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SECTION 1. EXCHANGE OVERSIGHT.

    Subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (42 U.S.C. 18021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

                      ``PART 6--EXCHANGE OVERSIGHT

``SEC. 1351. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CEO.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established the Marketplace Health
Insurance Corporation headed by a Chief Executive Officer and directed
by a Board of Directors, to oversee management of the Federal Exchange
and State Exchanges, and to provide health insurance oversight.
    ``(b) CEO.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall appoint a Chief
        Executive Officer, by and with the consent of the Senate, who
        shall be responsible for administering the Federal Exchange,
        for overseeing State Exchanges, and for health insurance
        oversight.
            ``(2) Authorities and duties.--The Chief Executive Officer
        shall--
                    ``(A) report directly to the President;
                    ``(B) be accountable for implementation of the
                Federal Exchange and oversight of the State Exchanges;
                    ``(C) be responsible for all Federal health
                insurance oversight; and
                    ``(D) serve the public interest of individuals
                seeking health insurance, serve businesses seeking
                access to health coverage through the Exchanges, and
                ensure the efficient operation and function of the
                Exchanges.
            ``(3) Requirement.--To be eligible for appointment as Chief
        Executive Officer, an individual shall have a background in
        health care issues and private-sector management experience.
    ``(c) Board of Directors.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--There is established a Board of
        Directors of the Marketplace Health Insurance Corporation.
            ``(2) Duties.--The Board of Directors shall advise the
        Chief Executive Officer on the operation of the Federal
        Exchange, implementation of the State Exchanges, and health
        insurance oversight, including--
                    ``(A) the functionality of healthcare.gov (or any
                subsequent Internet site), including SHOP exchanges;
                    ``(B) ensuring that enrollment information is
                properly transferred from healthcare.gov (or any
                subsequent Internet site) to State Medicaid agencies;
                    ``(C) accuracy of enrollee information submitted
                through the Exchanges;
                    ``(D) ensuring the accuracy of advanced premium tax
                credits;
                    ``(E) ensuring the accuracy of payment to insurers;
                    ``(F) enhancement of the consumer experience when
                comparing plans, including out-of-pocket costs, and
                searching for a specific provider or drug formulary;
                    ``(G) overseeing the selection of plans offered on
                the Federal Exchange, including sufficient network
                adequacy and transparency requirements;
                    ``(H) providing recommendations to the Secretary of
                the Treasury with respect to the implementation of
                section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
                potential policy changes with respect to such section
                and associated reporting requirements;
                    ``(I) creating an automated appeals system for
                healthcare.gov (or any subsequent Internet site);
                    ``(J) overseeing the transition from a State
                Exchange to the Federal Exchange;
                    ``(K) enabling online enrollment in health
                insurance plans through the Exchanges for small
                businesses and employee choice for employees of small
                businesses;
                    ``(L) overseeing the Federal contracting related to
                healthcare.gov (or any subsequent Internet site);
                    ``(M) providing recommendations to the Office of
                Personal Management on the oversight and administration
                of the multi-State plan program; and
                    ``(N) additional matters, as determined by the
                Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Chief
                Executive Officer, or President.
            ``(3) Membership.--The Board of Directors shall be
        comprised of the following:
                    ``(A) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
                    ``(B) The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare
                & Medicaid Services.
                    ``(C) The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
                Service.
                    ``(D) The Administrator of the Small Business
                Administration.
                    ``(E) Three representatives of the private sector
                who have demonstrated knowledge in individual health
                care coverage, small employer health care coverage,
                administering a public or private health care delivery
                system, operating complex information system
                technologies, or promoting health and wellness,
                appointed by the Comptroller General of the United
                States.
            ``(4) Terms.--
                    ``(A) Officers of the federal government.--Each
                member of the Board of Directors described in
                subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (3) shall
                serve for a term that is concurrent with the member's
                term as an officer within the Federal department or
                agency.
                    ``(B) Other members.--Each member of the board
                described in paragraph (3)(E) shall be appointed for a
                term of 3 years and may be reappointed for a term of an
                additional 2 years.
            ``(5) Chairperson.--The Secretary of Health and Human
        Services shall serve as Chair of the Board of Directors.
    ``(d) Technical Advisory Committee.--
            ``(1) In general.--To assist the Chief Executive Officer
        and Board of Directors in carrying out their duties, the Board
        of Directors shall establish a technical advisory committee.
            ``(2) Membership.--The technical advisory committee shall
        be comprised of the following:
                    ``(A) One technical expert from the Centers for
                Medicare & Medicaid Administration.
                    ``(B) One representative of the health insurance
                industry.
                    ``(C) One representative of health care consumer
                groups.
                    ``(D) One representative of the National
                Association of Insurance Commissioners.
                    ``(E) One representative of the State Medicaid
                agencies.
                    ``(F) One representative from the small business
                community.
                    ``(G) One representative of Federal information
                technology contractors involved in the operation and
                development of healthcare.gov (or any subsequent
                Internet site).
                    ``(H) At the discretion of the Chair of the Board
                of Directors, up to 2 additional members, selected by
                the Chair and approved by the Chief Executive Officer.
            ``(3) Chair.--The Chair of the Board of Directors shall
        appoint one member of the technical advisory committee to serve
        as Chair of such committee.
            ``(4) Terms.--Each member of the technical advisory
        committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years and may be
        reappointed for a term of an additional 2 years.
    ``(e) Work Plan and Report.--
            ``(1) Work plan.--Not later than 3 months after the date of
        enactment of this section, the Chief Executive Officer, in
        cooperation with the Board of Directors, shall develop a work
        plan with respect to duties described in subsection (c)(2),
        indicating the priority and schedule the Board of Directors
        will take in addressing such duties. The work plan shall be
        displayed on healthcare.gov (or any subsequent Internet site).
            ``(2) Annual report.--Not later than February 1 of each
        year, the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the
        Board of Directors, shall submit an annual report to the
        President and Congress on the status of the Federal Exchange
        and related insurance oversight, including progress made on the
        duties of the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors
        under subsection (c)(2) and remaining issues to be addressed to
        enhance the functionality of healthcare.gov (or any subsequent
        Internet site).''.

Output: Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish the Marketplace Health Insurance Corporation, with a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Board of Directors, to oversee health care exchanges and health insurance. Directs the President, with the consent of the Senate, to appoint as CEO an individual with a background in health care issues and private-sector management experience. Requires the Board of Directors to advise the CEO on issues including: (1) the functionality of healthcare.gov, (2) the selection of federal exchange health plans, (3) ensuring the accuracy of premium subsidies, and (4) the transition from a state exchange to the federal exchange. Requires the Board of Directors to establish a technical advisory committee to assist the Board of Directors and CEO in carrying out their duties.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``America's Cup Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) 34th america's cup.--The term ``34th America's Cup''--
                    (A) means the sailing competitions, commencing in
                2011, to be held in the United States in response to
                the challenge to the defending team from the United
                States, in accordance with the terms of the America's
                Cup governing Deed of Gift, dated October 24, 1887; and
                    (B) if a United States yacht club successfully
                defends the America's Cup, includes additional sailing
                competitions conducted by America's Cup Race Management
                during the 1-year period beginning on the last date of
                such defense.
            (2) America's cup race management.--The term ``America's
        Cup Race Management'' means the entity established to provide
        for independent, professional, and neutral race management of
        the America's Cup sailing competitions.
            (3) Eligibility certification.--The term ``Eligibility
        Certification'' means a certification issued under section 4.
            (4) Eligible vessel.--The term ``eligible vessel'' means a
        competing vessel or supporting vessel of any registry that--
                    (A) is recognized by America's Cup Race Management
                as an official competing vessel, or supporting vessel
                of, the 34th America's Cup, as evidenced in writing to
                the Administrator of the Maritime Administration of the
                Department of Transportation;
                    (B) transports not more than 25 individuals, in
                addition to the crew;
                    (C) is not a ferry (as defined under section
                2101(10b)) of title 46, United States Code;
                    (D) does not transport individuals in point-to-
                point service for hire; and
                    (E) does not transport merchandise between ports in
                the United States.
            (5) Supporting vessel.--The term ``supporting vessel''
        means a vessel that is operating in support of the 34th
        America's Cup by--
                    (A) positioning a competing vessel on the race
                course;
                    (B) transporting equipment and supplies utilized
                for the staging, operations, or broadcast of the
                competition; or
                    (C) transporting individuals who--
                            (i) have not purchased tickets or directly
                        paid for their passage; and
                            (ii) who are engaged in the staging,
                        operations, or broadcast of the competition,
                        race team personnel, members of the media, or
                        event sponsors.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF ELIGIBLE VESSELS.

    Notwithstanding sections 55102, 55103, and 55111 of title 46,
United States Code, an eligible vessel, operating only in preparation
for, or in connection with, the 34th America's Cup competition, may
position competing vessels and may transport individuals and equipment
and supplies utilized for the staging, operations, or broadcast of the
competition from and around the ports in the United States.

SEC. 4. CERTIFICATION.

    (a) Requirement.--A vessel may not operate under section 3 unless
the vessel has received an Eligibility Certification.
    (b) Issuance.--The Administrator of the Maritime Administration of
the Department of Transportation is authorized to issue an Eligibility
Certification with respect to any vessel that the Administrator
determines, in his or her sole discretion, meets the requirements set
forth in section 2(4).

SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT.

    Notwithstanding sections 55102, 55103, and 55111 of title 46,
United States Code, an Eligibility Certification shall be conclusive
evidence to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security of the
qualification of the vessel for which it has been issued to participate
in the 34th America's Cup as a competing vessel or a supporting vessel.

SEC. 6. PENALTY.

    Any vessel participating in the 34th America's Cup as a competing
vessel or supporting vessel that has not received an Eligibility
Certification or is not in compliance with section 12112 of title 46,
United States Code, shall be subject to the applicable penalties
provided in chapters 121 and 551 of title 46, United States Code.

SEC. 7. VESSEL DOCUMENTATION EXEMPTION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding sections 12112 and 12132 and
chapter 551 of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue a
certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for each of
the following vessels:
            (1) LNG GEMINI (United States official number 595752).
            (2) LNG LEO (United States official number 595753).
            (3) LNG VIRGO (United States official number 595755).
    (b) Limitation on Operation.--Coastwise trade authorized under
subsection (a) shall be limited to carriage of natural gas, as that
term is defined in section 3(13) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33
U.S.C. 1502(13)).
    (c) Termination of Effectiveness of Endorsements.--The coastwise
endorsement issued under subsection (a) for a vessel shall expire on
the date of the sale of the vessel by the owner of the vessel on the
date of enactment of this Act to a person who is not related by
ownership or control to such owner.

SEC. 8. OPERATION OF DRY DOCK IN KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.

    A vessel transported in Dry Dock #2 (State of Alaska registration
AIDEA FDD-2) is not merchandise for purposes of section 55102 of title
46, United States Code, if, during such transportation, Dry Dock #2
remains connected by a utility or other connecting line to pierside
moorage located in Ketchikan, Alaska.

            Passed the Senate November 3, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1759

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To facilitate the hosting in the United States of the 34th America's
     Cup by authorizing certain eligible vessels to participate in
                 activities related to the competition.

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America's Cup Act of 2011 - Authorizes vessels operating in preparation for, or in connection with, the 34th America's Cup competition, that have been certified by the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to be eligible vessels, to position competing vessels and transport individuals, equipment, and supplies utilized for the staging, operations, or broadcast of the competition from and around U.S. ports. Deems such an eligibility certification to be conclusive evidence to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of the qualification of a vessel to participate in the competition. Subjects any vessel participating in the 34th America's Cup as a competing or supporting vessel that has not received an eligibility certification or that is not in compliance with provisions regarding coastwise endorsement to specified penalties.

Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement limited to the carriage of natural gas for the LNG GEMINI, the LNG LEO, and the LNG VIRGO. Terminates such endorsement if such a vessel's owner on the date of enactment of this Act sells it to a person who is not related by ownership or control.

Declares that a vessel transported in Dry Dock #2 (Alaska registration AIDEA FDD-2) is not merchandise for purposes of requirements applicable to transporting merchandise between points in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply if, during such transportation, Dry Dock #2 remains connected by a utility or other connecting line to pier side moorage located in Ketchikan, Alaska.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Precision Agriculture Research,
Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. EMPHASIS ON COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO PROMOTE PRECISION
              AGRICULTURE.

    (a) Promotion of Precision Agriculture.--Subsection (k) of the
Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (section 2 of
Public Law 89-106; 7 U.S.C. 450i) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(k) Emphasis on Precision Agriculture.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Advisory board.--The term `advisory board'
                means the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
                Education, and Economics Advisory Board established
                under section 1408 of the National Agricultural
                Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
                U.S.C. 3123).
                    ``(B) Agricultural inputs.--The term `agricultural
                inputs' includes all farm management, agronomic, and
                field-applied agricultural production inputs, such as
                machinery, labor, time, fuel, irrigation water,
                commercial nutrients, livestock waste, crop protection
                chemicals, agronomic data and information, application
                and management services, seed, and other inputs used in
                agricultural production.
                    ``(C) Precision agriculture.--The term `precision
                agriculture' means an integrated information- and
                production-based farming system that is designed to
                increase long-term site-specific and whole-farm
                production efficiencies, productivity, and
                profitability while minimizing unintended impacts on
                wildlife and the environment by--
                            ``(i) combining agricultural sciences,
                        agricultural inputs and practices, agronomic
                        production databases, and precision agriculture
                        technologies to efficiently manage agronomic
                        systems;
                            ``(ii) gathering on-farm information
                        pertaining to the variation and interaction of
                        site-specific spatial and temporal factors
                        affecting crop production;
                            ``(iii) integrating the information with
                        appropriate data derived from remote sensing
                        and other precision agriculture technologies in
                        a timely manner in order to facilitate on-farm
                        decisionmaking; and
                            ``(iv) using the information to prescribe
                        and deliver site-specific application of
                        agricultural inputs and management practices in
                        agricultural production systems.
                    ``(D) Precision agriculture technologies.--The term
                `precision agriculture technologies' includes--
                            ``(i) instrumentation and techniques
                        ranging from sophisticated sensors and software
                        systems to manual sampling and data collection
                        tools that measure, record, and manage spatial
                        and temporal data;
                            ``(ii) technologies for searching out and
                        assembling information necessary for sound
                        agricultural production decisionmaking;
                            ``(iii) open systems technologies for data
                        networking and processing that produce valued
                        systems for farm management decisionmaking,
                        including high bandwidth networks, distributed
                        processing, spatial databasing, object
                        technology, global positioning systems, data
                        modeling, high performance image processing,
                        high resolution satellite imagery, digital
                        orthophotgrammetry simulation, geographic
                        information systems, computer aided design, and
                        digital cartography; and
                            ``(iv) machines that deliver information
                        based management practices, including global
                        positioning satellites, digital field mapping,
                        on-the-go yield monitoring, automated pest
                        scouting, and site-specific agricultural input
                        application to accomplish the objectives of
                        precision agriculture.
                    ``(E) Systems research.--The term `systems
                research' means an integrated, coordinated, and
                iterative investigative process that considers the
                multiple interacting components and aspects of
                precision agriculture systems, including synthesis of
                new knowledge regarding the physical-chemical-
                biological processes and complex interactions with
                cropping and natural resource systems, precision
                agriculture technologies development and
                implementation, data and information collection and
                interpretation, production scale planning, production-
                scale implementation, and farm production efficiencies,
                productivity, and profitability.
            ``(2) Emphasis on research, education, and information
        dissemination grants.--The Secretary of Agriculture, in
        collaboration with the advisory board, shall ensure that
        research, education, and information dissemination grants made
        under subsection (b) are, where appropriate, consistent with
        the development and promotion of precision agriculture.
        Research, education, and information dissemination projects
        supported by the grants and designed to develop and demonstrate
        precision agriculture shall address 1 or more of the following:
                    ``(A) The study and promotion of components of
                precision agriculture technologies using a systems
                research approach designed to increase long-term site-
                specific and whole-farm production efficiencies,
                productivity, and profitability.
                    ``(B) The improvement in the understanding of
                agronomic systems, including soil, water, land cover,
                and meteorological variability.
                    ``(C) The development, demonstration, and
                dissemination of information regarding precision
                agriculture technologies and systems into an integrated
                program.
                    ``(D) The promotion of systems research and
                education projects focusing on the integration of the
                multiple aspects of precision agriculture, including
                development, production-scale implementation, and farm
                production efficiencies, productivity, and
                profitability.
                    ``(E) The education of agricultural producers and
                consumers regarding the benefits of precision
                agriculture as it relates to increased long-term farm
                production efficiencies, productivity, and
                profitability, as well as the maintenance of the
                environment and improvements in international trade.
                    ``(F) The provision of training and educational
                programs for State cooperative extension services
                agents, agricultural producers, agricultural input
                machinery, product, and service providers, and
                certified crop advisers and other professionals
                involved in the agricultural production and transfer of
                integrated precision agriculture technology.
            ``(3) Priorities for research, education, and information
        dissemination grants.--In making grants to eligible entities
        under subsection (b) regarding precision agriculture, the
        Secretary, in collaboration with the advisory board, shall give
        priority to research, education, and information dissemination
        projects that are designed to accomplish the following:
                    ``(A) The use of precision agriculture technologies
                and a systems research approach to increase long-term
                site-specific and whole-farm production efficiencies,
                productivity, and profitability.
                    ``(B) The integration of research, education, and
                information dissemination components in a practical and
                readily available manner so that the findings of the
                project will be made readily usable by farmers.
                    ``(C) The promotion of the efficient use of
                agricultural inputs, rather than the uniform reduction
                in the use of agricultural inputs.
                    ``(D) The maximization of the involvement and
                cooperation of precision agriculture producers,
                certified crop advisers, State cooperative extension
                services agents, and agricultural input machinery,
                product, and service providers in precision agriculture
                systems research projects involving on-farm research,
                education, and information dissemination of precision
                agriculture.
                    ``(E) The cooperation among farms that are managed
                using precision agriculture farm production practices,
                nonprofit organizations, agribusinesses, agricultural
                input machinery, product, and service providers, land-
                grant colleges and universities, the State cooperative
                extension services, and Government agencies (including
                national laboratories).
                    ``(F) The benefits of precision agriculture in
                relationship to global food production, reducing world
                hunger, world population trends, and efforts to
                maintain and enhance the environment.
                    ``(G) The diversity of United States agricultural
                production, including production on family owned and
                operated farms, large acreage farms, small acreage
                farms, and mixed crop, specialty crop, commodity crop,
                and livestock operations.
                    ``(H) The maximization of collaboration with
                multiple agencies and other partners that includes
                leveraging of funds and resources.
            ``(4) Education and information dissemination.--
                    ``(A) Reservation of funds for projects.--Of the
                funds allocated for competitive research grants under
                subsection (b) related to precision agriculture, the
                Secretary shall reserve a portion of the funds for
                education and information dissemination projects
                regarding precision agriculture.
                    ``(B) Compliance with priorities for information
                dissemination.--In the dissemination of information
                derived from research projects regarding precision
                agriculture that are supported by grants made under
                subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that both
                employees of the Department of Agriculture and grant
                recipients comply with the priorities specified in
                paragraph (3).
            ``(5) Precision agriculture partnerships.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--For the purposes of this
                section, the Secretary, in collaboration with the
                advisory board, shall encourage the establishment of
                appropriate multistate and national partnerships or
                consortia between--
                            ``(i) land-grant colleges and universities,
                        State Agricultural Experiment Stations, State
                        cooperative extension services, other colleges
                        and universities with demonstrable expertise
                        regarding precision agriculture, agencies of
                        the Department of Agriculture, national
                        laboratories, agribusinesses, agricultural
                        equipment and input manufacturers and
                        retailers, certified crop advisers, commodity
                        organizations, other Federal or State
                        government entities and agencies, and non-
                        agricultural industries and nonprofit
                        organizations with demonstrable expertise
                        regarding precision agriculture; and
                            ``(ii) the persons and entities described
                        in clause (i) and agricultural producers and
                        other land managers.
                    ``(B) Partnership between national laboratories and
                department of agriculture.--The partnerships
                established pursuant to this paragraph shall include
                the partnership entered into (before the date of the
                enactment of this paragraph) by the Secretary of
                Energy, on behalf of the national laboratories, and the
                Secretary of Agriculture to promote cooperation and
                coordination between the national laboratories and
                agencies of the Department of Agriculture in the areas
                of systems research, technology research and
                development, and the transfer, utilization, and
private-sector commercialization of technology.
                    ``(C) Role of partnerships.--Partnerships described
                in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be eligible grantees
                for conducting systems research (including on-farm
                research) regarding precision agriculture and precision
                agriculture technologies.
            ``(6) Special aspects of research grants.--As part of a
        research project regarding precision agriculture that is funded
        under subsection (b), the grant recipient shall agree, to the
        extent practicable, to--
                    ``(A) study precision agriculture production
                systems that are located in areas that possess diverse
                crop, soil, climate, and physical characteristics;
                    ``(B) study farms that are or have been managed
                using precision agriculture farm production practices
                that rely on the efficient use of agricultural inputs
                and precision agriculture technologies to increase farm
                production efficiency, productivity, and profitability;
                    ``(C) conduct demonstration projects on farms that
                will be managed using precision agriculture;
                    ``(D) take advantage of the experience and
                expertise of agricultural producers through their
                direct participation and leadership in projects;
                    ``(E) utilize advanced access and communications
                technologies to transfer practical, reliable, and
                timely information to agricultural producers concerning
                precision agriculture practices, technologies, and
                systems; and
                    ``(F) promote partnerships among producers,
                nonprofit organizations, agribusinesses, agricultural
                input machinery, product, and service providers,
                colleges and universities, the State cooperative
                extension services, and Government agencies (including
                national laboratories).''.
    (b) Reporting Requirements.--Subsection (l) of the Competitive,
Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (section 2 of Public Law 89-
106; 7 U.S.C. 450i) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(l) Reporting Requirements of Grant Recipients.--In addition to
the recordkeeping responsibilities of recipients of assistance under
this section, as prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (f), the
Secretary shall prescribe regulations to require grant recipients to
submit to the Secretary periodic reports regarding the research,
education, and information dissemination activities supported with the
assistance so as to enhance the usefulness of the monitoring and
evaluation system developed by the Secretary under section 1413A(b) of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3129(b)).''.
    (c) Entities Eligible for Grants.--Subsection (b)(1) of the
Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (section 2 of
Public Law 89-106; 7 U.S.C. 450i) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``Federal agencies'' the following:
        ``(including laboratories as defined in section 12(d) of the
        Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C.
        3710a(d)))''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``corporations'' the following:
        ``(including agricultural input machinery, product, and service
        providers)''.
    (d) Precision Agriculture Research, Extension, and Education, Under
Fund for Rural America.--Section 793(c)(2)(A) of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-127; 7
U.S.C. 2204f(c)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (vii);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (viii) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (viii) the following:
                            ``(ix) develop and promote precision
                        agriculture and precision agriculture
                        technologies using a systems research approach,
                        as the terms are defined in subsection (k)(1)
                        of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities
                        Research Grant Act (section 2 of Public Law 89-
                        106; 7 U.S.C. 450i).''.
    (e) Technical Amendment.--Subsection (b)(9)(A) of the Competitive,
Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (section 2 of Public Law 89-
106; 7 U.S.C. 450i) is amended by striking ``subsection (j)'' and
inserting ``subsection (k)''.

Output:
Precision Agriculture Research, Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1996 - Amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to emphasize competitive grants that promote precision agriculture (as defined by this Act) research projects and to promote dissemination of such projects' results.
Provides for the establishment of multistate and national agriculture partnerships, including existing partnerships between national laboratories (Secretary of Energy) and the Department of Agriculture.
Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to include precision agriculture within the research categories of the Fund for Rural America.


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SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS TO ENCOURAGE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CAPITAL GAIN
              REAL PROPERTY MADE FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES AND
              QUALIFIED CONSERVATION CONTRIBUTIONS.

    (a) Contributions of Capital Gain Real Property Made for
Conservation Purposes and of Qualified Conservation Contributions Not
Subject to Special Limitation on Contributions of Capital Gain
Property.--Subparagraph (C) of section 170(b)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special limitation with respect to
contributions described in subparagraph (A) of capital gain property)
is amended by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v) and by inserting
after clause (iii) the following new clause:
                            ``(iv) In the case of charitable
                        contributions described in subparagraph (A) of
                        capital gain property, clauses (i) and (ii)
                        shall not apply to--
                                    ``(I) any qualified conservation
                                contribution (as defined in section
                                170(h)), or
                                    ``(II) any other contribution of
                                capital gain property which is real
                                property if the contribution is of the
                                donor's entire interest in such
                                property and is to a qualified
                                organization (as defined in section
                                170(h)(3)) which is organized for
                                conservation purposes (as defined in
                                section 170(h)(4)(A)) and which
                                provides the taxpayer, at the time of
                                such donation, a letter of intent which
                                contains an acknowledgment of the
                                donee's intent that the property is
                                being acquired for any such
                                conservation purpose.''.
    (b) Unlimited Carryover for Contributions of Capital Gain Real
Property for Conservation Purposes and of Qualified Conservation
Contributions of Capital Gain Property.--Paragraph (1) of section
170(d) of such Code in amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Unlimited carryover for contributions of
                capital gain real property for conservation purposes
                and of qualified conservation contributions of capital
                gain property.--The 5 taxable year limitation in
                subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any charitable
                contribution to which clauses (i) and (ii) of
                subsection (b)(1)(C) do not apply by reason of clause
                (iv) thereof. For purposes of this paragraph, the
                excess described in the material preceding clause (i)
                of subparagraph (A) shall be treated as attributable to
                contributions described in the preceding sentence of
                this subparagraph to the extent of such
                contributions.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to contributions made in taxable years beginning after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF RULES RELATING TO ESTATE TAX EXCLUSION FOR LAND
              SUBJECT TO QUALIFIED CONSERVATION EASEMENT.

    (a) Repeal of Certain Restrictions on Where Land Is Located.--
Clause (i) of section 2031(c)(8)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(i) which is located in the United States
                        or any possession of the United States,''.
    (b) Repeal of Limitation on Exclusion.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 2031(c) of such
        Code is amended by striking ``the lesser of--'' and all that
        follows and inserting ``the applicable percentage of the value
        of land subject to a qualified conservation easement, reduced
        by the amount of any deduction under section 2055(f) with
        respect to such land.''
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Subsection (c) of section 2031 of such Code is
                amended by striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating
                paragraphs (4) through (10) as paragraphs (3) through
                (9), respectively.
                    (B) Paragraphs (2) and (6) of section 2031(c) of
                such Code, as redesignated by subparagraph (A), are
                each amended by striking ``paragraph (5)'' and
                inserting ``paragraph (4)''.
                    (C) Paragraphs (1), (6), and (7)(A)(iii) of section
                2031(c) of such Code, as redesignated by subparagraph
                (A), are each amended by striking ``paragraph (6)'' and
                inserting ``paragraph (5)''.
    (c) Date for Determining Value of Land and Easement.--Paragraph (2)
of section 2032(c) of such Code (defining applicable percentage) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The values
taken into account under the preceding sentence shall be such values as
of the date of the contribution referred to in paragraph (7)(B).''
    (d) Certain Commercial Recreational Uses Permitted.--Subparagraph
(B) of section 2031(c)(7) of such Code, as redesignated by subsection
(b), is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Qualified conservation easement.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `qualified
                        conservation easement' means a qualified
                        conservation contribution (as defined in
                        section 170(h)(1)) of a qualified real property
                        interest (as defined in section 170(h)(2)(C)),
                        except that clause (iv) of section 170(h)(4)(A)
                        shall not apply, and the restriction on the use
                        of such interest described in section
                        170(h)(2)(C) shall include a prohibition on
                        more than a de minimis use for a commercial
                        recreational activity.
                            ``(ii) Special rules.--For purposes of this
                        paragraph--
                                    ``(I) Retained rights.--Rights
                                retained in the conservation easement
                                to lease the land for hunting and
                                fishing, so long as such leases are not
                                inconsistent with the conservation
                                purpose of the easement, shall be
                                deemed to be de minimis use.
                                    ``(II) Pre-effective date
                                easements.--Easements otherwise
                                qualifying under the provisions of this
                                subsection that were donated on or
                                before the date of the enactment of
                                this subclause, shall be deemed to
                                allow no more than de minimis use for a
                                commercial recreational activity unless
                                by their terms they expressly provide
                                for commercial recreational activity in
                                excess of that otherwise allowed by
                                this subparagraph.
                                    ``(III) Authority to extinguish
                                right of commercial recreation
                                activity.--For purposes of this
                                section, if the executor of an estate
                                and every person in being who has an
                                interest in the land execute an
                                agreement to amend or extinguish any
                                right under the easement of commercial
                                recreation activity in the land so as
                                to ensure that such land is used for no
                                more than de minimis commercial
                                recreational activity, such agreement
                                shall be treated as in effect as of the
                                date of the election described in
                                paragraph (5).''
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to estates of decedents dying after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude contributions of any qualified conservation contribution or capital gain real property made for conservation purposes from the application of the special limitation on contributions of capital gain property and from the application of the five-year carryover limitation. Repeals specified property location restrictions on the estate tax exclusion for property subject to a qualified conservation easement.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Campaign Truth and Fairness Act of
1997''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON SOFT MONEY IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.

    (a) Soft Money of Committees of Political Parties.--Title III of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:

               ``soft money of political party committees

    ``Sec. 323. (a) Limitations on National Committee.--(1) A national
committee of a political party and the congressional campaign
committees of a political party may not solicit or accept contributions
or transfers not subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and
reporting requirements of this Act.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to contributions--
            ``(A) that--
                    ``(i) are to be transferred to a State committee of
                a political party and are used solely for activities
                described in clauses (xi) through (xvii) of paragraph
                (9)(B) of section 301; or
                    ``(ii) are described in section 301(8)(B)(viii);
                and
            ``(B) with respect to which contributors have been notified
        that the funds will be used solely for the purposes described
        in subparagraph (A).
    ``(b) Activities Subject to This Act.--Any amount solicited,
received, expended, or disbursed directly or indirectly by a national,
State, district, or local committee of a political party with respect
to any of the following activities shall be subject to the limitations,
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act:
            ``(1)(A) Any get-out-the-vote activity conducted during a
        calendar year in which an election for the office of President
        is held.
            ``(B) Any other get-out-the-vote activity unless subsection
        (c)(2) applies to the activity.
            ``(2) Any generic campaign activity.
            ``(3) Any activity that identifies or promotes a Federal
        candidate, regardless of whether--
                    ``(A) a State or local candidate is also identified
                or promoted; or
                    ``(B) any portion of the funds disbursed
                constitutes a contribution or expenditure under this
                Act.
            ``(4) Voter registration.
            ``(5) Development and maintenance of voter files during an
        even-numbered calendar year.
            ``(6) Any other activity that--
                    ``(A) significantly affects a Federal election, or
                    ``(B) is not otherwise described in section
                301(9)(B)(xvii).
Any amount spent to raise funds that are used, in whole or in part, in
connection with activities described in the preceding paragraphs shall
be subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements
of this Act.
    ``(c) Get-Out-The-Vote Activities By State, District, and Local
Committees of Political Parties.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(2), any get-out-the-vote activity for a State or local candidate, or
for a ballot measure, which is conducted by a State, district, or local
committee of a political party shall be subject to the limitations,
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any activity which the State
committee of a political party certifies to the Commission is an
activity which--
            ``(A) is conducted during a calendar year other than a
        calendar year in which an election for the office of President
        is held,
            ``(B) is exclusively on behalf of (and specifically
        identifies only) one or more State or local candidates or
        ballot measures, and
            ``(C) does not include any effort or means used to identify
        or turn out those identified to be supporters of any Federal
        candidate (including any activity that is undertaken in
        coordination with, or on behalf of, a candidate for Federal
        office).
    ``(d) State Party Grassroots Funds.--(1) A State committee of a
political party may make disbursements and expenditures from its State
Party Grassroots Fund only for--
            ``(A) any generic campaign activity;
            ``(B) payments described in clauses (v), (x), and (xii) of
        paragraph (8)(B) and clauses (iv), (viii), and (ix) of
        paragraph (9)(B) of section 301;
            ``(C) subject to the limitations of section 315(d),
        payments described in clause (xii) of paragraph (8)(B), and
        clause (ix) of paragraph (9)(B), of section 301 on behalf of
        candidates other than for President and Vice President;
            ``(D) voter registration; and
            ``(E) development and maintenance of voter files during an
        even-numbered calendar year.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding section 315(a)(4), no funds may be
transferred by a State committee of a political party from its State
Party Grassroots Fund to any other State Party Grassroots Fund or to
any other political committee, except a transfer may be made to a
district or local committee of the same political party in the same
State if such district or local committee--
            ``(A) has established a separate segregated fund for the
        purposes described in paragraph (1); and
            ``(B) uses the transferred funds solely for those purposes.
    ``(e) Amounts Received by Grassroots Fund From State and Local
Candidate Committees.--(1) Any amount received by a State Party
Grassroots Fund from a State or local candidate committee for
expenditures described in subsection (b) that are for the benefit of
that candidate shall be treated as meeting the requirements of
subsection (b) if--
            ``(A) such amount is derived from funds which meet the
        requirements of this Act with respect to any limitation or
        prohibition as to source or dollar amount specified in section
        315(a) (1)(A) and (2)(A); and
            ``(B) the State or local candidate committee--
                    ``(i) maintains, in the account from which payment
                is made, records of the sources and amounts of funds
                for purposes of determining whether such requirements
                are met; and
                    ``(ii) certifies that such requirements were met.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), in determining whether the
funds transferred meet the requirements of this Act described in such
paragraph--
            ``(A) a State or local candidate committee's cash on hand
        shall be treated as consisting of the funds most recently
        received by the committee, and
            ``(B) the committee must be able to demonstrate that its
        cash on hand contains sufficient funds meeting such
        requirements as are necessary to cover the transferred funds.
    ``(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any State Party Grassroots
Fund receiving any transfer described in paragraph (1) from a State or
local candidate committee shall be required to meet the reporting
requirements of this Act, and shall submit to the Commission all
certifications received, with respect to receipt of the transfer from
such candidate committee.
    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, a State or local candidate
committee is a committee established, financed, maintained, or
controlled by a candidate for other than Federal office.
    ``(f) Related Entities.--The provisions of this Act shall apply to
any entity that is established, financed, or maintained by a national
committee or State committee of a political party in the same manner as
they apply to the national or State committee.''
    (b) Contributions and Expenditures.--
            (1) Contributions.--Section 301(8)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
        431(8)(B)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause
                (xiii);
                    (B) by striking clause (xiv); and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                            ``(xiv) any amount contributed to a
                        candidate for other than Federal office;
                            ``(xv) any amount received or expended to
                        pay the costs of a State or local political
                        convention;
                            ``(xvi) any payment for campaign activities
                        that are exclusively on behalf of (and
                        specifically identify only) State or local
                        candidates and do not identify any Federal
                        candidate, and that are not activities
                        described in section 323(b) (without regard to
                        paragraph (6)(B)) or section 323(c)(1);
                            ``(xvii) any payment for administrative
                        expenses of a State or local committee of a
                        political party, including expenses for--
                                    ``(I) overhead, including party
                                meetings;
                                    ``(II) staff (other than
                                individuals devoting a significant
                                amount of their time to elections for
                                Federal office and individuals engaged
in conducting get-out-the-vote activities for a Federal election); and
                                    ``(III) conducting party elections
                                or caucuses;
                            ``(xviii) any payment for research
                        pertaining solely to State and local candidates
                        and issues;
                            ``(xix) any payment for development and
                        maintenance of voter files other than during
                        the 1-year period ending on the date during an
                        even-numbered calendar year on which regularly
                        scheduled general elections for Federal office
                        occur; and
                            ``(xx) any payment for any other activity
                        which is solely for the purpose of influencing,
                        and which solely affects, an election for non-
                        Federal office and which is not an activity
                        described in section 323(b) (without regard to
                        paragraph (6)(B)) or section 323(c)(1).''.
            (2) Expenditures.--Section 301(9)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
        431(9)(B)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (ix);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of clause (x)
                and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                            ``(xi) any amount contributed to a
                        candidate for other than Federal office;
                            ``(xii) any amount received or expended to
                        pay the costs of a State or local political
                        convention;
                            ``(xiii) any payment for campaign
                        activities that are exclusively on behalf of
                        (and specifically identify only) State or local
                        candidates and do not identify any Federal
                        candidate, and that are not activities
                        described in section 323(b) (without regard to
                        paragraph (6)(B)) or section 323(c)(1);
                            ``(xiv) any payment for administrative
                        expenses of a State or local committee of a
                        political party, including expenses for--
                                    ``(I) overhead, including party
                                meetings;
                                    ``(II) staff (other than
                                individuals devoting a significant
                                amount of their time to elections for
                                Federal office and individuals engaged
                                in conducting get-out-the-vote
                                activities for a Federal election); and
                                    ``(III) conducting party elections
                                or caucuses;
                            ``(xv) any payment for research pertaining
                        solely to State and local candidates and
                        issues;
                            ``(xvi) any payment for development and
                        maintenance of voter files other than during
                        the 1-year period ending on the date during an
                        even-numbered calendar year on which regularly
                        scheduled general elections for Federal office
                        occur; and
                            ``(xvii) any payment for any other activity
                        which is solely for the purpose of influencing,
                        and which solely affects, an election for non-
                        Federal office and which is not an activity
                        described in section 323(b) (without regard to
                        paragraph (6)(B)) or section 323(c)(1).''.

SEC. 3. EQUALIZATION OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE CANDIDATE
              CONTRIBUTION LIMITATION WITH LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO
              OTHER PERSONS.

    (a) Persons Generally.--Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by
striking out ``$1,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``$2,500''.
    (b) Multicandidate Political Committees.--Section 315(a)(2)(A) of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is
amended by striking out ``$5,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof
``$2,500''.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CANDIDATES IN HOUSE OF
              REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
441a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not make contributions of
more than $100,000 to the campaign of the candidate with respect to an
election cycle. As used in this subsection, the term `election cycle'
means, with respect to a candidate, the period beginning on the day
after the date of the most recent general election for the office
involved and ending on the date of the next general election for such
office.''.

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Campaign Truth and Fairness Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a national committee or a congressional campaign committee of a political party from soliciting or accepting contributions or transfers not subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of such Act (soft money). Specifies exceptions and inclusions, including get-out-the-vote activities.
Specifies permitted State Party Grassroots Fund expenditures.
Sets forth specified "contribution" and "expenditure" exclusions.
Increases individual contribution limits to a candidate and his or her political committee, and decreases similar multicandidate political committee limits, to $2,500.
Limits personal contributions by a candidate for the House of Representatives to $100,000 per campaign cycle.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Raoul Wallenberg Centennial
Celebration Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Raoul Wallenberg was born in Europe on August 4, 1912,
        to Swedish Christian parents.
            (2) In 1935, he graduated from the University of Michigan
        in Ann Arbor.
            (3) In a letter to his grandfather, Wallenberg wrote of his
        time in America: ``I feel so at home in my little Ann Arbor
        that I'm beginning to sink down roots here and have a hard time
        imagining my leaving it . . . Every now and then I feel strange
        when I think about how tiny my own country is and how large and
        wonderful America is.''.
            (4) Raoul returned to Sweden, where he began a career as a
        businessman, and afterwards, a Swedish diplomat.
            (5) In 1936, Raoul's grandfather arranged a position for
        him at the Holland Bank in Haifa, Palestine. There, Raoul began
        to meet young Jews who had already been forced to flee from
        Nazi persecution in Germany. Their stories affected him deeply.
            (6) He was greatly troubled by the fate of Jews in Europe,
        confiding to actress Viveca Lindfors the horrific plight of
        Jews under Nazi Europe.
            (7) Under the direction of President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
        the War Refugee Board was established in January 1944, to aid
        civilians who fell victim to the Nazi and Axis powers in
        Europe.
            (8) One of War Refugee Board's top priorities was
        protection of the 750,000 remaining Jews in Hungary.
            (9) It was decided that Raoul Wallenberg, aged 31 at the
        time, would be most effective in protecting Jews and victims of
        the Nazis in Hungary under the War Refugee Board. He was
        recruited by Iver Olsen, an agent for the United States Office
        of Strategic Services and sent to Budapest, Hungary, under his
        official profession as a Swedish diplomat. He was instructed to
        use passports and other creative means to save as many lives as
        possible.
            (10) Wallenberg created a new Swedish passport, the
        Schutzpass, which looked more imposing and official than the
        actual Swedish passport. He reportedly put up huge placards of
        it throughout Budapest to familiarize the Nazis with it. He
        unilaterally announced that it granted the holder immunity from
        the death camps. The Schutzpasses alone are credited with
        saving 20,000 Jewish lives.
            (11) In one example of his heroism, Wallenberg was told of
        a Nazi plot to round up several thousand Jewish women and acted
        swiftly to save them. Former Wallenberg staffer, Agnes Adachi,
        recalls the time, when she and her colleagues spent the whole
        night making approximately 2,000 Schutzpasses before 6 a.m.
        They were all completed and personally delivered to the women
        in time to save their lives.
            (12) Using the money the United States deposited with the
        War Refugee Board, Wallenberg was able to purchase
        approximately 30 buildings, which he used as hospitals,
        schools, soup kitchens, and safe houses for over 8,000 children
        whose parents had already been deported or killed.
            (13) Tommy Lapid, a young boy who was staying with his
        mother in a Swedish safe house (his father was already dead),
        gave an eyewitness account of how his family was helped by
        Wallenberg and the War Refugee Board: ``One morning, a group of
        Hungarian Fascists came into the house and said that all the
        able-bodied women must go with them. We knew what this meant.
        My mother kissed me and I cried and she cried. We knew we were
        parting forever and she left me there, an orphan to all intents
        and purposes. Then two or three hours later, to my amazement,
        my mother returned with the other women. It seemed like a
        mirage, a miracle. My mother was there--she was alive and she
        was hugging me and kissing me, and she said one word:
        Wallenberg.''.
            (14) Even as the war was coming to a close, Wallenberg
        remained vigilant and attentive to the people under his care.
        Adolf Eichmann, the SS colonel charged with the extermination
        of Jews in Eastern Europe, was determined to exterminate the
        70,000 Jews kept as prisoners in a guarded ghetto in Budapest.
        As soon as Wallenberg heard of the plot, he sent Pal Szalay, an
        Arrow-Crossman senior official, who defected and turned to
        Wallenberg. Szalay was sent to speak to General Schmidthuber,
        who was ordered to spearhead the ghetto extermination in
        Budapest. Szalay informed Schmidthuber that, seeing as the war
        was coming to an end, if the planned massacre took place,
        Wallenberg would see to it personally that Schmidthuber would
        be prosecuted as a war criminal and hanged. The plans were
        ultimately abandoned and considered Wallenberg's last big
        victory.
            (15) Of the 120,000 Jews in Hungary that survived, Raoul
        Wallenberg, acting under the War Refugee Board, is credited
        with saving an estimated 100,000 of them in a 6-month period.
            (16) These findings show that Raoul Wallenberg showed
        exceptional heroism and bravery with his actions during the
        Holocaust. Working with the War Refugee Board, a United States
        agency, he was able to save approximately 100,000 Jews in
        Hungary, many of whom were later able to immigrate to the
        United States.
            (17) Indeed, many American Jews can directly or indirectly
        attribute their own lives to Raoul Wallenberg's actions during
        World War II. Many of the people Wallenberg saved have been
        influential citizens contributing to American institutions and
        culture, including Congressman Tom Lantos (February 1, 1928-
        February 11, 2008) and the Liska Rebbe, Rabbi Yoizef (Joseph)
        Friedlander, who carried forth the Liska Hassidic dynasty from
        Hungary to the United States after being saved by Raoul
        Wallenberg.
            (18) His actions and character make him an excellent
        contender for a Congressional Gold Medal in time for the
        centennial of his birth, to celebrate his achievements and
        humanitarian accomplishments.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make
appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the
Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the next of kin or
personal representative of Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his
achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the presentation
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (in this
Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall strike a gold medal with
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the
Secretary.

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    Under such regulations as the Secretary (in this Act referred to as
the ``Secretary'') may prescribe, the Secretary may strike duplicate
medals in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 and
sell such duplicate medals at a price sufficient to cover the costs of
the duplicate medals (including labor, materials, dies, use of
machinery, overhead expenses) and the cost of the gold medal.

SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medals.--The medals struck pursuant to this Act are
national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States
Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5134 of title 31,
United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authorization of Charges.--There is authorized to be charged
against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as
may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant to
this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate
bronze medals under section 4 shall be deposited in the United States
Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

Output: Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act - Directs The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation on behalf of the Congress of a gold medal of appropriate design to the next of kin or personal representative of Raoul Wallenberg in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reinvigorating Antibiotic and
Diagnostic Innovation Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CLINICAL TESTING EXPENSES FOR QUALIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE
              PRODUCTS.

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

``SEC. 45S. CLINICAL TESTING EXPENSES FOR QUALIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE
              PRODUCTS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 38, the qualified
infectious disease product credit determined under this section for the
taxable year is an amount equal to 50 percent of the qualified clinical
testing expenses for the taxable year.
    ``(b) Qualified Clinical Testing Expenses.--For purposes of this
section--
            ``(1) Qualified clinical testing expenses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in
                this paragraph, the term `qualified clinical testing
                expenses' means the amounts which are paid or incurred
                by the taxpayer during the taxable year which would be
                described in subsection (b) of section 41 if such
                subsection were applied with the modifications set
                forth in subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Modifications.--For purposes of subparagraph
                (A), subsection (b) of section 41 shall be applied--
                            ``(i) by substituting `clinical testing'
                        for `qualified research' each place it appears
                        in paragraphs (2) and (3) of such subsection,
                        and
                            ``(ii) by substituting `100 percent' for
                        `65 percent' in paragraph (3)(A) of such
                        subsection.
                    ``(C) Exclusion for amounts funded by grants,
                etc.--The term `qualified clinical testing expenses'
                shall not include any amount to the extent such amount
                is funded by any grant, contract, or otherwise by
                another person (or any governmental entity).
                    ``(D) Special rule.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, section 41 shall be deemed to remain in
                effect for periods after enactment of this section.
            ``(2) Clinical testing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `clinical testing'
                means any human clinical testing--
                            ``(i) which is carried out under an
                        exemption for a drug being tested as an
                        antibiotic or antifungal drug under section
                        505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
                        Act (or regulations issued under such section),
                            ``(ii) which occurs before the date on
                        which an application with respect to such drug
                        is approved under section 505(b) of such Act
                        or, if the drug is a biological product, before
                        the date on which a license for such drug is
                        issued under section 351 of the Public Health
                        Service Act, and
                            ``(iii) which is conducted by or on behalf
                        of the taxpayer to whom exemption under section
                        505(i) of such Act is granted.
                    ``(B) Testing must be related to use as qualified
                infectious disease product.--Human clinical testing
                shall be taken into account under subparagraph (A) only
                to the extent such testing is related to the use of the
                drug as a qualified infectious disease product.
    ``(c) Coordination With Credit for Increasing Research
Expenditures.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any
        qualified clinical testing expenses for a taxable year to which
        an election under this section applies shall not be taken into
        account for purposes of determining the credit allowable under
        section 41 for such taxable year.
            ``(2) Expenses included in determining base period research
        expenses.--Any qualified clinical testing expenses for any
        taxable year which are qualified research expenses (within the
        meaning of section 41(b)) shall be taken into account in
        determining base period research expenses for purposes of
        applying section 41 to subsequent taxable years.
    ``(d) Definitions and Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Qualified infectious disease product.--For purposes
        of this section, the term `qualified infectious disease
        product' means any drug or biological product for human use
        that--
                    ``(A) is intended to treat a serious or life-
                threatening infection, including those caused by--
                            ``(i) an antibacterial or antifungal
                        resistant pathogen (including novel or emerging
                        infectious pathogens), or
                            ``(ii) qualifying pathogens listed by the
                        Secretary of Health and Human Services under
                        section 505E(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
                        Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), and
                    ``(B) is intended to treat an infection for which
                there is an unmet medical need as defined by the
                Secretary of Health and Human Services.
            ``(2) Special limitation on foreign testing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--No credit shall be allowed under
                this section with respect to any clinical testing
                conducted outside the United States unless--
                            ``(i) such testing is conducted outside the
                        United States because there is an insufficient
                        testing population in the United States, and
                            ``(ii) such testing is conducted by a
                        United States person or by any other person who
                        is not related to the taxpayer to whom
                        exemption under section 505(i) of the Federal
                        Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is granted.
                    ``(B) Insufficient testing population.--For
                purposes of this section, the testing population in the
                United States is insufficient if there are not within
                the United States the number of available and
                appropriate human subjects needed to produce reliable
                and timely data from the clinical investigation.
            ``(3) Certain rules made applicable.--Rules similar to the
        rules of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 41(f) shall apply
        for purposes of this section.
            ``(4) Election.--This section shall apply to any taxpayer
        for any taxable year only if such taxpayer elects (at such time
        and in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations
        prescribe) to have this section apply for such taxable year.
    ``(e) Transferability.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any taxpayer holding a credit under this
        section may transfer for valuable consideration unused but
        otherwise allowable credit for use by a qualified
        pharmaceutical research taxpayer. A taxpayer that transfers any
        amount of credit under this section shall file a notification
        of such transfer to the Secretary in accordance with procedures
        and forms prescribed by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Use of transferred credit.--Any qualified
        pharmaceutical research taxpayer that receives credit that has
        been transferred shall use such credit for the taxable year in
        which the transfer occurred. Any unused amounts of such credit
        may be carried back or forward to other taxable years in
        accordance with section 39.
            ``(3) Definition of qualified pharmaceutical research
        taxpayer.--For purposes of this section, the term `qualified
        pharmaceutical research taxpayer' means any domestic
        corporation the primary mission of which is pharmaceutical
        research or development.''.
    (b) Made Part of Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of such Code is
amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (35), by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (36) and inserting ``, plus'', and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(37) the qualified infectious disease product credit
        determined under section 45S(a).''.
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:

``45S. Clinical testing expenses for qualified infectious disease
                            products.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

SEC. 3. CLINICAL TESTING EXPENSES FOR RAPID INFECTIOUS DISEASES
              DIAGNOSTIC TESTS.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 2, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 45T. CLINICAL TESTING EXPENSES FOR RAPID INFECTIOUS DISEASES
              DIAGNOSTIC TESTS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 38, the credit
determined under this section for the taxable year is an amount equal
to 50 percent of the qualified clinical testing expenses for the
taxable year.
    ``(b) Qualified Clinical Testing Expenses.--For purposes of this
section--
            ``(1) Qualified clinical testing expenses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in
                this paragraph, the term `qualified clinical testing
                expenses' means the amounts which are paid or incurred
                by the taxpayer during the taxable year which would be
                described in subsection (b) of section 41 if such
                subsection were applied with the modifications set
                forth in subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Modifications.--For purposes of subparagraph
                (A), subsection (b) of section 41 shall be applied--
                            ``(i) by substituting `clinical testing'
                        for `qualified research' each place it appears
                        in paragraphs (2) and (3) of such subsection,
                        and
                            ``(ii) by substituting `100 percent' for
                        `65 percent' in paragraph (3)(A) of such
                        subsection.
                    ``(C) Exclusion for amounts funded by grants,
                etc.--The term `qualified clinical testing expenses'
                shall not include any amount to the extent such amount
                is funded by any grant, contract, or otherwise by
                another person (or any governmental entity).
                    ``(D) Special rule.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, section 41 shall be deemed to remain in
                effect for periods after enactment of this section.
            ``(2) Clinical testing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `clinical testing'
                means any human clinical testing--
                            ``(i) which is carried out under an
                        exemption for a device being tested under
                        section 520(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
                        Cosmetic Act (or regulations issued under such
                        section),
                            ``(ii) which is related only to such use as
                        a qualified rapid infectious diseases
                        diagnostic test,
                            ``(iii) which occurs before the date on
                        which an application with respect to such
                        device receives premarket approval, if
                        required, under section 515 of such Act, or
                        receives clearance, if required, under section
                        510(k) of such Act, and
                            ``(iv) which is conducted by or on behalf
                        of the taxpayer to whom the exemption under
                        section 520(g) of such Act was granted.
    ``(c) Coordination With Credit for Increasing Research
Expenditures.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any
        qualified clinical testing expenses for a taxable year to which
        an election under this section applies shall not be taken into
        account for purposes of determining the credit allowable under
        section 41 for such taxable year.
            ``(2) Expenses included in determining base period research
        expenses.--Any qualified clinical testing expenses for any
        taxable year which are qualified research expenses (within the
        meaning of section 41(b)) shall be taken into account in
        determining base period research expenses for purposes of
        applying section 41 to subsequent taxable years.
    ``(d) Definitions and Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Qualified rapid infectious diseases diagnostic
        test.--For purposes of this section, the term `qualified rapid
        infectious diseases diagnostic test' means an in-vitro
        diagnostic (IVD) device that provides results in less than four
        hours and that is used to identify or detect the presence,
        concentration, or characteristics of a serious or life-
        threatening infection, including those caused by (1) an
        antibacterial or antifungal resistant pathogen, including novel
        or emerging infectious pathogens or (2) qualifying pathogens
        listed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under
        Chapter V (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) section 505E(f).
            ``(2) Special limitation on foreign testing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--No credit shall be allowed under
                this section with respect to any clinical testing
                conducted outside the United States unless--
                            ``(i) such testing is conducted outside the
                        United States because there is an insufficient
                        testing population in the United States, and
                            ``(ii) such testing is conducted by a
                        United States person or by any other person who
                        is not related to the taxpayer to whom the
                        exemption under section 520(g) of Federal Food,
                        Drug, and Cosmetic Act was granted.
                    ``(B) Insufficient testing population.--For
                purposes of this section, the testing population in the
                United States is insufficient if there are not within
                the United States the number of available and
                appropriate human subjects needed to produce reliable
                and timely data from the clinical investigation.
            ``(3) Certain rules made applicable.--Rules similar to the
        rules of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 41(f) shall apply
        for purposes of this section.
            ``(4) Election.--This section shall apply to any taxpayer
        for any taxable year only if such taxpayer elects (at such time
        and in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations
        prescribe) to have this section apply for such taxable year.
    ``(e) Transferability.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any taxpayer holding a credit under this
        section may transfer for valuable consideration unused but
        otherwise allowable credit for use by a qualified diagnostics
        research taxpayer. A taxpayer that transfers any amount of
        credit under this section shall file a notification of such
        transfer to the Secretary in accordance with procedures and
        forms prescribed by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Use of transferred credit.--Any qualified diagnostics
        research taxpayer that receives credit that has been
        transferred shall use such credit for the taxable year in which
        the transfer occurred. Any unused amounts of such credit may be
        carried back or forward to other taxable years in accordance
        with section 39.
            ``(3) Definition of qualified diagnostics research
        taxpayer.--For purposes of this section, the term `qualified
        diagnostics research taxpayer' means any domestic corporation
        that derives--
                    ``(A) any gross income from research or development
                on diagnostic tests used to identify or detect the
                presence, concentration or characteristics of a serious
                or life-threatening infectious disease or pathogen; or
                    ``(B) any gross income from research or development
                on qualified infectious disease products within the
                meaning given to such term in section 505E(g) of the
                Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or
                    ``(C) more than 50 percent of its gross income from
                activities related to health care.''.
    (b) Made Part of Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of such Code, as
amended by section 2, is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of
paragraph (36), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (37) and
inserting ``, plus'', and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
            ``(38) the credit determined under section 45T(a).''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code, as amended by
section 2, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 45T. Clinical testing expenses for rapid infectious diseases
                            diagnostic tests.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

Output: Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for 50% of the clinical testing expenses for: (1) infectious disease products that are intended to treat a serious or life-threatening infection, including one caused by an antibacterial or antifungal resistant pathogen or a qualifying pathogen listed by the Department of Health and Human Services as having the potential to pose a serious threat to public health; and (2) in-vitro diagnostic devices that identify in less than four hours the presence, concentration, or characteristics of a serious or life-threatening infection.