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SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON GIFTS.

    (a) In general.--No lobbyist who is registered under section 4 may
provide any gift to a Member of the House of Representatives, a
Senator, or an officer or employee of the House of Representatives or
the Senate unless the lobbyist is related to the Member, Senator, or
officer or employee.
    (b) Definition.--
            (1) For the purpose of subsection (a), the term ``gift''
        means any gratuity, favor, discount, entertainment,
        hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other item having monetary
        value. The term includes gifts of services, training,
        transportation, lodging, and meals, whether provided in kind,
        by purchase of a ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement
        after the expense has been incurred.
            (2) A gift to a family member of a Member, a Senator,
        officer, or employee, or a gift to any other individual based
        on that individual's relationship with the Member, Senator,
        officer, or employee, shall be considered a gift to the Member,
        Senator, officer, or employee if it is given with the knowledge
        and acquiescence of the Member, Senator, officer, or employee
        and the Member, Senator, officer, or employee has reason to
        believe the gift was given because of the official position of
        the Member, Senator, officer, or employee.
            (3) If food or refreshment is provided at the same time and
        place to both a Member, Senator, officer, or employee and the
        spouse or dependent thereof, only the food or refreshment
        provided to the Member, Senator, officer, or employee shall be
        treated as a gift for purposes of subsection (a).
    (c) Exception.--The restrictions in subsection (a) shall not apply
to the following:
            (1) Anything for which the Member, Senator, officer, or
        employee pays the market value, or does not use and promptly
        returns to the donor.
            (2) A contribution, as defined in section 301(8) of the
        Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.)
        that is lawfully made under that Act, a lawful contribution for
        election to a State or local government office, or attendance
        at a fundraising event sponsored by a political organization
        described in section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986.
            (3) A gift from a relative as described in section 109(16)
        of title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Public Law
        95-521).
            (4)(A) Anything provided by an individual on the basis of a
        personal friendship unless the Member, Senator, officer, or
        employee has reason to believe that, under the circumstances,
        the gift was provided because of the official position of the
        Member, Senator, officer, or employee and not because of the
        personal friendship.
            (B) In determining whether a gift is provided on the basis
        of personal friendship, the Member, Senator, officer, or
        employee shall consider the circumstances under which the gift
        was offered, such as:
                    (i) The history of the relationship between the
                individual giving the gift and the recipient of the
                gift, including any previous exchange of gifts between
                such individuals.
                    (ii) Whether to the actual knowledge of the Member,
                Senator, officer, or employee the individual who gave
                the gift personally paid for the gift or sought a tax
                deduction or business reimbursement for the gift.
                    (iii) Whether to the actual knowledge of the
                Member, Senator, officer, or employee the individual
                who gave the gift also at the same time gave the same
                or similar gifts to other Members, officers, or
                employees.
            (5) A contribution or other payment to a legal expense fund
        established for the benefit of a Member, Senator, officer, or
        employee that is otherwise lawfully made in accordance with the
        restrictions and disclosure requirements of the Committee on
        Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives
        and the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate.
            (6) Any gift from another Member, Senator, officer, or
        employee of the Senate or the House of Representatives.
            (7) Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, and other
        benefits--
                    (A) resulting from the outside business or
                employment activities (or other outside activities that
                are not connected to the duties of the Member, Senator,
                officer, or employee as an officeholder) of the Member,
                Senator, officer, or employee, or the spouse of the
                Member, Senator, officer, or employee, if such benefits
                have not been offered or enhanced because of the
                official position of the Member, Senator, officer, or
                employee and are customarily provided to others in
                similar circumstances;
                    (B) customarily provided by a prospective employer
                in connection with bona fide employment discussions; or
                    (C) provided by a political organization described
                in section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
                in connection with a fundraising or campaign event
                sponsored by such an organization.
            (8) Pension and other benefits resulting from continued
        participation in an employee welfare and benefits plan
        maintained by a former employer.
            (9) Informational materials that are sent to the office of
        the Member, Senator, officer, or employee in the form of books,
        articles, periodicals, other written materials, audiotapes,
        videotapes, or other forms of communication.
            (10) Awards or prizes which are given to competitors in
        contests or events open to the public, including random
        drawings.
            (11) Honorary degrees (and associated travel, food,
        refreshments, and entertainment) and other bona fide,
        nonmonetary awards presented in recognition of public service
        (and associated food, refreshments, and entertainment provided
        in the presentation of such degrees and awards).
            (12) Training (including food and refreshments furnished to
        all attendees as an integral part of the training) provided to
        a Member, Senator, officer, or employee, if such training is in
        the interest of the House of Representatives or the Senate.
            (13) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers at death.
            (14) Any item, the receipt of which is authorized by the
        Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, the Mutual Educational and
        Cultural Exchange Act, or any other statute.
            (15) Anything which is paid for by the Federal Government,
        by a State or local government, or secured by the Government
        under a Government contract.
            (16) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined in section
        109(14) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978) of an
        individual other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a
        foreign principal.
            (17) Free attendance at a widely attended event.
            (18) Opportunities and benefits which are--
                    (A) available to the public or to a class
                consisting of all Federal employees, whether or not
                restricted on the basis of geographic consideration;
                    (B) offered to members of a group or class in which
                membership is unrelated to congressional employment;
                    (C) offered to members of an organization, such as
                an employees' association or congressional credit
                union, in which membership is related to congressional
                employment and similar opportunities are available to
                large segments of the public through organizations of
                similar size;
                    (D) offered to any group or class that is not
                defined in a manner that specifically discriminates
                among Government employees on the basis of branch of
                Government or type of responsibility, or on a basis
                that favors those of higher rank or rate of pay;
                    (E) in the form of loans from banks and other
                financial institutions on terms generally available to
                the public; or
                    (F) in the form of reduced membership or other fees
                for participation in organization activities offered to
                all Government employees by professional organizations
                if the only restrictions on membership relate to
                professional qualifications.
            (19) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is substantially
        commemorative in nature and which is intended for presentation.
            (20) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a waiver is
        granted by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of
        the House of Representatives or the Select Committee on Ethics
        of the Senate.
            (21) Food or refreshments of a nominal value offered other
        than as a part of a meal.

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Prohibits a lobbyist who is registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 from providing any gift to a Member of the House of Representatives, a Senator, or an officer or employee of the House or Senate unless the lobbyist is related to the individual.
Considers a gift to a family member to be a gift to such individual if given with his or her knowledge and acquiescence and if there is reason to believe that the gift was given because of such individual's official position.
Includes among exempted items:  (1) contributions lawfully made under the Federal Election Campaign Act, a lawful contribution for election to a State or local government, or attendance at a fund raising event sponsored by a political organization; (2) anything provided on the basis of a personal friendship unless such individual has reason to believe that the gift was provided because of his or her official position; (3) otherwise lawful contributions to such individual's legal expense fund; (4) food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, and other benefits which result from the outside business or employment activities of such individual or spouse if such benefits have not been offered or enhanced because of such individual's official position, which are customarily provided by a prospective employer in connection with bona fide employment discussions, or which are provided by a political organization in connection with a fund raising or campaign event; (5) training that is in the House's or Senate's interest; (6) a gift of personal hospitality of an individual other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal; and (7) certain other opportunities and benefits provided to the public or to Government employees generally.


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TITLE I--CHOICES IN EDUCATION ACT

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Choices in Education Act of
2016''.

SEC. 102. REPEAL OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT AND
              LIMITATION ON SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY.

    (a) Repeal.--The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Limitation on Secretarial Authority.--The authority of the
Secretary under this title is limited to evaluating State applications
under section 104 and making payments to States under section 103. The
Secretary shall not impose any further requirements on States with
respect to elementary and secondary education beyond the requirements
of this title.

SEC. 103. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES.

    (a) Grants to States.--From amounts appropriated to carry out this
title for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants (from
allotments made under subsection (b)) to qualified States to enable
such States to carry out an education voucher program under section
105.
    (b) Allotment.--From amounts described in subsection (a) for a
fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each qualified State for that
fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to those amounts as the
number of eligible children in the qualified State (as determined by
the Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data) bears
to the number of all eligible children in all States in such school
year.
    (c) Reallotment.--If a State does not receive funds under
subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot the
remainder of such funds to each qualified State in an amount that bears
the same ratio to such remainder for such year as the amount received
under subsection (b) by such qualified State bears to the amount
received under such subsection for such year by all qualified States.
    (d) Deficit Reduction.--Any amounts remaining after allotments are
made under subsection (c) for a fiscal year shall not be available for
any purpose other than deficit reduction.

SEC. 104. APPLICATION.

    (a) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
title, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary that
includes assurances that the State will--
            (1) comply with the requirements of section 105; and
            (2) make it lawful for parents of an eligible child to
        elect--
                    (A) to enroll their child in any public or private
                elementary or secondary school in the State; or
                    (B) to home-school their child.
    (b) Approval.--Not later than 30 days after receiving an
application from a State that meets the requirements of subsection (a),
the Secretary shall approve such application.

SEC. 105. EDUCATION VOUCHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Education Voucher Program.--
            (1) In general.--The State shall distribute funds received
        under this title among the local educational agencies in the
        State based on the number of eligible children enrolled in the
        public schools operated by each local educational agency and
        the number of eligible children within each local educational
        agency's geographical area whose parents elect to send their
        child to a private school or to home-school their child.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
        States should distribute non-Federal funds for elementary and
        secondary education in a manner that promotes competition and
        choices in education.
    (b) Identification of Eligible Children; Allocation and
Distribution of Funds.--
            (1) Identification of eligible children.--
                    (A) LEA identification.--On an annual basis, on a
                date to be determined by the Secretary, each local
                educational agency shall inform the State educational
                agency of--
                            (i) the number of eligible children
                        enrolled in public schools served by the local
                        educational agency; and
                            (ii) the number of eligible children within
                        each local educational agency's geographical
                        area whose parents elect--
                                    (I) to send their child to a
                                private school; or
                                    (II) to home-school their child.
                    (B) State identification.--On an annual basis, on a
                date to be determined by the Secretary, each State
                educational agency shall inform the Secretary of the
                total number of children identified by all local
                educational agencies in the State under subparagraph
                (A).
            (2) Amount of payment.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                amount of payment for each eligible child in a State
                shall be equal to--
                            (i) the total amount allotted to the State
                        under this title; divided by
                            (ii) the total number of eligible children
                        in the State identified under paragraph (1).
                    (B) Limitations.--
                            (i) In the case of a payment made to the
                        parent of an eligible child who elects to
                        attend a private school, the amount of the
                        payment described in subparagraph (A) for each
                        eligible child shall not exceed the cost for
                        tuition, fees, and transportation for the
                        eligible child to attend the private school.
                            (ii) In the case of a payment made to a
                        parent of an eligible child who elects to home-
                        school such child, the amount of the payment
                        described in subparagraph (A) for each eligible
                        child shall not exceed the cost of home-
                        schooling the child.
            (3) Allocation to local educational agencies.--Based on the
        identification of eligible children in paragraph (1), the State
        educational agency shall provide to a local educational agency
        an amount equal to the product of--
                    (A) the amount available for each eligible child in
                the State, as determined in paragraph (2); multiplied
                by
                    (B) the number of eligible children identified by
                the local educational agency under paragraph (1)(A).
            (4) Distribution to schools.--From amounts allocated under
        paragraph (3), each local educational agency that receives
        funds under such paragraph shall distribute a portion of such
        funds to the public schools served by the local educational
        agency, which amount shall--
                    (A) be based on the number of eligible children
                enrolled in such schools and included in the count
                submitted under paragraph (1)(A); and
                    (B) be distributed in a manner that would, in the
                absence of such Federal funds, supplement the funds
                made available from non-Federal resources for the
                education of eligible children, and not to supplant
                such funds.
            (5) Distribution to parents.--
                    (A) In general.--From the amounts allocated under
                paragraph (3), each local educational agency that
                receives funds under such paragraph shall distribute a
                portion of such funds, in an amount equal to the amount
                described in paragraph (2), to the parents of each
                eligible child within the local educational agency's
                geographical area who elect to send their child to a
                private school or to home-school their child (as the
                case may be) and whose child is included in the count
                of such eligible children under paragraph (1)(A), which
                amount shall be distributed in a manner so as to ensure
                that such payments will be used for appropriate
                educational expenses.
                    (B) Reservation.--A local educational agency
                described in this paragraph may reserve not more than 1
                percent of the funds available for distribution under
                subparagraph (A) to pay administrative costs associated
                with carrying out the activities described in such
                subparagraph.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Payments to parents under subsection
(b)(5) shall be considered assistance to the eligible child and shall
not be considered assistance to the school that enrolls the eligible
child. The amount of any payment under this section shall not be
treated as income of the child or his or her parents for purposes of
Federal tax laws or for determining eligibility for any other Federal
program.

SEC. 106. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Eligible child.--The term ``eligible child'' means a
        child aged 5 to 17, inclusive.
            (2) Parent.--The term ``parent'' includes a legal guardian
        or other person standing in loco parentis (such as a
        grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives, or a
        person who is legally responsible for the child's welfare).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Education.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States
        and the District of Columbia.
            (5) Qualified state.--The term ``qualified State'' means a
        State that has an application approved by the Secretary under
        section 104.

                      TITLE II--NO HUNGRY KIDS ACT

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``No Hungry Kids Act''.

SEC. 202. REPEAL OF RULE.

    The rule prescribed by the Food and Nutrition Service of the
Department of Agriculture relating to nutrition standards in the
national school lunch and school breakfast programs published on
January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.), and revising parts 210
and 220 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, shall have no force or
effect.

SEC. 203. LIMITS ON CERTAIN NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 9(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting before
the semicolon the following: ``, to establish a calorie maximum for
individual school lunches, or to prohibit a child from eating a lunch
provided by the child's parent or legal guardian''.

Output: Choices in Education Act of 2016 This bill repeals the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and limits the authority of the Department of Education (ED) such that ED is authorized only to award block grants to qualified states. The bill establishes an education voucher program, through which each state shall distribute block grant funds among local educational agencies (LEAs) based on the number of eligible children within each LEA's geographical area. From these amounts, each LEA shall: (1) distribute a portion of funds to parents who elect to enroll their child in a private school or to home-school their child, and (2) do so in a manner that ensures that such payments will be used for appropriate educational expenses. To be eligible to receive a block grant, a state must: (1) comply with education voucher program requirements, and (2) make it lawful for parents of an eligible child to elect to enroll their child in any public or private elementary or secondary school in the state or to home-school their child. No Hungry Kids Act The bill repeals a specified rule that established certain nutrition standards for the national school lunch and breakfast programs. (In general, the rule requires schools to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat or fat free milk in school meals; reduce the levels of sodium, saturated fat, and trans fat in school meals; and meet children's nutritional needs within their caloric requirements.)


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SECTION 1. 5-YEAR BAN ON LOBBYING BY INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED TO EXECUTIVE
              SCHEDULE POSITIONS AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Individuals Appointed to Executive Schedule Positions.--
            (1) In general.--Section 207(d) of title 18, United States
        Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Restrictions on Very Senior Personnel of the Executive Branch
and Independent Agencies.--
            ``(1) Vice president.--
                    ``(A) Restrictions.--In addition to the
                restrictions set forth in subsections (a) and (b), any
                person who serves in the position of Vice President of
                the United States and who, within 2 years after the
                termination of that person's service in that position,
                knowingly makes, with the intent to influence, any
                communication to or appearance before any person
                described in subparagraph (B), on behalf of any other
                person (except the United States), in connection with
                any matter on which such person seeks official action
                by any officer or employee of the executive branch of
                the United States, shall be punished as provided in
                section 216 of this title.
                    ``(B) Persons who may not be contacted.--A person
                described in this subparagraph is--
                            ``(i) any officer or employee of any
                        department or agency in which the Vice
                        President served within a period of 1 year
                        before the Vice President's service or
                        employment with the United States Government
                        terminated; and
                            ``(ii) any person appointed to a position
                        in the executive branch which is listed in
                        section 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, or 5316 of
                        title 5.
            ``(2) Five-year restriction on individuals in executive
        schedule and equivalent positions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
                subparagraphs (B) and (C), and in addition to the
                restrictions set forth in subsections (a) and (b), any
                individual employed in a position in the executive
                branch for which the rate of pay is the rate of pay
                payable for any level of the Executive Schedule under
                subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5 who, within 5
                years after the termination of his or her service or
                employment in such position, knowingly makes, with the
                intent to influence, any communication to or appearance
                before any officer or employee of any department or
                agency in the executive branch, on behalf of any other
                person (except the United States), in connection with
                any matter on which such person seeks official action
                by any officer or employee of such department or
                agency, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of
                this title.
                    ``(B) Special government employees.--Subparagraph
                (A) shall not apply to a special Government employee
                who serves less than 60 days in the 1-year period
                before his or her service or employment as such
                employee terminates.
                    ``(C) Waiver.--
                            ``(i) Authority.--Except as provided in
                        clause (ii), at the request of a department or
                        agency, the Director of the Office of
                        Government Ethics may waive the restrictions
                        under subparagraph (A) with respect to a
                        position, or a category of positions, if the
                        Director determines that--
                                    ``(I) the imposition of the
                                restrictions with respect to the
                                position, or category of positions,
                                would create an undue hardship on the
                                department or agency in obtaining
                                qualified personnel to fill the
                                position, or category of positions; and
                                    ``(II) granting the waiver would
                                not create the potential for use of
                                undue influence or unfair advantage.
                            ``(ii) Excluded positions.--The Director of
                        the Office of Government Ethics may not waive
                        the restrictions under subparagraph (A) with
                        respect to--
                                    ``(I) a position in the executive
                                branch (including any independent
                                agency) for which the rate of pay is
                                the rate of pay payable for level I of
                                the Executive Schedule; or
                                    ``(II) a position in the Executive
                                Office of the President for which the
                                rate of pay is the rate of pay for
                                level II of the Executive Schedule.''.
            (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--Section 207 of
        title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking clauses (i) and
                                (iii);
                                    (II) by redesignating clauses (ii),
                                (iv), and (v) as clauses (i), (ii), and
                                (iii), respectively; and
                                    (III) in clause (i), as so
                                redesignated--
                                            (aa) by striking ``which is
                                        not referred to in clause (i)''
                                        the first place it appears and
                                        inserting ``for which the rate
                                        of pay is not specified in or
                                        fixed according to subchapter
                                        II of chapter 53 of title 5'';
                                        and
                                            (bb) by striking ``, or,
                                        for a period of 2 years'' and
                                        all that follows through the
                                        end of clause (i) and inserting
                                        a comma; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), in the matter
                        preceding clause (i), by striking ``clause (ii)
                        or (iv)'' and inserting ``clause (i) or (ii)'';
                        and
                    (B) in subsection (h)(2), by striking the second
                sentence.
    (b) Members of Congress.--Section 207(e)(1) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``2 years'' and
        inserting ``5 years''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``Any person who is
        a Member of the House of Representatives or an elected officer
        of the House of Representatives and who, within 1 year after
        that person leaves office,'' and inserting ``Any person who is
        a Member of the House of Representatives and who, within 5
        years after that person leaves office, or any person who is an
        elected officer of the House of Representatives and who, within
        1 year after that person leaves office,''.

Output: This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase to five years the ban on individuals appointed to executive schedule positions (except special government employees who serve less than 60 days in a 1-year period) from engaging in lobbying activities in the executive branch.  The Office of Government Ethics may waive lobbying restrictions for certain executive schedule employees if it determines that the restrictions would create an undue hardship in obtaining qualified personnel for agency positions and granting such waiver would not create the potential for use of undue influence or unfair advantage. The bill increases to five years the ban on lobbying activities by Senators or Members of the House of Representatives.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Money Wire Improvement and
Remittance Enhancement Act of 2003'' (or the ``Money WIRE Act of
2003'').

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF EXCHANGE RATES IN CONNECTION WITH INTERNATIONAL
              MONEY TRANSFERS.

    (a) In General.--The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 918, 919, 920, and 921 as
        sections 919, 920, 921, and 922, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 917 the following new
        section:

``SEC. 918. DISCLOSURE OF EXCHANGE RATES IN CONNECTION WITH
              INTERNATIONAL MONEY TRANSFERS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--
            ``(1) International money transfer.--The term
        `international money transfer' means any money transmitting
        service involving an international transaction which is
        provided by a financial institution or a money transmitting
        business.
            ``(2) Money transmitting service.--The term `money
        transmitting service' has the meaning given to such term in
        section 5330(d)(2) of title 31, United States Code.
            ``(3) Money transmitting business.--The term `money
        transmitting business' means any business which--
                    ``(A) provides check cashing, currency exchange, or
                money transmitting or remittance services, or issues or
                redeems money orders, travelers' checks, and other
                similar instruments; and
                    ``(B) is not a depository institution (as defined
                in section 5313(g) of title 31, United States Code).
    ``(b) Exchange Rate and Fees Disclosures Required.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any financial institution or money
        transmitting business which initiates an international money
        transfer on behalf of a consumer (whether or not the consumer
        maintains an account at such institution or business) shall
        provide the following disclosures in the manner required under
        this section:
                    ``(A) The exchange rate used by the financial
                institution or money transmitting business in
                connection with such transaction.
                    ``(B) The exchange rate prevailing at a major
                financial center of the foreign country whose currency
                is involved in the transaction, as of the close of
                business on the business day immediately preceding the
                date of the transaction (or the official exchange rate,
                if any, of the government or central bank of such
                foreign country).
                    ``(C) All commissions and fees charged by the
                financial institution or money transmitting business in
                connection with such transaction.
                    ``(D) The exact amount of foreign currency to be
                received by the recipient in the foreign country, which
                shall be disclosed to the consumer before the
                transaction is consummated and printed on the receipt
                referred to in paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Prominent disclosure inside and outside the place of
        business where an international money transfer is initiated.--
        The information required to be disclosed under subparagraphs
        (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) shall be prominently
        displayed on the premises of the financial institution or money
        transmitting business both at the interior location to which
        the public is admitted for purposes of initiating an
        international money transfer and on the exterior of any such
        premises.
            ``(3) Prominent disclosure in all receipts and forms used
        in the place of business where an international money transfer
is initiated.--The information required to be disclosed under paragraph
(1) shall be prominently displayed on all forms and receipts used by
the financial institution or money transmitting business when
initiating an international money transfer in such premises.
    ``(c) Advertisements in Print, Broadcast, and Electronic Media and
Outdoor Advertising.--The information required to be disclosed under
subparagraphs (A) and (C) of subsection (b)(1) shall be included--
            ``(1) in any advertisement, announcements, or solicitation
        which is mailed by the financial institution or money
        transmitting business and pertains to international money
        transfer; or
            ``(2) in any print, broadcast, or electronic medium or
        outdoor advertising display not on the premises of the
        financial institution or money transmitting business and
        pertaining to international money transfer.
    ``(d) Disclosures in Languages Other Than English.--The disclosures
required under this section shall be in English and in the same
language as that principally used by the financial institution or money
transmitting business, or any of its agents, to advertise, solicit, or
negotiate, either orally or in writing, at that office if other than
English.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect at the end of the 3-month period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. STUDY ON FEE DISCLOSURES FOR MONEY WIRE TRANSMISSIONS.

    (a) Study.--The Federal banking agencies (as defined in section 3
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act) and the Secretary of the Treasury
shall jointly conduct a study on fees charged and fee disclosures for
money wire transmissions.
    (b) Comparison of Prices.--The study required by subsection (a)
shall compare the disclosures provided by federally insured depository
institutions for money wire transmissions with disclosures provided by
money transmitting businesses (as defined in section 5330(d)(1) of
title 31, United States Code) for such transmissions.
    (c) Report Required.--The Federal banking agencies and the
Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly submit a report on the study
required under subsection (a) to the Congress before the end of the 1-
year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ACT AMENDMENT.

    Paragraph (12) of section 107 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12
U.S.C. 1757(12)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(12) in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
        Board--
                    ``(A) to sell, to persons in the field of
                membership, negotiable checks (including travelers
                checks), money orders, and other similar money transfer
                instruments; and
                    ``(B) to cash checks and money orders for persons
                in the field of membership for a fee;''.

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Money Wire Improvement and Remittance Enhancement Act of 2003 (or the Money WIRE Act of 2003) - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require that the following disclosures be prominently displayed on the premises of a money transmitting business which initiates an international money transfer for a consumer: (1) the exchange rate used in connection with such transaction; (2) the exchange rate prevailing at a major financial center of the foreign country whose currency is involved in the transaction; (3) all commissions and fees charged in connection with such transaction; and (4) the exact amount of foreign currency to be received by the recipient in the foreign country, which shall be disclosed to the consumer before the transaction is consummated.

Requires that such disclosures be prominently revealed in advertisements and receipts used by the business, and in the same language as that principally used by the business to advertise, solicit, or negotiate, at that office, if other than English. Requires the Federal banking agencies and the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to Congress on the need for fee disclosures for money wire transmissions. Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to authorize Federal credit unions to: (1) sell, to persons in the field of membership, negotiable checks (including travelers checks), money orders, and other similar money transfer instruments; and (2) cash checks and money orders for persons in the field of membership for a fee. (Currently these transactions are reserved for credit union members only.)


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short title

    Section 1. This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Citizens Health
Insurance Standards Act of 1993''.

                          findings and purpose

    Sec. 2. The Congress finds that--
            (1) health care costs are a major expense and source of
        concern for the elderly;
            (2) Medicare covers less than half of the health care costs
        for the elderly;
            (3) because of their condition and needs, many elderly have
        to purchase private health insurance;
            (4) the paucity of consumer information in the field of
        health insurance for the elderly makes it almost impossible for
        those seeking such insurance to make reasoned choices;
            (5) many of the policies sold to supplement Medicare
        coverage provide inadequate coverage and low return to
        consumers;
            (6) the many instances of abuse and deception in the
        marketing of health insurance for the elderly, which have been
        documented by recent congressional hearings, constitute a
        national disgrace; and
            (7) these instances of abuse, deception, inadequate
        coverage, and low return are now a national problem and the
        Federal Government has a responsibility to assist in the
        remedy.
    (b) It is, therefore, the purpose of this Act to direct the
Secretary to require Federal minimum standards for the sale of health
insurance for the elderly and to take other action designed to provide
future benefits to the elderly who need assistance in meeting their
health insurance needs.

                           minimum standards

    Sec. 3. (a) Each State shall, no later than two years after the
date of enactment of this Act, submit a plan to the Secretary of Health
and Human Services for the purpose of specifying the minimum standards
applicable to health insurance for the elderly in such State. Such plan
shall specify minimum standards which--
            (1) provide that at least 75 per centum of the premiums
        collected from the sale of such health insurance be returned in
        the form of benefits provided under such health insurance, as
        specified by the Secretary in regulations;
            (2) limit the exclusions of preexisting conditions in
        accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary;
            (3) provide that policies of such health insurance be
        written in simplified language which can be understood by
        purchasers, as specified in regulations prescribed by the
        Secretary;
            (4) prohibit the sale of such health insurance if such
        health insurance duplicates the coverage provided under the
        Medicare Program, except that such a sale may be made if the
        purchaser signs a written statement expressing his knowledge of
        the duplicative coverage, as specified in regulations
        prescribed by the Secretary; and
            (5) are in accordance with disclosure provisions, specified
        in regulations, which the Secretary determines necessary to
        protect purchasers of such insurance, including, but not
        limited to, provisions which require a simplified written
        statement, to all prospective purchasers, of--
                    (A) the percentage of premiums collected for such
                health insurance which is returned in the form of
                benefits;
                    (B) the name and address of the agent who sold the
                policy and a toll free telephone number of the
                insurance company;
                    (C) general information which briefly, simply, and
                adequately explains the premiums, benefits,
                renewability, coverage, deductibles, coinsurance
                charges, and other matters; and
                    (D) general information which briefly, simply, and
                adequately explains the specific matters covered by the
                insurance which are not covered under the Medicare
                Program.
    (b) The Secretary shall issue final regulations referred to in
subsection (a) no later than one hundred and eighty days after the date
of enactment of this Act.
    (c) The Secretary shall approve or disapprove any plan submitted
pursuant to subsection (a) no later than ninety days after such
submission.
    (d)(1) In the case of any State whose plan is disapproved under
subsection (c), the Secretary shall return such plan to the State with
a detailed explanation of the reasons for such disapproval. The State
may submit a new plan within thirty days after receiving such
explanation, and the Secretary shall approve or disapprove such plan no
later than thirty days after such submission.
    (2) If the Secretary disapproves a new plan submitted in accordance
with the second sentence of paragraph (1) of this subsection, such
disapproval shall be subject to judicial review in the United States
court of appeals for the circuit in which the State is located or in
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit. Any such review shall be instituted only by the State involved
and shall be commenced within sixty days after the date on which the
disapproval was issued. The provisions of subsection (f) shall apply
and shall not be stayed pending any such review.
    (e)(1) The Secretary shall conduct oversight activities in each
State in which a plan is approved for the purpose of assuring that such
plan is carried out in each such State. Each State shall submit an
annual report to the Secretary containing a detailed account of the
operation of the plan in the State during the previous year. Such
report shall be in such form and contain such information as is
specified by the Secretary in regulations.
    (2) No change may be made in a plan by any State unless approved by
the Secretary before the effective date of such change.
    (3) In any case in which the Secretary finds that a State, which
has an approved plan, is not carrying out such plan, the Secretary
shall notify the State of such finding and provide the State with
detailed information about the basis of such finding. The Secretary
shall provide the State with an opportunity to correct any problems
specified by the Secretary or to present evidence that such problems do
not exist. After a reasonable time for allowing for corrections of the
problems or for submission of evidence that such problems do not exist,
the Secretary shall make a final determination that an approved plan is
or is not being carried out in the State. If the Secretary determines
that such a plan is not being carried out in the State, the provisions
of subsection (f) shall apply with respect to the State. A final
determination by the Secretary that a State plan is not being carried
out in any State shall be subject to judicial review under the
conditions described in subsection (d)(2).
    (f) In any case in which--
            (1) a State does not submit a plan under subsection (a);
            (2) the Secretary fails to approve a plan submitted by a
        State after giving such State an opportunity to submit a new
        plan under subsection (d); or
            (3) the Secretary makes a final determination under
        paragraph (3) of subsection (e) that an approved plan is not
        being carried out in such State;
the Secretary shall implement, as soon as practicable, a plan in such
State which carries out the minimum standards described in subsection
(a) with respect to the sale of health insurance for the elderly. The
Secretary shall implement such plan in such State until the Secretary
determines that such State will carry out the plan. The Secretary may
prescribe any regulations that are necessary to implement and
administer such plan in any State.
    (g) Any provision of State law which would prevent the
establishment and implementation in that State of a plan implementing
the minimum standards described in subsection (a) is preempted by the
provisions of this Act.

                              definitions

    Sec. 4. For purposes of section 3--
            (1) the term ``health insurance for the elderly'' means
        health insurance (as specified in regulations prescribed by the
        Secretary) sold to persons who, at the time of such sale, are
        (A) aged sixty-five or older, or (B) receiving benefits under
        the Medicare Program;
            (2) the term ``Medicare Program'' means the health
        insurance program for the aged and disabled established by
        title XVIII of the Social Security Act;
            (3) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health
        and Human Services; and
            (4) the term ``State'' means each of the fifty States of
        the United States and the District of Columbia.

                                studies

    Sec. 5. Section 1875 of the Social Security Act is amended by
adding the following new subsections at the end thereof:
    ``(c) The Secretary shall conduct a study for the purpose of making
recommendations to the Congress with respect to a uniform approach to
the regulation of all private health insurance which is offered for
sale to the aged and disabled. Such study shall include, but not be
limited to, an examination of the following matters--
            ``(1) minimum loss ratios;
            ``(2) uniform exclusions of pre-existing conditions;
            ``(3) the various means of differentiating categories of
        coverage for purchasers of such health insurance;
            ``(4) the effectiveness of labels, numerical ratings, or
        disclosure information in assisting the aged and disabled to
        compare policies;
            ``(5) whether the sale of dread disease and other indemnity
        policies should be banned or limited;
            ``(6) whether agents' commissions for selling such health
        insurance should be limited;
            ``(7) methods of eliminating misconduct by agents in
        selling policies;
            ``(8) the need for and costs of individualized health
        insurance counseling for the aged and disabled;
            ``(9) whether claims handling requirements should be
        imposed;
            ``(10) whether the sale of overlapping and/or duplicative
        coverage should be banned; and
            ``(11) whether policy standardization is necessary to
        promote competition.
The Secretary shall, no later than two years after the date of
enactment of this subsection, transmit a report to the Congress
containing the findings and recommendations of such study and proposed
legislation concerning a comprehensive approach to the regulation of
such health insurance.
    ``(d) The Secretary shall conduct a study for the purpose of making
recommendations to the Congress with respect to the feasibility of
health insurance coverage under this title in addition to the coverage
provided under parts A and B. Such study shall include, but not be
limited to, an examination of the following matters--
            ``(1) the need for such additional coverage;
            ``(2) eligibility requirements;
            ``(3) alternative approaches to providing such additional
        coverage;
            ``(4) cost estimates of the alternative approaches, taking
        into consideration the different coinsurance and deductible
        requirements, coverage provisions, and eligibility standards of
        each approach; and
            ``(5) alternative methods of financing such additional
        coverage.
The Secretary shall, no later than two years after the date of
enactment of this subsection, transmit a report to the Congress
containing the findings and recommendations of such study.''.

Output:
Senior Citizens Health Insurance Standards Act of 1993 - Directs each State to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services a plan specifying certain minimum standards applicable to the sale of health insurance to the elderly.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary to conduct studies for the purposes of making recommendations to the Congress concerning: (1) a uniform approach for regulating all private health insurance sold to the aged and disabled; and (2) the feasibility of additional health insurance coverage under Medicare.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Gas Petroleum
Refiner Improvement and Community Empowerment Act'' or ``Gas PRICE
Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I--COLLABORATIVE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR DOMESTIC FUELS FACILITIES

Sec. 101. Collaborative permitting process for domestic fuels
                            facilities.
       TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF FISCHER-TROPSCH FUELS

Sec. 201. Evaluation of Fischer-Tropsch diesel and jet fuel as an
                            emission control strategy.
 TITLE III--DOMESTIC COAL-TO-LIQUID FUEL AND CELLULOSIC BIOMASS ETHANOL

Sec. 301. Economic development assistance to support commercial-scale
                            cellulosic biomass ethanol projects and
                            coal-to-liquids facilities on BRAC property
                            and Indian land.
 TITLE IV--ALTERNATIVE HYDROCARBON AND RENEWABLE RESERVES DISCLOSURES
                         CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Sec. 401. Alternative hydrocarbon and renewable reserves disclosures
                            classification system.
                TITLE V--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Coal-to-liquid.--The term ``coal-to-liquid'' means--
                    (A) with respect to a process or technology, the
                use of a feedstock, the majority of which is derived
                from the coal resources of the United States, using the
                class of reactions known as Fischer-Tropsch, to produce
                synthetic fuel suitable for transportation; and
                    (B) with respect to a facility, the portion of a
                facility related to producing the inputs for the
                Fischer-Tropsch process, or the finished fuel from the
                Fischer-Tropsch process, using a feedstock that is
                primarily domestic coal at the Fischer-Tropsch
                facility.
            (3) Domestic fuels facility.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``domestic fuels
                facility'' means--
                            (i) a coal liquification or coal-to-liquid
                        facility at which coal is processed into
                        synthetic crude oil or any other transportation
                        fuel;
                            (ii) a facility that produces a renewable
                        fuel (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the
                        Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))); and
                            (iii) a facility at which crude oil is
                        refined into transportation fuel or other
                        petroleum products.
                    (B) Inclusion.--The term ``domestic fuels
                facility'' includes a domestic fuels facility
                expansion.
            (4) Domestic fuels facility expansion.--The term ``domestic
        fuels facility expansion'' means a physical change in a
        domestic fuels facility that results in an increase in the
        capacity of the domestic fuels facility.
            (5) Domestic fuels facility permitting agreement.--The term
        ``domestic fuels facility permitting agreement'' means an
        agreement entered into between the Administrator and a State or
        Indian tribe under subsection (b).
            (6) Domestic fuels producer.--The term ``domestic fuels
        producer'' means an individual or entity that--
                    (A) owns or operates a domestic fuels facility; or
                    (B) seeks to become an owner or operator of a
                domestic fuels facility.
            (7) Indian land.--The term ``Indian land'' has the meaning
        given the term ``Indian lands'' in section 3 of the Native
        American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act
        of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4302).
            (8) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
            (9) Permit.--The term ``permit'' means any permit, license,
        approval, variance, or other form of authorization that a
        refiner is required to obtain--
                    (A) under any Federal law; or
                    (B) from a State or Indian tribal government agency
                delegated with authority by the Federal Government, or
                authorized under Federal law to issue permits.
            (10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Energy.
            (11) State.--The term ``State'' means--
                    (A) a State;
                    (B) the District of Columbia;
                    (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
                    (D) any other territory or possession of the United
                States.

TITLE I--COLLABORATIVE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR DOMESTIC FUELS FACILITIES

SEC. 101. COLLABORATIVE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR DOMESTIC FUELS
              FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--At the request of the Governor of a State or the
governing body of an Indian tribe, the Administrator shall enter into a
domestic fuels facility permitting agreement with the State or Indian
tribe under which the process for obtaining all permits necessary for
the construction and operation of a domestic fuels facility shall be
improved using a systematic interdisciplinary multimedia approach as
provided in this section.
    (b) Authority of Administrator.--Under a domestic fuels facility
permitting agreement--
            (1) the Administrator shall have authority, as applicable
        and necessary, to--
                    (A) accept from a refiner a consolidated
                application for all permits that the domestic fuels
                producer is required to obtain to construct and operate
                a domestic fuels facility;
                    (B) establish a schedule under which each Federal,
                State, or Indian tribal government agency that is
                required to make any determination to authorize the
                issuance of a permit shall--
                            (i) concurrently consider, to the maximum
                        extent practicable, each determination to be
                        made; and
                            (ii) complete each step in the permitting
                        process; and
                    (C) issue a consolidated permit that combines all
                permits that the domestic fuels producer is required to
                obtain; and
            (2) the Administrator shall provide to State and Indian
        tribal government agencies--
                    (A) financial assistance in such amounts as the
                agencies reasonably require to hire such additional
                personnel as are necessary to enable the government
                agencies to comply with the applicable schedule
                established under paragraph (1)(B); and
                    (B) technical, legal, and other assistance in
                complying with the domestic fuels facility permitting
                agreement.
    (c) Agreement by the State.--Under a domestic fuels facility
permitting agreement, a State or governing body of an Indian tribe
shall agree that--
            (1) the Administrator shall have each of the authorities
        described in subsection (b); and
            (2) each State or Indian tribal government agency shall--
                    (A) make such structural and operational changes in
                the agencies as are necessary to enable the agencies to
                carry out consolidated project-wide permit reviews
                concurrently and in coordination with the Environmental
                Protection Agency and other Federal agencies; and
                    (B) comply, to the maximum extent practicable, with
                the applicable schedule established under subsection
                (b)(1)(B).
    (d) Interdisciplinary Approach.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator and a State or governing
        body of an Indian tribe shall incorporate an interdisciplinary
        approach, to the maximum extent practicable, in the
        development, review, and approval of domestic fuels facility
        permits subject to this section.
            (2) Options.--Among other options, the interdisciplinary
        approach may include use of--
                    (A) environmental management practices; and
                    (B) third party contractors.
    (e) Deadlines.--
            (1) New domestic fuels facilities.--In the case of a
        consolidated permit for the construction of a new domestic
        fuels facility, the Administrator and the State or governing
        body of an Indian tribe shall approve or disapprove the
        consolidated permit not later than--
                    (A) 360 days after the date of the receipt of the
                administratively complete application for the
                consolidated permit; or
                    (B) on agreement of the applicant, the
                Administrator, and the State or governing body of the
                Indian tribe, 90 days after the expiration of the
                deadline established under subparagraph (A).
            (2) Expansion of existing domestic fuels facilities.--In
        the case of a consolidated permit for the expansion of an
        existing domestic fuels facility, the Administrator and the
        State or governing body of an Indian tribe shall approve or
        disapprove the consolidated permit not later than--
                    (A) 120 days after the date of the receipt of the
                administratively complete application for the
                consolidated permit; or
                    (B) on agreement of the applicant, the
                Administrator, and the State or governing body of the
                Indian tribe, 30 days after the expiration of the
                deadline established under subparagraph (A).
    (f) Federal Agencies.--Each Federal agency that is required to make
any determination to authorize the issuance of a permit shall comply
with the applicable schedule established under subsection (b)(1)(B).
    (g) Judicial Review.--Any civil action for review of any
determination of any Federal, State, or Indian tribal government agency
in a permitting process conducted under a domestic fuels facility
permitting agreement brought by any individual or entity shall be
brought exclusively in the United States district court for the
district in which the domestic fuels facility is located or proposed to
be located.
    (h) Efficient Permit Review.--In order to reduce the duplication of
procedures, the Administrator shall use State permitting and monitoring
procedures to satisfy substantially equivalent Federal requirements
under this section.
    (i) Severability.--If 1 or more permits that are required for the
construction or operation of a domestic fuels facility are not approved
on or before any deadline established under subsection (e), the
Administrator may issue a consolidated permit that combines all other
permits that the domestic fuels producer is required to obtain other
than any permits that are not approved.
    (j) Savings.--Nothing in this section affects the operation or
implementation of otherwise applicable law regarding permits necessary
for the construction and operation of a domestic fuels facility.
    (k) Consultation With Local Governments.--Congress encourages the
Administrator, States, and tribal governments to consult, to the
maximum extent practicable, with local governments in carrying out this
section.
    (l) Effect on Local Authority.--Nothing in this section affects--
            (1) the authority of a local government with respect to the
        issuance of permits; or
            (2) any requirement or ordinance of a local government
        (such as zoning regulations).

       TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF FISCHER-TROPSCH FUELS

SEC. 201. EVALUATION OF FISCHER-TROPSCH DIESEL AND JET FUEL AS AN
              EMISSION CONTROL STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--In cooperation with the Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Fischer-
Tropsch industry representatives, the Administrator shall--
            (1) conduct a research and demonstration program to
        evaluate the air quality benefits of ultra-clean Fischer-
        Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel;
            (2) evaluate the use of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch
        transportation fuel as a mechanism for reducing engine exhaust
        emissions; and
            (3) submit recommendations to Congress on the most
        effective use and associated benefits of these ultra-clean
        fuels for reducing public exposure to exhaust emissions.
    (b) Guidance and Technical Support.--The Administrator shall, to
the extent necessary, issue any guidance or technical support documents
that would facilitate the effective use and associated benefit of
Fischer-Tropsch fuel and blends.
    (c) Requirements.--The program described in subsection (a) shall
consider--
            (1) the use of neat (100 percent) Fischer-Tropsch fuel and
        blends with conventional crude oil-derived fuel for heavy-duty
        and light-duty diesel engines and the aviation sector; and
            (2) the production costs associated with domestic
        production of those ultra clean fuel and prices for consumers.
    (d) Reports.--The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy
and Commerce of the House of Representatives--
            (1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
        this Act, an interim report on actions taken to carry out this
        section; and
            (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
        this Act, a final report on actions taken to carry out this
        section.

 TITLE III--DOMESTIC COAL-TO-LIQUID FUEL AND CELLULOSIC BIOMASS ETHANOL

SEC. 301. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL-SCALE
              CELLULOSIC BIOMASS ETHANOL PROJECTS AND COAL-TO-LIQUIDS
              FACILITIES ON BRAC PROPERTY AND INDIAN LAND.

    (a) Priority.--Notwithstanding section 206 of the Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3146), in awarding funds
made available to carry out section 209(c)(1) of that Act (42 U.S.C.
3149(c)(1)) pursuant to section 702 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 3232), the
Secretary and the Economic Development Administration shall give
priority to projects to support commercial-scale cellulosic biomass
ethanol projects and coal-to-liquids facilities.
    (b) Federal Share.--Except as provided in subsection (c)(3)(B) and
notwithstanding the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965
(42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.), the Federal share of a project to support a
commercial-scale biomass ethanol facility or coal-to-liquid facility
shall be--
            (1) 80 percent of the project cost; or
            (2) for a project carried out on Indian land, 100 percent
        of the project cost.
    (c) Additional Award.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall make an additional
        award in connection with a grant made to a recipient (including
        any Indian tribe for use on Indian land) for a project to
        support a commercial-scale biomass ethanol facility or coal-to-
        liquid facility.
            (2) Amount.--The amount of an additional award shall be 10
        percent of the amount of the grant for the project.
            (3) Use.--An additional award under this subsection shall
        be used--
                    (A) to carry out any eligible purpose under the
                Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42
                U.S.C. 3121 et seq.);
                    (B) notwithstanding section 204 of that Act (42
                U.S.C. 3144), to pay up to 100 percent of the cost of
                an eligible project or activity under that Act; or
                    (C) to meet the non-Federal share requirements of
                that Act or any other Act.
            (4) Non-federal source.--For the purpose of paragraph
        (3)(C), an additional award shall be treated as funds from a
        non-Federal source.
            (5) Funding.--The Secretary shall use to carry out this
        subsection any amounts made available--
                    (A) for economic development assistance programs;
                or
                    (B) under section 702 of the Public Works and
                Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3232).

 TITLE IV--ALTERNATIVE HYDROCARBON AND RENEWABLE RESERVES DISCLOSURES
                         CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

SEC. 401. ALTERNATIVE HYDROCARBON AND RENEWABLE RESERVES DISCLOSURES
              CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--The Securities and Exchange Commission shall
appoint a task force composed of government and private sector
representatives, including experts in the field of dedicated energy
crop feedstocks for cellulosic biofuels production, to analyze, and
submit to Congress a report (including recommendations) on--
            (1) modernization of the hydrocarbon reserves disclosures
        classification system of the Commission to reflect advances in
        reserves recovery from nontraditional sources (such as deep
        water, oil shale, tar sands, and renewable reserves for
        cellulosic biofuels feedstocks); and
            (2) the creation of a renewable reserves classification
        system for cellulosic biofuels feedstocks.
    (b) Deadline for Report.--The Commission shall submit the report
required under subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.

                TITLE V--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

Output:
Gas Petroleum Refiner Improvement and Community Empowerment Act or the Gas PRICE Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into a domestic fuels facility permitting agreement with a requesting state or Indian tribe under which the process for obtaining all permits necessary for construction and operation of a domestic fuels facility shall use a prescribed interdisciplinary multimedia approach.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) conduct a research and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel; (2) evaluate the use of such fuel for reducing engine exhaust emissions; and (3) submit recommendations and reports to Congress.

 Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Economic Development Administration to give priority to projects supportting commercial-scale cellulosic biomass ethanol projects and coal-to-liquids facilities.

Directs the Secretary to make an additional award in connection with a grant made to a recipient (including any Indian tribe for use on Indian land) for a project to support a commercial-scale biomass ethanol facility or coal-to-liquid facility.

Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to appoint a task force to report to Congress on: (1) modernization of the hydrocarbon reserves disclosures classification system of the SEC to reflect advances in reserves recovery from nontraditional sources; and (2) creation of a renewable reserves classification system for cellulosic biofuels feedstocks.


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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 2205 Public Print (PP)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2205

_______________________________________________________________________

                               AMENDMENT

                June 29 (legislative day, June 22), 1993

                    Ordered to be printed as passed
                June 29 (legislative day, June 22), 1993

                    Ordered to be printed as passed

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                              June 29 (legislative day, June 22), 1993.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.
2205) entitled ``An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to
revise and extend programs relating to trauma care'', do pass with the
following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Trauma Care Amendments Act of
1993''.

SEC. 2. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA CARE SYSTEMS.

    (a) Membership.--Section 1202(c) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 300d-1(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
                striking ``12'' and inserting ``13'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the
                end thereof;
                    (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end thereof the following new
                subparagraph:
                    ``(F) 1 shall be an individual who has been a
                trauma patient at a designated trauma center.''; and
            (2) in paragraphs (3), by striking ``25 percent'' and
        inserting ``at least 4''.
    (b) Terms.--Section 1202(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-1(d)) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Trauma patient.--A member appointed to serve on the
        Council under subsection (c)(1)(F), including the initial
        member appointed under such subsection, shall be appointed for
        a term of 4 years.''.
    (c) Meetings.--Section 1202(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-1(g)) is
amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Meetings.--The Council shall meet not less than once each
year, and if the Chair determines necessary, up to four times each
year.''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 1213(a)(11) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300d-13(a)(11)) is amended by striking ``any standard metropolitan
statistical area'' and inserting ``a border, with respect to State
areas in which logical geographic groupings across State borders would
be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this title''.

SEC. 4. FUNDING.

    Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-
32(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$60,000,000 for fiscal year 1991'' and
        inserting ``$25,000,000 for fiscal year 1994''; and
            (2) by striking ``1992 and 1993'' and inserting ``1995,
        1996, and 1997.''.

SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    Title XII of the Public Health Service Act is amended--
            (1) in section 1212(a)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 300d-12(a)(2)(A)),
        by striking ``1211(c)'' and inserting ``1211(b)'';
            (2) in section 1213(a) (42 U.S.C. 300d-13(a))--
                    (A) by striking ``to provide'' in paragraphs (8)
                and (9) and inserting ``provides''; and
                    (B) by striking ``to conduct'' in paragraph (10)
                and inserting ``conducts'';
            (3) in section 1213(c) (42 U.S.C. 300d-13(c)), by striking
        ``6,000'' in the matter following paragraph (4) and inserting
        ``6''; and
            (4) in section 1231(3) (42 U.S.C. 300d-31), by striking
        ``Puerto Rico;'' and inserting ``Puerto Rico,''.

SEC. 6. STUDY CONCERNING FEDERAL DUPLICATION OF EMS AND TRAUMA CARE
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Study.--The General Accounting Office shall conduct a study to
determine the extent and desirability of the duplication of Federal
emergency medical services and trauma care activities. Within such
study the General Accounting Office shall--
            (1) describe existing emergency medical service and trauma
        care programs located within--
                    (A) the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
                    (B) the General Services Administration;
                    (C) the Department of Agriculture;
                    (D) the Department of Defense;
                    (E) the Department of Health and Human Services;
                    (F) the Department of Transportation;
                    (G) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
                    (H) the Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency
                Medical Services; or
                    (I) any other relevant entities;
        with respect to the purpose of each program, the amount of
        resources allocated for each program and its respective grant
        or contract programs for State, local, or nonprofit entities;
            (2) examine each program described in paragraph (1) to
        determine if there is a duplication of emergency medical
        service and trauma care programs resulting in economic and
        service inefficiencies;
            (3) develop recommendations on the feasibility of
        consolidating all programs described in paragraph (1) into one
        Federal department or a smaller number of entities to limit the
        duplication of such programs and enhance financial and service
        efficiency for Federal emergency medical service and trauma
        care programs;
            (4) develop recommendations, if a consolidation described
        in paragraph (3) is warranted, concerning which emergency
        medical service and trauma care programs should continue and
        the appropriate entity or entities to administer each such
        program based upon the mission and expertise of such entity or
        entities;
            (5) develop recommendations concerning which Federal entity
        should be the lead agency for emergency medical service and
        trauma care programs in the Federal Government, to be
        responsible for--
                    (A) administering programs for emergency medical
                service and trauma care programs;
                    (B) acting as the first point of Federal contact
                for all local, nonprofit and State entities in regard
                to all Federal emergency medical service and trauma
                care programs;
                    (C) administering the emergency medical service and
                trauma care information clearinghouse for the use of
                all Federal, State, local, and nonprofit entities;
                    (D) coordinating all Federal emergency medical
                service and trauma care programs;
                    (E) serving as the Chair of an interagency
                committee on emergency medical service, in the event
                such an entity is recommended to exist for the
                consolidated emergency medical service and trauma care
                programs; and
                    (F) assuming other roles relevant to a lead agency
                as determined appropriate by the General Accounting
                Office; and
            (6) develop recommendations for mechanisms to ensure that
        the lead Federal entity described in paragraph (5) has power
        sufficient to coordinate and prevent the duplication of Federal
        emergency medical service and trauma care programs.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the General Accounting Office shall prepare and submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the study
conducted under subsection (a) and the recommendations made under such
study.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.

Output:
Trauma Care Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to:  (1) increase (from 12 to 13) the number of members of the Advisory Council on Trauma Care Systems; (2) include on the Council an individual who has been a trauma patient at a designated trauma center, to be appointed for a four-year term; and (3) require that at least four (currently, 25 percent) of the members be knowledgeable concerning rural areas.
Requires the Council to meet not less than once and, if the Chair determines necessary, up to four times each year (currently, at the call of the Chair and not less than once each three months).
Includes among requirements for State plans (in order to receive allotments) coordination and cooperation among bordering States with respect to areas in which logical geographic groupings across State borders would be appropriate (currently, among States that share any standard metropolitan statistical area).
Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the General Accounting Office to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the duplication of Federal emergency medical services and trauma activities.


Input:
SECTION 1. PROGRAM ON PROVISION OF READJUSTMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE
              SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO SERVED IN OPERATION IRAQI
              FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

    (a) Program Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
establish a program to provide--
            (1) to veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation
        Enduring Freedom, particularly veterans who served in such
        operations while in the National Guard and the Reserves--
                    (A) peer outreach services;
                    (B) peer support services;
                    (C) readjustment counseling and services described
                in section 1712A of title 38, United States Code; and
                    (D) mental health services; and
            (2) to members of the immediate family of such a veteran,
        during the three-year period beginning on the date of the
        return of such veteran from deployment in Operation Iraqi
        Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, education, support,
        counseling, and mental health services to assist in--
                    (A) the readjustment of such veteran to civilian
                life;
                    (B) in the case such veteran has an injury or
                illness incurred during such deployment, the recovery
                of such veteran; and
                    (C) the readjustment of the family following the
                return of such veteran.
    (b) Contracts With Community Mental Health Centers and Qualified
Entities for Provision of Services.--In carrying out the program
required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall contract with community
mental health centers and other qualified entities to provide the
services required by such subsection only in areas the Secretary
determines are not adequately served by other health care facilities of
the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such contracts shall require each
contracting community health center or entity--
            (1) to the extent practicable, to employ veterans trained
        under subsection (c);
            (2) to the extent practicable, to use telehealth services
        for the delivery of services required by subsection (a);
            (3) to participate in the training program conducted in
        accordance with subsection (d);
            (4) to comply with applicable protocols of the Department
        of Veterans Affairs before incurring any liability on behalf of
        the Department for the provision of the services required by
        subsection (a);
            (5) to submit annual reports to the Secretary containing,
        with respect to the program required by subsection (a) and for
        the last full calendar year ending before the submission of
        such report--
                    (A) the number of the veterans served, veterans
                diagnosed, and courses of treatment provided to
                veterans as part of the program required by subsection
                (a); and
                    (B) demographic information for such services,
                diagnoses, and courses of treatment;
            (6) for each veteran for whom a community mental health
        center or other qualified entity provides mental health
        services under such contract, to provide the Department of
        Veterans Affairs with such clinical summary information as the
        Secretary shall require; and
            (7) to meet such other requirements as the Secretary shall
        require.
    (c) Training of Veterans for the Provision of Peer-Outreach and
Peer-Support Services.--In carrying out the program required by
subsection (a), the Secretary shall contract with a national not-for-
profit mental health organization to carry out a national program of
training for veterans described in subsection (a) to provide the
services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) of
such subsection.
    (d) Training of Clinicians for Provision of Services.--The
Secretary shall conduct a training program for clinicians of community
mental health centers or entities that have contracts with the
Secretary under subsection (b) to ensure that such clinicians can
provide the services required by subsection (a) in a manner that--
            (1) recognizes factors that are unique to the experience of
        veterans who served on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom
        or Operation Enduring Freedom (including the combat and
        military training experiences of such veterans); and
            (2) uses best practices and technologies.
    (e) Reports Required.--
            (1) Initial report on plan for implementation.--Not later
        than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
        Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of
        the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House
        of Representatives a report containing the plans of the
        Secretary to implement the program required by subsection (a).
            (2) Status report.--Not later than one year after the date
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
        Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee
        on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report
        on the implementation of the program. Such report shall include
        the following:
                    (A) Information on the number of veterans who
                received services as part of the program and the type
                of services received during the last full calendar year
                completed before the submission of such report.
                    (B) An evaluation of the provision of services
                under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) and a
                recommendation as to whether the period described in
                such paragraph should be extended to a five-year
                period.
                    (C) An evaluation of the provision of services
                under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1),
                including a list of each national not-for-profit mental
                health organization that provides such services
                pursuant to subsection (c).
                    (D) An evaluation of the training provided under
                subsection (d).

Output: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to provide peer support, readjustment, and mental health services to veterans who served in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (and related services to their family members). Requires an initial, and follow-up, report.