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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Tuberculosis Control
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that:
            (1) Tuberculosis is a great health and economic burden to
        impoverished nations and a health and security threat to the
        United States and other industrialized countries.
            (2) Tuberculosis kills 2,000,000 people each year (a person
        every 15 seconds) and is second only to HIV/AIDS as the
        greatest infectious killer of adults worldwide.
            (3) Tuberculosis is today the leading killer of women of
        reproductive age and of people who are HIV-positive.
            (4) One-third of the world's population is currently
        infected with the tuberculosis bacterium, including 10,000,000
        through 15,000,000 persons in the United States, and someone in
        the world is newly infected with tuberculosis every second.
            (5) With 46 percent of tuberculosis cases in the United
        States in the year 2000 found in foreign-born persons, as
        compared to 24 percent in 1990, it is clear that the only way
        to control tuberculosis in the United States is to control it
        worldwide.
            (6) Left untreated, a person with active tuberculosis can
        infect an average of 10 through 15 people in one year.
            (7) Pakistan and Afghanistan are among the 22 countries
        identified by the World Health Organization as having the
        highest tuberculosis burden globally.
            (8) More than one-quarter of all adult deaths in Pakistan
        are due to tuberculosis, and Afghan refugees entering Pakistan
        have very high rates of tuberculosis, with refugee camps, in
        particular, being areas where tuberculosis runs rampant.
            (9) The tuberculosis and AIDS epidemics are inextricably
        linked. Tuberculosis is the first manifestation of AIDS in more
        than 50 percent of cases in developing countries and is
        responsible for 40 percent or more of deaths of people with
        AIDS worldwide.
            (10) An effective, low-cost cure exists for tuberculosis:
        Directly Observed Treatment Short-course or DOTS. Expansion of
        DOTS is an urgent global priority.
            (11) DOTS is one of the most cost-effective health
        interventions available today. A full course of DOTS drugs
        costs as little as US$10 in low-income countries.
            (12) Proper DOTS treatment is imperative to prevent the
        development of dangerous multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-
        TB) that arises through improper or incomplete tuberculosis
        treatment.
            (13) The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and
        Malaria is an important new global partnership established to
        combat these 3 infectious diseases that together kill 6,000,000
        people a year. Expansion of effective tuberculosis treatment
        programs should constitute a major component of Global Fund
        investment.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) DOTS.--The term ``DOTS'' or ``Directly Observed
        Treatment Short-course'' means the World Health Organization-
        recommended strategy for treating standard tuberculosis.
            (2) Global alliance for tuberculosis drug development.--The
        term ``Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Development''
        means the public-private partnership that brings together
        leaders in health, science, philanthropy, and private industry
        to devise new approaches to tuberculosis and to ensure that new
        medications are available and affordable in high tuberculosis
        burden countries and other affected countries.
            (3) Global plan to stop tuberculosis.--The term ``Global
        Plan to Stop Tuberculosis'' means the plan developed jointly by
        the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Secretariat and Partners in
        Health that lays out what needs to be done to control and
        eliminate tuberculosis.
            (4) Global tuberculosis drug facility.--The term ``Global
        Tuberculosis Drug Facility (GDF)'' means the new initiative of
        the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership to increase access to high-
        quality tuberculosis drugs to facilitate DOTS expansion.
            (5) Stop tuberculosis partnership.--The term ``Stop
        Tuberculosis Partnership'' means the partnership of the World
        Health Organization, donors including the United States, high
        tuberculosis burden countries, multilateral agencies, and
        nongovernmental and technical agencies committed to short- and
        long-term measures required to control and eventually eliminate
        tuberculosis as a public health problem in the world.

 SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE FOR TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION, TREATMENT, CONTROL,
              AND ELIMINATION.

    Section 104(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7)(A) Congress recognizes the growing international
        problem of tuberculosis and the impact its continued existence
        has on those countries that had previously largely controlled
        the disease. Congress further recognizes that the means exist
        to control and treat tuberculosis by implementing the Global
        Plan to Stop Tuberculosis and by adequately investing in newly
        created mechanisms, including the Global Tuberculosis Drug
        Facility, and that it is therefore a major objective of the
        foreign assistance program to control the disease. To this end,
        Congress expects the agency primarily responsible for
        administering this part--
                    ``(i) to coordinate with the World Health
                Organization, the Centers for Disease Control, the
                National Institutes of Health, and other organizations
                with respect to the development and implementation of a
                comprehensive tuberculosis control program; and
                    ``(ii) to set as a goal the detection of at least
                70 percent of the cases of infectious tuberculosis, and
                the cure of at least 85 percent of the cases detected,
                by December 31, 2005, in those countries classified by
                the World Health Organization as among the highest
                tuberculosis burden, and by December 31, 2010, in all
                countries in which the agency has established
                development programs.
            ``(B)(i) There is authorized to be appropriated
        $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2005 for
        carrying out this paragraph.
            ``(ii) Funds appropriated under this paragraph are
        authorized to remain available until expended.
            ``(C) In carrying out subparagraph (A), not less than 75
        percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated under
        subparagraph (B) shall be expended for antituberculosis drugs,
        supplies, patient services, and training in diagnosis and care,
        in order to increase directly observed treatment shortcourse
        (DOTS) coverage, including funding for the Global Tuberculosis
        Drug Facility.
            ``(D) In carrying out subparagraph (A), of the amount
        authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (B)--
                    ``(i) not less than 10 percent shall be used for
                funding of the Global Tuberculosis Drug Facility;
                    ``(ii) not less than 7.5 percent shall be used for
                funding of the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership; and
                    ``(iii) not less than 2.5 percent shall be used for
                funding of the Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug
                Development.
            ``(E) The President shall submit a report to Congress
        annually specifying the increases in the number of people
        treated and the increases in number of tuberculosis patients
        cured through each program, project, or activity receiving
        United States foreign assistance for tuberculosis control
        purposes.''.

Output: International Tuberculosis Control Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise requirements for assistance for health programs in developing countries to declare that Congress recognizes that the means exist to control and treat the growing international problem of tuberculosis by implementing the Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis and investing in new mechanisms like the Global Tuberculosis Drug Facility. Makes it a major objective of the foreign assistance program to control the disease.Declares that Congress expects the agency primarily responsible for administering this Act to: (1) coordinate with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, and other organizations with respect to the development and implementation of a comprehensive tuberculosis control program; and (2) set specified deadlines for the detection of at least 70 percent of the cases of infectious tuberculosis, and the cure of at least 85 percent of them.Earmarks specified amounts of funds for antituberculosis drugs, supplies, patient services, and training in diagnosis and care in order to increase directly observed treatment shortcourse (DOTS) coverage, including funding for the Global Tuberculosis Drug Facility.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``King Cove Road Land Exchange Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that the land exchange required under this Act
(including the designation of the road corridor and the construction of
the road along the road corridor) is in the public interest.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal land.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``Federal land'' means
                the approximately 206 acres of Federal land located
                within the Refuge as depicted on the map entitled
                ``Project Area Map'' and dated September 2012.
                    (B) Inclusion.--The term ``Federal land'' includes
                the 131 acres of Federal land in the Wilderness, which
                shall be used for the road corridor along which the
                road is to be constructed in accordance with section
                4(b)(2).
            (2) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means
        the approximately 43,093 acres of land owned by the State as
        depicted on the map entitled ``Project Area Map'' and dated
        September 2012.
            (3) Refuge.--The term ``Refuge'' means the Izembek National
        Wildlife Refuge in the State.
            (4) Road corridor.--The term ``road corridor'' means the
        road corridor designated under section 4(b)(1).
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (6) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.
            (7) Wilderness.--The term ``Wilderness'' means the Izembek
        Wilderness designated by section 702(6) of the Alaska National
        Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public
        Law 96-487).

SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--If the State offers to convey to the Secretary all
right, title, and interest of the State in and to the non-Federal land,
the Secretary shall convey to the State all right, title, and interest
of the United States in and to the Federal land.
    (b) Use of Federal Land.--The Federal land shall be conveyed to the
State for the purposes of--
            (1) designating a road corridor through the Refuge; and
            (2) constructing a single-lane gravel road along the road
        corridor subject to the requirements in section 6.
    (c) Valuation, Appraisals, and Equalization.--
            (1) In general.--The value of the Federal land and the non-
        Federal land to be exchanged under this section--
                    (A) shall be equal, as determined by appraisals
                conducted in accordance with paragraph (2); or
                    (B) if not equal, shall be equalized in accordance
                with paragraph (3).
            (2) Appraisals.--
                    (A) In general.--As soon as practicable after the
                date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and State
                shall select an appraiser to conduct appraisals of the
                Federal land and non-Federal land.
                    (B) Requirements.--The appraisals required under
                subparagraph (A) shall be conducted in accordance with
                nationally recognized appraisal standards, including--
                            (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for
                        Federal Land Acquisitions; and
                            (ii) the Uniform Standards of Professional
                        Appraisal Practice.
            (3) Equalization.--
                    (A) Surplus of federal land.--If the final
                appraised value of the Federal land exceeds the final
                appraised value of the non-Federal land to be conveyed
                under the land exchange under this section, the value
                of the Federal land and non-Federal land shall be
                equalized--
                            (i) by conveying additional non-Federal
                        land in the State to the Secretary, subject to
                        the approval of the Secretary;
                            (ii) by the State making a cash payment to
                        the United States; or
                            (iii) by using a combination of the methods
                        described in clauses (i) and (ii).
                    (B) Surplus of non-federal land.--If the final
                appraised value of the non-Federal land exceeds the
                final appraised value of the Federal land to be
                conveyed under the land exchange under this section,
                the value of the Federal land and non-Federal land
                shall be equalized by the State adjusting the acreage
                of the non-Federal land to be conveyed.
                    (C) Amount of payment.--Notwithstanding section
                206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
                1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), the Secretary may accept a
                payment under subparagraph (A)(ii) in excess of 25
                percent of the value of the Federal land conveyed.
    (d) Administration.--On completion of the exchange of Federal land
and non-Federal land under this section--
            (1) the boundary of the Wilderness shall be modified to
        exclude the Federal land; and
            (2) the non-Federal land shall be--
                    (A) added to the Wilderness; and
                    (B) administered in accordance with--
                            (i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et
                        seq.); and
                            (ii) other applicable laws.
    (e) Deadline.--The land exchange under this section shall be
completed not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.

SEC. 5. ROUTE OF ROAD CORRIDOR.

    The route of the road corridor shall follow the southern road
alignment as described in the alternative entitled ``Alternative 2-Land
Exchange and Southern Road Alignment'' in the final environmental
impact statement entitled ``Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Land
Exchange/Road Corridor Final Environmental Impact Statement'' and dated
February 5, 2013.

SEC. 6. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ROAD.

    The requirements relating to usage, barrier cables, and dimensions
and the limitation on support facilities under subsections (a) and (b)
of section 6403 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
(Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1180) shall apply to the road constructed
in the road corridor.

SEC. 7. EFFECT.

    The exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land and the road to
be constructed under this Act (including the issuance of any permit
that may be required from any Federal agency to construct the road)
shall not constitute a major Federal action for purposes of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

Output: King Cove Road Land Exchange Act This bill declares that, if the state of Alaska offers to convey to the Department of the Interior 43,093 acres of state-owned land, Interior shall convey to Alaska, in exchange, 206 acres of federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and 131 acres of federal land within the Izembek Wilderness, for purposes of: (1) designating a road corridor through the refuge, and (2) constructing a single-lane gravel road along the road corridor.  The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall be equal.  Interior and Alaska shall select an appraiser to conduct appraisals of the federal and nonfederal lands in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards.  The bill requires the route of the road corridor to follow a specified southern road alignment. The bill states that the exchange of the federal and nonfederal lands and the road to be constructed under this bill (including the issuance of any permit that may be required from any federal agency to construct such road) shall not constitute a major federal action requiring environmental impact review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


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SECTION 1. ESTATE AND GIFT TAX RATES REDUCED TO 30 PERCENT.

    (a) Estate Tax.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2001 of the Internal Revenue Code
        of 1986 (relating to estate tax) is amended by striking
        subsections (b) and (c) and by inserting after subsection (a)
        the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Computation of Tax.--The tax imposed by this section shall be
the amount equal to the excess (if any) of--
            ``(1) 30 percent of the sum of--
                    ``(A) the amount of the taxable estate, and
                    ``(B) the amount of the adjusted taxable gifts,
                over
            ``(2) the aggregate amount of tax paid under chapter 12
        with respect to gifts made by the decedent after December 31,
        1976.
For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the term `adjusted taxable gifts'
means the total amount of the taxable gifts (within the meaning of
section 2503) made by the decedent after December 31, 1976, other than
gifts which are includible in the gross estate of the decedent.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 2010(c) of such Code is amended by
                striking ``tentative'' both places it appears and
                inserting ``tax''.
                    (B) Subsection (b) of section 2101 of such Code is
                amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Computation of Tax.--The tax imposed by this section shall be
the amount equal to the excess (if any) of--
            ``(1) 30 percent of the sum of--
                    ``(A) the amount of the taxable estate, and
                    ``(B) the amount of the adjusted taxable gifts,
                over
            ``(2) the aggregate amount of tax paid under chapter 12
        with respect to gifts made by the decedent after December 31,
        1976.''.
                    (C) Subsection (b) of section 2102 of such Code is
                amended--
                            (i) by striking ``$13,000'' each place it
                        appears and inserting ``$20,000'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``$46,800'' and inserting
                        ``$52,500''.
                    (D) Section 2201 is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a) by striking ``the
                        rate schedule set forth in subsection (c) shall
                        be deemed to be the rate schedule set forth in
                        section 2001(c)'' and inserting ``the tax
                        determined under subsection (c) shall be deemed
                        to be the tax determined under section
                        2001(b)'', and
                            (ii) in subsection (c) by striking
                        ``tentative'' each place it appears.
    (b) Gift Tax.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2502 of such Code is amended to
        read as follows:

``SEC. 2502. RATE OF TAX.

    ``(a) General Rule.--The tax imposed by section 2501 for each
calendar year shall be an amount equal to 30 percent of the sum of the
taxable gifts for such calendar year.
    ``(b) Tax to Be Paid by Donor.--The tax imposed by section 2501
shall be paid by the donor.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Subchapter A of chapter 12 of such Code is
                amended by striking section 2504.
                    (B) The table of sections for such subchapter is
                amended by striking the item relating to section 2504.
    (c) Estate Tax Retained.--
            (1) In general.--Section 901 of the Economic Growth and Tax
        Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall not apply to title V of
        such Act.
            (2) Retention.--Subtitles A and E of title V of the
        Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and
        the amendments made by such subtitles, are hereby repealed; and
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such
        subtitles, and amendments, had never been enacted.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--Subsections (d), (e), and
        (f)(3) of section 511 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
        Reconciliation Act of 2001, and the amendments made by such
        subsections, are hereby repealed; and the Internal Revenue Code
        of 1986 shall be applied as if such subsections, and
        amendments, had never been enacted.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to estates of decedents dying, and gifts made, after the date of
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. UNIFIED CREDIT INCREASED TO EQUIVALENT OF $10,000,000
              EXCLUSION; INFLATION ADJUSTMENT OF UNIFIED CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 2010 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to applicable credit amount) is amended
to read as follows:
    ``(c) Applicable Credit Amount.--For purposes of this section, the
applicable credit amount is the amount of the tax which would be
determined under section 2001(b) if the amount with respect to which
such tax is to be computed were the applicable exclusion amount. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the applicable exclusion amount is
$10,000,000.''.
    (b) Inflation Adjustment.--Section 2010 of such Code is amended by
redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Cost-of-Living Adjustment.--In the case of any decedent
dying, and gift made, in a calendar year after 2005, the $10,000,000
amount set forth in subsection (c) shall be increased by an amount
equal to--
            ``(1) $10,000,000, multiplied by
            ``(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under
        section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year by substituting
        `calendar year 2004' for `calendar year 1992' in subparagraph
        (B) thereof.
If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence is not a
multiple of $10,000, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest
multiple of $10,000.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to estates of decedents dying, and gifts made, after the date of
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL GIFT TAX EXCLUSION INCREASED TO $50,000.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 2503 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exclusion from gifts) is amended by
striking ``$10,000'' each place it appears and inserting ``$50,000''.
    (b) Resetting of Inflation Adjustment.--Paragraph (2) of section
2503(b) of such Code is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1998'' and inserting ``2005'', and
            (2) by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``2004''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to gifts made after December 31, 2004.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce the top marginal tax rate for estates and gifts to 30 percent; (2) increase the estate tax exclusion amount to $10 million, with an annual adjustment for inflation; and (3) increase the annual gift tax exclusion from $10,000 to $50,000.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Upper Housatonic Valley National
Heritage Area Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The upper Housatonic Valley, encompassing 29 towns in
        the hilly terrain of western Massachusetts and northwestern
        Connecticut, is a singular geographical and cultural region
        that has made significant national contributions through its
        literary, artistic, musical, and architectural achievements,
        its iron, paper, and electrical equipment industries, and its
        scenic beautification and environmental conservation efforts.
            (2) The upper Housatonic Valley has 139 properties and
        historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic
        Places including--
                    (A) five National Historic Landmarks--
                            (i) Edith Wharton's home, The Mount, Lenox,
                        Massachusetts;
                            (ii) Herman Melville's home, Arrowhead,
                        Pittsfield, Massachusetts;
                            (iii) W.E.B. DuBois' Boyhood Homesite,
                        Great Barrington, Massachusetts;
                            (iv) Mission House, Stockbridge,
                        Massachusetts; and
                            (v) Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag
                        Room, Dalton, Massachusetts; and
                    (B) four National Natural Landmarks--
                            (i) Bartholomew's Cobble, Sheffield,
                        Massachusetts, and Salisbury, Connecticut;
                            (ii) Beckley Bog, Norfolk, Connecticut;
                            (iii) Bingham Bog, Salisbury, Connecticut;
                        and
                            (iv) Cathedral Pines, Cornwall,
                        Connecticut.
            (3) Writers, artists, musicians, and vacationers have
        visited the region for more than 150 years to enjoy its scenic
        wonders, making it one of the country's leading cultural
        resorts.
            (4) The upper Housatonic Valley has made significant
        national cultural contributions through such writers as Herman
        Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, and W.E.B.
        DuBois, artists Daniel Chester French and Norman Rockwell, and
        the performing arts centers of Tanglewood, Music Mountain,
        Norfolk (Connecticut) Chamber Music Festival, Jacob's Pillow,
        and Shakespeare & Company.
            (5) The upper Housatonic Valley is noted for its pioneering
        achievements in the iron, paper, and electrical generation
        industries and has cultural resources to interpret those
        industries.
            (6) The region became a national leader in scenic
        beautification and environmental conservation efforts following
        the era of industrialization and deforestation and maintains a
        fabric of significant conservation areas including the
        meandering Housatonic River.
            (7) Important historical events related to the American
        Revolution, Shays' Rebellion, and early civil rights took place
        in the upper Housatonic Valley.
            (8) The region had an American Indian presence going back
        10,000 years and Mohicans had a formative role in contact with
        Europeans during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
            (9) The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area has
        been proposed in order to heighten appreciation of the region,
        preserve its natural and historical resources, and improve the
        quality of life and economy of the area.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To establish the Upper Housatonic Valley National
        Heritage Area in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth
        of Massachusetts.
            (2) To implement the national heritage area alternative as
        described in the document entitled ``Upper Housatonic Valley
        National Heritage Area Feasibility Study, 2003''.
            (3) To provide a management framework to foster a close
        working relationship with all levels of government, the private
        sector, and the local communities in the upper Housatonic
        Valley region to conserve the region's heritage while
        continuing to pursue compatible economic opportunities.
            (4) To assist communities, organizations, and citizens in
        the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
        in identifying, preserving, interpreting, and developing the
        historical, cultural, scenic, and natural resources of the
        region for the educational and inspirational benefit of current
        and future generations.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Heritage area.--The term ``Heritage Area'' means the
        Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, established in
        section 4.
            (2) Management entity.--The term ``Management Entity''
        means the management entity for the Heritage Area designated by
        section 4(d).
            (3) Management plan.--The term ``Management Plan'' means
        the management plan for the Heritage Area specified in section
        6.
            (4) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled
        ``Boundary Map Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage
        Area'', numbered P17/80,000, and dated February 2003.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (6) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of
        Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

SEC. 4. UPPER HOUSATONIC VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Upper Housatonic
Valley National Heritage Area.
    (b) Boundaries.--The Heritage Area shall be comprised of--
            (1) part of the Housatonic River's watershed, which extends
        60 miles from Lanesboro, Massachusetts to Kent, Connecticut;
            (2) the towns of Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Kent,
        Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, and Warren in
        Connecticut;
            (3) the towns of Alford, Becket, Dalton, Egremont, Great
        Barrington, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesboro, Lee, Lenox, Monterey,
        Mount Washington, New Marlboro, Pittsfield, Richmond,
        Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, and West
        Stockbridge in Massachusetts; and
            (4) the land and water within the boundaries of the
        Heritage Area, as depicted on the map.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior.
    (d) Management Entity.--The Upper Housatonic Valley National
Heritage Area, Inc. shall be the management entity for the Heritage
Area.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITIES, PROHIBITIONS AND DUTIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.

    (a) Duties of the Management Entity.--To further the purposes of
the Heritage Area, the management entity shall--
            (1) prepare and submit a management plan for the Heritage
        Area to the Secretary in accordance with section 6;
            (2) assist units of local government, regional planning
        organizations, and nonprofit organizations in implementing the
        approved management plan by--
                    (A) carrying out programs and projects that
                recognize, protect and enhance important resource
                values within the Heritage Area;
                    (B) establishing and maintaining interpretive
                exhibits and programs within the Heritage Area;
                    (C) developing recreational and educational
                opportunities in the Heritage Area;
                    (D) increasing public awareness of and appreciation
                for natural, historical, scenic, and cultural resources
                of the Heritage Area;
                    (E) protecting and restoring historic sites and
                buildings in the Heritage Area that are consistent with
                heritage area themes;
                    (F) ensuring that clear, consistent, and
                appropriate signs identifying points of public access
                and sites of interest are posted throughout the
                Heritage Area; and
                    (G) promoting a wide range of partnerships among
                governments, organizations and individuals to further
                the purposes of the Heritage Area;
            (3) consider the interests of diverse units of government,
        businesses, organizations and individuals in the Heritage Area
        in the preparation and implementation of the management plan;
            (4) conduct meetings open to the public at least semi-
        annually regarding the development and implementation of the
        management plan;
            (5) submit an annual report to the Secretary for any fiscal
        year in which the management entity receives Federal funds
        under this Act, setting forth its accomplishments, expenses,
        and income, including grants to any other entities during the
        year for which the report is made;
            (6) make available for audit for any fiscal year in which
        it receives Federal funds under this Act, all information
        pertaining to the expenditure of such funds and any matching
        funds, and require in all agreements authorizing expenditures
        of Federal funds by other organizations, that the receiving
        organizations make available for such audit all records and
        other information pertaining to the expenditure of such funds;
        and
            (7) encourage by appropriate means economic viability that
        is consistent with the purposes of the Heritage Area.
    (b) Authorities.--The management entity may, for the purposes of
preparing and implementing the management plan for the Heritage Area,
use Federal funds made available through this Act to--
            (1) make grants to the State of Connecticut and the
        Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their political subdivisions,
        nonprofit organizations and other persons;
            (2) enter into cooperative agreements with or provide
        technical assistance to the State of Connecticut and the
        Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their political jurisdictions,
        nonprofit organizations, and other interested parties;
            (3) hire and compensate staff, which shall include
        individuals with expertise in natural, cultural, and historical
        resources protection, and heritage programming;
            (4) obtain money or services from any source including any
        that are provided under any other Federal law or program;
            (5) contract for goods or services; and
            (6) undertake to be a catalyst for any other activity that
        furthers the purposes of the Heritage Area and is consistent
        with the approved management plan.
    (c) Prohibitions on the Acquisition of Real Property.--The
management entity may not use Federal funds received under this Act to
acquire real property, but may use any other source of funding,
including other Federal funding outside this authority, intended for
the acquisition of real property.

SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    (a) In General.--The management plan for the Heritage Area shall--
            (1) include comprehensive policies, strategies and
        recommendations for conservation, funding, management and
        development of the Heritage Area;
            (2) take into consideration existing State, county, and
        local plans in the development of the management plan and its
        implementation;
            (3) include a description of actions that governments,
        private organizations, and individuals have agreed to take to
        protect the natural, historical and cultural resources of the
        Heritage Area;
            (4) specify the existing and potential sources of funding
        to protect, manage, and develop the Heritage Area in the first
        5 years of implementation;
            (5) include an inventory of the natural, historical,
        cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of
        the Heritage Area related to the themes of the Heritage Area
        that should be preserved, restored, managed, developed, or
        maintained;
            (6) recommend policies and strategies for resource
        management that consider and detail the application of
        appropriate land and water management techniques including, but
        not limited to, the development of intergovernmental and
        interagency cooperative agreements to protect the Heritage
        Area's natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic and
        recreational resources;
            (7) describe a program of implementation for the management
        plan including plans for resource protection, restoration,
        construction, and specific commitments for implementation that
        have been made by the management entity or any government,
        organization, or individual for the first 5 years of
        implementation;
            (8) include an analysis and recommendations for ways in
        which local, State, and Federal programs, including the role of
        the National Park Service in the Heritage Area, may best be
        coordinated to further the purposes of this Act; and
            (9) include an interpretive plan for the Heritage Area.
    (b) Deadline and Termination of Funding.--
            (1) Deadline.--The management entity shall submit the
        management plan to the Secretary for approval within 3 years
        after funds are made available for this Act.
            (2) Termination of funding.--If the management plan is not
        submitted to the Secretary in accordance with this subsection,
        the management entity shall not qualify for Federal funding
        under this Act until such time as the management plan is
        submitted to and approved by the Secretary.

SEC. 7. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY.

    (a) Technical and Financial Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may, upon the request of the
        management entity, provide technical assistance on a
        reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis and financial assistance
        to the Heritage Area to develop and implement the approved
        management plan. The Secretary is authorized to enter into
        cooperative agreements with the management entity and other
        public or private entities for this purpose. In assisting the
        Heritage Area, the Secretary shall give priority to actions
        that in general assist in--
                    (A) conserving the significant natural, historical,
                cultural, and scenic resources of the Heritage Area;
                and
                    (B) providing educational, interpretive, and
                recreational opportunities consistent with the purposes
                of the Heritage Area.
            (2) Spending for non-federally owned property.--The
        Secretary may spend Federal funds directly on non-federally
        owned property to further the purposes of this Act, especially
        in assisting units of government in appropriate treatment of
        districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects listed or
        eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic
        Places.
    (b) Approval and Disapproval of Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall approve or disapprove
        the management plan not later than 90 days after receiving the
        management plan.
            (2) Criteria for approval.--In determining the approval of
        the management plan, the Secretary shall consider whether--
                    (A) the management entity is representative of the
                diverse interests of the Heritage Area including
                governments, natural and historic resource protection
                organizations, educational institutions, businesses,
                and recreational organizations;
                    (B) the management entity has afforded adequate
                opportunity, including public hearings, for public and
                governmental involvement in the preparation of the
                management plan;
                    (C) the resource protection and interpretation
                strategies contained in the management plan, if
                implemented, would adequately protect the natural,
                historical, and cultural resources of the Heritage
                Area; and
                    (D) the Secretary has received adequate assurances
                from the appropriate State and local officials whose
                support is needed to ensure the effective
                implementation of the State and local aspects of the
                management plan.
            (3) Action following disapproval.--If the Secretary
        disapproves the management plan, the Secretary shall advise the
        management entity in writing of the reasons therefore and shall
        make recommendations for revisions to the management plan. The
        Secretary shall approve or disapprove a proposed revision
        within 60 days after the date it is submitted.
            (4) Approval of amendments.--Substantial amendments to the
        management plan shall be reviewed by the Secretary and approved
        in the same manner as provided for the original management
        plan. The management entity shall not use Federal funds
        authorized by this Act to implement any amendments until the
        Secretary has approved the amendments.

SEC. 8. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    Any Federal agency conducting or supporting activities directly
affecting the Heritage Area shall--
            (1) consult with the Secretary and the management entity
        with respect to such activities;
            (2) cooperate with the Secretary and the management entity
        in carrying out their duties under this Act and, to the maximum
        extent practicable, coordinate such activities with the
        carrying out of such duties; and,
            (3) to the maximum extent practicable, conduct or support
        such activities in a manner which the management entity
        determines will not have an adverse effect on the Heritage
        Area.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated for the
purposes of this Act not more than $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. Not
more than a total of $10,000,000 may be appropriated for the Heritage
Area under this Act.
    (b) Matching Funds.--Federal funding provided under this Act may
not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of any assistance or grant
provided or authorized under this Act.

SEC. 10. SUNSET.

    The authority of the Secretary to provide assistance under this Act
shall terminate on the day occurring 15 years after the date of
enactment of the Act.

Output: Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Designates the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, Inc., as the Areas' management entity, which shall: (1) submit to the Secretary of the Interior for approval a management plan which includes policies, strategies, and recommendations for conservation, funding, management, development, and interpretation of the Area; and (2) assist local governments, regional planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations in implementing the plan. Prohibits the entity from using Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Area and enter into cooperative agreements with the management entity to develop and implement the plan.


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SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSIONS ON CERTAIN HIV DRUG SUBSTANCES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new headings:

``    9902.32.14    (S)-N-tert-butyl-
                     1,2,3,4-
                     tetrahydro-3-
                     isoquinoline
                     carboxamide
                     (CAS No. 149182-
                     72-9)(provided
                     for in
                     subheading
                     2933.40.60)....  Free              No change         No change         On or before  6/
                                                                                30/99
      9902.32.16    (S)-N-tert-butyl-
                     1,2,3,4-
                     tetrahydro-3-
                     isoquinoline
                     carboxamide
                     hydrochloride
                     salt (CAS No.
                     149057-17-0)(pr
                     ovided for in
                     subheading
                     2933.40.60)....  Free              No change         No change         On or before  6/
                                                                                30/99
      9902.32.18    (S)-N-tert-butyl-
                     1,2,3,4-
                     tetrahydro-3-
                     isoquinoline
                     carboxamide
                     sulfate salt
                     (CAS No. 186537-
                     30-4)(provided
                     for in
                     subheading
                     2933.40.60)....  Free              No change         No change         On or before  6/
                                                                                30/99
      9902.32.20    (3S)-1,2,3,4-
                     tetrahydroisoqu
                     inoline-3-
                     carboxylic acid
                     (CAS No. 74163-
                     81-8)(provided
                     for in
                     subheading
                     2933.40.60)....  Free              No change         No change         On or before  6/
                                                                                30/99
                                                                                ''

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.

Output: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1999, the duty on certain drug substances used as HIV antiviral drugs:  (1) (S)-N-tert-butyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro- 3-isoquinoline carboxamide; (2) (S)-N-tert-butyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3- isoquinoline carboxamide hydrochloride salt; (3) (S)-N-tert-butyl- 1,2,3,4- tetrahydro-3-isoquinoline carboxamide sulfate salt; and (4) (3S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Close Big Oil Tax
Loopholes Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Sense of Senate on high gas prices.
                  TITLE I--CLOSE BIG OIL TAX LOOPHOLES

Sec. 101. Modifications of foreign tax credit rules applicable to major
                            integrated oil companies which are dual
                            capacity taxpayers.
Sec. 102. Limitation on section 199 deduction attributable to oil,
                            natural gas, or primary products thereof.
Sec. 103. Limitation on deduction for intangible drilling and
                            development costs.
Sec. 104. Limitation on percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas
                            wells.
Sec. 105. Limitation on deduction for tertiary injectants.
         TITLE II--OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND NATURAL GAS

Sec. 201. Repeal of outer Continental Shelf deep water and deep gas
                            royalty relief.
                        TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 301. Deficit reduction.
Sec. 302. Budgetary effects.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) gas prices have risen significantly largely in response
        to unrest in north Africa and the Middle East, unrest that
        speculators are capitalizing on to increase oil futures prices
        and make huge profits;
            (2) high gas prices are hurting the quality of life of
        people of the United States, cutting into savings, and
        jeopardizing jobs and the economic recovery of the United
        States;
            (3) implementation of the regulatory reforms enacted by
        Congress in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
        Protection Act (Public Law 111-203; 124 Stat. 1376) to prevent
        energy market manipulation and control excessive speculation
        has been delayed and has been threatened with funding
        reductions in the House of Representatives;
            (4) the United States is producing more oil than any time
        in the last 13 years and companies hold abundant inventories of
        oil, but the United States is still importing more than
        11,000,000 barrels of oil per day and the Energy Information
        Administration projects that full production in all onshore and
        offshore areas would reduce gas prices by only 3 cents per
        gallon by 2030;
            (5) domestic refining capacity now exceeds United States
        demand for refined petroleum products, resulting in increased
        idle refinery capacity;
            (6) oil companies are sitting idly on approximately
        60,000,000 acres of leased Federal lands and waters containing
        more than 11,000,000,000 barrels of oil and 59,000,000,000,000
        cubic feet of natural gas;
            (7) the United States possesses less than 2 percent of the
        proven oil reserves of the world, yet consumes an unsustainable
        25 percent of the oil production of the world;
            (8) the economy of the United States suffers huge net
        losses in jobs and productivity from the growing annual trade
        deficit in energy, due mainly to the outflow of
        $250,000,000,000 or more to pay for foreign oil;
            (9) world oil prices have risen steadily since the slow
        beginning of the global economic recovery and, absent major
        efficiency or conservation improvements or deployment of
        alternative fuels, those oil prices are projected to remain
        well above $100 per barrel or higher as world demand grows as
        China, India and other countries industrialize;
            (10) the oil production policies of cartel of the
        Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are a
        large determinant of the world price of oil, so the economy of
        the United States will be affected by decisions of OPEC as long
        as the United States depends on oil for a significant portion
        of the energy consumption of the United States;
            (11) the major oil companies have accumulated more than
        $1,000,000,000,000 in net profits over the last 10 years and
        collected more than $40,000,000,000 in tax breaks during the
        same period, but have invested negligible amounts of those
        funds into research and development of the production of clean
        and renewable fuels made in the United States, leaving
        consumers with few if any choices at the pump; and
            (12) in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
        (42 U.S.C. 17001 et seq.), Congress increased fuel economy
        standards for the first time in 30 years and established
        ambitious requirements for domestic biofuels, actions that have
        reduced oil consumption and reduced upward pressure on gas
        prices.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF SENATE ON HIGH GAS PRICES.

    It is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the President and Administration should be commended
        for recognizing the severity of high gas prices and for taking
        appropriate actions to help reduce gas prices, including
        actions--
                    (A) to move forward with expeditious and
                responsible domestic production in the Gulf of Mexico
                and elsewhere;
                    (B) to form a Task Force led by the Department of
                Justice to investigate and eliminate oil and gas price
                gouging and market manipulation;
                    (C) to establish a national oil savings goal to cut
                imports by 33 percent by 2025;
                    (D) to call for 1,000,000 electric vehicles to be
                on the road by 2015;
                    (E) to harmonize corporate average fuel standards
                under section 32902 of title 49, United States Code,
                (CAFE) and carbon pollution standards to achieve
                1,800,000,000 barrels in oil savings from new vehicles
                built before 2017, and working with stakeholders to
                increase those savings from future year vehicles;
                    (F) to establish the National Clean Fleets
                Partnership and Green Fleet Initiative to reduce diesel
                and gasoline use in fleets by incorporating electric
                vehicles, alternative fuels like natural gas, and
                efficiency measures; and
                    (G) to clarify and expand the use of E-15 fuel for
                new motor vehicles;
            (2) Congress should take additional actions to complement
        the efforts of the President, including enacting provisions--
                    (A) to encourage diligent and responsible
                development of domestic oil and gas resources onshore
                and off-shore;
                    (B) to eliminate subsidies for major oil and gas
                companies and use the savings to promote research,
                development, and deployment of affordable alternative
                fuels and vehicles;
                    (C) to give consumers more choices at the pump and
                incentives for buying vehicles that displace petroleum
                consumption; and
                    (D) to direct and fund the Commodity Futures
                Trading Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to
                rapidly implement the energy consumer protection
                requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
                Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-203; 124 Stat.
                1376);
            (3) the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
        (OPEC) should contribute to the stabilization of world oil
        markets and prices and reduce the burden of high gasoline
        prices borne by the consumers in the United States by using
        existing idle oil production capacity to compensate for any
        supply shortages experienced in member countries; and
            (4) the economic, environmental, and national security of
        the United States depend on a sustained effort to drastically
        reduce and eventually eliminate the dependency of the United
        States on oil.

                  TITLE I--CLOSE BIG OIL TAX LOOPHOLES

SEC. 101. MODIFICATIONS OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT RULES APPLICABLE TO MAJOR
              INTEGRATED OIL COMPANIES WHICH ARE DUAL CAPACITY
              TAXPAYERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 901 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by
inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection:
    ``(n) Special Rules Relating to Major Integrated Oil Companies
Which Are Dual Capacity Taxpayers.--
            ``(1) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
        this chapter, any amount paid or accrued by a dual capacity
        taxpayer which is a major integrated oil company (as defined in
        section 167(h)(5)(B)) to a foreign country or possession of the
        United States for any period shall not be considered a tax--
                    ``(A) if, for such period, the foreign country or
                possession does not impose a generally applicable
                income tax, or
                    ``(B) to the extent such amount exceeds the amount
                (determined in accordance with regulations) which--
                            ``(i) is paid by such dual capacity
                        taxpayer pursuant to the generally applicable
                        income tax imposed by the country or
                        possession, or
                            ``(ii) would be paid if the generally
                        applicable income tax imposed by the country or
                        possession were applicable to such dual
                        capacity taxpayer.
        Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to imply the
        proper treatment of any such amount not in excess of the amount
        determined under subparagraph (B).
            ``(2) Dual capacity taxpayer.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `dual capacity taxpayer' means, with
        respect to any foreign country or possession of the United
        States, a person who--
                    ``(A) is subject to a levy of such country or
                possession, and
                    ``(B) receives (or will receive) directly or
                indirectly a specific economic benefit (as determined
                in accordance with regulations) from such country or
                possession.
            ``(3) Generally applicable income tax.--For purposes of
        this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `generally applicable
                income tax' means an income tax (or a series of income
                taxes) which is generally imposed under the laws of a
                foreign country or possession on income derived from
                the conduct of a trade or business within such country
                or possession.
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--Such term shall not include a
                tax unless it has substantial application, by its terms
                and in practice, to--
                            ``(i) persons who are not dual capacity
                        taxpayers, and
                            ``(ii) persons who are citizens or
                        residents of the foreign country or
                        possession.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall
        apply to taxes paid or accrued in taxable years beginning after
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Contrary treaty obligations upheld.--The amendments
        made by this section shall not apply to the extent contrary to
        any treaty obligation of the United States.

SEC. 102. LIMITATION ON SECTION 199 DEDUCTION ATTRIBUTABLE TO OIL,
              NATURAL GAS, OR PRIMARY PRODUCTS THEREOF.

    (a) Denial of Deduction.--Paragraph (4) of section 199(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Special rule for certain oil and gas
                income.--In the case of any taxpayer who is a major
                integrated oil company (as defined in section
                167(h)(5)(B)) for the taxable year, the term `domestic
                production gross receipts' shall not include gross
                receipts from the production, transportation, or
                distribution of oil, natural gas, or any primary
                product (within the meaning of subsection (d)(9))
                thereof.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.

SEC. 103. LIMITATION ON DEDUCTION FOR INTANGIBLE DRILLING AND
              DEVELOPMENT COSTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 263(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``This
subsection shall not apply to amounts paid or incurred by a taxpayer in
any taxable year in which such taxpayer is a major integrated oil
company (as defined in section 167(h)(5)(B)).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to amounts paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December
31, 2011.

SEC. 104. LIMITATION ON PERCENTAGE DEPLETION ALLOWANCE FOR OIL AND GAS
              WELLS.

    (a) In General.--Section 613A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Application With Respect to Major Integrated Oil Companies.--
In the case of any taxable year in which the taxpayer is a major
integrated oil company (as defined in section 167(h)(5)(B)), the
allowance for percentage depletion shall be zero.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.

SEC. 105. LIMITATION ON DEDUCTION FOR TERTIARY INJECTANTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 193 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Application With Respect to Major Integrated Oil Companies.--
This section shall not apply to amounts paid or incurred by a taxpayer
in any taxable year in which such taxpayer is a major integrated oil
company (as defined in section 167(h)(5)(B)).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to amounts paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December
31, 2011.

         TITLE II--OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND NATURAL GAS

SEC. 201. REPEAL OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF DEEP WATER AND DEEP GAS
              ROYALTY RELIEF.

    (a) In General.--Sections 344 and 345 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 15904, 15905) are repealed.
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior shall not be
required to provide for royalty relief in the lease sale terms
beginning with the first lease sale held on or after the date of
enactment of this Act for which a final notice of sale has not been
published.

                        TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 301. DEFICIT REDUCTION.

    The net amount of any savings realized as a result of the enactment
of this Act and the amendments made by this Act (after any expenditures
authorized by this Act and the amendments made by this Act) shall be
deposited in the Treasury and used for Federal budget deficit reduction
or, if there is no Federal budget deficit, for reducing the Federal
debt in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers
appropriate.

SEC. 302. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Output:
Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President and Administration should be commended for recognizing the severity of high gas prices and for taking appropriate actions to help reduce gas prices; (2) Congress should take additional actions to complement the efforts of the President; (3) the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) should contribute to the stabilization of world oil markets and prices and reduce the burden of high gasoline prices by using existing idle oil production capacity to compensate for any supply shortages; and (4) U.S. economic, environmental, and national security depend on a sustained effort to reduce and eventually eliminate the dependence of the United States on oil.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny to oil companies with gross receipts in excess of $1 billion in a taxable year and an average daily worldwide production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels a year: (1) a foreign tax credit if such company is a dual capacity taxpayer, as defined by this Act; (2) the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof; (3) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs; (4) the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells; and (5) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to grant royalty relief (suspension of royalties) for natural gas production from deep wells and deep water oil and gas production in the Outer Continental Shelf.

Dedicates any increased revenue generated by this Act to the reduction of a federal budget deficit or the public debt.

Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Caregiver Support and
Protection Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF RESPITE CARE SERVICES UNDER MEDICARE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (N);
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (O); and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (O) the following new
        subparagraph:
            ``(P) respite care services (as defined in subsection
        (oo)); and''.
    (b) Services Described.--Section 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

                        ``Respite Care Services

    ``(oo)(1)(A) Subject to subparagraph (C), the term `respite care
services' means any of the services described in subparagraph (B) which
are furnished to an eligible individual (as described in paragraph (2))
for the support of a caregiver described in paragraph (2) at the
individual's home or in the community on a short-term, intermittent, or
emergency basis by an individual or entity who meets such standards as
the Secretary may establish.
    ``(B) The services described in this subparagraph are as follows:
            ``(i) Companion services.
            ``(ii) Homemaker services.
            ``(iii) Personal assistance.
            ``(iv) Community day services.
            ``(v) Temporary care in an accredited or licensed
        residential facility.
    ``(C) In establishing standards pursuant to subparagraph (A) for
individuals and entities providing respite care services, the Secretary
shall consult with organizations representing providers of the services
described in such paragraph and organizations representing individuals
who typically receive such services.
    ``(D) The term `respite care services' does not include any
services furnished to an individual during a 12-month period after the
individual has been furnished 120 hours of such services during such
period.
    ``(2) An `eligible individual' described in this paragraph is an
individual with functional limitations (as described in paragraph (3))
who is dependent on a daily basis on a caregiver who--
            ``(A) has primary responsibility for providing care to the
        individual;
            ``(B) does not receive financial remuneration for providing
        such care; and
            ``(C) has provided such care for a period of not less than
        3 consecutive months.
    ``(3)(A) In paragraph (2), an `individual with functional
limitations' is an individual who is certified (in accordance with such
criteria as the Secretary may establish consistent with subparagraph
(C)) as--
            ``(i) being unable to perform without substantial
        assistance from another individual (including assistance
        involving verbal reminding or physical cueing) at least 2 of
        the activities of daily living described in subparagraph (B)
        for a period of at least 90 days due to a loss of functional
        capacity or to cognitive or other mental impairment;
            ``(ii) requiring substantial supervision to protect the
        individual from threats to the individual's health or safety
        due to substantial cognitive or other mental impairment; or
            ``(iii) having a level of disability similar (as determined
        by the Secretary) to the level of disability described in
        clause (i) or (ii).
    ``(B) The activities of daily living described in this subparagraph
are as follows:
            ``(i) Eating.
            ``(ii) Toileting.
            ``(iii) Transferring.
            ``(iv) Bathing.
            ``(v) Dressing.
            ``(vi) Continence.
    ``(C) In establishing criteria pursuant to subparagraph (A) for the
certification of individuals with functional limitations, the Secretary
may not require that such certification be performed only by a
physician.''.
    (c) Payment on Hourly Basis.--Section 1833 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395l) is amended by inserting after subsection (o) the following new
subsection:
    ``(p) Payment for respite care services shall be paid on the basis
of an hour of such services provided.''.
    (d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1862(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395y(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (14);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(16) in the case of respite care services, which are
        furnished to an individual during a 12-month period after the
        individual has been furnished 120 hours of such services during
        such period.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 1997.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES AS MEDICAL CARE.

    (a) General Rule.--Paragraph (1) of section 213(d) (defining
medical care) is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph
(B), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and
inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
                    ``(D) for qualified long-term care services (as
                defined in subsection (f)).''
    (b) Definition of Qualified Long-Term Care Services.--Section 213
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
    ``(f) Qualified Long-Term Care Services.--For purposes of this
section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified long-term care
        services' means necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic,
        curing, treating, mitigating, and rehabilitative services, and
        maintenance or personal care services, which--
                    ``(A) are required by a chronically ill individual,
                and
                    ``(B) are provided pursuant to a plan of care
                prescribed by a licensed health care practitioner.
            ``(2) Chronically ill individual.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `chronically ill
                individual' means any individual who has been certified
                by a licensed health care practitioner as--
                            ``(i) being unable to perform (without
                        substantial assistance from another individual)
                        at least 2 activities of daily living for a
                        period of at least 90 days due to a loss of
                        functional capacity or to cognitive impairment,
                            ``(ii) requiring substantial supervision to
                        protect such individual from threats to health
                        or safety due to substantial cognitive
                        impairment, or
                            ``(iii) having a level of disability
                        similar (as determined by the Secretary in
                        consultation with the Secretary of Health and
                        Human Services) to the level of disability
                        described in clause (i) or (ii).
                Such term shall not include any individual otherwise
                meeting the requirements of the preceding sentence
                unless within the preceding 12-month period a licensed
                health care practitioner has certified that such
                individual meets such requirements.
                    ``(B) Activities of daily living.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), each of the following is an activity
                of daily living:
                            ``(i) Eating.
                            ``(ii) Toileting.
                            ``(iii) Transferring.
                            ``(iv) Bathing.
                            ``(v) Dressing.
                            ``(vi) Continence.
                    ``(C) Substantial assistance.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A)(i), the term `substantial assistance'
                includes verbal reminding or physical cuing.
            ``(3) Maintenance or personal care services.--The term
        `maintenance or personal care services' means any care the
        primary purpose of which is the provision of needed assistance
        with any of the disabilities as a result of which the
        individual is a chronically ill individual (including the
        protection from threats to health and safety due to severe
        cognitive impairment).
            ``(4) Licensed health care practitioner.--The term
        `licensed health care practitioner' means any physician (as
        defined in section 1861(r)(1) of the Social Security Act) and
        any registered professional nurse, licensed social worker, or
        other individual who meets such requirements as may be
        prescribed by the Secretary.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1995.

Output:
Family Caregiver Support and Protection Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of respite care services, paid for on an hourly basis, under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat qualified long-term care services as deductible medical care expenses.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Serving Veterans Act of
2018''.

SEC. 2. RECRUITMENT DATABASE.

    (a) Establishment.--Section 208 of the VA Choice and Quality
Employment Act (Public Law 115-46; 38 U.S.C. 701 note) is amended as
follows:
            (1) In subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter proceeding paragraph (1), by
                striking ``a single database'' and inserting ``and
                maintain a single searchable database (to be known as
                the `Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs
                Recruitment Database')'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``; and'' and
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding after paragraph (2) the following new
                paragraph:
            ``(3) with respect to each vacant position under paragraphs
        (1) and (2)--
                    ``(A) the military occupational specialty or skill
                that corresponds to the position, as determined by the
                Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
                Defense; and
                    ``(B) each qualified member of the Armed Forces who
                may be recruited to fill the position before such
                qualified member of the Armed Forces has been
                discharged and released from active duty.''.
            (2) By redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as
        subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively.
            (3) By inserting after subsection (a) the following new
        subsections:
    ``(b) Additional Information.--Subject to subsection (c), the
database established under subsection (a) shall include, with respect
to each qualified member of the Armed Forces, the following
information:
            ``(1) The name and contact information of the qualified
        member of the Armed Forces.
            ``(2) The date on which the qualified member of the Armed
        Forces is expected to be discharged and released from active
        duty.
            ``(3) Each military occupational specialty currently or
        previously assigned to the qualified member of the Armed
        Forces.
    ``(c) Availability.--Information in the database shall be available
to offices, officials, and employees of the Department of Veterans
Affairs to the extent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines
appropriate.
    ``(d) Expedited Hiring Procedures.--The Secretary shall hire
qualified members of the Armed Forces who apply for vacant positions
listed in the database established under subsection (a) without regard
to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United
States Code.
    ``(e) Relocation Bonus.--The Secretary may authorize a relocation
bonus, in an amount determined appropriate by the Secretary and subject
to the same limitations as in the case of the authority provided under
section 5753 of title 5, to any qualified member of the Armed Forces
who has accepted a position listed in the database established under
subsection (a).''.
            (4) In subsection (g)(1), as redesignated in paragraph (2),
        by striking ``subsection (b)'' and inserting ``subsection
        (g)''.
            (5) In subsection (h), as redesignated in paragraph (2), by
        striking ``of this Act'' and inserting ``of the Veterans
        Serving Veterans Act of 2018, and annually thereafter''.
            (6) By adding after subsection (h), as redesignated in
        paragraph (2), the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Qualified Member of the Armed Forces Defined.--In this
section, the term `qualified member of the Armed Forces' means a member
of the Armed Forces--
            ``(1) described in section 1142(a) of title 10;
            ``(2) who elects to be listed in the database established
        under subsection (a); and
            ``(3) who has been determined by the Secretary, in
        consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to have a military
        occupational speciality that corresponds to a vacant position
        described in subsection (a).''.
    (b) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a plan to implement, including a
timeline, section 208 of the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act
(Public Law 115-46; 38 U.S.C. 701 note), as amended by this section.

SEC. 3. INTERMEDIATE CARE TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
implement a program to train and certify covered veterans to work as
intermediate care technicians in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    (b) Locations.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish centers
        at medical facilities of the Department selected by the
        Secretary for the purposes of carrying out the program under
        subsection (a).
            (2) Selection of medical facilities.--In selecting a
        medical facility of the Department under this subsection to
        serve as a center, the Secretary shall consider--
                    (A) the experience and success of the facility in
                training intermediate care technicians; and
                    (B) the availability of resources of the facility
                to train intermediate care technicians.
    (c) Covered Veteran Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered
veteran'' means a veteran whom the Secretary determines served as a
basic health care technician while serving in the Armed Forces.

SEC. 4. NO AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
section 208 of the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act (Public Law
115-46; 38 U.S.C. 701 note), as amended by section 2 of this Act, or to
carry out section 3 of this Act. Such sections shall be carried out
using amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.

SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such
requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized to
be appropriated.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 This bill amends the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to name the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recruiting database the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Recruitment Database and require that it includes for each vacant position:  the military occupational specialty or skill corresponding to the VA position, and  each qualified U.S. Armed Forces active-duty member (who elects to be listed in the database) who may be recruited to fill the position.  The database shall include the following for each qualified member of the Armed Forces: name, contact information, expected discharge date, and military occupational specialty.  The VA shall implement direct hiring and appointment procedures for vacant database positions and may authorize relocation bonuses.  The VA shall train and certify veterans who served as basic health care technicians in the Armed Forces to work as VA intermediate care technicians.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``White House Quadrennial Small
Business Summit Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of
        the Small Business Administration;
            (2) the term ``Chief Counsel'' means the Chief Counsel for
        Advocacy of the Small Business Administration;
            (3) the term ``Small Business Commission'' means the
        national White House Quadrennial Commission on Small Business
        established under section 6;
            (4) the term ``Small Business Summit''--
                    (A) means the White House Quadrennial Summit on
                Small Business conducted under section 3(a); and
                    (B) includes the last White House Conference on
                Small Business occurring before 2002;
            (5) the term ``small business'' has the meaning given the
        term ``small business concern'' in section 3 of the Small
        Business Act;
            (6) the term ``State'' means any of the 50 States of the
        United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
        Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands; and
            (7) the term ``State Summit'' means a State Summit on Small
        Business conducted under section 3(b).

SEC. 3. NATIONAL AND STATE QUADRENNIAL SUMMITS ON SMALL BUSINESS.

    (a) Quadrennial Summits.--There shall be a national White House
Quadrennial Summit on Small Business once every 4 years, to be held
during the second year following each Presidential election, to carry
out the purposes set forth in section 4.
    (b) State Summits.--Each Small Business Summit referred to in
subsection (a) shall be preceded by a State Summit on Small Business,
with not fewer than 1 such summit held in each State, and with not
fewer than 2 such summits held in any State having a population of more
than 10,000,000.

SEC. 4. PURPOSES OF SMALL BUSINESS SUMMITS.

    The purposes of each Small Business Summit shall be--
            (1) to increase public awareness of the contribution of
        small business to the national economy;
            (2) to identify the problems of small business;
            (3) to examine the status of minorities and women as small
        business owners;
            (4) to assist small business in carrying out its role as
        the Nation's job creator;
            (5) to assemble small businesses to develop such specific
        and comprehensive recommendations for legislative and
        regulatory action as may be appropriate for maintaining and
        encouraging the economic viability of small business and
        thereby, the Nation; and
            (6) to review the status of recommendations adopted at the
        immediately preceding Small Business Summit.

SEC. 5. SUMMIT PARTICIPANTS.

    (a) In General.--To carry out the purposes set forth in section 4,
the Small Business Commission shall conduct Small Business Summits and
State Summits to bring together individuals concerned with issues
relating to small business.
    (b) Summit Delegates.--
            (1) Qualification.--Only individuals who are owners or
        officers of a small business shall be eligible for appointment
        or election as delegates (or alternates) to the Small Business
        Summit, or be eligible to vote in the selection of delegates at
        the State Summits pursuant to this subsection.
            (2) Appointed delegates.--Two months before the date of the
        first State Summit, there shall be--
                    (A) 1 delegate (and 1 alternate) appointed by the
                Governor of each State;
                    (B) 1 delegate (and 1 alternate) appointed by each
                Member of the House of Representatives, from the
                congressional district of that Member;
                    (C) 1 delegate (and 1 alternate) appointed by each
                Member of the Senate from the home State of that
                Member; and
                    (D) 53 delegates (and 53 alternates) appointed by
                the President, 1 from each State.
            (3) Elected delegates.--The participants at each State
        Summit shall elect 3 delegates and 3 alternates to the Small
        Business Summit for each congressional district within the
        State, or part of the State represented at the Summit, or not
        fewer than 9 delegates, pursuant to rules developed by the
        Small Business Commission.
            (4) Powers and duties.--Delegates to each Small Business
        Summit shall--
                    (A) attend the State summits in his or her
                respective State;
                    (B) elect a delegation chairperson, vice
                chairperson, and other leadership as may be necessary;
                    (C) conduct meetings and other activities at the
                State level before the date of the Small Business
                Summit, subject to the approval of the Small Business
                Commission; and
                    (D) direct such State level summits, meetings, and
                activities toward the consideration of the purposes set
                forth in section 4, in order to prepare for the next
                Small Business Summit.
            (5) Alternates.--Alternates shall serve during the absence
        or unavailability of the delegate.
    (c) Role of the Chief Counsel.--The Chief Counsel shall, after
consultation and in coordination with the Small Business Commission,
assist in carrying out the Small Business Summits and State Summits
required by this Act by--
            (1) preparing and providing background information and
        administrative materials for use by participants in the
        summits;
            (2) distributing issue information and administrative
        communications, electronically where possible through an
        Internet web site and e-mail, and in printed form if requested;
            (3) maintaining an Internet web site and regular e-mail
        communications after each Small Business Summit to inform
        delegates and the public of the status of recommendations and
        related governmental activity; and
            (4) maintaining, between summits, an active interim
        organization of delegate representatives from each region of
        the Administration, to advise the Chief Counsel on each of the
        major small business issue areas, and monitor the progress of
        the Summits' recommendations.
    (d) Expenses.--Each delegate (and alternate) to each Small Business
Summit and State Summit--
            (1) shall be responsible for the expenses of that delegate
        related to attending the summits; and
            (2) shall not be reimbursed either from funds made
        available pursuant to this section or the Small Business Act.
    (e) Advisory Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The Small Business Commission shall
        appoint a Summit Advisory Committee, which shall be composed of
        10 individuals who were participants at the most recently
        preceding Small Business Summit, to advise the Small Business
        Commission on the organization, rules, and processes of the
        Summits.
            (2) Preference.--Preference for appointment under this
        subsection shall be given to individuals who have been active
        participants in the implementation process following the most
        recently preceding Small Business Summit.
    (f) Public Participation.--Small Business Summits and State Summits
shall be open to the public, and no fee or charge may be imposed on any
attendee, other than an amount necessary to cover the cost of any meal
provided, plus, with respect to State Summits, a registration fee to
defray the expense of meeting rooms and materials of not to exceed $20
per person.

SEC. 6. WHITE HOUSE QUADRENNIAL COMMISSION ON SMALL BUSINESS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the White House
Quadrennial Commission on Small Business.
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Small Business Commission shall be
        composed of 9 members, including--
                    (A) the Chief Counsel;
                    (B) 4 members appointed by the President;
                    (C) 1 member appointed by the Majority Leader of
                the Senate;
                    (D) 1 member appointed by the Minority Leader of
                the Senate;
                    (E) 1 member appointed by the Majority Leader of
                the House of Representatives; and
                    (F) 1 member appointed by the Minority Leader of
                the House of Representatives.
            (2) Selection.--Members of the Small Business Commission
        described in subparagraphs (B) through (F) of paragraph (1)
        shall be selected from among distinguished individuals noted
        for their knowledge and experience in fields relevant to the
        issue of small business and the purposes set forth in section
        4.
            (3) Time of appointment.--The appointments required by
        paragraph (1)--
                    (A) shall be made not later than 18 months before
                the opening date of each Small Business Summit; and
                    (B) shall expire 6 months after the date on which
                each Small Business Summit is convened.
    (c) Election of Chairperson.--At the first meeting of the Small
Business Commission, a majority of the members present and voting shall
elect a member of the Small Business Commission to serve as the
Chairperson.
    (d) Powers and Duties of Commission.--The Small Business
Commission--
            (1) may enter into contracts with public agencies, private
        organizations, and academic institutions to carry out this Act;
            (2) shall consult, coordinate, and contract with an
        independent, nonpartisan organization that--
                    (A) has both substantive and logistical experience
                in developing and organizing conferences and forums
                throughout the Nation with elected officials and other
                government and business leaders;
                    (B) has experience in generating private resources
                from multiple States in the form of event sponsorships;
                and
                    (C) can demonstrate evidence of a working
                relationship with Members of Congress from the majority
                and minority parties, and at least 1 Federal agency;
                and
            (3) shall prescribe such financial controls and accounting
        procedures as needed for the handling of funds from fees and
        charges and the payment of authorized meal, facility, travel,
        and other related expenses.
    (e) Planning and Administration of Summits.--In carrying out the
Small Business Summits and State Summits, the Small Business Commission
shall consult with--
            (1) the Chief Counsel;
            (2) Congress; and
            (3) such other Federal agencies as the Small Business
        Commission determines to be appropriate.
    (f) Reports Required.--Not later than 6 months after the date on
which each Small Business Summit is convened, the Small Business
Commission shall submit to the President and to the Chairpersons and
Ranking Members of the Committees on Small Business of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a final report, which shall--
            (1) include the findings and recommendations of the Small
        Business Summit and any proposals for legislative action
        necessary to implement those recommendations; and
            (2) be made available to the public.
    (g) Quorum.--Four voting members of the Small Business Commission
shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting business.
    (h) Meetings.--The Small Business Commission shall meet not later
than 20 calendar days after the appointment of the initial members of
the Small Business Commission, and not less frequently than every 30
calendar days thereafter.
    (i) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Small Business Commission shall
not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the manner in which the
original appointment was made.
    (j) Executive Director and Staff.--The Small Business Commission
may appoint and compensate an Executive Director and such other
personnel to conduct the Small Business Summits and State Summits as
the Small Business Commission may determine to be advisable, without
regard to title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the
competitive service, and without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter
III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and General
Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the Executive
Director and other personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level
V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
    (k) Funding.--Members of the Small Business Commission shall be
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence at
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes
or regular places of business in the performance of services for the
Small Business Commission.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out each Small Business Summit and the State
Summits required by this Act, $5,000,000, which shall remain available
until expended. New spending authority or authority to enter contracts
as provided in this title shall be effective only to such extent and in
such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
    (b) Specific Earmark.--No amount made available to the Small
Business Administration may be made available to carry out this title,
other than amounts made available specifically for the purpose of
conducting the Small Business Summits and State Summits.

Output: White House Quadrennial Small Business Summit Act of 2001 - Mandates a national White House Quadrennial Summit on Small Business, once every four years, to undertake specified actions with respect to the recognition, development, and promotion of American small business. Requires each Quadrennial Summit to be preceded by a State Summit on Small Business.Establishes the White House Quadrennial Commission on Small Business to: (1) conduct the Quadrennial and State Summits to bring together individuals concerned with issues relating to small business; and (2) appoint a Summit Advisory Committee from participants at the last Quadrennial Summit. Directs the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to assist in carrying out the Quadrennial and State Summits.Requires each Summit's Commission to report to the President and the chairpersons and ranking members of the congressional small business committees on its findings, recommendations, and proposals for legislative changes to implement such recommendations.Authorizes appropriations.