ongoing efforts to support programs that--
(1) provide safe, quality primary and secondary education
for displaced children;
(2) build the capacity of institutions in countries hosting
displaced people to prevent displaced children from facing
discrimination when accessing safe, quality primary and
secondary education; and
(3) help increase the access of displaced children,
especially displaced girls, to educational, economic, and
entrepreneurial opportunities, including through the
governmental authorities of such host countries responsible for
educational or youth services.
(b) Coordination With Multilateral Organizations.--The Secretary
and the Administrator are authorized to coordinate with the World Bank,
appropriate agencies of the United Nations, and other relevant
multilateral organizations, to work with governments in other countries
to enact, implement, and enforce programs and policies that
specifically collect data disaggregated by sex and age on displaced
people.
(c) Coordination With Private Sector and Civil Society
Organizations.--The Secretary and the Administrator are authorized to
work with private sector and civil society organizations, in the United
States and internationally, to promote safe, quality primary and
secondary education for displaced children.
SEC. 6. REPORT.
During the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator shall include in any
report or evaluation submitted to Congress related to a foreign
assistance program the following information:
(1) To the extent practicable, a breakdown of the
beneficiaries of such program by location, age, gender, marital
status, and school enrollment status.
(2) A description of how such program benefits displaced
people.
(3) A description of any primary or secondary educational
services supported by such program that specifically address
the needs of displaced girls. | Protecting Girls' Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that it is critical to ensure that children, particularly girls, displaced by conflicts overseas are able to receive a quality education and that the educational needs of women and girls are considered in implementing U.S. foreign assistance policies and programs. The Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) may advance programs that: provide safe, quality, primary and secondary education for displaced children; build the capacity of institutions in countries hosting displaced people to prevent displaced children from facing educational discrimination; and help increase the access of displaced children, especially girls, to educational, economic, and entrepreneurial opportunities. The State Department and USAID may: coordinate with multilateral organizations to work with foreign governments to implement programs and policies that collect data disaggregated by sex and age on displaced people; and work with domestic and foreign private sector and civil society organizations to promote safe, quality, primary and secondary education for displaced children. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Protecting Girls' Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act"} | 1,442 | 223 | 0.502073 | 1.572854 | 0.891252 | 5.267677 | 7.272727 | 0.914141 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Enhancement and
Revitalization Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Park Service has insufficient funds for
the operations, maintenance, and rehabilitation of certain
units of the National Park System.
(2) Federal full fee land ownership is not always required
to preserve the aesthetic, natural, cultural, and historical
values of National Park System lands, and at times may even
prevent desirable preservation.
(3) The sale or lease or any extension thereof of lands or
interests therein within units of the National Park System
could generate needed funds while preserving the values for
which the units were established.
SEC. 3. PERMITTING PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OR USE OF NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
LANDS.
The Act of August 25, 1916 (popularly known as the National Park
Service Organic Act; 16 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.), is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
``Sec. 5. (a) Disposal of Property and Interests.--(1) The
Secretary of the Interior, after determining it to be in the public
interest and after publication of notice in the Federal Register and 30
days for public comment--
``(A) may dispose of lands, or interests therein (but not
the mineral estate), within the National Battlefields, National
Historical Parks, and other National Park System units which
preserve American history; and
``(B) may accept as consideration for the disposal other
lands, interests in lands, cash payment, or any combination
thereof which is equal in value to the lands or interests being
disposed of.
``(2) To protect the aesthetic, recreational, cultural, or historic
values of the unit of the National Park System, the Secretary shall
include in such disposals any terms, covenants, conditions, or
reservations deemed necessary to ensure preservation of the public
interest and uses consistent with the purposes for which the area was
designated and to attempt to stimulate the land use patterns existing
at the relevant historic period.
``(3) In disposing of lands or interests under this subsection, the
Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, provide the person or
persons, or their heirs, as determined from the deed and land records,
from whom the land or interest was acquired by the United States an
opportunity to reacquire the land or interest. The Secretary shall
publish a notice in an appropriate regional or local newspaper in an
attempt to locate such persons.
``(4) Each disposal in excess of $150,000 shall be reported to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate at least 30
days prior to consummation of the disposal.
``(5) The person or persons acquiring lands or interests therein
under this subsection shall bear all reasonable costs of survey and
appraisal incidental to such conveyance, as determined by the
Secretary.
``(b) Lease.--(1) The Secretary of the Interior, after determining
it to be in the public interest and after publication of notice in the
Federal Register and 30 days for public comment, may lease lands or
extend existing leases within the National Battlefields, National
Historical Parks, and other National Park System units which preserve
American history for private uses that promote, and are consistent
with, the purposes for which the area was designated and that attempt
to stimulate the land use patterns existing at the relevant historic
period.
``(2) To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall provide the
person or persons, or their heirs, as determined from the deed and land
records, from whom the land or interest was acquired by the United
States an opportunity to lease the land for acceptable uses. The
Secretary shall publish a notice in an appropriate regional or local
newspaper in an attempt to locate such persons.
``(3) Such leases may be negotiated noncompetitively. If the
original owner or heirs cannot be identified or are not interested,
leases shall be offered competitively. In either case, leases must
specify acceptable uses and terms and must at least recover the costs
of establishing and administering the lease.
``(c) Use of Revenues.--Amounts received by the United States as
proceeds from the sale or lease of lands or interests therein under
this section, in excess of administrative costs, shall be deposited in
a special fund in the Treasury and shall be available to the Secretary
of the Interior, without further appropriation, for operation,
maintenance, or improvement of, or for acquisition of lands or
interests therein for, the unit which generated the proceeds.
``(d) Acquiring Less Than Fee Title.--The Secretary of the
Interior, after determining it to be in the public interest and in
compliance with other acquisition requirements, may acquire easements
or other interests in lands for inclusion in the National Park System,
if--
``(1) the easement or interest provides public benefits
greater than the cost of the easement or interest, and
``(2) the cost of the easement or interest is less than a
fee simple purchase of the land, including the costs for
periodic monitoring and enforcement to ensure compliance with
such agreements.''.
SEC. 4. STUDY.
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) of the United States shall
undertake a study of easements and other less-than-fee title
acquisitions of interests in lands for the National Park System to
assess their effectiveness, including total costs and compliance with
agreements, and their efficiency for producing public benefits. | National Park Enhancement and Revitalization Act - Amends the National Park Service Organic Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, after a positive determination of being in the public interest and publication of notice in the Federal Register, to dispose of lands or interests therein within the National Battlefields, National Historical Parks, and other units of the National Park System (NPS) and to accept other land, cash, or a combination of each as consideration for such disposals. Requires the Secretary to: (1) include in disposal terms such conditions or reservations to ensure preservation of the public interest and uses of such areas; and (2) allow landowners from whom such land was originally acquired by the United States an opportunity to reacquire such land or interest.
Requires each disposal in excess of $150,000 to be reported to specified congressional committees.
Authorizes the Secretary to lease NPS units under similar conditions as above.
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire easements or other interests in lands for inclusion in the NPS under specified conditions.
Directs the General Accounting Office to undertake a study of less-than-fee title acquisitions of interests in lands for the NPS to assess their effectiveness and efficiency for producing public benefits. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "National Park Enhancement and Revitalization Act"} | 1,190 | 266 | 0.639914 | 1.879834 | 0.816678 | 3.439655 | 4.987069 | 0.887931 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Connections for Rural
Opportunities Program Act of 2012'' or the ``B-CROP Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. BROADBAND CONNECTIONS FOR RURAL OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.
Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 603. BROADBAND CONNECTIONS FOR RURAL OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Broadband service.--The term `broadband service' has
the meaning given the term in section 601(b).
``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means an
entity that is--
``(A) a private sector provider of broadband
telecommunications services; or
``(B) a State, local, or tribal government,
municipal provider, cooperative, institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, or public economic
development organization.
``(3) Eligible rural community.--Unless the Secretary makes
a finding in writing that an area is otherwise `rural in
character', the term `eligible rural community' means any area
of the United States that is not--
``(A) included within the boundaries of any
incorporated city, village, borough, or town with a
population in excess of 50,000 inhabitants; or
``(B) the urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to
a city, village, borough, or town described in
subparagraph (A), as defined by the Bureau of the
Census using the latest available decennial census of
the United States.
``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the grant program under this
section are--
``(1) to enhance the feasibility of providing broadband
service to eligible rural communities; and
``(2) to deploy broadband telecommunications networks and
capabilities to areas in which there is not otherwise a
business case for private investment in a broadband network,
with a focus on unserved eligible rural communities.
``(c) Grants Authorized.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to
eligible entities for deployment, identification, or adoption
of broadband services within eligible rural communities.
``(2) Amount.--A grant awarded to an eligible entity under
this section may not be made in excess of 50 percent of the
eligible project development costs.
``(d) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require.
``(e) Use of Funds.--A grant awarded to an eligible entity under
this section shall be--
``(1) used to facilitate the deployment of broadband
telecommunications networks and capabilities to areas in which
there is not otherwise a business case for private investment
in a broadband network, with a focus on unserved eligible rural
communities; or
``(2) combined with loans to enhance economic feasibility
of projects serving high cost areas in which there is not
otherwise a business case for private investment in a broadband
network, with a focus on unserved eligible rural communities.
``(f) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall give priority to project applications that--
``(1) as a percentage of the total applications, provide
service to the highest proportion of rural residents that do
not have access to broadband service;
``(2) will use broadband services to stimulate rural
economic development, such as providing--
``(A) connections between and among businesses and
business incubators located in eligible rural
communities; and
``(B) connections that are integrated with county
and regional organization plans.
``(g) Processing Period.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
on which funds are appropriated to carry out this section, the
Secretary shall publish a notice of funds availability.
``(2) Awards.--Not later than the end of the fiscal year
following the date on which a notice is published under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall announce grant awards under
this section.
``(h) Report.--
``(1) In general.--Each recipient of a grant under this
section shall submit to the Secretary a report describing the
use of the funds provided by the grant.
``(2) Secretarial report.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter
until all funds are obligated, the Secretary shall submit a
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that describes planned spending
and actual obligations of the funds made available to carry out
this section.
``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for
each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014.''.
SEC. 3. IMPROVING THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE RURAL BROADBAND
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Paperwork reduction.--The Secretary shall take such
steps as are necessary to reduce the paperwork required of
applicants under this section.
``(4) Processing period.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after
the date on which funds are appropriated to carry out
this section, the Secretary shall publish a notice of
funds availability.
``(B) Awards.--Not later than the end of the end of
the fiscal year following the date on which a notice is
published under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
announce grant awards under this section.'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (i) through (l) as
subsections (k) through (n), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (h) the following:
``(i) Outreach.--The Secretary shall conduct outreach designed to
inform the population of areas in which there is no or limited
broadband service of the program carried out under this section.
``(j) Additional Staff.--The Secretary, in the discretion of the
Secretary, may use up to 20 percent of the budget authority
appropriated to carry out this section to hire such additional
administrative personnel, including general field representatives and
legal staff, as are necessary to carry out the administrative duties
under this section.''.
(b) Simplification of the Application Process and Post-Application
Audit Requirements.--
(1) Definition of subsidiary.--In this subsection, the term
``subsidiary'' means a business entity controlled, directly or
indirectly, by another business entity or person.
(2) Requirements.--In carrying out title VI of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.), the
Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, shall, to the
maximum extent practicable--
(A) remove any duplicative or unnecessary
application or audit requirements under that title;
(B) reduce the cost and paperwork associated with
the application and audit requirements, including
allowing parent companies, and the wholly owned
subsidiaries of parent companies, to file a single
consolidated application or audit report, if the
application or report includes all relevant financial
information concerning the project that is the subject
of the grant, loan, or loan guarantee;
(C) ensure that the Secretary examines--
(i) the total business plan of each
applicant for a grant, loan, or loan guarantee
under that title, including the revenue the
applicant generated from sources unrelated to
the broadband service of the applicant, but
connected or otherwise related to the
facilities financed by the grant, loan, or loan
guarantee; and
(ii) the requested information and
projections provided by each applicant to
ensure that there is no conflict with the
regulatory obligations of the applicant to
other Federal agencies including, at a minimum,
to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the
Federal Communications Commission, and the
Federal Trade Commission; and
(D) require that any recipient of a grant, loan, or
loan guarantee under that title uses the funds from the
grant, loan, or loan guarantee not later than 5 years
after date of receipt of the funds to complete the
project for which the funds were approved, unless the
Secretary determines that the recipient was unable to
expend the funds due to circumstances beyond the
control of the recipient.
SEC. 4. RURAL BROADBAND PROGRAM COORDINATION.
Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb
et seq.) (as amended by section 3) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 604. CLEARINGHOUSE WEBSITE.
``The Secretary may use up to 5 percent of the budget authority
made available to carry out this section for a national competition to
create and maintain a comprehensive and interactive rural broadband
clearinghouse accessible on the Internet at no cost to the public that
describes options, opportunities, resources, successful public-private
partnerships, comprehensive funding sources, and technology tutorials
for rural broadband, including--
``(1) case studies;
``(2) descriptions of best practices;
``(3) assessments of various technology solutions;
``(4) feasibility studies;
``(5) applications, including telework, telemedicine,
distance learning, training, homeland security, senior citizen
connectivity and program development, and business and economic
development;
``(6) rural broadband options and policies analysis;
``(7) support for networks among rural communities and
economic development agencies; and
``(8) a comprehensive list of municipal, nonprofit, and
private sector providers.
``SEC. 605. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
``Not later than 540 days after the date of enactment of this
section and subsequently not later than the date that is 3 years after
the date of the submission of initial report, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that includes--
``(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of all Federal
broadband assistance programs and policies aimed at fostering
broadband access in rural and unserved areas, such as
identifying and tracking--
``(A) rural areas in each State that do not have
broadband service;
``(B) the rate at which residential and business
end users adopt broadband service when infrastructure
is made available;
``(C) possible suppliers of broadband service;
``(D) the speed of broadband service offered in
rural areas that do have access;
``(E) barriers to the adoption of broadband
service, including whether--
``(i) the demand for broadband service is
absent; and
``(ii) the supply for broadband service is
capable of meeting the demand for the service;
``(F) proposals for promoting interagency
coordination of Federal agencies in regards to
policies, procedures, and targeted resources, and means
to improve and streamline the policies, programs and
services; and
``(G) the adequacy of Federal and State universal
service support programs and policies;
``(2) an assessment of best practices employed at the State
and local government level to foster broadband access in rural
and underserved areas; and
``(3) an evaluation of methods to coordinate and harmonize,
to the maximum extent practicable, the efforts of the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, and the
Federal Communications Commission to advance broadband
deployment in rural areas throughout the United States.''. | Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act of 2012 or the B-CROP Act of 2012 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) award grants to eligible entities for the deployment, identification, or adoption of broadband services within eligible rural communities; and (2) reduce the paperwork required of rural broadband program applicants.
Authorizes the Secretary to use specified funds for a national competition to create an Internet-accessible rural broadband clearinghouse. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish a grant program within the rural broadband program of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes."} | 2,598 | 107 | 0.604253 | 1.347217 | 0.787816 | 3.510417 | 25.4375 | 0.947917 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Benefit Enhancements
for Women Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 7-YEAR RESTRICTION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR WIDOW'S AND
WIDOWER'S INSURANCE BENEFITS BASED ON DISABILITY.
(a) Widow's Insurance Benefits.--
(1) In general.--Section 202(e) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 402(e)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking ``which
began before the end of the period specified in
paragraph (4)'';
(B) in paragraph (1)(F)(ii), by striking ``(I) in
the period specified in paragraph (4) and (II)'';
(C) by striking paragraph (4) and by redesignating
paragraphs (5) through (9) as paragraphs (4) through
(8), respectively; and
(D) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii) (as redesignated), by
striking ``whichever'' and all that follows through
``begins'' and inserting ``the first day of the
seventeenth month before the month in which her
application is filed''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 202(e)(1)(F)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
402(e)(1)(F)(i)) is amended by striking ``paragraph
(5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''.
(B) Section 202(e)(1)(C)(ii)(III) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(e)(2)(C)(ii)(III)) is amended by striking
``paragraph (8)'' and inserting ``paragraph (7)''.
(C) Section 202(e)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
402(e)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (7)''
and inserting ``paragraph (6)''.
(D) Section 226(e)(1)(A)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
426(e)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``202(e)(4),''.
(b) Widower's Insurance Benefits.--
(1) In general.--Section 202(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
402(f)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking ``which
began before the end of the period specified in
paragraph (5)'';
(B) in paragraph (1)(F)(ii), by striking ``(I) in
the period specified in paragraph (5) and (II)'';
(C) by striking paragraph (5) and by redesignating
paragraphs (6) through (9) as paragraphs (5) through
(8), respectively; and
(D) in paragraph (5)(A)(ii) (as redesignated), by
striking ``whichever'' and all that follows through
``begins'' and inserting ``the first day of the
seventeenth month before the month in which his
application is filed''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 202(f)(1)(F)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
402(f)(1)(F)(i)) is amended by striking ``paragraph
(6)'' and inserting ``paragraph (5)''.
(B) Section 202(f)(1)(C)(ii)(III) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(f)(2)(C)(ii)(III)) is amended by striking
``paragraph (8)'' and inserting ``paragraph (7)''.
(C) Section 226(e)(1)(A)(i) of such Act (as amended
by subsection (a)(2)) is further amended by striking
``202(f)(1)(B)(ii), and 202(f)(5)'' and inserting ``and
202(f)(1)(B)(ii)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to benefits for months after November 2002.
SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FROM TWO-YEAR WAITING PERIOD FOR DIVORCED SPOUSE'S
BENEFITS UPON OTHER SPOUSE'S REMARRIAGE.
(a) Wife's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(b)(5)(A) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)(5)(A)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new sentence: ``The criterion for entitlement under
clause (ii) shall be deemed met upon the remarriage of the insured
individual to someone other than the applicant during the 2-year period
referred to in such clause.''.
(b) Husband's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(c)(5)(A) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 402(c)(5)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ``The criterion for entitlement under clause (ii) shall
be deemed met upon the remarriage of the insured individual to someone
other than the applicant during the 2-year period referred to in such
clause.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment to Exemption of Insured Individual's
Divorced Spouse From Earnings Test as Applied to the Insured
Individual.--Section 203(b)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403(b)(2)(B))
is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The
requirement under such clause (ii) shall be deemed met upon the
remarriage of the insured individual to someone other than the
individual referred to in paragraph (1) during the 2-year period
referred to in such clause.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to benefits for months after November 2002.
SEC. 4. MONTHS ENDING AFTER DECEASED INDIVIDUAL'S DEATH DISREGARDED IN
APPLYING EARLY RETIREMENT RULES WITH RESPECT TO DECEASED
INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF LIMITATION ON WIDOW'S AND
WIDOWER'S BENEFITS.
(a) Widow's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(e)(2)(D)(i) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)(2)(D)(i)) is amended by inserting
after ``applicable,'' the following: ``except that, in applying
paragraph (7) of subsection (q) for purposes of this clause, any month
ending with or after the date of the death of such deceased individual
shall be deemed to be excluded under such paragraph (in addition to
months otherwise excluded under such paragraph),''.
(b) Widower's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(f)(3)(D)(i) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(3)(D)(i)) is amended by inserting after
``applicable,'' the following: ``except that, in applying paragraph (7)
of subsection (q) for purposes of this clause, any month ending with or
after the date of the death of such deceased individual shall be deemed
to be excluded under such paragraph (in addition to months otherwise
excluded under such paragraph),''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to benefits for months after November 2002. | Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act of 2002--Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) repeal the seven year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability; (2) waive the two-year waiting period for a divorced spouse's benefits upon the other spouse's remarriage; and (3) disregard months ending after a deceased individual's death in applying early retirement rules with respect to the deceased individual for purposes of the limitation on widow's and widower's benefits.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income interest paid on any overpayment of income tax by individuals; (2) allow a taxpayer to make cash deposits to pay any tax not yet assessed (in order to suspend the running of interest on any potential future underpayments); and (3) permit partial collection of tax liability in installment agreements (currently allowed only for full collections). | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for miscellaneous enhancements in Social Security benefits, and for other purposes."} | 1,836 | 215 | 0.498091 | 1.414229 | 0.554895 | 2.453608 | 6.654639 | 0.742268 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Smart Planning for Smart Growth Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS THROUGH TRANSPORTATION
EFFICIENCY.
Title I of the Clean Air Act is amended by inserting after section
179B (42 U.S.C. 7509a) the following:
``SEC. 179C. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS THROUGH TRANSPORTATION
EFFICIENCY.
``(a) In General.--Each State shall--
``(1) not later than 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this section, submit to the Administrator goals
for transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions reductions;
and
``(2) as part of each transportation plan or transportation
improvement plan developed under title 23 or title 49, United
States Code, ensure that a plan to achieve such goals, or an
updated version of such a plan, is submitted to the
Administrator and to the Secretary of Transportation (in this
section referred to as the `Secretary') by each metropolitan
planning organization in the State for an area with a
population exceeding 200,000.
``(b) Models and Methodologies.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall promulgate
regulations to establish standardized models and methodologies
for use in developing goals, plans, and strategies under this
section. Such regulations may approve or improve existing
models and methodologies.
``(2) Timing.--The Administrator shall--
``(A) publish proposed regulations under paragraph
(1) not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this section; and
``(B) promulgate final regulations under paragraph
(1) not later than 2 years after such date of
enactment.
``(c) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals.--
``(1) Consultation.--Each State shall develop the goals
referred to in subsection (a)(1)--
``(A) in concurrence with State agencies
responsible for air quality and transportation;
``(B) in consultation with each metropolitan
planning organization for an area in the State with a
population exceeding 200,000 and applicable local air
quality and transportation agencies; and
``(C) with public involvement, including public
comment periods and meetings.
``(2) Period.--The goals referred to in subsection (a)(1)
shall be for 10- and 20-year periods.
``(3) Targets; designated year.--The goals referred to in
subsection (a)(1) shall establish targets to reduce mobile
source greenhouse gas emissions in the covered area from levels
projected under a business-as-usual scenario. The targets shall
be designed to ensure that the levels of such emissions
stabilize and decrease after a designated year. The State shall
consider designating 2010 as such designated year.
``(4) Covered area.--The goals referred to in subsection
(a)(1) shall be established--
``(A) on a statewide basis; and
``(B) for each metropolitan planning organization
in the State for an area with a population exceeding
200,000.
``(5) Revised goals.--Every 4 years, each State shall
update and revise, as appropriate, the goals referred to in
subsection (a)(1).
``(d) Planning.--A plan referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall--
``(1) be based upon the models and methodologies
established by the Administrator under subsection (b);
``(2) address mobile sources, economic development, and
scenario analysis; and
``(3) be developed--
``(A) with public involvement, including public
comment periods and meetings;
``(B) with regional coordination, including with
respect to--
``(i) metropolitan planning organizations;
``(ii) the localities comprising the
metropolitan planning organization;
``(iii) the State in which the metropolitan
planning organization is located; and
``(iv) air quality and transportation
agencies for the State and region involved; and
``(C) in consultation with the State and local
housing, public health, economic development, land use,
environment, and public transportation agencies.
``(e) Strategies.--In developing goals under subsection (a)(1) and
a plan under subsection (a)(2), the State or metropolitan planning
organization, as applicable, shall consider transportation and land use
planning strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including the
following:
``(1) Efforts to increase public transportation, including
commuter rail service and ridership, by adding at a minimum--
``(A) new public transportation systems, including
new commuter rail systems;
``(B) employer-based subsidies; and
``(C) cleaner locomotive technologies.
``(2) Updates to zoning and other land use regulations and
plans to support development that--
``(A) coordinates transportation and land use
planning;
``(B) focuses future growth close to existing and
planned job centers and public facilities;
``(C) uses existing infrastructure;
``(D) promotes walking, bicycling, and public
transportation use; and
``(E) mixes land uses such as housing, retail, and
schools.
``(3) Implementation of a policy (referred to as a
`complete streets policy') that--
``(A) ensures adequate accommodation of all users
of transportation systems, including pedestrians,
bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists,
children, the elderly, and individuals with
disabilities; and
``(B) adequately addresses the safety and
convenience of all users of the transportation system.
``(4) Construction of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure
facilities.
``(5) Projects to promote telecommuting, flexible work
schedules, or satellite work centers.
``(6) Pricing measures such as congestion pricing.
``(7) Intermodal freight system strategies, including
enhanced rail services, short sea shipping, and other
strategies.
``(8) Parking policies.
``(9) Travel demand management projects.
``(10) Restriction of the use of certain roads, or lanes,
by vehicles other than passenger buses and high-occupancy
vehicles.
``(11) Reduction of vehicle idling, including idling
associated with freight management, construction,
transportation, and commuter operations.
``(12) Policies to encourage the use of retrofit
technologies and early replacement of vehicles, engines and
equipment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing
mobile sources.
``(13) Other projects that the Administrator finds reduce
greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources.
``(f) Public Availability.--The Administrator shall publish,
including by posting on the Environmental Protection Agency's website--
``(1) the goals and plans submitted under subsection (a);
and
``(2) for each plan submitted under subsection (a)(2), an
analysis of the anticipated effects of the plan on greenhouse
gas emissions and oil consumption.
``(g) Enforcement.--If the Administrator finds that a State has
failed to submit goals under subsection (a)(1), or to ensure the
submission of a plan under subsection (a)(2), for any area in the State
(irrespective of whether the area is a nonattainment area), the
Administrator may impose a prohibition in accordance with section
179(b)(1) applicable to the area. The Administrator may not impose a
prohibition under the preceding sentence, and no action may be brought
by the Administrator or any other entity alleging a violation of this
section, based on the content or adequacy of a goal or plan submitted
under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2).
``(h) Competitive Grants.--
``(1) Grants.--The Administrator, in consultation with the
Secretary of Transportation, may award grants on a competitive
basis to metropolitan planning organizations to develop or
implement plans submitted under subsection (a)(2) or elements
thereof.
``(2) Priority.--In making grants under paragraph (1), the
Administrator shall give priority to applicants based upon--
``(A) the amount of greenhouse gas emissions to be
reduced on a total or per capita basis, as determined
by the Administrator in consultation with the Secretary
of Transportation; and
``(B) such other factors as the Administrator
determines appropriate.
``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--To carry out this
subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary.
``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `metropolitan planning organization' means a
metropolitan planning organization, as such term is used in
section 176 of the Clean Air Act.
``(2) The term `scenario analysis' means an analysis that
is conducted by identifying different trends and making
projections based on those trends to develop a range of
scenarios and estimates of how each scenario could improve
access to goods and services, including access to employment,
education, and health care (especially for elderly and
economically disadvantaged communities), and could affect rates
of--
``(A) vehicle miles traveled;
``(B) use of mobile source fuel by type, including
electricity; and
``(C) greenhouse gas emissions from the mobile
source sector.
``(j) Land Use Authority.--Nothing in this section may be construed
to--
``(1) infringe upon the existing authority of State or
local governments to plan or control land use, or
``(2) provide or transfer authority over land use to any
other entity.''. | Smart Planning for Smart Growth Act of 2009 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require states and metropolitan planning organizations in areas with a population exceeding 200,000 to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Transportation goals for reducing transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions and plans to achieve such reductions. Requires such states and organizations to establish goals on a statewide basis and to consider specified transportation and land use planning strategies, including increasing public transportation systems and supporting land use regulation that coordinates transportation and land use planning and uses existing infrastructure.
Authorizes the Administrator to award competitive grants to metropolitan planning organizations to develop or implement emission reduction plans. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Clean Air Act to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions through transportation efficiency."} | 2,070 | 143 | 0.631717 | 1.498518 | 0.695918 | 2.811024 | 15.551181 | 0.905512 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Campaign Finance Improvement Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY ELECTRONIC PRESERVATION AND FILING OF FEDERAL
ELECTION COMMISSION REPORTS; ACCESS THROUGH INTERNET
SITE.
(a) Electronic Filing Through the Internet.--Section 304(a)(11) of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(11)(A) Through a competitive bidding process, the Commission
shall establish a public Internet site not later than January 1, 1999,
with the following features:
``(i) Any person filing a report required by this Act may
post the report directly on the site.
``(ii) Any member of the public may obtain the reports
posted on the site (together with any other information the
Commission may make available through the site) at any time.
``(iii) Any information in a report posted on the site
shall be subject to the same prohibition on sale and use as
information from a report or statement under paragraph (4).
``(iv) All information posted on the site shall be
integrated in a manner which permits users to search the
information across categories and sources.
``(B) Each person required to file a report under this Act shall
file the report by posting it directly on the Internet site established
under subparagraph (A), or by filing it by such electronic method as
the Commission may designate to enable the Commission to post the
report on such site immediately upon receipt.
``(C) The Commission shall provide for one or more methods (other
than requiring a signature on the report being filed) for verification
of reports filed in accordance with the methods described in
subparagraph (B). Any verification under the preceding sentence shall
be treated for all purposes (including penalties for perjury) in the
same manner as a verification by signature.
``(D) As used in this paragraph, the term ``report'' means, with
respect to the Commission, a report, designation, or statement required
by this Act to be filed with the Commission.''.
(b) Requiring Commission To Make Software Available.--Section
311(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 438(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(11) through competitive bidding, obtain and provide for
computer software required to carry out section 304(a)(11).''.
(c) Internet Defined.--Section 301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is
amended by striking paragraph (19) and inserting the following new
paragraph:
``(19) The term `Internet' means the international computer network
of both Federal and non-Federal interoperable packet-switched data
networks.''.
SEC. 3. EXPANDING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Requiring Reporting of All Contributions of $200 or More Within
10 Days of Receipt.--Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(d)(1) Each political committee which receives a contribution of
$200 or more shall notify the Commission of the contribution not later
than 10 days after receipt, and shall include the identification of the
contributor, the date of receipt and amount of the contribution, and
(in the case of an authorized committee of a candidate) the name of the
candidate and the office sought by the candidate.
``(2) The report required under this subsection shall be in
addition to all other reports required under this Act.''.
(b) Expanding Types of Contributions to Principal Campaign
Committees Subject to Expedited Reporting.--Section 304(a)(6)(A) of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(6)(A)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$1,000'' and inserting ``$200''; and
(2) by striking ``20th day'' and inserting ``90th day''.
SEC. 4. REQUIRING MAJORITY OF AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS ACCEPTED BY HOUSE
CANDIDATES TO COME FROM IN-STATE RESIDENTS.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
441a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not accept
contributions with respect to an election from persons other than
individuals residing in the State involved totaling in excess of the
aggregate amount of contributions accepted with respect to the election
from individuals residing in the State involved.
``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to contributions
from a political committee of a national, State, or local political
party (including any subordinate committee thereof).''.
SEC. 5. WAIVER OF ``BEST EFFORTS'' EXCEPTION FOR INFORMATION ON
IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRIBUTORS.
Section 302(i) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 432(i)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(i) When the treasurer'' and inserting
``(i)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), when the
treasurer''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to information
regarding the identification of any person who makes a contribution or
contributions aggregating more than $200 during a calendar year (as
required to be provided under subsection (c)(3)).''.
SEC. 6. LOWERING THRESHOLD FOR CASH CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 321 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
441g) is amended by striking ``exceed $100'' and inserting ``exceed
$20''.
SEC. 7. CONTRIBUTIONS BY DEPENDENTS NOT OF VOTING AGE.
Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(9)(A) For purposes of the limitations imposed by this section,
any contribution made by a dependent minor shall be treated as follows:
``(i) If the dependent minor is the dependent of one other
individual, the contribution shall be treated as a contribution
made by such other individual.
``(ii) If the dependent minor is the dependent of another
individual and such other individual's spouse, the contribution
shall be allocated among such individuals in such manner as
such other individuals may determine.
``(B) In this paragraph, the term `dependent minor' means an
individual who--
``(i) is a dependent of another individual; and
``(ii) has not, as of the time of making the contribution
involved, attained the legal age for voting in elections for
Federal office in the State in which such individual
resides.''.
SEC. 8. PROHIBITING NON-CITIZEN INDIVIDUALS FROM MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS
IN CONNECTION WITH FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 441e(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``and who is not lawfully
admitted'' and all that follows and inserting a period.
SEC. 9. MANDATORY SUBMISSION OF MONTHLY REPORTS BY NATIONAL POLITICAL
PARTY COMMITTEES.
Section 304(a)(4)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 434(a)(4)(B)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``monthly reports'' and inserting ``in the
case of a national committee of a political party and any other
political committee (other than an authorized committee of a
candidate) not filing quarterly reports under subparagraph (A),
monthly reports''; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting the
following: ``except that in the case of a national committee of
a political party, the committee shall file the reports due in
November and December of such year together with such a pre-
general election report, post-general election report, and year
end report.''.
SEC. 10. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SOFT MONEY EXPENDITURES OF
POLITICAL PARTIES.
(a) Transfers of Funds by National Political Parties.--Section
304(b)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
434(b)(4)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (H);
(2) by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (I); and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(J) in the case of a political committee of a
national political party, all funds transferred to any
political committee of a State or local political
party, without regard to whether or not the funds are
otherwise treated as contributions or expenditures
under this title;''.
(b) Disclosure by State Political Parties of Information Reported
Under State Law.--Section 304 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by
section 3(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(e) If a political committee of a State political party is
required under a State or local law, rule, or regulation to submit a
report on its disbursements to an entity of the State or local
government, the committee shall file a copy of the report with the
Commission at the time it submits the report to such an entity.''.
SEC. 11. UNION DISCLOSURE.
(a) In General.--Section 201(b) of the Labor Management Reporting
and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431(b)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5); and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) an itemization of amounts spent by the labor
organization for--
``(A) contract negotiation and administration;
``(B) organizing activities;
``(C) strike activities;
``(D) political activities;
``(E) lobbying and promotional activities; and
``(F) market recovery and job targeting programs;
and
``(8) all transactions involving a single source or payee
for each of the activities described in subparagraphs (A)
through (F) of paragraph (7) in which the aggregate cost
exceeds $10,000.''.
(b) Computer Network Access.--Section 201(c) of the Labor
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431(c)) is
amended by inserting ``including availability of such reports via a
public Internet site or another publicly accessible computer network,''
after ``its members,''.
(c) Reporting by Secretary.--Section 205(a) of the Labor Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 435(a)) is amended by
inserting after ``and the Secretary'' the following: ``shall make the
reports and documents filed pursuant to section 201(b) available via a
public Internet site or another publicly accessible computer network.
The Secretary''.
SEC. 12. PROHIBITING INVOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYEE FUNDS FOR
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(c)(1) Except with the separate, prior, written, voluntary
authorization of each individual, it shall be unlawful--
``(A) for any national bank or corporation described in
this section to collect from or assess its stockholders or
employees any dues, initiation fee, or other payment as a
condition of employment if any part of such dues, fee, or
payment will be used for political activity in which the
national bank or corporation is engaged; and
``(B) for any labor organization described in this section
to collect from or assess its members or nonmembers any dues,
initiation fee, or other payment if any part of such dues, fee,
or payment will be used for political activity in which the
labor organization is engaged.
``(2) An authorization described in paragraph (1) shall remain in
effect until revoked and may be revoked at any time. Each entity
collecting from or assessing amounts from an individual with an
authorization in effect under such paragraph shall provide the
individual with a statement that the individual may at any time revoke
the authorization.
``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `political
activity' means any activity carried out for the purpose of influencing
(in whole or in part) any election for Federal office, influencing the
consideration or outcome of any Federal legislation or the issuance or
outcome of any Federal regulations, or educating individuals about
candidates for election for Federal office or any Federal legislation,
law, or regulations.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to amounts collected or assessed on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 13. SOLICITATIONS BY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS OF SHAREHOLDERS AND
PERSONNEL OF MEMBER CORPORATIONS.
Section 316(b)(4)(D) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(4)(D)) is amended by striking ``to the extent that''
and all that follows and inserting a period.
SEC. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this Act shall
apply with respect to elections and transactions occurring after
December 31, 1998. | Campaign Finance Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to require the Federal Election Commission to: (1) establish a specified public Internet site by January 1, 1999; (2) permit persons required to file reports under FECA to file such reports by directly posting them on the Internet site or by filing them electronically to enable the Commission to post reports on such site immediately upon receipt; (3) provide for one or more methods (other than requiring a signature on the reports being filed) for verification of reports filed in accordance with the methods described in the preceding; and (4) obtain and provide for computer software required to carry out this Act through competitive bidding.
(Sec. 3) Requires each political committee which receives a contribution of $200 or more to report the contribution not later than ten days after receipt and include the contributor's identification, the date of receipt and the contribution amount, and (in the case of a candidate's authorized committee) the candidate's name and the office sought by the candidate.
Expands the types of contributions required to be reported by principal campaign committees and changes the deadline for reporting such contributions by any authorized committee of a candidate.
(Sec. 4) Prohibits House of Representatives candidates from accepting contributions in an election from persons other than in-State residents totaling in excess of the aggregate amount of contributions accepted in the election from such residents, with the exception of contributions from national, State, and local political parties.
(Sec. 5) Waives the "best efforts" exception with respect to information on the identification of any person who makes a contribution or contributions aggregating more than $200 in a year.
(Sec. 6) Lowers the threshold for U.S. and foreign cash contributions from $100 to $20.
(Sec. 7) Sets forth requirements for the treatment of contributions made by dependent minors.
(Sec. 8) Redefines foreign national to include any individual who is not a U.S. citizen, whether in the U.S. lawfully or unlawfully.
(Sec. 9) Requires the submission of monthly reports by national political party committees and any other political committees (other than candidates' authorized committees) not filing quarterly reports.
Requires national political party committees to file the reports due in November and December of any year in which a regularly scheduled general election is held, together with the pre-general election report, post-general election report, and year end report.
(Sec. 10) Requires the disclosure of all fund transfers by national political parties to State and local political parties, without regard to whether or not the funds are otherwise treated as contributions or expenditures.
Requires disclosure by State political parties of disbursements required to be reported under State or local law.
(Sec. 11) Amends the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to: (1) require the inclusion of specified expenditures in the annual financial reports of labor organizations; and (2) make information contained in labor organization reports and annual financial reports available via a public Internet site or another publicly accessible computer network.
(Sec. 12) Amends FECA to make it unlawful, except with the separate, prior, written, voluntary authorization of each individual, for: (1) national banks or corporations to collect from or assess its stockholders or employees any dues, initiation fee, or other payment as a condition of employment if any part of such dues, fee, or payment will be used for political activities in which the national bank or corporation is engaged; and (2) labor organizations to collect from or assess its members or nonmembers any dues, fee, or other payment if any part of such dues, fee, or payment will be used for political activities in which the labor organization is engaged.
States that an authorization shall remain in effect until revoked and may be revoked at any time. Requires each entity collecting from or assessing amounts from an individual with an authorization in effect to provide the individual with a statement that the individual may at any time revoke the authorization.
(Sec. 13) Removes the conditions on the solicitation of contributions by trade associations from shareholders and personnel (and their families) of member corporations of such associations. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Campaign Finance Improvement Act of 1998"} | 3,281 | 929 | 0.61239 | 1.978863 | 0.665802 | 4.396158 | 3.368547 | 0.919568 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Security Through
Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strength Act of 2016'' or the ``POSTURE
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The first function of Government is to secure its
people and their rights. The United States is blessed that
countless men and women have done so by serving in the Armed
Forces, which consists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air
Force, and Coast Guard.
(2) History has shown that sufficient Land Forces are
critical to the security of the American people and their
rights and to assure United States allies, deter aggression,
shape security environments, and win wars. Furthermore, Land
Forces have been proven to be essential to consolidate gains
and achieve sustainable outcomes.
(3) The Land Forces of the United States are comprised of
the Army (Active Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard)
and the Marine Corps (Active Marine Corps and Marine Corps
Reserve).
(4) On the day before September 11, 2001, the Land Forces
of the United States included 1,036,601 Soldiers and 212,744
Marines. Broken down by component, that included 480,801
Soldiers in the Active Army, 205,300 Soldiers in the Army
Reserve, 350,500 Soldiers in the Army National Guard, 172,934
Marines in the Active Marine Corps, and 39,810 Marines in the
Marine Corps Reserve.
(5) At the height of the Global War on Terrorism, the Land
Forces of the United States included 1,138,907 Soldiers and
242,558 Marines. Broken down by component, that included
570,000 Soldiers in the Active Army, 206,892 Soldiers in the
Army Reserve, 362,015 Soldiers in the Army National Guard,
202,786 Marines in the Active Marine Corps, and 39,772 Marines
in the Marine Corps Reserve.
(6) For fiscal year 2016, authorizations for the Land
Forces of the United States include 1,015,000 Soldiers and
222,900 Marines. Broken down by component, that includes
475,000 Soldiers in the Active Army, 198,000 Soldiers in the
Army Reserve, 342,000 Soldiers in the Army National Guard,
184,000 Marines in the Active Marine Corps, and 38,900 Marines
in the Marine Corps Reserve.
(7) The drawdown of the Land Forces of the United States is
planned to continue through fiscal year 2018, when end strength
will be approximately 970,000 Soldiers and 220,500 Marines.
Broken down by component, that will be 450,000 Soldiers in the
Active Army, approximately 195,000 Soldiers in the Army
Reserve, approximately 335,000 Soldiers in the Army National
Guard, 182,000 Marines in Active Marine Corps, and 38,500
Marines in the Marine Corps Reserve.
(8) In Europe, forward-stationed Army forces have been
reduced from over 215,000 at the time of the fall of the Berlin
Wall to the current level of under 30,000, jeopardizing the
United States strategic capability to deter adversaries by
conventional force and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's
capability to rapidly respond to Russian aggression against its
front-line member states.
(9) The Administration has enacted this policy of reducing
the end strength of United States Land Forces based on security
analysis and expectations of future force capabilities
contained in the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance, the 2013
Strategic Choices and Management Review (SCMR), and the 2014
Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), which included the following:
(A) Ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by
``transitioning out of Iraq and drawing down in
Afghanistan''.
(B) ``Building a closer relationship'' with Russia
and assuming that ``most European countries are now
producers of security rather than consumers of it''.
(C) No longer sizing United States Armed Forces
``to conduct large-scale, prolonged stability
operations''.
(D) ``Increasing reliance on our allies and
partners'' to compensate for ``reductions in our
capacity''.
(E) Emphasizing an ability to regenerate
capabilities and the use of innovation and technology
to compensate for a smaller force.
(10) Given developments over the past several years, the
assumptions about the security environment are outdated and,
unfortunately, proven flawed.
(11) The United States, its allies, and their partners face
new threats, including the following:
(A) A civil war in Syria, triggering a humanitarian
crisis and destabilizing the entire region.
(B) The rise of the Islamic State which has taken
control of large swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq
and has more ambitious global goals, including stated
intentions of additional direct attacks against the
United States and United States allies, both at home
and abroad.
(C) Iran, which has continued its bellicose
rhetoric and support for terrorist activities
throughout the Middle East.
(D) A resurgent Russia that annexed Crimea, invaded
Ukraine, and is now conducting military operations in
Syria, with its posture and actions causing concern to
NATO allies.
(E) The continued military build-up by China and
its actions in the South China Sea, which have raised
concerns among nations in the Pacific and across the
world.
(F) A provocative and unpredictable North Korea
that has escalated tensions throughout the Pacific and
beyond and expanded its nuclear capability.
(12) In response to these developments, short notice
deployments of United States Land Forces have increased across
the globe, including the following:
(A) To address a resurgent Russia, the Army
deployed forces in various locations in Eastern Europe
to assure NATO allies and to help train, assist, and
assure their armed forces as well as sent forces to
Ukraine to train and equip their armed forces.
(B) To address the rise of the Islamic State, the
Army deployed forces to Iraq to train and assist their
armed forces.
(C) To address a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan,
scheduled redeployments of United States Land Forces
were altered and these forces are now expected to
remain in Afghanistan for the foreseeable future.
(D) To help stabilize troubled areas across the
globe, including Southeast Asia and Africa, the Marine
Corps and Army have deployed to conflict-scarred
countries such as Cambodia.
(E) To address unique threats and to build partner
capacity across the globe, United States Joint Special
Operations Forces continue to constantly deploy
worldwide.
(F) To address widespread and destabilizing natural
disasters, including the Indian Ocean earthquake and
tsunami in 2004, the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the
tsunami in Japan in 2011, the Ebola outbreak in West
Africa in 2014, and the earthquake in Nepal in 2015,
the Army and Marine Corps continue to deploy on short
notice across the globe.
(13) Furthermore, the assumptions about the future purpose,
use, and capability of the Land Forces have also been disputed:
(A) The 2014 National Defense Panel concluded that
the 2014 QDR's ``reduction in Army end strength goes
too far.''.
(B) The National Commission on the Future of the
Army found the following:
(i) ``Because PB16 (FY2016 President's
Budget) does not address the escalation of
threats to global stability and national
security, it is, at best, on the low end of
needed resources'' (Page 43).
(ii) ``. . . this force size provides only
limited ability to react to unforeseen
circumstances'' (Page 51).
(iii) ``Using directed planning assumptions
and with its planned fiscal year 2017 force,
the Army is, in fact, neither sized nor shaped
for conducting any kind of large-scale, long-
duration mission at acceptable risk'' (Page
52).
(14) A comprehensive and holistic view of the Land Forces
of the United States is necessary. In particular, previous
assumptions about the deployment and use of reserve components
no longer apply. For example, more than 600,000 members of the
reserve components have been deployed since September 11, 2001.
Beyond these missions conducted pursuant to the authority of
title 10 of the United States Code, these forces are also
responsible for all homeland defense and critical defense
support to civil authority missions under title 32 of the
United States Code during times of crisis response and natural
disaster relief. For these reasons, the reserve components of
the Land Forces are a critical piece to the overall mission of
the total force.
(15) Finally, senior leaders in the United States military
have expressed concern regarding the current and future
reductions in the end strength of the Land Forces of the United
States, including the following:
(A) Then-Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff,
General Martin Dempsey, wrote in his risk assessment
accompanying the 2014 QDR that the current defense
strategy ``takes risk in the capacity of . . . land
forces''.
(B) The current Chief of Staff of the Army, General
Mark Milley disputed many of the assumptions described
in finding eight in an address before the Association
of the United States Army, including that ``wars of the
future will be short'', ``wars can be won through the
use of advanced technologies'', ``allies and partners
can provide capable land forces in sufficient scale'',
and ``armies are easy to regenerate''.
(C) The current commander of United States European
Command, General Philip Breedlove, testified before the
House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on
Defense that ``virtual presence means actual absence. .
. . Further reductions of both infrastructure and
forces will reduce our access to key strategic
locations during times of crisis''.
(D) The former Commandant of the Marine Corps,
General James Amos, testified at a hearing before the
Senate Armed Services Committee that ``we are headed
towards a force in not too many years that will be
hollow back home and not ready to deploy . . . there
would be no rotational relief like we had in Iraq and
Afghanistan''.
(E) The former commander of United States European
Command, Admiral James Stavridis, recently stated that
``we're still at war . . . actively involved on
multiple continents in real combat operations. We
should not be drastically reducing our troop levels.''.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
Given the volatile, uncertain, and ambiguous world and the need for
trained and ready Land Forces of the United States, in conjunction with
joint and multinational forces, to deter threats, shape the
international security environment, respond to emergent situations and
crises, and, if necessary, to fight and win the Nation's wars, it is
the sense of Congress that the planned drawdown of Land Forces should
be immediately stopped.
SEC. 4. FISCAL YEAR 2016 END-STRENGTH LEVELS FOR LAND FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES.
(a) Active Forces.--
(1) Army.--The authorized end strength for Army active duty
personnel as of September 30, 2016, is 480,000.
(2) Marine corps.--The authorized end strength for Marine
Corps active duty personnel as of September 30, 2016, is
184,000.
(b) Selected Reserve.--
(1) Army reserve components.--The authorized end strength
for Selected Reserve personnel of the Army reserve components
as of September 30, 2016, are as follows:
(A) The Army National Guard of the United States,
350,000.
(B) The Army Reserve, 205,000.
(2) Marine corps reserve.--The authorized end strength for
Selected Reserve personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve as of
September 30, 2016, is 38,900.
SEC. 5. REVISION IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS.
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the following:
``(1) For the Army, 480,000.
``(2) For the Navy, 329,200.
``(3) For the Marine Corps, 184,000.
``(4) For the Air Force, 317,000.''.
SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is policy of the United States to pursue and maintain peace
through strength. Therefore, any proposal to lower the end strength
levels established by this Act and the amendments made by this Act must
first be approved by Congress through the enactment of a law to that
effect. | Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strength Act of 2016 or the POSTURE Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that given the uncertain world and the need for trained and ready U.S. land force, the planned drawdown of land forces should be stopped. The bill sets forth: FY2016 Army, Marine Corps, and Selected Reserve strength levels; and Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. Any proposal to lower the end strength levels established by this Act must first be approved by Congress through enactment of a law to that effect. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "POSTURE Act"} | 2,709 | 134 | 0.512261 | 1.563494 | 0.706865 | 4.62931 | 22.077586 | 0.922414 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Portfolio Lending and Mortgage
Access Act''.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS.
Section 129C(b) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1639c(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Safe harbor.--
``(A) In general.--A residential mortgage loan
shall be deemed a qualified mortgage loan for purposes
of this subsection if the loan--
``(i) is originated by, and continuously
retained in the portfolio of, a covered
institution;
``(ii) is in compliance with the
limitations with respect to prepayment
penalties described in subsections (c)(1) and
(c)(3);
``(iii) is in compliance with the
requirements related to points and fees under
paragraph (2)(A)(vii);
``(iv) does not have negative amortization
terms or interest-only terms; and
``(v) is a loan for which the covered
institution considers, documents, and verifies
the debt, income, and financial resources of
the consumer in accordance with subparagraph
(C).
``(B) Exception for certain transfers.--
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a residential
mortgage loan if the legal title to such residential
mortgage loan is sold, assigned, or otherwise
transferred to another person unless the legal title to
such residential mortgage loan is sold, assigned, or
otherwise transferred--
``(i) to another person by reason of the
bankruptcy or failure of the covered
institution that originated such loan;
``(ii) to an insured depository institution
or insured credit union that has less than
$10,000,000,000 in total consolidated assets on
the date of such sale, assignment, or transfer,
if the loan is retained in portfolio by such
insured depository institution or insured
credit union;
``(iii) pursuant to a merger of the covered
institution that originated such loan with
another person or the acquisition of a the
covered institution that originated such loan
by another person or of another person by a
covered institution, if the loan is retained in
portfolio by the person to whom the loan is
sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred; or
``(iv) to a wholly owned subsidiary of the
covered institution that originated such loan
if the loan is considered to be an asset of
such covered institution for regulatory
accounting purposes.
``(C) Consideration and documentation
requirements.--The consideration and documentation
requirements described in subparagraph (A)(v) shall--
``(i) not be construed to require
compliance with, or documentation in accordance
with, appendix Q to part 1026 of title 12, Code
of Federal Regulations, or any successor
regulation; and
``(ii) be construed to permit multiple
methods of documentation.
``(D) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
``(i) the term `covered institution' means
an insured depository institution or an insured
credit union that, together with its
affiliates, has less than $10,000,000,000 in
total consolidated assets on the date on the
origination of a residential mortgage loan;
``(ii) the term `insured credit union' has
the meaning given the term in section 101 of
the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752);
``(iii) the term `insured depository
institution' has the meaning given the term in
section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. 1813);
``(iv) the term `interest-only term' means
a term of a residential mortgage loan that
allows one or more of the periodic payments
made under the loan to be applied solely to
accrued interest and not to the principal of
the loan; and
``(v) the term `negative amortization term'
means a term of a residential mortgage loan
under which the payment of periodic payments
will result in an increase in the principal of
the loan.''.
Passed the House of Representatives March 6, 2018.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk. | Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to allow a depository institution or credit union with assets below a specified threshold to forgo certain ability-to-pay requirements regarding residential mortgage loans. Specifically, those requirements are waived if a loan: (1) is originated by and continuously retained by the institution, (2) complies with requirements regarding prepayment penalties and points and fees, and (3) does not have negative amortization or interest-only terms. Furthermore, for such requirements to be waived, the institution must consider and verify the debt, income, and financial resources of the consumer. The bill also provides for circumstances in which such requirements shall be waived with respect to a loan that is transferred: (1) by reason of bankruptcy or failure of the originating institution, (2) to a similar institution, (3) in the event of a merger, or (4) to a wholly owned subsidiary of the institution. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act"} | 927 | 245 | 0.558474 | 1.731204 | 0.750704 | 2.449198 | 4.582888 | 0.823529 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect and Save Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO DISCLOSE RETURN AND RETURN INFORMATION IN FEDERAL
AND STATE PROSECUTION LAW ENFORCEMENT.
(a) In General.--Subsection (k) of section 6103 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(11) Disclosure of certain return information in
connection with identity theft and fraudulent returns.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of an investigation
pertaining to the misuse of the identity of another
person for purposes of filing a false or fraudulent
return of tax, upon receipt of a written request which
meets the requirements of subparagraph (C), the
Secretary may disclose return information to officers
and employees of any Federal law enforcement agency, or
any officers and employees of any State or local law
enforcement agency, who are personally and directly
engaged in the investigation of any crimes implicated
in such misuse, but only if any such law enforcement
agency is part of a team with the Internal Revenue
Service in such investigation.
``(B) Limitation on use of information.--
Information disclosed under this subparagraph shall be
solely for the use of such officers and employees to
whom such information is disclosed in such
investigation.
``(C) Requirements.--A request meets the
requirements of this clause if--
``(i) the request is made by the head of
the agency (or his delegate) involved in such
investigation, and
``(ii) the request sets forth the specific
reason why such disclosure may be relevant to
the investigation.
``(D) Notification.--The Secretary shall determine
whether or not to grant the disclosure request
described in subparagraph (A) and notify the
petitioning law enforcement agency within 30 days of
receiving the request. This determination shall be
expedited in instances where the crimes of murder,
murder for hire, or arson are involved as certified by
the requesting agency's head.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Paragraph (2) of section 6103(a) of such Code is
amended by inserting ``or (k)(11)'' after ``subsection
(i)(7)(A)''.
(2) Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p) of such Code is
amended--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by
inserting ``or (11)'' after ``(k)(10)'', and
(B) in subparagraph (F)(ii) by striking ``or (10)''
and inserting ``(10) or (11)''.
(3) Paragraph (2) of section 7213(a) of such Code is
amended by inserting ``(k)(11),'' after ``(7)(A)(ii),''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to disclosures made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in section 6103 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 may be construed to prohibit Federal law
enforcement officials from coordinating with State and local law
enforcement agencies already investigating related crimes.
SEC. 3. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT LIAISON.
Section 7803 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(e) Local Law Enforcement Liaison.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
shall establish within the Criminal Investigation Division of
the Internal Revenue Service the position of Local Law
Enforcement Liaison.
``(2) Duties.--The Local Law Enforcement Liaison shall--
``(A) coordinate the investigation of tax fraud
with State and local law enforcement agencies,
``(B) communicate the status of tax fraud cases
involving identity theft, and
``(C) carry out such other duties as delegated by
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.''.
SEC. 4. PIN SYSTEM FOR PREVENTION OF IDENTITY THEFT TAX FRAUD.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the
Secretary's delegate) shall implement an identify theft tax fraud
prevention program under which--
(1) a person who has filed an identity theft affidavit with
the Secretary may elect--
(A) to be provided with a unique personal
identification number to be included on any Federal tax
return filed by such person, or
(B) to prevent the processing of any Federal tax
return submitted in an electronic format by a person
purporting to be such person, and
(2) the Secretary will provide additional identity
verification safeguards for the processing of any Federal tax
return filed by a person described in paragraph (1) in cases
where a unique personal identification number is not included
on the return.
SEC. 5. STUDY ON THE USE OF PREPAID DEBIT CARDS AND COMMERCIAL TAX
PREPARATION SOFTWARE IN TAX FRAUD.
(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a study to examine the role of prepaid debit cards and
commercial tax preparation software in facilitating fraudulent tax
returns through identity theft.
(b) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the
Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives a report with the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a), together with any recommendations.
SEC. 6. STUDY ON THE USE OF E-FILING IN TAX FRAUD.
(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a study to examine the role filing tax returns electronically
(e-filing) and electronic tax returns play in either facilitating or
preventing fraudulent tax returns through identity theft.
(b) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the
Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives a report with the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a), together with any recommendations.
SEC. 7. RESTRICTION ON ACCESS TO THE DEATH MASTER FILE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall not disclose
information contained on the Death Master File to any person with
respect to any individual who has died at any time during the previous
two calendar years in which the request for disclosure is made or the
succeeding calendar year unless such person is certified under the
program established under subsection (b).
(b) Certification Program.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall establish
a program to certify persons who are eligible to access the
information described in subsection (a) contained on the Death
Master File.
(2) Certification.--A person shall not be certified under
the program established under paragraph (1) unless the
Secretary determines that such person has a legitimate fraud
prevention interest in accessing the information described in
subsection (a).
(c) Imposition of Penalty.--Any person who is certified under the
program established under subsection (b), who receives information
described in subsection (a), and who during the period of time
described in subsection (a)--
(1) discloses such information to any other person, or
(2) uses any such information for any purpose other than to
detect or prevent fraud,
shall pay a penalty of $1,000 for each such disclosure or use, but the
total amount imposed under this subsection on such a person for any
calendar year shall not exceed $50,000.
(d) Exemption From Freedom of Information Act Requirement With
Respect to Certain Records of Deceased Individuals.--
(1) In general.--The Social Security Administration shall
not be compelled to disclose to any person who is not certified
under the program established under subsection (b) the
information described in subsection (a).
(2) Treatment of information.--For purposes of section 552
of title 5, United States Code, this section shall be
considered a statute described in subsection (b)(3)(B) of such
section 552.
SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN RETURN INFORMATION
TO PRISON OFFICIALS.
(a) In General.--Section 6103(k)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (D).
(b) Report From Federal Bureau of Prisons.--Not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the Federal
Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Congress a detailed plan on how it
will use the information provided from the Secretary of Treasury under
section 6103(k)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce
prison tax fraud.
(c) Sense of House Regarding State Prison Authorities.--It is the
sense of the House that the heads of State agencies charged with the
administration of prisons should--
(1) develop plans for using the information provided by the
Secretary of Treasury under section 6103(k)(10) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce prison tax fraud, and
(2) coordinate with the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to the use of such information.
SEC. 9. TREASURY REPORT ON INFORMATION SHARING BARRIERS WITH RESPECT TO
IDENTITY THEFT.
(a) Review.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or the
Secretary's delegate) shall review whether current Federal tax
laws and regulations related to the confidentiality and
disclosure of return information prevent the effective
enforcement of local, State, and Federal identity theft
statutes. The review shall consider whether greater information
sharing between the Internal Revenue Service and Federal, State
and local law enforcement authorities would improve the
enforcement of criminal laws at all levels of government.
(2) Consultation.--In conducting the review under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall solicit the views of, and consult
with, State and local law enforcement officials. Among the
Federal agencies the Secretary shall consult in conducting the
review are the following:
(A) The Department of Veterans Affairs.
(B) The Department of Justice.
(C) The United States Postal Inspection Service.
(D) The Social Security Administration.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report with the results of the
review conducted under subsection (a), along with any legislative
recommendations, to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. | Protect and Save Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose tax return information to federal and state law enforcement agencies to assist in the investigation of the misuse of the identity of another person for purposes of filing a false or fraudulent tax return, (2) direct the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to establish within the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the position of Local Law Enforcement Liaison to coordinate the investigation of tax fraud with state and local law enforcement agencies, and (3) make permanent the authority of the Secretary to disclose tax return information to federal and state prison officials to prevent the filing of false or fraudulent tax returns by prison inmates.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) implement an identity theft tax fraud prevention program; and (2) review whether current tax laws and regulations related to the confidentiality and disclosure of tax return information prevent the effective enforcement of federal, state, and local identity theft statutes.
Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study and report on: (1) the role of prepaid debit cards and commercial tax preparation software in facilitating fraudulent tax returns through identity theft, and (2) the role e-filing and electronic tax returns play in either facilitating or preventing fraudulent tax returns through identity theft.
Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from disclosing information contained on the Death Master File relating to a deceased individual to persons who are not certified to access such information.
Requires the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to submit a detailed plan to Congress on how information obtained from the IRS will be used to reduce prison tax fraud. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent identity theft and tax fraud, and for other purposes."} | 2,368 | 348 | 0.511195 | 1.47584 | 0.74005 | 3.804805 | 6.42042 | 0.927928 |
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF SALT POND VISITOR CENTER AT THE CAPE COD
NATIONAL SEASHORE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) Thomas Phillip (``Tip'') O'Neill, Jr. was born on
December 9, 1912, in a middle-class Irish neighborhood of North
Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Thomas Phillip O'Neill, Sr. and
Rose Ann O'Neill;
(2) nicknamed ``Tip'' during his childhood, Tip O'Neill was
educated in Roman Catholic schools, graduating from St. John's
High School in 1931, where he was captain of the basketball
team;
(3) Tip O'Neill attended Boston College, where he ran for a
Cambridge City Council seat during his senior year, his first
attempt at running for office and only electoral defeat;
(4) following his graduation from Boston College in 1936,
Tip O'Neill was elected to the Massachusetts House of
Representatives that same year as a New Deal Democrat whose
political philosophy was shaped by his experience growing up in
working-class Boston and his strong Catholic faith, which led
him to view government as a means for helping the disadvantaged
in society;
(5) in 1949, Tip O'Neill became the first Democratic
Speaker in the history of the Massachusetts State Legislature,
serving as Speaker until 1952, when he ran successfully for the
United States House of Representatives to fill the seat vacated
by Senator-elect John F. Kennedy;
(6) in 1958, inspired by the establishment of the Cape
Hatteras National Seashore, a seashore park in the State of
North Carolina, Representative Tip O'Neill, along with his
close friend and colleague Representative Edward Boland,
introduced legislation to protect land on Cape Cod as a
national seashore;
(7) in describing the area on Cape Cod referred to in
paragraph (6), Henry David Thoreau wrote that ``[a] man may
stand there and put all America behind him'', as the pristine
sandy beach, marshes, ponds, and uplands supporting diverse
species represent a unique, cherished jewel of nature;
(8) the legislation referred to in paragraph (6)
established a 40-mile National Park along the outer beach of
Cape Cod, from the city of Chatham through the cities of
Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown, including
lighthouses, cultural landscapes, and wild cranberry bogs that
offer a glimpse of the past and continuing ways of life of Cape
Cod;
(9) after introducing the legislation referred to in
paragraph (6) in the 85th Congress, Tip O'Neill continued to
advocate strongly for the establishment of the Cape Cod
National Seashore, cosponsoring bills in the 86th and 87th
Congresses, testifying at hearings, and working to advance the
legislation through Congress;
(10) the legislation to establish the Cape Cod National
Seashore was intended to preserve one of the great natural
marvels of the United States, including the unbroken beach and
moors, marshes, forests, and freshwater ponds that are home to
many species of birds, fish, animals, and plants;
(11) on August 7, 1961, President Kennedy signed into law
Public Law 87-126, which authorized the establishment the Cape
Cod National Seashore;
(12) in 1966, the Cape Cod National Seashore was formally
established, and Representative O'Neill attended the May 30,
1966, ceremony inaugurating the Salt Pond Visitor Center;
(13) the Cape Cod National Seashore has become a national
treasure, with millions of Americans and visitors from around
the world enjoying the beauty and remarkable biodiversity of
the Cape Cod National Seashore;
(14) Tip O'Neill and his family maintained a home on Cape
Cod in Harwich Port, and he was a frequent visitor to the
National Seashore throughout his service in Congress and his
retirement;
(15) while a Member of Congress, Tip O'Neill rose quickly
through the leadership ranks due to his extraordinary political
skills, mastery of the legislative process, and sharp wit,
serving first as Majority Whip in the House of Representatives
beginning in 1971 and then, in 1973, as House Majority Leader;
(16) one of Tip O'Neill's greatest accomplishments as
Speaker was the crafting of a peace accord between warring
factions in Northern Ireland, during which he worked with
fellow Irish-American politicians, including Senator Edward M.
Kennedy, to develop the ``St. Patrick's Day declaration'',
which denounced violence in Northern Ireland and culminated
with the Irish aid package on the signing of the Anglo-Irish
Agreement in 1985;
(17) on January 3, 1987, Tip O'Neill retired from Congress,
having served in public life for 50 years, including 34 years
as a Member of Congress and 10 years as Speaker of the House,
the longest continuous term of any Speaker since the first
Congress met in 1789;
(18) Tip O'Neill's extraordinary record of public service
to the United States and tremendous accomplishments and
unmatched attention to the needs of his constituents led
President George H.W. Bush in 1991 to present Tip O'Neill with
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award
in the United States; and
(19) it is fitting to recognize the support of Tip O'Neill
for the protection of the natural, historic, and cultural
resources of the National Parks of the State of Massachusetts.
(b) Designation.--The Salt Pond Visitor Center at Cape Cod National
Seashore in Eastham, Massachusetts, is designated as the ``Thomas P.
O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center''.
(c) References.--Any reference to the Salt Pond Visitor Center at
Cape Cod National Seashore in any law, regulation, map, document,
record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a
reference to the ``Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center''.
(d) Signage.--The Secretary of the Interior may post an
interpretive sign at the visitor center described in this section
that--
(1) includes information on Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. and his
contributions as a Member of the United States House of
Representatives;
(2) includes an image of Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.; and
(3) refers to the efforts of Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. to aid
in the preservation of the Cape Cod National Seashore and other
National Parks in the State of Massachusetts. | Designates the Salt Pond Visitor Center at Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham, Massachusetts, as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center". | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "A bill to designate the Salt Pond Visitor Center at the Cape Cod National Seashore as the \"Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center\", and for other purposes."} | 1,419 | 41 | 0.470231 | 1.560931 | 0.662973 | 5.433333 | 42.933333 | 0.9 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combined Sewer Overflow Control and
Partnership Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS.
Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1342) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(q) Combined Sewer Overflows.--
``(1) Requirement for permits, orders, and decrees.--Each
permit, order, or decree issued pursuant to this Act for a
discharge from a combined storm and sanitary sewer shall
conform to the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy signed by
the Administrator on April 11, 1994.
``(2) Term of permit, order, or decree.--
``(A) Authority to issue.--Notwithstanding any
schedule for compliance authorized by section 301(b),
or any permit limitation authorized by subsection
(b)(1)(B) of this section, the Administrator or the
State (in the case of a State with a program approved
under subsection (b)) may issue or execute a permit,
order, or decree consistent with this section for a
discharge from a combined storm and sanitary sewer.
``(B) Schedule for compliance.--
``(i) In general.--A permit, order, or
decree issued pursuant to subparagraph (A)
shall include a schedule for compliance, within
a period of not to exceed 15 years, with a
long-term control plan under the Control Policy
referred to in paragraph (1).
``(ii) Exception.--Notwithstanding clause
(i), a compliance schedule of longer than 15
years may be granted if the owner or operator
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the
Administrator or the State, as appropriate,
reasonable further progress towards compliance
with a long-term plan under the Control Policy
and if the Administrator or the State, as
appropriate, determines--
``(I) that compliance within 15
years is not within the economic
capability of the owner or operator; or
``(II) that a longer period is
otherwise appropriate.
``(3) Savings clause.--Any administrative or judicial
decree or order issued before the date of enactment of this
subsection establishing any deadline, schedule, or timetable
for the construction of treatment works for control of any
discharge from a municipal combined sewer system may, at the
request of the municipal owner or operator, be modified to
extend any such deadline, schedule, or timetable to conform
with the requirements of paragraph (2).
``(4) Water quality standards-designated use review.--No
permit, order, or decree issued pursuant to this Act shall
require compliance with water quality based requirements
contained in a long-term control plan under the Control Policy
referred to in paragraph (1) unless the Administrator or the
State, as appropriate, has completed the water quality
standards-designated use review process called for in the
Control Policy, including the adoption of any refinements
needed to reflect the site-specific wet weather impacts of
combined sewer overflows and to ensure that the long-term
control plan provides for cost-effective compliance with water
quality standards. Consideration shall be given to conducting
these reviews on a watershed basis where appropriate. Nothing
in this subsection may be construed to affect either the
authority to conduct or scheduling of water quality standard
reviews required under section 303(c).
``(5) Grants.--
``(A) In general.--The Administrator may make
grants to any municipality or municipal entity for
planning, design, and construction of facilities to
intercept, transport, control, or treat combined storm
and sanitary sewer flows.
``(B) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost
of activities carried out using amounts from a grant
made under subparagraph (A) shall be at least 55
percent of the cost. The non-Federal share of the cost
may include, in any amount, public and private funds
and in-kind services.
``(C) Authorization of appropriations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
paragraph $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1999,
$750,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $1,000,000,000
for fiscal year 2001. Such sums shall remain available
until expended.
``(D) Reports.--On or before January 1, 2001, and
once every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall
transmit to Congress a report containing recommended
funding levels for the 2 fiscal years following the
date of the report for activities relating to combined
storm and sanitary sewer flows described in
subparagraph (A).''. | Combined Sewer Overflow Control and Partnership Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require each permit, order, or decree issued pursuant to such Act for a discharge from a combined storm and sanitary sewer to conform to the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy signed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on April 11, 1994. Authorizes the Administrator, notwithstanding specified compliance schedules and permit limitations, to issue or execute a permit, order, or decree for discharges from such sewers that includes a schedule for compliance with a long-term control plan for a term of up to 15 years. Provides for extensions of such term, as appropriate.
Modifies any administrative or judicial decree or order issued before this Act's enactment date that establishes any deadline or schedule for the construction of treatment works for control of any discharge from a municipal combined sewer system to extend such deadlines or schedules to conform with this Act, at the request of the municipal owner or operator.
Prohibits any permit, order, or decree issued pursuant to the Act from requiring compliance with water quality based requirements contained in a long-term control plan under the Control Policy unless the Administrator has completed the water quality standards-designated use review process called for in the Control Policy.
Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to municipalities for planning, design, and construction of facilities to intercept, transport, control, or treat combined storm and sanitary sewer flows.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2001.
Directs the Administrator to report biennially to the Congress on recommended funding levels for the two fiscal years following the date of a report on activities relating to combined storm and sanitary sewer flows. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Combined Sewer Overflow Control and Partnership Act of 1998"} | 1,003 | 374 | 0.738719 | 2.258724 | 1.192904 | 4.574534 | 2.897516 | 0.897516 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Investment and Economic
Security Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. REVIEW OF GREENFIELD INVESTMENTS.
Section 721(a)(3) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C.
App. 2170(a)(3)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``means any merger'' and inserting the
following: ``means--
``(A) any merger'';
(2) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) any construction of a new facility in the
United States by any foreign person.''.
SEC. 3. NET BENEFIT REVIEW.
(a) In General.--Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950
(50 U.S.C. App. 2170) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the heading for such subsection, by
inserting ``and Net Benefit'' after ``National
Security'';
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the heading for such paragraph, by
inserting ``and net benefit'' after ``National
security'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking
clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the
following:
``(i) shall--
``(I) review the covered
transaction to determine the effects of
the transaction on the national
security of the United States; and
``(II) consider the factors
specified in subsection (f) for such
purpose, as appropriate; and
``(ii) shall review the covered transaction
to determine whether such transaction is of net
benefit to the United States, as provided under
subsection (o).''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(G) Mandatory net benefit review for certain
covered transactions.--The President and the Committee
shall initiate a net benefit review of a covered
transaction under subparagraph (A)(ii) if such
transaction meets the requirements of paragraphs (1)
and (2) of section 7A(a) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C.
18a(a)).''; and
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``national
security'' before ``review'' each place it appears in
the heading and text of such subparagraph; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(o) Performance of Net Benefit Determination.--
``(1) Factors to be considered.--For purposes of carrying
out the net benefit determination under subsection
(b)(1)(A)(ii), the President, acting through the Committee,
shall consider--
``(A) the effect on the level of economic activity
in the United States on--
``(i) the level and quality of employment;
``(ii) resource processing;
``(iii) the utilization of parts and
services produced in the United States;
``(iv) the utilization of products, parts,
and services imported into the United States;
and
``(v) exports from the United States;
``(B) the effect of the proposed or pending
transaction on productivity, industrial efficiency,
technological development, technology transfers, and
product innovation in the United States;
``(C) the effect of the proposed or pending
transaction on competition within any industry in the
United States or between the United States and other
countries;
``(D) the compatibility of the proposed or pending
transaction with national industrial, economic, and
cultural policies;
``(E) the effect on the public health, safety, and
well-being of United States consumers;
``(F) in the case of a covered transaction that is
a foreign government-influenced transaction--
``(i) the governance and commercial
orientation of the foreign person engaging in
such transaction;
``(ii) how and the extent to which the
foreign person engaging in such transaction is
owned or controlled by a foreign government or
its conduct and operations are influenced by a
foreign government, including considering the
stated government policies of the country of
origin of the foreign person regarding
government support or policies relating to the
economic sector involved in such transaction;
``(iii) whether the foreign person engaging
in such transaction--
``(I) adheres to United States
standards of corporate governance
(including commitments to transparency
and disclosure, independent members of
the board of directors, independent
audit committees, and equitable
treatment of shareholders);
``(II) adheres to United States
laws and practices; and
``(III) is a foreign person of a
country whose government has adequately
engaged with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board in
order to promote and ensure adequate
transparency; and
``(iv) whether the foreign person engaging
in such transaction will likely operate on a
commercial basis if such transaction is
completed, including with regard to--
``(I) where to export;
``(II) where to process;
``(III) the participation of United
States citizens in its operations in
the United States and elsewhere;
``(IV) the impact of the investment
on productivity and industrial
efficiency in the United States;
``(V) support of on-going
innovation, research, and development
in the United States;
``(VI) sourcing patterns; and
``(VII) the appropriate level of
capital expenditures to maintain the
United States business in a globally
competitive position; and
``(G) such other factors as the Committee
determines appropriate.
``(2) Determining net benefit.--In making a net benefit
determination under subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii)--
``(A) judgments will be made both in measuring the
effects of a proposed or pending transaction in
relation to the relevant individual factors under
paragraph (1) and in measuring the aggregate net effect
after offsetting the negative effects, if any, against
the positive ones; and
``(B) a proposed or pending transaction will be
determined to be of net benefit to the United States
when the aggregate net effect is positive, regardless
of its extent over the short- and long-term.
``(3) Right to appeal; final determination.--
``(A) Appeal of determination.--If the Committee
makes a determination that the covered transaction will
not be of net benefit to the United States, the parties
to the covered transaction may, within the 30-day
period following such determination, submit additional
information to the Committee to demonstrate that the
transaction will be of net benefit to the United
States.
``(B) Final determination.--The Committee shall--
``(i) make a final determination of whether
the covered transaction will be of net benefit
to the United States before the end of the 30-
day period beginning on the date that
additional information is submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (A); and
``(ii) if such determination is that the
covered transaction will not be of net benefit
to the United States, refer such determination
to the President.
``(4) Certifications to congress.--Notwithstanding
subsection (b)(3), upon a final determination by the Committee
under this subsection, the chairperson and the head of the lead
agency shall make certifications to the Congress on the net
benefit determination that are as close as practicable to the
certifications required under subsection (b)(3) for the
national security review.
``(5) Action by president after net benefit review.--
``(A) In general.--If the Committee refers a
determination to the President pursuant to paragraph
(3)(ii), the President shall, within the 15-day period
beginning on the date of such referral, review such
determination and announce whether the President
determines the covered transaction is of net benefit to
the United States.
``(B) Factors to be considered.--For purposes of
making a determination under subparagraph (A), the
President shall consider, among other factors each of
the factors described in paragraph (1), as appropriate.
``(C) Prohibition of certain transactions.--If the
President, pursuant to subparagraph (A), determines
that a covered transaction is not of net benefit to the
United States, such covered transaction is prohibited.
``(D) Enforcement.--The President shall direct the
Attorney General of the United States to seek
appropriate relief, including divestment relief, in the
district courts of the United States, in order to
implement and enforce this paragraph.
``(E) Determinations nonreviewable.--A
determination of the President under this paragraph
shall not be subject to judicial review.
``(6) Committee membership for purposes of a net benefit
determination.--For purposes of carrying out the net benefit
determination under subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) and this
subsection, the Committee shall be composed of the following
members or the designee of any such member:
``(A) The Attorney General of the United States.
``(B) The Secretary of Commerce.
``(C) The Secretary of Labor.
``(D) The Secretary of the Treasury.
``(E) The United States Trade Representative.
``(F) If the President determines that the covered
transaction may affect the agricultural sector,
including food safety, the Secretary of Agriculture.
``(G) If the President determines that the covered
transaction may affect the public health, including
food safety, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
``(7) Foreign government-influenced transaction defined.--
For purposes of this subsection, the term `foreign government-
influenced transaction' means any covered transaction where the
foreign person engaging in such transaction is owned,
controlled, or influenced, directly or indirectly, by a foreign
government.''.
(b) Rulemaking.--Not later than the end of the 180-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall
issue regulations to carry out section 721(o) of the Defense Production
Act of 1950, as added by subsection (a). | Foreign Investment and Economic Security Act of 2014 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to provide for: (1) national security reviews of transactions involving the construction of a new facility in the United States by any foreign person (currently, national security reviews are conducted only for certain mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers by or with a foreign person); and (2) net benefit reviews of new construction, mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers by or with a foreign person to determine whether the transaction is of net benefit to the United States. Makes net benefit reviews mandatory for transactions that meet specified requirements under the Clayton Act. Directs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, for purposes of carrying out net benefit determinations, to consider the effect of the proposed or pending transaction on: (1) employment, resource processing, the utilization of parts and services produced in or imported into the United States, and U.S. exports; (2) industrial efficiency, technological development, technology transfers, and product innovation in the United States; (3) competition within any U.S. industry or between the United States and other countries; (4) compatibility with national industrial, economic, and cultural policies; and (5) public health, safety, and well-being of U.S. consumers. Requires the Committee, in the case of a net benefit determination concerning a foreign government-influenced transaction, to consider additional factors including: the governance and commercial orientation of the foreign person engaging in such transaction; the extent to which the foreign person is owned, controlled, or influenced by the foreign government; and adherence to U.S. law and corporate governance standards, engagement of the foreign country with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and the likelihood of operation on a commercial basis. Requires final determinations of the Committee to be certified to Congress. Requires the Committee to refer to the President any of the Committee's final determinations that a transaction will not be of net benefit to the United States. Requires the President to announce the determination regarding such transactions. Prohibits transactions that the President determines are not of net benefit to the United States. Requires the President to direct the Attorney General (DOJ) to seek appropriate relief in U.S. district courts to implement and enforce this Act. Bars judicial review of such determinations. Revises, for purposes of carrying out net benefit determinations, the composition of the Committee. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Foreign Investment and Economic Security Act of 2014"} | 2,196 | 530 | 0.608133 | 1.897217 | 0.597561 | 2.881356 | 4.506356 | 0.894068 |
on the Budget.--Section 301(a)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by redesignating
paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively, and by
inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:
``(6) the receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit in the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, combined, established
by title II of the Social Security Act;''.
(c) Super Majority Requirement.--(1) Section 904(c)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``312(g),''
after ``310(d)(2),''.
(2) Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by inserting ``312(g),'' after ``310(d)(2),''.
SEC. 3. REMOVING SOCIAL SECURITY FROM BUDGET PRONOUNCEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Any official statement issued by the Office of
Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, or any other
agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government of surplus or
deficit totals of the budget of the United States Government as
submitted by the President or of the surplus or deficit totals of the
congressional budget, and any description of, or reference to, such
totals in any official publication or material issued by either of such
Offices or any other such agency or instrumentality, shall exclude the
outlays and receipts of the old-age, survivors, and disability
insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act (including
the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund) and the related provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(b) Separate Social Security Budget Documents.--The excluded
outlays and receipts of the old-age, survivors, and disability
insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act shall be
submitted in separate Social Security budget documents.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEBT REDUCTION LOCKBOX.
(a) Establishment of Debt Reduction Lockbox.--(1) Chapter 11 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``Sec. 1120. Debt reduction lockbox
``(a) There is established within the Treasury a separate account
to be known as the `Debt Reduction Lockbox', which shall be used to
retire publicly held debt obligations of the United States Government.
``(b) Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
there are appropriated to the Debt Reduction Lockbox the following
amounts:
``(1) For fiscal year 2000, $7,000,000,000.
``(2) For fiscal year 2001, $19,000,000,000.
``(3) For fiscal year 2002, $41,000,000,000.
``(4) For fiscal year 2003, $37,500,000,000.
``(5) For fiscal year 2004, $42,500,000,000.
``(6) For fiscal year 2005, $46,000,000,000.
``(7) For fiscal year 2006, $64,500,000,000.
``(8) For fiscal year 2007, $73,000,000,000.
``(9) For fiscal year 2008, $78,500,000,000.
``(10) For fiscal year 2009, $89,000,000,000.
``(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall use all funds in the Debt
Retirement Account to purchase publicly held debt obligations of the
United States or to redeem maturing publicly held debt obligations when
they become due. For such purpose, such obligations may be acquired
only by purchase of outstanding obligations at the market price.
``(d)(1) Before the submission of the President's budget under
section 1105(a) for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2004, the
amount in subsection (b) for each fiscal year through 2004 shall be
adjusted by an amount equal to the change in the budget surplus for
that fiscal year as a result of economic and technical changes
determined by the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to paragraph
(2). In no event shall any such adjustment be made that would cause the
Deficit Reduction Lockbox to be less than zero.
``(2) At the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall compute the projected budget surplus for
the fiscal year using up-to-date economic and technical assumptions.
Such director shall calculate the changes in the projected budget
surplus as a result of differences in economic and technical
assumptions contained in the report issued by the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office in `The Economic and Budget Outlook: An
Update', published on July 1, 1999. The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall compute the difference (if any) in the
budget surplus projections as a result of economic and technical
changes from the economic and technical assumptions used in such
report.
``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts in
the Debt Reduction Lockbox--
``(1) shall not be available for appropriation, obligation,
expenditure, or transfer, except as specified in subsection
(c); and
``(2) shall be exempt from reduction under any order issued
under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 and shall be excluded from and not taken
into account for purposes of any budget enforcement procedures
under that part.''.
(2) Conforming Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 11 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item
relating to section 1119 the following new item:
``1120. Debt Reduction Lockbox.''.
(b) Listing of the Account Among Government Trust Funds.--Section
1321(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(92) Debt Reduction Lockbox.''.
(c) Requirement for the President To Report Annually on the Status
of the Lockbox.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after paragraph (30) the following new paragraph:
``(31) information about the Debt Reduction Lockbox,
including a separate statement of amounts in and Federal debt
redeemed by that Lockbox.''.
SEC. 5. PROTECTION OF DEBT REDUCTION LOCKBOX.
(a) Points of Order To Protect Debt Reduction Lockbox.--Section 312
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 2) is
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Points of Order To Protect Debt Reduction Lockbox.--
``(1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget.--It shall not
be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to
consider any concurrent resolution on the budget, or conference
report thereon or amendment thereto, that would set forth an
amount in the Debt Reduction Lockbox for any fiscal year that
is less than the amount set forth in section 1120 of title 31,
United States Code.
``(2) Subsequent legislation.--It shall not be in order in
the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report
if--
``(A) the enactment of that bill or resolution as
reported;
``(B) the adoption and enactment of that amendment;
or
``(C) the enactment of that bill or resolution in
the form recommended in that conference report, would
cause an on-budget surplus for any fiscal year that is
less than the amount set forth in the most recent
concurrent resolution on the budget for the Debt
Reduction Lockbox.
``(3) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
`on-budget surplus', when applied to a fiscal year, means the
surplus in the budget as set forth in the most recently agreed
to concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section
301(a)(3) for that fiscal year.''.
(b) Content of Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--Section 301(a)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 2) is
further amended by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs
(8) and (9), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (6) the
following new paragraph:
``(7) the amount of the Debt Reduction Lockbox;''.
(c) Super Majority Requirement.--(1) Section 904(c)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``312(h),''
after ``312(g),''.
(2) Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by inserting ``312(h),'' after ``312(g),''.
SEC. 6. DEBT REDUCTION DIVIDEND FOR SOCIAL SECURITY.
(a) Funds To Be Reserved for Social Security and Medicare Reform.--
Section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(n) Debt Reduction Dividend.--(1) The Secretary of the Treasury
shall determine on or before October 1 of each fiscal year the debt
reduction dividend for such fiscal year. The debt reduction dividend
for a fiscal year is an amount equal to the excess of--
``(A) $229,000,000,000, over
``(B) total net interest expenditures by the Federal
Government during the preceding fiscal year.
``(2) There is hereby reserved for social security and medicare
reform for each fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1999,
amounts equal in the aggregate to 100 percent of the debt reduction
dividend for such fiscal year. Of the amounts so reserved, 75 percent
is for social security reform and 25 percent for medicare reform.''.
(b) Paygo Exemption.--(1) Any transfer of funds to the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund or to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
equal to or less than the amount reserved in section 201(n) of the
Social Security Act for each such fund that are included in social
security reform legislation or medicare reform legislation, as
applicable, shall not count as an outlay for purpose of the pay-as-you-
go requirement contained in section 252 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be exempt from any
sequestration under that Act.
(2)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ``social security
reform legislation'' refers to legislation that the chief actuary of
the Social Security Administration certifies legislation extends the
solvency of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, taken together, for 75
years.
(B) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ``medicare reform
legislation'' refers to legislation that the chief actuary of the
Health Care Financing Administration certifies extends the solvency of
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for 20 years. | Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report if the enactment of the reported bill or resolution, the adoption and enactment of an amendment, or the enactment of a bill or resolution in the form recommended in the conference report would cause or increase an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year.
Includes the receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds within the content of the concurrent budget resolution.
(Sec. 3) Requires any official Federal Government statement of the Federal or congressional budget surplus or deficit totals to exclude the outlays and receipts of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program under the Social Security Act. Requires such outlays and receipts to be submitted in separate social security budget documents.
(Sec. 4) Amends Federal public finance provisions to establish a Debt Reduction Lockbox within the Treasury to retire publicly held debt obligations of the U.S. Government. Appropriates funds to the Lockbox for FY 2000 through 2009.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) compute the projected budget surplus for the fiscal year using up-to-date economic and technical assumptions; (2) calculate the changes in the projected surplus as a result of differences in economic and technical assumptions contained in a Congressional Budget Office report entitled "The Economic and Budget Outlook: An Update;" and (3) compute any difference in projections as a result of such changes from the assumptions used in the report. Adjusts amounts provided for the Lockbox for FY 2001 through 2004 by an amount equal to the change in the budget surplus for that fiscal year as a result of the changes determined by OMB.
Provides that amounts in the Lockbox shall be unavailable for appropriation, obligation, expenditure, or transfer, except as specified, and shall be exempt from reduction under orders issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and not taken into account for purposes of budget enforcement procedures under such part.
Requires the President to include information about the Lockbox in the annual budget submission.
(Sec. 5) Provides a point of order in the House and the Senate against consideration of: (1) any concurrent budget resolution (or related conference report or amendment) that would set forth an amount in the Lockbox for any fiscal year that is less than the amount set forth in this Act; or (2) legislation that would cause an on- budget surplus for any fiscal year that is less than the amount set forth in the most recent concurrent budget resolution for the Lockbox.
Includes the amount of the Lockbox within the content of the concurrent budget resolution.
Authorizes a waiver or suspension in the Senate of points of order under this Act only with a three-fifths majority. Requires the same majority to sustain an appeal on a ruling on such points of order.
(Sec. 6) Amends the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to determine, before October 1 of each fiscal year, the debt reduction dividend for such fiscal year. Provides that such dividend is equal to the excess of $229 billion over total net interest expenditures by the Federal Government during the preceding fiscal year. Reserves for social security and Medicare reform for each fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1999, amounts equal to 100 percent of such dividend for such fiscal year. Allocates 75 percent to social security reform and 25 percent to Medicare reform.
Provides that any transfer of funds to the Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds or to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund equal to or less than the amount reserved under this section for each such fund that are included in social security or Medicare reform legislation, as applicable, shall not count as an outlay for purposes of a pay-as-you-go requirement under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act and shall be exempt from sequestration.
Defines: (1) "social security reform legislation" as legislation that the chief actuary of the Social Security Administration certifies extends the solvency of the Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, taken together, for 75 years; and (2) "Medicare reform legislation" as legislation that the chief actuary of the Health Care Financing Administration certifies extends the solvency of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for 20 years. | {"src": "billsum_train", "title": "Debt Reduction Lockbox Act of 1999"} | 2,414 | 989 | 0.645799 | 2.013405 | 0.46924 | 4.560364 | 2.534169 | 0.917995 |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Caucasus Policy Act of
1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The newly independent countries of the South Caucasus
region, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, after decades of
domination as part of the Soviet Union, have charted a new
course as independent, sovereign nations.
(2) Economic interdependence spurred mutual cooperation
among the peoples of the Caucasus and restoration of the
historic relationships and economic ties between those peoples
is an important element of ensuring their sovereignty as well
as the success of democratic and market reforms.
(3) The development of strong political and economic ties
between countries of the South Caucasus and the West will
foster stability in the region.
(4) The development of open market economies, open
democratic systems, and the removal of all blockades and border
closures in the countries of the South Caucasus will provide
positive incentives for international private investment,
increased trade, and other forms of commercial interactions
with the rest of the world.
(5) The Caspian Sea Basin, overlapping the territory of the
countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia, contains
significant oil and gas reserves.
(6) The region of the South Caucasus and the neighboring
region of Central Asia may produce oil and gas in sufficient
quantities to reduce the dependence of the United States on
energy from the volatile Persian Gulf region.
(7) United States foreign policy and international
assistance should support democracy-building, free-market
policies, human rights, and regional economic integration among
the countries of the South Caucasus.
SEC. 3. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.
It shall be the policy of the United States in the countries of the
South Caucasus--
(1) to promote and strengthen independence, sovereignty,
democratic government, and respect for human rights;
(2) to assist actively in the resolution of regional
conflicts and the lifting of all blockades and re-opening of
closed borders;
(3) to promote friendly relations and economic cooperation;
(4) to help promote market-oriented principles and
practices;
(5) to assist in the development of the infrastructure
necessary for communications, transportation, and energy and
trade on an East-West axis in order to build strong
international relations and commerce between those countries
and the stable, democratic, and market-oriented countries of
the Euro-Atlantic Community; and
(6) to support United States business interests and
investments in the region.
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS IN GEORGIA AND
AZERBAIJAN.
It is the sense of Congress that the President should use all
diplomatic means practicable, including the engagement of senior United
States Government officials, to press for an equitable, fair, and
permanent resolution acceptable to all parties to the conflict in
Nagorno-Karabakh and other regional conflicts.
SEC. 5. AMENDMENT OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.
Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:
``Chapter 12--Support for the Economic and Political Independence of
the Countries of the South Caucasus
``SEC. 499. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE RECONCILIATION AND
RECOVERY FROM REGIONAL CONFLICTS.
``(a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purposes of assistance under this
section are--
``(1) to create the basis for reconciliation between
conflicting parties;
``(2) to promote economic development in areas of the
countries of the South Caucasus impacted by civil conflict and
war; and
``(3) to encourage broad regional cooperation among
countries of the South Caucasus that have been destabilized by
internal conflicts.
``(b) Authorization for Assistance.--
``(1) In general.--To carry out the purposes of subsection
(a), the President is authorized to provide humanitarian
assistance and economic reconstruction assistance under this
Act, and assistance under the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), to the countries of the
South Caucasus to support the activities described in subsection (c).
``(2) Definition of humanitarian assistance.--In this
subsection, the term `humanitarian assistance' means assistance
to meet urgent humanitarian needs, in particular meeting needs
for food, medicine, medical supplies and equipment, and
clothing.
``(c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be supported by
assistance under subsection (b) are limited to--
``(1) providing for the essential needs of victims of the
conflicts and other individuals in need throughout the South
Caucasus region, including all individuals residing in any area
of such conflicts;
``(2) facilitating the return of refugees and internally
displaced persons to their homes; and
``(3) assisting in the reconstruction of residential and
economic infrastructure destroyed by war.
``(d) Policy.--It is the sense of Congress that the United States
should, where appropriate, support the establishment of neutral,
multinational peacekeeping forces to implement peace agreements reached
between belligerents in the countries of the South Caucasus.
``SEC. 499A. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.
``(a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purpose of assistance under this
section is to foster the conditions necessary for regional economic
cooperation in the South Caucasus.
``(b) Authorization for Assistance.--To carry out the purpose of
subsection (a), the President is authorized to provide technical
assistance to the countries of the South Caucasus to support the
activities described in subsection (c).
``(c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be supported by
assistance under subsection (b)--
``(1) shall be limited to the development of the structures
and means necessary for the growth of private sector economies
based upon market principles; and
``(2) shall not include assistance that jeopardizes or
otherwise interferes with the ongoing efforts to resolve the
conflicts in the South Caucasus region.
``(d) Policy.--It is the sense of Congress that the United States
should--
``(1) assist the countries of the South Caucasus to develop
laws and regulations that would facilitate the ability of those
countries to join the World Trade Organization;
``(2) provide permanent nondiscriminatory trade treatment
(MFN status) to the countries of the South Caucasus; and
``(3) consider the establishment of zero-to-zero tariffs
between the United States and the countries of the South
Caucasus.
``SEC. 499B. DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
``(a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purposes of assistance under this
section are--
``(1) to develop the physical infrastructure necessary for
regional cooperation among the countries of the South Caucasus;
and
``(2) to encourage closer economic relations between those
countries and the United States and other developed nations.
``(b) Authorization for Assistance.--To carry out the purposes of
subsection (a), the following types of assistance to the countries of
the South Caucasus are authorized to support the activities described
in subsection (c):
``(1) Activities by the Export-Import Bank to complete the
review process for eligibility for financing under the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945.
``(2) The provision of insurance, reinsurance, financing,
or other assistance by the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation.
``(3) Assistance under section 661 of this Act (relating to
the Trade and Development Agency).
``(c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be supported by
assistance under subsection (b)--
``(1) shall be limited to promoting actively the
participation of United States companies and investors in the
planning, financing, and construction of infrastructure for
communications, transportation, and energy and trade including
highways, railroads, port facilities, shipping, banking,
insurance, telecommunications networks, and gas and oil
pipelines; and
``(2) shall not include assistance that jeopardizes or
otherwise interferes with the ongoing efforts to resolve the
conflicts in the South Caucasus region.
``(d) Policy.--It is the sense of Congress that the United States
representatives at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should encourage
lending to the countries of the South Caucasus to assist
the development of the physical infrastructure necessary for regional
economic cooperation.
``SEC. 499C. SECURITY ASSISTANCE.
``(a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purpose of assistance under this
section is to assist countries of the South Caucasus to secure their
borders and implement effective controls necessary to prevent the
trafficking of illegal narcotics and the proliferation of technology
and materials related to weapons of mass destruction (as defined in
section 2332a(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code), and to contain
and inhibit transnational organized criminal activities.
``(b) Authorization for Assistance.--To carry out the purpose of
subsection (a), the President is authorized to provide the following
types of assistance to the countries of the South Caucasus to support
the activities described in subsection (c):
``(1) Assistance under chapter 5 of part II of this Act
(relating to international military education and training).
``(2) Assistance under chapter 8 of this part of this Act
(relating to international narcotics control assistance).
``(3) The transfer of excess defense articles under section
516 of this Act (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
``(c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be supported by
assistance under subsection (b)--
``(1) shall be limited to assisting those countries of the
South Caucasus in developing capabilities to maintain national
border guards, coast guard, and customs controls; and
``(2) shall not include assistance that jeopardizes or
otherwise interferes with the ongoing efforts to resolve the
conflicts in the South Caucasus region.
``(d) Policy.--It is the sense of Congress that the United States
should encourage and assist the development of regional military
cooperation among the countries of the South Caucasus through programs
such as the Central Asian Battalion and the Partnership for Peace of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
``SEC. 499D. STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY, TOLERANCE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CIVIL SOCIETY.
``(a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purpose of assistance under this
section is to promote institutions of democratic government and to
create the conditions for the growth of pluralistic societies,
including religious tolerance.
``(b) Authorization for Assistance.--To carry out the purpose of
subsection (a), the President is authorized to provide the following
types of assistance to the countries of the South Caucasus.
``(1) Technical assistance for democracy building.
``(2) Technical assistance for the development of
nongovernmental organizations.
``(3) Technical assistance for development of independent
media.
``(4) Technical assistance for the development of the rule
of law.
``(5) International exchanges and advanced professional
training programs in skill areas central to the development of
civil society.
``(c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be supported by
assistance under subsection (b) are limited to activities that directly
and specifically are designed to advance progress toward the
development of democracy.
``(d) Policy.--It is the sense of Congress that the Voice of
America and RFE/RL, Incorporated, should maintain high quality
broadcasting for the maximum duration possible in the native languages
of the countries of the South Caucasus.
``SEC. 499E. INELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), assistance
may not be provided under this chapter for a country of the South
Caucasus if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that the country--
``(1) is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross
violations of internationally recognized human rights;
``(2) has established any border closure or use of an
economic or commercial blockade;
``(3) has, on or after the date of enactment of this
chapter, knowingly transferred to another country--
``(A) missiles or missile technology inconsistent
with the guidelines and parameters of the Missile
Technology Control Regime (as defined in section 11B(c)
of the Export Administration Act of 1979 950 U.S.C.
App. 2410b(c); or
``(B) any material, equipment, or technology that
would contribute significantly to the ability of such
country to manufacture any weapon of mass destruction
(including nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons)
if the President determines that the material,
equipment, or technology was to be used by such country
in the manufacture of such weapons;
``(4) has supported acts of international terrorism;
``(5) is prohibited from receiving such assistance by
chapter 10 of the Arms Export Control Act or section 306(a)(1)
and 307 of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and
Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (22 U.S.C. 5604(a)(1), 5605);
or
``(6) has initiated an act of aggression against another
state or ethnic population in the region.
``(b) Exception to Ineligibility.--Notwithstanding subsection (a),
assistance may be provided under this chapter if the President
determines and certifies in advance to the appropriate congressional
committees that the provision of such assistance is important to the
national interest of the United States.
``SEC. 499F. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.
``(a) Assistance Through Governments and Nongovernmental
Organizations.--Assistance under this chapter may be provided to
governments or through nongovernmental organizations.
``(b) Use of Economic Support Funds.--Except as otherwise provided,
any funds that have been allocated under chapter 4 of part II for
assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union may be
used in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
``(c) Terms and Conditions.--Assistance under this chapter shall be
provided on such terms and conditions as the President may determine.
``(d) Superseding Existing Law.--The authority to provide
assistance under this chapter supersedes any other provision of law,
except for--
``(1) this chapter;
``(2) section 634A of this Act and comparable notification
requirements contained in sections of the annual foreign
operations, export financing, and related programs Act;
``(3) section 907 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging
Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (22
U.S.C. 5812 note; relating to restriction on assistance to
Azerbaijan); and
``(4) section 1341 of title 31, United States Code
(commonly referred to as the ``Anti-Deficiency Act''), the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and
the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
``SEC. 499G. DEFINITIONS.
``In this chapter:
``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
`appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representatives.
``(2) Countries of the south caucasus.--The term `countries
of the South Caucasus' means Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Georgia.''.
SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORT.
Beginning one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and
annually thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees--
(1) identifying the progress of United States foreign
policy to accomplish the policy identified in section 3;
(2) evaluating the degree to which the assistance
authorized by chapter 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as added by section 5 of this Act, was able to
accomplish the purposes identified in those sections; and
(3) recommending any additional initiatives that should be
undertaken by the United States to implement the policy and
purposes contained in this Act.
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representatives.
(2) Central asia.--The term ``Central Asia'' means
Kazakstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
(3) Countries of the south caucasus.--The term ``countries
of the South Caucasus'' means Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. | United States-Caucasus Policy Act of 1997 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize specified assistance, including humanitarian, economic, migration and refugee, development, security, and technical assistance, to the countries of the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) and of Central Asia (Kazakstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) to: (1) promote sovereignty and independence, democratic government, and respect for human rights; (2) assist in the resolution of regional conflicts and re-opening of closed borders; (3) promote economic cooperation and market-oriented principles; (4) assist in the development of infrastructure necessary for communications, transportation, and energy and trade on an East-West axis in order to build strong relations and commerce between those countries and the democratic, market-oriented countries of the Euro-Atlantic community; and (5) support U.S. business interests and investments in the region.
(Sec. 4) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should use all diplomatic means to press for an equitable, fair, and permanent resolution to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenia and Azerbaijan) and other regional conflicts.
(Sec. 5) Declares the sense of the Congress that the United States should, where appropriate, support the establishment of neutral, multinational peacekeeping forces to implement peace agreements reached between belligerents in the countries of the South Caucasus.
Declares the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) assist the countries of the South Caucasus to develop laws and regulations that would facilitate the ability of those countries to join the World Trade Organization; (2) provide permanent nondiscriminatory trade treatment (most-favored-nation status) to such countries; and (3) consider the establishment of zero-to-zero tariffs between them and the United States.
Declares the sense of the Congress that the U.S. representatives to the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should encourage lending to the countries of the South Caucasus to assist the development of the physical infrastructure necessary for regional economic cooperation.
Declares the sense of the Congress that the United States should encourage and assist the development of regional military cooperation among the countries of the South Caucasus through programs such as the Central Asian Battalion and the Partnership for Peace of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Declares the sense of the Congress that the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty should maintain high quality broadcasting for the maximum duration possible in the native languages of the countries of the South Caucasus.
Prohibits, unless important to the U.S. national interest, assistance to such countries if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that they: (1) are engaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; (2) have established any border closure or use of an economic blockade; (3) have knowingly transferred controlled missile or missile technology to another country, or any equipment or technology that would contribute to the ability of such country to manufacture weapons of mass destruction (including nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons); (4) have supported acts of international terrorism; (5) are prohibited from receiving such assistance by specified Acts; or (6) have initiated an act of aggression against another state in the region.
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