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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Child Care Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a
program to award grants to States, on a competitive basis, to assist
States in providing funds to encourage the establishment and operation
of employer-operated child care programs.
    (b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, a State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require, including an assurance that
the funds required under subsection (e) will be provided.
    (c) Amount and Period of Grant.--The Secretary shall determine the
amount of a grant to a State under this section based on the population
of the State as compared to the population of all States receiving
grants under this section. The Secretary shall make the grant for a
period of 3 years.
    (d) Use of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--A State shall use amounts provided under a
        grant awarded under this section to provide assistance to small
        businesses (or consortia formed in accordance with paragraph
        (3)) located in the State to enable the small businesses (or
        consortia) to establish and operate child care programs. Such
        assistance may include--
                    (A) technical assistance in the establishment of a
                child care program;
                    (B) assistance for the startup costs related to a
                child care program;
                    (C) assistance for the training of child care
                providers;
                    (D) scholarships for low-income wage earners;
                    (E) the provision of services to care for sick
                children or to provide care to school-aged children;
                    (F) the entering into of contracts with local
                resource and referral organizations or local health
                departments;
                    (G) assistance for care for children with
                disabilities;
                    (H) payment of expenses for renovation or operation
                of a child care facility; or
                    (I) assistance for any other activity determined
                appropriate by the State.
            (2) Application.--In order for a small business or
        consortium to be eligible to receive assistance from a State
        under this section, the small business involved shall prepare
        and submit to the State an application at such time, in such
        manner, and containing such information as the State may
        require.
            (3) Preference.--
                    (A) In general.--In providing assistance under this
                section, a State shall give priority to an applicant
                that desires to form a consortium to provide child care
                in a geographic area within the State where such care
                is not generally available or accessible.
                    (B) Consortium.--For purposes of subparagraph (A),
                a consortium shall be made up of 2 or more entities
                that shall include small businesses and that may
                include large businesses, nonprofit agencies or
                organizations, local governments, or other appropriate
                entities.
            (4) Limitations.--With respect to grant funds received
        under this section, a State may not provide in excess of
        $500,000 in assistance from such funds to any single applicant.
    (e) Matching Requirement.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a State shall provide assurances to the Secretary that,
with respect to the costs to be incurred by a covered entity receiving
assistance in carrying out activities under this section, the covered
entity will make available (directly or through donations from public
or private entities) non-Federal contributions to such costs in an
amount equal to--
            (1) for the first fiscal year in which the covered entity
        receives such assistance, not less than 50 percent of such
        costs ($1 for each $1 of assistance provided to the covered
        entity under the grant);
            (2) for the second fiscal year in which the covered entity
        receives such assistance, not less than 66\2/3\ percent of such
        costs ($2 for each $1 of assistance provided to the covered
        entity under the grant); and
            (3) for the third fiscal year in which the covered entity
        receives such assistance, not less than 75 percent of such
        costs ($3 for each $1 of assistance provided to the covered
        entity under the grant).
    (f) Requirements of Providers.--To be eligible to receive
assistance under a grant awarded under this section, a child care
provider--
            (1) who receives assistance from a State shall comply with
        all applicable State and local licensing and regulatory
        requirements and all applicable health and safety standards in
        effect in the State; and
            (2) who receives assistance from an Indian tribe or tribal
        organization shall comply with all applicable regulatory
        standards.
    (g) State-Level Activities.--A State may not retain more than 3
percent of the amount described in subsection (c) for State
administration and other State-level activities.
    (h) Administration.--
            (1) State responsibility.--A State shall have
        responsibility for administering a grant awarded for the State
        under this section and for monitoring covered entities that
        receive assistance under such grant.
            (2) Audits.--A State shall require each covered entity
        receiving assistance under the grant awarded under this section
        to conduct an annual audit with respect to the activities of
        the covered entity. Such audits shall be submitted to the
        State.
            (3) Misuse of funds.--
                    (A) Repayment.--If the State determines, through an
                audit or otherwise, that a covered entity receiving
                assistance under a grant awarded under this section has
                misused the assistance, the State shall notify the
                Secretary of the misuse. The Secretary, upon such a
                notification, may seek from such a covered entity the
                repayment of an amount equal to the amount of any such
                misused assistance plus interest.
                    (B) Appeals process.--The Secretary shall by
                regulation provide for an appeals process with respect
                to repayments under this paragraph.
    (i) Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) 2-year study.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the
                date on which the Secretary first awards grants under
                this section, the Secretary shall conduct a study to
                determine--
                            (i) the capacity of covered entities to
                        meet the child care needs of communities within
                        States;
                            (ii) the kinds of consortia that are being
                        formed with respect to child care at the local
                        level to carry out programs funded under this
                        section; and
                            (iii) who is using the programs funded
                        under this section and the income levels of
                        such individuals.
                    (B) Report.--Not later than 28 months after the
                date on which the Secretary first awards grants under
                this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to
                the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
                results of the study conducted in accordance with
                subparagraph (A).
            (2) 4-year study.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 4 years after the
                date on which the Secretary first awards grants under
                this section, the Secretary shall conduct a study to
                determine the number of child care facilities that are
                funded through covered entities that received
                assistance through a grant awarded under this section
                and that remain in operation, and the extent to which
                such facilities are meeting the child care needs of the
                individuals served by such facilities.
                    (B) Report.--Not later than 52 months after the
                date on which the Secretary first awards grants under
                this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to
                the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
                results of the study conducted in accordance with
                subparagraph (A).
    (j) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means a
        small business or a consortium formed in accordance with
        subsection (d)(3).
            (2) Indian community.--The term ``Indian community'' means
        a community served by an Indian tribe or tribal organization.
            (3) Indian tribe; tribal organization.--The terms ``Indian
        tribe'' and ``tribal organization'' have the meanings given the
        terms in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block
        Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n).
            (4) Small business.--The term ``small business'' means an
        employer who employed an average of at least 2 but not more
        than 50 employees on the business days during the preceding
        calendar year.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the
        term in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block
        Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n).
    (k) Application to Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations.--In this
section:
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (f)(1),
        and in paragraphs (2) and (3), the term ``State'' includes an
        Indian tribe or tribal organization.
            (2) Geographic references.--The term ``State'' includes an
        Indian community in subsections (c) (the second and third place
        the term appears), (d)(1) (the second place the term appears),
        (d)(3)(A) (the second place the term appears), and
        (i)(1)(A)(i).
            (3) State-level activities.--The term ``State-level
        activities'' includes activities at the tribal level.
    (l) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
        carry out this section, $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal
        years 2008 through 2012.
            (2) Studies and administration.--With respect to the total
        amount appropriated for such period in accordance with this
        subsection, not more than $2,500,000 of that amount may be used
        for expenditures related to conducting studies required under,
        and the administration of, this section.
    (m) Termination of Program.--The program established under
subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2012.

Output: Small Business Child Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to assist states in providing funds to encourage the establishment and operation of employer-operated child care programs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux
Tribe Equitable Compensation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) by enacting the Act of December 22, 1944, commonly
        known as the ``Flood Control Act of 1944'' (58 Stat. 887,
        chapter 665; 33 U.S.C. 701-1 et seq.) Congress approved the
        Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program (referred to in this
        section as the ``Pick-Sloan program'')--
                    (A) to promote the general economic development of
                the United States;
                    (B) to provide for irrigation above Sioux City,
                Iowa;
                    (C) to protect urban and rural areas from
                devastating floods of the Missouri River; and
                    (D) for other purposes;
            (2) the waters impounded for the Fort Randall and Gavins
        Point projects of the Pick-Sloan program have inundated the
        fertile, wooded bottom lands along the Missouri River that
        constituted the most productive agricultural and pastoral lands
        of, and the homeland of, the members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe
        and the Santee Sioux Tribe;
            (3) the Fort Randall project (including the Fort Randall
        Dam and Reservoir) overlies the western boundary of the Yankton
        Sioux Tribe Indian Reservation;
            (4) the Gavins Point project (including the Gavins Point
        Dam and Reservoir) overlies the eastern boundary of the Santee
        Sioux Tribe;
            (5) although the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects are
        major components of the Pick-Sloan program, and contribute to
        the economy of the United States by generating a substantial
        amount of hydropower and impounding a substantial quantity of
        water, the reservations of the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the
        Santee Sioux Tribe remain undeveloped;
            (6) the United States Army Corps of Engineers took the
        Indian lands used for the Fort Randall and Gavins Point
        projects by condemnation proceedings;
            (7) the Federal Government did not give the Yankton Sioux
        Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe an opportunity to receive
        compensation for direct damages from the Pick-Sloan program,
        even though the Federal Government gave 5 Indian reservations
        upstream from the reservations of those Indian tribes such an
        opportunity;
            (8) the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe did
        not receive just compensation for the taking of productive
        agricultural Indian lands through the condemnation referred to
        in paragraph (6);
            (9) the settlement agreement that the United States entered
        into with the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe to
        provide compensation for the taking by condemnation referred to
        in paragraph (6) did not take into account the increase in
        property values over the years between the date of taking and
        the date of settlement; and
            (10) in addition to the financial compensation provided
        under the settlement agreements referred to in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) the Yankton Sioux Tribe should receive an
                aggregate amount equal to $23,023,743 for the loss
                value of 2,851.40 acres of Indian land taken for the
                Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir of the Pick-Sloan
                program; and
                    (B) the Santee Sioux Tribe should receive an
                aggregate amount equal to $4,789,010 for the loss value
                of 593.10 acres of Indian land located near the Santee
                village.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the
        meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).
            (2) Santee sioux tribe.--The term ``Santee Sioux Tribe''
        means the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska.
            (3) Yankton sioux tribe.--The term ``Yankton Sioux Tribe''
        means the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

SEC. 4. YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a fund to be known as the ``Yankton Sioux Tribe
Development Trust Fund'' (referred to in this section as the ``Fund'').
The Fund shall consist of any amounts deposited in the Fund under this
Act.
    (b) Funding.--On the first day of the 11th fiscal year that begins
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall, from the General Fund of the Treasury, deposit into the Fund
established under subsection (a)--
            (1) $23,023,743; and
            (2) an additional amount that equals the amount of interest
        that would have accrued on the amount described in paragraph
        (1) if such amount had been invested in interest-bearing
        obligations of the United States, or in obligations guaranteed
        as to both principal and interest by the United States, on the
        first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the date
of enactment of this Act and compounded annually thereafter.
    (c) Investment of Trust Fund.--It shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of the Fund as is not,
in the Secretary of Treasury's judgment, required to meet current
withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing
obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to
both principal and interest by the United States. The Secretary of the
Treasury shall deposit interest resulting from such investments into
the Fund.
    (d) Payment of Interest to Tribe.--
            (1) Withdrawal of interest.--Beginning on the first day of
        the 11th fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act
        and, on the first day of each fiscal year thereafter, the
        Secretary of the Treasury shall withdraw the aggregate amount
        of interest deposited into the Fund for that fiscal year and
        transfer that amount to the Secretary of the Interior for use
        in accordance with paragraph (2). Each amount so transferred
        shall be available without fiscal year limitation.
            (2) Payments to yankton sioux tribe.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior
                shall use the amounts transferred under paragraph (1)
                only for the purpose of making payments to the Yankton
                Sioux Tribe, as such payments are requested by that
                Indian tribe pursuant to tribal resolution.
                    (B) Limitation.--Payments may be made by the
                Secretary of the Interior under subparagraph (A) only
                after the Yankton Sioux Tribe has adopted a tribal plan
                under section 6.
                    (C) Use of payments by yankton sioux tribe.--The
                Yankton Sioux Tribe shall use the payments made under
                subparagraph (A) only for carrying out projects and
                programs under the tribal plan prepared under section
                6.
    (e) Transfers and Withdrawals.--Except as provided in subsections
(c) and (d)(1), the Secretary of the Treasury may not transfer or
withdraw any amount deposited under subsection (b).

SEC. 5. SANTEE SIOUX TRIBE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a fund to be known as the ``Santee Sioux Tribe
Development Trust Fund'' (referred to in this section as the ``Fund'').
The Fund shall consist of any amounts deposited in the Fund under this
Act.
    (b) Funding.--On the first day of the 11th fiscal year that begins
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall, from the General Fund of the Treasury, deposit into the Fund
established under subsection (a)--
            (1) $4,789,010; and
            (2) an additional amount that equals the amount of interest
        that would have accrued on the amount described in paragraph
        (1) if such amount had been invested in interest-bearing
        obligations of the United States, or in obligations guaranteed
        as to both principal and interest by the United States, on the
        first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the date
of enactment of this Act and compounded annually thereafter.
    (c) Investment of Trust Fund.--It shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of the Fund as is not,
in the Secretary of Treasury's judgment, required to meet current
withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing
obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to
both principal and interest by the United States. The Secretary of the
Treasury shall deposit interest resulting from such investments into
the Fund.
    (d) Payment of Interest to Tribe.--
            (1) Withdrawal of interest.--Beginning on the first day of
        the 11th fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act
        and, on the first day of each fiscal year thereafter, the
        Secretary of the Treasury shall withdraw the aggregate amount
        of interest deposited into the Fund for that fiscal year and
        transfer that amount to the Secretary of the Interior for use
        in accordance with paragraph (2). Each amount so transferred
        shall be available without fiscal year limitation.
            (2) Payments to santee sioux tribe.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior
                shall use the amounts transferred under paragraph (1)
                only for the purpose of making payments to the Santee
                Sioux Tribe, as such payments are requested by that
                Indian tribe pursuant to tribal resolution.
                    (B) Limitation.--Payments may be made by the
                Secretary of the Interior under subparagraph (A) only
                after the Santee Sioux Tribe has adopted a tribal plan
                under section 6.
                    (C) Use of payments by santee sioux tribe.--The
                Santee Sioux Tribe shall use the payments made under
                subparagraph (A) only for carrying out projects and
                programs under the tribal plan prepared under section
                6.
    (e) Transfers and Withdrawals.--Except as provided in subsections
(c) and (d)(1), the Secretary of the Treasury may not transfer or
withdraw any amount deposited under subsection (b).

SEC. 6. TRIBAL PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 24 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the tribal council of each of the Yankton Sioux
and Santee Sioux Tribes shall prepare a plan for the use of the
payments to the tribe under section 4(d) or 5(d) (referred to in this
subsection as a ``tribal plan'').
    (b) Contents of Tribal Plan.--Each tribal plan shall provide for
the manner in which the tribe covered under the tribal plan shall
expend payments to the tribe under section 4(d) or 5(d) to promote--
            (1) economic development;
            (2) infrastructure development;
            (3) the educational, health, recreational, and social
        welfare objectives of the tribe and its members; or
            (4) any combination of the activities described in
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
    (c) Tribal Plan Review and Revision.--
            (1) In general.--Each tribal council referred to in
        subsection (a) shall make available for review and comment by
        the members of the tribe a copy of the tribal plan for the
        Indian tribe before the tribal plan becomes final, in
        accordance with procedures established by the tribal council.
            (2) Updating of tribal plan.--Each tribal council referred
        to in subsection (a) may, on an annual basis, revise the tribal
        plan prepared by that tribal council to update the tribal plan.
        In revising the tribal plan under this paragraph, the tribal
        council shall provide the members of the tribe opportunity to
        review and comment on any proposed revision to the tribal plan.
            (3) Consultation.--In preparing the tribal plan and any
        revisions to update the plan, each tribal council shall consult
        with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health
        and Human Services.
            (4) Audit.--
                    (A) In general.--The activities of the tribes in
                carrying out the tribal plans shall be audited as part
                of the annual single-agency audit that the tribes are
                required to prepare pursuant to the Office of
                Management and Budget circular numbered A-133.
                    (B) Determination by auditors.--The auditors that
                conduct the audit described in subparagraph (A) shall--
                            (i) determine whether funds received by
                        each tribe under this section for the period
                        covered by the audits were expended to carry
                        out the respective tribal plans in a manner
                        consistent with this section; and
                            (ii) include in the written findings of the
                        audits the determinations made under clause
                        (i).
                    (C) Inclusion of findings with publication of
                proceedings of tribal council.--A copy of the written
                findings of the audits described in subparagraph (A)
                shall be inserted in the published minutes of each
                tribal council's proceedings for the session at which
                the audit is presented to the tribal councils.
    (d) Prohibition on Per Capita Payments.--No portion of any payment
made under this Act may be distributed to any member of the Yankton
Sioux Tribe or the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska on a per capita
basis.

SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY OF TRIBE FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--No payment made to the Yankton Sioux Tribe or
Santee Sioux Tribe pursuant to this Act shall result in the reduction
or denial of any service or program to which, pursuant to Federal law--
            (1) the Yankton Sioux Tribe or Santee Sioux Tribe is
        otherwise entitled because of the status of the tribe as a
        federally recognized Indian tribe; or
            (2) any individual who is a member of a tribe under
        paragraph (1) is entitled because of the status of the
        individual as a member of the tribe.
    (b) Exemptions From Taxation.--No payment made pursuant to this Act
shall be subject to any Federal or State income tax.
    (c) Power Rates.--No payment made pursuant to this Act shall affect
Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin power rates.

SEC. 8. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act may be construed as diminishing or affecting
any water right of an Indian tribe, except as specifically provided in
another provision of this Act, any treaty right that is in effect on
the date of enactment of this Act, or any authority of the Secretary of
the Interior or the head of any other Federal agency under a law in
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act, including such sums as may be necessary for the
administration of the Yankton Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund under
section 4 and the Santee Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund under
section 5.

SEC. 10. EXTINGUISHMENT OF CLAIMS.

    Upon the deposit of funds under sections 4(b) and 5(b), all
monetary claims that the Yankton Sioux Tribe or the Santee Sioux Tribe
of Nebraska has or may have against the United States for loss of value
or use of land related to lands described in section 2(a)(10) resulting
from the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects of the Pick-Sloan
Missouri River Basin program shall be extinguished.

            Passed the Senate July 24, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                  JERI THOMSON,

                                                             Secretary.

Output: Title I: Yankton Sioux and Santee Sioux Tribes Equitable Compensation - Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act - (Sec. 104) Establishes in the Treasury the Yankton Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund and the Santee Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary), on the first day of the 11th fiscal year beginning after enactment of this Act, to transfer from the General Fund into such Funds specified amounts plus the equivalent of the annually compounded interest that would have accrued on such amounts if they had been invested in interest-bearing U.S. obligations or in obligations guaranteed by the United States. Requires the Secretary to invest in such obligations the portion of such Funds not required to meet current withdrawals.Directs the Secretary, beginning the same day as such transfer, to withdraw the aggregate amount of interest deposited into the Funds each fiscal year and transfer it to the Secretary of the Interior for making payments to the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe for carrying out projects and programs under their respective Tribal Plan.(Sec. 106) Directs the tribal council of each Tribe to prepare a Tribal Plan for using payments to carry out projects and programs to promote: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) the educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the Tribe and its members. Prohibits per capita distributions to Tribe members.(Sec. 107) States that payments under this Act shall not affect other Federal services or programs to which the Tribes are otherwise entitled, or the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin power rates, nor be subject to Federal or State income tax.(Sec. 109) Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 110) Extinguishes all monetary claims of the Tribes against the United States for loss of value or use of land resulting from the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program upon the Secretary's transfers to the tribal Funds established by this Act.Title II: Martin's Cove Land Transfer - Martin's Cove Land Transfer Act - (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer to convey to the Corporation of the Presiding Bishop specified public lands (Martin's Cove in Natrona County, Wyoming) for the purposes of public education, historic preservation, and enhanced recreational enjoyment of the public. Requires the Corporation to pay the United States the historic fair market value of the property conveyed, including any improvements.Directs the Secretary and the Corporation to enter into an agreement, binding on any successor or assignee, that ensures that the property conveyed shall, consistent with the site's historic purposes: (1) be available in perpetuity for public education and historic preservation; and (2) provide to the public, in perpetuity and without charge, access to the property.Directs the Secretary to require that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and its current or future affiliated corporations grant the United States a right of first refusal to acquire the property at historic fair market value if the Church or any of its corporations seeks to dispose of it.Requires that the proceeds of this conveyance be used exclusively by the National Trails Interpretive Center Foundation, Inc. of Casper, Wyoming, to advance the public understanding and enjoyment of the National Historic Trails System. Requires the Foundation to use such proceeds only to: (1) complete construction of the exhibits connected with the opening of the National Historic Trails Center; and (2) maintain, acquire, and further enhance the Center's exhibits, artistic representations, historic artifacts, and grounds.States that this title does not set a precedent for the resolution of land sales between or among private entities and the United States.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Repeal of Obamacare Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following with respect to the impact of Public
Law 111-148 and related provisions of Public Law 111-152 (collectively
referred to in this section as ``the law''):
            (1) President Obama promised the American people that if
        they liked their current health coverage, they could keep it.
        But even the Obama Administration admits that tens of millions
        of Americans are at risk of losing their health care coverage,
        including as many as 8 in 10 plans offered by small businesses.
            (2) Despite projected spending of more than two trillion
        dollars over the next 10 years, cutting Medicare by more than
        one-half trillion dollars over that period, and increasing
        taxes by over $800 billion dollars over that period, the law
        does not lower health care costs. In fact, the law actually
        makes coverage more expensive for millions of Americans. The
        average American family already paid a premium increase of
        approximately $1,200 in the year following passage of the law.
        The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that health
        insurance premiums for individuals buying private health
        coverage on their own will increase by $2,100 in 2016 compared
        to what the premiums would have been in 2016 if the law had not
        passed.
            (3) The law cuts more than one-half trillion dollars in
        Medicare and uses the funds to create a new entitlement program
        rather than to protect and strengthen the Medicare program.
        Actuaries at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
        warn that the Medicare cuts contained in the law are so drastic
        that ``providers might end their participation in the program
        (possibly jeopardizing access to care for beneficiaries)''. CBO
        cautioned that the Medicare cuts ``might be difficult to
        sustain over a long period of time''. According to the CMS
        actuaries, 7.4 million Medicare beneficiaries who would have
        been enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan in 2017 will lose
        access to their plan because the law cuts $206 billion in
        payments to Medicare Advantage plans. The Trustees of the
        Medicare Trust Funds predict that the law will result in a
        substantial decline in employer-sponsored retiree drug
        coverage, and 90 percent of seniors will no longer have access
        to retiree drug coverage by 2016 as a result of the law.
            (4) The law creates a 15-member, unelected Independent
        Payment Advisory Board that is empowered to make binding
        decisions regarding what treatments Medicare will cover and how
        much Medicare will pay for treatments solely to cut spending,
        restricting access to health care for seniors.
            (5) The law and the more than 13,000 pages of related
        regulations issued before July 11, 2012, are causing great
        uncertainty, slowing economic growth, and limiting hiring
        opportunities for the approximately 13 million Americans
        searching for work. Imposing higher costs on businesses will
        lead to lower wages, fewer workers, or both.
            (6) The law imposes 21 new or higher taxes on American
        families and businesses, including 12 taxes on families making
        less than $250,000 a year.
            (7) While President Obama promised that nothing in the law
        would fund elective abortion, the law expands the role of the
        Federal Government in funding and facilitating abortion and
        plans that cover abortion. The law appropriates billions of
        dollars in new funding without explicitly prohibiting the use
        of these funds for abortion, and it provides Federal subsidies
        for health plans covering elective abortions. Moreover, the law
        effectively forces millions of individuals to personally pay a
        separate abortion premium in violation of their sincerely held
        religious, ethical, or moral beliefs.
            (8) Until enactment of the law, the Federal Government has
        not sought to impose specific coverage or care requirements
        that infringe on the rights of conscience of insurers,
        purchasers of insurance, plan sponsors, beneficiaries, and
        other stakeholders, such as individual or institutional health
        care providers. The law creates a new nationwide requirement
        for health plans to cover ``essential health benefits'' and
        ``preventive services'', but does not allow stakeholders to opt
        out of covering items or services to which they have a
        religious or moral objection, in violation of the Religious
        Freedom Restoration Act (Public Law 103-141). By creating new
        barriers to health insurance and causing the loss of existing
        insurance arrangements, these inflexible mandates jeopardize
        the ability of institutions and individuals to exercise their
        rights of conscience and their ability to freely participate in
        the health insurance and health care marketplace.
            (9) The law expands Government control over health care,
        adds trillions of dollars to existing liabilities, drives costs
        up even further, and too often puts Federal bureaucrats,
        instead of doctors and patients, in charge of health care
        decisionmaking.
            (10) The path to patient-centered care and lower costs for
        all Americans must begin with a full repeal of the law.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF OBAMACARE.

    (a) PPACA.--Effective as of the enactment of Public Law 111-148,
such Act (other than subsection (d) of section 1899A of the Social
Security Act, as added and amended by sections 3403 and 10320 of such
Public Law) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed
by such Act (other than such subsection (d)) are restored or revived as
if such Act had not been enacted.
    (b) Health Care-Related Provisions in the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010.--Effective as of the enactment of the
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-
152), title I and subtitle B of title II of such Act are repealed, and
the provisions of law amended or repealed by such title or subtitle,
respectively, are restored or revived as if such title and subtitle had
not been enacted.

SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives, as long as such statement has been submitted prior to
the vote on passage of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output:
Repeal of Obamacare Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act.

 Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be referred to as the ``Sweetgrass Hills Protection
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA.

    (a) In General.--For the purpose of conserving, protecting, and
enhancing the exceptional scenic, wildlife, water quality, and cultural
characteristics of lands along the Sweetgrass Hills in north central
Montana, there is hereby established the Sweetgrass Hills Natural Area
within the Bureau of Land Management's Sweetgrass Hills Area of
Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) as identified in the West HiLine
Resource Management Plan in the State of Montana (hereinafter in this
Act referred to as the ``natural area'').
    (b) Area Included.--The natural area shall consist of the lands,
waters, and interests therein within the area generally depicted on the
map entitled ``Boundary Map, . . .'', numbered ________, and Dated
__________. The map shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Department
of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act
referred to as the ``Secretary'') may from time to time make minor
revisions in the boundary of the natural area to promote management
effectiveness and efficiency in the furtherance of this Act.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the natural area in
accordance with this Act and with the provisions of law generally
applicable to units of the Bureau of Land Management. In the
administration of such natural area, the Secretary may utilize such
statutory authority as may be available to him for the conservation of
wildlife, natural and cultural resources, and water quality as he deems
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
    (b) Hunting and Fishing.--The Secretary shall permit hunting and
fishing on lands and waters within the natural area in accordance with
applicable Federal and State law.

SEC. 4. ACQUISITION OF LANDS.

    The Secretary is directed to acquire lands or interests in lands
within the boundaries of the natural area that are necessary to carry
out the purposes of this Act by donation, purchase with donation or
appropriated funds, or exchange. Lands within the boundaries of the
natural area owned by the State of Montana or any political subdivision
thereof may only be acquired by donation or exchange.

SEC. 5. MINERALS AND MINING.

    (a) Withdrawals.--After the enactment of this Act:
            (1) Lands within the natural area shall not be open to
        location of mining claims under the mining laws of the United
        States.
            (2) The Secretary shall not issue any lease under the
        mineral leasing or geothermal leasing laws of the United States
        for lands within the natural area.
            (3) Lands within the natural area shall not be available
        for disposal of mineral materials under the Act of July 31,
        1947, commonly known as the Materials Act of 1947 (30 U.S.C.
        601 and following).
    (b) Limitation on Patent Issuance.--(1) Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no patents shall be issued after July 19, 1995, for
any location or claim made in the natural area under the mining laws of
the United States.
    (2) Notwithstanding any statute of limitations or similar
restriction otherwise applicable, any party claiming to have been
deprived of any property right enactment of paragraph (1) may file in
the United States Claims Court a claim against the United States within
one year after the date of enactment of this Act seeking compensation
for such property right. The United States Claims Court shall have
jurisdiction to render judgement on such claim in accordance with
section 1491 of title 28, United States Code.
    (c) Prohibition.--No Federal lands may be used in connection with
any mining or mining related activities within the Natural Area.
    (d) Reclamation.--No mining or mining related activities involving
any surface disturbance of lands or waters within such area, including
disturbances through subsistence, shall be permitted except in
accordance with requirements imposed by the Secretary, including
requirements for reasonable reclamation of disturbed lands to a visual
and hydrological condition as close as practicable to their premining
condition.
    (e) Mining Claim Validity Review.--The Secretary shall undertake
and complete within three years after the enactment of this Act an
expedited program to examine all unpatented mining claims, including
those for which a patent application has been filed, within the natural
area. Upon determination by the Secretary that the elements of contest
are present, the Secretary shall immediately determine the validity of
such claims. If a claim is determined to be invalid, the Secretary
shall declare the claim null and void.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Output:
Sweetgrass Hills Protection Act of 1995 - Establishes the Sweetgrass Hills Natural Area within the Bureau of Land Management's Sweetgrass Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern in north central Montana for the purpose of conserving, protecting, and enhancing the exceptional scenic, wildlife, water quality, and cultural characteristics of such Area.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to administer the area in accordance with this Act and with the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the Bureau of Land Management.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hiring Heroes Tax Incentive Act of
2009''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS WHO EMPLOY MEMBERS OF THE READY RESERVE
              AND NATIONAL GUARD AND VETERANS RECENTLY SEPARATED FROM
              THE ARMED FORCES.

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

``SEC. 45R. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS WHO EMPLOY MEMBERS OF THE READY
              RESERVE AND NATIONAL GUARD AND VETERANS RECENTLY
              SEPARATED FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--For purposes of section 38, the amount
of the military employment credit determined under this section with
respect to any employer for any taxable year is 15 percent of the
qualified wages paid or incurred during the calendar year which ends
with or within such taxable year.
    ``(b) Qualified Wages.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
        `qualified wages' means any wages paid or incurred by an
        employer for services performed by a qualified employee.
            ``(2) Only first $10,000 of wages per year taken into
        account.--With respect to each employee, the amount of
        qualified wages which may be taken into account for a calendar
        year shall not exceed $10,000.
            ``(3) Coordination with other credits.--The $10,000 amount
        in paragraph (2) shall be reduced for any calendar year by the
        amount of wages paid or incurred during such year which are
        taken into account in determining the credit under section
        45A(a), 45P(a), 51(a), 1396(a), 1400P(b), or 1400R.
    ``(c) Qualified Employee.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Qualified employee.--The term `qualified employee'
        means, with respect to any period, any employee of an employer
        if during such period--
                    ``(A) substantially all of the services performed
                by such employee for such employer are performed in a
                trade or business of the employer, and
                    ``(B) such employee is--
                            ``(i) a Ready Reserve-National Guard
                        employee, or
                            ``(ii) a recently-separated veteran.
            ``(2) Certain individuals not eligible.--The term
        `qualified employee' shall not include any individual described
        in a subparagraph of section 1396(d)(2) (relating to certain
        individuals not eligible to be qualified zone employees).
            ``(3) Ready reserve-national guard employee.--The term
        `Ready Reserve-National Guard employee' means an employee who
        is a member of the Ready Reserve (as defined in section 10142
        of title 10, United States Code) or the National Guard (as
        defined in section 101(c)(1) of such title 10).
            ``(4) Recently-separated veteran.--The term `recently-
        separated veteran' means an individual who served on active
        duty (other than active duty for training) in the Armed Forces
        of the United States and was discharged or released therefrom
        under honorable conditions within the 5-year period ending on
        the date of the performance of services.
    ``(d) Other Definitions and Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Wages.--For purposes of this section, the term
        `wages' has the meaning given to such term by section 1397(a).
            ``(2) Controlled groups, etc.--Rules similar to the rules
        of subsections (b) and (c) of section 1397 shall apply for
        purposes of this section.
    ``(e) Termination.--The term `wages' shall not include any amount
paid or incurred to an individual who begins work for the employer
after December 31, 2012.''.
    (b) Denial of Double Benefit.--Subsection (a) of section 280C of
such Code (relating to denial of deduction for certain expenses for
which credits are allowable) is amended by inserting ``45R,'' after
``45P(a),''.
    (c) Credit To Be Part of General Business Credit.--Subsection (b)
of section 38 of such Code is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end
of paragraph (34), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (35)
and inserting ``, plus'', and by inserting after paragraph (35) the
following new paragraph:
            ``(36) the military employment credit determined under
        section 45R(a).''.
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 45R. Credit for employers who employ members of the Ready
                            Reserve and National Guard and veterans
                            recently separated from the Armed
                            Forces.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

Output: Hiring Heroes Tax Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a tax credit for up to 15% of the first $10,000 of wages paid to a Ready Reserve-National Guard employee or a recently-separated veteran (i.e., honorably discharged within the past five years). Terminates such credit after 2012.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Although a 1991 Sudanese criminal law prohibited
        abduction, kidnapping, forced labor, unlawful confinement, and
        unlawful detention, and although Sudan categorically denies the
        practice of slavery in Sudan, slavery continues unabated in
        Sudan.
            (2) The United States Department of State's Country Human
        Rights Report for 1995 noted that ``government forces carried
        out massacres, extrajudicial kidnapping, forced labor, and
        slavery'' in Sudan.
            (3) Amnesty International reports that the Government of
        Sudan abducted women and children from Northern Bahr al-Ghazal
        and the Nuba Mountains and during one of the raids of April and
        May of 1995 in the Babanusa to Wau area, 500 women and 150
        children were taken as slaves.
            (4) In April 1996, a report by the United Nations Special
        Representative for Sudan, Gaspar Biro, reported ``an alarming
        increase in cases of slavery, servitude, slave trade and forced
        labor''. The taking of slaves, particularly in war zones, and
        their export to parts of central and northern Sudan, continues
        in Sudan.
            (5) Amnesty International reports that Sudan is party to
        the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
        African Charter on Human and People's Rights, the Slavery
        Convention, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet,
        despite being a party to these agreements, slavery still exists
        in Sudan.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, MILITARY ASSISTANCE, OR
              ARMS TRANSFERS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND THE
              GOVERNMENTS OF CERTAIN OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Prohibition on Assistance to Government of Sudan.--The
President may not provide economic assistance, military assistance, or
arms transfers to the Government of Sudan unless the President
certifies to the Congress that such Government has taken appropriate
action to eliminate chattel slavery in Sudan, including--
            (1) the enactment of antislavery laws that provide
        appropriate punishment for violators of such laws; and
            (2) the rigorous enforcement of such laws.
    (b) Prohibition on Assistance to Governments of Certain Other
Foreign Countries.--The President may not provide economic assistance,
military assistance, or arms transfers to the government of any foreign
country that participates, or is otherwise involved, in the
establishment or conduct of slavery originating from Sudan, directly or
indirectly.
    (c) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Economic assistance.--The term ``economic assistance''
        means any assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
        of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and any assistance under
        chapter 4 of part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.)
        (relating to economic support fund), except that such term does
        not include humanitarian assistance.
            (2) Military assistance or arms transfers.--The term
        ``military assistance or arms transfers'' means--
                    (A) assistance under chapter 2 of part II of the
                Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.)
                (relating to military assistance), including the
                transfer of excess defense articles under sections 516
                through 519 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2321j through
                2321m);
                    (B) assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the
                Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.)
                (relating to international military education and
                training);
                    (C) assistance under the ``Foreign Military
                Financing Program'' under section 23 of the Arms Export
                Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763); or
                    (D) the transfer of defense articles, defense
                services, or design and construction services under the
                Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.),
                including defense articles and defense services
                licensed or approved for export under section 38 of
                that Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF SLAVERY MONITOR IN SUDAN.

    The Secretary of State shall designate an individual who is
assigned to the diplomatic mission in Khartoum, Sudan, to be
responsible for monitoring slavery in Sudan, when such diplomatic
mission is reestablished.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON SLAVERY IN SUDAN.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
and every 6 months thereafter, the President shall prepare and transmit
to the Congress a report that describes all forms of covert and overt
forms of slavery in Sudan.

SEC. 5. MULTILATERAL MEASURES TO ELIMINATE SLAVERY IN SUDAN.

    (a) Requirement To Oppose Assistance to Sudan From Certain
International Financial Institutions.--The President shall instruct the
United States representative to each international financial
institution to which the United States is a member to use the voice and
vote of the United States to oppose any assistance from that financial
institution to Sudan until the Government of Sudan has taken the
actions described in section 2(a) to eliminate chattel slavery in
Sudan.
    (b) Cooperation With Other Countries To Apply United States
Sanctions Against Sudan.--The President shall instruct the United
States permanent representative to the United Nations to actively
pursue the passage of any resolution by the United Nations Security
Council that enhances the cooperation of other countries in the
application of the spirit and intent of the sanctions against Sudan
described in this Act and in any other Act.
    (c) Sense of the Congress Relating to Access by Humanitarian
Assistance Organizations Within Sudan.--It is the sense of the Congress
that the President should work with foreign countries and appropriate
international organizations to ensure that humanitarian assistance
organizations have access to all parts of Sudan for the purpose of
assisting individuals who have been enslaved to resettle in Sudan.

Output:
Prohibits the President from providing economic assistance, military assistance, or arms transfers to Sudan (or to any foreign country involved in chattel slavery in Sudan) unless he certifies to the Congress that Sudan has taken action to eliminate chattel slavery, including:  (1) enactment of antislavery laws that punish violators; and (2) rigorous enforcement of such laws.
Directs the Secretary of State to designate an individual from the diplomatic mission in Khartoum, Sudan, for monitoring slavery there.
Requires the President to report to the Congress on all forms of covert and overt forms of slavery in Sudan.
Directs the President to instruct:  (1) the U.S. representative to each international financial institution to oppose any assistance to Sudan until it has taken action to eliminate chattel slavery; and (2) the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations to pursue passage of any U.N. Security Council resolution that enhances cooperation of other countries in applying sanctions against Sudan.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should work with foreign countries and appropriate international organizations to ensure that humanitarian assistance organizations have access to all parts of Sudan for the purpose of assisting individuals who have been enslaved to resettle in Sudan.


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SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF GAIN ON SALE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 121. EXCLUSION OF GAIN ON SALE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.

    ``(a) General Rule.--Gross income does not include gain from the
sale or exchange of property if during the 5-year period ending on the
date of the sale or exchange, such property has been owned and used by
the taxpayer as his principal residence for periods aggregating 2 years
or more.
    ``(b) Dollar Limitation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of the gain excluded from
        gross income under subsection (a) shall not exceed $250,000
        ($500,000 in the case of a joint return where both spouses meet
        the holding and use requirements of subsection (a)).
            ``(2) Inflation adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a taxable year
                beginning in a calendar year after 1997, the $250,000
                and $500,000 amounts contained in paragraph (1) shall
                each be increased by an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment under
                        section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which
                        the taxable year begins, determined by
                        substituting `calendar year 1996' for `calendar
                        year 1992' in subparagraph (B) thereof.
                    ``(B) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted under
                subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, such amount
                shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.
    ``(c) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Property held jointly by husband and wife.--For
        purposes of this section, if--
                    ``(A) property is held by a husband and wife as
                joint tenants, tenants by the entirety, or community
                property,
                    ``(B) such husband and wife make a joint return
                under section 6013 for the taxable year of the sale or
                exchange, and
                    ``(C) one spouse satisfies the holding and use
                requirements of subsection (a) with respect to such
                property,
        then both husband and wife shall be treated as satisfying the
        holding and use requirements of subsection (a) with respect to
        such property.
            ``(2) Property of deceased spouse.--For purposes of this
        section, in the case of an unmarried individual whose spouse is
        deceased on the date of the sale or exchange of property, if
        the deceased spouse (during the 5-year period ending on the
        date of the sale or exchange) satisfied the holding and use
        requirements of subsection (a) with respect to such property,
        then such individual shall be treated as satisfying the holding
        and use requirements of subsection (a) with respect to such
        property.
            ``(3) Tenant-stockholder in cooperative housing
        corporation.--For purposes of this section, if the taxpayer
        holds stock as a tenant-stockholder (as defined in section 216)
        in a cooperative housing corporation (as defined in such
        section), then--
                    ``(A) the holding requirements of subsection (a)
                shall be applied to the holding of such stock, and
                    ``(B) the use requirements of subsection (a) shall
                be applied to the house or apartment which the taxpayer
                was entitled to occupy as such stockholder.
            ``(4) Involuntary conversions.--For purposes of this
        section, the destruction, theft, seizure, requisition, or
        condemnation of property shall be treated as the sale of such
        property.
            ``(5) Property used in part as principal residence.--In the
        case of property only a portion of which, during the 5-year
period ending on the date of the sale or exchange, has been owned and
used by the taxpayer as his principal residence for periods aggregating
2 years or more, this section shall apply with respect to so much of
the gain from the sale or exchange of such property as is determined,
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to be attributable to
the portion of the property so owned and used by the taxpayer.
            ``(6) Determination of marital status.--In the case of any
        sale or exchange, for purposes of this section--
                    ``(A) the determination of whether an individual is
                married shall be made as of the date of the sale or
                exchange; and
                    ``(B) an individual legally separated from his
                spouse under a decree of divorce or of separate
                maintenance shall not be considered as married.
            ``(7) Application of sections 1033 and 1034.---In applying
        sections 1033 (relating to involuntary conversions) and 1034
        (relating to sale or exchange of residence), the amount
        realized from the sale or exchange of property shall be treated
        as being the amount determined without regard to this section.
            ``(8) Property acquired after involuntary conversion.--If
        the basis of the property sold or exchanged is determined (in
        whole or in part) under subsection (b) of section 1033
        (relating to basis of property acquired through involuntary
        conversion), then the holding and use by the taxpayer of the
        converted property shall be treated as holding and use by the
        taxpayer of the property sold or exchanged.
            ``(9) Determination of use during periods of out-of-
        residence care.--In the case of a taxpayer who--
                    ``(A) becomes physically or mentally incapable of
                self-care, and
                    ``(B) owns property and uses such property as the
                taxpayer's principal residence during the 5-year period
                described in subsection (a) for periods aggregating at
                least 1 year,
        then the taxpayer shall be treated as using such property as
        the taxpayer's principal residence during any time during such
        5-year period in which the taxpayer owns the property and
        resides in any facility (including a nursing home) licensed by
        a State or political subdivision to care for an individual in
        the taxpayer's condition.
    ``(d) Election To Have Section Not Apply.--At the election of the
taxpayer with respect to any sale or exchange of a principal residence,
this section shall not apply to such sale or exchange.''
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Paragraph (3) of section 1033(k) is amended to read as
        follows:
            ``(3) For exclusion from gross income of gain from
        involuntary conversion of principal residence, see section
        121.''
            (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 1038(e)(1) is amended by
        striking ``(relating to one-time exclusion of gain from sale of
        principal residence by individual who has attained age 55)''
        and inserting the following: ``(relating to gain on sale of
        principal residence)''.
            (3) subparagraph (B) of section 1250(d)(7) is amended to
        read as follows:
                    ``(B) property in respect of which the taxpayer
                meets the ownership requirements of section 121, but
                only to the extent that the taxpayer meets the use
                requirements of such section in respect of such
                property.''
            (4) Subsection (c) of section 6012 is amended by striking
        ``(relating to one-time exclusion of gain from sale of
        principal residence by individual who has attained age 55)''
        and inserting ``(relating to gain from sale of principal
        residence)''.
            (5) The item relating to section 121 in the table of
        sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended
        to read as follows:

                              ``Sec. 121. Exclusion of gain from sale
                                        of principal residence.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to sales and exchanges on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

Output:
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude up to $250,000 ($500,000 jointly) of gain on the sale of a principal residence if owned and used as the principal residence for periods aggregating at least two years during the five-year period prior to sale or exchange.
Sets forth special rules relating to:  (1) jointly held property; (2) a deceased spouse; (3) a cooperative housing tenant-stockholder; (4) partial principal residence use; (5) determination of marital status; (6) acquisition after involuntary conversion; and (6) periods of out-of-residence health care.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Violence Victims Housing
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Abuse.--The term ``abuse'' includes any act that
        constitutes or causes, any attempt to commit, or any threat to
        commit--
                    (A) any bodily injury or physical illness,
                including placing, by physical menace, another in fear
                of imminent serious bodily injury;
                    (B) any rape, sexual assault, or involuntary sexual
                activity, or any sexual activity with a dependent
                child;
                    (C) the infliction of false imprisonment or other
                nonconsensual restraints on liberty of movement;
                    (D) deprivation of medical care, housing, food, or
                other necessities of life; or
                    (E) mental or psychological abuse, including
                repeated or severe humiliation, intimidation,
                criticism, acts designed to induce terror, or verbal
                abuse.
            (2) Domestic violence.--The term ``domestic violence''
        means abuse that is committed against an individual by--
                    (A) a spouse or former spouse of the individual;
                    (B) an individual who is the biological parent or
                stepparent of a child of the individual subject to the
                abuse, who adopted such child, or who is a legal
                guardian to such a child;
                    (C) an individual with whom the individual subject
                to the abuse is or was cohabiting;
                    (D) a current or former romantic, intimate, or
                sexual partner of the individual; or
                    (E) an individual from whom the individual subject
                to the abuse would be eligible for protection under the
                domestic violence, protection order, or family laws of
                the applicable jurisdiction.
            (3) Family victimized by domestic violence.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``family victimized by
                domestic violence'' means a family or household that
                includes an individual who has been determined under
                subparagraph (B) to have been subject to domestic
                violence, but does not include any individual described
                in paragraph (3) who committed the domestic violence.
                The term includes any such family or household in which
                only a minor or minors are the individual or
                individuals who was or were subject to domestic
                violence only if such family or household also includes
                a parent, stepparent, legal guardian, or other
                responsible caretaker for the child.
                    (B) Determination that family or individual was
                subject to domestic violence.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), a determination under this
                subparagraph is a determination that domestic violence
                has been committed, which is made by any agency or
                official of a State or unit of general local government
                (including a public housing agency) based upon--
                            (i) information provided by any medical,
                        legal, counseling, or other clinic, shelter, or
                        other program or entity licensed, recognized,
                        or authorized by the State or unit of general
                        local government to provide services to victims
                        of domestic violence;
                            (ii) information provided by any agency of
                        the State or unit of general local government
                        that provides or administers the provision of
                        social, legal, or health services;
                            (iii) information provided by any clergy;
                            (iv) information provided by any hospital,
                        clinic, medical facility, or doctor licensed or
                        authorized by the State or unit of general
                        local government to provide medical services;
                            (v) a petition or complaint filed in a
                        court or law or documents or records of action
                        of any court or law enforcement agency,
                        including any record of any protection order,
                        injunction, or temporary or final order issued
                        by civil or criminal courts or any police
                        report; or
                            (vi) any other reliable evidence that
                        domestic violence has occurred.
            (4) Public housing agency.--The term ``public housing
        agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the
        United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            (6) State.--The term ``State'' means the States of the
        United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
        Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
        Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and any other
        territory or possession of the United States.
            (7) Unit of general local government.--The term ``unit of
        general local government'' has the meaning given the term in
        section 102(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of
        1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)).

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The budget authority under section 5(c) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 for assistance under subsections (b) and (o) of
section 8 of such Act is authorized to be increased by--
            (1) $50,000,000 on or after October 1, 1997; and
            (2) such sums as may be necessary on or after October 1,
        1998.

SEC. 4. USE OF AMOUNTS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
              VIOLENCE.

    (a) In General.--Amounts available pursuant to section 3 shall be
made available by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development only
to public housing agencies only for use in providing tenant-based
rental assistance on behalf of families victimized by domestic violence
who have left or who are leaving a residence as a result of the
domestic violence.
    (b) Determination.--For purposes of subsection (a), a family
victimized by domestic violence shall be considered to have left or to
be leaving a residence as a result of domestic violence, if the public
housing agency providing rental assistance under this Act determines
that the member of the family who was subject to the domestic violence
reasonably believes that relocation from such residence will assist in
avoiding future domestic violence against such member or another member
of the family.
    (c) Allocation.--Amounts made available pursuant to section 3 shall
be allocated by the Secretary to one or more public housing agencies
that submit applications to the Secretary that, in the determination of
the Secretary, best demonstrate--
            (1) a need for such assistance; and
            (2) the ability to use that assistance in accordance with
        this Act.

Output: Domestic Violence Victims Housing Act - Increases specified authorizations of appropriations under the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide rental relocation assistance to victims of domestic violence.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Established Provider Act
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE ESTABLISHED PROVIDER SYSTEM.

    Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting
after section 1893 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ddd) the following new
section:

``SEC. 1893A. MEDICARE ESTABLISHED PROVIDER SYSTEM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop and implement a
system (in this section referred to as the `Medicare Established
Provider System') to designate providers of services and suppliers who
represent a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims for payment under
this title as established providers for purposes of applying the
protections described in subsection (c). Under such system--
            ``(1) the Secretary shall establish a process, in
        accordance with subsection (c), under which--
                    ``(A) providers of services and suppliers may apply
                for designation as established providers;
                    ``(B) such providers and suppliers who qualify, in
                accordance with subsection (b), as established
                providers are so designated (including through the use
                of entities trained by an Internet training course of
                the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or through
                training provided by other specified organizations);
                and
                    ``(C) such providers and suppliers who no longer
                qualify as established providers lose such designation;
                and
            ``(2) the Secretary shall establish an electronic system
        for the submission of documentation by providers of services,
        suppliers, or third parties, with respect to a claim for
        payment under this title that is under review, for each level
        of review applicable to such claim.
    ``(b) Qualifying as Established Providers.--Under such system, to
qualify as an established provider for a period with respect to a
reporting period (as specified by the Secretary), a provider of
services or supplier shall demonstrate, as specified by the Secretary,
that--
            ``(1) with respect to the reporting period beginning after
        the date of the enactment of this section, at least 90 percent
        of claims for payment under this title for items and services
        furnished by such provider or supplier for which any review was
        conducted under section 1869 were determined to be eligible for
        payment or partial payment under this title; and
            ``(2) of all claims for payment under this title for items
        and services furnished by such provider or supplier for which
        an initial determination was made that payment may not be made
        under this title, at least 90 percent were appealed by such
        provider or supplier.
    ``(c) Designation Process.--The process under subsection (a)(1)--
            ``(1) shall allow a provider of services or supplier
        designated as an established provider under this section to
        demonstrate that the provider or supplier maintains compliance
        with the qualification requirements under subsection (b) based
        on annual updates on the status of claims for payment under
        this title for items and services furnished by such provider or
        supplier with respect to each level of review, including the
        number of such claims within each such level of review for
        which a determination was made that payment should be made,
        should be partially made, or should not be made under this
        title;
            ``(2) shall provide a method through which it may be
        determined whether or not the qualifying requirements under
        subsection (b) have been satisfied and maintained by a provider
        of services or supplier with respect to a period;
            ``(3) provide for the identification of established
        providers within appropriate systems of the Centers of Medicare
        & Medicaid Services; and
            ``(4) provide for a global track record of compliance by
        providers of services and suppliers with the qualifying
        requirements under subsection (b), including by identifying
        such providers and suppliers by the management company provider
        number rather than by each individual provider, supplier, or
        facility, for purposes of efficiency.
    ``(d) Protections for Established Providers.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in the case of a provider of services or
supplier designated as an established provider under this section with
respect to a period the following protections shall apply:
            ``(1) With respect to a claim submitted during such period
        for payment under this title for items or services furnished by
        such provider or supplier, which is subject to review for
        whether or not payment should be made under such title and with
        respect to which an additional documentation request has been
        issued, payment under this title for such claim may not be
        withheld unless a final determination has been made that such
        payment should not be made.
            ``(2) In the case that a final determination has been made
        that payment under this title should not have been made with
        respect to a claim described in paragraph (1), repayment of
        such payment shall be made electronically by the provider not
        later than 45 days after notification of such decision. In
        applying the previous sentence, if the Secretary determines
        that repayment within such 45-day period would result in a
        significant hardship to the provider involved, the Secretary
        may, on a case-by-case basis, extend the 45-day period
        described in such sentence by such number of days as the
        Secretary determines appropriate in accordance with a specified
        repayment plan.
            ``(3) The Secretary shall provide for a method to apply
        section 1869 with respect to an initial determination of any
        claim submitted during such period for payment under this title
        for items and services furnished by such provider or supplier,
        without the application of paragraph (3) of section 1869(a)
        (relating to redeterminations).''.

Output: Medicare Established Provider Act of 2015  This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a system for designating providers that represent a low risk of submitting fraudulent Medicare claims as "established providers" for purposes of applying for special treatment in the claim review process. To qualify as an established provider, a provider must demonstrate that, within a specified timeframe: (1) at least 90% of Medicare claims submitted by the provider were determined to be eligible for full or partial payment, and (2) the provider appealed at least 90% of all Medicare claims that were not initially determined to be eligible for payment. HHS may withhold payment for a Medicare claim made by an established provider only if a final determination has been made that the claim is ineligible for payment. If such a final determination is made, the provider shall repay such payment electronically and within a specified timeframe.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``California New River Restoration Act
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the New River was born out of the Colorado River's
        occasional flows into the Salton Sink and the erosion of the
        New River channel which formed the deep river canyon between
        1905 and 1907;
            (2) the New River starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows north
        into the United States through Calexico, passes through the
        Imperial Valley and drains into the Salton Sea, roughly 66
        miles north of the international boundary, and the sub-
        watershed covers approximately 750 square miles, with 63
        percent of that in Mexico and 37 percent in the United States;
            (3) the New River has been widely recognized for its
        significant water pollution problems, primarily because of
        agricultural runoff, raw sewage, pesticides, and discharges of
        wastes from domestic, agricultural, and industrial sources in
        Mexico and the Imperial Valley;
            (4) by the 1980s, the New River acquired the reputation of
        being one of the most polluted rivers in the United States,
        with many of the pollutants posing serious human health hazards
        to local populations, particularly those in Calexico and
        Mexicali;
            (5) in 1992, the International Boundary Water Commission's
        Treaty Minute No. 288 established a sanitation strategy for the
        New River water quality problems at the international boundary
        and divided the sanitation projects into two immediate repairs
        projects, the Mexicali I and the Mexicali II, which totaled
        about $50 million dollars and were funded by both countries
        through the North American Development Bank;
            (6) in 1995, the Environmental Protection Agency provided
        funds to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board to
        monitor and document the water quality at the international
        boundary on a monthly basis;
            (7) in the late 1990s, the United States and Mexico spent
        $100 million (45 percent paid by Mexico and 55 percent paid by
        the United States) to build the Las Arenitas and Zaragoza
        Wastewater Treatment plants, and untreated New River water
        passing through four microbial treatment cells at Las Arenitas
        was then chlorinated and fed into a re-forestation project
        along the desiccated Rio Hardy which stretches to the Sea of
        Cortez;
            (8) a 10-year effort by community groups, lawyers,
        regulatory agencies, and politicians addressed the problem at
        the source by federally funding a new sewage treatment plant in
        Mexicali and developing a site plan for the river on the United
        States side;
            (9) in 2009, the State of California required the
        California-Mexico Border Relations Council to create a
        strategic plan to study, monitor, remediate, and enhance the
        New River's water quality to protect human health and develop a
        river parkway suitable for public use;
            (10) flows in the New River at the International Boundary
        with Mexico have been reduced by as much as 40 percent during
        the last 10 years due to a number of factors which include
        reduction of agricultural runoff and municipal wastewater
        discharged into the New River and its tributaries in Mexico;
        and
            (11) the existing and ongoing voluntary conservation
        efforts at the New River necessitate improved efficiency and
        cost effectiveness, as well as increased private-sector
        investments and coordination of Federal and non-Federal
        resources, including through installation of a large trash
        screen, a new pump station, aeration devices, a disinfection
        facility, and managed wetlands.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) New river.--The term ``New River'' means the river that
        starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows north into the United States
        through Calexico, passes through the Imperial Valley, and
        drains into the Salton Sea.
            (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (3) Program.--The term ``program'' means the California New
        River restoration program established under section 4.
            (4) Restoration and protection.--The term ``restoration and
        protection'' means the conservation, stewardship, and
        enhancement of habitat for fish and wildlife to preserve and
        improve ecosystems and ecological processes on which they
        depend.
            (5) Mexican.--The term ``Mexican'' refers to the Federal,
        State, and local governments of the United Mexican States.

SEC. 4. CALIFORNIA NEW RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a program to
be known as the ``California New River restoration program''.
    (b) Duties.--In carrying out the program, the Administrator shall--
            (1) draw on existing and new management plans for the New
        River, or portions of the New River, and work in consultation
        with applicable management entities, including representatives
        of the Calexico New River Committee, the California-Mexico
        Border Relations Council, the New River Improvement Project
        Technical Advisory Committee, the Federal Government, State and
        local governments, and regional and nonprofit organizations, as
        appropriate, to identify, prioritize, and implement restoration
        and protection activities relating to the New River;
            (2) adopt a New River-wide strategy that--
                    (A) supports the implementation of a shared set of
                science-based restoration and protection activities
                identified in accordance with paragraph (1);
                    (B) targets cost-effective projects with measurable
                results; and
                    (C) maximizes conservation outcomes with no net
                gain of Federal full-time equivalent employees; and
            (3) provide grants and technical assistance in accordance
        with section 5.
    (c) Coordination.--In establishing the program, the Administrator
shall consult, as appropriate, with--
            (1) the heads of Federal agencies, including--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior;
                    (B) the Secretary of Agriculture;
                    (C) the Administrator of General Services;
                    (D) the Commissioner of the International Boundary
                Water Commission; and
                    (E) the head of any other applicable agency;
            (2) the Governor of California;
            (3) the Imperial Irrigation District;
            (4) the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control
        Board; and
            (5) other public agencies and organizations with authority
        for the planning and implementation of conservation strategies
        relating to the New River in both the United States and Mexico.
    (d) Purposes.--The purposes of the program include--
            (1) coordinating restoration and protection activities,
        among Mexican, Federal, State, local, and regional entities and
        conservation partners, relating to the New River; and
            (2) carrying out coordinated restoration and protection
        activities, and providing for technical assistance relating to
        the New River--
                    (A) to sustain and enhance fish and wildlife
                habitat restoration and protection activities;
                    (B) to improve and maintain water quality to
                support fish and wildlife, as well as the habitats of
                fish and wildlife;
                    (C) to sustain and enhance water management for
                volume and flood damage mitigation improvements to
                benefit fish and wildlife habitat;
                    (D) to improve opportunities for public access to,
                and recreation in and along, the New River consistent
                with the ecological needs of fish and wildlife habitat;
                    (E) to facilitate strategic planning to maximize
                the resilience of natural systems and habitats under
                changing watershed conditions;
                    (F) to engage the public through outreach,
                education, and citizen involvement, to increase
                capacity and support for coordinated restoration and
                protection activities relating to the New River;
                    (G) to increase scientific capacity to support the
                planning, monitoring, and research activities necessary
                to carry out coordinated restoration and protection
                activities; and
                    (H) to provide technical assistance to carry out
                restoration and protection activities relating to the
                New River.

SEC. 5. GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--In carrying out the program, the Administrator
shall provide grants and technical assistance to State and local
governments, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher
education, in both the United States and Mexico, to carry out the
purposes of the program.
    (b) Criteria.--The Administrator, in consultation with the
organizations described in section 4(c), shall develop criteria for
providing grants and technical assistance under this section to ensure
that such activities accomplish one or more of the purposes identified
in section 4(d)(2) and advance the implementation of priority actions
or needs identified in the New River-wide strategy adopted under
section 4(b)(2).
    (c) Cost Sharing.--
            (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of a
        project for which a grant is provided under this section shall
        not exceed 55 percent of the total cost of the activity, as
        determined by the Administrator.
            (2) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of the cost
        of a project for which a grant is provided under this section
        may be provided in the form of an in-kind contribution of
        services or materials.
    (d) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator may enter into an
        agreement to manage the implementation of this section with the
        North American Development Bank or a similar organization that
        offers grant management services.
            (2) Funding.--If the Administrator enters into an agreement
        under paragraph (1), the organization selected shall--
                    (A) for each fiscal year, receive amounts to carry
                out this section in an advance payment of the entire
                amount on October 1, or as soon as practicable
                thereafter, of that fiscal year;
                    (B) invest and reinvest those amounts for the
                benefit of the program; and
                    (C) otherwise administer the implementation of this
                section to support partnerships between the public and
                private sectors in accordance with this Act.

SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a
report on the implementation of this Act, including a description of
each project that has received funding under this Act, goals
established by New River-wide strategy, and the status of all such
projects that are in progress on the date of submission of the report.

Output: California New River Restoration Act of 2016 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a California New River restoration program for the river that starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows north into the United States through Calexico, passes through the Imperial Valley, and drains into the Salton Sea. In carrying out the program, the EPA must: (1) adopt a New River-wide strategy, and (2) provide grants and technical assistance for coordinating restoration and protection activities.