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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Jobs Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS HIRED BY A SMALL EMPLOYER.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following:

``SEC. 45S. CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS HIRED BY A SMALL EMPLOYER.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 38, in the case of an
eligible small employer, the small employer hiring credit determined
under this section for any taxable year is the amount determined under
subsection (b).
    ``(b) Small Employer Hiring Credit Amount.--The amount determined
under this subsection for a taxable year with respect to a qualified
small employer is the product of--
            ``(1) the tax rate in effect under section 3111(a) for the
        calendar year in which such taxable year ends, multiplied by
            ``(2) the wages paid by the qualified small employer with
        respect to employment of all covered employees during the
        taxable year.
    ``(c) Qualified Employer.--For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified small employer'
        means with respect to any calendar year, an employer who--
                    ``(A) has a place of business in a county with an
                annual unemployment rate for the preceding calendar
                year of at least one percentage point greater than the
                national annual unemployment rate for the preceding
                calendar year, and
                    ``(B) who on no business day of the preceding
                calendar year employed less than 2, or more than 100,
                employees.
            ``(2) Employers not in existence in preceding year.--In the
        case of an employer which was not in existence throughout the
        preceding calendar year, the determination of whether such
        employer is a small employer shall be based on the number of
        employees that it is reasonably expected such employer will
        employ on business days in the current calendar year.
            ``(3) Special rules.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) Predecessor and successor.--Any reference in
                this paragraph to an employer shall include a reference
                to any predecessor of, or successor to, such employer.
                    ``(B) Aggregation rule.--All persons treated as a
                single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o)
                of section 414 shall be treated as one employer.
                    ``(C) Governmental employers not included.--The
                term `employer' does not include the United States, any
                State, or any political subdivision thereof, or any
                instrumentality of the foregoing.
                    ``(D) Determination of unemployment rate.--The
                unemployment rate shall be the rate determined by the
                Bureau of Labor Statistics.
            ``(4) Credit applies for only 1 year.--If an election to
        claim the credit under this section is in effect for any
        calendar year, paragraph (1) shall not apply to such employer
        for any year after such calendar year.
    ``(d) Covered Employee.--For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `covered employee' means, with
        respect to any week, is an employee who--
                    ``(A) first begins work for the employer for
                services performed by the employee--
                            ``(i) in a trade or business of such
                        qualified small employer, or
                            ``(ii) in the case of a qualified small
                        employer exempt from tax under section 501(a),
                        in furtherance of the activities related to the
                        purpose or function constituting the basis of
                        the employer's exemption under section 501, and
                    ``(B) is employed on average at least 30 hours of
                service per week.
            ``(2) Limitation to 5 employees.--An employer may not treat
        more than 5 employees as covered employees.
            ``(3) Hours of service.--The Secretary, in consultation
        with the Secretary of Labor, shall prescribe such regulations,
        rules, and guidance as may be necessary to determine the hours
        of service of an employee, including rules for the application
        of this paragraph to employees who are not compensated on an
        hourly basis.
    ``(e) Credit Made Available to Tax-Exempt Eligible Small
Employers.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a tax-exempt eligible
        small employer, there shall be treated as a credit allowable
        under subpart C (and not allowable under this subpart) the
        amount of the credit determined under this section with respect
        to such employer.
            ``(2) Tax-exempt eligible small employer.--For purposes of
        this section, the term `tax-exempt eligible small employer'
        means an eligible small employer which is any organization
        described in section 501(c) which is exempt from taxation under
        section 501(a).
    ``(f) Denial of Double Benefit.--No deduction or credit shall be
allowed under any other provision of this chapter with respect to the
amount of the credit determined under this section.
    ``(g) Election.--This section shall apply to any taxpayer for any
taxable year only if such taxpayer elects (at such time and in such
manner as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe) to have this
section apply for such taxable year.
    ``(h) Termination.--This section shall not apply with respect to
wages paid after December 31, 2017.''.
    (b) Credit To Be Part of General Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to current year business
credit) is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (35),
by striking the period at the end of paragraph (36) and inserting ``,
plus'', and by inserting after paragraph (36) the following:
            ``(37) the small employer small employer hiring credit
        determined under section 45S.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 45S. Certain individuals hired by a small employer.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to amounts paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2015.

Output: Small Business Jobs Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small employer a business-related tax credit for the cost of hiring up to 5 new employees who work for such employer, on average, at least 30 hours per week. The bill defines "qualified small employer" as an employer who: (1) has a place of business in a county with an annual unemployment rate that is at least 1% greater than the national rate for the preceding calendar year; and (2) did not employ fewer than 2, or more than 100, employees in the preceding calendar year. The bill allows an employer who is a tax-exempt organization to claim such credit. The credit is not available for wages paid after December 31, 2017.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Revolving Door Sunshine Act of
1993''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) Disclosure Requirement.--Section 552b of title 5, United States
Code, commonly referred to as the ``Government in the Sunshine Act'',
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n)(1) Any person who is a senior member of the Federal
Government shall, after his or her service or employment as a senior
member of the Federal Government terminates, file, in accordance with
paragraph (2), reports containing the following information:
            ``(A)(i) The name of any Member of Congress, and the name
        and title of any congressional staff member or of any officer
        or employee of any agency, to whom he or she makes an oral or
        written communication on behalf of anyone other than himself or
        herself or the United States, during the 5-year period
        beginning on the date on which his or her service or employment
        as a senior member of the Federal Government terminates,
        regarding an official action of the Congress or that agency.
            ``(ii) A person who is a former senior appointee is
        required under this subparagraph to report only a communication
        regarding--
                    ``(I) an official action by an agency of which he
                or she, as such senior appointee, was an officer or
                employee;
                    ``(II) an official action by the Congress that
                directly affects an agency described in subclause (I);
                or
                    ``(III) an official action relating to a matter in
                which he or she participated personally and
                substantially as such senior appointee.
            ``(B) The name, address, and telephone number of any person
        on whose behalf he or she makes a communication described in
        subparagraph (A).
            ``(C) A description of the legislation, regulation, trade
        negotiation, or other matter that a communication described in
        subparagraph (A) concerns.
            ``(D) The name, address, and telephone number of any
        foreign government, foreign political party, or foreign
        business entity whom he or she represents, aids, or advises,
        during the 5-year period beginning on the date on which his or
        her service or employment as a senior member of the Federal
        Government terminates, regarding any official action of the
        Congress or of an agency.
    ``(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), each person who is required
to file a report under paragraph (1) shall file such report--
            ``(i) by July 30 of each year, containing information
        relating to the period January 1 through June 30 of that year;
        and
            ``(ii) by January 31 of each year, containing information
        relating to the period July 1 through December 31 of the
        preceding year.
    ``(B)(i) A person shall file the first report under paragraph (1)
for the first reporting period described in subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph--
            ``(I) which occurs after the person leaves his or her
        office or position; and
            ``(II) in which he or she made any communication described
        in paragraph (1)(A), or any representation, aid, or advice
        described in paragraph (1)(D).
For all subsequent reporting periods, such person shall file a report
under paragraph (1) whether or not the person made any communication
described in paragraph (1)(A), or any representation, aid, or advice
described in paragraph (1)(D), during the reporting period.
    ``(ii) In the case of a person who makes no communication described
in paragraph (1)(A), and no representation, aid, or advice described in
paragraph (1)(D), during the 5-year period beginning on the date on
which his or her service or employment as a senior member of the
Federal Government terminates, such person shall file under paragraph
(1) a report covering the first 2 years of such 5-year period, and a
report covering the next 3 years of such 5-year period.
    ``(iii) The last report which a person described in clause (i) or
(ii) is required to file under paragraph (1) is a report filed by the
date specified in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) that first
occurs after the end of the 5-year period beginning on the date on
which his or her service or employment as a senior member of the
Federal Government terminates.
    ``(3)(A) A former President, Vice President, or senior appointee
shall file the report required by paragraph (1) with the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget.
    ``(B) A former Representative in the Congress, Delegate or Resident
Commissioner to the Congress, or senior congressional staff member
whose pay was disbursed by the Director of Nonlegislative and Financial
Services of the House of Representatives, shall file the report
required by paragraph (1) with the Clerk of the House of
Representatives.
    ``(C) A former Senator, or former senior congressional staff member
whose pay was disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, shall file the
report required by paragraph (1) with the Secretary of the Senate.
    ``(4) The Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of
the Senate, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall, within 30 days after receiving a report filed under paragraph
(1), make such report available to the public for inspection and
copying during normal business hours.
    ``(5) In any case in which a person--
            ``(A) has failed to file a report required by paragraph (1)
        with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the
        Clerk of the House of Representatives, or the Secretary of the
        Senate, as the case may be,
            ``(B) has failed to file information required in such
        report, or
            ``(C) has filed false information in such report,
the Director, Clerk, or Secretary, as the case may be, shall, within 60
days after the date on which the report should have been filed or was
filed, make public the name of such person and refer the name of such
person to the Attorney General.
    ``(6) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any
appropriate United States district court against any person who fails
to file a report required by paragraph (1), fails to file information
required in such report, or has filed false information in any such
report. The court in which such action is brought shall, upon proof of
such filing or failure to file by a preponderance of the evidence,
assess against such person a civil penalty of not more than $10,000.
    ``(7)(A) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make
public on January 31 of each year the names of each former
Representative in the Congress, each Delegate or Resident Commissioner
to the Congress, and each senior congressional staff member whose
compensation was disbursed by the Director of Nonlegislative and
Financial Services of the House of Representatives, who is required to
file a report under paragraph (1).
    ``(B) The Secretary of the Senate shall make public on January 31
of each year the names of each former Senator, and each senior
congressional staff member whose compensation was disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate, who is required to file a report under
paragraph (1).
    ``(C) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
make public on January 31 of each year the names of each senior
appointee who is required to file a report under paragraph (1).
    ``(D) The requirements of this paragraph shall first apply in
January of 1995.
    ``(8) For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `agency' has the meaning given that term in
        section 552(f) of this title;
            ``(B) the term `congressional staff member' means an
        elected officer of either House of Congress, an employee whose
        pay is disbursed by the Director of Nonlegislative and
        Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and an
        employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate;
            ``(C) the term `foreign business entity' means a
        partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other
        combination of persons either organized under the laws of or
        having its principal place of business in a foreign country;
            ``(D) the term `foreign government' means the `government
        of a foreign country', as defined in section 1(e) of the
        Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended;
            ``(E) the term `foreign political party' has the meaning
        given that term in section 1(f) of the Foreign Agents
        Registration Act of 1938, as amended;
            ``(F) the term `Member of Congress' means a Senator or a
        Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the
        Congress;
            ``(G) the term `official action' does not include the
        routine provision of information and services;
            ``(H) the term `senior appointee' means any individual--
                    ``(i) who is appointed by the President, the Vice
                President, or the head of an agency to a full-time
                position in an agency in the civil service or in the
                uniformed services, or is appointed to a position in
                the Foreign Service or the Senior Executive Service;
                and
                    ``(ii)(I) whose rate of basic pay, if appointed to
                a position in the civil service, the Foreign Service,
                or the Senior Executive Service, is not less than the
                rate of basic pay in effect for level V of the
                Executive Schedule under section 5316 of this title; or
                    ``(II) who, if appointed to a position in the
                uniformed services, is serving in a grade or rank for
                which the pay grade (as specified in section 201 of
                title 37) is pay grade O-7 or above;
            ``(I) the term `senior congressional staff member' means
        any individual who is a congressional staff member and whose
        rate of basic pay is not less than the rate of basic pay in
        effect for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316
        of this title;
            ``(J) the term `senior member of the Federal Government'
        means an individual who--
                    ``(i) is President, Vice President, or a senior
                appointee, or
                    ``(ii) is a Member of Congress or a senior
                congressional staff member,
        and is serving in such position after January 4, 1995; and
            ``(K) the term `written communication' includes any
        communication, other than an oral communication, that is
        transmitted by any means, including by an electronic device.''.
    (b) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--Section 552b(a)(1) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, except as provided in subsection
        (n),'' after `` `agency' ''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 552(e)'' and inserting ``section
        552(f)''.

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Revolving Door Sunshine Act of 1993 - Amends the Government in the Sunshine Act to require former Presidents, Vice Presidents, and senior Federal appointees, as well as former Members of Congress and senior congressional staff members, to file, for a certain period after leaving Government, periodic reports with the appropriate entity which disclose certain communications made and other actions (generally related to advising or lobbying, especially, but not only, by foreign persons) taken by them during the reporting period.  Requires such reports to be made public.
Authorizes sanctions in cases of noncompliance.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Accountability for
Regulatory Information Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) many Federal regulations have improved the quality of
        life of the American public, however, uncontrolled increases in
        regulatory costs and lost opportunities for better regulation
        should not be continued;
            (2) the legislative branch has a responsibility to ensure
        that laws passed by Congress are properly implemented by the
        executive branch;
            (3) in order for the legislative branch to fulfill its
        responsibilities to ensure that laws passed by Congress are
        implemented in an efficient, effective, and fair manner, the
        Congress requires accurate and reliable information on which to
        base decisions; and
            (4) the legal effect of many Federal agency guidance
        documents and other Federal agency statements that are not
        published in the Code of Federal Regulations is often not clear
        to the affected public.

SEC. 3. REPORTS ON REGULATORY ACTIONS BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 801(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
    ``(B)(i) After an agency publishes a regulatory action, a committee
of either House of Congress with legislative or oversight jurisdiction
relating to the action may request the Comptroller General to review
the action under clause (ii).
    ``(ii) Of requests made under clause (i), the Comptroller General
shall provide a report on each regulatory action selected under clause
(iv) to the committee which requested the report (and the committee of
jurisdiction in the other House of Congress)--
            ``(I) except as provided in subclause (II), by not later
        than 180 calendar days after the committee request is received;
        or
            ``(II) in the case of a request for review of a notice of
        proposed rule making or an interim final rule making, by not
        later than the end of the 60-calendar-day period beginning on
        the date the committee request is received, or the end of the
        period for submission of comment regarding the rule making,
        whichever is later.
The report shall include an independent analysis of the regulatory
action by the Comptroller General using any relevant data or analyses
available to or generated by the General Accounting Office.
    ``(iii) The independent analysis of the regulatory action by the
Comptroller General under clause (ii) shall include--
            ``(I) an analysis by the Comptroller General of the
        potential benefits of the regulatory action, including any
        beneficial effects that cannot be quantified in monetary terms
        and the identification of those likely to receive the benefits;
            ``(II) an analysis by the Comptroller General of the
        potential costs of the regulatory action, including any adverse
        effects that cannot be quantified in monetary terms and the
        identification of those likely to bear the costs;
            ``(III) an analysis by the Comptroller General of any
        alternative regulatory approaches that could achieve the same
        goal in a more cost-effective manner or that could provide
        greater net benefits, and, if applicable, a brief explanation
        of any statutory reasons why such alternatives could not be
        adopted;
            ``(IV) an analysis of the extent to which the regulatory
        action would affect State or local governments; and
            ``(V) a summary of how the results of the Comptroller
        General's analysis differ, if at all, from the results of the
        analyses of the agency in promulgating the regulatory action.
    ``(iv) In consultation with the Majority and Minority Leaders of
the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, the Comptroller General shall develop procedures for
determining the priority and number of those requests for review under
clause (i) that will be reported under clause (ii). The procedures
shall give the highest priority to requests regarding a notice of
proposed rule making for a major rule, and to requests regarding an
interim final rule making for a major rule.
    ``(C) Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Comptroller General
by promptly providing the Comptroller General with such records and
information as the Comptroller General determines necessary to carry
out this section.''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 804 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs
        (3) and (5), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) The term `independent analysis' means a substantive
        review of the agency's underlying assessments and assumptions
        used in developing the regulatory action and any additional
        analysis the Comptroller General determines to be necessary.'';
        and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as redesignated by
        paragraph (1) of this subsection) the following:
            ``(4) The term `regulatory action' means--
                    ``(A) notice of proposed rule making;
                    ``(B) final rule making, including interim final
                rule making; or
                    ``(C) a rule.''.

SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE OF NONBINDING EFFECT OF GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 803 the following:
``Sec. 803a. Notice of nonbinding effect of agency guidance
    ``The head of an agency shall include on the first page of each
statement published by the agency that is not a rule a notice that the
statement has no general applicability or future effect (or both), as
applicable, and is not binding on the public.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 803 the following:

``803a. Notice of nonbinding effect of agency guidance.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the General Accounting
Office to carry out chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code,
$5,200,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act.

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Requires the head of an agency to include on the first page of each statement published by the agency that is not a rule a notice that the statement has no general applicability or future effect, as applicable, and is not binding on the public.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``New Jersey Marine Ecosystem
Protection Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to preserve and restore the fisheries
and other marine wildlife of the New York Bight by closing the Mud Dump
Site and ending the practice of disposal of contaminated dredged
material within that area.

SEC. 3. CLOSURE OF MUD DUMP SITE.

    (a) Termination of Dumping.--On and after September 1, 1997, no
person shall transport any dredged material for the purpose of dumping
it into ocean waters at the Mud Dump Site, other than for purposes of
remediation in accordance with subsection (c).
    (b) Conditions for Dumping Before Termination.--
            (1) Category i and category ii dredged material only.--
        After the date of the enactment of this Act, no person shall
        transport any dredged material for the purpose of dumping it
        into ocean waters at the Mud Dump Site, other than Category I
        dredged material or Category II dredged material.
            (2) Conditions for category ii dredged material.--After the
        date of the enactment of this Act, no person shall transport
        any Category II dredged material for the purpose of dumping it
        into ocean waters at the Mud Dump Site, unless the applicant
        for a permit for the transport under title I of the Marine
        Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C.
        1411 et seq.) has certified, and the Secretary of the Army has
        published a finding of, the following:
                    (A) The affected States or ports were requested to
                provide alternative sites for disposal of the material
                and failed to provide a reasonable alternative site.
                    (B) Dumping of the material (including necessary
                capping material) at the Mud Dump Site will not
                increase the elevation of the ocean bottom at the Mud
                Dump Site--
                            (i) such that the depth of the ocean at
                        that site is less than 65 feet below the
                        surface of the ocean; and
                            (ii) above an elevation designed, based on
                        scientific evidence, to contain the material
                        within the lateral limits of the Mud Dump Site.
    (c) Site Remediation.--
            (1) Plan.--The Administrator of the Environmental
        Protection Agency, in cooperation with the Secretary of
        Commerce and the Secretary of the Army, shall develop a
        remediation and restoration plan in accordance with applicable
        laws and regulations for the Mud Dump Site and surrounding
        areas.
            (2) Designation of site.--The Administrator of the
        Environmental Protection Agency shall designate the Mud Dump
        Site and surrounding areas that have historically been used for
        disposal of contaminated material as the Historic Area
        Remediation Site under part 228 of title 40, Code of Federal
        Regulations, effective September 1, 1997.
            (3) Management of site.--The Historic Area Remediation
        Site--
                    (A) shall be managed to reduce impacts at that site
                to acceptable levels in accordance with part 228.11(c)
                of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; and
                    (B) shall be remediated with uncontaminated dredged
                material that--
                            (i) meets standards for Category I dredged
                        material; and
                            (ii) will not cause significant undesirable
                        effects, including such effects through
                        bioaccumulation.
    (d) Modification of Environmental Assessment.--The Secretary of the
Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall
modify environmental assessment activities at the Mud Dump Site as
appropriate to reflect the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF OTHER OCEAN DUMPING OF DREDGED MATERIAL OFF OF
              COAST OF NEW JERSEY.

    (a) In General.--On and after September 1, 1997, no person shall
transport any dredged material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean
waters in the New York Bight Apex outside of the Historic Area
Remediation Site designated under section 3(c), or into waters of the
New York-New Jersey Harbor.
    (b) Prohibition on Designation of Sites and Issuance of Permits.--
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not
designate any new site for ocean dumping of dredged material within the
New York Bight Apex, and the Secretary of the Army may not issue any
permit for transportation of dredged material for the purpose of
dumping it in the New York Bight Apex, except in accordance with this
Act.

SEC. 5. VIOLATIONS.

    Any violation of section 3 (a) or (b) or section 4(a) shall be
treated as a violation of title I of the Marine Protection, Research,
and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.).

SEC. 6. DISPOSAL ALTERNATIVES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of
Transportation, State and local governments, and environmental and port
interests, may establish, operate, and maintain a confined dredged
material disposal facility or facilities within the confines of the
Port of New York and New Jersey. Costs associated with implementation
of this section shall be paid by non-Federal interests in substantially
the same manner as costs are required to be paid by non-Federal
interests under section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act of
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211).
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $260,000,000.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Terms defined in marine protection, research, and
        sanctuaries act of 1972.--Any term used in this Act that is
        defined in section 3 of the Marine Protection, Research, and
        Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1402) has the meaning given
        the term in that section.
            (2) Category i and category ii dredged material.--Each of
        the terms ``Category I dredged material'' and ``Category II
        dredged material'', respectively, means such material as
        determined under the 1992 United States Army Corps of Engineers
        New York District and the Environmental Protection Agency
        Region II Guidance for Performing Tests on Dredged Material
        Proposed for Ocean Disposal.
            (3) Mud dump site.--The term ``Mud Dump Site'' means the
        area designated by the Administrator of the Environmental
        Protection Agency under part 228.115(d)(6) of title 40, Code of
        Federal Regulations, as the New York Bight Dredged Material
        Disposal Site (Mud Dump) in the New York Bight Apex, North
        Atlantic Ocean for the disposal of dredged material generated
        in the Port of New York and New Jersey and nearby harbors.
            (4) New york bight apex.--The term ``New York Bight Apex''
        means the ocean waters of the Atlantic Ocean westward of 73
        degrees 30 minutes west longitude and northward of 40 degrees
        10 minutes north latitude.

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New Jersey Marine Ecosystem Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits the transport of dredged material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters at the New York Bight Dredged Material Disposal Site (Mud Dump Site), other than for remediation pursuant to this Act, on and after September 1, 1997.
Prohibits, after the date of this Act's enactment, the transport of:  (1) dredged material for such purpose, other than Category I or II dredged material; and (2) Category II dredged material for such purpose unless the applicant for a transport permit has certified, and the Secretary of the Army has published a finding, that the affected States or ports were requested to provide alternate disposal sites and failed to provide a reasonable alternative site, and that dumping at the Mud Dump Site will not increase the elevation of the ocean bottom at such Site beyond a certain point.
Directs:  (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a remediation and restoration plan in accordance with applicable laws and regulations for the Mud Dump Site and surrounding areas and to designate such Site and areas that have been used for disposal of contaminated material as the Historic Area Remediation Site (to be managed as specified); and (2) the Secretary and Administrator to modify environmental assessment activities at the Mud Dump Site as appropriate to reflect the provisions of this Act.
Prohibits the transport of dredged material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters in the New York Bight Apex outside the Historic Area Remediation Site, or into waters of the New York-New Jersey Harbor on and after September 1, 1997.  Prohibits the Administrator from designating any new site for ocean dumping of dredged material within the Apex, and the Secretary from issuing any permit for transportation of dredged material for the purpose of dumping it in the Apex, except in accordance with this Act.
Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act.
Directs the Secretary to establish, operate, and maintain a confined dredged material disposal facility or facilities within the confines of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.

    Section 1001 of the Food Security of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``$40,000'' and
        inserting ``$20,000'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``$65,000'' and
        inserting ``$30,000'';
            (3) by striking ``(d)'' and all that follows through the
        end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Limitations on Marketing Loan Gains, Loan Deficiency
Payments, and Commodity Certificate Transactions.--
            ``(1) Loan commodities.--The total amount of the following
        gains and payments that a person may receive during any crop
        year may not exceed $87,500:
                    ``(A)(i) Any gain realized by a producer from
                repaying a marketing assistance loan for 1 or more loan
                commodities under subtitle B of title I of the Farm
                Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
                7931 et seq.) at a lower level than the original loan
                rate established for the loan commodity under that
                subtitle.
                    ``(ii) In the case of settlement of a marketing
                assistance loan for 1 or more loan commodities under
                that subtitle by forfeiture, the amount by which the
                loan amount exceeds the repayment amount for the loan
                if the loan had been settled by repayment instead of
                forfeiture.
                    ``(B) Any loan deficiency payments received for 1
                or more loan commodities under that subtitle.
                    ``(C) Any gain realized from the use of a commodity
                certificate issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation
                for 1 or more loan commodities, as determined by the
                Secretary, including the use of a certificate for the
                settlement of a marketing assistance loan made under
                that subtitle.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Single Farming Operation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (b) through
        (d), subject to paragraph (2), if a person participates only in
        a single farming operation and receives, directly or
        indirectly, any payment or gain covered by this section through
        the operation, the total amount of payments or gains (as
        applicable) covered by this section that the person may receive
        during any crop year may not exceed twice the applicable dollar
        amounts specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d).
            ``(2) Individuals.--The total amount of payments or gains
        (as applicable) covered by this section that an individual
        person may receive during any crop year may not exceed
        $275,000.
    ``(i) Spouse Equity.--Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (d),
except as provided in subsection (e)(2)(C)(i), if an individual and
spouse are covered by subsection (e)(2)(C) and receive, directly or
indirectly, any payment or gain covered by this section, the total
amount of payments or gains (as applicable) covered by this section
that the individual and spouse may jointly receive during any crop year
may not exceed twice the applicable dollar amounts specified in
subsections (b), (c), and (d).
    ``(j) Regulations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2003, the
        Secretary shall promulgate regulations--
                    ``(A) to ensure that total payments and gains
                described in this section made to or through joint
                operations or multiple entities under the primary
                control of a person, in combination with the payments
                and gains received directly by the person, shall not
                exceed twice the applicable dollar amounts specified in
                subsections (b), (c), and (d);
                    ``(B) in the case of a person that in the aggregate
                owns, conducts farming operations, or provides custom
                farming services on land with respect to which the
                aggregate payments received by the person exceed the
                applicable dollar amounts specified in subsections (b),
                (c), and (d), to attribute all payments and gains made
                to the person on crops produced on the land to--
                            ``(i) a person that rents land for a share
                        of the crop that is less than the usual and
                        customary rate, as determined by the Secretary;
                            ``(ii) a person that provides custom
                        farming services through arrangements under
                        which--
                                    ``(I) all or part of the
                                compensation for the services is at
                                risk;
                                    ``(II) farm management services are
                                provided by--
                                            ``(aa) the same person;
                                            ``(bb) an immediate family
                                        member; or
                                            ``(cc) an entity or
                                        individual that has a business
                                        relationship that is not an
                                        arm's length relationship, as
                                        determined by the Secretary; or
                                    ``(III) more than \2/3\ of all
                                payments received for custom farming
                                services are received by--
                                            ``(aa) the same person;
                                            ``(bb) an immediate family
                                        member; or
                                            ``(cc) an entity or
                                        individual that has a business
                                        relationship that is not an
                                        arm's length relationship, as
                                        determined by the Secretary; or
                            ``(iii) a person under such other
                        arrangements as the Secretary determines are
                        established to transfer payments from persons
                        that would otherwise exceed the applicable
                        dollar amounts specified in subsections (b),
                        (c), and (d); and
                    ``(C) to ensure that payments attributed under this
                section to a person other than the direct recipient
                shall also count toward the limit of the direct
                recipient.
            ``(2) Primary control.--The regulations under paragraph (1)
        shall define `primary control' to include a joint operation or
        multiple entity in which a person owns an interest that is
        greater than the total interests held by other persons that
        materially participate on a regular, substantial, and
        continuous basis in the management of the operation or
        entity.''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture may promulgate such
regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the amendments
made by this Act.
    (b) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and
administration of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall be
made without regard to--
            (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of
        title 5, United States Code;
            (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture
        effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to
        notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in
        rulemaking; and
            (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly
        known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
    (c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.

Output: Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reduce maximum annual direct and counter-cyclical commodity payments to $20,000 and $30,000, respectively. Revises limitation provisions for marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and commodity certificate transactions, and establishes an annual combined limitation of $87,500 for such payments.Doubles payment limitations for single farming operations. Limits an individual to a combined annual payment of $275,000.


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SECTION 1. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR FINANCIALLY NEEDY VETERANS IN
              CONNECTION WITH COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS PROCEEDINGS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 72 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 7287. Legal assistance for financially needy veterans in
              proceedings before Court
    ``(a)(1) The Court of Veterans Appeals may provide funds in order
to provide financial assistance by grant or contract to legal
assistance entities for purposes of programs described in subsection
(b).
    ``(2) The Court shall seek to provide funds for such purpose
through a nonprofit organization selected by it. If the Court
determines that there exists no nonprofit organization that would be an
appropriate recipient of funds under this section for the purposes
referred to in paragraph (1) and that it is consistent with the mission
of the Court, the Court shall provide financial assistance, by grant or
contract, directly to legal assistance entities for purposes of
permitting such entities to carry out programs described in subsection
(b).
    ``(b)(1) A program referred to in subsection (a) is any program
under which a legal assistance entity uses financial assistance under
this section to provide assistance or carry out activities (including
assistance, services, or activities referred to in paragraph (3)) in
order to ensure that individuals described in paragraph (2) receive,
without charge, legal assistance in connection with decisions to which
section 7252(a) of this title may apply or with other proceedings
before the Court.
    ``(2) An individual referred to in paragraph (1) is any veteran or
other person who--
            ``(A) is or seeks to be a party to an action before the
        Court; and
            ``(B) cannot, as determined by the Court or the entity
        concerned, afford the costs of legal advice and representation
        in connection with that action.
    ``(3) Assistance, services, and activities under a program
described in this subsection may include the following for individuals
described in paragraph (2) in connection with proceedings before the
Court:
            ``(A) Financial assistance to defray the expenses of legal
        advice or representation (other than payment of attorney fees)
        by attorneys, clinical law programs of law schools, and
        veterans service organizations.
            ``(B) Case screening and referral services for purposes of
        referring cases to pro bono attorneys and such programs and
        organizations.
            ``(C) Education and training of attorneys and other legal
        personnel who may appear before the Court by attorneys and such
        programs and organizations.
            ``(D) Encouragement and facilitation of the pro bono
        representation by attorneys and such programs and
        organizations.
    ``(4) A legal assistance entity that receives financial assistance
described in subsection (a) to carry out a program under this
subsection shall make such contributions (including in-kind
contributions) to the program as the nonprofit organization or the
Court, as the case may be, shall specify when providing the assistance.
    ``(5) A legal assistance entity that receives financial assistance
under subsection (a) to carry out a program described in this
subsection may not require or request the payment of a charge or fee in
connection with the program by or on behalf of any individual described
in paragraph (2).
    ``(c)(1) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Court
$750,000 for fiscal year 1998 and the same amount for each succeeding
fiscal year through fiscal year 2001, increased by 3 percent per year,
to carry out this section.
    ``(2) Funds appropriated under this subsection may be used only for
the purposes of subsection (a). Such funds may be provided in advance
or by way of reimbursement, to cover some or all of the administrative
costs of the organization or entity receiving the funds in providing
financial assistance to carry out programs described in subsection (b).
    ``(3) Funds shall be provided under this subsection pursuant to a
written agreement entered into by the Court and the organization or
entity receiving the funds from the Court.
    ``(d) A nonprofit organization may--
            ``(1) accept funds, in advance or by way of reimbursement,
        from the Court under subsection (a) in order to provide the
        financial assistance referred to in that subsection;
            ``(2) provide financial assistance by grant or contract to
        legal assistance entities under this section for purposes of
        permitting such entities to carry out programs described in
        subsection (b);
            ``(3) administer any such grant or contract; and
            ``(4) accept funds, in advance or by way of reimbursement,
        from the Court under subsection (c) in order to cover the
        administrative costs referred to in that subsection.
    ``(e)(1) Not later than February 1 of each year, the Court shall
submit to the Congress a report on the funds and financial assistance
provided under this section during the preceding fiscal year. Based on
the information provided the Court by entities receiving such funds and
assistance, each report shall--
            ``(A) set forth the amount, if any, of funds provided to
        nonprofit organizations under paragraph (2) of subsection (a)
        during the fiscal year covered by the report;
            ``(B) set forth the amount, if any, of financial assistance
        provided to legal assistance entities pursuant to paragraph (1)
        of subsection (a) or under paragraph (2) of that subsection
        during that fiscal year;
            ``(C) set forth the amount, if any, of funds provided to
        nonprofit organizations under subsection (c) during that fiscal
        year; and
            ``(D) describe the programs carried out under this section
        during that fiscal year.
    ``(2) The Court may require that any nonprofit organization and any
legal assistance entity to which funds or financial assistance are
provided under this section provide the Court with such information on
the programs carried out under this section as the Court determines
necessary to prepare a report under this subsection.
    ``(f) For the purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `nonprofit organization' means any not-for-
        profit organization that is involved with the provision of
        legal assistance to persons unable to afford such assistance.
            ``(2) The term `legal assistance entity' means a not-for-
        profit organization or veterans service organization capable of
        providing legal assistance to persons with respect to matters
        before the Court.
            ``(3) The term `veterans service organization' means an
        organization referred to in section 5902(a)(1) of this title,
        including an organization approved by the Secretary under that
        section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
7286 the following new item:

``7287. Legal assistance for financially needy veterans in proceedings
                            before Court.''.

Output:
Authorizes the Court of Veterans Appeals to provide funds (where possible, through a nonprofit organization) for financial assistance to legal assistance entities to assist financially needy veterans in connection with proceedings before such Court.
Permits legal assistance activities in connection with such proceedings to include:  (1) financial assistance to defray the expenses of legal advice or representation (other than payment of attorney's fees); (2) case screening and referral services; (3) education and training of attorneys and other legal personnel who may appear before the Court; and (4) encouragement and facilitation of pro bono representation by attorneys, clinical law programs of law schools, and veterans' service organizations.
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) contributions by legal assistance entities receiving financial assistance; (2) a prohibition against such entities requiring or requesting the payment of a charge or fee in connection with the program; and (3) administrative and reporting requirements.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Investing in Our
Future Act of 2011''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) While Wall Street continues to reap massive profits,
        the 2008 global economic crisis they helped cause has
        destabilized economies and impacted the budgets of the United
        States and impoverished nations, compromising the ability of
        governments to address pressing needs.
            (2) The scope of the financial crisis distorted our
        national deficit. The Congressional Budget Office estimates
        that Federal deficit spending is now at a record $1.5 trillion.
            (3) Millions of people around the world have been pushed
        into poverty because of the global financial crisis, through no
        fault of their own.
            (4) The impacts of climate change, disease, and ill health
        undermine the economies of developing nations and their ability
        to contribute to a secure, stable world.
            (5) Predictable, adequate, sustainable, long-term, public
        funding to address global health and climate change in
        developing countries at the scale needed does not currently
        exist but it is urgently needed.
            (6) Cutting vital domestic programs such as education,
        health care, and nutrition assistance to reduce the national
        debt will have a harmful impact on the long-term prosperity of
        the country. Alternative revenue generating mechanisms must be
        considered to reduce the national debt and meet international
        development and climate needs.
            (7) The financial institutions that caused the financial
        crisis should play a significant role in providing funds that
        will help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate
        change, fight global HIV/AIDS, improve maternal and child
        health in impoverished nations, and reduce the national
        deficit.
            (8) Currency speculation by financial institutions has
        destabilizing impacts on the real economy and can contribute to
        financial crises.
            (9) In 2008, $4 trillion in daily currency transactions
        were undertaken, nearly 80 percent of which by a few major
        banks, without taxation.
            (10) A tax on the currency market would be paid by these
        same banks that caused the financial crisis and would generate
        funds to help reduce our deficit.
            (11) A small levy on currency would curb some speculative
        transactions, bringing greater stability into the currency
        market.
            (12) Collection of a small tax would not disrupt legitimate
        trading in the currency trading markets and would have no
        significant impact on individual travelers or United States
        corporations doing business.
            (13) The Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and
        the nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
        Development should work together to implement a broader
        currency transaction tax to reduce the Federal deficit and fund
        global health, poverty, and climate change initiatives.

SEC. 2. EXCISE TAX ON CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 36 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by inserting after subchapter B the following new subchapter:

                 ``Subchapter C--Currency Transactions

``Sec. 4475. Currency transactions.

``SEC. 4475. CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There is hereby imposed a tax on each currency
transaction made by, or on behalf of, a United States person.
    ``(b) Exception for Low-Value Transactions.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any
        currency transaction made by, or on behalf of, a United States
        person, if the aggregate value of the currencies acquired by
        such person in all such transactions made during the calendar
        year does not exceed $10,000.
            ``(2) Coordination with withholding rules.--Subsection
        (e)(2) shall not apply to any currency transaction unless the
        value of the currency acquired by the United States person in
        such transaction exceeds $10,000. The preceding sentence shall
        not apply if the person who facilitates such currency
        transaction knows, or has reason to know, that the exception
        provided by paragraph (1) does not apply to such transaction.
    ``(c) Amount of Tax.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of the tax imposed under
        subsection (a) with respect to any currency transaction shall
        be equal to 0.005 percent of the value of the currency acquired
        in the transaction.
            ``(2) Special rule for currency derivatives.--In the case
        of any currency derivative, the value of the currency acquired
        in the transaction shall be treated for purposes of this
        section as being equal to--
                    ``(A) in the case of a forward contract, the value
                of the currency purchased or sold forward,
                    ``(B) in the case of a notional principal contract,
                the value of the notional principal amount of the
                contract,
                    ``(C) in the case of an option, the value of the
                currency that would be acquired in the event the option
                were exercised, and
                    ``(D) in the case of any other currency derivative,
                the value as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Valuation of currency.--For purposes of this section,
        the valuation of any currency shall be determined in the
        taxpayer's functional currency (within the meaning of section
        985) at the spot rate on the date of the transaction.
    ``(d) Currency Transaction.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `currency transaction' means--
                    ``(A) the exchange of any currency for another
                currency, and
                    ``(B) entering into any currency derivative.
            ``(2) Currency derivative.--The term `currency derivative'
        means--
                    ``(A) any currency notional principal contract, and
                    ``(B) any option, forward contract, short position,
                hedge, or similar financial instrument with respect to
                any currency or currency notional principal contract.
    ``(e) Liability for Tax; Withholding.--
            ``(1) Liability for tax.--The tax imposed under subsection
        (a) with respect to any currency transaction shall be paid by
        the United States person referred to in subsection (a). Such
        person shall be allowed a credit against such tax in the amount
        withheld as tax under paragraph (2) with respect to such
        transaction.
            ``(2) Withholding by currency transaction facilitators.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
                subparagraph (B), each United States person which
                facilitates a currency transaction by, or on behalf of,
                a United States person shall deduct and withhold from
                the amount involved in such transaction a tax equal to
                the amount of the tax imposed under section 4475 with
                respect to such transaction.
                    ``(B) Amounts withheld only once.--The Secretary
                shall prescribe regulations or other guidance to ensure
                that only one United States person deducts and
                withholds the amount described in subparagraph (A) with
                respect to each currency transaction. Such regulations
                or other guidance shall (subject to such exceptions as
                the Secretary may prescribe) require--
                            ``(i) in the case of a currency transaction
                        which is confirmed and matched by a United
                        States person, that such person so deduct and
                        withhold such amount, and
                            ``(ii) in the case of a currency
                        transaction not described in clause (i) which
                        is settled by a United States person, that such
                        person so deduct and withhold such amount.
            ``(3) Coordination with other sections.--For purposes of so
        much of subtitle F (other than section 7205) as relates to
        chapter 24, amounts which are subject to withholding under
        paragraph (2) shall be treated as if they were wages paid by an
        employer to an employee (and amounts deducted and withheld
        under paragraph (2) shall be treated as if deducted and
        withheld under section 3402).
    ``(f) Application to Expanded Affiliated Groups.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, all
        members of the same expanded affiliated group shall be treated
        as one person for purposes of this section.
            ``(2) Expanded affiliated group.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `expanded affiliated group' means an
        affiliated group as defined in section 1504(a), determined--
                    ``(A) by substituting `more than 50 percent' for
                `at least 80 percent' each place it appears, and
                    ``(B) without regard to paragraphs (2) and (3) of
                section 1504(b).
        A partnership or any other entity (other than a corporation)
        shall be treated as a member of an expanded affiliated group if
        such entity is controlled (within the meaning of section
        954(d)(3)) by members of such group (including any entity
        treated as a member of such group by reason of this
        sentence).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of subchapters for chapter 36 of
such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to subchapter
B the following new item:

                ``subchapter c. currency transactions''.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to transactions after December 31, 2011.

SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE.

    (a) Child Care Assistance Trust Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of
        the United States a trust fund to be known as the ``Child Care
        Assistance Trust Fund'', consisting of such amounts as may be
        appropriated or credited to the Child Care Assistance Trust
        Fund as provided in this section.
            (2) Transfer to trust fund of amounts equivalent to certain
        taxes.--There are hereby appropriated to the Child Care
        Assistance Trust Fund, out of any money in the Treasury not
        otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent to 10 percent of the
        taxes received in the Treasury under section 4475 of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (3) Expenditures from trust fund.--Amounts in the Child
        Care Assistance Trust Fund shall be available, as provided by
        appropriation Acts, for making expenditures to carry out
        subsection (b).
            (4) Management of trust fund.--For purposes of subchapter B
        of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the
        provisions of this subsection shall be treated as provisions of
        subchapter A of such chapter.
    (b) Child Care Assistance Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Any appropriation under subsection (a)(3)
        from the Child Care Assistance Trust Fund shall be allocated
        among the States as an increase in the amount determined under
        section 418(a)(1) of the Social Security Act in the same
        proportion as the amount determined under such section with
        respect to such State (determined without regard to this
        subsection) bears to the aggregate amounts so determined with
        respect to all of the States.
            (2) Funding to be additional.--It is the sense of the
        Congress that amounts made available under this subsection
        shall be in addition to (and shall not be a replacement for)
        other funding for child care assistance.

SEC. 4. MULTILATERAL GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS.

    (a) Multilateral Global Health Trust Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of
        the United States a trust fund to be known as the
        ``Multilateral Global Health Trust Fund'', consisting of such
        amounts as may be appropriated or credited to the Multilateral
        Global Health Trust Fund as provided in this section.
            (2) Transfer to trust fund of amounts equivalent to certain
        taxes.--There are hereby appropriated to the Multilateral
        Global Health Trust Fund, out of any money in the Treasury not
        otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent to 25 percent of the
        taxes received in the Treasury under section 4475 of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (3) Expenditures from trust fund.--Amounts in the
        Multilateral Global Health Trust Fund shall be available, as
        provided by appropriation Acts, for making expenditures to
        carry out subsection (b).
            (4) Management of trust fund.--For purposes of subchapter B
        of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the
        provisions of this subsection shall be treated as provisions of
        subchapter A of such chapter.
    (b) Multilateral Global Health Grant Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall make grants
        to assist developing countries in addressing HIV/AIDS,
        tuberculosis, malaria, maternal mortality, family planning,
        neglected diseases, and other health issues affecting
        developing countries.
            (2) Eligibility for grants.--Grants under paragraph (1) may
        be made to--
                    (A) the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
                Malaria to provide grants described in paragraph (1),
                and
                    (B) other multilateral health funding mechanisms
                which the Secretary certifies--
                            (i) provide a significant majority of their
                        total funding to programs in the form of
                        grants,
                            (ii) include independent and external
                        technical review of programs in the awarding of
                        funding,
                            (iii) include governance structures that
                        involve donor governments, implementing
                        governments, civil society, and affected
                        communities as equal decisionmakers,
                            (iv) provide funding based on plans
                        developed by implementing countries through
                        country-level processes that include equal and
                        meaningful involvement of civil society and
                        impacted communities,
                            (v) require measures of performance of all
                        projects and formal mechanisms that condition
                        continued financing on successful performance
                        and outcomes, and
                            (vi) include mechanisms for strict
                        financial accountability and provides
                        transparency of all decisions, evaluations, and
                        finances through publically accessible
                        documents.
            (3) Funding to be additional.--It is the sense of the
        Congress that grants made under this subsection shall be in
        addition to (and shall not be a replacement for) other funding
        for global health initiatives in developing countries.

SEC. 5. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION.

    (a) Global Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Trust Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of
        the United States a trust fund to be known as the ``Global
        Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Trust Fund'',
        consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited
        to the Global Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Trust
        Fund as provided in this section.
            (2) Transfer to trust fund of amounts equivalent to certain
        taxes.--There are hereby appropriated to the Global Climate
        Change Adaptation and Mitigation Trust Fund, out of any money
        in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent
        to 25 percent of the taxes received in the Treasury under
        section 4475 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (3) Expenditures from trust fund.--Amounts in the Global
        Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Trust Fund shall be
        available, as provided by appropriation Acts, for making
        expenditures to carry out subsection (b).
            (4) Management of trust fund.--For purposes of subchapter B
        of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the
        provisions of this subsection shall be treated as provisions of
        subchapter A of such chapter.
    (b) Global Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Program.--
            (1) In general.--Any appropriation under subsection (a)(3)
        from the Global Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Trust
        Fund shall be made for contributions to the Green Climate Fund,
        and the Adaptation Fund, established pursuant to the United
        Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
            (2) Funding to be additional.--It is the sense of the
        Congress that contributions made under this subsection shall be
        in addition to (and shall not be a replacement for) other
        funding for global climate change adaptation and mitigation
        initiatives in developing countries.

SEC. 6. DEFICIT REDUCTION.

    The amount of taxes received in the Treasury under section 4475 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (reduced by amounts appropriated
under sections 3, 4, and 5) shall be used for deficit reduction, except
that in the case of a fiscal year for which there is no Federal budget
deficit, such amount shall be used to reduce the Federal debt (in such
manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).

Output:
Investing in Our Future Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on currency transactions exceeding $10,000 equal to 0.005% of the value of the currency acquired in the transaction (currency transaction tax).

Establishes in the Treasury: (1) the Child Care Assistance Trust Fund, which shall be funded with 10% of the revenues from the currency transactions tax and which shall be used to provide increased allocations to states for child care assistance; (2) the Multilateral Global Health Trust Fund, which shall be funded with 25% of the revenues from such tax and from which the Secretary of State shall make grants to assist developing countries in addressing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal mortality, family planning, neglected diseases, and other health issues; and (3) the Global Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Trust Fund, which shall be funded with 25% of the revenues from such tax and which shall be used for contributions to the Green Climate Fund, and the Adaptation Fund, established pursuant to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Requires remaining tax revenues to be used for federal budget deficit reduction or reduction of the federal debt.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gas Price and Refinery Capacity
Relief Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF REFINERY OUTAGES.

    Section 804 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42
U.S.C. 17283) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 804. COORDINATION OF REFINERY OUTAGES.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the
        Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.
            ``(2) Planned refinery outage.--The term `planned refinery
        outage' means a removal, scheduled before the date on which the
        removal occurs, of a refinery, or any unit of a refinery, from
        service for maintenance, repair, or modification.
            ``(3) Refined petroleum product.--The term `refined
        petroleum product' means any gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil,
        lubricating oil, liquid petroleum gas, or other petroleum
        distillate that is produced through the refining or processing
        of crude oil or an oil derived from tar sands, shale, or coal.
            ``(4) Refinery.--The term `refinery' means a facility used
        in the production of a refined petroleum product through
        distillation, cracking, or any other process.
            ``(5) Unplanned refinery outage.--The `unplanned refinery
        outage' means the removal of a refinery, or any unit of a
        refinery, from service that is not scheduled in advance.
    ``(b) Reporting Requirement.--The owner or operator of a refinery
shall submit to the Administrator information describing--
            ``(1) the schedule of the refinery for any planned refinery
        outage, including--
                    ``(A) the dates for the planned refinery outage at
                least 1 year in advance of the date of the expected
                outage or the date the outage is scheduled; and
                    ``(B) the estimated inventories and production of
                refined petroleum products during the period described
                in subparagraph (A); and
            ``(2) any unplanned refinery outages as soon as practicable
    ``(c) Review and Analysis of Available Information.--The
Administrator shall, on an ongoing basis--
            ``(1) review information on planned refinery outages and
        unplanned refinery outages--
                    ``(A) reported by refineries under subsection (b);
                and
                    ``(B) that is available from commercial reporting
                services;
            ``(2) analyze that information to determine whether the
        scheduling of a planned refinery outage or an unplanned
        refinery outage may nationally or regionally substantially
        affect the price or supply of any refined petroleum product
        by--
                    ``(A) decreasing the production of the refined
                petroleum product; and
                    ``(B) causing or contributing to a retail or
                wholesale supply shortage or disruption; and
            ``(3) alert the Secretary of any refinery outage that the
        Administrator determines may nationally or regionally
        substantially affect the price or supply of a refined petroleum
        product.
    ``(d) Action by Secretary.--On a determination by the Secretary
that a refinery outage may affect the price or supply of a refined
petroleum product, the Secretary shall make available to refinery
operators information on planned refinery outages or unplanned refinery
outages to prevent significant market disruptions.
    ``(e) Limitation.--Nothing in this section--
            ``(1) alters any existing legal obligation or
        responsibility of a refinery operator;
            ``(2) creates any legal right of action; or
            ``(3) authorizes the Secretary--
                    ``(A) to prohibit a refinery operator from
                conducting a planned refinery outage; or
                    ``(B) to require a refinery operator to continue to
                operate a refinery.
    ``(f) Study on National Strategic Refined Petroleum Products
Reserve.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
        of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall study and
        submit to Congress a report on the costs and benefits of
        creating a national strategic refined petroleum products
        reserve for refined petroleum products.
            ``(2) Information.--The report required under paragraph (1)
        shall include information on--
                    ``(A) the days of existing storage capabilities
                within the different petroleum administration defense
                districts based on normal usage of refined petroleum
                products;
                    ``(B) the feasibility of increasing storage
                capacity for refined petroleum products on a regional
                basis; and
                    ``(C) the impact additional storage capacity would
                have on the retail price of refined petroleum products
                for consumers in the event of a supply shortage or
                market disruption from a natural disaster or refinery
                outage.''.

Output: Gas Price and Refinery Capacity Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require a refinery owner or operator to report to the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA): (1) at least one year in advance the schedule for any planned removal from service for maintenance, repair, or modification of any refinery or a unit (planned refinery outage); and (2) as soon as practicable any unplanned refinery outages. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) review, analyze, and make available to refinery operators information on unplanned refinery outages in order to prevent significant market disruptions; and (2) analyze the costs and benefits of creating a national strategic refined petroleum products reserve for refined petroleum products.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``School-Based Respiratory Health
Management Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PREFERENCE TO CERTAIN STATES THAT ALLOW TRAINED
              SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO ADMINISTER RESCUE MEDICATIONS FOR
              ALLERGIES AND REVERSIBLE LOWER AIRWAY DISORDERS.

    Section 399L(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as
                follows:
                    ``(F) School personnel administration of rescue
                medications for allergies and reversible lower airway
                disorders.--In determining the preference (if any) to
                be given to a State under this subsection, the
                Secretary shall give additional preference to a State
                that provides to the Secretary the certification
                described in subparagraph (G) and that requires that
                each public elementary school and secondary school in
                the State--
                            ``(i) has in place a plan for having on the
                        premises of the school during all operating
                        hours of the school a school nurse or one or
                        more other individuals who are trained
                        personnel of the school; and
                            ``(ii) has in place under the direction of
                        a school nurse a comprehensive school-based
                        allergies and reversible lower airway disorders
                        management program that includes--
                                    ``(I) a method to identify all
                                students of such school with a
                                diagnosis of allergies and reversible
                                lower airway disorders;
                                    ``(II) an individual student
                                allergies and reversible lower airway
                                disorders action plan for each student
                                of such school with a diagnosis of
                                allergies and reversible lower airway
                                disorders;
                                    ``(III) allergies and reversible
                                lower airway disorders education for
                                school staff who are directly
                                responsible for students who have been
                                identified as having allergies or
                                reversible lower airway disorders, such
                                as education regarding basics,
                                management, trigger management, and
                                comprehensive emergency responses with
                                respect to allergies and reversible
                                lower airway disorders;
                                    ``(IV) rescue medications for
                                allergies or reversible lower airway
                                disorders and emergency policies that
                                are specific to the school;
                                    ``(V) efforts to reduce the
                                presence of environmental triggers of
                                allergies and reversible lower airway
                                disorders; and
                                    ``(VI) a system to support students
                                with a diagnosis of allergies or
                                reversible lower airway disorders
                                through coordination with family
                                members of such students, primary care
                                providers of such students, and others
                                as necessary.''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (G), by inserting ``or rescue
                medication for allergies or reversible lower airway
                disorders to a student reasonably believed to have a
                diagnosis of allergies or reversible lower airway
                disorders,'' after ``to a student reasonably believed
                to be having an anaphylactic reaction''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``The term'' and inserting
                        ``(i) The term''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following new
                        clause:
                    ``(ii) The term `rescue medications for allergies
                and reversible lower airway disorders' includes at
                least short-acting bronchodilators.''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (E)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
                        inserting ``, such as the school nurse'' after
                        ``individual'';
                            (ii) in clause (i)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``school nurse
                                or'' before ``principal''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``and rescue
                                medications for allergies and
                                reversible lower airway disorders''
                                before ``on a voluntary basis'';
                            (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting ``and
                        rescue medications for allergies and reversible
                        lower airway disorders'' before the semicolon;
                        and
                            (iv) in clause (iii), by inserting ``and
                        rescue medications for allergies and reversible
                        lower airway disorders'' before ``meets
                        appropriate medical standards''.

Output: School-Based Respiratory Health Management Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the conditions under which the Department of Health and Human Services, in making asthma-related grants, gives preference to a state. A preference is given to states that require elementary and secondary schools to have: (1) on the premises during operating hours at least one individual trained in the administration of rescue medications for allergies and reversible lower airway disorders, and (2) an allergies and reversible lower airway disorders management program. Currently, this preference is given to states that require schools to have on the premises an individual trained in the administration of epinephrine to a student having a severe allergic reaction. To be eligible for this preference, a state must have civil liability protections for trained individuals who administer rescue medications for allergies and reversible lower airway disorders.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``USDA Civil Rights Resolution Act of
2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) there exists a strong public policy against
        discrimination against minority groups, whether the
        discrimination is committed by private persons or by the
        Federal Government in the operation of its programs;
            (2) whenever discrimination occurs in the conduct of
        Federal programs, the responsible Federal agencies should take
        quick and aggressive action to remedy the discrimination;
            (3) in 1997, it was determined that the Department of
        Agriculture had, for decades, been guilty of civil rights
        violations against United States agricultural producers
        participating, or attempting to participate, in Department
        programs;
            (4) in 1998, Congress created a 2-year waiver of the
        statute of limitations to allow persons injured by
        discrimination by the Department to seek redress in court or by
        filing an administrative compliant with the Department;
            (5) despite the waiver of the statute of limitations, it
        remains a difficult challenge to ensure that agricultural
        producers injured by discrimination by the Department over the
        years will get a speedy and balanced resolution of their
        complaints because it appears now that--
                    (A) a number of complaints that have already been
                investigated by investigators hired by the Office of
                Civil Rights of the Department are not being resolved;
                and
                    (B) nothing is being done to expeditiously resolve
                these cases; and
            (6) it is unfair for agricultural producers to be faced
        with these delays because--
                    (A) the producers cannot get on with their lives,
                or plan their farming operations, until their
                complaints are resolved; and
                    (B) the producers are being wronged a second time
                by delays in resolving meritorious complaints.
    (b) Purposes.--It is the purpose of this Act--
            (1) to impose on the Department of Agriculture a reasonable
        time limit to resolve the complaints described in subsection
        (a); and
            (2) if the Department fails to meet the reasonable time
        limit, to enable complainants to seek the experience and
        expertise of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of
        Justice in resolving the complaints in a timely manner.

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

    Section 741(b) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C.
2279 note; Public Law 105-277) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as
        subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively;
            (2) by striking ``(b) The'' and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Administrative Determinations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The'';
            (3) by indenting the margins of subparagraphs (A), (B), and
        (C) (as so redesignated) to reflect the amendment made by
        paragraph (2); and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Review by department of justice.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a complainant seeks a
                determination by the Department of Agriculture on the
                merits of an eligible complaint under paragraph (1) and
                the complaint is not resolved by the Department within
                270 days after the complaint has been investigated by
                the Department, the complainant may petition the Civil
                Rights Division of the Department of Justice--
                            ``(i) to review the complaint; and
                            ``(ii) to make recommendations to the
                        Department of Agriculture to resolve the
                        complaint.
                    ``(B) Deadline.--The Civil Rights Division of the
                Department of Justice shall conduct the review, and
                make recommendations to resolve the complaint, not
                later than 30 days after the complainant files a
                petition under subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Access to review for other cases.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The right to review by
                        the Department of Justice under this paragraph
                        shall be made available to any complainant with
                        a complaint that--
                                    ``(I) is not considered an eligible
                                complaint under the time criteria
                                described in subsection (e); and
                                    ``(II) is pending at the Office of
                                Civil Rights of the Department of
                                Agriculture on the date of enactment of
                                this paragraph.
                            ``(ii) Tolling.--In the case of any
                        complaint that is reviewed by the Department of
                        Justice under this paragraph, after the review
                        process is completed--
                                    ``(I) the complainant--
                                            ``(aa) shall be deemed to
                                        have exhausted the
                                        administrative remedies of the
                                        complainant; and
                                            ``(bb) may file an action
                                        on the complaint in United
                                        States District Court; and
                                    ``(II) any applicable statute of
                                limitations shall be tolled for the
                                period beginning on the date that the
                                complaint was filed at the Department
                                of Agriculture and ending on the date
                                of completion of the review by the
                                Department of Justice.''.

Output:
Makes the right to review by the Department of Justice available to any complainant with a complaint that: (1) is not considered an eligible complaint under specified time criteria (eligible complaints were filed before July 1, 1997, and allege discrimination occurred between 1981 and 1996); and (2) is pending at the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Agriculture on this Act's enactment date.
Deems complainants to have exhausted administrative remedies after review is completed and authorizes the filing of actions after such time in a district court. Requires the tolling of any statute of limitations beginning on the date the complaint was filed at the Department of Agriculture and ending on date of completion of review by the Department of Justice.