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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Judicial Transparency and Ethics
Enhancement Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.

    (a) Establishment and Duties.--Part III of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

        ``CHAPTER 60--INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE JUDICIAL BRANCH

``Sec.
``1021. Establishment.
``1022. Appointment, term, and removal of Inspector General.
``1023. Duties.
``1024. Powers.
``1025. Reports.
``1026. Whistleblower protection.
``Sec. 1021. Establishment
    ``There is established for the judicial branch of the Government
the Office of Inspector General for the Judicial Branch (in this
chapter referred to as the `Office').
``Sec. 1022. Appointment, term, and removal of Inspector General
    ``(a) Appointment.--The head of the Office shall be the Inspector
General, who shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the United
States after consultation with the majority and minority leaders of the
Senate and the Speaker and minority leader of the House of
Representatives.
    ``(b) Term.--The Inspector General shall serve for a term of 4
years and may be reappointed by the Chief Justice of the United States
for any number of additional terms.
    ``(c) Removal.--The Inspector General may be removed from office by
the Chief Justice of the United States. The Chief Justice shall
communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of
Congress.
``Sec. 1023. Duties
    ``With respect to the judicial branch, the Office shall--
            ``(1) conduct investigations of alleged misconduct in the
        judicial branch (other than the United States Supreme Court)
        under chapter 16 that may require oversight or other action
        within the judicial branch or by Congress;
            ``(2) conduct investigations of alleged misconduct in the
        United States Supreme Court that may require oversight or other
        action within the judicial branch or by Congress;
            ``(3) conduct and supervise audits and investigations;
            ``(4) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse; and
            ``(5) recommend changes in laws or regulations governing
        the judicial branch.
``Sec. 1024. Powers
    ``(a) Powers.--In carrying out the duties of the Office, the
Inspector General shall have the power to--
            ``(1) make investigations and reports;
            ``(2) obtain information or assistance from any Federal,
        State, or local governmental agency, or other entity, or unit
        thereof, including all information kept in the course of
        business by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the
        judicial councils of circuits, the Administrative Office of the
        United States Courts, and the United States Sentencing
        Commission;
            ``(3) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and
        testimony of such witnesses, and the production of such books,
        records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents,
        which subpoena, in the case of contumacy or refusal to obey,
        shall be enforceable by civil action;
            ``(4) administer to or take from any person an oath,
        affirmation, or affidavit;
            ``(5) employ such officers and employees, subject to the
        provisions of title 5, governing appointments in the
        competitive service, and the provisions of chapter 51 and
        subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to
        classification and General Schedule pay rates;
            ``(6) obtain services as authorized by section 3109 of
        title 5 at daily rates not to exceed the equivalent rate for a
        position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section
        5315 of such title; and
            ``(7) the extent and in such amounts as may be provided in
        advance by appropriations Acts, to enter into contracts and
        other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other
        services with public agencies and with private persons, and to
        make such payments as may be necessary to carry out the duties
        of the Office.
    ``(b) Chapter 16 Matters.--The Inspector General shall not commence
an investigation under section 1023(1) until the denial of a petition
for review by the judicial council of the circuit under section 352(c)
of this title or upon referral or certification to the Judicial
Conference of the United States of any matter under section 354(b) of
this title.
    ``(c) Limitation.--The Inspector General shall not have the
authority to--
            ``(1) investigate or review any matter that is directly
        related to the merits of a decision or procedural ruling by any
        judge, justice, or court; or
            ``(2) punish or discipline any judge, justice, or court.
``Sec. 1025. Reports
    ``(a) When To Be Made.--The Inspector General shall--
            ``(1) make an annual report to the Chief Justice and to
        Congress relating to the activities of the Office; and
            ``(2) make prompt reports to the Chief Justice and to
        Congress on matters that may require action by the Chief
        Justice or Congress.
    ``(b) Sensitive Matter.--If a report contains sensitive matter, the
Inspector General may so indicate and Congress may receive that report
in closed session.
    ``(c) Duty To Inform Attorney General.--In carrying out the duties
of the Office, the Inspector General shall report expeditiously to the
Attorney General whenever the Inspector General has reasonable grounds
to believe there has been a violation of Federal criminal law.
``Sec. 1026. Whistleblower protection
    ``(a) In General.--No officer, employee, agent, contractor, or
subcontractor in the judicial branch may discharge, demote, threaten,
suspend, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against an
employee in the terms and conditions of employment because of any
lawful act done by the employee to provide information, cause
information to be provided, or otherwise assist in an investigation
regarding any possible violation of Federal law or regulation, or
misconduct, by a judge, justice, or any other employee in the judicial
branch, which may assist the Inspector General in the performance of
duties under this chapter.
    ``(b) Civil Action.--An employee injured by a violation of
subsection (a) may, in a civil action, obtain appropriate relief.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for
part III of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:

``60.  Inspector General for the judicial branch............    1021''.

Output: Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General for the Judicial Branch to investigate alleged misconduct in the judicial branch, including the Supreme Court; to conduct and supervise audits and investigations; and to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY BOARDS WITHIN THE BUREAU OF CONSUMER
              FINANCIAL PROTECTION.

    (a) In General.--The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 is
amended by inserting after section 1014 (12 U.S.C. 5494) the following:

``SEC. 1014A. ADVISORY BOARDS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `eligible financial product or service'
        means a financial product or service that is offered or
        provided for use by consumers primarily for personal, family,
        or household purposes as described in clause (i), (iii), (v),
        (vi), or (ix) of section 1002(15)(A);
            ``(2) the term `rural area' has the meaning given the term
        in section 1393(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
            ``(3) the terms `small business concern', `small business
        concern owned and controlled by veterans', and `small business
        concern owned and controlled by women' have the meanings given
        those terms in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
        632).
    ``(b) Small Business Advisory Board.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Director shall establish a Small
        Business Advisory Board--
                    ``(A) to advise and consult with the Bureau in the
                exercise of the functions of the Bureau under the
                Federal consumer financial laws applicable to eligible
                financial products or services; and
                    ``(B) to provide information on emerging practices
                of small business concerns that provide eligible
                financial products or services, including regional
                trends, the effect that decisions by the Bureau have on
                rural areas, concerns, and other relevant information.
            ``(2) Membership.--
                    ``(A) Number.--The Director shall appoint not less
                than 15 and not more than 20 members to the Small
                Business Advisory Board.
                    ``(B) Qualification.--Members appointed under
                subparagraph (A) shall be representatives of small
                business concerns that--
                            ``(i) provide eligible financial products
                        or services; and
                            ``(ii) are service providers to covered
                        persons.
                    ``(C) Additional considerations.--In appointing
                members under subparagraph (A), the Director shall--
                            ``(i) include members representing small
                        business concerns owned and controlled by
                        veterans, small business concerns owned and
                        controlled by women, and minority-owned small
                        business concerns, and the interests of those
                        concerns, without regard to party affiliation;
                        and
                            ``(ii) require an adequate representation
                        of members that own small business concerns for
                        which the principal place of business is in a
                        rural or underserved area.
            ``(3) Meetings.--The Small Business Advisory Board--
                    ``(A) shall meet from time to time at the call of
                the Director; and
                    ``(B) shall meet not less than twice each year.
    ``(c) Credit Union Advisory Council.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Director shall establish a Credit
        Union Advisory Council to advise and consult with the Bureau on
        consumer financial products or services that impact credit
        unions.
            ``(2) Membership.--
                    ``(A) Number.--The Director shall appoint not less
                than 15 and not more than 20 members to the Credit
                Union Advisory Council.
                    ``(B) Considerations.--In appointing members under
                subparagraph (A), the Director shall--
                            ``(i) include members representing credit
                        unions predominantly serving traditionally
                        underserved communities and populations and
                        their interests, without regard to party
                        affiliation; and
                            ``(ii) require an adequate representation
                        of members that represent credit unions that
                        are headquartered in a rural or underserved
                        area.
            ``(3) Meetings.--The Credit Union Advisory Council--
                    ``(A) shall meet from time to time at the call of
                the Director; and
                    ``(B) shall meet not less than twice each year.
    ``(d) Community Bank Advisory Council.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Director shall establish a
        Community Bank Advisory Council to advise and consult with the
        Bureau on consumer financial products or services that impact
        community banks.
            ``(2) Membership.--
                    ``(A) Number.--The Director shall appoint not less
                than 15 and not more than 20 members to the Community
                Bank Advisory Council.
                    ``(B) Considerations.--In appointing members under
                subparagraph (A), the Director shall--
                            ``(i) include members representing
                        community banks predominantly serving
                        traditionally underserved communities and
                        populations and their interests, without regard
                        to party affiliation; and
                            ``(ii) require an adequate representation
                        of members that represent community banks that
                        are headquartered in a rural or underserved
                        area.
            ``(3) Meetings.--The Community Bank Advisory Council--
                    ``(A) shall meet from time to time at the call of
                the Director; and
                    ``(B) shall meet not less than twice each year.
    ``(e) Compensation and Travel Expenses.--Members of the Small
Business Advisory Board, the Credit Union Advisory Council, or the
Community Bank Advisory Council, as established under subsections (b),
(c), and (d), respectively, who are not full-time employees of the
United States shall--
            ``(1) be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed
        by the Director while attending meetings of the Small Business
        Advisory Board, the Credit Union Advisory Council, or the
        Community Bank Advisory Council, including travel time; and
            ``(2) be allowed travel expenses, including transportation
        and subsistence, while away from their homes or regular places
        of business.''.
    (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents in section
1 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 1014 the following:

``Sec. 1014A. Advisory Boards.''.

Output: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act  This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish: (1) a Small Business Advisory Board to advise and consult with the CFPB in the exercise of its functions under the federal consumer financial laws regarding financial products or services provided for use by consumers primarily for personal, family, or household purposes and to provide information on emerging practices of small businesses that provide such products or services; and (2) a Credit Union Advisory Council and a Community Bank Advisory Council to advise and consult with the CFPB on consumer financial products or services that impact credit unions and community banks, respectively.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preservation of Antibiotics for
Human Treatment Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Several antibiotics and classes of antibiotics,
        particularly penicillins, tetracyclines, macrolides (including
        but not limited to erythromycin and tylosin), lincomycin,
        bacitracin, virginiamycin, aminoglycosides, and sulfonamides,
        that either are used in or are related to antibiotics used in
        humans to treat infectious diseases are also routinely
        administered to healthy agricultural animals, generally via
        feed or water, in order to promote the animals' growth or to
        prevent disease. Such uses do not require a veterinarian's
        prescription.
            (2) Mounting scientific evidence shows that this
        nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in agricultural animals can
        lead to development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can
        be transferred to people, making it harder to treat certain
        infections.
            (3) In 1969, the Swann Committee was formed in the United
        Kingdom to examine the public health effects of use of
        antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals. The Committee
        recommended that antimicrobials be divided into ``feed'' and
        ``therapeutic'' classes of drugs and that the ``feed'' class
        not include drugs used therapeutically in humans or animals.
        Most developed countries in the world, with the exception of
        the United States and Canada, restrict the use of
        antimicrobials in animal production systems for growth
        promotion.
            (4) In 1997, the World Health Organization recommended that
        antibiotics used to treat humans should not also be used to
        promote animal growth, although such antibiotics could still be
        used to treat ill animals.
            (5) In July 1998, the National Academy of Sciences, in a
        report prepared at the request of the United States Department
        of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, concluded
        ``there is a link between the use of antibiotics in food
        animals, the development of bacterial resistance to these
        drugs, and human disease''.
            (6) In December 1998, health ministers for the European
        Union countries voted to ban the remaining human-use
        antibiotics still in use to promote animal growth. The ban on
        using virginiamycin, tylosin, spiramycin, and bacitracin in
        animal feed became effective for the 15 member states of the
        European Union on July 1, 1999. Prior to that action,
        individual European countries, including the United Kingdom,
        Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, had banned the use in animal feed
        of specific antibiotics.
            (7) An April 1999 study by the General Accounting Office
        concluded that resistant strains of three microorganisms that
        cause foodborne illness or disease in humans--salmonella,
        campylobacter, and E. coli--are linked to the use of
        antibiotics in animals.
            (8) In October 2000, the Food and Drug Administration
        issued a notice announcing its intention to withdraw approvals
        for use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in poultry, in light of
        the fact that increased resistance to fluoroquinolones in
        certain bacteria followed approval of those antibiotics for
        such use in the mid-1990s. While one company (Abbott
        Laboratories) immediately agreed to voluntarily withdraw its
        product, the only other manufacturer (Bayer Corp.) is
        contesting FDA's proposed withdrawal and continues to market
        its product. Previous proceedings by FDA to withdraw approval
        of animal drugs have taken substantial amounts of time
        following initiation of formal action by FDA, including 6 years
        in one instance and 20 in another.
            (9) In November 2000, the American Medical Association,
        American Public Health Association, and other health
        organizations urged Bayer Corp. to comply voluntarily with
        FDA's proposed ban.
            (10) In June 2001, the American Medical Association adopted
        a resolution opposing nontherapeutic use of antimicrobials in
        animal agriculture. Organizations that have taken a similar
        position include the American College of Preventive Medicine,
        the American Public Health Association, and the Council of
        State and Territorial Epidemiologists.
            (11) In October 2001, the New England Journal of Medicine
        published a guest editorial titled ``Antimicrobials in Animal
        Feed--Time to Stop''. The editorial urged a ban on
        nontherapeutic use in animals of medically important
        antibiotics, and on use in animals of fluoroquinolones.
            (12) In January 2001, a Federal Interagency Task Force
        released an Action Plan, which notes that ``drug-resistant
        pathogens are a growing menace to all people, regardless of
        age, gender, or socioeconomic background. If we do not act to
        address the problem... [d]rug choices for the treatment of
        common infections will become increasingly limited and
        expensive--and, in some cases, nonexistent.''.
            (13) Scientific studies have shown that resistance traits
        can be transferred among unrelated species of bacteria,
        including from nonpathogens to pathogens.

SEC. 3. REQUIRING PROOF OF SAFETY OF ANTIMICROBIAL NEW ANIMAL DRUGS.

    (a) Nontherapeutic Use; Applications Pending on or Submitted After
Enactment.--Section 512(d)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 360b(d)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (J);
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following
        subparagraph:
            ``(I) such drug is an antimicrobial new animal drug and the
        applicant has failed to demonstrate that there is a reasonable
        certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of
        antimicrobial resistance that is attributable, in whole or in
        part, to the nontherapeutic use of such drug; or''; and
            (4) in the matter after and below subparagraph (J) (as
        redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection), by striking
        ``(A) through (I)'' and inserting ``(A) through (J)''.
    (b) Nontherapeutic Use; Rescinding of Approval for Certain
Currently Approved Drugs.--Section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360b) is amended by adding at the end the
following subsection:
    ``(q) With respect to each antimicrobial new animal drug for which,
as of the day before the date of the enactment of the Preservation of
Antibiotics for Human Treatment Act of 2002, there was in effect an
approval of an application filed pursuant to subsection (b), the
approval of a nontherapeutic use of such drug (including use through
animal feed that bears or contains such drug) is subject to the
following, as applicable:
            ``(1) In the case of penicillins, tetracyclines, macrolides
        (including but not limited to erythromycin and tylosin),
        lincomycin, bacitracin, virginiamycin, aminoglycosides, and
        sulfonamides:
                    ``(A) Each approval of a nontherapeutic use of any
                of such drugs in an animal is rescinded upon the
                expiration of the two-year period beginning on such
                date of enactment unless, before the expiration of such
                period, the Secretary determines that the holder of the
                approved application has demonstrated that there is a
                reasonable certainty of no harm to human health due to
                the development of antimicrobial resistance that is
                attributable, in whole or in part, to the
                nontherapeutic use of such drug.
                    ``(B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the
                Secretary may not consider any data regarding the
                antimicrobial new animal drug involved that is
                submitted to the Secretary after the expiration of the
                180-day period beginning on such date of enactment,
                unless such data were not available for submission
                within such 180-day period.
                    ``(C) If pursuant to subparagraph (A) the Secretary
                determines, with respect to the antimicrobial new
                animal drug involved, that there is not a reasonable
                certainty of no harm to human health, the Secretary may
                issue an order withdrawing approval of such drug at any
                time before the date on which the drug would be
                rescinded under such subparagraph.
            ``(2) In the case of an antimicrobial new animal drug that
        is not referred to in paragraph (1):
                    ``(A) If the Secretary grants an exemption under
                section 505(i) regarding such a drug, or a drug with
                substantially the same active ingredients, each
                approval of a nontherapeutic use of such new animal
                drug in an animal is rescinded upon the expiration of
                the two-year period beginning on the date on which the
                Secretary provides notice in accordance with
                subparagraph (C) regarding the new animal drug, except
                as provided in subparagraph (D). Such notice shall be
                so provided not later than 10 days after the date on
                which the Secretary grants the exemption under section
                505(i).
                    ``(B) If an application for such a drug, or a drug
                with substantially the same active ingredients, is
                submitted to the Secretary under section 505(b) or
                under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, and
                the Secretary has not previously granted an exemption
                under section 505(i) regarding the drug, each approval
                of a nontherapeutic use of such new animal drug in an
                animal is rescinded upon the expiration of the two-year
                period beginning on the date on which the Secretary
                provides notice in accordance with subparagraph (C)
                regarding the new animal drug, except as provided in
                subparagraph (D). Such notice shall be so provided
not later than 10 days after the date on which the Secretary receives
the application under section 505(b) or under such section 351, as the
case may be.
                    ``(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A) and (B),
                notice regarding the antimicrobial new animal drug
                involved is provided in accordance with this
                subparagraph if the Secretary informs the holder of the
                approved application for the nontherapeutic use of such
                drug, in writing, of the applicability of this
                paragraph to such application (including that approval
                of the application will be rescinded, except as
                provided in subparagraph (D), and including the
                opportunity under subparagraph (E) to submit data).
                    ``(D) Subparagraph (A) or (B), as the case may be,
                applies to the antimicrobial new animal drug involved
                unless, before the date on which approval would be
                rescinded under such subparagraph, the Secretary
                determines that the holder of the approved application
                has demonstrated that there is a reasonable certainty
                of no harm to human health due to the development of
                antimicrobial resistance that is attributable, in whole
                or in part, to the nontherapeutic use of such drug.
                    ``(E) In carrying out subparagraph (A) or (B), the
                Secretary may not consider any data regarding the
                antimicrobial new animal drug involved that is
                submitted to the Secretary after the expiration of the
                180-day period beginning on the date on which the
                Secretary provides notice in accordance with
                subparagraph (C) to the holder of the approved
                application for the nontherapeutic use of such drug.
                    ``(F) If pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) the
                Secretary determines, with respect to the antimicrobial
                new animal drug involved, that there is not a
                reasonable certainty of no harm to human health, the
                Secretary may issue an order withdrawing approval of
                such drug at any time before the date on which the drug
                would be rescinded under such subparagraph.''.
    (c) All Uses of Fluoroquinolones in Poultry; Rescinding of Approval
for Currently Approved Drugs.--Section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act, as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(r) With respect to a fluoroquinolone for which, as of the day
before the date of the enactment of the Preservation of Antibiotics for
Human Treatment Act of 2002, there was in effect an approval of an
application filed pursuant to subsection (b), the use of such drug
(including use through animal feed that bears or contains such drug) is
subject to the following:
            ``(1) Each approval of the use of such drug in poultry is
        rescinded upon the expiration of the 180-day period beginning
        on such date of enactment unless, before the expiration of such
        period, the Secretary determines that the holder of the
        approved application has demonstrated that there is a
        reasonable certainty of no harm to human health due to the
        development of antimicrobial resistance that is attributable,
        in whole or in part, to the use of such drug in poultry.
            ``(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary may not
        consider any data regarding a fluoroquinolone that is submitted
        to the Secretary by the holder of the approved application
        unless such data has been submitted to FDA Docket No. 00N-1571.
        The preceding sentence may not be construed as requiring the
        Secretary to accept further submissions to such docket if the
        period designated by the Secretary for the receipt of such
        submissions has ended.''.
    (d) Definition of Nontherapeutic Use.--Section 512 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by subsection (c) of this
section, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) For purposes of this section, the term `nontherapeutic use',
with respect to an antimicrobial new animal drug, means any use of such
drug in an animal in the absence of disease, including use for growth
promotion, feed efficiency, or routine disease prevention.''.

Output: Preservation of Antibiotics for Human Treatment Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to refuse to approve an application for an antimicrobial new animal drug when the applicant fails to demonstrate to a reasonable certainty that human health will not be harmed because of the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of such drug.Rescinds within a specified period existing approvals and exemptions concerning the nontherapeutic use of certain antimicrobial drugs until the applicant meets the same standard of lack of harm to human health as required for new animal drugs, including the use of penicillins, tetracyclines, macrolides, lincomycin, bacitracin, virginiamycin, aminoglycosides, and sulfonamides in an animal and fluroroquinolones in poultry.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Declaration of Official Language Act
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. ENGLISH AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.

    (a) In General.--Title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new chapter:

                ``CHAPTER 6--LANGUAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT

``Sec.
``161. Declaration of official language.
``162. Preferred language of communication
``163. Preserving and enhancing the role of the official language
``164. Duties of citizenship.
``165. Reform of naturalization requirement.
``166. Exceptions.
``167. Preemption.
``168. Construction.
``169. Enforcement.
``Sec. 161. Declaration of official language
    ``English is the official language of the Government of the United
States.
``Sec. 162. Preferred language of communication
    ``English is the preferred language of communication among citizens
of the United States.
``Sec. 163. Preserving and enhancing the role of the official language
    ``The Government of the United States shall promote and support the
use of English for communications among United States citizens.
Communications by officers and employees of the Government of the
United States with United States citizens shall be in English.
``Sec. 164. Duties of citizenship
    ``All United States citizens should be encouraged to read, write,
and speak English to the extent of their physical and mental abilities.
``Sec. 165. Reform of naturalization requirements
    ``(a) It has been the long-standing national belief that full
citizenship in the United States requires fluency in English. English
is the language of opportunity for all immigrants to take their
rightful place in American society.
    ``(b) The Immigration and Naturalization Service shall--
            ``(1) enforce the established English language proficiency
        standard for all applicants for United States citizenship, and
            ``(2) conduct all naturalization ceremonies entirely in
        English.
``Sec. 166. Exceptions
    ``This chapter does not apply to the use of a language other than
English for--
            ``(1) religious purposes,
            ``(2) training in foreign languages for international
        communication, or
            ``(3) use of non-English terms of art in government
        documents.
``Sec. 167. Preemption
    ``This chapter preempts any State or Federal law which is
inconsistent with this chapter.
``Sec. 168. Construction
    ``This Act is not intended to affect programs in schools designed
to encourage students to learn foreign languages.
``Sec. 169. Enforcement
    ``(a) Cause of Action.--Whoever is injured by a violation of this
chapter may, in a civil action, obtain appropriate relief.
    ``(b) Attorney's Fees.--In any action under this chapter, the court
may allow a prevailing party, other than the United States, a
reasonable attorney's fee as part of costs.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for title 4, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``6. Language of the Government.............................     161''.
    (c) Repeals.--Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (other than sections 7201 through 7309) is repealed.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF BILINGUAL VOTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Bilingual election requirements.-- Section 203 of the
        Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa-1a) is repealed.
            (2) Voting rights.--Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of
        1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973b) is amended by striking subsection (f).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) References to section 203.--The Voting Rights Act of
        1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) in section 204, by striking ``or 203,''; and
                    (B) in the first sentence of section 205, by
                striking ``, 202, or 203'' and inserting ``or 202''.
            (2) References to section 4.--The Voting Rights Act of 1965
        (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) in sections 2(a), 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 4(d), 5, 6,
                and 13, by striking ``, or in contravention of the
                guarantees set forth in section 4(f)(2)'';
                    (B) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (3) of section 4(a),
                by striking ``or (in the case of a State or subdivision
                seeking a declaratory judgment under the second
                sentence of this subsection) in contravention of the
                guarantees of subsection (f)(2)''; and
                    (C) in paragraphs (1)(B) and (5) of section 4(a),
                by striking ``or (in the case of a State or subdivision
                which sought a declaratory judgment under the second
                sentence of this subsection) that denials or
                abridgments of the right to vote in contravention of
                the guarantees of subsection (f)(2) have occurred
                anywhere in the territory of such State or
                subdivision''.

Output:
Declaration of Official Language Act of 1997 - Declares English to be the official language of the U.S. Government.  States that English is the preferred language of communication among U.S. citizens.  Requires the U.S. Government to promote and support the use of English for communications among U.S. citizens.  Requires communications by officers and employees of the U.S. Government with U.S. citizens to be in English.
Directs the Immigration and Naturalization Service to:  (1) enforce the established English language proficiency standard for all applicants for U.S.  citizenship; and (2) conduct all naturalization ceremonies entirely in English.
Allows anyone injured by a violation of such provisions to obtain appropriate relief in a civil action.  Authorizes the court in any such action to allow a prevailing party, other than the U.S. Government, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of costs.
Repeals the Bilingual Education Act (title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965).
Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal bilingual voting requirements.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Legislative Automatic Spending
Hikes (SLASH) Act of 2008''.

       TITLE I--ELIMINATION OF INEFFECTIVE AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS

SEC. 101. ANNUAL LIST OF AFFECTED AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.

    Before October 1 of each calendar year, the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget shall transmit to Congress a report containing
a list comprised of all agencies and programs that received ineffective
ratings under the most recent program assessment rating tool pursuant
to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-
62; 107 Stat. 285) or three consecutive annual adequate ratings under
that program assessment rating tool and the preceding two program
assessment rating tools.

SEC. 102. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.

    Sixty calendar days after the date upon which the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget transmits a report to Congress under
section 1, all agencies and programs named on such list shall terminate
unless, before the end of such 60-day period, a statute has been
enacted into law stating that all such agencies and programs shall not
terminate.

SEC. 103. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

    Whenever any agency or program is terminated under this Act, all
orders, grants, contracts, and other determinations or actions of that
agency or program that are effective as of the date before the date of
such termination, shall be transferred by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget to an appropriate agency and shall continue in
effect according to their terms unless changed pursuant to law.

SEC. 104. ESTIMATION OF SAVINGS.

    The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall annually
estimate the dollar amount of savings to the Government from the
operation of this title for each calendar year and shall annually
report such dollar amount to the Secretary of the Treasury.

                     TITLE II--REBATES TO TAXPAYERS

SEC. 201. REBATE OF SAVINGS TO TAXPAYERS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 6431. PROGRAM ELIMINATION REBATES.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an eligible taxpayer, there shall
be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the
first taxable year beginning in any calendar year an amount equal to
the program elimination rebate amount determined by the Secretary for
such calendar year.
    ``(b) Program Elimination Rebate Amount.--For purposes of this
section, the term `program elimination rebate amount' means, with
respect to any calendar year, the amount that the Secretary estimates
will result in a reduction in revenue to the Government equal to the
dollar amount of estimated savings reported to the Secretary by the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 104 of
the Stop Legislative Automatic Spending Hikes (SLASH) Act of 2008 for
the preceding calendar year.
    ``(c) Eligible Taxpayer.--For purposes of this section,
            ``(1) In general.--The term `eligible taxpayer' means any
        eligible individual if such taxpayer--
                    ``(A) has qualifying income of at least $3,000, or
                    ``(B) has--
                            ``(i) net income tax liability which is
                        greater than zero, and
                            ``(ii) gross income which is greater than
                        the sum of the basic standard deduction plus
                        the exemption amount (twice the exemption
                        amount in the case of a joint return).
            ``(2) Eligible individual.--The term `eligible individual'
        means any individual other than--
                    ``(A) any nonresident alien individual,
                    ``(B) any individual with respect to whom a
                deduction under section 151 is allowable to another
                taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar
                year in which the individual's taxable year begins, and
                    ``(C) an estate or trust.
            ``(3) Qualifying income.--The term `qualifying income'
        means--
                    ``(A) earned income,
                    ``(B) Social Security benefits (within the meaning
                of section 86(d)), and
                    ``(C) any compensation or pension received under
                chapter 11, chapter 13, or chapter 15 of title 38,
                United States Code.
            ``(4) Net income tax liability.--The term `net income tax
        liability' means the excess of--
                    ``(A) the sum of the taxpayer's regular tax
                liability (within the meaning of section 26(b)) and the
                tax imposed by section 55 for the taxable year, over
                    ``(B) the credits allowed by part IV (other than
                section 24 and subpart C thereof) of subchapter A of
                chapter 1.
    ``(d) Treatment of Credit.--The credit allowed by subsection (a)
shall be treated as allowed by subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of
chapter 1.
    ``(e) Coordination With Advance Refunds of Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of credit which would (but
        for this paragraph) be allowable under this section for any
        taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the
        aggregate refunds and credits made or allowed to the taxpayer
        under subsection (f) with respect to such amount for the
        preceding taxable year. Any failure to so reduce the credit
        shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical
        error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
            ``(2) Joint returns.--In the case of a refund or credit
        made or allowed under subsection (f) with respect to a joint
        return, half of such refund or credit shall be treated as
        having been made or allowed to each individual filing such
        return.
    ``(f) Advance Refunds and Credits.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each individual who was an eligible
        individual for the taxable year preceding any taxable year to
        which subsection (a) applies shall be treated as having made a
        payment against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such preceding
        taxable year in an amount equal to the program elimination
        refund amount determined for the taxable year to which
        subsection (a) applies.
            ``(2) Timing of payments.--The Secretary shall, subject to
        the provisions of this title, refund or credit any overpayment
        attributable to this subsection as rapidly as possible. No
        refund or credit shall be made or allowed under this subsection
        with respect to any taxable year beginning in a calendar year
        after December 31 of the following calendar year.
            ``(3) No interest.--No interest shall be allowed on any
        overpayment attributable to this subsection.
    ``(g) Identification Number Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--No credit shall be allowed under
        subsection (a) to an eligible individual who does not include
        on the return of tax for the taxable year--
                    ``(A) such individual's valid identification
                number, and
                    ``(B) in the case of a joint return, the valid
                identification number of such individual's spouse,
            ``(2) Valid identification number.--For purposes of
        paragraph (1), the term `valid identification number' means a
        Social Security number issued to an individual by the Social
        Security Administration. Such term shall not include a TIN
        issued by the Internal Revenue Service.''.
    (b) Administrative Provisions.--
            (1) Definition of deficiency.--Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and
        6428'' and inserting ``6428 and 6431''.
            (2) Mathematical or clerical error authority.--Section
        6213(g)(2)(L) of such Code is amended by striking ``or 6428''
        and inserting ``6428, or 6431''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United
        States Code, is amended by striking ``or 6428'' inserting
        ``6428, or 6431''.
            (2) The table of section for subchapter B of chapter 65 of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the
        end the following new item:

``Sec. 6431. Program elimination rebates.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

Output:
Stop Legislative Automatic Spending Hikes (SLASH) Act of 2008 - Requires: (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to Congress on all agencies and programs that received ineffective ratings or three consecutive annual adequate ratings under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993; (2) the termination of such agencies and programs unless continued by statute; (3) the transfer of the functions of such terminated agencies and programs to other appropriate agencies; and (4) an annual OMB estimate of the savings under this Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant tax rebates to individual taxpayers from the amounts saved by the termination of ineffective agencies and programs under this Act.


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SECTION 1. REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES AND DEFENSE
              CONTRACTORS FROM IRAQ.

    (a) Commencement of Redeployment.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
commence the redeployment of units and members of the Armed Forces
deployed in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and contractors
operating in Iraq and funded using amounts appropriated to the
Department of Defense.
    (b) Completion of Redeployment.--The Secretary of Defense shall
complete the redeployment of the Armed Forces and defense contractors
from Iraq within 180 days beginning on the date of the commencement of
the redeployment required under subsection (a).
    (c) Prohibition on Use of Funds To Increase Armed Forces Serving in
Iraq.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department
of Defense under any provision of law may not be obligated or expended
to increase the number of members of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq
in excess of the number of members serving in Iraq as of January 1,
2007, unless the increase has been specifically authorized in advance
by an Act of Congress.
    (d) Authority To Determine Locations Outside of Iraq for
Redeployment.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict
the locations outside of Iraq to which units and members of the Armed
Forces redeployed from Iraq may be transferred, including redeployment
to an adjacent or nearby country at the invitation of the government of
the country or redeployment to bolster military forces deployed in
Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
    (e) Authority To Retain Armed Forces in Iraq for Limited
Purposes.--The Secretary of Defense may retain in Iraq members of the
Armed Forces for the purpose of providing security for the United
States Embassy and other United States diplomatic missions in Iraq;
protecting American citizens, including members of the Armed Forces;
serving in roles consistent with customary diplomatic positions;
engaging in targeted special actions limited in duration and scope to
killing or capturing members of al-Qaeda and other terrorist
organizations with global reach; and training and equipping members of
the Iraqi Security Forces. At the request of the Government of Iraq,
the Secretary of Defense may retain in Iraq members of the Army Corps
of Engineers and defense contractors engaged in reconstruction projects
in Iraq, to the extent necessary to complete such projects.
    (f) Availability of Funds for Safe and Orderly Redeployment.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in any Act are immediately available for
obligation and expenditure to plan and execute a safe and orderly
redeployment of the Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq, as
required by this section.
    (g) Transfer of United States Military Facilities in Iraq.--The
President of the United States shall transfer to the Government of Iraq
all right, title, and interest held by the United States in any
military facility in Iraq that was constructed, repaired, or improved
using amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense and occupied by
a unit of the Armed Forces.
    (h) Prohibition on Use of Funds To Further Deploy United States
Armed Forces to Iraq.--Beginning on the date of the completion of the
redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq under subsection (b), funds
appropriated or otherwise made available under any provision of law may
not be obligated or expended to further deploy units or members of the
Armed Forces to Iraq, including through participation in any
multinational force in Iraq, except as provided under subsection (e) or
unless such deployment of units or members of the Armed Forces is
specifically authorized in advance by an Act of Congress.
    (i) Assistance to Iraqi Security Forces and Multinational Forces in
Iraq.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or
otherwise restrict the use of funds available to the Department of
Defense for the purpose of providing financial assistance or equipment
to the Iraqi Security Forces or multinational forces providing security
or training in Iraq at the request of the Government of Iraq.
    (j) Continuation of Diplomatic, Social, and Economic Reconstruction
Activities in Iraq.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prohibit or otherwise restrict the use of funds available to any
department or agency of the United States (other than the Department of
Defense) to carry out diplomatic, social, and economic reconstruction
activities in Iraq at the request of the Government of Iraq.
    (k) Asylum or Other Means of Protection for Iraqi Citizens.--
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise
restrict the authority of the President to arrange asylum or other
means of protection for Iraqi citizens who might be physically
endangered by the redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq.
    (l) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Armed Forces'' has the
meaning given the term in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States
Code.

Output:
Requires the Secretary of Defense: (1) within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to commence the redeployment of units and members of the Armed Forces (U.S. forces) deployed in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and defense contractors operating in Iraq and funded using amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) to complete such redeployment within 180 days after its commencement.

Prohibits the use of DOD funds to increase the number of U.S. forces serving in Iraq in excess of the number of U.S. forces serving in Iraq as of January 1, 2007, unless specifically authorized by Congress.

Authorizes the Secretary to retain in Iraq U.S. forces for: (1) providing security for embassy and diplomatic missions; (2) protecting American citizens; (3) serving in roles consistent with diplomatic positions; (4) engaging in targeted special actions of killing or capturing members of al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations with global reach; and (5) training and equipping members of the Iraqi Security Forces.

Makes funds immediately available to plan and execute a redeployment of U.S. forces and defense contractors from Iraq.

Requires the President to transfer to the government of Iraq all right, title, and interest held by the United States in any military facility in Iraq that was constructed, repaired, or improved using amounts appropriated to DOD and occupied by U.S. forces.

Prohibits any funds from being used to further deploy U.S. forces to Iraq after completion of the redeployment, unless specifically authorized by Congress.

Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed to: (1) restrict the locations outside of Iraq to which U.S. forces redeployed from Iraq may be transferred; (2) prohibit or otherwise restrict the use of funds available to DOD for the purpose of providing financial assistance or equipment to the Iraqi Security Forces or multinational forces providing security or training in Iraq at the request of the government of Iraq; (3) prohibit or otherwise restrict the use of funds available to any department or agency of the United States (other than DOD) to carry out diplomatic, social, and economic reconstruction activities in Iraq at the request of the government of Iraq; and (4) prohibit or otherwise restrict the authority of the President to arrange asylum or other means of protection for Iraqi citizens who might be physically endangered by the redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Immunization Incentive Act of
1993''.

SEC. 2. AFDC BENEFITS DENIED FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED
              PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE OR IMMUNIZATIONS.

    Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (44);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (45) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (45) the following:
            ``(46) provide that--
                    ``(A) aid under the plan shall not be payable with
                respect to any child who has not attained the age of 6
                years, unless the State agency has received from 1 or
                more physicians written verification (on a form
                prescribed by the State)--
                            ``(i) that the child has been examined by a
                        physician not less frequently than--
                                    ``(I) in the case of a child who
                                has not attained the age of 19 months,
                                every 6 months since the child was
                                born; and
                                    ``(II) in the case of any other
                                child, every 6 months until the child
                                attained the age of 19 months, and
                                every year thereafter;
                            ``(ii) that the child has been immunized in
                        accordance with recommendations issued by the
                        Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;
                        and
                            ``(iii) of any contraindication which
                        exempts the child from receiving an
                        immunization;
                    ``(B) the State will conduct appropriate education
                and outreach activities designed to--
                            ``(i) increase public awareness of the
                        importance of preventive health care and
                        immunizations for pre-school children; and
                            ``(ii) inform the public about--
                                    ``(I) the availability of
                                preventive health care and immunization
                                services for pre-school children;
                                    ``(II) any transportation, child
                                care, or other support services that
                                may be available to assist parents in
                                obtaining such services for their
                                children; and
                                    ``(III) the clinics at which any
                                child may receive immunizations free or
                                at a reduced charge.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

    Section 658E(2) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
(42 U.S.C. 9858c(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F)--
                    (A) in clause (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end,
                    (B) in clause (iii) by striking the period at the
                end and inserting ``; and'',
                    (C) by inserting after subclause (III), as so
                redesignated, the following:
                            ``(iv) a requirement that such providers
                        require with respect to each child who receives
                        child care services from any of such providers
                        that certificates signed by a physician who
                        verifies that such child has been immunized in
                        accordance with recommendations issued by the
                        Surgeon General of the Public Health Service be
                        submitted, at required intervals and in
                        accordance with rules issued by the Secretary,
                        to the child care provider involved.'', and
                    (D) by striking the last sentence, and
            (2) in subparagraph (G<plus-minus>)--
                    (i) by inserting ``(i)'' before ``Provide'', and
                    (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(ii) For the purpose of enforcing the requirement
                described in subparagraph (F)(iv), such procedures
                shall ensure that each of such providers gives to
                parents of each child who receives child care services
                from the provider involved written notice of--
                            ``(I) each immunization requirement
                        applicable to such child;
                            ``(II) an opportunity of not less than 30
                        days, and not more than 45 days, to correct the
                        failure to satisfy such requirement; and
                            ``(III) the fact that child care services
                        for such child will be terminated for failure
                        to satisfy such requirement before the
                        expiration of the 45-day period beginning on
                        the date such notice is received.''.

SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF IMMUNIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SURGEON GENERAL
              OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.

    After taking into consideration the then most recent report of the
Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service shall issue, and
revise from time to time, recommendations for the immunization of
children under 6 years of age. With respect to each recommended
immunization, such recommendation shall include--
            (1) contraindications (if any) that should be identified to
        exempt a child from receiving such immunization, and
            (2) remedial action that may be taken to minimize the
        adverse effect of failure to administer such immunization to a
        child at the recommended age.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c),
this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Section 2 Amendments.--The amendments made by
section 2 shall apply, without regard to whether regulations to
implement the amendments have been promulgated, to--
            (1) payments to individuals under State plan approved under
        part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, for months
        ending after the 120-day period that begins with the date of
        the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) payments to States under such part for calendar
        quarters ending after such 120-day period.
    (c) Application of Section 3 Amendments.--The amendments made by
section 3 shall not apply with respect to fiscal years beginning before
the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output:
Child Immunization Incentive Act of 1993 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to:  (1) deny AFDC for children under six who have not received periodic examinations by a physician or immunizations; and (2) require State outreach activities with respect to preventive health care and immunizations for pre-school children.
Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act to require providers assisted under such Act to require each child receiving their services to receive immunizations in accordance with the recommendations issued by the Surgeon General pursuant to this Act.


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SECTION 1. MEDICARE FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE PREVENTION SOLUTION.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
        (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall
        develop and implement a fraud, waste, and abuse comprehensive
        pre-payment review prevention system (in this section referred
        to as the ``Prevention System'') for reviewing claims for
        reimbursement under the Medicare Program under title XVIII of
        the Social Security Act (in this section referred to as the
        ``Medicare Program'').
            (2) Implementation.--The Secretary shall carry out the
        Prevention System acting through the Center for Program
        Integrity of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
    (b) Selection of Claims Across All Provider Types.--The Prevention
System shall cover all types of providers of services and suppliers
under the Medicare Program, but may be limited to a subset of claim
segments.
    (c) System Design Elements.--To the extent practicable, the
Prevention System, shall--
            (1) be holistic;
            (2) be able to view and analyze all provider of services,
        supplier, and patient activities from multiple providers of
        services and suppliers under the Medicare Program;
            (3) be able to be integrated into the health care claims
        flow in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act
        with minimal effort, time, and cost;
            (4) be designed to use technologies, including predictive
        modeling, that can utilize integrated near real-time
        transaction risk scoring and referral strategy capabilities to
        identify transactions, patterns, anomalies, and linkages that
        are statistically unusual or suspicious and can undertake
        analysis before payment is made and that prioritizes unusual or
        suspicious claims in terms of likelihood of potential fraud,
        waste, or abuse to more efficiently utilize investigative
        resources;
            (5) be designed to--
                    (A) allow for ease of integration into multiple
                points along the claims flow under the Medicare Program
                (pre-adjudication and post-adjudication of such claims)
                in order to demonstratively show that the system ranks
                the likelihood of high-risk behavior patterns and of
                fraud, waste, or abuse; and
                    (B) utilize experimental design methodology to
                monitor and measure the performance between the control
                treatments (which shall be the methods and assessments
                used as of the day before the date of the enactment of
                this Act to address fraud, waste, and abuse under the
                Medicare Program) and test treatments (which shall be
                the Prevention System identification of such fraud,
                waste, and abuse and actions taken pursuant to such
                system to address such fraud, waste, and abuse); and
            (6) be provided through competitively bid contracts using
        the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
    (d) System Operation.--
            (1) Scoring and near real-time analysis.--
                    (A) In general.--The Prevention System shall
                identify high-risk Medicare claims by scoring all such
                claims in near real-time, prior to the Centers for
                Medicare & Medicaid Services making payment on such
                claims under the Medicare Program.
                    (B) Use of scores.--The scores under subparagraph
                (A) shall be communicated to the fraud management
                system under subsection (f).
                    (C) Near real-time analysis.--Under the Prevention
                System, the near real-time analysis of Medicare claims
                data shall be conducted in a manner that ensures--
                            (i) prompt identification of fraud, waste,
                        and abuse; and
                            (ii) prompt payment of legitimate claims.
            (2) Predictive modeling.--The Prevention System shall
        involve the implementation of a statistically sound,
        empirically derived predictive modeling technology that is
        designed to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse (by identifying
        such fraud, waste, and abuse before payment is made under the
        Medicare Program on related claims). The Prevention System
        shall use a predictive model to identify fraud, waste, and
        abuse that is--
                    (A) based on historical transaction data, from
                across all markets and regions available, to build and
                continuously re-develop scoring models that are capable
                of incorporating external data and external models from
                other sources into the predictive model; and
                    (B) regularly updated, through the feedback loop
                under subsection (g), to provide information and
                incorporate data on reimbursement claims that is
                collected through the Prevention System, including
                information gathered through the investigation of
                claims for reimbursement under the Medicare Program
                that the system identifies as being potentially
                fraudulent, wasteful, or abusive.
            (3) Protections for patients and providers.--The
        identification of an unusual or suspect Medicare claim by the
        Prevention System shall--
                    (A) not result in the denial of items or services
                to an individual under the Medicare Program until such
                claim is further reviewed by the Secretary; and
                    (B) not result in a failure to comply with prompt
                payment requirements under applicable law.
            (4) Compliance with hipaa.--Any data collected, stored, or
        reviewed under the Prevention System shall be treated in a
        manner that is in accordance with the regulations promulgated
        under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and
        Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2 note) and any
        other applicable law.
    (e) Treatment of Data.--
            (1) In general.--The Prevention System shall be a high
        volume, rapid, near real-time information technology solution,
        which includes data pooling and scoring capabilities to quickly
        and accurately capture and evaluate data.
            (2) Data sources.--The Prevention System shall, for
        purposes of preventing fraud, waste, and abuse under the
        Medicare Program--
                    (A) use data from claims for reimbursement under
                the Medicare Program contained in existing files of
                Medicare claims data, including the Common Working File
                of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; and
                    (B) to the extent practicable, pool data from all
                available Government sources (including the Death
                Master File of the Social Security Administration).
            (3) Data storage.--The Prevention System shall be stored in
        an industry standard secure data environment that complies with
        applicable Federal privacy laws for use in building Medicare
        fraud, waste, and abuse prevention predictive models that have
        a comprehensive view of provider and supplier activity across
        all markets, geographic areas, and provider and supplier types.
    (f) Fraud Management System.--
            (1) In general.--The Prevention System shall utilize a
        fraud management system containing workflow management and
        workstation tools to provide the ability to systematically
        present score, reason codes, and treatment actions for high-
        risk scored transactions, as determined under subsection (d).
            (2) Review of claims.--The fraud management system under
        paragraph (1) shall ensure that analysts who review Medicare
        claims have the capability to access, review, and research
        claims efficiently, as well as decline or approve payments on
        claims in an automated manner.
    (g) Feedback Loop.--
            (1) In general.--The Prevention System shall utilize a
        feedback loop to gain access to outcome information on
        adjudicated Medicare claims so future system enhancements can
        utilize previous experience.
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of the feedback loop under
        paragraph (1) is to--
                    (A) enable the Secretary to measure--
                            (i) the actual amount of fraud, waste, and
                        abuse under the Medicare Program; and
                            (ii) any savings to the Medicare Program
                        resulting from implementation of the Prevention
                        System; and
                    (B) provide necessary data to develop future,
                enhanced models for use in the Prevention System.
            (3) Analysis of final claims status.--The feedback loop
        under paragraph (1) shall analyze data from all carriers to
        provide post-payment information about the eventual status of a
        Medicare claim as ``Normal'', ``Fraud'', ``Waste'', ``Abuse'',
        or ``Education required''.
    (h) Claims Review Prior to Payment.--
            (1) Review before payment.--Subject to paragraph (2), if a
        claim for reimbursement under the Medicare Program is selected
        for review under the Prevention System, the Secretary shall not
        make a payment on such claim until such claim has been reviewed
        under the system. In order to carry out this paragraph, the
        Secretary shall ensure that appropriate controls and technology
        are in place to assess and measure the effectiveness of the
        Prevention System, predictive models used under such system,
        and the overall strategy for Medicare claims review.
            (2) Timely review.--
                    (A) In general.--The review of a claim under the
                Prevention System shall occur in a timely manner.
                    (B) Application of prompt payment requirements.--
                The limitation on payment under paragraph (1) shall not
                interfere with the prompt payment of a Medicare claim
                in accordance with applicable law.
            (3) Manual review.--If automated technology presents a
        score, reason code, or treatment action for a claim that is
        scored as ``high-risk,'' the Prevention System shall provide
        for manual review of medical records related to such claim by
        both clinical and fraud investigators to ensure accuracy and
        mitigate false positive events.
            (4) Self-audit review.--The Secretary may use self-audit
        practices by providers and suppliers under the Prevention
        System in a manner such that once high-risk claims are
        identified through the predictive modeling, providers and
        suppliers are offered the opportunity to adjust or withdraw
        their claims.
            (5) Denial of payment for fraudulent claims.--Under the
        Prevention System, if automated technology of a claim under
        paragraph (3) and manual review under paragraph (4) confirm
        fraud has occurred, the Secretary may deny payment of such
        claim.
    (i) Annual Assessment Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the
        implementation of the Prevention System, the Secretary, through
        the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health
        and Human Services, shall submit to Congress a report on the
        implementation of such system.
            (2) Contents.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) may
        contain--
                    (A) a detailed assessment of the Prevention
                System's success in identifying fraud, waste, and
                abuse;
                    (B) the costs of operating the Prevention System;
                and
                    (C) an analysis of the overall return on investment
                for the Prevention System.
    (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary.
    (k) Expansion.--If the Secretary determines that the Prevention
System results in savings to the Medicare Program, the Secretary shall
expand the project throughout Federal health programs, including the
Medicaid Program under title XIX of the Social Security Act and the
Children's Health Insurance Program under title XXI of such Act.

Output:
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and implement a fraud, waste, and abuse comprehensive prepayment review Prevention System for reviewing claims for reimbursement under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to carry out the system acting through the Center for Program Integrity of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Requires the Prevention System to cover all types of providers and suppliers under the Medicare program, but allows it to be limited to a subset of claim segments.

Requires the Prevention System to: (1) be a high volume, rapid, near real-time information technology solution which includes data pooling and scoring capabilities to quickly and accurately capture and evaluate data; (2) identify high-risk Medicare claims by scoring all such claims in near real-time before payment is made; (3) involve a statistically sound, empirically derived predictive modeling technology; and (4) utilize a fraud management system that presents score, reason codes, and treatment actions for high-risk scored transactions, and a feedback loop to gain access to outcome information on adjudicated Medicare claims.

Prohibits the Secretary from making a payment on a claim selected for review until it has been reviewed under the System.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Home Energy Savings Incentives Act
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR CERTAIN NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Section 25C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 25C. NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--In the case of an individual, there
shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter
for the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of--
            ``(1) $10 for each therm of certified natural gas savings
        attributable to qualified energy efficiency expenditures made
        during the taxable year, and
            ``(2) $0.65 for each kilowatt hour of certified electricity
        savings attributable to qualified energy efficiency
        expenditures made during the taxable year.
    ``(b) Lifetime Limitation.--The credit allowed under this section
with respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year shall not exceed the
excess (if any) of $5,000 over the aggregate credits allowed under this
section with respect to such taxpayer for all prior taxable years.
    ``(c) Qualified Energy Efficiency Expenditures.--For purposes of
this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified energy efficiency
        expenditures' means expenditures made by the taxpayer, after
        consultation with a qualified individual described in
        subsection (d)(2)(C), for the improvement of a dwelling unit of
        the taxpayer located in the United States and used by the
        taxpayer as the taxpayer's principal residence.
            ``(2) No double benefit for certain expenditures.--The term
        `qualified energy efficiency expenditures' shall not include
        any expenditure for which a deduction or credit is otherwise
        allowed under this chapter.
            ``(3) Principal residence.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `principal residence'
                has the same meaning as when used in section 121,
                except that--
                            ``(i) no ownership requirement shall be
                        imposed, and
                            ``(ii) the period for which a building is
                        treated as used as a principal residence shall
                        also include the 60-day period ending on the
                        1st day on which it would (but for this
                        subparagraph) first be treated as used as a
                        principal residence.
                    ``(B) Manufactured housing.--The term `residence'
                shall include a dwelling unit which is a manufactured
                home conforming to Federal Manufactured Home
                Construction and Safety Standards (24 C.F.R. 3280).
    ``(d) Certified Natural Gas Savings; Certified Electricity
Savings.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Certified natural gas savings.--The term
                `certified natural gas savings' means, with respect to
                any taxable year, the amount, measured in therms on an
                average annual basis, which is equal to the excess of--
                            ``(i) 85 percent of the amount of natural
                        gas which would be consumed with respect to the
                        dwelling unit of the taxpayer if the qualified
                        energy efficiency expenditures with respect to
                        such taxable year were not made, as certified
                        in accordance with paragraph (2), over
                            ``(ii) the amount of such natural gas
                        consumption with respect to such dwelling unit
                        determined by taking into account the qualified
                        energy efficiency expenditures made during such
                        taxable year, as certified in accordance with
                        paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Certified electricity savings.--The term
                `certified electricity savings' means, with respect to
                any taxable year, the amount, measured in kilowatt
                hours on an annual basis, which is equal to the excess
                of--
                            ``(i) 85 percent of the amount of
                        electricity which would be consumed with
                        respect to the dwelling unit of the taxpayer if
                        the qualified energy efficiency expenditures
                        with respect to such taxable year were not
                        made, as certified in accordance with paragraph
                        (2), over
                            ``(ii) the amount of electricity
                        consumption with respect to such dwelling unit
                        determined by taking into account the qualified
                        energy efficiency expenditures made during such
                        taxable year, as certified in accordance with
                        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Certification.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall prescribe
                the manner and method for the making of certifications
                under this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Procedures.--The Secretary shall include as
                part of the certification process procedures for
                inspection and testing by qualified individuals
                described in subparagraph (C) to ensure compliance of
                dwelling units with the requirements of this section.
                Such procedures shall be similar to the requirements in
                the Mortgage Industry National Accreditation Procedures
                for Home Energy Rating Systems.
                    ``(C) Qualified individuals.--Individuals qualified
                to determine compliance shall be only those individuals
                who are recognized by an organization certified by the
                Secretary for such purposes.
    ``(e) Special Rules.--For purposes of this section, rules similar
to the rules under paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) of
section 25D(e) shall apply.
    ``(f) Basis Adjustments.--For purposes of this subtitle, if a
credit is allowed under this section with respect to any expenditure
with respect to any property, the increase in the basis of such
property which would (but for this subsection) result from such
expenditure shall be reduced by the amount of the credit so allowed.
    ``(g) Termination.--This section shall not apply with respect to
any property placed in service after December 31, 2007.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1016(a)(34) is amended by
striking ``25C(e)'' and inserting ``section 25C(f)''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2005.

Output:
Home Energy Savings Incentives Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow an individual taxpayer a credit equal to $10 for each therm of certified natural gas savings and $0.65 for each kilowatt hour of certified electricity savings attributable to energy efficiency improvements made to the taxpayer's principal residence. Limits the amount of such credit to $5,000, less credits received for all prior taxable years.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the manner and method for making energy savings certifications for purposes of the tax credit.

 Terminates the credit after December 31, 2007.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Computer Security Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the
        term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.
            (2) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means an
        agency that operates a Federal computer system that provides
        access to classified information or personally identifiable
        information.
            (3) Logical access control.--The term ``logical access
        control'' means a process of granting or denying specific
        requests to obtain and use information and related information
        processing services.
            (4) Multi-factor logical access controls.--The term
        ``multi-factor logical access controls'' means a set of not
        less than 2 of the following logical access controls:
                    (A) Information that is known to the user, such as
                a password or personal identification number.
                    (B) An access device that is provided to the user,
                such as a cryptographic identification device or token.
                    (C) A unique biometric characteristic of the user.

SEC. 3. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON FEDERAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 240 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each covered agency
shall each submit to the Comptroller General of the United States and
the appropriate committees of jurisdiction in the Senate and the House
of Representatives a report, which shall include information collected
from the covered agency for the contents described in subsection (b)
regarding the Federal computer systems of the covered agency.
    (b) Contents.--The report submitted by each Inspector General of a
covered agency under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the
covered agency, the following:
            (1) A description of the logical access standards used by
        the covered agency to access a Federal computer system that
        provides access to classified or personally identifiable
        information, including--
                    (A) in aggregate, a list and description of logical
                access controls used to access such a Federal computer
                system; and
                    (B) whether the covered agency is using multi-
                factor logical access controls to access such a Federal
                computer system.
            (2) If the covered agency does not use logical access
        controls or multi-factor logical access controls to access a
        Federal computer system that provides access to classified or
        personally identifiable information, a description of the
        reasons for not using such logical access controls or multi-
        factor logical access controls.
            (3) A description of the following data security management
        practices used by the covered agency:
                    (A) The policies and procedures followed to conduct
                inventories of the software present on the Federal
                computer systems of the covered agency and the licenses
                associated with such software.
                    (B) Whether the covered agency has entered into a
                licensing agreement for the use of software security
                controls to monitor and detect exfiltration and other
                threats, including--
                            (i) data loss prevention software; or
                            (ii) digital rights management software.
                    (C) A description of how the covered agency is
                using software described in subparagraph (B).
                    (D) If the covered agency has not entered into a
                licensing agreement for the use of, or is otherwise not
                using, software described in subparagraph (B), a
                description of the reasons for not entering into such a
                licensing agreement or using such software.
            (4) A description of the policies and procedures of the
        covered agency with respect to ensuring that entities,
        including contractors, that provide services to the covered
        agency are implementing the data security management practices
        described in paragraph (3).
    (c) Existing Review.--The report required under this section may be
based in whole or in part on an audit, evaluation, or report relating
to programs or practices of the covered agency, and may be submitted as
part of another report, including the report required under section
3555 of title 44, United States Code.
    (d) Classified Information.--A report submitted under this section
shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
    (e) Availability to Members of Congress.--A report submitted under
this section shall be made available upon request by any Member of
Congress.

SEC. 4. GAO ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND REPORT ON FEDERAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to
Congress a report examining, including an economic analysis of, any
impediments to agency use of effective security software and security
devices.
    (b) Classified Information.--A report submitted under this section
shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

Output: Federal Computer Security Act Directs the Inspector General of each executive agency that operates a federal computer system that provides access to classified information or personally identifiable information to submit to the Comptroller General and specified congressional committees a report that includes:  a description of the logical access standards used by the agency to access such system, including whether the agency is using multi-factor logical access controls for such access; if the agency does not use such access controls, a description of the reasons for not doing so; a description of the data security management practices used by the agency, including the policies and procedures for conducting inventories of software and associated licenses, an indication that the agency has entered into a licensing agreement for the use of software security controls to monitor and detect threats, or an explanation for why it has not entered such an agreement; and a description of agency policies and procedures for ensuring that entities that provide services to the agency are implementing data security management practices.  Directs the Comptroller General to submit a report on any impediments to agency use of effective security software and security devices.


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SECTION 1. PAYROLL TAX FORGIVENESS FOR HIRING UNEMPLOYED WORKERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3111 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
    ``(d) Special Exemption for Certain Individuals Hired in 2010.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to wages
        paid by a qualified employer with respect to employment during
        the period beginning on the day after the date of the enactment
        of this subsection and ending on December 31, 2010, of any
        qualified individual for services performed--
                    ``(A) in a trade or business of such qualified
                employer, or
                    ``(B) in the case of a qualified employer exempt
                from tax under section 501(a), in furtherance of the
                activities related to the purpose or function
                constituting the basis of the employer's exemption
                under section 501.
            ``(2) Qualified employer.--For purposes of this
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified employer'
                means any employer other than the United States, any
                State, or any political subdivision thereof, or any
                instrumentality of the foregoing.
                    ``(B) Treatment of employees of post-secondary
                educational institutions.--Notwithstanding subparagraph
                (A), the term `qualified employer' includes any
                employer which is a public institution of higher
                education (as defined in section 101(b) of the Higher
                Education Act of 1965).
            ``(3) Qualified individual.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `qualified individual' means any
        individual who--
                    ``(A) begins employment with a qualified employer
                after February 3, 2010, and before January 1, 2011,
                    ``(B) certifies by signed affidavit, under
                penalties of perjury, that such individual has not been
                employed for more than 40 hours during the 60-day
                period ending on the date such individual begins such
                employment,
                    ``(C) is not employed by the qualified employer to
                replace another employee of such employer unless such
                other employee separated from employment voluntarily or
                for cause, and
                    ``(D) is not an individual described in section
                51(i)(1) (applied by substituting `qualified employer'
                for `taxpayer' each place it appears).
            ``(4) Election.--A qualified employer may elect to have
        this subsection not apply. Such election shall be made in such
        manner as the Secretary may require.''.
    (b) Coordination With Work Opportunity Credit.--Section 51(c) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Coordination with payroll tax forgiveness.--The term
        `wages' shall not include any amount paid or incurred to a
        qualified individual (as defined in section 3111(d)(3)) during
        the 1-year period beginning on the hiring date of such
        individual by a qualified employer (as defined in section
        3111(d)) unless such qualified employer makes an election not
        to have section 3111(d) apply.''.
    (c) Transfers to Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund
established under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
401) amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by
reason of the amendments made by subsection (a). Amounts appropriated
by the preceding sentence shall be transferred from the general fund at
such times and in such manner as to replicate to the extent possible
the transfers which would have occurred to such Trust Fund had such
amendments not been enacted.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to wages paid after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. BUSINESS CREDIT FOR RETENTION OF CERTAIN NEWLY HIRED
              INDIVIDUALS IN 2010.

    (a) In General.--In the case of any taxable year ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the current year business credit
determined under section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for
such taxable year shall be increased by an amount equal to the product
of--
            (1) $1,000, and
            (2) the number of retained workers with respect to which
        subsection (b)(2) is first satisfied during such taxable year.
    (b) Limitation.--The increase determined under subsection (a) with
respect to any retained worker shall not exceed an amount equal to 4
percent of the wages (as defined in section 3401(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986) with respect to such retained worker for the 52
consecutive week period described in subsection (c)(2).
    (c) Retained Worker.--For purposes of this section, the term
``retained worker'' means any qualified individual (as defined in
section 3111(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)--
            (1) who was employed by the taxpayer on any date during the
        taxable year,
            (2) who was so employed by the taxpayer for a period of not
        less than 52 consecutive weeks, and
            (3) whose wages for such employment during the last 26
        weeks of such period equaled at least 80 percent of such wages
        for the first 26 weeks of such period.
    (d) Limitation on Carrybacks.--No portion of the unused business
credit under section 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any
taxable year which is attributable to the increase in the current year
business credit under this section may be carried to a taxable year
beginning before the date of the enactment of this section.

Output:
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt for-profit and nonprofit employers, including public institutions of higher education, from social security taxes in 2010 for new employees who are hired after February 3, 2010, and before January 1, 2011, and who certify that they have not worked more than 40 hours during the last 60 days; and (2) allow an increase in the general business tax credit for the retention of such employees for at least one year at specified wage levels. Prohibits any carryback of unused business tax credit amounts.

Appropriates to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund under title II of the Social Security Act amounts necessary to cover any reduction in revenues resulting from the tax exemptions provided by this Act.