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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac Investigative Commission Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States has suffered tremendously from the
        irresponsible and unchecked growth of the mortgage industry
        which proliferated under the policies of Fannie Mae and Freddie
        Mac.
            (2) The Federal conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie
        Mac may cost the American people a minimum of $200,000,000,000,
        and potentially $2.4 trillion, making it potentially the
        largest financial bailout in our Nation's history.
            (3) The American people, forced to shoulder the financial
        burden of the bailout, deserve to know what went wrong and why.
            (4) Any executive officers and members of the boards of
        directors at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac who may have exercised
        poor judgment or committed wrongdoing should be held
        accountable for such judgments and actions.
            (5) In June 2003, Freddie Mac disclosed that it had
        misstated its earnings by roughly $5 billion between the years
        2000 and 2002 to smooth the appearance of quarterly volatility
        in earnings and to meet Wall Street expectations.
            (6) In December 2004, the Securities and Exchange
        Commission found that Fannie Mae had violated accounting rules
        and needed to restate its earnings by recording a loss of up to
        $9 billion from 2001 to 2004 based on board policies
        established prior to that period.
            (7) The shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the
        employees and directors of the boards of these enterprises have
        enjoyed large dividends, bonuses, salaries, and other
        compensation based on policies and practices that may have been
        misguided or fraudulent.
            (8) In 2007, former Freddie Mac Chairman and Chief
        Executive Richard Syron alone received nearly $18,300,000 in
        compensation, despite the fact that the enterprise's stock lost
        half its value.
            (9) Last year, former Fannie Mae President and Chief
        Executive Daniel Mudd received compensation valued at
        $11,600,000.
            (10) Previous investigations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
        have focused on accounting fraud, but there have not been any
        investigations on the policies and decisions that contributed
        to and exacerbated our Nation's housing crisis and financial
        collapse of these corporations.
            (11) According to the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise
        Oversight, regulation allowed Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to
        overleverage and operate with just $83.2 billion of capital at
        the end of 2007, even though it supported $5.2 trillion of debt
        and guarantees.
            (12) Although the executive officers of Fannie Mae and
        Freddie Mac have come under scrutiny, their boards of directors
        have been held harmless throughout the Nation's housing crisis,
        despite having the authority to create, influence, and vote for
        the policies of such enterprises.
            (13) The involvement of the boards of directors in the
        policies of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has been shrouded in
        secrecy, as their policymaking decisions have not been publicly
        disclosed, despite the public protections and benefits their
        enterprises receive.
            (14) There is a need to fully understand what went wrong in
        the management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the misguided,
        potentially fraudulent board policies and practices that
        ultimately led to the Federal conservatorship of such
        enterprises so that similar mistakes will not be repeated in
        the future.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established a commission to be known as the ``Independent
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investigative Commission'' (in this Act
referred to as the ``Commission''). The Commission shall function upon
the legislation being signed by the President of the United States and
will conduct its investigations for a period of two years, issuing a
final report upon completion with necessary hearings and assembly of
related records for the period following the savings and loan crisis of
the 1980s to the present.

SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

    The Commission shall investigate, determine, and make
recommendations with respect to the following:
            (1) The policies, practices, and board decisions of Fannie
        Mae and Freddie Mac from the 1990s through the present that led
        to the enterprises' financial instability and the subsequent
        Federal conservatorship of such enterprises.
            (2) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's involvement, if any, in
        the creation and proliferation of the securitized mortgage
        instrument, and how such instrument affected the solvency of
        such enterprises.
            (3) The role of the boards of directors of Fannie Mae and
        Freddie Mac in developing the accounting and financial risk
        policies of such enterprises, particularly as they relate to
        subprime mortgages and the international securitization of
        mortgages.
            (4) The actions of each board member or members, executive
        officer or officers, or the board member or members and
        executive officer or officers responsible for making the
        financial decisions to grow such enterprises' portfolios of
        subprime mortgage loans.
            (5) The board member or members, executive officer or
        officers, or the board member or members and executive officer
        or officers responsible for making the decisions that may have
        encouraged the proliferation of the subprime mortgage industry.
            (6) The decisions that contributed to the overvaluation of
        risky mortgage investments in the stock market and to the
        growth of the subprime mortgage industry.
            (7) The annual compensation, stock options, and other
        financial benefits that accrued to each of Fannie Mae and
        Freddie Mac's executive officers and members of their boards of
        directors from 1990 to 2008.
            (8) The board members, if any, who financially benefitted
        from their appointment to either board of directors and/or
        through the decisions of such board.
            (9) The tracking of political contributions to Presidential
        and congressional elections and campaign funds that served to
        influence U.S. housing policy by board members, officers, and
        employees.
            (10) The appropriate role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in
        the U.S. housing market nationwide and regionally.
            (11) Such other matters that the President or the Congress
        may place before the Commission.
            (12) The Commission shall possess full subpoena power and
        authority to hire necessary staff to conduct its affairs.

SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 9
members appointed by the President as follows:
            (1) One member who shall serve as the Chairperson, shall be
        appointed with the advice of the Senate.
            (2) Eight members, not more than four of whom shall be
        members of the same political party, to be appointed based on
        recommendations from the Speaker and the minority leader of the
        House of Representatives, and the majority leader and minority
        leader of the Senate, who shall each submit the names of two
        recommended candidates to the President.
    (b) Terms.--Each member shall be appointed for the life of the
Commission.
    (c) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled in the
manner in which the original appointment was made for the remainder of
that term. If there is a vacancy in the Chair of the Commission, the
remaining members of the Commission may choose from among the members
an interim Chairperson to serve until a new Chairperson is appointed.

SEC. 6. COMPENSATION.

    Members of Congress.--Members of the Commission who are Members of
Congress shall not receive additional pay, allowances, or benefits by
reason of their service on the Commission, but, as permitted by law,
may be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses
incurred when performing duties of the Commission.

SEC. 7. COMMISSION HIRING ALLOWANCE.

    Such sums as are necessary shall be appropriated to conduct the
activities of the Commission but shall be no less than $5 million
annually. Recovery of any assets fraudulently accruing to members of
the boards of directors shall be returned to the general Treasury to
offset such expenditures.

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Independent Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investigative Commission Act - Establishes the Independent Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investigative Commission to investigate and issue a final report on the period following the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s to the present.

Requires the Commission to investigate: (1) the policies, practices, and board decisions of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from the 1990s through the present that led to their financial instability and subsequent federal conservatorship; (2) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's involvement, if any, in the creation and proliferation of the securitized mortgage instrument, and how such instrument affected their solvency; (3) the role of their boards of directors in developing their accounting and financial risk policies; (4) the actions of each board member or members, executive officer or officers, or the board member or members and executive officer or officers responsible for making the financial decisions to grow the enterprises' portfolios of subprime mortgage loans; and (5) the board member or members, executive officer or officers, or the board member or members and executive officer or officers responsible for making the decisions that may have encouraged the proliferation of the subprime mortgage industry.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Internet Regulatory Relief
Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. REGULATION OF ADVANCED SERVICE

    (a) In General.--Part II of title II of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following:

``SEC. 262. PROVISION OF ADVANCED SERVICE BY INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE
              CARRIERS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 2(b) of this Act, or any
other provision of law, an incumbent local exchange carrier shall not
be subject to the requirements of--
            ``(1) section 251(c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5) with respect to
        the duty to provide, for the facilities and equipment of any
        requesting telecommunications carrier, interconnection with or
        notice of changes regarding any packet-based functionality of
        the local exchange carrier's network;
            ``(2) section 251(c)(1) or (c)(3) with respect to any
        network element that consists of or is created by a packet-
        switched or successor technology;
            ``(3) section 251(c)(1) or (c)(4) with respect to the
        provision of any advanced service;
            ``(4) section 251(c)(1) or (c)(6) with respect to any
        premises or structure used solely for network elements
        described in paragraph (2) of this subsection; or
            ``(5) section 251(c)(1), (c)(2)(3), or (c)(5) with respect
        to any optical fiber in the incumbent's distribution network
        that is used exclusively to provide telecommunications service
        to residential subscribers; and
                    ``(i) that is or was either--
                            ``(I) deployed where previously no outside
                        telephone distribution plant existed;
                            ``(II) deployed as a replacement for any
                        outside telephone distribution plant; or
                            ``(III) deployed from a remote terminal to
                        a customer premises; and
                    ``(ii) where the facilities are capable of
                providing telephone exchange service, 10 Base T Data
                (or its equivalent), and VHS-quality video, or are
                capable of providing all of these services through the
                upgrade of electronics.
Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the Commission or a State
from requiring that an incumbent local exchange carrier provide an
existing copper loop to a local exchange carrier upon request.
    ``(b) Buildout Requirements.--
            ``(1) An incumbent local exchange carrier or affiliate
        shall--
                    ``(A) make available advanced service to 80 percent
                of its telephone exchange service customers in a State
                within 3 years of the date of enactment of the
                Broadband Internet Regulatory Relief Act of 2000 where
                such services can be provided using an industry-
                approved standard and existing loop facilities; and
                    ``(B) make available advanced service to 100
                percent of its telephone exchange service customers in
                a State within 5 years of that date within 30 days of a
                bona fide request by any such customer where such
                services can be provided using an industry-approved
                standard and existing loop facilities.
            ``(2) An incumbent local exchange carrier that satisfies
        the requirements of paragraph (1), within the time frames set
        forth therein, shall continue to receive all regulatory relief
        provided by subsections (a) and (c) for any service or
        combination of services that consists of, or includes, the
        offering of a capability to transmit information using a
        packet-switched or successor technology downstream from a
        provider to a consumer and upstream from a consumer to a
        provider at a rated speed of 128 kilobits per second or more
        where advanced service cannot be provided using an industry-
approved standard and existing loop facilities.
            ``(3) If an incumbent local exchange carrier fails to
        comply with paragraph (1) within the time frames set forth
        there, the regulatory relief provided by those subsections
        shall not apply to it.
    ``(c) Pricing Flexibility.--
            ``(1) Competition for advanced service.--Except as provided
        in this section, section 251, section 254, section 271, and
        section 272, no advanced service offered by an incumbent local
        exchange carrier nor the facilities used to provide such
        service shall be subject to common carrier regulation by the
        Commission or any State in any exchange where advanced service
        is being provided by an unaffiliated advanced service provider.
            ``(2) Petition.--An incumbent local exchange carrier
        seeking pricing flexibility under paragraph (1) may file a
        petition with the Commission seeking such relief. A petition
        under this paragraph is deemed to have been approved if the
        Commission does not act on it within 30 days after it is filed.
            ``(3) Unconditional relief.--If the Commission determines
        under paragraph (1) that advanced service is being offered by
        an unaffiliated provider in the manner described in that
        paragraph, the Commission shall approve the petition of the
        incumbent local exchange carrier unconditionally.
            ``(4) Advanced service outside an incumbent's territory.--
        The rates, terms, and conditions of advanced service offered by
        an incumbent local exchange carrier or its affiliate are not
        subject to Federal or State regulation in any geographic area
        in which that carrier, its successor, or assigns was not the
        local incumbent exchange carrier on February 8, 1996.
            ``(5) Schedule of charges.--For any advanced service that
        has not been determined by the Commission to be subject to
        competition under paragraph (1), the incumbent local exchange
        carrier furnishing such advanced service shall file with the
        Commission a schedule of charges and practices for such
        advanced service in a manner prescribed by the Commission under
        section 203. Any such schedule of charges and practices shall
        be deemed lawful and shall be effective 2 days after the date
        on which it was filed with the Commission unless the Commission
        takes action under section 204(a)(1) before the end of that 2-
        day period.
    ``(d) Noncompliance With Loop Provisioning and Collocation Rules.--
            ``(1) State determination.--Except as provided in paragraph
        (2), subsections (a) and (c) shall cease to apply to an
        incumbent local exchange carrier after the date on which a
        State makes a final determination based on clear and convincing
        evidence, in response to a complaint filed by another local
        exchange carrier, that the incumbent local exchange carrier has
        materially failed to comply with the rules of the Commission
        with respect to collocation or the rules of the Commission or
        the State with respect to loop provisioning. The burden of
        proof shall be on the complainant.
            ``(2) Reinstatement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An incumbent local exchange
                carrier to which subsections (a) and (c) have ceased to
                apply because of a determination by a State under
                paragraph (1) may petition the State for a
                reinstatement of the application of those subsections.
                    ``(B) Determination required.--If the State that
                made the determination described in paragraph (1)
                subsequently makes a final determination that the
                carrier has complied fully with the rule with which the
                carrier was found, under paragraph (1), not to have
                complied, then the application of subsections (a) and
                (c) to that incumbent local exchange carrier shall be
                reinstated as of the date of that subsequent final
                determination.
                    ``(C) Determination deemed affirmative if state
                fails to act within 90 days.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (B), a State that fails to make a
                determination on a petition filed under subparagraph
                (A) within 90 days shall be deemed to have made a
                determination that the carrier is in full compliance
                with the rules of the Commission with respect to
                collocation and the rules of the Commission and the
                State with respect to loop provisioning.
    ``(e) Remote Terminals.--
            ``(1) An incumbent local exchange carrier using equipment
        located in a remote terminal to provide advanced services shall
        have the duty to provide to any requesting telecommunications
        carrier--
                    ``(A) access to subloop elements at such remote
                terminal for the provision of advanced services; and
                    ``(B) access to rights of way consistent with
                section 251(b)(4).
            ``(2) Collocation not required.--Nothing in paragraph (1),
        any other provision of this Act, nor any other provision of law
        shall require an incumbent local exchange carrier to provide
        collocation at a remote terminal to any person.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `incumbent local exchange carrier' has the
        meaning given to that term by section 251(h);
            ``(2) the term `customer premises' means the customer's
        physical property or adjacent easement; and
            ``(3) the term `remote terminal' means the point in the
        incumbent local exchange carrier's network where the electronic
        capability to provide advanced service is deployed and where
        such carrier provides subloop unbundling.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Section 251(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
251(b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
``Notwithstanding paragraph (5), after the date of enactment of the
Broadband Internet Regulatory Relief Act of 2000, no local exchange
carrier shall be required to make any payment for the transport,
delivery, or termination of telecommunications to, or
telecommunications that connects to, the Internet or any Internet
service provider. The transport, delivery, or termination of
telecommunications to, or telecommunications that connects to, the
Internet or any Internet service provider is hereby deemed to be an
interstate communication and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the Commission. The provisions of this subsection following paragraph
(5) do not alter the terms of any interconnection agreement in effect
on May 10, 2000, during the existing term of any such agreement.
Neither section 252(i) nor any other legal or regulatory requirement
shall require any local exchange carrier to make available to any other
telecommunications carrier an interconnection arrangement under this
subsection that is in an agreement that is in effect on or after May
10, 2000. For the purposes of this subsection, the term `existing term'
means the initial period of any interconnection agreement and does not
include any period provided for negotiation or any extension of the
initial period.''.
    (b) Section 251(c)(3) of that Act (47 U.S.C. 251(c)(3)) is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following: ``An incumbent local
exchange carrier shall not be required to provide network elements on
an unbundled basis unless those elements are to be used predominantly
to provide telephone exchange service.''.
    (c) Section 251(f) of that Act (47 U.S.C. 251(f)) is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``(3) Exemption for advanced services.--Neither section
        251(c) nor any other common carrier regulation shall apply to
        any local exchange carrier with fewer than 2 percent of the
        nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate with
        respect to its provision of advanced services. Any such carrier
        may at its option continue to file tariffs for any advanced
        service and may also continue to participate in any National
        Exchange Carrier Association pooling arrangement.''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 153) is amended by--
            (1) redesignating paragraphs (1) through (51) as paragraphs
        (3) through (53), respectively; and
            (2) inserting before paragraph (3), as redesignated, the
        following:
            ``(1) Advanced service.--The term `advanced service' means
        any service or combination of services that consists of, or
        includes, the offering of a capability to transmit information
        using a packet-switched or successor technology downstream from
        a provider to a consumer at a rated speed of 200 kilobits per
        second or more and upstream from a consumer to a provider at a
        rated speed of 128 kilobits per second or more for access to
        other services, to the Internet or other information or data
        services, or to private network or data facilities.
            ``(2) Advanced service provider.--The term `advanced
        service provider' means any provider of advanced services.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 271(c)(1)(A) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 271(c)(1)(A)) is amended by
striking ``3(47)(A),'' and inserting ``3(50)(A),''.

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Requires such carrier to make advanced service available: (1) to 80 percent of its customers in a State within three years after enactment of this Act, where such services can be provided using an industry-approved standard and existing loop facilities; and (2) within five years of such date, upon request of any customer. Allows carriers that meet such time limits to continue to receive the regulatory relief provided under this Act, while discontinuing such relief for failure to do so.
Prohibits advanced service offered by such carriers from being subject to common carrier regulation by the FCC or a State in any exchange where advanced service is being provided by an unaffiliated advanced service provider. Allows for a petition to the FCC for such regulatory relief. Prohibits Federal or State regulation in any geographic area in which the carrier was not the local incumbent exchange carrier on February 8, 1996. States that, for services not found to be subject to unaffiliated competition, the carrier furnishing advanced service must file with the FCC a schedule of charges and practices.
Discontinues the regulatory relief provided under this Act for a carrier for which a State makes a final determination of failure to comply with FCC or State rules concerning collocation or loop provisioning (with authorized reinstatement).
Requires carriers using equipment located in a remote terminal to provide to any requesting telecommunications carrier access to subloop elements at such terminal for the provision of advanced services and rights-of- way for such purposes.
Mandates that no carrier shall be required to: (1) make any payment for the transport, delivery, or termination of telecommunications to the Internet or any Internet service provider (making such actions subject to exclusive FCC jurisdiction); or (2) provide network elements on an unbundled basis unless those elements are to be used predominately to provide telephone exchange service.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Insurance Affordability and
Equity Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF PREVIOUSLY UNINSURED
              INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH COBRA COVERAGE.

    (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable
personal credits) is amended by inserting after section 25A the
following new section:

``SEC. 25B. HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF PREVIOUSLY UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS
              AND INDIVIDUALS WITH COBRA COVERAGE.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an individual, there shall be
allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the
taxable year an amount equal to 60 percent of the amount paid during
the taxable year for coverage for the taxpayer, his spouse, and
dependents under qualified health insurance.
    ``(b) Dollar Limitation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount allowed as a credit under
        subsection (a) to the taxpayer for the taxable year shall not
        exceed the sum of the monthly limitations for eligible months
        during such taxable year.
            ``(2) Monthly limitation.--The monthly limitation for any
        eligible month is the amount equal to \1/12\ of--
                    ``(A) $1,200 if, as of the first day of such month,
                the taxpayer has self-only coverage under qualified
                health insurance, and
                    ``(B) $2,400 if, as of the first day of such month,
                the taxpayer has family coverage under qualified health
                insurance.
            ``(3) Eligible month.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `eligible month' means
                any month which begins at least 1 year after the most
                recent month that the individual--
                            ``(i) was eligible to participate in any
                        group health plan of an employer which provided
                        qualified health insurance (determined without
                        regard to subsection (d)(2)), or
                            ``(ii) participated in any group health
                        plan of any other entity which provided such
                        insurance.
                    ``(B) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint
                return, a month shall be treated as an eligible month
                only if it is an eligible month of each spouse,
                determined by applying this paragraph separately to
                each spouse.
            ``(4) Certain other coverage.--Amounts paid for coverage of
        an individual for any month shall not be taken into account
        under subsection (a) if, as of the first day of such month,
        such individual is covered under any medical care program
        described in--
                    ``(A) title XVIII, XIX, or XXI of the Social
                Security Act,
                    ``(B) chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code,
                    ``(C) chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code,
                    ``(D) chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, or
                    ``(E) the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
            ``(5) Special rule for married individuals.--In the case of
        an individual--
                    ``(A) who is married (within the meaning of section
                7703) as of the close of the taxable year but does not
                file a joint return for such year, and
                    ``(B) who does not live apart from such
                individual's spouse at all times during the taxable
                year,
        the limitation under paragraph (2)(A) (and not the limitation
        under paragraph (2)(B)) shall apply to such individual.
    ``(c) Limitation Based on Adjusted Gross Income.--
            ``(1) In general.--The aggregate amount which would (but
        for this subsection) be allowed as a credit under this section
        shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount determined
        under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Amount of reduction.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The amount determined under this
                paragraph shall be the amount which bears the same
                ratio to such aggregate amount as--
                            ``(i) the excess of--
                                    ``(I) the taxpayer's modified
                                adjusted gross income for such taxable
                                year, over
                                    ``(II) the applicable dollar
                                amount, bears to
                            ``(ii) $10,000.
                    ``(B) Modified adjusted gross income.--For purposes
                of this paragraph, the term `modified adjusted gross
                income' means adjusted gross income increased by any
                amount excluded from gross income under section 911,
                931, or 933.
                    ``(C) Rounding.--Any amount determined under
                subparagraph (A) which is not a multiple of $10 shall
                be rounded to the next lowest $10.
            ``(3) Applicable dollar amount.--For purposes of paragraph
        (2), the term `applicable dollar amount' means--
                    ``(A) $60,000 in the case of a taxpayer whose
                qualified health insurance coverage covers more than 1
                individual referred to in subsection (a), and
                    ``(B) $30,000--
                            ``(i) in any case not described in
                        subparagraph (A), and
                            ``(ii) in the case of a married individual
                        filing a separate return.
        For purposes of this paragraph, marital status shall be
        determined under section 7703.
    ``(d) Qualified Health Insurance.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
        paragraph, the term `qualified health insurance' means
        insurance which constitutes medical care, as defined in section
        213(d) without regard to--
                    ``(A) paragraph (1)(C) thereof, and
                    ``(B) so much of paragraph (1)(D) thereof as
                relates to qualified long-term care insurance
                contracts.
            ``(2) Exclusion of coverage provided under group health
        plans, etc.--Such term shall not include insurance provided
        through any group health plan of an employer or any other
        entity.
            ``(3) Exclusion of certain other contracts.--Such term
        shall not include insurance if a substantial portion of its
        benefits are excepted benefits (as defined in section 9832(c)).
    ``(e) Individuals With COBRA Coverage.--In the case of continuation
coverage under a group health plan which is required to be provided by
Federal law for an individual during the period specified in section
4980B(f)(2)(B), notwithstanding subsection (d)--
            ``(1) such coverage shall be treated as qualified health
        insurance, and
            ``(2) the term `eligible month' includes months of such
        coverage.
    ``(f) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Coordination with other deductions.--No credit shall
        be allowed under this section for the taxable year if any
        amount paid for qualified health insurance is taken into
        account in determining the deduction allowed for such year
        under section 213 or 222.
            ``(2) Denial of credit to dependents.--No credit shall be
        allowed under this section to any individual with respect to
        whom a deduction under section 151 is allowable to another
        taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in
        which such individual's taxable year begins.
            ``(3) Inflation adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a taxable year
                beginning after 2000, each dollar amount in subsection
                (c)(3) shall be increased by an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment
                        determined under section 1(f)(3) for the
                        calendar year in which the taxable year begins,
                        determined by substituting `calendar year 1999'
                        for `calendar year 1992' in subparagraph (B)
                        thereof.
                    ``(B) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted under
                subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, such amount
                shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $100.''
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart A of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 25A the following new
item:

                              ``Sec. 25B. Health insurance costs of
                                        previously uninsured
                                        individuals and individuals
                                        with COBRA coverage.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.

SEC. 3. DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF EMPLOYEES AND
              SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized
deductions) is amended by redesignating section 222 as section 223 and
by inserting after section 221 the following new section:

``SEC. 222. COSTS OF QUALIFIED HEALTH INSURANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an individual, there shall be
allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the applicable percentage of
the amount paid during the taxable year for coverage for the taxpayer,
his spouse, and dependents under qualified health insurance.
    ``(b) Applicable Percentage.--For purposes of subsection (a)--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        applicable percentage shall be determined in accordance with
        the following table:

                ``For taxable years beginning
                                                         The applicable
                  in calendar year--
                                                        percentage is--
                    2000...................................      60
                    2001...................................      70
                    2002...................................      80
                    2003...................................      90
                    2004 and thereafter....................    100.
            ``(2) Special rule.--In the case of an individual who is an
        employee within the meaning of section 401(c)(1) and whose
        qualified health insurance is not provided through a group
        health plan of an employer, paragraph (1) shall be applied by
        substituting `100' for `90' but only with respect to the lesser
        of the taxpayer's earned income (within the meaning of section
        401(c)) or the payments referred to in subsection (a).
    ``(c) Exclusion of Subsidized Coverage.--Subsection (a) shall not
apply to any taxpayer for any calendar month for which the taxpayer
participates in any group health plan of an employer or any other
entity if less than 50 percent of the cost of the taxpayer's coverage
under such plan is borne by the taxpayer. A rule similar to the rule of
the last sentence of section 162(l)(2)(B) shall apply for purposes of
this subsection.
    ``(d) Qualified Health Insurance.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified health insurance'
        has the meaning given such term by section 25B(d) determined
        without regard to paragraph (2) thereof.
            ``(2) Special rule.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of an individual who
                is an employee within the meaning of section 401(c)(1)
                and whose qualified health insurance (without regard to
                this paragraph) is not provided through a group health
                plan of an employer, paragraph (3) of section 25B(d)
                shall not apply for purposes of this section.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The amount taken into account
                under subsection (a) by reason of subparagraph (A)
                shall not exceed the excess of--
                            ``(i) the taxpayer's earned income (within
                        the meaning of section 401(c)), over
                            ``(ii) the amount which would (without
                        regard to this paragraph) be taken into account
                        under subsection (a).
    ``(e) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Coordination with medical deduction, etc.--Any amount
        paid by a taxpayer for insurance to which subsection (a)
        applies shall not be taken into account in computing the amount
        allowable to the taxpayer as a deduction under section 213(a).
            ``(2) Deduction not allowed for self-employment tax
        purposes.--The deduction allowable by reason of this section
        shall not be taken into account in determining an individual's
        net earnings from self-employment (within the meaning of
        section 1402(a)) for purposes of chapter 2.''
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1)(A) Paragraph (1) of section 162(l) of such Code is
        amended by striking ``the amount paid'' and all that follows
        and inserting ``the eligible long-term care premiums (as
        defined in section 213(d)(10)) paid during the taxable year for
        any qualified long-term care insurance contract (as defined in
        section 7702B(b)) covering the taxpayer, his spouse, and
        dependents.''
            (B) Paragraph (2) of section 162(l) of such Code is amended
        by striking subparagraph (C).
            (2) Subsection (a) of section 62 of such Code is amended by
        inserting after paragraph (17) the following new item:
            ``(18) Costs of qualified health insurance.--The deduction
        allowed by section 222.''
            (3) The table of sections for part VII of subchapter B of
        chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the last item and
        inserting the following new items:

                              ``Sec. 222. Costs of qualified health
                                        insurance.
                              ``Sec. 223. Cross reference.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.

Output: Allows as a deduction an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the amount paid for qualified health insurance coverage for a taxpayer, his spouse, and dependents. Increases, incrementally, the percentage from 60 percent in calendar year 2000 to 100 percent for calendar years 2004 and thereafter. Excludes coverage under which less than 50 percent of the cost of coverage is borne by the taxpayer.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Health Improvement
Councils Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT COUNCILS AND STATE HEALTH
              IMPROVEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER GRANTS.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399V-5. COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT COUNCILS AND STATE HEALTH
              IMPROVEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER GRANTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a program for the
creation of State Health Improvement Technical Assistance Centers and
Community Health Improvement Councils.
    ``(b) State Health Improvement Technical Assistance Center Grant
Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants, on a
        competitive basis, to 5 eligible entities for the purpose of
        establishing State Health Improvement Technical Assistance
        Centers designed to--
                    ``(A) improve individual and community health
                status, especially in communities and regions with poor
                health status performance;
                    ``(B) slow annual growth in health care utilization
                and medical spending;
                    ``(C) coordinate best practices among networks of
                local coalitions that result in accelerated locally
                driven issue identification and creative ways to align
                improvement efforts with payment reforms;
                    ``(D) partner with the Agency for Healthcare
                Research and Quality to design and produce the annual
                report of such agency on health care quality;
                    ``(E) serve as a resource to communities to provide
                assistance in identifying reliable national resources
                and research tools to promote health, improve health
                literacy, and accelerate the diffusion of innovations
                to improve health outcomes;
                    ``(F) partner with organizations to design and
                implement locally driven payment innovations to improve
                quality and productivity; and
                    ``(G) educate State policymakers on the benefits of
                locally driven community health improvement councils
                that engage community stakeholders, including small
                businesses, local governments, faith leaders, civic
                leaders, and consumer advocacy representatives.
            ``(2) Eligibility.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a
                grant under this subsection, an entity shall be--
                            ``(i) a private nonprofit entity with a
                        governing board comprised of \1/4\ consumer,
                        faith, minority, nonprofit and charitable
                        organization, philanthropic, and civic leaders;
                        \1/4\ purchasers of care, including employers,
                        unions, and insurers; \1/4\ local government
                        officials, including mayors, county
                        commissioners, State legislators, and public
                        health officials; and \1/4\ private health care
                        leaders and experts; or
                            ``(ii) a consortium of 2 or more of the
                        nonprofit entities described in clause (i).
                    ``(B) Preferences.--In awarding grants under this
                section, the Secretary shall give preference to
                entities that--
                            ``(i) demonstrate the capacity to attract
                        private sector or local government funding to
                        ensure fiscal sustainability;
                            ``(ii) address significant health
                        disparities, including those identified by the
                        Secretary through other Federal programs;
                            ``(iii) demonstrate coordination or
                        collaboration across governmental and
                        nongovernmental sectors;
                            ``(iv) are committed to promoting full
                        transparency of all deliberations of the
                        Technical Assistance Centers and Community
                        Health Improvement Councils; and
                            ``(v) are independent from government and
                        the financial self-interest of healthcare and
                        purchasers stakeholders.
            ``(3) Activities.--Each Technical Assistance Center
        established through a grant awarded under this subsection
        shall--
                    ``(A) establish up to 4 Community Health
                Improvement Councils, as described in subsection (c);
                    ``(B) provide technical assistance to such
                councils, including community organizing, public
                relations, communications, and public education
                services, computer networking, grants development,
                system performance monitoring, opinion surveys, data
                management, community meeting facilitation, and
                strategic planning;
                    ``(C) partner with Federal, State, and local health
                agencies, such as area health education centers, the
                Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, public
                health departments, and insurance exchanges; and
                    ``(D) deliver an annual performance report to the
                Secretary and the nonprofit entity receiving the grant,
                containing data regarding improvements in local and
                State health status, clinical outcomes, reductions in
                medical spending growth, and health care disparities.
            ``(4) Funding.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each Technical Assistance Center
                established under a grant awarded under this subsection
                shall receive an award in an amount determined by the
                Secretary, but not to exceed $1,500,000 per year for 3
                years.
                    ``(B) Use of funds.--Each such Technical Assistance
                Center shall allocate 80 percent of the total amount
                awarded each year to the Community Health Improvement
                Councils established by such recipient under paragraph
                (3)(B).
    ``(c) Community Health Improvement Councils.--In this section,
`Community Health Improvement Council' means a locally driven, private
nonprofit entity that serves as the neutral convener for engaging
providers and insurers, that fully engages patients and citizens in
coordinating and improving the health care delivery system through
community-wide education programs to promote healthier lifestyles,
improve local or regional health status, clinical outcomes, and
reductions in the growth in medical spending and health disparities
through any of the following approaches:
            ``(1) Promotion of wellness, prevention and expanded public
        health and consumer education efforts.
            ``(2) Enhancement of the care delivery experience through
        local health system infrastructure and care redesign changes
        such as the primary care medical home, accelerated information
        exchange implementation, community-wide chronic disease
        management programs, and all-payer evidence-based clinical
        protocols.
            ``(3) Alignment of provider and consumer financial
        incentives through accelerated payer experiments with non-fee-
        for-service payment arrangements and innovative consumer
        incentives built into the benefits design of health plans.
            ``(4) Restructuring of local health care governance, such
        as--
                    ``(A) formation of accountable care teams across
                medical practices and institutions;
                    ``(B) integration of primary care and public
                health; and
                    ``(C) integration of doctors and hospitals.
            ``(5) Track, document, and make publicly available, in a
        transparent manner, system performance and improvement.
    ``(d) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual
report on the grant program under this section, including both local
and State progress toward improvement of health status, clinical
outcomes, and reductions in the growth of medical spending.''.

Output:
Community Health Improvement Councils Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program for the creation of State Health Improvement Technical Assistance Centers and Community Health Improvement Councils to improve community health through local innovation. Defines "Community Health Improvement Council" to mean a locally driven, private, nonprofit entity that serves as the neutral convener for engaging providers and insurers and that fully engages patients and citizens in coordinating and improving the health care delivery system through community-wide education programs to promote healthier lifestyles, improve local or regional health status, clinical outcomes, and reductions in the growth in medical spending and health disparities through various approaches.

Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to five eligible entities to establish State Health Improvement Technical Assistance Centers, each of which shall: (1) establish up to four Community Health Improvement Councils; (2) provide technical assistance to such Councils; and (3) report on improvements in local and state health status, clinical outcomes, reductions in medical spending growth, and health care disparities.

Requires the Secretary, in awarding grants, to give preference to entities that: (1) demonstrate the capacity to attract private sector or local government funding to ensure fiscal sustainability; (2) address significant health disparities; (3) demonstrate coordination or collaboration across governmental and nongovernmental sectors; (4) are committed to promoting full transparency of all deliberations of the Technical Assistance Centers and Community Health Improvement Councils; and (5) are independent from government and the financial self-interest of health care and purchasers stakeholders.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Regulatory Parity Act of
2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The cable modem service offered by cable operators for
        high-speed access to the Internet is functionally equivalent
        to, and competes with, digital subscriber line service offered
        by local exchange carriers.
            (2) Cable modem services and digital subscriber line
        services are subject to disparate regulatory treatment by the
        Federal Government and by State and local governments.
            (3) Competing and functionally equivalent products and
        services should be regulated, or not regulated, in the same
        manner, regardless of who provides such products or services.
            (4) The Federal Communications Commission is best
        positioned to determine which, if any, regulatory requirements
        for broadband access services should be retained and which, if
        any, should be eliminated.
            (5) The Commission should be required to ensure that
        providers of broadband services are regulated in an equivalent
        manner, regardless of the platform used to provide such
        services.
            (6) Government regulation should not favor or advantage one
        class of competitors among competitors offering similar
        products or services.
            (7) The deployment of digital subscriber line service has
        been restrained by regulatory requirements that are
        inappropriate for a competitive service offered by various non-
        dominant providers.
            (8) Inappropriate regulation imposes needless costs and
        results in higher consumer costs.
            (9) Lower consumer costs will accelerate demand for high-
        speed Internet access services.
            (10) Regulatory certainty and parity will provide
        incentives to increase deployment of high-speed Internet
        services, bringing the benefits of such services to communities
        in the form of enhancements in medicine, education, national
        security, work from home, and other benefits.
            (11) The United States lags behind many other countries in
        the deployment of high-speed data services.
            (12) When all providers of broadband services compete under
        the same rules, consumers will benefit from increased choices
        and lower prices.

SEC. 3. PARITY IN REGULATORY TREATMENT OF BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS
              AND BROADBAND ACCESS SERVICE PROVIDERS.

    (a) In General.--Part II of title II of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

``SEC. 262. PARITY IN REGULATORY TREATMENT OF BROADBAND SERVICE
              PROVIDERS AND BROADBAND ACCESS SERVICE PROVIDERS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Commission shall, not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of the Broadband Regulatory Parity Act of 2002, prescribe
regulations to ensure that--
            ``(1) all broadband services, and all broadband access
        services, are subject to the same regulatory requirements, or
        no regulatory requirements;
            ``(2) all providers of broadband services, and all
        providers of broadband access services, are subject to the same
        regulatory requirements, or no regulatory requirements, with
        respect to the provision of such services and the facilities
        and equipment used to provide such services in the provision of
        such services; and
            ``(3) paragraphs (1) and (2) are implemented without
        increasing the regulatory requirements applicable to any
        provider of broadband services, or broadband access services,
        on any such service or on any facilities or equipment used to
        provide any such service in the provision of such service.
    ``(b) Prohibition on State Jurisdiction.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, broadband services and broadband access services, and
the facilities and equipment used to provide such services in the
provision of such services, shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of
any State.
    ``(c) Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers to Internet
Service Providers.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), each incumbent
local exchange carrier has the duty to provide all Internet service
providers with the telecommunications necessary for such provider to
provide broadband access service to its subscribers. Such
telecommunications shall be offered on rates, terms, and conditions
that are just and reasonable.
    ``(d) Savings Provisions.--(1) Nothing in this section affects the
requirements of section 271.
    ``(2) Nothing in this section affects the obligations of incumbent
local exchange carriers under section 251(c) to provide requesting
telecommunications carriers with services and access to facilities and
equipment necessary for the provision of switch-based voice
telecommunications service.
    ``(3) Nothing in this section precludes or affects any tariff filed
by the National Exchange Carrier Association or any rural telephone
company, and any such tariff may continue to include broadband
services.
    ``(4) Nothing in this section affects section 251(f).''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 153) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (20) through (52) as
        paragraphs (22) through (54), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (19) the following new
        paragraphs:
            ``(20) Broadband service.--The term `broadband service'
        means any service that is used to provide access to the
        Internet and consists of or includes the offering of a
        capability to transmit information at a rate that is generally
        not less than 256 kilobits per second in at least one
        direction.
            ``(21) Broadband access service.--The term `broadband
        access service' means a service that combines computer
        processing, information storage, protocol conversion, and wire
        routing with transmission to enable users to access Internet
        content and services.''.

Output: Broadband Regulatory Parity Act of 2002 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations to ensure that: (1) all broadband services and broadband access services are subject to the same regulatory requirements (or no such requirements); (2) all providers of such services are subject to the same regulatory requirements with respect to such services and the facilities and equipment used to provide such services; and (3) the above requirements are met without increasing current regulatory requirements with respect to such services, facilities, or equipment. Prohibits such services and related facilities and equipment from being subject to the jurisdiction of any State.Requires each incumbent local exchange carrier to provide all Internet service providers with the telecommunications necessary for the provision of broadband access service to subscribers at just and reasonable rates.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Water Quality
Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Amendment of Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
                    TITLE I--WATER QUALITY FINANCING

            Subtitle A--Technical and Management Assistance

Sec. 101. Technical assistance.
Sec. 102. State management assistance.
Sec. 103. Watershed pilot projects.
Sec. 104. Nonpoint source management programs.
       Subtitle B--State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds

Sec. 121. Capitalization grant agreements.
Sec. 122. Water pollution control revolving loan funds.
Sec. 123. State planning assistance.
Sec. 124. Intended use plan.
Sec. 125. Technical assistance.
Sec. 126. Authorization of appropriations.
 TITLE II--ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE AND SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER
                                 GRANTS

Sec. 201. Pilot program for alternative water source projects.
Sec. 202. Sewer overflow control grants.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a section or other provision of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).

                    TITLE I--WATER QUALITY FINANCING

            Subtitle A--Technical and Management Assistance

SEC. 101. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Technical Assistance for Rural and Small Treatment Works.--
Section 104(b) (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) make grants to nonprofit organizations--
                    ``(A) to provide technical assistance to rural,
                small, and tribal municipalities for the purpose of
                assisting, in consultation with the State in which the
                assistance is provided, such municipalities and tribal
                governments in the planning, developing, and
                acquisition of financing for eligible projects
                described in section 603(c);
                    ``(B) to provide technical assistance and training
                for rural, small, and tribal publicly owned treatment
                works and decentralized wastewater treatment systems to
                enable such treatment works and systems to protect
                water quality and achieve and maintain compliance with
                the requirements of this Act; and
                    ``(C) to disseminate information to rural, small,
                and tribal municipalities and municipalities that meet
                the affordability criteria established under section
                603(i)(2) by the State in which the municipality is
                located with respect to planning, design, construction,
                and operation of publicly owned treatment works and
                decentralized wastewater treatment systems.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 104(u) (33 U.S.C.
1254(u)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and (6)'' and inserting ``(6)''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the
        following: ``; and (7) not to exceed $100,000,000 for each of
        fiscal years 2018 through 2022 for carrying out subsections
        (b)(3), (b)(8), and (g), except that not less than 20 percent
        of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this paragraph in a
        fiscal year shall be used for carrying out subsection (b)(8)''.

SEC. 102. STATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 106(a) (33 U.S.C.
1256(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph (2)
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
        years 1991 through 2017, and $300,000,000 for each of fiscal
        years 2018 through 2022;''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 106(e) (33 U.S.C. 1256(e)) is
amended by striking ``Beginning in fiscal year 1974 the'' and inserting
``The''.

SEC. 103. WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS.

    Section 122(c) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $120,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2018 through 2022.''.

SEC. 104. NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.

    Section 319(j) (33 U.S.C. 1329(j)) is amended by striking
``$70,000,000'' and all that follows through ``fiscal year 1991'' and
inserting ``$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022''.

       Subtitle B--State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds

SEC. 121. CAPITALIZATION GRANT AGREEMENTS.

    Section 602(b) (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (13)(B)(iii), by striking ``; and'' and
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) the State will use at least 15 percent of the amount
        of each capitalization grant received by the State under this
        title after September 30, 2017, to provide assistance to
        municipalities of fewer than 10,000 individuals that meet the
        affordability criteria established by the State under section
        603(i)(2) for projects or activities included on the State's
        priority list under section 603(g), to the extent that there
        are sufficient applications for such assistance.''.

SEC. 122. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS.

    Section 603(d) (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) to provide grants to owners and operators of
        treatment works that serve a population of 10,000 or fewer for
        obtaining technical and planning assistance and assistance in
        financial management, user fee analysis, budgeting, capital
        improvement planning, facility operation and maintenance,
        equipment replacement, and other activities to improve
        wastewater treatment plant management and operations, except
        that the total amount provided by the State in grants under
        this paragraph for a fiscal year may not exceed one percent of
        the total amount of assistance provided by the State from the
        fund in the preceding fiscal year, or 2 percent of the total
        amount received by the State in capitalization grants under
        this title in the preceding fiscal year, whichever amount is
        greatest; and
            ``(9) to provide grants to owners and operators of
        treatment works for conducting an assessment of the energy and
        water consumption of the treatment works, and evaluating
        potential opportunities for energy and water conservation
        through facility operation and maintenance, equipment
        replacement, and projects or activities that promote the
        efficient use of energy and water by the treatment works,
        except that the total amount provided by the State in grants
        under this paragraph for a fiscal year may not exceed one
        percent of the total amount of assistance provided by the State
        from the fund in the preceding fiscal year, or 2 percent of the
        total amount received by the State in capitalization grants
        under this title in the preceding fiscal year, whichever amount
        is greatest.''.

SEC. 123. STATE PLANNING ASSISTANCE.

    Section 604(b) (33 U.S.C. 1384(b)) is amended by striking ``1
percent'' and inserting ``2 percent''.

SEC. 124. INTENDED USE PLAN.

    (a) Integrated Priority List.--Section 603(g) (33 U.S.C. 1383(g))
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Priority List.--
            ``(1) In general.--For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal
        year thereafter, a State shall establish or update a list of
        projects and activities for which assistance is sought from the
        State's water pollution control revolving fund. Such projects
        and activities shall be listed in priority order based on the
        methodology established under paragraph (2). The State may
        provide financial assistance from the State's water pollution
        control revolving fund only with respect to a project or
        activity included on such list. In the case of projects and
        activities eligible for assistance under subsection (c)(2), the
        State may include on such list a category or subcategory of
        nonpoint sources of pollution to be addressed.
            ``(2) Methodology.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the
                date of enactment of this paragraph, and after
                providing notice and opportunity for public comment,
                each State shall establish a methodology for developing
                a priority list under paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Priority for projects and activities that
                achieve greatest water quality improvement.--In
                developing the methodology, the State shall seek to
                achieve the greatest degree of water quality
                improvement, taking into consideration--
                            ``(i) the requirements of section
                        602(b)(5);
                            ``(ii) whether such water quality
                        improvements would be realized without
                        assistance under this title; and
                            ``(iii) whether the proposed projects and
                        activities would address water quality
                        impairments associated with existing treatment
                        works.
                    ``(C) Considerations in selecting projects and
                activities.--In determining which projects and
                activities will achieve the greatest degree of water
                quality improvement, the State shall consider--
                            ``(i) information developed by the State
                        under sections 303(d) and 305(b);
                            ``(ii) the State's continuing planning
                        process developed under sections 205(j) and
                        303(e);
                            ``(iii) whether such project or activity
                        may have a beneficial impact related to the
                        purposes identified under section 302(a);
                            ``(iv) the State's management program
                        developed under section 319; and
                            ``(v) conservation and management plans
                        developed under section 320 with respect to an
                        estuary lying in whole or in part within the
                        State.
                    ``(D) Nonpoint sources.--For categories or
                subcategories of nonpoint sources of pollution that a
                State may include on its priority list under paragraph
                (1), the State shall consider the cumulative water
                quality improvements associated with projects or
                activities carried out pursuant to the listing of such
                categories or subcategories.
                    ``(E) Existing methodologies.--If a State has
                previously developed, after providing notice and an
                opportunity for public comment, a methodology that
                meets the requirements of this paragraph, the State may
                use the methodology for the purposes of this
                subsection.''.
    (b) Intended Use Plan.--Section 606(c) (33 U.S.C. 1386(c)) is
amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting
        ``and publish'' after ``each State shall annually prepare'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) the State's priority list developed under section
        603(g);'';
            (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (4) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) if the State does not fund projects and activities in
        the order of the priority established under section 603(g), an
        explanation of why such a change in order is appropriate.''.
    (c) Transitional Provision.--Before completion of a priority list
based on a methodology established under section 603(g) of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (as amended by this section), a State shall
continue to comply with the requirements of sections 603(g) and 606(c)
of such Act, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of
this Act.

SEC. 125. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 607 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 607. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Simplified Procedures.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall assist the States
in establishing simplified procedures for treatment works to obtain
assistance under this title.
    ``(b) Publication of Manual.--Not later than 2 years after the date
of the enactment of this section, and after providing notice and
opportunity for public comment, the Administrator shall publish a
manual to assist treatment works in obtaining assistance under this
title and publish in the Federal Register notice of the availability of
the manual.''.

SEC. 126. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Title VI (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:

``SEC. 609. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes
of this title $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years fiscal year 2018
through 2022.''.

 TITLE II--ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE AND SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER
                                 GRANTS

SEC. 201. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECTS.

    (a) Selection of Projects.--Section 220(d) (33 U.S.C. 1300(d)) is
amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (2).
    (b) Committee Resolution Procedure.--Section 220 (33 U.S.C.
1300(e)) is amended by striking subsection (e) and redesignating
subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (e) through (i),
respectively.
    (c) Definitions.--Section 220(h)(1) (as redesignated by subsection
(c) of this section) is amended by striking ``or wastewater or by
treating wastewater'' and inserting ``, wastewater, or stormwater or by
treating wastewater or stormwater''.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 220(i) (as
redesignated by subsection (c) of this section) is amended by striking
``$75,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 through 2004'' and inserting
``$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022''.

SEC. 202. SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL GRANTS.

    Section 221 (33 U.S.C. 1301) is amended--
            (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows:
        ``sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants'';
            (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Grants to states.--The Administrator may make grants
        to States for the purpose of providing grants to a municipality
        or municipal entity for planning, design, and construction of
        treatment works to intercept, transport, control, treat, or
        reuse municipal combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer
        overflows, or stormwater.
            ``(2) Direct municipal grants.--Subject to subsection (g),
        the Administrator may make a direct grant to a municipality or
        municipal entity for the purposes described in paragraph
        (1).'';
            (3) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) Administrative Requirements.--A project that receives
assistance under this section shall be carried out subject to the same
requirements as a project that receives assistance from a State water
pollution control revolving fund under title VI, except to the extent
that the Governor of the State in which the project is located
determines that a requirement of title VI is inconsistent with the
purposes of this section. For the purposes of this subsection, a
Governor may not determine that the requirements of title VI relating
to the application of section 513 are inconsistent with the purposes of
this section.'';
            (4) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
        to carry out this section $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years
        2018 through 2022.
            ``(2) Minimum allocations.--To the extent there are
        sufficient eligible project applications, the Administrator
        shall ensure that a State uses not less than 20 percent of the
        amount of the grants made to the State under subsection (a) in
        a fiscal year to carry out projects to intercept, transport,
        control, treat, or reuse municipal combined sewer overflows,
        sanitary sewer overflows, or stormwater through the use of
        green infrastructure, water and energy efficiency improvements,
        and other environmentally innovative activities.''; and
            (5) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) Allocation of Funds.--
            ``(1) Fiscal year 2018.--Subject to subsection (h), the
        Administrator shall use the amounts appropriated to carry out
        this section for fiscal year 2018 for making grants to
        municipalities and municipal entities under subsection (a)(2)
        in accordance with the criteria set forth in subsection (b).
            ``(2) Fiscal year 2019 and thereafter.--Subject to
        subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts
        appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2019 and
        each fiscal year thereafter for making grants to States under
        subsection (a)(1) in accordance with a formula to be
        established by the Administrator, after providing notice and an
        opportunity for public comment, that allocates to each State a
        proportional share of such amounts based on the total needs of
        the State for municipal combined sewer overflow controls,
        sanitary sewer overflow controls, and stormwater identified in
        the most recent survey conducted pursuant to section 516 and
        any other information the Administrator considers
        appropriate.''.

Output: Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017  The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2022:  programs for preventing and reducing pollution through research, investigations, and training; state and interstate water pollution control programs;  wet weather watershed pilot projects; a grant program for implementing state management programs for controlling pollution added from nonpoint sources (e.g., pollution on the ground picked up by rain) to navigable waters; a grant program for protecting groundwater quality; clean water state revolving funds; a pilot program for alternative water source projects; and sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants (formally known as sewer overflow control grants).   The bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to rural, small, and tribal municipalities for addressing pollution. The bill revises requirements governing capitalization grant agreements, clean water state revolving funds, and sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Privacy and National
Security Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is hereby established a commission to be known as the
``Presidential Commission on Financial Privacy and National Security''
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Commission'').

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--The Commission shall conduct an ongoing study of
the practices in the financial service industry for protecting the
privacy of consumer financial information, the manner and extent to
which such practices are regulated by financial service regulators, and
ways to improve and strengthen financial information privacy while
preserving effective financial information flow for national security.
    (b) Specific Questions.--In conducting the study, the Commission
shall address and seek comments on the following issues:
            (1) In what manner and to what extent would the existence
        of State financial privacy laws or other restrictions on the
        free flow of financial information impair or hinder the ability
        of the Federal Government to investigate money laundering or
        fraud, including identity theft?
            (2) Is the information already being distributed to the
        consumers concerning the privacy of consumer financial
        information readily understandable and is it a benefit to the
        consumer?
            (3) What is the cost, to a financial institution and
        ultimately to each consumer, of mailing or otherwise
        distributing privacy notices to each consumer in accordance
        with applicable law.
            (4) What financial information privacy concerns are not
        addressed by title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and other
        laws and regulations implementing such title?
            (5) To what extent is there a uniform agreement among
        financial regulators on what constitutes financial privacy and
        what processes are utilized to review developments and
        technological changes in the delivery of financial services
        that may affect financial privacy?
            (6) What would be the potential impact on consumers if
        there were a variety of requirements with respect to financial
        privacy in effect under the laws of the several States and how
        would the existence of such a variety of requirements cost the
        financial services industry?

SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 11
members :
            (1) The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
        or a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission
        designated by the Chairman.
            (2) The Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal
        Reserve System, or a member of such Board designated by the
        Chairman.
            (3) The Secretary of the Treasury, or an officer of the
        Department of the Treasury designated by the Secretary.
            (4) The Attorney General, or an officer of the Department
        of Justice designated by the Attorney General.
            (5) A State insurance commissioner appointed by the
        President after consulting with the National Association of
        Insurance Commissioners.
            (6) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, or a
        designee of the Speaker.
            (7) The minority leader of the House of Representatives, or
        a designee of the minority leader.
            (8) The majority leader of the Senate, or a designee of the
        majority leader.
            (9) The minority leader of the Senate, or a designee of the
        minority leader.
            (10) 2 members appointed by the President from among
        individuals who are especially well qualified to serve by
        virtue of their education, training, and experience in the
        financial services industry.
    (b) Continuation of Membership.--If a member was appointed to the
Commission as a Member of Congress or by virtue of such member's
position in the House of Representatives, the Senate, or a Federal
agency and the member ceases to be a Member of Congress or to serve in
any such position that member may continue as a member for not longer
than the 30-day period beginning on the date that member ceases to be a
Member of Congress or serve in such position.
    (c) Terms.--
            (1) In general.--Each member shall be appointed for the
        life of the Commission.
            (2) Vacancies.--Any member appointed to fill a vacancy
        occurring before the expiration of the term for which the
        member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for
        the remainder of that term. A member may serve after the
        expiration of that member's term until a successor has taken
        office.
    (d) Vacancy.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the
manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (e) No Pay.--Members shall serve without pay.
    (f) Travel Expenses.--Each member shall receive travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections
5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
    (g) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings.
    (h) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Commission shall be
elected by the members from the membership of the Commission.
    (i) Meetings.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall meet at least once
        each calendar quarter at the call of the Chairperson or a
        majority of the members.
            (2) Open meetings required.--Section 552b of title 5,
        United States Code, shall apply.

SEC. 5. DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF COMMISSION; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.

    (a) Director.--The Commission may, without regard to section
5311(b) of title 5, United States Code, have a Director who shall be
appointed by the Commission. The Director shall be paid at a rate not
to exceed $140,000 per year.
    (b) Staff.--The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of such
additional personnel as the Commission considers appropriate.
    (c) Applicability of Certain Civil Service Laws.--The Director and
staff of the Commission may be appointed without regard to the
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in
the competitive service, and may be paid without regard to the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title
relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that
an individual so appointed may not receive pay in excess of $140,000
per year.
    (d) Experts and Consultants.--Subject to regulations prescribed by
the Commission, the Commission may procure temporary and intermittent
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code.
    (e) Staff of Federal Agencies.--Upon request of the Commission, the
head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable
basis, any of the personnel of that department or agency to the
Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties under this Act.

SEC. 6. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings and Sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose of
carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places,
take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers
appropriate.
    (b) Powers of Members and Agents.--Any member or agent of the
Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action which
the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
    (c) Obtaining Official Data.--The Commission may secure directly
from any department or agency of the United States information
necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the
Chairperson of the Commission, the head of that department or agency
shall furnish that information to the Commission.
    (d) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in the
same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and
agencies of the United States.
    (e) Administrative Support Services.--Upon the request of the
Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to the
Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support
services necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities
under this Act.

SEC. 7. REPORT.

    The Commission shall transmit a final report to the President and
the Congress not later than March 31, 2005. The final report shall
contain a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the
Commission, together with its recommendations for such legislative or
administrative actions as the Commission considers appropriate.

SEC. 8. TERMINATION.

    The Commission shall terminate 30 days after submitting its final
report pursuant to section 7.

SEC. 9. MORATORIUM ON STATE FINANCIAL PRIVACY LAWS.

    (a) In General.--During the period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act and ending on the date the Commission terminates
under section 8, no requirement or prohibition may be imposed under the
laws of any State, including laws relating to the business of
insurance, concerning the use or disclosure by a financial institution
of information relating to a consumer that has obtained a financial
product or service from the financial institution.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply State insurance laws
or regulations referred to in section 505(a)(6) of the Gramm-Leach-
Bliley Act.

Output: Financial Privacy and National Security Enhancement Act - Establishes the Presidential Commission on Financial Privacy and National Security to study and report to Congress on financial service industry practices for protecting the privacy of consumer financial information, the manner and extent to which such practices are regulated by financial service regulators, and ways to improve and strengthen financial information privacy while preserving effective financial information flow for national security.Imposes a moratorium on State financial privacy laws during the period the Commission is performing its duties.