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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coordinate to Educate Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Growing numbers of children live in an environment of
        social and economic conditions that greatly increase their risk
        of academic failure when they become students.
            (2) Many academically at-risk students suffer the effects
        of inadequate nutrition and health care, lack of child care,
        overcrowded and unsafe living conditions and homelessness,
        family and gang violence, substance abuse, sexual abuse and
        child abuse, involuntary migration and limited English
        proficiency that often create severe barriers to learning the
        knowledge and skills needed to become literate, independent and
        productive citizens.
            (3) Almost half of all children and youths live in a single
        parent family for some period of their lives, while many others
        live in families with two full-time working parents, greatly
        reducing parental involvement in their education.
            (4) Services for at-risk students are often fragmented,
        inconvenient, expensive, overregulated, ineffective and
        duplicative, and focused on only a single narrow problem
        without meeting the needs of the child and the family.
            (5) School personnel, parents, and support service
        providers often lack knowledge of, and access to, available
        services for at-risk students and their families in the
        community, are constrained by bureaucratic obstacles from
        providing the services most needed, and have few resources or
        incentives to coordinate services and make them accessible.
            (6) Service providers, such as teachers, social workers,
        health care and child care providers, juvenile justice workers
        and others, are often trained in separate institutions,
        practice in separate agencies, and pursue separate professional
        activities that provide little support for coordination and
        integration of services.
            (7) Coordination and integration of services for at-risk
        students emphasizing prevention and early intervention offer a
        greater opportunity to break the cycle that leads to academic
        failure, leaving school, low-skill levels, unemployment and low
        income.
            (8) Coordination of services is cost effective for schools
        and support agencies because it reduces duplication, improves
        quality of services, and substitutes prevention for expensive
        crisis interventions, while ensuring that students are ready to
        learn when they are in the classroom.
    (b) Purposes.--It is the purpose of this Act to establish a program
of grants to local education agencies to improve students' educational
performances by--
            (1) removing barriers to their learning;
            (2) coordinating and enhancing the effectiveness of support
        services;
            (3) making support services available, affordable, and
        convenient for those who need them;
            (4) replicating and disseminating successful high quality
        coordinated service programs;
            (5) increasing parental involvement in education;
            (6) improving the capacity of school and support service
        personnel to collaborate;
            (7) integrating services, regulations, data bases,
        eligibility procedures and funding sources whenever possible;
        and
            (8) focusing school and community resources on prevention
        and early intervention strategies to address student needs and
        to ensure that students are ready to learn when they are in the
        classroom.

SEC. 3. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

    The Secretary of Education is authorized to make development and
implementation grants to local education agencies to develop and
implement coordinated service programs.

SEC. 4. DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

    (a) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, a local educational agency shall--
            (1) plan to collaborate with health and social service
        agencies to develop a program of school-linked integrated
        service for children and families on or near a school site; or
            (2) offer some coordinated services, but be able to
        demonstrate a need for the expansion of services.
    (b) Duration.--Grants under this section may be for up to 3 years
duration, subject to providing the Secretary with annual evidence of
satisfactory progress towards the achievement of a plan for a self-
sufficient coordinated service program.
    (c) Applications.--A local educational agency that wishes to
receive a grant under this section shall submit an application which
identifies--
            (1) the need for coordinated services among all or some of
        the students of a local educational agency;
            (2) the proposed membership of a collaborative which will
        be formed to achieve broad-based coordinated services,
        including representatives from the appropriate levels of all
        sectors and services necessary to achieve broad-based
        coordinated services, including representatives of children and
        families;
            (3) the objectives of the collaboration; and
            (4) performance measurements.
    (d) Use of Funds.--Grants awarded under this section shall be used
to--
            (1) plan and hold regular meetings of the collaborative;
            (2) identify barriers to learning experienced by students
        in the local educational agency that stem from factors external
        to the public school system, including poor health, physical
        and sexual abuse, poor nutrition, inadequate housing, lack of
        appropriate childcare and lack of appropriate preschool and
        before and after school care;
            (3) assess the availability of currently existing social
        service programs which could help to alleviate these barriers;
            (4) assess the availability of local, State and private
        funds, the redirection of existing funds and the use of in-kind
        services;
            (5) assess the feasibility of a sliding scale fee for
        services that will be delivered; and
            (6) develop an interagency service delivery plan that
        identifies--
                    (A) the priorities of the service providers and the
                community;
                    (B) the availability and use of adequate staff and
                physical resources;
                    (C) a plan to coordinate Federal, State and local
                regulations, eligibility requirements and application
                procedures;
                    (D) how coordinated services will be delivered,
                including a case management system; and
                    (E) a plan to become self-sufficient, without using
                funds authorized under this Act, not later than 2 years
                after implementation.

SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.

    (a) Eligibility.--A local educational agency that desires to
receive a grant under this section shall have an interagency service
delivery plan that has been approved by the Secretary of Education.
    (b) Duration.--Grants under this section may not exceed a 2-year
period.
    (c) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, a local educational agency shall submit an application which--
            (1) identifies barriers to learning experienced by students
        in the local educational agency that stem from factors external
        to the public school system, including poor health, evidence of
        physical or sexual abuse, poor nutrition, inadequate housing,
        lack of appropriate childcare and lack of appropriate preschool
        and before and after school care;
            (2) identifies existing social service programs;
            (3) identifies the participants in the delivery of
        coordinated services, including community and parent
        involvement;
            (4) includes an interagency service delivery plan which
        includes the priorities of the service providers and the
        community;
            (5) includes an interagency agreement signed by key parties
        within the collaborative, partnership schools and agencies that
        detail what will be done, by whom and when;
            (6) makes assurances that Federal funds will be used for
        not more than 50 percent of the costs of this project after the
        first year, with a commitment of matching funds from other
        agencies or private sources, including the redirection of
        existing funds and the use of in-kind services which will fully
        support the project after the second year;
            (7) identifies how the coordinated service program will be
        staffed, including the case of a coordinator and including a
        plan for interagency staff training and development;
            (8) identifies where the coordinated service program will
        be located;
            (9) identifies how Federal, State, and local regulations,
        eligibility requirements and application procedures have been
        coordinated;
            (10) utilizes a case management system; and
            (11) sets sliding scale service fees, if feasible.
    (d) Use of Funds.--Grants awarded under this section may be used--
            (1) to locate and obtain commitments from funding sources
        other than the Federal Government when this grant ends;
            (2) to improve interagency communications and information-
        sharing, including developing telecommunications networks,
        software development, data base integration and management, and
        other applications of technology that improve coordination of
        service;
            (3) to support colocation of interagency service delivery
        programs in schools or other sites close to schools, including
        rental or lease payments, open and lock-up fees or maintenance
        and security costs necessary for the delivery of services to
        students;
            (4) for staff development, including in-service and cross-
        agency training, for the interagency service delivery team,
        including school staff;
            (5) to research and tabulate figures which demonstrate the
        success of a coordinated services program, including improved
        outcome for children and families in terms of taxpayers dollars
        saved; and
            (6) to support dissemination and replication of successful
        programs to other areas within a local educational agency.

SEC. 6. TARGET POPULATIONS.

    (a) Eligible Schools, Grades, and Areas.--An eligible local
educational agency may select a school or program area for coordinated
services if the project design is of adequate size, scope, and quality
to achieve projected outcomes.
    (b) Eligible Students.--Programs and services shall be made
available to all children and families in the area to be served and
shall, when appropriate, be paid on a sliding scale.

SEC. 7. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.

    In making awards under this Act, the Secretary shall give special
consideration to--
            (1) the geographic distribution of awards, including urban,
        suburban, and rural districts;
            (2) districts with concentrated pockets of educationally
        at-risk students;
            (3) local educational agencies with high proportions of
        educationally at-risk students; and
            (4) areas with a large number of single parent or two-
        parent, working families.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions
of this Act for fiscal year 2009, $300,000,000 of which $200,000,000
shall be allocated for development grants and $100,000,000 shall be
allocated for implementation grants, and such sums as may be necessary
for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2015.

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Coordinate to Educate Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award: (1) grants of up to three years to local educational agencies (LEAs) to collaborate with health and social service agencies to develop school-linked coordinated service programs for children and families on or near school sites; and (2) grants of up to two years to LEAs to implement such programs pursuant to interagency service delivery plans that have been approved by the Secretary.

Requires program services to be available to all children and families in the service area and, where appropriate, paid for on a sliding scale.

Directs the Secretary, in awarding grants, to give special consideration to areas with high proportions of educationally at-risk students and areas that have a large number of single parent or two-parent, working families.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Data in Government Act of
2017''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVING GOVERNMENT DATA.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 3502--
                    (A) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at
                the end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) the term `data' means recorded information,
        regardless of form or the media on which the data is recorded;
            ``(16) the term `data asset' means a collection of data
        elements or data sets that may be grouped together;
            ``(17) the term `machine-readable' means a format in which
        information or data can be easily processed by a computer
        without human intervention while ensuring no semantic meaning
        is lost;
            ``(18) the term `open format' means a technical format that
        is not encumbered by restrictions that would impede use or
        reuse;
            ``(19) the term `open Government data' means a public data
        asset that is--
                    ``(A) machine-readable;
                    ``(B) available in an open format; and
                    ``(C) part of the worldwide public domain or, if
                necessary, published with an open license; and
            ``(20) the term `public data asset' means a data asset
        created or maintained by an agency, or a contractor of an
        agency, that--
                    ``(A) is not protected under copyright or patent
                laws; and
                    ``(B)(i) may be released to the public; or
                    ``(ii) has been released to the public in an open
                format.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3522. Requirement to preserve Government data
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided under subsection (c), any
open Government data that is made available to the public for a period
of not less than 90 consecutive days shall--
            ``(1) remain machine-readable, available in an open format,
        and part of the worldwide public domain or, if necessary,
        published with an open license; and
            ``(2) not be altered in such a way as to decrease the
        machine-readable nature of the open Government data.
    ``(b) Alteration of Digital Location, Format, or Content.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall not be a violation of
        subsection (a) to alter--
                    ``(A) the digital location or format of open
                Government data for the purpose of routine asset
                maintenance or long-term archiving if the alteration
                does not decrease the open public accessibility or the
                machine-readable nature of the open Government data; or
                    ``(B) the contents of open Government data for
                purposes of updating the open Government data or
                correcting an error in the open Government data.
            ``(2) Permanence of data after updates.--For purposes of
        subsection (a), any alteration of the digital location, format,
        or contents of open Government data under subparagraph (A) or
        (B) of paragraph (1) shall not constitute a renewal of the
        period for which the open Government data has been made
        available to the public.
            ``(3) Record of data changes after updates.--Any
        substantial alteration of the contents of open Government data
        under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) shall be
        recorded in a log that is made available to the public in an
        open format along with the open Government data.
    ``(c) Exceptions.--
            ``(1) Conservation of agency resources.--An agency may
        remove open Government data from public availability if--
                    ``(A) the head of the agency determines that the
                open Government data--
                            ``(i) is too costly to maintain; or
                            ``(ii) does not provide sufficient value to
                        the public;
                    ``(B) not less than 6 months before the date on
                which the agency removes the open Government data from
                public availability, the agency publishes a notice of
                the removal in the Federal Register, including--
                            ``(i) a clear identification of the open
                        Government data;
                            ``(ii) if applicable, the digital object
                        identifier of the open Government data;
                            ``(iii) a detailed description of the
                        reasons for the removal; and
                            ``(iv) a detailed description of efforts to
                        make the open Government data permanently
                        publicly available; and
                    ``(C) the open Government data is available for
                download on the worldwide public domain for a period of
                not less than 6 months before the date on which the
                agency removes the open Government data from public
                availability.
            ``(2) Other provisions of law.--Subsection (a) shall not
        apply in the case of open Government data that is required to
        be removed from public availability or altered under another
        provision of law.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 3521 the following:

``3522. Requirement to preserve Government data.''.

Output: Preserving Data in Government Act of 2017 This bill requires that any open government data that is made available to the public for at least 90 consecutive days must: (1) remain machine-readable, available in an open format, and part of the worldwide public domain or, if necessary, be published with an open license; and (2) not be altered in such a way as to decrease its machine-readable nature.  It shall not be a violation of such requirement to alter: (1) the digital location or format of open government data for routine asset maintenance or long-term archiving if such alteration does not decrease the open public accessibility or the machine-readable nature of the data, or (2) the contents of such data to update it or correct an error. Any substantial alteration of the data's contents shall be recorded in a log that is made available to the public in an open format along with the data.  An agency may remove such data from public availability if:   the agency determines that the data is too costly to maintain or does not provide sufficient value to the public,  the agency publishes specified notice at least six months in advance of such removal, and   the data is available for download on the worldwide public domain for at least six months before such removal.  This bill shall not apply to such data that is required to be removed from public availability or altered under another provision of law.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Environmental Technologies
Agency Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) environmental problems facing the world pose a threat
        to the environmental security of the United States and other
        nations;
            (2) the causes of many of environmental problems lie in the
        use of environmentally damaging technologies in areas such as
        transportation, energy production, industrial manufacturing,
        and product use;
            (3) the development and deployment of environmentally safe
        technologies will both enhance the nations environmental
        security and the economic standing of the Nation in the world's
        market place; and
            (4) the Federal Government should play a significant role
        in enhancing the Nation's environmental security by--
                    (A) facilitating the development and deployment of
                environmentally safe technologies that provide
                solutions to environmental problems; and
                    (B) assisting in the diffusion of knowledge of
                environmentally safe technologies throughout the
                Nation.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to assist the efforts
of private industry, universities, nonprofit research centers, and
government laboratories to provide environmentally safe technical
solutions to problems threatening the Nation's environmental security
and, in the process, to help the Nation's competitiveness.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of
        the National Environmental Technologies Agency;
            (2) the term ``Advisory Council'' means the Industry and
        Academia Advisory Council established by section 5;
            (3) the term ``Agency'' means the National Environmental
        Technologies Agency established by section 4; and
            (4) the term ``Fund'' means the Critical Technologies
        Revolving Fund established by section 9.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AGENCY.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established as an independent
establishment of the United States the National Environmental
Technologies Agency.
    (b) Administrator.--(1) The Agency shall be headed by the
Administrator of the National Environmental Technologies Agency, who
shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
    (2) Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new item:
            ``Administrator, National Environmental Technologies
        Agency.''.
    (c) Staff.--The Administrator may appoint a staff of professionals
with skills in the area of program definition and management and such
support staff as the Administrator determines to be necessary, of which
no more than 3 may be in positions of confidential or policy-making
character.
    (d) Functions.--It shall be the function of the Agency to--
            (1) coordinate planning by the departments, agencies, and
        independent establishments of the United States relating to
        restoration and protection of the environment;
            (2) identify areas that--
                    (A) need technical solutions to maintain the
                environmental security of the Nation;
                    (B) are not receiving the long-term product-
                oriented research that is necessary to meet those
                needs; and
                    (C) exhibit the greatest promise for the successful
                development of solutions;
            (3) support and assist the development of technology having
        potential future application in the restoration and protection
        of the environment;
            (4) coordinate among the departments, agencies, independent
        establishments of the United States and the private sector the
        exchange of technological information relating to restoration
        and protection of the environment;
            (5) support continuing research and development of advanced
        technologies by industrial, academic, and governmental and
        nongovernmental entities;
            (6) monitor on a continuing basis the research and
        development being conducted on advanced technologies by private
        industry in the United States; and
            (7) promote continuing development of a technological
        industrial base in the United States.
    (e) Interagency Advisory Committee.--(1) There is established an
interagency advisory committee composed of--
            (A) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
        Agency, who shall be chair of the committee;
            (B) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
        Policy, or the Director's designee;
            (C) the Secretary of Energy, or the Secretary's designee;
            (D) the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary's designee;
            (E) the Secretary of State, or the Secretary's designee;
            (F) the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary's designee;
        and
            (G) the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
        Administration, or the Administrator's designee.
    (2) The interagency advisory committee shall advise and provide
information to the Agency with respect to the needs and concerns of
their agencies in the field of environmental technologies.

SEC. 5. INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Industry and Academia
Advisory Council.
    (b) Membership.--(1) The Advisory Council shall consist of 9
members appointed by the Administrator, at least 5 of whom shall be
from United States industry.
    (2) The persons appointed as members of the Advisory Council--
            (A) shall be eminent in fields such as business, research,
        new product development, engineering, labor, education,
        management consulting, environment, and international
        relations;
            (B) shall be selected solely on the basis of established
        records of distinguished service; and
            (C) shall not be employees of the Federal Government.
    (3) In making appointments of persons as members of the Advisory
Council, the Administrator shall give due consideration to any
recommendations that may be submitted to the Director by the National
Academies, professional societies, business associations, labor
associations, and other appropriate organizations.
    (c) Terms.--(1)(A) Subject to paragraph (2), the term of office of
a member of the Advisory Council shall be 3 years.
    (B) A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the
expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed
shall be appointed for the remainder of that term.
    (C) A member who has completed 2 consecutive full terms on the
Advisory Council shall not be eligible for reappointment until 1 year
after the expiration of the second such term.
    (2) The initial members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed
to 3 classes of 3 members each, one class having a term of 1 year, one
a term of 2 years, and one a term of 3 years.
    (3)(A) The Advisory Council shall meet at least quarterly at the
call of the chair or whenever one-third of the members so request in
writing.
    (B) A majority of the members of the council not having a conflict
of interest in a matter under consideration by the Advisory Council
shall constitute a quorum.
    (C) Each member shall be given appropriate notice of a meeting of
the Advisory Council, not less than 15 days prior to any meeting, if
possible.
    (4)(A) The Advisory Council shall appoint from among its members a
person to serve as chair and a person to serve as vice chair.
    (B) The vice chair of the Advisory Council shall perform the duties
of the chair in the absence of the chair.
    (5) The Advisory Council shall review and make recommendations
regarding general policy for the Agency, its organization, its budget,
and its programs within the framework of national policies set forth by
the President and the Congress.

SEC. 6. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.

    (a) Authority.--In carrying out the functions of the Agency, the
Administrator may--
            (1) enter into, perform, and guarantee contracts, leases,
        grants, and cooperative agreements with any department, agency,
        or independent establishment of the United States or with any
        person;
            (2) use the services, equipment, personnel, or facilities
        of any other department, agency, or independent establishment
        of the United States, with the consent of the head of the
        department, agency, or independent establishment and with or
        without reimbursement, and cooperate with public and private
        entities in the use of such services, equipment, and
        facilities;
            (3) supervise, administer, and control the activities
        within the departments, agencies, and independent
        establishments of the United States relating to patents,
        inventions, trademarks, copyrights, royalty payments, and
        matters connected therewith that pertain to technologies
        relating to restoration and protection of the environment; and
            (4) appoint 1 or more advisory committees or councils, in
        addition to those established by sections 4(e) and 5, to
        consult with and advise the Administrator.
    (b) Transfer of Technology.--The Administrator may transfer to the
domestic private sector technology developed by or with the support of
the Agency if the Administrator determines that the technology may have
potential application in private activities relating to restoration and
protection of the environment.

SEC. 7. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--In carrying out the functions of the Agency, the
Administrator may enter into a cooperative agreement or other
arrangement with any department, agency, or independent establishment
of the United States, any unit of State or local government, any
educational institution, or any other public or private person or
entity.
    (b) Authority To Require Payment.--(1) A cooperative agreement or
other arrangement entered into under subsection (a) may include a
provision that requires a person or other entity to make payments to
the Agency (or any other department, agency, or independent
establishment of the United States) as a condition to receiving
assistance from the Agency under the agreement or other arrangement.
    (2) The amount of any payment received by a department, agency, or
independent establishment of the United States pursuant to a provision
required under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the Fund in such
amount as the Administrator may specify.
    (c) Nonduplication and Other Conditions.--The Administrator shall
ensure that--
            (1) the authority under this section is used only when the
        use of standard contracts or grants is not feasible or
        appropriate; and
            (2) to the maximum extent practicable, a cooperative
        agreement or other arrangement entered into under this
        section--
                    (A) does not provide for research that duplicates
                research being conducted under other programs carried
                out by a department, agency, or independent
                establishment of the United States; and
                    (B) requires the other party to the agreement or
                arrangement to share the cost of the project or
                activity concerned.

SEC. 8. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Selection Criteria.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal
Register proposed criteria, and not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, following a public comment period, final
criteria, for the selection of recipients of contracts, leases, grants,
and cooperative agreements under this Act.
    (b) Financial Reporting and Auditing.--The Administrator shall
establish procedures regarding financial reporting and auditing to
ensure that contracts and awards are used for the purposes specified in
this section, are in accordance with sound accounting practices, and
are not funding existing or planned research programs that would be
conducted in the same time period in the absence of financial
assistance under this Act.
    (c) Advice of the Advisory Council.--The Administrator shall ensure
that the advice of the Advisory Council is considered routinely in
carrying out the responsibilities of the Agency.
    (d) Dissemination of Research Results.--The Administrator shall
provide for appropriate dissemination of research results of the
Agency's program.
    (e) Contracts or Awards; Criteria; Restrictions.--(1) No contract
or award may be made under this Act until the research project in
question has been subject to a merit review, and has, in the opinion of
the reviewers appointed by the Administrator, been shown to have
scientific and technical merit.
    (2) Federal funds made available under this Act shall be used only
for direct costs and not for indirect costs, profits, or management
fees of the contractor.
    (3) In determining whether to make an award to a joint venture, the
Administrator shall consider whether the members of the joint venture
have provided for the appropriate participation of small United States
businesses in the joint venture.
    (4) Section 552 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to
the following information obtained by the Federal Government on a
confidential basis in connection with the activities of any business or
any joint venture that receives funding under this Act:
            (A) Information on the business operation of a member of
        the business or joint venture.
            (B) Trade secrets possessed by any business or by a member
        of the joint venture.
    (5) Intellectual property owned and developed by a business or
joint venture that receives funding under this Act or by any member of
such a joint venture may not be disclosed by any officer or employee of
the United States except in accordance with a written agreement between
the owner or developer and the Administrator.
    (6) The United States shall be entitled to a share of the licensing
fees and royalty payments made to and retained by a business or joint
venture to which it contributes under this section in an amount
proportionate to the Federal share of the costs incurred by the
business or joint venture, as determined by independent audit.
    (7) A contract or award under this Act shall contain appropriate
provisions for discontinuance of the project and return of the unspent
Federal funds to the Agency (after payment of all allowable costs and
an audit) if--
            (A) due to technical difficulties, financial difficulty on
        the part of the recipient, or for any other reason, the
        recipient is not making satisfactory progress toward successful
        completion of the project; or
            (B) despite satisfactory progress on the progress, it
        appears that the project will not achieve satisfactorily the
        goals of the project.
    (8) Upon dissolution of a joint venture that receives funding under
this Act or at a time otherwise agreed upon, the United States shall be
entitled to a share of the residual assets of a joint venture that is
proportionate to the Federal share of the costs of the joint venture,
as determined by independent audit.

SEC. 9. REVOLVING FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a revolving fund to be known as the ``Environmental
Advanced Research Projects Revolving Fund'', which shall consist of
such amounts as are appropriated or credited to it from time to time.
    (b) Expenditures From the Fund.--Amounts in the Fund shall be
available, as provided in appropriations Acts, to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
    (c) Loans, Grants, and Other Financial Assistance.--(1) The
Administrator may use the Fund for the purpose of making loans, grants,
and other financial assistance to industrial and nonprofit research
centers, universities, and other entities that serve the long-term
environmental security needs of the United States, to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
    (2) A loan made under this section shall bear interest at a rate
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury (as of the close of the
calendar month preceding the month in which the loan is made) to be 3
percent less than the current market yield on outstanding marketable
obligations of the United States with remaining periods to maturity
comparable to the period for which the loan is made.
    (3) Repayments on a loan made under this section and the proceeds
from any other agreement entered into by the Administrator under this
Act shall be credited to the Fund.
    (d) Management of Fund.--(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall
manage the Fund and, after consultation with the Administrator, report
to Congress each year on the financial condition and the results of the
operation of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year and on the
expected condition and operations of the Fund during the next 5 fiscal
years.
    (2)(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest the portion of
the Fund that is not, in the judgment of the Secretary, required to
meet current withdrawals.
    (B) Investments of monies in the Fund may be made only in interest-
bearing obligations of the United States.

SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT.

    The Administrator shall submit a report to Congress annually
describing--
            (1) the activities of the Agency;
            (2) the Agency's plans for future activities;
            (3) the manner and extent to which technologies developed
        with assistance from the Agency have been used; and
            (4) the extent to which those technologies have been
        transferred overseas.

SEC. 11. APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Amounts.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Agency
to carry out this Act $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, $140,000,000
for fiscal year 1994, and $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.
    (b) Limitation on Use.--Of amounts appropriated to the Agency, no
more than 5 percent may be used to pay for administrative expenses of
the Agency.

S 425 IS----2

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National Environmental Technologies Agency Act - Establishes the National Environmental Technologies Agency to:  (1) coordinate Federal environmental restoration and protection planning; (2) identify areas that need technical solutions to maintain environmental security, are not receiving product-oriented research necessary to meet those needs, and exhibit the greatest promise for the development of solutions; (3) support the development of technology having future application in environmental restoration and protection; (4) coordinate the exchange of technological information relating to environmental restoration and protection between Federal agencies and the private sector; (5) support continuing research and development of advanced technologies; (6) monitor research and development being conducted on advanced technologies by private industry; and (7) promote continuing development of a technological industrial base in the United States.
Establishes the Industry and Academia Advisory Council to make recommendations regarding general policy for the Agency.
Permits the Agency Administrator to transfer to the domestic private sector technology developed with the support of the Agency if the technology may have potential application in private activities relating to environmental restoration and protection.
Provides for dissemination of the results of Agency research.
Directs the Administrator, in determining whether to make an award to a joint venture, to consider whether the joint venture has provided for appropriate participation of U.S. small businesses.  Entitles the United States to a share of licensing fees and royalty payments made to a joint venture in an amount proportionate to the Federal share of costs incurred.  Provides for the return of unspent Federal funds to the Agency if it appears that the recipient is not making satisfactory progress toward successful completion of the project.  Entitles the United States, upon dissolution of a joint venture that receives funding under this Act, to a share of the residual assets proportionate to the Federal share of costs.
Establishes the Environmental Advanced Research Projects Revolving Fund.  Authorizes the use of the Fund to provide financial assistance to entities that serve long-term environmental security needs.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Review Panel
Technical Amendments Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) A vibrant and growing small business sector is critical
        to creating jobs in a dynamic economy.
            (2) Small businesses bear a disproportionate share of
        regulatory costs and burdens.
            (3) Federal agencies must consider the impact of their
        regulations on small businesses early in the rulemaking
        process.
            (4) The Small Business Advocacy Review Panel process that
        was established by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
        Fairness Act of 1996 has been effective in allowing small
        businesses to participate in rules that are being developed by
        the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety
        and Health Administration.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are the following:
            (1) To provide a forum for the effective participation of
        small businesses in the Federal regulatory process.
            (2) To clarify and strengthen the Small Business Advocacy
        Review Panel process.
            (3) To expand the number of Federal agencies that are
        required to convene Small Business Advocacy Review Panels.

SEC. 3. ENSURING FULL ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON SMALL ENTITIES
              OF RULES PROPOSED BY CERTAIN AGENCIES.

    Section 609(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
    ``(b)(1) Before the publication of an initial regulatory
flexibility analysis that a covered agency is required to conduct under
this chapter, the head of the covered agency shall--
            ``(A) notify the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
        Business Administration (in this subsection referred to as the
        `Chief Counsel') in writing;
            ``(B) provide the Chief Counsel with information on the
        potential impacts of the proposed rule on small entities and
        the type of small entities that might be affected; and
            ``(C) not later than 30 days after complying with
        subparagraphs (A) and (B)--
                    ``(i) with the concurrence of the Chief Counsel,
                identify affected small entity representatives; and
                    ``(ii) transmit the information referred to in
                subparagraph (B) to the identified small entity
                representatives for the purposes of obtaining advice
                and recommendations about the potential impacts of the
                draft proposed rule.
    ``(2)(A) Not earlier than 30 days after the covered agency
transmits information pursuant to paragraph (1)(C)(ii), the head of the
covered agency shall convene a review panel for the draft proposed
rule. The panel shall consist solely of full-time Federal employees of
the office within the covered agency that will be responsible for
carrying out the proposed rule, the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget, and the
Chief Counsel.
    ``(B) The review panel shall--
            ``(i) review any material the covered agency has prepared
        in connection with this chapter, including any draft proposed
        rule;
            ``(ii) collect advice and recommendations from the small
        entity representatives identified under paragraph (1)(C)(i) on
        issues related to paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of section
        603(b) and section 603(c); and
            ``(iii) allow any small entity representative identified
        under paragraph (1)(C)(i) to make an oral presentation to the
        panel, if requested.
    ``(C) Not later than 60 days after the date a covered agency
convenes a review panel pursuant to this paragraph, the review panel
shall report to the head of the covered agency on--
            ``(i) the comments received from the small entity
        representatives identified under paragraph (1)(C)(i); and
            ``(ii) its findings regarding issues related to paragraphs
        (3), (4), and (5) of section 603(b) and section 603(c).
    ``(3) The head of the covered agency shall print in the Federal
Register the report of the review panel under paragraph (2)(C), by the
earlier of--
            ``(A) 120 days after the date the head of the covered
        agency receives the report; or
            ``(B) as part of the publication of the notice of proposed
        rulemaking for the proposed rule.
    ``(4) Where appropriate, the covered agency shall modify the draft
proposed rule, the initial regulatory flexibility analysis for the
draft proposed rule, or the decision on whether an initial regulatory
flexibility analysis is required for the draft proposed rule.''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 609(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
    ``(d) For the purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `covered agency' means the Environmental
        Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health
        Administration of the Department of Labor, and the Internal
        Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury; and
            ``(2) the term `small entity representative' means a small
        entity, or an individual or organization that represents a
        small entity.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output: Small Business Review Panel Technical Amendments Act of 1999 (sic) - Amends Federal provisions concerning the promulgation of Federal rules to allow representatives of small entities that may be affected to make an oral presentation to a review panel for a proposed rule. Requires the head of an agency covered by the rule to print the report of the review panel in the Federal Register within 120 days after receiving it or as part of the publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Interest Checking Act
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. INTEREST-BEARING TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS AUTHORIZED.

    (a) Repeal of Prohibition on Payment of Interest on Demand
Deposits.--
            (1) Federal reserve act.--Section 19(i) of the Federal
        Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 371a) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(i) [Repealed]''.
            (2) Home owners' loan act.--The first sentence of section
        5(b)(1)(B) of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C.
        1464(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``savings association may
        not--'' and all that follows through ``(ii) permit any'' and
        inserting ``savings association may not permit any''.
            (3) Federal deposit insurance act.--Section 18(g) of the
        Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(g)) is amended to
        read as follows:
    ``(g) [Repealed]''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. INTEREST-BEARING TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS AUTHORIZED FOR ALL
              BUSINESSES.

    Section 2 of Public Law 93-100 (12 U.S.C. 1832) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following
        new paragraph:
            ``(3) Exception from paragraph (2) limitation.--Paragraph
        (2) shall not apply to any depository institution which is
        prohibited by the applicable law of its chartering State from
        offering demand deposits and either--
                    ``(A) does not engage in any lending activities; or
                    ``(B) is not an affiliate of any company or
                companies with assets that, in the aggregate, represent
                more than 10 percent of the total assets of the
                depository institution.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
        (c) and (d), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any depository
institution may permit the owner of any deposit or account which is a
deposit or account on which interest or dividends are paid and is not a
deposit or account described in subsection (a)(2) to make up to 24
transfers per month (or such greater number as the Board may determine
by rule or order), for any purpose, to another account of the owner in
the same institution. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
prevent an account offered pursuant to this subsection from being
considered a transaction account (as defined in section 19(b) of the
Federal Reserve Act for purposes of such Act).''.

SEC. 4. PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON RESERVES AT FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS.

    (a) In General.--Section 19(b) of the Federal Reserve Act (12
U.S.C. 461(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
            ``(12) Earnings on reserves.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Balances maintained at a Federal
                reserve bank by or on behalf of a depository
                institution may receive earnings to be paid by the
                Federal reserve bank at least once each calendar
                quarter at a rate or rates not to exceed the general
                level of short-term interest rates.
                    ``(B) Regulations relating to payments and
                distribution.--The Board may prescribe regulations
                concerning--
                            ``(i) the payment of earnings in accordance
                        with this paragraph;
                            ``(ii) the distribution of such earnings to
                        the depository institutions which maintain
                        balances at such banks or on whose behalf such
                        balances are maintained; and
                            ``(iii) the responsibilities of depository
                        institutions, Federal home loan banks, and the
                        National Credit Union Administration Central
                        Liquidity Facility with respect to the
                        crediting and distribution of earnings
                        attributable to balances maintained, in
                        accordance with subsection (c)(1)(B), in a
                        Federal reserve bank by any such entity on
                        behalf of depository institutions.''.
    (b) Authorization for Pass Through Reserves for Member Banks.--
Section 19(c)(1)(B) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 461(c)(1)(B))
is amended by striking ``which is not a member bank''.
    (c) Survey of Bank Fees and Services.--Section 19 of the Federal
Reserve Act (as amended by subsections (a) and (b) of this section) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(n) Survey of Bank Fees and Services.--
            ``(1) Annual survey required.--The Board shall obtain
        annually a sample, which is representative by type and size of
        the institution and geographic location, of the following
        retail banking services and products provided by insured
        depository institutions and insured credit unions (along with
        related fees and minimum balances):
                    ``(A) Checking and other transaction accounts.
                    ``(B) Negotiable order of withdrawal and savings
                accounts.
                    ``(C) Automated teller machine transactions.
                    ``(D) Other electronic transactions.
                    ``(E) Credit Cards.
            ``(2) Minimum survey requirement.--The annual survey
        described in paragraph (1) shall meet the following minimum
        requirements:
                    ``(A) Checking and other transaction accounts.--
                Data on checking and transaction accounts shall
                include, at a minimum, the following:
                            ``(i) Monthly and annual fees and minimum
                        balances to avoid such fees.
                            ``(ii) Minimum opening balances.
                            ``(iii) Check processing fees.
                            ``(iv) Check printing fees.
                            ``(v) Balance inquiry fees.
                            ``(vi) Fees imposed for using a teller or
                        other institution employee.
                            ``(vii) Stop payment order fees.
                            ``(viii) Nonsufficient fund fees.
                            ``(ix) Overdraft fees.
                            ``(x) Deposit items returned fees.
                            ``(xi) Availability of no-cost or low-cost
                        accounts for consumers who maintain low
                        balances.
                    ``(B) Negotiable order of withdrawal accounts and
                savings accounts.--Data on negotiable order of
                withdrawal accounts and savings accounts shall include,
                at a minimum, the following:
                            ``(i) Monthly and annual fees and minimum
                        balances to avoid such fees.
                            ``(ii) Minimum opening balances.
                            ``(iii) Rate at which interest is paid to
                        consumers.
                            ``(iv) Check processing fees for negotiable
                        order of withdrawal accounts.
                            ``(v) Check printing fees for negotiable
                        order of withdrawal accounts.
                            ``(vi) Balance inquiry fees.
                            ``(vii) Fees imposed for using a teller or
                        other institution employee.
                            ``(viii) Stop payment order fees for
                        negotiable order of withdrawal accounts.
                            ``(ix) Nonsufficient fund fees for
                        negotiable order of withdrawal accounts.
                            ``(x) Overdraft fees for negotiable order
                        of withdrawal accounts.
                            ``(xi) Deposit items returned fees.
                            ``(xii) Availability of no-cost or low-cost
                        accounts for consumers who maintain low
                        balances.
                    ``(C) Automated teller transactions.--Data on
                automated teller machine transactions shall include, at
                a minimum, the following:
                            ``(i) Annual and monthly fees.
                            ``(ii) Card fees.
                            ``(iii) Fees charged to customers for
                        withdrawals, deposits, transfers between
                        accounts, balance inquiries through
                        institution-owned machines.
                            ``(iv) Fees charged to customers for
                        withdrawals, deposits, transfers between
                        accounts, balance inquiries through machines
                        owned by others.
                            ``(v) Fees charged to noncustomers for
                        withdrawals, deposits, transfers between
                        accounts, balance inquiries through
                        institution-owned machines.
                            ``(vi) Point-of-sale transaction fees.
                            ``(vii) Surcharges.
                    ``(D) Other electronic transactions.--Data on other
                electronic transactions shall include, at a minimum,
                the following:
                            ``(i) Wire transfer fees.
                            ``(ii) Fees related to payments made over
                        the Internet or through other electronic means.
                    ``(E) Credit card charges and fees.--Data related
                to credit cards shall include, at a minimum, the
                following:
                            ``(i) Application fees.
                            ``(ii) Annual and monthly fees.
                            ``(iii) Rates of interest charged for
                        purchases and cash advances, when an account is
                        not in default.
                            ``(iv) Rates of interest charged for
                        purchases and cash advances, when an account is
                        in default.
                            ``(v) Average annual finance charges paid
                        by customers.
                            ``(vi) Late payment fees.
                            ``(vii) Cash advance and convenience check
                        fees.
                            ``(viii) Balance transfer fees.
                            ``(ix) Over-the-credit-limit fees.
                            ``(x) Foreign currency conversion fees.
                    ``(F) Other fees and charges.--Data on any other
                fees and charges that the Board determines to be
                appropriate to meet the purposes of this section.
            ``(3) Annual Report to Congress Required.--
                    ``(A) Preparation.--The Board shall prepare a
                report of the results of each survey conducted pursuant
                to paragraph (1) and (2).
                    ``(B) Contents of the report.--In addition to the
                data required to be collected pursuant to paragraphs
                (1) and (2), each report prepared pursuant to
                subparagraph (A) shall include a description of any
                discernible trend, in the Nation as a whole, in each of
                the 50 States, and in each metropolitan statistical
                area (as defined by the Director of the Office of
                Management and Budget), in the cost and availability of
                the retail banking services, including those described
                in paragraphs (1) and (2) (including related fees and
                minimum balances), that delineates differences between
                institutions on the basis of the type of institution,
                the size of the institution and any engagement of the
                institution in multistate activity.
                    ``(C) Submission to congress.--The Board shall
                submit an annual report to the Congress under this
                paragraph not later than June 1, 2002, and not later
                than June 1 of each subsequent year.
            ``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the
        terms `insured depository institution' and `insured credit
        union' mean any depository institution (as defined in
        subsection (b)(1)(A)) the deposits or shares in which are
        insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or the Federal
        Credit Union Act.''.
    (d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 19 of the Federal
Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 461) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(4) (12 U.S.C. 461(b)(4)), by striking
        subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as
        subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A) (12 U.S.C. 461(c)(1)(A)), by
        striking ``subsection (b)(4)(C)'' and inserting ``subsection
        (b)''.

SEC. 5. INCREASED FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD FLEXIBILITY IN SETTING RESERVE
              REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 19(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C.
461(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``the ratio of 3 per
        centum'' and inserting ``a ratio not greater than 3 percent
        (and which may be zero)''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``and not less than 8 per
        centum,'' and inserting ``(and which may be zero),''.

SEC. 6. TRANSFER OF FEDERAL RESERVE SURPLUSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 7(b) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C.
289(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Additional transfers to cover interest payments for
        fiscal years 2002 through 2006.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In addition to the amounts
                required to be transferred from the surplus funds of
                the Federal reserve banks pursuant to subsection
                (a)(3), the Federal reserve banks shall transfer from
                such surplus funds to the Board of Governors of the
                Federal Reserve System for transfer to the Secretary of
                the Treasury for deposit in the general fund of the
                Treasury, such sums as are necessary to equal the net
                cost of section 19(b)(12), as estimated by the Office
                of Management and Budget, in each of the fiscal years
                2002 through 2006.
                    ``(B) Allocation by federal reserve board.--Of the
                total amount required to be paid by the Federal reserve
                banks under subparagraph (A) for fiscal years 2002
                through 2006, the Board of Governors of the Federal
                Reserve System shall determine the amount each such
                bank shall pay in such fiscal year.
                    ``(C) Replenishment of surplus fund prohibited.--
                During fiscal years 2002 through 2006, no Federal
                reserve bank may replenish such bank's surplus fund by
                the amount of any transfer by such bank under
                subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 7(a) of the
Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 289(a)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Payment to treasury.--During fiscal years 2002
        through 2006, any amount in the surplus fund of any Federal
        reserve bank in excess of the amount equal to 3 percent of the
        paid-in capital and surplus of the member banks of such bank
        shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury for
        deposit in the general fund of the Treasury.''.

SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    No provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall
be construed as creating any presumption or implication that, in the
case of an escrow account maintained at a depository institution in
connection with a real estate transaction--
            (1) the absorption, by the depository institution, of
        expenses incidental to providing a normal banking function with
        respect to such escrow account;
            (2) the forbearance, by the depository institution, from
        charging a fee for providing any such banking function; and
            (3) any benefit which may accrue to the holder or the
        beneficiary of such escrow account as a result of an action of
        the depository institution described in paragraph (1) or (2),
may be treated as the payment or receipt of interest for purposes of
any provision of Public Law 93-100, the Federal Reserve Act, the Home
Owners' Loan Act, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Act relating to the
payment of interest on accounts or deposits at depository institutions.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 3, 2001.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Small Business Interest Checking Act of 2001- Amends the Federal Reserve Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to repeal the proscription against payment of interest on demand deposits.Authorizes certain depository institutions prohibited by State law from offering demand deposits to offer all owners of a interest- or dividend-paying deposit or account to make withdrawals by negotiable or transferable instruments for the purpose of making payments to third parties. Requires that such an institution either: (1) not engage in lending activities; or (2) not be an affiliate of a company or companies whose aggregate assets represent over ten percent of the institution's total assets.Amends Federal banking law governing interaccount transfers to provide that a depository institution may permit owners of certain interest- or dividend-paying accounts to make up to 24 transfers monthly for any purpose to their other accounts in the same institution.Amends the Federal Reserve Act to authorize a Federal reserve bank to pay interest at least quarterly (at a rate not to exceed the general level of short term interest rates) to a depository institution on any balance it maintains at the reserve bank.Repeals a specified restriction in order to authorize pass-through reserves for member banks (as well as non-member banks).Instructs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to obtain annually a prescribed survey of designated retail bank fees and services (including electronic and credit card fees), and report the results annually to Congress.Reformulates the mandatory depository institution reserve ratio to: (1) one that is not greater than three percent, and may be zero, (currently, a flat ratio of three percent) for transaction accounts of $25 million or less; and (2) reduce from eight percent to zero the minimum ratio for transaction accounts exceeding $25 million. (Thus authorizes zero reserve requirements for such accounts.)Requires the Federal Reserve banks to transfer certain surplus funds for deposit into the general fund of the Treasury equal to the estimated net cost of making the quarterly payments of interest mandated by this Act for FY 2002 through 2006.Prohibits such banks from replenishing surplus funds by the amount of any such transfers during that time period.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States
        increased by nearly 30 percent among low-income women between
        1994 and 2002, and a low-income woman today is 4 times as
        likely to have an unintended pregnancy as her higher income
        counterpart.
            (2) Abortion rates decreased among higher income women but
        increased among low income women between 1994 and 2002, and a
        low income woman is more than 4 times as likely to have an
        abortion as her higher income counterpart.
            (3) Contraceptive use reduces a woman's probability of
        having an abortion by 85 percent.
            (4) Levels of contraceptive use among low-income women at
        risk of unintended pregnancy declined significantly between
        1994 and 2002, from 92 percent to 86 percent.
            (5) Publicly funded contraceptive services have been shown
        to prevent 1,300,000 unintended pregnancies each year, and in
        the absence of these services the United States abortion rate
        would likely be 40 percent higher than it is.
            (6) By helping couples avoid unintended pregnancy,
        Medicaid-funded contraceptive services are highly cost-
        effective, and every public dollar spent on family planning
        saves $3 in the cost of pregnancy-related care alone.
            (7) Federal law requires State Medicaid programs to cover
        pregnancy-related care for women with incomes up to 133 percent
        of poverty, and 17 States have expanded this coverage to women
        with incomes up to 200 percent of poverty.
            (8) 18 States have expanded Medicaid coverage for family
        planning services to the same level at which they provide
        Medicaid funded pregnancy-related care.
            (9) Equalizing the eligibility levels for family planning
        and pregnancy-related care nationwide would maximize the cost-
        savings to both the Federal and State Governments.
            (10) A woman should have equal access to contraceptive
        services to help prevent an unintended pregnancy and to
        pregnancy-related care if she does become pregnant.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AND
              SUPPLIES.

    Section 1937(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-7(b))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Coverage of family planning services and supplies.--
        Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this section, a
        State may not provide for medical assistance through enrollment
        of an individual with benchmark coverage or benchmark-
        equivalent coverage under this section unless that coverage
        includes family planning services and supplies as described in
        section 1905(a)(4)(C).''.

SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.

    (a) Coverage as Mandatory Categorically Needy Group.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) in subclause (VI), by striking ``or'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in subclause (VII), by adding ``or'' at the
                end; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new
                subclause:
                                    ``(VIII) who are described in
                                subsection (dd) (relating to
                                individuals who meet the income
                                standards for pregnant women);''.
            (2) Group described.--Section 1902 of the Social Security
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is amended by adding at the end the
        following new subsection:
    ``(dd)(1) Individuals described in this subsection are individuals
who--
            ``(A) meet at least the income eligibility standards
        established under the State plan as of May 1, 2006, for
        pregnant women or such higher income eligibility standard for
        such women as the State may establish; and
            ``(B) are not pregnant.
    ``(2) At the option of a State, individuals described in this
subsection may include individuals who are determined to meet the
income eligibility standards referred to in paragraph (1)(A) under the
terms and conditions applicable to making eligibility determinations
for medical assistance under this title under a waiver to provide the
benefits described in clause (XV) of the matter following subparagraph
(G) of section 1902(a)(10) granted to the State under section 1115 as
of May 1, 2006.''.
            (3) Limitation on benefits.--Section 1902(a)(10) of the
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)) is amended in the
        matter following subparagraph (G)--
                    (A) by striking ``and (XIV)'' and inserting
                ``(XIV)''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, and (XV) the medical
                assistance made available to an individual described in
                subsection (dd) who is eligible for medical assistance
                only because of subparagraph (A)(10)(i)(VIII) shall be
                limited to family planning services and supplies
                described in 1905(a)(4)(C) and, at the State's option,
                medical diagnosis or treatment services that are
                provided in conjunction with a family planning service
                in a family planning setting provided during the period
                in which such an individual is eligible;'' after
                ``cervical cancer''.
            (4) Conforming amendments.--Section 1905(a) of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended in the matter
        preceding paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in clause (xii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (xii), by adding ``or'' at the end;
                and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following:
                            ``(xiv) individuals described in section
                        1902(dd),''.
    (b) Presumptive Eligibility.--
            (1) In general.--Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42
        U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section
        1920B the following:

         ``presumptive eligibility for family planning services

    ``Sec. 1920C.  (a) State Option.--A State plan approved under
section 1902 may provide for making medical assistance available to an
individual described in section 1902(dd) (relating to individuals who
meet the income eligibility standard for pregnant women in the State)
during a presumptive eligibility period. In the case of an individual
described in section 1902(dd) who is eligible for medical assistance
only because of subparagraph (A)(10)(i)(VIII), such medical assistance
may be limited to family planning services and supplies described in
1905(a)(4)(C) and, at the State's option, medical diagnosis or
treatment services that are provided in conjunction with a family
planning service in a family planning setting provided during the
period in which such an individual is eligible.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Presumptive eligibility period.--The term
        `presumptive eligibility period' means, with respect to an
        individual described in subsection (a), the period that--
                    ``(A) begins with the date on which a qualified
                entity determines, on the basis of preliminary
                information, that the individual is described in
                section 1902(dd); and
                    ``(B) ends with (and includes) the earlier of--
                            ``(i) the day on which a determination is
                        made with respect to the eligibility of such
                        individual for services under the State plan;
                        or
                            ``(ii) in the case of such an individual
                        who does not file an application by the last
                        day of the month following the month during
                        which the entity makes the determination
                        referred to in subparagraph (A), such last day.
            ``(2) Qualified entity.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                term `qualified entity' means any entity that--
                            ``(i) is eligible for payments under a
                        State plan approved under this title; and
                            ``(ii) is determined by the State agency to
                        be capable of making determinations of the type
                        described in paragraph (1)(A).
                    ``(B) Regulations.--The Secretary may issue
                regulations further limiting those entities that may
                become qualified entities in order to prevent fraud and
                abuse and for other reasons.
                    ``(C) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this
                paragraph shall be construed as preventing a State from
                limiting the classes of entities that may become
                qualified entities, consistent with any limitations
                imposed under subparagraph (B).
    ``(c) Administration.--
            ``(1) In general.--The State agency shall provide qualified
        entities with--
                    ``(A) such forms as are necessary for an
                application to be made by an individual described in
                subsection (a) for medical assistance under the State
                plan; and
                    ``(B) information on how to assist such individuals
                in completing and filing such forms.
            ``(2) Notification requirements.--A qualified entity that
        determines under subsection (b)(1)(A) that an individual
        described in subsection (a) is presumptively eligible for
        medical assistance under a State plan shall--
                    ``(A) notify the State agency of the determination
                within 5 working days after the date on which
                determination is made; and
                    ``(B) inform such individual at the time the
                determination is made that an application for medical
                assistance is required to be made by not later than the
                last day of the month following the month during which
                the determination is made.
            ``(3) Application for medical assistance.--In the case of
        an individual described in subsection (a) who is determined by
        a qualified entity to be presumptively eligible for medical
        assistance under a State plan, the individual shall apply for
        medical assistance by not later than the last day of the month
        following the month during which the determination is made.
    ``(d) Payment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this title,
medical assistance that--
            ``(1) is furnished to an individual described in subsection
        (a)--
                    ``(A) during a presumptive eligibility period;
                    ``(B) by a entity that is eligible for payments
                under the State plan; and
            ``(2) is included in the care and services covered by the
        State plan, shall be treated as medical assistance provided by
        such plan for purposes of clause (4) of the first sentence of
        section 1905(b).''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 1902(a)(47) of the Social Security Act
                (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(47)) is amended by inserting before
                the semicolon at the end the following: ``and provide
                for making medical assistance available to individuals
                described in subsection (a) of section 1920C during a
                presumptive eligibility period in accordance with such
                section.''.
                    (B) Section 1903(u)(1)(D)(v) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
                1396b(u)(1)(D)(v)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``or for'' and inserting
                        ``, for''; and
                            (ii) by inserting before the period the
                        following: ``, or for medical assistance
                        provided to an individual described in
                        subsection (a) of section 1920C during a
                        presumptive eligibility period under such
                        section''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this Act take effect on October 1, 2006.
    (b) Extension of Effective Date for State Law Amendment.--In the
case of a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) which the Secretary of Health and Human Services
determines requires State legislation in order for the plan to meet the
additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by this Act, the
State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the
requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet
these additional requirements before the first day of the first
calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session
of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of
this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State
that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session is
considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.

Output: Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) prohibit a state from providing for medical assistance through enrollment of an individual with benchmark coverage or benchmark-equivalent coverage unless it includes certain family planning services and supplies; (2 ) include women who are not pregnant but who meet certain income eligibility standards in a mandatory categorically needy group for family planning services purposes; and (3) allow a state Medicaid plan to provide for making medical assistance available to such individuals during a presumptive eligibility period.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Anti-Corruption Act of
1999''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Report and Certification.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than March 1 of each year, the
        President shall submit to the appropriate committees a
        certification described in paragraph (2) and a report for each
        country that received foreign assistance under part I of the
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 during the fiscal year. The
        report shall describe the extent to which each such country is
        making progress with respect to the following economic
        indicators:
                    (A) Implementation of comprehensive economic
                reform, based on market principles, private ownership,
                equitable treatment of foreign private investment,
                adoption of a legal and policy framework necessary for
                such reform, protection of intellectual property
                rights, and respect for contracts.
                    (B) Elimination of corrupt trade practices by
                private persons and government officials.
                    (C) Moving toward integration into the world
                economy.
            (2) Certification.--The certification described in this
        paragraph means a certification as to whether, based on the
        economic indicators described in subparagraphs (A) through (C)
        of paragraph (1), each country is--
                    (A) conducive to United States business;
                    (B) not conducive to United States business; or
                    (C) hostile to United States business.
    (b) Limitations on Assistance.--
            (1) Countries hostile to united states business.--
                    (A) General limitation.--Beginning on the date the
                certification described in subsection (a) is
                submitted--
                            (i) none of the funds made available for
                        assistance under part I of the Foreign
                        Assistance Act of 1961 (including unobligated
                        balances of prior appropriations) may be made
                        available for the government of a country that
                        is certified as hostile to United States
                        business pursuant to such subsection (a); and
                            (ii) the Secretary of the Treasury shall
                        instruct the United States Executive Director
                        of each multilateral development bank to vote
                        against any loan or other utilization of the
                        funds of such institution to or by any country
                        with respect to which a certification described
                        in clause (i) has been made.
                    (B) Duration of limitations.--Except as provided in
                subsection (c), the limitations described in clauses
                (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall apply with
                respect to a country that is certified as hostile to
                United States business pursuant to subsection (a) until
                the President certifies to the appropriate committees
                that the country is making significant progress in
                implementing the economic indicators described in
                subsection (a)(1) and is no longer hostile to United
                States business.
            (2) Countries not conducive to united states business.--
                    (A) Probationary period.--A country that is
                certified as not conducive to United States business
                pursuant to subsection (a), shall be considered to be
                on probation beginning on the date of such
                certification.
                    (B) Required improvement.--Unless the President
                certifies to the appropriate committees that the
                country is making significant progress in implementing
                the economic indicators described in subsection (a) and
                is committed to being conducive to United States
                business, beginning on the first day of the fiscal year
                following the fiscal year in which a country is
                certified as not conducive to United States business
                pursuant to subsection (a)(2)--
                            (i) none of the funds made available for
                        assistance under part I of the Foreign
                        Assistance Act of 1961 (including unobligated
                        balances of prior appropriations) may be made
                        available for the government of such country;
                        and
                            (ii) the Secretary of the Treasury shall
                        instruct the United States Executive Director
                        of each multilateral development bank to vote
                        against any loan or other utilization of the
                        funds of such institution to or by any country
                        with respect to which a certification described
                        in subparagraph (A) has been made.
                    (C) Duration of limitations.--Except as provided in
                subsection (c), the limitations described in clauses
                (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B) shall apply with
                respect to a country that is certified as not conducive
                to United States business pursuant to subsection (a)
                until the President certifies to the appropriate
                committees that the country is making significant
                progress in implementing the economic indicators
                described in subsection (a)(1) and is conducive to
                United States business.
    (c) Exceptions.--
            (1) National security interest.--Subsection (b) shall not
        apply with respect to a country described in subsection (b) (1)
        or (2) if the President determines with respect to such country
        that making such funds available is important to the national
        security interest of the United States. Any such determination
        shall cease to be effective 6 months after being made unless
        the President determines that its continuation is important to
        the national security interest of the United States.
            (2) Other exceptions.--Subsection (b) shall not apply with
        respect to--
                    (A) assistance to meet urgent humanitarian needs
                (including providing food, medicine, disaster, and
                refugee relief);
                    (B) democratic political reform and rule of law
                activities;
                    (C) the creation of private sector and
                nongovernmental organizations that are independent of
                government control; and
                    (D) the development of a free market economic
                system.

SEC. 3. TOLL-FREE NUMBER.

    The Secretary of Commerce shall make available a toll-free
telephone number for reporting by members of the public and United
States businesses on the progress that countries receiving foreign
assistance are making in implementing the economic indicators described
in section 2(a)(1). The information obtained from the toll-free
telephone reporting shall be included in the report required by section
2(a).

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate committees.--The term ``appropriate
        committees'' means the Committee on International Relations of
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
        Relations of the Senate.
            (2) Multilateral development bank.--The term ``multilateral
        development bank'' means the International Bank for
        Reconstruction and Development, the International Development
        Association, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and
        Development.

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Requires a report to accompany such certification describing the extent to which each such country is making progress in: (1) implementing comprehensive economic reform, based on market principles, private ownership, and other specified economic indicators; (2) eliminating corrupt trade practices by private persons and government officials; and (3) moving toward integration into the world economy.
Instructs the Secretary of Commerce to make a toll-free telephone number available for progress reports on countries receiving foreign assistance and implementing specified economic indicators.