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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity
Expansion Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY EXPANSION
              PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 45N. FREIGHT RAIL CAPACITY EXPANSION CREDIT.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 38, the freight rail
capacity expansion credit determined under this section for the taxable
year is an amount equal to 25 percent of the cost of the following
property placed in service during the taxable year:
            ``(1) New qualified freight rail infrastructure property.
            ``(2) Qualified locomotive property.
    ``(b) New Qualified Freight Rail Infrastructure Property.--For
purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `new qualified freight rail
        infrastructure property' means qualified freight rail
        infrastructure property--
                    ``(A) the construction or erection of which is
                completed by the taxpayer after the date of the
                enactment of this section, or
                    ``(B) which is acquired by the taxpayer after such
                date, but only if the original use of such property
                commences with the taxpayer.
            ``(2) Exception for property replacing property at existing
        location.--The term `new qualified freight rail infrastructure
        property' does not include property which is replacing existing
        property if the property is located at the site of the existing
        property.
            ``(3) Qualified freight rail infrastructure property.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified freight rail
                infrastructure property' means property used in the
                movement of freight by rail--
                            ``(i) the cost of which is chargeable to
                        capital account (determined without regard to
                        section 179E), and
                            ``(ii) which constitutes--
                                    ``(I) railroad grading or tunnel
                                bore (as defined in section 168(e)(4)),
                                    ``(II) tunnels or subways,
                                    ``(III) track, including ties,
                                rails, ballast, or other track
                                material,
                                    ``(IV) bridges, trestles, culverts,
                                or other elevated or submerged
                                structures,
                                    ``(V) terminals, yards, roadway
                                buildings, fuel stations, or railroad
                                wharves or docks, including fixtures
                                attached thereto, and equipment used
                                exclusively therein,
                                    ``(VI) railroad signal,
                                communication, or other operating
                                systems, including components of such
                                systems that must be installed on
                                locomotives or other rolling stock, or
                                    ``(VII) intermodal transfer or
                                transload facilities or terminals,
                                including fixtures attached thereto,
                                and equipment used exclusively therein.
                    ``(B) Exclusions.--The term `qualified freight rail
                infrastructure property' shall not include--
                            ``(i) land,
                            ``(ii) rolling stock, including
                        locomotives, or
                            ``(iii) property used predominantly outside
                        the United States, except that this
                        subparagraph shall not apply to any property
                        described in section 168(g)(4).
            ``(4) Leased property.--For purposes of determining whether
        property subject to a lease is new qualified freight rail
        infrastructure property, such property shall be treated as
        originally placed in service not earlier than the date the
        property is used under the lease but only if such property is
        leased within 3 months after the property is placed in service
        by the lessor.
    ``(c) Qualified Locomotive Property.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
        `qualified locomotive property' means a locomotive which--
                    ``(A) meets the Environmental Protection Agency's
                emission standards for locomotives and locomotive
                engines (as in effect on December 31, 2005), and
                    ``(B) is owned by, or leased to, a taxpayer which
                meets the capacity expansion requirement of paragraph
                (2) for the taxable year in which the locomotive is
                placed in service.
            ``(2) Capacity expansion requirement.--A taxpayer meets the
        requirements of this paragraph with respect to any locomotive
        only if, on the last day of the taxable year in which such
        locomotive is placed in service, the total horsepower of all
        locomotives owned by, or leased to, the taxpayer exceeds the
        total horsepower of all locomotives owned by, or leased to, the
        taxpayer on the last day of the preceding taxable year. A
        determination under this paragraph shall be made pursuant to
        such reports as the Secretary, in consultation with the Surface
        Transportation Board, may prescribe.
            ``(3) Special rules for the leasing of locomotives.--In the
        case of the leasing of locomotives--
                    ``(A) only the lessor is eligible for the credit,
                and
                    ``(B) total horsepower under paragraph (2) shall be
                determined with respect to all locomotives owned by, or
                leased to, the lessee.
    ``(d) Other Definitions and Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
                    ``(A) Railroad signal, communication, or other
                operating system.--The term `railroad signal,
                communication, or other operating system' means an
                appliance, method, device, or system (including
                hardware and software) which is used to operate a
                railroad or to improve safety or capacity of railroad
                operations, including a signal, an interlocker, an
                automatic train stop, or a train control or cab-signal
                device.
                    ``(B) Intermodal transfer or transload facility or
                terminal.--The term `intermodal transfer or transload
                facility or terminal' means a facility or terminal
                primarily utilized in the transfer of freight between
                rail and any other mode of transportation.
            ``(2) Coordination with other credits.--The cost of any
        property taken into account in determining the credit under
        this section may not be taken into account in determining a
        credit under any other provision of this title.
            ``(3) Basis adjustment.--If a credit is determined under
        this section with respect to the cost of any qualified freight
        rail infrastructure property or qualified locomotive property,
        the basis of such property shall be reduced by the amount of
        the credit so determined.
            ``(4) Recapture.--The benefit of any credit allowable under
        subsection (a) shall, under regulations prescribed by the
        Secretary, be recaptured with respect to any qualified
        locomotive property that is sold or otherwise disposed of by
        the taxpayer during the 5-year period beginning on the date on
        which such property is placed in service.
    ``(e) Termination.--This section shall not apply to any property
placed in service after December 31, 2011.''.
    (b) Credit Allowed as Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to current year business
credit) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (29), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (30) and inserting ``,
and'', and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(31) the freight rail capacity expansion credit
        determined under section 45N.''.
    (c) Coordination With Section 55.--Section 38(c)(4)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end
of clause (i), by striking the period at the end of clause (ii)(II) and
inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) for taxable years beginning after
                        the date of the enactment of this clause, the
                        credit determined under section 45N.''.
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 45M the
following new item:

``Sec. 45N. Freight rail capacity expansion credit.''.

SEC. 3. EXPENSING OF FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to itemized deductions for
individuals and corporations) is amended by inserting after section
179D the following new section:

``SEC. 179E. ELECTION TO EXPENSE QUALIFIED FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
              PROPERTY.

    ``(a) Allowance of Deduction.--
            ``(1) In general.--A taxpayer may elect to treat any amount
        paid or incurred for the acquisition, construction, or erection
        of qualified freight rail infrastructure property (as defined
        in section 45N(b)(3)) as an amount not chargeable to capital
        account. Any amount so treated shall be allowed as a deduction
        for the taxable year in which such property was placed in
        service.
            ``(2) Coordination with credit.--The amount to which the
        election under paragraph (1) applies with respect to any
        property shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of
        any reduction in the basis of the property under section
        45N(d)(3).
    ``(b) Election.--An election under subsection (a) shall be made,
with respect to each class of property for each taxable year, at such
time and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
If a taxpayer makes such an election with respect to any class of
property for any taxable year, the election shall apply to all
qualified freight rail infrastructure property in such class placed in
service during such taxable year. An election under this section shall
not affect the character of any property for the purposes of section
45N.
    ``(c) Deduction Allowed in Computing Minimum Tax.--For purposes of
determining alternative minimum taxable income under section 55, the
deduction under subsection (a) for qualified freight rail
infrastructure property shall be determined under this section without
regard to any adjustment under section 56.
    ``(d) Termination.--This section shall not apply to any property
placed in service after December 31, 2011.''.
    (b) Deduction for Capital Expenditures.--Section 263(a)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to capital expenditures) is
amended by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (J), by striking
the period at the end of subparagraph (K) and inserting ``, or'' and by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(L) expenditures for which a deduction is allowed
                under section 179E.''.
    (c) Technical and Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Section 312(k)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986 is amended by striking ``or 179D'' each place it appears
        in the text or heading thereof and inserting ``179D, or 179E''.
            (2) Paragraphs (2)(C) and (3)(C) of section 1245(a) of such
        Code are each amended by inserting ``179E,'' after ``179D,''.
            (3) The table of sections for part VI of subchapter B of
        chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item
        relating to section 179D the following new item:

``Sec. 179E. Election to expense qualified freight rail infrastructure
                            property.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2006.

Output: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit for 25% of the cost of new qualified freight rail infrastructure property and qualified locomotive property; and (2) a taxpayer election to expense the cost of qualified freight rail infrastructure property (i.e., deduct all costs in the current taxable year). Terminates such credit and expensing election after 2011.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Naturalization At Training Sites Act
of 2017'' or the ``NATS Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF NATURALIZATION OFFICES AT INITIAL
              MILITARY TRAINING SITES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act, the term ``Secretary concerned'' has
the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United
States Code.
    (b) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland
Security with respect to the Coast Guard, shall establish a
naturalization office at each initial military training site of the
Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary.
    (c) Outreach.--In coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness and the Director of U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, each Secretary concerned shall, to the maximum
extent practicable--
            (1) identify each member of the Armed Forces overseen by
        such Secretary who is not a citizen of the United States;
            (2) inform each noncitizen member of the Armed Forces
        overseen by such Secretary about--
                    (A) the existence of a naturalization office at
                each initial military training site;
                    (B) the continuous availability of each
                naturalization office throughout the career of a member
                of the Armed Forces to--
                            (i) evaluate the extent to which a
                        noncitizen member of the Armed Forces is
                        eligible to become a naturalized citizen; and
                            (ii) assess the suitability for citizenship
                        of a noncitizen member of the Armed Forces;
                    (C) each potential pathway to citizenship;
                    (D) each service a naturalization office provides;
                    (E) the required length of service to obtain
                citizenship during--
                            (i) peacetime; and
                            (ii) a period of hostility; and
                    (F) the application process for citizenship,
                including--
                            (i) details of the application process;
                            (ii) required application materials;
                            (iii) requirements for a naturalization
                        interview; and
                            (iv) any other information required to
                        become a citizen under the Immigration and
                        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
    (d) Timing.--Each Secretary concerned shall complete the
notifications required under subsection (c)--
            (1) during every stage of basic training;
            (2) during training for any military occupational
        specialty;
            (3) at each school of professional military education;
            (4) upon each transfer of a duty station; and
            (5) at any other time determined appropriate by the
        Secretary concerned.
    (e) Trained Personnel.--
            (1) Availability.--Each Secretary concerned shall retain
        trained personnel at a naturalization office at every initial
        military training site to provide appropriate services to every
        member of the Armed Forces who is not a citizen of the United
        States.
            (2) Training.--All personnel retained under paragraph (1)
        shall be familiar with--
                    (A) the special provisions of the Immigration and
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) authorizing the
                expedited application and naturalization process for
                current members of the Armed Forces and veterans;
                    (B) the application process for naturalization and
                associated application materials; and
                    (C) the naturalization process administered by U.S.
                Citizenship and Immigration Services.
    (f) Assignment Preference.--The Secretary concerned, to the extent
practicable, shall assign each new member of the Armed Forces who is
not a citizen of the United States to an initial military training site
that has a naturalization office.
    (g) Reporting Requirement.--The Director of the U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services shall annually publish, on a publicly
accessible website--
            (1) the number of members of the Armed Forces who became
        naturalized United States citizens during the most recent year
        for which data is available, categorized by country in which
        the naturalization ceremony took place;
            (2) the number of Armed Forces member's children who became
        naturalized United States citizens during the most recent year
        for which data is available, categorized by country in which
        the naturalization ceremony took place; and
            (3) the number of Armed Forces member's spouses who became
        naturalized United States citizens during the most recent year
        for which data is available, categorized by country in which
        the naturalization ceremony took place.
    (h) Regulations.--Each Secretary concerned shall prescribe in
regulation a definition of the term ``initial military training site''
for purposes of this section.

Output: Naturalization at Training Sites Act of 2017 or the NATS Act  This bill directs the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, to establish a naturalization office with trained personnel at each initial military training site of the Armed Forces.   Each military department concerned shall: (1) identify members of the Armed Forces who are not U.S. citizens and inform them of the availability of naturalization services at such offices, and (2) assign new non-citizen members of the Armed Forces to an initial military training site that has such an office.   Naturalization notifications shall be completed: (1) during every stage of basic training, (2) during training for any military occupational specialty, (3) at each school of professional military education, (4) upon each duty station transfer, and (5) at any other time determined appropriate by the military department concerned.   U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall annually publish the number of members of the Armed Forces and their spouses and children who became naturalized U.S. citizens during the most recent year for which data is available, categorized by the country in which the naturalization ceremony took place.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Monetary Policy and Treasury Finance
Enhancement Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are to facilitate the inference of
inflation expectations by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and by investors, to assist the Board of Governors in reducing
inflation, and, through lower inflation, to contribute to lower
interest rates.

SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF INDEXED OBLIGATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 31 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
section:
``Sec. 3114. Indexed Obligations
    ``(a) Mandatory Issuances.--
            ``(1) In general.--At least 10 percent of the aggregate
        face amount of longer-term public debt obligations issued
        during a fiscal year shall be in the form of indexed
        obligations.
            ``(2) Higher requirement in certain cases.--If, as of the
        beginning of any fiscal year, less than 10 percent of the
        aggregate face amount of outstanding obligations issued under
        section 3102 and 3103 and having at least 5 years to maturity
        are in the form of indexed obligations, the aggregate face
        amount of longer-term public debt obligations issued during
        such fiscal year which shall be in the form of indexed
        obligations shall be at least the greater of--
                    ``(A) the amount required to be in such form under
                paragraph (1), or
                    ``(B) 2 percent of the aggregate face amount of
                obligations issued under section 3102 and 3103 which,
                as of the beginning of such fiscal year, are
                outstanding and have at least 5 years to maturity.
        The indexed face amount of an outstanding indexed obligation
        shall be taken into account under this subparagraph and
        subsection (c) (in lieu of its actual face amount) in
        determining the amount of indexed obligations required or
        permitted to be issued.
            ``(3) Longer-term public debt obligations.--For purposes of
        this subsection, the term `longer-term public debt obligation'
        means any obligation issued under section 3102 or 3103 which
        matures at least 5 years after the date of issue.
    ``(b) Discretionary Issuances.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury may issue
        obligations under section 3102 or 3103 which mature at least
        270 days but less than 5 years after the date of issue in the
        form of indexed obligations.
            ``(2) Minimum issuance if discretion exercised.--The
        Secretary of the Treasury may exercise the authority under this
        subsection only if at least 5 percent of the aggregate face
        amount of the obligations referred to in paragraph (1) which
        are issued during a fiscal year are in the form of indexed
        obligations.
    ``(c) Aggregate Limit.--Not more than 50 percent of the aggregate
face amount of obligations issued under section 3102 or 3103 which
mature on any day shall be in the form of indexed obligations.
    ``(d) Indexed Obligations.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `indexed obligations' means any
        obligation--
                    ``(A) which has a redemption value at maturity
                equal to its indexed face amount,
                    ``(B) which has a face amount at issuance of at
                least $1,000 but not more than $5,000,
                    ``(C) which may not be redeemed before maturity,
                and
                    ``(D) the interest (if any) on which is payable for
                any period on the basis of its indexed face amount as
                of the beginning of such period.
            ``(2) Indexed face amount.--The term `indexed face amount'
        means, as of any date, the sum of--
                    ``(A) the face amount of the obligation at
                issuance, plus
                    ``(B) such face amount multiplied by the percentage
                by which--
                            ``(i) the selected index for such date,
                        exceeds
                            ``(ii) the selected index for the issue
                        date of the obligation.
            ``(3) Selected index for date.--The selected index for any
        date is the selected index for the second calendar month
        preceding the calendar month in which such date occurs. If the
        selected index is not determined on a monthly basis, the
        Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe a rule for
        determining the selected index for any date, and such
        prescribed rule shall apply in lieu of the preceding sentence.
            ``(4) Selected index.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
                subparagraph (B), the term `selected index' means the
                CPI.
                    ``(B) Another index may be used.--If the Secretary
                of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Board of
                Governors of the Federal Reserve System--
                            ``(i) agree that the use of the CPI for
                        purposes of paragraph (2) is unsatisfactory and
                        that the use of another index would be more
                        satisfactory for such purposes, and
                            ``(ii) submit a report to Congress jointly
                        recommending the use of such other index,
                the term `selected index' means such other index.
                    ``(C) Changes in index.--The selected index
                applicable to any indexed obligation shall be such
                index as of the date of issue of such obligation, and
                such index shall be determined, with respect to such
                obligation, without regard to changes in its structure
                or computation after such date.
            ``(5) CPI.--The term `CPI' means the Consumer Price Index
        for all urban consumers published by the Department of Labor.
    ``(e) Terms and Conditions.--Indexed obligations may be offered for
sale on a competitive or other basis under such regulations and upon
such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may
prescribe. The Secretary shall provide that such obligations shall be
available for purchase by individuals both directly from the Department
of the Treasury and through Federal Reserve System facilities.
    ``(f) Consultation With Federal Reserve.--The Secretary of the
Treasury shall consult with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System in determining the amounts, maturities, and
timing of issuances of indexed obligations under this section. The
Secretary shall maintain appropriate records of all recommendations
received from the Chairman in such consultations.
    ``(g) Considerations.--In determining the amounts, maturities, and
timing of issuances of indexed obligations under this section, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall--
            ``(1) attribute reasonable benefits to improvements in
        monetary management resulting from the issuance of indexed
        obligations, including reasonable estimates for reduced
        interests costs on obligations that are not indexed obligations
        arising from better inflation control and from smaller budget
        deficits as a consequence of improved economic stabilization,
        and
            ``(2) assure liquidity and pricing reliability in indexed
        obligations and the competitiveness of such obligations with
        nonindexed obligations issued under section 3102 and 3103 with
        comparable maturities, including assuring that each issue of
        interest-bearing indexed obligations is of an amount sufficient
        to permit the right to receive interest on such obligations to
        be traded separately from the underlying obligations.
The Secretary shall periodically announce expected issuance and
maturity dates of issues of indexed obligations and the expected
proportion of the total obligations issued under sections 3102 and 3103
having those maturity dates which are expected to be indexed
obligations. Such announcements shall precede expected issuance dates
by at least 1 year.
    ``(h) Monitoring.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall monitor the
ownership and trading activity of indexed and nonindexed obligations
issued under section 3102 or 3103 having the same maturity dates for
purposes of assuring liquidity and pricing reliability with respect to
indexed obligations.
    ``(i) Reports.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this section, and not later than the close of each 2-year
period thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the
Congress a report on the program established under this section. No
report shall be required under this subsection for any period after the
10th year after the date of the enactment of this section.''.
    (b) Procedure.--Subsection (a) of section 3121 of such title 31 is
amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6), by
redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8), and by inserting after
paragraph (6) the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) whether the obligation is to be issued as an indexed
        obligation; and''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter I of
chapter 31 of title 31 of such Code is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new item:

``3114. Indexed obligations.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to fiscal years beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
    (e) Taxation.--It is the intent of the Congress that--
            (1) except for changes to minimize any Federal income tax
        incentives or disincentives to acquiring indexed obligations as
        compared to nonindexed obligations, Federal income tax changes
        which affect nonindexed obligations should apply to the fullest
        extent feasible to indexed obligations, and
            (2) there should be symmetrical treatment applied to
        increases and decreases in the indexed face amount of an
        indexed obligation such that, for example, if increases in the
        indexed face amount of an obligation are includible in gross
        income as ordinary income, decreases in the indexed face amount
        of an obligation should be allowable as a deduction as an
        ordinary loss.

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Monetary Policy and Treasury Finance Enhancement Act of 1993 - Requires at least ten percent of the aggregate face amount of longer-term public debt obligations (bonds or notes which mature at least five years after the date of issue) issued during a fiscal year to be in the form of indexed obligations.  Specifies a higher requirement in certain cases.
Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bond and note obligations which mature at least 270 days but less than five years after the date of issue in the form of indexed obligations.
Prohibits more than 50 percent of the aggregate face amount of bond or note obligations which mature on any day from being in the form of indexed obligations.
Bases indexed obligations on the Consumer Price Index.
Provides for the Secretary to determine the amounts, maturities, and timing of issuances of indexed obligations.  Requires the Secretary to monitor the ownership and trading activity of indexed and nonindexed obligations having the same maturity dates to assure liquidity and pricing reliability.
Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on provisions of this Act every two years until the tenth year after enactment.
Expresses the intent of the Congress with respect to Federal income tax treatment of indexed and nonindexed obligations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rail Worker Emergency Training Act
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. RAIL WORKER EMERGENCY TRAINING GRANTS.

    (a) Rail Worker Emergency Training Grants.--The Secretary of
Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of
Transportation, is authorized to make grants to railroad carriers for
costs incurred in compliance with section 3.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security $100,000,000 to
carry out the purposes of this Act. Amounts appropriated pursuant to
this subsection shall remain available until expended.

SEC. 3. RAIL WORKER EMERGENCY TRAINING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with
the Secretary of Transportation and appropriate rail entities, shall
issue detailed guidelines for a rail worker emergency training program
designed to enhance rail worker training in preparation for and
response to potential or actual terrorist attacks, natural disasters,
and other emergencies.
    (b) Program Elements.--The guidelines developed under subsection
(a) shall require such a program to include, at a minimum, elements
that comprehensively address the following:
            (1) Critical infrastructure and equipment security
        inspection.
            (2) Hazardous material storage, transport, and monitoring.
            (3) Evacuation procedures in the event of fire, explosion,
        natural disaster, and other emergencies.
            (4) Unauthorized rail yard access and rail yard security.
            (5) Procedure for reporting suspicious activity, critical
        infrastructure, rail yard, and equipment security breaches,
        hazardous material storage or transport safety breaches, and
        other security or safety breaches.
            (6) Notification of law enforcement, emergency response,
        and other appropriate officials in the event of a terrorist
        attack, natural disaster, hazardous material explosion, and
        other emergencies.
            (7) Rail worker notification and training on railroad
        security plans, including a railroad carrier's threat level
        identification system, employee notification when such levels
        change, employee roles and responsibilities regarding the
        security plan, and lines of communication and coordination in
        the event of an emergency.
            (8) Passenger communication and coordination in the event
        of an emergency.
            (9) Live situational training exercises regarding various
        emergency scenarios, including terrorist attacks, natural
        disasters, and hazardous material explosions.
            (10) Protective equipment and device use.
            (11) Locomotive cab securement.
            (12) Background, skills, and ``fitness for duty'' checks
        for railroad contractors, subcontractors, and their employees
        equal to those applicable to railroad employees.
            (13) Distress codes for use by train crews, bridge tenders,
        and others as the Secretary of Homeland Security considers
        appropriate.
            (14) Appropriate responses to defend onself.
            (15) Any other subject the Secretary of Homeland Security
        considers appropriate.
    (c) Railroad Carrier Programs.--Not later than 90 days after the
Secretary of Homeland Security issues guidelines under subsection (a)
in final form, each railroad carrier shall develop a rail worker
emergency training program in accordance with those guidelines and
submit it to the Secretary of Homeland Security for approval. Not later
than 60 days after receiving a railroad carrier's program under this
subsection, the Secretary shall review the program and approve it or
require the railroad carrier to make any revisions the Secretary
considers necessary for the program to meet the guideline requirements.
    (d) Training.--Not later than 1 year after the Secretary of
Homeland Security approves the training program developed by a railroad
carrier under this section, the railroad carrier shall complete the
training of all rail workers in accordance with that program.
    (e) Updates.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall update the
training guidelines issued under subsection (a) from time to time to
reflect new or different security threats, and shall require railroad
carriers to revise their programs accordingly and provide additional
training to their rail workers. Not later than 60 days after the
Secretary of Homeland Security notifies railroad carriers to revise
their programs to reflect updated guidelines issued by the Secretary
under this section, each railroad carrier shall make all required
revisions and submit their revised emergency training program to the
Secretary of Homeland Security for approval. Not later than 60 days
after receiving a railroad carrier's revised program under this
subsection, the Secretary shall review the program and approve it or
require the railroad carrier to make any revisions the Secretary
considers necessary for the program to meet updated guideline
requirements. Not later than 180 days after the Secretary approves the
revised training program developed by a railroad carrier under this
subsection, the railroad carrier shall complete the training of all
rail workers in accordance with the Secretary's updated guidelines.

SEC. 4. NONCOMPLIANCE.

     The Secretary of Homeland Security may issue a letter of
noncompliance to any rail carrier that has failed to comply with the
obligations imposed by this Act. Any such letters issued shall be
transmitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Appropriate rail entities.--The term ``appropriate rail
        entities'' means freight and passenger railroad carriers,
        nonprofit employee organizations representing rail workers,
        nonprofit employee organizations representing emergency
        responders, owners or lessors of rail cars used to transport
        hazardous materials, shippers of hazardous materials,
        manufacturers of rail tank cars, State Departments of
        Transportation, public safety officials, and other relevant
        parties.
            (2) Railroad.--The term ``railroad'' has the meaning given
        that term in section 20102(1) of title 49, United States Code.
            (3) Railroad carrier.--The term ``railroad carrier'' has
        the meaning given that term in section 20102(2) of title 49,
        United States Code.
            (4) Rail worker.--The term ``rail worker'' includes any
        employee of a railroad carrier, or of a railroad carrier
        contractor or subcontractor, who--
                    (A) inspects, tests, maintains, or repairs brakes,
                other mechanical systems or components, or safety
                appliances on railroad cars or locomotives;
                    (B) is engaged in the operation of any train,
                including an employee that performs the duties of a
                hostler;
                    (C) dispatches, reports, transmits, receives, or
                delivers orders pertaining to train movements via
                telegraph, telephone, radio, or any other electrical or
                mechanical device;
                    (D) installs, repairs, tests, or maintains signal
                systems;
                    (E) inspects, constructs, or repairs railroad
                track, bridges, roadway, electrical traction systems,
                roadway facilities, or roadway maintenance machinery;
                or
                    (F) is otherwise considered appropriate by the
                Secretary of Transportation.

Output:
Rail Worker Emergency Training Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, to make grants to railroad carriers for costs incurred in instituting a rail worker emergency training program.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue detailed guidelines for a rail worker emergency training program to enhance rail worker training in preparation for and response to potential or actual terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other emergencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a letter of noncompliance to rail carriers that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rex Brewer Social Security
Disability Fairness and Equity Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. WAITING PERIOD FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFICIARIES
              INAPPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 223(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended, in clause (ii) of the first sentence--
            (1) by inserting ``(I)'' after ``but only if'', and
            (2) by inserting ``or (II) he has a terminal illness (as
        defined in subsection (j)),'' after ``under such disability,''.
    (b) Terminal Illness Defined.--Section 223 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
423) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

                    ``Definition of Terminal Illness

    ``(j) As used in this section, the term `terminal illness' means,
in the case of any individual, a medically determinable physical
impairment which is expected to result in the death of such individual
within the next six months.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to benefits for which applications are filed on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS UNDER TITLES II AND XVI OF THE SOCIAL
              SECURITY ACT.

    (a) Implementation of Prohibition Against Payment of Title II
Benefits to Prisoners.--
            (1) In general.--Section 202(x)(3) of the Social Security
        Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new
                subparagraph:
    ``(B)(i) The Commissioner shall enter into an agreement, with any
interested State or local institution comprising a jail, prison, penal
institution, correctional facility, or other institution a purpose of
which is to confine individuals as described in paragraph (1)(A), under
which--
            ``(I) the institution shall provide to the Commissioner, on
        a monthly basis and in a manner specified by the Commissioner,
        the names, social security account numbers, dates of birth,
        confinement commencement dates, and, to the extent available to
        the institution, such other identifying information concerning
        the individuals confined in the institution as the Commissioner
        may require for the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1); and
            ``(II) except as provided in clause (ii), the Commissioner
        shall pay to the institution, with respect to information
        described in subclause (I) concerning each individual who is
        confined therein as described in paragraph (1)(A), to whom a
        benefit under this title is payable for the month preceding the
        first month of such confinement, and whose benefit under this
        title ceases to be payable as a result of the application of
        this subsection, $400 (subject to reduction under clause (iii))
        if the institution furnishes the information to the
        Commissioner within 30 days after the date such individual's
        confinement in such institution begins, or $200 (subject to
        reduction under clause (iii)) if the institution furnishes the
        information after 30 days after such date but within 90 days
        after such date.
    ``(ii) No amount shall be payable to an institution with respect to
information concerning an individual under an agreement entered into
under clause (i) if, prior to the Commissioner's receipt of the
information, the Commissioner has determined that benefits under this
title are no longer payable to such individual as a result of the
application of this subsection.
    ``(iii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II) shall be
reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also required to make a
payment to the institution with respect to the same individual under an
agreement entered into under section 1611(e)(1)(I).
    ``(iv) There shall be transferred from the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund, as appropriate, such sums as may be necessary to enable the
Commissioner to make payments to institutions required by clause
(i)(II). Sums so transferred shall be treated as direct spending for
purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 and excluded from budget totals in accordance with section 13301
of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
    ``(v) The Commissioner is authorized to provide, on a reimbursable
basis, information obtained pursuant to agreements entered into under
clause (i) to any Federal or federally-assisted cash, food, or medical
assistance program for eligibility purposes.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
        shall apply to individuals whose period of confinement in an
        institution commences on or after the first day of the fourth
        month beginning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
    (b) Elimination of Title II Requirement That Confinement Stem From
Crime Punishable by Imprisonment for More Than 1 Year.--
            (1) In general.--Section 202(x)(1)(A) of such Act (42
        U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
                ``during'' and inserting ``throughout'';
                    (B) in clause (i), by striking ``an offense
                punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year
                (regardless of the actual sentence imposed)'' and
                inserting ``a criminal offense''; and
                    (C) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``an offense
                punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year'' and
                inserting ``a criminal offense''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
        shall apply to individuals whose period of confinement in an
        institution commences on or after the first day of the fourth
        month beginning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
    (c) Conforming Title XVI Amendments.--
            (1) Preclusion of title xvi payment when information
        furnished by an institution is already known by the
        commissioner.--Section 1611(e)(1)(I) of the Social Security Act
        (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)) is amended--
                    (A) in clause (i)(II), by inserting ``except as
                provided in clause (ii),'' after ``(II)'';
                    (B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as
                clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (i) the following new
                clause:
    ``(ii) No amount shall be payable to an institution with respect to
information concerning an inmate under an agreement entered into under
clause (i) if, prior to the Commissioner's receipt of the information,
the Commissioner has determined that the inmate is no longer an
eligible individual or eligible spouse for purposes of this title as a
result of the application of this paragraph.''.
            (2) Fifty percent reduction in title xvi payment in case
        involving comparable title ii payment.--Section 1611(e)(1)(I)
        of such Act (as amended by paragraph (1)) is amended further--
                    (A) in clause (i)(II), by inserting ``(subject to
                reduction under clause (iii))'' after ``$400'' and
                after ``$200''; and
                    (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following
                new clause:
    ``(iii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II) shall be
reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also required to make a
payment to the institution with respect to the same individual under an
agreement entered into under section 202(x)(3)(B).''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
        shall apply as if included in the enactment of section 203(a)
        of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193).
    (d) Exemption From Computer Matching Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Section 552a(a)(8)(B) of title 5, United
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (vi);
                and
                    (B) by inserting after clause (vii) the following
                new clauses:
                            ``(viii) matches performed pursuant to
                        section 202(x) or 1611(e)(1) of the Social
                        Security Act; or
                            ``(ix) matches performed pursuant to
                        section 205(j)(1)(A), 205(j)(5),
                        1631(a)(2)(A)(ii), 1631(a)(2)(A)(iii), or
                        1631(a)(2)(E) of the Social Security Act;''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(iv) of the
        Social Security Act (as redesignated by subsection (c)(1)(B))
        is amended further by striking ``(I) The provisions'' and all
        that follows through ``(II) The Commissioner'' and inserting
        ``The Commissioner''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
        shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output:
Rex Brewer Social Security Disability Fairness and Equity Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to waive the waiting period otherwise required for disability beneficiaries in the case of individuals with terminal illnesses with not more than six months to live.
Amends SSA titles II and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI): (1) in the case of the OASDI program, to provide for payments to State and local prisons for monthly reports on the identities of inmates whose OASDI benefits cease to become payable as a result of such reports; and (2) in the case of the SSI program, to provide that no amount shall be payable to such an institution with respect to such information if the Commissioner of Social Security has determined, before receiving substantiating information from the institution, that the prisoner is no longer eligible for SSI.
Transfers from the OASDI trust funds any sums necessary to enable the Commissioner to make such payments.
Eliminates the SSA title II requirement that confinement stem only from a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.
Provides for a 50 percent reduction in institution payments under both SSA title II and XVI in cases involving a comparable payment under the other title with respect to the same prisoner.
Exempts OASDI and SSI matches performed under this Act from computer matching requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Individual Assistance Improvement
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO FEDERAL DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY
              ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Report on Small State and Rural Area Assistance.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency shall submit to Congress a report with recommendations for
improving Federal assistance, with respect to small States and rural
areas, under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). The report shall include an
identification of additional resources required for recommended
improvements.
    (b) Factors for Individual Assistance Program.--In measuring the
severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster and evaluating the need
for assistance to individuals under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the Administrator shall not apply,
with respect to a rural area, the factor set out in section
206.48(b)(1) of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the
concentration of damages).
    (c) Release of Documentation Related to Disaster Declaration
Decisions.--Not later than 25 days after a Governor, or Chief Executive
of an Indian tribal government, requests documentation related to a
major disaster declaration decision under section 401 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170),
the Administrator shall provide the Governor, or Chief Executive, with
all such documentation, including--
            (1) an analysis of the factors that the Federal Emergency
        Management Agency considered in making the decision, including
        any threshold, limit, or average that the Agency applied; and
            (2) a rationale explaining the decision.
    (d) Study on Damage Assessment.--
            (1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
        shall conduct a comprehensive review of--
                    (A) the damage assessment processes of the Agency
                with respect to major disaster declarations; and
                    (B) the teams that carry out such processes.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to
        Congress a report on the results of the review conducted under
        paragraph (1), including recommendations for improving such
        processes.
    (e) Biennial Study of Average Amount of Individual Assistance.--
            (1) Study.--Not later than the end of the first quarter of
        the first full fiscal year beginning after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the
        Administrator shall conduct a study--
                    (A) to compare--
                            (i) the average amount of individual
                        assistance provided per person for each major
                        disaster declared during the 5 most recently
                        completed fiscal years;
                            (ii) the average damages realized per
                        individual for each such disaster; and
                            (iii) for each event where a request for a
                        major disaster declaration was denied during
                        the 5 most recently completed fiscal years, the
                        average damages realized per individual for
                        each such event; and
                    (B) to collect the data needed to update the table
                included after section 206.48(b)(6) of title 44, Code
                of Federal Regulations (relating to the average amount
                of individual assistance by State).
            (2) Report and update.--Not later than 180 days after the
        completion of each study under paragraph (1), the Administrator
        shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study
        and update the table described in paragraph (1)(B).
    (f) Definitions.--In this Act, the following definitions shall
apply:
            (1) Governor.--The term ``Governor'' has the meaning given
        such term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
        Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
            (2) Rural.--The term ``rural'' means an area that is
        located--
                    (A) outside a metropolitan statistical area, as
                defined by the Office of Management and Budget; or
                    (B) in a census tract in a metropolitan statistical
                area with a Department of Agriculture rural-urban
                commuting area code of 4 or higher.
            (3) Small state.--The term ``small State'' has the same
        meaning as such term is used in the table included after
        section 206.48(b)(6) of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations.

Output: Individual Assistance Improvement Act of 2015 This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit to Congress an annual report on recommendations for improving federal assistance for small states and rural areas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and additional resources required for such improvements. In measuring the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster and evaluating the need for assistance to individuals under that Act, FEMA shall not apply, with respect to a rural area, the factor relating to concentration of damages.  FEMA shall provide the governor or the chief executive of an Indian tribal government with documentation related to a major disaster declaration decision within 25 days after such individual requests that documentation, including: (1) an analysis of the factors that it considered in making the decision, and (2) its rationale.  The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a comprehensive review of: (1) FEMA's damage assessment processes for major disaster declarations, and (2) the teams that carry out such processes. FEMA shall conduct a study, biennially, to: (1) compare the average amount of individual assistance provided per person for each major disaster declared during the five most recently completed fiscal years, the average damages realized per individual for each disaster, and the average damages realized per individual for each event where a request for a major disaster declaration was denied during the five most recently completed fiscal years; and (2) collect the data needed to update a table relating to the average amount of individual assistance by state.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Aviation Administration Fair
Labor Management Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. IMPASSE PROCEDURES.

    (a) Mediation.--Section 40122(a)(2) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by striking the second sentence and all that follows
and inserting the following: ``If the services of the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service do not lead to an agreement, the provisions of
subsection (j) shall apply.''.
    (b) Impasse Procedures.--Section 40122 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
    ``(j) Impasse Procedures.--
            ``(1) Certification of negotiation impasse.--If the
        Administration and the exclusive bargaining representatives of
        employees of the Administration participate in a mediation
        process of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service with
        respect to a negotiation under subsection (a) and the Service
        is unable to resolve a negotiation impasse between the
        parties--
                    ``(A) the Service shall issue a written
                certification of the negotiation impasse; and
                    ``(B) not later than 60 days following the date of
                issuance of the written certification, the parties of
                the negotiation shall request the Federal Service
                Impasses Panel described in section 7119 of title 5 to
                consider the matter.
            ``(2) Authority of federal service impasses panel.--If a
        negotiation impasse is presented to the Panel under this
        subsection, the Panel shall investigate and consider the
        matter, and take actions with respect to the matter, using the
        authorities of the Panel under section 7119 of title 5 and
        regulations issued to carry out such section.
            ``(3) Factors.--In providing assistance to resolve a
        negotiation impasse presented to the Panel under this
        subsection, the Panel, or any private arbitrator selected
        pursuant to section 7119(b)(2) of title 5, shall take into
        consideration, to the extent relevant to the matter and in
        addition to any other relevant factors, the following:
                    ``(A) The wages, hours, and conditions of
                employment of the employees involved in the impasse
                proceeding as compared to the wages, hours, and
                conditions of employment of--
                            ``(i) employees performing similar
                        services;
                            ``(ii) employees in positions requiring
                        similar skills and working under similar
                        conditions; and
                            ``(iii) other employees generally in public
                        and private employment in comparable
                        communities.
                    ``(B) The overall compensation paid to the
                employees involved in the impasse proceeding,
                including--
                            ``(i) direct wage compensation;
                            ``(ii) overtime and premium pay;
                            ``(iii) vacations, holidays, and other
                        excused time;
                            ``(iv) insurance, pensions, medical, and
                        hospitalization benefits; and
                            ``(v) all other benefits received.
                    ``(C) The financial ability of the Administration
                to pay, as determined after review of the
                Administration's current and preceding fiscal year
                budgets for salaries, operations, and maintenance.
                    ``(D) Changes in the average consumer prices for
                goods and services, commonly known as the cost of
                living.
                    ``(E) The peculiarities of the employment of the
                employees involved in the impasse proceeding as
                compared to employees in other trades and professions,
                including hazards of employment, physical
                qualifications, educational qualifications, mental
                qualifications, and job training and skills.
                    ``(F) The terms of collective agreements negotiated
                between the parties involved in the impasse in the past
                providing for compensation and benefits, including the
                provisions for--
                            ``(i) salary, insurance, and retirement
                        benefits;
                            ``(ii) medical and hospitalization
                        benefits; and
                            ``(iii) paid time off.
                    ``(G) The impact of each proposal for resolving the
                impasse on--
                            ``(i) the interests and welfare of the
                        public;
                            ``(ii) the continued provision of services
                        to the public;
                            ``(iii) the compensation and benefits of
                        other employee groups and bargaining units of
                        the Administration; and
                            ``(iv) the air traffic control
                        modernization efforts of the Administration.
                    ``(H) Such other factors as are normally and
                customarily considered in determining compensation,
                benefits, and other conditions of employment in
                proceedings conducted by the Panel.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall apply to changes described in
section 40122(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, being negotiated
or in impasse on or after May 31, 2007.

Output: Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Act of 2007 - Requires, after May 31, 2007, that where the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service have led to an impasse between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its employees in reaching an agreement with respect to the implementing of proposed changes to the FAA personnel management system: (1) the Service issue a written certification of such impasse; and (2) the negotiating parties request the Federal Service Impasses Panel to consider and resolve the matter not later than 60 days after issuance of the certification. (Currently, the FAA Administrator's proposed change shall not take effect until 60 days have elapsed after the Administrator transmits the proposed change, along with the objections of the exclusive bargaining representatives to the change, and the reasons for such objections, to Congress.)


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) It is in the highest strategic interest of the United
        States to field a fully operational missile defense system to
        defend against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles
        (ICBMs) of rogue nations, including North Korea and Iran.
            (2) In the past year, the Democratic People's Republic of
        Korea tested a nuclear weapon and an intercontinental ballistic
        missile and has made claims that it now possesses the ability
        to miniaturize a nuclear warhead.
            (3) The ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) element of the
        ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) is one of the most
        critical capabilities needed to defend the United States
        against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles,
        conventional and nuclear.
            (4) The test program of the Missile Defense Agency provides
        vital data to demonstrate the operational effectiveness,
        suitability, and survivability of the ballistic missile defense
        system, and it contributes to United States nonproliferation
        goals by sending a very credible message to the international
        community on the ability of the United States to defeat
        ballistic missiles in flight, thus reducing their value to
        potential adversaries.

SEC. 3. REQUIRED TESTING BY MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY OF GROUND-BASED
              MIDCOURSE DEFENSE ELEMENT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
              SYSTEM.

    (a) Testing Required.--Except as provided in subsection (c), not
less frequently than once each fiscal year, the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency shall administer an intercept flight test of the ground-
based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense
system.
    (b) Requirements.--The Director shall ensure that each test carried
out under subsection (a) provides, when possible, for one or more of
the following:
            (1) Validation of the operational effectiveness of the
        ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile
        defense system.
            (2) Use of assets in their operational configuration
        against an inventory of targets to assess all aspects of
        ground-based midcourse defense elements of the ballistic
        missile defense system performance in a variety of flight test
        regimes.
            (3) Use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints.
            (4) Evaluation of new concepts of operations and exercising
        tactics, techniques, and procedures.
            (5) Mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the
        Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse
        defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, its
        hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its inherent operational
        capability.
    (c) Exceptions.--
            (1) Nonintercept test.--The Director may forgo a test under
        subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in
        consultation with the Director, determines that conducting the
        test would--
                    (A) jeopardize national security;
                    (B) not be successful due to specific ground-based
                midcourse defense components needing a nonintercept
                test; and
                    (C) likely lead to failure due to impractical time
                considerations.
            (2) Funding.--The Director may forgo a test under
        subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in
        consultation with the Director, determines that the test is not
        sufficiently funded.
            (3) National security waiver.--
                    (A) In general.--The Director may forgo a test
                under subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary
                of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the
                Missile Defense Agency, Director of National
                Intelligence, and the Commander of United States
                Northern Command (NORTHCOM), determines that the
                provision of testing as described in that subsection is
                detrimental to the national security interests of the
                United States.
                    (B) Notice required.--
                            (i) In general.--Not later than 30 days
                        after forgoing a test pursuant to subparagraph
                        (A), the Secretary shall submit to the
                        congressional defense committees notice
                        regarding the foregone test.
                            (ii) Elements.--Notice submitted under
                        clause (i) shall include the following:
                                    (I) The rationale for forgoing the
                                test.
                                    (II) The national security
                                interests of the United States
                                preventing the test.
                                    (III) A plan to complete the
                                intercept test in the following fiscal
                                year, which does not affect testing in
                                following fiscal years.
                            (iii) Form.--Each notice under clause (ii)
                        shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but
                        may include a classified annex.
    (d) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.

Output: Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) Missile Defense Agency to administer an intercept flight test of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system at least once each fiscal year.  Each test shall provide for:   validation of the defense element's operational effectiveness; use of assets in their operational configuration against an inventory of targets to assess performance in a variety of flight test regimes;  use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints;  evaluation of new concepts of operations, tactics, and techniques; and  mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse defense element, its hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its operational capability.   The Agency may forgo a test if:   it would jeopardize national security, not be successful due to specific ground-based midcourse defense components needing a non-intercept test, and likely fail due to impractical time considerations; or  funding is insufficient.  The Agency also may forgo a test if DOD determines that the testing is detrimental to U.S. national security interests and provides notice to Congress.


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SECTION 1. DECONTAMINATION AND USE OF FORMER BOMBARDMENT AREA ON ISLAND
              OF CULEBRA.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, is located approximately
        17 miles from the east coast of Puerto Rico's main island, and
        the Navy conducted ship-to-shore bombing exercises and other
        live-fire training activities for over 70 years in unpopulated
        areas of Culebra and its surrounding waters.
            (2) In 1975, Congress required the Navy to close its
        operations on Culebra in response to long-standing concerns
        among the residents about safety, health, and environmental
        risks. The Navy moved its operations to nearby training
        facilities on Vieques Island, which were closed in 2003 due to
        similar concerns.
            (3) Although the Navy's facilities on Culebra closed in
        1975, the Department of Defense did not begin to address the
        cleanup of these areas until Congress enacted specific
        authorities for the cleanup of former United States military
        sites in section 211 of the Superfund Amendments and
        Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-499). With these
        authorities, the Army Corps of Engineers added Culebra to the
        Formerly Used Defense Sites Program in 1991, and for several
        years thereafter, performed relatively limited cleanup of
        unexploded ordnance from the surface.
            (4) In 2003, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Sila M. Calderon,
        requested that the Environmental Protection Agency add both
        Culebra and Vieques to the National Priorities List of the most
        hazardous sites. In 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency
        added Vieques to the National Priorities List, but delayed its
        listing decision for Culebra. Instead, Puerto Rico and the Army
        Corps of Engineers decided to address the cleanup of Culebra
        under a separate agreement, under which the Army Corps of
        Engineers has begun to plan a more comprehensive removal of
        unexploded ordnance on Culebra.
            (5) The Army Corps of Engineers had spent $11,100,000 as of
        the end of fiscal year 2007 on the cleanup of Culebra and
        estimated that another $92,600,000 would be needed to complete
        planned cleanup actions. These amounts pale in comparison to
        the $77,600,000 the Navy has already spent, and the
        $253,100,000 the Navy plans to spend in the future, to complete
        the cleanup of Vieques.
            (6) The more limited scope of the cleanup on Culebra has
        become a rising issue. The greater funding for Vieques is not
        based on differing conditions on the islands. Both were used
        for the same types of training exercises for several decades
        and are likely to contain similar hazards.
            (7) Instead, the discrepancy is primarily attributable to
        the fact that certain of the most potentially hazardous areas
        on Culebra, including the Northwest Peninsula and Flamenco
        Beach, have been excluded from Federal cleanup plans because
        the Corps of Engineers maintains that a 1974 Federal law
        prohibits the Army Corps of Engineers from conducting cleanup
        in those areas.
            (8) Section 204(c) of the Military Construction
        Authorization Act, 1974 (Public Law 93-166; 87 Stat. 668)
        prohibited land uses in the ``present'' (at the time of
        enactment) bombardment zone on Culebra that would require
        cleanup at the expense of the Federal Government.
            (9) Puerto Rico asserts that specific authorities for the
        cleanup of former United States military sites enacted later by
        Congress in Public Law 99-499 superseded this prohibition.
        Despite these later authorities, the Army Corps of Engineers
        maintains that the prohibition still stands to exclude certain
        areas of Culebra from Federal cleanup funds that otherwise are
        available to all other former United States military sites in
        the 50 States and United States territories.
            (10) Based on its interpretation, the Army Corps of
        Engineers has not included the Northwest Peninsula and Flamenco
        Beach in the scope of its cleanup plan for Culebra. Because the
        Northwest Peninsula and Flamenco Beach likely contain the
        greatest amounts of unexploded ordnance on Culebra, public
        concern has grown about the exclusion of these areas from the
        cleanup effort.
            (11) Section 2872 of H.R. 5658 of the 110th Congress, as
        passed by the House of Representatives, would have repealed the
        prohibition in the 1974 statute, allowing the Army Corps of
        Engineers to expend funds to address potential human health,
        safety, and environmental risks in the Northwest Peninsula and
        Flamenco Beach.
    (b) Repeal.--Section 204 of the Military Construction Authorization
Act, 1974 (Public Law 93-166; 87 Stat. 668) is amended by striking
subsection (c).

Output: Amends the Military Construction Act, 1974 to repeal the prohibition against use of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra (Puerto Rico) for any purpose that would require decontamination of the area at U.S. expense.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Palestinian Peace Promotion and
Anti-Incitement Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Palestinian Authority has not fully lived up to its
        prior agreements with Israel to end incitement; and
            (2) the Palestinian Authority should do more to prepare the
        Palestinian people for peace with Israel.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:

``SEC. 620N. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Limitation.--Funds made available under chapter 4 of part II
of this Act may be obligated or expended to provide assistance to the
Palestinian Authority only during a period for which a certification
described in subsection (b) or a recertification described in
subsection (c) is in effect.
    ``(b) Certification.--A certification described in this subsection
is a certification transmitted by the President to the appropriate
congressional committees that contains a determination of the President
that the Palestinian Authority--
            ``(1) no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against
        the United States or Israel; and
            ``(2) is engaged in peace preparation activities aimed at
        promoting peace with the Jewish State of Israel.
    ``(c) Recertifications.--Not later than 90 days after the date on
which the President transmits to the appropriate congressional
committees an initial certification under subsection (b), and every six
months thereafter--
            ``(1) the President shall transmit to the appropriate
        congressional committees a recertification that the
        requirements contained in subsection (b) are continuing to be
        met; or
            ``(2) if the President is unable to make such a
        recertification, the President shall transmit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the
        reasons therefor.
    ``(d) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Whenever the President transmits a
        certification under subsection (b) or a recertification under
        subsection (c), the President shall submit to the appropriate
        congressional committees a report that details the
        justification for the certification or recertification, as the
        case may be, the purposes for which the funds will be spent,
        and the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds
        are properly disbursed.
            ``(2) Additional matters.--Such report shall also detail
        the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest
        terrorists, confiscate weapons, and dismantle the terrorist
        infrastructure.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
        `appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
            ``(2) Incitement.--The term `incitement' means--
                    ``(A) statements, media, communication, or other
                activities against any religion, ethnicity, or
                nationality,
                    ``(B) advocacy, endorsement, or glorification of
                violence, martyrdom, or terrorism, or
                    ``(C) endorsement, glorification, honor, or other
                memorialization of any person or group that has
                advocated, sponsored, or committed acts of terrorism,
                including the naming after or dedication to such person
                or group of any school, community center, camp,
                stadium, public square, street, land, landmark,
                waterway, or other facility,
        that is sponsored, supported, or directed by officials or
        employees of the Palestinian Authority or Palestinian
        Authority-controlled, sponsored, or supported electronic,
        broadcast, and print media, schools, mosques, or institutions.
            ``(3) Palestinian authority.--The term `Palestinian
        Authority' means the interim Palestinian administrative
        organization that governs part of the West Bank and all of the
        Gaza Strip (or any successor Palestinian governing entity),
        including the Palestinian Legislative Council.
            ``(4) Peace preparation activities.--The term `peace
        preparation activities' means Arabic-language communications
        and educational activities sponsored by the Palestinian
        Authority that are communicated or administered via electronic,
        broadcast and print media, schools, mosques, and statements by
        government officials that may include the following:
                    ``(A) Public acknowledgments of the State of
                Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.
                    ``(B) Firm public commitments to and endorsements
                of peaceful co-existence with the Jewish State of
                Israel.
                    ``(C) Production, distribution, and public display
                via all media platforms, schools, mosques, educational
                materials and elsewhere of maps that show the State of
                Israel existing as `Israel' side-by-side with
                `Palestine' and halting all production, distribution,
                or public display of maps that do not include a state
                of Israel.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with
respect to funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years.

Output: Palestinian Peace Promotion and Ant-Incitement Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not lived up to its agreements with Israel to end incitement and should do more to prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel.  Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make funds available for the PA only during a period for which a certification or a recertification is in effect that contains a determination by the President that the PA: (1) no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel, and (2) is engaged in activities aimed at promoting peace with the Jewish State of Israel. Requires that: (1) recertifications with related reports be made every six months and transmitted to Congress; and (2) if unable to make such a recertification, the President report the reasons to Congress.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Access to Medicare Home Health
Care Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Over 30,000,000 beneficiaries under the medicare
        program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act rely on
        providers of home health services to provide them with cost-
        effective, high quality home health care.
            (2) The medicare home health benefit enables many medicare
        beneficiaries to remain at home and to live with dignity and
        independence despite serious health conditions.
            (3) The medicare home health benefit helps alleviate the
        burden of medicare beneficiaries on hospitals and skilled
        nursing facilities, where services provided to medicare
        beneficiaries are more expensive.
            (4) The amendments made by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
        to title XVIII of the Social Security Act were originally
        projected to cut $16,100,000,000 from the medicare home health
        benefit between fiscal years 1998 and 2002.
            (5) The Congressional Budget Office recently projected that
        those amendments made by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 will
        actually cut $69,400,000,000 from the medicare home health
        benefit between fiscal years 1998 and 2002.
            (6) The recent projections by the Congressional Budget
        Office represent more than 4 times the amount of the reduction
        in the medicare home health benefit originally projected to
        take effect as a result of the amendments made by the Balanced
        Budget Act of 1997.
            (7) The failure of the Health Care Financing Administration
        to disburse payments under the interim payment system
        established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 under section
        1861(v)(1)(L) of the Social Security Act in a timely manner has
        resulted in medicare overpayments to thousands of providers of
        home health services, leaving many of these providers on
        precarious financial footing.
            (8) Access to care, particularly for high-cost and long-
        term patients, has become a growing problem because the amount
        of payment for these types of patients under the current
        interim payment system is insufficient.
            (9) Under the proposed regulation implementing the new
        prospective payment system, 50 percent of the prospective
        payment amount will be paid upon receipt and processing of the
        providers initial claim for reimbursement and 50 percent of
        that amount will be delayed until the final claim is processed
        at the end of the 60-day episode period.
            (10) Medicare beneficiaries incur most home health care
        expenses during the first 30 days of a 60-day episode period
        and providers of home health services do not have large cash
        reserves to support delayed payment for those services under
        the medicare program.
            (11) It is essential that the Administrator of the Health
        Care Financing Administration ensure that the initial payment
        to providers of home health services during a 60-day episode
        period of home health care provided under the medicare home
        health benefit provides a steady cash flow for those providers
        so that medicare beneficiaries may continue to receive
        necessary home health services.
            (12) Studies by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
        established under section 1805 of the Social Security Act have
        indicated that certain populations of medicare beneficiaries
        risk not receiving necessary home health services because of
        the systemic changes made by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
            (13) Because the aggregate amount of payment made for all
        home health services during the first year in which payment
        will be made for those services under the prospective payment
        system is limited to the amount that would have been paid in
        such year for those services under the interim payment system,
        there is an enormous risk that this limited amount will be
        insufficient, resulting in a perpetuation of the current crisis
        under the interim payment system for home health services.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF 15 PERCENT REDUCTION IN PAYMENT RATES UNDER THE
              MEDICARE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HOME HEALTH
              SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1895(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(3)(A)), as amended by sections 302(b) and 303(f)
of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of
1999 (113 Stat. 1501A-359, 361), as enacted into law by section
1000(a)(6) of Public Law 106-113, is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Initial basis.--Under such system the
                Secretary shall provide for computation of a standard
                prospective payment amount (or amounts). Such amount
                (or amounts) shall initially be based on the most
                current audited cost report data available to the
                Secretary and shall be computed in a manner so that the
                total amounts payable under the system for the 12-month
                period beginning on the date the Secretary implements
                the system shall be equal to the total amount that
would have been made if the system had not been in effect and if
section 1861(v)(1)(L)(ix) had not been enacted. Each such amount shall
be standardized in a manner that eliminates the effect of variations in
relative case mix and area wage adjustments among different home health
agencies in a budget neutral manner consistent with the case mix and
wage level adjustments provided under paragraph (4)(A). Under the
system, the Secretary may recognize regional differences or differences
based upon whether or not the services or agency are in an urbanized
area.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Medicare, Medicaid,
and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-113).

SEC. 4. OVERPAYMENTS.

    (a) 36-Month Repayment Period.--In the case of an overpayment by
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to a home health agency for
home health services furnished during a cost reporting period beginning
on or after October 1, 1997, as a result of payment limitations
provided for under clause (v), (vi), or (viii) of section 1861(v)(1)(L)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)(L)), the home health
agency may elect to repay the amount of such overpayment over a 36-
month period beginning on the date of notification of such overpayment.
    (b) Interest on Overpayment Amounts.--
            (1) 36-month grace period.--
                    (A) In general.--In the case of an agency that
                makes an election under subsection (a), no interest
                shall accrue on the outstanding balance of the amount
                of overpayment during such 36-month period.
                    (B) Overdue balances.--In the case of such an
                agency, interest shall accrue on any outstanding
                balance of the amount of overpayment after termination
                of such 36-month period. Interest shall accrue under
                this subparagraph at the rate of interest charged by
                banks for loans to their most favored commercial
                customers, as published in the Wall Street Journal on
                the Friday immediately following the date of the
                enactment of this Act.
            (2) Other agencies.--In the case of an agency described in
        subsection (a) that does not make an election under subsection
        (a), interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of the
        amount of overpayment at the rate described in the second
        sentence of paragraph (1)(B).
    (c) Termination.--No election under subsection (a) may be made for
cost reporting periods, or portions of cost reporting periods,
beginning on or after the date of the implementation of the prospective
payment system for home health services under section 1895 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff).
    (d) Effective Date.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of
1997.

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS UNDER THE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR
              SERVICES FURNISHED IN RURAL AREAS AND SECURITY SERVICES.

    (a) Increase in Payment Rates for Rural Agencies.--Section 1895(b)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Additional payment amount for services furnished in
        rural areas.--In the case of home health services furnished in
        a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)), the
        Secretary shall provide for an addition or adjustment to the
        payment amount otherwise made under this section for services
        furnished in a rural area in an amount equal to 10 percent of
        the amount otherwise determined under this subsection.''.
    (b) Additional Payment for Security Services.--Section 1895(b) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(3)), as amended by subsection (a), is
further amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:
            ``(8) Additional payment for security services.--The
        Secretary shall provide for an addition or adjustment to the
        payment amount otherwise made under this section for the
        reasonable cost (as defined in section 1861(v)(1)(A)) of
        furnishing protective services to individuals furnishing home
        health services under this title in areas where such
        individuals are at risk of physical harm, as determined by the
        Secretary.''.
    (c) Waiving Budget Neutrality.--Section 1895(b)(3) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
                    ``(D) No adjustment for additional payments for
                rural services and security services.--The Secretary
                shall not reduce the standard prospective payment
                amount (or amounts) under this paragraph applicable to
                home health services furnished during a period to
                offset the increase in payments resulting from the
                application of paragraph (7) (relating to services
                furnished in rural areas) and paragraph (8) (relating
                to costs of security services).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date that is 270 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO TELEHOMEHEALTH SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1895(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395fff(b)(3)), as amended by section 3, is further amended by adding
at the end the following paragraph:
            ``(9) Rule of construction relating to telehomehealth
        services.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Nothing in this section, or in
                section 4206(a) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (42
                U.S.C. 1395l note), shall be construed as preventing a
                home health agency receiving payment under this section
                from furnishing a home health service via a
                telecommunications system.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not consider
                a home health service provided in the manner described
                in subparagraph (A) to be a home health visit for
                purposes of--
                            ``(i) determining the amount of payment to
                        be made under this section; or
                            ``(ii) any requirement relating to the
                        certification of a physician required under
                        section 1814(a)(2)(C).''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
submit to Congress a report containing the recommendations of the
Secretary with respect to the feasibility and advisability of including
home health services furnished by telecommunications systems as a home
health service for purposes of--
            (1) payment for such services under section 1895 of the
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff), and
            (2) requirements with respect to physician certification of
        the need for home health services under section 1814(a)(2)(C)
        of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(2)(C)).

Output: Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of including home health services furnished by telecommunications systems as a home health service for purposes of payment for such services under the PPS, and of requirements with respect to physician certification of the need for home health services.