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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Innovation Pilot Act of
2011''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to support State, local, and tribal leadership and
        innovation in preparing all students to meet State-developed
        college and career ready academic content standards and student
        academic achievement standards, by establishing a process to
        permit State, local, and tribal educational leaders to
        implement alternative and innovative strategies to improve
        student academic achievement and otherwise meet the purposes of
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
        6301 et seq.); and
            (2) to direct the Secretary of Education to defer to State,
        local, and tribal judgments regarding how best to accomplish
        the purposes of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
        1965.

SEC. 3. WAIVERS OF STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7861) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Request for waiver.--A State educational agency,
        local educational agency, or Indian tribe that receives funds
        under a program authorized under this Act may submit a request
        to the Secretary to waive any statutory or regulatory
        requirement of this Act.
            ``(2) Receipt of waiver.--Except as provided in subsection
        (c), the Secretary shall waive any statutory or regulatory
        requirement of this Act for a State educational agency, local
        educational agency, Indian tribe, or school (through a local
        educational agency), that submits a waiver request pursuant to
        this subsection.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
                        (A), by inserting ``, which shall include a
                        plan'' after ``waiver request to the
                        Secretary'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and
                        how the waiving of those requirements will''
                        and all that follows through the end, and
                        inserting a semicolon;
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as
                        subparagraph (F); and
                            (iv) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D),
                        and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) reasonably demonstrates that the waiver will
                improve instruction for students, advance student
                academic achievement, and contribute to student mastery
                of knowledge and skills, consistent with the State's
                college and career ready academic content standards and
                student academic achievement standards;
                    ``(D) describes the methods the State educational
                agency, local educational agency, or Indian tribe will
                use to--
                            ``(i) monitor the effectiveness of the
                        implementation of the plan; and
                            ``(ii) assure regular evaluation and
                        continuous improvement of the plan;
                    ``(E) as applicable to the waiver request--
                            ``(i) describes the State educational
                        agency, local educational agency, or Indian
                        tribe's process for making valid and meaningful
                        accountability determinations, based on student
                        academic achievement, to review the success of
                        schools and local educational agencies or
                        Indian tribes in implementing the State's
                        college and career ready academic content
                        standards and student academic achievement
                        standards;
                            ``(ii) describes the State educational
                        agency, local educational agency, or Indian
                        tribe's process for accurately and meaningfully
                        identifying, supporting, and intervening in
                        underperforming schools, consistent with
                        applicable State or local policy; and
                            ``(iii) includes information on how the
                        State educational agency, local educational
                        agency, or Indian tribe will maintain and
                        improve transparency in reporting to parents
                        and the public on student achievement and
                        school performance, including the achievement
                        of students according to the student subgroups
                        described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of
                        section 1111(b)(2)(B)(viii); and'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by striking ``(on
                behalf of, and based on the requests of, local
                educational agencies)'' and inserting ``(on their own
                behalf, or on behalf of, and based on the requests of,
                local educational agencies in the State)'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding
                clause (i), by inserting ``or on behalf of local
                educational agencies in the State,'' after ``acting on
                its own behalf,''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Peer review.--
                    ``(A) Peer review team.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall
                        establish multi-disciplinary peer review teams
                        and appoint members to such teams, including
                        persons who have experience with a State
                        educational agency (or local educational agency
                        or Indian tribe, as appropriate) and broader
                        education reform experience, to review waiver
                        requests under this section if--
                                    ``(I) the Secretary requests such
                                input in order to approve a waiver
                                request; or
                                    ``(II) the Secretary intends to
                                disapprove a request.
                            ``(ii) Team in place for all waiver
                        requests.--The Secretary may, at the
                        Secretary's discretion, have a peer review team
                        review all waiver requests submitted under this
                        section.
                    ``(B) Applicability.--The Secretary may approve a
                waiver request under this section without conducting a
                peer review of the request, but shall use the peer
                review process under this paragraph before disapproving
                such a request.
                    ``(C) Purpose of peer review.--The peer review
                process shall be designed to--
                            ``(i) promote effective implementation of
                        State-developed college and career ready
                        academic content standards and student academic
                        achievement standards, through State and local
                        innovation; and
                            ``(ii) provide transparent feedback to
                        State educational agencies, local educational
                        agencies, or Indian tribes, designed to
                        strengthen the applicant's plan described under
                        paragraph (1)(C).
                    ``(D) Standard and nature of review.--Peer
                reviewers shall conduct a good faith review of waiver
                requests submitted to them under this section. Peer
                reviewers shall review such waiver requests--
                            ``(i) in their totality;
                            ``(ii) in deference to State and local
                        judgment; and
                            ``(iii) with the goal of promoting State-
                        and local-led innovation.
            ``(5) Waiver determination, demonstration, and revision.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall approve a
                waiver request not more than 90 days after the date on
                which such request is submitted, unless the Secretary
                determines and demonstrates that--
                            ``(i) the waiver request does not meet the
                        requirements of this section;
                            ``(ii) the waiver is not permitted under
                        subsection (c);
                            ``(iii) the plan that is required under
                        paragraph (1)(C), and reviewed with deference
                        to State and local judgment, provides no
                        reasonable basis to determine that a waiver
                        will enhance student academic achievement; or
                            ``(iv) the waiver request does not provide
                        for adequate evaluation to ensure review and
                        continuous improvement of the plan, consistent
                        with paragraph (1)(D).
                    ``(B) Waiver determination and revision.--If the
                Secretary determines and demonstrates that the waiver
                request does not meet the requirements of this section,
                the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) immediately--
                                    ``(I) notify the State educational
                                agency, local educational agency, or
                                Indian tribe of such determination; and
                                    ``(II) at the request of the State
                                educational agency, local educational
                                agency, or Indian tribe, provide
                                detailed reasons for such determination
                                in writing;
                            ``(ii) offer the State educational agency,
                        local educational agency, or Indian tribe an
                        opportunity to revise and resubmit the waiver
                        request not more than 60 days after the date of
                        such determination; and
                            ``(iii) if the Secretary determines that
                        the resubmission does not meet the requirements
                        of this section, at the request of the State
                        educational agency, local educational agency,
                        or Indian tribe, conduct a public hearing not
                        more than 30 days after the date of such
                        resubmission.
                    ``(C) Waiver disapproval.--The Secretary may
                disapprove a waiver request if--
                            ``(i) the State educational agency, local
                        educational agency, or Indian tribe has been
                        notified and offered an opportunity to revise
                        and resubmit the waiver request, as described
                        under clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B);
                        and
                            ``(ii) the State educational agency, local
                        educational agency, or Indian tribe--
                                    ``(I) does not revise and resubmit
                                the waiver request; or
                                    ``(II) revises and resubmits the
                                waiver request, and the Secretary
                                determines that such waiver request
                                does not meet the requirements of this
                                section after a hearing conducted under
                                subparagraph (B)(iii).
                    ``(D) External conditions.--The Secretary shall not
                disapprove a waiver request under this section based on
                conditions outside the scope of the waiver request.'';
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the heading, by adding ``; Limitations''
                after ``Duration and Extension of Waiver''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Specific limitations.--The Secretary shall not
        require a State educational agency, local educational agency,
        or Indian tribe, as a condition of approval of a waiver
        request, to--
                    ``(A) include in, or delete from, such request,
                specific academic content standards or academic
                achievement standards;
                    ``(B) use specific academic assessment instruments
                or items; or
                    ``(C) include in, or delete from, such waiver
                request any criterion that specifies, defines, or
                prescribes the standards or measures that a State or
                local educational agency uses to establish, implement,
                or improve--
                            ``(i) State academic content standards or
                        academic achievement standards;
                            ``(ii) assessments;
                            ``(iii) State accountability systems;
                            ``(iv) systems that measure student growth;
                            ``(v) measures of other academic
                        indicators; or
                            ``(vi) teacher and principal evaluation
                        systems.'';
            (4) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking the heading and inserting
                        ``Waiver reports'';
                            (ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph
                        (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``local educational
                                agency that receives'' and inserting
                                ``State educational agency, local
                                educational agency, or Indian tribe
                                that receives''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``submit a report
                                to the State educational agency that''
                                and inserting ``submit a report to the
                                Secretary that'';
                    (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph
                (2); and
                    (D) in paragraph (2), (as redesignated by
                subparagraph (C)), by striking ``Beginning in fiscal
                year 2002 and for each subsequent year, the Secretary
                shall submit to the Committee'' and inserting ``The
                Secretary shall annually submit to the Committee''; and
            (5) in subsection (f), by inserting ``and the recipient of
        the waiver has failed to make revisions needed to carry out the
        purpose of the waiver,'' after ``has been inadequate to justify
        a continuation of the waiver''.

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State Innovation Pilot Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Waivers) of title IX (General Provisions) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the process by which states, LEAs, and Indian tribes obtain waivers of the Act's statutory and regulatory requirements.

Requires waiver requests by states, LEAs, or Indian tribes to include a plan that describes how: (1) the waiver will improve instruction and student achievement in accordance with the state's college and career ready academic content and achievement standards; (2) the plan will be evaluated regularly and improved continuously; (3) they will review implementation of the college and career readiness standards; (4) they will identify, support, and intervene in underperforming schools; and (5) they will maintain and improve transparency in reporting to parents and the public on student achievement and school performance.

Requires the Secretary of Education to approve requests that meet such requirements and do not involve certain specified statutory or regulatory requirements.

Directs the Secretary to establish a multidisciplinary peer review team to review a waiver request if the Secretary requests their input or intends to disapprove the request. Requires peer reviewers to review waiver requests in their totality, in deference to state and local judgment, and with the goal of promoting state and local innovation.

Gives the Secretary a limited amount of time to decide on a waiver request. Gives requesters opportunities to revise their requests.

Prohibits the Secretary from imposing conditions on a waiver that require the state, LEA, or Indian tribe to adopt or drop specific standards or assessment systems.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Second Chances for Murderers,
Rapists, or Child Molesters Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) any individual convicted of murder should receive the
        death penalty or be imprisoned for life without the possibility
        of parole; and
            (2) any individual convicted of rape or a dangerous sexual
        offense involving a child under the age of 14 should be
        imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole.

SEC. 3. PENALTY FOR STATES THAT RELEASE CERTAIN FELONS.

    (a) Penalty.--
            (1) In general.--In a case in which a State convicts a
        person of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense, who has
        a prior conviction for one of these offenses in another State,
        the Attorney General shall administer the transfer of the
        following amounts from Federal law enforcement assistance funds
        of the State that convicted such person of the first offense:
                    (A) Up to $100,000 shall be transferred to each
                victim (or if the victim is deceased, the victim's
                estate) of the subsequent offense.
                    (B) The cost of incarceration, prosecution, and
                apprehension of such person shall be transferred to the
                State that convicted of a subsequent offense. Half of
                the amounts transferred shall be paid to the State
                entity designated to administer crime victim
                assistance, and half shall be deposited in a State
                account that collects Federal law enforcement funds.
            (2) Multiple states.--In a case in which a State convicts a
        person of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense, who has
        a prior conviction for one of these offenses in more than one
        State, the Attorney General shall administer the transfer of
        the following amounts from Federal law enforcement assistance
        funds of each State that convicted of a prior offense:
                    (A) Up to $100,000 shall be apportioned equally
                among the States that convicted of prior offenses and
                transferred to each victim (or if the victim is
                deceased, the victim's estate) of the subsequent
                offense.
                    (B) The cost of incarceration, prosecution, and
                apprehension of such person shall be apportioned
                equally among the States that convicted of prior
                offenses and transferred to the State that convicted of
                a subsequent offense. Half of the amounts transferred
                shall be paid to the State entity designated to
                administer crime victim assistance, and half shall be
                deposited in a State account that collects Federal law
                enforcement funds.
    (b) State Applications.--To receive funds under this section, the
chief executive of a State shall submit an application to the Attorney
General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney
General may reasonably require, including a certification that the
State has convicted a person of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual
offense, who has a prior conviction for one of these offenses in
another State.
    (c) Source of Funds.--Any amount transferred as a result of
subsection (a) shall be derived by reducing funds from Federal law
enforcement assistance programs received by the State that convicted of
the first offense. The Attorney General, in consultation with the chief
executive of the State that convicted of the first offense, shall
develop a payment schedule.
    (d) Construction.--This section shall not be construed to diminish
or modify any court ordered restitution.

SEC. 4. UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION.

    The United States Sentencing Commission shall amend the Federal
Sentencing Guidelines to provide that--
            (1) whoever is guilty of murder, as defined in section 6 of
        this Act, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for
        life; and
            (2) whoever is guilty of rape or a dangerous sexual
        offense, as defined in section 6 of this Act, shall be punished
        by imprisonment for life.

SEC. 5. COLLECTION OF RECIDIVISM DATA.

    Pursuant to guidelines established in the Uniform Federal Crime
Reporting Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690), the Attorney General shall
collect and distribute data to the President, Members of the Congress,
State governments, and officials of localities and penal and other
institutions participating in the Uniform Crime Reports program which
includes--
            (1) the number of murders, rapes, and dangerous sexual
        offenses committed by persons previously convicted of one of
        these offenses; and
            (2) the percentage of cases in which a person convicted of
        murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense in one State
        commits a second offense in another State.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) Murder.--The term ``murder'' means the unlawful killing
        of a human being with malice aforethought, and includes
        murder--
                    (A) perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, or any
                other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and
                premeditated killing;
                    (B) committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to
                perpetrate, any arson, escape, murder, kidnapping,
                treason, espionage, sabotage, aggravated sexual abuse
                or sexual abuse, burglary, or robbery; or
                    (C) perpetrated from a premeditated design
                unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any
                individual other than the individual who is killed.
            (2) Rape.--The term ``rape'' includes the carnal knowledge
        of an individual forcibly and against the will of such
        individual.
            (3) Dangerous sexual offense.--The term ``dangerous sexual
        offense'' means sexual abuse or sexually explicit conduct
        committed by an individual who is over the age of 18 against a
        child under the age of 14.
            (4)  Sexual abuse.--The term ``sexual abuse'' includes the
        employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or
        coercion of a child under the age of 14 to engage in, or assist
        another person to engage in, sexually explicit conduct or the
        rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual
        exploitation of children, or incest with children.
            (5) Sexually explicit conduct.--The term ``sexually
        explicit conduct'' means actual or simulated--
                    (A) sexual intercourse, including sexual contact in
                the manner of genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-
                genital, or oral-anal contact, whether between persons
                of the same or of opposite sex;
                    (B) bestiality;
                    (C) masturbation;
                    (D) lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic
                area of a person or animal; or
                    (E) sadistic or masochistic abuse.
            (6) Sexual contact.--The term ``sexual contact'' means the
        intentional touching, either directly or though clothing, of
        the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of
        any person with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade,
        or arouse or gratify sexual desire of any person.

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No Second Chances for Murderers, Rapists, or Child Molesters Act of 1998 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that any individual convicted of:  (1) murder should receive the death penalty or be imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole; and (2) rape or a dangerous sexual offense involving a child under age 14 should be imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole.
Requires the Attorney General to transfer the following amounts from Federal law enforcement assistance funds for a State that convicted a person of a first offense of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense to a State that convicts that person for a subsequent such offense:  (1) up to $100,000 for transfer to each victim of the subsequent offense; and (2) the cost of incarceration, prosecution, and apprehension of such person.  Sets forth provisions regarding situations where a person has a prior conviction in more than one State.
Requires the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide that whoever is guilty of: (1) murder shall be punished by death or by life imprisonment; and (2) rape or a dangerous sexual offense shall be punished by life imprisonment.
Directs the Attorney General to collect and distribute data to the President, Members of Congress, State governments, and officials of localities and penal and other institutions participating in the Uniform Crime Reports program which includes:  (1) the number of murders, rapes, and dangerous sexual offenses committed by persons previously convicted of one of these offenses; and (2) the percentage of cases in which a person convicted of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense in one State commits a second offense in another State.


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SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM ESTATE TAX FOR HISTORIC PROPERTY SUBJECT TO
              PRESERVATION EASEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Part IV of subchapter A of chapter 11 of the
Internal Revenue of 1986 (relating to taxable estate) is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2057. QUALIFIED HISTORIC PROPERTY.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of the tax imposed by section
2001, the value of the taxable estate shall be determined by deducting
from the value of the gross estate an amount equal to the value of any
qualified historic property included in the gross estate.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Qualified historic property.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified historic
                property' means any historic property if--
                            ``(i) on or before the date on which the
                        return of the tax imposed by section 2001 is
                        filed, a qualified real property interest
                        described in section 170(h)(2)(C) in such
                        property is held by a qualified organization
                        for the purpose described in section
                        170(h)(4)(A)(iv), and
                            ``(ii) such property is covered by an
                        agreement meeting the requirements of
                        subsection (c) which is entered into on or
                        before such date.
                    ``(B) Treatment of personal property.--Such term
                includes personal property included within, or
                associated with, qualified historic property (as
                defined in paragraph (1)) if such personal property--
                            ``(i) is held by the decedent holding such
                        qualified historic property,
                            ``(ii) has been so included within, or
                        associated with, such qualified historic
                        property throughout the 10-year period ending
                        on the date of the decedent's death, and
                            ``(iii) is covered by the agreement
                        referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) which
                        covers such qualified historic property.
            ``(2) Historic property.--The term `historic property'
        means--
                    ``(A) any building (and its structural
                components)--
                            ``(i) which is designated as a National
                        Historic Landmark under section 101 of the
                        National Historic Preservation Act throughout
                        the 10-year period ending on the date of the
                        decedent's death,
                            ``(ii) which was owned by the decedent or a
                        member of the decedent's family (as defined in
                        section 2032A(e)(2)) throughout such 10-year
                        period, and
                            ``(iii) which was originally used for
                        residential purposes, and
                    ``(B) any other real property to the extent
                reasonably necessary for public view and visitation of
                the property described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) Qualified organization.--The term `qualified
        organization' has the meaning given to such term by section
        170(h)(3).
            ``(4) Treatment of qualified historic property held by a
        corporation.--In the case of a corporation all of the stock in
        which was held on the date of the decedent's death by the
        decedent or members of the decedent's family (as defined in
        section 2032A(e)(2))--
                    ``(A) stock in such corporation shall be treated
                for purposes of this section as qualified historic
                property to the extent that the value of such stock is
                attributable to qualified historic property held by
                such corporation, but
                    ``(B) the requirements of subsection (c) shall be
                met only if each member of the decedent's family
                holding such stock on such date sign the agreement
                referred to in subsection (c).
    ``(c) Requirements for Agreement.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection
        (b)(1)(A)(ii), an agreement meets the requirements of this
        subsection if--
                    ``(A) such agreement is a written agreement signed
                by each person in being who has an interest (whether or
                not in possession) in the historic property (other than
                the qualified organization),
                    ``(B) such agreement is entered into with a State
                historic preservation agency (or similar State agency)
                and filed with the Secretary with the return of the tax
                imposed by section 2001,
                    ``(C) such agreement provides that the only
                activities carried on at the historic property are
                activities which are substantially related (aside from
                the need for income or funds or the use made of the
                profits derived) to--
                            ``(i) the public view and visitation of
                        such property and the property described in the
                        last sentence of subsection (b)(1) with respect
                        to such property), and
                            ``(ii) the maintenance and preservation of
                        such property and surrounding areas for such
                        public view and visitation,
                    ``(D) such agreement provides that the historic
                property will be open to the public for a period of at
                least 20 years beginning on the date on which the
                return of the tax imposed by section 2001 is filed, and
                    ``(E) such agreement provides that any admission
                fees (if any) shall bear a reasonable relationship to
                admission fees for other comparable tourist sites and
                shall be approved by such State historic preservation
                agency (or similar State agency).
            ``(2) Treatment of food, lodging, and meeting facilities
        provided to general public.--The regular carrying on--
                    ``(A) a trade or business of providing lodging
                shall be treated as not substantially related for
                purposes of paragraph (1)(C),
                    ``(B) a trade or business of providing food shall
                be treated as not substantially related for purposes of
                paragraph (1)(C) unless--
                            ``(i) such food is only provided to
                        individuals who pay the generally applicable
                        admission fees (if any) for admission to the
                        property by individuals to whom no food is
                        provided, and
                            ``(ii) only an insubstantial portion of the
                        structures on the historic property is devoted
                        to the provision of such food, and
                    ``(C) a trade or business of providing facilities
                for meetings or events shall be treated as not
                substantially related for purposes of paragraph (1)(C)
                unless all of the net proceeds from such trade or
                business are used for maintenance or preservation of
                the historic property.
            ``(3) Open to the public.--For the purposes of paragraph
        (1)(D), the 20-year period referred to in such paragraph shall
        be suspended during reasonable periods of renovation.
    ``(d) Tax Treatment of Dispositions and Failure To Comply With
Agreement.--
            ``(1) Imposition of additional estate tax.--If, during the
        20-year period referred to in subsection (c)(1)(D)--
                    ``(A) any person signing the written agreement
                referred to in subsection (c) disposes of any interest
                in the qualified historic property, or
                    ``(B) there is a violation of any provision of such
                agreement (as determined under regulations prescribed
                by the Secretary),
        then there is hereby imposed an additional estate tax.
            ``(2) Exception for certain transferees who agree to be
        bound by agreement.--No tax shall be imposed under paragraph
        (1) by reason of any disposition if the person acquiring the
        property--
                    ``(A) is a qualified organization or is a member of
                the family (as defined in section 2032A(e)(2)) of the
                person disposing of such property, and
                    ``(B) agrees to be bound by the agreement referred
                to in subsection (b)(4) and to be liable for any tax
                under this subsection in the same manner as the person
                disposing of such property.
            ``(3) Amount of additional tax.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The amount of the additional tax
                imposed by paragraph (1) with respect to any property
                shall be an amount equal to the applicable percentage
                of the excess of--
                            ``(i) what would (but for subsection (a))
                        have been the tax imposed by section 2001
(reduced by the credits allowable), over
                            ``(ii) the tax imposed by section 2001 (as
                        so reduced).
                    ``(B) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), the applicable percentage is the
                percentage determined in accordance with the following
                table for the year (of 20-year period referred to in
                subsection (c)(1)(D)) in which the event described in
                paragraph (1) occurs:

                ``If the event
                                                         The applicable
                occurs during:
                                                         percentage is:
                The 1st 12 years of such 20-year       100 percent
                    period.
                The 13th or 14th year of such period.   80 percent
                The 15th or 16th year of such period.   60 percent
                The 17th or 18th year of such period.   40 percent
                The 19th or 20th year of such period.   20 percent.
            ``(4) Due date.--The additional tax imposed by this
        subsection shall be due and payable on the day which is 6
        months after the date of the disposition or violation referred
        to in paragraph (1).
            ``(5) Liability for tax.--Any person signing the agreement
        referred to in subsection (c) (other than the executor) shall
        be personally liable for the additional tax imposed by this
        subsection. If more than 1 person is liable under this
        subsection, all such persons shall be jointly and severally
        liable.
            ``(6) Certain other rules to apply.--Rules similar to the
        rules of sections 1016(c), 2013(f), and 2032A(f) shall apply
        for purposes of this subsection.
    ``(e) Other Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Coordination with deduction for transfer of
        easement.--Section 2055(f) shall not apply to any interest
        referred to therein with respect to property for which a
        deduction is allowed under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Denial of deduction of indebtedness on excluded
        property.--No deduction shall be allowed under section 2053 for
        indebtedness in respect of property the value of which is
        deducted under subsection (a).
            ``(3) Submission of annual inventories of personal
        property.--The Secretary shall require the submission to the
        Secretary of such inventories of personal property which is
        qualified historic property as the Secretary determines are
        necessary for purposes of this section.''
    (b) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (a) of section 1014 of such Code is amended
        by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and
        inserting ``, or'' and by adding after paragraph (3) the
        following new paragraph:
            ``(4) in the case of property the value of which was
        deducted under section 2057(a), the adjusted basis of such
        property in the hands of the decedent immediately before the
        death of the decedent.''
            (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 2056A(b)(10) of such Code
        is amended by inserting ``2057,'' after ``2056,''.
            (3) The table of sections for part IV of subchapter A of
        chapter 11 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the
        following new item:

                              ``Sec. 2057. Qualified historic
                                        property.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to the estates of decedents dying after the date of
the enactment of this Act.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that for purposes of determining estate tax the value of the taxable estate shall be determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate an amount equal to the value of any qualified historic property.  Defines qualified historic property.  Requires, among other things, that the historic property will be open to the public for a period of at least 20 years and will have reasonable admission fees.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Contributions Legally Interdicted
from Noncitizens To Our Nonprofits Act of 2016'' or as the ``CLINTON
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS PROHIBITED FOR ACCEPTING
              CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS CONNECTED TO FOREIGN
              GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(s) Prohibition on Acceptance of Contributions From Persons
Connected to Foreign Governments by 501(c)(3) Organizations Established
by Certain Federal Officials.--
            ``(1) Termination of tax-exempt status.--A Federal official
        organization shall not be treated as described in subsection
        (c)(3) with respect to any period after the date on which such
        organization knowingly or willingly accepts or solicits any
        contribution from any person connected to a foreign government.
        If a Federal official organization accepts a contribution from
        any person and learns that such person is connected to a
        foreign government after such acceptance, such organization
        shall not be treated for purposes of this subsection as
        knowingly or willingly accepting such contribution from such
        person if such contribution is returned to such person not
        later than the date which is 30 days after the date on which
        the organization so learns the status of such person.
            ``(2) Forfeiture of prohibited contributions.--There is
        hereby imposed a tax on any Federal official organization which
        knowingly or willingly accepts any contribution from any person
        connected to any foreign government in an amount equal to the
        amount of such contribution.
            ``(3) Federal official organization.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `Federal official organization' means any
        organization described in subsection (c)(3) (or which would be
        so described without regard to paragraph (1)) if one or more
        Federal officials established, control, or actively participate
        in the management of, such organization. For purposes of the
        preceding sentence, service in a merely honorary capacity shall
        note be treated as control or active participation in
        management.
            ``(4) Federal official.--For purposes of this subsection,
        the term `Federal official' means any individual who--
                    ``(A) at any time prior the date of the
                contribution referred to in paragraph (1) or (2), is
                serving or has served as President or Vice-President,
                or
                    ``(B) at any time during the 20-year period ending
                on the date of the contribution referred to in
                paragraph (1) or (2), holds or has held any of the
                following positions in the Federal government:
                            ``(i) Any Member of Congress (including any
                        Delegate and Resident Commissioner).
                            ``(ii) Any officer or employee appointed by
                        the President, Vice-President, or any agency
                        head and subject to confirmation by the Senate.
                            ``(iii) Any of the following positions
                        which are held at the pleasure of the
                        President:
                                    ``(I) Assistant to the President.
                                    ``(II) Chief of staff.
                                    ``(III) National security advisor.
                                    ``(IV) Deputy chief of staff.
                            ``(iv) Any Federal judge, without regard to
                        the article of the Constitution pursuant to
                        which appointed.
            ``(5) Persons connected to foreign government.--For
        purposes of this subsection, the term `person connected to a
        foreign government' means the following:
                    ``(A) Any department, agency, or instrumentality of
                a foreign government.
                    ``(B) Any public international organization (as
                defined in section 104 of the Foreign Corrupt Practices
                Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. 78dd-2)).
                    ``(C) Any officer or employee of any entity
                described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
                    ``(D) Any individual who was described in
                subparagraph (C) at any time during the 20-year period
                ending on the date on which the contribution from such
                individual is accepted or solicited.
                    ``(E) Any person acting in an official capacity for
                or on behalf of any entity described in subparagraph
                (A) or (B).
                    ``(F) Any person belonging to a ruling or royal
                family by virtue of sanguinity or marriage.
                    ``(G) Any person related within four degrees of
                consanguinity to a person described in subparagraph (E)
                or (F).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to contributions made after the date of the enactment of this Act in
taxable years ending after such date.

Output: Contributions Legally Interdicted from Noncitizens To Our Nonprofits Act of 2016 or the CLINTON Act of 2016  This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a federal official organization from being treated as a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) for any period after the date on which the organization knowingly or willingly accepts or solicits any contribution from any person connected to a foreign government.  A tax-exempt organization is a "federal official organization" if one or more current or former specified federal officials established, control, or actively participate in the management of the organization.  If the organization accepts a contribution from any person and learns that that the person is connected to a foreign government after the acceptance, it will not be treated as knowingly or willingly accepting the contribution if the contribution is returned within 30 days of learning of the status of the person.  The bill imposes a tax on any federal official organization that knowingly or willingly accepts any contribution from any person connected to any foreign government in an amount equal to the amount of the contribution.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reduce Expenditures in Nuclear
Infrastructure Now Act'' or the ``REIN-IN Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the Soviet Union no
        longer exists, and the Cold War is over. The nature of threats
        to the national security and military interests of the United
        States has changed. However, the United States continues to
        maintain an enormous arsenal of nuclear weapons and delivery
        systems that were devised with the Cold War in mind.
            (2) The current nuclear arsenal of the United States
        includes approximately 5,000 total nuclear warheads, of which
        approximately 2,000 are deployed with three delivery
        components: long-range strategic bomber aircraft, land-based
        intercontinental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched
        ballistic missiles. The bomber fleet of the United States
        comprises 93 B-52 and 20 B-2 aircraft. The United States
        maintains 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles. The United
        States also maintains 14 Ohio-class submarines, up to 12 of
        which are deployed at sea. Each of those submarines is armed
        with up to 96 independently targetable nuclear warheads.
            (3) This Cold War-based approach to nuclear security comes
        at significant cost. Over the next 10 years, the United States
        will spend hundreds of billions of dollars maintaining and
        upgrading its nuclear force, according to the Congressional
        Budget Office. A substantial decrease in spending on the
        nuclear arsenal of the United States is prudent for both the
        budget and national security.
            (4) The national security interests of the United States
        can be well served by reducing the total number of deployed
        nuclear warheads and their delivery systems, as stated by the
        Department of Defense's June 2013 nuclear policy guidance
        entitled, ``Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United
        States''. This guidance found that force levels under the
        Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of
        Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered
        into force on February 5, 2011, between the United States and
        the Russian Federation (commonly known as the ``New START
        Treaty'') ``are more than adequate for what the United States
        needs to fulfill its national security objectives'' and that
        the force can be reduced by up to \1/3\ below levels under the
        New START Treaty to 1,000 to 1,100 warheads.
            (5) Even without additional reductions in deployed
        strategic warheads, the United States can save tens of billions
        of dollars by deploying those warheads more efficiently on
        delivery systems and by deferring production of new delivery
        systems until they are needed.
            (6) Economic security and national security are linked and
        both will be well served by smart defense spending. Admiral
        Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated on
        June 24, 2010, ``Our national debt is our biggest national
        security threat'' and on August 2, 2011, stated, ``I haven't
        changed my view that the continually increasing debt is the
        biggest threat we have to our national security.''.
            (7) The Government Accountability Office has found that
        there is significant waste in the construction of the nuclear
        facilities of the National Nuclear Security Administration of
        the Department of Energy.

SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN NUCLEAR FORCES.

    (a) Prohibition on New Long-Range Penetrating Bomber Aircraft.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any of
fiscal years 2014 through 2023 for the Department of Defense may be
obligated or expended for the research, development, test, and
evaluation or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft.
    (b) Prohibition on F-35 Nuclear Mission.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year
thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy
may be used to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of
carrying nuclear weapons.
    (c) Reduction in the B61 Life Extension Program.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 or any
fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Department
of Energy may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of Energy jointly certify to Congress that the total
cost of the B61 life extension program has been reduced to not more
than $5,000,000,000.
    (d) Termination of W78 Life Extension Program.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year
thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy
may be obligated or expended for the W78 life extension program.
    (e) Reduction of Nuclear-Armed Submarines.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2020, the forces of
the Navy shall include not more than eight ballistic-missile submarines
available for deployment.
    (f) Limitation on SSBN-X Submarines.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law--
            (1) none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or
        otherwise made available for any of fiscal years 2014 through
        2023 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended
        for the procurement of an SSBN-X submarine; and
            (2) none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or
        otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal
        year thereafter for the Department of Defense may be obligated
        or expended for the procurement of more than eight such
        submarines.
    (g) Reduction of Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2014 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense
may be obligated or expended to maintain more than 250 submarine-
launched ballistic missiles.
    (h) Prohibition on New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any of
fiscal years 2014 through 2023 for the Department of Defense may be
obligated or expended for the research, development, test, and
evaluation or procurement of a new intercontinental ballistic missile.
    (i) Reduction of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles on High Alert
Status.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2014 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense
may be obligated or expended to maintain more than 150 intercontinental
ballistic missiles on a 24-hour, high alert status.
    (j) Termination of Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility Project.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2014 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense
or the Department of Energy may be obligated or expended for the Mixed
Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project.
    (k) Termination of Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building
Replacement Project.--Notwithstanding section 4215 of the Atomic Energy
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2535) or any other provision of law, none of the
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of
Defense or the Department of Energy may be obligated or expended to
replace the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building at Los Alamos
National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
    (l) Termination of Uranium Processing Facility.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 or any
fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense or the Department
of Energy may be obligated or expended for the Uranium Processing
Facility located at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.
    (m) Termination of Medium Extended Air Defense System.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2014 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense
may be obligated or expended for the medium extended air defense
system.

SEC. 4. REPORTS REQUIRED.

    (a) Initial Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Energy shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report outlining the plan of each Secretary to carry out section 3.
    (b) Annual Report.--Not later than March 1, 2015, and annually
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall
jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report
outlining the plan of each Secretary to carry out section 3, including
any updates to previously submitted reports.
    (c) Annual Nuclear Weapons Accounting.--Not later than September
30, 2015, and annually thereafter, the President shall transmit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report containing a comprehensive
accounting by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget of
the amounts obligated and expended by the Federal Government for each
nuclear weapon and related nuclear program during--
            (1) the fiscal year covered by the report; and
            (2) the life cycle of such weapon or program.
    (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
        Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
        Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
        on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Natural Resources
        of the House of Representatives.

Output: Reduce Expenditures in Nuclear Infrastructure Now Act or the REIN-IN Act - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2014-FY2023: (1) for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft; (2) to procure an SSBN-X submarine (and prohibits the use of such funds for FY2024 and thereafter to procure more than eight such submarines); or (3) for the RDT&E or procurement of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be appropriated for FY2014 or thereafter for DOD or the Department of Energy (DOE): (1) to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons; (2) until the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy jointly certify that the total cost of the B61 life extension program has been reduced to not more than $5 billion; (3) for the W78 life extension program; (4) for the mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility project; (5) to replace the chemistry and metallurgy research building at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; or (6) for the uranium processing facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Prohibits Navy forces, beginning in FY2020, from including more than eight operational ballistic-missile submarines available for deployment. Prohibits the use of DOD funds for FY2014 or thereafter: (1) to maintain more than 250 submarine-launched ballistic missiles; (2) to maintain more than 150 intercontiental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on a 24-hour, high alert status; or (3) for the medium extended air defense system. Requires initial and annual reports from the Secretaries of Defense and Energy outlining their respective plans to carry out the requirements of this Act. Directs the President to submit to Congress an annual report containing a comprehensive accounting by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the amounts obligated or expended by the federal government for each nuclear weapon and related nuclear program during the fiscal year covered by the report for the life cycle of such weapon or program.


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SECTION 1. DENIAL OF CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS.

    (a) General Rule.--Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to political organizations) is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Special Rules for Certain Campaign Committees.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any political
        organization to which this subsection applies for any taxable
        year--
                    ``(A) all excess campaign contributions received by
                such organization during such taxable year shall be
                included in gross income and the exemptions provided by
                subsection (c)(1) for exempt function income shall not
                apply to such contributions, and
                    ``(B) the provisions of subsection (h) shall not
                apply to such organization for such taxable year.
            ``(2) Organizations to which subsection applies.--This
        subsection shall apply to any political organization for any
        taxable year if--
                    ``(A) such organization is a campaign committee of
                a candidate for election as a Member of the House of
                Representatives or as a Delegate or Resident
                Commissioner to the House of Representatives, and
                    ``(B) the contribution limitations of paragraph (3)
                are not satisfied by such candidate--
                            ``(i) in the case of the first taxable year
                        beginning in an election cycle, for the portion
                        of such election cycle ending with the close of
                        the taxable year, or
                            ``(ii) in the case of the taxable year in
                        which such election cycle ends, for the entire
                        election cycle.
            ``(3) Contribution limitations.--The contribution
        limitations of this paragraph are satisfied by any candidate
        for any election cycle (or portion thereof) if--
                    ``(A) the sum of the following amounts does not
                exceed $600,000:
                            ``(i) the amount of cash and the fair
                        market value of other property held by campaign
                        committees of such candidate as of the
                        beginning of such election cycle, plus
                            ``(ii) the aggregate amount of political
                        contributions accepted by such candidate or by
                        such candidate's campaign committees during
                        such election cycle (or portion thereof), and
                    ``(B) the aggregate amount of political
                contributions from multicandidate political committees
                accepted by such candidate or by such candidate's
                campaign committees during such election cycle (or
                portion thereof) does not exceed $300,000.
            ``(4) Excess campaign contributions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
                the term `excess campaign contributions' means the
                amount of contributions received by the political
                organization during the taxable year to the extent such
                contributions exceed the amount permitted under the
                contribution limitations of paragraph (3).
                    ``(B) Special rule.--For purposes of this subtitle,
                contributions received during the portion of any
                election cycle before the first taxable year beginning
                in such cycle shall be treated as received in such
                first taxable year.
            ``(5) Election cycle.--For purposes of this subsection, the
        term `election cycle' means the period beginning with the day
        after the date of a general election for the House of
        Representatives and ending with the date of the next general
        election for the House of Representatives.
            ``(6) Multicandidate political committee.--The term
        `multicandidate political committee' has the meaning given such
        term by section 315(a)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
        of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(4)).''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

SEC. 2. DENIAL OF LOWEST UNIT CHARGE FOR CAMPAIGN ADS.

    Section 315(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 315(b))
is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``The limitations on charges contained in this subsection shall not
apply in the case of a candidate for election as a Member of, or
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the United States House of
Representatives unless such candidate certifies, at the time of
entering into a contract for the use of such broadcasting station, that
such candidate has not obtained any excess campaign contributions for
the current election cycle, as determined under section 527(i)(4) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.

SEC. 3. REDUCED THIRD-CLASS MAILING RATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 3626(e) of title 39, United States Code,
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``and the National'' and inserting
                ``the National''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Committee;'' and inserting
                ``Committee, and, subject to paragraph (3), a campaign
                committee of a candidate for the House of
                Representatives;'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``and'' after the
        semicolon;
            (3) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the period and
        inserting ``; and'';
            (4) by adding after paragraph (2)(C) the following:
            ``(D) the term `candidate for the House of Representatives'
        means a candidate for election as a Member of, or Delegate or
        Resident Commissioner to, the House of Representatives.''; and
            (5) by adding after paragraph (2) the following:
    ``(3) The rates under this subsection shall not be available to a
campaign committee of a candidate for the House of Representatives
unless such committee certifies, at such time and in such manner as the
Postal Service by regulation requires, that such candidate has not
obtained any excess campaign contributions for the current election
cycle, as determined under section 527(i)(4) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.''.
    (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that
any additional costs incurred by the United Postal Service in
connection with providing reduced rates of postage pursuant to the
amendments made by subsection (a) should be funded out of any revenues
attributable to the amendment made by section 1.

Output:
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to political organizations to establish a campaign contribution limitation scheme applicable to the campaign committee of a candidate for election to the House of Representatives.  Provides that excess campaign contributions received by such an organization shall be included in its gross income.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 and Federal postal service law to condition the lowest unit charge for campaign ads upon a candidate's certification of compliance with such contribution limitation.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that additional costs incurred by the United Postal Service in providing reduced rates of postage pursuant to this Act should be funded out of revenues attributable to this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clinical Laboratory Compliance
Improvement Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES OF PROVIDERS AND SUPPLIERS OF CLINICAL
              DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS WHO REPORT VIOLATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1846 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395w-2) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1)(A) Each provider or clinical laboratory approved for
participation under this title to provide clinical diagnostic
laboratory tests shall post in a conspicuous place a notice to
employees that indicates the manner in which to report instances of
noncompliance with conditions of participation under this title of the
provider or laboratory (as the case may be), including deficiencies
with respect to testing, quality, and inadequately trained personnel.
    ``(B)(i) A notice under subparagraph (A) shall include--
            ``(I) the name and contact information of the appropriate
        entity, accreditation organization, or State or Federal agency
        to report instances of noncompliance; and
            ``(II) a description of the rights and protections under
        this section of individuals who report instances of
        noncompliance.
    ``(ii) The Secretary shall specify the form of the notice.
    ``(2)(A) A provider or clinical laboratory approved for
participation under this title to provide clinical diagnostic
laboratory tests shall not discriminate or retaliate in any manner
against any employee of the provider or laboratory (as the case may be)
because that employee, or any other person, has presented a grievance
or complaint, or has initiated or cooperated in any investigation or
proceeding of any kind, relating to the clinical diagnostic laboratory
tests performed by the provider or laboratory (as the case may be) or
other requirements and prohibitions of this title.
    ``(B) An employee of a provider or clinical laboratory approved for
participation under this title to provide clinical diagnostic
laboratory tests who has been discriminated or retaliated against in
employment in violation of this subsection may initiate judicial action
in a United States District Court and shall be entitled to
reinstatement, reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits caused by
the unlawful acts of the employing provider or laboratory (as the case
may be). Prevailing employees are entitled to reasonable attorney's
fees and costs associated with pursuing the judicial action.
    ``(C) No action may be brought under subparagraph (B) more than 2
years after the discrimination or retaliation with respect to which the
action is brought.
    ``(D) For purposes of this paragraph--
            ``(i) an adverse employment action shall be treated as
        `retaliation or discrimination'; and
            ``(ii) an adverse employment action includes--
                    ``(I) the failure to promote an individual or
                provide any other employment-related benefit for which
                the individual would otherwise be eligible;
                    ``(II) an adverse evaluation or decision made in
                relation to accreditation, certification,
                credentialing, or licensing of the individual; and
                    ``(III) a personnel action that is adverse to the
                individual concerned.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The heading of such section is amended by
adding at the end the following:

                    ``; whistleblower protections''.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect January 1, 2005.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR UNANNOUNCED SURVEYS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1846 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395w-2), as amended by section 2(a), is further amended by adding at
the end the following new subsections:
    ``(d)(1) Upon receipt of a report of an instance of noncompliance
with conditions of participation by a provider or clinical laboratory
approved for participation under this title to provide clinical
diagnostic laboratory tests, the investigative organization shall--
            ``(A) provide notice to the Secretary and other
        investigative organizations involved of receipt of the report
        within 3 business days of such receipt using a standard format
        and manner of transmission developed by the Secretary for such
        purpose;
            ``(B) promptly determine whether to investigate the report;
        and
    ``(C) if appropriate, promptly investigate the report.
    ``(2) In measuring performance of an investigative organization
under a contract entered into with the Secretary, the Secretary shall
provide for appropriate adjustments to payments under the contract for
failure to carry out the responsibilities of this subsection.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `investigative organization'
means an accreditation organization, a State agency, or other entity
responsible for surveys of such providers or clinical laboratories.
    ``(e)(1) Each provider or clinical laboratory approved for
participation under this title to provide clinical diagnostic
laboratory tests shall be subject to a standard survey, to be conducted
without any prior notice to the provider or laboratory (as the case may
be). Each survey shall include verification of compliance with
requirements under subsection (c).
    ``(2) Any individual who notifies (or causes to be notified) a
provider or laboratory of the time or date on which such a survey is
scheduled to be conducted is subject to a civil money penalty not to
exceed $2,000.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall review each State's procedures for the
scheduling and conduct of standard surveys to assure that the State has
taken all reasonable steps to avoid giving notice of such a survey
through the scheduling procedures and the conduct of the surveys
themselves.
    ``(f) The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report on
the actions taken under this section. Each such report shall include
information on reports made under subsection (c), actions taken under
subsection (d), the promptness with which such actions were taken, the
findings of any investigation of such reports, and any actions taken
based upon such findings.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The heading of such section, as amended by
section 2(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:

                       ``; unannounced surveys''.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect January 1, 2005.

Output:
Clinical Laboratory Compliance Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each provider or clinical laboratory approved for participation under Medicare to provide clinical diagnostic laboratory tests to post in a conspicuous place a notice to employees that indicates the manner in which to report instances of noncompliance with conditions of participation.

Prohibits such a provider or clinical laboratory from discriminating against or retaliating in any manner against any employee because that employee, or any other person, has presented a grievance or complaint, or has initiated or cooperated in any investigation or proceeding of any kind, relating to the clinical diagnostic laboratory tests performed or other requirements and prohibitions of Medicare. Provides for judicial action for any employee so aggrieved.

Requires the investigative organization, upon receipt of a report of an instance of noncompliance, to: (1) provide notice to the Secretary and other investigative organizations involved of receipt of the report within three business days, using a standard format and manner of transmission developed by the Secretary for such purpose; (2) promptly determine whether to investigate the report; and (3) if appropriate, promptly investigate it.

Requires that the Secretary, in measuring the performance of an investigative organization under contract, to provide for appropriate adjustments to payments for failure to carry out the responsibilities of this Act. Subjects each provider or clinical laboratory to a standard survey, including verification of compliance with requirements, conducted without prior notice. Makes liable for civil monetary penalties any individual who notifies (or causes to be notified) a provider or laboratory of the time or date on which such a survey is scheduled to be conducted.


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SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF BONDS ISSUED TO FINANCE ELECTRIC OUTPUT
              FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 141 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to private activity bond; qualified bond) is amended by
redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after
subsection (d) the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Bonds for Electric Output Facilities.--
            ``(1) Bonds issued before enactment of comprehensive
        electricity competition act.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The determination of whether any
                pre-effective date electric output facility bond is a
                private activity bond (or an industrial development
                bond under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954), shall be
                made without regard to any permissible competitive
                actions taken by the issuer.
                    ``(B) Pre-effective date electric output facility
                bond.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `pre-
                effective date electric output facility bond' means any
                bond issued as part of an issue if--
                            ``(i) such bond was issued before the date
                        of the enactment of the Comprehensive
                        Electricity Competition Act,
                            ``(ii) any portion of the proceeds of such
                        issue was used with respect to an electric
                        output facility, and
                            ``(iii) such bond was not, as of such date
                        of enactment, a private activity bond (or an
                        industrial development bond under the Internal
                        Revenue Code of 1954).
                    ``(C) Permissible competitive actions.--For
                purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `permissible
                competitive actions' means any action taken by the
                issuer on or after the date of the enactment of the
                Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act regarding--
                            ``(i) transmission property owned by the
                        issuer if the issuer is subject to an order of
                        the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
                        requiring nondiscriminatory, open access to
                        transmission facilities in a manner consistent
                        with rules promulgated by the Commission under
                        sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act
                        (as in effect on the date of the enactment of
                        the Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act),
                        or
                            ``(ii) generation property or distribution
                        property owned by the issuer if the issuer--
                                    ``(I) implements retail competition
                                under section 609 of the Public Utility
                                Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (as
                                amended by, and as in effect on the
                                date of the enactment of, the
                                Comprehensive Electricity Competition
                                Act), or
                                    ``(II) enters into a contract for
                                the sale of electricity or use of its
                                distribution property which will not
                                become effective prior to the date that
                                the issuer implements retail
                                competition under section 609 of the
                                Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
                                of 1978 (as amended by, and as in
                                effect on the date of the enactment of,
                                the Comprehensive Electricity
                                Competition Act).
                    ``(D) Comprehensive electricity competition act.--
                For purposes of this paragraph, references to the
                Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act shall be
                treated as references to any law which is substantially
                identical to S. 2287 of the 105th Congress, as
                introduced.
            ``(2) Bonds issued on or after enactment of comprehensive
        electricity competition act.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this title, the
                term `private activity bond' includes any bond issued
                as part of an issue any of the proceeds of which are to
                be used (directly or indirectly) for electric output
                facilities other than small distribution property.
                    ``(B) Small distribution property.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), the term `small distribution
                property' means any output facility, including
                functionally related and subordinate property, that
                operates at 69 kilovolts or less.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
        subsection, the amendment made by this section shall apply to
        obligations issued on or after the date of the enactment of the
        Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act (within the meaning
        of section 141(e)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
        as added by this section).
            (2) Treatment of pre-effective date bonds.--Section
        141(e)(1) of such Code, as added by this section, shall take
        effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Refunding bonds.--
                    (A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection
                and the amendment made by this section, section
                141(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
                added by this section, shall not apply to any qualified
                refunding bond.
                    (B) Qualified refunding bond.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), the term ``qualified refunding bond''
                means any bond (or a bond which is part of a series of
                refundings) issued to refund a pre-effective date
                electric output facility bond if--
                            (i) the weighted average maturity of the
                        issue of which the refunding bond is a part
                        does not exceed 120 percent of the average
                        reasonably expected economic life of the
                        facilities being financed with the net proceeds
                        of such issue (determined under section 147(b)
                        of such Code),
                            (ii) the amount of the refunding bond does
                        not exceed the outstanding amount of the
                        refunded bond, and
                            (iii) the net proceeds of the refunding
                        bond are used to redeem the refunded bond not
                        later than 90 days after the date of issuance
                        of the refunding bond.

SEC. 2. NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING COSTS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 468A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Limitation on Amount Paid Into Fund.--The amount which a
taxpayer may pay into the Fund for any taxable year shall not exceed
the ruling amount applicable to such taxable year.''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code concerning:  (1) the treatment of bonds issued to finance electric output facilities; and (2) the special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Afghanistan Status of
Forces Agreement (SOFA) Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Al Qaeda, a terrorist organization using Afghanistan as
        a base of operations, attacked the United States on September
        11, 2001, killing nearly 3,000 people in New York,
        Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
            (2) Congress passed and the President signed the
        Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50
        U.S.C. 1541 note) on September 18, 2001.
            (3) The United States initiated Operation Enduring Freedom
        to combat Al Qaeda and prevent the Taliban regime in
        Afghanistan from providing Al Qaeda with safe harbor.
            (4) The Taliban was removed from power and the United
        States concluded security agreements with the newly formed
        Afghan government.
            (5) Al Qaeda no longer has a major or relevant presence in
        Afghanistan.
            (6) The United States and Afghanistan has exchanged notes,
        signed agreements, and issued ``joint declarations'' on various
        topics, but have not entered into a bilateral agreement on the
        status of forces.
            (7) A status of forces agreement with Afghanistan would not
        expressly authorize the United States to carry out military
        operations in Afghanistan but would recognize that such
        operations are ongoing.
            (8) The United States is currently party to more than 100
        agreements on the status of forces.
            (9) A status of forces agreement may be a multilateral or
        bilateral agreement addressing the status of United States
        Armed Forces while present in a foreign country.
            (10) Status of forces agreements may include--but are not
        limited to--how the domestic laws of the foreign jurisdiction
        shall be applied to United States personnel and contractors
        while in that country.
            (11) In a similar agreement, parties have pledged to work
        cooperatively in a number of fields, including on diplomatic,
        security, economic, cultural, and law enforcement matters.
            (12) In a similar agreement, a deadline has been
        established for the withdrawal of United States troops by a
        date certain.
            (13) United States personnel subject to a status of forces
        agreement may include members of the United States Armed
        Forces, Department of Defense civilian employees, and
        contractors working for the Department of Defense.

SEC. 3. STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall seek to negotiate and enter
into a bilateral status of forces agreement with the Government of
Afghanistan in accordance with the requirements of this section.
    (b) Mandatory Elements.--The status of forces agreement specified
in subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable--
            (1) prohibit the permanent basing or military presence of
        United States Armed Forces in Afghanistan;
            (2) provide a date, no later than 1 year after the date on
        which the agreement is entered into with the Government of
        Afghanistan, for the complete, safe, and orderly redeployment
        from Afghanistan of all members of the United States Armed
        Forces, Department of Defense civilian employees, and
        contractors working for the Department of Defense; and
            (3) establish that the temporary presence of United States
        Armed Forces in Afghanistan is at the request and invitation of
        the sovereign Government of Afghanistan.
    (c) Discretionary Elements.--The status of forces agreement
specified in subsection (a) may provide for the authorization of
specific exercises, activities, or missions of the United States Armed
Forces in Afghanistan.
    (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
President should submit the status of forces agreement specified in
subsection (a) to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification
as a treaty or alternatively the President should request statutory
authorization for the status of forces agreement by Congress.
    (e) Submission to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall submit to the
        Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
        Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
        Senate a copy of the status of forces agreement specified in
        subsection (a). The status of forces agreement shall be
        submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified
        annex if necessary.
            (2) Availability.--Any Senator or Member of the House of
        Representatives may review the copy of the status of forces
        agreement submitted under paragraph (1), including any portions
        of the agreement contained in the classified annex.
            (3) Definition.--In paragraph (2), the term ``Member of the
        House of Representatives'' includes a Delegate or Resident
        Commissioner to Congress.

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United States-Afghanistan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Act of 2011 - Directs the President to seek to enter into a bilateral status of forces agreement with the government of Afghanistan which shall: (1) prohibit the permanent basing or military presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan; (2) provide, no later than one year after the date on which such agreement is entered into, for the complete redeployment from Afghanistan of the U.S. Armed Forces and Department of Defense (DOD) civilian employees and contractors; and (3) establish that the temporary presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan is at the request of the government of Afghanistan. Authorizes such agreement to provide for specific activities or missions of the U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should submit such agreement to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification as a treaty or alternatively the President should request statutory authorization for such agreement by Congress.