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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``EMTALA Regulatory Improvement Act of
2003''.

SEC. 2. EMTALA IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Notification of Providers When EMTALA Investigation Closed.--
Section 1867(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 42 U.S.C.
1395dd(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Notice upon closing an investigation.--The Secretary
        shall establish a procedure to notify hospitals and physicians
        when an investigation under this section is closed.''.
    (b) Prior Review by Peer Review Organizations in EMTALA Cases
Involving Termination of Participation.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1867(d)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        1395dd(d)(3)) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ``or in
                terminating a hospital's participation under this
                title'' after ``in imposing sanctions under paragraph
                (1)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new
                sentences: ``Except in the case in which a delay would
                jeopardize the health or safety of individuals, the
                Secretary shall also request such a review before
                making a compliance determination as part of the
                process of terminating a hospital's participation under
                this title for violations related to the
                appropriateness of a medical screening examination,
                stabilizing treatment, or an appropriate transfer as
                required by this section, and shall provide a period of
                5 days for such review. The Secretary shall provide a
                copy of the organization's report to the hospital or
                physician consistent with confidentiality requirements
                imposed on the organization under such part B.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)
        shall apply to terminations of participation initiated on or
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ACTIVE LABOR ACT (EMTALA)
              TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a Technical
Advisory Group (in this section referred to as the ``Advisory Group'')
to review issues related to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor
Act (EMTALA) and its implementation. In this section, the term
``EMTALA'' refers to the provisions of section 1867 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395dd).
    (b) Membership.--The Advisory Group shall be composed of 19
members, including the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services and the Inspector General of the Department of Health
and Human Services and of which--
            (1) 4 shall be representatives of hospitals, including at
        least one public hospital, that have experience with the
        application of EMTALA and at least 2 of which have not been
        cited for EMTALA violations;
            (2) 7 shall be practicing physicians drawn from the fields
        of emergency medicine, cardiology or cardiothoracic surgery,
        orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, pediatrics or a pediatric
        subspecialty, obstetrics-gynecology, and psychiatry, with not
        more than one physician from any particular field;
            (3) 2 shall represent patients;
            (4) 2 shall be staff involved in EMTALA investigations from
        different regional offices of the Centers for Medicare &
        Medicaid Services; and
            (5) 1 shall be from a State survey office involved in
        EMTALA investigations and 1 shall be from a peer review
        organization, both of whom shall be from areas other than the
        regions represented under paragraph (4).
In selecting members described in paragraphs (1) through (3), the
Secretary shall consider qualified individuals nominated by
organizations representing providers and patients.
    (c) General Responsibilities.--The Advisory Group--
            (1) shall review EMTALA regulations;
            (2) may provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary
        with respect to those regulations and their application to
        hospitals and physicians;
            (3) shall solicit comments and recommendations from
        hospitals, physicians, and the public regarding the
        implementation of such regulations; and
            (4) may disseminate information on the application of such
        regulations to hospitals, physicians, and the public.
    (d) Administrative Matters.--
            (1) Chairperson.--The members of the Advisory Group shall
        elect a member to serve as chairperson of the Advisory Group
        for the life of the Advisory Group.
            (2) Meetings.--The Advisory Group shall first meet at the
        direction of the Secretary. The Advisory Group shall then meet
        twice per year and at such other times as the Advisory Group
        may provide.
    (e) Termination.--The Advisory Group shall terminate 30 months
after the date of its first meeting.
    (f) Waiver of Administrative Limitation.--The Secretary shall
establish the Advisory Group notwithstanding any limitation that may
apply to the number of advisory committees that may be established
(within the Department of Health and Human Services or otherwise).

Output: EMTALA Regulatory Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a procedure to notify hospitals and physicians when an investigation under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is closed.Directs the Secretary to establish a Technical Advisory Group to review issues related to EMTALA and its implementation.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Injury Surgical Systems
Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths
Act'' or the ``MISSION ZERO Act''.

SEC. 2. MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PARTNERSHIP FOR TRAUMA READINESS GRANT
              PROGRAM.

    Title XII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following new part:

``PART I--MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PARTNERSHIP FOR TRAUMA READINESS GRANT
                                PROGRAM

``SEC. 1291. MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PARTNERSHIP FOR TRAUMA READINESS
              GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Military Trauma Team Placement Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to not
        more than 20 eligible high-acuity trauma centers to enable
        military trauma teams to provide, on a full-time basis, trauma
        care and related acute care at such trauma centers.
            ``(2) Limitations.--In the case of a grant awarded under
        paragraph (1) to an eligible high-acuity trauma center, such
        grant--
                    ``(A) shall be for a period of at least 3 years and
                not more than 5 years (and may be renewed at the end of
                such period); and
                    ``(B) shall be in an amount that does not exceed
                $1,000,000 per year.
            ``(3) Availability of funds after performance period.--
        Notwithstanding section 1552 of title 31, United States Code,
        or any other provision of law, funds available to the Secretary
        for obligation for a grant under this subsection shall remain
        available for expenditure for 100 days after the last day of
        the performance period of such grant.
    ``(b) Military Trauma Care Provider Placement Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to
        eligible trauma centers to enable military trauma care
        providers to provide trauma care and related acute care at such
        trauma centers.
            ``(2) Limitations.--In the case of a grant awarded under
        paragraph (1) to an eligible trauma center, such grant--
                    ``(A) shall be for a period of at least 1 year and
                not more than 3 years (and may be renewed at the end of
                such period); and
                    ``(B) shall be in an amount that does not exceed,
                in a year--
                            ``(i) $100,000 for each military trauma
                        care provider that is a physician at such
                        eligible trauma center; and
                            ``(ii) $50,000 for each other military
                        trauma care provider at such eligible trauma
                        center.
    ``(c) Grant Requirements.--
            ``(1) Deployment.--As a condition of receipt of a grant
        under this section, a grant recipient shall agree to allow
        military trauma care providers providing care pursuant to such
        grant to be deployed by the Secretary of Defense for military
        operations, for training, or for response to a mass casualty
        incident.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--Grants awarded under this section to
        an eligible trauma center may be used to train and incorporate
        military trauma care providers into such trauma center,
        including expenditures for malpractice insurance, office space,
        information technology, specialty education and supervision,
        trauma programs, research, and State license fees for such
        military trauma care providers.
    ``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to affect the extent to which State licensing requirements
for health care professionals are preempted by other Federal law from
applying to military trauma care providers.
    ``(e) Reporting Requirements.--
            ``(1) Report to the secretary and the secretary of
        defense.--Each eligible trauma center or eligible high-acuity
        trauma center awarded a grant under subsection (a) or (b) for a
        year shall submit to the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense
        a report for such year that includes information on--
                    ``(A) the number and types of trauma cases managed
                by military trauma teams or military trauma care
                providers pursuant to such grant during such year;
                    ``(B) the financial impact of such grant on the
                trauma center;
                    ``(C) the educational impact on resident trainees
                in centers where military trauma teams are assigned;
                    ``(D) any research conducted during such year
                supported by such grant; and
                    ``(E) any other information required by the
                Secretaries for the purpose of evaluating the effect of
                such grant.
            ``(2) Report to congress.--Not less than once every 2
        years, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
        Defense, shall submit a report to Congress that includes
        information on the effect of placing military trauma care
        providers in trauma centers awarded grants under this section
        on--
                    ``(A) maintaining readiness of military trauma care
                providers for battlefield injuries;
                    ``(B) providing health care to civilian trauma
                patients in both urban and rural settings;
                    ``(C) the capability to respond to surges in trauma
                cases, including as a result of a large scale event;
                and
                    ``(D) the financial State of the trauma centers.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this part:
            ``(1) Eligible trauma center.--The term `eligible trauma
        center' means a Level I, II, or III trauma center that
        satisfies each of the following:
                    ``(A) Such trauma center has an agreement with the
                Secretary of Defense to enable military trauma care
                providers to provide trauma care and related acute care
                at such trauma center.
                    ``(B) Such trauma center utilizes a risk-adjusted
                benchmarking system to measure performance and
                outcomes, such as the Trauma Quality Improvement
                Program of the American College of Surgeons.
                    ``(C) Such trauma center demonstrates a need for
                integrated military trauma care providers to maintain
                or improve the trauma clinical capability of such
                trauma center.
            ``(2) Eligible high-acuity trauma center.--The term
        `eligible high-acuity trauma center' means a Level I trauma
        center that satisfies each of the following:
                    ``(A) Such trauma center has an agreement with the
                Secretary of Defense to enable military trauma teams to
                provide trauma care and related acute care at such
                trauma center.
                    ``(B) At least 20 percent of patients of such
                trauma center in the most recent 3-month period for
                which data is available are treated for a major trauma
                at such trauma center.
                    ``(C) Such trauma center utilizes a risk-adjusted
                benchmarking system to measure performance and
                outcomes, such as the Trauma Quality Improvement
                Program of the American College of Surgeons.
                    ``(D) Such trauma center is an academic training
                center--
                            ``(i) affiliated with a medical school;
                            ``(ii) that maintains residency programs
                        and fellowships in critical trauma specialties
                        and subspecialties, and provides education and
                        supervision of military trauma team members
                        according to those specialties and
                        subspecialties; and
                            ``(iii) that undertakes research in the
                        prevention and treatment of traumatic injury.
                    ``(E) Such trauma center serves as a disaster
                response leader for its community, such as by
                participating in a partnership for State and regional
                hospital preparedness established under section 319C-2.
            ``(3) Major trauma.--The term `major trauma' means an
        injury that is greater than or equal to 15 on the injury
        severity score.
            ``(4) Military trauma team.--The term `military trauma
        team' means a complete military trauma team consisting of
        military trauma care providers.
            ``(5) Military trauma care provider.--The term `military
        trauma care provider' means a member of the Armed Forces who
        furnishes emergency, critical care, and other trauma acute
        care, including a physician, military surgeon, physician
        assistant, nurse, respiratory therapist, flight paramedic,
        combat medic, or enlisted medical technician.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section--
            ``(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2018, of which--
                    ``(A) $4,500,000 shall be for carrying out
                subsection (a); and
                    ``(B) $2,500,000 shall be for carrying out
                subsection (b);
            ``(2) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, of which--
                    ``(A) $8,000,000 shall be for carrying out
                subsection (a); and
                    ``(B) $4,000,000 shall be for carrying out
                subsection (b); and
            ``(3) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through
        2022, of which--
                    ``(A) $10,000,000 shall be for carrying out
                subsection (a); and
                    ``(B) $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out
                subsection (b).''.

SEC. 3. CUT-GO COMPLIANCE.

    Subsection (f) of section 319D of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 247d-4) is amended by striking ``through 2018'' and inserting
``through 2017, and $75,300,000 for fiscal year 2018''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 26, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act or the MISSION ZERO Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to certain trauma centers to enable military trauma care providers and trauma teams to provide trauma care and related acute care at those trauma centers. Funds may be used to train and incorporate military trauma care providers into the trauma center, including expenditures for malpractice insurance, office space, information technology, specialty education and supervision, trauma programs, and state license fees. Grantees must allow the military trauma care providers to be deployed for military operations, training, or response to a mass casualty incident.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Super Pollutants Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Short-lived climate pollutants account for 40 percent
        of global warming currently impacting the atmosphere, even
        though such pollutants account for a much smaller percentage of
        warming agents by weight.
            (2) Reducing short-lived climate pollutant emissions
        could--
                    (A) prevent more than 2,000,000 premature deaths
                each year, according to the United Nations Environment
                Programme (UNEP);
                    (B) prevent more than 30,000,000 tons of crop
                losses each year, according to UNEP;
                    (C) cut the rate of sea level rise by 25 percent,
                according to the National Center for Atmospheric
                Research and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography;
                    (D) cut the rate of warming by up to 0.6 degrees
                Celsius by 2050, according to UNEP; and
                    (E) significantly contribute toward the overall
                global target of holding increased warming below 2
                degrees Celsius.
            (3) The United States is one of the world's largest
        consumer of hydrofluorocarbons and is providing significant
        innovation in the development of low global warming potential
        (low-GWP) alternatives.
            (4) The United States could serve as a leader and exemplar
        of responsibly phasing down hydrofluorocarbon production and
        consumption.
            (5) The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
        Ozone Layer has been an extraordinarily successful model for
        protecting the stratospheric ozone layer and achieving
        significant climate protection co-benefits. Since the treaty
        was signed in 1987, there has been a 98 percent reduction in
        ozone-depleting substances.
            (6) The interagency Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions,
        released in March 2014, outlines a proactive agenda for
        reducing methane leakage and waste throughout the United States
        economy.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) High-GWP hfc.--The term ``high-GWP HFC'' means high
        global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons.
            (2) Short-lived climate pollutant.--The term ``short-lived
        climate pollutant'' means--
                    (A) black carbon;
                    (B) methane; and
                    (C) high-GWP HFC.

SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANT
              MITIGATION.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall establish the Interagency
Task Force on Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation (referred to in
this section as the ``Task Force'').
    (b) Members.--The Task Force shall include the head of all relevant
Federal agencies (or their designated representatives), including the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department
of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior,
the Department of State, the United States Agency for International
Development, the Department of Transportation, the Environmental
Protection Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
    (c) Duties.--The Task Force shall--
            (1) review the policy recommendations made by the
        Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, the
        Interagency Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, the March
        2012 report to Congress on Black Carbon, and the Council on
        Climate Preparedness and Resilience;
            (2) incorporate any appropriate proposals or
        recommendations made by the entities or reports referred to in
        paragraph (1) that are relevant to short-lived climate
        pollutants into the Task Force's action plan;
            (3) identify relevant Federal programs that are or could be
        addressing the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants in
        the United States and worldwide;
            (4) identify overlapping and duplicative programs
        addressing short-lived climate pollutants that would benefit
        from consolidation and streamlining;
            (5) identify gaps and serious deficiencies in United States
        programs targeted at short-lived climate pollutants, including
        those that can be achieved through a combination of assessment,
        scientific research, monitoring, and technological development
        activities;
            (6) not later than 18 months after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, submit a report to Congress on the
        findings and recommendations resulting from the activities
        described in paragraphs (1) through (5); and
            (7) in developing recommendations, consult with affected
        stakeholders in private industry.
    (d) Emission Reduction Plans.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal agency shall submit a
report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes--
            (1) the agency's plans for meeting the goals set forth in
        section 2 of Executive Order 13514 (October 5, 2009) to reduce
        hydrofluorocarbons, methane, and related indirect emissions,
        including tropospheric ozone, by the Federal Government; and
            (2) specific plans to purchase cleaner alternatives to
        high-GWP HFC whenever feasible and to transition over time to
        equipment that uses safer and more sustainable alternatives to
        high-GWP HFC.

SEC. 5. REDUCTION OF BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS.

    (a) Comprehensive Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Through the United States membership in
        the International Maritime Organization, the Secretary of
        State, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation,
        the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the
        Environmental Protection Agency, and the Commandant of the
        Coast Guard, shall develop a comprehensive plan to reduce black
        carbon emissions from international shipping through--
                    (A) a clean freight partnership;
                    (B) the inclusion of limits on black carbon; and
                    (C) efforts that include protection of access to
                critical fuel shipments and emergency needs of coastal
                communities.
            (2) Roadmap.--A principal objective of the plan developed
        pursuant to paragraph (1) should be the creation, in
        coordination with the Department of Transportation, of a
        roadmap toward helping countries reduce fine-particle emissions
        (PM2.5) in the shipping sector through--
                    (A) the installation of advanced emissions
                controls; and
                    (B) the reduction of sulfur content in fuels.
    (b) Black Carbon Emissions Reduction Goals.--In advance of and upon
assuming the Chair of the Arctic Council, the Secretary of State
should--
            (1) lead an effort to reduce black carbon through an
        Arctic-wide aspirational black carbon goal; and
            (2) encourage observers of the Arctic Council (including
        India and China) to adopt national black carbon emissions
        reduction goals.
    (c) Climate and Clean Air Coalition.--Through the United States
membership in the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short Lived
Climate Pollutants (referred to in this section as the ``Coalition''),
the Secretary of State is encouraged--
            (1) to work with the Coalition to craft specific financing
        mechanisms for the incremental cost of international black
        carbon mitigation activities; and
            (2) to request that the Coalition produce a report of black
        carbon mitigation financing options.
    (d) Black Carbon Mitigation Activities.--
            (1) Prioritization.--The Administrator of the United States
        Agency for International Development shall prioritize black
        carbon mitigation activities as part of aid distribution
        activities and give special emphasis to projects that produce
        substantial environmental and public health benefits, including
        support for clean-burning cookstoves and fuels.
            (2) Emissions reductions.--The Secretary of State, in
        collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency and the
        Department of Transportation, should further aid international
        efforts to reduce black carbon emissions from diesel trucks, 2-
        stroke engines, diesel generators, and industrial processes by
        providing technical assistance--
                    (A) to help developing nations lower the sulfur
                content of their diesel fuels;
                    (B) to expand access to diesel particulate filters;
                    (C) to provide vehicle manufacturers with low-
                emission engine designs;
                    (D) to work with the Global Alliance for Clean
                Cookstoves to help developing nations establish
                thriving markets for clean and efficient cooking
                solutions; and
                    (E) to develop other mitigation activities,
                including energy efficiency alternatives for generators
                and industrial processes.

SEC. 6. GLOBAL REDUCTIONS IN HIGH-GWP FLUORINATED GASES.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--
            (1) Actions by environmental protection agency.--It is the
        sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental
        Protection Agency should--
                    (A) amend any regulations issued under section 608
                of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671g)--
                            (i) to include hydrofluorocarbons; and
                            (ii) to expand initiatives relating to the
                        recovery and reclamation of hydrofluorocarbons.
                    (B) cooperate with the Secretary of Energy in
                considering modifications to the Energy Star program
                established under section 324A of the Energy Policy and
                Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a) to recognize
                refrigerant systems that--
                            (i) achieve best-in-class energy efficiency
                        savings; and
                            (ii) utilize low global warming potential
                        refrigerants and foam-blowing agents; and
                    (C) remove high global warming potential
                hydrofluorocarbons from the Significant New
                Alternatives Policy Program authorized under section
                612(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671k(c)) for
                applications in which the Administrator has identified
                other alternatives that--
                            (i) are currently or potentially available;
                        and
                            (ii) reduce the overall risk to human
                        health and the environment.
            (2) Sense of the senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
        that an amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that
        Deplete the Ozone Layer should ensure a smooth, technically
        feasible transition away from high-GWP HFC.
    (b) Study on High-GWP HFC Alternatives.--Not later than 2 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in
collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
shall evaluate the availability of high-GWP HFC alternatives and submit
a report to Congress that--
            (1) identifies--
                    (A) the standards or regulatory barriers that are
                preventing the use of alternatives to high-GWP HFC in
                the United States that are in widespread use in other
                countries;
                    (B) which standards or regulations need to be
                revised; and
                    (C) what actions will be necessary to revise such
                standards or regulations; and
            (2) sets forth a plan for revising the standards referred
        to in paragraph (1) in the shortest possible time frame.
    (c) Prohibition of HCFC-22 Air Conditioning Condensing Equipment.--
            (1) Amendment.--Section 605 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
        7671d) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) HCFC-22 Air Conditioning Condensing Equipment.--Effective 1
year after the date of the enactment of the Super Pollutants Act of
2014, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture any uncharged
hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 air conditioning condensing equipment for
residential use.''.
            (2) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
        Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate regulations--
                    (A) to carry out the amendment made by paragraph
                (1); and
                    (B) to reduce the allocation of HCFC-22 consumption
                allowances commensurate with anticipated decreased
                demand resulting from the prohibition of uncharged
                condensing equipment under sections 605(e) of the Clean
                Air Act, as added by paragraph (1).
    (d) R-134a Automotive Air Conditioning Servicing and Recharge
Kits.--
            (1) Study.--The Administrator of the Environmental
        Protection Agency shall conduct a study to determine whether
        the sale of R-134a automotive air conditioning recharge kits to
        consumers represents an environmentally significant source of
        high-GWP HFC emissions.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report
        to Congress that contains the results of the study conducted
        pursuant to paragraph (1).

SEC. 7. REDUCTION OF METHANE LEAKAGE.

    (a) Technical Guidance.--The Secretary of State, the Secretary of
Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and
the Secretary of Commerce shall--
            (1) provide other countries with technical guidance on
        containment of emissions from gas drilling, landfills, coal
        mining, and agriculture when engaging with other governments,
        including trade delegations, under the auspices of Department
        of State's Global Shale Gas Initiative; and
            (2) collaborate with--
                    (A) the World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction
                Partnership; and
                    (B) the Environmental Protection Agency's Global
                Methane Initiative, Natural Gas STAR Program, and other
                voluntary reduction programs.
    (b) Gas Pipeline Infrastructure.--
            (1) Study.--
                    (A) In general.--The Federal Energy Regulatory
                Commission, consistent with existing authority, shall
                conduct a study of methods utilized at facilities
                subject to the Commission's jurisdiction to reduce
                leaks and venting across natural gas facilities.
                    (B) Issues to be examined.--In conducting the study
                required under this paragraph, the Commission shall
                examine--
                            (i) how the Commission's treatment of just
                        and reasonable rates for interstate
                        transmission could be reformed to incent
                        pipeline operators to recover fugitive methane
                        emissions;
                            (ii) how the Commission could coordinate
                        with other agencies, including the Department
                        of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency,
                        and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
                        Administration, to ensure the development of
                        rigorous and technically sound standards; and
                            (iii) whether new pipeline systems are
                        being engineered to meet the highest achievable
                        standards for leak avoidance prior to being
                        granted a construction certificate.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit a report to
        Congress that contains the results of the examination conducted
        pursuant to paragraph (1).
            (3) Inspection and maintenance program.--The Administrator
        of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a
        directed inspection and maintenance program that focuses on--
                    (A) identifying the types of equipment throughout
                the production value chain that are most likely to have
                high leak rates; and
                    (B) efforts on replacing or monitoring those types
                of equipment.
    (c) Financing Conditions.--The U.S. Export-Import Bank and the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, when evaluating gas and oil-
related projects for financial support, should condition financing for
such projects upon--
            (1) the deployment of the best technology, methods, and
        management practices for detecting and repairing leaks of
        methane throughout the oil and gas production, processing,
        transportation, and distribution system;
            (2) the minimization of venting and inefficient or
        unnecessary flaring; and
            (3) the deployment of best technology, methods, and
        management practices for reducing emissions of other air
        pollution, especially volatile organic compounds and hazardous
        air pollutants.

Output: Super Pollutants Act of 2014 - Establishes requirements for agencies to evaluate, mitigate, reduce, and report on the following short-lived climate pollutant emissions (non-carbon dioxide pollutants that contribute to global warming even though they stay in the atmosphere for only a short time): black carbon (soot emissions that absorb sunlight, reduce the reflectivity of snow and ice when deposited on them, and generate heat), methane, and high global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons (high-GWP HFC).  Requires the President to establish the Interagency Task Force on Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation to address these pollutants through an action plan. Directs the Department of State to develop a comprehensive plan to reduce black carbon emissions from international shipping.  Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to prioritize black carbon mitigation activities as part of aid distribution activities. Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the availability of high-GWP HFC alternatives. Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the manufacture of any uncharged hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 air-conditioning condensing equipment for residential use. Requires the EPA to determine whether the sale of R-134a automotive air-conditioning recharge kits to consumers represents an environmentally significant source of high-GWP HFC emissions. Requires the State Department, the DOE, the EPA, and the Department of Commerce to provide other countries with technical guidance on containing emissions from gas drilling, landfills, coal mining, and agriculture. Directs the EPA to establish an inspection and maintenance program for equipment that has high leak rates of methane gas.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vision Zero Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. VISION ZERO PLANNING GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
award grants to eligible entities to develop a plan, known as a Vision
Zero plan, to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious
injuries in the jurisdiction of such entity within a specified
timeframe, not to exceed 20 years.
    (b) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, an
eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such
time, in such form, and containing such information and assurances as
the Secretary may require.
    (c) Plan Contents.--The Vision Zero plan described in subsection
(a) shall include--
            (1) a description of projects or policies intended to
        eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious
        injuries within a specified timeframe, not to exceed 20 years,
        using existing transportation and health data and consideration
        of risk factors, which may include--
                    (A) an examination of how development and
                implementation of safety-focused automotive
                technologies, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and
                vehicle-to-infrastructure communication can help
                eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious
                injuries; and
                    (B) roadway design guidance that prioritizes the
                safety of all users, with a focus on reducing speeds to
                the extent practicable within State law and separating
                modes of transportation;
            (2) plans for implementation of, education of the public
        about, and enforcement of such projects or policies;
            (3) a description of how such policies, projects, and
        enforcement will--
                    (A) equitably address the safety needs of low-
                income and minority communities;
                    (B) ensure that such communities are not
                disproportionately targeted by law enforcement; and
                    (C) protect the rights of members of such
                communities with respect to title VI of the Civil
                Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.);
            (4) a description of the required involvement of various
        subdivisions of a unit of local government in the
        implementation of the plan, including subdivisions in charge of
        law enforcement, public health, and public works; and
            (5) a description of a mechanism to evaluate progress of
        the implementation of the plan, including the gathering and use
        of transportation safety and demographic data.

SEC. 3. VISION ZERO IMPLEMENTATION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may award grants to not
more than 5 eligible entities to support the implementation of a Vision
Zero plan to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious
injuries in the jurisdiction of such entity within a specified
timeframe, not to exceed 20 years.
    (b) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, an
eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such
time, in such form, and containing such information and assurances as
the Secretary may require.
    (c) Vision Zero Plan Required.--To be eligible for a grant under
this section, an eligible entity shall have in effect a Vision Zero
plan that meets the requirements of section 2(c) and has been approved
by local resolution, ordinance, or law.
    (d) Selection Criteria.--In selecting from among eligible entities
to receive grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider,
at a minimum, the extent to which an entity--
            (1) provided an opportunity for public input in the
        development of the plan, including documented engagement with
        low-income and minority communities;
            (2) considered existing plans and planning processes in the
        drafting of the vision zero plan;
            (3) structured the plan to meet performance measures as
        described in section 150(c) of title 23, United States Code;
            (4) demonstrates broad community support for the plan,
        including the commitment of community leaders to successful
        implementation of the plan; and
            (5) demonstrates the availability of State, local, or
        Federal funds, in addition to Federal funds made available
        under this section, for implementation of the plan.
    (e) Funding Limitations.--
            (1) Population limitation.--Not less than 25 percent of the
        funds made available to carry out this section shall be used to
        make grants to eligible entities that serve a jurisdiction with
        a population of fewer than 200,000 individuals.
            (2) Federal share.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided by subparagraph
                (B), the Federal share of the cost of a project or
                activity carried out using grant funds made available
                under this section may not exceed 80 percent.
                    (B) Funds from other federal sources.--Amounts made
                available to an eligible entity under another Federal
                program may be credited toward the non-Federal share of
                the cost of a project or activity described in
                subparagraph (A), at the option of the eligible entity.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``eligible entity'' means a unit of local
government including a city, town, township, borough, county, parish,
district, village, or other political subdivision of a State.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    Not later than 2 years after the final grant is awarded under this
Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make available to the
public, a report on the progress of the projects and activities carried
out using the grants including--
            (1) a breakdown of infrastructure and noninfrastructure
        projects;
            (2) demographic data, in the aggregate, with respect to
        individuals charged with a violation of law referenced in the
        vision zero plan of an eligible entity that received a grant
        under this Act; and
            (3) best practices from the eligible entities that received
        a grant under section 3.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years
2018 through 2022, $5,000,000 to carry out section 2 and $25,000,000 to
carry out section 3.

Output: Vision Zero Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to award grants to a city, town, township, borough, county, parish, district, village, or other political subdivision of a state to develop a Vision Zero plan to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in its jurisdiction within a specified timeframe, not to exceed 20 years.  The Department may award grants to up to five entities serving such jurisdictions, with at least 25% of grant funds going to entities that serve a jurisdiction with a population of under 200,000. The federal share of projects costs shall not exceed 80%.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Soil and Water Protection Act of
1992''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) farmers, ranchers, and foresters have a sound
        understanding of protecting the Nation's rich natural
        resources;
            (2) soil and water damage and contamination have occurred
        and may occur in the future;
            (3) energy shortages have occurred and may occur in the
        future;
            (4) farmers, ranchers, and foresters are energy driven
        enterprises in conjunction with substantial soil and water
        usage;
            (5) farmers, ranchers and foresters can substantially make
        more efficient energy expenditures using energy saving
        management techniques;
            (6) practices such as fertility management, conservation
        tillage, and integrated pest management will provide future
        generations the enjoyment of improved environmental conditions
        such as better ground and surface water quality and soil
        fertility;
            (7) saving and conserving energy will benefit the public
        land; and
            (8) Federal agricultural policies and programs influence
        sound energy conservation and environmental objectives.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through
the Soil Conservation Service, shall establish a Federal energy
conservation program.
    (b) Criteria.--The Federal energy conservation program shall target
and promote more efficient energy use in, and the conservation of
energy with respect to, tillage practices, chemical and fertilizer
management, irrigation management, livestock facility management,
horticulture, and wood utilization. The Secretary shall provide grants
and technical and educational assistance for projects in eligible
States including (but not limited to) projects for--
            (1) demonstrating the advantages of conservation tillage
        practices that promote energy efficiency and conservation;
            (2) training, pest scouting, and soil sampling in order to
        promote education concerning prescription application of animal
        manures, fertilizers, lime, soil conditioners and pesticide
        usage;
            (3) improving the efficient use of irrigation systems to
        reduce energy consumption;
            (4) managing livestock facilities for energy conservation;
            (5) managing horticultural facilities for energy
        conservation; and
            (6) improving efficiency in utilization of wood, including
        milling of forest products and the use of wood for production
        of energy.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, through the Soil Conservation
Service, shall make grants to individuals or institutions that present
to the Secretary an application and a plan for the energy conservation
project--
            (1) which was developed in consultation with an individual
        recognized by the Secretary to have expertise in energy
        conservation; and
            (2) that is within an eligible State which has an energy
        conservation program.
    (b) Advice From State Agriculture Energy Conservation Review
Panel.--In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall take
into consideration the advice received from the State agriculture
energy conservation review panel pursuant to section 6(c)(2).
    (c) Limitations.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Federal grant under this section for a project may not exceed $5,000.
    (2) In the case of a project in which a school, hospital, or other
similar institution that is improving its energy efficiency by
converting its heating system to a wood burning system, the Federal
grant may not exceed $150,000.
    (3) Funds made available under this Act may not be used to pay for
labor costs associated with a project.
    (4) Grants for a project may not be made until after receipts have
been provided to the Secretary for the actual cost incurred for the
project.

SEC. 5. ALLOCATION AMONG ELIGIBLE STATES.

    The Secretary shall allocate funds made available to carry out this
Act for a fiscal year to each State which is eligible for assistance.
The allocation among States shall be equitable, based on the following:
            (1) The number and size of farms.
            (2) The potential for energy conservation.
            (3) The number and size of forest industries.
    The Secretary may allocate up to 25 percent of the funds allocated
to any State with substantial forest industry to forest energy
conservation projects.

SEC. 6. STATE PARTICIPATION AND ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Eligible State.--The Secretary may provide assistance under
this Act in a fiscal year for projects in a State which, before the
beginning of that fiscal year--
            (1) submits to the Secretary a plan describing in detail
        how the State will cooperate with the United States in carrying
        out this Act, including providing for--
                    (A) encouragement to persons to participate in the
                energy conservation program;
                    (B) criteria to be used for recommending projects
                to be funded by the program; and
                    (C) individuals with expertise in energy efficiency
                to advise program participants on energy conservation
                matters; and
            (2) has established an agriculture energy conservation
        review panel in accordance with subsection (c).
    (b) Cost Share.--The State may offer assistance and services in
cooperation with the Secretary to enhance energy conservation efforts
under this Act.
    (c) State Agriculture Energy Conservation Review Panel.--(1) An
eligible State, together with the United States, shall establish an
energy conservation review panel comprised of 6 members as follows:
            (A) The head of the State agricultural agency, or his
        designee.
            (B) The State forester or equivalent State official, or his
        designee.
            (C) The president of that State's Association of
        Conservation Districts, or his designee.
            (D) The State conservationist of the Soil Conservation
        Service for that State, or his designee.
            (E) The Cooperative Research Service Director for that
        State, or his designee.
            (F) The Cooperative Extension Director for the State, or
        his designee.
    (2) The State agriculture energy conservation review panel shall
advise and recommend to the Secretary those projects that meet the
requirements of this Act. In providing such advice and recommendations,
the panel shall review and evaluate each project using the criteria
referred to in subsection (a)(1)(B).

SEC. 7. DEMONSTRATIONS, EDUCATION, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Agricultural Experiment Stations.--The Secretary shall
establish and maintain demonstrations of energy-saving and energy
efficient practices at agricultural experiment stations that can be
implemented by agriculture procedures and the public.
    (b) Extension Service.--The Secretary, through the Extension
Service, shall disseminate informational and educational materials and
conduct demonstrations and training sessions.
    (c) Technical and Material Assistance.--In carrying out the Federal
energy conservation program, the Secretary, acting through the Soil
Conservation Service, shall provide such technical and material
assistance to participants as the Secretary determines appropriate.

SEC. 8. REPORT.

    Not later than March 31, 1994 and annually thereafter, the
Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress describing the results
of the Federal energy conservation program. In particular, the report
shall include--
            (1) the number and identification of States participating
        in the program;
            (2) a description of the projects for which grants were
        made pursuant to the program;
            (3) the energy efficiency practices performed and the
        estimated amount of conservation energy use as a result of the
        program; and
            (4) the number of States expected to participate in the
        program the next fiscal year.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 1994 through 1996 to carry out this Act.

Output: Soil and Water Protection Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Soil Conservation Service, to establish a Federal energy conservation grant program.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Hardship Relief
Act''.

SEC. 2. HARDSHIP EXEMPTION TO EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE FOR
              SMALL BUSINESSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Hardship Exemption for Small Businesses.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply
        to any small business for any month if such small business is
        experiencing a hardship with respect to the calendar year in
        which such month begins.
            ``(2) Hardship.--A small business shall be treated for
        purposes of this subsection as experiencing a hardship for any
        calendar year if such business demonstrates to the satisfaction
        of the Secretary that such business--
                    ``(A) missed two or more consecutive loan payments
                during such year,
                    ``(B) is a debtor in a title 11 case (as defined in
                section 108(d)(2)) the pendency of which includes any
                portion of such year,
                    ``(C) received a notice from a utility during such
                year that such utility is preparing to stop providing
                services to such business by reason of nonpayment of
                amounts owed for utility service,
                    ``(D) received a notice of eviction of foreclosure
                during such year,
                    ``(E) experienced a fire, flood, other natural or
                human-caused disaster that resulted in substantial
                damage to property of the business during such year, or
                    ``(F) experiences such other hardship during such
                year as the Secretary may determine for purposes of
                this subsection.
            ``(3) Limitation to 5 years of exemptions.--Paragraph (1)
        shall not apply to any small business for any calendar year if
        such paragraph has applied to such small business for any 5
        previous calendar years.
            ``(4) Small business.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `small business' means,
                with respect to any calendar year, an employer who
                employed an average of not more than 100 full-time
                employees on business days during the preceding
                calendar year.
                    ``(B) Application of certain rules for determining
                employer size; treatment of full-time equivalents as
                full-time employees.--Rules similar to the rules of
                subparagraphs (C) and (E) of subsection (c)(2) shall
                apply for purposes of this subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Hardship Exemption Not To Be Used as Sole Criteria for Audit.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whether the hardship
exemption provided under section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (as added by this section) applies with respect to a taxpayer
shall not be taken into account by the Internal Revenue Service as the
sole factor in determining whether to audit such taxpayer.
    (d) Treasury Study on Additional Indications of Business
Hardship.--
            (1) Study.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall conduct a
        study regarding the additional hardships which would be
        appropriate to add to the list of hardships in paragraph (2) of
        section 4980H(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added
        by this section), consistent with the purposes of such section.
            (2) Determination of additional hardships.--Not later than
        6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
        Secretary of the Treasury shall, with respect to any hardship
        which the Secretary determines should be added to such list of
        hardships, add such hardship to such list by making the
        determination described in subparagraph (F) of such section.
            (3) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
        provide a written report to Congress with respect to the study
        conducted under paragraph (1). Such report shall include a
        description of each hardship considered for inclusion in such
        list of hardships, whether the Secretary made the determination
        to include such hardship in such list, and the reasons that
        such hardship was or was not so included, as the case may be.
            (4) References to secretary of the treasury.--Any reference
        in this subsection to the Secretary of the Treasury shall
        include a reference to any designee of such Secretary.

Output: Small Business Hardship Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage for its employees a small business (i.e., an employer of not more than 100 full-time employees) experiencing a hardship. Defines "hardship" to include situations in which a small business has missed two or more consecutive loan payments, is a debtor in a Chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy proceeding, has received a notice of termination of utility services or a notice of eviction, has experienced a fire, flood, or other disaster, or has experienced another hardships as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to identify additional hardships appropriate for granting an hardship exemption.  Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from taking into account the applicability of a hardship exemption to a small business as the sole factor in determining whether to audit such business.


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SECTION 1. CANYON FERRY RESERVOIR, MONTANA.

    (a) Definition of Individual Property Purchaser.--Section 1003 of
title X of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-711) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (12) as
        paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Individual property purchaser.--The term `individual
        property purchaser', with respect to an individual cabin site
        described in section 1004(b), means a person (including CFRA or
        a lessee) that purchases that cabin site.
    (b) Sale of Properties.--Section 1004 of title X of division C of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2) (112 Stat. 2681-713)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
                following:
                    ``(B) Appraisal.--
                            ``(i) Applicabiity.--In carrying out this
                        paragraph, the requirements of this
                        subparagraph shall apply to the greatest extent
                        practicable and consistent with the Uniform
                        Appraisal Standards for Federal Land
                        Acquisition.
                            ``(ii) Use of earlier appraisal.--The
                        appraisal under subparagraph (A) shall use the
                        Canyon Ferry Cabin Site appraisal with a
                        completion date of March 29, 1999, and amended
                        June 11, 1999, with an effective date of
                        valuation of October 15, 1998, for the Bureau
                        of Reclamation, on the conditions stated in
                        this subparagraph.
                            ``(iii) Modifications.--The contract
                        appraisers that conducted the original
                        appraisal having an effective date of valuation
                        of October 15, 1998, for the Bureau of
                        Reclamation shall make appropriate
                        modifications to permit recalculation of the
                        lot values established in the original
                        appraisal into an updated appraisal, the
                        function of which shall be to provide market
                        values for the sale of each of the 265 Canyon
                        Ferry Cabin site lots.
                            ``(iv) Changes in property
                        characteristics.--If there are any changes in
                        the characteristic of a property that form part
                        of the basis of the updated appraisal
                        (including a change in size, easement
                        considerations, or updated analyses of the
                        physical characteristics of a lot), the
                        contract appraisers shall make an appropriate
                        adjustment to the updated appraisal.
                            ``(v) Updating.--Subject to the approval of
                        CFRA and the Secretary, the fair market values
                        established by the appraisers under this
                        paragraph may be further updated periodically
                        by the contract appraisers through appropriate
                        market analyses.
                            ``(vi) Reconsideration.--The Bureau of
                        Reclamation and the 265 Canyon Ferry cabin
                        owners have the right to seek reconsideration,
                        before commencement of the updated appraisal,
                        of the assumptions that the appraisers used in
                        arriving at the fair market values derived in
                        the original appraisal.
                            ``(vii) Continuing validity.--The October
                        15, 1998, Canyon Ferry Cabin Site original
                        appraisal, as provided for in this paragraph,
                        shall remain valid for use by the Bureau of
                        Reclamation in the sale process for a period of
                        not less than 3 years from the date of
                        completion of the updated appraisal, to the
                        extent consistent with the Uniform Appraisal
                        Standards for Federal Land Acquisition.'';
            (2) in subsection (d) (112 Stat. 2681-713)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(D), by adding at the end the
                following:
                            ``(iii) Remaining leases.--
                                    ``(I) Continuation of leases.--The
                                remaining lessees shall have a right to
                                continue leasing through August 31,
                                2014.
                                    ``(II) Right to close.--The
                                remaining lessees shall have the right
                                to close under the terms of the sale at
                                any time before August 31, 2014. On
                                termination of the lease either by
                                expiration under the terms of the lease
                                or by violation of the terms of the
                                lease, all personal property and
                                improvements will be removed, and the
                                cabin site shall remain in Federal
                                ownership.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
                        (A), by inserting ``or if no one (including
                        CFRA) bids,'' after ``bid''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D)--
                                    (I) by striking ``12 months'' and
                                inserting ``36 months''; and
                                    (II) by adding at the end the
                                following: ``If the requirement of the
                                preceding sentence is not met, CFRA may
                                close on all remaining cabin sites or
                                up to the 75 percent requirement. If
                                CFRA does not exercise either such
                                option, the Secretary shall conduct
                                another sale for the remaining cabin
                                sites to close immediately, with
                                proceeds distributed in accordance with
                                section 1008.'';
            (3) by striking subsection (e) (112 Stat. 2681-714) and
        inserting the following:
    ``(e) Administrative Costs.--
            ``(1) Allocation of funding.--The Secretary shall allocate
        all funding necessary to conduct the sales process for the sale
        of property under this title.
            ``(2) Reimbursement.--Any reasonable administrative costs
        incurred by the Secretary (including the costs of survey and
        appraisals incident to the conveyance under subsection (a))
        shall be proportionately reimbursed by the property owner at
        the time of closing.''; and
            (4) by striking subsection (f) (112 Stat. 2681-714) and
        inserting the following:
    ``(f) Timing.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) immediately begin preparing for the sales process on
        enactment of this Act; and
            ``(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
        this Act, and in accordance with all applicable laws, begin
        conveying the property described in subsection (b).''.
    (c) Montana Fish and Wildlife Conservation Trust.--Section 1007(b)
of title X of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-715), is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``trust manager'' and
                inserting ``trust manager (referred to in this section
                as the `trust manager')'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter preceding
                clause (i), by striking ``agency Board'' and inserting
                ``Agency Board (referred to in this section as the
                `Joint State-Federal Agency Board')''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``Advisory
                Board'' and inserting ``Advisory Board (referred to in
                this section as the `Citizen Advisory Board')''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Recreation Trust Agreement.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Trust, acting through the trust
        manager, in consultation with the Joint State-Federal Agency
        Board and the Citizen Advisory Board, shall enter into a
        legally enforceable agreement with CFRA (referred to in this
        section as the `Recreation Trust Agreement').
            ``(2) Contents.--The Recreation Trust Agreement shall
        provide that--
                    ``(A) on receipt of proceeds of the sale of a
                property under section 1004, the Trust shall loan up to
                $3,000,000 of the proceeds to CFRA;
                    ``(B) CFRA shall deposit all funds borrowed under
                subparagraph (A) in the Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County
                Trust;
                    ``(C) CFRA and the individual purchasers shall
                repay the principal of the loan to the Trust as soon as
                reasonably practicable in accordance with a repayment
                schedule specified in the loan agreement; and
                    ``(D) until such time as the principal is repaid in
                full, CFRA and the individual purchasers shall make an
                annual interest payment on the outstanding principal of
                the loan to the Trust at an interest rate determined in
                accordance with paragraph (4)(C).
            ``(3) Treatment of interest payments.--All interest
        payments received by the Trust under paragraph (2)(D) shall be
        treated as earnings under subsection (d)(2).
            ``(4) Fiduciary responsibility.--In negotiating the
        Recreation Trust Agreement, the trust manager shall act in the
        best interests of the Trust to ensure--
                    ``(A) the security of the loan;
                    ``(B) timely repayment of the principal; and
                    ``(C) payment of a fair interest rate, of not less
                than 6 nor more than 8 percent per year, based on the
                length of the term of a loan that is comparable to the
                term of a traditional home mortgage.
    ``(g) Restriction on Disbursement.--Except as provided in
subsection (f), the trust manager shall not disburse any funds from the
Trust until August 1, 2001, as provided for in the Recreation Trust
Agreement, unless Broadwater County, at an earlier date, certifies that
the Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County Trust has been fully funded in
accordance with this title.
    ``(h) Condition to Sale.--No closing of property under section 1004
shall be made until the Recreation Trust Agreement is entered into
under subsection (f)''.
    (d) Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County Trust.--Section 1008(b) of title
X of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-718), is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Agreement.--
                    ``(A) Condition to sale.--No closing of property
                under section 1004 shall be made until CFRA and
                Broadwater County enter into a legally enforceable
                agreement (referred to in this paragraph as the
                `Contributions Agreement') concerning contributions to
                the Trust.
                    ``(B) Contents.--The Contributions Agreement shall
                require that on or before August 1, 2001, CFRA shall
                ensure that $3,000,000 in value is deposited in the
                Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County Trust from 1 or more of
                the following sources:
                            ``(i) Direct contributions made by the
                        purchasers on the sale of each cabin site.
                            ``(ii) Annual contributions made by the
                        purchasers.
                            ``(iii) All other monetary contributions.
                            ``(iv) In-kind contributions, subject to
                        the approval of the County.
                            ``(v) All funds borrowed by CFRA under
                        section 1007(f).
                            ``(vi) Assessments made against the cabin
                        sites made under a county park district or any
                        similar form of local government under the laws
                        of the State of Montana.
                            ``(vii) Any other contribution, subject to
                        the approval of the County.'';
            (2) striking paragraph (3);
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Alternative funding source.--If CFRA agrees to form a
        county park district under section 7-16-2401 et seq., of the
        Montana Code Annotated, or any other similar form of local
        government under the laws of the State of Montana, for the
        purpose of providing funding for the Trust pursuant to the
        Contributions Agreement, CFRA and Broadwater County may amend
        the Contributions Agreement as appropriate, so long as the
        monetary obligations of individual property purchases under the
        Contributions Agreement as amended are substantially similar to
        those specified in paragraph (1).''.
    (e) Technical Corrections.--Title X of division C of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 is
amended--
            (1) in section 1001 (112 Stat. 2681-710), by striking
        ``section 4(b)'' and inserting ``section 1004(b)'';
            (2) in section 1003 (112 Stat. 2681-711)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 8'' and
                inserting ``section 1008'';
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``section 7'' and
                inserting ``section 1007'';
                    (C) in paragraph (8)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
                        ``section 4(b)'' and inserting ``1004(b)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
                        ``section 4(b)(1)(B)'' and inserting ``section
                        1004(b)(1)(B)''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (9), by striking ``section 4'' and
                inserting ``section 104''; and
            (3) in section 1004 (112 Stat. 2681-712)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii)(II), by striking
                ``section 4(a)'' and inserting ``section 1004(a)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d)(2)(G), by striking ``section
                6'' and inserting ``section 1006''.

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Requires the appraisal of properties under such provisions to use the Canyon Ferry Cabin Site appraisal with a completion date of March 29, 1999, and amended June 11, 1999, with an effective date of valuation of October 15, 1998, for the Bureau. Directs the contract appraisers that conducted the original appraisal having such effective date of valuation to make modifications to permit recalculation of the lot values established in the original appraisal into an updated appraisal, the function of which shall be to provide market values for the sale of each of the 265 Canyon Ferry Cabin Site lots.
Provides for adjustments to the updated appraisal based on changes in property characteristics.
Authorizes periodic updates of the fair market values through appropriate market analyses, subject to the approval of the Canyon Ferry Recreation Association (CFRA) and the Secretary of the Interior.
Grants the Bureau and the 265 Canyon Ferry cabin owners the right to seek reconsideration, before commencement of the updated appraisal, of the assumptions used by the appraisers in arriving at the fair market values derived in the original appraisal.
Requires the original appraisal to remain valid for use by the Bureau in the sale process for a period of at least three years from the date of completion of the updated appraisal to the extent consistent with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition.
Grants nonpurchasing lessees the right to continue leasing through August 31, 2014. Permits such lessees to close under the terms of the sale at any time before such date. Removes all personal property and improvements, on termination of the lease either by expiration or by violation of lease terms, and requires the cabin site to remain in Federal ownership.
Requires the Secretary to close on the property and prepare all other properties for closing within 45 days if no one (including CFRA) bids for a property.
Directs CFRA and the lessees to purchase at least 75 percent of the properties not later than August 1 of the year that begins at least 36 months (currently, 12 months) after title to the first property is conveyed by the Secretary to a lessee.
Requires the Secretary to allocate all funding necessary to conduct the sales process for the sale of property under the Act. Directs the Secretary to begin: (1) preparing for the sales process on enactment of the Act; and (2) conveying the property not later than one year after the Act's enactment.
Requires the Montana Fish and Wildlife Conservation Trust, acting through the trust manager, to enter into a legally enforceable Recreation Trust Agreement with CFRA. Requires the Agreement to provide that: (1) the Trust shall loan up to $3 million of a property's sale proceeds to CFRA; (2) CFRA shall deposit such borrowed funds in the Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County Trust; (3) CFRA and the individual purchasers shall repay loan principal to the Trust as soon as practicable in accordance with a loan agreement repayment schedule; and (4) CFRA and the purchasers shall make an annual interest payment (at a rate between six and eight percent) on the outstanding loan principal.
Prohibits the trust manager, except as otherwise provided, from disbursing any Trust funds until August 1, 2001, unless Broadwater County, at an earlier date, certifies that the Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County Trust has been fully funded. Bars any closing of property until the Recreation Trust Agreement is entered into.
Prohibits any closing of property until CFRA and Broadwater County enter into a legally enforceable agreement concerning contributions to the Trust. Provides that such agreement shall require that CFRA ensure that $3 million is deposited in the Canyon Ferry- Broadwater County Trust by August 1, 2001. (Current law prohibits any sale of property before such amount is deposited as the initial corpus of such trust.)


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SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) an individual's ability to survive periods of severe
        heat is based, in part on income, age, and health risks;
            (2) such a connection is well established and is proven by
        recent tragic deaths in and around the City of Chicago and Cook
        County, Illinois; and
            (3) reports published by the Centers for Disease Control
        indicate that the absence of air conditioning is a major factor
        contributing to illness and death during periods of extreme
        heat, especially among the elderly.

SEC. 2. DECLARATION AND NOTIFICATION OF A HEAT EMERGENCY.

    Title 15, United States Code, is amended by adding the following
new section:
    ``Sec. 330. (a) The Director of the National Weather Service shall
notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services whenever any State,
county, municipality, or other jurisdiction is subject to a heat
emergency which threatens the health of its residents.
    ``(b) Such notification shall be delivered to the Secretary within
one hour of the declaration being determined.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF A POOL OF EMERGENCY FUNDS; EMERGENCY EXPANSION
              OF ENERGY ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY.

    (a) Establishment of an ``Emergency Cooling Fund''.--
            (1) Section 8621 of title 42, United States Code, is
        amended by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``(e) There is authorized a pool of monies that shall be added to
the appropriations, referred to in this section; such funds shall be
designated for the expressed purpose of providing assistance to low
income recipients and seniors for the duration of a declared heat
emergency.''.
            (2) Prior to authorization of the Fund referred to in (a)
        of this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
        shall research and report to Congress on the amount of funds
        needed to fully compensate public utilities for the delivery of
        energy necessary to sufficiently cool the residencies of a
        LIHEAP recipient in a manner that will alleviate the likelihood
        of heat-related illness and prevent the worsening of
        preexisting acute conditions.
            (3) The Secretary shall take into account the following
        when determining the amount of money necessary to fund the
        ``Emergency Cooling Fund''--
                    (A) the number of current LIHEAP recipients;
                    (B) the amount of energy needed to cool the homes
                of LIHEAP recipients; and
                    (C) the number of days in the previous calendar
                year in which the National Weather Service declared a
                heat emergency in areas served by LIHEAP.
            (4) The pool of monies established by Congress shall be no
        smaller than an amount equal to three times the amount referred
        to in the Secretary's report as being necessary to operate such
        a fund.
    (b) Eligibility of Seniors for Heat Related Assistance.--Section
8642(b)(2) of title 42, United States Code, is amended by adding the
following: ``or (C) households with senior residents who, because of
age and/or medical condition, may be susceptible to heat related
illness.''.

SEC. 4. USE OF ENERGY ASSISTANCE FUNDS DURING HEAT EMERGENCY.

    (a) Immediately upon receiving a notification of a heat emergency
declaration referred to in section 2 of this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall direct the Governor of each State in
which the emergency was declared that a portion funds referred to in
section 8622 of title 42, United States Code, commonly known as
``LIHEAP'', as augmented by the funds referred to in section 3 of this
Act, shall be designated by the State for the express use of providing
energy to cool the residencies of current LIHEAP recipients, augmented
by section 3 of this Act, during heat emergencies.
    (b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, within five
days of the passage of this Act, inform the Governors of the States
that compliance with this Act is mandated.
    (c) Within ten days of the passage of this Act, the Governors of
each State shall submit to the Secretary notification that provisions
have been made, in conjunction with public utilities responsible for
the delivery of electricity in the State, to provide for compensation
to eligible LIHEAP recipients under this Act and such provisions
shall--
            (1) provide for compensation to all LIHEAP recipients to
        cover the full and total amount necessary to operate not less
        than one appliance to cool the recipient's residence; and
            (2) such compensation shall be in effect during the period
        in which a heat emergency is in effect in the state, and for
        the twenty-four hour period immediately following and
        immediately proceeding the declaration of the heat emergency.
    (d) No funds referred to in this Act shall be available to any
State not submitting such notification to the Secretary within the
allotted time.
    (e) Enhancement of Federal Oversight of Compliance by the States.--
Section 8624(b) of title 42, United States Code, is amended by striking
the following language: ``The Secretary may not prescribe the manner in
which the States will comply with the provisions of the subsection.''

SEC. 5. EXPEDITED DISTRIBUTION OF AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND OTHER
              EQUIPMENT.

    (a) The Administrator of the General Services Administration shall
receive notification of any declaration of a heat emergency as
referenced in section 2 of this Act.
    (b) Such notification shall cause the Administrator to initiate
procedures to locate any equipment, fixtures, and appliances--
including, but not limited to, air conditioners and fans--that are
currently available through the Federal Supply Service or any other
entity overseeing surplus Federal property.
    (c) The Administrator shall initiate expedited procedures to
distribute such property to representatives of States and
municipalities affected by the heat emergency, and to social service
agencies and individuals located in those areas.

Output:
Amends Federal law to require the Director of the National Weather Service to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services of a heat emergency.
Establishes an Emergency Cooling Fund to provide assistance to low-income families and senior citizens during a declared heat emergency.
Makes senior citizens eligible for heat related assistance.
Provides for the use of energy assistance funds during a heat emergency.
Directs that the Administrator of the General Services Administration shall:  (1) be notified of any declared heat emergency; and (2) expedite distribution of air conditioning units and other cooling equipment to affected localities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Telework Tax Incentive Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Federal, State, and local governments spend billions of
        dollars annually on the Nation's transportation needs.
            (2) Congestion on the Nation's roads costs over
        $74,000,000,000 annually in lost work time, fuel consumption,
        and costs of infrastructure and equipment repair.
            (3) On average on-road-vehicles contribute 30 percent of
        nitrogen oxides emissions.
            (4) It is estimated that staying at home to work requires 3
        times less energy consumption than commuting to work.
            (5) It was recently reported that if an identified 10 to 20
        percent of commuters switched to teleworking, 1,800,000 tons of
        regulated pollutants would be eliminated, 3,500,000,000 gallons
        of gas would be saved, 3,100,000,000 hours of personal time
        would be freed up, and maintenance and infrastructure costs
        would decrease by $500,000,000 annually because of reduced
        congestion and reduced vehicle miles traveled.
            (6) The average American daily commute is 62 minutes for a
        44-mile round-trip (a total of 6 days per year and 5,808 miles
        per year).
            (7) The increase in work from 1969 to 1996, the increase in
        hours mothers spend in paid work, combined with a shift toward
        single-parent families resulted in families on average
        experiencing a decrease of 22 hours a week (14 percent) in
        parental time available outside of paid work they could spend
        with their children.
            (8) Companies with teleworking programs have found that
        teleworking can boost employee productivity 5 percent to 20
        percent.
            (9) Today 60 percent of the workforce is involved in
        information work (an increase of 43 percent since 1990)
        allowing and encouraging decentralization of paid work to
        occur.
            (10) In recent years, studies performed in the United
        States have shown a marked expansion of teleworking, with an
        estimate of 19,000,000 Americans teleworking by the year 2002,
        5 times the amount in 1990.

SEC. 3. CREDIT FOR TELEWORKING.

    (a) In General.--Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to foreign tax credit,
etc.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 30B. TELEWORKING CREDIT.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--In the case of an eligible taxpayer,
there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this
chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the qualified
teleworking expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer during such year.
    ``(b) Maximum Credit.--
            ``(1) Per teleworker limitation.--The credit allowed by
        subsection (a) for a taxable year with respect to qualified
        teleworking expenses paid or incurred by or on behalf of an
        individual teleworker shall not exceed $500.
            ``(2) Reduction for teleworking less than full year.--In
        the case of an individual who is in a teleworking arrangement
        for less than a full taxable year, the amount referred to
        paragraph (1) shall be reduced by an amount which bears the
        same ratio to $500 as the number of months in which such
        individual is not in a teleworking arrangement bears to 12. For
        purposes of the preceding sentence, an individual shall be
        treated as being in a teleworking arrangement for a month if
        the individual is subject to such arrangement for any day of
        such month.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Eligible taxpayer.--The term `eligible taxpayer'
        means--
                    ``(A) in the case of an individual, an individual
                who performs services for an employer under a
                teleworking arrangement, and
                    ``(B) in the case of an employer, an employer for
                whom employees perform services under a teleworking
                arrangement.
            ``(2) Teleworking arrangement.--The term `teleworking
        arrangement' means an arrangement under which an employee
        teleworks for an employer not less than 75 days per year.
            ``(3) Qualified teleworking expenses.--The term `qualified
        teleworking expenses' means expenses paid or incurred under a
        teleworking arrangement for furnishings and electronic
        information equipment which are used to enable an individual to
        telework.
            ``(4) Telework.--The term `telework' means to perform work
        functions, using electronic information and communication
        technologies, thereby reducing or eliminating the physical
        commute to and from the traditional worksite.
    ``(d) Limitation Based on Amount of Tax.--
            ``(1) Liability for tax.--The credit allowable under
        subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess
        (if any) of--
                    ``(A) the regular tax for the taxable year, reduced
                by the sum of the credits allowable under subpart A and
                the preceding sections of this subpart, over
                    ``(B) the tentative minimum tax for the taxable
                year.
            ``(2) Carryforward of unused credit.--If the amount of the
        credit allowable under subsection (a) for any taxable year
        exceeds the limitation under paragraph (1) for the taxable
        year, the excess shall be carried to the succeeding taxable
        year and added to the amount allowable as a credit under
        subsection (a) for such succeeding taxable year.
    ``(e) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Basis reduction.--The basis of any property for which
        a credit is allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced by
        the amount of such credit (determined without regard to
        subsection (d)).
            ``(2) Recapture.--The Secretary shall, by regulations,
        provide for recapturing the benefit of any credit allowable
        under subsection (a) with respect to any property which ceases
        to be property eligible for such credit.
            ``(3) Property used outside united states, etc., not
        qualified.--No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a)
        with respect to any property referred to in section 50(b) or
        with respect to the portion of the cost of any property taken
        into account under section 179.
            ``(4) Election to not take credit.--No credit shall be
        allowed under subsection (a) for any expense if the taxpayer
        elects to not have this section apply with respect to such
        expense.
            ``(5) Denial of double benefit.--No deduction or credit
        (other than under this section) shall be allowed under this
        chapter with respect to any expense which is taken into account
        in determining the credit under this section.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Subsection (a) of section 1016 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end
of paragraph (26), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (27)
and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
            ``(28) to the extent provided in section 30B(e), in the
        case of amounts with respect to which a credit has been allowed
        under section 30B.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart B of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 30B. Teleworking credit.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of
this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

Output: Telework Tax Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $500 annually for "qualified teleworking expenses." Defines such expenses.