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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act--
        (1) the term ``administrative cost''--
            (A) means a cost incurred by the Agency in support of the
        delivery of disaster assistance for a major disaster; and
            (B) does not include a cost incurred by a grantee or
        subgrantee;
        (2) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the
    Agency;
        (3) the term ``Agency'' means the Federal Emergency Management
    Agency;
        (4) the term ``direct administrative cost'' means a cost
    incurred by a grantee or subgrantee of a program authorized by the
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
    U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) that can be identified separately and assigned
    to a specific project;
        (5) the term ``hazard mitigation program'' means the hazard
    mitigation grant program authorized under section 404 of the Robert
    T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
    5170c);
        (6) the term ``individual assistance program'' means the
    individual assistance grant program authorized under sections 408,
    410, 415, 416, 426, and 502(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
    Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174, 5177, 5182,
    5183, 5189d, and 5192(a));
        (7) the term ``major disaster'' means a major disaster declared
    by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford
    Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170);
        (8) the term ``mission assignment'' has the meaning given the
    term in section 641 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform
    Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 741); and
        (9) the term ``public assistance program'' means the public
    assistance grant program authorized under sections 403(a)(3), 406,
    418, 419, 428, and 502(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
    and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b(a)(3), 5172, 5185,
    5186, 5189f, and 5192(a)).
SEC. 3. INTEGRATED PLAN FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COST REDUCTION.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 365 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall--
        (1) develop and implement an integrated plan to control and
    reduce administrative costs for major disasters, which shall
    include--
            (A) steps the Agency will take to reduce administrative
        costs;
            (B) milestones needed for accomplishing the reduction of
        administrative costs;
            (C) strategic goals for the average annual percentage of
        administrative costs of major disasters for each fiscal year;
            (D) the assignment of clear roles and responsibilities,
        including the designation of officials responsible for
        monitoring and measuring performance; and
            (E) a timetable for implementation;
        (2) compare the costs and benefits of tracking the
    administrative cost data for major disasters by the public
    assistance, individual assistance, hazard mitigation, and mission
    assignment programs, and if feasible, track this information; and
        (3) clarify Agency guidance and minimum documentation
    requirements for a direct administrative cost claimed by a grantee
    or subgrantee of a public assistance grant program.
    (b) Congressional Update.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall brief the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives on the plan required to be developed under subsection
(a)(1).
    (c) Updates.--If the Administrator modifies the plan or the
timetable under subsection (a), the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives a report notifying Congress of the modification, which
shall include the details of the modification.
SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
    (a) Annual Report.--Not later than November 30 of each year for 7
years beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of
the House of Representatives a report on the development and
implementation of the integrated plan required under section 3 for the
previous fiscal year.
    (b) Report Updates.--
        (1) Three year update.--Not later than 3 years after the date
    on which the Administrator submits a report under subsection (a),
    the Administrator shall submit an updated report for the previous
    3-fiscal-year period.
        (2) Five year update.--Not later than 5 years after the date on
    which the Administrator submits a report under subsection (a), the
    Administrator shall submit an updated report for the previous 5-
    fiscal-year period.
    (c) Contents of Reports.--Each report required under subsections
(a) and (b) shall contain, at a minimum--
        (1) the total amount spent on administrative costs for the
    fiscal year period for which the report is being submitted;
        (2) the average annual percentage of administrative costs for
    the fiscal year period for which the report is being submitted;
        (3) an assessment of the effectiveness of the plan developed
    under section 3(a)(1);
        (4) an analysis of--
            (A) whether the Agency is achieving the strategic goals
        established under section 3(a)(1)(C); and
            (B) in the case of the Agency not achieving such strategic
        goals, what is preventing the Agency from doing so;
        (5) any actions the Agency has identified as useful in
    improving upon and reaching the goals for administrative costs
    established under section 3(a)(1)(C); and
        (6) any data described in section 3(a)(2), if the Agency
    determines it is feasible to track such data.
    (d) Public Availability.--Not later than 30 days after the date on
which the Administrator submits a report to Congress under this
section, the Administrator shall make the report publicly available on
the website of the Agency.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

Output: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on February 9, 2016.  Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to:  develop and implement an integrated plan to control and reduce administrative costs incurred by FEMA in support of the delivery of assistance for major disasters;   compare the costs and benefits of tracking the administrative cost data for major disasters by the public assistance, individual assistance, hazard mitigation, and mission assignment programs;  track such information; and  clarify FEMA guidance and minimum documentation requirements for a direct administrative cost claimed by a grantee or subgrantee of a public assistance grant program authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.   (Sec. 4) FEMA must submit to Congress, by November 30 of each year for seven years beginning on the date of this Act's enactment, and make publicly available on its website, a report on the development and implementation of the plan for the previous fiscal year, with three-year and five-year updates. Each report shall contain:   the total amount spent on administrative costs and the average annual percentage of administrative costs for the fiscal year period for which the report is being submitted;  an assessment of the effectiveness of the plan;  an analysis of whether FEMA is achieving its strategic goals for the average annual percentage of administrative costs of major disasters for each fiscal year and, in the case of it not achieving such goals, what is preventing it from doing so;  any actions FEMA has identified as useful in improving upon and reaching those goals; and  any administrative cost data for major disasters, if FEMA determines it is feasible to track such data.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children First Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CHILD CARE FROM THE DEFINITION OF TANF ASSISTANCE.

    Section 408(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(7))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Limitation on meaning of `assistance' for
                families receiving child care.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), any funds provided under this part
                that are used to provide child care for a family during
                a month under the State program funded under this part
                shall not be considered assistance under the
                program.''.

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE.

    Section 418(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3))
is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (G)
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) $3,717,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
                    ``(I) $3,773,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
                    ``(J) $3,841,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
                    ``(K) $3,917,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and
                    ``(L) $3,996,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.''.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY OF STATE OR LOCAL HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS TO
              OTHER TANF CHILD CARE SPENDING.

    Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Certification of procedures to ensure that child care
        providers comply with applicable state or local health and
        safety standards.--A certification by the chief executive
        officer of the State that procedures are in effect to ensure
        that any child care provider in the State that provides
        services funded through expenditures under this part or with
        qualified State expenditures complies with all applicable State
        or local health and safety requirements as described in section
        658E(c)(2)(F) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
        of 1990.''.

SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF CHILD CARE FOR PARENTS REQUIRED TO WORK.

    Section 407(e)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(e)(2))
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or other individual with custody'' after
        ``parent''; and
            (2) by striking ``6'' and inserting ``13''.

SEC. 6. APPLICATION OF CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACT OF
              1990 REPORTING RULES TO TANF FUNDS EXPENDED FOR CHILD
              CARE.

    (a) In General.--Section 411(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 611(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6), the following:
            ``(7) Application of child care and development block grant
        act of 1990 reporting rules to funds expended for child care.--
        Any funds provided under this part that are expended for child
        care, whether or not transferred to the Child Care and
        Development Block Grant Act of 1990, shall be subject to the
        individual and case data reporting requirements imposed under
        that Act and need not be included in the report required by
        paragraph (1) for a fiscal quarter.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 411(a)(1)(A)(ix) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 611(a)(1)(A)(ix)) is amended by striking ``supplemental
nutrition assistance program benefits, or subsidized child care, and if
the latter 2,'' and inserting ``or supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefits, and if the latter,''.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the amendments
made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2010, and shall apply
to payments under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act for
calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, without regard to
whether regulations to implement the amendments are promulgated by such
date.
    (b) Application of Reporting Rules.--The amendments made by section
6 shall take effect on October 1, 2011.
    (c) Delay Permitted if State Legislation Required.--In the case of
a State plan under section 402(a) of the Social Security Act which the
Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State
legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) 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 section 402(a) solely on the basis
of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before
the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the close of
the 1st regular session of the State legislature that begins after the
date of the 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 such session shall be deemed to be a separate regular
session of the State legislature.

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Children First Act of 2010 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) exclude child care assistance from the determination of the five-year limit on TANF assistance; and (2) increase funding for child care.

Requires an eligible state's TANF plan to include a certification by the state's chief executive officer that procedures are in effect to ensure that any child care provider in the state that provides services funded through TANF expenditures or with qualified state expenditures complies with all applicable state or local health and safety requirements under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.

Increases from 5 to 12 the maximum age of a child for which a single custodial parent who is unable to find child care for such child will not penalized with a reduction or termination of TANF assistance based on that individual's refusal to engage in required work in order to take care of the child.

Subjects to the individual and case data reporting requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 any TANF funds expended for child care, whether or not transferred to that Act, and exempts such funds from SSA reporting requirements.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Biometric Identity
Management Authorization Act of 2018'' or the ``OBIM Authorization Act
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

``SEC. 710. OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Office of Biometric Identity Management
is established within the Management Directorate of the Department.
    ``(b) Director.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Office of Biometric Identity
        Management shall be administered by the Director of the Office
        of Biometric Identity Management (in this section referred to
        as the `Director') who shall report to the Secretary, or to
        another official of the Department, as the Secretary may
        direct.
            ``(2) Qualifications and duties.--The Director shall--
                    ``(A) have significant professional management
                experience, as well as experience in the field of
                biometrics and identity management;
                    ``(B) lead the Department's biometric identity
                services to support anti-terrorism, counter-terrorism,
                border security, credentialing, national security, and
                public safety;
                    ``(C) enable operational missions across the
                Department by receiving, matching, storing, sharing,
                and analyzing biometric and associated biographic and
                encounter data;
                    ``(D) deliver biometric identity information and
                analysis capabilities to--
                            ``(i) the Department and its components;
                            ``(ii) appropriate Federal, State, local,
                        and tribal agencies;
                            ``(iii) appropriate foreign governments;
                        and
                            ``(iv) appropriate private sector entities;
                    ``(E) support the law enforcement, public safety,
                national security, and homeland security missions of
                other Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, as
                appropriate;
                    ``(F) manage the operation of the Department's
                primary biometric repository and identification system;
                    ``(G) manage Biometric Support Centers to provide
                biometric identification and verification analysis and
                services to the Department, appropriate Federal, State,
                local, and tribal agencies, appropriate foreign
                governments, and appropriate private sector entities;
                    ``(H) oversee the implementation of Department-wide
                standards for biometric conformity, and work to make
                such standards Government-wide;
                    ``(I) in coordination with the Department's Office
                of Policy Strategy, Policy, and Plans, and in
                consultation with relevant component offices and
                headquarters offices, enter into data sharing
                agreements with appropriate Federal, State, local, and
                foreign agencies to support immigration, law
                enforcement, national security, and public safety
                missions;
                    ``(J) maximize interoperability with other Federal,
                State, local, and foreign biometric systems, as
                appropriate;
                    ``(K) ensure the activities of the Office of
                Biometric Identity Management are carried out in
                compliance with the policies and procedures established
                by the Privacy Officer appointed under section 222; and
                    ``(L) consult with the Office for Civil Rights and
                Civil Liberties of the Department about biometric
                technologies that may result in disparities in the
                treatment of individuals on the basis of their race or
                ethnicity; and
                    ``(L)(M) carry out other duties and powers
                prescribed by law or delegated by the Secretary.
    ``(c) Deputy Director.--There shall be in the Office of Biometric
Identity Management a Deputy Director, who shall assist the Director in
the management of the Office.
    ``(d) Other Authorities.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director may establish such other
        offices within the Office of Biometric Identity Management as
        the Director determines necessary to carry out the missions,
        duties, functions, and authorities of the Office.
            ``(2) Notification.--If the Director exercises the
        authority provided by paragraph (1), the Director shall notify
        the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
        Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate not later than 30 days
        before exercising such authority.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding after the item
relating to section 709 the following new item:

``Sec. 710. Office of Biometric Identity Management.''.

Output: Office of Biometric Identity Management Authorization Act of 2018 or the OBIM Authorization Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Management Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the Office of Biometric Identity Management, which shall be administered by a director with significant management experience and experience in biometrics and identity management. The director shall have specified duties, including leading DHS's biometric identity services to support anti-terrorism, counterterrorism, border security, credentialing, national security, and public safety.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``National Trails System Willing Seller
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LAND FROM WILLING SELLERS FOR CERTAIN
              TRAILS.

    (a) Oregon National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(3) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(3)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the
trail.''.
    (b) Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(4) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(4)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the
trail.''.
    (c) Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(5) of
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(5)) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside
the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be
acquired by the Federal Government for the trail except with the
consent of the owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of
the Federal Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall
be limited to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of
the trail.''.
    (d) Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(6) of
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside
the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be
acquired by the Federal Government for the trail except with the
consent of the owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of
the Federal Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall
be limited to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of
the trail.''.
    (e) Iditarod National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(7) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(7)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the
trail.''.
    (f) North Country National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(8) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(8)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner of the land or interest in land.''.
    (g) Ice Age National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(10) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(10)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner of the land or interest in land.''.
    (h) Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(11) of
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(11)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the fourth and fifth sentences; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``No land or
        interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any
        federally administered area may be acquired by the Federal
        Government for the trail except with the consent of the owner
        of the land or interest in land.''.
    (i) Nez Perce National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(14) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(14)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the fourth and fifth sentences; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``No land or
        interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any
        federally administered area may be acquired by the Federal
        Government for the trail except with the consent of the owner
        of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal
        Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be
        limited to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either
        side of the trail.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 10 of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1249) is
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
        Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
        necessary to implement the provisions of this Act relating to
        the trails designated by section 5(a).
            ``(2) Natchez trace national scenic trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--With respect to the Natchez
                Trace National Scenic Trail (referred to in this
                paragraph as the `trail') designated by section
                5(a)(12)--
                            ``(i) not more than $500,000 shall be
                        appropriated for the acquisition of land or
                        interests in land for the trail; and
                            ``(ii) not more than $2,000,000 shall be
                        appropriated for the development of the trail.
                    ``(B) Participation by volunteer trail groups.--The
                administering agency for the trail shall encourage
                volunteer trail groups to participate in the
                development of the trail.''.

Output: National Trails System Willing Seller Act - Amends the National Trails System Act (the Act) to: (1) prohibit the federal acquisition of lands outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area, except with the owner's consent, for the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, Lewis and Clark, Iditarod, and Nez Perce National Historic Trails and the Continental Divide, North Country, Ice Age, and Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trails; and (2) provide that federal authority to acquire fee title shall be limited to an average of not more than one-quarter mile on either side of such national historic trails and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Education for Retirement Security
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Improving financial literacy is a critical and complex
        task for Americans of all ages.
            (2) Low levels of savings and high levels of personal and
        real estate debt are serious problems for many households
        nearing retirement.
            (3) Only 53 percent of working Americans have any form of
        pension coverage. Three out of four women aged 65 or over
        receive no income from employer-provided pensions.
            (4) The more limited timeframe that mid-life and older
        individuals and families have to assess the realities of their
        individual circumstances, to recover from counter-productive
        choices and decisionmaking processes, and to benefit from more
        informed financial practices, has immediate impact and near
        term consequences for Americans nearing or of retirement age.
            (5) Research indicates that there are now 4 basic sources
        of retirement income security. Those sources are social
        security benefits, pensions and savings, healthcare insurance
        coverage, and, for an increasing number of older individuals,
        necessary earnings from working during one's ``retirement''
        years.
            (6) The $5,000,000,000,000 loss in stock market equity
        values since 2000 has had a significantly negative effect on
        mid-life and older individuals and on their pension plans and
        retirement accounts, affecting both individuals with plans to
        retire and those who are already in retirement.
            (7) Although today's older individuals are generally
        thought to be doing well, nearly \1/5\ (18 percent) of such
        individuals were living below 125 percent of the poverty line
        during a year of national prosperity, 1995.
            (8) Over the next 30 years, the number of older individuals
        in the United States is expected to double, from 35,000,000 to
        nearly 75,000,000, and long-term care costs are expected to
        skyrocket.
            (9) Financial exploitation is the largest single category
        of abuse against older individuals and this population
        comprises more than \1/2\ of all telemarketing victims in the
        United States.
            (10) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Identity Theft Data
        Clearinghouse has reported that incidents of identity theft
        targeting individuals over the age of 60 increased from 1,821
        victims in 2000 to 5,802 victims in 2001, a threefold increase.

SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM TO ENHANCE FINANCIAL AND RETIREMENT LITERACY AND
              REDUCE FINANCIAL ABUSE AND FRAUD AMONG MID-LIFE AND OLDER
              AMERICANS.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to award grants to
eligible entities to provide financial education programs to mid-life
and older individuals who reside in local communities in order to--
            (1) enhance financial and retirement knowledge among such
        individuals; and
            (2) reduce financial abuse and fraud, including
        telemarketing, mortgage, and pension fraud, among such
        individuals.
    (b) Eligible Entities.--An entity is eligible to receive a grant
under this section if such entity is--
            (1) a State agency or area agency on aging; or
            (2) a nonprofit organization with a proven record of
        providing--
                    (A) services to mid-life and older individuals;
                    (B) consumer awareness programs; or
                    (C) supportive services to low-income families.
    (c) Application.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary in such form and
containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a
plan for continuing the programs provided with grant funds under this
section after the grant expires.
    (d) Limitation on Administrative Costs.--A recipient of a grant
under this section may not use more than 4 percent of the total amount
of the grant in each fiscal year for the administrative costs of
carrying out the programs provided with grant funds under this section.
    (e) Evaluation and Report.--
            (1) Establishment of performance measures.--The Secretary
        shall develop measures to evaluate the programs provided with
        grant funds under this section.
            (2) Evaluation according to performance measures.--Applying
        the performance measures developed under paragraph (1), the
        Secretary shall evaluate the programs provided with grant funds
        under this section in order to--
                    (A) judge the performance and effectiveness of such
                programs;
                    (B) identify which programs represent the best
                practices of entities developing such programs for mid-
                life and older individuals; and
                    (C) identify which programs may be replicated.
            (3) Annual reports.--For each fiscal year in which a grant
        is awarded under this section, the Secretary shall submit a
        report to Congress containing a description of the status of
        the grant program under this section, a description of the
        programs provided with grant funds under this section, and the
        results of the evaluation of such programs under paragraph (2).

SEC. 4. NATIONAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to award a grant to 1
or more eligible entities to--
            (1) create and make available instructional materials and
        information that promote financial education; and
            (2) provide training and other related assistance regarding
        the establishment of financial education programs to eligible
        entities awarded a grant under section 3.
    (b) Eligible Entities.--An entity is eligible to receive a grant
under this section if such entity is a national nonprofit organization
with substantial experience in the field of financial education.
    (c) Application.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary in such form and
containing such information as the Secretary may require.
    (d) Basis and Term.--The Secretary shall award a grant under this
section on a competitive, merit basis for a term of 5 years.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Financial education.--The term ``financial education''
        means education that promotes an understanding of consumer,
        economic, and personal finance concepts, including saving for
        retirement, long-term care, and estate planning and education
        on predatory lending and financial abuse schemes.
            (2) Mid-life individual.--The term ``mid-life individual''
        means an individual aged 45 to 64 years.
            (3) Older individual.--The term ``older individual'' means
        an individual aged 65 or older.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Health and Human Services.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this Act, $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003
through 2007.
    (b) Limitation on Funds for Evaluation and Report.--The Secretary
may not use more than $200,000 of the amounts appropriated under
subsection (a) for each fiscal year to carry out section 3(e).
    (c) Limitation on Funds for Training and Technical Assistance.--The
Secretary may not use less than 5 percent or more than 10 percent of
amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for each fiscal year to carry
out section 4.

Output: Education for Retirement Security Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to provide financial education programs to mid-life and older individuals who reside in local communities in order to: (1) enhance financial and retirement knowledge among them; and (2) reduce financial abuse and fraud, including telemarketing, mortgage, and pension fraud, among them.Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to one or more eligible entities to: (1) create and make available instructional materials and information that promote financial education; and (2) provide training and other related assistance regarding the establishment of financial education programs.


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SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENTS TO RATES OF BASIC PAY OF PREVAILING RATE
              EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Limitation on Adjustments.--
            (1) Prevailing rate employees of agencies.--Notwithstanding
        any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in
        this section, a prevailing rate employee described in section
        5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, may not be paid--
                    (A) during the period beginning on January 1, 2014,
                and ending on the normal effective date of the
                applicable wage survey adjustment that is to take
                effect in fiscal year 2014, in an amount that exceeds
                the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of
                the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such
                section; and
                    (B) during the period beginning on the day after
                the end of the period described in subparagraph (A) and
                ending on September 30, 2014, in an amount that
                exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the
                rate payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the
                sum of--
                            (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect
                        in fiscal year 2014 under section 5303 of title
                        5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
                        under the General Schedule; and
                            (ii) the difference between the overall
                        average percentage of the locality-based
                        comparability payments taking effect in fiscal
                        year 2014 under section 5304 of such title
                        (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the
                        overall average percentage of such payments
                        which was effective in the previous fiscal year
                        under such section.
            (2) Other prevailing rate employees.--Notwithstanding any
        other provision of law, no prevailing rate employee described
        in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5,
        United States Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of
        such title, may be paid during the periods for which paragraph
        (1) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be
        payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to
        such employee.
            (3) Employees paid from new schedules.--For the purposes of
        this subsection, the rates payable to an employee who is
        covered by this subsection and who is paid from a schedule not
        in existence on September 30, 2013, shall be determined under
        regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.
            (4) Rates of premium pay.--Notwithstanding any other
        provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to
        this subsection may not be changed from the rates in effect on
        September 30, 2013, except to the extent determined by the
        Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the
        purpose of this subsection.
            (5) Period covered.--This subsection shall apply with
        respect to pay for service performed on or after the first day
        of the first applicable pay period beginning after December 31,
        2013.
            (6) Treatment under other laws.--For the purpose of
        administering any provision of law (including any rule or
        regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life
        insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires any
        deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement or
        limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the
        rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of
        this subsection shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic
        pay.
            (7) Limitations.--Nothing in this subsection shall be
        considered to permit or require the payment to any employee
        covered by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that
        would be payable were this subsection not in effect.
            (8) Exceptions.--The Office of Personnel Management may
        provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this
        subsection if the Office determines that such exceptions are
        necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified
        employees.
    (b) Comparability of Adjustments.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), effective
        as of the first day of the first applicable pay period
        beginning after December 31, 2013, the percentage increase in
        rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems under sections
        5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, that takes place
        in fiscal year 2014 shall be not less than the percentage
        increase received by employees in the same pay locality whose
        rates of basic pay are adjusted under sections 5303 and 5304 of
        title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Pay localities.--For the purposes of this subsection,
        prevailing rate employees in localities where there are no
        employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and
        5304 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate
        employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United
        States Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay
        locality designated as ``Rest of United States'' under section
        5304 of title 5, United States Code.

Output: Prohibits any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency, between January 1 and September 30, 2014, from being paid an amount exceeding specified limits resulting from an applicable wage survey adjustment. Prohibits the percentage increase in wages paid to a prevailing wage employee in FY2014 from being less than the percentage increase in the basic pay of other federal employees in the same pay locality.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Phone Bill Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Customer bills for telecommunications services are
        unreasonably complicated, and many Americans are unable to
        understand the nature of services provided to them and the
        charges for which they are responsible.
            (2) One of the purposes of the Telecommunications Act of
        1996 (Public Law 104-104) was to unleash competitive and market
        forces for telecommunications services.
            (3) Unless customers can understand their
        telecommunications bills they cannot take advantage of the
        newly competitive market for telecommunications services.
            (4) Confusing telecommunications bills allow a small
        minority of providers of telecommunications services to commit
        fraud more easily. The best defense against telecommunications
        fraud is a well informed consumer. Consumers cannot be well
        informed when their telecommunications bills are
        incomprehensible.
            (5) Certain providers of telecommunications services have
        established new, specific charges on customer bills commonly
        known as ``line-item charges''.
            (6) These line-item charges have proliferated and are often
        described with inaccurate and confusing names.
            (7) These line-item charges have generated significant
        confusion among customers regarding the nature and scope of
        universal service and of the fees associated with universal
        service.
            (8) The National Association of Regulatory Utility
        Commissioners adopted a resolution in February 1998 supporting
        action by the Federal Communications Commission to require
        interstate telecommunications carriers to provide accurate
        customer notice regarding the implementation and purpose of
        end-user charges for telecommunications services.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to require the Federal
Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to protect
and empower consumers of telecommunications services by assuring that
telecommunications bills, including line-item charges, issued by
telecommunications carriers nationwide are both accurate and
comprehensible.

SEC. 3. INVESTIGATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER BILLING PRACTICES.

    (a) Investigation.--
            (1) Requirement.--The Federal Communications Commission and
        the Federal Trade Commission shall jointly conduct an
        investigation of the billing practices of telecommunications
        carriers.
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of the investigation is to
        determine whether the bills sent by telecommunications carriers
        to their customers accurately assess and correctly characterize
        the services received and fees charged for such services,
        including any fees imposed as line-item charges.
    (b) Determinations.--In carrying out the investigation under
subsection (a), the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal
Trade Commission shall determine the following:
            (1) The prevalence of incomprehensible or confusing
        telecommunications bills.
            (2) The most frequent causes for confusion on
        telecommunications bills.
            (3) Whether or not any best practices exist, which, if
        utilized as an industry standard, would reduce confusion and
        improve comprehension of telecommunications bills.
            (4) Whether or not telecommunications bills that impose
        fees through line-item charges characterize correctly the
        nature and basis of such fees, including, in particular,
        whether or not such fees are required by the Federal Government
        or State governments.
    (c) Review of Records.--
            (1) Authority.--For purposes of the investigation under
        subsection (a), the Federal Communications Commission and the
        Federal Trade Commission may obtain from any telecommunications
        carrier any record of such carrier that is relevant to the
        investigation, including any record supporting such carrier's
        basis for setting fee levels or percentages.
            (2) Use.--The Federal Communications Commission and the
        Federal Trade Commission may use records obtained under this
        subsection only for purposes of the investigation.
    (d) Disciplinary Actions.--
            (1) In general.--If the Federal Communications Commission
        or the Federal Trade Commission determines as a result of the
        investigation under subsection (a) that the bills sent by a
        telecommunications carrier to its customers do not accurately
        assess or correctly characterize any service or fee contained
        in such bills, the Federal Communications Commission or the
        Federal Trade Commission, as the case may be, may take such
        action against such carrier as such Commission is authorized to
take under law.
            (2) Characterization of fees.--If the Federal
        Communications Commission or the Federal Trade Commission
        determines as a result of the investigation under subsection
        (a) that a telecommunications carrier has characterized a fee
        on bills sent to its customers as mandated or otherwise
        required by the Federal Government or a State and that such
        characterization is incorrect, the Federal Communications
        Commission or the Federal Trade Commission, as the case may be,
        may require the carrier to discontinue such characterization.
            (3) Additional actions.--If the Federal Communications
        Commission or the Federal Trade Commission determines that such
        Commission does not have authority under law to take actions
        under paragraph (1) that would be appropriate in light of a
        determination described in paragraph (1), the Federal
        Communications Commission or the Federal Trade Commission, as
        the case may be, shall notify Congress of the determination
        under this paragraph in the report under subsection (e).
    (e) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission and the
Federal Trade Commissions shall jointly submit to Congress a report on
the results of the investigation under subsection (a). The report shall
include the determination, if any, of either Commission under
subsection (d)(3) and any recommendations for further legislative
action that such Commissions consider appropriate.

SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF MISLEADING TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILLS AND
              TELECOMMUNICATIONS RATE PLANS.

    (a) Federal Trade Commission.--The Federal Trade Commission shall
treat any telecommunications billing practice or telecommunications
rate plan that the Commission determines to be intentionally misleading
as an unfair business practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act
(15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
    (b) Federal Communications Commission.--The Federal Communications
Commission shall, upon finding that any holder of a license under the
Commission has repeatedly and intentionally engaged in a telephone
billing practice, or has repeatedly and intentionally utilized a
telephone rate plan, that is misleading, treat such holder as acting
against the public interest for purposes of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.).

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL BILLS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.

    (a) Average Per Minute Rate Calculation.--Each telecommunications
carrier shall display on the first page of each customer bill for
telecommunications services the average per-minute charge of
telecommunications services of such customer for the billing period
covered by such bill.
    (b) Calling Patterns.--Each telecommunications carrier shall
display on the first page of each customer bill for telecommunications
services the percentage of the total number of telephone calls of such
customer for the billing period covered by such bill as follows:
            (1) That began on a weekday.
            (2) That began on a weekend.
            (3) That began from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
            (4) That began from 8:01 p.m. to 7:59 a.m.
            (5) That were billed to a calling card.
    (c) Average Per-Minute Charge Defined.--In this section, the term
``average per-minute charge'', in the case of a bill of a customer for
a billing period, means--
            (1) the sum of--
                    (A) the aggregate amount of monthly or other
                recurring charges, if any, for telecommunications
                services imposed on the customer by the bill for the
                billing period; and
                    (B) the total amount of all per-minute charges for
                telecommunications services imposed on the customer by
                the bill for the billing period; divided by
            (2) the total number of minutes of telecommunications
        services provided to the customer during the billing period and
        covered by the bill.

SEC. 6. REQUIREMENTS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS IMPOSING CERTAIN
              CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

    (a) Billing Requirements.--Any telecommunications carrier shall
include on the bills for telecommunications services sent to its
customers the following:
            (1) An accurate name and description of any covered charge.
            (2) The recipient or class of recipients of the monies
        collected through each such charge.
            (3) A statement whether each such charge is required by law
        or collected pursuant to a requirement imposed by a
        governmental entity under its discretionary authority.
            (4) A specific explanation of any reduction in charges or
        fees to customers, and the class of telephone customer that
        such reduction, that are related to each such charge.
    (b) Universal Service Contributions and Receipts.--Not later than
January 31 each year, each telecommunications carrier required to
contribute to universal service during the previous year under section
254(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(d)) shall
submit to the Federal Communications Commission a report on following:
            (1) The total contributions of the carrier to the universal
        service fund during the previous year.
            (2) The total receipts from customers during such year
        designed to recover contributions to the fund.
    (c) Action on Universal Service Contributions and Receipts Data.--
            (1) Review.--The Federal Communications Commission shall
        review the reports submitted to the Commission under subsection
        (b) in order to determine whether or not the amount of the
        contributions of a telecommunications carrier to the universal
        service fund in any year is equal to the amount of the receipts
        of the telecommunications carrier from its customers in such
        year for purposes of contributions to the fund.
            (2) Additional contributions.--If the Commission determines
        as a result of a review under paragraph (1) that the amount of
        the receipts of a telecommunications carrier from its customers
        in a year for purposes of contributions to the universal
        service fund exceeded the amount contributed by the carrier in
        such year to the fund, the Commission shall have the authority
        to require the carrier to deposit in the fund an amount equal
        to the amount of such excess.
    (d) Covered Charges.--For purposes of subsection (a), a covered
charge shall include any charge on a bill for telecommunications
services that is separate from a per-minute rate charge, including a
universal service charge, a subscriber line charge, and a presubscribed
interexchange carrier charge.

SEC. 7. TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``telecommunications carrier'' has the
meaning given that term in section 3(44) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 153(44)).

Output:
Requires the FTC to treat any telecommunications billing practice or rate plan determined to be intentionally misleading as an unfair business practice for purposes of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Requires the FCC, upon a finding that any holder of an FCC license has repeatedly and intentionally engaged in a telephone billing practice or utilized a rate plan that is misleading, to treat such holder as acting against public interest for purposes of the Communications Act of 1934.
Requires each carrier to display on the first page of each customer bill: (1) the average per-minute charge of telecommunications services for the billing period; and (2) the percentage of the total number of telephone calls of such customer that took place on a weekday, weekend, daytime, or nighttime, and the percentage that were billed to a calling card.
Requires customer bills to include: (1) an accurate name and description of any covered charge and the recipient of monies collected through such charge; (2) a statement of whether each such charge is required by law or by a governmental entity under its discretionary authority; and (3) an explanation of any reduction in charges or fees.
Directs each carrier required to contribute to universal services during the previous year to report to the FCC on their total contributions during the previous year and the total receipts from customers to recover such contributions. Directs the FCC to review such reports to determine whether such amounts are equal and, if not, to require such carrier to deposit an equal amount.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of
2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Tuberculosis is one of the greatest infectious causes
        of death of adults worldwide, killing nearly 2,000,000 people
        per year--one person every 15 seconds.
            (2) One-third of the world's population is infected with
        the tuberculosis bacterium and an estimated 9,000,000
        individuals develop active tuberculosis each year.
            (3) Tuberculosis is the leading killer among individuals
        who are HIV-positive due to their weakened immune systems, and
        it is estimated that one-third of people with HIV infection
        have tuberculosis.
            (4) Today, tuberculosis is a leading killer of women of
        reproductive age.
            (5) There are 22 countries that account for 80 percent of
        the world's burden of tuberculosis. The People's Republic of
        China and India account for 35 percent of all estimated new
        tuberculosis cases each year.
            (6) Driven by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, incidence rates of
        tuberculosis in Africa have more than doubled on average since
        1990, making it the only region in the world in which
        tuberculosis rates are not currently stabilized or declining.
        The problem is so pervasive that in August 2005, African Health
        Ministers and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared
        tuberculosis to be an emergency in Africa.
            (7) The wide extent of drug resistance, including multi-
        drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), in Eastern Europe and
        other parts of the world represents a critical challenge to the
        global control of tuberculosis. Drug resistance surveillance
        reports have confirmed the serious scale and spread of
        tuberculosis in Eastern Europe with tuberculosis strains often
        resistant to all first line drugs and also to some second line
        drugs.
            (8) With more than 50 percent of tuberculosis cases in the
        United States attributable to foreign-born individuals and with
        the increase in international travel, commerce, and migration,
        elimination of tuberculosis in the United States depends on
        efforts to control the disease in developing countries. Recent
        research has shown that to invest in tuberculosis control
        abroad, where treatment and program costs are significantly
        cheaper than in the United States, would be a cost-effective
        strategy to reduce tuberculosis-related morbidity and mortality
        domestically.
            (9) The threat that tuberculosis poses for Americans
        derives from the global spread of tuberculosis and the
        emergence and spread of strains of multi-drug resistant
        tuberculosis, which is far more deadly, and more difficult and
        costly to treat.
            (10) DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short-course) is one
        of the most cost-effective health interventions available today
        and is a core component of the new Stop TB Strategy.
            (11) The Stop TB Strategy, developed by the World Health
        Organization, builds on the success of DOTS and ongoing
        challenges so as to serve all those in need and reach targets
        for prevalence, mortality, and incidence reduction. The Stop TB
        Strategy includes six components:
                    (A) Pursuing high-quality expansion and enhancement
                of DOTS coverage.
                    (B) Implementing tuberculosis and HIV collaborative
                activities, preventing, and controlling multi-drug
                resistant tuberculosis, and addressing other special
                challenges.
                    (C) Contributing to the strengthening of health
                systems.
                    (D) Engaging all health care providers, including
                promotion of the International Standards for
                Tuberculosis Care.
                    (E) Empowering individuals with tuberculosis and
                communities.
                    (F) Enabling and promoting research to develop new
                diagnostics, drugs, vaccines, and program-based
                operational research relating to tuberculosis.
            (12) The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015: Actions for Life
        is a comprehensive plan developed by the Stop TB Partnership
        that sets out the actions necessary to achieve the millennium
        development goal of cutting tuberculosis deaths and disease
        burden in half by 2015 and thus eliminate tuberculosis as a
        global health problem by 2050.
            (13) While innovations such as the Global Tuberculosis Drug
        Facility have enabled low-income countries to treat a standard
        case of tuberculosis with drugs that cost as little as $16 for
        a full six-month course of treatment, there are still millions
        of individuals with no access to effective treatment.
            (14) As the global resource investment in fighting
        tuberculosis increases, partner nations and international
        institutions must commit to a corresponding increase in the
        technical and program assistance necessary to ensure that the
        most effective and efficient tuberculosis treatments are
        provided.
            (15) The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
        Malaria is an important global partnership established to
        combat these three infectious diseases that together kill
        millions of people a year. Expansion of effective tuberculosis
        treatment programs constitutes a major component of Global Fund
        investment, along with integrated efforts to address HIV and
        tuberculosis in areas of high prevalence.
            (16) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
        is actively involved with global tuberculosis control efforts
        since the global tuberculosis epidemic directly impacts
        tuberculosis in the United States, and because Congress has
        strongly urged the CDC each year to increase its involvement
        with international tuberculosis control efforts.
            (17) The CDC is assisting countries with a high burden of
        tuberculosis to--
                    (A) implement the World Health Organization-
                recommended control strategies by improving the
                capacity to diagnose and cure individuals with
                tuberculosis;
                    (B) improve the capacity to diagnose, treat, and
                prevent tuberculosis in HIV-infected individuals and
                individuals with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis; and
                    (C) conduct programmatically-relevant operational
                research to identify and evaluate new diagnostics,
                treatment regimes, and interventions to control
                tuberculosis.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TUBERCULOSIS.

    (a) Policy.--Section 104B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2151b-3(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Policy.--It is a major objective of the foreign assistance
program of the United States to control tuberculosis. In all countries
in which the United States Agency for International Development has
established development programs, the following goals in the battle
against tuberculosis should be achieved by not later than December 31,
2015:
            ``(1) Reduce by half the tuberculosis death and disease
        burden from the 1990 baseline.
            ``(2) Sustain or exceed the detection of at least 70
        percent of cases of tuberculosis infection and the cure of at
        least 85 percent of those cases detected.''.
    (b) Authorization.--Section 104B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b-3(c)) is amended by striking ``is authorized
to'' and inserting ``shall''.
    (c) Priority to Stop TB Strategy.--Section 104B(e) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b-3(e)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, to read as follows: ``Priority to Stop
        TB Strategy.--'';
            (2) in the first sentence, by striking ``In furnishing''
        and all that follows through ``, including funding'' and
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) Priority.--In furnishing assistance under subsection
        (c), the President shall give priority to--
                    ``(A) activities described in the Stop TB Strategy,
                including expansion and enhancement of DOTS coverage,
                treatment for individuals infected with both
                tuberculosis and HIV and treatment for individuals with
                multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB),
                strengthening of health systems, use of the
                International Standards for Tuberculosis Care by all
                providers, empowering individuals with tuberculosis,
                and enabling and promoting research to develop new
                diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines, and program-based
                operational research relating to tuberculosis; and
                    ``(B) funding''; and
            (3) in the second sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``In order to'' and all that
                follows through ``not less than'' and inserting the
                following:
            ``(2) Availability of amounts.--In order to meet the
        requirements of paragraph (1), the President--
                    ``(A) shall ensure that not less than'';
                    (B) by striking ``for Directly Observed Treatment
                Short-course (DOTS) coverage and treatment of multi-
                drug resistant tuberculosis using DOTS-Plus,'' and
                inserting ``to implement the Stop TB Strategy; and'';
                and
                    (C) by striking ``including'' and all that follows
                and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) should ensure that not less than $15,000,000
                of the amount made available to carry out this section
                for a fiscal year is used to make a contribution to the
                Global Tuberculosis Drug Facility.''.
    (d) Assistance for WHO and the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership.--
Section 104B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b-3)
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
        subsection:
    ``(f) Assistance for WHO and the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership.--In
carrying out this section, the President, acting through the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, is authorized to provide increased resources to the World
Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership to
improve the capacity of countries with high rates of tuberculosis and
other affected countries to implement the Stop TB Strategy.''.
    (e) Definitions.--Section 104B(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, as redesignated by subsection (d)(1), is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end before the
        period the following: ``, including low cost and effective
        diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of tuberculosis, as well
        as a reliable drug supply, and a management strategy for public
        health systems, with health system strengthening, promotion of
        the use of the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care by
        all care providers, bacteriology under an external quality
        assessment framework, short-course chemotherapy, and sound
        reporting and recording systems''; and
            (2) by adding after paragraph (5) the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(6) Stop tb strategy.--The term `Stop TB Strategy' means
        the strategy described in the Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015:
        Actions for Life, a comprehensive plan developed by the Stop
        Tuberculosis Partnership that sets out the actions necessary to
        achieve the millennium development goal of cutting tuberculosis
        deaths and disease burden in half by 2015.''.
    (f) Annual Report.--Section 104A(e)(2)(C)(iii) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b-2(e)(2)(C)(iii)) is amended by
adding at the end before the semicolon the following: ``, including the
percentage of such United States foreign assistance provided for
diagnosis and treatment of individuals with tuberculosis in countries
with the highest rates of tuberculosis, as determined by the World
Health Organization (WHO)''.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the President not less than $225,000,000 for fiscal
year 2007 and not less than $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 to carry
out section 104B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151b-3), as amended by subsections (a) through (e) of this section.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GLOBAL TUBERCULOSIS
              ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
              PREVENTION.

    For the purpose of carrying out global tuberculosis activities
through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are
authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008. Such authorization of
appropriations is in addition to other authorizations of appropriations
that are available for such purposes. Amounts appropriated pursuant to
the authorization of appropriations under this section shall remain
available until expended.

Output:
Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require (currently, authorizes) the President to furnish assistance for tuberculosis (TB) prevention, treatment, and elimination.

Gives priority to activities described in the Stop TB Strategy (as defined by this Act). Revises related fund use provisions.

Authorizes the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide increased resources to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership to improve the capacity of countries with high TB rates and other affected countries to implement the Stop TB Strategy.

Authorizes appropriations for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) TB activities.


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OF CLAIMS.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided for in this section,
the time for the commencement of a health care lawsuit shall be 3 years
after the date of manifestation of injury or 1 year after the claimant
discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have
discovered, the injury, whichever occurs first.
    (b) General Exception.--The time for the commencement of a health
care lawsuit shall not exceed 3 years after the date of manifestation
of injury unless the tolling of time was delayed as a result of--
            (1) fraud;
            (2) intentional concealment; or
            (3) the presence of a foreign body, which has no
        therapeutic or diagnostic purpose or effect, in the person of
        the injured person.
    (c) Minors.--An action by a minor shall be commenced within 3 years
from the date of the alleged manifestation of injury except that if
such minor is under the full age of 6 years, such action shall be
commenced within 3 years of the manifestation of injury, or prior to
the eighth birthday of the minor, whichever provides a longer period.
Such time limitation shall be tolled for minors for any period during
which a parent or guardian and a health care provider or health care
organization have committed fraud or collusion in the failure to bring
an action on behalf of the injured minor.

SEC. 5. COMPENSATING PATIENT INJURY.

    (a) Unlimited Amount of Damages for Actual Economic Losses in
HEALTH Care Lawsuits.--In any health care lawsuit, nothing in this Act
shall limit the recovery by a claimant of the full amount of the
available economic damages, notwithstanding the limitation contained in
subsection (b).
    (b) Additional Noneconomic Damages.--In any health care lawsuit,
the amount of noneconomic damages recovered, if otherwise available
under applicable Federal or State law, may be as much as $250,000,
regardless of the number of parties against whom the action is brought
or the number of separate claims or actions brought with respect to the
same occurrence.
    (c) No Discount of Award for Noneconomic Damages.--In any health
care lawsuit--
            (1) an award for future noneconomic damages shall not be
        discounted to present value;
            (2) the jury shall not be informed about the maximum award
        for noneconomic damages under subsection (b);
            (3) an award for noneconomic damages in excess of $250,000
        shall be reduced either before the entry of judgment, or by
        amendment of the judgment after entry of judgment, and such
        reduction shall be made before accounting for any other
        reduction in damages required by law; and
            (4) if separate awards are rendered for past and future
        noneconomic damages and the combined awards exceed $250,000,
        the future noneconomic damages shall be reduced first.
    (d) Fair Share Rule.--In any health care lawsuit, each party shall
be liable for that party's several share of any damages only and not
for the share of any other person. Each party shall be liable only for
the amount of damages allocated to such party in direct proportion to
such party's percentage of responsibility. A separate judgment shall be
rendered against each such party for the amount allocated to such
party. For purposes of this section, the trier of fact shall determine
the proportion of responsibility of each party for the claimant's harm.

SEC. 6. MAXIMIZING PATIENT RECOVERY.

    (a) Court Supervision of Share of Damages Actually Paid to
Claimants.--
            (1) In general.--In any health care lawsuit, the court
        shall supervise the arrangements for payment of damages to
        protect against conflicts of interest that may have the effect
        of reducing the amount of damages awarded that are actually
        paid to claimants.
            (2) Contingency fees.--
                    (A) In general.--In any health care lawsuit in
                which the attorney for a party claims a financial stake
                in the outcome by virtue of a contingent fee, the court
                shall have the power to restrict the payment of a
                claimant's damage recovery to such attorney, and to
                redirect such damages to the claimant based upon the
                interests of justice and principles of equity.
                    (B) Limitation.--The total of all contingent fees
                for representing all claimants in a health care lawsuit
                shall not exceed the following limits:
                            (i) 40 percent of the first $50,000
                        recovered by the claimant(s).
                            (ii) 33\1/3\ percent of the next $50,000
                        recovered by the claimant(s).
                            (iii) 25 percent of the next $500,000
                        recovered by the claimant(s).
                            (iv) 15 percent of any amount by which the
                        recovery by the claimant(s) is in excess of
                        $600,000.
    (b) Applicability.--
            (1) In general.--The limitations in subsection (a) shall
        apply whether the recovery is by judgment, settlement,
        mediation, arbitration, or any other form of alternative
        dispute resolution.
            (2) Minors.--In a health care lawsuit involving a minor or
        incompetent person, a court retains the authority to authorize
        or approve a fee that is less than the maximum permitted under
        this section.
    (c) Expert Witnesses.--
            (1) Requirement.--No individual shall be qualified to
        testify as an expert witness concerning issues of negligence in
        any health care lawsuit against a defendant unless such
        individual--
                    (A) except as required under paragraph (2), is a
                health care professional who--
                            (i) is appropriately credentialed or
                        licensed in 1 or more States to deliver health
                        care services; and
                            (ii) typically treats the diagnosis or
                        condition or provides the type of treatment
                        under review; and
                    (B) can demonstrate by competent evidence that, as
                a result of training, education, knowledge, and
                experience in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment
                of the disease or injury which is the subject matter of
                the lawsuit against the defendant, the individual was
                substantially familiar with applicable standards of
                care and practice as they relate to the act or omission
                which is the subject of the lawsuit on the date of the
                incident.
            (2) Physician review.--In a health care lawsuit, if the
        claim of the plaintiff involved treatment that is recommended
        or provided by a physician (allopathic or osteopathic), an
        individual shall not be qualified to be an expert witness under
        this subsection with respect to issues of negligence concerning
        such treatment unless such individual is a physician.
            (3) Specialties and subspecialties.--With respect to a
        lawsuit described in paragraph (1), a court shall not permit an
        expert in one medical specialty or subspecialty to testify
        against a defendant in another medical specialty or
        subspecialty unless, in addition to a showing of substantial
        familiarity in accordance with paragraph (1)(B), there is a
        showing that the standards of care and practice in the two
        specialty or subspecialty fields are similar.
            (4) Limitation.--The limitations in this subsection shall
        not apply to expert witnesses testifying as to the degree or
        permanency of medical or physical impairment.

SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL HEALTH BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--The amount of any damages received by a claimant
in any health care lawsuit shall be reduced by the court by the amount
of any collateral source benefits to which the claimant is entitled,
less any insurance premiums or other payments made by the claimant (or
by the spouse, parent, child, or legal guardian of the claimant) to
obtain or secure such benefits.
    (b) Preservation of Current Law.--Where a payor of collateral
source benefits has a right of recovery by reimbursement or subrogation
and such right is permitted under Federal or State law, subsection (a)
shall not apply.
    (c) Application of Provision.--This section shall apply to any
health care lawsuit that is settled or resolved by a fact finder.

SEC. 8. PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

    (a) Punitive Damages Permitted.--
            (1) In general.--Punitive damages may, if otherwise
        available under applicable State or Federal law, be awarded
        against any person in a health care lawsuit only if it is
        proven by clear and convincing evidence that such person acted
        with malicious intent to injure the claimant, or that such
        person deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury that
        such person knew the claimant was substantially certain to
        suffer.
            (2) Filing of lawsuit.--No demand for punitive damages
        shall be included in a health care lawsuit as initially filed.
        A court may allow a claimant to file an amended pleading for
        punitive damages only upon a motion by the claimant and after a
        finding by the court, upon review of supporting and opposing
        affidavits or after a hearing, after weighing the evidence,
        that the claimant has established by a substantial probability
        that the claimant will prevail on the claim for punitive
        damages.
            (3) Separate proceeding.--At the request of any party in a
        health care lawsuit, the trier of fact shall consider in a
        separate proceeding--
                    (A) whether punitive damages are to be awarded and
                the amount of such award; and
                    (B) the amount of punitive damages following a
                determination of punitive liability.
        If a separate proceeding is requested, evidence relevant only
        to the claim for punitive damages, as determined by applicable
        State law, shall be inadmissible in any proceeding to determine
        whether compensatory damages are to be awarded.
            (4) Limitation where no compensatory damages are awarded.--
        In any health care lawsuit where no judgment for compensatory
        damages is rendered against a person, no punitive damages may
        be awarded with respect to the claim in such lawsuit against
        such person.
    (b) Determining Amount of Punitive Damages.--
            (1) Factors considered.--In determining the amount of
        punitive damages under this section, the trier of fact shall
        consider only the following:
                    (A) the severity of the harm caused by the conduct
                of such party;
                    (B) the duration of the conduct or any concealment
                of it by such party;
                    (C) the profitability of the conduct to such party;
                    (D) the number of products sold or medical
                procedures rendered for compensation, as the case may
                be, by such party, of the kind causing the harm
                complained of by the claimant;
                    (E) any criminal penalties imposed on such party,
                as a result of the conduct complained of by the
                claimant; and
                    (F) the amount of any civil fines assessed against
                such party as a result of the conduct complained of by
                the claimant.
            (2) Maximum award.--The amount of punitive damages awarded
        in a health care lawsuit may not exceed an amount equal to two
        times the amount of economic damages awarded in the lawsuit or
        $250,000, whichever is greater. The jury shall not be informed
        of the limitation under the preceding sentence.
    (c) Liability of Health Care Providers.--A health care provider who
prescribes, or who dispenses pursuant to a prescription, a drug or
device (including blood products) approved by the Food and Drug
Administration shall not be named as a party to a product liability
lawsuit invoking such drug or device and shall not be liable to a
claimant in a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer,
distributor, or product seller of such drug or device.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT OF FUTURE DAMAGES TO CLAIMANTS IN
              HEALTH CARE LAWSUITS.

    (a) In General.--In any health care lawsuit, if an award of future
damages, without reduction to present value, equaling or exceeding
$50,000 is made against a party with sufficient insurance or other
assets to fund a periodic payment of such a judgment, the court shall,
at the request of any party, enter a judgment ordering that the future
damages be paid by periodic payments in accordance with the Uniform
Periodic Payment of Judgments Act promulgated by the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
    (b) Applicability.--This section applies to all actions which have
not been first set for trial or retrial before the effective date of
this Act.

SEC. 10. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

    (a) Vaccine Injury.--
            (1) In general.--To the extent that title XXI of the Public
        Health Service Act establishes a Federal rule of law applicable
        to a civil action brought for a vaccine-related injury or
        death--
                    (A) this Act shall not affect the application of
                the rule of law to such an action; and
                    (B) any rule of law prescribed by this Act in
                conflict with a rule of law of such title XXI shall not
                apply to such action.
            (2) Exception.--If there is an aspect of a civil action
        brought for a vaccine-related injury or death to which a
        Federal rule of law under title XXI of the Public Health
        Service Act does not apply, then this Act or otherwise
        applicable law (as determined under this Act) will apply to
        such aspect of such action.
    (b) Other Federal Law.--Except as provided in this section, nothing
in this Act shall be deemed to affect any defense available to a
defendant in a health care lawsuit or action under any other provision
of Federal law.

SEC. 11. STATE FLEXIBILITY AND PROTECTION OF STATES' RIGHTS.

    (a) HEALTH Care Lawsuits.--The provisions governing health care
lawsuits set forth in this Act shall preempt, subject to subsections
(b) and (c), State law to the extent that State law prevents the
application of any provisions of law established by or under this Act.
The provisions governing health care lawsuits set forth in this Act
supersede chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to the extent
that such chapter--
            (1) provides for a greater amount of damages or contingent
        fees, a longer period in which a health care lawsuit may be
        commenced, or a reduced applicability or scope of periodic
        payment of future damages, than provided in this Act; or
            (2) prohibits the introduction of evidence regarding
        collateral source benefits.
    (b) Preemption of Certain State Laws.--The provisions of this Act
shall preempt any constitutional provision, statute, or rule of State
law, whether enacted prior to, on, or after the date of enactment of
this Act, that--
            (1) prohibits the application of any limitation on the
        amount of compensatory, punitive, or total damages in a health
        care lawsuit; or
            (2) provides for a greater amount of compensatory,
        punitive, or total damages in a health care lawsuit than those
        provided for under this Act.
    (c) Protection of State's Rights and Other Laws.--
            (1) In general.--Any issue that is not governed by a
        provision of law established by or under this Act (including
        the State standards of negligence) shall be governed by
        otherwise applicable Federal or State law.
            (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be
        construed to--
                    (A) preempt or supersede any Federal or State law
                that imposes greater procedural or substantive
                protections (such as a shorter statute of limitations)
                for a health care provider, health care organization,
                or the manufacturer, distributor, supplier, marketer,
                promoter, or seller of a medical product from
                liability, loss, or damages than those provided by this
                Act;
                    (B) create a cause of action that is not otherwise
                available under Federal or State law; or
                    (C) affect the scope of preemption of any other
                Federal law.

SEC. 12. APPLICABILITY; EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply to any health care lawsuit brought in a
Federal or State court, or subject to an alternative dispute resolution
system, that is initiated on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act, except that any health care lawsuit arising from an injury
occurring prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall be governed
by the applicable statute of limitations provisions in effect at the
time the injury occurred.

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Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2005 or the HEALTH Act of 2005 - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims concerning the provisions of health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce.

Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions.

Provides that nothing in this Act limits recovery of the full amount of available economic damages. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to such party's percentage of responsibility.

Allows the court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees. Limits the fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded.

Prescribes qualifications for expert witnesses.

Requires the court to reduce damages received by the amount of collateral source benefits to which a claimant is entitled, unless the payor of such benefits has the right to reimbursement or subrogation under Federal or State law.

Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury such person knew the claimant was substantially certain to suffer; and (2) compensatory damages are awarded. Limits punitive damages to the greater of two times the amount of economic damages or $250,000.

 Prohibits a health care provider from being named as a party in a product liability or class action lawsuit for prescribing or dispensing an Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drug or device.

 Provides for periodic payments of future damage awards.