,bill_id,text,summary,title,text_len,sum_len 0,110_hr37,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Science Education Tax Incentive for Businesses Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. CREDITS FOR CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS BENEFITING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL. (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 45O. CONTRIBUTIONS BENEFITING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL. ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 38, the elementary and secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) contributions credit determined under this section for the taxable year is an amount equal to 100 percent of the qualified STEM contributions of the taxpayer for such taxable year. ``(b) Qualified STEM Contributions.--For purposes of this section, the term `qualified STEM contributions' means-- ``(1) STEM school contributions, ``(2) STEM teacher externship expenses, and ``(3) STEM teacher training expenses. ``(c) STEM School Contributions.--For purposes of this section-- ``(1) In general.--The term `STEM school contributions' means-- ``(A) STEM property contributions, and ``(B) STEM service contributions. ``(2) STEM property contributions.--The term `STEM property contributions' means the amount which would (but for subsection (f)) be allowed as a deduction under section 170 for a charitable contribution of STEM inventory property if-- ``(A) the donee is an elementary or secondary school described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii), ``(B) substantially all of the use of the property by the donee is within the United States or within the defense dependents' education system for educational purposes in any of the grades K-12 that are related to the purpose or function of the donee, ``(C) the original use of the property begins with the donee, ``(D) the property will fit productively into the donee's education plan, ``(E) the property is not transferred by the donee in exchange for money, other property, or services, except for shipping, installation and transfer costs, and ``(F) the donee's use and disposition of the property will be in accordance with the provisions of subparagraphs (B) and (E). The determination of the amount of deduction under section 170 for purposes of this paragraph shall be made as if the limitation under section 170(e)(3)(B) applied to all STEM inventory property. ``(3) STEM service contributions.--The term `STEM service contributions' means the amount paid or incurred during the taxable year for STEM services provided in the United States or in the defense dependents' education system for the exclusive benefit of students at an elementary or secondary school described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii) but only if-- ``(A) the taxpayer is engaged in the trade or business of providing such services on a commercial basis, and ``(B) no charge is imposed for providing such services. ``(4) STEM inventory property.--The term `STEM inventory property' means, with respect to any contribution to a school, any property-- ``(A) which is described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1221(a) with respect to the donor, and ``(B) which is determined by the school to be needed by the school in providing education in grades K-12 in the areas of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. ``(5) STEM services.--The term `STEM services' means, with respect to any contribution to a school, any service determined by the school to be needed by the school in providing education in grades K-12 in the areas of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, including teaching courses of instruction at such school in any such area. ``(6) Defense dependents' education system.--For purposes of this subsection, the term `defense dependents' education system' means the program established and operated under the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 921 et seq.). ``(d) STEM Teacher Externship Expenses.--For purposes of this section-- ``(1) In general.--The term `STEM teacher externship expenses' means any amount paid or incurred to carry out a STEM externship program of the taxpayer but only to the extent that such amount is attributable to the participation in such program of any eligible STEM teacher, including amounts paid to such a teacher as a stipend while participating in such program. ``(2) STEM externship program.--The term `STEM externship program' means any program-- ``(A) established by a taxpayer engaged in a trade or business within an area of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, and ``(B) under which eligible STEM teachers receive training to enhance their teaching skills in the areas of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics or otherwise improve their knowledge in such areas. ``(3) Eligible stem teacher.--The term `eligible STEM teacher' means any individual-- ``(A) who is a teacher in grades K-12 at an educational organization described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii) which is located in the United States or which is located on a United States military base outside the United States, and ``(B) whose teaching responsibilities at such school include, or are likely to include, any course in the areas of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. ``(e) STEM Teacher Training Expenses.--The term `STEM teacher training expenses' means any amount paid or incurred by a taxpayer engaged in a trade or business within an area of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics which is attributable to the participation of any eligible STEM teacher in a regular training program provided to employees of the taxpayer which is determined by such teacher's school as enhancing such teacher's teaching skills in the areas of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. ``(f) Denial of Double Benefit.--No deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for any amount allowed as a credit under this section.''. (b) Conforming Amendments.-- (1) Section 38(b) of such Code is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (30), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (31), and inserting ``, plus'', and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(32) the elementary and secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) contributions credit determined under section 45O.''. (2) 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. 45O. Contributions benefiting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education at the elementary and secondary school level.''. (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.","National Science Education Tax Incentive for Businesses Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit for contributions of property or services to elementary and secondary schools and for teacher training to promote instruction in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics .",To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage businesses to improve math and science education at elementary and secondary schools.,8494,321 1,112_hr2873,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Expansion and Hiring Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. BUSINESS CREDIT FOR RETENTION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS NEWLY HIRED BEFORE 2013. (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 45S. RETENTION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS NEWLY HIRED BEFORE 2013. ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 38, in the case of any taxable year ending after the date of the enactment of this section and beginning before January 1, 2013, the retained worker credit determined under this section for the taxable year is the aggregate of the lesser of-- ``(1) $4,000 ($6,000 in the case of a long-term unemployed individual), or ``(2) 6.2 percent of the wages (as defined in section 3401(a)) paid by the taxpayer to such retained worker during the 52 consecutive week period referred to in subsection (c)(2). ``(b) Limitations.-- ``(1) Increase in employment.--The number of retained workers taken into account under subsection (a) shall not exceed the excess of (if any)-- ``(A) the number of employees of the taxpayer at the end of the taxable year, over ``(B) the number of employees of the taxpayer at the beginning of the taxable year. ``(2) Dollar limitation.--The amount allowed as a credit under subsection (a) for a taxable year with respect to any business location of the employer shall not exceed $400,000. ``(3) Special rules.-- ``(A) Business-location specific.--All determinations under this section regarding the number of employees shall be determined on a location basis. ``(B) Employees rotated among business not eligible.--An employee who is moved from one location of the taxpayer to another location shall not be taken into account for purposes of paragraph (1). ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section-- ``(1) Retained worker.--The term `retained worker' means any qualified individual-- ``(A) who was employed by the taxpayer on any date during the taxable year, ``(B) who was so employed by the taxpayer for a period of not less than 52 consecutive weeks, and ``(C) whose wages (as defined in section 3401(a)) for such employment during the last 26 weeks of such period equaled at least 80 percent of such wages for the first 26 weeks of such period. ``(2) Qualified individual.--The term `qualified individual' means any individual who-- ``(A) begins employment with a qualified employer after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2014, ``(B) certifies by signed affidavit, under penalties of perjury, that such individual has not been employed for 40 hours or more per week during the 60- day period ending on the date such individual begins such employment, ``(C) is not employed by the qualified employer to replace another employee of such employer unless such other employee separated from employment voluntarily or for cause, and ``(D) is not an individual described in section 51(i)(1) (applied by substituting `qualified employer' for `taxpayer' each place it appears). ``(3) Qualified employer.-- ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified employer' means any employer other than the United States, any State, or any political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality of the foregoing which employed an average of less than 100 employees on business days during such taxable year. ``(B) Treatment of employees of post-secondary educational institutions.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the term `qualified employer' includes any employer which is a public institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965). ``(4) Long-term unemployed individual.--The term `long-term unemployed individual' means an individual who was in receipt of unemployment compensation under State or Federal law for not less than 26 weeks during the 1-year period ending on the day the individual is hired by the employer.''. (b) Credit Allowed as Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to current year business credit) 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 retained worker credit determined under section 45S.''. (c) Limitation on Carryforward.--Section 39(a) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(5) 3-year carryforward for retained worker credit.--In the case of the retained worker credit, paragraph (2) shall be applied-- ``(A) by substituting `3 taxable years' for `21 taxable years' in subparagraph (A) thereof, and ``(B) by substituting `2 taxable years' for `20 taxable years' in subparagraph (B) thereof.''. (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 45R the following new item: ``Sec. 45S. Retention of certain individuals newly hired before 2013.''. (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.","Small Business Expansion and Hiring Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow nongovernmental employers who employ an average of fewer than 100 employees during a taxable year a retained worker tax credit until December 31, 2012, for the lesser of $4,000 or 6.2 of the wages paid to a retained worker during a period of not less than 52 consecutive weeks of employment. Limits the amount of such credit with respect to any business location of the employer to $400,000 and provides that the number of retained workers taken into account for such credit shall not exceed the excess of the number of employees of the taxpayer at the end of the taxable year over the number of such employees at the beginning of the taxable year. Defines retained worker to mean any qualified individual who was employed on any date during the taxable year for a period of not less than 52 weeks and whose wages during the last 26 weeks of such period equaled at least 80 of such wages for the first 26 weeks of such period. Defines qualified individual as any individual who: (1) begins employment after 2010 and before 2014, (2) certifies by signed affidavit that such individual has not been employed for 40 hours or more per week during the 60-day period ending on the date such individual begins employment, (3) is not replacing another employee, and (4) is not disqualified for such credit by a relationship to the employer.",To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to employers for the retention of certain individuals hired before 2013.,6522,1424 2,109_s2408,"SECTION 1. RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS CAPTURED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. (a) In General.--The Director of National Intelligence shall make publicly available on an Internet website all captured documents. (b) Review by Director of National Intelligence.--The Director of National Intelligence may review a captured document before making such document publicly available under subsection (a). The Director shall not be required to make a captured document publicly available under subsection (a) if-- (1) in the case of a captured document that is reviewed by the Director before the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director submits to the relevant congressional committees a description of the criteria the Director used to determine it is not appropriate to make a captured document publicly available and such captured document meets such criteria; or (2) in the case of a captured document that is reviewed by the Director on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director submits to the relevant congressional committees a description of the criteria the Director shall use to determine if it is not appropriate to make a captured document publicly available and the captured document meets such criteria. (c) Submission of Description of Non-Released Documents.-- (1) Review before date of enactment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report containing-- (A) a description of each captured document that, before such date, the Director determined should not be made publicly available; and (B) an explanation as to why the Director does not consider it appropriate to make such captured document publicly available. (2) Review after date of enactment.--Not later than 30 days after the Director of National Intelligence determines that a captured document should not be made publicly available pursuant to subsection (b)(2), the Director shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report containing a description of such captured document and an explanation as to why the Director does not consider it appropriate to make such document publicly available. (3) Request for document.--The Director of National Intelligence shall make a copy of each captured document available to the relevant congressional committees for review upon request of the Chairman of any of such relevant congressional committees. The Director shall make such copy available in either classified or unclassified form. (d) Publication or Review Date.-- (1) In general.--The Director of National Intelligence shall begin making captured documents publicly available pursuant to subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Documents collected prior to date of enactment.-- (A) In general.--Not later than the date described in subparagraph (B), for each captured document captured or collected before the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall make such captured document publicly available pursuant to subsection (a) or shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report regarding such captured document pursuant to subsection (c). (B) Dates.--The date described in this subparagraph is-- (i) September 30, 2006, for captured documents captured or collected during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; and (ii) March 31, 2007, for captured documents captured or collected during Operation Desert Storm. (3) Documents collected after date of enactment.--For each captured document that is captured or collected on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, not later than 60 days after the date on which such captured document is captured or collected, the Director of National Intelligence shall make such captured document publicly available pursuant to subsection (a) or shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report regarding such captured document pursuant to subsection (c). (e) Weekly Report.--Not later than 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and weekly thereafter until each captured document captured or collected before the date of the enactment of this Act is made publicly available pursuant to subsection (a) or described in a report submitted pursuant to subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report describing the progress in making captured documents publicly available. (f) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Captured document.--The term ``captured document'' means a document captured or collected in Afghanistan or Iraq, including a document collected from the Government of Iraq or from a private person and including a document in electronic form, during Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. (2) Relevant congressional committees.--The term ``relevant congressional committees'' means the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.","Requires the Director of National Intelligence to make publicly available on an Internet website all documents captured in Afghanistan or Iraq during Operations Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, or Iraqi Freedom. Provides conditions under which the Director shall not be required to make a captured document publicly available, including providing a list of retained documents, and the criteria used for such retention, to the congressional intelligence committees.","A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to release documents captured in Afghanistan or Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom.",6154,463 3,108_s1899,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Cancer Act of 2003''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) In 2003, an estimated 1,334,100 Americans will be diagnosed with some form of cancer. (2) In 2003, an estimated 556,500 Americans will die of cancer. In the United States, 1 in every 4 deaths results from cancer. (3) In 2002, the National Institutes of Health estimated the overall cost of cancer at $171,600,000,000. (4) In 2003, an estimated 211,300 American women and 1,300 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 40,200 will die of the disease. A mammogram every 1-2 years can reduce the risk of dying by about 16 percent for women 40 years of age and older. (5) In 2003, an estimated 40,100 women will be newly diagnosed with cancer of the uterine corpus and 6,800 women will die of the disease. (6) In 2003, an estimated 147,500 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 57,100 will die of the disease. (7) Incidence rates of colorectal cancer stabilized between 1995 and 1999. Research suggests that declines may be in part due to increased screening and polyp removal. (8) The Chronic Disease Prevention Department found that screening for colorectal cancer can reduce the number of deaths by at least 30 percent. (9) Regular screening examinations by a health care professional can result in early detection of cancers of the breast, colon, rectum, prostate, testis, oral cavity, and skin. If all these cancers were diagnosed at a localized stage through regular examinations, the 5-year survival rate would increase from 82 percent to 95 percent. (10) Cancers of the lung, mouth, larynx, bladder, kidney, cervix, esophagus, and pancreas are related to tobacco use. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2003 more than 180,000 cancer deaths will be caused by tobacco use. Smoking alone causes \1/3\ of all cancer deaths. (11) More than 1,000,000 skin cancers expected to be diagnosed in 2003 could have been prevented by protection from the sun's rays. (12) An estimated 9,000 new cases of childhood cancer are expected to occur in 2003. (13) Cancer is the chief cause of death by disease in children between the ages of 1 and 14. (14) The American Cancer Society estimates that approximately \1/3\ of the 556,500 cancer deaths expected in 2003 will be related to nutrition, physical inactivity, obesity, and other lifestyle factors that could be prevented. (15) About 77 percent of all cancers are diagnosed at age 55 and older. In order to ensure high quality cancer care for American seniors, medicare reimbursements must reflect the true cost of treatment in every treatment setting and medicare payments should accurately reflect the cost of drug and biologics as well as the cost of administering drugs and supportive care therapies. (16) Despite an aging population, death rates for the most common cancers, lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate continue to drop at an average of 1.7 percent per year. (17) In May 2001, Gleevec, the first in what is expected to be a number of cancer treatments, was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration as it appeared to be effective in stopping the growth of deadly Chronic Myeloid Leukemia cells within 3 months of use. In 2002, Gleevec showed ability to stop growth of gastrointestinal stromal tumors. (18) In early 2003, researchers used gene chips to accurately predict whether or not breast cancer tumors would spread in the future. If the findings are validated, doctors will be able to determine which patients are likely to relapse and need chemotherapy, while sparing those with a favorable prognosis from additional treatment. (19) The Lance Armstrong Foundation, a leading national organization providing services and support for cancer survivors, defines cancer survivorship as living with, through, and beyond cancer. (20) In 2001, there were 9,600,000 cancer survivors in the United States. (21) Sixty percent of adults diagnosed with cancer survive at least 5 years. (22) While nearly every childhood cancer diagnosis 20 years ago was fatal, today more than 80 percent of children diagnosed with cancer survive at least 5 years. SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE SENATE. It is the sense of the Senate that the United States is at a point in history in which we must take the proper steps to reach the goal of making cancer survivorship the rule and cancer deaths rare by the year 2015. TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS SEC. 101. NATIONAL PROGRAM OF CANCER REGISTRIES. Part M of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280e et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 399B the following: ``SEC. 399B-1. ENHANCING CANCER REGISTRIES AND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. ``(a) Strategic Plan.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the National Cancer Act of 2003 the Secretary shall develop a plan and submit a report to Congress that outlines strategies by which the State cancer registries funded with grants under section 399B and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program of the National Cancer Institute (in this section referred to as the `SEER program') can share information to ensure more comprehensive cancer data. The report shall include ways in which the Secretary will-- ``(1) standardize data between State cancer registries and the SEER program; ``(2) increase the portability and usability of data files from each registry for researchers and public health planners; ``(3) ensure data collection from the greatest number of health care facilities possible; ``(4) maximize the use of State registry data and data from the SEER program in State and regional public health planning processes; and ``(5) promote the use of data to-- ``(A) improve the health status of cancer survivors; and ``(B) research quality of cancer care and access to that care.''. SEC. 102. ENHANCING EXISTING SCREENING EFFORTS. (a) Grant and Contract Authority of States.--Section 1501(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300k(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: ``(2) Certain applications.-- ``(A) Strategies for colorectal cancer screening.-- If any entity submits an application to a State to receive an award of a grant or contract pursuant to paragraph (1) that includes strategies for colorectal cancer screening and outreach, the State may give priority to the application submitted by that entity in any case in which the State determines that the quality of such application is equivalent to the quality of the application submitted by the other entities. ``(B) Women diagnosed with cancer.--If any entity submits an application to a State to receive an award of a grant or contract pursuant to paragraph (1) that includes strategies for the provision of treatment for uninsured women diagnosed with cancer discovered in the course of the screening, the State may give priority to the application submitted by that entity in any case in which the State determines that the quality of such application is equivalent to the quality of the application submitted by the other entities.''. (b) Requirements With Respect to Type and Quality of Services.-- Section 1503 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300m) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d) Waiver of Direct Services Requirement.--The Secretary may waive the requirement under subsection (a)(1) if-- ``(1) the State involved will use the grant under this section for a demonstration project that will leverage private funds to supplement program efforts; or ``(2) such requirement would cause a barrier to the enrollment of qualifying women.''. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1510(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300n-5(a)) is amended by striking ``$50,000,000'' and all that follows and inserting ``such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008.''. (d) Report on the Comprehensive Colorectal Cancer Initiative.--Not later than 6 months 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 containing an assessment of the success of the Comprehensive Colorectal Cancer Initiative (within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in-- (1) increasing public awareness of colorectal cancer; (2) increasing awareness of screening guidelines among health care providers; (3) monitoring national colorectal cancer screening rates; (4) promoting increased patient-provider communication about colorectal cancer screening; (5) supporting quantitative and qualitative research efforts; and (6) providing funding to State programs to implement colorectal cancer priorities. SEC. 103. ENHANCED PATIENT EDUCATION. 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. ENHANCED PATIENT EDUCATION. ``(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible entities to implement programs to educate patients and their families about-- ``(1) the availability and options of effective medical techniques and pain management technology therapies to reduce and prevent pain and suffering for those with cancer upon diagnosis; ``(2) the unique health challenges associated with cancer survivorship, including-- ``(A) the role of followup care and monitoring to support and improve the long-term quality of life for cancer survivors; ``(B) physical activity and healthy lifestyles; and ``(C) the availability of peer and mentor support programs; and ``(3) community resources available to increase access to quality cancer care. ``(b) Application.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary.''. SEC. 104. PRACTITIONER EDUCATION PROGRAM. Section 414 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a-3) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d) In order to receive funding under this section, a center described under subsection (a) shall maintain a program for disseminating to patients and research participants, as well as their caregivers, the latest information about-- ``(1) pain and symptom management and palliative care; and ``(2) the unique clinical and research challenges associated with cancer survivorship. ``(e) The Secretary may provide additional amounts to fund centers under subsection (a) that develop innovative relationships with community cancer centers, community health centers, rural hospitals, and other community-based health care providers who target medically underserved populations for the purpose of increasing access to quality cancer care.''. SEC. 105. ELEVATING THE IMPORTANCE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT AND CANCER SURVIVORSHIP THROUGHOUT THE NATION'S CANCER PROGRAMS. (a) National Cancer Program.--Section 411 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a) is amended to read as follows: ``Sec. 411. The National Cancer Program shall consist of-- ``(1) an expanded, intensified, and coordinated cancer research program encompassing the research programs conducted and supported by the Institute and the related research programs of the other national research institutes, including research programs for-- ``(A) pain and symptom management; ``(B) survivorship; and ``(C) the prevention of cancer caused by occupational or environmental exposure to carcinogens; and ``(2) the other programs and activities of the Institute, including research on populations with both uniquely diverse genetic variation and geographic isolation.''. (b) Cancer Control Programs.--Section 412(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a-1(2)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``, and'' and inserting a semicolon; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(C) appropriate methods of pain and symptom management for individuals with cancer, including end- of-life care and cancer survivorship; and''. (c) Special Authorities of the Director.--Section 413(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a-2(a)(2)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(F) assess and improve pain and symptom management of cancer throughout the course of treatment and cancer survivorship.''. (d) Breast and Gynecological Cancers.--Section 417 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a-6) is amended-- (1) in subsection (c)(1)-- (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: ``(F) basic, clinical, and applied research concerning pain and symptom management and cancer survivorship.''; and (2) in subsection (d)-- (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(6) basic, clinical, and applied research concerning pain and symptom management and cancer survivorship.''. (e) Prostate Cancer.--Section 417A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a-7(c)(1)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following: ``(H) basic and clinical research concerning pain and symptom management and cancer survivorship.''. SEC. 106. SURVIVORSHIP RESEARCH PROGRAM. Subpart 1 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 417D. SURVIVORSHIP RESEARCH PROGRAM. ``(a) Establishment.--There is established, within the Institute, an Office on Cancer Survivorship (in this section referred to as the `Office'), which may be headed by an Associate Director, to implement and direct the expansion and coordination of the activities of the Institute with respect to cancer survivorship research. ``(b) Collaboration Among Agencies.--In carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), the Office shall collaborate with other institutes, centers, and offices within the National Institutes of Health that are determined appropriate by the Office. ``(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report providing a description of the survivorship activities of the Office and strategies for future activities.''. TITLE II--RESEARCH PROVISIONS SEC. 201. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. (a) Other Transactions Authority.--Subpart 1 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.), as amended by section 106, is further amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 417E. OTHER TRANSACTIONS AUTHORITY. ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart, the Director of the National Cancer Institute may cofund grant projects with private entities for any purpose described in this subpart.''. (b) Sense of the Senate on a Central Institutional Review Board.-- It is the sense of the Senate that-- (1) the current procedure of sending 1 clinical trial through multiple local institutional review boards may not be the most efficient method for the protection of patients enrolled in the trial and may delay the process of bringing lifesaving treatment to cancer patients; (2) the National Cancer Institute should be commended for its work in centralizing the institutional review board process; and (3) the research community should continue to streamline the institutional review board process in order to bring lifesaving treatments to patients as quickly as possible. (c) Patient and Provider Outreach Opportunities With Experimental Therapies.--For the purpose of enhancing patient access to experimental therapies, the National Cancer Institute shall conduct the following activities: (1) Integrate, to the maximum extent practicable, trials being conducted by private manufacturers into the National Cancer Institute's clinical trials online database. Such integration may require specific awareness-raising and outreach activities by the National Cancer Institute to private industry. (2) Establish an education program which provides patients and providers with-- (A) information about how to access and use the National Cancer Institute clinical trials database online; and (B) information about the Food and Drug Administration process for approving the use of drugs and biologics for a single patient.","National Cancer Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop an information-sharing plan for State cancer registries. Modifies provisions concerning preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers to permit priority to be given to certain projects involving: (1) colorectal cancer screening and outreach. And (2) treating uninsured women diagnosed with cancer during such screening. Authorizes specified waivers of the direct services requirement for breast and cervical cancer screening grants. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to educate cancer patients and their families about medical techniques to reduce and prevent pain, survivorship care and support programs, and related community resources. Requires a national cancer research center to have a practitioner education program that includes pain and symptom management and survivorship care. Amends various provisions of the Act to emphasize the importance of pain and symptom management throughout the nation's cancer programs. Establishes within the National Cancer Institute an Office on Cancer Survivorship. Authorizes the Director of NCI to co-fund grant projects for various cancer programs. Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to: (1) cancer survivorship, and (2) institutional review board procedures.","A bill to improve data collection and dissemination, treatment, and research relating to cancer, and for other purposes.",19853,1400 4,107_s1531,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Military Call-Up Relief Act''. SEC. 2. WAIVER OF EARLY WITHDRAWAL PENALTY FOR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS TO INDIVIDUALS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY DURING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE PRESIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2001. (a) Waiver For Certain Distributions.-- (1) In general.--Section 72(t)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 10-percent additional tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(G) Distributions to individuals performing national emergency active duty.--Any distribution to an individual who, at the time of the distribution, is a member of a reserve component called or ordered to active duty pursuant to a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10, United States Code, during the period of the national emergency declared by the President on September 14, 2001.''. (2) Waiver of underpayment penalty.--Section 6654(e)(3) of such Code (relating to waiver in certain cases) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(C) Certain early withdrawals from retirement plans.--No addition to tax shall be imposed under subsection (a) with respect to any underpayment to the extent such underpayment was created or increased by any distribution described in section 72(t)(2)(G).''. (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to distributions made to an individual after September 13, 2001. (b) Catch-up Contributions Allowed.-- (1) Individual retirement accounts.--Section 219(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to deductible amount) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(D) Catch-up contributions for certain distributions.--In the case of an individual who has received a distribution described in section 72(t)(2)(G), the deductible amount for any taxable year shall be increased by an amount equal to-- ``(i) the aggregate amount of such distributions (not attributable to earnings) made with respect to such individual, over ``(ii) the aggregate amount of such distributions (not attributable to earnings) previously taken into account under this subparagraph or section 414(w).''. (2) Roth iras.--Section 408A(c) of such Code (relating to treatment of contributions) is amended by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: ``(7) Catch-up contributions for certain distributions.-- Any contribution described in section 219(b)(5)(D) shall not be taken into account for purposes of paragraph (2).''. (3) Employer plans.--Section 414 of such Code (relating to definitions and special rules) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(w) Catch-up contributions for certain distributions.-- ``(1) In general.--An applicable employer plan shall not be treated as failing to meet any requirement of this title solely because the plan permits an applicable participant to make additional elective deferrals in any plan year. ``(2) Limitation on amount of additional deferrals.-- ``(A) In general.--A plan shall not permit additional elective deferrals under paragraph (1) for any year in an amount greater than the lesser of-- ``(i) the applicable dollar amount, or ``(ii) the excess (if any) of-- ``(I) the participant's compensation (as defined in section 415(c)(3)) for the year, over ``(II) any other elective deferrals of the participant for such year which are made without regard to this subsection. ``(B) Applicable dollar amount.--For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable dollar amount with respect to a participant shall be an amount equal to-- ``(i) the aggregate amount of distributions described in section 72(t)(2)(G) (not attributable to earnings) made with respect to such participant, over ``(ii) the aggregate amount of such distributions (not attributable to earnings) previously taken into account under this subsection or section 219(b)(5)(B). ``(3) Treatment of contributions.--Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (v) shall apply with respect to contributions made under this subsection. ``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the terms `applicable employer plan' and `elective deferral' have the same meanings given such terms in subsection (v)(6).''. (4) Conforming amendment.--Section 414(v)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of such Code (relating to limitation on amount of additional deferrals) is amended by inserting ``(other than deferrals under subsection (w))'' after ``deferrals''. (5) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to contributions in taxable years ending after December 31, 2001.","Military Call-up Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to waive the ten percent early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty during the national emergency declared by the President on September 14, 2001.","A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a waiver of the early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty during the national emergency declared by the President on September 14, 2001, and for other purposes.",6273,278 5,107_hr4541,"SECTION 1. RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES PREMATURELY LIQUIDATED IN ERROR. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding sections 514 and 520 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514 and 1520), or any other provision of law, the United States Customs Service shall, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, reliquidate those entries described in subsection (c), in accordance with the final decision of the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce, and the final results of the administrative reviews, for entries made on or after December 1, 1993 and before April 1, 2001. (b) Payment of Amounts Owed.--Any amounts owed by the United States pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry under subsection (a) shall be paid by the Customs Service within 90 days after such liquidation or reliquidation. (c) Entry List.--The entries referred to in subsection (a), are as follows: Entry number Date of entry Date of liquidation 669-26046013 02/09/94 07/12/96 112-62707166 02/12/94 05/14/99 669-26046716 03/05/94 07/12/96 669-26046997 03/16/94 07/12/96 669-26047094 03/22/94 07/12/96 669-26047508 04/03/94 07/12/96 225-41000430 04/11/94 07/29/94 669-26047862 04/19/94 07/12/96 669-26048027 04/22/94 07/12/96 669-26048050 04/22/94 07/12/96 669-26048068 04/22/94 07/12/96 669-26049199 06/05/94 07/12/96 051-01380045 06/14/94 06/21/96 225-21019541 07/02/94 Unknown 669-26050742 07/20/94 07/12/96 669-26051294 08/16/94 07/19/96 669-26051377 08/17/94 07/12/96 669-26051401 08/23/94 07/19/96 051-01378452 09/01/94 08/16/96 669-26051906 09/06/94 07/19/96 669-26052714 10/05/94 07/19/96 669-26054629 01/02/95 07/12/96 669-26054918 01/21/95 07/12/96 669-00985582 02/17/95 09/17/99 225-41030148 05/01/95 01/20/95 112-85106669 06/07/95 02/25/00 112-80968196 08/03/95 11/17/95 669-26059347 09/02/95 07/12/96 112-79650961 09/27/95 12/29/95 669-28017335 10/06/95 06/14/96 112-05038720 05/01/96 08/02/96 112-17629326 01/06/97 04/18/97 112-17629326 03/12/97 04/18/97 669-01225053 06/12/97 10/15/99 669-01223637 06/25/97 10/08/99 669-01225418 06/25/97 10/08/99 669-01225913 06/27/97 10/08/99 669-01227380 07/03/97 10/08/99 669-01232166 07/07/97 10/08/99 669-01230533 07/09/97 10/08/99 669-01236357 07/30/97 10/08/99 100-47966294 08/08/97 08/26/99 669-01241811 08/13/97 10/08/99 669-01245838 08/27/97 10/08/99 669-01247933 09/04/97 10/15/99 669-01251448 09/21/97 10/08/99 669-01254020 09/24/97 10/08/99 669-01256801 10/01/97 10/08/99 669-01259466 10/15/97 10/08/99 669-01260753 10/15/97 10/08/99 669-01261363 10/16/97 10/08/99 669-01262650 10/22/97 10/08/99 669-01263856 10/24/97 10/08/99 669-01267337 11/06/97 10/08/99 669-01269200 11/12/97 10/08/99 669-01271784 11/20/97 10/08/99 669-01271800 11/23/97 10/08/99 669-01272907 11/30/97 10/08/99 669-01273673 11/30/97 10/08/99 669-01274119 11/30/97 10/08/99 669-01276585 12/04/97 10/08/99 669-01278763 12/14/97 10/15/99 669-01283441 12/30/97 10/08/99 669-01296948 01/09/98 10/08/99 669-01292186 01/22/98 10/08/99 669-04201964 01/23/98 10/08/99 112-14206987 01/23/98 02/22/99 669-01295130 02/01/98 10/08/99 669-01296955 02/05/98 10/08/99 669-01297649 02/12/98 10/08/99 669-01298530 02/12/98 10/08/99 669-01302126 02/21/98 10/08/99 669-01302134 02/21/98 10/08/99 669-01302530 02/21/98 10/08/99 669-01303546 02/21/98 10/08/99 669-01304569 02/27/98 10/08/99 669-01305947 03/05/98 10/08/99 669-01306978 03/07/98 10/08/99 669-01306986 03/07/98 10/08/99 669-01307554 03/12/98 10/08/99 669-01312711 03/14/98 10/08/99 669-28050047 03/20/98 04/02/99 669-01312703 03/21/98 10/08/99 669-01318072 04/07/98 10/08/99 669-01324781 04/24/98 10/08/99 669-01325218 04/25/98 10/08/99 669-01327586 04/30/98 10/08/99 669-01330283 May-98 10/08/99 669-01332081 May-98 10/08/99 112-35098876 05/08/98 04/02/99 669-01332081 05/16/98 10/08/99 669-01335357 05/26/98 10/08/99 700-07050910 05/30/98 03/24/00 110-54366892 06/03/98 04/16/99 112-38590861 09/09/98 07/23/99 110-71159908 03/04/99 02/23/01 112-01742119 04/20/99 08/09/96 110-64694523 10/07/99 10/01/99 225-21606420 11/18/00 11/13/00 700-07505228 01/12/01 03/16/01",Requires the Customs Service to reliquidate certain entries prematurely liquidated and to refund any amounts owed.,To provide for reliquidation of entries prematurely liquidated by the United States Customs Service.,11691,114 6,111_s1495,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Service Dogs for Veterans Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF SERVICE DOGS FOR THE TREATMENT OR REHABILITATION OF VETERANS WITH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INJURIES OR DISABILITIES. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) The United States owes a profound debt to those who have served the United States honorably in the Armed Forces. (2) Disabled veterans suffer from a range of physical and mental injuries and disabilities. (3) In 2008, the Army reported the highest level of suicides among its soldiers since it began tracking the rate 28 years before 2009. (4) A scientific study documented in the 2008 Rand Report entitled ``Invisible Wounds of War'' estimated that 300,000 veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom currently suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. (5) Veterans have benefitted in multiple ways from the provision of service dogs. (6) The Department of Veterans Affairs has been successfully placing guide dogs with the blind since 1961. (7) Thousands of dogs around the country await adoption. (b) Program Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall commence a three-year pilot program to assess the benefits, feasibility, and advisability of using service dogs for the treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities, including post-traumatic stress disorder. (c) Partnerships.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program by partnering with nonprofit organizations that-- (A) have experience providing service dogs to individuals with injuries or disabilities; (B) do not charge fees for the dogs, services, or lodging that they provide; and (C) are accredited by a generally accepted industry-standard accrediting institution. (2) Reimbursement of costs.--The Secretary shall reimburse partners for costs relating to the pilot program as follows: (A) For the first 50 dogs provided under the pilot program, all costs relating to the provision of such dogs. (B) For dogs provided under the pilot program after the first 50 dogs provided, all costs relating to the provision of every other dog. (d) Participation.-- (1) In general.--As part of the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide a service dog to a number of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities that is greater than or equal to the greater of-- (A) 200; and (B) the minimum number of such veterans required to produce scientifically valid results with respect to assessing the benefits and costs of the use of such dogs for the treatment or rehabilitation of such veterans. (2) Composition.--The Secretary shall ensure that-- (A) half of the participants in the pilot program are veterans who suffer primarily from a mental health injury or disability; and (B) half of the participants in the pilot program are veterans who suffer primarily from a physical injury or disability. (e) Study.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall conduct a scientifically valid research study of the costs and benefits associated with the use of service dogs for the treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities. The matters studied shall include the following: (1) The therapeutic benefits to such veterans, including the quality of life benefits reported by the veterans partaking in the pilot program. (2) The economic benefits of using service dogs for the treatment or rehabilitation of such veterans, including-- (A) savings on health care costs, including savings relating to reductions in hospitalization and reductions in the use of prescription drugs; and (B) productivity and employment gains for the veterans. (3) The effectiveness of using service dogs to prevent suicide. (f) Reports.-- (1) Annual report of the secretary.--After each year of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect to the pilot program. (2) Final report by the national academy of sciences.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the completion of the pilot program, the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the pilot program.","Service Dogs for Veterans Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to commence a three-year pilot program to assess the benefits, feasibility, and advisability of using service dogs for the treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Requires related reports to Congress.","A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for the treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities, and for other purposes.",5328,379 7,111_s3885,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Race to the Top Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. RACE TO THE TOP. (a) In General.--Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7301 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by redesignating part C as part D; (2) by redesignating sections 6301 and 6302 as sections 6401 and 6402, respectively; and (3) by inserting after part B the following: ``PART C--RACE TO THE TOP ``SEC. 6301. PURPOSES. ``The purposes of this part are to-- ``(1) provide incentives for States and local educational agencies to implement comprehensive reforms and innovative strategies that are designed to lead to-- ``(A) significant improvements in outcomes for all students, including improvements in student achievement, secondary school graduation rates, postsecondary education enrollment rates, and rates of postsecondary education persistence; and ``(B) significant reductions in achievement gaps among subgroups of students; and ``(2) encourage the broad identification, adoption, use, dissemination, replication, and expansion of effective State and local policies and practices that lead to significant improvement in outcomes for all students, and the elimination of those policies and practices that are not effective in improving student outcomes. ``SEC. 6302. RESERVATION OF FUNDS. ``From the amounts made available under section 6308 for a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent to carry out activities related to technical assistance, monitoring, outreach, dissemination, and prize awards that support the purposes of this part. ``SEC. 6303. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. ``(a) In General.--From the amounts made available under section 6308 for a fiscal year and not reserved under section 6302, the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to States or local educational agencies, or both, in accordance with section 6304(b), to enable the States or local educational agencies to carry out the purposes of this part. ``(b) Grant and Subgrant Eligibility Limitations.-- ``(1) ARRA state incentive grants.--A State that has received a grant under section 14006 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111- 5; 123 Stat. 283) may not receive a grant under this part during the period of its grant under such section. ``(2) Number of grants.--A State or local educational agency may not receive more than 1 grant under this part per grant period. ``(3) Number of subgrants.--A local educational agency may receive 1 grant and 1 subgrant under this part for the same fiscal year. ``(c) Duration of Grants.-- ``(1) In general.--A grant under this part shall be awarded for a period of not more than 4 years. ``(2) Continuation of grants.--A State or local educational agency that is awarded a grant under this part shall not receive grant funds under this part for the second or any subsequent year of the grant unless the State or local educational agency demonstrates to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as determined by the Secretary, that the State or local educational agency, respectively, is-- ``(A) making progress in implementing the plan under section 6304(a)(3) at a rate that the Secretary determines will result in the State or agency fully implementing such plan during the remainder of the grant period; or ``(B) making progress against the performance measures set forth in section 6305 at a rate that the Secretary determines will result in the State or agency reaching its targets and achieving the objectives of the grant during the remainder of the grant period. ``SEC. 6304. APPLICATIONS. ``(a) Applications.--Each State or local educational agency that desires to receive a grant under this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. At a minimum, each such application shall include-- ``(1) documentation of the applicant's record, as applicable-- ``(A) in increasing student achievement, including for all subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); ``(B) in decreasing achievement gaps, including for all subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); ``(C) in increasing secondary school graduation rates, including for all subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); ``(D) in increasing postsecondary education enrollment and persistence rates, including for all subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); and ``(E) with respect to any other performance measure described in section 6305 that is not included in subparagraphs (A) through (D); ``(2) evidence of conditions of innovation and reform that the applicant has established and the applicant's proposed plan for implementing additional conditions for innovation and reform, including-- ``(A) a description of how the applicant has identified and eliminated ineffective practices in the past and the applicant's plan for doing so in the future; ``(B) a description of how the applicant has identified and promoted effective practices in the past and the applicant's plan for doing so in the future; and ``(C) steps the applicant has taken and will take to eliminate statutory, regulatory, procedural, or other barriers and to facilitate the full implementation of the proposed plan under this paragraph; ``(3) a comprehensive and coherent plan for using funds under this part, and other Federal, State, and local funds, to improve the applicant's performance on the measures described in section 6305, consistent with criteria set forth by the Secretary, including how the applicant will, if applicable-- ``(A) improve the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders, and promote equity in the distribution of effective teachers and school leaders, in order to ensure that low-income and minority children are not taught by ineffective teachers, and are not in schools led by ineffective leaders, at higher rates than other children; ``(B) strengthen the use of high-quality and timely data to improve instructional practices, policies, and student outcomes, including teacher evaluations; ``(C) implement internationally benchmarked, college- and career-ready elementary and secondary academic standards, including in the areas of assessment, instructional materials, professional development, and strategies that translate the standards into classroom practice; ``(D) turn around the persistently lowest-achieving elementary schools and secondary schools served by the applicant; ``(E) support or coordinate with early learning programs for high-need children from birth through grade 3 to improve school readiness and ensure that students complete grade 3 on track for school success; and ``(F) create or maintain successful conditions for high-performing charter schools and other innovative, autonomous public schools; ``(4)(A) in the case of an applicant that is a State-- ``(i) evidence of collaboration between the State, its local educational agencies, schools (as appropriate), parents, teachers, and other stakeholders, in developing the plan described in paragraph (3), including evidence of the commitment and capacity to implement the plan; and ``(ii)(I) the names of the local educational agencies the State has selected to participate in carrying out the plan; or ``(II) a description of how the State will select local educational agencies to participate in carrying out the plan; or ``(B) in the case of an applicant that is a local educational agency, evidence of collaboration between the local educational agency, schools, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders, in developing the plan described in paragraph (3), including evidence of the commitment and capacity to implement the plan; ``(5) the applicant's annual performance measures and targets, consistent with the requirements of section 6305; and ``(6) a description of the applicant's plan to conduct a rigorous evaluation of the effectiveness of activities carried out with funds under this part. ``(b) Criteria for Evaluating Applications.-- ``(1) Award basis.--The Secretary shall award grants under this part on a competitive basis, based on the quality of the applications submitted under subsection (a), including-- ``(A) each applicant's record in the areas described in subsection (a)(1); ``(B) each applicant's record of, and commitment to, establishing conditions for innovation and reform, as described in subsection (a)(2); ``(C) the quality and likelihood of success of each applicant's plan described in subsection (a)(3) in showing improvement in the areas described in subsection (a)(1), including each applicant's capacity to implement the plan and evidence of collaboration as described in subsection (a)(4); and ``(D) each applicant's evaluation plan as described in subsection (a)(6). ``(2) Explanation.--The Secretary shall publish an explanation of how the application review process under this section will ensure an equitable and objective evaluation based on the criteria described in paragraph (1). ``(c) Priority.--In awarding grants to local educational agencies under this part, the Secretary shall give priority to-- ``(1) local educational agencies with the highest numbers or percentages of children from families with incomes below the poverty line; and ``(2) local educational agencies that serve schools designated with a school locale code of 41, 42, or 43. ``SEC. 6305. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. ``Each State and each local educational agency receiving a grant under this part shall establish performance measures and targets, approved by the Secretary, for the programs and activities carried out under this part. These measures shall, at a minimum, track the State's or local educational agency's progress in-- ``(1) implementing its plan described in section 6304(a)(3); and ``(2) improving outcomes for all subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) including, as applicable, by-- ``(A) increasing student achievement; ``(B) decreasing achievement gaps; ``(C) increasing secondary school graduation rates; ``(D) increasing postsecondary education enrollment and persistence rates; ``(E)(i) improving the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders, increasing the retention of effective teachers and school leaders; and ``(ii) promoting equity in the distribution of effective teachers and school leaders in order to ensure that low-income and minority children are not taught by ineffective teachers, and are not in schools led by ineffective leaders, at higher rates than other children; and ``(F) making progress on any other measures identified by the Secretary. ``SEC. 6306. USES OF FUNDS. ``(a) Grants to States.--Each State that receives a grant under this part shall use-- ``(1) not less than 50 percent of the grant funds to make subgrants to the local educational agencies in the State that participate in the State's plan under section 6304(a)(3), based on such local educational agencies' relative shares of funds under part A of title I for the most recent year for which those data are available; and ``(2) not more than 50 percent of the grant funds for any purpose included in the State's plan under section 6304(a)(3). ``(b) Grants to Local Educational Agencies.--Each local educational agency that receives a grant under this part shall use the grant funds for any purpose included in the local educational agency's plan under section 6304(a)(3). ``(c) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--Each local educational agency that receives a subgrant under this part from a State shall use the subgrant funds for any purpose included in the State's plan under section 6304(a)(3). ``SEC. 6307. REPORTING. ``(a) Annual Reports.--A State or local educational agency that receives a grant under this part shall submit to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, an annual report including-- ``(1) data on the State's or local educational agency's progress in achieving the targets for the performance measures established under section 6305; ``(2) a description of the challenges the State or agency has faced in implementing its program and how it has addressed or plans to address those challenges; and ``(3) findings from the evaluation plan as described in section 6304(a)(6). ``(b) Local Reports.--Each local educational agency that receives a subgrant from a State under this part shall submit to the State such information as the State may require to complete the annual report required under subsection (a). ``SEC. 6308. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $1,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2011 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.''. (b) Conforming Amendments.--The table of contents for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7301 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by striking the items relating to part C of title VI; and (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 6234 the following: ``Part C--Race to the Top ``Sec. 6301. Purposes. ``Sec. 6302. Reservation of funds. ``Sec. 6303. Program authorized. ``Sec. 6304. Applications. ``Sec. 6305. Performance measures. ``Sec. 6306. Uses of funds. ``Sec. 6307. Reporting. ``Sec. 6308. Authorization of appropriations. ``Part D--General Provisions ``Sec. 6401. Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or control. ``Sec. 6402. Rule of construction on equalized spending.''.","Race to the Top Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement reforms and innovations designed to improve educational outcomes significantly for all students and reduce achievement gaps significantly among specified student subgroups. Requires each grant applicant to have a comprehensive and coherent plan for doing so that includes, if applicable: (1) improving the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders and promoting their equitable distribution, (2) strengthening the use of data to improve education. (3) implementing internationally benchmarked, college- and career-ready elementary and secondary academic standards, (4) turning around its lowest-performing schools. (5) supporting, or coordinating with, early learning programs for high-need children from birth through third grade. And (6) creating or maintaining successful conditions for high-performing charter schools and other innovative, autonomous public schools. Requires each grantee to establish performance measures that track its progress in implementing its plan, and improving educational outcomes for students and specified student subgroups. Gives grant priority to LEAs with the highest number or percentages of impoverished children and those that serve rural schools. Requires each state grantee to use at least 50 of its grant for subgrants to LEAs that participate in its plan. Allows LEAs to receive a grant and subgrant for the same fiscal year.","A bill to provide incentives for States and local educational agencies to implement comprehensive reforms and innovative strategies that are designed to lead to significant improvement in outcomes for all students and significant reductions in achievement gaps among subgroups of students, and for other purposes.",16668,1525 8,113_hr1796,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Troop Talent Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for recent veterans of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan was 9.4 percent in February 2013, compared with 7.6 percent in February 2012. (2) With the unemployment rate among such veterans higher than the national average and the number of veterans receiving unemployment benefits doubling since 2002, there is a significant need to assist members of the Armed Forces as they transition to the civilian workforce. (3) In order to remain competitive in the civilian employment market, members of the Armed Forces and veterans require information about how their military skill sets translate to the requirements of the civilian workforce. Members of the Armed Forces currently receive insufficient or inadequate information during their training for military occupational specialties on translating skills obtained during such training to civilian occupations and credentials. (4) In addition, there is a need for enhanced access by accredited credentialing agencies to military training curricula in order to facilitate and enhance the correlation between military training and applicable civilian credentialing courses and exams. (5) The information technology sector is one of the fastest growing industries, with tremendous job growth and demand for talented, qualified individuals. The information technology sector has an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report from February 2013. (6) The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a need for 110,000 computer support specialists over the next decade. Currently, the size of the information technology workforce in the Armed Forces is about 160,000 members. SEC. 3. ENHANCEMENT OF MECHANISMS TO CORRELATE SKILLS AND TRAINING FOR MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES WITH SKILLS AND TRAINING REQUIRED FOR CIVILIAN CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES. (a) Improvement of Information Available to Members of the Armed Forces About Correlation.-- (1) In general.--The Secretaries of the military departments, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make information on civilian credentialing opportunities available to members of the Armed Forces beginning with, and at every stage of, training of members for military occupational specialties, in order to permit members-- (A) to evaluate the extent to which such training correlates with the skills and training required in connection with various civilian certifications and licenses; and (B) to assess the suitability of such training for obtaining or pursuing such civilian certifications and licenses. (2) Coordination with transition goals plans success program.--Information shall be made available under paragraph (1) in a manner consistent with the Transition Goals Plans Success (GPS) program. (3) Types of information.--The information made available under paragraph (1) shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (A) Information on the civilian occupational equivalents of military occupational specialties (MOS). (B) Information on civilian license or certification requirements, including examination requirements. (C) Information on the availability and opportunities for use of educational benefits available to members of the Armed Forces, as appropriate, corresponding training, or continuing education that leads to a certification exam in order to provide a pathway to credentialing opportunities. (4) Use and adaptation of certain programs.--In making information available under paragraph (1), the Secretaries of the military departments may use and adapt appropriate portions of the Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) programs of the Army and the Navy and the Credentialing and Educational Research Tool (CERT) of the Air Force. (b) Improvement of Access of Accredited Civilian Credentialing Agencies to Military Training Content.-- (1) In general.--The Secretaries of the military departments, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall, to the maximum extent practicable consistent with national security requirements, make available to accredited civilian credentialing agencies that issue certifications or licenses, upon request of such agencies, information such as military course training curricula, syllabi, and materials, levels of military advancement attained, and professional skills developed. (2) Central repository.--The actions taken pursuant to paragraph (1) may include the establishment of a central repository of information on training and training materials provided members in connection with military occupational specialties that is readily accessible by accredited civilian credentialing agencies described in that paragraph in order to meet requests described in that paragraph. SEC. 4. USE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR COURSES IN PURSUIT OF CIVILIAN CERTIFICATIONS OR LICENSES. (a) Courses Under Department of Defense Educational Assistance Authorities.-- (1) In general.--Chapter 101 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2015 the following new section: ``Sec. 2015a. Civilian certifications and licenses: use of educational assistance for courses in pursuit of civilian certifications or licenses ``(a) Limitation on Use of Assistance.--In the case of a member of the armed forces who is enrolled in an educational institution in a State for purposes of obtaining employment in an occupation or profession requiring the approval or licensure of a board or agency of that State, educational assistance specified in subsection (b) may be used by the member for a course offered by the educational institution that is a required element of the curriculum to be satisfied to obtain employment in that occupation or profession only if-- ``(1) the successful completion of the curriculum fully qualifies a student to-- ``(A) take any examination required for entry into the occupation or profession, including satisfying any State or professionally mandated programmatic and specialized accreditation requirements; and ``(B) be certified or licensed or meet any other academically related pre-conditions that are required for entry into the occupation or profession; and ``(2) in the case of State licensing or professionally mandated requirements for entry into the occupation or profession that require specialized accreditation, the curriculum meets the requirement for specialized accreditation through its accreditation or pre-accreditation by an accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary of Education or designated by that State as a reliable authority as to the quality or training offered by the institution in that program. ``(b) Covered Educational Assistance.--The educational assistance specified in this subsection is educational assistance as follows: ``(1) Educational assistance for members of the armed forces under section 2007 and 2015 of this title. ``(2) Educational assistance for persons enlisting for active duty under chapter 106A of this title. ``(3) Educational assistance for members of the armed forces held as captives under section 2183 of this title. ``(4) Educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve under chapter 1606 of this title. ``(5) Educational assistance for reserve component members supporting contingency operations and other operations under chapter 1607 of this title. ``(6) Such other educational assistance provided members of the armed forces under the laws administered by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretaries of the military departments as the Secretary of Defense shall designate for purposes of this section.''. (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 101 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2015 the following new item: ``2015a. Civilian certifications and licenses: use of educational assistance for courses in pursuit of civilian certifications or licenses.''. (b) Courses Under Educational Assistance Authorities Administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs.--Section 3679 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(c) A course offered by an educational institution in a State that is a required element of the curriculum to be satisfied to obtain employment in an occupation or profession requiring the approval or licensure of a board or agency of that State may be treated as approved for purposes of this chapter by an individual seeking to obtain employment in that occupation or profession only if-- ``(1) the successful completion of the curriculum fully qualifies a student to-- ``(A) take any examination required for entry into the occupation or profession, including satisfying any State or professionally mandated programmatic and specialized accreditation requirements; and ``(B) be certified or licensed or meet any other academically related pre-conditions that are required for entry into the occupation or profession; and ``(2) in the case of State licensing or professionally mandated requirements for entry into the occupation or profession that require specialized accreditation, the curriculum meets the requirement for specialized accreditation through its accreditation or pre-accreditation by an accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary of Education or designated by that State as a reliable authority as to the quality or training offered by the institution in that program.''. (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on August 1, 2014, and shall apply with respect to courses pursued on or after that date. SEC. 5. COVERAGE OF MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES RELATING TO MILITARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNDER PILOT PROGRAM ON RECEIPT OF CIVILIAN CREDENTIALS FOR SKILLS REQUIRED FOR MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES. The military occupational specialties designated for purposes of the pilot program on receipt of civilian credentials for skills required for military occupational specialties under section 558 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 2015 note) shall include military occupational specialties relating to the military information technology workforce. SEC. 6. REVIVAL OF PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall reestablish the Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs provided for under section 3689(e) of title 38, United States Code. The Committee shall be reestablished in accordance with the provisions of such section 3689(e), as amended by subsection (b), and shall carry out its duties in conformance with, and subject to the requirements of such section, as so amended. (b) Modification of Authorities and Requirements.--Section 3689(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2)-- (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(2)''; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(B) In addition to the duties under subparagraph (A), the Committee shall-- ``(i) develop, in coordination with other appropriate agencies, guidance to be used by the Department or other entities to perform periodic audits of licensure and certification programs to ensure the highest quality education is available to veterans and members of the Armed Forces; and ``(ii) develop, in coordination with the Department of Defense, appropriate certification agencies, and other appropriate non-profit organizations, a plan to improve outreach to veterans and members of the Armed Forces on the importance of licensing and certification, as well as educational benefits available to them.''; (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``and the Secretary of Defense'' and inserting ``the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Education''; (3) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph: ``(B) The Committee shall meet with such frequency as the Committee determines appropriate.''; and (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ``December 31, 2006'' and inserting ``December 31, 2019''. (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the reestablishment of the Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to this section, the Committee shall submit to Congress a report setting forth an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of permitting members of the Armed Forces to use educational assistance to which they are entitled under chapters 30 and 33 of title 38, United States Code, to obtain or pursue civilian employment certifications or licenses without the use of such assistance for that purpose being charged against the entitlement of such members to such educational assistance.","Troop Talent Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretaries of the military departments, to the maximum extent practicable, to make information on civilian credentialing opportunities available to members of the Armed Forces (members) beginning with, and at every stage of, their training for military occupational specialities, in order to permit such members to: (1) evaluate the extent to which such training correlates with skills and training required for various civilian certifications and licenses, and (2) assess the suitability of such training for obtaining and pursuing such certifications and licenses. Requires the information made available to: (1) be consistent with the Transition Goals Plans Success program, and (2) include information on the civilian occupational equivalents of military occupational specialties. Requires such Secretaries to make available to civilian credentialing agencies specified information on the content of military training provided to members. Allows members or veterans to use educational assistance provided through the Department of Defense (DOD) or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in pursuit of a civilian certification or license only if the successful completion of a curriculum fully qualifies such student to take the appropriate examination and be certified or licensed to meet any other academic conditions required for entry into that occupation or profession. Requires the military occupational specialties designated for a military skills to civilian credentialing pilot program under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to include those specialties relating to the military information technology workforce. Directs the VA Secretary to reestablish the Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee . Provides additional Committee duties, including the development of: (1) guidance for audits of licensure and certification programs in order to ensure high-quality education to members and veterans, and (2) a plan to improve outreach to members and veterans on the importance of licensing and certification and the availability of educational benefits.",Troop Talent Act of 2013,15352,2151 9,103_hr1987,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer's Right To View Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The Federal Communications Commission predicts a diminished role for broadcast television and a more prominent role for cable television including pay-per-view. (2) Roughly 18,800,000 American homes are equipped to receive pay-per-view and this number is expected to increase to 35,900,000 by 1996. Overall pay-per-view revenue is expected to reach $1,100,000,000 by 1996. (3) There is a growing trend toward making events available exclusively on pay-per-view. (4) As this trend develops, whether the consumer has access to these events will be determined by the ability of the consumer to pay. (5) Professional sports leagues are beginning to see pay- per-view as a new revenue source to keep pace with escalating player salaries. (6) As a result, some media analysts predict that several of broadcast television's premier sports attractions eventually will migrate to pay-per-view. (7) Limited access to viewing such events as the ``Super Bowl'' or ``World Series'' would deprive citizens of the ability to enjoy these events which are inherent in the American tradition. (8) The majority of facilities in which such events are held are funded through taxpayer money. (9) It is unfair that taxpayers, who subsidize the construction and maintenance of many of these facilities, should have to pay an additional pay-per-view charge for viewing these events. (10) Nonprofit and public organizations including public and private educational institutions and their athletic organizations are exempt from the corporate income tax. (11) Furthermore, corporations can deduct their donations to college sporting events as charitable contributions. (12) Tax exempt status is granted to these nonprofit and public organizations by the Federal Government and it is unfair to allow those who use this status to engage in pay-per-view telecasting--thus forcing taxpayers to pay again. (13) It is unfair that taxpayers, who subsidize the construction and maintenance of many of these facilities, should have to pay an additional pay-per-view charge for viewing these events. (14) Therefore, Congress should ensure that all taxpaying citizens have free access to events that are sponsored by organizations with nonprofit tax exempt status and those events held in taxpayer subsidized facilities. SEC. 3. PAY-PER-VIEW CHARGES PROHIBITED. Section 623 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 543) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: ``(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a cable operator may not assess or collect any separate charges for any video programming of a sporting, theatrical, or other entertainment event if that event is performed at a facility constructed, renovated, or maintained with tax revenues or by an organization that receives public financial support. ``(2) The Commission and local franchising authorities are authorized to make determinations concerning the applicability of the prohibition contained in paragraph (1). In making such determinations-- ``(A) a facility shall be considered to have been constructed, maintained, or renovated with tax revenues if-- ``(i) tax exempt financing was used to construct, maintain, or renovate the facility, ``(ii) the facility was constructed on land donated by a government, or leased by a government at below market rates, or ``(iii) public infrastructure or public service for the facility are provided by the government at below market rates, with the exception of police, fire, and rescue services; ``(B) an event is performed by a nonprofit or public organization that receives tax subsidies if the event is sponsored by, or includes the participation of a team that is a part of, an organization-- ``(i) that is exempt from Federal income taxes under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or ``(ii) that is exempt from Federal income taxes under section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and to which donations are tax deductible under such Code; and ``(C) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a facility shall not be considered to have been constructed with tax revenues if the government has been reimbursed, through the proceeds of a sale of the facility or otherwise, for the total amount of the tax revenues that were used to construct the facility, as determined under subparagraph (A), but in this section shall be construed to exempt facilities from this subsection if the facility is receiving current financial support. ``(3) The Commission shall prescribe, by regulation, procedures for the administration of this subsection.''.","Taxpayer's Right to View Act of 1993 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a cable operator from assessing separate charges for any video programming of a sporting, theatrical, or other entertainment event if that event is performed at a facility constructed, renovated, or maintained with tax revenues or by an organization that receives public financial support. Authorizes the Federal Communications Commission and local franchising authorities to make determinations concerning the applicability of such prohibition. Sets forth conditions under which a facility is considered to have been constructed, maintained, or renovated with tax revenues. Considers events performed by nonprofit or public organizations that receive tax subsidies to be subject to this Act if the event is sponsored by, or includes the participation of a team that is part of, a tax exempt organization.",Taxpayer's Right to View Act of 1993,5633,894 10,103_hr1677,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Full-Service Schools Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Congressional Findings.--The Congress finds that-- (1) one in five children entering school in 1993 lives in poverty; (2) students from poor families are three times more likely to drop out of school than students from more advantaged homes; (3) nearly 40 percent of the females who drop out of school do so as a result of pregnancy; (4) in the past two decades, the percentage of women with children under the age of six who are working or seeking employment outside the home has nearly doubled; (5) more than 8 million children in this country have no form of health insurance which may lead to untreated conditions, unnecessary diseases and death; (6) more than 70 percent of the children who need psychiatric treatment do not receive services; (7) children who are victims of child abuse, poverty, malnutrition, lack of health care, alcohol and drug abuse are at risk for failure; (8) without health and social intervention, at-risk children are often unable to improve academic performance; and (9) to obtain improvements in the educational system, an integrated system which includes comprehensive health and human services for at-risk children and their families is necessary. (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act-- (1) to integrate service delivery systems to provide comprehensive public education, training, health and human services to at-risk children at locations accessible to and utilized by such children and their families; (2) to achieve systemic reform at the Federal, State, and local levels and to restructure service delivery at the local level; and (3) to improve the educational performance of at-risk children. SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP. (a) In General.--There is established the Federal Interagency Work Group composed of the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor and funded equally by the departments of the representative Secretaries to facilitate collaboration between agencies and to mobilize Federal policy to achieve systemic reform to meet the comprehensive needs of at-risk children and to provide grants to the States and local entities to develop similar programs at the State and local levels. (b) Duties.--The Group shall-- (1) assist Federal, State, and local agencies in developing, implementing, and evaluating service integration programs under this Act; (2) to the greatest extent possible, coordinate agency resources and funding allowing for the consolidation of Federal categorical programs, when requests for such waivers are made; (3) establish and maintain a national data base that includes the collaborative efforts of the Government, the States, local entities, and private entities to serve at-risk children; (4) make grants to the States to develop an interagency work group and fund local efforts to integrate services for at- risk youth and their families; (5) determine the amounts of each grant by considering how many local project sites the State interagency group can reasonably target with not more than $200,000 allocated to a site; and (6) waive certain Federal requirements that impede collaborative efforts if such waivers will result in a more efficient use of resources. (c) Fiscal Agent.--The Secretary of Education shall act as the fiscal agent for the Group. SEC. 4. STATE ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a State shall-- (1) establish a State interagency work group between, at a minimum, the departments at the State level that provide public education and health and human services; (2) develop preservice and inservice training that assists staff members to understand the communities in which they work and the full array of resources that are available to help at- risk children and their families; (3) require equal financial or in-kind contributions by the departments referred to in paragraph (1); (4) state as a goal the integration of existing funding sources from the departments represented; (5) designate a fiscal agent to be responsible for the receipt and disbursement of Federal funds; (6) provide assurances that successful programs will be used as models and that information regarding program successes are disseminated throughout the State; and (7) assist local entities in developing interagency agreements at the local level. SEC. 5. LOCAL ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a local entity shall-- (1) develop a community planning process that includes-- (A) parents and family members; (B) local school officials; (C) officials from institutions of higher education if such institutions are located in the local area; (D) public and private nonprofit organizations that provide health care, education, employment training services, child protective services or other human services; and (E) teachers selected by a local teacher association; (2) develop mandatory services as recommended by the planning group under paragraph (1); (3) if located in a city with a population of 100,000 or more individuals-- (A) establish a local interagency work group between a local educational agency eligible for funds for chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and, at a minimum, 1 nonprofit community-based organization which has provided social services to low-income, at-risk youth and their families; and (B) include parents in the operation and governance of the local interagency work group; (4) require equal financial or in-kind contributions of the local educational agency and entities represented; (5) give an assurance that such entity shall make a reasonable effort to initiate structural reform; and (6) designate a fiscal agent to receive funds from the State under this Act. SEC. 6. APPLICATIONS. (a) State Applications.--(1) A State that desires to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application to the Federal Interagency Work Group in such form and containing such information as the Federal Interagency Work Group may reasonably require and which includes-- (A) assurances that the eligibility requirements under section 4 are or shall be met; and (B) program goals and objectives, including an approximation of use for the number of project sites per State. (2) The Federal Interagency Work Group shall give priority consideration to States that include in the State interagency work group, nonprofit agencies, and private profit agencies that have worked with disadvantaged children and their families. (b) Local Applications.--A local entity that desires to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application to the State interagency work group in such form and containing such information as the State may reasonably require and which includes-- (A) assurances that the eligibility requirements under section 5 are or shall be met; and (B) specifications regarding the targeted areas, goals of the community, interim progress goals and the intended outcomes. SEC. 7. GRANT LIMITATIONS. (a) State Limitation.--A State interagency group that receives funds under this Act may not use more than $100,000 or not more than 3 percent, whichever is less, of such funds for administrative and staff costs to establish an interagency work group. The balance of such funds shall be distributed to local entities. (b) Local Limitation.--A local educational agency that receives funds under this Act may not use more than 5 percent of such funds for administrative and staff costs to establish an interagency work group and not more than $200,000 per site. SEC. 8. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. (a) Improvement Programs.--A local entity that receives funds under this Act shall develop or expand programs that are designed to improve educational performance by-- (1) reducing school dropout rates; (2) reducing teenage pregnancy rates; (3) increasing the number of students who return to school after dropping out; (4) improving access to primary health care for families and their children; (5) increasing adult/family literacy; or (6) reducing the number of children in unsupervised settings before and after school, holidays, and during the summer months. (b) Optional Activities.--A local entity that receives funds under this Act may develop a variety of programs to serve the comprehensive needs of students, including-- (1) job training and employment services; (2) homework assistance and after school programs; (3) mental health and family counseling; (4) nutrition education and services; (5) health care services; (6) bilingual education programs; (7) parental training programs; and (8) adult literacy programs. SEC. 9. REPORTS. (a) Local Reports.--A local interagency work group that receives funds under this Act shall submit to the State interagency work group an annual report that describes and evaluates the services provided, including costs and benefits of services, including progress toward meeting goals and revised objectives. (b) State Reports.--A State interagency work group that receives funds under this Act shall submit to the Federal Interagency Work Group a report not later than the end of the second calendar year during which funds are received that evaluates the effectiveness of local programs in developing and maintaining integrated services for at-risk children. (c) Federal Reports.--The Federal Interagency Work Group that receives funds under this Act shall submit to the Congress a report not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act that includes a detailed analysis of student outcomes (such as dropout rates, academic performance, and usage of drug and alcohol) and systems outcomes (effectiveness of cooperative agreements between education and service agencies). SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act-- (1) the term ``at-risk children'' means individuals from birth to 18 years of age, who attend a public school where 75 percent or more (for elementary) and 60 percent or more (for secondary) of the students are eligible for the free and reduced price lunch program, or are Native Americans attending schools where the student population is composed of a majority of Native Americans; (2) the term ``local entity'' means a local educational agency and a community-based organization as defined in section 1471 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (3) the term ``State'' has the same meaning as such term in section 1471 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated $72,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 to carry out the programs under this Act.","Full-Service Schools Act - Establishes the Federal Interagency Work Group to facilitate collaboration among Federal agencies and make grants to States and local entities in order to integrate education, health, and social and human services for at-risk children and their families. Provides that the Group shall be composed of the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor and funded equally by their departments. Sets forth Group duties and State and local eligibility requirements. Sets forth application requirements and grant limitations. Requires local programs to include activities to improve educational performance by: (1) reducing school dropout and teen pregnancy rates and the number of children in unsupervised settings. (2) increasing adultfamily literacy and the number of students returning to school after dropping out. And (3) improving access to primary health care for families and their children. Allows local programs to develop a variety of programs to serve the comprehensive needs of students, including specified optional activities. Authorizes appropriations.",Full-Service Schools Act,12472,1107 11,111_s3149,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Wall Street Compensation Reform Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PAID BY SYSTEMICALLY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. (a) In General.--Subsection (m) of section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(6) Special rule for application to systemically significant financial institutions.-- ``(A) In general.--In the case of an employer which is a systemically significant financial institution, this subsection shall apply with the following modifications: ``(i) Non-public entities.--Paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting `employer' for `publicly held corporation'. ``(ii) Covered employees.--Paragraph (3) shall be applied-- ``(I) by substituting `such employee is among the 25 highest compensated employees' for so much of subparagraph (B) as precedes `for the taxable year (other than the chief executive officer).', and ``(II) in addition to the individuals described in such paragraph (including the individuals described in subclause (I) of this clause), by treating any employee whose actions have a material impact on the risk exposure of the taxpayer as a covered employee. Any employee whose applicable employee remuneration for the taxable year exceeds $1,000,000 is presumed to engage in actions which have a material impact on the risk exposure of the taxpayer unless the taxpayer submits an information return to the Secretary which describes the role and responsibilities of such employee and the reason such employee should not be considered to have a material impact on the risk exposure of the taxpayer. Such return shall be deemed to have been approved unless the Secretary notifies the taxpayer in writing within 90 days of the submission of such return. For purposes of this clause, the term `employee' includes employees within the meaning of section 401(c)(1). ``(iii) Remuneration payable on commission basis.--Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) shall not apply. ``(iv) Deferred deduction executive remuneration.--In the case of any deferred deduction executive remuneration (as determined under rules similar to the rules of paragraph (5)(F), if executive remuneration for purposes of such paragraph included remuneration of covered employees as defined in clause (ii) of this paragraph, and if the year in which the applicable services were performed were treated as an applicable taxable year), rules similar to the rules of paragraph (5)(A)(ii) shall apply by substituting `$1,000,000' for `$500,000'. ``(B) Systemically significant financial institution.-- ``(i) In general.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `systemically significant financial institution' means an entity which engages primarily in activities which are financial in nature (as determined under section 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956), and which-- ``(I) owns or controls assets greater than $25,000,000,000, or ``(II) owns or controls assets greater than $10,000,000,000 and maintains a ratio of debt to equity which is greater than 20 to 1. ``(ii) Classification.--A taxpayer which is a systemically significant financial institution for any taxable year shall be a systemically significant financial institution for purposes of all subsequent taxable years. ``(C) Special rules for performance-based compensation.--Remuneration payable solely on account of the attainment of one or more performance goals (hereinafter `performance-based remuneration') which is paid by any systemically significant financial institution to any covered employee (as determined under subparagraph (A)(ii)) shall not be excluded under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) from treatment as applicable employee remuneration unless the following requirements are met: ``(i) Performance-based compensation pool.--The amount and allocation of the taxpayer's performance-based remuneration for covered employees are determined by the compensation committee required under paragraph (4)(C)(i) by taking into account-- ``(I) the cost and quantity of capital required to support the risks taken by the taxpayer in the conduct of the financial activities of the taxpayer, ``(II) the cost and quantity of the liquidity risk assumed by the taxpayer in the conduct of such activities, and ``(III) the timing and likelihood of potential future revenues from such activities. ``(ii) Material terms.--The material terms of performance-based remuneration paid to covered employees specify that-- ``(I) not less than 50 percent of such remuneration must vest no earlier than 5 years after the date of payment, ``(II) the proportion of such remuneration payable under vesting arrangements must increase based on the level of seniority or responsibility of the employee, ``(III) such remuneration payable under vesting arrangements must vest on a basis no faster than pro rata over the specified number of years of such arrangement (not to be less than 5), ``(IV) such remuneration is contingent on a formal agreement between the taxpayer and the employee which forbids the use of personal hedging strategies, remuneration- related insurance, or liability-related insurance which undermines the risk alignment effects of this paragraph, ``(V) in the case of an employer which is a publicly held corporation, not less than 50 percent of such remuneration must be in the form of stock in the employer, and ``(VI) in the case of remuneration paid to a chief executive officer or chief financial officer (if such chief financial officer is a covered employee) of a publicly held corporation, such remuneration must be subject to substantial forfeiture requirements in the event the taxpayer is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material noncompliance, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under Federal securities laws. For purposes of this clause, the date on which remuneration is deemed to have vested is the first date on which such remuneration is not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of section 409A(d)(4)). ``(D) Special rule for performance-based compensation paid by non-public entities.--In the case of a systemically significant financial institution which is not a publicly held corporation, in addition to the requirements of subparagraph (C), paragraph (4)(C) shall be applied by substituting the following for clauses (i) through (iii) thereof: ``(i) the taxpayer commissions an annual, external review of its compensation policies and practices, including an examination and analysis of the taxpayer's compliance with the requirements of this subsection, and ``(ii) the taxpayer obtains certification from an unrelated third party commissioned to evaluated compensation practices that performance goals and other material terms under which the remuneration is to be paid are satisfied before any payment of such remuneration is made.'. For purposes of the preceding sentence, all persons treated as a single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 or subsection (b) or (c) of section 414 shall be treated as related taxpayers. ``(E) Coordination with rules for employers participating in the troubled assets relief program.-- In the case of any systemically significant financial institution to which paragraph (5) applies for any taxable year, this paragraph shall not apply to any payment of remuneration to which such paragraph applies. ``(F) Regulatory authority.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall prescribe such guidance, rules, or regulations of general applicability as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, including-- ``(i) the method for valuing assets for purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), ``(ii) the method for calculating the ratio described in subparagraph (B)(i)(II), ``(iii) criteria for use in determining whether the actions of an employee have a material impact on the risk exposure of the taxpayer, and for determining what constitutes a substantial forfeiture requirement with respect to executive remuneration, ``(iv) criteria for determining whether a remuneration agreement constitutes a hedging strategy, and ``(v) anti-abuse rules to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of this paragraph, including by use of independent contractors. ``(G) Application of paragraph.--This paragraph shall apply-- ``(i) in the case of an entity which is a systemically significant financial institution in calendar 2010, to remuneration for services performed in calendar years beginning after 2010, and ``(ii) in the case of an entity which becomes a systemically significant financial institution in a calender year after 2010, to remuneration for services performed in calendar years beginning with the second calendar year after the year in which such entity first becomes a systemically significant financial institution.''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (G) of section 162(m)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Paragraph (6) shall not apply to any payment of remuneration to which this paragraph applies.''. (c) Report on Performance-Based Compensation Paid by Publicly Held Corporations.-- (1) In general.--Each systemically significant financial institution which is a publicly held corporation shall submit to the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and shall make publicly available, an annual report on compensation policies and practices which describes-- (A) the process used to develop and modify such institution's compensation policies, including the composition and the mandate of such institution's compensation committee, (B) the actions taken by such institution to comply with section 162(m)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, (C) any additional actions taken to implement the Principles for Sound Compensation Practices adopted by the Financial Stability Board established by the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, (D) the most important design characteristics of such institution's compensation policies, including criteria used for performance measurement and risk adjustment, the linkage between pay and performance, vesting policy and criteria, and the parameters used for allocating cash versus other forms of remuneration, (E) aggregate quantitative information on remuneration paid by such institution, differentiating between remuneration paid to senior executive officers and to employees whose actions have a material impact on the risk exposure of such institution, which indicates the amounts of remuneration for the financial year (divided into fixed and variable remuneration) and the number of employees to which such remuneration was paid, and (F) the amount of remuneration paid by such institution during the financial year preceding the year of the report which was nondeductible by reason of section 162(m) of such Code. (2) Timing of report.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted beginning in calendar year 2011 (or, if later, the calendar year after the year in which an entity first becomes a systemically significant financial institution which is a publicly held corporation), at such time during such year and each subsequent year as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission shall specify. (3) Definitions.--Any term used in this subsection which is also used in section 162(m)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same meaning as when used in such section. (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to remuneration for services performed after December 31, 2010.","Wall Street Compensation Reform Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restrict the tax deduction for compensation paid to highly-paid employees of systemically significant financial institutions. Requires such compensation to be performance-based, to vest no earlier than five years after the date of payment, and to consist of 50 employer stock. Prohibits such highly-paid employees from using personal hedging strategies and remuneration or liability-related insurance and requires forfeiture of compensation paid to a chief executive or financial officer of such an institution if an accounting restatement is required due to material noncompliance, as a result of misconduct, with any federal financial reporting requirement. Defines a systemically significant financial institution as an entity which engages primarily in financial activities and which: (1) owns or controls assets greater than $25 billion. Or (2) owns or controls assets greater than $10 billion and maintains a ratio of debt to equity greater than 20 to 1. Requires each systemically significant financial institution which is a publicly held corporation to make an annual report on its compensation policies and practices to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and make such report publicly available.",A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit certain executive compensation paid by systemically significant financial institutions.,18226,1297 12,110_hr1007,"SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The goal of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) is to maintain marine mammal species and population stocks at their optimum sustainable populations. (2) If the annual removals of individuals of a species or population stock of marine mammals do not exceed the potential biological removal level, the species or population stock will be maintained at, or reach, its optimum sustainable population. (3) Requiring that commercial fishermen achieve a zero mortality rate goal for a species or population stock of marine mammals that is equal to or less than 10 percent of the potential biological removal of a given marine mammal species or population stock is unnecessary to achieve that Act's goal of maintaining species and stocks at their optimum sustainable population and penalizes commercial fishermen. (4) The Congress intended that the zero mortality rate goal under that Act would be met if fishermen use the best technology that is economically and technologically feasible. (5) Species and populations stocks of marine mammal that have reached historic levels are impeding the recovery of endangered species and threatened species through predation or competition in the ecosystem. (6) The fundamental principles of ecosystem management are defeated by giving one species a preeminent position in the ecosystem through, imposition of a zero mortality rate goal. (7) All persons that interact with marine mammals should seek to reduce and eliminate marine mammal injuries and mortalities through the use of the best equipment and techniques that are economically and technologically feasible. SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF GOALS FOR REDUCING INCIDENTAL TAKE OF MARINE MAMMALS IN COMMERCIAL FISHING. (a) Repeal of Zero Mortality Goal.--Section 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1387) is amended by striking subsection (b), and by redesignating subsections (c) through (l) in order as subsections (b) through (k). (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such Act is further amended as follows: (1) In section 101(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(2)) by striking the third sentence. (2) In section 101(a)(5)(E)(i)(III) (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(E)(i)(III) by striking ``subsection (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (c)''. (3) In section 115(b)(4) (16 U.S.C. 1384(b)(4)) by striking ``section 118(f)(1)'' and inserting ``section 118(e)(1)''. (4) In section 117(a)(4) (16 U.S.C. 1386(a)(4)) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``, and an analysis'' and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting a semicolon. (5) In section 118 (16 U.S.C. 1387) by striking ``subsection (c)(1)(A) (i)'' each place it appears and inserting ``subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)''. (6) In section 118 (16 U.S.C. 1387) by striking ``subsection (c)(1)(A)(i)'' each place it appears and inserting ``subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)''. (7) In section 118(a)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1387(a)(1)) by striking the last sentence. (8) In section 118(b), as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section 16 U.S.C. 1387(c)(1)(B)), by striking ``subsection (e)'' each place it appears and inserting ``subsection (d)''. (9) In section 118(c)(1)(B), as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section (16 U.S.C. 1387(d)(1)(B)), by striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)''. (10) In section 118(e)(9)(D), as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section (16 U.S.C. 1387(f)(9)(D)), by striking ``subsection (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (c)''. (11) In section 118(f)(1), as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section (16 U.S.C. 1387(g)(1)), by striking ``subsection (c)(1)(A)(iii)'' each place it appears and inserting ``subsection (b)(1)(A)(iii)''. (12) In section 118(g), as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section (16 U.S.C. 1387(h)), by striking ``subsection (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)''. (13) In section 120(j)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1389(j)(2)) by striking ``118(f)(5)(A)'' and inserting ``118(e)(5)(A)''. (c) Modification of Goal of Take Reduction Plans.--Section 118(e)(2) of such Act, as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section (16 U.S.C. 1387(f)(2)), is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting the following: ``The long-term goal of the plan shall be to reduce, within 5 years after its implementation, the incidental mortality or serious injury of marine mammals incidentally taken in the course of fishing operations taking into account the economics of the fishery, the availability of existing technology, and existing State or regional fishery management plans.''.",Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to repeal the long-term goal of reducing to zero the incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations. Makes reduction of such incidental mortality and serious injury the long-term goal.,"To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to repeal the long-term goal for reducing to zero the incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations, and to modify the goal of take reduction plans for reducing such takings.",5261,276 13,113_hr3137,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act''. SEC. 2. CONSUMER RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CLOSED ACCOUNTS. The Truth in Savings Act (12 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by striking section 262 and inserting the following: ``SEC. 262. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- ``(1) economic stability would be enhanced, competition between depository institutions would be improved, and the ability of the consumer to make informed decisions regarding deposit accounts, and to verify accounts, would be strengthened if there were uniformity in the disclosure of terms and conditions on which interest is paid and fees are assessed in connection with such accounts; and ``(2) consumers lack meaningful choices for managing household funds because-- ``(A) despite dissatisfaction with rising account fees at some depository institutions, consumers often find it too difficult to move their funds to new deposit accounts; ``(B) the process of moving funds to new deposit accounts often involves several steps and substantial time to complete, and it is not always clear what the proper procedures are for closing an account at a given depository institution; ``(C) depository institutions have no obligation and may lack the technical capabilities to help consumers transfer automated deposits or debits from old accounts to new accounts, causing delays and confusion; ``(D) depository institutions may charge fees to close an account and withdraw available funds, which can impede banking mobility for low-income consumers; and ``(E) some depository institutions have engaged in the practice of reopening closed accounts without the consent of the consumer. ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are-- ``(1) to allow consumers to make a meaningful comparison between competing claims of depository institutions with regard to deposit accounts by requiring the clear and uniform disclosure of-- ``(A) the rates of interest that are payable on deposit accounts by depository institutions; and ``(B) the fees that are assessable against deposit accounts; and ``(2) to protect rights of consumers by providing a framework establishing the rights, liabilities, and responsibilities of depository institutions and consumers in closing procedures for certain types of consumer deposit accounts.''; (2) by inserting after section 268 the following: ``SEC. 268A. CLOSURE OF COVERED ACCOUNTS. ``(a) In General.--A depository institution may not-- ``(1) prohibit a consumer from closing a covered account at the depository institution, regardless of whether the balance in the covered account is positive, zero, or negative; ``(2) charge any fee to close a covered account; or ``(3) reopen a covered account that a consumer has requested to be closed in accordance with this section to apply subsequent debits, whether preauthorized or otherwise, or for any other reason, unless the consumer expressly requests that the covered account be reopened. ``(b) Disclosures Required.--A depository institution shall provide to any consumer that opens a covered account at the depository institution a description of the policies and procedures that the depository institution has in place to close a covered account-- ``(1) at the time the consumer opens the covered account; ``(2) at any time, upon request of a consumer; and ``(3) on the website of the depository institution. ``(c) Regulations Relating to Closure of Covered Accounts.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Bureau, after consultation with each agency referred to in section 270(a), and public notice and opportunity for comment, shall prescribe final regulations to carry out this section. ``(2) Content.--The regulations required by this subsection shall-- ``(A) require that a depository institution close a covered account not later than 5 business days after the date on which a consumer makes a request to close the covered account, except that the closure of the covered account may be delayed-- ``(i) if a Federal or State law enforcement agency notifies the depository institution that the closure will interfere with a criminal investigation; or ``(ii) pursuant to any other exception that the Bureau determines is appropriate; ``(B) prescribe the methods by which a consumer may make a request to a depository institution to close a covered account, which, except as provided in subparagraph (C), shall include requests made in person, over the phone, or by other electronic or remote means; ``(C) allow a depository institution to require that a request by a consumer to close a covered account shall be made in person if the covered account contains an amount on deposit exceeding a certain monetary threshold, as determined and established by the Bureau; ``(D) establish procedures that require a depository institution to positively verify the identity of a consumer requesting to close a covered account before the depository institution closes the covered account, including procedures for a depository institution to follow if the depository institution is unable to verify the identity of the consumer; ``(E) establish procedures for a depository institution to provide a consumer with the funds contained in a covered account that the consumer has requested to close, which shall include procedures-- ``(i) that ensure that the consumer whose identity has been positively verified by the depository institution has access to any funds available for withdrawal at the time the consumer makes a request to the depository institution to close the covered account; ``(ii) that establish a reasonable amount of time for the depository institution to remit to the consumer the remainder of any funds in the closed covered account, including funds that are subject to a dispute between the depository institution and the consumer; and ``(iii) that allow a consumer whose identity has been positively verified by the depository institution to receive available funds from a covered account that the consumer has requested to close in the form of-- ``(I) a cashier's check provided to the consumer; ``(II) an electronic funds transfer to an account designated by the consumer; ``(III) any means offered by the depository institution that the consumer has requested; or ``(IV) any means that the Bureau determines appropriate; ``(F) except as provided under subparagraph (G), prohibit a depository institution from imposing any fee or charge on a covered account at the depository institution after the consumer has requested to close the covered account; ``(G) allow a depository institution to assess an overdraft fee after a consumer has requested to close a covered account, if such overdraft fee is associated with a transaction that was initiated by the consumer before the date on which the consumer made a request to the depository institution to close the covered account; ``(H) not limit the ability of a consumer to earn interest that a covered account had accrued before the date on which the consumer made a request to the depository institution to close the covered account; ``(I) establish procedures for a depository institution and a consumer to follow if a personal check written by the consumer is deposited by a person other than the consumer after the date on which the consumer has closed a covered account; ``(J) require the depository institution to provide the consumer with certain information before the depository institution closes a covered account of the consumer, including-- ``(i) a list of any preauthorized transactions relating to the covered account that occurred within the 60 days preceding the date on which the consumer made a request to the depository institution to close the covered account; ``(ii) a list of any preauthorized transactions scheduled to occur in the 60 days after the date on which the consumer made a request to the depository institution to close the covered account; ``(iii) a list of any direct deposits into the covered account in the 60 days preceding the date on which the consumer made a request to the depository institution to close the covered account; and ``(iv) any other information that the Bureau determines is necessary to provide consumers with adequate information about potential preauthorized activity relating to the covered account; ``(K) prohibit a depository institution from reporting an outstanding balance or any other adverse information with respect to a covered account at the depository institution to any consumer reporting agency, as defined in section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a), if-- ``(i) at the time the covered account is closed, the covered account has a negative balance resulting solely from any fee assessed by the depository institution; and ``(ii) that information could be used to adversely affect the ability of the consumer to open an account at another depository institution; ``(L) establish the terms under which a depository institution may report that a covered account had a negative balance at the time of the closure of the covered account to a consumer reporting agency, as defined in section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a), if the depository institution-- ``(i) notifies the consumer of the negative balance; and ``(ii) provides the consumer with a reasonable period of time, as determined and established by the Bureau, to repay the negative balance; and ``(M) include any other provisions, guidance, or exceptions that the Bureau determines are appropriate in order to facilitate the purposes of this section. ``(d) Study; Rulemaking.-- ``(1) Study.-- ``(A) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to determine additional barriers that could limit the ability of a consumer to close a covered account. ``(B) Contents of study.--The study required under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, analysis of-- ``(i) potential reforms to payment clearing and settlement systems that would enable depository institutions to notify consumers if a preauthorized recurring debit is directed to a covered account after the covered account has been closed; ``(ii) potential reforms to payment clearing and settlement systems that would automatically transfer any direct deposit, preauthorized transaction, or other similar scheduled activity relating to a closed covered account to another account designated by the consumer; ``(iii) other factors, including technological barriers, in payment clearing and scheduling systems that limit the ability of consumers to efficiently close a covered account and transfer funds to another account; and ``(iv) recommendations to Congress and the appropriate Federal banking agencies, including steps that the appropriate Federal banking agencies could take through rulemaking to facilitate the automatic transfer of funds from a closed covered account to another account designated by the consumer. ``(C) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General shall issue a report to the Congress and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection on the study required under subparagraph (A), including any findings and determinations made by the Comptroller General in carrying out such study. ``(2) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the Bureau receives the report issued under paragraph (1)(C) the Bureau shall-- ``(A) determine whether regulations should be issued to remove barriers that limit the ability of a consumer to close a covered account; and ``(B) if the Bureau determines that such regulations should be issued, the Bureau shall, in consultation with each agency referred to in section 270(a), and after public notice and opportunity for comment, issue such regulations.''; and (3) in section 274, by adding at the end the following: ``(9) Available for withdrawal.--The term `available for withdrawal', with respect to funds deposited, means available for all uses generally permitted to the customer for actually and finally collected funds under the account agreement with the depository institution or policies of the depository institution, such as for payment of checks drawn on the account, certification of checks drawn on the account, electronic payments, withdrawals by cash, and transfers between accounts. ``(10) Covered account.--The term `covered account' means any checking, savings, or any other account that the Bureau may include, by regulation.''.","Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act - Amends the Truth in Savings Act to prohibit depository institutions from: (1) prohibiting a consumer from closing a covered account , regardless of whether the balance is positive, zero, or negative, (2) charging any fee to close such account. Or (3) reopening such an account to apply subsequent debits after a consumer has requested the account to be closed, unless the consumer requests that the account be reopened. Requires depository institutions to provide consumers with a description of the policies and procedures in place to close such accounts at the time the account is opened, upon request, and on the websites of such institutions. Directs the CFPB to prescribe regulations relating to the closure of such accounts, including: (1) allowing consumers to receive available funds from a closed account in the form of a cashier's check, electronic funds transfer, or any other means offered by the institution or determined appropriate by the CFPB. (2) requiring depository institutions to provide consumers with certain information regarding any preauthorized transactions or direct deposits associated with an account before it is closed. (3) prohibiting a depository institution from reporting adverse information regarding such account to any consumer reporting agency if, at the time the account is closed, the account has a negative balance resulting solely from any fee assessed by the depository institution. And (4) establishing the terms under which a depository institution may report to a consumer reporting agency that an account had a negative closing balance, provided that the institution notifies the consumer and provides a reasonable period for repayment of the balance. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress and the CFPB regarding additional barriers that could limit the ability of a consumer to close a covered account. Requires the CFPB, after receiving such report, to determine whether regulations should be issued to remove such barriers.",Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act,17690,2044 14,115_hr1634,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Education and Training for Health Act of 2017'' or the ``EAT for Health Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) According to 2013 national health expenditure data, United States health care spending increased 3.6 percent to reach $2.9 trillion, or $9,255 per person, and accounted for 17.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). (2) According to the Institute of Medicine, in 2012 estimates of health care costs attributed over 75 percent of national health expenditures to treatment for chronic diseases. (3) A March 2003 report from the World Health Organization concluded diet was a major cause of chronic diseases. (4) Seven out of 10 deaths among people in the United States each year are from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, and cancer. (5) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2013 heart disease was the leading cause of death for American adults. Approximately 600,000 American adults die each year from cardiovascular disease. Coronary heart disease alone costs American taxpayers $108.9 billion each year. (6) Research has shown that following a healthful diet can not only reduce symptoms related to cardiovascular disease but can also actually reverse damage done to the arteries. (7) According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, two-thirds of adults in the United States are currently overweight, and half of those overweight individuals are obese. One in three children are overweight, and one-fifth of children are obese. The United States spends about $147 to $210 billion a year on obesity related diseases, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and arthritis. (8) An estimated 29.1 million people in the United States have diabetes. Another 86 million American adults have prediabetes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that one in three children born in 2000 will develop diabetes at some point in their lives. Total estimated costs of diagnosed diabetes have increased 41 percent, to $245 billion in 2012 from $174 billion in 2007. (9) According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,658,370 new cancer cases diagnosed and 589,430 cancer deaths in the United States in 2015. That is equivalent to about 1,620 deaths per day and accounts for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) estimates that the direct medical costs for cancer in the United States in 2011 were $88.7 billion. (10) According to the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, in 2008 physicians felt inadequately trained to provide proper nutrition advice. Ninety-four percent felt nutrition counseling should be included during primary care visits, but only 14 percent felt adequately trained to provide such counseling. (11) A 1985 National Academy of Sciences report recommended that all medical schools require at least 25 contact hours of nutrition education. According to a 2009 national survey of medical colleges published in Academic Medicine, only 38 percent of medical schools met these minimum standards by requiring 25 hours of nutrition education as part of their general curricula in 2004. By 2010, that number had shrunk to 27 percent. In addition, 30 percent of United States medical schools required a dedicated nutrition course in 2004. Most recently, only 25 percent of such schools required such a course in 2010. (12) According to the Journal of Nutrition in Clinical Practice in 2010, more than half of graduating medical students felt their nutrition education was insufficient. (13) Recognizing the importance of nutrition, Healthy People 2020--the Federal Government's framework for a healthier Nation--includes a goal (NWS-6) to increase the proportion of physician office visits that include counseling or education related to nutrition or weight. According to Healthy People 2020, only 13.8 percent of physician office visits included counseling about nutrition or diet (2010 latest year available). (14) According to Mission: Readiness, one in four Americans cannot serve in the military due to weight. For those serving, the military discharged 4,300 active-duty personnel due to weight problems in 2012. (15) According to the Journal of American Health Promotion, the military spends well over $1 billion a year to treat weight-related health problems such as heart disease and diabetes through its TRICARE health insurance for active duty personnel, reservists, retirees and their families. (16) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Indian or Alaska Native adults are 60 percent more likely to be obese and over twice as likely as to have diabetes compared to White adults. (17) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Indian or Alaska Native adults have the highest rate of diabetes among all minority groups at 15.9 percent. SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES GUIDELINES, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ANNUAL REPORTS, RELATING TO CERTAIN PRIMARY CARE FEDERAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS COMPLETING CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION ON NUTRITION. (a) Guidelines.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue guidelines to Federal agencies for developing procedures and requirements to ensure that every primary care health professional employed full-time for such agencies have continuing education courses relating to nutrition (as described in subsection (c)). (b) Biannual Reports.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and each subsequent year, the head of each Federal agency that employs full-time primary care health professionals shall submit to Congress a report attesting, in a form and manner specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to the extent to which the agency has adopted and encouraged the guidelines issued under subsection (a) with respect to such professionals employed by such agency during any portion of the previous year. If the agency, with respect to such previous year, did not fully adopt and encourage such guidelines with respect to such professionals, the head of the agency shall include in the report for the year the percentage of such professionals employed by such agency to furnish primary care services who completed continuing education courses relating to nutrition (as described in subsection (c)). (c) Continuing Education Relating to Nutrition.--For purposes of subsections (a) and (b), continuing education courses relating to nutrition shall include at least content on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and, as possible, reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer. (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act: (1) Continuing education.--The term ``continuing education'' is defined as courses that meet requirements for Continuing Medical Education (CME) or Continuing Education (CE) by medical or nurse practitioner professional organizations or certified accrediting bodies. (2) Nurse practitioner.--The term ``nurse practitioner'' has the meaning given such term in section 1861(aa)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(5)). (3) Physician.--The term ``physician'' has the meaning given such term in section 1861(r)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(r)(1)). (4) Primary care health professional.--The term ``primary care health professional'' means a physician or nurse practitioner who furnishes primary care services. (5) Primary care services.--The term ``primary care services'' has the meaning given such term in section 1842(i)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(i)(4)), but shall include such services furnished by a nurse practitioner as would otherwise be included if furnished by a physician.","Education and Training for Health Act of 2017 or the EAT for Health Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidelines to federal agencies to ensure that federal, full time primary care health professionals have continuing education relating to nutrition. Agencies must annually report information including the extent to which they have adopted and encouraged the guidelines. The continuing education must: (1) include content on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer. And (2) meet requirements for continuing medical education or continuing education by medical or nurse practitioner professional organizations or certified accrediting bodies.",Education and Training for Health Act of 2017,9037,772 15,103_hr1815,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1993''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) recreational hunting, when carried out pursuant to law (as implemented by the regulations of Federal and State wildlife management agencies) is a necessary and beneficial element in the proper conservation and management of healthy, abundant, and biologically diverse wildlife resources; (2) recreational hunters (because of a generally demonstrated concern with the conservation of wildlife resources and preservation of habitat necessary for the breeding and maintenance of healthy wildlife populations, and through a familiarity with the resources gained from experience in the field) are a valuable asset in ensuring enlightened public input into decisions regarding management and maintenance programs for wildlife resources and habitat; (3)(A) recreational hunting supports industries highly significant to the national economy through sales in interstate commerce of sporting goods; and (B) the Federal excise taxes imposed on the sales provide a major source of funding for vital programs of wildlife conservation and management; (4) various persons are engaging in (and have announced an intent to continue to engage in) a variety of disruptive activities with the premeditated purpose of preventing and interfering with the conduct of lawful recreational hunting on Federal lands, which activities-- (A) place both recreational hunters and the disruptive persons in imminent jeopardy of grave physical injury or death; (B) disrupt the peaceful, lawful, and prudent conduct of wildlife population and habitat management programs by Federal and State wildlife management agencies; and (C) ultimately may alter the planned program objectives, resulting in-- (i) undesirable patterns of activity within populations of wildlife; (ii) the endangerment of the future viability of wildlife species; and (iii) damage to habitat values; (5) Federal lands comprise important wildlife habitat resources that-- (A) support many large, diverse, and vital populations of wildlife; and (B) offer significant opportunities for legal recreational hunting as an important management tool to ensure the future viability of the wildlife populations; (6) it is the right of citizens of the United States freely to enjoy lawful recreational hunting on Federal lands in accordance with regulations promulgated by Federal and State wildlife management agencies; and (7) in many instances under current law, vagueness and ambiguity exist regarding the application of State laws and enforcement activities relating to-- (A) the safety of hunters; and (B) the legal rights of recreational hunters to participate peacefully in lawful hunts on Federal lands. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Act: (1) Federal lands.--The term ``Federal lands'' means-- (A) national forests; (B) public lands; (C) national parks; and (D) wildlife refuges. (2) Lawful hunt.--The term ``lawful hunt'' means an occasion when an individual is engaged in the taking or harvesting (or attempted taking or harvesting) through a legal means and during a specified legal season of a wildlife or fish, on Federal lands, which activity-- (A)(i) is authorized by or licensed under the law of the State in which it takes place; or (ii) is regulated by game or fishing seasons established by the State in which it takes place; (B) is not prohibited by a law of the United States; and (C) does not infringe upon a right of an owner of private property. (3) National forest.--The term ``national forest'' means lands included in the National Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))). (4) National park.--The term ``national park'' means lands and waters included in the national park system (as defined in section 2(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to facilitate the management of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas administered in connection with that system, and for other purposes'', approved August 8, 1953 (16 U.S.C. 1c(a))). (5) Public lands.--The term ``public lands'' has the same meaning as is provided in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)). (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means-- (A) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to national forests; and (B) the Secretary of the Interior with respect to-- (i) public lands; (ii) national parks; and (iii) wildlife refuges. (7) Wildlife refuge.--The term ``wildlife refuge'' means lands and waters included in the National Wildlife Refuge System (as established by section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd)). SEC. 4. OBSTRUCTION OF A LAWFUL HUNT. (a) Violation.--It is unlawful for a person knowingly and with the intent of obstructing, impeding, or interfering with a lawful hunt by an individual to-- (1) obstruct, impede, or otherwise interfere with a lawful hunt by an individual; (2) scare, herd, harass, decoy, or otherwise engage in activities designed to affect wildlife on Federal lands; (3) engage in activities that prevent or impede the reasonable and usual means of access by those individuals who intend to participate in a lawful hunt, whether the activities occur on Federal lands or upon a public or private road, highway, path, trail, or other normal route of access to Federal lands; (4) take or abuse property, equipment, or hunting dogs being used in conjunction with a lawful hunt; or (5) enter onto Federal lands, travel in interstate commerce, use the United States mails or an instrumentality of interstate telephonic or electronic communications, or transport or cause to be transported in interstate commerce a material or item, to further-- (A) a scheme or effort to obstruct, impede, or otherwise interfere with a lawful hunt; or (B) the efforts of another person to obstruct, impede, or interfere with a lawful hunt. (b) Multiple Violations.--The Secretary may consider participation by a person in more than one of the activities described in this section to constitute multiple violations. SEC. 5. CIVIL PENALTIES. (a) In General.--A person who engages in an activity described in section 4 shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than $500, and not more than $5,000, for each violation. (b) Violation Involving Force or Violence.--Upon a determination by a court that the activity involved the use of force or violence, or the threatened use of force or violence, against the person or property of another person, a person who engages in an activity described in section 4 shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than $1,000, and not more than $10,000, for each violation. (c) Relationship to Other Penalties.--The penalties established by this section shall be in addition to other criminal or civil penalties that may be levied against the person as a result of an activity in violation of section 4. (d) Procedure.-- (1) Complaints from government agents.--Upon receipt of a written complaint from an officer, employee, or agent of the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or other Federal agency that a person violated section 4, the Secretary shall-- (A) forward the complaint to the United States Attorney for the Federal judicial district in which the violation is alleged to have occurred; and (B) request the Attorney General of the United States to institute a civil action for the imposition and collection of the civil penalty specified in subsection (a) or (b). (2) Complaints from individuals.--Upon receipt of a sworn affidavit from an individual and a determination by the Secretary that the statement contains sufficient factual data to create a reasonable belief that a violation of section 4 has occurred, the Secretary shall-- (A) forward a complaint to the United States Attorney for the Federal judicial district in which the violation is alleged to have occurred; and (B) request the Attorney General of the United States to institute a civil action for the imposition and collection of the civil penalty specified in subsection (a) or (b). (e) Use of Penalty Money Collected.--After deduction of costs attributable to collection, money collected from penalties shall be-- (1) deposited into the trust fund established pursuant to the Act entitled ``An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes'', approved September 2, 1937 (16 U.S.C. 669) (commonly known as the ``Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act''), to support the activities authorized by such Act and undertaken by State wildlife management agencies; or (2) used in such other manner as the Secretary determines will enhance the funding and implementation of-- (A) the North American Waterfowl Management Plan signed by the Secretary of the Interior and the Minister of Environment for Canada in May 1986; or (B) a similar program that the Secretary determines will enhance wildlife management-- (i) on Federal lands; or (ii) on private or State-owned lands when the efforts will also provide a benefit to wildlife management objectives on Federal lands. SEC. 6. OTHER RELIEF. (a) Injunctive Relief.--Injunctive relief against a violation of section 4 may be sought by-- (1) the head of a State agency with jurisdiction over fish or wildlife management; (2) the Attorney General of the United States; or (3) any person who is or would be adversely affected by the violation, or a hunting or sportsman's organization to which the person belongs. (b) Damages and Attorney's Fees.--Any person who is or would be adversely affected by a violation of section 4, or a hunting or sportsman's organization to which the person belongs, may bring a civil action to recover-- (1) actual and punitive damages; and (2) reasonable attorney's fees. SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW AND CIVIL ACTIONS. (a) Law or Ordinance.--This Act is not intended to preempt a State law or local ordinance that provides for civil or criminal penalties for a person who obstructs or otherwise interferes with a lawful hunt. (b) Civil Action.--The bringing of an action pursuant to this Act shall not prevent an independent action against a person under a State law or local ordinance. SEC. 8. REGULATIONS. The Secretary may issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act.","Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1993 - Makes it unlawful to intentionally obstruct a lawful hunt on Federal lands. Establishes: (1) civil penalties for such violations, (2) procedures for individual and government agent complaints. And (3) permitted uses of collected penalty money. Authorizes injunctive relief. Permits an affected individual or sportsman's organization to bring a civil action to recover actual and punitive damages and attorney's fees.",Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1993,13024,475 16,113_s1773,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Andrew Prior Act'' or ``Andrew's Law''. SEC. 2. DISCHARGE OF PRIVATE STUDENT LOANS. Section 128(e) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1638(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(12) Discharge of private educational loans in the event of the death of the borrower.-- ``(A) Definitions.--As used in this paragraph-- ``(i) the term `cosigner'-- ``(I) means any individual who is liable for the obligation of another without compensation, regardless of how designated in the contract or instrument relating to the obligation; ``(II) includes any person whose signature is requested as a condition to grant credit or to forbear on collection; and ``(III) does not include a spouse of an individual referred to in subclause (I) whose signature is needed to perfect the security interest in the loan; ``(ii) the term `private educational lender' has the same meaning as in section 140; ``(iii) the term `private education loan' has the same meaning as in section 140; and ``(iv) the term `totally and permanently disabled' means-- ``(I) with respect to a person other than a veteran, that the person is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity because of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that-- ``(aa) can be expected to result in death; ``(bb) has lasted for a continuous period of not less than 60 months; or ``(cc) can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 60 months; and ``(II) in the case of a veteran (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code), a determination from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that-- ``(aa) such person has a service-connected disability or service-connected disabilities that are 100 percent disabling; or ``(bb) such person is totally disabled, based on an Individual Unemployability determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. ``(B) Private educational loans discharged.--In the event of the death of a borrower of a private educational loan, or if the borrower of a private educational loan is totally and permanently disabled, neither the estate of the borrower nor any cosigner of such private educational loan shall be obligated to repay the outstanding principal or interest on the loan. ``(C) Limitations.--The Bureau-- ``(i) shall develop such safeguards as may be necessary and appropriate to prevent fraud and abuse in the discharge of liability under this subsection; and ``(ii) notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, may promulgate regulations to reinstate the obligation of loans discharged under this subsection in any case in which the Director determines necessary to protect the public interest.''. SEC. 3. REGULATIONS. The Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection may issue such regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out this Act.",Andrew Prior Act or Andrew's Law - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to discharge the repayment obligations of the estate of a borrower and any cosigner of a private educational loan if the borrower dies or is totally and permanently disabled. Requires the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to develop necessary and appropriate safeguards to prevent fraud and abuse in the discharge of those obligations. Authorizes the Director to promulgate regulations to reinstate those obligations in any case in which the Director determines that doing so is necessary to protect the public interest.,Andrew's Law,5149,613 17,106_hr5585,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Independence Act of 2000''. SEC. 2. DOMESTIC ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PLAN. (a) Strategic Plan.--The Secretary of Energy shall develop, and transmit to the Congress within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, a strategic plan to ensure that the United States is energy self-sufficient by the year 2010. The plan shall include recommendations for legislative and regulatory actions needed to accomplish that goal. (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy $20,000,000 for carrying out this section. SEC. 3. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUEL CELL PILOT PROGRAM. (a) Program.--The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program for the acquisition of-- (1) up to 100 commercially available 200 kilowatt fuel cell power plants; (2) up to 20 megawatts of power generated from commercially available fuel cell power plants; or (3) a combination thereof, for use at federally owned or operated facilities. The Secretary shall provide funding for purchase, site engineering, installation, startup, training, operation, and maintenance costs associated with the acquisition of such power plants, along with any other necessary assistance. (b) Domestic Assembly.--All fuel cell systems and fuel cell stacks in power plants acquired, or from which power is acquired, under subsection (a) shall be assembled in the United States. (c) Site Selection.--In the selection of federally owned or operated facilities as a site for the location of power plants acquired under this section, or as a site to receive power acquired under this section, priority shall be given to sites with 1 or more of the following attributes: (1) Location (of the Federal facility or the generating power plant) in an area classified as a nonattainment area under title I of the Clean Air Act. (2) Computer or electronic operations that are sensitive to power supply disruptions. (3) Need for a reliable, uninterrupted power supply. (4) Remote location, or other factors requiring off-grid power generation. (5) Critical manufacturing or other activities that support national security efforts. (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy $140,000,000 for the period encompassing fiscal years 2001 through 2003 for carrying out this section. SEC. 4. PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS. (a) In General.-- (1) Establishment.--The President, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall establish a program for the demonstration of fuel cell proton exchange membrane technology in the areas of responsibility of those Secretaries with respect to commercial, residential, and transportation applications, including buses. Such program shall specifically focus on promoting the application of and improved manufacturing production and processes for proton exchange membrane fuel cell technology. (2) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated $140,000,000 for the period encompassing fiscal years 2001 through 2003. (b) Bus Demonstration Program.-- (1) Establishment.--The President, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a comprehensive proton exchange membrane fuel cell bus demonstration program to address hydrogen production, storage, and use in transit bus applications. Such program shall cover all aspects of the introduction of this new technology, and shall include the following components: (A) Development, installation, and operation of a hydrogen delivery system located on-site at transit bus terminals. (B) Development, installation, and operation of on- site storage associated with the hydrogen delivery systems as well as storage tank systems incorporated into the bus itself. (C) Demonstration of use of hydrogen as a practical, safe, renewable energy source in a highly efficient, zero-emission power system for buses. (D) Development of a hydrogen proton exchange membrane fuel cell power system that is confirmed and verified as being compatible with transit bus application requirements. (E) Durability testing of the fuel cell bus at a national testing facility. (F) Identification and implementation of necessary codes and standards for the safe use of hydrogen as a fuel suitable for bus application, including the fuel cell power system and related operational facilities. (G) Identification and implementation of maintenance and overhaul requirements for hydrogen proton exchange membrane fuel cell transit buses. (H) Completion of fleet vehicle evaluation program by bus operators along normal transit routes, providing equipment manufacturers and transit operators with the necessary analyses to enable operation of the hydrogen proton exchange membrane fuel cell bus under a range of operating environments. (2) Domestic assembly.--All fuel cell systems and fuel cell stacks in power plants acquired, or from which power is acquired, under paragraph (1) shall be assembled in the United States. (3) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for the period encompassing fiscal years 2001 through 2003. SEC. 5. FEDERAL VEHICLES. Each agency of the Federal Government that maintains a fleet of motor vehicles shall develop a plan for a transition of the fleet to vehicles powered by fuel cell technology. Each such plan shall include implementation beginning by fiscal year 2005, to be completed by fiscal year 2010. Each plan shall incorporate and build on the results of completed and ongoing Federal demonstration programs, including the program established under section 4, and shall include additional demonstration programs and pilot programs as necessary to test or investigate available technologies and transition procedures. SEC. 6. LIFE-CYCLE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. Any life-cycle cost benefit analysis undertaken by a Federal agency with respect to investments in products, services, construction, and other projects shall include an analysis of environmental and power reliability factors. SEC. 7. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES. (a) Grant Program.--The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program for making grants to State or local governments for the use of fuel cell technology in meeting their energy requirements, including the use as a source of power for motor vehicles. Each grant made under this section shall require at least a 10 percent matching contribution from the State or local government recipient. (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy $110,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005 for carrying out this section.","Directs the President, in coordination with designated Secretaries, to establish: (1) a demonstration program for fuel cell proton exchange membrane technology for commercial, residential, and transportation applications within the Secretaries' respective areas. And (2) a comprehensive proton exchange membrane fuel cell bus demonstration program to address hydrogen production, storage, and use in transit bus applications. Mandates that each Federal agency that maintains a motor vehicle fleet develop a plan for fleet transition to vehicles powered by fuel cell technology. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a fuel cell technology grant program for State or local government to meet their energy requirements, including such technology as a motor vehicle power source. Authorizes appropriations.",Energy Independence Act of 2000,8007,810 18,114_hr2499,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. PERMANENT SBA EXPRESS LOAN GUARANTEE FEE WAIVER FOR VETERANS. Section 7(a)(31) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(31)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(G) Guarantee fee waiver for veterans.-- ``(i) Guarantee fee waiver.--The Administrator may not collect a guarantee fee described in paragraph (18) in connection with a loan made under this paragraph to a veteran or spouse of a veteran on or after October 1, 2015. ``(ii) Exception.--If the President's budget for the upcoming fiscal year, submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, includes a cost for the program established under this subsection that is above zero, the requirements of clause (i) shall not apply to loans made during such upcoming fiscal year. ``(iii) Definition.--In this subparagraph, the term `veteran or spouse of a veteran' means-- ``(I) a veteran, as defined in section 3(q)(4); ``(II) an individual who is eligible to participate in the Transition Assistance Program established under section 1144 of title 10, United States Code; ``(III) a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces named in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code; ``(IV) the spouse of an individual described in subclause (I), (II), or (III); or ``(V) the surviving spouse (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) of an individual described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) who died while serving on active duty or as a result of a disability that is service-connected (as defined in such section).''. SEC. 3. REPORT ON ACCESSIBILITY AND OUTREACH TO FEMALE VETERANS BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report assessing the level of outreach to and consultation with female veterans regarding access to capital by women's business centers (as described in section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656)) and Veterans Business Outreach Centers (as referred to in section 32 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 657b)). SEC. 4. BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM. (a) Section 7(a) Funding Levels.--The third proviso under the heading ``business loans program account'' under the heading ``Small Business Administration'' under title V of division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235; 128 Stat. 2371) is amended by striking ``$18,750,000,000'' and inserting ``$23,500,000,000''. (b) Loan Limitations.--Section 7(a)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(1)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A)-- (A) by striking ``No financial assistance'' and inserting the following: ``(i) In general.--No financial assistance''; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ``(ii) Liquidity.--On and after October 1, 2015, the Administrator may not guarantee a loan under this subsection if the lender determines that the borrower is unable to obtain credit elsewhere solely because the liquidity of the lender depends upon the guaranteed portion of the loan being sold on the secondary market.''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(C) Lending limits of lenders.--On and after October 1, 2015, the Administrator may not guarantee a loan under this subsection if the sole purpose for requesting the guarantee is to allow the lender to exceed the legal lending limit of the lender.''. (c) Reporting.-- (1) Definitions.--In this subsection-- (A) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration; (B) the term ``business loan'' means a loan made or guaranteed under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)); (C) the term ``cancellation'' means that the Administrator approves a proposed business loan, but the prospective borrower determines not to take the business loan; and (D) the term ``net dollar amount of business loans'' means the difference between the total dollar amount of business loans and the total dollar amount of cancellations. (2) Requirement.--During the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a quarterly report regarding the loan programs carried out under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), which shall include-- (A) for the fiscal year during which the report is submitted and the 3 fiscal years before such fiscal year-- (i) the weekly total dollar amount of business loans; (ii) the weekly total dollar amount of cancellations; (iii) the weekly net dollar amount of business loans-- (I) for all business loans; and (II) for each category of loan amount described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of section 7(a)(18) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18)); (B) for the fiscal year during which the report is submitted-- (i) the amount of remaining authority for business loans, in dollar amount and as a percentage; and (ii) estimates of the date on which the net dollar amount of business loans will reach the maximum for such business loans based on daily net lending volume and extrapolations based on year to date net lending volume, quarterly net lending volume, and quarterly growth trends; (C) the number of early defaults (as determined by the Administrator) during the quarter covered by the report; (D) the total amount paid by borrowers in early default during the quarter covered by the report, as of the time of purchase of the guarantee; (E) the number of borrowers in early default that are franchisees; (F) the total amount of guarantees purchased by the Administrator during the quarter covered by the report; and (G) a description of the actions the Administrator is taking to combat early defaults administratively and any legislative action the Administrator recommends to address early defaults. 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 Senate on July 23, 2015. Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Small Business Administration (SBA) from collecting a guarantee fee in connection with a loan made under the SBA Express Program to a veteran or the spouse of a veteran on or after October 1, 2015, except during any upcoming fiscal year for which the President's budget, submitted to Congress, includes a cost for the Program that is above zero. Requires the SBA to assess for Congress the level of outreach to and consultation with female veterans regarding access to capital by women's business centers and Veterans Business Outreach Centers. Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 to increase the limit from $18.75 billion to $23.5 billion for FY2015 commitments for general business loans for a combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans. Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the SBA, starting October 1, 2015, from guaranteeing a loan if: the lender determines that the borrower is unable to obtain credit elsewhere solely because the lender's liquidity depends upon the guaranteed portion of the loan being sold on the secondary market, or the sole purpose for requesting the guarantee is to allow the lender to exceed its legal lending limit.",Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015,7539,1421 19,111_hr3141,"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF UNEXPENDED MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS FOR INCREASED ALLOTMENTS FOR LOW DSH STATES AND FOR HEALTH NETWORK ACCESS GRANTS. (a) Establishment of DSH Redistribution Pool From Unexpended Medicaid DSH Allotments.--Subsection (f) of section 1923 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: ``(7) DSH redistribution pool from portion of unexpended dsh allotments to fund increase in allotments for low dsh states and health network access grants.-- ``(A) Establishment.--There is established a DSH redistribution pool in the amount provided under this paragraph. Such amount shall be determined by the Secretary at the beginning of each fiscal year and the Secretary may adjust such amount in subsequent fiscal years to take into account errors in estimates made for previous fiscal years. The amount in such pool shall be available for obligation and expenditure without fiscal year limitation. ``(B) Addition of unexpended dsh allotments.--At the beginning of each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2010), there shall be added to the DSH redistribution pool an amount equal to the amount by which-- ``(i) the total of the DSH allotments for all States for the third preceding fiscal year; exceeded ``(ii) the total Federal financial participation under this title attributable to such allotments for such fiscal year. ``(C) Reduction for expenditures resulting from increased allotments for low dsh states and for health network access grants.--At the beginning of each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2011), there shall be subtracted from the DSH redistribution pool an amount equal to the sum of-- ``(i) the aggregate increase in Federal financial participation under this title attributable to the amendments made by section 2(b) of the Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2009 for the previous fiscal year; and ``(ii) the amount obligated on grants under subsection (k) for such previous fiscal year.''. (b) Increase in DSH Allotments for Low DSH States; Qualification of Low DSH States Based on Fiscal Year 2005 Data.--Subsection (f)(5) of such section is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (B)-- (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (ii); (B) in clause (iii)-- (i) by striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2015''; (ii) by inserting ``, subject to subparagraph (D),'' after ``shall be''; and (iii) by redesignating such clause as clause (iv); and (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause: ``(iii) each succeeding fiscal year before fiscal year 2015 shall be, subject to subparagraph (D), the DSH allotment for the State for the previous fiscal year increased by 16 percent; and''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: ``(C) Additional states covered for fiscal year 2010 and subsequent years.--In the case of a State not described in subparagraph (B) in which the total expenditures under the State plan (including Federal and State shares) for disproportionate share hospital adjustments under this section for fiscal year 2005, as reported to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as of August 31, 2008, is greater than 0 but less than 3 percent of the State's total amount of expenditures under the State plan for medical assistance during the fiscal year, the DSH allotment for the State with respect to-- ``(i) fiscal year 2010 and any succeeding fiscal year before fiscal year 2015 shall be, subject to subparagraph (D), the DSH allotment for the State for the previous fiscal year increased by 16 percent; and ``(ii) any subsequent fiscal year shall be, subject to subparagraph (D), the DSH allotment for the State for the previous fiscal year subject to an increase for inflation as provided in paragraph (3)(A). ``(D) Limitation on increases to amount available from dsh redistribution pool.--If the Secretary estimates for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2010) that-- ``(i) the amount of additional expenditures in the fiscal year resulting from the application of an increase in DSH allotments under subparagraphs (B) and (C) beginning with fiscal year 2010 of 16 percent (instead of the application of an increase for inflation as provided in paragraph (3)(A)), exceeds ``(ii) the amount available for obligation from the DSH redistribution pool under paragraph (7) for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce the increase in the DSH allotments otherwise provided under such subparagraphs for the fiscal year in a pro-rata manner so that the amount of additional expenditures in the fiscal year resulting from the application of such subparagraphs is equal to the amount described in clause (ii) for the fiscal year. A reduction in a DSH allotment for a State under this subparagraph shall not affect the computation of the DSH allotment for the State under subparagraph (B) or (C) for the subsequent fiscal year.''. (c) Demonstration Grants to Health Access Networks.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(k) Demonstration Grants to Health Access Networks.-- ``(1) In general.--From the amount of funds made available under paragraph (6)(A) of this subsection from funds made available under subsection (d)(7) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award demonstration grants under this subsection to health access networks for such fiscal year for the purpose of improving access, quality, and continuity of care for uninsured individuals through better coordination of care by the network. ``(2) Health access network defined.-- ``(A) In general.--In this subsection, the term `health access network' means an entity representing a collection of safety net providers, including hospitals, community health centers, public health departments, physicians, safety net health plans, federally qualified health centers, or other recognized safety net providers, that-- ``(i) is organized for the purpose of restructuring and improving the access, quality, and continuity of care to the uninsured and underinsured; and ``(ii) offers patients access to all levels of care, including primary, outpatient, specialty, certain ancillary services, and acute inpatient care, within a community or across a broad spectrum of providers across a service region or State. ``(B) Inclusion of section 330 networks and plans.--Such term includes networks and plans that meet the requirements for funding under section 330(e)(1)(C) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(e)(1)(C)). ``(C) Inclusion of integrated health care systems.-- ``(i) In general.--Such term also includes an integrated health care system (including a pediatric system). ``(ii) Definition.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `integrated health care system (including a pediatric system)' means a health care provider that-- ``(I) is organized to provide care in a coordinated fashion; and ``(II) assures access to a full range of primary, specialty, and hospital care, to uninsured and under- insured individuals, as appropriate. ``(3) Application and plan requirement.-- ``(A) In general.--In order to be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a health access network shall-- ``(i) submit an application, in such form and manner as the Secretary shall specify; ``(ii) submit with such application a plan that meets the requirements of subparagraph (B); ``(iii) identify in such plan measurable performance targets for at least 3 of the goals described in subparagraph (B); and ``(iv) agree that a portion of the payment of grant funds for patient care services after the first year for which such payment is made shall be contingent upon the health access network demonstrating success in achieving such targets. ``(B) Plan requirements.--A health access network that desires a grant under this subsection shall submit a plan to the Secretary that details how the network intends through the grant-- ``(i) to manage costs associated with the provision of health care services to uninsured and underinsured individuals served by the network; ``(ii) to improve access to, and the availability of, health care services provided to uninsured and underinsured individuals served by the network; ``(iii) to enhance the quality and coordination of health care services provided to uninsured and underinsured individuals served by the network; ``(iv) to improve the health status of uninsured and underinsured individuals served by the network; and ``(v) to reduce health disparities in the population of uninsured and underinsured individuals served by the network. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as requiring a health access network operating in a State to operate on a statewide basis or otherwise to serve all uninsured and underinsured individuals in area served. ``(C) Authority to limit number of grants.--In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary may limit the grants in a manner so that each grantee is able to provide patient care services to the number of uninsured individuals specified by each network in its grant application. ``(4) Use of funds.-- ``(A) In general.--A health access network that receives funds under a grant under this subsection shall expend an amount equal to at least 90 percent of such funds for the provision of (or payment for) direct patient care services. ``(B) Rule of construction regarding direct patient care services.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `direct patient care services' means, with respect to a health access network, services, such as specialty medical care and diagnostic services, that are not available or are insufficiently available through the network's providers other than under a grant under this subsection. ``(C) Preference for services through safety net providers.--In purchasing direct patient care services for uninsured and underinsured individuals under a grant under this subsection, health access networks shall, to the maximum extent feasible, endeavor to purchase such services from safety net providers. ``(5) Supplement, not supplant.--Funds paid to a health access network under a grant under this subsection shall supplement and not supplant, other Federal or State payments that are made to the network to support the provision of health care services to low-income or uninsured patients. ``(6) Funding.-- ``(A) Availability of funds from dsh redistribution pool.--To carry out this subsection there is hereby made available for each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2010 and ending with fiscal year 2014) and appropriated from the DSH redistribution pool established under subsection (d)(7), an amount equal to-- ``(i) the amount available for obligation from such pool in such fiscal year, reduced by ``(ii) the Secretary's estimate of the aggregate increase in Federal financial participation under this title for the fiscal year that will be attributable to the amendments made by section 2(b) of the Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2009. ``(B) Treatment of grant funds.--Payments to a health access network under a grant under this subsection shall not be treated as a disproportionate share hospital payment adjustments under this section and shall not be counted against the DSH allotment for any State. ``(C) No state matching required.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as requiring a State to provide for any State matching funds to receive funds under this subsection. ``(D) Availability.--The amount of any grant to a health access network under this subsection shall remain available for expenditure under the grant through the end of the third fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the grant is made.''. (d) Conforming Date of Application of DSH Hospital Requirement to Availability of Funding for Low DSH States.--Subsection (d)(2)(A)(ii) of such section is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``(or, in the case of a low DSH State described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (f)(5), the date of the enactment of the Strengthening the Safety Net Act of 2009)''. (e) Reporting Using Unified Reporting Document.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop a unified reporting document for all disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allocations and expenditures under section 1923 of the Social Security Act. Beginning in fiscal year 2010 each State receiving a DSH allocation under such section shall be required by the Secretary to report all expenditures against the allocation using such unified reporting document. This requirement shall apply to States regardless of whether the DSH expenditures occur through a waiver. (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply beginning with fiscal year 2010.","Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a disproportionate share hospital (DSH) redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments to fund an increase in allotments for low DSH states. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award demonstration grants to health access networks to improve access, quality, and continuity of care for uninsured individuals through better coordination of care by such networks.",To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a DSH redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments in order to increase Medicaid DSH allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for health access networks serving the uninsured.,18429,514