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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Master Teacher Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. MASTER TEACHER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational
        agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 14101 of the
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
        8801).
            (2) Master teacher.--The term ``master teacher'' means a
        teacher who--
                    (A) is licensed or credentialed under State law;
                    (B) has been teaching for at least 5 years in a
                public or private school or institution of higher
                education;
                    (C) is selected upon application, is judged to be
                an excellent teacher, and is recommended by
                administrators and other teachers who are knowledgeable
                of the individual's performance;
                    (D) at the time of submission of such application,
                is teaching and based in a public school;
                    (E) assists other teachers in improving
                instructional strategies, improves the skills of other
                teachers, performs mentoring, develops curriculum, and
                offers other professional development; and
                    (F) enters into a contract with the local
                educational agency to continue to teach and serve as a
                master teacher for at least 5 additional years.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Education.
    (b) Establishment of Demonstration Project.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2002, the Secretary
        shall conduct a demonstration project under which the Secretary
        shall award competitive grants to local educational agencies to
        increase teacher salaries and employee benefits for teachers
        who enter into contracts with the local educational agencies to
        serve as master teachers.
            (2) Requirements.--In awarding grants under the
        demonstration project, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) ensure that grants are awarded under the
                demonstration project to a diversity of local
                educational agencies in terms of size of school
                district, location of school district, ethnic and
                economic composition of students, and experience of
                teachers; and
                    (B) give priority to local educational agencies in
                school districts that have schools with a high
                proportion of economically disadvantaged students.
    (c) Applications.--In order to receive a grant under the
demonstration project, a local educational agency shall submit an
application to the Secretary that contains--
            (1) an assurance that funds received under the grant will
        be used in accordance with this section; and
            (2) a detailed description of how the local educational
        agency will use the grant funds to pay the salaries and
        employee benefits for positions designated by the local
        educational agency as master teacher positions.
    (d) Matching Requirement.--The Secretary may not award a grant to a
local educational agency under the demonstration project unless the
local educational agency agrees that, with respect to costs to be
incurred by the agency in carrying out activities for which the grant
was awarded, the agency shall provide (directly, through the State, or
through a combination thereof) in non-Federal contributions an amount
equal to the amount of the grant awarded to the agency.
    (e) Study and Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2005, the Secretary
        shall conduct a study and transmit a report to Congress
        analyzing the results of the demonstration project conducted
        under this section.
            (2) Contents of report.--The report shall include--
                    (A) an analysis of the results of the project on--
                            (i) the recruitment and retention of
                        experienced teachers;
                            (ii) the effect of master teachers on
                        teaching by less experienced teachers;
                            (iii) the impact of mentoring new teachers
                        by master teachers; and
                            (iv) the impact of master teachers on
                        student achievement; and
                    (B) recommendations regarding--
                            (i) continuing or terminating the
                        demonstration project; and
                            (ii) establishing a grant program to expand
                        the project to additional local educational
                        agencies and school districts.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section, $100,000,000, for the period of
fiscal years 2002 through 2006.

Output: Master Teacher Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a demonstration project to increase teacher salaries and employee benefits for teachers who contract with local educational agencies (LEAs) to serve as master teachers. Gives priority to LEAs in school districts that have schools with a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Reduction and Economic Growth
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. TAX REDUCTION IN THE EVENT OF LOW GROWTH.

    (a) Low-Growth Report.--
            (1) In general.--At any time, the Director of the Office of
        Management and Budget (hereafter in this section referred to as
        the ``Director'') shall notify the President and the Congress
        if the Director has determined that for any of the periods
        described in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) economic growth as measured by the change in
                real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at an annual rate is
                estimated to be less than 1.5 percent, and
                    (B) the rate of national unemployment (seasonally
                adjusted) is estimated to be greater than 6.5 percent.
            (2) Testing periods.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the
        periods described in this paragraph are--
                    (A) the period consisting of the quarter during
                which the notification is given and the quarter
                preceding such notification,
                    (B) the period consisting of the preceding 4
                quarters, and
                    (C) the period consisting of the 2 quarters
                following such notification.
    (b) Presidential Authorization of Temporary Tax Reductions.--
            (1) Presidential declaration.--After notification under
        subsection (a), the President may issue a declaration that
        temporary income tax reductions are required for a specified
        calendar year to provide a quick and necessary fiscal stimulus
        to the economy. Any such declaration shall be transmitted to
        the Congress.
            (2) Temporary tax modifications.--If the President
        transmits a declaration under paragraph (1) to the Congress--
                    (A) Temporary tax reductions.--
                            (i) In general.--Effective for taxable
                        years beginning in the calendar year specified
                        in such declaration--
                                    (I) the rates applicable to the
                                first income bracket in the tax tables
                                contained in section 1 of the Internal
                                Revenue Code of 1986 shall be reduced
                                by a percentage (not to exceed 3
                                percent) specified in such declaration,
                                and
                                    (II) the amounts set fourth as tax
                                in such tables shall be adjusted to
                                reflect such rate reduction.
                            (ii) Withholding adjustments.--The
                        withholding tables or procedures prescribed by
                        the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate
                        under section 3402(a) of such
                         Code shall be modified so that, to the maximum
extent possible, the full calendar year effect of such reduction is
reflected through withholding reductions during the portion of the
calendar year after such declaration.
                    (B) Temporary surtax where economic growth
                requirements subsequently satisfied.--
                            (i) In general.--Effective for taxable
                        years beginning in the first subsequent
                        calendar year for which the economic growth
                        requirements of paragraph (3) are satisfied--
                                    (I) each rate of tax in the tax
                                tables contained in section 1 of the
                                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be
                                increased by the percentage determined
                                under paragraph (4) for such year,
                                except the tax rate for individuals
                                with Adjusted Gross Income of less than
                                $50,000 and taxpayers filing jointly
                                with Adjusted Gross Income of less than
                                $75,000 shall not exceed the rates
                                established in the year prior to the
                                temporary tax reduction, and
                                    (II) the amounts set forth as tax
                                in such tables shall be adjusted to
                                reflect such rate increases.
                            (ii) Withholding adjustments.--Effective
                        for such subsequent calendar year, the
                        withholding tables or procedures prescribed by
                        the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate
                        under section 3402(a) of such Code shall be
                        modified to reflect the increase in tax rates
                        under clause (i).
            (3) Economic growth requirements.--The economic growth
        requirements of this paragraph are satisfied for any calendar
        year if, before the beginning of such calendar year, the
        President determines (and publishes such determination in the
        Federal Register) that for such calendar year and the
        immediately preceding calendar year--
                    (A) economic growth as measured by the change in
                the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to
                be greater than 4.5 percent, and
                    (B) the rate of national unemployment (seasonally
                adjusted) is estimated to be less than 5.5 percent.
            (4) Rate increase percentage.--The percentage determined
        under this paragraph is the percentage increase in the tax
        rates contained in section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986 which the President estimates will result in an aggregate
        increase in receipts under chapter 1 of such Code equal to the
        aggregate decrease in receipts under such Code by reason of
        subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) without increasing the tax
        rate for individuals with Adjusted Gross Income of less than
        $50,000 and taxpayers filing jointly with Adjusted Gross Income
        of less than $75,000 above the rates established in the year
        prior to the temporary tax reduction. Such percentage shall be
        published in the Federal Register before the beginning of the
        calendar year for which the economic requirements of paragraph
        (2) are satisfied.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT UNDER PAY-AS-YOU-GO PROCEDURES.

    Any reduction or increase in receipts resulting from section 2 of
this Act shall not be considered for any purpose under the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Output: Tax Reduction and Economic Growth Act of 1995 - Authorizes the President to issue a declaration that a temporary reduction in the rates of the first income bracket no greater than 3 percent are required if the Director of the Office of Management and Budget finds that:  (1) the annual rate of the Gross Domestic Product is less than 1.5 percent; and (2) the adjusted national unemployment rate is higher than 6.5 percent.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Products Safety Act of
2007''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act and the amendments made by this Act is to
prevent the introduction of dangerous toys and other products used by
children into the marketplace by requiring independent third-party
testing and certification that toys and other products intended for use
by children comply with consumer product safety standards and rules
before they enter the interstate stream of commerce.

SEC. 3. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE OF CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS WITH
              CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY RULES.

    (a) Expansion of Certification Requirement To Include Certification
for Compliance With All Consumer Product Safety Rules Promulgated Under
Acts Administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.--
Subsection (a) of section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15
U.S.C. 2063) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (5);
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``Every manufacturer'' and
                inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (2),''; and
                    (B) by designating the second and third sentences
                as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, and indenting
                the margin of such paragraphs, as so designated, 2 ems
                from the left margin;
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Every manufacturer of a children's product (and the
        private labeler of such product if it bears a private label)
        which is subject to a consumer product safety standard under
        this Act or a rule under this or any other Act administered by
        the Commission declaring a consumer product a banned hazardous
        product shall issue a certificate which shall certify that such
        product conforms to such consumer product safety standard or is
        not a banned hazardous product under such rule, and shall
        specify such consumer product safety standard or such rule.'';
            (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by paragraph (2)(B),
        by striking ``Such certificate shall'' and inserting ``A
        certificate required under this subsection shall''; and
            (5) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``required by paragraph (1) of this
                subsection'' and inserting ``required by paragraph (1)
                or (2) (as the case may be)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``requirement under paragraph (1)''
                and inserting ``requirement under paragraph (1) or (2)
                (as the case may be)''.
    (b) Third-Party Certification Required.--Subsection 14(b) of the
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Commission may'' and inserting ``(1)
        The Commission may'';
            (2) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2) and
        indenting the margin of such paragraph, as so designated, 2 ems
        from the left margin;
            (3) in paragraph (2), as so designated, by striking ``Any
        test or'' and inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (3),
        any test or''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) In the case of a children's product, any test or
        testing program on the basis of which a certificate is issued
        under subsection (a)(2) shall be conducted by a nongovernmental
        independent third party qualified to perform such tests or
        testing programs.''.
    (c) Definition of Children's Products and Independent Third
Party.--Section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Children's product.--The term `children's product'
        means a toy or other article intended for use by a child under
        60 months of age that is introduced into the interstate stream
        of commerce. In determining whether a toy or article is
        intended for use by a child under 60 months of age, the
        following factors shall be considered:
                    ``(A) A statement by a manufacturer about the
                intended use of such toy or article, including a label
                on such toy or article, if such statement is
                reasonable.
                    ``(B) The context and manner of the advertising,
                promotion, and marketing associated with the toy or
                article.
                    ``(C) Whether the toy or article is commonly
                recognized by consumers as being intended for use by a
                child under 60 months of age.
                    ``(D) The Age Determination Guideline issued by the
                Consumer Product Safety Commission in September 2002
                and any subsequent version of such Guideline.
            ``(2) Independent third party.--The term `independent third
        party', with respect to a testing entity, means an independent
        testing entity that is physically separate from any
        manufacturer or private labeler whose product will be tested by
        such entity, and is not owned, managed, controlled, or directed
        by such manufacturer or private labeler.''.
    (d) Label and Certification.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety
Commission shall prescribe a rule in accordance with subsection (c) of
section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063) for
children's products described in subsection (d)(1) of such section, as
added by subsection (c) of this section.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTS OF CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS WITHOUT THIRD-
              PARTY TESTING CERTIFICATION.

    Section 17(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2066)
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting a semicolon and ``or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) is a children's product, as that term is defined in
        section 14(d), that is not accompanied by a certificate from a
        third-party verification entity required by section
        14(a)(2).''.

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Children's Products Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require every manufacturer (and any related private labeler) of an article for use by a child under 60 months of age which is subject to a consumer product safety standard or a rule under any Act administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) declaring a consumer product a banned hazardous product to certify, based on testing conducted by a nongovernmental independent third party, that the product conforms to such standard or is not a banned hazardous product.

Bars importation of such articles lacking independent third party certification.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Choice in Welfare Tax Credit Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CERTAIN PRIVATE
              CHARITIES PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR.

    (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable
personal credits) is amended by inserting after section 22 the
following new section:

``SEC. 23. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an individual, there shall be
allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the
taxable year an amount equal to the qualified charitable contributions
which are paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year.
    ``(b) Limitation.--The credit allowed by subsection (a) for the
taxable year shall not exceed $100 ($200 in the case of a joint
return).
    ``(c) Qualified Charitable Contribution.--For purposes of this
section, the term `qualified charitable contribution' means any
charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c)) made in cash to
a qualified charity but only if the amount of each such contribution,
and the recipient thereof, are identified on the return for the taxable
year during which such contribution is made.
    ``(d) Qualified Charity.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
        `qualified charity' means, with respect to the taxpayer, any
        organization described in section 501(c)(3) and exempt from tax
        under section 501(a)--
                    ``(A) which is certified by the Secretary as
                meeting the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3),
                    ``(B) which is organized under the laws of the
                United States or of any State in which the organization
                is qualified to operate, and
                    ``(C) which is required, or elects to be treated as
                being required, to file returns under section 6033.
            ``(2) Charity must primarily assist the poor.--An
        organization meets the requirements of this paragraph only if
        the predominant activity of such organization is the provision
        of services to individuals whose annual incomes generally do
        not exceed 150 percent of the official poverty line (as defined
        by the Office of Management and Budget).
            ``(3) Minimum expenditure requirement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An organization meets the
                requirements of this paragraph only if the Secretary
                reasonably expects that the annual exempt purpose
                expenditures of such organization will not be less than
                70 percent of the annual aggregate expenditures of such
                organization.
                    ``(B) Exempt purpose expenditure.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `exempt purpose
                        expenditure' means any expenditure to carry out
                        the activity referred to in paragraph (2).
                            ``(ii) Exceptions.--Such term shall not
                        include--
                                    ``(I) any administrative expense,
                                    ``(II) any expense for the purpose
                                of influencing legislation (as defined
                                in section 4911(d)),
                                    ``(III) any expense primarily for
                                the purpose of fundraising, and
                                    ``(IV) any expense for litigation
                                on behalf of any individual referred to
                                in paragraph (2).
    ``(e) Time When Contributions Deemed Made.--For purposes of this
section, at the election of the taxpayer, a contribution which is made
not later than the time prescribed by law for filing the return for the
taxable year (not including extensions thereof) shall be treated as
made on the last day of such taxable year.
    ``(f) Coordination With Deduction for Charitable Contributions.--
            ``(1) Credit in lieu of deduction.--The credit provided by
        subsection (a) for any qualified charitable contribution shall
        be in lieu of any deduction otherwise allowable under this
        chapter for such contribution.
            ``(2) Election to have section not apply.--A taxpayer may
        elect for any taxable year to have this section not apply.''
    (b) Qualified Charities Required To Provide Copies of Annual
Return.--Subsection (e) of section 6104 of such Code (relating to
public inspection of certain annual returns and applications for
exemption) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Charities receiving creditable contributions required
        to provide copies of annual return.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Every qualified charity (as
                defined in section 23(d)) shall, upon request of an
                individual made at an office where such organization's
                annual return filed under section 6033 is required
                under paragraph (1) to be available for inspection,
                provide a copy of such return to such individual
                without charge other than a reasonable fee for any
                reproduction and mailing costs. If the request is made
                in person, such copies shall be provided immediately
                and, if made other than in person, shall be provided
                within 30 days.
                    ``(B) Period of availability.--Subparagraph (A)
                shall apply only during the 3-year period beginning on
                the filing date (as defined in paragraph (1)(D) of the
                return requested).''
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart A of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 22 the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 23. Credit for certain charitable
                                        contributions.''
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to contributions made after the 90th day after the date of the
enactment of this Act in taxable years ending after such date.

Output: Choice in Welfare Tax Credit Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual income tax credit of up to $100 ($200 for a joint return) of the value of certain charitable contributions to any tax-exempt, U.S. organization that spends at least 70 percent of aggregate expenditures assisting the poor.  Requires that: (1) taxpayers identify each such contribution and the recipient on the individual's tax return; and (2) such charities provide copies of their annual return to such individuals upon request.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Reserves Small Business
Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. REPAYMENT DEFERRAL FOR ACTIVE DUTY RESERVES.

    Section 7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Repayment Deferred for Active Duty Reserves.--
            ``(1) Deferral of direct loans.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administration shall, upon
                written request, defer repayment of principal and
                interest due during the period of deferral described in
                subparagraph (B) on any direct loan made under
                subsection (a) or (b), if such loan was incurred by a
                qualified borrower.
                    ``(B) Period of deferral.--The period of deferral
                for repayment under this paragraph shall begin on the
                date on which the eligible reserve is ordered to active
                duty during a period of military conflict and shall
                terminate on the later of--
                            ``(i) the date that is 180 days after the
                        date such eligible reserve is discharged or
                        released from active duty; and
                            ``(ii) the date that is 180 days after the
                        date of enactment of this subsection.
                    ``(C) No accrual of interest during deferral.--
                During the period of deferral described in subparagraph
                (B), no interest shall accrue on any deferred loan.
            ``(2) Applicability.--This subsection shall apply with
        respect to any period of military conflict beginning on or
        after August 1, 1990.
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Eligible reserve.--The term `eligible
                reserve' means a member of a reserve component of the
                Armed Forces serving pursuant to a call or order to
                active duty, or an order to remain on active duty,
                during a period of military conflict.
                    ``(B) Owner, manager, or key employee.--The term
                `owner, manager, or key employee' means an individual
                who--
                            ``(i) has not less than a 20 percent
                        ownership interest in a small business concern
                        described in subparagraph (D)(ii);
                            ``(ii) is a manager responsible for the
                        day-to-day operations of such small business
                        concern; or
                            ``(iii) is a key employee (as defined by
                        the Administration) of such small business
                        concern.
                    ``(C) Period of military conflict.--The term
                `period of military conflict' means--
                            ``(i) a period of war declared by Congress;
                            ``(ii) a period of national emergency
                        declared by Congress or by the President; or
                            ``(iii) a period for which members of
                        reserve components of the Armed Forces are
                        serving on active duty in the Armed Forces
                        under a call or order to active duty, under
                        section 688, 12301(a), 12302, 12304, or 12306
                        of title 10, United States Code.
                    ``(D) Qualified borrower.--The term `qualified
                borrower' means--
                            ``(i) an individual who is an eligible
                        reserve and who received a direct loan under
                        subsection (a) or (b) before being called or
                        ordered to active duty, or being ordered to
                        remain on active duty, during a period of
                        military conflict; or
                            ``(ii) a small business concern that
                        received a direct loan under subsection (a) or
                        (b) before an eligible reserve, who is
an owner, manager, or key employee, was called or ordered to active
duty, or was ordered to remain on active duty, during a period of
military conflict.''.

SEC. 3. DISASTER LOAN ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY RESERVES' SMALL
              BUSINESSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(b)) is amended by inserting after the undesignated paragraph that
begins with ``Provided, That no loan'', the following:
            ``(3)(A) The Administration may make such disaster loans
        (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending
        institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate
        or deferred basis) to assist a small business concern
        (including a small business concern engaged in the lease or
        rental of real or personal property) that has suffered or that
        is likely to suffer economic injury as the result of a call or
        order to active military duty, or an order to remain on active
        duty, of an owner, manager, or key employee of such small
        business concern during a period of military conflict.
            ``(B) Any loan or guarantee extended pursuant to this
        paragraph shall be made at an annual interest rate of 4
        percent, without regard to the ability of the small business
        concern to secure credit elsewhere.
            ``(C) No loan may be made under this paragraph, either
        directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending
        institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate
        or deferred basis, if the total amount outstanding and
        committed to the borrower under this subsection would exceed
        $500,000, except that the Administration may waive the $500,000
        limitation if the Administration determines that the applicant
        for the loan constitutes a major source of employment in its
        surrounding area, and such area is not larger than the
        surrounding county.
            ``(D) For purposes of assistance under this paragraph, no
        declaration of a disaster area shall be required.
            ``(E) This paragraph shall apply with respect to any period
        of military conflict beginning on or after August 1, 1990.
            ``(F) In this paragraph--
                    ``(i) the term `economic injury' means an economic
                harm to a business concern that results in the
                inability of the business concern to market, produce,
                or provide a product or service ordinarily marketed,
                produced, or provided by the business concern;
                    ``(ii) the term `owner, manager, or key employee'
                means an individual who--
                            ``(I) has not less than a 20 percent
                        ownership interest in the small business
                        concern;
                            ``(II) is a manager responsible for the
                        day-to-day operations of such small business
                        concern; or
                            ``(III) is a key employee (as defined by
                        the Administration) of such small business
                        concern; and
                    ``(iii) the term `period of military conflict' has
                the meaning given the term in subsection (n)(3).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 4(c) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 633(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``7(b)(4),''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``7(b)(4), 7(b)(5),
        7(b)(6), 7(b)(7), 7(b)(8),''.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Small Business Administration shall issue such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out the amendments made by sections 2 and 3.

Output:
Military Reserves Small Business Relief Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration (SBA), upon written request, to defer repayment of principal and interest due on a direct general business or disaster loan made to a member of the reserves ordered to active duty during a period of military conflict, as long as such reservist: (1) received the loan before being ordered to such duty; and (2) is the owner, manager, or key employee of a small business for which the loan was made.  Extends such deferral period until the later of 180 days after: (1) such reservist is discharged or released from active duty; or (2) the date of enactment of this Act.  Applies such assistance to periods of military conflict occurring on or after August 1, 1990.
Authorizes the SBA to make disaster loans to assist a small business that has suffered or is likely to suffer economic injury as the result of the owner, manager, or key employee of such business being ordered to active duty during a period of military conflict.  Provides a loan limitation.  Applies such assistance to periods of military conflict occurring on or after August 1, 1990.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Human Cloning Prohibition Act of
1998''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that in order to prevent the creation of a cloned
human individual through human somatic cell nuclear transfer
technology, it is right and proper to prohibit the creation of cloned
human embryos that would never have the opportunity for implantation
and that would therefore be created solely for research that would
ultimately lead to their destruction.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CLONING.

    (a) In General.--Title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after chapter 15, the following:

                         ``CHAPTER 16--CLONING

        ``Sec.
        ``301. Prohibition on cloning.
``Sec. 301 Prohibition on cloning
    ``(a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any person or entity,
public or private, in or affecting interstate commerce, to use human
somatic cell nuclear transfer technology.
    ``(b) Importation.--It shall be unlawful for any person or entity,
public or private, to import an embryo produced through human somatic
cell nuclear transfer technology.
    ``(c) Penalties.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any person or entity who is convicted of
        violating any provision of this section shall be fined
        according to the provisions of this title or sentenced to up to
        10 years in prison, or both.
            ``(2) Civil penalty.--Any person or entity who is convicted
        of violating any provision of this section shall be subject to,
        in the case of a violation that involves the derivation of a
        pecuniary gain, a civil penalty of not more than an amount
        equal to the amount of the gross gain multiplied by 2.
    ``(d) Definition.--The term `human somatic cell nuclear transfer
technology' means taking the nuclear material of a human somatic cell
and incorporating it into an oocyte from which the nucleus has been
removed or rendered inert and producing an embryo (including a
preimplantation embryo).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for part I of title
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating
to chapter 15, the following:

``16. Cloning Sec. 301''....................................

SEC. 4. COMMISSION TO PROMOTE A NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON BIOETHICS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established within the Institute of
Medicine a commission to be known as the National Commission to Promote
a National Dialogue on Bioethics (referred to in this section as the
``Commission'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--The Commission shall be
        composed of 25 members, of whom--
                    (A) 6 shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of
                the Senate;
                    (B) 6 shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of
                the Senate;
                    (C) 6 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
                House of Representatives; and
                    (D) 6 shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of
                the House of Representatives; and
                    (E) 1, who shall serve as the Chairperson of the
                Commission, to be appointed jointly by the Majority
                Leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
                Representatives, in consultation with the Minority
                Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the
                House of Representatives.
            (2) Requirements.--Each individual described in
        subparagraph (A) through (D) of paragraph (1) shall ensure that
        members appointed to the Commission are representative of the
        fields of law, theology, philosophy or ethics, medicine,
        science, and society.
            (3) Deadline for appointment.--Members of the Commission
        shall be appointed by not later than December 1, 1998.
            (4) Terms of appointment.--A member of the Commission
        appointed under paragraph (1) shall serve for a term of 3
        years. Members may not serve consecutive terms.
            (5) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of its
        Chairperson or a majority of its members.
            (6) Quorum.--A quorum shall consist of 13 members of the
        Commission.
            (7) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled
        in the same manner in which the original appointment was made
        not later than 30 days after the Commission is given notice of
        the vacancy and shall not affect the power of the remaining
        members to execute the duties of the Commission.
            (8) Compensation.--Members of the Commission shall receive
        no additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their
        service on the Commission.
            (9) Expenses.--Each member of the Commission shall receive
        travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence in
        accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United
        States Code.
    (c) Duties of the Commission.--The Commission shall provide an
independent forum for broad public participation and discourse
concerning important bioethical issues including cloning, and provide
for a report to Congress concerning the findings, conclusions, and
recommendations of the Commission concerning Federal policy and
possible Congressional action.
    (d) Staff and Support Services.--
            (1) Staff.--With the approval of the Commission, the
        chairperson of the Commission may appoint such personnel as the
        chairperson considers appropriate.
            (2) Applicability of civil service laws.--The staff of the
        Commission shall be appointed without regard to the provisions
        of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the
        competitive service, and shall be paid without regard to the
        provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
        such title (relating to classification and General Schedule pay
        rates).
            (3) Experts and consultants.--With the approval of the
        Commission, the chairperson may procure temporary and
        intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United
        States Code.
            (4) Physical facilities.--The Administrator of the General
        Services Administration shall locate suitable office space for
        the operation of the Commission. The facilities shall serve as
        the headquarters of the Commission and shall include all
        necessary equipment and incidentals required for the proper
        functioning of the Commission.
    (e) Powers of Commission.--
            (1) Hearings and other activities.--For the purpose of
        carrying out its duties, the Commission may hold such public
        hearings and undertake such other activities as the Commission
        determines to be necessary to carry out its duties.
            (2) Detail of federal employees.--Upon the request of the
        Commission, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to
        detail, without reimbursement, any of the personnel of such
        agency to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying
        out its duties. Any such detail shall not interrupt or
        otherwise affect the civil service status or privileges of the
        Federal employee.
            (3) Technical assistance.--Upon the request of the
        Commission, the head of a Federal agency shall provide such
        technical assistance to the Commission as the Commission
        determines to be necessary to carry out its duties.
            (4) Use of mails.--The Commission may use the United States
        mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as
        Federal agencies and shall, for purposes of the frank, be
        considered a commission of Congress as described in section
        3215 of title 39, United States Code.
            (5) Obtaining information.--The Commission may secure
        directly from any Federal agency information necessary to
        enable it to carry out its duties, if the information may be
        disclosed under section 552 of title 5, United States Code.
        Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of
        such agency shall furnish such information to the Commission.
            (6) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of
        the Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall
        provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis such
        administrative support services as the Commission may request.
            (7) Printing.--For purposes of costs relating to printing
        and binding, including the cost of personnel detailed from the
        Government Printing Office, the Commission shall be deemed to
        be a committee of the Congress.
    (f) Subcommittees.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall establish 6
        subcommittees, including--
                    (A) a subcommittee on legal issues;
                    (B) a subcommittee on theological issues;
                    (C) a subcommittee on philosophical and ethical
                issues;
                    (D) a subcommittee on medical issues;
                    (E) a subcommittee on scientific issues; and
                    (F) a subcommittee on social issues.
            (2) Membership.--With respect to the issues for which each
        subcommittee has been established, each subcommittee shall be
        composed of--
                    (A) 1 expert to be appointed by the members of the
                Committee who were appointed under subparagraphs (A)
                and (C) of subsection (b)(1);
                    (B) 1 expert to be appointed by the members of the
                Committee who were appointed under subparagraphs (B)
                and (D) of subsection (b)(1);
                    (C) 1 individual operating in the private sector
                who is acquainted with the issues but who is not an
                expert to be appointed by the members of the Committee
                who were appointed under subparagraphs (A) and (C) of
                subsection (b)(1);
                    (D) 1 individual operating in the private sector
                who is acquainted with the issues but who is not an
                expert to be appointed by the members of the Committee
                who were appointed under subparagraphs (B) and (D) of
                subsection (b)(1); and
                    (E) 4 members of the Commission with relevant
                expertise.
            (3) Meetings.--Meetings of the subcommittees shall be
        approved by the Commission.
    (g) Report.--Not later than December 31, 1999, and annually
thereafter, the Commission shall prepare and submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report which shall contain a detailed
statement of the recommendations, findings, and conclusions of the
Commission.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 5. UNRESTRICTED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

    Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be
construed to restrict areas of scientific research that are not
specifically prohibited by this Act (or amendments).

SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should
advocate for and join an international effort to prohibit the use of
human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to produce a human
embryo.

Output:
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any person or entity:  (1) in or affecting interstate commerce, from using human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology; and (2) from importing an embryo produced through such technology.
Sets penalties for violations of this Act of:  (1) up to ten years in prison, a fine, or both; and (2) not more than twice the amount of any gross pecuniary gain derived from such violation.
Establishes within the Institute of Medicine the National Commission to Promote a National Dialogue on Bioethics.  Directs the Commission to provide an independent forum for broad public participation and discourse concerning important bioethical issues, including cloning.  Sets forth reporting requirements.  Authorizes appropriations.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should advocate and join an international effort to prohibit the use of human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to produce a human embryo.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Crop Risk Options Plan Act of
2013''.

SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE OPTION.

    (a) Availability of Supplemental Coverage Option.--Paragraph (3) of
section 508(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is
amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Yield and loss basis options.--A producer shall have
        the option of purchasing additional coverage based on--
                    ``(A)(i) an individual yield and loss basis; or
                    ``(ii) an area yield and loss basis;
                    ``(B) an individual yield and loss basis,
                supplemented with coverage based on an area yield and
                loss basis to cover a part of the deductible under the
                individual yield and loss policy, as described in
                paragraph (4)(C); or
                    ``(C) a margin basis alone or in combination with
                the coverages available in subparagraph (A) or (B).''.
    (b) Level of Coverage.--Paragraph (4) of section 508(c) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is amended to read as
follows:
            ``(4) Level of coverage.--
                    ``(A) Dollar denomination and percentage of
                yield.--Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the
                level of coverage--
                            ``(i) shall be dollar denominated; and
                            ``(ii) may be purchased at any level not to
                        exceed 85 percent of the individual yield or 95
                        percent of the area yield (as determined by the
                        Corporation).
                    ``(B) Information.--The Corporation shall provide
                producers with information on catastrophic risk and
                additional coverage in terms of dollar coverage (within
                the allowable limits of coverage provided in this
                paragraph).
                    ``(C) Supplemental coverage option.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding
                        subparagraph (A), in the case of the
                        supplemental coverage option described in
                        paragraph (3)(B), the Corporation shall offer
                        producers the opportunity to purchase coverage
                        in combination with a policy or plan of
                        insurance offered under this subtitle that
                        would allow indemnities to be paid to a
                        producer equal to a part of the deductible
                        under the policy or plan of insurance--
                                    ``(I) at a county-wide level to the
                                fullest extent practicable; or
                                    ``(II) in counties that lack
                                sufficient data, on the basis of such
                                larger geographical area as the
                                Corporation determines to provide
                                sufficient data for purposes of
                                providing the coverage.
                            ``(ii) Trigger.--Coverage offered under
                        paragraph (3)(B) and clause (i) shall be
                        triggered only if the losses in the area exceed
                        10 percent of normal levels (as determined by
                        the Corporation).
                            ``(iii) Coverage.--Subject to the trigger
                        described in clause (ii), coverage offered
                        under paragraph (3)(B) and clause (i) shall not
                        exceed the difference between--
                                    ``(I) 90 percent; and
                                    ``(II) the coverage level selected
                                by the producer for the underlying
                                policy or plan of insurance.
                            ``(iv) Calculation of premium.--
                        Notwithstanding subsection (d), the premium for
                        coverage offered under paragraph (3)(B) and
                        clause (i) shall--
                                    ``(I) be sufficient to cover
                                anticipated losses and a reasonable
                                reserve; and
                                    ``(II) include an amount for
                                operating and administrative expenses
                                established in accordance with
                                subsection (k)(4)(F).''.
    (c) Payment of Portion of Premium by Corporation.--Section
508(e)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(2)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(H) In the case of the supplemental coverage
                option authorized in subsection (c)(4)(C), the amount
                shall be equal to the sum of--
                            ``(i) 60 percent of the additional premium
                        associated with the coverage; and
                            ``(ii) the amount determined under
                        subsection (c)(4)(C)(vi)(II), subject to
                        subsection (k)(4)(F), for the coverage to cover
                        operating and administrative expenses.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation shall
begin to provide additional coverage based on an individual yield and
loss basis, supplemented with coverage based on an area yield and loss
basis, not later than for the 2014 crop year.

SEC. 3. DATA SOURCES FOR DETERMINATION OF ACTUAL PRODUCTION HISTORY.

    Section 508(g)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1508(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Sources of yield data.--To determine yields
                under this paragraph, the Corporation shall use data
                collected by the Risk Management Agency or the National
                Agricultural Statistics Service, or both.''.

Output: Crop Risk Options Plan Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make available to crop producers additional coverage to cover part of a crop insurance policy deductible based upon: (1) an individual or area yield and loss basis, (2) an individual yield and loss basis supplemented with coverage based on an area yield and loss basis (supplemental coverage option), or (3) a margin basis alone or in combination with the coverages available in (1) or (2).  Triggers the supplemental coverage option only if area losses exceed 10% of normal levels. Provides for: (1) 60% premium coverage plus operating and administrative costs paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), and (2) coverage to begin no later than crop year 2014.  Provides that in the case of the supplemental coverage option, FCIC shall offer producers the opportunity to purchase coverage that pays indemnities on a county-wide level or on a larger geographical area level in counties that lack sufficient data.  Directs FCIC, in developing yield guarantees, to use county data collected by the Risk Management Agency and/or the National Agricultural Statistics Service.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Temporary Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Any State which desires to do so may enter into
and participate in an agreement under this title with the Secretary of
Labor (in this title referred to as the ``Secretary''). Any State which
is a party to an agreement under this title may, upon providing 30 days
written notice to the Secretary, terminate such agreement.
    (b) Provisions of Agreement.--Any agreement under subsection (a)
shall provide that the State agency of the State will make payments of
temporary emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who--
            (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under
        the State law;
            (2) have no rights to compensation (including both regular
        compensation and extended compensation) with respect to a week
        under such law or any other State unemployment compensation law
        or to compensation under any other Federal law (and are not
        paid or entitled to be paid any additional compensation under
        any State or Federal law); and
            (3) are not receiving compensation with respect to such
        week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada.
    (c) Exhaustion of Benefits.--For purposes of subsection (b)(1), an
individual shall be deemed to have exhausted such individual's rights
to regular compensation under a State law when--
            (1) no payments of regular compensation can be made under
        such law because such individual has received all regular
        compensation available to such individual based on employment
        or wages during such individual's base period; or
            (2) such individual's rights to such compensation have been
        terminated by reason of the expiration of the benefit year with
        respect to which such rights existed.
    (d) Weekly Benefit Amount.--For purposes of any agreement under
this title--
            (1) the amount of temporary emergency unemployment
        compensation which shall be payable to any individual for any
        week of total unemployment shall be equal to the amount of the
        regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable
        to such individual during such individual's benefit year under
        the State law for a week of total unemployment;
            (2) the terms and conditions of the State law which apply
        to claims for regular compensation and to the payment thereof
        shall apply to claims for temporary emergency unemployment
        compensation and the payment thereof, except where inconsistent
        with the provisions of this title or with the regulations or
        operating instructions of the Secretary promulgated to carry
        out this title; and
            (3) the maximum amount of temporary emergency unemployment
        compensation payable to any individual for whom a temporary
        emergency unemployment compensation account is established
        under section 3 shall not exceed the amount established in such
        account for such individual.
    (e) Election by States.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
Federal law (and if State law permits), the Governor of a State is
authorized and may elect to trigger off an extended compensation period
in order to provide payment of temporary emergency unemployment
compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular
compensation under State law.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--Any agreement under this title shall provide that
the State will establish, for each eligible individual who files an
application for temporary emergency unemployment compensation, a
temporary emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to
such individual's benefit year.
    (b) Amount in Account.--
            (1) In general.--The amount established in an account under
        subsection (a) shall be equal to 13 times the individual's
        average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.
            (2) Reduction for extended benefits.--The amount in an
        account under paragraph (1) shall be reduced (but not below
        zero) by the aggregate amount of extended compensation (if any)
        received by such individual relating to the same benefit year
        under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
        of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).
            (3) Weekly benefit amount.--For purposes of this
        subsection, an individual's weekly benefit amount for any week
        is the amount of regular compensation (including dependents'
        allowances) under the State law payable to such individual for
        such week for total unemployment.

SEC. 4. PAYMENTS TO STATES HAVING AGREEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF
              TEMPORARY EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) General Rule.--There shall be paid to each State that has
entered into an agreement under this title an amount equal to 100
percent of the temporary emergency unemployment compensation paid to
individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement.
    (b) Treatment of Reimbursable Compensation.--No payment shall be
made to any State under this section in respect of any compensation to
the extent the State is entitled to reimbursement in respect of such
compensation under the provisions of any Federal law other than this
title or chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code. A State shall not
be entitled to any reimbursement under such chapter 85 in respect of
any compensation to the extent the State is entitled to reimbursement
under this title in respect of such compensation.
    (c) Determination of Amount.--Sums payable to any State by reason
of such State having an agreement under this title shall be payable,
either in advance or by way of reimbursement (as may be determined by
the Secretary), in such amounts as the Secretary estimates the State
will be entitled to receive under this title for each calendar month,
reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any amount by which the
Secretary finds that the Secretary's estimates for any prior calendar
month were greater or less than the amounts which should have been paid
to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of such
statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by the
Secretary and the State agency of the State involved.

SEC. 5. FINANCING PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Funds in the extended unemployment compensation
account (as established by section 905(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as established by
section 904(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used for the
making of payments to States having agreements entered into under this
title.
    (b) Certification.--The Secretary shall from time to time certify
to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums
payable to such State under this title. The Secretary of the Treasury,
prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall
make payments to the State in accordance with such certification, by
transfers from the extended unemployment compensation account (as so
established) to the account of such State in the Unemployment Trust
Fund (as so established).
    (c) Assistance to States.--There are appropriated, without fiscal
year limitation, such funds as may be necessary for purposes of
assisting States (as provided in title III of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) in meeting the costs of administration of
agreements under this title.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations for Certain Payments.--There
are appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal
year limitation, to the extended unemployment compensation account (as
so established) of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as so established) such
sums as the Secretary estimates to be necessary to make the payments
under this section in respect of--
            (1) compensation payable under chapter 85 of title 5,
        United States Code; and
            (2) compensation payable on the basis of services to which
        section 3309(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        applies.
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not be
required to be repaid.

SEC. 6. FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--If an individual knowingly has made, or caused to
be made by another, a false statement or representation of a material
fact, or knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to disclose a
material fact, and as a result of such false statement or
representation or of such nondisclosure such individual has received an
amount of temporary emergency unemployment compensation under this
title to which he was not entitled, such individual--
            (1) shall be ineligible for further temporary emergency
        unemployment compensation under this title in accordance with
        the provisions of the applicable State unemployment
        compensation law relating to fraud in connection with a claim
        for unemployment compensation; and
            (2) shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of
        title 18, United States Code.
    (b) Repayment.--In the case of individuals who have received
amounts of temporary emergency unemployment compensation under this
title to which they were not entitled, the State shall require such
individuals to repay the amounts of such emergency unemployment
compensation to the State agency, except that the State agency may
waive such repayment if it determines that--
            (1) the payment of such emergency unemployment compensation
        was without fault on the part of any such individual; and
            (2) such repayment would be contrary to equity and good
        conscience.
    (c) Recovery by State Agency.--
            (1) In general.--The State agency may recover the amount to
        be repaid, or any part thereof, by deductions from any
        temporary emergency unemployment compensation payable to such
        individual under this title or from any unemployment
        compensation payable to such individual under any Federal
        unemployment compensation law administered by the State agency
        or under any other Federal law administered by the State agency
        which provides for the payment of any assistance or allowance
        with respect to any week of unemployment, during the 3-year
        period after the date such individuals received the payment of
        the temporary emergency unemployment compensation to which they
        were not entitled, except that no single deduction may exceed
        50 percent of the weekly benefit amount from which such
        deduction is made.
            (2) Opportunity for hearing.--No repayment shall be
        required, and no deduction shall be made, until a determination
        has been made, notice thereof and an opportunity for a fair
        hearing has been given to the individual, and the determination
        has become final.
    (d) Review.--Any determination by a State agency under this section
shall be subject to review in the same manner and to the same extent as
determinations under the State unemployment compensation law, and only
in that manner and to that extent.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title, the terms ``compensation'', ``regular
compensation'', ``extended compensation'', ``additional compensation'',
``benefit year'', ``base period'', ``State'', ``State agency'', ``State
law'', and ``week'' have the respective meanings given such terms under
section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).

SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY.

    An agreement entered into under this Act shall apply to weeks of
unemployment--
            (1) beginning no earlier than the first day of the first
        week beginning after the date on which such agreement is
        entered into; and
            (2) ending before the date that is 18 months after the date
        of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 9. TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN INTEREST RATE APPLICABLE TO REPAYMENTS
              OF ADVANCES TO STATE UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDS.

    With respect to advances made to a State under section 1201 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1321) during the period beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 18 months
after such date of enactment, the rate of interest paid by a State on
such an advance shall be determined under section 1202(b)(4) of the
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1322(b)(4)) by substituting ``5 percent'' for ``10
percent'' in the matter preceding subparagraph (A).

Output: Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001 - Provides for a program of temporary emergency unemployment compensation (TEUC).Sets forth TEUC program requirements for Federal-State agreements, formulas for determining amounts in individual TEUC accounts and weekly benefits, payments to States, and financing. Includes among eligibility requirements an individual's not having rights, with respect to a week, to other compensation (including both regular and extended compensation). Reduces an individual TEUC account by the aggregate amount of any extended compensation for the same benefit year.Applies TEUC agreements to weeks of unemployment: (1) beginning on or after the first day of the first week after the date on which such agreement is entered into; and (2) ending before the date that is 18 months after enactment of this Act.Provides for a temporary reduction in the interest rate applicable to repayments of advances to State unemployment funds.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Flat Alternative Individual Return
Tax Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. FLAT ALTERNATIVE INDIVIDUAL RETURN TAX.

    (a) In General.--Part I of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to tax on individuals) is
amended by redesignating section 5 as section 6 and by inserting after
section 4 the following new section:

``SEC. 5. FLAT ALTERNATIVE INDIVIDUAL RETURN TAX.

    ``(a) Election.--In lieu of the tax imposed by sections 1 and 55,
an individual may elect to be subject to the tax imposed by this
section.
    ``(b) FAIR Tax Imposed.--In the case of an individual making an
election under subsection (a), there is hereby imposed on the FAIR
taxable income of such individual a tax equal to 20 percent of such
FAIR taxable income.
    ``(c) FAIR Taxable Income.--For purposes of this section, the term
`FAIR taxable income' means the excess of--
            ``(1) gross income minus the deductions specified by
        paragraph (1) of section 62(a), over
            ``(2) the FAIR standard deduction.
    ``(d) FAIR Standard Deduction.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
        `FAIR standard deduction' means the sum of--
                    ``(A) the basic standard deduction, plus
                    ``(B) the additional standard deduction.
            ``(2) Basic standard deduction.--For purposes of paragraph
        (1), the basic standard deduction is--
                    ``(A) $21,400 in the case of--
                            ``(i) a joint return, or
                            ``(ii) a surviving spouse (as defined in
                        section 2(a)),
                    ``(B) $14,000 in the case of a head of household
                (as defined in section 2(b)), and
                    ``(C) $10,700 in the case of an individual--
                            ``(i) who is not married and who is not a
                        surviving spouse or head of household, or
                            ``(ii) who is a married individual filing a
                        separate return.
            ``(3) Additional standard deduction.--For purposes of
        paragraph (1), the additional standard deduction is $5,000 for
        each dependent (as defined in section 152) who is described in
        section 151(c)(1) for the taxable year and who is not required
        to file a return for such taxable year.
    ``(e) Income of Certain Children.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) an individual's taxable income shall include the
        taxable income of each dependent child of such individual who
        has not attained age 14 as of the close of such taxable year,
        and
            ``(2) such dependent child shall have no liability for tax
        imposed by this section with respect to such income and shall
        not be required to file a return for such taxable year.
    ``(f) Inflation Adjustment.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any taxable year
        beginning in a calendar year after 1998, each dollar amount
        contained in subsection (d) shall be increased by an amount
        determined by the Secretary to be equal to--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment for such
                calendar year.
            ``(2) Cost-of-living adjustment.--For purposes of paragraph
        (1), the cost-of-living adjustment for any calendar year is the
        percentage (if any) by which--
                    ``(A) the CPI for the preceding calendar year,
                exceeds
                    ``(B) the CPI for the calendar year 1997.
            ``(3) CPI for any calendar year.--For purposes of paragraph
        (2), the CPI for any calendar year is the average of the
        Consumer Price Index as of the close of the 12-month period
        ending on August 31 of such calendar year.
            ``(4) Consumer price index.--For purposes of paragraph (3),
        the term `Consumer Price Index' means the last Consumer Price
        Index for all-urban consumers published by the Department of
        Labor. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the revision of
        the Consumer Price Index which is most consistent with the
        Consumer Price Index for calendar year 1986 shall be used.
            ``(5) Rounding.--If any increase determined under paragraph
        (1) is not a multiple of $10, such increase shall be rounded to
        the next highest multiple of $10.
    ``(g) Married Couple Must File Joint Return.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except in the case of a husband and wife
        who live apart at all times during the taxable year, if the
        taxpayer is married at the close of the taxable year, an
        election under subsection (a) shall be made only if the
        taxpayer and his spouse file a joint return for the taxable
        year.
            ``(2) Marital status.--For purposes of this section,
        marital status shall be determined under section 7703.''
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for part I of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the item
relating to section 5 and inserting after the item relating to section
4 the following new items:

                              ``Sec. 5. Flat alternative individual
                                        return tax.
                              ``Sec. 6. Cross references relating to
                                        tax on individuals.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.

SEC. 3. SUPERMAJORITY REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution,
amendment thereto, or conference report thereon that includes any
provision that--
            (1) increases the FAIR tax rate (as specified in subsection
        (b) of section 5 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added
        by this Act),
            (2) creates any additional FAIR income tax rate (related to
        the alternative tax imposed by such section 5), or
            (3) reduces the FAIR standard deduction (as defined in
        subsection (d) of such section 5).
    (b) Waiver or Suspension.--This section may be waived or suspended
in the House of Representatives or the Senate only by the affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

Output: Flat Alternative Individual Return Tax Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual to pay, instead of the tax otherwise due under the Code, a tax equal to 20 percent of FAIR taxable income.  Defines such income as gross income minus specified deductions over the FAIR standard deduction.  Defines such deduction.


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SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SENSITIVE MILITARY CYBER
              OPERATIONS AND CYBER WEAPONS.

    (a) Notification.--Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new sections:
``Sec. 130j. Notification requirements for sensitive military cyber
              operations
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (d), the
Secretary of Defense shall promptly submit to the congressional defense
committees notice in writing of any sensitive military cyber operation
conducted under this title no later than 48 hours following such
operation.
    ``(b) Procedures.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish and
submit to the congressional defense committees procedures for complying
with the requirements of subsection (a) consistent with the national
security of the United States and the protection of operational
integrity. The Secretary shall promptly notify the congressional
defense committees in writing of any changes to such procedures at
least 14 days prior to the adoption of any such changes.
    ``(2) The congressional defense committees shall ensure that
committee procedures designed to protect from unauthorized disclosure
classified information relating to national security of the United
States are sufficient to protect the information that is submitted to
the committees pursuant to this section.
    ``(3) In the event of an unauthorized disclosure of a sensitive
military cyber operation covered by this section, the Secretary shall
ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the congressional
defense committees are notified immediately of the sensitive military
cyber operation concerned. The notification under this paragraph may be
verbal or written, but in the event of a verbal notification a written
notification shall be provided by not later than 48 hours after the
provision of the verbal notification.
    ``(c) Sensitive Military Cyber Operation Defined.--(1) In this
section, the term `sensitive military cyber operation' means an action
described in paragraph (2) that--
            ``(A) is carried out by the armed forces or by a foreign
        partner in coordination with the armed forces; and
            ``(B) is intended to cause effects outside a geographic
        location where United States armed forces are involved in
        hostilities (as that term is used in section 1543 of title 50,
        United States Code).
    ``(2) The actions described in this paragraph are the following:
            ``(A) An offensive cyber operation.
            ``(B) A defensive cyber operation outside the Department of
        Defense Information Networks to defeat an ongoing or imminent
        threat.
    ``(d) Exceptions.--The notification requirement under subsection
(a) does not apply--
            ``(1) to a training exercise conducted with the consent of
        all nations where the intended effects of the exercise will
        occur; or
            ``(2) to a covert action (as that term is defined in
        section 3093 of title 50, United States Code).
    ``(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to provide any new authority or to alter or otherwise affect
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), the Authorization
for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note), or
any requirement under the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001
et seq.).
``Sec. 130k. Notification requirements for cyber weapons
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the
Secretary of Defense shall promptly submit to the congressional defense
committees notice in writing of the following:
            ``(1) With respect to a cyber capability that is intended
        for use as a weapon, the results of any review of the
        capability for legality under international law pursuant to
        Department of Defense Directive 5000.01 no later than 48 hours
        after any military department concerned has completed such
        review.
            ``(2) The use as a weapon of any cyber capability that has
        been approved for such use under international law by a
        military department no later than 48 hours following such use.
    ``(b) Procedures.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish and
submit to the congressional defense committees procedures for complying
with the requirements of subsection (a) consistent with the national
security of the United States and the protection of operational
integrity. The Secretary shall promptly notify the congressional
defense committees in writing of any changes to such procedures at
least 14 days prior to the adoption of any such changes.
    ``(2) The congressional defense committees shall ensure that
committee procedures designed to protect from unauthorized disclosure
classified information relating to national security of the United
States are sufficient to protect the information that is submitted to
the committees pursuant to this section.
    ``(3) In the event of an unauthorized disclosure of a cyber
capability covered by this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the
maximum extent practicable, that the congressional defense committees
are notified immediately of the cyber capability concerned. The
notification under this paragraph may be verbal or written, but in the
event of a verbal notification a written notification shall be provided
by not later than 48 hours after the provision of the verbal
notification.
    ``(c) Exceptions.--The notification requirement under subsection
(a) does not apply--
            ``(1) to a training exercise conducted with the consent of
        all nations where the intended effects of the exercise will
        occur; or
            ``(2) to a covert action (as that term is defined in
        section 3093 of title 50, United States Code).
    ``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to provide any new authority or to alter or otherwise affect
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), the Authorization
for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note), or
any requirement under the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001
et seq.).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new items:

``130j. Notification requirements for sensitive military cyber
                            operations.
``130k. Notification requirements for cyber weapons.''.

Output: This bill instructs the Department of Defense (DOD) to notify the congressional defense committees within 48 hours after any sensitive military cyber operation has been conducted.  A sensitive military cyber operation is an offensive cyber operation or a defensive cyber operation outside DOD's information networks to defeat an ongoing or imminent threat that: (1) is carried out by the U.S. Armed Forces or by a foreign partner in coordination with them, and (2) is intended to cause effects outside of a geographic location where the Armed Forces are involved in hostilities.  DOD must also notify such committees within 48 hours after: (1) the completion of any review of the legality under international law of a cyber capability that is intended for use as a weapon; and (2) the use as a weapon of any cyber capability that has been approved under international law.  Such notification requirements shall not apply to: (1) a training exercise conducted with the consent of all of the nations where its intended effects will occur, or (2) a covert action.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST.

    (a) In General.--Subsections (b), (c)(1), (d), (f), (h), (j), and
(k) of section 203 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403) are
repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 203 of such Act (as amended by
subsection (a)) is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c), (e), (g), and (l) as
        subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
            (2) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``Noncovered Work Outside the
                United States or'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)
                as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;
                    (C) by striking ``paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)
                of''; and
                    (D) by striking the last sentence.
            (3) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking
        ``subsections (c) and (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)'';
            (4) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), by striking
        ``subsection (c)'' each place it appears and inserting
        ``subsection (b)''; and
            (5) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by striking
        ``subsection (g) or (h)(1)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection
        (d)''.
    (c) Additional Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Provisions relating to benefits terminated upon
        deportation.--Section 202(n)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
        U.S.C. 402(n)(1)) is amended by striking ``Section 203(b), (c),
        and (d)'' and inserting ``Section 203(b)''.
            (2) Provisions relating to exemptions from reductions based
        on early retirement.--Section 202(q) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        402(q)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ``section
                203(c)(2)'' and inserting ``section 203(b)(1)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ``deductions
                under section 203(b), 203(c)(1), 203(d)(1), or 222(b)''
                and inserting ``deductions on account of work under
                section 203 (as in effect on the day before the date of
                the enactment of the Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work
                Act of 2017) or deductions under section 222(b)''.
            (3) Provisions relating to exemptions from reductions based
        on disregard of certain entitlements to child's insurance
        benefits.--Section 202(s) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(s)) is
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraphs (2),
                (3), and (4) of section 203(c)'' and inserting
                ``paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 203(b)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``The last
                sentence of subsection (c) of section 203, subsection
                (f)(1)(C) of section 203, and subsections'' and
                inserting ``Subsections''.
            (4) Provisions relating to suspension of aliens'
        benefits.--Section 202(t)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(t)(7))
        is amended by striking ``Subsections (b), (c), and (d)'' and
        inserting ``Subsection (b)''.
            (5) Provisions relating to reductions in benefits based on
        maximum benefits.--Section 203(a)(3)(B)(iii) of such Act (42
        U.S.C. 403(a)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking ``and
        subsections (b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting ``and subsection
        (b)''.
            (6) Provisions relating to penalties for misrepresentations
        concerning earnings for periods subject to deductions on
        account of work.--Section 208(a)(1)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        408(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``under section 203(f) of
        this title for purposes of deductions from benefits'' and
        inserting ``under section 203 (as in effect on the day before
        the date of the enactment of the Senior Citizens' Freedom to
        Work Act of 2017) for purposes of deductions from benefits on
        account of work''.
            (7) Provisions taking into account earnings in determining
        benefit computation years.--Clause (I) in the next to last
        sentence of section 215(b)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
        415(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``no earnings as described
        in section 203(f)(5) in such year'' and inserting ``no wages,
        and no net earnings from self-employment (in excess of net loss
        from self-employment), in such year''.
            (8) Provisions relating to rounding of benefits.--Section
        215(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(g)) is amended by striking
        ``and any deduction under section 203(b)''.
            (9) Provisions defining income for purposes of ssi.--
        Section 1612(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``as
                determined under section 203(f)(5)(C)'' and inserting
                ``as defined in the last two sentences of this
                subsection''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end (after and below paragraph
                (2)(H)) the following:
``For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the term `wages' means wages as
defined in section 209, but computed without regard to the limitations
as to amounts of remuneration specified in paragraphs (1), (6)(B),
(6)(C), (7)(B), and (8) of section 209(a). In making the computation
under the preceding sentence, (A) services which do not constitute
employment as defined in section 210, performed within the United
States by an individual as an employee or performed outside the United
States in the active military or naval services of the United States,
shall be deemed to be employment as so defined if the remuneration for
such services is not includible in computing the individual's net
earnings or net loss from self-employment for purposes of title II, and
(B) the term `wages' shall be deemed not to include (i) the amount of
any payment made to, or on behalf of, an employee or any of his or her
dependents (including any amount paid by an employer for insurance or
annuities, or into a fund, to provide for any such payment) on account
of retirement, or (ii) any payment or series of payments by an employer
to an employee or any of his or her dependents upon or after the
termination of the employee's employment relationship because of
retirement after attaining an age specified in a plan referred to in
section 209(a)(11)(B) or in a pension plan of the employer.''.
    (d) Repeal of Deductions on Account of Work Under the Railroad
Retirement Program.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act
        of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231a) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (f); and
                    (B) by striking subsection (g)(2) and by
                redesignating subsection (g)(1) as subsection (g).
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 3(f)(1) of such Act (45 U.S.C.
                231b(f)(1)) is amended in the first sentence by
                striking ``before any reductions under the provisions
                of section 2(f) of this Act,''.
                    (B) Section 4(g)(2) of such Act (45 U.S.C.
                231c(g)(2)) is amended--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``shall,
                        before any deductions under section 2(g) of
                        this Act,'' and inserting ``shall''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``any
                        deductions under section 2(g) of this Act and
                        before''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to taxable years ending after December 31, 2018.

Output: Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2017  This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove limitations on the amount of outside income that an OASDI beneficiary may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.