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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Liability Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. TEACHER LIABILITY PROTECTION.

    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 6301
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                ``TITLE XV--TEACHER LIABILITY PROTECTION

``SEC. 15001. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This title may be cited as the `Teacher Liability Protection Act
of 2001'.

``SEC. 15002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    ``(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            ``(1) The ability of teachers, principals and other school
        professionals to teach, inspire and shape the intellect of our
        Nation's elementary and secondary school students is deterred
        and hindered by frivolous lawsuits and litigation.
            ``(2) Each year more and more teachers, principals and
        other school professionals face lawsuits for actions undertaken
        as part of their duties to provide millions of school children
        quality educational opportunities.
            ``(3) Too many teachers, principals and other school
        professionals face increasingly severe and random acts of
        violence in the classroom and in schools.
            ``(4) Providing teachers, principals and other school
        professionals a safe and secure environment is an important
        part of the effort to improve and expand educational
        opportunities.
            ``(5) Clarifying and limiting the liability of teachers,
        principals and other school professionals who undertake
        reasonable actions to maintain order, discipline and an
        appropriate educational environment is an appropriate subject
        of Federal legislation because--
                    ``(A) the scope of the problems created by the
                legitimate fears of teachers, principals and other
                school professionals about frivolous, arbitrary or
                capricious lawsuits against teachers is of national
                importance; and
                    ``(B) millions of children and their families
                across the Nation depend on teachers, principals and
                other school professionals for the intellectual
                development of children.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this title is to provide teachers,
principals and other school professionals the tools they need to
undertake reasonable actions to maintain order, discipline and an
appropriate educational environment.

``SEC. 15003. PREEMPTION AND ELECTION OF STATE NONAPPLICABILITY.

    ``(a) Preemption.--This title preempts the laws of any State to the
extent that such laws are inconsistent with this title, except that
this title shall not preempt any State law that provides additional
protection from liability relating to teachers.
    ``(b) Election of State Regarding Nonapplicability.--This title
shall not apply to any civil action in a State court against a teacher
with respect to claims arising within that State if such State enacts a
statute in accordance with State requirements for enacting
legislation--
            ``(1) citing the authority of this subsection;
            ``(2) declaring the election of such State that this title
        shall not apply, as of a date certain, to such civil action in
        the State; and
            ``(3) containing no other provisions.

``SEC. 15004. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR TEACHERS.

    ``(a) Liability Protection for Teachers.--Except as provided in
subsections (b) and (c), no teacher in a school shall be liable for
harm caused by an act or omission of the teacher on behalf of the
school if--
            ``(1) the teacher was acting within the scope of the
        teacher's employment or responsibilities related to providing
        educational services;
            ``(2) the actions of the teacher were carried out in
        conformity with local, State, and Federal laws, rules and
        regulations in furtherance of efforts to control, discipline,
        expel, or suspend a student or maintain order or control in the
        classroom or school;
            ``(3) if appropriate or required, the teacher was properly
        licensed, certified, or authorized by the appropriate
        authorities for the activities or practice in the State in
        which the harm occurred, where the activities were or practice
        was undertaken within the scope of the teacher's
        responsibilities;
            ``(4) the harm was not caused by willful or criminal
        misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a
        conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the
        individual harmed by the teacher; and
            ``(5) the harm was not caused by the teacher operating a
        motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other vehicle for which the
        State requires the operator or the owner of the vehicle, craft,
        or vessel to--
                    ``(A) possess an operator's license; or
                    ``(B) maintain insurance.
    ``(b) Concerning Responsibility of Teachers to Schools and
Governmental Entities.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
affect any civil action brought by any school or any governmental
entity against any teacher of such school.
    ``(c) Exceptions to Teacher Liability Protection.--If the laws of a
State limit teacher liability subject to one or more of the following
conditions, such conditions shall not be construed as inconsistent with
this section:
            ``(1) A State law that requires a school or governmental
        entity to adhere to risk management procedures, including
        mandatory training of teachers.
            ``(2) A State law that makes the school or governmental
        entity liable for the acts or omissions of its teachers to the
        same extent as an employer is liable for the acts or omissions
        of its employees.
            ``(3) A State law that makes a limitation of liability
        inapplicable if the civil action was brought by an officer of a
        State or local government pursuant to State or local law.
    ``(d) Limitation on Punitive Damages Based on the Actions of
Teachers.--
            ``(1) General rule.--Punitive damages may not be awarded
        against a teacher in an action brought for harm based on the
        action of a teacher acting within the scope of the teacher's
        responsibilities to a school or governmental entity unless the
        claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the
        harm was proximately caused by an action of such teacher which
        constitutes willful or criminal misconduct, or a conscious,
        flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual
        harmed.
            ``(2) Construction.--Paragraph (1) does not create a cause
        of action for punitive damages and does not preempt or
        supersede any Federal or State law to the extent that such law
        would further limit the award of punitive damages.
    ``(e) Exceptions to Limitations on Liability.--
            ``(1) In general.--The limitations on the liability of a
        teacher under this title shall not apply to any misconduct
        that--
                    ``(A) constitutes a crime of violence (as that term
                is defined in section 16 of title 18, United States
                Code) or act of international terrorism (as that term
                is defined in section 2331 of title 18, United States
                Code) for which the defendant has been convicted in any
                court;
                    ``(B) involves a sexual offense, as defined by
                applicable State law, for which the defendant has been
                convicted in any court;
                    ``(C) involves misconduct for which the defendant
                has been found to have violated a Federal or State
                civil rights law; or
                    ``(D) where the defendant was under the influence
                (as determined pursuant to applicable State law) of
                intoxicating alcohol or any drug at the time of the
                misconduct.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
        shall be construed to effect subsection (a)(3) or (d).

``SEC. 15005. LIABILITY FOR NONECONOMIC LOSS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--In any civil action against a teacher, based
on an action of a teacher acting within the scope of the teacher's
responsibilities to a school or governmental entity, the liability of
the teacher for noneconomic loss shall be determined in accordance with
subsection (b).
    ``(b) Amount of Liability.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each defendant who is a teacher, shall
        be liable only for the amount of noneconomic loss allocated to
        that defendant in direct proportion to the percentage of
        responsibility of that defendant (determined in accordance with
        paragraph (2)) for the harm to the claimant with respect to
        which that defendant is liable. The court shall render a
        separate judgment against each defendant in an amount
        determined pursuant to the preceding sentence.
            ``(2) Percentage of responsibility.--For purposes of
        determining the amount of noneconomic loss allocated to a
        defendant who is a teacher under this section, the trier of
        fact shall determine the percentage of responsibility of that
        defendant for the claimant's harm.

``SEC. 15006. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this title:
            ``(1) Economic loss.--The term `economic loss' means any
        pecuniary loss resulting from harm (including the loss of
        earnings or other benefits related to employment, medical
        expense loss, replacement services loss, loss due to death,
        burial costs, and loss of business or employment opportunities)
        to the extent recovery for such loss is allowed under
        applicable State law.
            ``(2) Harm.--The term `harm' includes physical,
        nonphysical, economic, and noneconomic losses.
            ``(3) Noneconomic losses.--The term `noneconomic losses'
        means losses for physical and emotional pain, suffering,
        inconvenience, physical impairment, mental anguish,
        disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society and
        companionship, loss of consortium (other than loss of domestic
        service), hedonic damages, injury to reputation and all other
        nonpecuniary losses of any kind or nature.
            ``(4) School.--The term `school' means a public or private
        kindergarten, a public or private elementary school or
        secondary school (as defined in section 14101, or a home
        school.
            ``(5) State.--The term `State' means each of the several
        States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
        Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
        Islands, any other territory or possession of the United
        States, or any political subdivision of any such State,
        territory, or possession.
            ``(6) Teacher.--The term `teacher' means a teacher,
        instructor, principal, administrator, or other educational
        professional that works in a school, a local school board and
        any member of such board, and a local educational agency and
        any employee of such agency.

``SEC. 15007. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    ``(a) In General.--This title shall take effect 90 days after the
date of the enactment of the Teacher Liability Protection Act.
    ``(b) Application.--This title applies to any claim for harm caused
by an act or omission of a teacher if that claim is filed on or after
the effective date of the Teacher Liability Protection Act, without
regard to whether the harm that is the subject of the claim or the
conduct that caused the harm occurred before such effective date.''.

Output: Teacher Liability Protection Act - Teacher Liability Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new title XV, Teacher Liability Protection.Preempts State law except where it provides additional protection of teachers from liability. Makes this Act inapplicable to any civil action in State court against a teacher in which all parties are citizens of the State, if it enacts a statute electing that this Act not apply.Provides that no teacher in a school shall be liable, with specified exceptions, for harm caused by an act or omission on behalf of the school if the teacher was acting within the scope of employment or responsibilities relating to providing educational services. Limits punitive damages and liability for specified non-economic loss.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Export Program
Protection Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PROGRAM PROTECTION.

    Title XV of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990 (Public Law 101-624) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subtitle:

          ``Subtitle G--Agricultural Export Program Protection

``SEC. 1581. DEFINITIONS.

    ``As used in this subtitle:
            ``(1) Agricultural trade program.--The term `agricultural
        trade program' means an export promotion, export credit, export
        credit guarantee, export bonus, or other export or
        international food aid program carried out through, or
        administered by, the Commodity Credit Corporation, including
        such a program carried out under--
                    ``(A) the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
                5601 et seq.)--
                            ``(i) including the export enhancement
                        program established by section 301 of such Act
                        (7 U.S.C. 5651); but
                            ``(ii) excluding the market promotion
                        program established by section 203 of such Act
                        (7 U.S.C. 5623);
                    ``(B) the Agricultural Trade Development and
                Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.);
                    ``(C) section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949
                (7 U.S.C. 1431); or
                    ``(D) section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation
                Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c).
            ``(2) Covered foreign commodity.--The term `covered foreign
        commodity' means wheat, feed grains, or soybeans produced in a
        foreign country that is imported into the customs territory of
        the United States.
            ``(3) Entry.--The term `entry' means the entry into, or the
        withdrawal from warehouse for consumption in, the customs
        territory of the United States.
            ``(4) Person.--The term `person' includes an exporter, an
        assignee, and a participant in an agricultural trade program.
            ``(5) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
        of Agriculture.
            ``(6) United states agricultural commodity.--The term
        `United States agricultural commodity' has the same meaning
        given the term in section 102(7) of the Agricultural Trade Act
        of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602(7)).

``SEC. 1582. MONITORING OF DOMESTIC USES MADE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN
              COMMODITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) End-use certificate.--An end-use certificate that
        meets the requirements of subsection (b) shall be included in
        the documentation covering the entry of any covered foreign
        commodity.
            ``(2) Quarterly reports.--A consignee of a covered foreign
        commodity (including a secondary consignee of a covered foreign
        commodity and a consignee of a covered foreign commodity that
        has been commingled with a commodity produced in the United
        States) shall submit to the Secretary a quarterly report that
        certifies--
                    ``(A) what percentage of the covered foreign
                commodity that is subject to an end-use certificate was
                used by the consignee during the quarter; and
                    ``(B)(i) that the covered foreign commodity
                referred to in paragraph (1) was used by the consignee
                for the purpose stated in the end-use certificate; or
                    ``(ii) if ownership of the covered foreign
                commodity is transferred, the name and address and
                other information, as determined by the Secretary, of
                the entity (or consignee) to whom it is transferred.
    ``(b) End-Use Certificate and Quarterly Report Content.--The end-
use certificates and quarterly reports required under subsection (a)
shall be in such form, and require such information, as the Secretary
considers necessary or appropriate to carry out this section. At a
minimum, the Secretary shall require that end-use certificates and
quarterly reports indicate--
            ``(1) in the case of the end-use certificate--
                    ``(A) the name and address of the importer of
                record of the covered foreign commodity that is subject
                to the certificate;
                    ``(B) the name and address of the consignee of the
                covered foreign commodity;
                    ``(C) the identification of the country of origin
                of the covered foreign commodity;
                    ``(D) a description by class and quantity of the
                covered foreign commodity;
                    ``(E) the specification of the purpose for which
                the consignee will use the covered foreign commodity;
                and
                    ``(F) the identification of the transporter of the
                covered foreign commodity from the port of entry to the
                processing facility of the consignee; and
            ``(2) in the case of the quarterly report--
                    ``(A) the information referred to in subparagraphs
                (A) and (B) of paragraph (1);
                    ``(B) the identification of the end-use
                certificates currently held by the consignee;
                    ``(C) a statement of the quantity of the covered
                foreign commodity that is the subject of each of the
                end-use certificates identified under subparagraph (B)
                that was used during the quarter;
                    ``(D) a statement of the use made during the
                quarter by the consignee of each quantity referred to
                in subparagraph (C);
                    ``(E) a statement of the quantity of the covered
                foreign commodity that was exported by the consignee
                during the quarter;
                    ``(F) a statement of the quantity of the covered
                foreign commodity that was commingled with commodities
                produced in the United States and the disposition of
                the commingled commodities; and
                    ``(G) a statement of the quantity of any covered
                foreign commodity that is transferred to a subsequent
                consignee, the name and address of the consignee, and
                the change in end-use.
    ``(c) Sales Price.--The Secretary may require the importer or the
first consignee of a covered foreign commodity to report to the
Secretary the sales price of a covered foreign commodity that is
subject to an end-use certificate issued under this section if the
Secretary considers the sales price necessary to facilitate enforcement
of United States trade laws and international agreements.
    ``(d) Confidentiality.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure the confidentiality
and privacy of purchasers of covered foreign commodities.
    ``(e) Entry Prohibited Unless End-Use Certificate Presented.--The
Commissioner of Customs may not permit the entry of a covered foreign
commodity unless the importer of record presents at the time of entry
of the covered foreign commodity an end-use certificate that complies
with the applicable requirements of this section.
    ``(f) Penalties.--
            ``(1) Customs penalties.--End-use certificates required
        under this section shall be treated as any other customs
        documentation for purposes of applying the customs laws that
        prohibit the entry, or the attempt to enter, merchandise by
        fraud, gross negligence, or negligence.
            ``(2) Civil penalties.--Any person who knowingly violates
        any requirement prescribed by the Secretary to carry out this
        section is punishable by a civil penalty in an amount not to
        exceed $10,000.
    ``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as are necessary to carry out this section, including regulations
regarding the preparation and submission of the quarterly reports
required under subsection (a)(2).

``SEC. 1583. COMPLIANCE PROVISIONS.

    ``Subsections (b) and (c) of section 402 of the Agricultural Trade
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5662) shall apply to the programs authorized
under this subtitle.

``SEC. 1584. SUSPENSION OR DEBARMENT FOR USE OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL
              COMMODITIES IN CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL TRADE PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Hearing.--The Commodity Credit Corporation shall provide a
person with an opportunity for a hearing before suspending or debarring
the person from participation in an agricultural trade program for
using a foreign agricultural commodity in violation of the terms and
conditions of the program.
    ``(b) Waiver.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Commodity Credit Corporation may
        waive the suspension or debarment of a person from
        participation in an agricultural trade program for using a
        foreign agricultural commodity in violation of the terms and
        conditions of the program if the person demonstrates, to the
        satisfaction of the Corporation, that--
                    ``(A) the use of the foreign agricultural commodity
                was unintentional; and
                    ``(B) the quantity of the foreign agricultural
                commodity used was less than 1 percent of the total
                quantity of the commodity involved in the transaction.
            ``(2) Other penalties.--Any waiver by the Commodity Credit
        Corporation of a suspension or debarment of a person under
        paragraph (1) shall not affect the liability of the person for
        any other penalty imposed under an agricultural trade program
        for the quantity of the foreign agricultural commodity
        involved.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall become effective
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

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Agricultural Export Program Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to require specified foreign agricultural commodities imported into the United States to carry an end-use certificate.
Subjects a person using foreign agricultural commodities in a U.S. agricultural trade program to program suspension or debarment.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Access to General Surgery
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to the Bureau of Health Workforce, the United
        States faces a shortage of physicians.
            (2) A 2016 study entitled ``Supply and Demand of General
        Surgeons: Projections From 2014-2030'', prepared by the
        University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the American
        College of Surgeons, found that the supply of general surgeons
        will grow slightly by 2030 but will not keep up with overall
        growth in the United States population or demand for surgical
        services.
            (3) A 2017 report released by the Association of American
        Medical Colleges projects shortages of between 19,800 and
        29,000 surgeons by 2030.
            (4) In order to accurately prepare for future physician
        workforce demands, comprehensive, impartial research and high
        quality data are needed to inform dynamic projections of
        physician workforce needs.
            (5) A variety of factors, including health outcomes,
        utilization trends, growing and aging populations, and delivery
        system changes, influence workforce needs and should be
        considered as part of flexible projections of workforce needs.
            (6) Given the particularly acute needs in many rural and
        other surgical workforce shortage areas, additional efforts to
        assess the adequacy of the current general surgeon workforce
        are necessary.

SEC. 3. STUDY ON DESIGNATION OF GENERAL SURGERY SHORTAGE AREAS.

    Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

             ``Subpart XIII--General Surgery Shortage Areas

``SEC. 340J. DESIGNATION OF GENERAL SURGERY SHORTAGE AREAS.

    ``(a) General Surgery Shortage Area Defined.--For purposes of this
section, the term `general surgery shortage area' means, with respect
to an urban, suburban or rural area in the United States, an area that
has a population that is underserved by general surgeons.
    ``(b) Study and Report.--
            ``(1) Study.--The Secretary, acting through the
        Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
        Administration, shall conduct a study on the following matters
        relating to access by underserved populations to general
        surgeons:
                    ``(A) Whether current shortage designations, such
                as the designation of health professional shortage
                areas under section 332, results in accurate
                assessments of the adequacy of local general surgeons
                to address the needs of underserved populations in
                urban, suburban, or rural areas.
                    ``(B) Whether another measure of access to general
                surgeons by underserved populations, such as one based
                on general surgeons practicing within hospital service
                areas, would provide more accurate assessments of
                shortages in the availability of local general surgeons
                to meets the needs of those populations.
                    ``(C) Potential methodologies for the designation
                of general surgery shortage areas, including the
                methodology described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Methodology for the designation of areas.--Among the
        methodologies considered under paragraph (1)(C) for the
        designation of general surgery shortage areas, the Secretary
        shall analyze the effectiveness and accuracy of the following
        methodology:
                    ``(A) Development of surgery service areas.--
                Development of surgery service areas through the
                identification of hospitals with surgery services and
                the identification of populations by zip code areas
                using Medicare patient origin data.
                    ``(B) Identification of surgeons.--Identification
                of all actively practicing general surgeons.
                    ``(C) Surgeon to population ratios.--Development of
                general surgeon-to-population ratios for each surgery
                service area.
                    ``(D) Thresholds.--Determination of threshold
                general surgeon-to-population ratios for the number of
                general surgeons necessary to treat a population for
                each of the following levels:
                            ``(i) Optimal supply of general surgeons.
                            ``(ii) Adequate supply of general surgeons.
                            ``(iii) Shortage of general surgeons.
                            ``(iv) Critical shortage of general
                        surgeons.
            ``(3) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of
        the enactment of this subpart, the Secretary shall submit to
        Congress a report on the study conducted under this subsection.
            ``(4) Consultation.--In conducting the study under
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with relevant
        stakeholders, including medical societies, organizations
        representing surgical facilities, organizations with expertise
        in general surgery, and organizations representing patients.
            ``(5) Publication of data.--The Secretary shall
        periodically collect and publish in the Federal Register--
                    ``(A) data comparing the availability and need of
                general surgery services in urban, suburban or rural
                areas in the United States; and
                    ``(B) if the Secretary designates one or more
                general surgery shortage areas under subsection (c), a
                list of the areas so designated.
    ``(c) Designation of General Surgery Shortage Areas.--
            ``(1) Methodology developed through regulation.--Not later
        than 12 months after the date of the submission of the report
        under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may establish, through
        notice and comment rulemaking, a methodology for the
        designation of general surgery shortage areas under this
        section.
            ``(2) Requirements.--If the Secretary elects to develop
        methodology under paragraph (1), the following shall apply:
                    ``(A) Using the methodology established under
                paragraph (1) and taking into consideration the data
                referred to in subsection (b)(5), the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) designate general surgery shortage
                        areas in the United States;
                            ``(ii) publish a descriptive list of the
                        areas; and
                            ``(iii) review annually, and, as necessary,
                        revise such designations.
                    ``(B) The Secretary shall follow similar procedures
                with respect to notice to appropriate parties,
                opportunities for comment, dissemination of
                information, and reports to Congress in designating
                general surgery shortage areas under this section as
                those that apply to the designation of health
                professional shortage areas under section 332.
                    ``(C) In designating general surgery shortage areas
                under this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with
                relevant stakeholders, including medical societies,
                organizations representing surgical facilities,
                organizations with expertise in general surgery, and
                organizations representing patients.''.

Output: Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including: (1) whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access and whether another measure would be more accurate, and (2) potential methodologies for designating general surgery shortage areas. HHS must publish data comparing the availability and need of general surgery services in urban, suburban, and rural areas.  HHS may establish a methodology for designating general surgery shortage areas and make such designations. HHS must publish a list of general surgery shortage areas.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deceptive Practices and Voter
Intimidation Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. DECEPTIVE PRACTICES IN ELECTIONS.

    (a) Civil Action.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (b) of section 2004 of the
        Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1971(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``No person'' and inserting the
                following:
            ``(1) No person''; and
                    (B) by inserting at the end the following new
                paragraph:
            ``(2) No person, whether acting under color of law or
        otherwise, shall knowingly deceive any other person regarding--
                    ``(A) the time, place, or manner of conducting a
                general, primary, run-off, or special election for the
                office of President, Vice President, presidential
                elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of
                Representatives, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner
                to the Congress; or
                    ``(B) the qualifications for or restrictions on
                voter eligibility for any election described in
                subparagraph (A).''.
            (2) Private right of action.--
                    (A) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 2004 of
                the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1971(c)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``Whenever any person'' and
                        inserting the following:
            ``(1) Whenever any person''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following new
                        paragraph:
            ``(2) Any person aggrieved by a violation of subsection
        (b)(2) may institute a civil action or other proper proceeding
        for preventive relief, including an application in a United
        States district court for a permanent or temporary injunction,
        restraining order, or other order.''.
                    (B) Conforming amendments.--
                            (i) Subsection (e) of section 2004 of the
                        Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1971(e)) is amended
                        by striking ``subsection (c)'' and inserting
                        ``subsection (c)(1)''.
                            (ii) Subsection (g) of section 2004 of the
                        Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1971(g)) is amended
                        by striking ``subsection (c)'' and inserting
                        ``subsection (c)(1)''.
    (b) Criminal Penalty.--Section 594 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Whoever'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Intimidation.--Whoever''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Deceptive Acts.--
            ``(1) Prohibition.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any
                person to knowingly deceive another person regarding
                the time, place, or manner of an election described in
                subparagraph (B), or the qualifications for or
                restrictions on voter eligibility for any such
                election, with the intent to prevent such person from
                exercising the right to vote in such election.
                    ``(B) Election.--An election described in this
                subparagraph is any general, primary, run-off, or
                special election for the office of President, Vice
                President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate,
                Member of the House of Representatives, or Delegate or
                Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
            ``(2) Penalty.--Any person who violates paragraph (1) shall
        be fined not more than $100,000, imprisoned not more than 1
        year, or both.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. REPORTING FALSE ELECTION INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Any person may report to the Assistant Attorney
General of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, or
the designee of such Assistant Attorney General, any act of deception
regarding--
            (1) the time, place, or manner of conducting a general,
        primary, run-off, or special election for Federal office; or
            (2) the qualifications for or restrictions on voter
        eligibility for any general, primary, run-off, or special
        election for Federal office.
    (b) Corrective Action.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not
        later than 48 hours after receiving a report under subsection
        (a), the Assistant Attorney General shall investigate such
        report and, if the Assistant Attorney General determines that
        an act of deception described in subsection (a) occurred,
        shall--
                    (A) undertake all effective measures necessary to
                provide correct information to voters affected by the
                deception, and
                    (B) refer the matter to the appropriate Federal and
                State authorities for criminal prosecution.
            (2) Reports within 72 hours of an election.--If a report
        under subsection (a) is received within 72 hours before the
        election described in such subsection, the Assistant Attorney
        General shall immediately investigate such report and, if the
        Assistant Attorney General determines that an act of deception
        described in subsection (a) occurred, shall immediately
        undertake all effective measures necessary to provide correct
        information to voters affected by the deception and shall
        immediately refer the matter to the appropriate Federal and
        State authorities for criminal prosecution.
            (3) Regulations.--
                    (A) In general.--The Attorney General shall
                promulgate regulations regarding the methods and means
                of corrective actions to be taken under paragraphs (1)
                and (2). Such regulations shall be developed in
                consultation with the Election Assistance Commission,
                civil rights organizations, voting rights groups, State
                election officials, voter protection groups, and other
                interested community organizations.
                    (B) Study.--
                            (i) In general.--The Attorney General, in
                        consultation with the Federal Communications
                        Commission and the Election Assistance
                        Commission, shall conduct a study on the
                        feasibility of providing the corrective
                        information under paragraphs (1) and (2)
                        through public service announcements, the
                        emergency alert system, or other forms of
                        public broadcast.
                            (ii) Report.--Not later than 180 days after
                        the date of the enactment of this Act, the
                        Attorney General shall submit to Congress a
                        report detailing the results of the study
                        conducted under clause (i).
    (c) Reports to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after any primary,
        general, or run-off election for Federal office, the Attorney
        General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress
        a report compiling and detailing any allegations of deceptive
        practices submitted pursuant to subsection (a) and relating to
        such election.
            (2) Contents.--
                    (A) In general.--Each report submitted under
                paragraph (1) shall include--
                            (i) detailed information on specific
                        allegations of deceptive tactics;
                            (ii) any corrective actions taken in
                        response to such allegations;
                            (iii) the effectiveness of any such
                        corrective actions;
                            (iv) any suit instituted under section
                        2004(b)(2) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C.
                        1971(b)(2)) in connection with such
                        allegations;
                            (v) statistical compilations of how many
                        allegations were made and of what type;
                            (vi) the geographic locations of and the
                        populations affected by the alleged deceptive
                        information; and
                            (vii) the status of the investigations of
                        such allegations.
                    (B) Exception.--The Attorney General may withhold
                any information that the Attorney General determines
                would unduly interfere with an on-going investigation.
            (3) Report made public.--The Attorney General shall make
        the report required under paragraph (1) publicly available
        through the Internet and other appropriate means.
    (d) Federal Office.--For purposes of this section, the term
``Federal office'' means the office of President, Vice President,
presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of
Representatives, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Attorney General such sums as may be necessary to
carry out this section.

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Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2012 - Amends the Revised Statutes and federal criminal law to prohibit any person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, from knowingly deceiving any other person regarding: (1) the time, place, or manner of conducting any federal election; or (2) the qualifications for or restrictions on voter eligibility for any such election. Creates a private right of action for any person aggrieved by a violation of such prohibition.

Prescribes a criminal penalty for such deceptive acts.

Authorizes any person to report to the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice certain acts of deception involving federal elections.

Requires the Assistant Attorney General, within 48 hours after receiving such a report, to investigate it and, if an act of deception occurred, to: (1) undertake all effective measures necessary to provide correct information to voters affected by the deception, and (2) refer the matter to the appropriate federal and state authorities for criminal prosecution.

Directs the Attorney General to study the feasibility of providing such corrective information through public service announcements, the emergency alert system, or other forms of public broadcast.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Meat and Poultry Products
Traceability and Safety Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.

    (a) Livestock.--Title I of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 25. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK, MEAT, AND MEAT PRODUCTS.

    ``(a) Definition of Traceability.--In this section, the term
`traceability' means the ability to retrieve the history, use, and
location of an article through a recordkeeping and audit system or
registered identification.
    ``(b) Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Amenable species presented for slaughter
        for human food purposes, and the carcasses or parts of
        carcasses and the meat and meat food products of those species,
        shipped in interstate commerce shall be identified in a manner
        that enables the Secretary to trace--
                    ``(A) each animal or group of animals of the
                amenable species (as determined by the Secretary to be
                appropriate for each amenable species) to any premises
                or other location at which the animal was held at any
                time before slaughter; and
                    ``(B) each carcass or part of a carcass and meat
                and meat food product of the amenable species forward
                from slaughter through processing and distribution to
                the ultimate consumer.
            ``(2) Traceability system.--The Secretary shall establish a
        traceability system for all stages of production, processing,
        and distribution of meat and meat food products that are
        produced through the slaughter of amenable species described in
        paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may
prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment
inspected under this Act of any amenable species not identified as
prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (b).
    ``(d) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each
        person, firm, and corporation required to identify an amenable
        species under subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as
        prescribed by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and
        identification of the amenable species.
            ``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described
        in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a
        duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the
        representative to access to each place of business of the
        person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records
        described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation
        described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to
        be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as
        the Secretary prescribes.
    ``(e) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall
falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or
to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any
amenable species or carcasses of amenable species were held.
    ``(f) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or
corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter,
detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification
prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at
which any amenable species or carcasses of amenable species were held.
    ``(g) Relation to Country of Origin Labeling.--Nothing in this
section prevents or interferes with implementation of the country of
origin labeling requirements of subtitle D of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.).''.
    (b) Poultry.--The Poultry Products Inspection Act is amended by
inserting after section 23 (21 U.S.C. 467e) the following:

``SEC. 23A. TRACEABILITY OF POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

    ``(a) Definition of Traceability.--In this section, the term
`traceability' means the ability to retrieve the history, use, and
location of an article through a recordkeeping and audit system or
registered identification.
    ``(b) Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Poultry presented for slaughter for
        human food purposes and poultry products shipped in interstate
        commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the
        Secretary to trace--
                    ``(A) each poultry or group of poultry (as
                determined by the Secretary to be appropriate) to any
                premises or other location at which the poultry was
                held at any time before slaughter; and
                    ``(B) each poultry product forward from slaughter
                through processing and distribution to the ultimate
                consumer.
            ``(2) Traceability system.--The Secretary shall establish a
        traceability system for all stages of production, processing,
        and distribution of poultry and poultry food products that are
        produced through the slaughter of poultry described in
        paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may
prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment
inspected under this Act of any poultry not identified as prescribed by
the Secretary.
    ``(d) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each
        person, firm, and corporation required to identify poultry
        under subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as prescribed
        by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and
        identification of the poultry.
            ``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described
        in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a
        duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the
        representative to access to each place of business of the
        person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records
        described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation
        described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to
        be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as
        the Secretary prescribes.
    ``(e) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall
falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or
to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any
poultry or carcasses of poultry were held.
    ``(f) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or
corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter,
detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification
prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at
which any poultry or carcasses of poultry were held.
    ``(g) Relation to Country of Origin Labeling.--Nothing in this
section prevents or interferes with implementation of the country of
origin labeling requirements of subtitle D of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.).''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
        mules, or other equines'' each place it appears and inserting
        ``amenable species'';
            (2) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, or goats'' each
        place it appears and inserting ``amenable species'';
            (3) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, and goats'' each
        place it appears and inserting ``amenable species'';
            (4) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or equines''
        each place it appears and inserting ``amenable species'';
            (5) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or equine''
        each place it appears and inserting ``amenable species''; and
            (6) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or other
        equine'' each place it appears and inserting ``amenable
        species''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the day after the effective date of section 794 of the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006.

Output:
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that amenable species presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal or group of animals to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified; and (2) require that each person, firm, or corporation required to identify livestock maintain accurate records.

Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry food products.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Women's
Health Care Act of 1997''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Women's health historically has received little
        attention.
            (2) A majority of women view their obstetrician-
        gynecologist as their primary or sole physician.
            (3) An obstetrician-gynecologist improves the access to the
        health care of a woman by providing primary and preventive
        health care throughout the women's lifetime, encompassing care
        of the whole patient in addition to focusing on the processes
        of the female reproductive system.
            (4) 60 percent of all office visits to obstetrician-
        gynecologists are for preventive care.
            (5) Obstetrician-gynecologists refer their patients to
        other physicians less frequently than other primary care
        providers, thus avoiding costly and time-consuming referrals.
            (6) Obstetrician-gynecologists manage the health of women
        beyond the reproductive system, and are uniquely qualified on
        the basis of education and experience to provide basic health
        care services to women.
            (7) While more than 20 States have acted to promote
        residents' access to obstetrician-gynecologists, patients in
        other States or in Federally-governed health plans are not
        protected from access restrictions or limitations.

SEC. 2. ASSURING ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES UNDER
              GROUP HEALTH PLANS AND GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
              INSURANCE COVERAGE.

    (a) Group Health Plans.--
            (1) Public health service act amendments.--(A) Subpart 2 of
        part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, as
        amended by section 703(a) of Public Law 104-204, is amended by
        adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2706. STANDARDS RELATING TO ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND
              GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES.

    ``(a) In General.--If a group health plan or health insurance
issuer, in the provision of health insurance coverage in connection
with a group health plan, requires or provides for an enrollee to
designate a participating primary care provider--
            ``(1) the plan or issuer shall permit a female enrollee to
        designate an obstetrician-gynecologist who has agreed to be
        designated as such, as the enrollee's primary care provider;
        and
            ``(2) if such an enrollee has not designated such a
        provider as a primary care provider, the plan or issuer--
                    ``(A) may not require prior authorization by the
                enrollee's primary care provider or otherwise for
                coverage of obstetric and gynecologic care provided by
                a participating obstetrician-gynecologist, or a
                participating health care professional practicing in
                collaboration with the obstetrician-gynecologist and in
                accordance with State law, to the extent such care is
                otherwise covered, and
                    ``(B) shall treat the ordering of other gynecologic
                care by such a participating physician as the prior
                authorization of the primary care provider with respect
                to such care under the coverage.
    ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a)(2)(B) shall waive
any requirements of coverage relating to medical necessity or
appropriateness with respect to coverage of gynecologic care so
ordered.
    ``(c) Prohibitions.--A group health plan, and a health insurance
issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a
group health plan, may not--
            ``(1) deny to a woman eligibility, or continued
        eligibility, to enroll or to renew coverage under the terms of
        the plan, solely for the purpose of avoiding the requirements
        of this section;
            ``(2) provide monetary payments or rebates to women to
        encourage such women to accept less than the minimum
        protections available under this section; or
            ``(3) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the
        reimbursement of a provider because such provider provided care
        to an individual participant or beneficiary in accordance with
        this section.
    ``(d) Notice.--A group health plan under this part shall comply
with the notice requirement under section 713(d) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the requirements
of this section as if such section applied to such plan.
    ``(e) Level and Type of Reimbursements.--Nothing in this section
shall be construed to prevent a group health plan or a health insurance
issuer offering group health insurance coverage from negotiating the
level and type of reimbursement with a provider for care provided in
accordance with this section.
    ``(f) Non-Preemption of More Protective State Law With Respect to
Health Insurance Issuers.--Notwithstanding section 2723(a)(1) but
subject to section 2723(a)(2), this section shall not be construed to
supersede any provision of State law which establishes, implements, or
continues in effect any standard or requirement solely relating to
health insurance issuers in connection with group health insurance
coverage that provides greater protections to enrollees than the
protections provided under this section.''.
            (B) Section 2723 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-23) is
        amended--
                    (i) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and section
                2706(f)'' after ``Subject to paragraph (2)'', and
                    (ii) in subsection (c), as amended by section
                604(b)(2) of Public Law 104-204, by striking ``section
                2704'' and inserting ``sections 2704 and 2706''.
            (2) ERISA amendments.--(A) Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle
        B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
        1974, as amended by section 702(a) of Public Law 104-204, is
        amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 713. STANDARDS RELATING TO ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND
              GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES.

    ``(a) In General.--If a group health plan or health insurance
issuer, in the provision of health insurance coverage in connection
with a group health plan, requires or provides for an enrollee to
designate a participating primary care provider--
            ``(1) the plan or issuer shall permit a female enrollee to
        designate an obstetrician-gynecologist who has agreed to be
        designated as such, as the enrollee's primary care provider;
        and
            ``(2) if such an enrollee has not designated such a
        provider as a primary care provider, the plan or issuer--
                    ``(A) may not require prior authorization by the
                enrollee's primary care provider or otherwise for
                coverage of obstetric and gynecologic care provided by
                a participating obstetrician-gynecologist, or a
                participating health care professional practicing in
                collaboration with the obstetrician-gynecologist and in
                accordance with State law, to the extent such care is
                otherwise covered, and
                    ``(B) shall treat the ordering of other gynecologic
                care by such a participating physician as the prior
                authorization of the primary care provider with respect
                to such care under the coverage.
    ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a)(2)(B) shall waive
any requirements of coverage relating to medical necessity or
appropriateness with respect to coverage of gynecologic care so
ordered.
    ``(c) Prohibitions.--A group health plan, and a health insurance
issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a
group health plan, may not--
            ``(1) deny to a woman eligibility, or continued
        eligibility, to enroll or to renew coverage under the terms of
        the plan, solely for the purpose of avoiding the requirements
        of this section;
            ``(2) provide monetary payments or rebates to women to
        encourage such women to accept less than the minimum
        protections available under this section; or
            ``(3) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the
        reimbursement of a provider because such provider provided care
        to an individual participant or beneficiary in accordance with
        this section.
    ``(d) Notice.--The imposition of the requirements of this section
shall be treated as a material modification in the terms of the plan
described in section 102(a)(1), for purposes of assuring notice of such
requirements under the plan; except that the summary description
required to be provided under the last sentence of section 104(b)(1)
with respect to such modification shall be provided by not later than
60 days after the first day of the first plan year in which such
requirements apply.
    ``(e) Level and Type of Reimbursements.--Nothing in this section
shall be construed to prevent a group health plan or a health insurance
issuer offering group health insurance coverage from negotiating the
level and type of reimbursement with a provider for care provided in
accordance with this section.
    ``(f) Non-Preemption of More Protective State Law With Respect to
Health Insurance Issuers.--Notwithstanding section 731(a)(1) but
subject to section 731(a)(2), this section shall not be construed to
supersede any provision of State law which establishes, implements, or
continues in effect any standard or requirement solely relating to
health insurance issuers in connection with group health insurance
coverage that provides greater protections to enrollees than the
protections provided under this section.''.
            (B) Section 731 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1191) is amended--
                    (i) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and section
                713(f)'' after ``subject to paragraph (2)'', and
                    (ii) in subsection (c), by striking ``section 711''
                and inserting ``sections 711 and 713''.
            (C) Section 732(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1191a(a)), as
        amended by section 603(b)(2) of Public Law 104-204, is amended
        by striking ``section 711'' and inserting ``sections 711 and
        713''.
            (D) The table of contents in section 1 of such Act is
        amended by inserting after the item relating to section 712 the
        following new item:

``Sec. 713. Standards relating to access to obstetrical and
                            gynecological services.''.
    (b) Individual Health Insurance.--(1) Part B of title XXVII of the
Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 605(a) of Public Law
104-204, is amended by inserting after section 2751 the following new
section:

``SEC. 2752. STANDARDS RELATING TO ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND
              GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES.

    ``(a) In General.--The provisions of section 2706 (other than
subsection (d)) shall apply to health insurance coverage offered by a
health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner as
it applies to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance
issuer in connection with a group health plan in the small or large
group market.
    ``(b) Notice.--A health insurance issuer under this part shall
comply with the notice requirement under section 713(d) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the requirements
referred to in subsection (a) as if such section applied to such issuer
and such issuer were a group health plan.
    ``(c) Non-Preemption of More Protective State Law With Respect to
Health Insurance Issuers.--Notwithstanding section 2762(a) but subject
to section 2762(b)(1), this section shall not be construed to supersede
any provision of State law which establishes, implements, or continues
in effect any standard or requirement solely relating to health
insurance issuers in connection with group health insurance coverage
that provides greater protections to enrollees than the protections
provided under this section.''.
    (2) Section 2762 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-62) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and section 2752(c)''
        after ``Subject to subsection (b)'', and
            (B) in subsection (b)(2), as added by section 605(b)(3)(B)
        of Public Law 104-204, by striking ``section 2751'' and
        inserting ``sections 2751 and 2752''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the amendments
made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to group health plans
for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1998.
    (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply with respect
to health insurance coverage offered, sold, issued, renewed, in effect,
or operated in the individual market on or after such date.
    (3) In the case of a group health plan maintained pursuant to 1 or
more collective bargaining agreements between employee representatives
and 1 or more employers ratified before the date of enactment of this
Act, the amendments made by subsection (a) shall not apply to plan
years beginning before the later of--
            (A) the date on which the last collective bargaining
        agreements relating to the plan terminates (determined without
        regard to any extension thereof agreed to after the date of
        enactment of this Act), or
            (B) January 1, 1998.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), any plan amendment made pursuant to a
collective bargaining agreement relating to the plan which amends the
plan solely to conform to any requirement added by subsection (a) shall
not be treated as a termination of such collective bargaining
agreement.

Output: Access to Women's Health Care Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish standards requiring that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enterprise Integration Act of
2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) Over 90 percent of United States companies engaged in
    manufacturing are small- and medium-sized businesses.
        (2) Most of these manufacturers produce goods for assemblage
    into products of large companies.
        (3) The emergence of the World Wide Web and the promulgation of
    international standards for product data exchange greatly
    accelerated the movement toward electronically integrated supply
    chains during the last half of the 1990's.
        (4) European and Asian countries are investing heavily in
    electronic enterprise standards development, and in preparing their
    smaller manufacturers to do business in the new environment.
    European efforts are well advanced in the aerospace, automotive,
    and shipbuilding industries and are beginning in other industries
    including home building, furniture manufacturing, textiles, and
    apparel. This investment could give overseas companies a major
    competitive advantage.
        (5) The National Institute of Standards and Technology, because
    of the electronic commerce expertise in its laboratories and
    quality program, its long history of working cooperatively with
    manufacturers, and the nationwide reach of its manufacturing
    extension program, is in a unique position to help United States
    large and smaller manufacturers alike in their responses to this
    challenge.
        (6) It is, therefore, in the national interest for the National
    Institute of Standards and Technology to accelerate its efforts in
    helping industry develop standards and enterprise integration
    processes that are necessary to increase efficiency and lower
    costs.

SEC. 3. ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION INITIATIVE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Director shall establish an initiative for
advancing enterprise integration within the United States. In carrying
out this section, the Director shall involve, as appropriate, the
various units of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
including the National Institute of Standards and Technology
laboratories (including the Building and Fire Research Laboratory), the
Manufacturing Extension Partnership program established under sections
25 and 26 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15
U.S.C. 278k and 278l), and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Program. This initiative shall build upon ongoing efforts of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology and of the private
sector, shall involve consortia that include government and industry,
and shall address the enterprise integration needs of each United
States major manufacturing industry at the earliest possible date.
    (b) Assessment.--For each major manufacturing industry, the
Director may work with industry, trade associations, professional
societies, and others as appropriate, to identify enterprise
integration standardization and implementation activities underway in
the United States and abroad that affect that industry and to assess
the current state of enterprise integration within that industry. The
Director may assist in the development of roadmaps to permit supply
chains within the industry to operate as an integrated electronic
enterprise. The roadmaps shall be based on voluntary consensus
standards.
    (c) Reports.--Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director shall submit to the
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the
National Institute of Standards and Technology's activities under
subsection (b).
    (d) Authorized Activities.--In order to carry out this Act, the
Director may work with industry, trade associations, professional
societies, and others as appropriate--
        (1) to raise awareness in the United States, including
    awareness by businesses that are majority owned by women,
    minorities, or both, of enterprise integration activities in the
    United States and abroad, including by the convening of
    conferences;
        (2) on the development of enterprise integration roadmaps;
        (3) to support the development, testing, promulgation,
    integration, adoption, and upgrading of standards related to
    enterprise integration including application protocols; and
        (4) to provide technical assistance and, if necessary,
    financial support to small- and medium-sized businesses that set up
    pilot projects in enterprise integration.
    (e) Manufacturing Extension Program.--The Director shall ensure
that the Manufacturing Extension Program is prepared to advise small-
and medium-sized businesses on how to acquire the expertise, equipment,
and training necessary to participate fully in supply chains using
enterprise integration.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
        (1) the term ``automotive'' means land-based engine-powered
    vehicles including automobiles, trucks, busses, trains, defense
    vehicles, farm equipment, and motorcycles;
        (2) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the National
    Institute of Standards and Technology;
        (3) the term ``enterprise integration'' means the electronic
    linkage of manufacturers, assemblers, suppliers, and customers to
    enable the electronic exchange of product, manufacturing, and other
    business data among all partners in a product supply chain, and
    such term includes related application protocols and other related
    standards;
        (4) the term ``major manufacturing industry'' includes the
    aerospace, automotive, electronics, shipbuilding, construction,
    home building, furniture, textile, and apparel industries and such
    other industries as the Director designates; and
        (5) the term ``roadmap'' means an assessment of manufacturing
    interoperability requirements developed by an industry describing
    that industry's goals related to enterprise integration, the
    knowledge and standards including application protocols necessary
    to achieve those goals, and the necessary steps, timetable, and
    assignment of responsibilities for acquiring the knowledge and
    developing the standards and protocols.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry
out functions under this Act--
        (1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
        (2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
        (3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
        (4) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and
                                               President of the Senate.

Output: Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish an initiative for advancing enterprise integration within the United States which shall: (1) involve the various units of NIST, including NIST laboratories, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, and consortia that include government and industry; (2) build upon ongoing efforts of NIST and the private sector; and (3) address the enterprise integration needs of each major U.S. manufacturing industry at the earliest possible date.Authorizes the Director, with respect to each major manufacturing industry, to: (1) work with industry, trade associations, and professional societies to identify all enterprise standardization and implementation activities underway and to assess the current state of enterprise integration; and (2) assist in the development of roadmaps (to be based on voluntary consensus standards) to permit supply chains to operate as an integrated electronic enterprise. Requires the Director to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees on such activities.Authorizes the Director to work with industry, trade associations, and professional societies: (1) to raise awareness, including that by businesses that are majority owned by women and/or minorities, of enterprise integration activities; (2) on the development of enterprise integration roadmaps; (3) to support the development, testing, promulgation, integration, adoption, and upgrading of enterprise integration standards; and (4) to provide technical assistance and financial support to small and medium-sized businesses that set up enterprise integration pilot projects.Requires the Director to ensure that the Manufacturing Extension Program is prepared to advise small and medium-sized businesses on how to acquire the expertise, equipment, and training necessary to participate fully in supply chains using enterprise integration.Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerating the Creation of
Teachers of Influence for Our Nation Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The National Science Foundation shall establish
a program to provide scholarships to students in science, engineering,
or mathematics programs with certification for elementary or secondary
teaching.
    (b) Amount of Scholarship.--A scholarship award under this section
shall be an amount sufficient to cover the cost of tuition, room and
board, and fees at the institution of higher education the student is
attending, not to exceed $20,000 per year.
    (c) Selection Criteria.--Scholarships shall be awarded under this
section on the basis of merit, with consideration given to financial
need and the goal of providing support to members of underrepresented
groups within the meaning of the Science and Engineering Equal
Opportunities Act.
    (d) Limitation.--A student may not receive scholarships under this
section for more than 5 years of undergraduate study.
    (e) Probation.--A student that has received scholarship support
under this section for a year who receives a grade of D or fails a
course during that year shall be notified by the National Science
Foundation that the student is being placed on probation.
    (f) Termination.--A student that has received scholarship support
under this section for a year who fails a course during that year,
after having been placed on probation under subsection (e), shall
forfeit the scholarship, and all scholarship amounts received by that
student under this section shall be treated as a student loan as
provided in subsection (h).
    (g) Service Obligation.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) or
        subsection (i), not later than 6 years after graduation from a
        program for which a student has received scholarship assistance
        under this section--
                    (A) if the student has received 3 or more years of
                such assistance, the student shall complete 5 years of
                service as an elementary or secondary science or
                mathematics teacher; and
                    (B) if the student has received fewer than 3 years
                of such assistance, the student shall complete 3 years
                of service as an elementary or secondary science or
                mathematics teacher.
            (2) Special service.--If all service under this subsection
        is performed at a school eligible for assistance under section
        1114 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
        U.S.C. 6314), the length of the obligation under paragraph
        (1)(A) or (B) shall be reduced by 1 year.
    (h) Forfeiture of Scholarship.--
            (1) Consequences.--A student who forfeits a scholarship
        provided under this section shall be liable to the United
        States for repayment of the full amount of scholarship
        assistance received, in accordance with paragraph (3).
            (2) Grounds for forfeiture.--A student forfeits a
        scholarship provided under this section if the student--
                    (A) withdraws from the degree program for which the
                scholarship was awarded without transfer to a
                comparable program within the scope of this Act, or in
                a comparable program within the scope of this Act at
                another institution of higher education;
                    (B) fails 2 classes as described in subsections (e)
                and (f);
                    (C) declares that the service obligation under
                subsection (g) will not be fulfilled; or
                    (D) fails to fulfill the service obligation under
                subsection (g).
            (3) Repayment.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
                (B), in the case of forfeiture, repayment shall be
                required for the full amount of scholarship assistance
                received by the student plus the interest on such
                amounts that would be payable if at the time the
                amounts were received they were a loan bearing interest
                at the prevailing rate for student loans.
                    (B) Partial failure to meet service obligation.--In
                the case of a forfeiture on grounds described in
                paragraph (2)(C) or (D)--
                            (i) if the student received 3 or more years
                        of scholarship assistance under this section,
                        repayment shall be required for the amount of
                        assistance received reduced by \1/5\ of the
                        total amount for each year of service
                        obligation completed, plus the interest on such
                        reduced amounts that would be payable if at the
                        time the amounts were received they were a loan
                        bearing interest at the prevailing rate for
                        student loans; and
                            (ii) if the student received fewer than 3
                        years of scholarship assistance under this
                        section, repayment shall be required for the
                        amount of assistance received reduced by \1/3\
                        of the total amount for each year of service
                        obligation completed, plus the interest on such
                        reduced amounts that would be payable if at the
                        time the amounts were received they were a loan
                        bearing interest at the prevailing rate for
                        student loans.
                    (C) Waiver.--The Director of the National Science
                Foundation may provide a partial or complete waiver of
                the requirement under this paragraph if a student will
                suffer extreme hardship, if compliance is impossible,
                or if requiring repayment would be unconscionable.
    (i) Master's Degree Option.--
            (1) Availability.--A student who has received 1 or more
        years of scholarship assistance under this section may apply
        for additional scholarship assistance for up to 2 years in a
        Master's program in science, technology, engineering, or
        mathematics.
            (2) Service obligation.--For each year of scholarship
        assistance received under paragraph (1), a student's service
        obligation under subsection (g) shall increase by 1 year. If
        all service under this paragraph and subsection (g) combined is
        performed at a school eligible for assistance under section
        1114 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
        U.S.C. 6314), the length of the obligation under this paragraph
        shall be reduced by 1 year.
    (j) Scholarship Trust Fund.--There shall be established in the
Treasury of the United States a trust fund, into which shall be
deposited all gifts and donations received by the National Science
Foundation in support of the program under this section. Amounts in the
trust fund may be used, to the extent provided in appropriations Acts,
for carrying out this section.
    (k) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Science Foundation for carrying out this
section--
            (1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            (2) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            (3) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            (4) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
            (5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.

SEC. 3. UNIVERSITY GRANTS.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--The Director of the National Science
Foundation shall establish a program to award annual grants of
$1,000,000 to institutions of higher education (or a consortia of such
institutions) to develop and implement programs that will provide all
of the following:
            (1) Undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering
        degrees.
            (2) Elementary or secondary teacher certification.
            (3) Professional development and mentoring activities.
    (b) Selection Criteria.--The Director shall annually award grants
under this section on a competitive basis. The Director shall seek to
achieve a balanced distribution of awards on the basis of geographic
location and the size of the institutions of higher education. In
weighing the merits of grant proposals, the Director shall consider--
            (1) the ability of the applicant to carry out the proposed
        program;
            (2) the size and quality of education and science,
        technology, engineering, and mathematics faculty, and
        postdoctoral fellows in those departments;
            (3) the degree to which the proposed program will enable
        students to become and remain successful elementary and
        secondary mathematics and science teachers; and
            (4) the ability of the applicant to recruit students who
        would otherwise not pursue a career in teaching.
    (c) Preference.--The Director shall give preference to applicants
whose proposals include--
            (1) curriculum based on cognitive psychology and the
        science of how students learn;
            (2) structured mentoring program with a highly qualified
        teacher in the field of the student;
            (3) summer internships with researchers in the science,
        mathematics, or engineering field of the student;
            (4) mentored classroom teaching experience;
            (5) use of educational technology with instruction included
        within the curriculum;
            (6) practical courses in the teaching of science and
        mathematics;
            (7) partnerships with private sector entities that
        include--
                    (A) financial or in-kind contributions to the
                financing of the internships;
                    (B) mentoring activities;
                    (C) professional development programs including
                professional meetings; and
                    (D) collaboration with local schools, education
                groups, youth organizations, museums, and libraries;
            (8) partnerships with other institutions of higher
        education to facilitate the sharing of faculty and
        implementation of mentoring activities; and
            (9) mechanisms to recruit underrepresented groups into the
        program.
    (d) Matching Funds.--An institution of higher education may only
receive a grant under this section if it will provide at least $200,000
during the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded toward the
development and implementation of the program for which the grant is
awarded.
    (e) Limitation.--An institution of higher education may not receive
more than 3 annual grants under this section.
    (f) Monitoring.--The Director shall monitor the success of the each
program receiving assistance under this section to determine
eligibility for competitive renewal, including site visits when
necessary.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Science Foundation--
            (1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            (2) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            (3) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            (4) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
            (5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.

Output:
Accelerating the Creation of Teachers of Influence for Our Nation Act - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a program providing competitive scholarships to undergraduate students who study science, engineering, or mathematics and earn their elementary or secondary teaching certificate. Requires such students to serve as elementary or secondary school science or mathematics teachers for five years, if they have received at least three years of assistance, and three years, if the assistance was of shorter duration. Subtracts one year from such service requirements if the student teaches at a school serving a high proportion of disadvantaged students.

Allows students who have received at least one year of assistance to apply for up to two years of additional assistance in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics Master's degree program. Increases the teaching service obligation by one year for each additional year of assistance.

Establishes a government trust fund for donations to the NSF scholarship program.

Requires the NSF Director to establish a program awarding competitive annual $1 million grants to institutions of higher education for the development and implementation of programs providing: (1) undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering degrees; (2) elementary or secondary teacher certification; and (3) professional development and mentoring activities. Requires recipients to kick in an additional $200,000 for the grants. Includes within a list of factors winning preference for applicants, proposals to: (1) provide students with summer internships with researchers in their field; and (2) enter into partnerships with private sector entities and other institutions of higher education.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.

    (a) Qualified Beneficiary.--Section 4980B(g)(1)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end thereof;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting a
        comma; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (ii), the following:
                            ``(iii) as the domestic partner of the
                        employee, as such term is defined by the group
                        health plan, or
                            ``(iv) as the dependent child of the
                        domestic partner (as defined in clause
                        (iii)).''.
    (b) Special Rule for Retirees and Widows.--Section 4980B(g)(1)(D)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking clauses (i)
through (iii), and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) as the spouse or domestic partner
                        (described in subparagraph (A)(iii)) of the
                        covered employee,
                            ``(ii) as the dependent child of the
                        covered employee or the covered employee's
                        domestic partner (described in clause (i)), or
                            ``(iii) as the surviving spouse or
                        surviving domestic partner (described in clause
                        (i)) of the covered employee.''.
    (c) Special Rule for Certain Bankruptcy Proceedings.--Section
4980B(f)(2)(B)(i)(III) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
by striking ``or dependent children of the covered employee'' and
inserting ``, surviving domestic partner (described in subsection
(g)(1)(A)(iii)), or dependent children of the covered employee or such
surviving domestic partner''.
    (d) Qualifying Event.--Section 4980B(f)(3)(C) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before the period the
following: ``, or the covered employee's domestic partner (described in
subsection (g)(1)(A)(iii)) ceasing to be such covered employee's
domestic partner under the terms of the group health plan''.
    (e) Notice Requirements.--Section 4980B(f)(6)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and spouse of the
employee (if any)'' and inserting ``and, if any, such covered
employee's qualified beneficiaries who are age 19 or older''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
              1974.

    (a) Qualified Beneficiary.--Section 607(3)(A) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1167(3)(A)) is
amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end thereof;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting a
        comma; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (ii), the following:
                            ``(iii) as the domestic partner of the
                        employee, as such term is defined by the group
                        health plan, or
                            ``(iv) as the dependent child of the
                        domestic partner (as defined in clause
                        (iii)).''.
    (b) Special Rule for Retirees and Widows.--Section 607(3)(C) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1167(3)(C))
is amended by striking clauses (i) through (iii) and inserting the
following:
                            ``(i) as the spouse or domestic partner
                        (described in paragraph (3)(A)(iii)) of the
                        covered employee,
                            ``(ii) as the dependent child of the
                        covered employee or the covered employee's
                        domestic partner (described in clause (i)), or
                            ``(iii) as the surviving spouse or
                        surviving domestic partner (described in clause
                        (i)) of the covered employee.''.
    (c) Special Rule for Certain Bankruptcy Proceedings.--Section
602(2)(A)(iii) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1162(2)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking ``or dependent
children of the covered employee'' and inserting ``, surviving domestic
partner (described in section 607(3)(A)(iii)), or dependent children of
the covered employee or such surviving domestic partner''.
    (d) Qualifying Event.--Section 603(3) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1163) is amended by inserting
before the period the following: ``, or the covered employee's domestic
partner (described in section 607(3)(A)(iii)) ceasing to be such
covered employee's domestic partner under the terms of the group health
plan''.
    (e) Notice Requirements.--Section 606(a)(1) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1166(a)(1)) is
amended by striking ``and spouse of the employee (if any)'' and
inserting ``and, if any, such covered employee's qualified
beneficiaries who are age 19 or older''.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

    (a) Qualified Beneficiary.--Section 2208(3)(A) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-8(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end thereof;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting a
        comma; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (ii), the following:
                            ``(iii) as the domestic partner of the
                        employee, as such term is defined by the group
                        health plan, or
                            ``(iv) as the dependent child of the
                        domestic partner (as defined in clause
                        (iii)).''.
    (b) Qualifying Event.--Section 2203(3) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-3(3)) is amended by inserting before the period
the following: ``, or the covered employee's domestic partner
(described in section 2208(3)(A)(iii)) ceasing to be such covered
employee's domestic partner under the terms of the group health plan''.
    (c) Notice Requirements.--Section 2206(1) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-6(1)) is amended by striking ``and spouse
of the employee (if any)'' and inserting ``and, if any, such covered
employee's qualified beneficiaries who are age 19 or older''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to plan years
beginning after 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Special Rule for Collective Bargaining Agreements.--In the case
of a group health plan maintained pursuant to one or more collective
bargaining agreements between employee representatives and one or more
employers ratified before the date of the enactment of this Act, the
amendments made by this Act shall not apply to plan years beginning
before the earlier of--
            (1) the date on which the last of the collective bargaining
        agreements relating to the plan terminates (determined without
        regard to any extension thereof agreed to after the date of the
        enactment of this Act); or
            (2) 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
For purposes of paragraph (1), any plan amendment made pursuant to a
collective bargaining agreement relating to the plan which amends the
plan solely to conform to any requirement added by this Act shall not
be treated as a termination of such collective bargaining agreement.

Output: Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Public Health Service Act to expand COBRA coverage (health insurance continuation benefits) to include an employee's domestic partner and any dependent child of the domestic partner.