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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be referred to as the ``Satellite Home Viewer
Protection Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

    Section 119(a)(2) is amended by adding the following at the end:
                    ``(D) Notice to subscribers.--A satellite carrier
                that makes secondary transmissions of a primary
                transmission made by a network station pursuant to
                subparagraph (A) shall, prior to providing service of
                broadcast signals under this title to a subscriber,
                provide the subscriber with a written statement
                describing and quoting the network territorial
                restrictions of subsections (a) (2), (5), (8), (9), and
                (10) of this section. Such statement shall describe the
                circumstances under which a subscriber may not be
                eligible for satellite service of a particular network
                station, and a subscriber's rights under subsection
                (a)(8) of this section. With respect to subscribers
                currently receiving broadcast signals under this title,
                the satellite carrier shall provide the written
                statement described in this subsection to such
                subscribers no later than 60 days after the enactment
                of this Act.''.

SEC. 3. SIGNAL INTENSITY MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES.

    Section 119(a)(8) is amended as follows:
            (1) Subparagraph (A) is amended to read:
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (C),
                upon a challenge by a network station regarding whether
                a subscriber is an unserved household within the
                predicted grade B contour of the station, the satellite
                carrier shall, within 30 days after receipt of the
                challenge--
                            ``(i) inform the subscriber who is the
                        subject of the challenge from the network
                        station in writing that the network station has
                        challenged the subscriber's receipt of the
                        signal of the same network from the satellite
                        carrier; and
                            ``(ii) offer the subscriber the option of
                        the satellite carrier conducting a measurement
                        of the signal intensity of the subscriber's
                        household to determine whether the household is
                        an unserved household. If the subscriber does
                        not request, in writing, the satellite carrier
                        to conduct a signal intensity measurement
                        within 30 days of notification of the challenge
                        from the satellite carrier, the satellite
                        carrier shall terminate service to that
                        household of the signal that is the subject of
                        the challenge, and within 30 days thereafter
                        notify the network station that made the
                        challenge that service to that household has
                        been terminated.
                If the subscriber requests the satellite carrier to
                conduct a signal intensity measurement as described in
                clause (ii), the satellite carrier shall give
                reasonable notice to the network station issuing the
                challenge to the subscriber that the satellite carrier
                will be conducting a signal intensity measurement.''.
            (2) Subparagraph (B) is amended to read:
                    ``(B) Effect of measurement; costs.--If the
                satellite carrier conducts a signal intensity
                measurement under subparagraph (A) and the measurement
                indicates that--
                            ``(i) the household is not an unserved
                        household, the satellite carrier shall, within
                        60 days after the measurement is conducted,
                        terminate the service to that household of the
                        signal that is the subject of the challenge,
                        and within 30 days thereafter notify the
                        network station that made the challenge that
                        service to that household has been terminated.
                        In addition, the subscriber that requested the
                        satellite carrier to conduct the measurement
                        shall reimburse the satellite carrier for the
                        costs of the measurement within 60 days after
                        receipt of the measurement results and a
                        statement of costs of the measurement; or
                            ``(ii) the household is an unserved
                        household, the station challenging the service
                        shall reimburse the satellite carrier for the
                        costs of the signal measurement within 60 days
                        after receipt of the measurement results and a
                        statement of the costs of the measurement.
            (3) Subparagraph (D) is deleted.

SEC. 4. SIGNAL INTENSITY MEASUREMENT; ARBITRATION.

    Section 119(a)(11) is amended as follows:
            ``(11) Signal intensity measurement; arbitration.--
                    ``(A) Voluntary negotiation.--Satellite carriers
                and network broadcasters may negotiate the terms and
                conditions, including technical standards and costs, of
                the signal intensity measurement described in
                subsection (a)(8). A complete description of the agreed
                upon terms of the measurement shall be filed with the
                Register of Copyrights no later than 30 days after
                execution of the agreement.
                    ``(B) Arbitration.--If satellite carriers and
                network broadcasters are unable to agree to the terms
                and conditions of the signal intensity measurement
                within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, they
                shall submit the matter to binding arbitration. Such
                arbitration shall be governed by the provisions of
                title 9 of the United States Code, and shall be
                completed and a decision rendered no later than 90 days
                after the enactment of this Act. The parties shall give
                notice to the Register of Copyrights of any
                determination reached by arbitration no later than 30
                days after issuance of the determination. Such
                determination shall be dispositive.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and
the amendments made by this Act take effect on the date of enactment of
this Act.
    (b) Transitional Signal Intensity Measurement Procedures.--The
provisions of section 119(a)(8), relating to the transitional signal
intensity measurements, shall cease to be effective on December 31,
1997.

Output:
Satellite Home Viewer Protection Act of 1996 - Amends Federal copyright law to require a satellite carrier that makes secondary transmissions of a primary transmission by a network station, prior to providing broadcasting signals to a subscriber, to provide such subscriber with a written statement describing and quoting the network territorial restrictions related to such retransmission.
Requires a satellite carrier, within 30 days of receipt of a challenge by a network station as to whether a subscriber is an unserved household within the predicted Grade B contour of such station, to:  (1) inform the subscriber of the challenge; and (2) offer such subscriber the option of the satellite carrier conducting a measurement of the signal intensity of the subscriber's household to determine whether such household is an unserved household.  Requires the satellite carrier to:  (1) terminate service to such a household if its subscriber does not request a signal intensity measurement within 30 days of notification of the challenge from the satellite carrier; and (2) notify the network station that such service has been terminated.  Outlines procedures to be taken after a signal measurement has been taken.  Repeals a provision allowing a network station to challenge a subscriber outside the predicted Grade B contour of the network station.
Authorizes satellite carriers and network broadcasters to negotiate the terms and conditions of the signal intensity measurement described under this Act.  Requires a complete description of such agreement to be filed with the Register of Copyrights within 30 days after its execution.  Provides for arbitration of such an agreement if the parties cannot agree to terms and conditions within 30 days after the enactment of this Act.


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SECTION 1. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

    Section 422(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 622(b)) is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(11) provide that--
                    ``(A) the State shall not require any parent or
                legal guardian to transfer custody of a child in order
                to have the child placed outside the home of the parent
                or legal guardian, if the sole reason for the placement
                is the need to obtain services provided under the plan
                for the child's emotional, behavioral, or mental
                disorder or developmental or physical disability;
                    ``(B) any such placement of a child shall be made
                pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement (as defined
                in section 472(f)(2));
                    ``(C) the State shall have responsibility for the
                placement of any child subject to a voluntary placement
                agreement (as so defined), and for the care of any
                child so placed; and
                    ``(D) the State shall apply procedural safeguards
                to assure each child so placed of dispositional
                hearings of the type, and at the times, specified in
                section 475(5)(C).''.

SEC. 2. FAMILY PRESERVATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 432(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), and (8)
as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively, and by inserting after
paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) provides that--
                    ``(A) the State shall not require any parent or
                legal guardian to transfer custody of a child in order
                to have the child placed outside the home of the parent
                or legal guardian, if the sole reason for the placement
                is the need to obtain services provided through the
                State program under this subpart for the child's
                emotional, behavioral, or mental disorder or
                developmental or physical disability;
                    ``(B) any such placement of a child shall be made
                pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement (as defined
                in section 472(f)(2)); and
                    ``(C) the State shall have responsibility for the
                placement of any child subject to a voluntary placement
                agreement (as so defined), and for the care of any
                child so placed; and
                    ``(D) the State shall apply procedural safeguards
                to assure each child so placed of dispositional
                hearings of the type, and at the times, specified in
                section 475(5)(C);''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 432(b)(2)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 632(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ``(other than of
subsection (a)(6))'' after ``this section''.

SEC. 3. FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (16);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (17) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(18) provides that--
                    ``(A) the State shall not require any parent or
                legal guardian to transfer custody of a child in order
                to have the child placed outside the home of the parent
                or legal guardian, if the sole reason for the placement
                is the need to obtain foster care maintenance payments
                for the child;
                    ``(B) any such placement of a child shall be made
                pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement; and
                    ``(C) the State shall have responsibility for the
                placement of any child subject to a voluntary placement
                agreement, and for the care of any child so placed.''.
    (b) Modification of Voluntary Placement Agreements.--Section
472(f)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 672(f)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``legal'' before ``guardians'' each place
        such term appears; and
            (2) by inserting ``, and which does not transfer legal
        custody of the child to the State'' before the period.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Section 474 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 674)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) The provisions of this part, individually or in combination,
shall not be construed to require a State to have legal custody of a
child in order to receive payments under this part for services
provided for the child outside the child's home.''.

SEC. 4. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES.

    Section 505(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 705(a)) is
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' after the
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following
        paragraph:
            ``(6) provides that--
                    ``(A) the State shall not require any parent or
                legal guardian to transfer custody of a child in order
                to have the child placed outside the home of the parent
                or legal guardian, if the sole reason for the placement
                is the need to obtain services provided through the
                State under this title for the child's emotional,
                behavioral, or mental disorder or developmental or
                physical disability;
                    ``(B) any such placement of a child shall be made
                pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement (as defined
                in section 472(f)(2));
                    ``(C) the State shall have responsibility for the
                placement of any child subject to a voluntary placement
                agreement (as so defined), and for the care of any
                child so placed; and
                    ``(D) the State shall apply procedural safeguards
                to assure each child so placed of dispositional
                hearings of the type, and at the times, specified in
                section 475(5)(C).''.

SEC. 5. MEDICAID.

    Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (61);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (62) and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (62) the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(63) provide that the State agency shall provide
        assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that--
                    ``(A) the State does not require any parent or
                legal guardian to transfer custody of a child in order
                to have the child placed outside the home of the parent
                or legal guardian, if the sole reason for the placement
                is the need to obtain medical assistance for the child
                under the State plan for the child's emotional,
                behavioral, or mental disorder or developmental or
                physical disability;
                    ``(B) any such placement of a child shall be made
                pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement (as defined
                in section 472(f)(2));
                    ``(C) the State shall have responsibility for the
                placement of any child subject to a voluntary placement
                agreement (as so defined), and for the care of any
                child so placed; and
                    ``(D) the State shall apply procedural safeguards
                to assure each child so placed of dispositional
                hearings of the type, and at the times, specified in
                section 475(5)(C).''.

SEC. 6. SOCIAL SERVICES.

    Title XX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397-1397f) is
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 2008. PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING PARENTS TO SURRENDER CUSTODY
              OF THEIR CHILDREN IN ORDER TO OBTAIN SERVICES FOR SUCH
              CHILDREN.

    ``The Secretary shall not make any payment to a State under this
title if the State does not have in effect laws and procedures which--
            ``(1) prevent the State from requiring any parent or legal
        guardian to transfer custody of a child in order to have the
        child placed outside the home of the parent or legal guardian,
        if the sole reason for the placement is the need to obtain any
        service for the child for the child's emotional, behavioral, or
        mental disorder or developmental or physical disability, which
        is furnished in whole or in part through the use of funds
        provided under this title;
            ``(2) any such placement of a child shall be made pursuant
        to a voluntary placement agreement (as defined in section
        472(f)(2));
            ``(3) the State shall have responsibility for the placement
        of any child subject to a voluntary placement agreement (as so
        defined), and for the care of any child so placed; and
            ``(4) the State shall apply procedural safeguards to assure
        each child so placed of dispositional hearings of the type, and
        at the times, specified in section 475(5)(C).''.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1,
1995.

Output: Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit States from requiring parents or legal guardians to transfer legal custody of their children for the sole purpose of obtaining public services for such children under certain provisions for:  (1) child welfare services; (2) family preservation and support services; (3) foster care maintenance payments; (4) maternal and child health services; (5) Medicaid; and (6) block grants to States for social services.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pathogen Reduction and Testing
Reform Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. PRODUCTS CONTAINING CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS
              ADULTERATED.

    (a) Meat and Meat Food Products.--Section 1(m) of the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(m)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or a microbial pathogen that is
                associated with serious illness or death'' after
                ``which may render it injurious to health''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or such a microbial pathogen''
                after ``added substance''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and
                (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) if it bears or contains a strain of a microbial
        pathogen, such as Campylobacter or Salmonella, that is
        resistant to not less than two critically important antibiotics
        for human medicine (as specified in the World Health
        Organization's list of Critically Important Antimicrobials);'';
        and
                    (C) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by
                subparagraph (A)) by striking ``clause (B), (C), or
                (D)'' and inserting ``this subparagraph or subparagraph
                (C) or (D)''.
    (b) Poultry and Poultry Products.--Section 4(g) of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(g)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or a microbial pathogen that is
                associated with serious illness or death'' after
                ``which may render it injurious to health''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or such a microbial pathogen''
                after ``added substance''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and
                (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) if it bears or contains a strain of a microbial
        pathogen, such as Campylobacter or Salmonella, that is
        resistant to not less than two critically important antibiotics
        for human medicine (as specified in the World Health
        Organization's list of Critically Important Antimicrobials);'';
        and
                    (C) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by
                subparagraph (A)) by striking ``clause (B), (C), or
                (D)'' and inserting ``this subparagraph or subparagraph
                (C) or (D)''.
    (c) Eggs and Egg Products.--Section 4(a) of the Egg Products
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1033(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or a microbial pathogen that is
                associated with serious illness or death'' after
                ``which may render it injurious to health''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or such a microbial pathogen''
                after ``added substance''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and
                (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) if it bears or contains a strain of a microbial
        pathogen, such as Campylobacter or Salmonella, that is
        resistant to not less than two critically important antibiotics
        for human medicine (as specified in the World Health
        Organization's list of Critically Important Antimicrobials);'';
        and
                    (C) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by
                subparagraph (A)) by striking ``clause (B), (C), or
                (D)'' and inserting ``this subparagraph or subparagraph
                (C) or (D)''.

SEC. 3. TESTING FOR CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS REQUIRED.

    (a) Meat and Meat Food Products.--The Federal Meat Inspection Act
is amended by inserting after section 9 (21 U.S.C. 609) the following
new section:

``SEC. 9A. TESTING FOR CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS REQUIRED.

    ``Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary shall, for purposes of examinations or
inspections conducted under this Act, establish sampling protocols and
testing procedures using the methods and technologies the Secretary
determines are most appropriate--
            ``(1) to determine if meat and meat food products are
        adulterated within the meaning of paragraph (1) or (2)(B) of
        section 1(m); and
            ``(2) to prevent the use in commerce of any product that is
        determined to be so adulterated.''.
    (b) Poultry and Poultry Products.--The Poultry Products Inspection
Act is amended by inserting after section 8 (21 U.S.C. 457) the
following new section:

``SEC. 8A. TESTING FOR CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS REQUIRED.

    ``Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary shall, for purposes of examinations or
inspections conducted under this Act, establish sampling protocols and
testing procedures using the methods and technologies the Secretary
determines are most appropriate--
            ``(1) to determine if poultry and poultry products are
        adulterated within the meaning of paragraph (1) or (2)(B) of
        section 4(g); and
            ``(2) to prevent the entry into or flow or movement in
        commerce of, or the burdening of commerce by, any such product
        that is determined to be so adulterated.''.
    (c) Egg and Egg Products.--The Egg Products Inspection Act is
amended by inserting after section 7 (21 U.S.C. 1036) the following new
section:

``SEC. 7A. TESTING FOR CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS REQUIRED.

    ``Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary shall, for purposes of examinations or
inspections conducted under this Act, establish sampling protocols and
testing procedures using the methods and technologies the Secretary
determines are most appropriate--
            ``(1) to determine if eggs and egg products are adulterated
        within the meaning of paragraph (1) or (2)(B) of section 4(a);
        and
            ``(2) to prevent the entry into or flow or movement in
        commerce of, or the burdening of commerce by, any such product
        that is determined to be so adulterated.''.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue
regulations to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply
with respect to meat and meat food products, poultry and poultry
products, and eggs and egg products entering into interstate or foreign
commerce on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output: Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise the definition of "adulterated" to make explicit the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) authority to issue a recall of meat, poultry, and egg products that contain microbial pathogens associated with serious illness or death or are resistant to two or more antibiotics critically important for human medicine.  Requires the USDA to establish sampling protocols and testing procedures necessary to determine if meat, poultry, and egg products are adulterated under this Act and to prevent the entry, flow, or movement of those products into commerce.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Developing Standards for Electronic
Shipping Papers Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The impacts of hazardous materials transportation
        incidents can be mitigated by effective response strategies,
        equipment, and training.
            (2) Shipping papers and manifests are essential tools for
        responding to incidents involving hazardous materials as they
        provide the disclosures needed to determine the proper response
        strategy.
            (3) While physical shipping papers must continue to be
        required under law in order to ensure that redundancies are in
        place to protect the safety of first responders, there should
        be efforts to modernize how hazardous materials information is
        disseminated.
            (4) The HM-ACCESS Program authorized in section 33005 of
        MAP-21 (49 U.S.C. 5121 note) is an important step for
        developing additional, innovative methods for disseminating
        hazardous material information electronically, but the pilot
        tests will not be completed until October 2015.
            (5) As transporters of hazardous materials in commerce
        deploy these innovative technologies on their own, efforts
        should be undertaken to ensure that best practices and
        voluntary standards are available until the HM-ACCESS pilot and
        subsequent rulemakings are completed so that transporters of
        hazardous materials will have guidelines to assist with their
        modernization effort while ensuring that first responders will
        have access to standardized information platforms and systems.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Commerce and hazardous material.--The terms
        ``commerce'' and ``hazardous material'' have the meanings given
        such terms in section 5102 of title 49, United States Code.
            (2) Electronic shipping paper.--The term ``electronic
        shipping paper'' means an electronic version of the physical
        shipping paper that is--
                    (A) designed to convey the most current available
                hazard information required to be disclosed under
                section 5110(a) of title 49, United States Code; and
                    (B) capable of being accessed instantaneously by
                emergency responders during an incident involving
                hazardous material being transported in commerce.

SEC. 4. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a
Hazardous Materials Information Advisory Committee composed of members
appointed by the Secretary.
    (b) Membership.--Members appointed by the Secretary under
subsection (a) shall represent the following individuals and entities:
            (1) Fire services personnel and management.
            (2) Law enforcement and other appropriate enforcement
        personnel.
            (3) Other emergency response providers.
            (4) Persons who transport hazardous material by air,
        highway, rail, or water.
            (5) Persons who offer hazardous material in commerce for
        transport by air, highway, rail, or water.
            (6) Employees of persons who transport or offer for
        transportation hazardous material in commerce by air, highway,
        rail, or water.
            (7) The Coast Guard and other relevant agencies.
            (8) Other individuals and entities determined appropriate
        by the Secretary.
    (c) Duties.--Not later than 120 days after the establishment of the
Hazardous Materials Information Advisory Committee under subsection
(a), the Committee shall--
            (1) develop a voluntary standard for the use of electronic
        shipping papers until a rulemaking has been completed;
            (2) establish a standardized curriculum for training first
        responders and enforcement officials in the use of electronic
        shipping papers and other alternative means of communicating
        hazardous materials information;
            (3) provide recommendations and best practices for the use
        of electronic shipping papers by first responders in varying
        circumstances and locations;
            (4) provide recommendations and best practices to assist
        persons transporting hazardous materials in commerce in
        implementing electronic shipping papers; and
            (5) assess potential issues during deployment phases,
        including first responder training, technology procurement
        issues and budget limitations, and biometrics.
    (d) Requirements.--In developing the best practices, standards, and
findings under subsection (c), the Hazardous Materials Information
Advisory Committee shall take into consideration--
            (1) the scalability of information in its presentation to
        determine the most efficient means of conveying necessary
        information for emergency response personnel while allowing
        access to ancillary information relating to the transport of
        hazardous materials in order to ensure that information
        conveyed fits the intended need and the varying levels of first
        responder training;
            (2) access issues and spectrum issues for rural responders;
            (3) standardization of information to equipment to ensure
        consistency across modes;
            (4) providing data security and protection from unwanted
        manipulation in order to preserve the integrity of data entered
        by transporters of hazardous materials and accessed by bona
        fide first responders;
            (5) the need to develop a National Deployment Standard on
        biometrics and identifiers to ensure secure access for first
        responders;
            (6) the potential for the deployment of fail-safe
        redundancies linked to State, regional, and local 911 emergency
        centers;
            (7) the timing of implementation and methods for funding
        the implementation of electronic shipping papers devices and
        training;
            (8) updates and revisions to the Emergency Response
        Guidebooks;
            (9) existing technologies that are employed voluntarily by
        persons who transport hazardous materials in commerce by air,
        highway, rail, and water; and
            (10) the results of pilot tests being conducted in
        accordance with section 33005 of MAP-21 (49 U.S.C. 5121 note)
        and any interim recommendations issued by the persons
        administering such pilot tests.
    (e) Travel Expenses.--The Secretary may provide travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, to a member appointed under
subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) in accordance with applicable
provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States
Code.
    (f) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Hazardous Materials Information Advisory Committee shall
transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, a report listing the best practices,
standards, and findings developed under subsection (c).

Output: Developing Standards for Electronic Shipping Papers Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a Hazardous Materials Information Advisory Committee to develop voluntary standards and best practices for first responders and enforcement officials in the use of electronic shipping papers in the event of a hazardous material transportation incident. Defines the term "electronic shipping paper" as an electronic version of the physical shipping paper conveying the most current available hazard information and capable of being accessed instantaneously by emergency responders during such an incident.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secondary Payer Advancement,
Rationalization, and Clarification Act'' or the ``SPARC Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION AND RATIONALIZATION OF MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG
              SECONDARY CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-2(a)(4) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395w-102(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) Secondary payor and recovery rights.--
                    ``(A) In general.--
                            ``(i) Application of secondary payor.--A
                        prescription drug plan shall be secondary payor
                        to any valid and collectible payment from a
                        primary drug plan (as defined in clause (iv))
                        until such time as such primary drug plan pays
                        a final settlement, judgment, or award to an
                        individual enrolled under the prescription drug
                        plan with regard to an injury or illness
                        involved or otherwise terminates its ongoing
                        responsibility for medical payments with
                        respect to the individual.
                            ``(ii) Limitation on parties making
                        prescription drug plans primary.--A primary
                        drug plan (as defined in clause (iv), other
                        than a group health plan or multiemployer or
                        multiple employer plan of, or contributed to
                        by, an employer that has 20 or fewer employees
                        for each working day in each of 20 or more
                        calendar weeks in the calendar year involved or
                        the preceding calendar year), a self-insured
                        plan, a service benefit plan, a managed care
                        organization, a pharmacy benefit manager, or
                        other party that, by statute, contract, or
                        agreement, is legally responsible for payment
                        of a claim for a covered outpatient drug, in
                        enrolling an individual or in making any
                        payments for benefits to the individual or on
                        the individual's behalf, may not take into
                        account that the individual is enrolled under a
                        prescription drug plan under this part or is
                        eligible for or is provided coverage for
                        covered part D drugs under this part.
                            ``(iii) Limitation on secretarial claims
                        through subrogation.--The Secretary shall not
                        assert any claim on behalf or against a
                        prescription drug plan, other than through the
                        recovery from such a plan of amounts paid
                        related to a covered part D drug event that has
                        been repaid to the plan through a subrogation
                        action.
                            ``(iv) Primary drug plan defined.--In this
                        paragraph, the term `primary drug plan' means,
                        with respect to benefits for covered part D
                        drugs, a group health plan or large group
                        health plan (other than a group health plan or
                        multiemployer or multiple employer plan of, or
                        contributed to by, an employer that has 20 or
                        fewer employees for each working day in each of
                        20 or more calendar weeks in the calendar year
                        involved or the preceding calendar year), a
                        workers' compensation law or plan, an
                        automobile or liability insurance policy or
                        plan (including a self-insured plan) or no-
                        fault insurance insofar as such a plan, law,
                        policy, or insurance provides such benefits,
                        insofar as, under the provisions of section
                        1862(b)(2), such coverage would be treated as a
                        primary plan if benefits for covered part D
                        drugs were treated as benefits under parts A
                        and B. For purposes of this clause, an entity
                        that engages in a business, trade, or
                        profession shall be deemed to have a self-
                        insured plan if it carries its own risk
                        (whether by a failure to obtain insurance, or
                        otherwise) in whole or in part.
                    ``(B) Recovery.--A prescription drug plan shall be
                subrogated (to the extent of payment made under this
                part by the plan for any covered part D drug before the
                date the plan received notice pursuant to subparagraph
                (D)) to any right of an individual or any other entity
                to payment, with respect to such covered part D drug,
                under a primary drug plan. A subrogation claim may not
                be asserted pursuant to this subparagraph by a
                prescription drug plan with respect to a payment for a
                covered part D drug after the date that is 3 years
                after the date such plan receives notice of a payment,
                with respect to such covered part D drug, pursuant to
                subparagraph (D). Any such subrogation claim shall be
                the exclusive legal remedy of the PDP sponsor of the
                plan and shall be reduced to take into account the cost
                of procuring the judgment or settlement with respect to
                such claim if an individual's liability, workers'
                compensation, or no-fault claim is disputed. Any costs
                or expense incurred by a prescription drug plan related
                to recoveries pursuant to this subparagraph shall not
                be considered an administrative cost or expense, as
                those terms are used in this part.
                    ``(C) Waiver.--A prescription drug plan may waive
                (in whole or in part) the provisions of this paragraph
                in the case of an individual claim if the plan
                determines that the waiver is in the best interests of
                the program established under this part.
                    ``(D) Coordination of benefits information.--Not
                later than 15 days after the date the Secretary
                receives information under paragraph (7) or (8) of
                section 1862(b) relating to an individual enrolled in a
                prescription drug plan during an applicable time, the
                Secretary shall provide such information to such
                prescription drug plan in a format convenient and
                accessible to such plans. The Secretary shall waive any
                requirements under this part that a prescription drug
                plan establish procedures for determining whether costs
                for part D eligible individuals are being reimbursed
                through insurance or otherwise or identify payers that
                are primary to the program under subparagraph (A)(ii)
                other than as required under this paragraph.
                    ``(E) Coordination of benefits.--A prescription
                drug plan shall, in the case of receipt of a notice
                pursuant to subparagraph (D) related to an enrollee for
                whom a primary drug plan has reported on ongoing
                responsibility for medical costs pursuant to paragraph
                (7) or (8) of section 1862(b), authorize the provider
                of such covered part D drug to charge, in accordance
                with the charges allowed under the prescription drug
                plan, such primary drug plan for such covered part D
                drug related to or arising out of the treatment
                accident or injury subject to such notice (other than
                payments subject to a claim under subparagraph (B) or
                (F)) for the period in which the enrollee remains
                enrolled in such plan through the date upon which such
                primary drug plan has terminated such ongoing
                responsibility for medical payments.
                    ``(F) Use of website to determine final
                reimbursement amount.--
                            ``(i) Notification of plans.--Not later
                        than 10 days after the date the Secretary
                        receives a notice under section
                        1862(b)(2)(B)(vii)(I) relating to an individual
                        during the period the individual is enrolled in
                        a prescription drug plan, the Secretary shall
                        provide such notice to the plan.
                            ``(ii) Statement by plan.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Not later than
                                20 days after the date a plan receives
                                a notice under clause (i), the plan may
                                provide the Secretary with a statement
                                of any covered part D drug for which
                                the plan seeks reimbursement, including
                                the amount of such reimbursement.
                                    ``(II) Failure to provide
                                statement.--The prescription drug plan
                                shall be deemed to have waived its
                                rights under subparagraph (B)--
                                            ``(aa) in the case that the
                                        prescription drug plan does not
                                        provide such statement by such
                                        date, with respect to any
                                        covered part D drug provided to
                                        such individual with respect to
                                        such notice; and
                                            ``(bb) in the case that the
                                        prescription drug plan provides
                                        such statement by such date,
                                        with respect to any covered
                                        part D drug provided to such
                                        individual which was not
                                        identified in the notice.
                            ``(iii) Inclusion of information on
                        website.--The Secretary shall include any
                        covered part D drug identified by a
                        prescription drug plan pursuant to clause (ii)
                        within the Secretary's statement of
                        reimbursement amount on the website as
                        described in section 1862(b)(2)(B)(vii).
                            ``(iv) Collection.--The Secretary may
                        collect (on behalf of a prescription drug plan)
                        the reimbursement amount for covered part D
                        drugs, as identified pursuant to clause (ii),
                        from the individual involved or the primary
                        drug plan pursuant to the procedures set forth
                        under section 1862(b)(2)(B)(vii). Any such
                        amounts collected by the Secretary for covered
                        part D drugs shall be remitted directly by the
                        Secretary to the appropriate prescription drug
                        plan that enrolled the individual related to
                        the notice during the applicable time period
                        for which such individual was enrolled.''.
    (b) Clarification.--Section 1860D-2(b)(4)(D) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-102(b)(4)(D)), is amended by striking ``third-
party reimbursement.--'' and inserting ``third-party reimbursement.--
Solely for the purpose of applying the requirements of subparagraph
(C)(ii):''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to drugs dispensed in years beginning more than 6 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output: Secondary Payer Advancement, Rationalization, and Clarification Act or the SPARC Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify recovery rules with respect to secondary claims responsibility under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Under current law, secondary payor provisions apply under the benefit in the same manner as they apply with respect to Medicare Advantage plans.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ronald Reagan Memorial Act of
2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Ronald Reagan is an American hero deserving of
        recognition by this and future generations of Americans and
        visitors from around the world.
            (2) As President, Ronald Reagan initiated policies that won
        the Cold War, protected and restored freedom and democracy
        around the globe, lowered taxes on American citizens, tamed the
        economic threats of inflation and economic stagnation, and
        ushered in an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity across
        the Nation, and his contributions merit permanent
        memorialization.
            (3) The legacies of Ronald Reagan include restoring faith
        in our system of democracy and capitalism, returning pride in
        being an American, and renewing the honor and decency of the
        American Presidency, and are deserving of national recognition.
            (4) The contributions of former President Ronald Reagan,
        and his status as a preeminent twentieth-century American
        statesman and one of the greatest American Presidents, merit
        and require a permanent memorialization alongside the other
        great American leaders memorialized on the Mall in the District
        of Columbia.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF RONALD REAGAN MEMORIAL; LOCATION AND DESIGN.

    (a) Authorization of Ronald Reagan Memorial.--
            (1) In general.--The Ronald Reagan Memorial Commission is
        authorized to establish the Ronald Reagan Memorial in
        accordance with this Act, on Federal lands administered by the
        National Park Service in the District of Columbia.
            (2) Location.--The memorial shall be situated in a location
        that is--
                    (A) recommended by the Ronald Reagan Memorial
                Commission; and
                    (B) in the area on the Mall west of the Capitol and
                east of the Lincoln Memorial, and within the area
                referred to in the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C.
                1001 et seq.) as Area I.
    (b) Duties of the National Capital Memorial Commission and the
Secretary of the Interior.--The National Capital Memorial Commission
and the Secretary of the Interior shall assist the members of the
Ronald Reagan Memorial Commission--
            (1) in the preparation of a recommendation to the Congress
        of a permanent location for the memorial; and
            (2) the selection of a design for the memorial and the
        grounds of the memorial.
    (c) Detail of Department of the Interior Employees.--The Secretary
of the Interior shall detail to the Ronald Reagan Memorial Commission
such support staff as are necessary to assist the members of the
commission in carrying out its responsibilities.
    (d) Beginning of Process.--The Ronald Reagan Memorial Commission
shall begin the process of recommending a location and selecting a
design for the memorial no later than six months after the date of
enactment of this Act.
    (e) Marker.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall erect, at the site
        approved by the Congress for the memorial, a suitable marker
        designating the site as the ``Future Site of the Ronald Reagan
        Memorial''.
            (2) Requirements.--The marker shall be--
                    (A) installed by the Secretary no later than 3
                months after the date of the enactment of a law
                approving the location for the memorial;
                    (B) no smaller than 3 feet square and constructed
                of durable material suitable to the outdoor
                environment; and
                    (C) maintained at the location by the Secretary
                until the memorial is completed, dedicated, and open to
                the public.
    (f) Relationship to the Commemorative Works Act.--Sections 3(c),
7(a)(2), and 8(a)(1) of the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1003(c),
1007(a)(2), 1008(a)(1)) shall not apply to the memorial.

SEC. 4. RONALD REAGAN MEMORIAL COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a commission, to be known
as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Commission. The commission shall--
            (1) be comprised of--
                    (A) the Chairman of the National Capital Memorial
                Commission;
                    (B) one member appointed by the Speaker of the
                House of Representatives by no later than 6 months
                after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
                    (C) one member appointed by the majority leader of
                the Senate by no later than 6 months after the date of
                the enactment of this Act;
            (2) be chaired by one of its members, to be designated
        jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
        majority leader of the Senate;
            (3) meet no later than one month after its members are
        appointed, and at such other times as may be necessary; and
            (4) be exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
        U.S.C. App.).
    (b) Duties.--The Ronald Reagan Memorial Commission shall--
            (1) raise necessary funds from private sector sources to
        design, construct, and maintain the memorial;
            (2) in cooperation with the National Capital Memorial
        Commission and the Secretary of the Interior, determine and
        recommend to the Congress a permanent location for the
        memorial;
            (3) select a design for the memorial from proposals
        solicited and accepted from qualified American architects; and
            (4) issue a report to the Congress and the President on its
        activities every six months after its first meeting, and issue
        a final report to the Congress and the President, including a
        recommended location and final design for the memorial, no
        later than February 6, 2002.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Memorial.--The term ``memorial'' means the Ronald
        Reagan Memorial authorized by this Act.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to authorize the
        establishment of a memorial to former President Ronald Reagan
        within the area in the District of Columbia referred to in the
        Commemorative Works Act as `Area I', to provide for the design
        and construction of such memorial, and for other purposes.''.

Output:
Requires the Secretary to erect a suitable marker designating the"Future Site of the Ronald Reagan Memorial" which shall be maintained at the location until the memorial is open to the public.
Establishes the Ronald Reagan Memorial Commission to: (1) raise necessary funds from appropriate private sector sources to design, construct, and maintain the memorial; (2) determine and recommend to Congress a permanent location for the memorial; (3) select a design for the memorial; and (4) report to Congress and the President on a recommended location and final design for the memorial no later than February 6, 2002.


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SECTION 1. CONVEYANCES OF COVERED LAND.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) County.--The term ``County'' means Mohave County,
        Arizona.
            (2) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means any
        Federal land or interest in Federal land in the County
        generally depicted on the Map as ``BLM (S + M) OMC Unpatented
        Mining Claims [4,276 acres]''.
            (3) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Mineral
        Park Land Status Map'' and dated September 27, 2016.
            (4) Qualified entity.--The term ``qualified entity'' means,
        with respect to a portion of covered land--
                    (A) the owner of the mining claims, millsites, or
                tunnel sites on a portion of the covered land on the
                date of the enactment of this Act;
                    (B) the lessee, or other successor in interest of
                the owner--
                            (i) with the right of possession of the
                        mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites on
                        the covered land;
                            (ii) that has paid (or whose agent has
                        paid) the annual claim maintenance fee or filed
                        a maintenance fee waiver on or before September
                        1, 2016, with the authority or consent of the
                        owner, for the upcoming assessment year for the
                        mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites
                        within the exterior boundary of the portion of
                        covered land, as determined based on the claim
                        maintenance fee records of the Bureau of Land
                        Management as of the date of introduction of
                        this Act; and
                            (iii) that has the authority or consent of
                        the owner to acquire the portion of covered
                        land; or
                    (C) a subsequent successor to the interest of a
                qualified entity in the covered land that has the
                authority or consent of the owner to acquire the
                portion of covered land.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
    (b) Land Conveyances.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), notwithstanding
        the inventory and land use planning requirements of sections
        201 and 202 or the sales provisions of section 203 of the
        Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711,
        1712, 1713), not later than 180 days after the date of the
        enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing rights held
        by third parties and any mining claims, millsite, or tunnel
        site of a qualified entity applicable to the covered land, the
        Secretary shall offer for sale to qualified entities, for fair
        market value, the remaining right, title, and interest of the
        United States in and to the covered land.
            (2) Conveyance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        the acceptance of an offer under paragraph (1) by a qualified
        entity and completion of a sale for all or part of the covered
        land to a qualified entity, the Secretary, by delivery of an
        appropriate deed, patent, or other valid instrument of
        conveyance, shall convey to the qualified entity, all remaining
        right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the
        applicable portion of the covered land.
            (3) Merger.--Subject to valid existing rights held by third
        parties, on delivery of the instrument of conveyance to the
        qualified entity under paragraph (2), any prior interests in
        the locatable minerals and the right to use the surface for
        mineral purposes held by the qualified entity under a mining
        claim, millsite, tunnel site, or any other Federal land use
        authorization applicable to the covered land conveyed to the
        qualified entity, shall merge all right, title, and interest
        conveyed to the qualified entity by the United States under
        this section to ensure that the qualified entity receives fee
        simple title to the purchased covered land.
            (4) Appraisal to determine fair market value.--The
        Secretary shall determine the fair market value of the covered
        land to be conveyed under this subsection in accordance with--
                    (A) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
                1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
                    (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
                Practice.
            (5) Costs.--As a condition of the conveyance of the covered
        land under this section, the qualified entity shall pay all
        costs related to the conveyance of the covered land conveyed,
        including the costs of surveys and other administrative costs
        associated with the conveyance.
            (6) Map on file.--The Map shall be on file and available
        for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau
        of Land Management.
            (7) Minor corrections.--The Secretary, in consultation with
        the County, may correct minor errors in the Map or a
        description of the covered land.
    (c) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary to sell covered
land under this section shall terminate on the date that is 10 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output: This bill directs the Department of the Interior to sell at fair market value specified rights, title, and interest to federal lands in Mohave County, Arizona (covered land), to qualified entities (i.e., the current owner of the mining claims, millsites, or tunnel site on the covered land, the lessee, or other successor in interest of the owner, or a subsequent successor in interest). A qualified entity shall receive fee simple title to such covered land.   Interior shall determine the market value of the covered land in accordance with:   the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and  the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.   Interior's authority to sell covered land expires 10 years after the enactment of this bill.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Americans Want to Work Act''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT TO FOURTH-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    Section 4002(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008
(Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking
``subsection (d)(1) (third-tier emergency unemployment compensation)''
and inserting ``subsection (f)(1) (fifth-tier emergency unemployment
compensation)''.

SEC. 3. FIFTH-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 4002 of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2008, as amended by section 2, is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections
        (h) and (i), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
        subsection:
    ``(f) Fifth-Tier Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--
            ``(1) In general.--If, at the time that the amount added to
        an individual's account under subsection (d)(1) (third-tier
        emergency unemployment compensation) is exhausted or at any
        time thereafter, such individual's State is in an extended
        benefit period (as determined under paragraph (2)), such
        account shall be further augmented by an amount (hereinafter
        `fifth-tier emergency unemployment compensation') equal to the
        lesser of--
                    ``(A) 80 percent of the total amount of regular
                compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable
                to the individual during the individual's benefit year
                under the State law; or
                    ``(B) 20 times the individual's average weekly
                benefit amount (as determined under subsection (b)(2))
                for the benefit year.
            ``(2) Extended benefit period.--For purposes of paragraph
        (1), a State shall be considered to be in an extended benefit
        period, as of any given time, if--
                    ``(A) such a period would then be in effect for
                such State under section 203(d) of the Federal-State
                Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26
                U.S.C. 3304 note) if such section did not include the
                requirement under paragraph (1)(A) thereof; or
                    ``(B) such a period would then be in effect for
                such State under section 203(f) of such Act if--
                            ``(i) such section 203(f) were applied to
                        such State (regardless of whether the State by
                        law had provided for such application); and
                            ``(ii) such section 203(f)--
                                    ``(I) were applied by substituting
                                `7.5' for `6.5' in paragraph (1)(A)(i)
                                thereof; and
                                    ``(II) did not include the
                                requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii)
                                thereof.
            ``(3) Limitation.--The account of an individual may be
        augmented not more than once under this subsection.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment to Non-Augmentation Rule.--Section
4007(b)(2) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law
110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and (e)'' and inserting ``, (e), and
        (f)''; and
            (2) by striking ``or (e)'' and inserting ``, (e), or (f)''.
    (c) Coordination.--Section 4002(g) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), as
redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraphs:
            ``(3) Further coordination with extended compensation.--
        Notwithstanding an election under section 4001(e) by a State to
        provide for the payment of emergency unemployment compensation
        prior to extended compensation, such State may pay extended
        compensation to an otherwise eligible individual prior to any
        emergency unemployment compensation under subsection (f) (by
        reason of the amendments made by section 3(a) of the Americans
        Want to Work Act), if such individual claimed extended
        compensation for at least 1 week of unemployment after the
        exhaustion of emergency unemployment compensation under this
        part (as this part was in effect on the day before the date of
        the enactment of this subsection).
            ``(4) Coordination with tiers iii, iv, and v.--If a State
        determines that implementation of the fifth-tier of emergency
        unemployment compensation by reason of the amendments made by
        sections 2 and 3 of the Americans Want to Work Act would unduly
        delay the prompt payment of emergency unemployment compensation
        under this title by reason of the amendments made by such Act,
        such State may elect to pay fourth-tier emergency unemployment
        compensation prior to the payment of fifth-tier emergency
        unemployment compensation until such time as such State
        determines that fifth-tier emergency unemployment compensation
        may be paid without undue delay. For purposes of determining
        whether an account may be augmented for fifth-tier emergency
        unemployment compensation under subsection (f), if a State
        makes the election described in the previous sentence, such
        State shall treat the date of exhaustion of fourth-tier
        emergency unemployment compensation as the date of exhaustion
        of third-tier emergency unemployment compensation if the date
        of exhaustion of fourth-tier emergency unemployment
        compensation is later than the date of exhaustion of third-tier
        emergency unemployment compensation.''.
    (d) Funding.--Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the end;
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new
        subparagraph:
                    ``(G) the amendments made by subsections (a), (b),
                and (c) of section 3 of the Americans Want to Work Act;
                and''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply as if included in the enactment of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008, except that no amount shall be payable by
virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment
commencing before the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF PAYROLL TAX FORGIVENESS FOR HIRING UNEMPLOYED
              WORKERS AND BUSINESS CREDIT FOR THE RETENTION OF CERTAIN
              NEWLY HIRED INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Extension.--Section 3111(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``with respect to employment during the
        period beginning on the day after the date of the enactment of
        this subsection and ending on December 31, 2010,'' in paragraph
        (1) and inserting ``during the applicable period with respect
        to employment'',
            (2) by striking ``January 1, 2011'' in paragraph (3) and
        inserting ``January 1, 2012'',
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6) and by
        inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Applicable period.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
        the applicable period is--
                    ``(A) with respect to any qualified individual who
                begins employment after February 3, 2010, the period
                beginning after March 18, 2010, and ending on December
                31, 2010, and
                    ``(B) with respect to any qualified individual who
                begins employment after August 4, 2010, the period
                beginning on the day after the date of the enactment of
                this paragraph and ending on December 31, 2011.'', and
            (4) by inserting ``and 2011'' after ``2010'' in the heading
        thereof.
    (b) Railroad Retirement Taxes.--Section 3221(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``during the period beginning on the day
        after the date of the enactment of this subsection and ending
        on December 31, 2010'' in paragraph (1) and inserting ``during
        the applicable period'',
            (2) by striking ``January 1, 2011'' in paragraph (3) and
        inserting ``January 1, 2012'',
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6) and by
        inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Applicable period.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
        the applicable period is--
                    ``(A) with respect to any qualified individual who
                begins employment after February 3, 2010, the period
                beginning after March 18, 2010, and ending on December
                31, 2010, and
                    ``(B) with respect to any qualified individual who
                begins employment after August 4, 2010, the period
                beginning on the day after the date of the enactment of
                this paragraph and ending on December 31, 2011.'', and
            (4) by inserting ``and 2011'' after ``2010'' in the heading
        thereof.
    (c) Transfers to Certain Funds.--Section 101 of the Hiring
Incentives to Restore Employment Act is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``and section 4(a) of the Americans Want
        to Work Act'' after ``subsection (a)'' in subsection (c), and
            (2) by inserting ``and section 4(b) of the Americans Want
        to Work Act'' after ``paragraph (1)'' in subsection (d)(2).
    (d) Conforming Amendment.--The heading of section 102 of the Hiring
Incentives to Restore Employment Act is amended by inserting ``and
2011'' after ``2010''.
    (e) Treatment of Temporary Census Workers.--Sections 3111(d)(3) and
3121(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by
adding at the end the following new flush sentence:
        ``For purposes of subparagraph (B), employment by the Bureau of
        the Census as a temporary enumerator for the 2010 decennial
        census shall not be taken into account.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the amendments made by section 101 of the
Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act.

SEC. 5. INCREASE OF BUSINESS CREDIT FOR THE RETENTION OF CERTAIN NEWLY
              HIRED INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 102 of the Hiring Incentives to Restore
Employment Act (Public Law 111-147) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
    ``(e) Increased Credit for Certain Long-Term Unemployed Workers.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a qualified long-term
        unemployed worker, the credit otherwise determined under
        subsection (a) (without regard to this subsection) with respect
        to such qualified long-term unemployed worker shall be
        increased by $1,000.
            ``(2) Qualified long-term unemployed worker.--For purposes
        of this subsection, the term `qualified long-term unemployed
        worker' means any qualified individual (as defined in section
        3111(d)(3) or section 3221(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
        of 1986)--
                    ``(A) who is a retained worker,
                    ``(B) who certifies by signed affidavit, under
                penalties of perjury, that--
                            ``(i) such individual has not been employed
                        during the 693-day period ending on the date
                        such individual begins the employment with
                        respect to which the individual is a qualified
                        individual, or
                            ``(ii) such individual has exhausted all
                        unemployment insurance benefits under Federal
                        or State law, if such benefits are exhausted in
                        a period of less than 693 days, and
                    ``(C) who begins employment with a qualified
                employer (as defined in section 3111(d)(2) or section
                3221(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) after
                the date of the enactment of this subsection and before
                January 1, 2012.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to individuals beginning employment after the date of the enactment of
this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

Output:
Americans Want to Work Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-5 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period.

Prescribes a formula for making such Tier-5 credits. Increases the figures in the basic EUC formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 50% to 80% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year; and (2) from 13 to 20 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.

Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period.

Allows the Tier-5 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once.

Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional emergency unemployment compensation (EUC), if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC.

Authorizes a state to elect to pay Tier-4 EUC before payment of Tier-5 EUC until the state determines that such Tier-5 EUC may be paid without undue delay.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2011, the exemption of an employer from payment of employment taxes or railroad retirement taxes for individuals who begin employment after August 4, 2010.

Excludes from account for Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax purposes any employment by the Bureau of the Census as a temporary enumerator for the 2010 decennial census.

Amends the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act to allow an increase in the general business tax credit for the retention of a qualified long-term unemployed worker who: (1) is a retained worker; (2) certifies by signed affidavit that he or she has not been employed during a specified 693-day period or has exhausted all unemployment insurance benefits under federal or state law in less than 693 days; and (3) begins employment with a qualified employer after the enactment of this Act and before January 1, 2012.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Professional Sports Antitrust
Clarification Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. ACTIONS AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the antitrust
laws, and subject to section 3 and subsection (b) of this section, a
professional sports league or its member franchises may establish and
enforce rules and procedures for the purpose of deciding whether a
member franchise may change its home territory.
    (b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
exempt from the antitrust laws any conduct which would be unlawful
under any antitrust law if engaged in by a single entity.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTITRUST PROTECTION.

    (a) In General.--This Act applies to a professional sports league
and its member franchises if such league--
            (1) establishes applicable rules and procedures to govern
        whether a member franchise may change its home territory that
        are available upon request to any interested party;
            (2) affords due process, including 180 days notice and an
        opportunity to be heard, to interested parties prior to
        deciding whether a member franchise may change its home
        territory; and
            (3) promotes comparable economic opportunities by sharing
        revenue among member franchises to account for disparities in
        revenue received or costs saved due to direct or indirect
        public benefits and subsidies, including publicly financed
        facilities, rent abatement, special tax treatment, favorable
        arrangements for parking, concessions, and other amenities, and
        other public benefits not generally available to businesses as
        a whole within the jurisdiction.
    (b) Rules and Procedures.--Rules and procedures established under
subsection (a)(1) shall require consideration of various factors to
protect the public interest, including--
            (1) the extent to which fan support for a member franchise
        has been demonstrated through attendance, ticket sales, and
        television ratings, during the period in which the member
        franchise played in its home territory;
            (2) the extent to which the member franchise has, directly
        or indirectly, received public financial support through
        publicly financed facilities, rent abatement, special tax
        treatment, favorable arrangements for parking, concessions, and
        other amenities, and any other public benefits not generally
        available to businesses as a whole within the jurisdiction, and
        the extent to which such support continues;
            (3) the effect that relocation would have on contracts,
        agreements, and understandings between the member franchise and
        public and private parties;
            (4) the extent of any net operating losses experienced by
        the member franchise in recent years and the extent to which
the member franchise bears responsibility for such losses; and
            (5) any bona fide offer to purchase the member franchise at
        fair market value, if such offer includes the continued
        location of such member franchise in its home territory.

SEC. 4. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    (a) Standard of Review.--The standard of judicial review shall be
de novo in any action challenging the establishment and enforcement of
rules and procedures for deciding whether a member franchise may change
its home territory, except that the reviewing court shall give
deference to actions of the professional sports league regarding
compliance with paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 3(a).
    (b) Declaratory Actions.--A professional sports league or any
interested party may seek a declaratory judgment with respect to
whether paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 3(a) are adequately satisfied
by the professional sports league for this Act to apply.
    (c) Limitation on Monetary Damages.--A judicial finding that a
professional sports league did not comply with any provision of section
3 shall result only in further proceedings by the professional sports
league and shall not result in liability under the antitrust laws or
monetary damages, if--
            (1) the professional sports league implemented a revenue
        sharing plan in a good faith attempt to comply with section
        3(a)(3) prior to the specific dispute in issue; or
            (2) a prior declaratory judgment held that the revenue
        sharing plan of the professional sports league complied with
        section 3(a)(3).
    (d) Venue.--In any action challenging the establishment and
enforcement of rules and procedures to decide whether a member
franchise may change its home territory, venue shall be proper only in
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, except
that--
            (1) venue shall be proper only in the United States
        District Court for the Southern District of New York if the
        existing or proposed home territory of a member franchise is
        located within 100 miles of the United States District Court
        for the District of Columbia; and
            (2) venue shall be proper only in the United States
        District Court for the Northern District of Illinois if--
                    (A) the existing home territory of a member
                franchise is located within 100 miles of the United
                States District Court for the District of Columbia or
                the Southern District of New York; and
                    (B) the proposed home territory of the member
                franchise is located within 100 miles of the United
                States District Court for the District of Columbia or
                the Southern District of New York.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``antitrust laws''--
                    (A) has the same meaning as in subsection (a) of
                the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)),
                except that such term includes section 5 of the Federal
                Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent that
                such section relates to unfair methods of competition;
                and
                    (B) includes any State law comparable to the laws
                referred to in subparagraph (A);
            (2) the terms ``professional sports team'', ``team'',
        ``member franchise'', and ``franchise'' mean any team of
        professional athletes that is a member of a professional sports
        league;
            (3) the terms ``professional sports league'' and ``league''
        mean--
                    (A) an association of 2 or more professional sports
                teams that governs the conduct of its members and
                regulates the contests and exhibitions in which such
                teams regularly engage;
                    (B) whose decisions relating to franchise
                relocation would otherwise be subject to the antitrust
                laws; and
                    (C) that has combined franchise revenues of more
                than $10,000,000 per year;
            (4) the term ``interested party'' means the member
        franchise at issue, local and State government officials,
        owners and operators of playing facilities, concessionaires,
        and others whose business relations would be directly and
        significantly affected by the franchise relocation at issue,
        and representatives of organized civic and fan groups; and
            (5) the term ``playing facility'' means the stadium, arena,
        or other venue in which professional sports teams regularly
        conduct their contests and exhibitions.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act applies to any action occurring on or after the date of
enactment of this Act.

Output:
Professional Sports Antitrust Clarification Act of 1996 - Permits a professional sports league or its member franchises to establish and enforce rules and procedures for deciding whether a member franchise may change its home territory, notwithstanding the antitrust laws.
Specifies requirements for antitrust protection, including that the league promote comparable economic opportunities by sharing revenue among member franchises to account for disparities in revenue or savings due to public benefits and subsidies.
Requires such franchise relocation rules and procedures to provide for consideration of various factors to protect the public interest, including:  (1) fan support; (2) the extent of public financial support received; (3) the effect on existing contracts; (4) the extent of any net operating losses; and (5) any bona fide offer to purchase the franchise and keep it in its home territory.
Provides for judicial review in actions challenging establishment or enforcement of such rules and procedures.