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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration
Services Consumer Protection Act of 2000''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Criminal penalty for immigration consultants not meeting
                            requirements.
Sec. 4. Exception for attorneys, representatives of recognized
                            organizations, and others; recognition and
                            accreditation of representatives.
Sec. 5. Education through community outreach programs.
Sec. 6. Non-preemption of more protective State laws.
Sec. 7. Confidentiality of information.
Sec. 8. Effective date.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Attorney.--The term ``attorney'' means a person
        licensed and authorized to practice law in the area in which
        the person is acting as an immigration consultant.
            (2) Compensation.--The term ``compensation'' means money,
        property, promise of payment, or anything of value, provided
        directly or indirectly.
            (3) Immigration consultant.--The term ``immigration
        consultant'' means any person that provides assistance or
        advice on an immigration matter, including--
                    (A) completing a form provided by a Federal or
                State agency;
                    (B) translating a person's answer to questions
                asked on such a form;
                    (C) securing for a person supporting documents
                (such as birth and marriage certificates) which may be
                necessary to complete those forms;
                    (D) submitting completed forms, on a client's
                behalf and at the client's request, to the Immigration
                and Naturalization Service;
                    (E) making referrals to attorneys to represent the
                client in the matter; or
                    (F) preparing or arranging for the preparation of
                photograph or fingerprint in connection with the
                matter.
            (4) Immigration matter.--the term ``immigration matter''
        means any proceeding, filing, or action affecting the
        immigration or citizenship status of any person which arises
        under any immigration or naturalization law, Executive order,
        or Presidential proclamation, or action of the Immigration and
        Naturalization Service, the Department of State, or the
        Department of Labor.

SEC. 3. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS NOT MEETING
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in section 4, any person who
acts as an immigration consultant with respect to an immigration matter
for any client for compensation and who knowingly fails to meet a
requirement of subsection (b) shall be fined under title 18, United
States Code, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
    (b) Requirements.--The requirements of this subsection for a person
acting as an immigration consultant in an immigration matter for a
client are as follows:
            (1) Consultant license required.--The person shall have a
        license as an immigration consultant issued by the Immigration
        and Naturalization Service after the person has made an
        application that meets such requirements as the Attorney
        General may impose.
            (2) Written contract.--The person shall not act as an
        immigration consultant in the immigration matter on behalf of
        the client unless the person has entered into a written
        agreement with the client that meets the following
        requirements:
                    (A) The agreement includes a description of--
                            (i) the services to be performed by the
                        person under the agreement, and
                            (ii) the amounts to be paid by the client.
                    (B) The agreement includes a statement, printed on
                the face of the contract in boldface type no smaller
                than 10 point, that the person is not an attorney and
                may not perform legal services.
                    (C) The agreement includes a conspicuous statement
                (in both English and the other principal language of
                the client, if it is not English) that the client has
                the right to rescind the agreement within 72 hours of
                the time it is executed.
                    (D) The agreement shall not include--
                            (i) any guarantee or promise with respect
                        to the disposition of the Immigration and
                        Naturalization Service and the Attorney General
                        on the matter; or
                            (ii) any statement that the person can or
                        will obtain special favors from or has special
                        influence with the Service or the Attorney
                        General on the matter.
            (3) Office notice.--The person shall conspicuously display
        in any office in which the person meets with clients a notice,
        not smaller than 12 inches by 20 inches and in boldface print
no smaller one inch in height, that includes the following information:
                    (A) A copy of the license issued under paragraph
                (1), including the full name, address, and license
                number of the person.
                    (B) A statement that the person is not an attorney.
            (4) Notice of change of address.--The person shall notify
        the Immigration and Naturalization Service within 30 days of
        any change of name, address, or telephone number.
            (5) Delivery of documents.--The person shall deliver to the
        client a copy of each document or form completed on the
        client's behalf.
            (6) Returning documents to client.--The person shall, upon
        request of the client, return to the client any original
        documents of the client in the possession of the person that
        were delivered to the person in order to provide services for
        the client.

SEC. 4. EXCEPTION FOR ATTORNEYS, REPRESENTATIVES OF RECOGNIZED
              ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHERS; RECOGNITION AND ACCREDITATION
              OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(a) shall not apply to the following:
            (1) Attorneys.--An attorney.
            (2) Law students and law graduates not yet admitted to the
        bar.--A law student who is enrolled in an accredited law
        school, or a law graduate who is not yet admitted to the bar,
        where the following conditions are satisfied:
                    (A) Request.--The student or graduate is appearing
                at the request of the person entitled to
                representation.
                    (B) Statement of law student.--In the case of a law
                student, the student has filed a statement that the
                student is participating, under the direct supervision
                of a faculty member or an attorney, in a legal aid
                program or clinic conducted by a law school or non-
                profit organization, and that the student is appearing
                without direct or indirect remuneration from person
                represented.
                    (C) Statement of law graduate.--In the case of a
                law graduate, the graduate has filed a statement that
                the graduate is appearing under the supervision of a
                licensed attorney or accredited representative and that
                the graduate is appearing without direct or indirect
                remuneration from the person represented.
                    (D) Official permission.--The law student's or law
                graduate's appearance is permitted by the official or
                officials before whom the student or graduate wishes to
                appear. The official or officials may require that a
                law student be accompanied by the supervising faculty
                member or attorney.
            (3) Accredited representatives of recognized
        organizations.--An individual who is an accredited
        representative of an organization that is recognized under
        subsection (b).
            (4) Accredited officials.--An accredited official, in the
        United States, of the government to which an alien owes
        allegiance, if the official appears solely in an official
        capacity and with the alien's consent.
            (5) Grandfather.--A person, other than a representative of
        an organization described in subsection (b), who on December
        23, 1952, was authorized to practice before the Board of
        Immigration Appeals and the Immigration and Naturalization
        Service.
    (b) Recognition of Qualified Organizations; Accreditation of
Representatives.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall establish a
        process--
                    (A) for the recognition of nonprofit religious,
                charitable, social service, or similar organization
                established in the United States; and
                    (B) for the accreditation of representatives of a
                recognized organization to provide immigration
                services, including practicing before the Immigration
                and Naturalization Service and the Board of Immigration
                Appeals, on behalf of the organization.
            (2) Qualifications.--
                    (A) Recognition.--An organization shall not be
                recognized under paragraph (1)(A) unless the
                organization establishes to the satisfaction of the
                Attorney General that it has at its disposal adequate
                knowledge, information and experience.
                    (B) Accreditation of representatives.--A
                representative may not be accredited under paragraph
(1)(B) unless the representative--
                            (i) is of good moral character; and
                            (ii) has sufficient experience and
                        knowledge of immigration and naturalization law
                        and procedure to adequately represent clients
                        of the organization in immigration matters.
            (3) Application process.--The Attorney General shall
        establish an application process for the recognition of
        organizations and accreditation of representatives of such
        organizations under this subsection. As a condition for
        continuing the recognition of an organization or accreditation
        of a representative, the Attorney General may require the
        periodic submission of such application or information as the
        Attorney General may specify.
            (4) Withdrawal of recognition or accreditation.--The
        Attorney General may withdraw recognition of any organization
        or accreditation of a representative if the organization or
        representative has failed to maintain the qualifications to be
        so recognized or accredited, under a process specified by the
        Attorney General.
            (5) Use of current standards.--To the extent practicable,
        the Attorney General shall carry out this subsection in a
        manner consistent with the recognition and accreditation
        process provided by the Board of Immigration Appeals under
        section 292.2 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, as in
        effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Construction.--Nothing in section 3 shall be construed as
applying to a person who does not receive direct or indirect
compensation for provision of services.

SEC. 5. EDUCATION THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS.

    The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants to States in
order to provide community outreach programs through State and local
government agencies to educate individuals who use immigration
consultants regarding the requirements of this Act.

SEC. 6. NON-PREEMPTION OF MORE PROTECTIVE STATE LAWS.

    The provisions of this Act supersede State laws only to the extent
the State laws prevent the application of section 3. States may impose
requirements that are in addition to the requirements established under
this Act.

SEC. 7. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in this section, neither the
Attorney General, nor any other official or employee of the Department
of Justice, or bureau or agency thereof, may use the information
furnished by any person (including an alien who is not lawfully present
in the United States) specifically in relation to a violation of this
Act for any purpose other than to carry out this Act (including
prosecutions under section 3). If such information is furnished by an
alien who is not lawfully present in the United States, such
information shall not be used for the purpose of identifying and
removing the person from the United States or imposing other sanctions
against the person, except if the information furnished is false or
fraudulent.
    (b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
limit the use, or release, for immigration enforcement purposes or law
enforcement purposes of information contained in files or records of
the Immigration and Naturalization Service, other than information
furnished under subsection (a) that is not available from any other
source.
    (c) Crime.--Whoever knowingly uses information in violation of this
section shall be fined not more than $10,000.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act applies to actions taken as an immigration consultant on
and after such date (not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act) as the Attorney General shall specify in
regulations.

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Authorizes the Attorney General to provide State grants to educate persons  respecting the requirements of this Act.
Provides for confidentiality of information provided under this Act, and fines for knowing  violation of such confidentiality.


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SECTION 1. TAXATION OF UNITED STATES CRUISE INDUSTRY INCOME OF
              NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

    (a) United States Cruise Industry Income Treated as Effectively
Connected to the Conduct of a Trade or Business Within the United
States.--
            (1) Income from sources without the united states.--
                    (A) In general.--Paragraph (4) of section 864(c) of
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
                redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E) and
                by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new
                subparagraph:
                    ``(D) United states cruise industry income.--
                            ``(i) In general.--United States cruise
                        industry income shall be treated as effectively
                        connected with the conduct of a trade or
                        business within the United States.
                            ``(ii) United states cruise industry
                        income.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the
                        term `United States cruise industry income'
                        means income attributable to any covered
                        passenger cruise (as defined in paragraph (8)),
                        including income directly or indirectly
                        attributable to the carriage of passengers and
                        any on-board or off-board activities incidental
                        to such covered passenger cruise.''.
                    (B) Covered passenger cruise.--Subsection (c) of
                section 864 of such Code is amended by adding at the
                end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Covered passenger cruise.--For purposes of paragraph
        (4)(C)--
                    ``(A) Definition.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `covered
                        passenger cruise' means a voyage of a
                        commercial passenger cruise vessel--
                                    ``(I) that extends over 1 or more
                                nights, and
                                    ``(II) during which passengers
                                embark or disembark the vessel in the
                                United States.
                            ``(ii) Exceptions for certain voyages.--
                        Such term shall not include any voyage--
                                    ``(I) on any vessel owned or
                                operated by the United States, a State,
                                or any subdivision thereof,
                                    ``(II) which occurs exclusively on
                                the inland waterways of the United
                                States, or
                                    ``(III) in which a vessel in the
                                usual course of employment proceeds,
                                without an intervening foreign port of
                                call from one port or place in the
                                United States to the same port or place
                                or to another port or place in the
                                United States.
                    ``(B) Passenger cruise vessel.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `passenger
                        cruise vessel' means any passenger vessel
                        having berth or stateroom accommodations for at
                        least 250 passengers.
                            ``(ii) Exceptions.--Such term shall not
                        include any ferry, recreational vessel, sailing
                        school vessel, small passenger vessel, offshore
                        supply vessel, or any other vessel determined
                        under regulations by the Secretary to be
                        excluded from the application of this part.
                            ``(iii) Definitions.--Any term used in this
                        section which is used in chapter 21 of title
                        46, United States Code, shall have the meaning
                        given such term under section 2101 of such
                        title.''.
                    (C) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (A) of
                section 864(c)(4) of such Code is amended by striking
                ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)'' and inserting
                ``subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)''.
            (2) Income from sources within the united states.--
        Paragraph (4) of section 887(b) of such Code is amended by
        adding at the end the following flush sentence:
``The preceding sentence shall not apply to with respect to any United
States source gross transportation income which is United States cruise
industry income (as defined in section 864(c)(4)(C)(ii)).''.
    (b) Repeal of Exemption From Gross Income for Certain Taxpayers.--
            (1) Nonresident aliens.--Paragraph (1) of section 872(b) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting
        ``(other than United States cruise industry income (as defined
        in section 864(c)(4)(C)))'' after ``or ships''.
            (2) Foreign corporations.--Paragraph (1) of section 883(a)
        of such Code is amended by inserting ``(other than United
        States cruise industry income (as defined in section
        864(c)(4)(C)))'' after ``or ships''.
    (c) Income Tax Treaties.--Section 894 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Special Rule for United States Cruise Industry Income.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), no tax exemption or reduced tax rate
shall be permitted under any treaty of the United States with respect
to United States cruise industry income (as defined in section
864(c)(4)(C)).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to income attributable to voyages made after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat United States cruise industry income as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States (thus subjecting such income to U.S. income taxation). Defines "United States cruise industry income" as income attributable to a voyage of a commercial passenger cruise vessel (a passenger vessel having berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 250 passengers) that extends over 1 or more nights and during which passengers embark or disembark the vessel in the United States. Prohibits any tax exemption or reduced tax rate under any U.S. treaty with respect to United States cruise industry income.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tony Dean Cheyenne River Valley
Conservation Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Agriculture.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of South
        Dakota.
            (3) Wilderness area.--The term ``wilderness area'' means
        any of the areas designated as components of the National
        Wilderness Preservation System by section 3(a).

SEC. 3. WILDERNESS AREAS.

    (a)  Designation.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness
Preservation System:
            (1) The approximately 27,500 acres of land, as generally
        depicted on the map entitled ``Indian Creek East and Indian
        Creek West'', which shall be known as the ``Indian Creek
        Wilderness''.
            (2) The approximately 16,007 acres of land, as generally
        depicted on the map entitled ``Red Shirt and Red Shirt East'',
        which shall be known as the ``Red Shirt Wilderness''.
            (3) The approximately 4,518 acres of land, as generally
        depicted on the map entitled ``Chalk Hills'', which shall be
        known as the ``Chalk Hills Wilderness''.
    (b) Maps and Legal Description.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the
        Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives
        a map and legal description for each wilderness area.
            (2) Effect.--Each map and legal description submitted under
        paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if
        included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct
        minor errors in the map or legal description.
            (3) Availability.--Each map and legal description submitted
        under paragraph (1) shall be available in the Office of the
        Chief of the Forest Service.
    (c) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, the
        wilderness areas shall be administered by the Secretary in
        accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.),
        except that any reference in that Act to the effective date
        shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment
        of this Act.
            (2) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the
        wilderness areas are withdrawn from all forms of--
                    (A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the
                public land laws;
                    (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining
                laws; and
                    (C) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral
                materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
            (3) Continuation of livestock grazing.--In the wilderness
        areas, the grazing of livestock and the maintenance of existing
        facilities related to grazing in areas in which grazing is
        established as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be
        allowed to continue, consistent with--
                    (A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16
                U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and
                    (B) the guidelines set forth in House Report 96-617
                to accompany H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress.
            (4) Fish and wildlife management.--
                    (A) State jurisdiction.--In accordance with section
                4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)),
                nothing in this Act affects or diminishes the
                jurisdiction of the State with respect to fish and
                wildlife management in the wilderness areas (including
                the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping).
                    (B) Management activities.--In furtherance of the
                purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act (16
                U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), management activities to maintain
                or restore fish and wildlife populations and the
                habitats to support those populations may be carried
                out within the wilderness areas in accordance with
                relevant wilderness management plans and appropriate
                policies (such as those described in Appendix B of
                House Report 101-405 of the 101st Congress), including
                the occasional and temporary use of motorized vehicles,
                if the Secretary determines that the activities would--
                            (i) promote healthy, viable, and more
                        naturally distributed wildlife populations; and
                            (ii) using the minimum tool necessary,
                        enhance wilderness values.
            (5) Fire, insects, invasive species, and diseases
        management activities.--The Secretary may undertake such
        measures as are necessary to control and prevent fire, insects,
        invasive species, and diseases, in accordance with section
        4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), including
        the coordination of those activities with a State or local
        agency.
            (6) Military activities.--Nothing in this Act precludes--
                    (A) low-level overflights of military aircraft over
                the wilderness areas;
                    (B) the designation of new units of special
                airspace over the wilderness areas; or
                    (C) the use or establishment of military flight
                training routes over the wilderness areas.
            (7) Native american uses and interests.--Nothing in this
        Act diminishes the rights of Indian tribes with respect to
        access to Federal land for tribal activities (including
        spiritual, cultural, and traditional food-gathering
        activities).
            (8) Access to property.--The Secretary shall provide any
        owner of private property within the boundary of a wilderness
        area, including the State, adequate access to the private
        property.
            (9) Acquisition of land and interests in land.--
                    (A) In general.--Consistent with applicable law,
                the Secretary may acquire from willing sellers land or
                interests in land within the boundaries of the
                wilderness areas by purchase, donation, or exchange.
                    (B) Incorporation of acquired land.--Any land or
                interest in land within a wilderness area that is
                acquired by the United States shall be added to, and
                administered as part of, the applicable wilderness
                area.
            (10) Adjacent management.--
                    (A) No protective perimeters or buffer zones.--
                Congress does not intend for the designation of a
                wilderness area to result in the creation of protective
                perimeters or buffer zones around any of the wilderness
                areas.
                    (B) Nonwilderness activities.--The fact that
                nonwilderness activities or uses outside of a
                wilderness area can be seen or heard from inside of the
                wilderness area shall not preclude the conduct of the
                nonwilderness activities or uses outside the boundaries
                of the wilderness area.

SEC. 4. PRAIRIE DOGS.

    Nothing in this Act enhances or diminishes the existing authority
of the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to manage prairie
dog populations and habitats on public land.

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Tony Dean Cheyenne River Valley Conservation Act of 2010 - Designates specified lands in South Dakota as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Sets forth requirements for the administration of the wilderness areas, including with respect to military overflight activities, fish and wildlife management, access to private property, U.S. acquisition of lands and interests, protective perimeters and buffer zones, and nonwilderness activities and uses outside of the wilderness areas.

Withdraws such areas from specified public land laws, mining laws, and mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

Permits livestock grazing and the maintenance of related facilities to continue in the wilderness areas in which grazing is established.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to undertake necessary measures for the control and prevention of fire, insects, invasive species, and diseases.

Prohibits anything in this Act from: (1) diminishing the rights of Indian tribes to access federal land for tribal activities; or (2) enhancing or diminishing the authority of the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to manage prairie dog populations and habitats.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Incentives for our Nation's Veterans
in Energy Sustainability Technologies'' or as the ``INVEST Act''.

SEC. 2. WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT FOR VETERANS HIRED IN THE FIELD OF
              RENEWABLE ENERGY.

    (a) In General.--Section 51(d)(14) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(14) Certain veterans hired in the field of renewable
        energy.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subpart, an
                individual shall be treated a member of a targeted
                group if such individual is a specified veteran, but
                qualified wages with respect to such individual shall
                include only wages attributable to services rendered in
                a field of renewable energy.
                    ``(B) Specified veteran.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, the term `specified veteran' means any
                veteran (as defined in paragraph (3)) who is certified
                by the designated local agency as--
                            ``(i) having received a credential or
                        certification from the Department of Defense of
                        military occupational specialty or skill in a
                        field of renewable energy or with respect to
                        advanced manufacturing, machinist or welding,
                        or engineering,
                            ``(ii) having completed a vocational degree
                        in a field of renewable energy during the 1-
                        year period ending on the hiring date, or
                            ``(iii) having completed a LEED
                        certification with the United States Green
                        Building Council.
                    ``(C) Renewable energy.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, renewable energy means resources that rely
                on fuel sources that restore themselves over short
                periods of time and do not diminish, including the sun,
                wind, moving water, organic plant and waste material,
                and the earth's heat.''.
    (b) Treatment of Possessions.--
            (1) Payments to possessions.--
                    (A) Mirror code possessions.--The Secretary of the
                Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United
                States with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to
                the loss to that possession by reason of the amendment
                made by this section. Such amounts shall be determined
                by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information
                provided by the government of the respective possession
                of the United States.
                    (B) Other possessions.--The Secretary of the
                Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United
                States which does not have a mirror code tax system the
                amount estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as
                being equal to the loss to that possession that would
                have occurred by reason of the amendment made by this
                section if a mirror code tax system had been in effect
                in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not
                apply with respect to any possession of the United
                States unless such possession establishes to the
                satisfaction of the Secretary that the possession has
                implemented (or, at the discretion of the Secretary,
                will implement) an income tax benefit which is
                substantially equivalent to the income tax credit in
                effect after the amendments made by this section.
            (2) Coordination with credit allowed against united states
        income taxes.--The credit allowed against United States income
        taxes for any taxable year under the amendment made by this
        section to section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
        any person with respect to any qualified veteran shall be
        reduced by the amount of any credit (or other tax benefit
        described in paragraph (1)(B)) allowed to such person against
        income taxes imposed by the possession of the United States by
        reason of this subsection with respect to such qualified
        veteran for such taxable year.
            (3) Definitions and special rules.--
                    (A) Possession of the united states.--For purposes
                of this subsection, the term ``possession of the United
                States'' includes American Samoa, Guam, the
                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
                Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States
                Virgin Islands.
                    (B) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this
                subsection, the term ``mirror code tax system'' means,
                with respect to any possession of the United States,
                the income tax system of such possession if the income
                tax liability of the residents of such possession under
                such system is determined by reference to the income
                tax laws of the United States as if such possession
                were the United States.
                    (C) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section
                1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, the
                payments under this subsection shall be treated in the
                same manner as a refund due from credit provisions
                described in such section.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 2016.

Output: Incentives for our Nation's Veterans in Energy Sustainability Technologies or the INVEST Act   This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of a specified veteran who works in a field of renewable energy. A "specified veteran" means any veteran who is certified as: (1) having received a credential or certification from the Department of Defense of a military occupational specialty or skill in a field of renewable energy or with respect to advanced manufacturing, machinist or welding, or engineering; (2) having completed a vocational degree in a field of renewable energy; or (3) having completed a LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification with the United States Green Building Council. The Department of the Treasury shall pay: (1) each U.S. possession (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss to such possession due to this Act; and (2) each U.S. possession without such a tax system an amount estimated to equal the loss to such possession that would have occurred due to this Act if such a tax system had been in effect.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Conflicts from Political Fundraising
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Public confidence in the Federal Government is based on
        the expectation that officers and employees will discharge
        their duties impartially, and avoid either actual conflicts of
        interest or the appearance thereof.
            (2) The risk of an actual conflict of interest, or the
        appearance thereof, arises when a nominee or appointee to a
        Senate-confirmed position or an individual in a position of a
        confidential or policymaking character has previously donated
        to, solicited for, or received funds from a political action
        committee or entity organized under section 501(c)(4) or
        section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (3) Since the 2010 decision by the Supreme Court of the
        United States in Citizens United v. Federal Election
        Commission, spending by corporations subject to Federal laws
        and regulations has increased dramatically.
            (4) While some corporate political spending is done
        publicly, contributions to entities organized under section
        501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 need not be
        disclosed, making this spending effectively anonymous. The risk
        of an actual conflict of interest, or the appearance thereof,
        arises whether political spending is public or anonymous.
            (5) Current financial disclosure requirements do not
        require filers to report funds they have donated to, solicited
        for, or received from political action committees or entities
        organized under section 501(c)(4) or section 501(c)(6) of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (6) Apparent or actual conflicts of interest are best
        ameliorated through public disclosure of this activity to the
        Office of Government Ethics so the apparent or actual conflicts
        can be addressed in ethics agreements negotiated between the
        filer and the agency in which the filer will serve.

SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 109 of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (19) as
        paragraphs (5) through (22), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) `covered contribution' means a payment, advance,
        forbearance, rendering, or deposit of money, or any thing of
        value--
                    ``(A)(i) that--
                            ``(I) is--
                                    ``(aa) made by or on behalf of a
                                covered individual; or
                                    ``(bb) solicited in writing by or
                                on behalf of a covered individual; and
                            ``(II) is made--
                                    ``(aa) to a political organization,
                                as defined in section 527 of the
                                Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
                                    ``(bb) to an organization--
                                            ``(AA) that is described in
                                        paragraph (4) or (6) of section
                                        501(c) of the Internal Revenue
                                        Code of 1986 and exempt from
                                        tax under section 501(a) of
                                        such Code; and
                                            ``(BB) that promotes or
                                        opposes changes in Federal laws
                                        or regulations that are (or
                                        would be) administered by the
                                        agency in which the covered
                                        individual has been nominated
                                        for appointment to a covered
                                        position or is serving in a
                                        covered position; or
                    ``(ii) that is--
                            ``(I) solicited in writing by or on behalf
                        of a covered individual; and
                            ``(II) made--
                                    ``(aa) by an individual or entity
                                the activities of which are subject to
                                Federal laws or regulations that are
                                (or would be) administered by the
                                agency in which the covered individual
                                has been nominated for appointment to a
                                covered position or is serving in a
                                covered position; and
                                    ``(bb) to--
                                            ``(AA) a political
                                        organization, as defined in
                                        section 527 of the Internal
                                        Revenue Code of 1986; or
                                            ``(BB) an organization that
                                        is described in paragraph (4)
                                        or (6) of section 501(c) of the
                                        Internal Revenue Code of 1986
                                        and exempt from tax under
                                        section 501(a) of such Code;
                                        and
                    ``(B) that is made to an organization described in
                item (aa) or (bb) of clause (i)(II) or clause
                (ii)(II)(bb) of subparagraph (A) for which the total
                amount of such payments, advances, forbearances,
                renderings, or deposits of money, or any thing of
                value, during the calendar year in which it is made is
                not less than the contribution limitation in effect
                under section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election
                Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(1)(A)) for
                elections occurring during such calendar year;
            ``(3) `covered individual' means an individual who has been
        nominated or appointed to a covered position; and
            ``(4) `covered position'--
                    ``(A) means--
                            ``(i) a position described under sections
                        5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States
                        Code;
                            ``(ii) a position placed in level IV or V
                        of the Executive Schedule under section 5317 of
                        title 5, United States Code;
                            ``(iii) a position as a limited term
                        appointee, limited emergency appointee, or
                        noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive
                        Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6),
                        and (7), respectively, of section 3132(a) of
                        title 5, United States Code; and
                            ``(iv) a position in the executive branch
                        of the Government of a confidential or policy-
                        determining character under schedule C of
                        subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of
                        Federal Regulations; and
                    ``(B) does not include a position if the individual
                serving in the position has been excluded from the
                application of section 101(f)(5);''.
    (b) Disclosure Requirements.--The Ethics in Government Act of 1978
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) in section 101--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Within'';
                            (ii) by striking ``unless'' and inserting
                        ``and, if the individual is assuming a covered
                        position, the information described in section
                        102(j), except that, subject to paragraph (2),
                        the individual shall not be required to file a
                        report if''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) If an individual has left a position described in subsection
(f) that is not a covered position and, within 30 days, assumes a
position that is a covered position, the individual shall, within 30
days of assuming the covered position, file a report containing the
information described in section 102(j)(2)(A).'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1), in the first sentence, by
                inserting ``and the information required by section
                102(j)'' after ``described in section 102(b)'';
                    (C) in subsection (d), by inserting ``and, if the
                individual is serving in a covered position, the
                information required by section 102(j)(2)(A)'' after
                ``described in section 102(a)''; and
                    (D) in subsection (e), by inserting ``and, if the
                individual was serving in a covered position, the
                information required by section 102(j)(2)(A)'' after
                ``described in section 102(a)''; and
            (2) in section 102--
                    (A) in subsection (g), by striking ``Political
                campaign funds'' and inserting ``Except as provided in
                subsection (j), political campaign funds''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j)(1) In this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `applicable period' means--
                    ``(i) with respect to a report filed pursuant to
                subsection (a) or (b) of section 101, the year of
                filing and the 4 calendar years preceding the year of
                the filing; and
                    ``(ii) with respect to a report filed pursuant to
                subsection (d) or (e) of section 101, the preceding
                calendar year; and
            ``(B) the term `covered gift' means a gift that--
                    ``(i) is made to a covered individual, the spouse
                of a covered individual, or the dependent child of a
                covered individual;
                    ``(ii) is made by an entity described in item (aa)
                or (bb) of section 109(2)(A)(i)(II); and
                    ``(iii) would have been required to be reported
                under subsection (a)(2) if the covered individual had
                been required to file a report under section 101(d)
                with respect to the calendar year during which the gift
                was made.
    ``(2)(A) A report filed pursuant to subsection (a), (b), (d), or
(e) of section 101 by a covered individual shall include, for each
covered contribution made by or on behalf of, or that was solicited in
writing by or on behalf of, the covered individual during the
applicable period--
            ``(i) the date on which the covered contribution was made;
            ``(ii) if applicable, the date or dates on which the
        covered contribution was solicited;
            ``(iii) the value of the covered contribution;
            ``(iv) the name of the person making the covered
        contribution; and
            ``(v) the name of the person receiving the covered
        contribution.
    ``(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), a covered contribution made by or
on behalf of, or that was solicited in writing by or on behalf of, a
covered individual shall constitute a conflict of interest, or an
appearance thereof, with respect to the official duties of the covered
individual.
    ``(ii) The Director of the Office of Government Ethics may exempt a
covered contribution from the application of clause (i) if the Director
determines the circumstances of the solicitation and making of the
covered contribution do not present a risk of a conflict of interest
and the exemption of the covered contribution would not affect
adversely the integrity of the Government or the public's confidence in
the integrity of the Government.
    ``(3) A report filed pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of section
101 by a covered individual shall include the information described in
subsection (a)(2) with respect to each covered gift received during the
applicable period.''.
    (c) Provision of Reports and Ethics Agreements to Congress.--
Section 105 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Not later than 30 days after receiving a written request from
the Chairman or Ranking Member of a committee or subcommittee of either
House of Congress with jurisdiction of the agency in which a covered
individual has been nominated for appointment to a covered position or
is serving in a covered position, the Director of the Office of
Government Ethics shall provide to the Chairman or Ranking Member,
respectively, each report filed under this title by the covered
individual and any ethics agreement entered into between the agency and
the covered individual.''.
    (d) Rules on Ethics Agreements.--The Director of the Office of
Government Ethics shall promptly issue rules regarding how an agency in
the executive branch shall address information required to be disclosed
under the amendments made by this Act in drafting ethics agreements
between the agency and individuals appointed to positions in the
agency.
    (e) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is
        amended--
                    (A) in section 101(f)--
                            (i) in paragraph (9), by striking ``section
                        109(12)'' and inserting ``section 109(15)'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (10), by striking
                        ``section 109(13)'' and inserting ``section
                        109(16)'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (11), by striking
                        ``section 109(10)'' and inserting ``section
                        109(13)''; and
                            (iv) in paragraph (12), by striking
                        ``section 109(8)'' and inserting ``section
                        109(11)'';
                    (B) in section 103(l)--
                            (i) in paragraph (9), by striking ``section
                        109(12)'' and inserting ``section 109(15)'';
                        and
                            (ii) in paragraph (10), by striking
                        ``section 109(13)'' and inserting ``section
                        109(16)''; and
                    (C) in section 105(b)(3)(A), by striking ``section
                109(8) or 109(10)'' and inserting ``section 109(11) or
                109(13)''.
            (2) Section 3(4)(D) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
        (2 U.S.C. 1602(4)(D)) is amended by striking ``section
        109(13)'' and inserting ``section 109(16)''.
            (3) Section 21A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
        U.S.C. 78u-1) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (g)(2)(B)(ii), by striking
                ``section 109(11) of the Ethics in Government Act of
                1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 109(11)))'' and inserting ``section
                109 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
                App.))''; and
                    (B) in subsection (h)(2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking
                        ``section 109(8) of the Ethics in Government
                        Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 109(8))'' and
                        inserting ``section 109 of the Ethics in
                        Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking
                        ``section 109(10) of the Ethics in Government
                        Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 109(10))'' and
                        inserting ``section 109 of the Ethics in
                        Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)''.
            (4) Section 499(j)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42
        U.S.C. 290b(j)(2)) is amended by striking ``section 109(16) of
        the Ethics in Government Act of 1978'' and inserting ``section
        109 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)''.

Output: Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act of 2017 This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to revise financial disclosure requirements for federal personnel, including: (1) the disclosure of contributions made or solicited by, or on behalf of, individuals nominated or appointed to high level executive positions or to positions of a confidential or policymaking character to political action committees and tax-exempt social welfare or business organizations; and (2) the disclosure of certain gifts to appointees, their spouses, or dependent children. The Office of Government Ethics shall, upon request, provide to the Chairman or Ranking Member of a House or Senate committee or subcommittee with jurisdiction over the agency to which an individual has been nominated or appointed to a covered position (certain Executive Schedule or Senior Executive Service positions) or is serving in a covered position, each financial disclosure report filed by such individual and any ethics agreement entered into between the agency and the individual. The office shall issue rules on how an executive branch agency shall address conflicts of interest identified in disclosures through ethics agreements between the agency and its appointees.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Coast Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the lack of current, accurate, uniform, and standards-
        based geospatial information to characterize the United States
        coastal region presents a significant liability to adequately
        manage and maintain the Nation's--
                    (A) environment;
                    (B) infrastructure;
                    (C) economy; and
                    (D) public safety and homeland security;
            (2) more than half of all people of the United States (153
        million) currently live on or near a coast and an additional 12
        million are expected in the next decade;
            (3) coastal counties in the United States average 300
        persons per square mile, compared with the national average of
        98;
            (4) on a typical day, more than 1,540 permits for
        construction of single-family homes are issued in coastal
        counties, combined with other commercial, retail, and
        institutional construction to support this population;
            (5) over half of the Nation's economic productivity is
        located within coastal regions;
            (6) highly accurate, high-resolution remote sensing and
        other geospatial data play an important role in management of
        the coastal zone and economy, including for flood and coastal
        storm surge prediction; hazard risk and vulnerability
        assessment; emergency response and recovery planning; community
        resilience to longer range climate change impacts; permitting
        and zoning decisionmaking; habitat and ecosystem health
        assessments; and landscape change detection; and
            (7) the Digital Coast is a model approach in effective
        Federal partnerships with local and State government,
        nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``Digital Coast'' means a constituent-driven
        effort led by the Secretary to provide an enabling platform
        that integrates geospatial data, decision support tools,
        training, and best practices to address coastal and emergency
        management issues and needs. The Digital Coast strives to
        sustain and enhance coastal economies and ecosystem services by
        helping communities address their issues, needs, and challenges
        through cost-effective and participatory solutions.
            (2) The term ``remote sensing and other geospatial'' means
        collecting, storing, retrieving, or disseminating graphical or
        digital data depicting natural or manmade physical features,
        phenomena, or boundaries of the Earth and any information
        related thereto, including surveys, maps, charts, satellite and
        airborne remote sensing data, images, lidar, and services
        performed by professionals such as surveyors,
        photogrammetrists, hydrographers, geodesists, cartographers,
        and other such services.
            (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce,
        acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and
        Atmospheric Administration.
            (4) The term ``State''--
                    (A) means a State of the United States in, or
                bordering on, the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean,
                the Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island
                Sound, or one or more of the Great Lakes; and
                    (B) includes Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
                Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
                Islands, the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands,
                American Samoa, and any portion of a State that is
                located within 100 kilometers of the Atlantic or
                Pacific Ocean, the Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of Mexico,
                or the Great Lakes.
            (5) The term ``coastal region'' means the area of United
        States waters extending inland from the shoreline to include
        coastal watersheds and seaward to the territorial sea.
            (6) The term ``Federal Geographic Data Committee'' means
        the interagency committee that promotes the coordinated
        development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data
        on a national basis.

SEC. 4. BUILDING THE DIGITAL COAST.

    (a) Establishment and Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and
        implement the Digital Coast to collect the following priority
        supporting data and integrate such data with other available
        data for the benefit of the broadest measure of coastal
        resource management constituents and applications:
                    (A) Coastal elevation data.
                    (B) Land use and land cover data.
                    (C) Benthic habitat and submerged aquatic
                vegetation data.
                    (D) Parcels data.
                    (E) Planimetric data.
                    (F) Socioeconomic and human use data.
            (2) Focus on filling needs and gaps.--In implementing this
        section, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) recognize that remote sensing and other
                geospatial data acquisition for navigational and
                positioning purposes is carried out through other
                authorities and programs; and
                    (B) focus on filling data needs and gaps for
                critical coastal management issues.
    (b) Data Integration, Tool Development, Training, Documentation,
Dissemination, and Archive.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) make data and resulting integrated products developed
        under this section readily accessible via the Digital Coast and
        other related Internet technologies;
            (2) develop decision support tools that use and display
        resulting integrated data and provide training on use of such
        tools;
            (3) document such data to Federal Geographic Data Committee
        standards; and
            (4) archive all raw data acquired under this Act at the
        appropriate National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
        data center or other appropriate Federal data center.
    (c) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate the activities
carried out pursuant to this Act to maximize data sharing and
integration and minimize duplication by--
            (1) coordinating activities, when appropriate, with--
                    (A) other Federal efforts, including efforts under
                the Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act (33
                U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Coastal Zone Management Act
                of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), and the Integrated
                Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33
                U.S.C. 3601 et seq.);
                    (B) coastal States and United States territories;
                    (C) local governments; and
                    (D) representatives of nongovernmental entities;
            (2) participating, pursuant to section 216 of Public Law
        107-347 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), in the establishment of such
        standards and common protocols as are necessary to assure the
        interoperability of remote sensing and other geospatial data
        with all users of such information within--
                    (A) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                Administration;
                    (B) other Federal agencies;
                    (C) State and local government; and
                    (D) the private sector;
            (3) coordinating with, seeking assistance and cooperation
        of, and providing liaison to the Federal Geographic Data
        Committee pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular
        A-16 and Executive Order No. 12906; and
            (4) providing for the utilization of contracts with the
        private sector, to the maximum extent practicable, to provide
        such products and services as are necessary to collect remote
        sensing and other geospatial data; which contracts shall be
        considered ``surveying and mapping'' services as such term is
        used and as such contracts are awarded at the discretion of the
        Secretary in accordance with the selection procedures in
        chapter 11 of title 40, United States Code.

SEC. 5. COASTAL SERVICES CENTERS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish, within the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Coastal Services
Centers to facilitate the development of products and services that
address the needs of local, State, and regional entities involved with
coastal and ocean decisionmaking including those State coastal
management and research reserves benefitting from this Act, and to lead
development and maintenance of the Digital Coast.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Coastal Services Centers shall be
to--
            (1) support the environmental, social, and economic well-
        being of the coast by linking people, information, and
        technology;
            (2) identify and assess coastal and ocean management needs
        and increase the capabilities and capacities of managers to
        address them at the local, State, and regional levels;
            (3) manage the Digital Coast program to carry out the
        intent of this Act;
            (4) convene and engage coastal managers and decisionmakers
        in dialog concerning coastal issues and share information and
        best practices across this audience; and
            (5) collaborate with various programs of the National
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, other Federal agencies,
        and nongovernmental entities to bring data, information,
        services, and tools to the Nation's coastal and ocean
        decisionmakers.
    (c) Financial Agreements.--To carry out this Act, including to
provide program support to non-Federal entities that participate in
implementing this Act, the Secretary--
            (1) may enter into financial agreements including grants,
        cooperative agreements, interagency agreements, and contracts
        with other Federal, tribal, State, and local governmental and
        nongovernmental entities; and
            (2) may collect registration fees in support of training,
        workshops, and conferences that advance the purposes of this
        Act.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $85,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2018 to carry out this Act.

Output:
Digital Coast Act of 2012 - Defines "Digital Coast" as a constituent-driven effort led by the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to provide an enabling platform integrating geospatial data, decision support tools, training, and best practices to address coastal and emergency management issues and enhance coastal economies and ecosystem services by helping communities with cost-effective and participatory solutions.

Directs NOAA to establish and implement the Digital Coast to: (1) collect data concerning coastal elevations, land use and cover, habitat and submerged aquatic vegetation, parcels, planimetrics, socioeconomics, and human use; and (2) integrate other data sources for the broadest measure of coastal resource management constituents and applications.

Directs NOAA to: (1) make such data and resulting products accessible via the Digital Coast and other related Internet technologies, (2) provide training on decision support tools developed under this Act, (3) document data to Federal Geographic Data Committee standards, and (4) archive the raw data at appropriate NOAA or federal data centers.

Requires coordination and data sharing with states, U.S. territories, local governments, nongovernmental entities, and other federal efforts.

Requires the establishment of NOAA Coastal Services Centers to facilitate the development of products and services addressing the needs of local, state, and regional entities involved with coastal and ocean decisionmaking and to lead development and maintenance of the Digital Coast.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Savings and Resilient
Construction Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. RESILIENT CONSTRUCTION TAX CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after
section 45R the following new section:

``SEC. 45S. RESILIENT CONSTRUCTION.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 38, in the case of an
eligible contractor, the resilient construction credit for the taxable
year is the applicable amount for each building--
            ``(1) constructed by the eligible contractor in a disaster
        area determined as a result of a federally declared major
        disaster,
            ``(2) the construction of which began after the date of
        such disaster in that area,
            ``(3) which--
                    ``(A) in the case of qualified commercial property,
                is placed in service for commercial purposes, and
                    ``(B) in the case of qualified residential
                property, is placed in service for residential
                purposes, and
            ``(4) for which a certificate of occupancy is issued before
        the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of such
        disaster declaration in that area.
    ``(b) Applicable Amount.--For purposes of subsection (a), the
applicable amount is:
            ``(1) Commercial property.--In the case of a qualified
        commercial property, the applicable amount is the lesser of--
                    ``(A) 1 percent of the cost of construction, or
                    ``(B) $25,000.
            ``(2) Residential property.--In the case of a qualified
        residential property, the applicable amount is the lesser of--
                    ``(A) 1 percent of the cost of construction, or
                    ``(B) $3,000.
    ``(c) Qualified Property.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Qualified commercial property.--The term `qualified
        commercial property' means a building that is--
                    ``(A) located in the United States,
                    ``(B) defined in the scope of the 2009 or later
                International Building Code published by the
                International Code Council, and
                    ``(C) designed and constructed to meet resilient
                construction requirements.
            ``(2) Qualified residential property.--The term `qualified
        residential property' means a building that is--
                    ``(A) located in the United States,
                    ``(B) defined in the scope of the 2009 or later
                International Residential Code published by the
                International Code Council, and
                    ``(C) designed and constructed to meet resilient
                construction requirements.
    ``(d) Resilient Construction Requirements.--For purposes of this
section:
            ``(1) In general.--The resilient construction requirements
        with respect to a property are that the property is designed
        and constructed to--
                    ``(A) resist hazards brought on by a major disaster
                and continues to provide its primary functions after a
                major disaster,
                    ``(B) reduce the magnitude or duration of a
                disruptive event, and
                    ``(C) have the absorptive capacity, adaptive
                capacity, recoverability to withstand a potentially
                disruptive event.
            ``(2) Treated as meeting resiliency requirements.--For
        purposes of paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) in the case of a qualified commercial
                property, the property shall be treated as meeting the
                requirements specified in paragraph (1) if the property
                is a building which--
                            ``(i) was designed to meet the requirements
                        of the 2009 or later International Building
                        Code published by the International Code
                        Council and received the Insurance Institute
                        for Business and Home Safety FORTIFIED for
                        Safer Business designation, or
                            ``(ii) was designed and built in a
                        jurisdiction that requires commercial buildings
                        to meet the requirements of the 2009 or later
                        International Building Code published by the
                        International Code Council with amendments
                        that are equivalent or more restrictive than
                        the requirements described in FORTIFIED for
                        Safer Business Standards published by the
                        Insurance Institute for Business and Home
                        Safety and received a certificate of occupancy
                        (or other documentation stating that it has met
                        the requirements of the building code) from the
                        jurisdiction, and
                    ``(B) in the case of a qualified residential
                property, the property shall be treated as meeting the
                requirements specified in paragraph (1) if the property
                is a building which was designed to meet the
                requirements of the 2009 or later International
                Residential Code published by the International Code
                Council, and meets one of the following requirements:
                            ``(i) The building received the Insurance
                        Institute for Business and Home Safety as
                        FORTIFIED for Safer Living designation.
                            ``(ii) The building received the Insurance
                        Institute for Business and Home Safety as
                        FORTIFIED for Existing Homes designation.
                            ``(iii) It was designed and built in a
                        jurisdiction that requires residential
                        buildings to meet the requirements of the 2009
                        or later International Building Code published
                        by the International Code Council with
                        amendments that are equivalent or more
                        restrictive than the requirements described in
                        FORTIFIED for Safer Living Builders Guide
                        published by the Insurance Institute for
                        Business and Home Safety and received a
                        certificate of occupancy (or other
                        documentation stating that it has met the
                        requirements of the building code) from the
                        jurisdiction.
            ``(3) Absorptive capacity.--The term `absorptive capacity'
        means the ability of the construction to endure a disruption
        without significant deviation from normal operating
        performance.
            ``(4) Adaptive capacity.--The term `adaptive capacity'
        means the ability of the construction to adapt to a drastic
        change in normal operating conditions.
            ``(5) Recoverability.--The term `recoverability' means the
        ability of the construction to recover quickly, and at low
        cost, from potentially disruptive events.
    ``(e) Other Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Eligible contractor.--The term `eligible contractor'
        means the person who constructed the qualified building.
            ``(2) Construction.--The term `construction' includes new
        construction and reconstruction and rehabilitation that meets
        resilient construction requirements.
            ``(3) Disaster area.--The term `disaster area' has the
        meanings given such terms by section 165(h)(3).
            ``(4) Federally declared major disaster.--The term
        `federally declared major disaster' means a disaster
        subsequently determined by the President of the United States
        to be a `major disaster' that warrants assistance by the
        Federal Government under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
        and Emergency Assistance Act.
    ``(f) Basis Reduction.--For purposes of this subtitle, the basis of
any property for which a credit is allowable under subsection (a) shall
be reduced by the amount of such credit so allowed.
    ``(g) Termination.--This section shall not apply to any property
for which a certificate for occupancy is issued after December 31,
2015.''.
    (b) Credit Made Part of General Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of
such Code, as amended by this Act, is amended by striking ``plus'' at
the end of paragraph (35), by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (36) and inserting ``, plus'', and by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
            ``(37) the resilient construction credit determined under
        section 45S(a).''.
    (c) Basis Adjustment.--Subsection (a) of section 1016 is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (31), by striking the period
at the end of paragraph (32) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(38) to the extent provided in section 45S(f), in the
        case of amounts with respect to which a credit has been allowed
        under section 45S.''.
    (d) Deduction for Certain Unused Business Credits.--Section 196(c)
(defining qualified business credits) is amended by striking ``and'' at
the end of paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (14) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding after paragraph
(14) the following new paragraph:
            ``(15) the resilient construction credit determined under
        section 45S(a).''.
    (e) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after section 45R the following new item:

``Sec. 45S. Resilient construction.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property for which a certificate for occupancy is issued after
the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output:
Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for the cost of constructing commercial and residential buildings that comply with resilient construction requirements in a federally-declared major disaster area. Defines "resilient construction requirements" as requirements that ensure that such buildings: (1) can resist hazards brought on by a major disaster and can continue to provide their primary functions after a major disaster, (2) can reduce the magnitude or duration of a disruptive event, and (3) have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to withstand a potentially disruptive event.

Terminates such credit for any any property for which a certificate of occupancy is issued after December 31, 2015.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Conservation Opportunity Fund
Act of 2008'' or the ``ECO Fund Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. REVOLVING FUND FOR LOANS TO STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES TO CARRY
              OUT RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Establishment of Fund.--There is established in the Treasury of
the United States a revolving fund, to be known as the ``Alternative
Energy Sources State Revolving Fund''.
    (b) Credits.--The Fund shall be credited with--
            (1) any amounts appropriated to the Fund pursuant to
        subsection (g);
            (2) any amounts of principal and interest from loan
        repayments received by the Secretary pursuant to subsection
        (d)(7); and
            (3) any interest earned on investments of amounts in the
        Fund pursuant to subsection (e).
    (c) Expenditures.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), on request by
        the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary
        of the Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the Secretary
        such amounts as the Secretary determines are necessary to
        provide loans under subsection (d)(1).
            (2) Administrative expenses.--Of the amounts in the Fund,
        not more than 5 percent shall be available for each fiscal year
        to pay the administrative expenses of the Department of Housing
        and Urban Development to carry out this section.
    (d) Loans to States and Indian Tribes.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall use amounts in the
        Fund to provide loans to States and Indian tribes to provide
        incentives to owners of single-family and multifamily housing,
        commercial properties, and public buildings to provide--
                    (A) renewable energy sources for such structures,
                such as wind, wave, solar, biomass, or geothermal
                energy sources, including incentives to companies and
                business to change their source of energy to such
                renewable energy sources and for changing the sources
                of energy for public buildings to such renewable energy
                sources;
                    (B) energy efficiency and energy conserving
                improvements and features for such structures; or
                    (C) infrastructure related to the delivery of
                electricity and hot water for structures lacking such
                amenities.
            (2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a loan under
        this subsection, a State or Indian tribe, through an
        appropriate State or tribal agency, shall submit to the
        Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and
        containing such information as the Secretary may require.
            (3) Criteria for approval.--The Secretary may approve an
        application of a State or Indian tribe under paragraph (2) only
        if the Secretary determines that the State or tribe will use
        the funds from the loan under this subsection to carry out a
        program to provide incentives described in paragraph (1) that--
                    (A) requires that any such renewable energy
                sources, and energy efficiency and energy conserving
                improvements and features, developed pursuant to
                assistance under the program result in compliance of
                the structure so improved with the energy efficiency
                requirements under section 2(a) of the; and
                    (B) includes such compliance and audit requirements
                as the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure
                that the program is operated in a sound and effective
                manner.
            (4) Preference.--In making loans during each fiscal year,
        the Secretary shall give preference to States and Indian tribes
        that have not previously received a loan under this subsection.
            (5) Maximum amount.--The aggregate outstanding principal
        amount from loans under this subsection to any single State or
        Indian tribe may not exceed $500,000,000.
            (6) Loan terms.--Each loan under this subsection shall have
        a term to maturity of not more than 10 years and shall bear
        interest at annual rate, determined by the Secretary, that
        shall not exceed interest rate charged by the Federal Reserve
        Bank of New York to commercial banks and other depository
        institutions for very short-term loans under the primary credit
        program, as most recently published in the Federal Reserve
        Statistical Release on selected interest rates (daily or
        weekly), and commonly referred to as the H.15 release,
        preceding the date of a determination for purposes of applying
        this paragraph.
            (7) Loan repayment.--The Secretary shall require full
        repayment of each loan made under this section.
    (e) Investment of Amounts.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest
        such amounts in the Fund that are not, in the judgment of the
        Secretary of the Treasury, required to meet needs for current
        withdrawals.
            (2) Obligations of united states.--Investments may be made
        only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States.
    (f) Reports.--
            (1) Reports to secretary.--For each year during the term of
        a loan made under subsection (d), the State or Indian tribe
        that received the loan shall submit to the Secretary a report
        describing the State or tribal alternative energy sources
        program for which the loan was made and the activities
        conducted under the program using the loan funds during that
        year.
            (2) Report to congress.--Not later than September 30 of
        each year that loans made under subsection (d) are outstanding,
        the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress describing
        the total amount of such loans provided under subsection (d) to
        each eligible State and Indian tribe during the fiscal year
        ending on such date, and an evaluation on effectiveness of the
        Fund.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Fund $5,000,000,000.
    (h) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
            (1) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the
        meaning given such term in section 4 of the Native American
        Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25
        U.S.C. 4103).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several
        States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of
        Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
        Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territories
        of the Pacific, or any other possession of the United States.

Output:
Energy Conservation Opportunity Fund Act of 2008 or the ECO Fund Act of 2008 - Establishes in the Treasury an Alternative Energy Sources State Revolving Fund.

Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to use amounts in the Fund to provide loans to states and Indian tribes to provide incentives to owners of single family and multifamily housing, commercial properties, and public buildings to provide: (1) renewable energy sources, such as wind, wave, solar, biomass, or geothermal energy, for such structures; (2) energy efficiency and energy conserving improvements and features for such structures; or (3) infrastructure related to the delivery of electricity and hot water for structures lacking such amenities.