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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Bank Mortgage Servicing
Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Banking institution.--The term ``banking institution''
        means a bank holding company, insured depository institution,
        or savings and loan holding company.
            (2) Basel iii capital requirements.--The term ``Basel III
        capital requirements'' means the Global Regulatory Framework
        for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems issued by the
        Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on December 16, 2010, as
        revised on June 1, 2011.
            (3) Federal banking agencies.--The term ``Federal banking
        agencies'' means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
        System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the
        Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
            (4) Mortgage servicing asset.--The term ``mortgage
        servicing asset'' means those assets that result from contracts
        to service loans secured by real estate, where such loans are
        owned by third parties.
            (5) Nonsystemic banking institution.--The term
        ``nonsystemic banking institution'' means any banking
        institution other than an institution identified by the
        Financial Stability Board as a ``global systemically important
        bank''.
            (6) Other definitions.--The terms ``bank holding company'',
        ``insured depository institution'', and ``savings and loan
        holding company'' have the meanings given such terms,
        respectively, under section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance
        Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).

SEC. 3. STUDY OF THE APPROPRIATE CAPITAL FOR MORTGAGE SERVICING ASSETS.

    (a) In General.--The Federal banking agencies shall, jointly,
conduct a study of the appropriate capital requirements for mortgage
servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions.
    (b) Issues To Be Studied.--The study required by this section shall
include, with a specific focus on nonsystemic banking institutions--
            (1) the risk to insured depository institutions of holding
        mortgage servicing assets;
            (2) the history of the market for mortgage servicing
        assets, including particularly the market for such assets in
        the period of the financial crisis;
            (3) the ability of insured depository institutions to
        establish a value for their mortgage servicing assets through
        periodic sales or other means;
            (4) regulatory approaches to mortgage servicing assets in
        addition to capital requirements that could be used to address
        concerns about the value of and ability to sell mortgage
        servicing assets;
            (5) the impact of imposing the Basel III capital
        requirements on nonsystemic banking institutions on their
        ability to compete in the mortgage servicing business,
        including the need for economies of scale to compete in that
        business, and on their ability to provide service to consumers
        to whom they have made a mortgage loan;
            (6) an analysis of what the mortgage servicing marketplace
        would look like if the Basel III capital requirements on
        mortgage servicing assets were fully implemented;
            (7) the significance of problems with mortgage servicing
        assets, if any, in insured depository institution failures and
        problem insured depository institutions, including specifically
        identifying failed insured depository institutions where
        mortgage servicing assets contributed to the failure; and
            (8) an analysis of the relevance of the Basel III capital
        requirements on mortgage servicing assets to the banking
        systems of other significant developed countries.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than the end of the 1-year
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal
banking agencies shall issue a report to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives containing--
            (1) the results of the study required under subsection (a);
        and
            (2) any analysis on the specific issue of mortgage
        servicing assets undertaken by the Federal banking agencies
        prior to finalizing regulations implementing the Basel III
        capital requirements.

SEC. 4. DELAY OF RULEMAKING.

    (a) Rules on Mortgage Servicing Assets.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no regulation to implement the Basel III capital
requirements with respect to mortgage servicing assets for nonsystemic
banking institutions shall take effect before the end of the 6-month
period beginning on the date the report is issued under section 3(c).
    (b) Final Rule Requirements.--Before any final rule is issued by a
Federal banking agency with respect to capital requirements on mortgage
servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions, the Federal
banking agency shall--
            (1) if the related proposed rule was issued before the date
        on which the report is issued under section 3(c), issue a new
        proposed rule for public comment; and
            (2) consider regulatory approaches to mortgage servicing
        assets that could address concerns about the value of and
        ability to sell mortgage servicing assets.

Output: Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014 - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (federal banking agencies) to study jointly the appropriate capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets for any banking institution other than an institution identified by the Financial Stability Board as a global systemically important bank. Prohibits regulations to implement the Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on December 16, 2010, as revised on June 1, 2011, (Basel III capital requirements) with respect to mortgage servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions from taking effect until six months after the report on the study is issued to Congress.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dietary Supplement Information
Act''.

SEC. 2. REGISTRATION, REPORTING, AND POSTMARKET SURVEILLANCE REGARDING
              DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following section:

   ``registration, reporting, and postmarket surveillance regarding
                          dietary supplements

    ``Sec. 414. (a) Registration.--
            ``(1) Annual registration.--Each calendar year a person who
        in any State owns or operates an establishment engaged in the
        business of manufacturing, packing, or distributing a dietary
        supplement shall register with the Secretary the name of the
        person, places of business, and all such establishments.
            ``(2) Initial manufacturing.--A person, upon first engaging
        in a business described in paragraph (1) in an establishment
        that the person owns or operates in any State, shall
        immediately register with the Secretary the name of the person,
        place of business, and such establishment.
            ``(3) Additional establishments.--A person duly registered
        in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2), upon engaging in the
        business involved in any additional establishment that the
        person owns or operates in any State, shall immediately
        register with the Secretary the additional establishment.
            ``(4) Imports.--Any establishment within any foreign
        country engaged in the manufacture of a dietary supplement that
        is imported or offered for import into the United States shall
        register with the Secretary the name and place of business of
        the establishment and the name of the United States agent for
        the establishment.
            ``(5) Product information.--
                    ``(A) Labeling; other information.--In addition to
                information that under any of paragraphs (1) through
                (4) is required to be provided in a registration, the
                registration shall provide the labeling of the dietary
                supplements involved (except to the extent that another
                registration under this subsection provides the
                labeling) and such other information describing the
                dietary supplements as the Secretary may by regulation
                require.
                    ``(B) Changes in underlying facts.-- With respect
                to information that pursuant to subparagraph (A) is
                submitted in a registration, if after submitting the
                registration to the Secretary any of the underlying
                facts change, the person involved shall submit revised
                information to the Secretary in accordance with such
                criteria and procedures as the Secretary may establish,
                which may include requiring the submission of a
                substitute registration. The revised information shall
                be so submitted not later than 30 days after the date
                on which the factual changes occur.
                    ``(C) Premarket submission of labeling for
                postenactment products.--In the case of a dietary
                supplement that was not in commercial distribution as
                of the day before the date of the enactment of the
                Dietary Supplement Information Act, the manufacturer of
                such supplement shall submit the labeling for the
                supplement to the Secretary in accordance with
                subparagraph (A) before introducing the supplement into
                interstate commerce or delivering the supplement for
                such introduction.
            ``(6) Fees.--The Secretary may by regulation establish a
        requirement that a registration under this subsection is
        subject to a fee to be assessed and collected by the Secretary.
        Subject to the extent of amounts approved in advance by an
        appropriation Act for the fiscal year involved, amounts
        collected by the Secretary under the preceding sentence are
        available to the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the
        responsibilities of the Secretary under this subsection and
        subsection (b). The Secretary may waive the requirement that a
        person pay such a fee if the Secretary determines that the
        waiver is justified on the basis that the person is a small
        business.
    ``(b) Reporting of Information on Adverse Experiences.--
            ``(1) Serious experiences.--Each person who is a
        manufacturer of a dietary supplement, or a packer or
        distributor of the supplement whose name appears on the
        labeling of the supplement, shall--
                    ``(A) report to the Secretary in accordance with
                paragraph (2) any information received by such person
                on serious adverse experiences regarding the
                supplement; and
                    ``(B) develop written procedures regarding the
                submission to the Secretary of such reports, including
procedures for surveillance, receipt, and evaluation of information on
such experiences.
            ``(2) Reporting of serious experiences.--
                    ``(A) Initial report.--With respect to the initial
                receipt of information on a serious adverse experience,
                a person with reporting responsibility under paragraph
                (1) shall submit the report to the Secretary as soon as
                is possible, but in no case later than 15 calendar days
                after the initial receipt of the information. Such
                report shall be accompanied by a copy of the current
                labeling for the dietary supplement involved.
                    ``(B) Investigation and follow-up.--A person
                submitting an initial report under subparagraph (A) on
                a serious adverse experience shall promptly investigate
                the experience, and if additional information is
                obtained, shall report the information to the Secretary
                not later than 15 days after obtaining the information.
                If no additional information is obtained, records of
                the steps taken to seek additional information shall be
                maintained by the person.
                    ``(C) Duplicative reporting.--In order to avoid
                duplicative reporting under this paragraph, the
                Secretary may provide for procedures under which
                persons who are packers or distributors described in
                paragraph (1) submit reports under this paragraph to
                the manufacturer involved rather than the Secretary,
                with the manufacturers then submitting the required
                reports to the Secretary, subject to the Secretary
                establishing requirements to ensure that the Secretary
                receives reports within the applicable period of time
                specified in subparagraph (A) or (B).
            ``(3) Clinical evaluations by secretary.--The Secretary
        shall conduct a clinical evaluation of each serious adverse
        experience reported to the Secretary under paragraph (2)
        (except to the extent that the patient involved or the next of
        kin for the patient, as the case may be, elects not to
        cooperate with the Secretary).
            ``(4) Additional requirements for manufacturers.--
                    ``(A) General review regarding adverse
                experiences.--A manufacturer of a dietary supplement
                shall promptly review all information on adverse
                experiences regarding the supplement obtained or
                otherwise received by the manufacturer. The preceding
                sentence applies to information without regard to the
                source of the information, foreign or domestic, and
                includes information derived from sources such as
                commercial marketing experience, postmarketing
                investigations, postmarketing surveillance, studies,
                reports in the scientific literature, and unpublished
                scientific papers.
                    ``(B) Periodic reports on nonserious experiences.--
                With respect to the receipt of information on adverse
                experiences that are not serious, a manufacturer of the
                dietary supplement involved shall submit reports to the
                Secretary annually, or at such shorter intervals as the
                Secretary may require. Each such report shall meet such
                requirements as the Secretary may establish.
            ``(5) Authority of secretary.--In addition to requirements
        established in this subsection, the Secretary may establish
        such requirements regarding the reporting of information on
        adverse experiences as the Secretary determines to be
        appropriate to protect the public health. The Secretary may
        establish waivers from requirements under this subsection
        regarding such information if the Secretary determines that
        compliance with the requirement involved is not necessary to
        protect the public health regarding such supplements.
            ``(6) System for coordinating reports received by
        secretary.--With respect to reports of adverse health
        experiences submitted to the Secretary (whether required under
        this subsection or otherwise), the Secretary shall establish a
        system to receive the reports, refer the reports to the
        appropriate officials within the Food and Drug Administration,
        store and retrieve the reports, store and retrieve records of
        activities carried out in response to the reports, and carry
        out such other administrative functions regarding the reports
        as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
            ``(7) Data collection by secretary.--The Secretary shall
        carry out a program to collect data on serious adverse
        experiences, in addition to receiving reports required in this
        subsection. In carrying out such program, the Secretary shall
        seek the cooperation of appropriate public and private
        entities, including entities that respond to medical
        emergencies.
            ``(8) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
                    ``(A) The term `adverse experience' means an
                adverse experience regarding a dietary supplement.
                    ``(B) The term `adverse experience regarding a
                dietary supplement' means any adverse event associated
                with the use of such supplement in humans, whether or
                not such event is considered to be related to the
                supplement by a person referred to in paragraph (1) who
                obtains the information.
                    ``(C) The term `serious', with respect to an
                adverse experience, means an adverse experience to
                which any of clauses (i) through (iii) applies, as
                follows:
                            ``(i) The experience is associated with any
                        of the following outcomes: Death; a life-
                        threatening condition; inpatient
                        hospitalization or prolongation of existing
                        hospitalization; a persistent or significant
                        disability or incapacity; or a congenital
                        anomaly, birth defect, or other effect
                        regarding pregnancy, including premature labor
                        or low birth weight.
                            ``(ii) The experience requires medical or
                        surgical intervention to prevent one of the
                        outcomes specified in clause (i).
                            ``(iii) There is reason to believe that a
                        factor associated with the experience is the
                        interaction of the dietary supplement involved
                        with a drug, without regard to whether clause
                        (i) or (ii) applies to the experience.
    ``(c) Postmarket Surveillance.--
            ``(1) Authority to require surveillance.--The Secretary may
        by order require a manufacturer of a dietary supplement to
        conduct postmarket surveillance for such supplement if the
        Secretary determines that there is a reasonable possibility
        that a use or expected use of the supplement by a significant
        number of consumers may have serious adverse health
        consequences.
            ``(2) Surveillance plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after
                receiving from the Secretary an order under paragraph
                (1) to conduct surveillance for a dietary supplement,
                the manufacturer involved shall submit to the
                Secretary, for the approval of the Secretary, a plan
                for the required surveillance.
                    ``(B) Qualifications regarding surveillance; data
                regarding adverse experiences.--Not later than 60 days
                after a plan is submitted to the Secretary under
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall determine
                whether--
                            ``(i) the person designated to conduct the
                        surveillance has appropriate qualifications and
                        experience to conduct such surveillance; and
                            ``(ii) the plan will result in the
                        collection of useful data that can reveal
                        adverse experiences or other information
                        necessary to protect the public health.
            ``(3) Surveillance period.--In consultation with a
        manufacturer of a dietary supplement that is required to
        conduct surveillance under paragraph (1), the Secretary may by
        order require a prospective surveillance period for the
        manufacturer of up to 36 months. Any determination by the
        Secretary that a longer period is necessary shall be made by
        mutual agreement between the Secretary and the manufacturer or,
        if no agreement can be reached, after the completion of a
        dispute resolution process that is established by the Secretary
        by regulation.
    ``(d) Reporting in General.--In addition to requirements otherwise
established under this section, a manufacturer of a dietary supplement
shall establish and maintain such records, make such reports, and
provide such information as the Secretary may by regulation reasonably
require to assure that such supplement is not adulterated or
misbranded.''.
    (b) Prohibited Acts.--Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(bb) The failure of a person to register, submit reports, or
comply with any other requirement under section 414.''.

SEC. 3. INSPECTION AUTHORITY REGARDING RECORDS ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.

    Section 704 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
374) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``or
                restricted devices'' each place such term appears and
                inserting ``restricted devices, or dietary
                supplements''; and
                    (B) in the third sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``and devices'' and
                        inserting ``devices, and dietary supplements'';
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``section 505(i) or (k)''
                        and inserting ``section 414, section 505(i),
                        section 505(k),''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``section 519'' and
        inserting ``section 414, 519,''.

SEC. 4. LABELING OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.

    Section 403(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 343(e)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and (2)'' and inserting the following:
        ``(2) the toll-free telephone number, and the address of the
        Internet site, maintained by the Secretary for purposes of the
        medical product reporting program (MedWatch or any successor
        program); and (3) ''; and
            (2) by striking ``clause (2)'' and inserting ``clause
        (3)''.

SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED RULE ON CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING
              PRACTICES FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall publish in the Federal
Register a proposed rule for carrying out section 402(g) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Output: Dietary Supplement Information Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a person owning or operating an establishment engaged in the business of manufacturing, packing, or distributing a dietary supplement to register with the Secretary of Health and Human the name of the person, places of business, and all such establishments. Requires immediate registration upon establishment of such a business and upon any additional establishments. Requires registration of dietary supplement importers. Sets forth labeling requirements and permits the Secretary to set registration fees.Requires any dietary supplement manufacturer, packer, or distributor to initially report to the Secretary any serious adverse reactions to a supplement, to investigate the reaction, and to report any additional information obtained to the Secretary. Sets forth additional requirements for manufacturers.Grants the Secretary authority to enter and inspect any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which dietary supplements are manufactured, processed, packed, or held, for introduction into interstate, or to enter and inspect any vehicle being used to transport or hold such supplements in interstate commerce.Deems a food (includes dietary supplements) misbranded if its label does not contain the toll-free telephone number, and the address of the Internet site, maintained by the Secretary for purposes of the medical product reporting program (MedWatch or any successor program).


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Preservation Act of
1996''.

SEC. 2. INVESTMENT OF THE FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE TRUST
              FUND AND THE FEDERAL DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND.

    (a) In General.--Section 201(d) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 401(d)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(d)'';
            (2) by striking ``Such investments may be made only'' and
        inserting the following: ``Except as provided in paragraph (2),
        such investments may be made only'';
            (3) by striking the last sentence; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) The Managing Trustee shall determine the annual surplus
(as defined in subparagraph (B)) for each of the Trust Funds as of the
end of each fiscal year. The Managing Trustee shall ensure that such
annual surplus is invested, throughout the next following fiscal year,
in--
            ``(i) marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United
        States or obligations guaranteed as to both principal and
        interest by the United States, purchased on original issue or
        at the market price, or
            ``(ii) certificates of deposit in insured depository
        institutions (as defined in section 3(c)(2) of the Federal
        Deposit Insurance Act).
    ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the `annual surplus' for
either of the Trust Funds as of the end of a fiscal year is the excess
(if any) of--
            ``(i) the sum of--
                    ``(I) in the case of the Federal Old-Age and
                Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the amounts
                appropriated to such Trust Fund under paragraphs (3)
                and (4) of subsection (a) for the fiscal year,
                    ``(II) in the case of the Federal Disability
                Insurance Trust Fund, the amounts appropriated to such
                Trust Fund under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
                (b) for the fiscal year, and
                    ``(III) in either case, the amount appropriated to
                such Trust Fund under section 121(e) of the Social
                Security Amendments of 1983 for the fiscal year, and
                any amounts otherwise credited to or deposited in such
                Trust Fund under this title for the fiscal year, over
            ``(ii) the amounts paid or transferred from such Trust Fund
        during the fiscal year.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to annual surpluses as of the end of fiscal years
beginning on or after October 1, 1996.

SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC
              DEBT LIMIT.

    (a) Protection of Trust Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law--
            (1) no officer or employee of the United States may--
                    (A) delay the deposit of any amount into (or delay
                the credit of any amount to) the Federal Old-Age and
                Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal
                Disability Insurance Trust Fund or otherwise vary from
                the normal terms, procedures, or timing for making such
                deposits or credits, or
                    (B) refrain from the investment in public debt
                obligations of amounts in either of such Trust Funds,
        if a purpose of such action or inaction is to not increase the
        amount of outstanding public debt obligations, and
            (2) no officer or employee of the United States may
        disinvest amounts in either of such Trust Funds which are
        invested in public debt obligations if a purpose of the
        disinvestment is to reduce the amount of outstanding public
        debt obligations.
    (b) Protection of Benefits and Expenditures for Administrative
Expenses.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), during any
        period for which cash benefits or administrative expenses would
        not otherwise be payable from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
        Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust
        Fund by reason of an inability to issue further public debt
        obligations because of the applicable public debt limit, public
        debt obligations held by such Trush Fund shall be sold or
        redeemed only for the purpose of making payment of such
        benefits or administrative expenses and only to the extent cash
        assets of such Trust Fund are not available from month to month
        for making payment of such benefits or administrative expenses.
            (2) Issuance of corresponding debt.--For purposes of
        undertaking the sale or redemption of public debt obligations
        held by the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
        or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund pursuant to
        paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury may issue
        corresponding public debt obligations to the public, in order
        to obtain the cash necessary for payment of benefits or
        administrative expenses from such Trust Fund, notwithstanding
        the public debt limit.
            (3) Advance notice of sale or redemption.--Not less than 3
        days prior to the date on which, by reason of the public debt
        limit, the Secretary of the Treasury expects to undertake a
        sale or redemption authorized under paragraph (1), the
        Secretary of the Treasury shall report to each House of the
        Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States
        regarding the expected sale or redemption. Upon receipt of such
        report, the Comptroller General shall review the extent of
        compliance with subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of
        this subsection and shall issue such findings and
        recommendations to each House of the Congress as the
        Comptroller General considers necessary and appropriate.
    (c) Public Debt Obligation.--For purposes of this section, the term
``public debt obligation'' means any obligation subject to the public
debt limit established under section 3101 of title 31, United States
Code.

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Social Security Preservation Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance)(OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (trust funds) to ensure that the annual surplus of the trust funds is invested in:  (1) marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed by the United States; or (2) certificates of deposit in insured depository institutions.  Prescribes a formula for determining the annual surplus of the trust funds.
Prohibits disinvestment of trust fund amounts from public debt obligations, any refraining from making such investments, or any delay in making normal deposits in such trust funds for public debt limit-related purposes.  Authorizes the sale of trust fund public debt obligations for the payment of OASDI cash benefits and administrative expenses, with conditions, including notification to each House of Congress and the Comptroller General at least three days in advance of such sale.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Paperwork Reduction Act of
2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The amount of paperwork special education teachers are
        required to complete is burdensome, takes valuable time away
        from the classroom, and undermines the goal of providing the
        best quality education possible to all children.
            (2) Special education teachers spend an average of 5 hours
        per week on paperwork, compared to general education teachers
        who spend an average of 2 hours per week on paperwork.
            (3) The average length of an individualized education
        program (referred to in this Act as an ``IEP''), 1 of the
        biggest sources of paperwork, is between 8 and 16 pages.
            (4) More than 60 percent of special education teachers
        spend between \1/2\ to 1\1/2\ days a week completing paperwork,
        according to a survey by the Council for Exceptional Children
        conducted in 2000. Though special education teachers believe
        IEPs are essential to providing quality instruction to students
        with disabilities, they say IEPs need to be streamlined and
        more relevant to their students' educational needs.
            (5) 83 percent of special education teachers report
        spending from \1/2\ to 1\1/2\ days each week in IEP-related
        meetings, and special education teachers estimate they spend 4
        hours planning before each IEP meeting, according to the
        Council for Exceptional Children.
            (6) 14 percent of special education teachers spend 1 hour
        or less per week on paperwork while 24 percent spend 1.5 to 3
        hours and 8 percent spend 14 hours or more on paperwork.
            (7) 53 percent of special education teachers report that,
        to a great extent, their routine duties and paperwork interfere
        with their interaction with their students.
            (8) The causes of burdensome paperwork for special
        education teachers include--
                    (A) Federal regulations;
                    (B) misconceptions at State and local levels
                regarding Federal regulations, resulting in additional
                State and local requirements; and
                    (C) litigation and the threat of litigation.
            (9) The benefits of mediation as an alternative to lawsuits
        for special education disputes are the following:
                    (A) Mediation can be a more constructive option for
                special education children, parents, and teachers
                because it allows families to maintain a positive
                relationship with teachers and service providers and
                parents have the benefit of working together with
                educators and service providers as partners instead of
                as adversaries.
                    (B) Parents and children, most likely, will have
                their concerns addressed much more quickly through
                mediation than through litigation.
                    (C) Mediation is a much less costly alternative for
                families and school districts.
                    (D) Mediation often results in agreements with
                which both parties are satisfied and the parties tend
                to carry out the terms of the agreement, for example,
                in Pennsylvania, 85 percent of special education
                mediations end in agreement.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the
        Department of Education.
            (2) Elementary school.--The term ``elementary school'' has
        the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (3) Individualized education program.--The term
        ``individualized education program'' has the meaning given the
        term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities
        Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401).
            (4) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational
        agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
        7801).
            (5) Secondary school.--The term ``secondary school'' has
        the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (6) State educational agency.--The term ``State educational
        agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
        7801).

SEC. 4. PAPERWORK REDUCTION.

    (a) Gao Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--
                    (A) In general.--The Comptroller General shall
                conduct a study on the paperwork burden on special
                education teachers.
                    (B) Causation.--In the study conducted under
                subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General shall--
                            (i) determine--
                                    (I) how much of the paperwork
                                burden on special education teachers is
                                caused by Federal regulations compared
                                to State and local regulations;
                                    (II) the number of mediations that
                                have been conducted since mediations
                                were required to be made available
                                under the Individuals with Disabilities
                                Education Act Amendments of 1997; and
                                    (III) the amount of money that
                                State educational agencies and local
                                educational agencies have saved as a
                                result of participating in mediations
                                under the Individuals with Disabilities
                                Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.)
                                for special education disputes as
                                opposed to engaging in litigation; and
                            (ii) examine--
                                    (I) the impact the Individuals with
                                Disabilities Education Act Amendments
                                of 1997 have had on the paperwork
                                burden on special education teachers;
                                    (II) streamlining IEP forms and
                                regulations; and
                                    (III) the use of technology in
                                reducing the paperwork burden on
                                special education teachers.
            (2) Report.--
                    (A) Submission.--Not later than 180 days after the
                date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
                shall submit a report to Congress on the study
                conducted under paragraph (1).
                    (B) Contents.--The report submitted under
                subparagraph (A) shall include recommendations--
                            (i) on steps that Congress, the Department,
                        State educational agencies, and local
                        educational agencies could take to comply with
                        the requirement of subsection (b); and
                            (ii) on the use of technology in reducing
                        the paperwork burden on special education
                        teachers.
    (b) Reduction.--
            (1) Required reductions.--Not later than 18 months after
        the date of enactment of this Act, the Department, in
        cooperation with each State educational agency and local
        educational agency that receives Federal funds under the
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301
        et seq.) or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
        U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), shall reduce the amount of paperwork that
        such entities require special education teachers to complete by
        not less than a net 50 percent.
            (2) Reduction goals.--The Department and each State
        educational agency and local educational agency that receives
        Federal funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) or the Individuals with
        Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) are
        encouraged to reduce the amount of paperwork that such entities
        require special education teachers to complete by more than a
        net 50 percent.

SEC. 5. MANDATORY MEDIATION.

    (a) Mediation.--The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 615(e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``allow'' and inserting
                        ``require''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``process'' and all that
                        follows and inserting ``process.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking
                        ``voluntary'' and inserting ``mandatory'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B);
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (C)
                        through (G) as subparagraphs (B) through (F),
                        respectively; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated
                        by clause (iii), by striking ``process,'' and
                        all that follows and inserting ``process.'';
                        and
            (2) in section 682(b)(5), by striking ``, consistent with
        subparagraphs (B) and (D) of section 615(e)(2),''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. FUNDING.

    From funds appropriated for part D of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), the Department
shall award grants--
            (1) to conduct research to determine best practices for
        successful mediation, including training practices, that can
        help contribute to the effort to reduce paperwork, improve
        student outcomes, and free up teacher resources for teaching;
        and
            (2) to provide mediation training support services.

Output: Teacher Paperwork Reduction Act of 2002 - Directs the Comptroller General to study the causes of the paperwork burden of special education teachers and report to Congress with recommendations for reducing it.Requires the Department of Education, along with State and local educational agencies, to reduce such burden by at least 50 percent within 18 months.Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to make mediation mandatory (currently voluntary) for all legal disputes related to Individual Education Programs.Directs the Department to use certain appropriations under IDEA part D to award grants to: (1) conduct research to determine best practices for successful mediation; and (2) provide mediation training support services.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Real Access to College Education Act
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized
deductions) is amended by redesignating section 224 as section 225 and
by inserting after section 223 the following new section:

``SEC. 224. COSTS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an individual, there shall be
allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the qualified post-secondary
educational expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer with respect to
the taxpayer and, in the case of a joint return, the taxpayer's spouse.
    ``(b) Limitations.--
            ``(1) Dollar amount limitation.--The qualified post-
        secondary educational expenses taken into account under
        subsection (a) with respect to any individual for any taxable
        year shall not exceed $13,150.
            ``(2) Limitation based on modified adjusted gross income.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The amount which would (but for
                this paragraph) be taken into account under subsection
                (a) for the taxable year shall be reduced (but not
                below zero) by the amount determined under subparagraph
                (B).
                    ``(B) Amount of reduction.--The amount determined
                under this subparagraph is the amount which bears the
                same ratio to the amount which would be so taken into
                account as--
                            ``(i) the excess of--
                                    ``(I) the taxpayer's modified
                                adjusted gross income for such taxable
                                year, over
                                    ``(II) $55,000 (twice such amount
                                in the case of a joint return), bears
                                to
                            ``(ii) $10,000 ($20,000 in the case of a
                        joint return).
                    ``(C) Modified adjusted gross income.--For purposes
                of this paragraph, the term `modified adjusted gross
                income' means the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer
                for the taxable year increased by any amount excluded
                from gross income under section 911, 931, or 933.
    ``(c) Qualified Post-Secondary Educational Expenses.--For purposes
of this section, the term `qualified post-secondary educational
expenses' means--
            ``(1) qualified tuition and related expenses (as defined in
        section 25A(f)(1)), and
            ``(2) reasonable costs incurred for room and board of the
        individual while such individual is attending an eligible
        educational institution (as defined in section 25A(f)(2)) which
        are not in excess of the limitations imposed under section
        529(e)(3)(B)(ii).
    ``(d) Student Must Be at Least Half Time.--No expense shall be
taken into account under subsection (a) with respect to any individual
unless such individual is an eligible student (as defined in section
25A(b)(3)) with respect to the academic period to which such expense
relates.
    ``(e) Application of Certain Rules.--Rules similar to the rules of
subsections (e) and (g) of section 25A shall apply for purposes of this
section.
    ``(f) Inflation Adjustment.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a taxable year beginning
        after 2007, the dollar amounts contained in paragraphs (1) and
        (2)(B)(i)(II) of subsection (b) shall each be increased by an
        amount equal to--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined
                under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which
                the taxable year begins, determined by substituting
                `calendar year 2006' for `calendar year 1992' in
                subparagraph (B) thereof.
            ``(2) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted under paragraph
        (1) is not a multiple of $1,000 such amount shall be rounded to
        the next lowest multiple of $1,000. In the case of the
        adjustment of the dollar amount contained in subsection (b)(1),
        the previous sentence shall be applied by substituting `$50'
        for `$1,000'.''.
    (b) Deduction Allowed in Computing Adjusted Gross Income.--
Subsection (a) of section 62 of such Code is amended by inserting
before the last sentence the following new paragraph:
            ``(22) Costs of post-secondary education.--The deduction
        allowed by section 224.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part VII of
subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by redesignating the
item relating to section 224 as an item relating to section 225 and
inserting before such item the following new item:

``Sec. 224. Costs of post-secondary education.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006.

Output: Real Access to College Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers (and their spouses if a joint return is filed) a tax deduction from gross income for post-secondary educational expenses, including tuition and related expenses and room and board. Limits the annual amount of such deduction to $13,150, subject to an adjustment based on the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Teachers for Tomorrow's Careers Act
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. QUALIFIED TUITION AND RELATED EXPENSES.

    (a) Extension.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (e) of section 222 of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termination) is
        amended by striking ``December 31, 2005'' and inserting
        ``December 31, 2006''.
            (2) Limitations.--Paragraph (2) of section 222(b) of such
        Code (relating to applicable dollar limit) is amended by
        striking subparagraphs (A) and (B), by redesignating
        subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B), and by inserting before
        subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated) the following:
                    ``(A) 2006.--In the case of a taxable year
                beginning in 2006, the applicable dollar amount shall
                be equal to--
                            ``(i) in the case of a taxpayer whose
                        adjusted gross income for the taxable year does
                        not exceed $65,000 ($130,000 in the case of a
                        joint return), $4,000,
                            ``(ii) in the case of a taxpayer not
                        described in clause (i) whose adjusted gross
                        income for the taxable year does not exceed
                        $80,000 ($160,000 in the case of a joint
                        return), $2,000, and
                            ``(iii) in the case of any other taxpayer,
                        zero.''.
    (b) Expansion for Qualified Science, Technology, Engineering, or
Math Teachers and Professionals.--Subsection (d) of section 222 of such
Code (relating to definitions and special rules) is amended by
inserting at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Qualified science, technology, engineering, or math
        teachers and professionals.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of payments made
                with respect to a qualified science, technology,
                engineering, or math teacher or with respect to a
                qualified science, technology, engineering, or math
                professional--
                            ``(i) Dollar limitation not applicable.--
                        Subsection (b) shall not apply.
                            ``(ii) Certification expenses.--Paragraph
                        (1) shall apply by inserting at the end the
                        following new sentences: `With respect to a
                        qualified science, technology, engineering, or
                        math teacher, such expenses shall include all
                        fees related to the initial certification of an
                        individual as a teacher of science, technology,
                        engineering, or math in the individual's State
                        licensing system. The deduction under
                        subsection (a) with respect to certification
                        expenses referred to in the preceding sentence
                        shall be allowed, in the case of any such
                        expense paid or incurred before or during the
                        taxable year in which such individual meets the
                        requirements of paragraph (7)(B)(i), for the
                        taxable year in which such individual meets
                        such requirements.'
                    ``(B) Definitions.--For purposes of this
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) Qualified science, technology,
                        engineering, or math teacher.--With respect to
                        a taxable year, the term `qualified science,
                        technology, engineering, or math teacher' means
                        an individual who--
                                    ``(I) has a bachelor's degree or
                                other advanced degree in a field
                                related to science, technology,
                                engineering, or math,
                                    ``(II) was employed as a non-
                                teaching professional in a field
                                related to science, technology,
                                engineering, or math for not less than
                                3 taxable years during the 10-taxable-
                                year period ending with the taxable
                                year,
                                    ``(III) is certified as a teacher
                                of science, technology, engineering, or
                                math in the individual's State
                                licensing system for the first time
                                during such taxable year, and
                                    ``(IV) is employed at least part-
                                time as a teacher of science,
                                technology, engineering, or math in an
                                elementary or secondary school during
                                such taxable year.
                            ``(ii) Qualified science, technology,
                        engineering, or math professional.--With
                        respect to a taxable year, the term `qualified
                        science, technology, engineering, or math
                        professional' means an individual who--
                                    ``(I) has a bachelor's degree or
                                other advanced degree in a field
                                related to science, technology,
                                engineering, or math,
                                    ``(II) was employed as a non-
                                teaching professional in a field
                                related to science, technology,
                                engineering, or math for not less than
                                3 taxable years during the 10-taxable-
                                year period ending with the taxable
                                year, and
                                    ``(III) has paid or incurred fees
                                during the taxable year with respect to
                                the enrollment or attendance of such
                                individual in courses of instruction
                                required for the initial certification
                                of such individual as a teacher of
                                science, technology, engineering, or
                                math in the individual's State
                                licensing system.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to payments made in taxable years ending after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

Output: Teachers for Tomorrow's Careers Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2006 the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses; and (2) allow an unlimited deduction for the expenses of certified science, technology, engineering, or math teachers and professionals.


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SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Contracting and Federal Land
Management Demonstration Project Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to expand the provisions of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et
        seq.) to increase Indian employment and income through greater
        contracting opportunities with the Federal Government;
            (2) to encourage contracting by Indians and Indian tribes
        with respect to management of Federal land--
                    (A) to realize the benefit of Indian knowledge and
                expertise with respect to the land; and
                    (B) to promote innovative management strategies on
                Federal land that will result in greater sensitivity
                toward, and respect for, religious beliefs and sacred
                sites of Indians and Indian tribes;
            (3) to better accommodate access to and ceremonial use of
        Indian sacred land by Indian religious practitioners; and
            (4) to prevent significant damage to Indian sacred land.

SEC. 3. TRIBAL PROCUREMENT CONTRACTING AND RESERVATION DEVELOPMENT.

    Section 7 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450e) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Tribal Procurement Contracting and Reservation Development.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), on request by
        and application of an Indian tribe to provide certain services
        or deliverables that the Secretary of the Interior would
        otherwise procure from a private-sector entity (referred to in
        this subsection as an `applicant tribe'), and absent a request
        made by 1 or more Indian tribes that would receive a direct
        benefit from those services or deliverables to enter into
        contracts for those services or deliverables in accordance with
        section 102 (referred to in this subsection as a `beneficiary
        tribe'), the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into
        contracts for those services or deliverables with the applicant
        tribe in accordance with section 102.
            ``(2) Assurances.--An applicant tribe shall provide the
        Secretary of the Interior with assurances that the principal
        beneficiary tribes that receive the services and deliverables
        for which the applicant tribe has entered into a contract with
        the Secretary of the Interior remain the Indian tribes
        originally intended to benefit from the services or
        deliverables.
            ``(3) Rights and privileges.--For the purpose of this
        subsection, an applicant tribe shall enjoy, at a minimum, the
        same rights and privileges under this Act as would a
        beneficiary tribe if the beneficiary tribe exercised rights to
        enter into a contract relating to services or deliverables in
        accordance with section 102.
            ``(4) Notice of desire to contract.--If a beneficiary tribe
        seeks to enter into a contract with the Secretary of the
        Interior for services or deliverables being provided by an
        applicant tribe--
                    ``(A) the beneficiary tribe shall immediately
                provide notice of the desire to enter into a contract
                for those services and deliverables to the applicant
                tribe and the Secretary; and
                    ``(B) not later than the date that is 180 days
                after the date on which the applicant tribe and the
                Secretary of the Interior receive the notice, the
                contract between the applicant tribe and the Secretary
                of the Interior for the services or deliverables shall
                terminate.''.

SEC. 4. INDIAN AND FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    Section 403 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458cc) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(m) Indian and Federal Land Management Demonstration Project.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Federal land.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `Federal land'
                        means any land or interest in or to land owned
                        by the United States.
                            ``(ii) Inclusion.--The term `Federal land'
                        includes a leasehold interest held by the
                        United States.
                            ``(iii) Exclusion.--The term `Federal land'
                        does not include land held in trust by the
                        United States for the benefit of an Indian
                        tribe.
                    ``(B) Project.--The term `project' means the Indian
                and Federal Land Management Demonstration Project
                established under paragraph (2).
                    ``(C) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the
                Secretary of the Interior.
            ``(2) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a
        demonstration project, to be known as the `Indian and Federal
        Land Management Demonstration Project', to enter into contracts
        with Indian tribes or tribal organizations under which the
        Indian tribes or tribal organizations shall carry out
        activities relating to Federal land management, including--
                    ``(A) archaeological, anthropological, and cultural
                surveys and analyses; and
                    ``(B) activities relating to the identification,
                maintenance, or protection of land considered to have
                religious, ceremonial, or cultural significance to the
                Indian tribe or tribal organization.
            ``(3) Participation.--During each of the 2 fiscal years
        after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
        shall select not less than 12 eligible Indian tribes or tribal
        organizations to participate in the project.
            ``(4) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the
        project, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, shall--
                    ``(A) request participation by resolution or other
                official action of the governing body of the Indian
                tribe or tribal organization;
                    ``(B) with respect to the 3 fiscal years
                immediately preceding the fiscal year for which
                participation is requested, demonstrate financial
                stability and financial management capability by
                showing that there were no unresolved significant and
                material audit exceptions in the required annual audit
                of the self-determination contracts of the Indian tribe
                or tribal organization;
                    ``(C) demonstrate significant use of or dependency
                on the relevant conservation system unit or other
                public land unit for which programs, functions,
                services, and activities are requested to be placed
                under contract with respect to the project; and
                    ``(D) before entering into any contract described
                in paragraph (6), complete a planning phase described
                in paragraph (5).
            ``(5) Planning phase.--Not later than 1 year after the date
        on which the Secretary selects an Indian tribe or tribal
        organization to participate in the project, the Indian tribe or
        tribal organization shall complete, to the satisfaction of the
        Indian tribe or tribal organization, a planning phase that
        includes--
                    ``(A) legal and budgetary research; and
                    ``(B) internal tribal planning and organizational
                preparation.
            ``(6) Contracts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On request by an Indian tribe or
                tribal organization that meets the eligibility criteria
                specified in paragraph (4), the Secretary shall
                negotiate and enter into a contract with the Indian
                tribe or tribal organization under which the Indian
                tribe or tribal organization shall plan, conduct, and
                administer programs, services, functions, and
                activities (or portions of programs, services,
                functions, and activities) requested by the Indian
                tribe or tribal organization that relate to--
                            ``(i) archaeological, anthropological, and
                        cultural surveys and analyses; and
                            ``(ii) the identification, maintenance, or
                        protection of land considered to have
                        religious, ceremonial, or cultural significance
                        to the Indian tribe or tribal organization.
                    ``(B) Time limitation for negotiation of
                contracts.--Not later than 90 days after a
                participating Indian tribe or tribal organization
                notifies the Secretary of completion by the Indian
                tribe or tribal organization of the planning phase
                described in paragraph (5), the Secretary shall
                initiate and conclude negotiations with respect to a
                contract described in subparagraph (A) (unless an
                alternative negotiation and implementation schedule is
                agreed to by the Secretary and the Indian tribe or
                tribal organization).
                    ``(C) Implementation.--An Indian tribe or tribal
                organization that enters into a contract under this
                paragraph shall begin implementation of the contract--
                            ``(i) not later than October 1 of the
                        fiscal year following the fiscal year in which
                        the Indian tribe or tribal organization
                        completes the planning phase under paragraph
                        (5); or
                            ``(ii) in accordance with an alternative
                        implementation schedule agreed to under
                        subparagraph (B).
                    ``(D) Term.--A contract entered into under this
                paragraph may have a term of not to exceed 5 fiscal
                years, beginning with the fiscal year in which the
                contract is entered into.
                    ``(E) Declination and appeals provisions.--The
                provisions of this Act relating to declination and
                appeals of contracts, including section 110, shall
                apply to a contract negotiated under this paragraph.
            ``(7) Administration of contracts.--
                    ``(A) Inclusion of certain terms.--
                            ``(i) In general.--At the request of an
                        Indian tribe or tribal organization, the
                        benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of
                        agreements entered into in accordance with this
                        Act, and such other terms and conditions as are
                        mutually agreed to and not otherwise contrary
                        to law, may be included in a contract entered
                        into under paragraph (6).
                            ``(ii) Force and effect.--If any provision
                        of this Act is incorporated in a contract under
                        clause (i), the provision shall--
                                    ``(I) have the same force and
                                effect as under this Act; and
                                    ``(II) apply notwithstanding any
                                other provision of law.
                    ``(B) Audit.--A contract entered into under
                paragraph (6) shall provide for a single-agency audit
                report to be filed in accordance with chapter 75 of
                title 31, United States Code.
                    ``(C) Transfer of employees.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A Federal employee
                        employed at the time of transfer of
                        administrative responsibility for a program,
                        service, function, or activity to an Indian
                        tribe or tribal organization under this
subsection shall not be separated from Federal service by reason of the
transfer.
                            ``(ii) Intergovernmental actions.--An
                        intergovernmental personnel action may be used
                        to transfer supervision of a Federal employee
                        described in clause (i) to an Indian tribe or
                        tribal organization.
                            ``(iii) Treatment of transferred
                        employees.--Notwithstanding any priority
                        reemployment list, directive, rule, regulation,
                        or other order from the Department of the
                        Interior, the Office of Management and Budget,
                        or any other Federal agency, a Federal employee
                        described in clause (i) shall be given priority
                        placement for any available position within the
                        respective agency of the employee.
            ``(8) Funding and payments.--A contract entered into under
        paragraph (6) shall provide that, with respect to the transfer
        of administrative responsibility for each program, service,
        function, and activity covered by the contract--
                    ``(A) for each fiscal year during which the
                contract is in effect, the Secretary shall provide to
                the Indian tribe or tribal organization that is a party
                to the contract funds in an amount that is at least
                equal to the amount that the Secretary would have
                otherwise expended in carrying out the program,
                service, function, or activity for the fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) funds provided to an Indian tribe or tribal
                organization under subparagraph (A) shall be paid by
                the Secretary by such date before the beginning of the
                applicable fiscal year as the Secretary and the Indian
                tribe or tribal organization may jointly determine, in
                the form of annual or semiannual installments.
            ``(9) Planning grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to the availability of
                appropriations, on application by an Indian tribe or
                tribal organization that is a participant in the
                project, the Secretary shall provide to the Indian
                tribe or tribal organization a grant in the amount of
                $100,000 to assist the Indian tribe or tribal
                organization in--
                            ``(i) completing the planning phase
                        described in paragraph (5); and
                            ``(ii) planning for the contracting of
                        programs, functions, services, and activities
                        in accordance with a contract entered into
                        under paragraph (6).
                    ``(B) No requirement of grant.--An Indian tribe or
                tribal organization may carry out responsibilities of
                the Indian tribe or tribal organization described in
                subparagraph (A) without applying for a grant under
                this paragraph.
                    ``(C) Limitation on grants.--No Indian tribe or
                tribal organization may receive more than 1 grant under
                this paragraph.
                    ``(D) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
                paragraph such sums as are necessary for each of the 2
                fiscal years following the fiscal year in which this
                subsection is enacted.
            ``(10) Report.--Not later than 90 days after each of
        December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2006, the Secretary shall
        submit to Congress a detailed report on the project,
        including--
                    ``(A) a description of the project;
                    ``(B) findings with respect to the project; and
                    ``(C) an analysis of the costs and benefits of the
                project.''.

Output: Indian Contracting and Federal Land Management Demonstration Project Act - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to contract with an applying Indian tribe for the provision of certain services or deliverables that would otherwise be procured from the private sector, and absent a request by one or more tribes that would receive a direct benefit from those services or deliverables to enter into such a contract.Requires the Secretary to establish the Native American Indian and Federal Land Management Demonstration Project.Requires the Secretary under such Project to contract with at least 12 Indian tribes or tribal organizations to plan, and administer programs, services, and activities relating archeological, anthropological, and cultural surveys and analyses, and activities related to the identification, maintenance, or protection of lands considered to have religious, ceremonial, or cultural significance to Indian tribes.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care Public-Private
Partnership Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM.

    The Secretary shall establish a program to make grants to--
            (1) businesses and consortia--
                    (A) to pay start-up costs incurred to provide child
                care services needed by the employees of such
                businesses; or
                    (B) to provide additional child care services
                needed by the employees of such businesses, other than
                services provided prior to the period for which the
                grant is made; and
            (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical
        information and assistance to enable businesses to provide
        child care services.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS.

    To be eligible to receive a grant under section 2, a business,
nonprofit business organization, or consortium shall submit an
application to the Secretary in accordance with section 4.

SEC. 4. APPLICATION.

    In submitting an application referred to in section 3, a business,
nonprofit business organization, or consortium shall submit the
application at such time, in such form, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require by rule, except that such application
shall contain--
            (1) an assurance that the applicant shall make available,
        with respect to the costs to be incurred by the applicant in
        carrying out the activities for which such grant is made, non-
        Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than $2
        for every $1 of Federal funds provided under the grant;
            (2) an assurance that such applicant will expend such grant
        for the use specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 2, as
        the case may be;
            (3) an assurance that such applicant will employ strategies
        to ensure that child care services provided by such applicant,
        or provided with the technical information and assistance made
        available by such applicant, are provided at affordable rates,
        and on an equitable basis, to low- and moderate-income
        employees;
            (4) an assurance that such applicant--
                    (A) in the case of a business or consortium, will
                comply with all State and local licensing requirements
                applicable to such business or consortium concerning
                the provision of child care services; or
                    (B) in the case of a nonprofit business
                organization, will employ procedures to ensure that
                technical information and assistance provided under
                this Act by such business organization will be provided
                only to businesses that comply with the requirements
                described in subparagraph (A); and
            (5) in the case of a business or consortium, an assurance
        that if the employees of such applicant do not require all the
        child care services for which such grant and the funds required
        by paragraph (1) are to be expended by such applicant, the
        excess of such child care services shall be made available to
        families in the community in which such applicant is located.

SEC. 5. SELECTION OF GRANTEES.

    For purposes of selecting applicants to receive grants under this
Act, the Secretary shall give priority to businesses that have fewer
than 100 full-time employees. To the extent practicable, the Secretary
shall--
            (1) make grants equitably under this Act to applicants
        located in all geographical regions of the United States; and
            (2) give priority to applicants for grants under section
        2(1).

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Business.--The term ``business'' means a person engaged
        in commerce whose primary activity is not providing child care
        services.
            (2) Child care services.--The term ``child care services''
        means care for a child that is--
                    (A) provided on the site at which a parent of such
                child is employed or at a site nearby in the community;
                and
                    (B) subsidized at least in part by the business
                that employs such parent.
            (3) Consortium.--The term ``consortium'' means--
                    (A) two or more businesses acting jointly; or
                    (B) two or more businesses and a nonprofit private
                organization, acting jointly.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Health and Human Services.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.

Output:
Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships.
Provides program grants to cover not more than one-third of the costs for:  (1) businesses or consortia (two or more businesses acting jointly, which may also include a nonprofit private organization) to start up, or provide additional, employee child care services; and (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide employee child care services.
Requires:   (1) provision of such services equitably and affordably to low- and moderate-income employees; and (2) compliance with State and local licensing requirements.
Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees and to business and consortia applications.  Requires equitable geographic distribution.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Poverty Reduction Act of
2017''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP.

    There is established in the Administration for Children and
Families of the Department of Health and Human Services a group which
shall be known as the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing
Child Poverty (in this Act referred to as the ``Working Group'').

SEC. 3. NATIONAL PLAN TO REDUCE CHILD POVERTY.

    (a) Primary Goal.--
            (1) Development of national plan.--The primary goal of the
        Working Group is to develop a national plan--
                    (A) to reduce, within 10 years after the date on
                which funding is made available to carry out this Act--
                            (i) the number of children living in
                        poverty in the United States to half of the
                        number of such children as reported in the
                        report of the United States Census Bureau on
                        Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
                        in the United States: 2015 (issued in September
                        2016); and
                            (ii) the number of children living in
                        extreme poverty in the United States to zero;
                        and
                    (B) to reduce, within 20 years after the date on
                which funds are made available to carry out this Act,
                the number of children living in poverty in the United
                States to zero.
            (2) Consultation with national academy of sciences.--In
        developing the national plan under paragraph (1), the Working
        Group shall consider all recommendations, research papers, and
        reports published by the National Academy of Sciences,
        including the Social Services and Income Maintenance Research
        conducted using amounts made available under the ``children and
        families services programs'' under the heading ``Administration
        for Children and Families'' under title II of division H of the
        Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113) and
        of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-
        31).
            (3) Deadline.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall make
        substantial progress toward the development of the national
        plan.
    (b) Additional Goals.--The national plan under subsection (a) shall
include recommendations for achieving the following goals:
            (1) Understanding the root causes of child poverty,
        including persistent intergenerational poverty, taking into
        account social, economic, and cultural factors.
            (2) Improving the accessibility of anti-poverty programs
        and increasing the rate of enrollment in such programs among
        eligible children and families by reducing the complexity and
        difficulty of enrolling in such programs.
            (3) Eliminating disparate rates of child poverty based on
        race, ethnicity, gender, age, English language proficiency,
        ability, and geographic location in a rural, urban, or suburban
        area.
            (4) Improving the ability of individuals living in poverty,
        low-income individuals, and unemployed individuals to access
        quality jobs that help children and their families rise above
        poverty.
            (5) Connecting low-income children, disconnected youth, and
        families of those children and youth to education, job
        training, work, and the respective communities in which those
        children and youth live in.
            (6) Shifting the measures and policies of Federal anti-
        poverty programs from the goal of helping individuals and
        families living in poverty to achieve freedom from deprivation
        toward the goal of helping individuals and families rise above
        poverty and achieve long-term economic stability.
    (c) Methods.--In developing the national plan under subsection (a),
the Working Group shall employ methods for achieving the goals
described in subsections (a) and (b), including--
            (1) studying the effect that child poverty has on the
        health and welfare of children, including access to health
        care, housing, proper nutrition, and education;
            (2) measuring the effect of child poverty on the ability of
        individuals to achieve economic stability, including such
        effect on educational attainment, rates of incarceration,
        lifetime earnings, access to healthcare, and access to housing;
            (3) updating and applying improved measures of poverty that
        can meaningfully account for other aspects relating to the
        measure of poverty, such as the Supplemental Poverty Measure
        used by the United States Census Bureau; and
            (4) using and applying fact-based measures to evaluate the
        long-term effectiveness of anti-poverty programs, taking into
        account the long-term savings and value to the Federal
        Government and to State, local, and tribal governments of
        practices and policies designed to prevent poverty.

SEC. 4. OTHER DUTIES.

    In addition to developing the national plan under section 3(a), the
Working Group shall--
            (1) monitor, in consultation with the Domestic Policy
        Council and the National Economic Council, all Federal
        activities, programs, and services related to child welfare and
        child poverty;
            (2) establish guidelines, policies, goals, and directives
        related to the achievement of the goals of the national plan,
        in consultation with--
                    (A) nongovernmental entities providing social
                services to low-income children and families;
                    (B) advocacy groups that directly represent low-
                income children and families;
                    (C) policy experts; and
                    (D) officials of State, local, and tribal
                governments, including the working groups of the
                largest associations of State and local government
                officials, who administer or direct policy for anti-
                poverty programs;
            (3) advise all relevant Federal agencies regarding methods
        of effectively administering and coordinating programs,
        activities, and services related to child welfare and child
        poverty, and resolving any disputes that arise between or among
        those Federal agencies as a result of such administration or
        coordination;
            (4) provide recommendations to the Congress regarding how
        to ensure that Federal agencies administering programs,
        activities, and services related to child welfare and child
        poverty have adequate resources to increase public awareness of
        such programs, activities, and services, and how to maximize
        enrollment of eligible individuals;
            (5) identify methods for improving communication and
        collaboration among and between Federal, State, and local
        governmental entities regarding the implementation of State and
        local programs related to child welfare and child poverty, such
        as State programs funded under part A of title IV of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) (relating to block grants
        to States for temporary assistance for needy families), and
        submit recommendations regarding such methods to relevant
        Federal agencies and congressional committees; and
            (6) hold hearings in different geographic regions of the
        United States to collect information and feedback from the
        public regarding personal experiences related to child poverty
        and anti-poverty programs, and make that information and
        feedback publicly available.

SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Number of Members.--The Working Group shall be composed of no
less than 6 members.
    (b) Executive Pay Rate.--Each member shall be an official of an
executive department who occupies a position for which the rate of pay
is equal to or greater than the rate of pay for level IV of the
Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Required Participation of Certain Executive Departments.--The
Working Group shall include at least one member who is an official of
each of the following executive departments:
            (1) The Department of Justice.
            (2) The Department of Agriculture.
            (3) The Department of Labor.
            (4) The Department of Health and Human Services.
            (5) The Department of Housing and Urban Development.
            (6) The Department of Education.
    (d) Appointment.--Each member shall be appointed by the head of the
executive department that employs such member.
    (e) Obtaining Official Data.--On request of the Chairperson, any
head of a Federal agency shall furnish directly to the Working Group
any information necessary to enable the Working Group to carry out this
Act.
    (f) Terms.--Each member shall be appointed for the life of the
Working Group.
    (g) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the
manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (h) Quorum.--A majority of members shall constitute a quorum.
    (i) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Working Group shall be
appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
    (j) Meetings.--
            (1) Initial meeting period.--The Working Group shall meet
        on a monthly basis during the 180-day period beginning with the
        date on which funds are made available to carry out this Act.
            (2) Subsequent meetings.--After such 180-day period, the
        Working Group shall meet not less than once every 6 months and
        at the call of the Chairperson or a majority of members.

SEC. 6. DIRECTOR AND STAFF.

    (a) Director.--The Working Group shall have a Director who shall be
appointed by the Chairperson.
    (b) Staff.--The Director may appoint and fix the pay of additional
personnel as the Director considers appropriate.
    (c) Duties.--The duties of the Director and staff shall be to
achieve the goals and carry out the duties of the Working Group.

SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Annual Report.--Not later than September 30, 2018, and annually
thereafter, the Chairperson shall submit to the Congress a report
describing the activities, projects, and plans of the Federal
Government to carry out the goals of the Working Group, including--
            (1) an accounting of--
                    (A) any increase in efficiency in the delivery of
                Federal, State, local, and tribal social services and
                benefits related to child welfare and child poverty;
                    (B) any reduction in the number of children living
                in poverty;
                    (C) any reduction in the demand for such social
                services and benefits for which children living in
                poverty and near poverty are eligible; and
                    (D) any savings to the Federal Government as a
                result of such increases or reductions;
            (2) an accounting of any increase in the national rate of
        employment due to the efforts of the Working Group;
            (3) a summary of the efforts of each State to reduce child
        poverty within such State, including the administration of
        State programs funded under part A of title IV of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) (relating to block grants
        to States for temporary assistance for needy families); and
            (4) legislative language and recommendations regarding
        reducing child poverty and achieving the other goals and duties
        of the Working Group.
    (b) Public Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) Annual report available to public.--A version of the
        annual report required by subsection (a) shall be made publicly
        available.
            (2) Annual update from federal agencies.--The head of each
        relevant Federal agency shall post on the public Internet Web
        site of such agency an annual summary of any plans, activities,
        and results of the agency related to the goals and duties of
        the Working Group.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Anti-poverty program.--The term ``anti-poverty
        program'' means a program or institution with the primary goal
        of lifting children or families out of poverty and improving
        economic opportunities for children or families that operates
        in whole or in part using Federal, State, local, or tribal
        government funds.
            (2) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who has
        not attained the age of 18.
            (3) Deprivation.--The term ``deprivation'' means, with
        respect to an individual, that such individual lacks adequate
        nutrition, health care, housing, or other resources to provide
        for basic human needs.
            (4) Disconnected youth.--The term ``disconnected youth''
        means individuals who have attained the age of 16 but have not
        attained the age of 25 who are unemployed and not enrolled in
        school.
            (5) Economic stability.--The term ``economic stability''
        means, with respect to an individual or family, that such
        individual or family has access to the means and support
        necessary to effectively cope with adverse or costly life
        events and to effectively recover from the consequences of such
        events while maintaining a decent standard of living.
            (6) Extreme poverty.--The term ``extreme poverty'' means,
        with respect to an individual or family, that such individual
        or family has a total annual income that is less than the
        amount that is 50 percent of the official poverty threshold for
        such individual or family, as provided in the report of the
        United States Census Bureau on Income, Poverty, and Health
        Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2015 (issued in
        September 2016).
            (7) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means an
        executive department, a Government corporation, and an
        independent establishment.
            (8) Near poverty.--The term ``near poverty'' means, with
        respect to an individual or family, that such individual or
        family has a total annual income that is less than the amount
        that is 200 percent of the official poverty threshold for such
        individual or family, as provided in the report of the United
        States Census Bureau on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
        Coverage in the United States: 2015 (issued in September 2016).
            (9) Poverty.--The term ``poverty'' means, with respect to
        an individual or family, that such individual or family has a
        total annual income that is less than the amount that is the
        official poverty threshold for such individual or family, as
        provided in the report of the United States Census Bureau on
        Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United
        States: 2015 (issued in September 2016).

Output: Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 This bill establishes, within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty. The primary goal of the working group shall be to develop a national plan for reducing to zero, within specified timeframes, the number of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in the United States.  The national plan devised by the working group shall also include recommendations for: (1) understanding the root causes of child poverty, (2) improving access to anti-poverty programs, (3) eliminating disparate rates of child poverty based on specified demographic factors, (4) improving access to quality jobs, (5) connecting low-income children and families to education and job training, and (6) shifting the measures and policies of federal anti-poverty programs toward the goal of helping individuals and families achieve long-term economic stability. The bill also specifies additional duties, membership, and reporting requirements for the working group.