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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Homeowners Rebate Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES FROM MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE
              FUND RESERVES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 205 of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1711(c)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Distribution of Reserves.--Upon termination of an insurance
obligation of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund by payment of the
mortgage insured thereunder, if the Secretary determines (in accordance
with subsection (e)) that there is a surplus for distribution under
this section to mortgagors, the Participating Reserve Account shall be
subject to distribution as follows:
            ``(1) Required distribution.--In the case of a mortgage
        paid after November 5, 1990, and insured for 7 years or more
        before such termination, the Secretary shall distribute to the
        mortgagor a share of such Account in such manner and amount as
        the Secretary shall determine to be equitable and in accordance
        with sound actuarial and accounting practice, subject to
        paragraphs (3) and (4).
            ``(2) Discretionary distribution.--In the case of a
        mortgage not described in paragraph (1), the Secretary is
        authorized to distribute to the mortgagor a share of such
        Account in such manner and amount as the Secretary shall
        determine to be equitable and in accordance with sound
        actuarial and accounting practice, subject to paragraphs (3)
        and (4).
            ``(3) Limitation on amount.--In no event shall the amount
        any such distributable share exceed the aggregate scheduled
        annual premiums of the mortgagor to the year of termination of
        the insurance.
            ``(4) Application requirement.--The Secretary shall not
        distribute any share to an eligible mortgagor under this
        subsection beginning on the date which is 6 years after the
        date that the Secretary first transmitted written notification
        of eligibility to the last known address of the mortgagor,
        unless the mortgagor has applied in accordance with procedures
        prescribed by the Secretary for payment of the share within the
        6-year period. The Secretary shall transfer from the
        Participating Reserve Account to the General Surplus Account
        any amounts that, pursuant to the preceding sentence, are no
        longer eligible for distribution.''.
    (b) Determination of Surplus.--
            (1) In general.--Section 205(e) of the National Housing Act
        (12 U.S.C. 1711(e)) is amended by adding at the end the
        following new sentences: ``Notwithstanding any other provision
        of this section, if, at the time of such a determination, the
        capital ratio (as such term is defined in subsection (f)) for
        the Fund is 3.0 percent or greater, the Secretary shall
        determine that there is a surplus for distribution under this
        section to mortgagors.''.
            (2) GAO report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit
        a report to the Congress that evaluates the adequacy of the
        capital ratio requirement under section 205(f)(2) of the
        National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1711(f)(2)) for ensuring the
        safety and soundness of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
        Such report shall also evaluate the adequacy of the capital
        ratio level established under section 205(e)(1) of the National
        Housing Act, as amended by paragraph (1) of this section and
        shall include a recommendation of a capital ratio level that,
        if made effective under such section upon the expiration of the
        2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
        Act, would provide for distributions of shares under section
        205(c) of such Act in a manner adequate to ensure the safety
        and soundness of such Fund.
    (c) Retroactive Payments.--
            (1) Timing.--Not later than 3 months after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
        Development shall determine the amount of each distributable
        share for each mortgage described in paragraph (2) to be paid
        and shall make payment of such share.
            (2) Mortgages covered.--A mortgage described in this
        paragraph is a mortgage for which--
                    (A) the insurance obligation of the Mutual Mortgage
                Insurance Fund was terminated by payment of the
                mortgage before the date of the enactment of this Act;
                    (B) a distributable share is required to be paid to
                the mortgagor under section 205(c)(1) of the National
                Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1711(c)(1)), as amended by
                subsection (a) of this section; and
                    (C) no distributable share was paid pursuant to
                section 205(c) of the National Housing Act upon
                termination of the insurance obligation of such Fund.

Output: Requires the General Accounting Office to report respecting the adequacy of Fund capital ratios.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Information Technology
Savings, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED AUTHORITY OF AGENCY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS OVER
              INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

    (a) Presidential Appointment of CIOs of Certain Agencies.--
            (1) In general.--Section 11315 of title 40, United States
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subsection (a) as subsection
                (e) and moving such subsection to the end of the
                section; and
                    (B) by inserting before subsection (b) the
                following:
    ``(a) Presidential Appointment or Designation of Certain Chief
Information Officers.--
            ``(1) In general.--There shall be within each agency listed
        in section 901(b)(1) of title 31, other than the Department of
        Defense, an agency Chief Information Officer.
            ``(2) Appointment or designation.--Each agency Chief
        Information Officer shall--
                    ``(A) be--
                            ``(i) appointed by the President; or
                            ``(ii) designated by the President, in
                        consultation with the head of the agency; and
                    ``(B) be appointed or designated, as applicable,
                from among individuals who possess demonstrated ability
                in general management of, and knowledge of and
                extensive practical experience in, information
                technology management practices in large governmental
                or business entities.
            ``(3) Responsibilities.--An agency Chief Information
        Officer appointed or designated under this section shall report
        directly to the head of the agency and carry out, on a full-
        time basis--
                    ``(A) the responsibilities under this section; and
                    ``(B) the responsibilities under section 3506(a) of
                title 44 for Chief Information Officers designated
                under paragraph (2) of such section.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 3506(a)(2)(A) of title
        44, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``each
        agency'' the following: ``, other than an agency with a
        Presidentially appointed or designated Chief Information
        Officer, as provided in section 11315(a)(1) of title 40,''.
    (b) Authority Relating to Budget and Personnel.--Section 11315 of
title 40, United States Code, is further amended by inserting after
subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Additional Authorities for Certain CIOs.--
            ``(1) Budget-related authority.--
                    ``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
                            ``(i) the term `commercial item' has the
                        meaning given that term in section 103 of title
                        41, United States Code; and
                            ``(ii) the term `commercially available
                        off-the-shelf item' has the meaning given that
                        term in section 104 of title 41, United States
                        Code.
                    ``(B) Planning.--The head of each agency listed in
                section 901(b)(1) or 901(b)(2) of title 31, other than
                the Department of Defense, shall ensure that the Chief
                Information Officer of the agency has the authority to
                participate in decisions regarding the budget planning
                process related to--
                            ``(i) information technology or programs
                        that include significant information technology
                        components; or
                            ``(ii) the acquisition of an information
                        technology product or service that is a
                        commercial item.
                    ``(C) Allocation.--Amounts appropriated for an
                agency listed in section 901(b)(1) or 901(b)(2) of
                title 31, other than the Department of Defense, for any
                fiscal year that are available for information
                technology shall be allocated within the agency,
                consistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts
                and budget guidelines and recommendations from the
                Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in
                such manner as may be specified by, or approved by, the
                Chief Information Officer of the agency in consultation
                with the Chief Financial Officer of the agency and
                budget officials.
                    ``(D) COTS.--The head of each agency listed in
                section 901(b)(1) or 901(b)(2) of title 31, other than
                the Department of Defense, shall ensure that the Chief
                Information Officer of the agency has authority over
                any acquisition of an information technology product or
                service that is a commercially available off-the-shelf
                item.
            ``(2) Personnel-related authority.--The head of each agency
        listed in section 901(b)(1) or 901(b)(2) of title 31, other
        than the Department of Defense, shall ensure that the Chief
        Information Officer of the agency has the authority necessary
        to--
                    ``(A) approve the hiring of personnel who will have
                information technology responsibilities within the
                agency; and
                    ``(B) require that such personnel have the
                obligation to report to the Chief Information Officer
                in a manner considered sufficient by the Chief
                Information Officer.''.
    (c) Single Chief Information Officer in Each Agency.--
            (1) Requirement.--Section 3506(a)(3) of title 44, United
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new
                subparagraph:
    ``(B) Each agency shall have only one individual with the title and
designation of `Chief Information Officer'. Any bureau, office, or
subordinate organization within the agency may designate one individual
with the title `Deputy Chief Information Officer', `Associate Chief
Information Officer', or `Assistant Chief Information Officer'.''.
            (2) Effective date.--Section 3506(a)(3)(B) of title 44,
        United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall take
        effect on October 1, 2014. Any individual serving in a position
        affected by such section before such date may continue in that
        position if the requirements of such section are fulfilled with
        respect to that individual.

SEC. 3. LEAD COORDINATION ROLE OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS COUNCIL.

    (a) Lead Coordination Role.--Subsection (d) of section 3603 of
title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Lead Interagency Forum.--
            ``(1) Designation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Council is designated the
                lead interagency forum for improving agency
                coordination of practices related to the design,
                development, modernization, use, operation, sharing,
                performance, and review of Federal Government
                information resources investment.
                    ``(B) Responsibilities.--As the lead interagency
                forum, the Council shall--
                            ``(i) develop cross-agency portfolio
                        management practices to allow and encourage the
                        development of cross-agency shared services and
                        shared platforms; and
                            ``(ii) issue guidelines and practices for
                        expansion of the Federal enterprise
                        architecture process, if appropriate.
                    ``(C) Guidelines and practices.--The guidelines and
                practices issued under subparagraph (B)(ii)--
                            ``(i) may address broader transparency,
                        common inputs, common outputs, and outcomes
                        achieved; and
                            ``(ii) shall be used as a basis for
                        comparing performance across diverse missions
                        and operations in various agencies.
            ``(2) Reports.--
                    ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
                `relevant congressional committees' means each of the
                following:
                            ``(i) The Committee on Homeland Security
                        and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on
                        Appropriations of the Senate.
                            ``(ii) The Committee on Oversight and
                        Government Reform and the Committee on
                        Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
                    ``(B) Required reports.--Not later than December 1
                in each of the 6 years following the date of the
                enactment of this paragraph, the Council shall submit
                to the relevant congressional committees a report (to
                be known as the `CIO Council Report') summarizing the
                Council's activities in the preceding fiscal year and
                containing such recommendations for further
                congressional action to fulfill its mission as the
                Council considers appropriate.''.
    (b) References to Administrator of E-Government as Federal Chief
Information Officer.--
            (1) References.--Section 3602(b) of title 44, United States
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The
        Administrator may also be referred to as the Federal Chief
        Information Officer.''.
            (2) Definition.--Section 3601(1) of title 44, United States
        Code, is amended by inserting ``or `Federal Chief Information
        Officer''' before ``means''.

SEC. 4. REPORTS BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Chief information officers council.--The term ``Chief
        Information Officers Council'' means the Chief Information
        Officers Council established by section 3603(a) of title 44,
        United States Code.
            (2) Relevant congressional committees.--The term ``relevant
        congressional committees'' means each of the following:
                    (A) The Committee on Homeland Security and
                Governmental Affairs and the Committee on
                Appropriations of the Senate.
                    (B) The Committee on Oversight and Government
                Reform and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
                of Representatives.
    (b) Requirement To Examine Effectiveness.--The Comptroller General
of the United States shall examine the effectiveness of the Chief
Information Officers Council in meeting its responsibilities under
section 3603(d) of title 44, United States Code, as added by section 3,
with particular focus whether agencies are actively participating in
the Council and following the Council's advice and guidance.
    (c) Reports.--Not later than 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to
the relevant congressional committees a report containing the findings
and recommendations of the Comptroller General from the examination
required by subsection (b).

SEC. 5. ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS.

    (a) Public Availability of Information About IT Investments.--
Section 11302(c) of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(2) Public availability.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Director shall make
                available to the public the cost, schedule, and
                performance data for at least 80 percent (by dollar
                value) of all information technology investments in
                each Federal agency listed in section 901(b) of title
                31, without regard to whether the investments are for
                information technology acquisitions or for operations
                and maintenance of information technology. The Director
                shall ensure that the information is current, accurate,
                and reflects the risks associated with each covered
                information technology investment.
                    ``(B) Waiver or limitation authority.--If the
                Director or the Chief Information Officer, as the case
                may be, determines that a waiver or limitation is in
                the national security interests of the United States,
                the applicability of subparagraph (A) may be waived or
                the extent of the information may be limited--
                            ``(i) by the Director, with respect to
                        information technology investments
                        Governmentwide; and
                            ``(ii) by the Chief Information Officer of
                        a Federal agency listed in section 901(b) of
                        title 31, with respect to information
                        technology investments in that Federal
                        agency.''.
    (b) Additional Report Requirements.--Paragraph (3) of section
11302(c) title 40, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection
(a), is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The report shall
include an analysis of agency trends reflected in the performance risk
information required in paragraph (2).''.

Output: Federal Information Technology Savings, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2013 - Modifies provisions relating to the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) in federal agencies to require the appointment of not more than one CIO in the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy (DOE), Health and Human Services (HHS), Interior, Justice (DOJ), Labor, State, Transportation (DOT), Treasury, and Veterans Affairs (VA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  Requires CIOs to: (1) be appointed or designated by the President, in consultation with relevant agency heads; (2) be chosen from among individuals who have demonstrated knowledge of information technology management practices and ability to manage such practices in large entities; and (3) be given enhanced authority in the budget planning process of an agency and the hiring of personnel who will have information technology responsibilities.  Expands the responsibilities of the Chief Information Officers Council to require the Council to: (1) develop cross-agency portfolio management practices and issue guidelines and practices for expansion of the federal enterprise architecture process, and (2) report to specified congressional committees on its activities. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to examine and report on the effectiveness of the Council. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to make available to the public the cost, schedule, and performance data for at least 80% of all information technology investments in each federal agency to which this Act applies, unless the Director or the agency CIO determines that a waiver or limitation of such disclosure requirement is in the interests of national security.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Against Corporations Organizing to
Rip-off the Nation Act'' or the ``ACORN Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

            (1) According to the Corporate Fraud Task Force Report to
        the President, 2008, in fiscal year 2007, United States
        Attorneys' offices opened 878 new criminal health care fraud
        investigations involving 1,548 potential defendants. Federal
        prosecutors had 1,612 health care fraud criminal investigations
        pending, involving 2,603 potential defendants, and filed
        criminal charges in 434 cases involving 786 defendants. A total
        of 560 defendants were convicted for health care fraud-related
        crimes during the year.
            (2) On September 2, 2009, it was announced that Pfizer Inc.
        and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc., agreed to
        pay $2.3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in
        the history of the Department of Justice, to resolve criminal
        liability from the illegal promotion of certain pharmaceutical
        products.
            (3) Pharmacia & Upjohn Company agreed to plead guilty to a
        felony violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for
        misbranding Bextra with the intent to defraud or mislead.
            (4) Pharmacia & Upjohn Company marketed ``off-label'' uses
        of Bextra for several uses and dosages that the Food and Drug
        Administration declined to approve due to safety concerns.
            (5) The Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
        has stated, ``Illegal conduct and fraud by pharmaceutical
        companies puts the public health at risk, corrupts medical
        decisions by health care providers, and costs the Government
        billions of dollars.''.
            (6) The Director of the Defense Department's Criminal
        Investigative Services stated, ``The off-label promotion of
        pharmaceutical drugs by Pfizer significantly impacted the
        integrity of TRICARE, the Department of Defense's health care
        system. This illegal activity increases patients' costs,
        threatens their safety and negatively affects the health care
        services to the over nine million military members, retirees
        and their families who rely on this system.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT
              TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS OR COMPANIES.

    (a) Prohibitions.--Subject to subsection (e), with respect to any
covered corporation or company or applicable individual the following
prohibitions apply:
            (1) No Federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or
        any other form of agreement (including a memorandum of
        understanding) may be awarded to or entered into with the
        corporation or company for a 5-year period beginning 30 days
        after the date of the criminal conviction involved or
        termination of charter (as the case may be).
            (2) No Federal funds in any other form may be provided to
        the corporation or company for such 5-year period.
            (3) No Federal employee or contractor may promote in any
        way (including recommending to a person or referring to a
        person for any purpose) the corporation or company for such 5-
        year period.
            (4) No covered corporation or company or applicable
        individual may contribute funds to a candidate for Federal
        office, Federal political action committee, or Federal or State
        political party during such a 5-year period.
            (5) No more than $1,000,000 in any calendar year may be
        used by the corporation or company, or applicable individual,
        for the purpose of lobbying Congress or Federal employees
        during such 5-year period.
    (b) Covered Corporation or Company.--In this section, the term
``covered corporation or company'' means any of the following:
            (1) Any corporation or company guilty of felony criminal
        violations under any Federal or State law--
                    (A) including a felony violation of the Federal
                Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, sections 3729 through 3733
                of title 31, United States Code (formerly known as the
                False Claims Act), or a violation for the filing of a
                fraudulent form with any Federal or State regulatory
                agency; but
                    (B) excluding a violation for which the corporation
                or company has fully completed all terms of criminal
                sentencing or a criminal settlement agreement as of the
                date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Any corporation or company that had its State corporate
        charter terminated due to its failure to comply with Federal or
        State lobbying disclosure requirements.
            (3) Any corporation or company that, within the 5-year
        period beginning 30 days after the date of conviction of an
        applicable individual of a violation described in subsection
        (c)(2)(B)--
                    (A) employs the applicable individual, in a
                permanent or temporary capacity;
                    (B) has under contract or retains the applicable
                individual; or
                    (C) has the applicable individual acting on the
                behalf of the corporation or company or with the
                express or apparent authority of the corporation or
                company.
    (c) Additional Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``corporation or company'' includes Pfizer,
        Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. and any Pfizer-related
        affiliate.
            (2) The term ``applicable individual'' means, with respect
        to a corporation or company, an individual who--
                    (A) is a director, officer, or executive of the
                corporation or company; and
                    (B) has been found guilty of a felony violation
                under Federal or State law in relation to the
                individual's conduct in the individual's capacity as a
                director, officer, or executive of a corporation or
                company.
    (d) Revision of Federal Acquisition Regulation.--The Federal
Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to carry out the provisions of
this Act relating to contracts.
    (e) Presidential Waiver Authority.--The President may waive a
prohibition in subsection (a) with respect to a corporation, company,
or applicable individual if the President--
            (1) determines such a waiver is in the national interest;
        and
            (2) provides notice to all appropriate Congressional
        committees of the intent to grant such waiver 15 days before
        the date such waiver is granted.

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Against Corporations Organizing to Rip-off the Nation Act or the ACORN Act - Prohibits the federal government from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote, any corporation or company that has been found guilty of a felony criminal violation under federal or state law, that had its state corporate charter terminated due to its failure to comply with federal or state lobbying disclosure requirements, or that employs or otherwise retains a director, officer, or executive of the corporation or company who has been found guilty of a felony in relation to the individual's conduct for that company, during the five-year period following such conviction or charter termination.

Prohibits such a corporation or director, officer, or executive, during such period, from: (1) contributing funds to a candidate for federal office, federal political action committee, or federal or state political party; or (2) using more than $1 million in any calendar year to lobby Congress or federal employees.

Includes Pfizer, Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc., and any Pfizer related affiliate as covered companies for purposes of this Act.

Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to carry out the provisions of this Act relating to contracts. Authorizes the President to waive a prohibition under this Act in the national interest.


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AND REPORT.

    (a) Funding Resolution and Report.--(1) The funding resolution
first reported by each committee of the Senate in 1994, and thereafter
for the first session of each Congress, shall include, and the first
funding resolution introduced by each committee of the House of
Representatives (and referred to the Committee on House Administration)
for such year and thereafter for the first session of each Congress
shall include, a section setting forth the committee's plan for
reexamination of programs under this title. Such plan shall include
each of the following matters:
            (A) The programs to be reexamined and the reasons for their
        selection.
            (B) The scheduled completion date for each program
        reexamination, which date shall not be later than the end of
        the Congress preceding the Congress in which the
        reauthorization date applicable to a program occurs as provided
        in section 101(b), unless the committee explains in a statement
        in the report accompanying its proposed funding resolution (in
        the Senate), or in a statement supplied by the respective
        committee and included in the report of the Committee on House
        Administration (in the House of Representatives), the reasons
        for a later completion date, except that reports on programs
        scheduled for reauthorization during the 103d Congress and
        selected for reexamination in a committee's plan adopted in
        1993 may be submitted at any time on or before February 15,
        1994.
            (C) The estimated cost for each reexamination.
    (2) The report accompanying the funding resolution reported by each
committee of the Senate in 1993 and thereafter for the first session of
each Congress, shall include, and the report accompanying the funding
resolution reported by the Committee on House Administration with
respect to each committee of the House of Representatives shall
include, a statement of that committee, with respect to each
reexamination in its plan, of each of the following matters:
            (A) A description of the components of the reexamination.
            (B) A statement of whether the reexamination is to be
        conducted (i) by the committee, or (ii) at the request and
        under the direction of or under contract with the committee, as
        the case may be, by one or more instrumentalities of the
        legislative branch, one or more instrumentalities of the
        executive branch, or one or more nongovernmental organizations,
        or (iii) by a combination of the foregoing.
    (3) It shall not be in order to consider a funding resolution with
respect to a committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives in
1993, and thereafter for the first session of a Congress, unless--
            (A) such resolution includes a section containing the
        information described in paragraph (1) and the report
        accompanying such resolution contains the information described
        in paragraph (2); and
            (B) the report required by subsection (c) with respect to
        each program reexamination scheduled for completion during the
        preceding Congress by such committee has been submitted for
        printing.
    (4) It shall not be in order to consider an amendment to the
section of a funding resolution described in paragraph (1) reported by
a committee of the Senate for a year, or reported by the Committee on
House Administration with respect to a committee of the House of
Representatives for a year--
            (A) if such amendment would require reexamination of a
        program which has been reexamined by such committee under this
        section during any of the five preceding years;
            (B) if such amendment would cause such section not to
        contain the information described in paragraph (1) with respect
        to each program to be reexamined by such committee; or
            (C) if notice of intention to propose such amendment has
        not been given to such committee and, in the case of an
        amendment in the Senate, to the Committee on Rules and
        Administration of the Senate, or, in the case of an amendment
        in the House of Representatives, to the Committee on House
        Administration, not later than January 20 of the calendar year
        in which such year begins or the first day of the session of
        the Congress in which such year begins, whichever is later.
The notice required by subparagraph (C) shall include the substance of
the amendment intended to be proposed, and, if such amendment would add
one or more programs to be reexamined, shall include the information
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) with respect to each such program.
Subparagraph (C) shall not apply to amendments proposed by such
committee or by the Committee on Rules and Administration or House
Administration, as the case may be.
    (b) Consultation With Other Committees.--In order to achieve
coordination of program reexamination each committee shall, in
preparing each reexamination plan required by subsection (a), consult
with appropriate committees of the Senate or appropriate committees of
the House of Representatives, as the case may be, and shall inform
itself of related activities of and support or assistance that may be
provided by (1) the General Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget
Office, the Congressional Research Service, and the Office of
Technology Assessment, and (2) appropriate instrumentalities in the
executive and judicial branches.
    (c) Committee Reports.--Each committee shall prepare and have
printed a report with respect to each reexamination completed under
this title. Each such report shall be delivered to the Secretary of the
Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may
be, not later than the date specified in the resolution and printed as
a Senate or House document, accordingly. To the extent permitted by law
or regulation, such number of additional copies as the committee may
order shall be printed for the use of the committee. If two or more
committees have legislative jurisdiction over the same program or
portions of the same program, such committees may reexamine such
program jointly and submit a joint report with respect to such
reexamination.
    (d) Contents of Committee Report.--The report pursuant to
subsection (c) shall set forth the findings, recommendations, and
justifications with respect to the program, and shall include to the
extent the committee deems appropriate, each of the following matters:
            (1) An identification of the objectives intended for the
        program and the problem it was intended to address.
            (2) An identification of any trends, developments, and
        emerging conditions which are likely to affect the future
        nature and extent of the problems or needs which the program is
        intended to address and an assessment of the potential primary
        and secondary effects of the proposed program.
            (3) An identification of any other program having
        potentially conflicting or duplicative objectives.
            (4) A statement of the number and types of beneficiaries or
        persons served by the program.
            (5) An assessment of the effectiveness of the program and
        the degrees to which the original objectives of the program or
        group of programs have been achieved.
            (6) An assessment of the cost effectiveness of the program,
        including where appropriate, a cost-benefit analysis of the
        operation of the program.
            (7) An assessment of the relative merits of alternative
        methods which could be considered to achieve the purposes of
        the program.
            (8) Information on the regulatory, privacy, and paperwork
        impacts of the program.
    (e) Title I Satisfied.--A report submitted pursuant to this section
shall be deemed to satisfy the reauthorization review requirements of
title I.

SEC. 303. EXECUTIVE REVIEW.

    Each department or agency of the executive branch which is
responsible for the administration of a program selected for
reexamination pursuant to this title shall, not later than 6 months
before the completion date specified for reexamination reports pursuant
to section 302(a)(1)(B), submit to the Office of Management and Budget
and to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report of its findings, recommendations, and
justifications with respect to each of the matters set forth in section
302(d), and the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to such
committee or committees such comments as it deems appropriate.

SEC. 304. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this title--
            (1) the term ``funding resolution'' means, with respect to
        each committee of the House of Representatives, the primary
        funding resolution for such committee which is effective for
        the duration of a Congress; and
            (2) an amendment to a funding resolution includes a
        resolution of the Senate which amends such funding resolution.

                        TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 401. AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS.

    Section 1108(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
inserting before the period a comma and ``or at the request of a
committee of either House of Congress presented after the day on which
the President transmits the budget to the Congress under section 1105
of this title for the fiscal year''.

SEC. 402. NONDISCLOSURE.

    Nothing in this Act shall require the public disclosure of matters
that are specifically authorized under criteria established by an
Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense
or foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such
Executive order, or which are otherwise specifically protected by law.

SEC. 403. RULEMAKING.

    The provisions of this section and sections 101(a), 101(b),
101(c)(1), 101(c)(2), 101(c)(5), 102, 104(b), 104(c), 104(d), 104(e),
104(f), title III (except section 303), section 405, and section 406 of
this Act are enacted by the Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
        and the House of Representatives respectively, and as such they
        shall be considered as part of the rules of each House,
        respectively, or of that House to which they specifically
        apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the
        extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
        either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such
        House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent
        as in the case of any other rule of such House.

SEC. 404. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANCE AND REGULATORY DUPLICATION AND CONFLICTS
              REPORT.

    (a) Executive Assistance.--(1) To assist in the review or
reexamination of a program, the head of an agency which administers
such program and the head of any other agency, when requested, shall
provide to each committee of the Senate and the House of
Representatives which has legislative jurisdiction over such program
such studies, information, analyses, reports, and assistance as the
committee may request.
    (2) Not later than 6 months before the first reauthorization date
specified for a program in section 101(b) the head of the agency which
administers such program or the head of any other agency, when
requested by a committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives,
shall conduct a review of those regulations currently promulgated and
in use by that agency which the committee specifically has requested be
reviewed and submit a report to the Senate or the House of
Representatives as the case may be, setting forth the regulations that
agency intends to retain, eliminate, or modify if the program is
reauthorized and stating the basis for its decision.
    (3) On or before October 1 of the year preceding the beginning of
the Congress in which occurs the reauthorization date for a program,
the Comptroller General shall furnish to each committee of the Senate
and the House of Representatives which has legislative jurisdiction
over such program a listing of the prior audits and reviews of such
program completed during the preceding 6 years.
    (4) Consistent with the discharge of the duties and functions
imposed by law on them or their respective Offices or Service, the
Comptroller General, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office,
the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment, and the Director
of the Congressional Research Service shall furnish to each committee
of the Senate and the House of Representatives such information,
analyses, and reports as the committee may request to assist it in
conducting reviews or evaluations of programs.
    (b) Regulatory Duplication and Conflict Report.--(1) On or before
October 1 of the year preceding the beginning of the Congress in which
occurs the reauthorization date for a program, the President, with the
cooperation of the head of each appropriate agency, shall submit to the
Congress a ``Regulatory Duplication and Conflict Report'' for all such
programs scheduled for reauthorization in the next Congress.
    (2) Each such regulatory duplication and conflicts report shall--
            (A) identify regulatory policies, including data collection
        requirements, of such programs or the agencies which administer
        them, which duplicate or conflict with each other or with rules
        or regulations or regulatory policies of other programs or
        agencies, and identify the provisions of law which authorize or
        require such duplicative or conflicting regulatory policies or
        the promulgation of such duplicative or conflicting rules or
        regulations;
            (B) identify the regulatory policies, including data
        collection requirements, of such programs which are, or which
        tend to be, duplicative of or in conflict with rules or
        regulations or regulatory policies of State or local
        governments; and
            (C) contain recommendations which address the conflicts or
        duplications identified in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
    (3) The regulatory duplication and conflicts report submitted by
the President pursuant to this subsection shall be referred to the
committee or committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate
with legislative jurisdiction over the programs affected by the
reports.

SEC. 405. SUNSET REAUTHORIZATION BILL.

    (a) Committee Introduction.--Not later than 15 days after the
beginning of the second regular session of the Congress in which occurs
the reauthorization date applicable to a program under section 101(b),
the chairmen of the committees of the Senate and the House of
Representatives having legislative jurisdiction over such programs
shall introduce, in their respective Houses, a bill which, if enacted
into law, would constitute a required authorization (as defined in
section 101(c)(1)(B)), and such a bill (hereafter in this section
referred to as a ``sunset reauthorization bill'') shall be referred to
the appropriate committee of the Senate or the House of
Representatives, as the case may be. This subsection shall not apply in
the case of a program which has been reauthorized by a required
authorization which was signed into law by the President prior to 15
days after the beginning of the second regular session of the Congress
in which occurs the reauthorization date applicable to such program.
    (b) Discharge for Failure To Consider.--If the committee to which a
sunset reauthorization bill for a program has not reported such bill by
May 15 of the year in which the reauthorization date for such program
occurs, and no other bill which would constitute a required
authorization for such program has been enacted into law by that date,
it is in order to move to discharge the committee from further
consideration of the sunset reauthorization bill at any time
thereafter.
    (c) Discharge Procedures.--The provisions of section 912(a) of
title 5, United States Code, as it relates to the discharge of
resolutions of disapproval on reorganization plans, shall apply to
motions to discharge sunset reauthorization bills, and the provisions
of subsections (b)(2), (c) (2) through (5), and (d) of section 1017 of
the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, insofar as they relate to the
consideration of rescission bills shall apply to the consideration of
such sunset reauthorization bills, amendments thereto, motions and
appeals with respect thereto, and conference reports thereon.

SEC. 406. COMMITTEE JURISDICTION OVER ACT.

    The Committees on Governmental Affairs and on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committees on Government
Operations and on Rules of the House of Representatives shall review
the operation of the procedures established by this Act, and shall
submit a report not later than December 31, 1998, and each 5 years
thereafter, setting forth their findings and recommendations. Such
reviews and reports may be conducted jointly.

SEC. 407. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years ending
before October 1, 2003, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
review requirement of titles I and III and the requirements for the
compilation of the inventory of Federal programs as set forth in title
II.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
     Title I:  Reauthorization of Government Programs
     Title II:  Program Inventory
     Title III:  Program Reexamination
     Title IV:  Miscellaneous
Spending Control and Programs Evaluation Act of 1993 -
Title I: Reauthorizations of Government Programs
 - Requires each Government program to be reauthorized at least once during each sunset reauthorization cycle.  (Sunset reauthorization cycle means the period of five Congresses beginning with the 103d Congress and with each sixth Congress following the 103d Congress.)
Sets forth the procedure in the House of Representatives and the Senate for the consideration of any legislation which authorizes new budget authority.
Subjects to congressional review only those programs which have as their objectives the protection and implementation of civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution and specified social security and retirement pay and benefits.
Title II:  Program Inventory
 - Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare an inventory of Federal programs to advise and assist the Congress in carrying out titles I and III of this Act.
Directs the congressional committees, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service to review the program inventory and to suggest revisions.  Requires that the program inventory be revised at the end of each session of the Congress and that such revisions be reported to each House.
Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office and the Comptroller General to include in certain reports to the Congress an assessment of the adequacy of functional and subfunctional categories for grouping programs of like missions or objectives.
Title III:  Program Reexamination
 - Establishes a procedure for each committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to reexamine selected programs or groups of programs over which it has jurisdiction.
Title IV:  Miscellaneous
 - Directs the President, with the cooperation of the head of each appropriate agency, to submit to the Congress a regulatory duplication and conflicts report for all programs scheduled for reauthorization in the next Congress.
Requires appropriate congressional committees to introduce a sunset reauthorization bill not later than 15 days after the beginning of the second regular session of the Congress.  Sets forth discharge procedures to apply to motions to discharge such bills.
Requires specified congressional committees to report on a review of the procedures established under this Act by December 31, 1998, and every five years thereafter.
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years ending before October 1, 2003.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Fund for Israeli-
Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Peaceful co-existence in the Middle East between
        Israelis and Palestinians, and between Muslims, Christians,
        Jews, and those of all backgrounds is in the interests of the
        United States, Israel, the Palestinian people, and the world.
            (2) While the United States and its international allies
        continue to support diplomatic and political negotiations
        between the representatives of the parties to the conflict as
        well as others, in the long run such efforts require broad
        popular support among peoples in order to succeed. In order to
        achieve lasting peace in the region, the people who live there
        must, over time, sustain any potential high-level agreements.
            (3) Through many independent individual and nongovernmental
        activities, tens of thousands of peoples of different
        backgrounds are already working together to build better
        relations between peoples, through people-to-people coexistence
        and trust-building measures, activities, and other cooperative
        efforts.
            (4) By working cooperatively on shared goals and addressing
        mutual understanding, participants in such activities,
        including youth, can come to reject violence and understand the
        promise of peaceful coexistence.
            (5) Through support for people-to-people exchanges in the
        region and joint economic initiatives, millions of ordinary
        citizens affected by this conflict can assist in building
        support for lasting peace.
            (6) Working together, the United States, countries around
        the world, and the private sector can help sustain support for
        peace with the establishment and funding of an independent
        International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace (referred to
        in this Act as the ``International Fund''), to promote and
        support contact, cooperation, dialogue, shared community
        building, peaceful coexistence, joint economic development, and
        reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
            (7) United States and international support for grassroots
        people-to-people efforts can help serve as an antidote to false
        propaganda by terrorist groups.
            (8) The International Fund shall serve as a coordinating
        body offering expertise and support, adhering to best practices
        for governance, transparency, and accountability. The
        International Fund will be an ongoing presence and catalyst for
        rejecting violence and building broad public support for
        sustaining peace in the region. The International Fund is not
        intended to be a political forum, but a grant-making body to
        facilitate enduring people-to-people relationships.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To urge the President to make every effort, in
        conjunction with the Government of Israel, the Palestinian
        Authority, regional governments, and the international
        community to establish a non-political, mutually acceptable
        International Fund to promote and support contact, cooperation,
        dialogue, shared community building, peaceful coexistence,
        joint economic development, and reconciliation between Israelis
        and Palestinians.
            (2) To provide for United States contributions to consist
        of amounts made available to carry out chapter 4 of part II of
        the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.
        (relating to the Economic Support Fund)) for payment to the
        International Fund to carry out the activities described in
        paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
              PEACE.

    Congress urges the President to make every effort, in conjunction
with the Government of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the
international community, to establish an International Fund for
Israeli-Palestinian Peace to carry out the purposes described in
section 2(b).

SEC. 4. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR
              ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE.

    (a) In General.--Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2019 to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq. (relating to the
Economic Support Fund)), $50,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated
for United States contributions to the International Fund.
    (b) Additional Authorities.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a)--
            (1) are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be
        appropriated for such purposes; and
            (2) are authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 5. CONDITIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL FUND
              FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE.

    (a) Support and Promotion of Purposes.--United States contributions
to the International Fund provided for in section 4 may be used only to
support and promote the purposes described in section 2(b).
    (b) Additional Restrictions.--The restrictions described in section
531(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346(e)) shall
apply to United States contributions to the International Fund provided
for in section 4 to the same extent and in the same manner as such
restrictions apply to amounts made available to carry out chapter 4 of
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
    (c) United States Representation on Board of International Fund.--
The United States shall provide two representatives to the Advisory
Board of the International Fund with specialized expertise in promoting
contact, cooperation, dialogue, shared community building, peaceful
coexistence, joint economic development, and reconciliation between
Israelis and Palestinians. The United States representatives on the
Advisory Board of the International Fund shall be from different
political parties, and in making appointments, members of different
political parties shall be appointed alternately as nearly as may be
practicable.

SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORT.

    (a) In General.--At the end of each fiscal year in which the United
States Government makes any contribution to the International Fund in
accordance with this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a
written report on the extent to which the International Fund and United
States contributions to the International Fund have contributed to
promoting and supporting contact, cooperation, dialogue, shared
community building, peaceful coexistence, joint economic development,
and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--Such report shall also include the
following:
            (1) Contributions pledged to, contributions (including
        donations from the private sector) received by, and projects
        funded by the International Fund, and the mechanisms
        established for transparency and accountability in the grant-
        making process.
            (2) A description of the International Fund's operations,
        activities, budget, receipts, and expenditures for the
        preceding 12-month period, including an audited report of the
        International Fund's finances, including statements of
        financial position, operations, and cash flows, in accordance
        with the United States generally accepted government auditing
        standards as prescribed by the Comptroller General.

Output: International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2014 - Urges the President to make every effort, in conjunction with the government of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the international community to establish an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.  Authorizes appropriations for U.S. contributions to the Fund.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Access to Public Science
Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY.

    (a) In General.--Each covered agency shall formulate and implement
a public access policy to make covered works publicly available,
without charge, on the day after the end of the embargo period, in a
manner consistent with copyright law.
    (b) Specifications.--The public access policy shall--
            (1) allow the public to read, download, and analyze by
        machine covered works in digital form;
            (2) facilitate easy public search of, analysis of, and
        access to covered works;
            (3) encourage public-private collaboration to--
                    (A) maximize the potential for interoperability
                between public and private platforms;
                    (B) avoid unnecessary duplication of existing
                mechanisms; and
                    (C) maximize the impact of the covered agency's
                research investment;
            (4) ensure that attribution to authors, journals, and
        original publishers is maintained; and
            (5) ensure that publications and metadata are stored in an
        archive that--
                    (A) provides for long-term preservation and access
                to full content of the covered work without charge,
                where appropriate, and balancing cost and public value;
                    (B) uses a standard, widely available, and, to the
                extent possible, nonproprietary archival format for
                text and associated content, including images, video,
                and supporting data;
                    (C) provides access for persons with disabilities
                consistent with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
                of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d); and
                    (D) enables integration and interoperability with
                other public access repositories.
    (c) Metadata.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a covered agency's
public access policy shall ensure full public access to covered works'
metadata without charge upon first publication in a data format that
ensures interoperability with current and anticipated future search
technology. Where possible, the metadata shall provide a link to the
location where the full text and associated supplemental materials will
be made available at the end of the applicable embargo period.

SEC. 3. FORMULATION OF A PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY.

    (a) In General.--Each public access policy shall include--
            (1) a strategy for enabling the public to electronically
        locate and access publications resulting from federally funded
        scientific research;
            (2) a strategy for maintaining a repository or
        repositories, either within the covered agency or through an
        arrangement with another Federal agency or agencies or through
        an arrangement with a public or private entity, if consistent
        with the purposes of this Act, including free public access in
        perpetuity, interoperability, and long-term preservation, so
        long as the covered agency maintains an active Web link to the
        repository or repositories for public access;
            (3) a strategy for incorporating existing covered works
        into the repository or repositories required under paragraph
        (2) to the extent practicable;
            (4) a strategy for notifying research funding recipients of
        their obligations under this Act; and
            (5) a strategy for taking into account different funding
        models for scholarly publishing, including author-pays fees, in
        the covered agency's grant and other funding mechanisms.
    (b) Coordination With Stakeholders.--In developing its public
access policy, the covered agency shall use a transparent process for
soliciting views from stakeholders, including federally funded
researchers, institutions of higher education, libraries, publishers,
users of federally funded research results, and civil society groups.
    (c) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--In developing its
public access policy, the covered agency shall collaborate and
coordinate with other Federal agencies to maximize the consistency and
compatibility of public access across the Federal Government.
    (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, each covered agency shall transmit a report,
containing its public access policy and the mechanism described in
section 6, to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the transmission of
the report required under section 3(d), each covered agency shall
implement its public access policy.
    (b) Input.--The implementation of such policy, including the
mechanism described in section 6, shall consider input provided by
relevant stakeholders and other Federal agencies.
    (c) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this Act shall affect the
application of United States copyright law.

SEC. 5. PERIODIC REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--At least once every 5 years, each covered agency
shall revise, as necessary, its public access policy, including the
mechanism described in section 6.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Each covered agency shall transmit a
report containing its public access policy and the mechanism described
in section 6, as revised under subsection (a), to the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not
later than 30 days after completing such revision.

SEC. 6. MECHANISM FOR MODIFICATION OF EMBARGO PERIOD.

    Each covered agency, in coordination with the stakeholders
described in section 3(b), shall provide a mechanism for a stakeholder
to petition to change the embargo period under this section for
specific covered works by presenting evidence that the public interest
will be substantially and uniquely harmed under a covered agency's
public access policy related to such work. If a covered agency
determines that the public interest will be substantially and uniquely
harmed upon reviewing the petition, the covered agency may change the
embargo period by no more than 6 months at a time from its current
embargo period.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``covered agency'' means--
                    (A) the National Aeronautics and Space
                Administration;
                    (B) the National Science Foundation;
                    (C) the National Institute of Standards and
                Technology; and
                    (D) the National Weather Service.
            (2) the term ``covered work'' means any peer-reviewed
        research results published in scholarly publications that are
        based on research funded in whole or in part by a covered
        agency, but such term does not include--
                    (A) research progress reports presented at
                professional meetings or conferences;
                    (B) laboratory notes, preliminary data analyses,
                notes of the author, phone logs, or other information
                used to produce final manuscripts;
                    (C) classified research; or
                    (D) work not submitted to a peer-reviewed
                publication or work that is rejected by a peer-reviewed
                publication; and
            (3) the term ``embargo period'' means the period of time no
        more than 12 months after the initial date of publication of a
        covered work, unless modified under section 6.

Output: Public Access to Public Science Act - Directs each of the covered agencies (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], National Science Foundation [NSF], National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST], and National Weather Service [NWS]) to formulate and implement a public access policy to make covered works publicly available, without charge, on the day after the end of an embargo period.  Defines: (1) "covered work" as any peer-reviewed research results published in scholarly publications, with certain exceptions, that are based on research funded in whole or in part by a covered agency; and (2) "embargo period" as the period of time no more than 12 months after the initial date of publication of a covered work, unless modified.  Specifies that the public access policy shall: (1) allow the public to read, download, and analyze by machine covered works in digital form; (2) facilitate easy public search of, analysis of, and access to covered works; (3) encourage public-private collaboration; (4) ensure that attribution to authors, journals, and original publishers is maintained; and (5) ensure that publications and metadata are stored in an archive.  Requires a covered agency's public access policy to ensure full public access to covered works' metadata, without charge, upon first publication.  Requires each covered agency, in coordination with specified stakeholders, to provide a mechanism for a stakeholder to petition to change the embargo period for specific covered works by presenting evidence that the public will be substantially and uniquely harmed under the agency's public access policy related to that work.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farmer and Entrepreneur Estate Tax
Relief Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The economy of the United States cannot achieve strong,
        sustained growth without adequate levels of savings to fuel
        productive activity. Inadequate savings have been shown to lead
        to lower productivity, stagnating wages and reduced standards
        of living.
            (2) Savings levels in the United States have steadily
        declined over the past 25 years, and have lagged behind the
        industrialized trading partners of the United States.
            (3) These anemic savings levels have contributed to the
        country's long-term downward trend in real economic growth,
        which averaged close to 3.5 percent over the last 100 years but
        has slowed to 2.4 percent over the past quarter century.
            (4) Congress should work toward reforming the entire
        Federal tax code to end its bias against savings by eliminating
        the income tax and capital gains tax and replacing them with a
        broad-based consumption tax. A broad-based retail consumption
        tax is the most effective tax system because it encourages
        savings, is fair, its simple to comply with and to administer,
        and it fosters exports.
            (5) Repealing the estate and gift tax would contribute to
        the goals of expanding savings and investment, boosting
        entrepreneurial activity, and expanding economic growth. The
        estate tax is harmful to the economy because of its high
        marginal rates and its multiple taxation of income.
            (6) The repeal of the inheritance tax would increase the
        growth of the small business sector, which creates a majority
        of new jobs in our Nation. Estimates indicate that as many as
        70 percent of small businesses do not make it to a second
        generation and nearly 90 percent do not make it to a third.
            (7) Eliminating the inheritance tax would lift the
        compliance burden from farmers and family businesses. On
        average, family-owned businesses spent over $33,000 on
        accountants, lawyers, and financial experts in complying with
        the estate tax laws over a 6.5-year period.
            (8) Abolishing the inheritance tax would benefit the
        preservation of family farms. Nearly 95 percent of farms and
        ranches are owned by sole proprietors or family partnerships,
        subjecting most of these estates to inheritance taxes upon the
        death of the owner. Due to the capital intensive nature of
        farming and its low return on investment, many farm estates do
        not have the necessary liquidity to meet their estate tax
        liability and are forced to sell their land.
            (9) As the average age of farmers approaches 60 years, it
        is estimated that a quarter of all farmers could confront the
        inheritance tax over the next 20 years. The auctioning of these
        productive assets to finance tax liabilities destroys jobs and
        harms the economy.
            (10) Abolishing the inheritance taxes would restore a
        measure of fairness to our Federal tax system. Families should
        be able to pass on the fruits of the labor to the next
        generation without realizing a taxable event.
            (11) Despite this heavy burden on entrepreneurs, farmers,
        and our entire economy, estate and gift taxes collect only
        about 1 percent of our Federal tax revenues. In fact, the
        estate tax may not raise any revenue at all, because more
        income tax is lost from individuals attempting to avoid estate
        taxes than is ultimately collected at death.
            (12) Repealing estate and gift taxes is supported by the
        White House Conference on Small Business, the Kemp Commission
        on Tax Reform, and 60 small business advocacy organizations.

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN UNIFIED ESTATE AND GIFT TAX CREDIT.

    (a) Estate Tax Credit.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 2010 of the
        Internal Revenue Code (relating to unified credit against
        estate tax) is amended by striking ``$192,800'' and inserting
        ``the applicable credit amount''.
            (2) Applicable credit amount.--Section 2010 of such Code is
        amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and
        by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Applicable Credit Amount.--For purposes of this section, the
applicable credit amount is the amount of the tentative tax which would
be determined under the rate schedule set forth in section 2001(c) if
the amount with respect to which such tentative tax is to be computed
were the applicable exclusion amount determined in accordance with the
following table:

In the case of estate of decedents  The applicable exclusion amount is:
        dying, and gifts made,
        during:
        1998 and thereafter..........................    $5,000,000.''.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--
                    (A) Section 6018(a)(1) of such Code is amended by
                striking ``$600,000'' and inserting ``the applicable
                exclusion amount in effect under section 2010(c) for
                the calendar year which includes the date of death''.
                    (B) Section 2001(c)(2) of such Code is amended by
                striking ``$21,040,000'' and inserting ``the amount at
                which the average tax rate under this section is 55
                percent''.
                    (C) Section 2102(c)(3)(A) of such Code is amended
                by striking ``$192,800'' and inserting ``the applicable
                credit amount in effect under section 2010(c) for the
                calendar year which includes the date of death''.
    (b) Unified Gift Tax Credit.--Section 2505(a)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to unified credit against gift tax) is
amended by striking ``$192,800'' and inserting ``the applicable credit
amount in effect under section 2010(c) for such calendar year''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to the estates of decedents dying, and gifts made, after December
31, 1997.

Output: Farmer and Entrepreneur Estate Tax Relief Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the unified estate and gift tax credit.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Child Protection Amendments
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF BACKGROUND CHECKS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of
1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119a) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 3. FACILITATION OF BACKGROUND CHECKS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Background checks.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A qualified entity designated by
                a State may contact an authorized agency of the State
                to obtain a fingerprint-based national criminal history
                background check (referred to in this section as a
                `background check') of a provider who provides care to
                children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities
                (referred to in this section as a `provider').
                    ``(B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
                `fingerprint-based' means based upon fingerprints or
                other biometric identification characteristics approved
                under rules applicable to the Interstate Identification
                Index System as defined in Article I (13) of the
                National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.
            ``(2) Procedures.--
                    ``(A) Submission.--A request for background check
                pursuant to this section shall be submitted through a
                State criminal history record repository.
                    ``(B) Duties of repository.--After receipt of a
                request under subparagraph (A), the State criminal
                history record repository shall--
                            ``(i) conduct a search of the State
                        criminal history record system and, if
                        necessary, forward the request, together with
                        the fingerprints of the provider, to the
                        Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
                            ``(ii) make a reasonable effort to respond
                        to the qualified entity within 15 business days
                        after the date on which the request is
                        received.
                    ``(C) Duties of the fbi.--Upon receiving a request
                from a State repository under this section, the FBI
                shall--
                            ``(i) conduct a search of its criminal
                        history record system; and
                            ``(ii) make a reasonable effort to respond
                        to the State repository or the qualified entity
                        within 5 business days after the date on which
                        the request is received.
            ``(3) National crime prevention and privacy compact.--Each
        background check pursuant to this section shall be conducted
        pursuant to the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.
    ``(b) Guidelines.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to conduct background checks
        pursuant to this section, a State shall--
                    ``(A) establish or designate one or more authorized
                agencies to perform the duties required by this
                section, including the designation of qualified
                entities; and
                    ``(B) establish procedures requiring that--
                            ``(i) a qualified entity that requests a
                        background check pursuant to this section shall
                        forward to the authorized agency the
                        fingerprints of the provider and shall obtain a
                        statement completed and signed by the provider
                        that--
                                    ``(I) sets out the name, address,
                                and date of birth of the provider
                                appearing on a valid identification
                                document (as defined in section 1028 of
                                title 18, United States Code);
                                    ``(II) states whether the provider
                                has a criminal history record and, if
                                so, sets out the particulars of such
                                record;
                                    ``(III) notifies the provider that
                                the qualified entity may request a
                                background check and that the signature
                                of the provider to the statement
                                constitutes an acknowledgement that
                                such a background check may be
                                conducted and explains the uses and
                                disclosures that may be made of the
                                results of the background check;
                                    ``(IV) notifies the provider that
                                pending the completion of the
                                background check the provider may be
                                denied unsupervised access to children,
                                the elderly, or disabled persons with
                                respect to which the provider intends
                                to provide care; and
                                    ``(V) notifies the provider of the
                                rights of the provider under
                                subparagraph (B);
                            ``(ii) each provider who is the subject of
                        an adverse fitness determination based on a
                        background check pursuant to this section shall
                        be provided with an opportunity to contact the
                        authorized agency and initiate a process to--
                                    ``(I) obtain a copy of the criminal
                                history record upon which the
                                determination was based; and
                                    ``(II) file a challenge with the
                                State repository or, if appropriate,
                                the FBI, concerning the accuracy and
                                completeness of the criminal history
                                record information in the report, and
                                obtain a prompt determination of the
                                challenge before a final adverse
                                fitness determination is made on the
                                basis of the criminal history record
                                information in the report;
                            ``(iii) an authorized agency that receives
                        a criminal history record report that lacks
                        disposition information shall make appropriate
                        inquiries to available State and local
                        recordkeeping systems to obtain complete
                        information, to the extent possible considering
                        available personnel and resources;
                            ``(iv) an authorized agency that receives
                        the results of a background check conducted
                        under this section shall either--
                                    ``(I) make a determination
                                regarding whether the criminal history
                                record information received in response
                                to the background check indicates that
                                the provider has a criminal history
                                record that renders the provider unfit
                                to provide care to children, the
                                elderly, or individuals with
                                disabilities and convey that
                                determination to the qualified entity;
                                or
                                    ``(II) provide some or all of such
                                criminal history record information to
                                the qualified entity for use by the
                                qualified entity in making a fitness
                                determination concerning the provider;
                                and
                            ``(v) a qualified entity that receives
                        criminal history record information concerning
                        a provider in response to a background check
                        pursuant to this section--
                                    ``(I) shall adhere to a standard of
                                reasonable care concerning the security
                                and confidentiality of the information
                                and the privacy rights of the provider;
                                    ``(II) shall make a copy of the
                                criminal history record available, upon
                                request, to the provider; and
                                    ``(III) shall not retain the
                                criminal history record information for
                                any period longer than necessary for a
                                final fitness determination concerning
                                the subject of the information.
            ``(2) Retention of information.--The statement required
        under paragraph (1)(B)(i)--
                    ``(A) may be forwarded by the qualified entity to
                the authorized agency or retained by the qualified
                entity; and
                    ``(B) shall be retained by such agency or entity,
                as appropriate, for not less than 1 year.
    ``(c) Guidance by the Attorney General.--The Attorney General shall
to the maximum extent practicable, encourage the use of the best
technology available in conducting background checks pursuant to this
section.
    ``(d) Guidance by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact
Council.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Compact Council shall provide
        guidance to States to ensure that national background checks
        conducted under this section comply with the National Crime
        Prevention and Privacy Compact and shall provide guidance to
        authorized agencies to assist them in performing their duties
        under this section.
            ``(2) Model fitness standards.--The guidance under
        paragraph (1) shall include model fitness standards for
        particular types of providers, which may be adopted voluntarily
        by States for use by authorized agencies in making fitness
        determinations.
            ``(3) NCPA care provider committee.--In providing the
        guidance under paragraph (1), the Compact Council shall create
        a permanent NCPA Care Provider Committee which shall include,
        but not be limited to, representatives of national
        organizations representing private nonprofit qualified entities
        using volunteers to provide care to children, the elderly, or
        individuals with disabilities.
            ``(4) Reports.--At least annually, the Compact Council
        shall report to the President and Congress with regard to
        national background checks of providers conducted pursuant to
        the NCPA.
    ``(e) Penalty.--Any officer, employee, or authorized representative
of a qualified entity who knowingly and willfully--
            ``(1) requests or obtains any criminal history record
        information pursuant to this section under false pretenses; or
            ``(2) uses criminal history record information for a
        purpose not authorized by this section, shall be guilty of a
        misdemeanor and fined not more than $5,000.
    ``(f) Limitations on Liability.--
            ``(1) Liability of qualified entities.--
                    ``(A) Failure to request background check.--A
                qualified entity shall not be liable in an action for
                damages solely for the failure of such entity to
                request a background check on a provider.
                    ``(B) Willful violations.--A qualified entity shall
                not be liable in an action for damages for violating
                any provision of this section, unless such violation is
                knowing and willful.
                    ``(C) Reasonable care standard.--A qualified entity
                that exercises reasonable care for the security,
                confidentiality, and privacy of criminal history record
                information received in response to a background check
pursuant to this section shall not be liable in an action for damages.
            ``(2) Liability of governmental entities.--A State or
        political subdivision thereof, or any agency, officer, or
        employee thereof, shall not be liable in an action for damages
        for the failure of a qualified entity (other than itself) to
        take adverse action with respect to a provider who was the
        subject of a background check.
            ``(3) Reliance on information.--An authorized agency or a
        qualified entity that reasonably relies on criminal history
        record information received in response to a background check
        pursuant to this section shall not be liable in an action for
        damages based upon the inaccuracy or incompleteness of the
        information.
    ``(g) Fees.--
            ``(1) Limitation.--In the case of a background check
        pursuant to a State requirement adopted after December 20,
        1993, conducted with fingerprints on a person who volunteers
        with a qualified entity, the fees collected by authorized State
        agencies and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may not exceed
        $18, respectively, or the actual cost, whichever is less, of
        the background check conducted with fingerprints.
            ``(2) State fee systems.--The States shall establish fee
        systems that ensure that fees to nonprofit entities for
        background checks do not discourage volunteers from
        participating in child care programs.
            ``(3) Authority of federal bureau of investigation.--This
        subsection shall not effect the authority of the Federal Bureau
        of Investigation or the States to collect fees for conducting
        background checks of persons who are employed as or apply for
        positions as paid care providers.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Funding for Improvement of Child Abuse Crime Information.--
Section 4 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
5119b) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
        (a) and (b), respectively; and
            (2) in subsection (a), as redesignated--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in each of subparagraphs (C) and (D),
                        by striking ``national criminal history
                        background check system'' and inserting
                        ``criminal history record repository''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (E) and
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(E) to assist the State in offsetting the costs
                to qualified entities of background checks under
                section 3 on volunteer providers.''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
                following:
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
        authorized to be appropriated for grants under paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
                    ``(B) such sums as may be necessary for each of
                fiscal years 2002 through 2005.''.
    (b) Funding for Compact Council.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to support the
activities of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact
Council--
            (1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
            (2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2002
        through 2005.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 5 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
5119c) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (8);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs
        (7) and (8), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) the term `criminal history record repository' means
        the State agency designated by the Governor or other executive
        official of a State, or by the legislature of a State, to
        perform centralized recordkeeping functions for criminal
        history records and services in the State;''; and
            (4) in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or to an elderly person
                        or person with a disability'' after ``to a
                        child''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``child care'' and
                        inserting ``care''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or to an elderly person
                        or person with a disability'' after ``to a
                        child''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``child care'' and
                        inserting ``care''.

SEC. 5. AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY ACCESS AND CHILD
              PROTECTION ACT.

    Section 215 of the National Criminal History Access and Child
Protection Act is amended by--
            (1) striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Direct Access to Certain Records Not Affected.--Nothing in
the Compact shall affect any direct terminal access to the III System
provided prior to the effective date of the Compact under the
following:
            ``(1) Section 9101 of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(2) The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Public Law
        103-159; 107 Stat. 1536).
            ``(3) The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of
        1994 (Public Law 103-322; 108 Stat. 2074) or any amendments
        made by that Act.
            ``(4) The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437
        et seq.).
            ``(5) The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
        Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).
            ``(6) Any direct terminal access to Federal criminal
        history records authorized by law.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c) by inserting after the period at the
        end thereof the following: ``Criminal history records
        disseminated by the FBI pursuant to such Act by means of the
        III System shall be subject to the Compact.''.

Output: National Child Protection Amendments Act of 2001 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to authorize a qualified entity designated by a State to contact an authorized State agency to obtain a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check of a provider of care to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. Requires: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), upon receiving a request from a State repository, to conduct a search of its criminal history record system and respond within a specified time frame; and (2) each such check to be conducted pursuant to the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.Directs the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council to: (1) provide guidance, including model fitness standards, to States to ensure that national background checks comply with the Compact and to authorized agencies; and (2) create a permanent Care Provider Committee which shall include representatives of national organizations representing private nonprofit qualified entities using volunteers to provide care to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.Provides criminal penalties for the unauthorized request or use of such information by a qualified entity.Amends the National Criminal History Access and Child Protection Act to provide that: (1) nothing in the Compact shall affect any direct terminal access to the Interstate Identification Index System provided prior to the effective date of the Compact under specified Acts; and (2) criminal history records disseminated by the FBI pursuant to such Act by means of the System shall be subject to the Compact.