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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Working Families Tax Protection Act
of 2012''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF 2001 TAX RELIEF FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of the provisions of the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 which are specified in
subsection (b) (and the amendments made by such provisions), section
901 of such Act shall be applied by substituting ``December 31, 2013''
for ``December 31, 2012'' the first place it appears.
    (b) Specified EGTRRA Provisions.--The following provisions of the
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 are specified
in this subsection:
            (1) Title I (relating to individual income tax rate
        reductions).
            (2) Title II (relating to tax benefits related to
        children).
            (3) Title III (relating to marriage penalty relief).
            (4) Title IV (relating to affordable education provisions).
    (c) Certain Provisions Not Applicable to High-Income Individuals.--
            (1) Individual income tax rates.--Subsection (i) of section
        1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
        paragraph (2), by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4),
        and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
        paragraphs:
            ``(2) 25- and 28-Percent rate brackets.--The tables under
        subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) shall be applied--
                    ``(A) by substituting `25%' for `28%' each place it
                appears (before the application of subparagraph (B)),
                    ``(B) by substituting `28%' for `31%' each place it
                appears, and
                    ``(C) by substituting `33%' for `36%' each place it
                appears.
            ``(3) 35-Percent rate bracket.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of taxable years
                beginning after December 31, 2012--
                            ``(i) the rate of tax under subsections
                        (a), (b), (c), and (d) on a taxpayer's taxable
                        income in the highest rate bracket shall be 35
                        percent to the extent such income does not
                        exceed an amount equal to the excess of--
                                    ``(I) the applicable threshold,
                                over
                                    ``(II) the dollar amount at which
                                such bracket begins, and
                            ``(ii) the 39.6 percent rate of tax under
                        such subsections shall apply only to the
                        taxpayer's taxable income in such bracket in
                        excess of the amount to which clause (i)
                        applies.
                    ``(B) Applicable threshold.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, the term `applicable threshold' means--
                            ``(i) $500,000 in the case of subsection
                        (a), and
                            ``(ii) \1/2\ the amount applicable under
                        clause (i) in the case of subsections (b), (c),
                        and (d).
                    ``(C) Highest rate bracket.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, the term `highest rate bracket' means the
                bracket which would (determined without regard to this
                paragraph) be the 39.6-percent rate bracket.''.
            (2) Phaseout of personal exemptions and itemized
        deductions.--
                    (A) Overall limitation on itemized deductions.--
                Section 68 of such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``the applicable amount''
                        the first place it appears in subsection (a)
                        and inserting ``the applicable threshold in
                        effect under section 1(i)(3)'',
                            (ii) by striking ``the applicable amount''
                        in subsection (a)(1) and inserting ``such
                        applicable threshold'',
                            (iii) by striking subsection (b) and
                        redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as
                        subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively,
                        and
                            (iv) by striking subsections (f) and (g).
                    (B) Phaseout of deductions for personal
                exemptions.--
                            (i) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section
                        151(d) of such Code is amended--
                                    (I) by striking ``the threshold
                                amount'' in subparagraphs (A) and (B)
                                and inserting ``the applicable
                                threshold in effect under section
                                1(i)(3)'',
                                    (II) by striking subparagraph (C)
                                and redesignating subparagraph (D) as
                                subparagraph (C), and
                                    (III) by striking subparagraphs (E)
                                and (F).
                            (ii) Conforming amendment.--Paragraph (4)
                        of section 151(d) of such Code is amended--
                                    (I) by striking subparagraph (B),
                                    (II) by redesignating clauses (i)
                                and (ii) of subparagraph (A) as
                                subparagraphs (A) and (B),
                                respectively, and by indenting such
                                subparagraphs (as so redesignated)
                                accordingly, and
                                    (III) by striking all that precedes
                                ``in a calendar year after 1989,'' and
                                inserting the following:
            ``(4) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any taxable
        year beginning''.
            (3) Application of sunsets.--
                    (A) Individual income tax rates.--Section 901 of
                the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
                of 2001 shall apply to the amendments made by paragraph
                (1) to the same extent and in the same manner as such
                section applies to the amendments made by section 101
                of such Act.
                    (B) Phaseout of personal exemptions and itemized
                deductions.--Section 901 of the Economic Growth and Tax
                Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall apply to the
                amendments made by paragraph (2) to the same extent and
                in the same manner as such section applies to the
                amendments made by section 102 of such Act.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF 2003 TAX RELIEF FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.

    (a) In General.--Section 303 of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2003 is amended by striking ``December 31, 2012''
and inserting ``December 31, 2013''.
    (b) Certain Provisions Not Applicable to High-Income Individuals.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section (1)(h) of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
        subparagraph (C), by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as
        subparagraphs (E) and (F) and by inserting after subparagraph
        (B) the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(C) 15 percent of the lesser of--
                            ``(i) so much of the adjusted net capital
                        gain (or, if less, taxable income) as exceeds
                        the amount on which a tax is determined under
                        subparagraph (B), or
                            ``(ii) the excess (if any) of--
                                    ``(I) the amount of taxable income
                                which would (without regard to this
                                subsection) be taxed at a rate below
                                39.6 percent, over
                                    ``(II) the sum of the amounts on
                                which tax is determined under
                                subparagraphs (A) and (B),
                    ``(D) 20 percent of the adjusted net capital gain
                (or, if less, taxable income) in excess of the sum of
                the amounts on which tax is determined under
                subparagraphs (B) and (C),''.
            (2) Dividends.--Subparagraph (A) of section 1(h)(11) of
        such Code is amended by striking ``qualified dividend income''
        and inserting ``so much of the qualified dividend income as
        does not exceed the excess (if any) of--
                            ``(i) the amount of taxable income which
                        would (without regard to this subsection) be
                        taxed at a rate below 39.6 percent, over
                            ``(ii) taxable income reduced by qualified
                        dividend income.''.
            (3) Minimum tax.--Section 55 of such Code is amended by
        adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Application of Maximum Rate of Tax on Net Capital Gain of
Noncorporate Taxpayers.--In the case of taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012, the amount determined under subparagraph (C) of
subsection (b)(3) shall be the sum of--
            ``(1) 15 percent of the lesser of--
                    ``(A) so much of the adjusted net capital gain (or,
                if less, taxable excess) as exceeds the amount on which
                tax is determined under subparagraph (B) of subsection
                (b)(3), or
                    ``(B) the excess described in section
                1(h)(1)(C)(ii), plus
            ``(2) 20 percent of the adjusted net capital gain (or, if
        less, taxable excess) in excess of the sum of the amounts on
        which tax is determined under subsection (b)(3)(B) and
        paragraph (1).''.
            (4) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) The following provisions are amended by
                striking ``15 percent'' and inserting ``20 percent'':
                            (i) Section 1445(e)(1) of the Internal
                        Revenue Code of 1986.
                            (ii) The second sentence of section
                        7518(g)(6)(A) of such Code.
                            (iii) Section 53511(f)(2) of title 46,
                        United States Code.
                    (B) Sections 531 and 541 of the Internal Revenue
                Code of 1986 are each amended by striking ``15 percent
                of'' and inserting ``the product of the highest rate of
                tax under section 1(c) and''.
                    (C) Section 1445(e)(6) of such Code is amended by
                striking ``15 percent (20 percent in the case of
                taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010)'' and
                inserting ``20 percent''.
            (5) Application of sunset.--Section 303 of the Jobs and
        Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 shall apply to the
        amendments made by this subsection to the same extent and in
        the same manner as such section applies to the amendments made
        by title III of such Act.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years
        beginning after December 31, 2012.
            (2) Withholding.--The amendments made by subparagraphs
        (A)(i) and (C) of subsection (b)(4) shall apply to amounts paid
        on or after January 1, 2013.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF 2009 TAX RELIEF.

    (a) American Opportunity Tax Credit.--
            (1) In general.--Section 25A(i) of the Internal Revenue
        Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or 2012'' and inserting
        ``2012, or 2013''.
            (2) Treatment of possessions.--Section 1004(c)(1) of the
        American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 is amended
        by striking ``and 2012'' each place it appears and inserting
        ``2012, and 2013''.
    (b) Child Tax Credit.--Section 24(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and 2012'' in the heading and inserting
        ``2012, and 2013'', and
            (2) by striking ``or 2012'' and inserting ``2012, or
        2013''.
    (c) Earned Income Tax Credit.--Section 32(b)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and 2012'' in the heading and inserting
        ``2012, and 2013'', and
            (2) by striking ``or 2012'' and inserting ``2012, or
        2013''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.

Output:
Working Families Tax Protection Act of 2012 - Extends through 2013 the terminating date for provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 relating to: (1) individual income tax rate reductions, (2) tax benefits related to children and adoption, (3) reduction of the marriage penalty, and (4) education assistance. Denies such extension to taxpayers whose income exceeds $500,000.

Extends through 2013 the terminating date for provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 relating to reductions in the tax rate for dividend and capital gain income. Denies such extension to taxpayers whose income is taxed at the maximum income tax rate.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2013: (1) the increased American Opportunity tax credit, (2) the increase in the refundable portion of the child tax credit, and (3) the increased earned income tax credit percentage for three or more qualifying children.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Workers' Rights Principles for
United States Businesses in China Act''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES.

    (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to establish principles
on workers' rights for United States companies that do business in the
People's Republic of China and in Tibet.
    (b) Principles.--It is the sense of Congress that any United States
company doing business in the People's Republic of China or Tibet
shall, within its facilities and those of its suppliers in the People's
Republic of China or Tibet, do the following:
            (1) Prohibit the manufacture of goods or products by bonded
        labor or forced labor within prison camps or as part of reform-
        through-labor or reeducation-through-labor programs.
            (2) Provide wages that meet workers' basic needs and
        provide fair and decent working hours, including at a minimum,
        adhering to the wage and hour guidelines under the national
        labor laws and policies of the People's Republic of China.
            (3) Use production methods that do not negatively affect
        the occupational safety and health of workers.
            (4) Prohibit the use of corporal punishment, as well as any
        physical, sexual, or verbal abuse or harassment, of workers.
            (5) Refrain from seeking police or military intervention to
        prevent workers from exercising their rights.
            (6) Promote the following freedoms among their employees
        and the employees of their suppliers: freedom of association
        and assembly (including the right to form unions and to bargain
        collectively); freedom of expression; and freedom from
        arbitrary arrest or detention.
            (7) Prohibit discrimination in hiring, remuneration, or
        promotion based on age, gender, marital status, pregnancy,
        ethnicity, or region of origin.
            (8) Prohibit discrimination in hiring, remuneration, or
        promotion based on labor, political, or religious activity, on
        involvement in demonstrations, past records of arrests or
        internal exile for peaceful protest, or on membership in
        organizations committed to nonviolent social or political
        change.
            (9) Use environmentally responsible methods of production
        that have minimal adverse impact on land, air, and water
        quality.
            (10) Prohibit child labor, including at a minimum,
        complying with guidelines on minimum age for employment under
        the national labor laws of the People's Republic of China.
    (c) Promotion of Principles by Other Nations.--The Secretary of
State shall forward a copy of the principles set forth in subsection
(b) to each member nation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development and encourage such nation to promote principles similar
to such principles.

SEC. 3. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--Each United States company conducting
        business in the People's Republic of China or Tibet shall
        register with the Secretary of State and indicate whether such
        company agrees to implement the principles set forth in section
        2(b).
            (2) Prohibition on fee.--No fee shall be required for
        purposes of registration under paragraph (1).
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Reports by United States Companies.--
            (1) In general.--Each United States company conducting
        business in the People's Republic of China or Tibet shall
        submit to the Secretary of State a report describing such
        company's adherence to the principles set forth in section 2(b)
        during the one-year period ending on the date of such report.
            (2) Form.--The report shall be submitted on a form
        furnished by the Secretary.
            (3) Submittal dates.--A United States company shall submit
        the report required by paragraph (1) not later than one year
        after the date on which the company registers under section 3
        and annually thereafter.
    (b) Review of Reports.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall review each report
        submitted under subsection (a) to determine whether the United
        States company submitting such report is adhering to the
        principles set forth in section 2(b).
            (2) Additional information.--The Secretary may request
        additional information from a United States company for
        purposes of the review of its report under this subsection, and
        may use other sources of information to verify the information
        contained in such report.
    (c) Annual Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress and to the Secretariat of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development a report assessing the adherence
of United States companies subject to the reporting requirement in
subsection (a) to the principles set forth in section 2(b). Each report
shall cover the one-year period ending on the date of such report.

SEC. 5. EXPORT MARKETING SUPPORT.

    (a) Support.--A department or agency of the United States
Government may intercede with a foreign government or foreign national
regarding export marketing activity in the People's Republic of China
or Tibet on behalf of a United States company subject to the reporting
requirement in section 4(a) only if the United States company adheres
to the principles set forth in section 2(b).
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect two years
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON ADHERENCE OF UNITED STATES COMPANIES
              TO PRINCIPLES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State
shall conduct a public hearing on the adherence of United States
companies doing business in the People's Republic of China or Tibet to
the principles set forth in section 2(b).
    (b) Hearing Requirements.--The Secretary shall conduct each hearing
under subsection (a) in an appropriate forum and in a manner intended
to facilitate widespread public participation in the hearing.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Adhere.--The terms ``adhere to'', ``adhering to'', and
        ``adherence to'', in the case of the principles set forth in
        section 2(b), mean--
                    (A) agreeing to implement the principles;
                    (B) implementing the principles by taking good
                faith measures with respect to each principle; and
                    (C) reporting accurately to the Secretary of State
                on the measures taken to implement the principles.
            (2) Intercede with a foreign government or foreign
        national.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``intercede with a
                foreign government or foreign national'' includes any
                contact by an officer or employee of the United States
                with officials of any foreign government or foreign
                national involving or contemplating any effort to
                assist in selling a good, service, or technology in the
                People's Republic of China or Tibet.
                    (B) Exclusion.--The term does not include
                multilateral or bilateral government-to-government
                trade negotiations intended to resolve trade issues
                which may affect United States parent companies which
                do not adhere to the principles set forth in section
                2(b).
            (3) Organized under the laws of the united states.--The
        term ``organized under the laws of the United States'' means
        organized under the laws of the United States, any State of the
        United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
        Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
        or any other territory or possession of the United States.
            (4) United states company.--The term ``United States
        company'' means a corporation, partnership, or other business
        association organized under the laws of the United States.

Output: Sets forth certain registration and reporting requirements with respect to U.S. companies doing business in China or Tibet.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.<greek-th> x

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combat Meth Act of
2005''.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x

                   TITLE I--ENFORCEMENT<greek-th> x

SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS RELATING TO COPS
              GRANTS.<greek-th> x

    (a) In General.--In addition to any other funds authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2006 for grants under part Q of title I of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796dd et seq.), commonly known as the COPS program, there are
authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for such purpose to provide
training to State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agents for
the investigation and prosecution of methamphetamine
offenses.<greek-th> x
    (b) Rural Set-Aside.--Of amounts made available under subsection
(a), $3,000,000 shall be available only for prosecutors and law
enforcement agents for rural communities.<greek-th> x

SEC. 102. EXPANSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE HOT SPOTS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE
              PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT FOR ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND
              CLEANUP.<greek-th> x

    Section 1701(d) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(d)) is amended--<greek-th> x
            (1) in paragraph (11) by striking ``and'' at the
        end;<greek-th> x
            (2) in paragraph (12) by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and<greek-th> x
            (3) by adding at the end the
        following:<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            ``(13) hire personnel and purchase equipment to assist in
        the enforcement and prosecution of methamphetamine offenses and
        the cleanup of methamphetamine-affected
        areas.''.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x

SEC. 103. SPECIAL UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS'
              PROGRAM.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall allocate any amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authorization under subsection (c) for the
hiring and training of special assistant United States
attorneys.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
    (b) Use of Funds.--The funds allocated under subsection (a) shall
be used to--<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            (1) train local prosecutors in techniques used to prosecute
        methamphetamine cases, including the presentation of evidence
        related to the manufacture of
        methamphetamine;<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            (2) train local prosecutors in Federal and State laws
        involving methamphetamine manufacture or
        distribution;<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            (3) cross-designate local prosecutors as special assistant
        United States attorneys;
        and<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            (4) hire additional local prosecutors who--
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                    (A) with the approval of the United States
                attorney, shall be cross-designated to prosecute both
                Federal and State methamphetamine
                cases;<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
                    (B) shall be assigned a caseload, whether in State
                court or Federal court, that gives the highest priority
                to cases in which--
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                            (i) charges related to methamphetamine
                        manufacture or distribution are submitted by
                        law enforcement for consideration;
                        and<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
                            (ii) the defendant has been previously
                        convicted of a crime related to methamphetamine
                        manufacture or
                        distribution.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th>
                         x
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to
carry out the provisions of this
section.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x

SEC. 104. PSEUDOEPHEDRINE AMENDMENTS TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
              ACT.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x

    (a) Addition of Pseudoephedrine to Schedule V.--Section 202 of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) is amended by adding at the
end the following:<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            ``(6) Any detectable quantity of pseudoephedrine, its salts
        or optical isomers, or salts of optical
        isomers.''.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
    (b) Prescriptions.--Section 309(c) of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 829(c)) is amended--<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``No controlled
        substance''; and<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            (2) by adding at the end the
        following:<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
    ``(2) If the substance described in paragraph (6) of Schedule V of
section 202 is dispensed, sold, or distributed in a pharmacy--
<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            ``(A) the substance shall be dispensed, sold, or
        distributed only by a licensed pharmacist or a licensed
        pharmacy technician; and<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            ``(B) any person purchasing, receiving, or otherwise
        acquiring any such substance shall--
        <greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
                    ``(i) produce a photo identification showing the
                date of birth of such person;
                and<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
                    ``(ii) sign a written log or receipt showing--
                <greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
                            ``(I) the date of the
                        transaction;<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th>
                         x
                            ``(II) the name of the person;
                        and<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
                            ``(III) the name and the amount of the
                        substance purchased, received, or otherwise
                        acquired.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x

    ``(3)(A) No person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire
more than 9 grams of the substance described in paragraph (6) of
Schedule V of section 202 within any 30-day
period.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
    ``(B) The limit described in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to
any quantity of such substance dispensed under a valid
prescription.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
    ``(4)(A) The Director of the Federal Drug Administration, by rule,
may exempt a product from Schedule V of section 202 if the Director
determines that the produce is not used in the illegal manufacture of
methamphetamine or other controlled dangerous
substance.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
    ``(B) The Director of the Federal Drug Administration, upon the
application of a manufacturer of a drug product, may exempt the product
from Schedule V of section 202 if the Director determines that the
product has been formulated in such a way as to effectively prevent the
conversion of the active ingredient into
methamphetamine.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
    ``(C) The Director of the Federal Drug Administration, by rule, may
authorize the sale of the substance described in paragraph (6) of
Schedule V of section 202 by persons other than licensed pharmacists or
licensed pharmacy technicians if--
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            ``(i) the Director finds evidence that the absence of a
        pharmacy creates a hardship for a community;
        and<greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x <greek-th> x
            ``(ii) the authorized personnel follow the procedure set
        forth in this Act''.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x

      TITLE II--EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT<greek-th> x

SEC. 201. GRANTS FOR SERVICES FOR CHILDREN OF SUBSTANCE
              ABUSERS.<greek-th> x

    Section 519 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb0925)
is amended--<greek-th> x
            (1) in subsection (b), by inserting after paragraph (8) the
        following:<greek-th> x
            ``(9) Development of drug endangered children rapid
        response teams that will intervene on behalf of children
        exposed to methamphetamine as a result of residing or being
        present in a home-based clandestine drug laboratory.'';
        and<greek-th> x
            (2) in subsection (o)--<greek-th> x
                    (A) by striking ``For the purpose'' and inserting
                the following:<greek-th> x
            ``(1) In general.--For the purpose''; and<greek-th> x
                    (B) by adding at the end the
                following:<greek-th> x
            ``(2) Drug endangered children rapid response teams.--There
        are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for each of the
        fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out the provisions of
        subsection (b)(9).''.<greek-th> x

SEC. 202. LOCAL GRANTS FOR TREATMENT OF METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE AND
              RELATED CONDITIONS.<greek-th> x

    Subpart 1 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 290bb et seq.) is amended--<greek-th> x
            (1) by redesignating the section 514 that relates to
        methamphetamine and appears after section 514A as section
        514B;<greek-th> x
            (2) in section 514B, as redesignated--<greek-th> x
                    (A) by amending subsection (a)(1) to read as
                follows:<greek-th> x
            ``(1) Grants authorized.--The Secretary may award grants to
        States, political subdivisions of States, American Indian
        Tribes, and private, nonprofit entities to provide treatment
        for methamphetamine abuse.'';<greek-th> x
                    (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as
                follows:<greek-th> x
    ``(b) Priority for Rural Areas.--In awarding grants under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to entities that will
serve rural areas experiencing an increase in methamphetamine abuse.'';
and<greek-th> x
                    (C) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``2000'' and
                all that follows and inserting ``2005 and such sums as
                may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 through
                2009''; and<greek-th> x
            (3) by inserting after section 514B, as redesignated, the
        following:<greek-th> x

``SEC. 514C. METHAMPHETAMINE RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL
              ASSISTANCE CENTER.<greek-th> x

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary, acting through the
Administrator, and in consultation with the Director of the National
Institutes of Health, shall award grants to, or enter into contracts
with, public or private, nonprofit entities to establish a research,
training, and technical assistance center to carry out the activities
described in subsection (d).<greek-th> x
    ``(b) Application.--A public or private, nonprofit entity seeking a
grant or contract under subsection (a) shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.<greek-th> x
    ``(c) Condition.--In awarding grants or entering into contracts
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that not less than 1
of the centers will focus on methamphetamine abuse in rural
areas.<greek-th> x
    ``(d) Authorized Activities.--Each center established under this
section shall--<greek-th> x
            ``(1) engage in research and evaluation of the
        effectiveness of treatment modalities for the treatment of
        methamphetamine abuse;<greek-th> x
            ``(2) disseminate information to public and private
        entities on effective treatments for methamphetamine
        abuse;<greek-th> x
            ``(3) provide direct technical assistance to States,
        political subdivisions of States, and private entities on how
        to improve the treatment of methamphetamine abuse;
        and<greek-th> x
            ``(4) provide training on the effects of methamphetamine
        use and on effective ways of treating methamphetamine abuse to
        substance abuse treatment professionals and community
        leaders.<greek-th> x
    ``(e) Reports.--Each grantee or contractor under this section shall
annually submit a report to the Administrator that contains--
<greek-th> x
            ``(1) a description of the previous year's activities of
        the center established under this section;<greek-th> x
            ``(2) effective treatment modalities undertaken by the
        center; and<greek-th> x
            ``(3) evidence to demonstrate that such treatment
        modalities were successful.<greek-th> x
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2006
and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 and
2008.''.<greek-th> x

SEC. 203. METHAMPHETAMINE PRECURSOR MONITORING GRANTS.<greek-th> x

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Attorney General, acting through the
Bureau of Justice Assistance, may award grants to States to establish
methamphetamine precursor monitoring programs.<greek-th> x
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the grant program established under
this section is to--<greek-th> x
            (1) prevent the sale of methamphetamine precursors, such as
        pseudoephedrine, to individuals in quantities so large that the
        only reasonable purpose of the purchase would be to manufacture
        methamphetamine;<greek-th> x
            (2) educate businesses that legally sell methamphetamine
        precursors of the need to balance the legitimate need for
        lawful access to medication with the risk that those substances
        may be used to manufacture methamphetamine; and<greek-th> x
            (3) recalibrate existing prescription drug monitoring
        programs designed to track the sale of controlled substances to
        also track the sale of pseudoephedrine in any amount greater
        than 6 grams.<greek-th> x
    (c) Use of Grant Funds.--Grant funds awarded to States under this
section may be used to--<greek-th> x
            (1) implement a methamphetamine precursor monitoring
        program, including hiring personnel and purchasing computer
        hardware and software designed to monitor methamphetamine
        precursor purchases;<greek-th> x
            (2) expand existing methamphetamine precursor or
        prescription drug monitoring programs to accomplish the
        purposes described in subsection (b);<greek-th> x
            (3) pay for training and technical assistance for law
        enforcement personnel and employees of businesses that lawfully
        sell substances, which may be used as methamphetamine
        precursors;<greek-th> x
            (4) improve information sharing between adjacent States
        through enhanced connectivity; or<greek-th> x
            (5) make grants to subdivisions of the State to implement
        methamphetamine precursor monitoring programs.<greek-th> x
    (d) Application.--Any State seeking a grant under this section
shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General
may require.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to
carry out the provisions of this section.<greek-th> x <greek-th> x
                                 08  x

Output:
Combat Meth Act of 2005 - Authorizes funds to provide training to State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agents for investigation and prosecution of methamphetamine offenses, including a set-aside for prosecutors and law enforcement agents for rural communities.

Amends: (1) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the public safety and community policing grant program to authorize the use of grant funds to hire personnel and purchase equipment to assist in enforcing and prosecuting methamphetamine offenses and in cleaning up methamphetamine-affected areas; (2) the Controlled Substances Act to add pseudoephedrine to schedule V; and (3) the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for the development of drug endangered children rapid response teams and grants to local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit private entities to provide treatment for methamphetamine abuse.

Directs the Attorney General to allocate funds for the hiring and training of special assistant U.S. attorneys. Authorizes the Attorney General, acting through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, to award grants to States to establish methamphetamine precursor monitoring programs.


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SECTION 1. TEACHER RECRUITMENT.

    (a) Future Math and Science Teacher Recruitment.--Title V of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1102 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following new part:

         ``PART G--FUTURE MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHER RECRUITMENT

``SEC. 599A. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    ``(a) Short Title.--This part may be cited as the `Recruit and
Reward Future Math and Science Teachers of America Act of 1998'.
    ``(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) United States high school students rank 12th and
        19th, respectively, in science and math out of 25 countries.
            ``(2) Of United States high school students who take
        physical science and math courses, 48 percent and 49 percent,
        respectively, are taught by teachers who did not prepare in
        that field.
            ``(3) Teachers' knowledge and skills powerfully influence
        student learning.
            ``(4) More than 2,000,000 teachers will need to be hired
        over the next decade.
            ``(5) The ability of the United States to place highly
        qualified math and science teachers specializing in their field
        of instruction will depend on proactive policies that increase
        funding for teacher training, recruitment, and induction.

``SEC. 599B. PURPOSE; APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this part to make available,
through a pilot program, 500 scholarship grants and stipends to
outstanding students enrolled in a nationally accredited teacher
training graduate program who are committed to pursuing careers
teaching math and science at an urban or rural secondary level
classroom.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this part $5,000,000 in each of the fiscal
years 1999, 2000, and 2001.

``SEC. 599C. SCHOLARSHIP DESIGNATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA.

    ``(a) Scholarship Designation.--Funds made available under this
part shall be designated as the `National Math and Science Teacher
Scholarships'.
    ``(b) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary of Education may award
funds for National Math and Science Teacher Scholarships on a
competitive basis to qualifying higher education institutions with
graduate programs in teacher training. The Secretary may not provide
any individual higher education institution more than $100,000 per
academic year for the purpose of the National Math and Science Teacher
Scholarships. An institution applying for such Scholarships may only be
eligible to receive funds if such institution--
            ``(1) meets nationally accredited teacher training graduate
        program standards; or
            ``(2) demonstrates to the Secretary that at least 90
        percent of the graduates of such a graduate teacher training
        program take, and on their first attempt pass, the State
        teacher qualification assessments for new teachers.

``SEC. 599D. INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.

    ``An individual may be eligible for a National Math and Science
Teacher Scholarship only if such individual--
            ``(1) is a citizen or national of the United States or an
        alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent
        residence;
            ``(2) is majoring in a physical or life science or
        mathematics graduate teacher training program;
            ``(3) is enrolled in a higher education institution that--
                    ``(A) meets nationally accredited teacher training
                graduate program standards; or
                    ``(B) demonstrates to the Secretary that at least
                90 percent of the graduates of such a graduate teacher
                training program who enter the field of teaching take,
                and on their first attempt pass, the State teacher
                qualification assessments for new teachers; and
            ``(4) is willing to be teacher certified or licensed and
        commit themselves to teaching math or science in a rural or
        urban public secondary school for no less than 3 full academic
        years.

``SEC. 599E. SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT.

    ``(a) Amount of Award.--The amount of scholarship awarded by
participating teacher training graduate programs under this part for
any academic year shall be $10,000 per student.
    ``(b) Assistance Not To Exceed Cost of Attendance.--No individual
shall receive an award under this part in any academic year which
exceeds the cost of attendance. A scholarship awarded under this part
shall not be reduced on the basis of the student's receipt of other
forms of Federal student financial assistance, but shall be taken into
account in determining the eligibility of the student for those forms
of Federal student financial assistance.

``SEC. 599F. AGREEMENT; GRANT AND STIPEND REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Agreement.--Recipients of the National Math and Science
Teachers Scholarships shall agree to teach in an urban or rural public
secondary school for no less than 3 full academic years.
    ``(b) Repayment for Failure To Fulfill Agreement.--Any recipients
of a Scholarship found by the Secretary to be in noncompliance with the
agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section shall be
required to repay a pro rata amount of the scholarship awards received,
plus interest and, where applicable, reasonable collection fees, on a
schedule and at a rate of interest prescribed by the Secretary by
regulations.

``SEC. 599G. EXCEPTIONS TO REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.

    ``An individual recipient of a Scholarship under this part shall
not be considered in violation of the agreement entered into pursuant
to section 599F during any period in which the recipient--
            ``(1) is pursuing a full-time course of study in math and
        science at an accredited institution;
            ``(2) is serving, not in excess of 3 years, as a member of
        the armed services of the United States;
            ``(3) is totally disabled for a period of time not to
        exceed 3 years as established by sworn affidavit of a qualified
        physician;
            ``(4) is seeking and unable to find full-time employment
        for a single period not to exceed 12 months;
            ``(5) is seeking and unable to find full-time employment as
        a math and science teacher in a public or private nonprofit
        elementary or secondary school or education program for a
        single period not to exceed 27 months; or
            ``(6) satisfies the provision of additional repayment
        exceptions that may be prescribed by the Secretary in
        regulations issued pursuant to this section.

``SEC. 599H. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    ``On or before January 29, 2002, the Secretary of Education shall
submit a report to Congress evaluating the success of the National Math
and Science Teacher Scholarships pilot program in recruiting math and
science teachers to teach in America's public secondary schools.''.

Output:
Recruit and Reward Future Math and Science Teachers of America Act of 1998 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a pilot program for recruitment and training of future secondary school mathematics and science teachers.
Makes available 500 scholarship grants and stipends to outstanding students enrolled in nationally accredited teacher training graduate programs who are committed to pursuing such careers in secondary school mathematics and science teaching.
Authorized appropriations.    Designates funds under this Act as National Math and Science Teacher Scholarships.  Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award funds for such scholarships on a competitive basis to qualifying higher education institutions with graduate programs in teacher training.  Limits the amount of such funds in any academic year which may be awarded to any individual higher education institution.  Requires such institutions to:  (1) meet nationally accredited teacher training graduate program standards; or (2) demonstrate to the Secretary that at least 90 percent of the graduates of the graduate teacher training program take, and on their first attempt pass, the State teacher qualification assessments for new teachers.
Sets forth eligibility requirements for individual scholarships. Limits the scholarship amount per student to $10,000 per academic year. Requires scholarship recipients to agree to teach in an urban or rural public secondary school for at least three full academic years, or repay the pro rata amount of awards received, plus interest, for any failure to fulfill such obligation.  Sets forth exceptions to such repayment requirements.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Temporary IRA Distribution
Suspension Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM
              DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of a defined contribution plan--
            (1) section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        shall not apply during the suspension period,
            (2) in lieu of the calendar year specified in subparagraph
        (C)(i) of section 401(a)(9) of such Code, the calendar year
        specified in such subparagraph shall be the later of--
                    (A) the calendar year described in such
                subparagraph (C)(i), or
                    (B) calendar year 2010, and
            (3) the suspension period shall not be taken into account
        for purposes of applying any time limitation in such section
        401(a)(9).
    (b) Suspension Period.--For purposes of this section, the term
``suspension period'' means the period beginning on January 1, 2008,
and ending on December 31, 2009.
    (c) Application to Certain Other Plans.--The following sections
shall be applied for the suspension period under rules similar to the
rules of subsection (a) of this section--
            (1) in the case of a defined contribution plan, subsections
        (a) and (b) of section 403, and sections 408 and 408A, of such
        Code, and
            (2) in the case of an eligible deferred compensation plan
        described in section 457(b) of such Code which is maintained by
        an eligible employer described in section 457(e)(1)(A)) of such
        Code, section 457 of such Code.
    (d) Application to Certain Periodic Payments.--For purposes of this
section, in the case of a defined contribution plan, the failure to
make a payment from a qualified retirement plan during the suspension
period in an amount less than would be required under the applicable
method shall not be treated as a modification for purposes of section
72(t)(2)(A)(iv) of such Code.
    (e) Provisions Relating to Plan Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--If this section applies to any plan or
        annuity contract, such plan or contract shall be treated as
        being operated in accordance with the terms of the plan during
        the period described in paragraph (2)(B)(i).
            (2) Amendments to which section applies.--
                    (A) In general.--This section shall apply to any
                amendment to any plan or annuity contract which is
                made--
                            (i) pursuant to this section or pursuant to
                        any regulation issued by the Secretary of the
                        Treasury to carry out this section, and
                            (ii) on or before the last day of the first
                        plan year beginning on or after January 1,
                        2009.
                    (B) Conditions.--This section shall not apply to
                any amendment unless--
                            (i) during the period--
                                    (I) beginning on the first day of
                                the suspension period, and
                                    (II) ending on the date described
                                in subparagraph (A)(ii) (or, if
                                earlier, the date the plan or contract
                                amendment is adopted), the plan or
                                contract is operated as if such plan or
                                contract amendment were in effect, and
                            (ii) such plan or contract amendment
                        applies retroactively for such period.
    (f) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--This section shall take effect on the date
        of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Recontribution of distributions before date of
        enactment.--
                    (A) In general.--Any individual who receives a
                payment or distribution during the period beginning on
                January 1, 2008, and ending on the date of the
                enactment of this Act from a plan to which subsection
                (a) or (c) of this section applies may, before the end
                of the suspension period, make one or more
                contributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed the
                amount of such payments or distributions to an eligible
                retirement plan of which such individual is a
                beneficiary and to which a rollover contribution of
                such distribution could be made under section 402(c),
                403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), or 457(e)(16) of such
                Code, as the case may be.
                    (B) Treatment of repayments of distributions from
                eligible retirement plans other than iras.--For
                purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a
                contribution is made pursuant to subparagraph (A) to an
                eligible retirement plan other than an individual
                retirement plan, then the taxpayer shall, to the extent
                of the amount of the contribution, be treated as having
                received such payments or distributions in an eligible
                rollover distribution (as defined in section 402(c)(4)
                of such Code) and as having transferred the amount to
                the eligible retirement plan in a direct trustee to
                trustee transfer within 60 days of the distribution.
                    (C) Treatment of repayments for distributions from
                iras.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of
                1986, if a contribution is made pursuant to
                subparagraph (A) to an individual retirement plan (as
                defined by section 7701(a)(37) of such Code), then, to
                the extent of the amount of the contribution, such
                payments or distributions shall be treated as a
                distribution described in section 408(d)(3) of such
                Code and as having been transferred to the individual
                retirement plan in a direct trustee to trustee transfer
                within 60 days of the distribution.

Output: Temporary IRA Distribution Suspension Act of 2008 - Suspends for calendar 2008 and 2009 the beginning date for required distributions from certain individual retirement (IRA) plans.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gas Pump Access Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The technical assistance materials for the Americans
        with Disabilities Act of 1990 of the Department of Justice
        requires gas stations, including those offering self-service,
        to provide equal access for their customers with disabilities.
            (2) Customers with disabilities are advised that they can
        obtain refueling assistance by either honking or otherwise
        signaling an employee.
            (3) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires
        self-service gas stations to provide refueling assistance upon
        the request of a qualified person with a disability if there is
        more than one attendant on duty at the station. Such service is
        provided without any charge beyond the self-service price.
            (4) A qualified person with a disability is described as a
        person to whom an accessible or disabled parking permit has
        been issued or a person who is in legal possession of a
        specialized motor vehicle license plate indicating that the
        owner is a person with a disability.
            (5) History has shown that these methods to attract
        refueling assistance are not effective. Throughout the United
        States, individuals with disabilities who need gas pumping
        assistance at gas stations or convenience stores do not
        generally receive such assistance when they honk their horns,
        flash their headlights, or otherwise signal to attract the
        attention of an attendant inside the facility. This is not
        considered equal access under the Americans with Disabilities
        Act of 1990.
            (6) In 2014, the State of Florida enacted House Bill 7005,
        which requires phone numbers to be placed on all gas pumps not
        later than two years after July 1, 2014. This requirement
        allows qualified individuals with disabilities to call on their
        cell phones for free gas pumping assistance. However, should
        such refueling assistance be requested during times when a
        second attendant is not present at a self-service gasoline
        station, the Florida gas station retailer is not required to
        provide the requested assistance and will inform the caller.
        History has proven this to be a simple, inexpensive, common
        sense, effective solution that is favored by both customers
        with disabilities and the petroleum and convenience store
        industries.
            (7) Today, unlike in 1990, almost everyone owns a cell
        phone. Owning a cell phone is a safety measure for drivers with
        disabilities in case their vehicle breaks down on the road.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to provide accessibility to gas stations
by ensuring that it will be considered discrimination under the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) for a
gas station to fail to display a phone number to call for assistance on
each self-service gas pump of the gas station.

SEC. 4. ACCESSIBILITY.

    (a) Notification Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--It shall be considered discrimination for
        purposes of section 302 of the Americans with Disabilities Act
        of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12182) for a gas station or convenience
        store to fail to clearly display at each self-service gas pump
        a decal that--
                    (A) is at least 15 square inches in size;
                    (B) has a blue background;
                    (C) includes the telephone number of the gas
                station or convenience store at which such pump is
                located and the words ``Call for Assistance'' in
                printed white text; and
                    (D) includes the International Symbol of
                Accessibility.
            (2) Operational telephone.--With respect to the telephone
        number indicated on the decal, it shall be considered
        discrimination for purposes of section 302 of the Americans
        with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12182) if the phone
        connected to such number is not operational and answered
        directly by an employee of the gas station retailer during the
        hours the gas station retailer is open for business to the
        public.
    (b) Assistance.--
            (1) Two or more attendants.--It shall be considered
        discrimination for purposes of section 302 of the Americans
        with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12182) for a gas
        station or convenience store that is open for business to the
        public with two or more attendants on duty to fail to provide
        gas pumping assistance to a qualified individual with a
        disability who makes a request for such assistance.
            (2) One attendant.--It shall not be considered
        discrimination for purposes of section 302 of the Americans
        with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12182) for a gas
        station or convenience store that is open for business to the
        public with one attendant on duty to fail to provide gas
        pumping assistance to a qualified individual with a disability
        who makes a request for such assistance, if such attendant
        notifies the individual that assistance cannot be provided
        because there is only one attendant on duty.
    (c) Further Accessibility Standards.--Nothing in this section shall
prohibit a unit of local government from adopting an ordinance, or
enforcing an existing ordinance, that expands the accessibility,
safety, or availability of fueling assistance to a motor vehicle
operator with a qualified disability.
    (d) Regulations.--Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney
General shall each promulgate such regulations as are necessary to
ensure compliance with this section.
    (e) Example of Decal Made Publicly Available.--Not later than six
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation and the Attorney General shall make a graphic example of
a decal described in subsection (a) publicly available at no cost, in
downloadable format, on the websites of the Department of
Transportation and the Department of Justice, respectively. Such decal
shall have a blank area in which a telephone number may be inserted.

Output: Gas Pump Access Act of 2016 This bill declares that it shall be a prohibited form of discrimination against individuals with disabilities in a place of public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for a gas station or convenience store to fail to clearly display at each self-service gas pump a decal that includes its telephone number and the words "Call for Assistance." A gas station or convenience store that is open for business to the public with at least two attendants on duty must provide gas pumping assistance to a qualified individual with a disability who makes a request for such assistance. But it shall not be considered discrimination for a gas station or convenience store with one attendant on duty to fail to provide such requested gas pumping assistance if such attendant notifies the individual that assistance cannot be provided because there is only one attendant on duty. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Justice must promulgate regulations necessary to ensure compliance with this bill and make graphics for the decals publicly available on their websites.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Decennial Census Improvement Act of
1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Constitution requires that the number of persons in
        the Nation be enumerated every 10 years in order to permit the
        apportionment of Representatives among the several States;
            (2) information collected through a decennial census is
        also used to determine--
                    (A) the boundaries of congressional districts
                within States;
                    (B) the boundaries of the districts for the
                legislature of each State and the boundaries of other
                political subdivisions within the States; and
                    (C) the allocation of billions of dollars of
                Federal and State funds;
            (3) the Constitution requires that those enumerations be
        made in such manner as the Congress ``shall by law direct'';
            (4) in the 1990 decennial census, the Bureau of the Census
        used a combination of mail questionnaires and personal
        interviews, involving more than 350,000 enumerators, to collect
        the census data;
            (5) in August 1992, the Bureau concluded that the 1990
        decennial census had failed to count four million persons or
        1.6 percent of the population;
            (6) the extent of the undercount varies by group and by the
        part of the country involved; for example, the undercount in
        the 1990 decennial census was--
                    (A) 4.4 percent for African Americans, 4.5 percent
                for American Indians, 2.3 percent for Asians or Pacific
                Islanders, and 5 percent for Hispanic Americans; and
                    (B) 3.1 percent for New Mexico, 2.8 percent for
                Texas, 2.7 percent for California, and 2 percent for
                Florida;
            (7) in 1993, the Bureau concluded that legislation
        providing that pay for temporary census enumerators in the 2000
        decennial census not be used to reduce benefits under Federal
        assistance programs would make it easier for the Bureau to hire
        neighborhood people as temporary census enumerators in low-
        income neighborhoods;
            (8) a number of lawsuits were filed challenging the
        accuracy of the 1990 decennial census, and in March 1996 the
        Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Secretary of Commerce's
        decision in July 1991 not to adjust the initial enumeration in
        the 1990 decennial census by using a postenumeration
        statistical survey;
            (9) on February 28, 1996, the Bureau announced that, for
        the 2000 decennial census, it plans to use a combination of
mail questionnaires and personal interviews in each county until it has
collected data from 90 percent of the households in the county,
whereupon it would conduct interviews with respect to one-tenth of the
remaining households in the county and use the information obtained
from those interviews to make estimates with respect to the remaining
nonresponding households;
            (10) certain witnesses testified, at a hearing held by the
        Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of
        Representatives on February 29, 1996, that the Bureau's
        proposed sampling technique may increase the disparity in the
        undercount among either geographic areas (such as between rural
        and urban areas) or racial or ethnic groups (such as with
        respect to African Americans and Hispanic Americans, as
        compared to other groups);
            (11) the planning, conduct, and analysis of a decennial
        census often requires close to a period of 10 years;
            (12) the Bureau estimates that the proposed sampling
        technique will cost about $500 million less, over that period
        of time, than the $4.4 billion that it estimates would be spent
        over that same period if the method used in the 1990 decennial
        census were to be used (instead of such sampling technique) in
        the 2000 decennial census; and
            (13) the Chairman of the Panel on Census Requirements in
        the Year 2000 and Beyond of the National Academy of Sciences
        testified at the February 29th hearing that there is a trade-
        off between cost savings associated with using a sampling
        technique on the one hand, and adverse effects with respect to
        sampling variability, public perception, and political
        consequences, on the other.
    (b) Purposes.--It is the purpose of this Act to promote the
accuracy of the 2000 decennial census, and public confidence with
respect to the data obtained therefrom.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS.

    The 2000 decennial census shall be conducted in accordance with the
following:
            (1) Direct contact must be attempted.--The Bureau shall
        attempt to contact every household directly (whether by mail or
        in person), and may use sampling as a substitute for direct
        contact in a particular census tract only after direct contact
        has been made with at least 90 percent of the households in
        such tract.
            (2) Greater use of non-federal resources.--The Bureau--
                    (A) shall seek to make more effective use of State
                and local government offices, as well as appropriate
                local groups, in order to reduce the undercount; and
                    (B) shall include, as part of its report under
                section 141(f) of title 13, United States Code, next
                due after the date of the enactment of this Act, a
                description of the measures it intends to pursue to
                carry out subparagraph (A).

SEC. 4. MEASURES TO FACILITATE THE RECRUITMENT OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Purposes for Which Compensation Shall Not Be Taken Into
Account.--Section 23 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Compensation for services performed by an individual
appointed by the Secretary to a temporary position for purposes
relating to the 2000 decennial census (if the position is so designated
by the Secretary, in writing, at the time of such individual's
appointment) shall not be taken into account for purposes of
determining either the eligibility of any individual for or the amount
of benefits payable to an individual under any Federal, State, or local
program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds.''.
    (b) Exemption From Provisions Relating to Reemployed Annuitants and
Former Members of the Uniformed Services.--Public Law 101-86 (13 U.S.C.
23 note) is amended--
            (1) in section 1(b) and the long title by striking ``the
        1990 decennial census'' and inserting ``the 2000 decennial
        census''; and
            (2) in section 4 by striking ``December 31, 1990.'' and
        inserting ``December 31, 2000.''.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``census'' means a census of population within
        the meaning of section 141(g) of title 13, United States Code;
            (2) the term ``Bureau'' means the Bureau of the Census; and
            (3) the term ``census tract'' means a statistical
        subdivision as defined by the Bureau for purposes of the 1990
        decennial census.

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Decennial Census Improvement Act of 1997 - Requires the Bureau of the Census, in conducting the 2000 decennial census, to:  (1) attempt to contact every household directly, whether by mail or in person (and allows the use of sampling as a substitute for direct contact in a particular census tract only after direct contact has been made with at least 90 percent of the households in such tract); and (2) seek to make more effective use of State and local government offices and appropriate local groups to reduce the undercount and include in a specified report a description of the measures it intends to pursue to carry out such requirement.
Prohibits taking into account compensation for services performed by an individual appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to a temporary position for purposes relating to the 2000 decennial census (if the position is so designated by the Secretary at the time of such individual's appointment) for purposes of determining either the individual's eligibility for benefits, or the amount of benefits payable to an individual, under any Federal, State, or local program financed with Federal funds.
Modifies Federal law regarding exemptions for reemployed annuitants and former uniformed service members to make such law:  (1) applicable to service in any temporary position within the Bureau established for purposes relating to the 2000 decennial census; and (2) inapplicable to any service performed after December 31, 2000.


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SECTION 1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSEMBLY OF THE AMERICAS.

    (a) Establishment and Meetings.--Not to exceed 13 Members of
Congress shall be appointed to meet jointly and at least annually and
when Congress is not in session (except that this restriction shall not
apply to meetings held in the United States) with representative
parliamentary groups from other countries in the Americas for the
purposes of--
            (1) discussing common problems and interests in
        intellectual and industrial property; and
            (2) initiating and promoting such national and multilateral
        measures as may further common interests in intellectual and
        industrial property.
    (b) Appointment of United States Delegation.--For each meeting of
the Intellectual Property Assembly of the Americas, there shall be
appointed a United States Delegation, as follows:
            (1) In 1998 and every even-numbered year thereafter--
                    (A) 7 members shall be appointed by the Speaker of
                the House of Representatives from Members of the House
                of Representatives (3 of whom, including the
                Chairperson of the United States Delegation, shall be
                from the Committee on International Relations and 4 of
                whom shall be from the Committee on the Judiciary); and
                    (B) 6 members shall, upon recommendations of the
                majority and minority leaders of the Senate, be
                appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate
                from Members of the Senate (2 of whom, including the
                Vice Chairperson of the United States Delegation, shall
                be from the Committee on Foreign Relations and 4 of
                whom shall be from the Committee on the Judiciary,
                unless the President pro tempore of the Senate, upon
                recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of
                the Senate, determines otherwise).
        Such appointments shall be for the period of each meeting of
        the Intellectual Property Assembly of the Americas.
            (2) In every odd-numbered year beginning in 1999--
                    (A) 7 members shall, upon recommendations of the
                majority and minority leaders of the Senate, be
                appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate
                from Members of the Senate (3 of whom, including the
                Chairperson of the United States Delegation, shall be
                from the Committee on Foreign Relations and 4 of whom
                shall be from the Committee on the Judiciary, unless
                the President pro tempore of the Senate, upon
                recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of
                the Senate, determines otherwise); and
                    (B) 6 members shall be appointed by the Speaker of
                the House of Representatives from Members of the House
                of Representatives (2 of whom, including the Vice
                Chairperson of the United States Delegation, shall be
                from the Committee on the Judiciary).
        Such appointments shall be for the period of each meeting of
        the Intellectual Property Assembly of the Americas.
    (c) Administrative Support.--For the purpose of providing general
staff support, each United States Delegation shall have 2 secretaries
(1 of whom shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Delegation and
1 of whom shall be appointed by the Vice Chairperson of the
Delegation).
    (d) Funding.--
            (1) United states participation.--There is authorized to be
        appropriated for each fiscal year the sum of $60,000 to assist
        in meeting the expenses of the United States Delegation. For
        each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made under this
        subsection, half of such appropriation may be disbursed on
        vouchers to be approved by the Chairperson and half of such
        appropriation may be disbursed on vouchers to be approved by
        the Vice Chairperson.
            (2) Availability of appropriations.--Amounts appropriated
        pursuant to this subsection are authorized to remain available
        until expended.
    (e) Annual Report.--The United States Delegation shall, for each
fiscal year for which an appropriation is made pursuant to this
section, submit to the Congress a report that includes its expenditures
under such appropriation. The certificate of the Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson of the United States Delegation shall be final and
conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing of the accounts
of the United States Delegation.
    (f) Funding for Expenses of Annual Meetings.--In addition to the
amounts authorized by subsection (d), there is authorized to be
appropriated the sum of $100,000 for fiscal year 1998 to meet the
expenses incurred by the United States Delegation in hosting the first
annual meeting of the Intellectual Property Assembly of the Americas.
Amounts appropriated under this subsection are authorized to remain
available until expended.

SEC. 2. REPORTS OF EXPENDITURES; CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 105(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1961
(22 U.S.C. 276c-1), is amended by inserting ``the Intellectual Property
Assembly of the Americas,'' after ``the Mexico-United States
Interparliamentary Group,''.

Output: Provides for appointment of a U.S. Delegation (consisting of 13 Members of Congress) to the Intellectual Property Assembly of the Americas, which shall meet annually with representative parliamentary groups from other countries in the Americas to:  (1) discuss common problems and interests in intellectual and industrial property; and (2) promote national and multilateral measures that may further common interests in such property.  Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Chronic Care Practice
Research Network Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Two-thirds of all Medicare spending involves
        beneficiaries living with 5 or more chronic conditions.
            (2) Eighty-four percent of people ages 65 to 70 live with
        at least one of the following chronic conditions: hypertension,
        heart disease or heart attack, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, or
        high cholesterol.
            (3) Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions are more
        likely to undergo duplicative tests, receive contradictory
        information from their healthcare providers, experience adverse
        responses to medications, and undergo hospital visits that
        could have been prevented.
            (4) Both traditional fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare
        Advantage are not currently configured to meet the unique needs
        of beneficiaries living with multiple chronic conditions.
            (5) Care for these patients is typically fragmented and
        delivered by multiple providers working at multiple sites.
            (6) Medicare has implemented a number of demonstration
        projects focused on ways to improve care for beneficiaries with
        multiple chronic conditions, yet there has been limited
        translation of evidence-based results to the wider chronic care
        community in a timely manner.
            (7) As the population of Medicare beneficiaries living with
        multiple chronic conditions continues to increase, the Centers
        for Medicare & Medicaid Services should seek more effective
        actions to test various care models, analyze the outcomes, and
        implement evidence-based best practices as soon as possible.
            (8) The United States Government should partner with
        qualified and experienced health care institutions already
        serving these beneficiaries to effectively and efficiently
        develop, evaluate, and translate improvements in coordinated
        care for them. Generating this information and supporting its
        translation into clinical practice will serve beneficiaries far
        more effectively.

SEC. 3. MEDICARE CHRONIC CARE PRACTICE RESEARCH NETWORK TO DEVELOP AND
              APPLY IMPROVED PRACTICES IN COORDINATED CARE FOR MEDICARE
              BENEFICIARIES WITH MULTIPLE, CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
        Services (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'')
        shall establish in accordance with this section a Medicare
        Chronic Care Practice Research Network (in this section
        referred to as the ``Network'').
            (2) Duration.--The initial period of the Network shall be
        not less than five years. The Secretary may extend or make
        permanent the Network if the Network's performance demonstrates
        benefit to the Medicare program.
    (b) Purpose and Duties of Network.--
            (1) Purpose.--The purpose of the Network is to enable
        highly qualified providers, including providers participating
        in the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration under section
        1807 of the Social Security Act (in this section referred to as
        the ``MCCD''), to form a stable and flexible research
        infrastructure that accelerates the development and deployment
        of evidence-based chronic care management practices for
        Medicare beneficiaries with multiple, chronic conditions.
            (2) Duties of the network.--
                    (A) In general.--The Network shall develop and
                evaluate evidence-based chronic care management
                practices for Medicare beneficiaries who have two or
                more chronic illnesses, with a focus on such
                beneficiaries who are provided benefits under the
                Medicare fee-for-service program and whose care is most
                costly.
                    (B) Specific duties.--The Network shall--
                            (i) research, design, implement, test, and
                        validate specific interventions designed to
                        improve care management for Medicare
                        beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions;
                        and
                            (ii) provide a reproducible, reliable, and
                        scalable framework to standardize and translate
                        best practices for all Medicare beneficiaries.
            (3) Financial support.--The Network shall provide financial
        support in the following areas:
                    (A) Collaboration.--Support of collaboration and
                networking, including conference calls, meetings, and
                other forms of communication between and among Network
                project sites, of publication of guidelines and
                findings, and of development and dissemination of
                information on proven, common care management
                practices.
                    (B) Infrastructure.--Support of research and
                infrastructure for Network project sites, which may be
                based upon enrollment size and success of such sites in
                realizing targets and compliance with data submission
                requirements.
                    (C) Patient recruitment and care management.--
                Support of patient recruitment and care management at
                Network project sites for the delivery of specific
                services and ongoing testing of improvements to large
                patient panels.
                    (D) Evaluation.--Support of internal and external
                evaluation activities, including evaluation activities
                conducted at individual Network project sites and the
                Network.
            (4) Establishment of target enrollment numbers.--The
        Secretary and the Network shall jointly develop, based on
        demographics and previous history, target enrollment numbers
        for each Network project site.
    (c) Board of Directors.--
            (1) Membership.--
                    (A) In general.--The Network shall have a Board of
                Directors (in this section referred to as the
                ``Board'') composed of the following:
                            (i) CMS administrator.--The Administrator
                        of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
                        Services, who shall serve as chairman of the
                        Board and head of the Network.
                            (ii) Ex officio members.--
                                    (I) The Director of the Agency for
                                Health Research and Quality.
                                    (II) The Director of the National
                                Institute on Aging.
                                    (III) Representatives of other
                                Federal health care and research agency
                                officials, as selected by the
                                Secretary.
                            (iii) Appointed members.--Members appointed
                        under subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Appointed members.--
                            (i) Initial appointment.--The Secretary
                        shall appoint at least 8 individuals to serve
                        on the Board, including one individual
                        representing each MCCD site.
                            (ii) Additional members.--The Secretary may
                        appoint additional members to the Board to the
                        extent the Secretary determines, including
                        individuals who represent Network project sites
                        not otherwise represented under clause (i).
                            (iii) Term.--The term of office of each
                        member of the Board appointed under this
                        subparagraph shall be five years.
                    (C) Vacancy.--Any vacancy in the membership of the
                Board--
                            (i) shall not affect the power of the
                        remaining members to execute the duties of the
                        Board; and
                            (ii) shall be filled by appointment by the
                        Secretary.
            (2) Project evaluations.--The Board shall provide for both
        an internal and external evaluation of each Network project
        site.
            (3) Initial meeting.--Not later than 60 days after the date
        members are first appointed under paragraph (1)(B), the
        Secretary shall convene a meeting of the members of the Board
        to--
                    (A) initiate the Network; and
                    (B) begin the planning phase of the Network.
    (d) Biennial Reports.--
            (1) Congressional reports.--Beginning not later than 2
        years after the date of the establishment of the Network, the
        Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of
        Congress biennial reports on the Network. Each report shall
        include at least the following:
                    (A) A report on progress made toward developing an
                efficient and effective research infrastructure capable
                of robustly testing new interventions and models of
                care for chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries in a
                timely manner.
                    (B) An evaluation of the overall quality,
                satisfaction, and cost effectiveness of interventions
                tested.
                    (C) An evaluation of the capability of the Network
                to define and test specifications needed to deploy
                successful interventions on a large geographic or
                nationwide scale without loss of effectiveness.
                    (D) A description of benefits to the Medicare
                program resulting from increased collaboration and
                partnership between Network sites.
                    (E) Any other information regarding the Network
                that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
            (2) Public reports on care models.--Every two years, the
        Network shall develop and the Secretary shall issue a public
        report of recommended practices and guidelines for chronic care
        that summarizes the care models the Network has found to be
        most effective in managing Medicare beneficiaries with
        multiple, chronic problems.
    (e) Waiver.--The Secretary shall waive such provisions of title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) as may be
necessary for the Network to conduct activities under this section.
    (f) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated from the
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1817 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) and from the Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Fund under section 1841 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395t), in such proportions as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate, $60,000,000. Such amount shall be available to carry out
this section during a 5-fiscal-year period.
    (g) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Medicare program.--The term ``Medicare program'' means
        the programs under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
            (2) Network project site.--The term ``Network project
        site'' means the site of a chronic care management program
        conducted under the authority of the Network.

Output: Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network to develop and evaluate evidence-based chronic care management for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple, chronic conditions, with a focus on beneficiaries under the Medicare fee-for-service program whose care is most costly.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees' Compensation
Reform Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL WORKERS COMPENSATION REFORMS FOR RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE
              EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Transition to Retirement.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code,
        is amended by inserting after section 8106 the following:
``Sec. 8106a. Transition to retirement
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `covered employee' means an employee who--
                    ``(A) is paid compensation under section 8105 or
                8106; and
                    ``(B) on or after attaining retirement age is
                eligible for an annuity under chapter 83 or 84 (other
                than a survivor annuity); and
            ``(2) the term `retirement age' has the meaning given under
        section 216(l)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
        416(l)(1)).
    ``(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
payment of compensation under section 8105 or 8106 to a covered
employee shall terminate on the date that the covered employee--
            ``(1) attains retirement age and is eligible for an annuity
        under chapter 83 or 84 (other than a survivor annuity); or
            ``(2) after attaining retirement age becomes eligible for
        an annuity under chapter 83 or 84 (other than a survivor
        annuity).
    ``(c) Not later than 1 year before the date that a covered employee
attains retirement age or subsequently becomes eligible for an annuity
under chapter 83 or 84 (other than a survivor annuity), the Secretary
of Labor shall provide notice of this section to--
            ``(1) the covered employee;
            ``(2) the employing agency of that covered employee; and
            ``(3) the Office of Personnel Management.
    ``(d) The employing agency of a covered employee shall file an
application for an annuity with the Office of Personnel Management in
accordance with section 8352 or 8471.''.
            (2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of
        sections for chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, is
        amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8106
        the following:

``Sec. 8106a. Transition to retirement.''.
    (b) Filing of Applications.--
            (1) Civil service retirement system.--
                    (A) In general.--Chapter 83 of title 5, United
                States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8351
                the following:
``Sec. 8352. Employees transitioning from workers compensation
    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `covered employee'
means an employee who is a covered employee as defined under section
8106a(a)(1) and is eligible for an annuity under this chapter.
    ``(b) Applications.--Not later than 1 year before the date of the
termination of payments of compensation under section 8106a(b) to a
covered employee who is eligible for an annuity under this chapter, the
employing agency of that covered employee shall file an application for
an annuity for that covered employee under this chapter with the Office
of Personnel Management.
    ``(c) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.''.
                    (B) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table
                of sections for chapter 83 of title 5, United States
                Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating
                to section 8351 the following:

``Sec. 8352. Employees transitioning from workers compensation.''.
            (2) Federal employees retirement system.--
                    (A) In general.--Chapter 84 of title 5, United
                States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8470
                the following:
``Sec. 8471. Employees transitioning from workers compensation
    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `covered employee'
means an employee who is a covered employee as defined under section
8106a(a)(1) and is eligible for an annuity under this chapter.
    ``(b) Applications.--Not later than 1 year before the date of the
termination of payments of compensation under section 8106a(b) to a
covered employee who is eligible for an annuity under this chapter, the
employing agency of that covered employee shall file an application for
an annuity for that covered employee under this chapter with the Office
of Personnel Management.
    ``(c) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.''.
                    (B) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table
                of sections for chapter 84 of title 5, United States
                Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating
                to section 8456 the following:

``Sec. 8471. Employees transitioning from workers compensation.''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Labor, after consultation with the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management, shall prescribe regulations to carry
out this Act.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided under subsection (b), this Act
(including the amendments made by this Act) shall take effect on the
date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Termination of Compensation.--Section 8106a(b) of title 5,
United States Code, (as added by section 2 of this Act) shall take
effect 1 year after the date regulations are prescribed under section
3.

Output: Federal Employees' Compensation Reform Act of 2011 - Requires federal employees, including postal employees, who are receiving total or partial disability benefits under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) to convert to the federal retirement system when such employees reach retirement age as defined by the Social Security Act and are otherwise eligible for an annuity under the the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).