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SECTION 1. YELLOWSTONE BUFFALO PRESERVATION.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Yellowstone
Buffalo Preservation Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) More than any other animal, the American buffalo (Bison
        bison) is a wildlife icon of the United States. The American
        buffalo is the symbol that represents the Department of the
        Interior. The American buffalo is profoundly significant to
        Native American cultures and, perhaps more than any other
        wildlife species, has influenced our history.
            (2) The American buffalo is still under assault, as it was
        in the late 19th Century when it was nearly exterminated. At
        the end of the great slaughter, in which tens of millions of
        buffalo were killed, only a few hundred wild buffalo remained
        in the Nation and all were located in Yellowstone National
        Park. Due to poaching, their numbers were reduced to 25 by the
        year 1900.
            (3) The offspring of the 25 survivors comprise the
        Yellowstone buffalo herd and are the only wild, free-roaming
        American buffalo to continuously occupy their native habitat in
        the United States.
            (4) The Yellowstone buffalo herd is genetically unique.
        Unlike captive ranched buffalo, which are now relatively
        common, the Yellowstone buffalo herd has never interbred with
        cattle and has retained its wild character.
            (5) Because the Park lacks extensive low-elevation winter
        habitat that provides bison and elk with access to winter
        forage, wildlife migrate from the high elevation plateau of
        Yellowstone National Park to lower elevation habitat adjacent
        to the Park in winter and spring.
            (6) The Yellowstone buffalo herd was exposed to the
        bacterium Brucella abortus, which can cause the disease
        brucellosis, in 1917. Brucellosis is only transmitted through
        animal ingestion of contaminated reproductive products.
        Brucellosis can cause abortions in infected animals, but only
        infectious females who have the bacteria in their reproductive
        system represent any potential threat of transmission. The risk
        of transmission between wild buffalo and cattle was deemed low
        in a 1992 General Accounting Office report, and again in a 1998
        National Research Council study. In fact, there has never been
        a confirmed incidence of brucellosis transmission in the wild
        from buffalo to cattle. Buffalo with brucellosis and cattle
        have grazed together for over 50 years in the Jackson Hole area
        south of Yellowstone without any incident of disease
        transmission. Despite these facts, the National Park Service,
        the United States Forest Service, and the State of Montana
        Department of Livestock haze, capture, and kill members of the
        Yellowstone buffalo herd in an attempt to keep them unnaturally
        confined within Yellowstone National Park. At the same time,
        approximately 13,000 Yellowstone elk, some of which also harbor
        brucellosis, are allowed unfettered access to Federal land
        outside the Park. Since 1984, nearly 3,700 American buffalo
        have been killed in Montana as a result of this policy. In the
        winter of 2002-2003, 244 buffalo were killed by the Federal and
        State agencies, including 231 buffalo which were captured and
        slaughtered by the National Park Service.
            (7) The key lower elevation habitat needed by American
        buffalo is primarily on Gallatin National Forest lands adjacent
        to the north and west sides of the Park. On the north side,
        taxpayers spent $13,000,000 in 1999 for a private-Federal land
        exchange intended to make low elevation habitat adjacent to the
        Yellowstone River accessible to the Yellowstone buffalo herd
        and other wildlife. The land exchange has not yet been
        finalized by Federal agencies and therefore key habitat is not
        available to the Yellowstone buffalo herd.
            (8) On the west side of the Park, the Horse Butte peninsula
        provides prime wildlife habitat for grizzly bears, trumpeter
        swans, bald eagles, wolves, and buffalo. The peninsula
        comprises approximately 10,000 acres of primarily Gallatin
        National Forest Federal lands extending into Hebgen Lake.
            (9) National Park Service lands have been set aside for the
        conservation of resources and values and for the enjoyment and
        use of all citizens. The Federal lands adjacent to the Park
        represent some of the most valuable and important wildlife
        habitat in the lower forty-eight states. They are integrally
        connected to the health of wildlife residing seasonally in our
        Nation's oldest national park. Together, the Park and the
        adjacent Federal lands provide some of our Nation's richest
        opportunities for recreation, wildlife viewing, family camping,
        wildlife conservation, fishing, and other recreational and
        sporting activities. These Federal lands should be
        preferentially managed to sustain this rich and diverse
        wildlife resource and to provide the public with enjoyment of
        this National treasure.
    (c) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for the
protection of the Yellowstone buffalo herd by allowing the Yellowstone
buffalo herd to freely roam Federal lands outside of the Park. The
Federal lands that are affected by this Act are those within the Park
and adjacent to it on the north and west boundaries as indicated by
zones 2 and 3 on the Modified Preferred Alternative Map on page 181 of
the 2000 Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone
National Park Final Environmental Impact Statement.
    (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following
definitions apply:
            (1) Hazing.--The term ``hazing'' means any individual
        effort to drive away, obstruct, chase, scare, or deter natural
        movements of wildlife, including hazing efforts carried out on
        foot or horseback or efforts aided by machinery, aircraft, or
        any type of noise-making device.
            (2) Individual.--The term ``individual'' means any person
        representing a State or Federal Government.
            (3) Park.--The term ``Park'' means Yellowstone National
        Park.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (5) Yellowstone buffalo herd.--The term ``Yellowstone
        buffalo herd'' means the wild, free roaming, unfenced buffalo
        living primarily within Yellowstone National Park.
    (e) Prohibited Acts; Criminal Penalties.--
            (1) Prohibited acts.--No individual may kill, haze, or
        capture any buffalo on Federal land or land held under Federal
        conservation easements or use any form of bait to lure buffalo
        from any Federal land onto private land until the duties under
        subsection (f) are carried out.
            (2) Penalties.--
                    (A) Initial violation.--Any individual found to be
                in violation of paragraph (1) for the first time shall
                be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more
                than 1 year or both.
                    (B) Subsequent violations.--Any individual found to
                be in violation of paragraph (1) after the first such
                finding shall be fined not more than $10,000 or
                imprisoned not more than 2 years or both.
                    (C) Reward.--One half of any fine collected under
                this subsection or $2,500, whichever is less, shall be
                paid to any person or persons giving information which
                leads to conviction of a violation of this subsection.
                    (D) Exception.--This subsection shall not apply to
                a person that is found to have been hazing a buffalo if
                the person is physically endangered or private property
                was damaged by a buffalo.
    (f) Duties.--The Secretary and other appropriate Federal agencies
shall ensure that the following is accomplished not later than 3 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act:
            (1) The Yellowstone buffalo herd is allowed to freely roam
        the Park and the Federal lands adjacent to Yellowstone National
        Park on the north and west boundaries as indicated by zones 2
        and 3 on the Modified Preferred Alternative Map on page 181 of
        the 2000 Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and
        Yellowstone National Park Final Environmental Impact Statement
        without being hazed. These lands shall be made available
        preferentially for buffalo and wildlife use.
            (2) Management authority of the Yellowstone buffalo herd
        within the Park is under the sole jurisdiction of the National
        Park Service.
            (3) The land exchange described in section 1(b)(7) with the
        private property owner has been finalized, as set forth in the
        agreement executed in 1999, so that the Yellowstone buffalo
        herd may freely roam the lands described in paragraph (1).
            (4) The National Park Service has disassembled the Stephens
        Creek Buffalo Capture Facility.
            (5) The Secretary has made every effort practicable to
        allow the Yellowstone buffalo herd to freely roam Federal lands
        through incentives and cooperative efforts with adjacent
        private landowners, including through acquisition, easement,
        cattle vaccination, and landowner agreement pertaining to
        temporal and spatial separation of livestock from the
        Yellowstone buffalo herd.

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Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act - Prohibits an individual from killing, hazing, or capturing any buffalo on Federal lands or land held under Federal conservation easements or using any form of bait to lure buffalo from any Federal land onto private land until the Secretary of the Interior and other appropriate Federal agencies carry out specified duties.

Establishes fines and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lyme Disease Prevention, Control,
and Research Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF LYME
              DISEASE.

    Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.),
as amended by section 308 of Public Law 102-531 (106 Stat. 3495), is
amended by inserting after section 317D the following section:

                ``prevention and control of lyme disease

    ``Sec. 317E. (a) General Program.--
            ``(1) Program of grants.--The Secretary, acting through the
        Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may
        make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the
        purpose of carrying out programs for the prevention, control,
        and treatment of Lyme disease.
            ``(2) Preferences in making grants.--In making grants under
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give preference to public
        and nonprofit private entities that agree to carry out the
        purposes for which the grant is made in 1 or more States for
        which, as of calendar year 1990--
                    ``(A) a cumulative total of not less than 500 cases
                of Lyme disease was reported to and confirmed by the
                Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
                Prevention; or
                    ``(B) the cumulative per capita incidence of cases
                of such disease (reported to and confirmed by such
                Director) was not less than 5 cases per 100,000
                individuals.
            ``(3) Priorities among authorized purposes.--In making
        grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority
        to making grants for the following:
                    ``(A) The development and evaluation of strategies
                for the prevention and control of Lyme disease
                (including, with respect to the tick that carries the
                etiologic agent for the disease, strategies to manage
                deer and other means through which the tick is
                introduced into areas frequented by humans).
                    ``(B) Demonstration projects (administered by State
                or local departments of health) to improve methods of
                estimating the incidence and prevalence of such
                disease, including projects involving the reporting by
                physicians of cases of the disease.
                    ``(C) Demonstration projects for the control of the
                disease in communities with a substantial incidence or
                prevalence of the disease.
                    ``(D) Studies to determine the effects of the
                disease on the individual and on society, including the
                economic costs of the disease.
                    ``(E) The improvement of diagnostic tests for the
                disease.
                    ``(F) The provision of information and education to
                health care professionals and the public.
                    ``(G) Demonstration projects for treating children
                for such disease.
    ``(b) National Research Centers for Prevention, Control, and
Treatment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the
        Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may
        make awards of grants or contracts to public and nonprofit
        private entities for the establishment or operation (or both)
        of not more than 5 centers to carry out basic and clinical
        research on the prevention, control, and treatment of Lyme
        disease.
            ``(2) Preferences in making awards.--In making awards under
        paragraph (1) for a center, the Secretary shall give preference
        to an applicant according to the extent to which the following
        applies to the applicant:
                    ``(A) The applicant is experienced in conducting
                research on the prevention, control, and treatment of
                Lyme disease.
                    ``(B) The center is or will be located in a State
                described in subsection (a)(2).
                    ``(C) The center is or will be located in a
                geographic area in which individuals are employed in
                occupations involving a significant risk of contracting
                Lyme disease.
                    ``(D) The applicant has diagnosed not less than 150
                cases of such disease.
                    ``(E) The applicant has cultured the etiologic
                agent for Lyme disease in mediums from vectors, from
                animals, and from humans.
            ``(3) Priorities among activities of centers.--The
        Secretary may make an award under paragraph (1) only if the
        applicant involved agrees that the center for which the award
        is made will give priority to the following:
                    ``(A) Conducting research on new treatments for
                Lyme disease.
                    ``(B) Conducting research on the development of a
                vaccine to immunize individuals against the disease.
                    ``(C) Conducting studies of the latter stages of
                such disease.
                    ``(D) Conducting epidemiological studies of such
                disease in particular populations of individuals.
            ``(4) Amount of award.--The Secretary may not make an award
        under paragraph (1) in an amount less than $500,000.
    ``(c) Application for Assistance.--The Secretary may make an award
of a grant or contract under subsection (a) or (b) only if an
application for the award is submitted to the Secretary and the
application is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such
agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to
be necessary to carry out such subsection.
    ``(d) Funding.--
            ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of
        carrying out this section, there are authorized to be
        appropriated $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as
        may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
        Such authorization of appropriations is in addition to any
        other authorization of appropriations that is available for
        such purpose.
            ``(2) Allocations.--Of the amounts appropriated under
        paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make
        available 40 percent for carrying out subsection (a) and 60
        percent for carrying out subsection (b).''.

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Lyme Disease Prevention, Control, and Research Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to make:  (1) grants to public and private nonprofit entities for the prevention, control, and treatment of Lyme disease; and (2) grants to, or contracts with, such entities for the establishment and/or operation of up to five centers to carry out basic and clinical research on the prevention, control, and treatment of Lyme disease.  Sets forth preferences and priorities for such grants and contracts.
Authorizes and allocates appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Menstrual Equity For All Act of
2017''.

SEC. 2. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS REIMBURSEMENT FROM HEALTH FLEXIBLE
              SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 106 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Menstrual Hygiene Products.--
            ``(1) In general.--Amounts paid or incurred for menstrual
        hygiene products shall be treated as a qualified medical
        expense eligible for reimbursement from a health flexible
        spending arrangement.
            ``(2) Menstrual hygiene products defined.--For purposes of
        paragraph (1), the term `menstrual hygiene products' means
        tampons, pads, liners, cups, sponges, douches, wipes, sprays,
        and similar products used by women with respect to menstruation
        or other genital-tract secretions.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS REFUNDABLE CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable credits)
is amended by inserting after section 36B the following new section:

``SEC. 36C. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS.

    ``(a) In General.--There shall be allowed as a credit against the
tax imposed by this subtitle with respect to each eligible individual
for whom the taxpayer is allowed a deduction under section 151 an
amount equal to $120.
    ``(b) Limitation Based on Adjusted Gross Income.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any taxpayer whose
        modified adjusted gross income exceeds the threshold amount,
        the amount of the credit allowable under subsection (a) shall
        be zero. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term
        `modified adjusted gross income' means adjusted gross income
        increased by any amount excluded from gross income under
        section 911, 931, or 933.
            ``(2) Threshold amount.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the
        term `threshold amount' means--
                    ``(A) $47,520 in the case of a joint return,
                    ``(B) $35,640 in the case of a head of household,
                and
                    ``(C) $23,760 in the case of a separate return.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Eligible individual.--The term `eligible individual'
        means an individual who uses menstrual hygiene products.
            ``(2) Menstrual hygiene products defined.--The term
        `menstrual hygiene products' shall be determined by the
        Secretary of Health and Human Services by regulation and
        provided to the Secretary, and shall include tampons, pads,
        liners, cups, and similar products used by women with respect
        to menstruation.
    ``(d) Adjustment for Inflation.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each taxable year beginning after
        2017, the dollar amounts in subsections (a) and (b)(2) shall
        each be increased by an amount equal to the product of--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, and
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined
                under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, determined
                by substituting `calendar year 2016' for `calendar year
                1992' in subparagraph (B) thereof.
            ``(2) Rounding.--If any increase determined under paragraph
        (1)--
                    ``(A) in the case of the dollar amount in
                subsection (a) is not a multiple of $5, such increase
                shall be rounded to the next highest multiple of $5,
                and
                    ``(B) in the case of the dollar amount in
                subsection (b)(2), is not a multiple of $1,000, such
                increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple
                of $1,000.
    ``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is
        amended by inserting ``36C,'' after ``36B,''.
            (2) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV of
        subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 36B
        the following new item:

``Sec. 36C. Menstrual hygiene products.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.

SEC. 4. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS AVAILABILITY FOR HOMELESS
              INDIVIDUALS UNDER EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER GRANT
              PROGRAM.

    Subsection (a) of section 316 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11346(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) guidelines that ensure that amounts provided under
        the program to private nonprofit organizations and local
        governments may be used to provide menstrual hygiene products,
        including tampons, pads, liners, cups, and similar products
        used by women with respect to menstruation.''.

SEC. 5. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS FOR INMATES AND DETAINEES.

    (a) Requirement.--Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the chief
executive officer of each State that receives a grant under subpart 1
of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the ``Edward
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program'') shall submit to the
Attorney General a certification, in such form and containing such
information as the Attorney General may require, that all female
inmates and detainees in that State have access to menstrual hygiene
products on demand and at no cost to the inmates and detainees.
    (b) Reduction in Grant Funding.--In the case of a State whose chief
executive officer fails to submit a certification required under
subsection (a) in a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall reduce the
amount that the State would have otherwise received under section 505
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 3755) by 20 percent for the following fiscal year.
    (c) Reallocation.--Amounts not allocated to a State under section
505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) for a fiscal year pursuant to subsection (b)
shall be reallocated under such section to States that submit such
certifications.
    (d) Determination of Menstrual Hygiene Products.--For the purposes
of subsection (a), the term ``menstrual hygiene products'' shall be
determined by the Attorney General of the United States.

SEC. 6. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS FOR EMPLOYEES.

    Section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29
U.S.C. 655) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) The Secretary shall by rule promulgate a requirement that
each employer with not less than 100 employees provide menstrual
hygiene products free of charge for employees of the employer.''.

Output: Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2017  This bill establishes a tax credit, a tax exclusion, and requirements that apply to the purchase or distribution of menstrual hygiene products. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the tax exclusion for reimbursements from a health flexible spending arrangement to include amounts paid or incurred for menstrual hygiene products, and (2) allow a refundable tax credit of $120 for certain individuals who use menstrual hygiene products, subject to adjustments for inflation and a limitation based on adjusted gross income.  The bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board to establish written guidelines for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program to ensure that funds provided under the program to private nonprofit organizations and local governments may be used to provide menstrual hygiene products. Each state that receives a grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program must annually certify to the Department of Justice (DOJ) that all female inmates and detainees in that state have access to menstrual hygiene products on demand and at no cost to the inmates and detainees. If a state does not submit the required certification, DOJ must reduce the state's grant funding under the program by 20% and reallocate the funding to states that submitted certifications.  This bill also amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require the Department of Labor to issue a rule requiring private employers with not less than 100 employees to provide free menstrual hygiene products for their employees.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Comparative
Effectiveness Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. NIH RESEARCH AND AHRQ STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN
              PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Research by nih.--The Director of the National
        Institutes of Health, in coordination with the Director of the
        Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shall conduct
        research, which may include clinical research, to develop valid
        scientific evidence regarding the comparative effectiveness,
        cost-effectiveness, and, where appropriate, comparative safety
        of covered prescription drugs relative to other drugs and
        treatments for the same disease or condition.
            (2) Analysis by ahrq.--
                    (A) In general.--The Director of the Agency for
                Healthcare Research and Quality, taking into
                consideration the research of the National Institutes
                of Health under this section, shall use evidence-based
                practice centers to conduct studies or other analyses
                of the comparative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness,
                and, where appropriate, comparative safety of covered
                prescription drugs relative to other drugs and
                treatments for the same disease or condition.
                    (B) Safety.--In any analysis of comparative
                effectiveness or cost-effectiveness under this
                subparagraph, the Director of the Agency for Healthcare
                Research and Quality shall include a discussion of
                available information on relative safety.
            (3) Standards.--The Director of the Agency for Healthcare
        Research and Quality, in consultation with the Commissioner of
        Food and Drugs, the Director of the National Institutes of
        Health, and stakeholders, shall develop standards for the
        design and conduct of cost-effectiveness studies under this
        subsection.
    (b) Covered Prescription Drugs.--For purposes of this section, the
term ``covered prescription drugs'' means prescription drugs that, as
determined by the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality in consultation with the Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, account for high levels of expenditures
or use by individuals in federally funded health programs, including
Medicare and Medicaid.
    (c) Annual Report.--Each year the Director of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality shall prepare a report on the results
of the research, studies, and analyses conducted by the National
Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
under this section and submit the report to the following:
            (1) The Congress.
            (2) The Secretary of Defense.
            (3) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
            (4) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
            (5) The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare &
        Medicaid Services.
            (6) The Director of the Indian Health Service.
            (7) The Director of the National Institutes of Health.
            (8) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
    (d) Reports for Practitioners.--As soon as possible, but not later
than a year after the completion of any study pursuant to subsection
(a)(2), the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
shall--
            (1) prepare a report on the results of such study for the
        purpose of informing health care practitioners; and
            (2) transmit the report to the Director of the National
        Institutes of Health.
    (e) NIH Internet Site.--The Director of the National Institutes of
Health shall publish on the Institutes' Internet site, and through
other means that will facilitate access by practitioners, each report
prepared under subsection (c) or (d) by the Director of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality.
    (f) Evidence.--In carrying out this section, the Directors of the
National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality shall consider only methodologically sound studies, giving
preference to studies for which the Directors have access to sufficient
underlying data and analysis to address any significant concerns about
methodology or the reliability of data.
    (g) Authorizations of Appropriations.--
            (1) NIH.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
        National Institutes of Health to carry out this section
        $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, and such sums as may be
        necessary for fiscal years thereafter.
            (2) AHRQ.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
        Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to carry out this
        section $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, and such sums as may
        be necessary for fiscal years thereafter.

Output: Prescription Drug Comparative Effectiveness Act of 2003 - Directs the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in coordination with the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to conduct research to develop valid scientific evidence regarding the comparative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and (where appropriate) comparative safety relative to other drugs and treatments for the same disease or condition, of prescription drugs that account for high levels of expenditures or use by individuals in Federally funded health programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.Directs the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to: (1) analyze such evidence; and (2) develop standards for the design and conduct of cost-effectiveness studies under this Act.Establishes reporting requirements.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of
2006''.

SEC. 2. ACTIONS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO VETERANS ADMINISTRATION DATA
              BREACH.

    (a) In General.--With respect to the breach of data security that
occurred, or is likely to have occurred, in May, 2006, at the
Department of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
take the following actions with respect to such breach in addition to
any other actions the Secretary may determine to be appropriate.
            (1) System restoration requirements.--The Secretary shall
        take prompt and reasonable measures to--
                    (A) repair the breach and restore the security and
                confidentiality of the sensitive financial personal
                information involved to limit further unauthorized
                misuse of such information; and
                    (B) restore the integrity of the Department's data
                security safeguards and make appropriate improvements
                to its data security policies and procedures.
            (2) Notice requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall without
                unreasonable delay notify any person affected by the
                breach in the manner provided in this paragraph, as
                well as--
                            (i) each nationwide consumer reporting
                        agency described in section 603(p) of the Fair
                        Credit Reporting Act with respect to the breach
                        itself and each person affected by the breach;
                        and
                            (ii) any other appropriate critical third
                        parties who will be required to undertake
                        further action with respect to such information
                        to protect such persons from resulting fraud or
                        identity theft.
                    (B) Content of notice.--Any notice required to be
                provided under subparagraph (A) by the Secretary to any
                person affected by the breach shall be provided in a
                standardized transmission or envelope clearly marked as
                containing an important notice from the Department of
                Veterans Affairs on stolen identity information, and
                shall include the following in a clear and conspicuous
                manner:
                            (i) An appropriate heading or notice title.
                            (ii) A description of the nature and types
                        of information and accounts as appropriate that
                        were, or are reasonably believed to have been,
                        subject to the breach of data security.
                            (iii) If known, the date, or the best
                        reasonable approximation of the period of time,
                        on or within which sensitive personal
                        information related to the consumer was, or is
                        reasonably believed to have been, subject to a
                        breach.
                            (iv) A general description of the actions
                        taken by the Secretary to restore the security
                        and confidentiality of the breached
                        information.
                            (v) A telephone number by which any person
                        affected by the breach may call the Department
                        of Veterans Affairs, free of charge, to obtain
                        additional information about how to respond to
                        the breach.
                            (vi) A copy of the summary of rights of
                        consumer victims of fraud or identity theft
                        prepared by the Federal Trade Commission under
                        section 609(d) of the Fair Credit Reporting
                        Act, as well as any additional appropriate
                        information on how the person affected by the
                        breach may--
                                    (I) obtain a copy of a consumer
                                report free of charge in accordance
                                with section 612 of the Fair Credit
                                Reporting Act;
                                    (II) place a fraud alert in any
                                file relating to the person at a
                                consumer reporting agency under section
                                605A of such Act to discourage
                                unauthorized use; and
                                    (III) contact the Federal Trade
                                Commission for more detailed
                                information.
                            (vii) A prominent statement that file
                        monitoring will be made available upon request
                        in accordance with paragraph (3) to the person
                        affected by the breach free of charge for a
                        period of not less than 6 months, together with
                        a telephone number at the Department of
                        Veterans Affair for requesting such services.
                        The statement may also include such additional
                        contact information as a mailing address, e-
                        mail, or Internet website address.
                            (viii) The approximate date the notice is
                        being issued.
                    (C) Responsibility and costs.--
                            (i) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans
                        Affairs shall be--
                                    (I) responsible for providing any
                                notices and file monitoring required
                                under this section with respect to such
                                breach; and
                                    (II) responsible for the reasonable
                                actual costs of any notices provided
                                under this section.
                            (ii) No charge to persons affected by the
                        breach.--The cost for the notices and file
                        monitoring described in clause (i) may not be
                        charged to the persons affected by the breach.
            (3) Free file monitoring.--The Secretary of Veterans
        Affairs, if requested by the person affected by the breach
        before the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of
        such notice, shall make available to the person, free of charge
        and for at least a 6-month period a service that monitors
        nationwide credit activity regarding a consumer from a consumer
        reporting agency described in section 603(p) of the Fair Credit
        Reporting Act.
    (b) Negotiating Authority.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
have broad authority to secure the best possible price for credit
monitoring services on behalf of taxpayers.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the sum of
$100,000,000 to carry out the requirements of this section.

Output:
Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take specified actions in response to the May 2006 breach of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data security, including: (1) repairing the breach, restoring the security and confidentiality of the sensitive financial personal information involved and the integrity of data security safeguards, and improving data security policies and procedures; and (2) notifying affected persons, each nationwide consumer reporting agency, and any other third parties who will be required to act to protect such persons from fraud or identity theft.

Makes the Secretary responsible for providing any notices and file monitoring required under this Act at no cost to the persons affected by the breach.

Requires the Secretary to make available to a person affected, upon request, a service that monitors nationwide credit activity from a consumer reporting agency for six months for free.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``College Access Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    (a) Program Established.--From amounts made available to the
Secretary pursuant to section 6(a), the Secretary shall award grants to
eligible organizations to enable such organizations to conduct the
authorized activities described in section 4.
    (b) Award Basis.--
            (1) Mandatory.--The Secretary shall award a grant under
        this Act in a fiscal year to an eligible organization in an
        amount determined on the basis of--
                    (A) the size of the budget of the eligible
                organization in such year compared to the size of the
                budgets of all eligible organizations receiving
                assistance under this Act in such year; or
                    (B) the size of the endowment of the eligible
                organization in such year compared to the size of the
                endowments of all eligible organizations receiving
                assistance under this Act in such year.
            (2) Permissive.--The Secretary may award a grant under this
        Act in a fiscal year to an eligible organization in an amount
        determined on the basis of--
                    (A) the number of students served individually by
                the eligible organization in such year compared to the
                number of students served individually by all eligible
                organizations receiving assistance under this Act in
                such year; or
                    (B) the eligible organization's audited financial
                statement for the preceding fiscal year.
    (c) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Each eligible organization desiring a
        grant under this Act in any fiscal year shall submit an
        application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
        containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary
        may reasonably require.
            (2) Contents.--Each application shall include--
                    (A) information documenting the provision of
                authorized activities described in section 4 by the
                eligible organization to students in the year preceding
                the year for which assistance under this Act is
                requested; and
                    (B) the eligible organization's audited financial
                statement for the preceding fiscal year.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``college'' means an institution of higher
        education (as such term is defined in section 1201(a) of the
        Higher Education Act of 1965) that awards an associate's or
        bachelor's degree;
            (2) the term ``eligible organization'' means an
        organization that--
                    (A) provides a school-based advisor to students
                attending public secondary schools and offers
                assistance and incentives to encourage such students to
                attend college;
                    (B) has been in existence for 2 years prior to the
                date of enactment of this Act;
                    (C) awards last dollar, gap financing; and
                    (D) is an organization described in section
                501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
            (3) the term ``Fund'' means the College Access Endowment
        Fund established in section 5(a);
            (4) the term ``last dollar, gap financing'' means the funds
        required to fill the gap between the cost of college and the
        resources available to a student, which resources shall include
        a family contribution and any financial aid awarded to a
        student;
            (5) the term ``Secretary'', unless otherwise specified,
        means the Secretary of Education; and
            (6) the term ``secondary school'' has the same meaning
        given to such term by section 1471(21) of the Elementary and
        Secondary Education Act of 1965.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

    Grant funds under this Act may be used by an eligible organization
to provide students attending public secondary schools with--
            (1) funds to enable such students to attend college;
            (2) information about college and financial aid for
        college;
            (3) information about academic qualifications and
        preparation for college;
            (4) the costs of preparing for admission to college,
        including the costs of college entrance exams, application
        fees, financial aid forms, and scholastic aptitude test (SAT)
        and American College Test (ACT) exam preparation courses;
            (5) full and partial financial grants, especially last
        dollar, gap financing;
            (6) assistance in selecting and applying for appropriate
        colleges and applying for available financial aid;
            (7) the costs of entering college, including dormitory
        reservation and college acceptance fees; or
            (8) continuing college mentors, including paying students
        to act as tutors and peer counselors at college.

SEC. 5. COLLEGE ACCESS ENDOWMENT FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States an endowment fund to be known as the College Access
Endowment Fund. The Fund shall consist of amounts appropriated to the
Fund pursuant to section 8 of this Act.
    (b) Investment.--It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to invest in full amounts appropriated to the Fund. Such
investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the
United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and
interest by the United States. For such purpose, such obligations may
be acquired (1) on original issue at the issue price, or (2) by
purchase of outstanding obligations at the market price. The purposes
for which obligations of the United States may be issued under the
Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, are hereby extended to authorize
the issuance at par of special obligations exclusively to the Fund.
Such special obligation shall bear interest at a rate equal to the
average rate of interest, computed as to the end of the calendar month
next preceding the date of such issue, borne by all marketable
interest-bearing obligations of the United States then forming a part
of the public debt, except that where such average rate is not a
multiple of one-eighth of 1 percent, the rate of interest of such
special obligations shall be the multiple of one-eighth of 1 percent
next lower than such average rate. Such special obligations shall be
issued only if the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the
purchase of other interest-bearing obligations of the United States, or
of obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the
United States on original issue or at the market price, is not in the
public interest.
    (c) Sale and Redemption.--Any obligation acquired by the Fund
(except special obligations issued exclusively to the Fund) may be sold
by the Secretary of the Treasury at the market price, and such special
obligations may be redeemed at par plus accrued interest.
    (d) Interest and Proceeds.--The interest on, and the proceeds from
the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be
credited to and form a part of the Fund.

SEC. 6. EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND.

    (a) In General.--The interest and earnings of the Fund shall be
available to the Secretary to enable the Secretary to award grants to
eligible organizations in accordance with this Act.
    (b) Audit.--The activities of each eligible organization receiving
a grant under this Act may be audited by the General Accounting Office
under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the
Comptroller General of the United States. The representatives of the
General Accounting Office shall have access to all books, accounts,
records, reports, and files and all other papers, things, or property
belonging to or in use by the eligible organization, pertaining to such
activities and necessary to facilitate the audit.

SEC. 7. REPORT; TERMINATION OF GRANT PAYMENTS.

    (a) Report.--Each eligible organization receiving a grant under
this Act shall annually prepare and submit to the Secretary a report
demonstrating such organization's compliance with the provisions of
this Act.
    (b) Termination.--The Secretary shall terminate grant payments
under this Act for any eligible organization which the Secretary
determines is not in compliance with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $25,000,000 for
fiscal year 1993 to carry out this Act.

Output:
College Access Act - Establishes an endowment grant program to support college access programs nationwide.
Directs the Secretary of Education to award endowment grants to eligible organizations in amounts based on specified mandatory award amount formulae.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to such organizations in amounts based on specified permissive award amount formulae.  Includes among organizational eligibility requirements:  (1) provision of a school-based advisor to public secondary school students; and (2) offer of assistance and incentives to encourage such students to attend college.  Sets forth authorized uses of such grant funds.
Establishes in the Treasury the College Access Endowment Fund. Makes Fund interest and earnings available to the Secretary of Education to award endowment grants.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible
Parenthood Act of 1995''.
    (b) Amendments to the Social Security Act.--Except as otherwise
specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed
in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or other
provision of the Social Security Act.

SEC. 2. INTEGRATION OF FAMILY PLANNING AND MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
              SERVICES.

    (a) Increase in Funding.--Section 501(a) (42 U.S.C. 701(a)) is
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking
``$686,000,000'' and inserting ``$886,000,000''.
    (b) Reservation of Certain Amounts.--Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 702) is
amended by striking ``$600,000,000'' each place it appears and
inserting ``$800,000,000''.

SEC. 3. ABSTINENCE SERVICES.

    (a) Provision and Promotion of Abstinence Services.--Section
501(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``and'' at the end;
        and
            (3) by adding the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) to provide and to promote family-centered,
                community-based services and information regarding the
                delay or discontinuation of premarital sexual activity,
                particularly among adolescents, and to provide
                adoption-related services and promote adoption as an
                acceptable alternative for pregnant unmarried
                individuals.''.
    (b) Minimum Amount for Abstinence Services.--Section 504 (42 U.S.C.
704) is amended by adding the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Of the amounts paid to a State under section 503 from an
allotment for a fiscal year under section 502(c), not less than 100
percent of such amounts (including the fair market value of any
supplies or equipment) as were used under this title in the preceding
fiscal year to provide family planning services shall be used to
provide services described in section 501(a)(1)(E).''.
    (c) Needs Assessment for Abstinence Services.--Section 505(a)(1)
(42 U.S.C. 705(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) services and information regarding the delay
                or discontinuation of premarital sexual activity,
                particularly among adolescents, and regarding
                adoption.''.

SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS.

    (a) Prohibition of Use for Family Planning Services in Schools.--
Section 504(b) (42 U.S.C. 704(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking the period at the end
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(7) to provide or promote family planning services in any
        elementary or secondary educational institution; or
            ``(8) to provide or promote any drug or device except for a
        use that has been approved by the Food and Drug
        Administration.''.
    (b) No Funding of Programs or Projects That Provide Abortion
Services.--Section 504 (42 U.S.C. 704), as amended by section 3(b), is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(f)(1) Payments under this title may be made only to programs or
projects that--
            ``(A) do not provide abortions or abortion counseling or
        referral;
            ``(B) do not subcontract with or make any payment to any
        person who provides abortions or abortion counseling or
        referral (except that any such program or project may provide
        referral for abortion counseling to a pregnant adolescent if
        such adolescent and the parents or guardians of such adolescent
        request such referral); or
            ``(C) do not advocate, promote, or encourage abortion.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall ascertain whether programs or projects
comply with paragraph (1) and take appropriate action if programs or
projects do not comply with such paragraph, including withholding of
funds.
    ``(g) A State shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, family
participation in the receipt of services provided under section
501(a)(1) and shall ensure that an entity that receives funds under
this title shall comply with any State law that requires--
            ``(1) involvement of a family member prior to the provision
        of services related to family planning or abortion; and
            ``(2) reporting of civil or criminal offenses involving
        child abuse or statutory rape.
    ``(h) The acceptance by any individual of family planning services
or family planning or population growth information (including
educational materials) provided through financial assistance under this
title shall be voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility
for or receipt of any other service or assistance from, or to
participation in, any other program of the entity or individual that
provided such service or information.''.

SEC. 5. APPLICATION FOR BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.

    Section 505(a)(5) (42 U.S.C. 705(a)(5)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (I);
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following
        subparagraphs:
                    ``(G) the State will provide a description of how
                the applicant will, as appropriate to the provision of
                family planning services or services provided under
                section 501(e)(1)(A)--
                            ``(i) involve families of adolescents in a
                        manner that will maximize the role of the
                        family in the solution of problems relating to
                        the parenthood or pregnancy of the adolescent;
                        and
                            ``(ii) involve religious and charitable
                        organizations, voluntary associations, and
                        other groups in the private sector as well as
                        services provided by publicly sponsored
                        initiatives;
                    ``(H)(i) the State will provide assurances that--
                            ``(I) except as provided in clause (ii),
                        and subject to subclause (II), the applicant
                        will notify the parents or guardians of any
                        unemancipated minor requesting services from
                        the applicant and will obtain the permission of
                        such parents or guardians with respect to the
                        provision of such services; and
                            ``(II) in the case of a pregnant
                        unemancipated minor requesting services from a
                        recipient of funds under this title, the
                        recipient will notify the parents or guardians
                        of such minor under subclause (I) within a
                        reasonable period of time; and
                    ``(ii) the State will provide assurances that the
                applicant will not notify or request the permission of
                the parent or guardian of any unemancipated minor
                without the consent of the minor--
                            ``(I) who solely is requesting from the
                        applicant pregnancy testing or testing or
                        treatment for venereal disease;
                            ``(II) who is the victim of incest
                        involving a parent; or
                            ``(III) if an adult sibling of the minor or
                        an adult aunt, uncle, or grandparent who is
                        related to the minor by blood certifies to the
                        recipient that notification of the parent or
                        guardian of such minor would result in physical
                        injury to such minor.''.

SEC. 6. REPORTS AND AUDITS.

    (a) Report by State.--Section 506(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 706(a)(2)) is
amended by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new
subparagraph:
            ``(F) Information (as prescribed by the Secretary) on the
        State's activities in connection with the services described in
        section 501(a)(1)(E).''.
    (b) Report by Secretary.--Section 506(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 706(a)(3))
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(F) information on the State's activities in connection
        with the services described in section 501(a)(1)(E).''.

SEC. 7. EVALUATION.

    Title V (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

                              ``evaluation

    ``Sec. 510. (a) Of amounts allotted to a State under section 502(c)
in a fiscal year that the State estimates will be expended on family
planning services and the services described in section 501(a)(1)(E)
for such year the State shall reserve--
            ``(1) not less than 2 percent and not more than 4 percent
        of such amounts for an annual evaluation of activities carried
        out under this title and the effectiveness of such activities
        in reducing sexual activity, pregnancies, and births among
        unmarried individuals, particularly adolescents; and
            ``(2) not less than 2 percent and not more than 4 percent
        of such amounts for an annual longitudinal study by an
        independent research organization of the activities carried out
        under this title and the effectiveness of such activities in
        reducing sexual activity, pregnancies, and births among
        unmarried individuals, particularly adolescents.
    ``(b)(1) Each State shall submit the evaluations and studies
conducted under this section to the Secretary.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall submit a summary of each evaluation and
study submitted under paragraph (1) to the appropriate committees of
the Congress.''.

SEC. 8. DEFINITION OF FAMILY.

    Section 501(b) (42 U.S.C. 701(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) The term `family' means a child under the age of 19,
        the biological or adoptive parents of the child, the legal
        guardian of the child, or a responsible relative or caretaker
        with whom the child regularly resides, the siblings of the
        child, and other individuals living in the child's home.''.

SEC. 9. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS.

    (a) Repeal of Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning
Programs.--Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et
seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Repeal of Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects.--Title
XX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300z et seq.) is
repealed.

SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on
October 1, 1995.

Output:
Responsible Parenthood Act of 1995 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to provide for various specified program changes, including:  (1) an increase in funding under such program, as well as a corresponding increase in Federal set-asides; (2) provision and promotion of abstinence and adoption-related services; (3) prohibitions on the use of funds for family planning services in schools and for programs or projects that provide abortions or abortion counseling or referral; (4) additional application requirements related to maximizing the role of families and religious and charitable organizations in solving problems relating to parenthood or adolescent pregnancies; and (5) new reporting requirements for the State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services involving State activities in connection with program services relating to abstinence and adoption.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to repeal certain programs and demonstration projects related to population research and voluntary family planning as well as adolescent family life.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF TEMPORARY DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION FOR
              DIVIDENDS RECEIVED FROM A CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATION.

    (a) Applicability of Provision.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (f) of section 965 is amended
        to read as follows:
    ``(f) Election; Election Year.--
            ``(1) In general.--The taxpayer may elect to apply this
        section to--
                    ``(A) the taxpayer's last taxable year which begins
                before the date of the enactment of the Foreign
                Earnings Reinvestment Act, or
                    ``(B) the taxpayer's first taxable year which
                begins during the 1-year period beginning on such date.
        Such election may be made for a taxable year only if made on or
        before the due date (including extensions) for filing the
        return of tax for such taxable year.
                    ``(C) Election year.--For purposes of this section,
                the term `election year' means the taxable year--
                            ``(i) which begins after the date that is
                        one year before the date of the enactment of
                        the Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act, and
                            ``(ii) to which the taxpayer elects under
                        paragraph (1) to apply this section.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Extraordinary dividends.--Section 965(b)(2) of
                such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``June 30, 2003'' and
                        inserting ``September 30, 2011'', and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following new
                        sentence: ``The amounts described in clauses
                        (i), (ii), and (iii) shall not include any
                        amounts which were taken into account in
                        determining the deduction under subsection (a)
                        for any prior taxable year.''.
                    (B) Determinations relating to related party
                indebtedness.--Section 965(b)(3)(B) of such Code is
                amended by striking ``October 3, 2004'' and inserting
                ``September 30, 2011''.
                    (C) Determinations relating to base period.--
                Section 965(c)(2) of such Code is amended by striking
                ``June 30, 2003'' and inserting ``September 30, 2011''.
    (b) Deduction Includes Current and Accumulated Foreign Earnings.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 965(b) of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of dividends taken into
        account under subsection (a) shall not exceed the sum of the
        current and accumulated earnings and profits described in
        section 959(c)(3) for the year a deduction is claimed under
        subsection (a), without diminution by reason of any
        distributions made during the election year, for all controlled
        foreign corporations of the United States shareholder.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 965(c) of such Code, as amended by
                subsection (a), is amended by striking paragraph (1)
                and by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5),
                as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively.
                    (B) Paragraph (4) of section 965(c) of such Code,
                as redesignated by subparagraph (A), is amended to read
                as follows:
            ``(4) Controlled groups.--All United States shareholders
        which are members of an affiliated group filing a consolidated
        return under section 1501 shall be treated as one United States
        shareholder.''.
    (c) Amount of Deduction.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 965(a) of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``85
        percent'' and inserting ``75 percent''.
            (2) Bonus deduction in subsequent taxable year for
        increasing jobs.--Section 965 of such Code is amended by adding
        at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Bonus Deduction.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any taxpayer who makes an
        election to apply this section, there shall be allowed as a
        deduction for the first taxable year following the election
        year an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the cash
        dividends which are taken into account under subsection (a)
        with respect to such taxpayer for the election year.
            ``(2) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of paragraph
        (1), the applicable percentage is the amount which bears the
        same ratio (not greater than 1) to 10 percent as--
                    ``(A) the excess (if any) of--
                            ``(i) the qualified payroll of the taxpayer
                        for the calendar year which begins with or
                        within the first taxable year following the
                        election year, over
                            ``(ii) the qualified payroll of the
                        taxpayer for calendar year 2010, bears to
                    ``(B) 10 percent of the qualified payroll of the
                taxpayer for calendar year 2010.''
            ``(3) Qualified payroll.--For purposes of this paragraph:
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified payroll'
                means, with respect to a taxpayer for any calendar
                year, the aggregate wages (as defined in section
                3121(a)) paid by the corporation during such calendar
                year.
                    ``(B) Exception for changes in ownership of trades
                or businesses.--
                            ``(i) Acquisitions.--If, after December 31,
                        2009, and before the close of the first taxable
                        year following the election year, a taxpayer
                        acquires the trade or business of a
                        predecessor, then the qualified payroll of such
                        taxpayer for any calendar year shall be
                        increased by so much of the qualified payroll
                        of the predecessor for such calendar year as
                        was attributable to the trade or business
                        acquired by the taxpayer.
                            ``(ii) Dispositions.--If, after December
                        31, 2009, and before the close of the first
                        taxable year following the election year, a
                        taxpayer disposes of a trade or business,
                        then--
                                    ``(I) the qualified payroll of such
                                taxpayer for calendar year 2010 shall
                                be decreased by the amount of wages for
                                such calendar year as were attributable
                                to the trade or business which was
                                disposed of by the taxpayer, and
                                    ``(II) if the disposition occurs
                                after the beginning of the first
                                taxable year following the election
                                year, the qualified payroll of such
                                taxpayer for the calendar year which
                                begins with or within such taxable year
                                shall be decreased by the amount of
                                wages for such calendar year as were
                                attributable to the trade or business
                                which was disposed of by the taxpayer.
                    ``(C) Special rule.--For purposes of determining
                qualified payroll for any calendar year after calendar
                year 2011, such term shall not include wages paid to
                any individual if such individual received compensation
                from the taxpayer for services performed--
                            ``(i) after the date of the enactment of
                        this paragraph, and
                            ``(ii) at a time when such individual was
                        not an employee of the taxpayer.''.
            (3) Reduction for failure to maintain employment levels.--
        Paragraph (4) of section 965(b) of such Code (relating to
        limitations) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) Reduction in benefits for failure to maintain
        employment levels.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If, during the period consisting
                of the calendar month in which the taxpayer first
                receives a distribution described in subsection (a)(1)
                and the succeeding 23 calendar months, the taxpayer
                does not maintain an average employment level at least
                equal to the taxpayer's prior average employment, an
                additional amount equal to $75,000 multiplied by the
                number of employees by which the taxpayer's average
                employment level during such period falls below the
                prior average employment (but not exceeding the
                aggregate amount allowed as a deduction pursuant to
                subsection (a)(1)) shall be taken into income by the
                taxpayer during the taxable year that includes the
                final day of such period.
                    ``(B) Average employment level.--For purposes of
                this paragraph, the taxpayer's average employment level
                for a period shall be the average number of full-time
                United States employees of the taxpayer, measured at
                the end of each month during the period.
                    ``(C) Prior average employment.--For purposes of
                this paragraph, the taxpayer's `prior average
                employment' shall be the average number of full-time
                United States employees of the taxpayer during the
                period consisting of the 24 calendar months immediately
                preceding the calendar month in which the taxpayer
                first receives a distribution described in subsection
                (a)(1).
                    ``(D) Full-time united states employee.--For
                purposes of this paragraph--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `full-time
                        United States employee' means an individual who
                        provides services in the United States as a
                        full-time employee, based on the employer's
                        standards and practices; except that regardless
                        of the employer's classification of the
                        employee, an employee whose normal schedule is
                        40 hours or more per week is considered a full-
                        time employee.
                            ``(ii) Exception for changes in ownership
                        of trades or businesses.--Such term does not
                        include--
                                    ``(I) any individual who was an
                                employee, on the date of acquisition,
                                of any trade or business acquired by
                                the taxpayer during the 24-month period
                                referred to in subparagraph (A), and
                                    ``(II) any individual who was an
                                employee of any trade or business
                                disposed of by the taxpayer during the
                                24-month period referred to in
                                subparagraph (A) or the 24-month period
                                referred to in subparagraph (C).
                    ``(E) Aggregation rules.--In determining the
                taxpayer's average employment level and prior average
                employment, all domestic members of a controlled group
                shall be treated as a single taxpayer.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

Output: Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the election allowed to a domestic corporation to deduct current and accumulated dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation to the corporation's last taxable year beginning before the enactment of this Act or the first taxable year which begins during the one-year period beginning on such enactment date, (2) reduce tax rates on foreign earnings of domestic corporations that reinvest such earnings in the United States and that expand their payrolls over 2010 levels, and (3) increase the taxable income of domestic corporations that fail to maintain employment levels in the 23-month period after receiving a reduction in tax rates under this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) a diverse array of species of fish and wildlife is of
        significant value to the United States for many reasons,
        including aesthetic, ecological, educational, cultural,
        recreational, economic, and scientific reasons;
            (2) millions of citizens in the United States participate
        in outdoor recreation through hunting, fishing, and wildlife
        observation, all of which have significant value to the
        citizens who engage in those activities and economic benefits
        for local communities;
            (3) it is in the national interest of the United States--
                    (A) to retain for present and future generations
                the opportunity to observe, understand, and appreciate
                a wide variety of wildlife; and
                    (B) to prevent wildlife from declining to the point
                of requiring Federal protection under the Endangered
                Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);
            (4) hunters and anglers have for more than 70 years
        willingly paid user fees in the form of Federal excise taxes on
        hunting and fishing equipment to support a Federal investment
        in wildlife diversity and abundance, through the enactment of
        the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669
        et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act )
        (commonly known as the ``Wallop-Breaux Act'') (16 U.S.C. 777 et
        seq.);
            (5) Congress created the Wildlife Conservation and
        Restoration Account under section 3(a)(2) of the Pittman-
        Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(a)(2)) to
        expand support for the full array of fish and wildlife
        conservation needs, including species that are not hunted and
        fished, but only authorized appropriations for the Account for
        1 fiscal year;
            (6) while appropriated funds have been made available
        through the State Wildlife Grants program of United States Fish
        and Wildlife Service, the lack of assured and dedicated funding
        for the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account has left
        unrealized the goals of the Account, allowing wildlife to
        continue to decline across the United States;
            (7) partly as a requirement of the unfunded Wildlife
        Conservation and Restoration Account, each State has produced a
        comprehensive wildlife strategy, which presents an action plan
        for conserving the full array of wildlife and wildlife habitats
        of each State; and
            (8) providing assured and dedicated funding to the Wildlife
        Conservation and Restoration Account advances the national
        interest in keeping wildlife from becoming endangered by
        supporting States in implementing the comprehensive wildlife
        conservation strategies of the States.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to provide reliable and assured funding to advance the
        national interest in keeping wildlife from becoming endangered
        by supporting programs in each State that address the
        conservation needs of the full array of declining wildlife; and
            (2) to provide the Federal share of support needed to
        implement the comprehensive wildlife conservation strategies
        prepared by each State as a requirement of obtaining funds from
        the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account established
        under section 3(a)(2) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife
        Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(a)(2)).

SEC. 3. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION ACCOUNT.

    Section 3(a) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16
U.S.C. 669b(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
            ``(2) Wildlife conservation and restoration account.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--There is established in the
                Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund a subaccount
                to be known as the `Wildlife Conservation and
                Restoration Account' (referred to in this paragraph as
                the `Account').
                    ``(B) Use.--Amounts in the Account shall be
                available without further appropriation, for each
                fiscal year, for apportionment in accordance with this
                Act to carry out State wildlife conservation and
                restoration programs.
                    ``(C) Revenues.--
                            ``(i) Outer continental shelf revenues.--
                        For each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015,
                        from amounts deposited in the Treasury under
                        section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
                        Act (43 U.S.C. 1338), the Secretary of the
                        Treasury shall transfer to the fund for deposit
                        in the Account $175,000,000.
                            ``(ii) Mining revenues.--For each of fiscal
                        years 2010 through 2015, from amounts deposited
                        in the Treasury under section 35 of the Mineral
                        Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191), after the
                        withdrawal of funds to the States under section
                        35(a) of that Act, the Secretary of the
                        Treasury shall transfer to the fund for deposit
                        in the Account $175,000,000.''.

Output: Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2008 - Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for deposit in the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account for each of FY2010-FY2015 specified funds from: (1) amounts received from rents, royalties, and other sums paid to the Secretary or the Secretary of the Navy under leases on the outer Continental Shelf; and (2) amounts received from sales, bonuses, and royalties collected under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 and from rentals of public lands under the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Systems and Risks
Reporting Act''.

SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 2(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(15 U.S.C. 7201(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ``financial
        statements'' the following: ``and information systems'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``and financial'' and
        inserting ``, financial, and cybersecurity systems'';
            (3) in paragraph (10)(B), by inserting after ``quality
        control policies and procedures,'' the following:
        ``cybersecurity systems standards and practices,''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(18) Information system.--The term `information system'
        means a set of activities, involving people, processes, data,
        or technology, which enable the issuer to obtain, generate,
        use, and communicate transactions and information to maintain
        accountability and measure and review the issuer's performance
        or progress towards achievement of objectives.
            ``(19) Cybersecurity system.--The term `cybersecurity
        system' means a set of activities or state, involving people,
        processes, data or technology, whereby the protection of an
        information system of the issuer is secured from, or defended
        against, damage, unauthorized use or modification,
        misdirection, disruption or exploitation.
            ``(20) Cybersecurity risk.--The term `cybersecurity risk'
        means a significant vulnerability to, or a significant
        deficiency in, the security and defense activities of a
        cybersecurity system.''.
    (b) Corporate Responsibility.--Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7241) is amended--
            (1) in the heading of such section, by inserting after
        ``reports'' the following: ``and information systems''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and the principal financial
                officer or officers,'' and inserting ``, the principal
                financial officer or officers, and the principal
                cybersecurity systems officer or officers'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``internal
                controls'' each place such term appears and inserting
                ``internal controls and cybersecurity systems'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by inserting after ``operation
                                of internal controls'' the following:
                                ``and cybersecurity systems''; and
                                    (II) by inserting before the
                                semicolon the following: ``and any
                                significant cybersecurity risks in
                                issuer's information systems''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting
                        before the semicolon the following: ``,
                        cybersecurity systems, or information
                        systems''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) by striking ``internal controls'' each
                        place such term appears and inserting
                        ``internal controls, cybersecurity systems, or
                        information systems''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``significant
                        deficiencies'' and inserting ``cybersecurity
                        risks, significant deficiencies,''.
    (c) Management Assessment.--Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7262) is amended--
            (1) in the heading of such section, by inserting after
        ``controls'' the following: ``and information systems'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting after ``contain an internal
                control'' the following: ``and information systems'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``an adequate
                internal control structure and procedures for financial
                reporting'' and inserting ``adequate internal control
                and cybersecurity systems structures and procedures for
                financial and information systems reporting''; and
                    (C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) contain assessments, as of the end of the most recent
        fiscal year of the issuer, of the effectiveness of--
                    ``(A) the internal control structure and procedures
                of the issuer for financial reporting; and
                    ``(B) the cybersecurity systems structure of the
                issuer.''; and
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the heading of such subsection, by inserting
                after ``Internal Control'' the following; ``and
                Cybersecurity Systems''; and
                    (B) by striking ``internal control assessment'' and
                inserting ``internal control and cybersecurity system
                structure assessments''.
    (d) Disclosure of Expert.--Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 (15 U.S.C. 7265) is amended--
            (1) in the heading of such section, by striking ``expert''
        and inserting ``and cybersecurity systems experts'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the heading of such subsection, by striking
                ``Expert'' and inserting ``and Cybersecurity Experts'';
                and
                    (B) by striking ``, as such term is defined by the
                Commission'' and inserting ``and at least 1 member who
                is a cybersecurity systems expert, as such terms are
                defined by the Commission in consultation with the
                Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of
                Commerce''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Considerations With Respect to Cybersecurity Experts.--In
defining the term `cybersecurity expert' for purposes of subsection
(a), the Commission shall, in consultation with the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the Secretary of Commerce, consider whether a
person has, through education or experience as an information
technology officer or information systems security officer, or from a
position involving the performance of similar functions--
            ``(1) an understanding of generally accepted principles,
        practices, and law relating to computer security, computer
        network security, and data security and privacy;
            ``(2) experience in--
                    ``(A) the preparation of information systems audits
                for cybersecurity risk discovery; and
                    ``(B) the maintenance, implementation, and
                monitoring of information systems and their
                cybersecurity systems;
            ``(3) experience with information systems aspects of
        internal accounting controls; and
            ``(4) an understanding of audit committee functions.''.
    (e) Enhanced Review.--Section 408 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(15 U.S.C. 7265) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``financial statement''
        and inserting ``financial, information systems, and
        cybersecurity systems statements''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph
                (7); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) issuers that have issued cybersecurity risks
        disclosures; and''.
    (f) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is amended--
            (1) in the item relating to section 302, by inserting after
        ``REPORTS'' the following: ``AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS'';
            (2) in the item relating to section 404, by inserting after
        ``CONTROLS'' the following: ``AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS''; and
            (3) in the item relating to section 407, by striking
        ``EXPERT'' and inserting ``AND CYBERSECURITY SYSTEMS EXPERTS''.

Output: Cybersecurity Systems and Risks Reporting Act This bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to apply to cybersecurity systems and cybersecurity systems officers the same requirements regarding corporate responsibility for financial reports and managements assessments of internal control structures and procedures for financial reporting as apply to public companies subject to oversight by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC shall issue rules to define cybersecurity expert and require each issuer of securities to disclose whether or not (and if not, the reasons why) the issuer's audit committee has at least one member who is a cybersecurity expert. The SEC shall review an issuer's information systems and cybersecurity systems statements. In scheduling the such reviews the SEC shall consider, among other things, issuers that have issued cybersecurity risks disclosures.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Patient
Communications Protection Act of 1996''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Patients need access to all relevant information to
        make appropriate decisions, with their physicians, about their
        health care.
            (2) Restrictions on the ability of physicians to provide
        full disclosure of all relevant information to patients making
        health care decisions violate the principles of informed
        consent and practitioner ethical standards.
            (3) The offering and operation of health plans affect
        commerce among the States. Health care providers located in one
        State serve patients who reside in other States as well as that
        State. In order to provide for uniform treatment of health care
        providers and patients among the States, it is necessary to
        cover health plans operating in one State as well as those
        operating among the several States.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF INTERFERENCE WITH CERTAIN MEDICAL
              COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Prohibition of certain provisions.--Subject to
        paragraph (2), an entity offering a health plan (as defined in
        subsection (d)(2)) may not include any provision that prohibits
        or restricts any medical communication (as defined in
        subsection (b)) as part of--
                    (A) a written contract or agreement with a health
                care provider,
                    (B) a written statement to such a provider, or
                    (C) an oral communication to such a provider.
            (2) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
        construed as preventing an entity from exercising mutually
        agreed upon terms and conditions not inconsistent with
        paragraph (1), including terms or conditions requiring a
        physician to participate in, and cooperate with, all programs,
        policies, and procedures developed or operated by the person,
        corporation, partnership, association, or other organization to
        ensure, review, or improve the quality of health care.
            (3) Nullification.--Any provision described in paragraph
        (1) is null and void.
    (b) Medical Communication Defined.--In this section, the term
``medical communication'' means a communication made by a health care
provider with a patient of the provider (or the guardian or legal
representative of such patient) with respect to the patient's physical
or mental condition or treatment options.
    (c) Enforcement Through Imposition of Civil Money Penalty.--
            (1) In general.--Any entity that violates paragraph (1) of
        subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil money penalty of up
        to $15,000 for each violation. No such penalty shall be imposed
        solely on the basis of an oral communication unless the
        communication is part of a pattern or practice of such
        communications and the violation is demonstrated by a
        preponderance of the evidence.
            (2) Procedures.--The provisions of subsections (c) through
        (l) of section 1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
        1320a-7a) shall apply to civil money penalties under paragraph
        (1) in the same manner as they apply to a penalty or proceeding
        under section 1128A(a) of such Act.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Health care provider.--The term ``health care
        provider'' means anyone licensed under State law to provide
        health care services, including a practitioner such as a nurse
        anesthetist or chiropractor who is so licensed.
            (2) Health plan.--The term ``health plan'' means any public
        or private health plan or arrangement (including an employee
        welfare benefit plan) which provides, or pays the cost of,
        health benefits, and includes an organization of health care
        providers that furnishes health services under a contract or
        agreement with such a plan.
            (3) Coverage of third party administrators.--In the case of
        a health plan that is an employee welfare benefit plan (as
        defined in section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income
        Security Act of 1974), any third party administrator or other
        person with responsibility for contracts with health care
        providers under the plan shall be considered, for purposes of
        this section, to be an entity offering such health plan.
    (e) Non-Preemption of State Law.--A State may establish or enforce
requirements with respect to the subject matter of this section, but
only if such requirements are consistent with the Act and are more
protective of medical communications than the requirements established
under this section.
    (g) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to medical
communications made on or after such date.

Output: Patient Communications Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits an entity offering a health plan from prohibiting or restricting any communication by a health care provider with a patient regarding the patient's physical or mental condition or treatment options.  Mandates a civil monetary penalty.  Allows related State requirements only if they are more protective of such communications than the requirements of this Act.