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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Support Assault Firearms Elimination
and Reduction for our Streets Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSAULT WEAPON TURN-IN CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before
section 26 the following new section:

``SEC. 25E. ASSAULT WEAPON TURN-IN CREDIT.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of an individual who
        surrenders a specified assault weapon to the United States or a
        State or local government (or political subdivision thereof) as
        part of a Federal, State, or local public safety program to
        reduce the number of privately owned weapons, on the election
        of the taxpayer there shall be allowed as a credit against the
        tax imposed by this chapter an amount equal to $2,000.
            ``(2) Year credit allowed.--The amount of the credit under
        paragraph (1) shall be allowed \1/2\ for the taxable year
        during which the assault weapon was so surrendered and \1/2\ in
        the next taxable year.
    ``(b) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Weapon must be lawfully possessed.--No credit shall
        be allowed under subsection (a) with respect to any specified
        assault weapon not lawfully possessed by the taxpayer at the
        time the weapon is surrendered.
            ``(2) Substantiation requirement.--No credit shall be
        allowed under subsection (a) for the surrender of any specified
        assault weapon unless the taxpayer substantiates the surrender
        by a contemporaneous written acknowledgment of the surrender by
        the Federal, State, or local governmental entity to which the
        weapon is surrendered.
            ``(3) Denial of double benefit.--The taxpayer may elect the
        application of this section with respect to only 1 weapon, and
        if such election is made for any taxable year, no deduction
        shall be allowed under any other provision of this chapter with
        respect to the surrender or contribution of the specified
        assault weapon.
    ``(c) Assault Weapon.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `specified assault weapon'
        means any of the following:
                    ``(A) The following rifles or copies or duplicates
                thereof:
                            ``(i) AK, AKM, AKS, AK-47, AK-74, ARM,
                        MAK90, Misr, NHM 90, NHM 91, SA 85, SA 93,
                        VEPR,
                            ``(ii) AR-10,
                            ``(iii) AR-15, Bushmaster XM15, Armalite
                        M15, or Olympic Arms PCR,
                            ``(iv) AR70,
                            ``(v) Calico Liberty,
                            ``(vi) Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle or
                        Dragunov SVU,
                            ``(vii) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR,
                        or FNC,
                            ``(viii) Hi-Point Carbine,
                            ``(ix) HK-91, HK-93, HK-94, or HK-PSG-1,
                            ``(x) Kel-Tec Sub Rifle,
                            ``(xi) M1 Carbine,
                            ``(xii) Saiga,
                            ``(xiii) SAR-8, SAR-4800,
                            ``(xiv) SKS with detachable magazine,
                            ``(xv) SLG 95,
                            ``(xvi) SLR 95 or 96,
                            ``(xvii) Steyr AUG,
                            ``(xviii) Sturm, Ruger Mini-14,
                            ``(xix) Tavor,
                            ``(xx) Thompson 1927, Thompson M1, or
                        Thompson 1927 Commando, or
                            ``(xxi) Uzi, Galil and Uzi Sporter, Galil
                        Sporter, or Galil Sniper Rifle (Galatz).
                    ``(B) The following pistols or copies or duplicates
                thereof:
                            ``(i) Calico M-110,
                            ``(ii) MAC-10, MAC-11, or MPA3,
                            ``(iii) Olympic Arms OA,
                            ``(iv) TEC-9, TEC-DC9, TEC-22 Scorpion, or
                        AB-10, or
                            ``(v) Uzi.
                    ``(C) The following shotguns or copies or
                duplicates thereof:
                            ``(i) Armscor 30 BG,
                            ``(ii) SPAS 12 or LAW 12,
                            ``(iii) Striker 12, or
                            ``(iv) Streetsweeper.
                    ``(D) A semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to
                accept a detachable magazine, and that has--
                            ``(i) a folding or telescoping stock,
                            ``(ii) a threaded barrel,
                            ``(iii) a pistol grip,
                            ``(iv) a forward grip, or
                            ``(v) a barrel shroud.
                    ``(E)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a
                semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed magazine with the
                capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.
                    ``(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply to an attached
                tubular device designed to accept, and capable of
                operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.
                    ``(F) A semiautomatic pistol that has the ability
                to accept a detachable magazine, and has--
                            ``(i) a second pistol grip,
                            ``(ii) a threaded barrel,
                            ``(iii) a barrel shroud, or
                            ``(iv) the capacity to accept a detachable
                        magazine at a location outside of the pistol
                        grip.
                    ``(G) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine
                that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.
                    ``(H) A semiautomatic shotgun that has--
                            ``(i) a folding or telescoping stock,
                            ``(ii) a pistol grip,
                            ``(iii) the ability to accept a detachable
                        magazine, or
                            ``(iv) a fixed magazine capacity of more
                        than 5 rounds.
                    ``(I) A shotgun with a revolving cylinder.
                    ``(J) A frame or receiver that is identical to, or
                based substantially on the frame or receiver of, a
                firearm described in any of subparagraphs (A) through
                (I) or (L).
                    ``(K) A conversion kit.
                    ``(L) A semiautomatic rifle or shotgun originally
                designed for military or law enforcement use, or a
                firearm based on the design of such a firearm, that is
                not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, as
                determined by the Attorney General. In making the
                determination, there shall be a rebuttable presumption
                that a firearm procured for use by the United States
                military or any Federal law enforcement agency is not
                particularly suitable for sporting purposes, and a
                firearm shall not be determined to be particularly
                suitable for sporting purposes solely because the
                firearm is suitable for use in a sporting event.
            ``(2) Related definitions.--
                    ``(A) Barrel shroud.--The term `barrel shroud'
                means a shroud that is attached to, or partially or
                completely encircles, the barrel of a firearm so that
                the shroud protects the user of the firearm from heat
                generated by the barrel, but does not include a slide
                that encloses the barrel, and does not include an
                extension of the stock along the bottom of the barrel
                which does not encircle or substantially encircle the
                barrel.
                    ``(B) Conversion kit.--The term `conversion kit'
                means any part or combination of parts designed and
                intended for use in converting a firearm into a
                semiautomatic assault weapon, and any combination of
                parts from which a semiautomatic assault weapon can be
                assembled if the parts are in the possession or under
                the control of a person.
                    ``(C) Detachable magazine.--The term `detachable
                magazine' means an ammunition feeding device that can
                readily be inserted into a firearm.
                    ``(D) Fixed magazine.--The term `fixed magazine'
                means an ammunition feeding device contained in, or
                permanently attached to, a firearm.
                    ``(E) Folding or telescoping stock.--The term
                `folding or telescoping stock' means a stock that
                folds, telescopes, or otherwise operates to reduce the
                length, size, or any other dimension, or otherwise
                enhances the concealability, of a firearm.
                    ``(F) Forward grip.--The term `forward grip' means
                a grip located forward of the trigger that functions as
                a pistol grip.
                    ``(G) Pistol grip.--The term `pistol grip' means a
                grip, a thumbhole stock, or any other characteristic
                that can function as a grip.
                    ``(H) Threaded barrel.--The term `threaded barrel'
                means a feature or characteristic that is designed in
                such a manner to allow for the attachment of a firearm
                as defined in section 5845(a) of the National Firearms
                Act (26 U.S.C. 5845(a)).
    ``(d) Termination.--This section shall not apply with respect to
any weapon surrendered during a taxable year beginning more than 2
years after the date of the enactment of the Support Assault Firearms
Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart A of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by inserting before the
item relating to section 26 the following new item:

``Sec. 25E. Assault weapon turn-in credit.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply to
taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act   Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to elect a tax credit of $2,000 for surrendering a specified assault weapon, as defined by this Act, as part of a public safety program to reduce the number of privately owned weapons. Terminates such credit two years after the enactment of this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wealth Through the Workplace Act of
1999''.

SEC. 2. STOCK PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
    ``(42) The term `stock purchase arrangement', as used in paragraph
(1) and sections 105(e) and 414, means any arrangement which--
            ``(A) is maintained by an employer corporation for the
        purpose of transferring, directly or indirectly, to the
        employees covered under the arrangement shares of stock
        pursuant to the exercise by the employee of an option granted
        under the terms of the arrangement to the employee, and
            ``(B) is expressly designated in the terms governing the
        arrangement as a stock purchase arrangement intended to meet
        the requirements of section 414(b).''.
    (b) Treatment as Employee Welfare Benefit Plan.--Paragraph (1) of
section 3 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1002(1)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new sentence: ``Solely for purposes of sections
105(e) and 414 and part 5 (as applicable with respect to such
sections), a stock purchase arrangement shall be deemed to be an
employee welfare benefit plan and any employee covered under such an
arrangement shall be deemed to be a participant thereunder.''.

SEC. 3. STOCK PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Part 4 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 414 (29 U.S.C. 1114) as
        section 415; and
            (2) by inserting after section 413 (29 U.S.C. 1113) the
        following new section:

                     ``stock purchase arrangements

    ``Sec. 414. (a) In General.--A transaction which constitutes an
option or transfer described in section 3(42) under a stock purchase
arrangement shall be treated, solely for purposes of paragraph (5) of
section 502(a) (and part 5 as it relates to such paragraph), as a
practice in violation of the requirements of this title, unless such
stock purchase arrangement meets the requirements of subsection (b).
    ``(b) Requirements.--An allowable stock purchase arrangement meets
the requirements of this subsection if the following requirements are
met thereunder with respect to options and transfers described in
section 3(42):
            ``(1) Employment status required in relation to exercise of
        option.--Under the terms of the arrangement--
                    ``(A) options are to be granted only to employees
                of the employer corporation or of its parent or
                subsidiary corporation (including members of the board
                of directors of any such corporation) to purchase stock
                in the employer corporation or any other such
                corporation, and
                    ``(B) no option that has been granted to an
                employee can be exercised unless, at all times during
                the period beginning with the date of the granting of
                the option to the employee and ending on the day 6
                months before the date of the exercise of such option
                by the employee, the employee is an employee of the
                employer corporation, of a parent or subsidiary
                corporation of the employer corporation, or of a
                corporation (or a parent or subsidiary corporation of
                such corporation) issuing or assuming a stock option in
                a transaction to which subsection (c) applies.
            ``(2) Approval.--Such arrangement is approved by the board
        of directors of the granting corporation (or, if required by
        the bylaws of such corporation, by its shareholders), in
        writing indicating that the arrangement is intended to meet the
        requirements of this section, within 12 months before or after
        the date such arrangement is adopted.
            ``(3) Larger shareholders excluded.--Under the terms of the
        arrangement, no employee can be granted an option if such
        employee, immediately after the option is granted, owns stock
        possessing 5 percent or more of the total combined voting power
        or value of all classes of stock of the employer corporation or
        of its parent or subsidiary corporation. For purposes of this
        paragraph, the rules of subsection (d) shall apply in
        determining the stock ownership of an employee, and stock which
        the employee may purchase under outstanding options shall be
        treated as stock owned by the employee.
            ``(4) Participation.--
                    ``(A) General rule.--Such options are granted
                during each fiscal year of the arrangement to at least
                50 percent of all individuals who are employees of the
                employer corporation and, if any employee of a parent
                or subsidiary corporation of the employer corporation
                is covered under the arrangement, 50 percent of the
                individuals who are employees of such parent or
                subsidiary corporation.
                    ``(B) Exception.--If the arrangement provides for
                the exclusion of individuals--
                            ``(i) who have been employed less than 2
                        years,
                            ``(ii) whose customary employment is 20
                        hours or less per week,
                            ``(iii) whose customary employment is for
                        not more than 5 months in any calendar year, or
                            ``(iv) who are not United States citizens
                        or lawful permanent residents of the United
                        States (as defined in section 7701(b)(6) of the
                        Internal Revenue Code of 1986),
                then subparagraph (A) shall be applied after first
                disregarding all such excluded individuals.
            ``(5) Uniform rights and privileges.--All employees granted
        such options shall have the same rights and privileges, except
        that the amount of stock which may be purchased by any employee
        under such option may bear a uniform relationship to the total
        compensation, or the basic or regular rate of compensation, of
        such employee, and the arrangement may provide that no employee
        may purchase more than a maximum amount of stock fixed under
        the arrangement.
            ``(6) Valuation requirements.--Under the terms of the
        arrangement, the option price is not less than the lesser of--
                    ``(A) an amount equal to 85 percent of the fair
                market value of the stock at the time such option is
                granted, or
                    ``(B) an amount which under the terms of the
                arrangement may not be less than 85 percent of the fair
                market value of the stock at the time such option is
                exercised.
            ``(7) Limited transferability.--Under the terms of the
        arrangement, such option is not transferable by the employee
        otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution,
        and is exercisable, during his lifetime, only by him.
            ``(8) Publicly traded and regulated stock.--The class of
        shares of stock with respect to which the option is granted is
        a class of shares of stock which are publicly traded on an
        exchange regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
            ``(9) Rate of cash compensation must be unaffected.--The
        grant of any options under the arrangement may not be directly
        linked with a systematic reduction in the annual rate at which
        basic or regular cash compensation is paid to employees under
        the arrangement, as determined under regulations prescribed by
        the Secretary of the Treasury.
    ``(c) Corporate Reorganizations, Liquidations, Etc.--For purposes
of this section, the term `issuing or assuming a stock option in a
transaction to which subsection (c) applies' means a substitution of a
new option for the old option, or an assumption of the old option, by
the employer corporation, or by a parent or subsidiary of the employer
corporation, by reason of a corporate merger, consolidation,
acquisition of property or stock separation, reorganization, or
liquidation, if--
            ``(1) the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the
        shares subject to the option immediately after the substitution
        or assumption over the aggregate option priced of such shares
        is not more than the excess of the aggregate fair market value
        of all shares subject to the option immediately before such
        substitution or assumption over the aggregate option price of
        such shares, and
            ``(2) the new option or the assumption of the old option
        does not give the employee additional benefits which he did not
        have under the old option.
For purposes of this subsection, the parent-subsidiary relationship
shall be determined at the time of any such transaction under this
subsection.
    ``(d) Attribution of Stock Ownership.--For purposes of this
section, in applying the percentage limitations of subsection (b)(3)--
            ``(1) the employee with respect to whom such limitation is
        being determined shall be considered as owning the stock owned,
        directly or indirectly, by or for his brothers and sisters
        (whether by the whole or half blood), spouse, ancestors, and
        lineal descendants, and
            ``(2) stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a
        corporation, partnership, estate, or trust, shall be considered
        as being owned proportionately by or for its shareholders,
        partners, or beneficiaries.
    ``(e) Definitions and Additional Rules.--
            ``(1) Parent corporation.--For purposes of this section,
        the term `parent corporation' means any corporation (other than
        the employer corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations
        ending with the employer corporation if, at the time of the
        granting of the option, each of the corporations other than the
        employer corporation owns stock possessing 50 percent or more
        of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in
        one of the other corporations in such chain.
            ``(2) Subsidiary corporation.--For purposes of this
        section, the term `subsidiary corporation' means any
        corporation (other than the employer corporation) in an
        unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the employer
        corporation if, at the time of the granting of the option, each
        of the corporations other than the last corporation in the
        unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50 percent or more of the
        total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of
        the other corporations in such chain.
            ``(3) Special rule for applying paragraphs (1) and (2).--In
        applying paragraphs (1) and (2) for purposes of subsection
        (b)(1)(B), there shall be substituted for the term `employer
        corporation' wherever it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2) the
        term `grantor corporation' or the term `corporation issuing or
        assuming a stock option in a transaction to which subsection
        (c) applies' as the case may be.
    ``(f) Modification, Extension, or Renewal of Option.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, if the
        terms of any option to purchase stock are modified, extended,
or renewed, such modification, extension, or renewal shall be
considered as the granting of a new option.
            ``(2) Special rules.--In the case of the transfer of stock
        pursuant to the exercise of an option which has been so
        modified, extended, or renewed, the fair market value of such
        stock at the time of the granting of such option shall be
        considered as whichever of the following is the highest:
                    ``(A) the fair market value of such stock on the
                date of the original granting of the option,
                    ``(B) the fair market value of such stock on the
                date of the making of such modification, extension, or
                renewal, or
                    ``(C) the fair market value of such stock at the
                time of the making of any intervening modification,
                extension, or renewal.
            ``(3) Definition of modification.--The term `modification'
        means any change in the terms of the option which gives the
        employee additional benefits under the option, but such term
        shall not include a change in the terms of the option--
                    ``(A) attributable to the issuance or assumption of
                an option under subsection (c),
                    ``(B) to permit the option to meet the requirements
                of subsection (b)(7), or
                    ``(C) in the case of an option not immediately
                exercisable in full, to accelerate the time at which
                the option may be exercised.
    ``(g) Director or Stockholder Approval.--For purposes of this
section, if the grant of an option is subject to approval by directors
or stockholders, the date of grant of the option shall be determined as
if the option had not been subject to such approval.
    ``(h) Limited Effect on Tax Provisions.--The provisions of this
section shall not be construed to alter, amend, modify, invalidate,
impair, or supersede any provision of section 421 or 423 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except as provided in section 421(d) of
such Code.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1 of
such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 414 and
inserting the following new items:

``Sec. 414. Allowable stock purchase arrangements.
``Sec. 415. Effective date.''.

SEC. 4. NOTICE REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 105 of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1025) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
    ``(e) The employer corporation maintaining a stock purchase
arrangement shall provide at least annually to employees who have been
granted an option to purchase stock under such arrangement a
description of disclosure statements regarding the stock that are
available from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the manner in
which such disclosure statements may be obtained from such Commission.
Descriptions under this subsection shall be made in language that is
easily understood by the typical employee.''.
    (b) Penalty of $100 a Day for Noncompliance.--Section 502(c)(3) of
such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(3)) is amended by inserting ``or 105(e)''
after ``section 101(e)(2)''.

SEC. 5. TREATMENT UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.

    Section 421 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
general rules for certain stock options) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Stock Options Under Section 414(b) of Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974; Deduction Allowed to Corporation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
        subsection, subsection (a) (other than paragraph (2) thereof)
        shall apply to any share of stock transferred to an individual
        in a transfer in respect of which the requirements of section
        414(b) of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 are
        met.
            ``(2) Effect of disqualifying disposition.--If--
                    ``(A) any share of stock is transferred to an
                individual in a transfer in respect of which the
                requirements of section 414(b) of Employee Retirement
                Income Security Act of 1974 are met, and
                    ``(B) such individual disposes of such share within
                2 years from the date of the granting of the option or
                within 1 year after the transfer of such share to such
                individual,
        then any increase in the income of such individual for the
        taxable year in which such exercise occurred attributable to
        such disposition shall be treated as an increase in income in
        the taxable year of such individual in which such disposition
        occurred.
            ``(3) Limitation on employer deduction.--If--
                    ``(A) any share of stock is transferred to an
                individual in a transfer in respect of which the
                requirements of section 414(b) of Employee Retirement
                Income Security Act of 1974 are met, and
                    ``(B) such share is not disposed of in a
                disposition to which paragraph (2) applies,
        the aggregate deduction allowed under section 162(a) to the
        corporations referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall not exceed
        the excess (if any) of the fair market value of such share at
        the time the option is exercised over the fair market value of
        such share at the time the option is granted.
            ``(4) Other rules.--References in subsection (c) to section
        423 shall be treated as references to the corresponding
        provisions of section 414(b) of Employee Retirement Income
        Security Act of 1974.''

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take apply with respect to
options offered on or after January 1, 2000.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for special treatment of stock options meeting such ERISA requirements. Permits employees to defer payment of taxes at a special rate on the stock obtained through the options until they sell the stock. Allows employers a limited tax deduction for such stock transfers to employees. Sets forth certain restrictions on disposition of transferred shares.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF VETERANS CHOICE PROGRAM.

    (a) Elimination of Sunset.--
            (1) In general.--Section 101 of the Veterans Access,
        Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 38
        U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (p); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (q), (r), (s), and
                (t) as subsections (p), (q), (r), and (s),
                respectively.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Such section is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ``during the
                period in which the Secretary is authorized to carry
                out this section pursuant to subsection (p)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (p)(2), as redesignated by
                paragraph (1)(B), by striking subparagraph (F).
    (b) Expansion of Eligibility for Program.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended
        to read as follows:
    ``(b) Eligible Veterans.--A veteran is an eligible veteran for
purposes of this section if the veteran is enrolled in the system of
annual patient enrollment established and operated under section 1705
of title 38, United States Code.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Such section is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
                        (A), by striking ``In the case of an eligible
                        veteran described in subsection (b)(2)(A), the
                        Secretary shall, at the election of the
                        eligible veteran'' and inserting ``The
                        Secretary shall, at the election of an eligible
                        veteran''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking
                        ``described in such subsection'' and inserting
                        ``of the Veterans Health Administration'';
                    (B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``subsection
                (b)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)'';
                    (C) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) Information on Availability of Care.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide information
        to a veteran about the availability of care and services under
        this section when the veteran enrolls in the system of annual
        patient enrollment established and operated under section 1705
        of title 38, United States Code.
            ``(2) Individuals already enrolled.--With respect to
        veterans enrolled in such system of annual patient enrollment
        as of the date of the enactment of the Care Veterans Deserve
        Act of 2016 who have not received information about the
        availability of care and services under this section, the
        Secretary shall provide such information to such veterans not
        later than 120 days after such date of enactment.''; and
                    (D) in subsection (p)(2)(A), as redesignated by
                subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ``, disaggregated
                by--'' and all that follows through ``subsection
                (b)(2)(D)''.

SEC. 3. ACCESS OF VETERANS TO WALK-IN CLINICS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1703 the following
new section:
``Sec. 1703A. Hospital care and medical services at walk-in clinics
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall enter into a contract with a
national chain of walk-in clinics to provide the hospital care and
medical services offered in such clinics to veterans enrolled in the
system of annual patient enrollment established and operated under
section 1705 of this title.
    ``(b) No Authorization or Copayment Required.--In receiving
hospital care or medical services at a walk-in clinic under subsection
(a), a veteran is not required--
            ``(1) to obtain authorization before receiving such care or
        services at the clinic; or
            ``(2) to pay a copayment to the clinic or the Department in
        connection with the receipt of such care or services.
    ``(c) Locations.--The Secretary may not require a national chain of
walk-in clinics to expand their locations as a condition of a contract
entered into under subsection (a).
    ``(d) Transmittal of Information.--(1) The national chain of walk-
in clinics with which the Secretary has entered into a contract under
subsection (a) shall establish an automated system that transmits to
the Secretary on a weekly basis information regarding the hospital care
or medical services provided to veterans under this section during such
week.
    ``(2) The automated system under paragraph (1) shall be established
in a manner that allows the system to securely transmit information to
the electronic health record of a veteran regarding the hospital care
and medical services provided to the veteran under this section.
    ``(3) Transmittal of information under paragraph (1) may not be
required as a condition of payment for hospital care or medical
services provided under this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 1703 the following new item:

``1703A. Hospital care and medical services at walk-in clinics.''.

SEC. 4. LICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
              VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA TELEMEDICINE.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1730A the following
new section:
``Sec. 1730B. Licensure of health care professionals providing
              treatment via telemedicine
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of law regarding
the licensure of health care professionals, a covered health care
professional may practice the health care profession of the health care
professional at any location in any State, regardless of where such
health care professional or the patient is located, if the health care
professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment to an
individual under this chapter.
    ``(b) Location of Care.--Subsection (a) shall apply to a covered
health care professional providing treatment to a patient regardless of
whether such health care professional or patient is located in a
facility owned by the Federal Government during such treatment.
    ``(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to remove, limit, or otherwise affect any obligation of a
covered health care professional under the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.).
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered health care professional' means a
        health care professional who is--
                    ``(A) authorized by the Secretary to provide health
                care under this chapter, including a private health
                care professional who provides such care under a
                contract or agreement entered into with the Secretary,
                including a contract entered into under section 1703 of
                this title; and
                    ``(B) licensed, registered, or certified in a State
                to practice the health care profession of the health
                care professional.
            ``(2) The term `telemedicine' means the use of
        telecommunication technology and information technology to
        provide health care or support the provision of health care in
        situations in which the patient and health care professional
        are separated by geographic distance.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 1730A the following new item:

``1730B. Licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via
                            telemedicine.''.
    (c) Report on Telemedicine.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
        shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
        Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
        Representatives a report on the effectiveness of the use of
        telemedicine by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
        include an assessment of the following:
                    (A) The satisfaction of veterans with telemedicine
                furnished by the Department.
                    (B) The satisfaction of health care providers in
                providing telemedicine furnished by the Department.
                    (C) The effect of telemedicine furnished by the
                Department on the following:
                            (i) The ability of veterans to access
                        health care, whether from the Department or
                        from non-Department health care providers.
                            (ii) The frequency of use by veterans of
                        telemedicine.
                            (iii) The productivity of health care
                        providers.
                            (iv) Wait times for an appointment for the
                        receipt of health care from the Department.
                            (v) The reduction, if any, in the use by
                        veterans of services at Department facilities
                        and non-Department facilities.
                    (D) The types of appointments for the receipt of
                telemedicine furnished by the Department that were
                provided during the one-year period preceding the
                submittal of the report.
                    (E) The number of appointments for the receipt of
                telemedicine furnished by the Department that were
                requested during such period, disaggregated by Veterans
                Integrated Service Network.
                    (F) Savings by the Department, if any, including
                travel costs, of furnishing health care through the use
                of telemedicine during such period.
            (3) Telemedicine defined.--In this subsection, the term
        ``telemedicine'' has the meaning given that term in section
        1730B(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as added by
        subsection (a).

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF OPERATING HOURS FOR PHARMACIES AND MEDICAL
              FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Extension of Operating Hours for Pharmacies.--The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall extend the operating hours for each pharmacy of
the Department of Veterans Affairs during which the pharmacy offers
services comparable to retail pharmacies to include--
            (1) operation on Saturday, Sunday, and Federal holidays;
        and
            (2) operation until 8:00 p.m. on weekdays that are not
        Federal holidays.
    (b) Contracts With Providers During Nights and Weekends.--The
Secretary shall enter into contracts, including through locum tenens
arrangements, with physicians and nurses that meet qualifications set
forth by the Secretary for purposes of this section under which such
physicians and nurses work at medical facilities of the Department
during nights and weekends.
    (c) Support Staff.--The Secretary may obtain additional support
staff as necessary to carry out this section, including by hiring
employees or contracting for services.

SEC. 6. CONDUCT OF BEST-PRACTICES PEER REVIEW OF EACH MEDICAL CENTER OF
              THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may provide for
the conduct by a nongovernmental hospital organization of a best-
practices peer review of each medical center of the Department of
Veterans Affairs to evaluate the efficacy of health care delivered at
each such medical center.
    (b) Priority.--The Secretary shall give priority for peer review
conducted under subsection (a) to the medical centers of the Department
with the longest wait times for an appointment or the worst health
outcomes, as determined by the Secretary.

Output: Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make the Veterans Choice Program permanent. Program eligibility is expanded to include all veterans who are enrolled in the annual patient enrollment system under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital care and medical services program. The VA shall provide information about the availability of Program care and services to veterans who are new to, or already enrolled, in the system. The VA shall contract with a national chain of walk-in clinics to provide hospital care and medical services in such clinics to veterans who are in the annual patient enrollment system. A veteran shall not be required to: (1) obtain pre-authorization for such care, or (2) pay a copayment to the clinic or to the VA. Such national chain shall establish an automated system to provide the VA with weekly information on veterans receiving hospital care or medical services. A covered health care professional may practice his or her health care profession at any location in any state, regardless of where such health care professional or the patient is located, if the health care professional is using telemedicine to treat an individual. Such treatment is permitted regardless of whether the professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility. "Covered health care professional" means a health care professional who is: (1) authorized by the VA to provide health care, including a private health care professional who provides such care under a VA contract or agreement; and (2) licensed, registered, or certified in a state to practice his or her health care profession. The VA shall:   extend the operating hours for each VA pharmacy to include weekday evenings until 8:00 p.m., weekends, and federal holidays; and  contract with qualifying physicians and nurses to work at VA medical facilities during nights and weekends.   The VA may: (1) hire support staff in connection with such extended operating hours, and (2) provide for a nongovernmental hospital organization best-practices peer review of each VA medical center.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Embassy Design and Security Act of
2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Embassies--
                    (A) are an important reflection of American values,
                openness, ingenuity, and innovation;
                    (B) should reflect the best of United States
                design, architecture, sustainability, and technology;
                and
                    (C) should maintain security as a top priority.
            (2) Since 2001, the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
        (referred to in this section as ``OBO'') has--
                    (A) completed 71 new diplomatic and consular
                facilities; and
                    (B) moved more than 20,000 individuals into safer,
                more secure and functional facilities.
            (3) OBO, which has 34 other building projects in design or
        construction in 2010, has demonstrated its ability to construct
        diplomatic and consular facilities in a timely and expeditious
        manner.
            (4) Since the August 1998 embassy bombings in East Africa,
        United States diplomatic and consular facilities have faced
        increasing attacks.
            (5) OBO constructs safe and functional facilities for
        American diplomats to allow them to advance foreign policy and
        to strive to create better, safer, and more secure communities
        for all citizens of the world.
            (6) In his seminal memo, entitled ``Guiding Principles for
        Federal Architecture'', the Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan
        laid out the following core principles:
                    (A) ``It should be our object to meet the test of
                Pericles' evocation to the Athenians, which the
                President commended to the Massachusetts legislature in
                his address of January 9, 1961: `We do not imitate--for
                we are a model to others.'''.
                    (B) ``The policy shall be to provide requisite and
                adequate facilities in an architectural style and form
                which is distinguished and which will reflect the
                dignity, enterprise, vigor and stability of the
                American National Government.''.
                    (C) ``The development of an official style must be
                avoided. . . . The advice of distinguished architects,
                as a rule, ought to be sought prior to the award of
                important design contracts.''.
                    (D) ``The choice and development of the building
                site should be considered the first step of the design
                process.''.
            (7) The principles set forth in paragraph (2) provide the
        foundation for the General Services Administration's Design
        Excellence Program, which--
                    (A) establishes nationwide policies and procedures
                for selecting distinguished architects and artists for
                General Services Administration's commissions; and
                    (B) implements rigorous review processes to produce
                facilities and civic artworks of outstanding quality
                and value.
            (8) Section 401 of the Energy Independence and Security Act
        of 2007 (Public Law 110-140) defines a high-performance
        building as ``a building that integrates and optimizes on a
        life cycle basis all major high performance attributes,
        including energy conservation, environment, safety, security,
        durability, accessibility, cost-benefit, productivity,
        sustainability, functionality, and operational
        considerations''.
            (9) The 2009 American Institute of Architects ``Design for
        Diplomacy: New Embassies for the 21st Century'' reports
        ``significant interest in developing an approach that would
        enable architects and engineers to design embassies that
        reflected the unique needs of a site at a foreign post''.
            (10) The Center for Strategic and International Studies
        published a report in 2007, authored by the Embassy of the
        Future Commission and entitled ``The Embassy of the Future'',
        which makes the following statements:
                    (A) ``The new embassy facilities have in some
                places created the perception among some of a fearful
                United States, retreating behind high walls and
                isolating itself from the people it is trying to
                reach.''.
                    (B) ``The commission believes that it is important
                to meet security needs in ways that reflect the new
                diplomatic job.''.
                    (C) ``[S]etbacks, barriers, and other security
                features can be designed in ways that integrate
                security with the overall building design and
                surroundings.''.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to adopt design excellence as
a mandate to advance a new generation of secure, high-performance,
sustainable diplomatic and consular facilities in support of United
States foreign policy.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DESIGN EXCELLENCE PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT
              OF STATE.

    The Secretary of State should--
            (1) develop and establish a design excellence program,
        which shall be--
                    (A) modeled after the program used by the General
                Services Administration; and
                    (B) tailored to the specific requirements of the
                Bureau of Overseas Building Operations;
            (2) ensure that security remains a top priority for all
        diplomatic and consular facilities;
            (3) integrate sustainability and sustainable design and
        construction best practices for all facilities constructed
        under the direction of the Bureau of Overseas Building
        Operations;
            (4) encourage innovation in building design;
            (5) create a framework for testing new technologies as they
        come on the market that can create potential value for new
        facilities;
            (6) create a design excellence policies and procedures
        manual, which shall--
                    (A) explain the mandate of the design excellence
                program; and
                    (B) describe how the Department of State will
                implement and operate the program;
            (7) establish a high-level board to track the progress of
        the design excellence program, which--
                    (A) shall be composed of an equivalent number of--
                            (i) outside professionals who have specific
                        architectural, design, and industry expertise;
                        and
                            (ii) senior United States Government
                        officials; and
                    (B) shall meet not less frequently than
                semiannually--
                            (i) to review and analyze the progress and
                        results of the program; and
                            (ii) to provide guidance to the Department
                        of State on questions that may arise;
            (8) train staff to support design excellence through
        education and training on program implementation to ensure
        consistency and quality on all projects;
            (9) perform post-occupancy evaluations to identify the
        problems and successes of each facility;
            (10) consider utilizing research studies from outside the
        Department of State to bring new ideas and provide cost-
        effective solutions;
            (11) include fine arts advisors as part of the design
        excellence program and peer review panels for all embassy
        projects; and
            (12) undertake a concurrent review of the Standard Embassy
        Design Program (referred to in this section as the ``SED
        Program'') to determine--
                    (A) the best way to integrate the newly established
                design excellence program with the SED Program; and
                    (B) modifications that need to be made to the SED
                Program.

SEC. 5. ARCHITECTURAL ADVISORY BOARD.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall reestablish the Architectural
Advisory Board (referred to in this section as the ``Board'') in order
to--
            (1) advise the Department of State on design standards;
            (2) recommend the most appropriate style of architecture
        for prospective projects;
            (3) review the quality and fitness of designs;
            (4) advise on an appropriate balance and integration
        between security priorities and American values of openness and
        design;
            (5) advise how the Department can construct new diplomatic
        and consular facilities that are built to the most up-to-date
        energy efficiency requirements, standards, checklists, or
        rating systems, to the extent possible;
            (6) advise how the Department can place diplomatic and
        consular facilities in urban and city center locations, to the
        extent possible--
                    (A) to permit greater accessibility to national
                government institutions; and
                    (B) to facilitate ease of access for local
                residents; and
            (7) advise how the Department can construct new diplomatic
        and consular facilities with future, projected growth needs in
        mind, including growth needs for other Federal agencies.
    (b) Composition.--The Board shall be composed of 5 members
appointed by the Secretary from outside the United States Government,
who are noted for their knowledge of, and experience with, architecture
and design.
    (c) Deadline for Appointments.--All members of the Board shall be
appointed not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
    (d) Meetings.--The Board shall meet not less frequently than
semiannually at the call of the Chairperson.
    (e) Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
        members of the Board--
                    (A) shall be paid compensation out of funds made
                available for the purposes of this title at the daily
                equivalent of the highest rate payable under section
                5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day
                (including travel time) during which the member is
                engaged in the actual performance of duties as a member
                of the Board; and
                    (B) while away from the member's home or regular
                place of business on necessary travel in the actual
                performance of duties as a member of the Board, shall
                be paid per diem, travel, and transportation expenses
                in the same manner as is provided under subchapter I of
                chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Limitation.--A member of the Board may not be paid
        compensation under paragraph (1)(B) for more than 90 days in
        any calendar year.
    (f) Exemption.--The Board shall be exempt from the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

SEC. 6. REPORT TO REVIEW THE STANDARD EMBASSY DESIGN PROGRAM.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Architectural Review Board established under section 5 shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the
Standard Embassy Design Program, which shall include--
            (1) a comprehensive review of the Standard Embassy Design
        template, including the utility of the template in overseas
        contexts and general strengths, weaknesses, drawbacks, and
        limitations to the template;
            (2) an analysis of the cost-effectiveness and overall
        utility of incorporating 1 of 4 classes of Standard Embassy
        Design (small, medium, large, and extra large);
            (3) an analysis of whether such approach unduly limits the
        flexibility of design and responsiveness to local contexts and
        priorities;
            (4) a consideration of alternative approaches to enable
        architects and engineers--
                    (A) to design embassies that reflect the unique
                needs of a site at a foreign post; and
                    (B) to incorporate appropriate standard design and
                construction components common to the building type;
            (5) an examination of the effectiveness of the SED Program
        in--
                    (A) integrating security concerns with design
                considerations;
                    (B) ensuring an adequate growth footprint for
                future embassy personnel increases;
                    (C) incorporating sustainable design and the most
                up-to-date energy efficiency requirements, standards,
                checklists, or rating systems for diplomatic and
                consular facilities;
                    (D) allowing for open and public access; and
                    (E) ensuring overall design excellence; and
            (6) recommendations on--
                    (A) the best way to integrate the newly established
                Embassy Design Excellence Program with the SED Program;
                and
                    (B) the modifications to the SED Program that are
                warranted.

SEC. 7. MODIFIED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC AND
              CONSULAR FACILITIES.

    (a) Sense of Congress on Co-Location and Security Requirements.--It
is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) while assessing the necessity, security, and efficiency
        of co-locating all United States Government personnel at a
        single embassy site within a single foreign country, the
        Secretary should consider placing United States Government
        personnel at locations conducive to maximizing their use;
            (2) while cost efficiency and security considerations may
        justify the consolidation of multiple Federal departments and
        agencies at a single location, such a determination should not
        be made without taking into account other crucial policy
        considerations;
            (3) the Secretary should consider alternative location
        arrangements that do not affect the strength and
        appropriateness of security arrangements for United States
        Government personnel;
            (4) it is crucial that security standards remain uniformly
        high in all locations hosting United States Government
        personnel;
            (5) the perimeter distance requirement under section
        606(a)(3) of the Secure Embassy Construction and
        Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)(3)) imposes a
        uniform security standard for all diplomatic and consular
        facilities regardless of country context or specific security
        needs;
            (6) a more nuanced approach may tailor specific security
        requirements, such as perimeter distance requirements, to
        particular security considerations in a given country; and
            (7) while every country with diplomatic representation must
        have a modern, secure, safe, and functional facility, it is
        important to integrate security with the long-term impact on
        the foreign policy objectives of the Department of State.
    (b) Diplomatic and Consular Facilities Task Force.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of State should establish
        the Diplomatic and Consular Facilities Task Force (referred to
        in this section as the ``Task Force'')--
                    (A) to review existing regulations, standards, and
                procedures to implement paragraphs (2) and (3) of
                section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy Construction and
                Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)); and
                    (B) to make appropriate recommendations to modify
                or revoke the regulations, standards, and procedures
                under such Act.
            (2) Composition.--The Task Force shall be composed of 7
        members, of whom--
                    (A) 4 shall be senior career professionals of the
                Department of State with different personnel
                backgrounds; and
                    (B) 3 shall be professionals outside the United
                States Government who are noted for their knowledge and
                experience in construction and security issues.
            (3) Deadline for appointments.--All members of the Task
        Force shall be appointed not later than 60 days after the date
        of the enactment of this Act.
            (4) Exemption.--The Task Force shall be exempt from the
        Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
            (5) Termination.--The Task Force shall terminate on the
        date on which the report is submitted to Congress under
        subsection (c)(2).
    (c) Reports.--
            (1) Secretary of state.--Not later than 1 year after the
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
        submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
        Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
        Representatives that describes--
                    (A) the recommendations made by the Task Force
                under subsection (b)(1)(B); and
                    (B) the impact of such recommendations on the
                operations of, and security standards for, United
                States diplomatic and consular facilities.
            (2) Comptroller general.--Not later than 120 days after the
        submission of the report under paragraph (1), the Comptroller
        General of the United States shall submit a report to the
        appropriate congressional committees that contains--
                    (A) a review of, and comments on, the
                recommendations made by the Task Force under subsection
                (b)(1)(B); and
                    (B) the Comptroller General's recommendations for
                improving the security standards at all United States
                diplomatic and consular facilities.

Output:
Embassy Design and Security Act of 2010 - States that it is U.S. policy to adopt design excellence as a mandate for a new generation of secure, high-performance diplomatic and consular facilities.

Urges the Secretary of State to establish: (1) a design excellence program modeled after the General Services Administration (GSA) program to integrate security, innovation, and design and construction best practices for all facilities constructed under the direction of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations; and (2) a high-level board to track the design excellence program's progress.

 Directs the Secretary to reestablish the Architectural Advisory Board to: (1) advise the Department of State on design standards; and (2) review design quality and fitness.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Early Plant Pest Detection and
Surveillance Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR COMMODITY INSPECTION EFFORTS TO PREVENT
              INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF PLANT PESTS.

    Subtitle B of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7731 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 427. SUPPORT FOR COMMODITY INSPECTION EFFORTS TO PREVENT
              INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF PLANT PESTS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Department of agriculture.--The term `department of
        agriculture' means an agency of a State that has a legal
        responsibility to perform early plant pest detection and
        surveillance activities.
            ``(2) Early plan pest detection and surveillance.--The term
        `early plant pest detection and surveillance' means the full
        range of activities undertaken to detect newly introduced plant
        pests, whether the plant pests are new to the United States or
        new to certain areas of the United States, before--
                    ``(A) the plant pests become established; or
                    ``(B) pest infestations become too large or costly
                to eradicate or control.
    ``(b) Cooperative Agreements Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into a
        cooperative agreement with each department of agriculture that
        agrees to conduct early plant pest detection surveillance
        activities in accordance with guidelines established under the
        Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey.
            ``(2) Activities.--The pest detection surveillance
        activities of the department of agriculture of a State may
        include inspection and surveillance of domestic plant shipments
        between that State and other States.
    ``(c) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--A department of agriculture seeking to
        enter into a cooperative agreement under this section shall
        submit an application to the Secretary containing such
        information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Notification.--The Secretary shall notify applicants
        of--
                    ``(A) the requirements to be imposed on a
                department of agriculture for auditing of, and
                reporting on, the use of any funds provided by the
                Secretary under the cooperative agreement;
                    ``(B) the criteria to be used to ensure that early
                plant pest detection and surveillance activities
                supported under the cooperative agreement are based on
                knowledge, experience, and capabilities;
                    ``(C) the means of identifying pathways of pest
                introductions; amd
                    ``(D) the methods to be used to determine the level
                of support for proposed early plant pest detection and
                surveillance activities by private and public interests
                adversely affected by plant pests.
    ``(d) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall consult with the National Plant Board and the National
Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
    ``(e) Base Funds Under Agreements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of
        appropriated funds to carry out this section, each State
        department of agriculture with which the Secretary enters into
        a cooperative agreement under this section shall receive a base
        level of funding of $250,000 for each of fiscal years 2008
        through 2012.
            ``(2) Insufficient funds.--If the funds available for a
        fiscal year are insufficient to provide the full amount
        required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reduce the
        amount provided to each State as necessary so that each State
        receives an equal amount of the available funds.
    ``(f) Distribution of Remaining Funds.--After the application of
subsection (e), the Secretary shall distribute any remaining funds
appropriated to carry out this section to departments of agriculture of
States that are recognized as high-risk sentinel States for 1 or more
plant pests, based on--
            ``(1) the number of international airports and maritime
        facilities in the State;
            ``(2) the volume of international passenger and cargo entry
        into the State;
            ``(3) the geographic location of the State, taking into
        consideration whether the location of the State would be
        conducive to agricultural pest and disease establishment due to
        both the climate and crop diversity of the State;
            ``(4) whether the State has received an emergency
        declaration, as authorized by section 442, due to an
        agricultural pest or disease of Federal concern; and
            ``(5) such other factors as the Secretary determines
        appropriate.
    ``(g) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) Pest detection and surveillance activities.--A
        department of agriculture that receives funds under this
        section shall use the funds to carry out early plant pest
        detection and surveillance activities to prevent the
        introduction of a pest or facilitate the eradication of a pest.
            ``(2) Subagreements.--Nothing in this section prevents the
        department of agriculture of a State from using funds received
        under subsection (e) or (f) to enter into subagreements with
        political subdivisions in the State that have legal
        responsibilities relating to agricultural pest and disease
        surveillance.
            ``(3) Implementation.--In carrying out this section, a
        department of agriculture of a State shall use funds provided
        under subsection (e) or (f) in a manner that--
                    ``(A) maximizes the use of the funds to carry out
                activities described in paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) minimizes the use of the funds for
                administrative or overhead costs.
            ``(4) Maintenance of funding.--Funds provided under
        subsection (e) or (f) shall supplement (and not supplant) other
        funding available to a department of agriculture to perform
        early plant pest detection and surveillance activities.
    ``(h) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of completion of an early plant pest detection and surveillance
activity conducted by a department of agriculture using funds provided
under this section, the department of agriculture shall submit to the
Secretary a report that describes the purposes and results of the
activities.
    ``(i) No Effect on PILT Payments.--The receipt of funds by the
department of agriculture of a State under this section shall have no
effect on the amount of any payment received by the State under chapter
69 of title 31, United States Code.
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
        to the Secretary to carry out this section such sums as are
        necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
            ``(2) Limitation on administrative costs.--Not more than 5
        percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year under
        paragraph (1) may be used by the Secretary for administrative
        costs of carrying out this section.''.

Output: Early Plant Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with any state department of agriculture that agrees to conduct early plant pest detection surveillance activities, including inspection and surveillance of domestic plant shipments between a state and other states.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional
Gold Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Spiritual Leader of Park East
        Synagogue and Founder and President, Appeal of Conscience
        Foundation, has played a pioneering role in promoting religious
        freedom and human rights throughout the world, for close to
        half a century.
            (2) The President of the United States awarded him the
        Presidential Citizens Medal for ``his service as an
        international envoy for four administrations'' and as a
        Holocaust survivor, ``devoting a lifetime to overcoming forces
        of hatred and intolerance''.
            (3) He received the United States Department of State
        Special Recognition Award from Secretary Colin Powell for ``...
        his ecumenical work in favor of mutual understanding, tolerance
        and peace ...''.
            (4) In China in 2004, he headed an interfaith Appeal of
        Conscience Foundation delegation which met with government
        officials on behalf of religious freedom and strengthened
        exchanges between religious communities in China and the United
        States.
            (5) He has regularly led delegations of religious leaders
        to China since the early 1980s.
            (6) In the Former Soviet Union, Rabbi Schneier was, in
        2004, the keynote speaker at the Interreligious Conference on
        Peace hosted by Patriarch Aleksey II.
            (7) In Armenia in 2002, he held meetings with the Catholics
        and government leaders to help ease tensions between Armenia
        and Turkey.
            (8) In Yugoslavia, he convened the Religious Summit on the
        Former Yugoslavia in Switzerland and the Conflict Resolution
        Conference in Vienna, mobilizing religious leaders to halt the
        bloodshed in former Yugoslavia (1992, 1995).
            (9) In the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia, he
        initiated the Peace and Tolerance Conference in Istanbul,
        Turkey, in cooperation with the Turkish Government and the
        Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (1994).
            (10) In Bosnia-Herzegovina, he met with top government and
        religious leaders in Sarajevo to promote healing and
        conciliation between the Serbian Orthodox, Muslim, Catholic,
        and Jewish communities (1997).
            (11) Rabbi Schneier initiated the interfaith appeal to the
        United Nations for the worldwide protection of holy sites,
        which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in May
        2001 as the resolution for the ``Protection of Religious
        Sites''.
            (12) In 1980, he initiated the Annual Seminar on Religious
        Life to educate Foreign Service officers in the religious
        traditions of the countries of their assignment.
            (13) The Foreign Service Institute honored him in 2001 for
        ``20 years of excellent cooperation in furthering the objective
        of religious freedom''.
            (14) He has been very active in humanitarian missions, such
        as mobilizing the American religious community in support for
        the victims of the Armenian and Turkish earthquakes.
            (15) A United States Alternate Representative to the United
        Nations General Assembly and Chairman of the United States
        Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad,
        he was one of 3 American religious leaders appointed by the
        President of the United States to start the first dialogue on
        religious freedom with President Jiang Zemin and other top
        Chinese leaders (1998).
            (16) He was a United States delegate to the Stockholm
        International Forum for the Prevention of Genocide (2004).
            (17) Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1930, Rabbi Schneier lived
        under Nazi occupation in Budapest during World War II and
        arrived in the United States in 1947.
            (18) He holds the Ordination and Doctor of Divinity Degree
        from Yeshiva University.
            (19) In 2004, Yeshiva University honored him by
        establishing the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International
        Affairs.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make
appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the
Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Rabbi Arthur
Schneier in recognition of his pioneering role in promoting religious
freedom and human rights throughout the world, for close to half a
century.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this
Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall strike a gold medal with
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the
Secretary.

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold
medal struck pursuant to section 3 under such regulations as the
Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.

SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medals.--The medals struck pursuant to this Act are
national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States
Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5134 of title 31,
United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authority To Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, such
amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medal struck
pursuant to this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate
bronze medals authorized under section 4 shall be deposited into the
United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

Output: Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act - Awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Arthur Schneier in recognition of his pioneering role in promoting religious freedom and human rights throughout the world for close to half a century.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. RENT-TO-OWN PROTECTION ACT.

    The Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new title:

                  ``TITLE X--RENT-TO-OWN TRANSACTIONS

``Sec
``1001. Short title
``1002. Findings and purposes
``1003. Definitions
``1004. Application of State laws regarding fees, charges, guarantees,
                            and warranties to rent-to-own transactions
``1005. Application of Federal laws to rent-to-own transactions
``1006. Disclosures
``1007. Prohibitions and enforcement
``1008. Civil liability
``1009. Application of this title
``1010. Regulations
``1011. Relationship to other laws

``SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This title may be cited as the `Rent-To-Own Protection Act'.

``SEC. 1002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            ``(1) the rent-to-own industry targets its products
        primarily to low income and minority neighborhoods;
            ``(2) the majority of rent-to-own customers enter into
        rent-to-own contracts with the intention of owning the goods
        for which they are contracting;
            ``(3) rent-to-own dealers often fail to disclose key terms
        of rent-to-own contracts, and engage in unfair collection
        practices; and
            ``(4) of primary significance, rent-to-own dealers do not
        provide customers with the protections afforded purchasers in
        retail installment sales under State and Federal laws, and
        often charge excessive fees and interest rates.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are--
            ``(1) to provide consumers in rent-to-own transactions the
        range of protections provided under State and Federal laws to
        individuals that acquire goods in other consumer credit sales,
        while recognizing and preserving consumers' unilateral right to
        terminate;
            ``(2) to require rent-to-own contracts and tags affixed to
        items available for acquisition in rent-to-own transactions to
        disclose material terms of those transactions; and
            ``(3) to prohibit rent-to-own dealers and collection agents
        hired by those dealers from engaging in abusive collection
        practices.

``SEC. 1003. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this title, the following definitions shall
apply:
            ``(1) Board.--The term `Board' means the Board of Governors
        of the Federal Reserve System.
            ``(2) Cash price.--The term `cash price' means the fair
        market price at which retail sellers, not in the business of
        renting or leasing such goods, are selling and retail buyers
        are buying the same or similar property for cash in the same
        trade area in which the lessor's place of business is located.
        Any increase in the cash price above such fair market price
        shall be disclosed to the consumer as a finance charge.
            ``(3) Consumer.--The term `consumer'--
                    ``(A) when used as an adjective, means for use by
                an individual primarily for personal, family, or
                household purposes; and
                    ``(B) when used as a noun, means an individual who
                is the lessee or bailee under a rent-to-own contract.
            ``(4) Credit.--The term `credit'--
                    ``(A) includes the right granted by a seller to a
                consumer to obtain possession of an item of consumer
                goods under a rent-to-own contract before payment of
                the total amount that is required to be paid to acquire
                ownership of the item; and
                    ``(B) is deemed to be a fixed sum equal to--
                            ``(i) the total of payments for the item
                        required to obtain ownership of the item under
                        the contract; minus
                            ``(ii) the sum of--
                                    ``(I) the cash price;
                                    ``(II) any fees specifically
                                allowable under State law, except
                                finance charges, interest, or a time
                                price differential; and
                                    ``(III) the termination fee under
                                section 1004.
            ``(5) Rent-to-own contract.--The term `rent-to-own
        contract' means--
                    ``(A) a contract in the form of a terminable lease
                or bailment of an item of consumer goods, under which--
                            ``(i) a consumer--
                                    ``(I) has the right of possession
                                and use of the item; and
                                    ``(II) has the option to renew the
                                contract periodically by making
                                payments specified in the contract; and
                            ``(ii) a seller agrees, in writing or
                        orally, to transfer ownership of the item to
                        the consumer upon the fulfillment of all
                        obligations of the consumer under the contract
                        for that transfer; and
                    ``(B) any contract which is advertised as or
                denominated as a rent-to-own contract or lease-purchase
                contract, or which is in substance a rent-to-own
                contract, as described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(6) Rent-to-own transaction.--The term `rent-to-own
        transaction' means the lease or bailment of an item of consumer
        goods under a rent-to-own contract.
            ``(7) Seller.--The term `seller' means--
                    ``(A) a person--
                            ``(i) who regularly makes consumer goods
                        available under rent-to-own contracts; and
                            ``(ii) to whom payments are payable under
                        those contracts; and
                    ``(B) an assignee of such a person.
            ``(8) State.--The term `State' means any State, the
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and any
        territory or possession of the United States.

``SEC. 1004. APPLICATION OF STATE LAWS REGARDING FEES, CHARGES,
              GUARANTEES, AND WARRANTIES TO RENT-TO-OWN TRANSACTIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), a seller in a rent-
to-own transaction may not take, receive, or assess any interest,
finance charge, or other fee for the transaction that is in excess of
the interest, fees, or finance charges that may be charged under the
laws of the State in which the seller is located which--
            ``(1) establish a maximum rate or amount of interest,
        finance charge, or time-price differential that may be charged
        in connection with a credit sale or retail installment sale for
        the same or a similar item;
            ``(2) establish the types of fees and the maximum amount of
        fees that a seller may charge in connection with a credit sale
        or retail installment sale for the same or a similar item; or
            ``(3) establish the types of credit insurance and the
        maximum amount of premiums that can be charged for credit
        insurance in connection with a credit sale or a retail
        installment sale for the same or a similar item.
    ``(b) Additional Termination Charges and Fees.--
            ``(1) Charges and fees authorized.--In addition to fees and
        charges authorized under subsection (a), a seller in a rent-to-
        own transaction may charge--
                    ``(A) a termination fee in accordance with
                paragraph (2), if in exchange the consumer is given the
                right to terminate the rent-to-own contract for the
                transaction at any time without regard to whether the
                consumer has completed payment of the fee; and
                    ``(B) fees that are reasonable in relation to the
                cash price of the good, for recovery of the items that
                are the subject of the contract and that are not
                voluntarily returned to the seller upon the termination
                of the contract.
            ``(2) Termination fee.--A termination fee under paragraph
        (1)(A)--
                    ``(A) shall not exceed 5 percent of the cash price
                under the contract;
                    ``(B) shall be disclosed in the contract;
                    ``(C) may be paid at the time the contract is
                entered into or over the life of the contract; and
                    ``(D) shall be calculated as part of the finance
                charge as determined under section 106 of the Truth in
                Lending Act.
            ``(3) Recovery fees.--A recovery fee under paragraph (1)(B)
        shall be disclosed in the contract.
            ``(4) Effect of termination.--The termination of a rent-to-
        own contract by a consumer in accordance with a right of
        termination given to the consumer in exchange for a termination
        fee under subsection (a)(1) is deemed to satisfy the consumer's
        obligation for all payments and fees due under the contract,
        except fees and charges under the contract that become due
        before the date of termination.
    ``(c) Guarantees and Warranties.--All guarantees and warranties
established or required under the laws of a State for goods sold
pursuant to a consumer credit sale or retail installment sale apply to
goods which are the subject of a rent-to-own transaction in the State.

``SEC. 1005. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAWS TO RENT-TO-OWN TRANSACTIONS.

    ``The following Federal laws apply to a rent-to-own transaction, as
follows:
            ``(1) Truth in lending act.--The Truth in Lending Act
        applies as such Act applies to a consumer credit transaction
        that is a credit sale (as that term is defined in that Act).
            ``(2) Equal credit opportunity act.--The Equal Credit
        Opportunity Act applies as such Act applies to credit
        transactions. For purposes of that application--
                    ``(A) a consumer shall be treated as an applicant;
                and
                    ``(B) a seller shall be treated as a creditor.
            ``(3) Fair debt collection practices act.--The Fair Debt
        Collection Practices Act applies to the collection of payments
        owed that arise from a rent-to-own transaction, unless those
        payments are collected by any person specified in subparagraphs
        (A) through (F) of section 803(6) of such Act. For purposes of
        that application, payments owed shall be treated as debt.
            ``(4) Fair credit reporting act.--The Fair Credit Reporting
        Act applies as such Act applies to a credit transaction and to
        any extension or denial of credit.

``SEC. 1006. DISCLOSURES.

    ``(a) Disclosures on Goods.--A seller shall include on each item in
the place of business of the seller that is available for purchase
pursuant to a rent-to-own transaction the following information:
            ``(1) The cash price of the item.
            ``(2) An itemization of services offered under a rent-to-
        own contract for the item, and the cash price of each service.
            ``(3) The annual percentage rate of the item under a rent-
        to-own contract, determined under section 107 of the Truth in
        Lending Act.
            ``(4) The weekly, biweekly, monthly, or other incremental
        payment applicable under the rent-to-own contract for the
        transaction and the number of payments.
            ``(5) The total of payments required to be paid to acquire
        ownership of the item under a rent-to-own contract for the
        transaction, determined under regulations under the Truth in
        Lending Act.
            ``(6) Specification of whether the item is new or used.
    ``(b) Disclosures Upon Contracting.--A seller shall provide to a
consumer in writing, at the time the seller and consumer enter into a
rent-to-own contract for an item, the information referred to in
subsection (a) for the item and the contract.

``SEC. 1007. PROHIBITIONS AND ENFORCEMENT.

    ``(a) Prohibitions.--A person who is a seller under a rent-to-own
contract with a consumer shall not--
            ``(1) threaten or invoke criminal prosecution of a consumer
        for any matter related to the contract, unless there is clear
        and convincing evidence that the goods that are the subject of
        the contract are being held by the consumer with an intent to
        defraud the seller;
            ``(2) use threats or coercion to collect or attempt to
        collect any amounts alleged to be due from the consumer;
            ``(3) engage in any conduct, the natural consequence of
        which is to oppress, harass, or abuse any person in connection
        with an attempt to collect amounts owed by the consumer under
        the contract;
            ``(4) unreasonably disclose information to third parties
        regarding amounts owed by the consumer;
            ``(5) make any fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading
        representation to obtain information about the consumer or to
        collect amounts owed by the consumer;
            ``(6) use any unconscionable means to collect or attempt to
        collect a debt owed to the seller;
            ``(7) advertise, announce, solicit, or otherwise represent
        as free or available without charge (including by use of other
        words of similar meaning) any service under the contract for
        which the seller charges the consumer, including any service
        for which a charge is collected by inclusion in the amount
        required to be paid under the contract;
            ``(8) use, for purposes of complying with any State or
        Federal law governing rent-to-own transactions (other than a
        State or Federal tax law) any definition of the term `cash
        price' other than the definition under section 1003(2);
            ``(9) engage in any act or practice which is unfair or
        deceptive in connection with a rent-to-own transaction; or
            ``(10) violate any regulation issued by the Board under
        subsection (c)(1).
    ``(b) Enforcement.--
            ``(1) Enforcement.--Compliance with the requirements under
        this title shall be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission.
        All functions and powers of the Federal Trade Commission under
        the Federal Trade Commission Act shall be available to the
        Commission to enforce compliance with this title by any person,
        irrespective of whether the person is engaged in commerce or
        meets any other jurisdictional tests in the Federal Trade
        Commission Act, including the power to enforce the provisions
        of this title in the same manner as if the violation had been a
        violation of a Federal Trade Commission trade regulation rule.
            ``(2) Treatment of violations.--For the purpose of the
        exercise by the Federal Trade Commission of the functions and
        powers of such Commission under the Federal Trade Commission
        Act, a violation of any requirement or prohibition under this
        title is deemed to be an unfair or deceptive act or practice in
        commerce in violation of that Act.
    ``(c) Regulations.--
            ``(1) Board.--The Board shall issue such regulations as are
        necessary or appropriate for implementing subsection (a),
        including regulations describing specific practices by a seller
        that are prohibited by paragraphs (1) through (9) of that
        subsection.
            ``(2) Federal trade commission.--The Federal Trade
        Commission shall issue regulations implementing subsection (b).

``SEC. 1008. CIVIL LIABILITY.

    ``(a) Liability for Failure To Properly Disclose Terms.--Any seller
who fails to comply with a requirement under section 1006 is liable to
the consumer in an amount equal to the sum of--
            ``(1) actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result
        of the failure;
            ``(2) $250 for each failure; and
            ``(3) all costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees,
        as determined by the court.
    ``(b) Other Liability.--A seller that violates this title or fails
to comply with any requirement imposed under this title, other than
under section 1006, shall be liable to the consumer in an amount equal
to the sum of--
            ``(1) actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result
        of the violation;
            ``(2) $2,500 for each violation; and
            ``(3) all costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees,
        as determined by the court.
    ``(c) Jurisdiction and Limitation.--An action under this title may
be brought in any United States district court or in any other court of
competent jurisdiction, within 24 months after the date of the
violation or failure that is the subject of the action. This subsection
does not bar a person from asserting a violation of this title in an
action to collect amounts alleged to be due from the person which is
brought more than 2 years after the date of the occurrence of the
violation as a matter of defense by recoupment or set-off in such
action.

``SEC. 1009. APPLICATION OF THIS TITLE.

    ``(a) In General.--This title shall apply to rent-to-own contracts
entered into after the date of the issuance of regulations by the Board
under section 1010.
    ``(b) Motor Vehicles.--This title shall not apply to any lease or
sale of a motor vehicle entered into after the date of enactment of the
Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2006 that, if entered into on the day before
that date of enactment, would have been subject to chapter 5 of the
Truth in Lending Act.

``SEC. 1010. REGULATIONS.

    ``The Board shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to
implement this title (including regulations under section 1007(c)(1)),
not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the Rent-To-Own
Reform Act of 2006.

``SEC. 1011. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.

    ``(a) State Law.--This title does not annul, alter, or affect, or
exempt any person subject to the provisions of this title from
complying with, the laws of any State with respect to rent-to-own
transactions, except to the extent that those laws are inconsistent
with any provision of this title, and then only to the extent of the
inconsistency. A State law is not inconsistent with this title solely
because the protection afforded by such provision of law to any
consumer is greater than the protection afforded by this title.
    ``(b) Consumer Lease Provisions of Truth in Lending Act.--Chapter 5
of the Truth in Lending Act, relating to consumer leases, shall not
apply to a rent-to-own transaction except the lease or sale of a motor
vehicle that, if entered into on the day before the date of enactment
of the Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2006, would have been subject to that
chapter.''.

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Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit a seller in a rent-to-own transaction from receiving or assessing any interest, finance charge, or other fee for the transaction that exceeds the interest, fees, or finance charges permissible under the laws of the state in which the seller is located which establish: (1) a maximum rate or amount of interest, finance charge, or time-price differential that may be charged in connection with a credit sale or retail installment sale for the same or a similar item; (2) the types of fees and the maximum amount of fees that a seller may so charge; or (3) the types of credit insurance and the maximum amount of premiums that can be charged for credit insurance in such a connection.

Permits certain additional termination charges and fees.

Cites federal laws which are applicable to a rent-to-own transaction.

Sets forth required disclosures, prohibitions, and enforcement, as well as civil liability for failure to properly disclose the terms of a rent-to-own transaction.

Declares this Act inapplicable to certain motor vehicles sales and leases otherwise subject to the Truth in Lending Act.