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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Motor vehicle owners are entitled to choose which
        service provider will diagnose, service, maintain, or repair
        their motor vehicles.
            (2) Promoting competition in price and quality for the
        diagnosis of problems, service, maintenance, and repair of
        motor vehicles will benefit consumers.
            (3) Regular diagnosis, service, maintenance, and repair of
        motor vehicles, motor vehicle equipment, and motor vehicle
        systems, such as pollution control, transmission, antilock
        brakes, electronic and mechanical systems, heating, air-
        conditioning, and steering are essential to facilitating United
        States mobility, minimizing fuel consumption, protecting the
        environment, and enabling the highest possible levels of safety
        in modern motor vehicles.
            (4) Various kinds of computers have been integrated by
        manufacturers into motor vehicle equipment and motor vehicle
        systems. On-board computer technology controls virtually all of
        the motor vehicle's systems, and only service technicians with
        the necessary tools and information can access the computers to
        perform diagnosis, service, maintenance, and repair of the
        motor vehicle.
            (5) Manufacturers have provided their authorized dealers
        and service providers with the information, tools, codes, and
        replacement equipment necessary to diagnose problems and to
        service, maintain, and repair motor vehicles that incorporate
        computers in their motor vehicle systems.
            (6) Consumers in the United States have benefitted from the
        availability of a wide choice of service providers for their
        motor vehicles. The United States economy has also benefitted
        from the availability of a tools and parts supply aftermarket
        that provides jobs to more than 5,000,000 workers in
        approximately 495,000 businesses, and generates approximately
        $200,000,000,000 in annual sales.
            (7) New motor vehicles are being equipped with systems that
        permit such vehicles to transmit repair and diagnostic
        information wirelessly to the vehicle manufacturer and repair
        facilities. Car owners have the right to choose where and to
        whom information generated by their vehicle and vehicle
        computers is sent.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to protect the rights of motor vehicle owners to choose
        a service provider for the diagnosis, service, maintenance, and
        repair of their motor vehicles;
            (2) to promote competition in price and quality among
        service providers; and
            (3) to promote safety and fuel efficiency by allowing
        consumers to choose among competing service providers.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Attorney general of a state.--The term ``attorney
        general of a State'' means the attorney general or other chief
        law enforcement officer of a State.
            (2) Commerce.--The term ``commerce'' has the meaning given
        that term in section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15
        U.S.C. 44).
            (3) Consumer, motor vehicle owner.--The terms ``consumer''
        and ``motor vehicle owner'' mean any person who owns, leases,
        or otherwise has the legal right to use and possess a motor
        vehicle, or the agent of such person.
            (4) Dealer, manufacturer, motor vehicle, motor vehicle
        equipment.--The terms ``dealer'', ``manufacturer'', ``motor
        vehicle'', and ``motor vehicle equipment'' have the meaning
        given those terms in section 30102(a) of title 49, United
        States Code.
            (5) Replacement equipment.--The term ``replacement
        equipment'' has the meaning given that term in section
        30102(b)(1) of such title.
            (6) Service provider.--The term ``service provider'' means
        any person engaged in the diagnosis, service, maintenance, or
        repair of motor vehicles or motor vehicle engines.
            (7) Technical service bulletin.--The term ``technical
        service bulletin''--
                    (A) means a communication sent to a dealer about
                the diagnosis, service, maintenance or repair of a
                motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment; and
                    (B) includes all communications sent to the
                Secretary of Transportation under subsections (f) and
                (m)(3)(A)(ii) of section 30166 of title 49, United
                States Code.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS.

    (a) Duty To Disclose Information.--
            (1) In general.--The manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold,
        leased, or otherwise introduced into commerce in the United
        States shall provide to the owner of the motor vehicle and the
        service provider of the motor vehicle, using reasonable
        business means and on a non-discriminatory basis, all
        information to diagnose, service, maintain, or repair the motor
        vehicle.
            (2) Elements.--The information required under paragraph (1)
        with respect to a motor vehicle shall include the following:
                    (A) Information about all safety alerts, recalls,
                service bulletins, and the adjustments needed to
                maintain the efficiency, safety, and convenience of the
                vehicle.
                    (B) All information of any kind provided directly,
                indirectly, or wirelessly to new car dealers or any
                repair facility to diagnose, service, maintain, repair,
                activate, certify, or install any motor vehicle
                equipment (including replacement parts and equipment)
                in the motor vehicle.
    (b) Duty To Make Tools Available.--The manufacturer of a motor
vehicle sold, leased, or otherwise introduced into commerce in the
United States shall--
            (1) offer for sale to the owner of the motor vehicle and to
        all service providers on a reasonable and non-discriminatory
        basis, any tool for the diagnosis, service, maintenance, or
        repair of the motor vehicle; and
            (2) provide all information that enables aftermarket tool
        companies to manufacture tools with the same functional
        characteristics as those tools made available by the
        manufacturers to authorized dealers.
    (c) Replacement Equipment.--The manufacturer of a motor vehicle
sold, leased, or otherwise introduced into commerce in the United
States shall offer for sale to the owner of the motor vehicle and to
all service providers on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, all
equipment for diagnosis, service, maintenance, or repair of the motor
vehicle.
    (d) Protection of Trade Secrets.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
        nothing in this section may be construed to require a
        manufacturer to disclose publicly information that, if made
        public, would divulge methods or processes entitled to
        protection as trade secrets.
            (2) Exception.--No information may be withheld by a
        manufacturer on the ground that it is a trade secret if that
        information is provided (directly or indirectly) to authorized
        dealers or service providers.

SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce the
provisions of this Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with
the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable
terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41
et seq.) were incorporated into and made part of this Act.
    (b) Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices.--
            (1) Violation of a duty.--Any failure to comply with the
        provisions of section 4 shall be treated as an unfair method of
        competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice within
        the meaning of section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission
        Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1)).
            (2) Violation of a rule.--A violation of a rule prescribed
        under subsection (c) shall be treated as a violation of a rule
        defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed
        under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act
        (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)).
    (c) Rulemaking.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        Federal Trade Commission may prescribe such rules as may be
        necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
            (2) Limitation.--The Federal Trade Commission may not
        prescribe rules under this subsection that--
                    (A) interfere with the authority of the
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
                under section 202(m) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
                7521(m)) with regard to motor vehicle emissions control
                diagnostics systems; or
                    (B) conflict with rules prescribed by the
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

SEC. 6. ACTION BY STATES.

    (a) In General.--In any case in which the attorney general of a
State has reason to believe that an interest of the residents of the
State has been or is threatened or adversely affected by the engagement
of any person subject to a provision of section 4 or a rule prescribed
under section 5(c) in a practice that violates such provision or rule,
the State may, as parens patriae, bring a civil action on behalf of the
residents of the State in an appropriate district court of the United
States or other court of competent jurisdiction--
            (1) to enjoin that practice;
            (2) to enforce compliance with the provision or rule;
            (3) to obtain damages, restitution, or other compensation
        on behalf of residents of the State; or
            (4) to obtain such other relief as the court considers
        appropriate.
    (b) Rights of Federal Trade Commission.--
            (1) Notice to federal trade commission.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
                (C), the attorney general of a State shall notify the
                Federal Trade Commission in writing of any civil action
                under subsection (a), prior to initiating such civil
                action.
                    (B) Contents.--The notice required by subparagraph
                (A) shall include a copy of the complaint to be filed
                to initiate such civil action.
                    (C) Exception.--If it is not feasible for the
                attorney general of a State to provide the notice
                required by subparagraph (A), the State shall provide
                notice immediately upon instituting a civil action
                under subsection (a).
            (2) Intervention by federal trade commission.--
                    (A) In general.--Upon receiving notice required by
                paragraph (1) with respect to a civil action, the
                Federal Trade Commission may--
                            (i) intervene in such action; and
                            (ii) upon intervening--
                                    (I) be heard on all matters arising
                                in such civil action;
                                    (II) remove the action to the
                                appropriate district court of the
                                United States; and
                                    (III) file petitions for appeal of
                                a decision in such action.
                    (B) Continued participation of states.--If the
                Federal Trade Commission removes an action to the
                appropriate district court of the United States under
                subparagraph (A)(ii)(III), the State shall remain a
                party to the action in such court.
    (c) Investigatory Powers.--Nothing in this section may be construed
to prevent the attorney general of a State from exercising the powers
conferred on such attorney general by the laws of such State to conduct
investigations or to administer oaths or affirmations or to compel the
attendance of witnesses or the production of documentary and other
evidence.
    (d) Preemptive Action by Federal Trade Commission.--If the Federal
Trade Commission institutes a civil action or an administrative action
to enforce a violation of a rule prescribed under section 5(c), no
State may, during the pendency of such action, bring a civil action
under subsection (a) against any defendant named in the complaint of
the Commission for violation of a rule prescribed under section 5(c)
that is alleged in such complaint.
    (e) Actions by Other State Officials.--
            (1) In general.--In addition to actions brought by an
        attorney general of a State under subsection (a), an action may
        be brought by officers of a State who are so authorized.
            (2) Savings provision.--Nothing contained in this section
        may be construed to prohibit an authorized official of a State
        from proceeding in a court of such State on the basis of an
        alleged violation of any civil or criminal statute of such
        State.

SEC. 7. ACTION BY CONSUMERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

    In any case in which a consumer or service provider has reason to
believe that an interest of the consumer or service provider is
threatened or adversely affected by the engagement of any person
subject to a provision of section 4 or a rule prescribed under section
5(c) in a practice that violates such provision or rule, the consumer
or service provider may bring a civil action in an appropriate district
court of the United States or other court of competent jurisdiction--
            (1) to enjoin the practice;
            (2) to enforce compliance with the provision or rule;
            (3) to obtain damages or restitution, including court costs
        and reasonable attorney and expert witness fees; or
            (4) to obtain such other relief as the court considers
        appropriate.

SEC. 8. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS.

    The Federal Trade Commission shall cooperate with the Secretary of
Transportation in preparing a technical service bulletin that the
Secretary intends to publish on an Internet Web site of the Federal
Government.

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Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2010 - Requires the manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold, leased, or otherwise introduced into commerce in the United States to provide to the owner of the motor vehicle and the service provider of the motor vehicle, using reasonable business means and on a non-discriminatory basis, all information and tools needed to diagnose, service, maintain, or repair the motor vehicle. Provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Permits civil actions by: (1) states on behalf of the state's residents; and (2) consumers and service providers.

Provides for the protection of trade secrets, except that no information may be withheld by a manufacturer on the ground that it is a trade secret if that information is provided (directly or indirectly) to authorized dealers or service providers.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Collaborating for
Economic Reintegration of Troops Act'' or the ``CERT Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) One of the greatest challenges facing transitioning
        members of the Armed Forces and their spouses is finding
        civilian employment.
            (2) Veterans report that employment is the top challenge
        upon separation or retirement from the Armed Forces, with as
        many as 80 percent of members leaving the Armed Forces without
        civilian employment in hand and one in four reporting being
        underemployed and earning below-poverty wages.
            (3) Military training correlates to approximately 962
        civilian professions, yet even with their military education
        and experience, veterans must duplicate their training to meet
        various State specific certification guidelines.
            (4) Veteran transition can be aided by establishing a
        commission to examine licensing and certification challenges
        confronting members of the Armed Forces upon post-service entry
        into the civilian workforce.
            (5) This commission will identify where there are gaps
        between military training and civilian credentials' training
        requirements and can identify opportunities for military
        training to be reformed to address such gaps and for transition
        to be improved by increased recognition of military training as
        equivalent through a ``Blue Star certification''.
            (6) The Blue Star certification initiative would set
        sufficient standards for entry into certain licensed
        professions. States could adopt Blue Star certifications as
        equivalent to entry into certain licensed professions. The
        Armed Forces, in their training process, would ensure members
        reach Blue Star proficiency so that upon leaving service they
        could swiftly transition to civilian employment.
            (7) Operation Certification would allow for members of the
        Armed Forces to directly and immediately apply their training
        and experience to the private sector. States that adopt the
        Blue Star credential will attract and retain talented and civic
        minded veterans. Furthermore, this would modernize military
        training within Blue Star occupational specialties to ensure
        that members are well trained and prepared to meet any
        challenge upon separation.

SEC. 2. COMMISSION ON VETERAN CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an advisory commission to
be known as the Commission on Veteran Certification Standards (in this
Act referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--The Commission shall be
        composed of 16 members appointed as follows:
                    (A) The Majority Leader of the Senate shall appoint
                one member.
                    (B) The Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint
                one member.
                    (C) The Speaker of the House of Representatives
                shall appoint one member.
                    (D) The Minority Leader of the House of
                Representatives shall appoint one member.
                    (E) The Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services
                of the Senate shall appoint one member.
                    (F) The Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed
                Services of the Senate shall appoint one member.
                    (G) The Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services
                of the House of Representatives shall appoint one
                member.
                    (H) The Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed
                Services of the House of Representatives shall appoint
                one member.
                    (I) The Chairman of the Committee on Veterans'
                Affairs of the Senate shall appoint one member.
                    (J) The Ranking Member of the Committee on
                Veterans' Affairs of the Senate shall appoint one
                member.
                    (K) The Chairman of the Committee on Veterans'
                Affairs of the House of Representatives shall appoint
                one member.
                    (L) The Ranking Member of the Committee on
                Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives shall
                appoint one member.
                    (M) The Chairman of the Committee on Health,
                Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate shall
                appoint one member.
                    (N) The Ranking Member of the Committee on Health,
                Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate shall
                appoint one member.
                    (O) The Chairman of the Committee on Education and
                the Workforce of the House of Representatives shall
                appoint one member.
                    (P) The Ranking Member of the Committee on
                Education and the Workforce of the House of
                Representatives shall appoint one member.
            (2) Deadline for appointment.--Members shall be appointed
        to the Commission under paragraph (1) not later than 45 days
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Chair and Vice Chair.--The Commission shall elect a Chair and
Vice Chair from among its members.
    (d) Terms.--Members shall be appointed for the life of the
Commission. A vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers,
and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was
made.
    (e) Compensation for Members of the Commission.--Members of the
Commission will not receive wages or compensation on account of their
services on the Commission, but will be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for
employees under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States
Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the
performance of services for the Commission.
    (f) Use of Government Information.--The Commission may secure
directly from any department or agency of the Federal Government such
information as the Commission considers necessary to carry out its
duties. Upon such request of the Chair of the Commission, the head of
such department or agency shall furnish such information to the
Commission.
    (g) Postal Services.--The Commission may use the United States
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as departments
and agencies of the United States.
    (h) Personal Services.--
            (1) Authority to procure.--The Commission may--
                    (A) procure the services of experts or consultants
                (or of organizations of experts or consultants) in
                accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title
                5, United States Code; and
                    (B) pay in connection with such services travel
                expenses of individuals, including transportation and
                per diem in lieu of subsistence, while such individuals
                are traveling from their homes or places of business to
                duty stations.
            (2) Maximum daily pay rates.--The daily rate paid an expert
        or consultant procured pursuant to paragraph (1) may not exceed
        the daily rate paid a person occupying a position at level IV
        of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
        States Code.

SEC. 3. COMMISSION HEARINGS AND MEETINGS.

    (a) In General.--The Commission shall conduct hearings on the
recommendations it is taking under consideration. Any such hearing,
except a hearing in which classified information is to be considered,
shall be open to the public. Any hearing open to the public shall be
announced on a Federal website at least 14 days in advance. For all
hearings open to the public, the Commission shall release an agenda and
a listing of materials relevant to the topics to be discussed. The
Commission is authorized and encouraged to hold hearings and meetings
in various locations throughout the country to provide maximum
opportunity for public comment and participation in the Commission's
execution of its duties.
    (b) Meetings.--
            (1) Initial meeting.--The Commission shall hold its initial
        meeting not later than 60 days after the date as of which all
        members have been appointed.
            (2) Subsequent meetings.--After its initial meeting, the
        Commission shall meet upon the call of the Chair or a majority
        of its members.
            (3) Public meetings.--Each meeting of the Commission shall
        be held in public unless any member objects or classified
        information is to be considered.
    (c) Quorum.--Nine members of the Commission shall constitute a
quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings or meetings.
    (d) Public Comments.--The Commission shall seek written comments
from the general public and interested parties on matters of the
Commission's review under this Act. Comments shall be requested through
a solicitation in the Federal Register and announcement on the Internet
website of the Commission.
    (e) Space for Use of Commission.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General
Services, in consultation with the Secretary, shall identify and make
available suitable excess space within the Federal space inventory to
house the operations of the Commission. If the Administrator is not
able to make such suitable excess space available within such 90-day
period, the Commission may lease space to the extent the funds are
available.
    (f) Contracting Authority.--The Commission may acquire
administrative supplies and equipment for Commission use to the extent
funds are available.

SEC. 4. COMMISSION DUTIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Duties.--The Commission shall perform the following duties:
            (1) Examine the unique challenges that confront members of
        the Armed Forces and their spouses upon post-service entry into
        the civilian workforce.
            (2) Determine best practices and evaluate efforts that have
        been undertaken by the States and the executive branch,
        including the program required by section 2015 of title 10,
        United States Code, to assist members of the Armed Forces in
        obtaining professional credentials, to facilitate the transfer
        of skills and certifications from the military to civilian
        settings.
            (3) Identify industries and jobs that can most benefit from
        military experience and training and identify military
        specialties that can readily transfer to high-demand jobs.
            (4) Develop recommended Blue Star credentialing standards
        for select professions in order to simplify and streamline
        training and transition efforts for members of the Armed Forces
        and their spouses upon post-service entry into the civilian
        workforce.
            (5) Design an evaluation criteria that the Secretary of
        Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs can use to
        evaluate the extent to which States and territories adopt and
        utilize the Blue Star credentialing standards.
    (b) Development of Commission Recommendations.--The Commission
shall develop recommendations on the matters subject to its review
under subsection (a).
    (c) Commission Report and Recommendations.--
            (1) Report.--Not later than one year after the date on
        which the Commission is established, the Commission shall
        transmit to the President and Congress a report containing the
        findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with the
        recommendations of the Commission regarding the matters
        described in subsection (a). The Commission shall include in
        the report legislative language and recommendations for
        administrative action to implement the recommendations of the
        Commission.
            (2) Requirement for approval.--The recommendations of the
        Commission must be approved by a majority of the members of the
        Commission before the recommendations may be transmitted to the
        President and Congress under paragraph (1).
            (3) Public availability.--The Commission shall publish a
        copy of the report required by paragraph (1) on an Internet
        website available to the public on the same date on which it
        transmits that report to the President and Congress under that
        paragraph.

SEC. 5. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF.

    (a) Executive Director.--The Commission shall appoint and fix the
rate of basic pay for an Executive Director in accordance with section
3161 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Staff.--The Executive Director, with the approval of the
Commission, may appoint and fix the rate of basic pay for additional
personnel as staff of the Commission in accordance with section 3161 of
title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.

    The Commission shall terminate 90 days after the date of the
submission of the report under section 4.

Output: Collaborating for Economic Reintegration of Troops Act or the CERT Act This bill establishes the Commission on Veteran Certification Standards which shall:   examine the challenges confronting members of the Armed Forces and their spouses upon post-service entry into the civilian workforce;  determine best state practices and evaluate efforts to assist members of the Armed Forces in obtaining professional credentials to facilitate the transfer of military skills and certifications to civilian settings;  identify industries and jobs that can most benefit from military experience;  develop recommended Blue Star credentialing standards and design evaluation criteria that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs can use to evaluate state and territory utilization of such standards; and  develop related administrative recommendations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Authorized Rural Water Projects
Completion Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Reclamation Rural
        Water Construction Fund established by section 3(a).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. RECLAMATION RURAL WATER CONSTRUCTION FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a fund, to be known as the ``Reclamation Rural Water
Construction Fund'', consisting of--
            (1) such amounts as are deposited in the Fund under
        subsection (b); and
            (2) any interest earned on investment of amounts in the
        Fund under subsection (d).
    (b) Deposits to Fund.--
            (1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2013 through
        2029, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the Fund
        $80,000,000 of the revenues that would otherwise be deposited
        for the fiscal year in the reclamation fund established by the
        first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388,
        chapter 1093).
            (2) Availability of amounts.--Amounts deposited in the Fund
        under paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) be made available in accordance with this
                section, without further appropriation; and
                    (B) be in addition to amounts appropriated for such
                purposes under any other provision of law.
            (3) Limitation.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), no
        amounts may be deposited in, or made available from, the Fund
        under those paragraphs if the transfer or availability of the
        amounts would increase the deficit.
    (c) Expenditures From Fund.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Expenditures.--Subject to subparagraph (B), for
                each of fiscal years 2013 through 2034, the Secretary
                may expend from the Fund not more than the sum of--
                            (i) $80,000,000; and
                            (ii) the amount of interest accrued in the
                        Fund for the fiscal year in which the
                        expenditures are made.
                    (B) Additional expenditures.--Notwithstanding
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary may expend more than
                $80,000,000 for any fiscal year listed in subparagraph
                (A) if such amounts are available in the Fund due to
                expenditures not reaching $80,000,000 in 1 or more
                prior fiscal years.
            (2) Use.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                Secretary may use amounts from the Fund to complete
                construction of rural water projects--
                            (i) authorized to be carried out by the
                        Secretary on or before the date of enactment of
                        this Act; or
                            (ii) for which--
                                    (I) pursuant to section 106(e) of
                                Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43
                                U.S.C. 2405(e)), the Secretary has
                                completed a feasibility report by
                                September 30, 2012, that recommends the
                                construction of a rural water project;
                                and
                                    (II) an Act of Congress after the
                                date of enactment of this Act has
                                authorized the construction of the
                                project.
                    (B) Limitation.--The Secretary may not use amounts
                from the Fund to pay for any operation and maintenance
                costs of an authorized rural water project.
            (3) Conditions.--The Secretary shall not expend any amounts
        from the Fund until the date on which the Secretary develops--
                    (A) programmatic goals to carry out this section
                that--
                            (i) would enable the completion of
                        construction of the authorized rural water
                        projects as expeditiously as possible; and
                            (ii) reflect--
                                    (I) the goals and priorities
                                identified in the laws authorizing the
                                authorized rural water projects; and
                                    (II) the goals of the Reclamation
                                Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43
                                U.S.C. 2401 et seq.); and
                    (B) funding prioritization criteria to serve as a
                formula for distributing funds under this section that
                take into account--
                            (i) an evaluation of the urgent and
                        compelling need for potable water supplies in
                        the affected rural and tribal communities;
                            (ii) the status of the current stages of
                        completion of the authorized rural water
                        project;
                            (iii) the financial needs of the affected
                        rural and tribal communities;
                            (iv) the potential economic benefits of the
                        expenditures on job creation and general
                        economic development in the affected rural and
                        tribal communities;
                            (v) the ability of the authorized rural
                        water project to address regional and watershed
                        level water supply needs;
                            (vi) the ability of the authorized rural
                        water project--
                                    (I) to minimize water and energy
                                consumption; and
                                    (II) to encourage the development
                                of renewable energy resources, such as
                                wind, solar, and hydropower elements;
                            (vii) the need for the authorized rural
                        water project to address--
                                    (I) the needs of Indian tribes and
                                members of Indian tribes; and
                                    (II) other community needs or
                                interests; and
                            (viii) such other factors as the Secretary
                        determines to be appropriate to prioritize the
                        use of available funds.
    (d) Investments of Amounts.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall invest such portion of
        the Fund as is not, in the judgment of the Secretary, required
        to meet current withdrawals.
            (2) Credits to fund.--The interest on, and the proceeds
        from the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the
        Fund shall be credited to, and form a part of, the Fund.
    (e) Transfers of Amounts.--
            (1) In general.--The amounts required to be transferred to
        the Fund under this section shall be transferred at least
        monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on
        the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury.
            (2) Adjustments.--Proper adjustment shall be made in
        amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates
        were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be
        transferred.
    (f) Termination.--On September 30, 2034--
            (1) the Fund shall terminate; and
            (2) the unexpended and unobligated balance of the Fund
        shall be transferred to the reclamation fund established by the
        first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388,
        chapter 1093).

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Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act - Establishes in the Treasury a Reclamation Rural Water Construction Fund, into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit for each of FY2013-FY2029 a specified amount of revenues that would otherwise be deposited in the reclamation fund established by the Reclamation Act of 1902.

Authorizes the Secretary to use amounts from the Fund to complete construction of rural water projects: (1) that were authorized to be carried out on or before this Act's enactment, or (2) for which the Secretary completed a feasibility report by September 30, 2012, that recommends construction and for which an Act of Congress enacted after this Act's enactment has authorized construction. Prohibits the Secretary from using amounts from the Fund to pay for project operation and maintenance costs.

Prohibits the Secretary from expending amounts from the Fund until the date on which the Secretary develops: (1) programmatic goals that would enable the completion of construction of the authorized rural water projects as expeditiously as possible and that reflect the goals and priorities identified in the laws authorizing the projects and the goals of the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act; and (2) funding prioritization criteria that takes into account specified information, including an evaluation of the need for potable water supplies in the affected rural and tribal communities, the completion status of a project, and the financial needs of the affected communities.

Terminates the Fund on September 30, 2034.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal-Utah State Trust Lands
Consolidation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The San Rafael Swell in Utah is a 900-square mile, wild
        and beautiful region west of the Green River. The San Rafael
        Swell is dominated by the jagged, uplifted San Rafael Reef,
        which has nearly two dozen major canyons and many side draws
        and box canyons. The San Rafael Swell towers above the desert
        like a wilderness castle, ringed by 1,000-foot ramparts of
        Navajo sandstone. Its highlands have been fractured by uplift
        and scooped hollow by erosion over countless millennia, leaving
        a tremendous basin punctuated by mesas, buttes, and canyons and
        traversed by sediment-laden desert streams.
            (2) The San Rafael Swell region was one of the country's
        last frontiers and possesses important natural, historical, and
        cultural resources, including exceptional backcountry
        recreation opportunities, productive habitat for Desert Bighorn
        Sheep, important historical sites, including sections of the
        Old Spanish Trail and the Outlaw Trail, significant
        paleontological resources, and multiple wilderness study areas
        created pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Lands Policy and
        Management Act of 1976, or otherwise identified by local
        government and conservation interests as having significant
        conservation values. The beautiful rural landscapes, historic
        and cultural landscapes, and spectacular scenic vistas of the
        San Rafael Swell region contain significant undeveloped
        recreational opportunities for people throughout the United
        States.
            (3) The State of Utah owns approximately 102,871 acres of
        land located in the San Rafael Swell region and administered by
        the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration.
        These lands were granted by the Congress to the State of Utah
        pursuant to the Utah Enabling Act of 1894 (chapter 138; 23
        Stat. 107), to be held in trust for the benefit of the State's
        public school system and other public institutions. The lands
        are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion amidst the
        Federal lands comprising the remainder of the San Rafael Swell
        area.
            (4) Development of surface and mineral resources on State
        trust lands within the San Rafael Swell area, or the sale of
        such lands into private ownership, could be incompatible with
        management of such lands for nonimpairment of their wilderness
        characteristics pursuant to section 603(c) of the Federal Land
        Policy and Management Act of 1976, with future congressional
        designation of the lands as wilderness, or with future
        designation of such lands as a national monument, national
        heritage area, or other conservation designation.
            (5) The State of Utah also owns 3,533 acres of land within
        or directly adjacent to the Manti-La Sal National Forest in
        Grand and Emery Counties, Utah, and 6,411 acres of land within
        the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, a conservation reserve
        established in 1995 by the United States and Washington County,
        Utah, to implement a multiple-species habitat conservation plan
        approved by the Fish and Wildlife Service under section 10(a)
        of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The Reserve contains the
        highest density of critical habitat for the Mojave desert
        tortoise, a threatened species, in the United States. These
        State trust lands are also administered by the Utah School and
        Institutional Trust Lands Administration, but the use of such
        lands by the State is limited because of the conservation
        designations of surrounding Federal lands.
            (6) The United States owns lands and interests in lands
        elsewhere in Utah that can be transferred to the State of Utah
        in exchange for the San Rafael Swell inholdings, the Manti-La
        Sal forest lands, and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve lands
        without jeopardizing Federal management objectives or needs.
            (7) The large presence of State trust land inholdings in
        the San Rafael Swell region, the Manti-La Sal National Forest,
        and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve makes land and resource
        management in these areas difficult, costly, and controversial
        for both the State of Utah and the United States.
            (8) It is in the public interest to reach agreement on
        exchange of such inholdings, on terms fair to both the State of
        Utah and the United States. Such an agreement, subject to
        ratification by Congress and consent by the Utah legislature,
        would save much time and delay in meeting the legitimate
        expectations of the State school and institutional trusts, in
        simplifying management of Federal lands, and in avoiding the
        significant time and expense associated with administrative
        land exchanges.
            (9) The State of Utah and the United States have reached an
        agreement under which the State would exchange certain State
        trust lands within the San Rafael Swell region, the Manti-La
        Sal National Forest, and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve for
        various Federal lands outside of those areas but in the same
        region of Utah.
            (10) The parties agreed at the outset of negotiations to
        avoid identifying Federal assets for conveyance to the State
        where any of the following was known to exist or likely to be
an issue as a result of foreseeable future uses of the lands:
                    (A) Wilderness study areas.
                    (B) Areas proposed for wilderness designation in
                pending Federal legislation.
                    (C) Significant endangered species habitat.
                    (D) Significant archaeological resources.
                    (E) Areas of critical environmental concern.
                    (F) Other lands known to raise significant
                environmental concerns of any kind.
            (11) Because the State trust lands to be acquired by the
        Federal Government include properties within some of the most
        spectacular wild areas in the western United States, and
        because a mission of the Utah School and Institutional Trust
        Lands Administration is to produce economic benefits for Utah's
        public schools and other beneficiary institutions, the exchange
        of lands called for in this agreement will resolve longstanding
        environmental conflicts with respect to existing and proposed
        wilderness study areas, place important natural lands into
        public ownership, and further the interests of the State trust
        lands, the school children of Utah, and these conservation
        resources.
            (12) Under this agreement, the State interests to be
        conveyed to the United States by the State of Utah, and the
        Federal interests to be conveyed to the State of Utah by the
        United States, have been examined by licensed independent real
        estate consultants and, taken as a whole, have been found to be
        approximately equal in value.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to enact into law and
direct prompt implementation of this agreement, and thereby to further
the public interest by consolidating State and Federal lands into
manageable units while facilitating the protection of lands with
significant scientific, cultural, and natural resources.

SEC. 3. RATIFICATION OF THE AGREED EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE STATE OF UTAH
              AND THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Agreement.--The State of Utah, the Department of the Interior,
and the Department of Agriculture have agreed to exchange certain
Federal lands in the State of Utah for lands of approximately equal
value managed by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands
Administration in the San Rafael Swell area of Utah, the Manti-La Sal
National Forest, and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve.
    (b) Ratification.--All terms, conditions, procedures, covenants,
reservations, and other provisions set forth in the document entitled
``Agreement for Exchange of Lands 2002 Federal-Utah State Trust Lands
Consolidation'', dated June ____, 2002 (in this Act referred to as
``the Agreement''), are hereby incorporated in this Act, are ratified
and confirmed, and set forth the obligations of the United States, the
State of Utah, and the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands
Administration, as a matter of Federal law.

SEC. 4. CONVEYANCES.

    (a) Conveyances.--All conveyances under sections 2, 3, and 4 of the
Agreement shall be completed not later than 70 days after enactment of
this Act.
    (b) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--
            (1) In general.--The maps and legal descriptions referred
        to in the Agreement depict the lands subject to the conveyances
        under the Agreement.
            (2) Public availability.--The maps and legal descriptions
        referred to in the Agreement shall be on file and available for
        public inspection in the offices of the Secretary of the
        Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Intermountain
        Regional Office of the Forest Service, and the Utah State
        Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (3) Conflict.--In case of any conflict between the maps and
        the legal descriptions in the Agreement, the legal descriptions
        shall control.

SEC. 5. MINERAL DEVELOPMENT.

    All payments received by the United States pursuant to section
13(c) of the Agreement shall be subject to sharing with the State of
Utah in the same manner the United States shares bonus bids, rentals,
and royalties with the State of Utah under section 35 of the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191).

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act, including such sums as may be desired to reduce
the balance of the interest and principal amounts owed by the United
States to the Trust Lands Administration pursuant to sections 4 and 5
of the Agreement.

SEC. 7. COSTS.

    The United States and the State of Utah shall each bear its own
respective costs incurred in the implementation of this Act.

Output: Federal-Utah State Trust Lands Consolidation Act - Establishes that the State of Utah, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Agriculture have agreed to exchange certain Federal lands in the State of Utah for certain Utah State lands. Ratifies, confirms, and incorporates all provisions set forth in the "Agreement for Exchange of Lands 2002 Federal-Utah State Trust Lands Consolidation."Directs the Federal Government to share payments pursuant to the Agreement with the State of Utah as bonus bids, rental, and royalties are shared under the Mineral Leasing Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Numerous bi-partisan commissions and study groups,
        including the Iraq Study Group co-chaired by James A. Baker III
        and Lee H. Hamilton, a 2004 working group established under the
        Council on Foreign Relations and co-chaired by Robert Gates and
        Zbigniew Brzezinski, and a 2001 Atlantic Council of the United
        States Working Group, co-chaired by Lee H. Hamilton, James
        Schlesinger, and Brent Scowcroft have called for various forms
        of dialogue and engagement with Iran in order to achieve United
        States strategic interests in the Middle East region.
            (2) Implementing effective strategies to deflect or deter
        Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, or pursuing the
        development of nuclear weapons capabilities, is an important
        United States strategic interest.
            (3) Establishing a diplomatic dialogue with the Government
        of Iran and deepening relationships with the Iranian people
        would help foster greater understanding between the people of
        Iran and the people of the United States and would enhance the
        stability and security of the Persian Gulf region, including by
        reducing the threat of the proliferation or use of nuclear
        weapons in the region, while advancing other United States
        foreign policy objectives in that region.
            (4) The Iraq Study Group Report states ``Iran's interests
        would not be served by a failure of U.S. policy that led to
        chaos and the territorial disintegration of the Iraqi state'',
        and therefore, the Government of the United States should build
        upon this mutual interest to develop a diplomatic dialogue with
        the Government of Iran concerning deteriorating conditions in
        Iraq, which can become a basis of broader future United States-
        Iranian engagement.
            (5) Given the dispersal of Iran's nuclear program at sites
        throughout the country and their proximity to urban centers,
        the use of military force against Iran would be extraordinarily
        difficult and probably ineffective, the immediate consequences
        and loss of life would be drastic, and the long-term
        instability generated would be against long-term United States
        interests in the region.
            (6) Any military action designed to eliminate Iran's
        capacity to produce nuclear weapons would run the significant
        risk of reinforcing and accelerating the desire of the
        Government of Iran to acquire a nuclear deterrent and
        compounding nationalist passions in defense of that very
        course, and would most likely also generate hostile Iranian
        initiatives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
            (7) Together, the ongoing efforts of the International
        Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) along with corresponding
        multilateral sanctions recently adopted by the United Nations
        Security Council offer a viable path for steering Iran's
        nuclear efforts along peaceful lines, provided that there is
        close multilateral coordination and steadfastness in the
        adherence to the sanctions and firm United States leadership in
        support of the multilateral effort.
            (8) According to the most definitive United States
        intelligence reports, Iran is likely a decade away from
        acquiring the know-how and material to have an option to build
        a nuclear weapon, and even the most pessimistic analysis by
        outside experts puts the timeline at least three years away,
        assuming Iran suffers no setbacks during development, which
        would be unprecedented.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) full diplomatic, political, and economic relations
        between the United States and Iran cannot be normalized unless
        and until enforceable safeguards are put in place to prevent
        weaponization of Iran's nuclear program and the Government of
        Iran ends its support for international terrorist groups, but
        the attainment of these policy objectives should not constitute
        preconditions for any diplomatic dialogue; and
            (2) no congressional authorization for the use of military
        force in any Act of Congress enacted before the date of the
        enactment of this Act constitutes, either implicitly or
        explicitly, an authorization for the use of military force
        against Iran or its nuclear program.

SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States not to enter into a
preemptive war against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, and
then only in accordance with international law and constitutional and
statutory requirements for congressional authorization.

SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

    No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department
of Defense or any other department or agency of the Government of the
United States may be used to carry out any covert action for the
purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military
action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, in accordance
with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements
for congressional authorization.

Output:
Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) full diplomatic, political, and economic relations between the United States and Iran cannot be normalized unless enforceable safeguards are put in place to prevent weaponization of Iran's nuclear program and the government of Iran ends its support for international terrorist groups, but the attainment of these objectives should not constitute preconditions for any diplomatic dialogue; and (2) no congressional authorization for the use of military force in any Act enacted before the date of enactment of this Act constitutes an authorization for the use of military force against Iran or its nuclear program.

States as the policy of the United States not to enter into a preemptive war against Iran in the absence of an immediate threat, and then only in accordance with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements for congressional authorization.

Prohibits funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) or any other federal department or agency from being used to carry out any covert action for the purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Radiation Experimentation
Compensation Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND APOLOGY.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) since the 1940's, the Federal Government has
        intentionally conducted secret radiation experiments in the
        United States without the informed consent or knowledge of the
        individuals on whom the experiments were performed;
            (2) such radiation experiments included, but were not
        limited to, experiments involving injections of plutonium,
        ingestion of irradiated food, exposure to atmospheric
        radiation, and the prescription of radioactive medication to
        pregnant women;
            (3) the Federal Government performed such experiments not
        in order to achieve medical or health benefits for the
        individuals used in the tests, but for research purposes, to
        allow Federal Government scientists and health specialists to
        study the effects of radiation on the human body;
            (4) at the time of such experiments and in the years
        following the experiments, the Federal Government failed to
        inform the individuals tested, or their families, about the
        nature and effects of the tests;
            (5) the Federal Government has harmed the subjects of such
        radiation experiments;
            (6) the Congress presumes that the exposure to radiation of
        the subjects of such experiments has generated an excess of
        cancers and other debilitating diseases and health problems for
        such subjects;
            (7) the Federal Government should recognize that the lives
        and health of the innocent individuals who were the subjects of
        such experiments were put at risk by the individuals' unknowing
        and involuntary participation in radiation experiments; and
            (8) the Federal Government should assume responsibility for
        the harm caused by its actions regarding the experiments.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to establish a
procedure to make partial restitution to the individuals described in
subsection (a) for the burdens they have borne for the Nation as a
whole, although monetary compensation can never fully compensate them.
    (c) Apology.--The Congress apologizes on behalf of the Nation to
the individuals described in subsection (a) and their families for the
hardships they have endured because of the experiments described in
subsection (a).

SEC. 3. TRUST FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a trust fund to be known as the ``Radiation
Experimentation Compensation Trust Fund'' (in this Act referred to as
the ``Fund''), which shall be administered by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
    (b) Investment of Amounts in Fund.--Amounts in the Fund shall be
invested in accordance with section 9702 of title 31, United States
Code, and any interest on, and proceeds from, any such investment shall
be credited to and become a part of the Fund.
    (c) Availability of Fund.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available
only for disbursement by the Attorney General under section 5.
    (d) Termination.--
            (1) Time of termination.--The Fund shall terminate not
        later than the earlier of--
                    (A) the date on which the amount authorized to be
                appropriated to the Fund by subsection (e), and any
                income earned on such amount, have been expended from
                the Fund; or
                    (B) 22 years after the date of the enactment of
                this Act.
            (2) Amounts remaining in fund.--At the end of the 22-year
        period referred to in paragraph (1)(B), if all of the amounts
        in the Fund have not been expended, investments of amounts in
        the Fund shall be liquidated, the receipts of such liquidation
        shall be deposited in the Fund, and all funds remaining in the
        Fund shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts account
        in the Treasury.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Fund $100,000,000. Any amount appropriated pursuant
to this subsection is authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 4. CLAIMS ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Any individual who, without the individual's
informed consent, was intentionally exposed to radiation as a subject
in an experiment of the Federal Government at any time during the
period beginning on January 1, 1940, and ending on December 31, 1974,
shall receive $50,000 if--
            (1) a claim for such payment is filed with the Attorney
        General by or on behalf of such individual; and
            (2) the Attorney General determines, in accordance with
        section 5(b), that the claim meets the requirements of this
        Act.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``experiment'' means a test or other action
        that is conducted primarily for research purposes to determine
        the effect of exposure to radiation on the human body.
            (2) The term ``exposed to radiation'' means caused to come
        into contact with any radioactive substance or material by
        means including, but not limited to, injection, ingestion,
        inhalation, or prescription of, or skin exposure to, any
        radioactive substance or material.
            (3) The term ``Federal Government'' means--
                    (A) the legislative, judicial, or executive branch
                of the government of the United States, or any agency
                or instrumentality of such a branch;
                    (B) any person or entity whose actions regarding an
                experiment under which humans were exposed to radiation
                were funded in any manner, approved, authorized,
                supervised, or contracted for, by an entity referred to
                in subparagraph (A); or
                    (C) any person or entity that was funded in any
                manner, approved, authorized, supervised, or contracted
                with, wholly or partially, by an entity referred to in
                subparagraph (A) during a time period in which an
                entity referred to in subparagraph (A) had knowledge
                that such person or entity was conducting any
                experiment under which humans were exposed to
                radiation.
            (4) The term ``informed consent'' means consent by an
        individual (or the individual's parent or legal guardian, in
        the case of an individual who was a minor or was incompetent at
        the relevant time), to the individual's participation in an
        experiment, after a full disclosure of the nature and purpose
        of the experiment and its possible consequences that was
        sufficient to allow the individual (or the individual's parent
        or legal guardian, in the case of an individual who was a minor
        or was incompetent at the relevant time) to intelligently
        exercise judgment to decide whether the individual should
        participate in the experiment.

SEC. 5. DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.

    (a) Establishment of Filing Procedures.--The Attorney General shall
establish procedures under which individuals may submit claims for
payments under this Act.
    (b) Determination of Claims.--For each claim filed under this Act,
the Attorney General shall determine whether the claim meets the
requirements of section 4(a).
    (c) Payment of Claims.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall pay, from
        amounts available in the Fund, each claim that the Attorney
        General determines meets the requirements of this Act.
            (2) Offset of payment.--
                    (A) Offset of payment made under this Act.--A
                payment under this Act to or on behalf of an individual
                described in section 4(a) shall be offset by the amount
                of any payment made to or on behalf of the individual
                pursuant to a final award or settlement on a claim
                (other than a claim for worker's compensation) against
                any person, that is based on the individual's
                participation in an experiment that is the basis for
                the payment under this Act, including any payment under
                the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210
                note).
                    (B) Offset of payment made under radiation exposure
                compensation act.--For purposes of section 6(c)(2) of
                the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210
                note), a payment made under this Act shall be
                considered to be a final award or settlement on a claim
                described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such section.
            (3) Right of subrogation.--Upon payment of a claim under
        this section, the Federal Government is subrogated, for the
        amount of the payment, to a right or claim that the individual
        to whom the payment was made may have against any person on
        account of participation in an experiment that is the basis for
        the payment made under this Act.
            (4) Payments in case of deceased persons.--
                    (A) In general.--In the case of an individual who
                is deceased at the time of payment under this section,
                such payment may be made only as follows:
                            (i) If the individual is survived by a
                        spouse who is living at the time of payment,
                        such payment shall be made to such surviving
                        spouse.
                            (ii) If the individual is not survived by a
                        spouse described in clause (i), such payment
                        shall be made in equal shares to the children
                        of the individual who are living at the time of
                        payment.
                            (iii) If the individual is not survived by
                        a person described in clause (i) or (ii), such
                        payment shall be made in equal shares to the
                        parents of the individual who are living at the
                        time of payment.
                            (iv) If the individual is not survived by a
                        person described in any of clauses (i) through
                        (iii), such payment shall be made in equal
                        shares to the grandchildren of the individual
                        who are living at the time of payment.
                            (v) If the individual is not survived by a
                        person described in any of clauses (i) through
                        (iv), such payment shall be made in equal
                        shares to the siblings of the individual who
                        are living at the time of payment.
                            (vi) If the individual is not survived by a
                        person described in any of clauses (i) through
                        (v), then such payment shall be made in equal
                        shares to the grandparents of the individual
                        who are living at the time of payment.
                    (B) Filing of claim by survivor.--If an individual
                eligible for payment under this Act dies before filing
                a claim under this Act, a survivor of the individual
                who may receive payment under subparagraph (A) may file
                a claim for such payment on the individual's behalf.
                    (C) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph:
                            (i) The term ``child'' includes a
                        recognized natural child, a stepchild who lived
                        with an individual in a regular parent-child
                        relationship, and an adopted child.
                            (ii) The term ``grandchild of the
                        individual'' means a child of a child of the
                        individual.
                            (iii) The term ``grandparent of the
                        individual'' means a parent of a parent of the
                        individual.
                            (iv) The term ``parent'' includes fathers
                        and mothers through adoption.
                            (v) The term ``sibling of the individual''
                        means a child of the parent or parents of the
                        individual.
                            (vi) The term ``spouse'' means a person who
                        was married to the relevant individual for at
                        least the 12 months immediately preceding the
                        death of the individual.
    (d) Action on Claims.--Within 18 months after the filing of any
claim under this Act--
            (1) the Attorney General shall make the determination
        required by subsection (b) regarding the claim; and
            (2) if the claim is determined to meet the requirements of
        section 4(a), the Attorney General shall make the payment
        required by subsection (c)(1).
    (e) Settlement in Full of Claims Against United States.--Payment
under this Act, when accepted by an individual, or the individual's
survivors, shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of or on behalf
of the individual against the United States that arise out of the
participation in the experiment that is the basis for the payment made
under this Act.
    (f) Administrative Costs Not Deducted From Payment.--No costs
incurred by the Attorney General in carrying out this Act may be paid
from, set off against, or otherwise deducted from any payment made
under subsection (c)(1).
    (g) Termination of Duties of Attorney General.--The duties of the
Attorney General under this section shall cease when the Fund
terminates.
    (h) Treatment of Payments Under Other Laws.--A payment under
subsection (c)(1) to an individual--
            (1) shall be treated for purposes of the internal revenue
        laws of the United States as damages for human suffering; and
            (2) shall not be considered as income or resources for
        purposes of determining the individual's eligibility to receive
        benefits described in section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31, United
        States Code, or the amount of such benefits.
    (i) Use of Existing Resources.--The Attorney General should, to the
extent available, use funds and resources available to the Attorney
General to carry out the Attorney General's functions under this Act.
    (j) Regulatory Authority.--The Attorney General may issue
regulations necessary to carry out this Act.
    (k) Issuance of Regulations and Procedures.--The initial
regulations and procedures to carry out this Act shall be issued not
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (l) Judicial Review.--An individual whose claim for compensation
under this Act is denied may seek initial judicial review solely in a
district court of the United States. The court shall review the denial
on the administrative record and shall hold unlawful and set aside the
denial if it is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or
otherwise not in accordance with law. Such an individual may appeal the
decision of the district court to the appropriate higher Federal
courts.

SEC. 6. CLAIMS NOT ASSIGNABLE OR TRANSFERABLE.

    No claim under this Act shall be assignable or transferable.

SEC. 7. LIMITATION ON CLAIMS.

    An individual, or the individual's survivors, may not receive
payment under section 5(c)(1) unless a claim by or on behalf of the
individual is filed under this Act within 20 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 8. ATTORNEY OR AGENT FEES.

    The agent, attorney, or other representative of an individual or of
an individual's survivor may not receive, for services rendered in
connection with a claim made under this Act, an amount equal to more
than 10 percent of the payment made under this Act on such claim. Any
person who violates this section shall be guilty of an infraction and
shall be subject to a fine in the amount provided in title 18, United
States Code.

SEC. 9. CERTAIN CLAIMS NOT AFFECTED BY PAYMENT.

    A payment made under section 5(c)(1) shall not be considered a form
of compensation, or reimbursement for a loss, for purposes of imposing
liability on the individual who receives the payment to repay any
insurance carrier for insurance payments, or to repay any person on
account of worker's compensation payments. A payment under this Act
shall not affect any claim against an insurance carrier with respect to
insurance, or against any person with respect to worker's compensation.

SEC. 10. BUDGET COMPLIANCE.

    No authority under this Act to enter into contracts or to make
payments shall be effective in any fiscal year except to such extent or
in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

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Radiation Experimentation Compensation Act of 1994 - Apologizes on behalf of the Nation to the individuals who were the subjects of radiation experiments conducted by the Federal Government, as well as to their families for the hardships they have endured as a result.
Establishes in the Treasury the Radiation Experimentation Compensation Trust Fund for compensating the subjects of experiments conducted between January 1, 1940, and December 31, 1974, during which the subjects were intentionally exposed to radiation without their informed consent.  Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the Attorney General to establish procedures for the submission of claims and pay from amounts in the Fund each claim meeting the requirements of this Act.
Provides for payments in cases of deceased experimental subjects.
States that payments under this Act which are accepted by a subject or the subject's survivors shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of or on behalf of the subject against the United States arising out of the subject's participation in the experiment.
Provides for judicial review.
Establishes a time limit for filing claims of 20 years after enactment of this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Opportunity for Residential
Representation Act''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) eviction prevention programs provide important and
        effective social and economic benefits;
            (2) such programs help protect low-income and at-risk
        households from the trauma and disruption of homelessness and
        save property owners from the high costs of forced eviction and
        re-occupancy; and
            (3) investing more resources in eviction prevention helps
        communities save on the high cost of homelessness by stopping
        homelessness before it starts--for example, according to 2015
        data, the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance estimates
        that a homeless individual residing in Massachusetts creates an
        additional cost burden for State-supported services (such as
        shelters, emergency room visits, and incarceration) that is
        $9,372 greater per year than for a housed individual.

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING ISSUES FOR LOW-
              INCOME FAMILIES.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in
this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall carry out a
program under this section, through the Office of Community Planning
and Development, to make grants to the extent amounts for such grants
are made available pursuant to subsection (f) to eligible organizations
under subsection (d) to provide legal services and other related
supportive services under subsection (e) on behalf of eligible low-
income families under subsection (c).
    (b) Selection of Grantees.--The Secretary shall select eligible
organizations under subsection (d) to receive grants under this section
taking into consideration factors, including--
            (1) factors necessary to ensure an equitable distribution
        of grants to grantees serving urban areas (as such term is
        defined by the Secretary) and to grantees serving rural areas
        (as such term is defined by the Secretary), except that the
        Secretary shall ensure that, of any amounts made available for
        any fiscal year for grants under this section, not less than 20
        percent shall be used for grantees serving rural areas;
            (2) the number of rental units in the area served by the
        grantee that are affordable to low-income households having
        incomes at or below 80 percent of the area median income and
        paying more than 30 percent of their incomes for rent;
            (3) the extent to which the population of the area served
        by the grantee uses eviction or other housing-related legal
        services or has a need for such services;
            (4) the extent to which tenants in the area served by the
        grantee are evicted;
            (5) the number of rental units in the area served by the
        grantee that are affordable to households having incomes at or
        below 80 percent of the area median income;
            (6) the extent of poverty in the area served by the
        grantee;
            (7) the number of renter households in the area served by
        the grantee that--
                    (A) have incomes at or below 80 percent of the area
                median income;
                    (B) are not provided rental assistance, such as
                rental assistance under section 8 of the United States
                Housing Act of 1937 or occupancy in a dwelling unit in
                public housing; or
                    (C) live in severely inadequate housing, as
                measured using the American Housing Survey definition
                of housing having severe physical problems; and
            (8) any other factors that the Secretary considers
        appropriate for purposes of this section, except that the
        Secretary may not consider data from a point-in-time count of
        the homeless (as defined in section 103(a) of the McKinney-
        Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a))).
    (c) Eligible Low-Income Families.--Amounts from a grant under this
section may be used only to provide eligible services under subsection
(e) with respect to families (including individuals and including
victims of domestic violence) who--
            (1) reside in a rental dwelling unit; and
            (2) have an income (as such term is defined in section 3(b)
        of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)))
        that does not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the
        area in which the family resides.
    (d) Eligible Organizations.--Grants under this section may be made
only to--
            (1) a nonprofit organization that provides legal services
        on behalf of persons or families whose eligibility for such
        services includes a limitation on income, including any
        organizations that receive funding from the Legal Services
        Corporation (established under the Legal Services Corporation
        Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.)) to provide such services on
        behalf of such persons or families;
            (2) legal clinics sponsored by law schools or other
        organizations; and
            (3) such other institutions, organizations, and entities as
        the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (e) Eligible Services.--Amounts from a grant under this section may
be used only to provide, on behalf of eligible low-income families
under subsection (c), legal services and other related supportive
services in connection with--
            (1) an eviction of such a family;
            (2) the prevention of an eviction of such a family;
            (3) a dispute between the landlord and a tenant who is a
        member of such a family; or
            (4) enforcing the legal rights of such a family under
        Federal, State, or local laws regarding tenancy or fair
        housing.
    (f) Use of Mortgage Interest Deduction Savings for Grants.--
            (1) Determination of savings.--For each of fiscal years
        2018 through 2022, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
        determine the amount of revenues accruing to the general fund
        of the Treasury by reason of the enactment of the amendment
        made by section 4 of this Act.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
        to be appropriated for grants under this section for each of
        fiscal years 2018 through 2022 the amount determined under
        paragraph (1) for such fiscal year.

SEC. 4. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION ON MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION RELATING
              TO ACQUISITION INDEBTEDNESS FOR CERTAIN TAXPAYERS.

    (a) Acquisition Indebtedness.--Clause (ii) of section 163(h)(3)(B)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--The aggregate amount
                        treated as acquisition indebtedness for any
                        period shall not exceed--
                                    ``(I) $1,000,000 in the case of a
                                joint return ($500,000 in the case of a
                                married individual filing a separate
                                return), and
                                    ``(II) the applicable amount in any
                                other case.
                            ``(iii) Applicable amount.--For purposes of
                        clause (ii)(II), the applicable amount is as
                        follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          The applicable
                  ``For taxable years--                     amount is--

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beginning in calendar year 2018.........................        $900,000
Beginning in calendar year 2019.........................        $800,000
Beginning in calendar year 2020.........................        $700,000
Beginning in calendar year 2021.........................        $600,000
Beginning in or after calendar year 2022................    $500,000.''.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2017.

Output: Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Office of Community Planning and Development to carry out a program to make grants to organizations to provide legal services and other related supportive services on behalf of low-income families (including individuals and victims of domestic violence) who reside in a rental dwelling unit and have an income that does not exceed 80% of the median income for the area in which the family resides. The following organizations may receive such grants:  nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to persons or families of limited income, including organizations that receive funding from the Legal Services Corporation;  legal clinics sponsored by law schools or other organizations; and  such other entities as HUD considers appropriate.  These grants may be used only to provide legal services and other related supportive services in connection with: (1) an eviction of such a family, (2) the prevention of such eviction, (3) a dispute between the landlord and a tenant who is a family member, or (4) enforcing the family's legal rights regarding tenancy or fair housing. Funds for such program shall be derived from revenues resulting from amendments by this bill to the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the limitation on the mortgage interest deduction for the acquisition indebtedness of certain taxpayers.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Fraud and Abuse Control Act
of 1995''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
establish a program to improve the prevention, detection, and control
of fraud and abuse under the medicare program.
    (b) Award of Portion of Amounts Collected to Individuals Providing
Information.--Under the program established pursuant to subsection (a),
the Secretary shall pay a portion of any civil monetary penalty
assessed under the medicare program to any individual or entity who
provided information which served as the basis for the assessment of
the penalty, under the same terms and conditions applicable to awards
to qui tam plaintiffs under chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 3. PROVIDING INFORMATION ON REPORTING FRAUD AND ABUSE WITH
              MEDICARE CLAIMS AND BENEFIT FORMS.

    (a) In General.--Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

            ``solicitation of information on fraud and abuse

    ``Sec. 1893. With each explanation of benefits provided to an
individual to whom items or services are furnished under this title and
with each notice of payment provided to an individual or entity
furnishing an item or service for which payment is made under this
title, the Secretary shall include a statement soliciting any
information the individual or entity may possess on any fraud and abuse
committed against the program under this title, together with a toll-
free telephone number through which the individual or entity may report
such information.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to items and services furnished and payments made under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act on or after January 1, 1996.

SEC. 4. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF PENALTIES.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) General civil monetary penalties.--Section 1128A of the
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7a) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``$2,000'' and inserting
                        ``$4,000'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``$15,000'' and inserting
                        ``$30,000''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``$2,000'' each
                place it appears and inserting ``$4,000''.
            (2) Criminal penalties.--Section 1128B of such Act (42
        U.S.C. 1320a-7b) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``$25,000'' and inserting
                        ``$50,000'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting
                        ``$20,000'';
                    (B) in subsections (b), (c), and (d), by striking
                ``$25,000'' each place it appears and inserting
                ``$50,000''; and
                    (C) in subsection (e), by striking ``$2,000'' and
                inserting ``$4,000''.
            (3) Standards for nursing facilities.--
                    (A) Providing advance notice of survey to nursing
                facility.--Section 1819(g)(2)(A)(i) of such Act (42
                U.S.C. 1395i@3(g)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking
                ``$2,000'' and inserting ``$4,000''.
                    (B) Noncompliance with nursing facility
                standards.--Section 1819(h)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act (42
                U.S.C. 1395i@3(h)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking
                ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$20,000''.
            (4) Failure to provide information on referring physician
        on unassigned claims.--Section 1833(q)(2)(B)(i) of such Act (42
        U.S.C. 1395l(q)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ``$2,000'' and
        inserting ``$4,000''.
            (5) Distribution by suppliers of medical equipment of
        medical necessity forms.--Section 1834(j)(2)(A)(iii) of such
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(j)(2)(A)(iii)), as added by section
        131(a)(1) of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1994, is
        amended by striking ``$1,000'' and inserting ``$2,000''.
            (6) Failure to include diagnosis code on unassigned
        claims.--Section 1842(p)(3)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        1395u(p)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``$2,000'' and inserting
        ``$4,000''.
            (7) Intermediate sanctions for providers or suppliers of
        clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.--Section
        1846(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w@2(b)(2)(A)(ii))
        is amended by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$20,000''.
            (8) Medicare secondary payer.--
                    (A) Offering financial incentives for beneficiaries
                not to enroll in primary plans.--The second sentence of
                section 1862(b)(3)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
                1395y(b)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ``$5,000'' and
                inserting ``$10,000''.
                    (B) Failure of employer to provide matching
                information on secondary payer situations.--The second
                sentence of section 1862(b)(5)(C)(ii) of such Act (42
                U.S.C. 1395y(b)(5)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking
                ``$1,000'' and inserting ``$2,000''.
                    (C) Failure of provider to provide information on
                availability of other payers.--Section 1862(b)(6)(B) of
                such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(6)(B)), as added by
                section 151(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act
                Amendments of 1994, is amended by striking ``$2,000''
                and inserting ``$4,000''.
            (9) Improper billing by hospitals.--Section 1866(g) of such
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(g)) is amended by striking ``$2,000'' and
        inserting ``$4,000''.
            (10) Violation of anti-dumping restrictions.--Section
        1867(d)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395dd(d)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``$50,000'' each place it appears
                and inserting ``$100,000''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$25,000''
                and inserting ``$50,000''.
            (11) Sanctions against health maintenance organizations.--
        Section 1876(i)(6)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        1395mm(i)(6)(B)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``$25,000'' and inserting
                ``$50,000'';
                    (B) by striking ``$100,000'' and inserting
                ``$200,000''; and
                    (C) by striking ``$15,000'' and inserting
                ``$30,000''.
            (12) Referrals by physicians with ownership or investment
        interests.--
                    (A) Improper claims.--Section 1877(g)(3) of such
                Act (42 U.S.C. 1395nn(g)(3)) is amended by striking
                ``$15,000'' and inserting ``$30,000''.
                    (B) Circumvention schemes.--Section 1877(g)(4) of
                such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395nn(g)(4)) is amended by
                striking ``$100,000'' and inserting ``$200,000''.
                    (C) Failure to report information.--Section
                1877(g)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395nn(g)(5)) is
                amended by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting
                ``$20,000''.
            (13) Medicare supplemental policies.--
                    (A) Issuance of policies where no standards in
                effect.--The second sentence of section 1882(a)(2) of
                such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(a)(2)) is amended by
                striking ``$25,000'' and inserting ``$50,000''.
                    (B) Misrepresentations of policies.--Section
                1882(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(d)) is amended--
                            (i) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4)(A), by
                        striking ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$10,000'';
                        and
                            (ii) in paragraphs (3)(A) and (3)(B)(iv),
                        by striking ``$25,000 (or $15,000'' and
                        inserting ``$50,000 (or $30,000''.
                    (C) Violation of benefits standards.--Section
                1882(p) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(p)) is amended by
                striking ``$25,000 (or $15,000'' each place it appears
                in paragraphs (8) and (9)(C) and inserting ``$50,000
                (or $30,000''.
                    (D) Violation of guaranteed renewability
                standards.--Section 1882(q)(5)(C) of such Act (42
                U.S.C. 1395ss(q)(5)(C)) is amended by striking
                ``$25,000'' and inserting ``$50,000''.
                    (E) Violation of loss ratio standards.--Section
                1882(r)(6)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(r)(6)(A))
                is amended by striking ``$25,000'' and inserting
                ``$50,000''.
                    (F) Violation of pre-existing condition
                standards.--Section 1882(s)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
                1395ss(s)(3)) is amended by striking ``$5,000'' and
                inserting ``$10,000''.
                    (G) Medicare select policies.--Section 1882(t)(2)
                of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(t)(2)) is amended by
                striking ``$25,000'' and inserting ``$50,000''.
            (14) Violation of home health participation standards.--
        Section 1891 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395bbb) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3)(D)(iii)(III), by striking
                ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$10,000'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``$2,000''
                and inserting ``$4,000'' ; and
                    (C) in subsection (f)(2)(A)(i), by striking
                ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$20,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to civil monetary penalties imposed with respect to acts or
omissions occurring on or after January 1, 1996.

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Medicare Fraud and Abuse Control Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a federal program to prevent, detect, and control fraud and abuse under Medicare. Requires the Secretary to pay a portion of any civil monetary penalty for a Medicare violation to any person or entity whose information led to the imposition of that penalty.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act:  (1) to require that a statement soliciting information of any fraud or abuse be included with every explanation of benefits received and notice of payment made under Medicare; and (2) to double the amount of criminal and civil monetary penalties that are assessed for various Medicare violations.