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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5727 

To rebuild the American middle class by creating jobs, investing in our 

future, building opportunity for working families, and restoring balance 

to the tax code. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2012 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself and Mr. BRALEY of Iowa) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 

addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and 

Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial 

Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Small Business, the Judiciary, 

Rules, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To rebuild the American middle class by creating jobs, investing in our future, building opportunity for working families, and restoring balance to the tax code. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Rebuild America Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—INVESTING IN AMERICA TO CREATE JOBS AND FUTURE 

GROWTH 

Subtitle A—Investing in America’s Roads, Bridges, and Infrastructure 

Sec. 101. Modernization, renovation, and repair of educational facilities. 

Sec. 102. National energy renovation and retrofit program. 

Sec. 103. Rebuilding America’s infrastructure. 

Subtitle B—Rebuilding America’s Manufacturing Power 

Sec. 111. National manufacturing strategy. 

Sec. 112. Sectoral technology and innovation centers. 

Sec. 113. Capital for small manufacturers with firm orders. 

Sec. 114. Manufacturing Extension Partnership. 

Sec. 115. Extension of research credit; increase in alternative simplified research credit. 

Sec. 116. Inclusion of certain provisions in trade agreements. 

Sec. 117. Funding for Interagency Trade Enforcement Center. 

Sec. 118. Imposition of countervailing duties for subsidies relating to fundamentally undervalued currencies. 

Subtitle C—Preparing Americans for the Jobs of the Future 

Sec. 121. Short title. 

Sec. 122. Definitions. 

Sec. 123. Program. 

Sec. 124. Eligible entities. 

Sec. 125. Applications. 

Sec. 126. Priority and distribution. 

Sec. 127. Use of funds. 

Sec. 128. Matching requirement. 

Sec. 129. Funding. 

Subtitle D—Supporting Great Teachers 

Sec. 131. Short title. 

Sec. 132. Findings. 

Sec. 133. Purposes. 

Sec. 134. Definitions. 

Sec. 135. Grants authorized. 

Sec. 136. Application. 

Sec. 137. State use of grant funds. 

Sec. 138. Subgrants to local entities. 

Sec. 139. Reporting. 

Sec. 140. Teacher privacy. 

Sec. 141. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 142. Funding. 

Subtitle E—Creating Middle Class Jobs 


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PART I—TEACHER STABILIZATION

Sec. 151. Purpose. 

Sec. 152. Definitions. 

Sec. 153. Reservations for the outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior. 

Sec. 154. State allotments. 

Sec. 155. State application, reservation, and responsibilities. 

Sec. 156. Subgrants. 

Sec. 157. Maintenance of effort. 

Sec. 158. Reporting. 

Sec. 159. Funding. 

PART II—FIRST RESPONDER STABILIZATION

Sec. 161. Purpose. 

Sec. 162. Career law enforcement officers grant program. 

Sec. 163. First responder grant program. 

PART III—MAINTAINING CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICES

Sec. 171. Definitions. 

Sec. 172. Maintaining critical community services. 

Sec. 173. Application. 

Sec. 174. Award basis. 

Sec. 175. Uses of funds. 

Sec. 176. Employee status, compliance with local laws, and contracts. 

Sec. 177. Supplement, not supplant. 

Sec. 178. Funding provided. 

TITLE II—CREATING FINANCIAL STABILITY AND A BETTER 

FUTURE FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES 

Subtitle A—Alleviating the High Cost of Child Care 

Sec. 201. CCDBG Plus. 

Subtitle B—Helping Americans Enjoy Their Golden Years 

PART I—COMMISSION ON RETIREMENT SECURITY

Sec. 211. Short title. 

Sec. 212. Findings. 

Sec. 213. Commission on Retirement Security. 

Sec. 214. Duties. 

Sec. 215. Commission personnel matters. 

Sec. 216. Termination of Commission. 

PART II—SOCIAL SECURITY

Sec. 221. Determination of taxable wages and self-employment income above 

contribution and benefit base after 2012. 

Sec. 222. Adjustments to bend points in determining primary insurance 

amount. 

Sec. 223. Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers. 

Sec. 224. Computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits. 

Sec. 225. Non-application of increase in Social Security benefits for other Federal or federally assisted programs. 


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Subtitle C—Protecting Overtime Pay for Working Americans 

Sec. 231. Salary thresholds, highly compensated employees, and primary duties. 

Subtitle D—Preventing Americans From Having To Choose Between Their 

Health and Their Paycheck 

Sec. 241. Short title. 

Sec. 242. Findings. 

Sec. 243. Purposes. 

Sec. 244. Definitions. 

Sec. 245. Provision of paid sick time. 

Sec. 246. Posting requirement. 

Sec. 247. Prohibited acts. 

Sec. 248. Enforcement authority. 

Sec. 249. Collection of data on paid sick time and further study. 

Sec. 250. Effect on other laws. 

Sec. 251. Effect on existing employment benefits. 

Sec. 252. Encouragement of more generous leave policies. 

Sec. 253. Regulations. 

Sec. 254. Effective dates. 

Subtitle E—Establishing a Fair Minimum Wage 

Sec. 261. Minimum wage increases. 

Subtitle F—Empowering Hardworking Americans 

Sec. 271. Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act. 

Subtitle G—Increasing Job Opportunities for Americans With Disabilities 

Sec. 281. Modification of work opportunity credit. 

TITLE III—RESTORING BALANCE AND FAIRNESS TO THE TAX 

CODE 

Sec. 300. Amendment of 1986 Code. 

Subtitle A—Instituting the ‘‘Buffett Rule’’ 

Sec. 301. Fair share tax on high-income taxpayers. 

Subtitle B—Adopting a Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax 

Sec. 311. Transaction tax. 

Subtitle C—Ending Tax Breaks for Companies That Ship Jobs Overseas 

Sec. 321. Allocation of expenses and taxes on basis of repatriation of foreign 

income. 

Sec. 322. Excess income from transfers of intangibles to low-taxed affiliates 

treated as subpart F income. 

Sec. 323. Modifications of foreign tax credit rules applicable to dual capacity 

taxpayers. 

Subtitle D—Making Wall Street Take Responsibility 

Sec. 331. Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee. 


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Subtitle E—Closing the Carried Interest Loophole 

Sec. 341. Partnership interests transferred in connection with performance of 

services. 

Sec. 342. Special rules for partners providing investment management services 

to partnerships. 

Subtitle F—Raising the Capital Gains Rate 

Sec. 351. Increased capital gains rate for high-income individuals. 

Subtitle G—Pension Guaranty Improvement 

Sec. 361. Short title. 

Sec. 362. Findings. 

Sec. 363. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Governance Improvement. 

Sec. 364. Participant and plan sponsor advocate. 

Sec. 365. Increase in multiemployer plan benefit guarantee and annual premium rates. 

Sec. 366. Improving single employer program solvency. 

Subtitle H—Pension and Participant Protection 

Sec. 371. Short title. 

Sec. 372. Findings. 

Sec. 373. Pension funding stabilization. 

Sec. 374. Congressional commitment to encouraging pensions. 

Sec. 375. Participant protection in bankruptcy. 

Subtitle I—Fair Playing Field 

Sec. 381. Short title; findings; purposes. 

Sec. 382. Authority to issue guidance clarifying employment status for purposes 

of employment taxes. 

TITLE IV—REBUILD AMERICA TRUST FUND 

Sec. 401. Establish Rebuild America Trust Fund. 

1 TITLE I—INVESTING IN AMERICA 

2 TO CREATE JOBS AND FU3 TURE GROWTH 

4 Subtitle A—Investing in America’s 

5 Roads, Bridges, and Infrastructure 

6 SEC. 101. MODERNIZATION, RENOVATION, AND REPAIR OF 

7 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. 

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1 pair of eligible educational facilities, including early learn2 ing facilities, public elementary school and secondary 

3 school facilities, and community college facilities. 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘elemen6 tary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘outlying 

7 area’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘State’’ 

8 have the meanings given the terms in section 9101 

9 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

10 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

11 (2) CHPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘‘CHPS Cri12 teria’’ means the green building rating criteria devel13 oped by the Collaborative for High Performance 

14 Schools. 

15 (3) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu16 nity college’’ means— 

17 (A) a junior or community college, as de18 fined in section 312(f) of the Higher Education 

19 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)); or 

20 (B) a 4-year public institution of higher 

21 education, as defined under section 101 of the 

22 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

23 1001), that awards a significant number of de24 grees and certificates, as determined by the 

25 Secretary, that are not— 


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1 (i) baccalaureate degrees, or the 

2 equivalent of such degrees; or 

3 (ii) masters, professional, or other ad4 vanced degrees. 

5 (4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti6 ty’’ means the following: 

7 (A) In reference to the modernization, ren8 ovation, or repair of an early learning facility, 

9 the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 

10 (i) an eligible child care provider as 

11 defined in paragraph (5)(A) of section 

12 658P of the Child Care and Development 

13 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

14 9858n(5)(A)); or 

15 (ii) a Head Start center under the 

16 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). 

17 (B) In reference to the modernization, ren18 ovation, or repair of a public elementary school 

19 or secondary school facility, the term ‘‘eligible 

20 entity’’ means a local educational agency. 

21 (C) In reference to the modernization, ren22 ovation, or repair of a community college facil23 ity, the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means the com24 munity college. 


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1 (5) ENERGY STAR.—The term ‘‘Energy Star’’ 

2 means the Energy Star program of the Department 

3 of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agen4 cy. 

5 (6) GREEN GLOBES.—The term ‘‘Green 

6 Globes’’ means the Green Building Initiative envi7 ronmental design and rating system. 

8 (7) LEED GREEN BUILDING RATING SYS9 TEM.—The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating 

10 System’’ means the United States Green Building 

11 Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental 

12 Design green building rating system. 

13 (c) GRANTS TO STATES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allocate 

15 funds to each State, as described in paragraph (3), 

16 to enable the State to award subgrants, on a com17 petitive basis, to eligible entities for the purpose of 

18 modernizing, renovating, and repairing eligible edu19 cational facilities. Grant funds may be used for di20 rect payments, payment of interest on bonds, or pay21 ments for other financing instruments that are 

22 newly issued for the purpose of financing school 

23 modernization, renovation, or repair. 

24 (2) RESERVATIONS.—From the funds made 

25 available under subsection (i) for a fiscal year, the 


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1 Secretary shall reserve for the purposes of this sec2 tion— 

3 (A) 0.5 percent for payments to the Sec4 retary of the Interior to provide assistance to 

5 schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Edu6 cation; 

7 (B) 0.75 percent to provide assistance to 

8 the outlying areas; and 

9 (C) 0.25 percent for grants to institutions 

10 that are eligible to receive a grant under section 

11 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

12 U.S.C. 1059c). 

13 (3) AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—From the funds made 

14 available under subsection (i) for any fiscal year and 

15 remaining after the Secretary makes reservations 

16 under paragraph (2) for the fiscal year, the Sec17 retary shall allot to each State the sum of— 

18 (A) an amount that bears the same rela19 tionship to 35 percent of the remaining amount 

20 as the number of individuals who have not yet 

21 attained age 25 in the State, as determined by 

22 the Secretary on the basis of the most recent 

23 satisfactory data, bears to the number of those 

24 individuals in all such States, as so determined; 

25 and 


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1 (B) an amount that bears the same rela2 tionship to 65 percent of the remaining amount 

3 as the number of individuals who have not yet 

4 attained age 25 who are from families with in5 comes below the poverty line, in the State, as 

6 determined by the Secretary on the basis of the 

7 most recent satisfactory data, bears to the num8 ber of those individuals in all such States, as so 

9 determined. 

10 (4) REALLOCATION.—If a State does not apply 

11 for its allocation under this section, applies for less 

12 than the full allocation for which it is eligible, or 

13 does not use the allocation in a timely manner, the 

14 Secretary may reallocate all or a portion of the allo15 cation to the other States. 

16 (d) SUBGRANTS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the funds allocated to 

18 a State under subsection (c) for any fiscal year and 

19 remaining after the State makes any reservations 

20 under paragraph (2) for the fiscal year, each State 

21 receiving a grant under this section shall dis22 tribute— 

23 (A) 10 percent to award subgrants to eligi24 ble entities for the modernization, renovation, 

25 and repair of early learning facilities; 


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1 (B) 65 percent to award subgrants to eligi2 ble entities for the modernization, renovation, 

3 and repair of public elementary school and sec4 ondary school facilities; and 

5 (C) 25 percent to award subgrants to eligi6 ble entities for the modernization, renovation, 

7 and repair of community college facilities. 

8 (2) STATE ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER

9 COSTS.—Each State that receives a grant under this 

10 section may reserve not more than 1 percent of the 

11 grant allocation under subsection (c) for the pur12 poses of administering the distribution of subgrants 

13 under this section, including the provision of tech14 nical assistance to eligible entities. 

15 (3) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—A State shall require 

17 eligible entities to match funds awarded under 

18 this subsection. 

19 (B) AMOUNT OF MATCHING FUNDS RE20 QUIREMENT.—The amount of a match de21 scribed in subparagraph (A) may be established 

22 by using a sliding scale that takes into account 

23 the relative poverty of the population served by 

24 the eligible entity. 


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1 (e) STATE APPLICATIONS.—A State that desires to 

2 receive a grant under this section shall submit an applica3 tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 

4 containing such information and assurances as the Sec5 retary may require. Such application shall include the fol6 lowing: 

7 (1) An identification of the State agency or en8 tity that will administer the grant program. 

9 (2) A description of the State’s process for de10 termining how subgrant funds will be distributed 

11 and administered, including— 

12 (A) how the State will determine the cri13 teria for awarding subgrants under subsection 

14 (d); and 

15 (B) how the State will consider— 

16 (i) the needs of each eligible entity, or 

17 each population served by an eligible enti18 ty, for assistance under this section; 

19 (ii) the impact of potential projects on 

20 job creation in the State; 

21 (iii) the fiscal capacity of the eligible 

22 entity applying for assistance; and 

23 (iv) the percentage of individuals 

24 served by the eligible entity who are from 

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1 (3) If the State plans to award subgrants to 

2 early learning facilities, a description of how the 

3 State will— 

4 (A) coordinate, to the extent feasible, with 

5 State early childhood advisory councils estab6 lished under section 642B(b)(1)(A) of the Head 

7 Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1)(A)); and 

8 (B) encourage eligible entities to coordi9 nate with organizations that have demonstrated 

10 experience in providing technical or financial 

11 assistance for the modernization, renovation, or 

12 repair of child care facilities. 

13 (4) A description of how the State will ensure 

14 that eligible entities receiving subgrants under this 

15 section meet the requirements of this section. 

16 (5) A description of how the State will give pri17 ority to eligible entities that serve the highest per18 centage of low-income individuals. 

19 (6) A description of how the State will give pri20 ority to eligible entities that use green practices that 

21 are certified, verified, or consistent with any applica22 ble provisions of— 

23 (A) the LEED Green Building Rating Sys24 tem; 

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1 (C) the CHPS Criteria; 

2 (D) Green Globes; or 

3 (E) an equivalent program adopted by the 

4 State or another jurisdiction with authority over 

5 the eligible entity. 

6 (7) A description of the steps that the State 

7 will take to ensure that eligible entities receiving 

8 subgrants will adequately maintain any facilities 

9 that are modernized, renovated, or repaired with 

10 subgrant funds awarded under subsection (d). 

11 (f) USE OF FUNDS.—With respect to funds made 

12 available under this section that are used for the mod13 ernization, renovation, and repair of eligible educational 

14 facilities the following rules shall apply: 

15 (1) PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—Facility 

16 modernization, renovation, and repair shall be lim17 ited to 1 or more of the following: 

18 (A) Upgrades, repair, or replacement of 

19 building systems or components to improve the 

20 quality of education and ensure the health and 

21 safety of students and staff. 

22 (B) Modifications necessary to render eligi23 ble educational facilities accessible in order to 

24 comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act 

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1 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

2 U.S.C. 794). 

3 (C) Improvements to environmental condi4 tions, including asbestos abatement or removal, 

5 and the reduction or elimination of human ex6 posure to lead-based paint, mold, or mildew. 

7 (D) Measures designed to reduce or elimi8 nate human exposure to classroom noise and 

9 environmental noise pollution. 

10 (E) Modifications necessary to reduce the 

11 consumption of electricity, natural gas, oil, 

12 water, coal, or land. 

13 (F) Upgrades or installations of edu14 cational technology infrastructure or training 

15 equipment. 

16 (2) IMPERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—Funds 

17 received under this section shall not be used for— 

18 (A) payment of maintenance costs; 

19 (B) purchase or upgrade of vehicles; 

20 (C) improvement or construction of stand21 alone facilities whose purpose is not the edu22 cation or care of children or other students, in23 cluding central office administration or oper24 ations or logistical support facilities; 

25 (D) athletic facilities; 


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1 (E) purchase of carbon offsets; or 

2 (F) the facilities of a sectarian institution, 

3 or facilities that are used primarily for sec4 tarian purposes. 

5 (3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A local 

6 educational agency or State-operated or State-sup7 ported eligible entity shall use Federal funds subject 

8 to this subsection only to supplement the amount of 

9 funds that would, in the absence of such Federal 

10 funds, be made available from non-Federal sources 

11 for school modernization, renovation, and repair. 

12 (g) GENERAL PROVISION.—Each eligible entity that 

13 receives subgrant funds under subsection (d) shall ensure 

14 that, if such eligible entity carries out modernization, ren15 ovation, and repair through a contract, any such contract 

16 process ensures the maximum number of qualified bidders, 

17 including small, minority, and women-owned businesses, 

18 through full and open competition. 

19 (h) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the ap20 propriations committees and the authorizing committees 

21 (as defined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act 

22 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) of the House of Representa23 tives and the Senate an annual report regarding the 

24 grants made under this section. 


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1 (i) FUNDING.—There shall be made available from 

2 the Rebuild America Trust Fund under section 9512 of 

3 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, $2,000,000,000 for 

4 each of fiscal years 2013 through 2022 to carry out this 

5 section. 

6 SEC. 102. NATIONAL ENERGY RENOVATION AND RETROFIT 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 Part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conserva9 tion Act is amended by inserting after section 364 (42 

10 U.S.C. 6324) the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 364A. NATIONAL ENERGY RENOVATION AND RET12 ROFIT PROGRAM. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 

14 grants to eligible entities to pay the Federal share of the 

15 cost of carrying out comprehensive energy systems renova16 tion, including— 

17 ‘‘(1) energy systems planning and assessment; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(2) implementation of energy efficiency and 

20 renewable energy projects. 

21 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity shall be eligible 

22 to obtain a grant under this section if the entity is a resi23 dential, commercial, industrial, manufacturing, institu24 tional, educational, nonprofit, or other type of entity, orga25 nization, or consortia that is approved by the Secretary. 


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1 ‘‘(c) USE.—A grant provided under this section may 

2 be used by an eligible entity— 

3 ‘‘(1) to conduct entity energy assessments that 

4 cover total energy use across all members and activi5 ties of the entity; 

6 ‘‘(2) to analyze and summarize the major 

7 sources and impacts of the energy use described in 

8 paragraph (1); 

9 ‘‘(3) to identify alternative approaches to modi10 fying energy systems to reduce energy use, reduce 

11 the environmental and climatic impact of the energy 

12 use, and increase the use of clean, domestic energy; 

13 ‘‘(4) to formulate an entity strategy for chang14 ing the overall energy usage of the entity; 

15 ‘‘(5) to implement the strategy described in 

16 paragraph (4) through the purchase and installation 

17 of energy efficiency and renewable energy systems 

18 and other actions, as determined by the entity; and 

19 ‘‘(6) to track and evaluate the effects of the en20 tity energy renovation and retrofit efforts. 

21 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary, in collabora22 tion with State energy offices, shall establish procedures 

23 for soliciting and evaluating proposals from entities, over24 seeing grants to eligible entities, and otherwise admin25 istering this section, including procedures for— 


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1 ‘‘(1) annual solicitation and grant cycles; 

2 ‘‘(2) education and technical assistance pro3 grams; and 

4 ‘‘(3) reporting and information-sharing activi5 ties. 

6 ‘‘(e) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) determine the amount of funds that are al8 located for grants for States and political subdivi9 sions of States for a fiscal year under this section; 

10 ‘‘(2) provide a Federal share of not more than 

11 50 percent of the cost of carrying out energy renova12 tion programs under this section; and 

13 ‘‘(3) permit an eligible entity to provide the 

14 non-Federal share of the cost of carrying out energy 

15 renovation and retrofit programs under this section 

16 in the form of in-kind services. 

17 ‘‘(f) FUNDING.—There shall be made available from 

18 the Rebuild America Trust Fund under section 9512 of 

19 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, $1,500,000,000 for 

20 each of fiscal years 2013 through 2022 to carry out this 

21 section.’’. 

22 SEC. 103. REBUILDING AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal years 2013 through 

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1 build America Trust Fund (referred to in this section as 

2 the ‘‘trust fund’’): 

3 (1) RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI5 CULTURE.—For additional amounts for the cost of 

6 direct loans and grants for rural community facili7 ties programs as provided for under section 306 and 

8 described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 

9 Farm and Rural Development Act, $400,000,000 in 

10 each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and 

11 $200,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2015 through 

12 fiscal year 2021. 

13 (2) RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PRO14 GRAM ACCOUNT OF THE RURAL UTILITIES SERV15 ICE.—For an additional amount for the cost of di16 rect loans and grants for the rural water, waste 

17 water, and waste disposal programs as provide for 

18 under sections 306 and 310B and described in sec19 tion 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 

20 Rural Development Act, $1,200,000,000 in each of 

21 fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and $600,000,000 in 

22 each of fiscal years 2015 through fiscal year 2021. 

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1 graph, only the community receiving the benefit for 

2 a project shall be considered. 

3 (3) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

4 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.—For an addi5 tional amount for ‘‘Economic Development Assist6 ance Programs’’, $500,000,000 in each of fiscal 

7 years 2013 and 2014 and $250,000,000 in each of 

8 fiscal years 2015 through fiscal year 2021. Of the 

9 sum provided by the preceding sentence, 10 percent 

10 of those funds provided may be transferred to feder11 ally authorized regional economic development com12 missions. 

13 (4) CORPS OF ENGINEERS CIVIL OF THE DE14 PARTMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

15 DEFENSE.— 

16 (A) INVESTIGATIONS.—For an additional 

17 amount for ‘‘Investigations’’, $200,000,000 in 

18 each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and 

19 $100,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2015 

20 through fiscal year 2021. 

21 (B) CONSTRUCTION.—For additional 

22 amounts for construction, $1,800,000,000 in 

23 each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and 

24 $900,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2015 

25 through fiscal year 2021. 


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1 (C) SHARING.—Notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, funds provided in this para3 graph shall not be cost shared with the Inland 

4 Waterways Trust Fund as authorized in Public 

5 Law 99–662. 

6 (5) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE EN7 ERGY PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EN8 ERGY.— 

9 (A) EFFICIENCY.—$2,000,000,000 shall 

10 be available for Energy Efficiency and Con11 servation Block Grants for implementation of 

12 programs authorized under subtitle E of title V 

13 of the Energy Independence and Security Act 

14 of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17151 et seq.) in each of 

15 fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and $1,000,000,000 

16 in each of fiscal years 2015 through fiscal year 

17 2021. Provided further, that 40 percent of 

18 these funds shall be awarded on a competitive 

19 basis. 

20 (B) WEATHERIZATION.— 

21 (i) IN GENERAL.—$2,000,000,000 

22 shall be available for the Weatherization 

23 Assistance Program under part A of title 

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1 each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and 

2 $1,000,000,000 in each of fiscal years 

3 2015 through fiscal year 2021. 

4 (ii) WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE

5 PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.— 

6 (I) INCOME LEVEL.—Section 

7 412(7) of the Energy Conservation 

8 and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 6862(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘150 

10 percent’’ both places it appears and 

11 inserting ‘‘200 percent’’. 

12 (II) ASSISTANCE LEVEL PER

13 DWELLING UNIT.—Section 415(c)(1) 

14 of the Energy Conservation and Pro15 duction Act (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)(1)) is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘$2,500’’ and in17 serting ‘‘$7,000’’. 

18 (C) STATES.—$2,000,000,000 shall be for 

19 the State Energy Program authorized under 

20 part D of title III of the Energy Policy and 

21 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321) in each of 

22 fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and $1,000,000,000 

23 in each of fiscal years 2015 through fiscal year 

24 2022. 


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1 (6) MITIGATION FOR THE FEDERAL EMER2 GENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT

3 OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—$1,500,000,000 shall be 

4 available for the Hazard Mitigation Program in each 

5 of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and $750,000,000 in 

6 each of fiscal years 2015 through fiscal year 2021. 

7 These funds shall be allocated by the Administrator 

8 in proportion to the hazard mitigation grants that 

9 were allocated to the states in the prior 5 years 

10 through Stafford Act allocations. 

11 (7) STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS OF

12 THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—For 

13 State and Tribal Assistance Grants, $8,000,000,000 

14 shall be provided in each of fiscal years 2013 and 

15 2014 and $4,000,000,000 in each of fiscal years 

16 2015 through fiscal year 2022 to be allocated as 

17 grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 

18 Water Act. The funds appropriated by this para19 graph shall not be subject to the matching or cost 

20 share requirements of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3) 

21 or 202 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

22 nor the matching requirements of section 1452(e) of 

23 the Safe Drinking Water Act. 

24 (8) SUPPLEMENTAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

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1 TEM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.— 

2 For an additional amount for capital investments in 

3 surface transportation infrastructure, 

4 $1,500,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2013 and 

5 2014 and $750,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2015 

6 through fiscal year 2021 to be awarded by the Sec7 retary of Transportation to State and local govern8 ments or transit agencies on a competitive basis for 

9 projects that will have a significant impact on the 

10 United States, a metropolitan area, or a region: Pro11 vided further, That projects eligible for funding pro12 vided under this heading shall include highway or 

13 bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States 

14 Code, including interstate rehabilitation, improve15 ments to the rural collector road system, the recon16 struction of overpasses and interchanges, bridge re17 placements, seismic retrofit projects for bridges, and 

18 road realignments; public transportation projects eli19 gible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States 

20 Code, including investments in projects participating 

21 in the New Starts or Small Starts programs that 

22 will expedite the completion of those projects and 

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1 nect ports to other modes of transportation and im2 prove the efficiency of freight movement. Not more 

3 than 20 percent of the funds made available under 

4 this paragraph may be awarded to projects in a sin5 gle State. 

6 (9) FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.— 

7 $300,000,000 for necessary investments in Federal 

8 Aviation Administration to make improvements to 

9 power systems, air route traffic control centers, air 

10 traffic control towers, terminal radar approach con11 trol facilities, and navigation and landing equipment 

12 in each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and 

13 $150,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2015 through 

14 fiscal year 2021. 

15 (10) GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS.— 

16 $600,000,000 for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Airports’’ to 

17 make grants for discretionary projects as authorized 

18 by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and subchapter 1 of 

19 chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and for 

20 the procurement, installation and commissioning of 

21 runway incursion prevention devices and systems at 

22 airports in each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and 

23 $300,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2015 through 

24 fiscal year 2021. 

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1 (A) HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVEST2 MENT.—$24,000,000,000 in each of fiscal years 

3 2013 and 2014 and $12,000,000,000 in each of 

4 fiscal years 2015 through fiscal year 2021 to be 

5 allocated to the States in proportion to the allo6 cations provided for programs under the admin7 istration of the Federal Highway Administra8 tion under SAFTEA–LU. 

9 (B) CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH

10 SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS AND INTERCITY PAS11 SENGER RAIL SERVICE.—For an additional 

12 amount for section 501 of Public Law 110–432 

13 and discretionary grants to States to pay for 

14 the cost of projects described in paragraphs 

15 (2)(A) and (2)(B) of section 24401 of title 49, 

16 United States Code, subsection (b) of section 

17 24105 of such title, $2,000,000,000 in each of 

18 fiscal years 2013 through fiscal year 2021. Not 

19 less than 80 percent of these funds shall be al20 located to the Federal Railroad Administration 

21 for projects that are expected to achieve 125 

22 miles per hour on not less than 50 percent of 

23 the route. 

24 (12) TRANSIT CAPITAL ASSISTANCE OF THE

25 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.—For transit 


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1 capital grants under the allocations provided for 

2 under SAFTEA–LU and its extensions by both for3 mula and competitively, $3,000,000,000 in each of 

4 fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and $1,500,000,000 in 

5 each of fiscal years 2015 through fiscal year 2021. 

6 Not less than one-third of these funds shall be allo7 cated under the discretionary bus program. 

8 (13) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND OF THE

9 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ADMIN10 ISTRATION.—For an additional amount for ‘‘Com11 munity Development Fund’’, $2,000,000,000 in each 

12 of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and $1,000,000,000 

13 in each of fiscal years 2015 through fiscal year 2021 

14 to carry out the community development block grant 

15 program under title I of the Housing and Commu16 nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

17 seq.): Provided, That the amount appropriated in 

18 this paragraph shall be distributed pursuant to 42 

19 U.S.C. 5306 to grantees that received funding in fis20 cal year 2012. These funds shall be used for capital 

21 projects. 

22 (b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—An entity shall use Federal 

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1 sence of such Federal funds, be made available from 

2 non-Federal sources for the activities involved. 

3 (2) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—An entity 

4 shall ensure that for each fiscal year in which the 

5 entity receives Federal funds under this section, the 

6 entity will maintain existing non-Federal support for 

7 the activities for which such funds are provided at 

8 not less than the level of such support for the fiscal 

9 year preceding the year for which the funds are 

10 being provided. 

11 (c) GENERAL PROVISION.—Each entity that receives 

12 assistance with amounts made available under this section 

13 shall ensure that, if such entity carries out modernization, 

14 renovation, and repair through a contract, any such con15 tract process ensures the maximum number of qualified 

16 bidders, including small, minority, and women-owned busi17 nesses, through full and open competition. 

18 Subtitle B—Rebuilding America’s 

19 Manufacturing Power 

20 SEC. 111. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY. 

21 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

24 President shall develop a comprehensive national 

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1 (2) BIENNIAL REVISIONS.—Not less frequently 

2 than once every 2 years after the date on which the 

3 President completes the strategy required by para4 graph (1), the President shall revise such strategy. 

5 (b) GOALS OF STRATEGY.—The President shall in6 clude in the national manufacturing strategy required by 

7 subsection (a) short- and long-term goals for United 

8 States manufacturing, including goals— 

9 (1) to increase the aggregate number of manu10 facturing jobs in the United States so that such 

11 number is not less than 20 percent of the sum of all 

12 nonfarm jobs in the United States; 

13 (2) to identify emerging technologies to 

14 strengthen the competitiveness of United States 

15 manufacturing in the global marketplace; and 

16 (3) to strengthen the manufacturing sectors of 

17 the United States in which the United States is 

18 most competitive in the global economy. 

19 (c) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The national manu20 facturing strategy required by subsection (a) shall include 

21 the following: 

22 (1) A survey of all persons with headquarters in 

23 the United States that maintain manufacturing fa24 cilities outside of the United States to identify— 


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1 (A) the categories of products manufac2 tured at such facilities; and 

3 (B) the number of manufacturing jobs lo4 cated at such facilities. 

5 (2) A survey of all Federal agencies that pro6 vide assistance to United States manufacturers, in7 cluding the following: 

8 (A) The Department of Commerce. 

9 (B) The Department of Defense. 

10 (C) The Department of Energy. 

11 (D) The Department of Labor. 

12 (E) The Department of the Treasury. 

13 (F) The Small Business Administration. 

14 (G) The Office of Management and Budg15 et. 

16 (H) The Office of Science and Technology 

17 Policy. 

18 (I) The Office of the United States Trade 

19 Representative. 

20 (J) The National Science Foundation. 

21 (K) Such other Federal agencies as the 

22 President considers appropriate. 

23 (3) A survey of manufacturing goods produced 

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1 (4) The number of people in the United States 

2 employed by manufacturers operating in the United 

3 States. 

4 (5) An evaluation of the global competitiveness 

5 of United States manufacturing, including the fol6 lowing: 

7 (A) A comparison of the manufacturing 

8 policies and strategies of the United States with 

9 the policies and strategies of other counties, in10 cluding the countries that are the top 5 trading 

11 partners of the United States. 

12 (B) A comparison of the productivity of 

13 each sector of the manufacturing industry in 

14 the United States with comparable sectors of 

15 manufacturing industries in other countries. 

16 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The President shall in17 clude in the national manufacturing strategy required by 

18 subsection (a) recommendations for achieving the goals in19 cluded in the strategy pursuant to subsection (b). Such 

20 recommendations may include proposals as follows: 

21 (1) Actions to be taken by the President, Con22 gress, State, local, and territorial governments, the 

23 private sector, universities, industry associations, 

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1 (2) Ways to improve Government policies, co2 ordination among entities developing such policies, 

3 and Government interaction with the manufacturing 

4 sector, including interagency communications re5 garding the effects of proposed or active Government 

6 regulations or other executive actions on the United 

7 States manufacturing sector and its workforce. 

8 (3) How each Federal agency surveyed under 

9 subsection (c)(2) can best support the national man10 ufacturing strategy required by subsection (a). 

11 (4) Adoption of strategies that have been imple12 mented by other countries and proven successful. 

13 (e) SUBMITTAL OF STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 

14 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and each 

15 time the President revises under paragraph (2) of sub16 section (a) the strategy required by paragraph (1) of such 

17 subsection, the President shall submit to Congress such 

18 strategy. 

19 SEC. 112. SECTORAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION CEN20 TERS. 

21 The National Institute of Standards and Technology 

22 Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

23 section 26 (15 U.S.C. 271l) the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 27. SECTORAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION CEN2 TERS. 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The term ‘eligible 

5 entities’ means a consortia that— 

6 ‘‘(A) is comprised of representatives from 

7 various organizations, such as State and local 

8 governments, institutions of higher education, 

9 nonprofit organization, and businesses; 

10 ‘‘(B) has an expertise in either a specific 

11 area of technology or a specific aspect of the 

12 manufacturing process; and 

13 ‘‘(C) has a capacity to serve small- or me14 dium-sized manufacturers across the United 

15 States. 

16 ‘‘(2) INDUSTRY CLUSTER.—The term ‘industry 

17 cluster’ means a geographic concentration of inter18 connected companies, specialized suppliers, service 

19 providers, and associated institutions in a particular 

20 industry sector. 

21 ‘‘(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

22 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

23 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

24 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

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1 facturer’ means a manufacturer that is a small busi2 ness concern (as such term is defined in section 3 

3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)). 

4 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 

6 grants to eligible entities to establish sectoral tech7 nology and innovation centers— 

8 ‘‘(A) to improve the capacity of small- or 

9 medium-sized manufacturers to innovate; 

10 ‘‘(B) to provide assistance to small- or me11 dium-sized manufacturers with early-stage 

12 product development; 

13 ‘‘(C) to help small- or medium-sized manu14 facturers improve the speed with which they 

15 commercialize new products, processes, and 

16 technologies; 

17 ‘‘(D) to help small- or medium-sized manu18 facturers reduce costs by improving efficiencies 

19 in the manufacturing process, including through 

20 reduced energy use and environmental waste; 

21 ‘‘(E) to link small- or medium-sized manu22 facturers with cutting edge research and tech23 nologies developed by employees of institutions 

24 of higher education or other institutions that 

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1 ‘‘(F) to facilitate the sharing of informa2 tion and best practices relating to manufac3 turing and product development among the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(i) Small- or medium-sized manufac6 turers. 

7 ‘‘(ii) Federal and State agencies that 

8 provide assistance to small- or medium9 sized manufacturers. 

10 ‘‘(iii) Nongovernmental organizations 

11 that provide assistance to small- or me12 dium-sized manufacturers. 

13 ‘‘(iv) Institutions of higher education. 

14 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM NUMBER OF SECTORAL TECH15 NOLOGY AND INNOVATION CENTERS.—In awarding 

16 grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall en17 sure that not fewer than 25 sectoral technology and 

18 innovation centers are established under this section 

19 before the date that is 2 years after the date of the 

20 enactment of this section. 

21 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded pursuant 

23 to subsection (b)(1) shall be used to establish a sec24 toral technology and innovation center that offers a 

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1 graphs (1) through (6) of such subsection, including 

2 services relating to the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) Applied research and development. 

4 ‘‘(B) Proof-of-concept development and 

5 prototyping. 

6 ‘‘(C) Manufacturing process development 

7 and efficiency enhancements. 

8 ‘‘(D) Other technical business matters. 

9 ‘‘(2) FOCUS.—Each technology innovation cen10 ter established with a grant awarded under sub11 section (b)(1) shall be established with a focus on a 

12 specific technology area or specific aspect of the 

13 manufacturing process corresponding with— 

14 ‘‘(A) the expertise of the eligible entity es15 tablishing the center; and 

16 ‘‘(B) the needs of an industry cluster lo17 cated in geographic proximity to the center. 

18 ‘‘(3) CHANGE IN SERVICES PROVIDED.—The 

19 Secretary may allow a recipient of a grant under 

20 subsection (b)(1) to modify the range of services of21 fered by the recipient’s technology innovation center 

22 under paragraph (1) of this subsection. 

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1 tion center under paragraph (1) shall be offered in 

2 affiliation with an institution of higher education or 

3 a national laboratory. 

4 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity seeking a 

6 grant under subsection (b)(1) shall submit to the 

7 Secretary an application therefor in such form and 

8 in such manner as the Secretary considers appro9 priate. 

10 ‘‘(2) PROCESS REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 

11 establish a standardized application process for pur12 poses of awarding grants under subsection (b)(1). 

13 ‘‘(3) SOLICITATION OF APPLICATIONS.—The 

14 Secretary shall solicit applications for grants under 

15 subsection (b) from eligible entities. 

16 ‘‘(e) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—Grants awarded 

18 under subsection (b)(1) shall be awarded on a com19 petitive basis. 

20 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCES.—In selecting grant recipi21 ents, the Secretary shall give preference to an eligi22 ble entity that— 

23 ‘‘(A) has an expertise in a specific tech24 nology area or manufacturing process that is 

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1 ‘‘(B) agrees to establish a technology inno2 vation center in the geographical area of such 

3 industry cluster; 

4 ‘‘(C) represents a broad range of stake5 holders; and 

6 ‘‘(D) can demonstrate that the non-Fed7 eral contributions for the operation of the tech8 nology innovation center will be significant. 

9 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In selecting grant recipi10 ents, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary 

11 of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, the Sec12 retary of Energy, the Secretary of Labor, the Assist13 ant Secretary for Economic Development, the Na14 tional Science Foundation, the Office of Innovation 

15 and Entrepreneurship, and such other Federal agen16 cies as may be appropriate to determine whether ap17 plicants have sufficient expertise to establish a tech18 nology innovation center as described in paragraphs 

19 (1) and (2) of subsection (c). 

20 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—An eligible entity that re21 ceives a grant under subsection (b)(1) shall provide such 

22 non-Federal contributions for the operation of the sectoral 

23 technology and innovation center established with such 

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1 ‘‘(g) USER FEES.—An eligible entity that establishes 

2 a technology innovation center with a grant awarded 

3 under subsection (b)(1) may establish user fees to be paid 

4 by recipients of services provided by the center to meet 

5 the operating costs of the center or for purposes of pro6 viding non-Federal contributions as required by subsection 

7 (f). 

8 ‘‘(h) FUNDING.—There shall be made available from 

9 the Rebuild America Trust Fund under section 9512 of 

10 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the following amount 

11 to carry out this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2013. 

13 ‘‘(2) $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

14 ‘‘(3) $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 

15 ‘‘(4) $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

16 2016 through 2022.’’. 

17 SEC. 113. CAPITAL FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS WITH 

18 FIRM ORDERS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a) of the Small Busi20 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following: 

22 ‘‘(36) CAPITAL FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS

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1 ‘‘(i) the term ‘firm order’ means an 

2 order for goods placed by a person that the 

3 Administrator determines is— 

4 ‘‘(I) required by law or contract 

5 to pay for the goods upon receipt of 

6 the goods; and 

7 ‘‘(II) likely to make the payment 

8 described in subclause (I); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘manufacturer’ means a 

10 small business concern the primary busi11 ness of which is classified in sector 31, 32, 

12 or 33 of the North American Industrial 

13 Classification System. 

14 ‘‘(B) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

15 may guarantee a loan under this subsection to 

16 a manufacturer, to provide capital for the pro17 duction of goods for a firm order, if the Admin18 istrator determines that the manufacturer will 

19 be able to produce the goods using the capital. 

20 ‘‘(C) AMOUNT.—A loan guaranteed under 

21 this paragraph shall be in an amount that is 

22 not more than $10,000,000. 

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1 percent of the amount of a loan under this 

2 paragraph.’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 Section 1133(b) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 

5 (15 U.S.C. 636 note) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(3) by redesignating paragraph (36), as added 

12 by section 113 of the Rebuild America Act, as para13 graph (35).’’. 

14 SEC. 114. MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be made available 

16 from the Rebuild America Trust Fund under section 9512 

17 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, $130,000,000 for 

18 each of fiscal years 2013 through 2022 for the Hollings 

19 Manufacturing Extension Partnership of the National In20 stitute of Standards and Technology. 

21 (b) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—For fiscal year 

22 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount specified 

23 in subsection (a) shall be adjusted to reflect the percent24 age (if any) of the increase or decrease (as the case may 

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1 12-month period ending on the April 30 preceding the be2 ginning of the fiscal year compared to the average of the 

3 Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period ending 

4 April 30, 2012. 

5 SEC. 115. EXTENSION OF RESEARCH CREDIT; INCREASE IN 

6 ALTERNATIVE SIMPLIFIED RESEARCH CRED7 IT. 

8 (a) EXTENSION OF CREDIT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

10 41(h)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and in12 serting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 

13 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 

14 (D) of section 45C(b)(1) of such Code is amended 

15 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 

17 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

18 by this subsection shall apply to amounts paid or in19 curred after December 31, 2011. 

20 (b) ALTERNATIVE SIMPLIFIED RESEARCH CREDIT

21 INCREASED.— 

22 (1) INCREASED CREDIT.—Subparagraph (A) of 

23 section 41(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

24 1986 is amended to read as follows: 

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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—At the election of 

2 the taxpayer, the credit determined under 

3 subsection (a)(1) shall be equal to the ap4 plicable percentage of so much of the 

5 qualified research expenses for the taxable 

6 year as exceeds 50 percent of the average 

7 qualified research expenses for the 3 tax8 able years preceding the taxable year for 

9 which the credit is being determined. 

10 ‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For 

11 purposes of clause (i), the applicable per12 centage for any taxable year is equal to— 

13 ‘‘(I) 14 percent, increased by 

14 ‘‘(II) 1 percentage point (not to 

15 exceed 6 percentage points) for each 2 

16 percent increase in the taxpayer’s 

17 qualified manufacturing full-time 

18 equivalent employees during the 5-tax19 able-year period ending immediately 

20 before such taxable year. 

21 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION.—The increase in 

22 the amount of the credit determined under 

23 subsection (a)(1) by reason of the applica24 tion of clause (ii)(II) shall not exceed the 

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1 ‘‘(I) $5,000, multiplied by 

2 ‘‘(II) the number of qualified 

3 manufacturing full-time equivalent 

4 employees taken into account for pur5 poses of determining the increase de6 scribed in clause (ii)(II). 

7 ‘‘(iv) QUALIFIED MANUFACTURING

8 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES.— 

9 For purposes of this subparagraph, the 

10 term ‘qualified manufacturing full-time 

11 equivalent employees’ means full-time 

12 equivalent employees (as defined in section 

13 45R(d)(2)) who provide the taxpayer man14 ufacturing services in the United States. 

15 ‘‘(v) EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FOR

16 CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP OF TRADES OR

17 BUSINESSES.—In determining the number 

18 of qualified manufacturing full-time equiv19 alent employees for any 5-taxable-year pe20 riod referred to in clause (ii)(II), the tax21 payer shall not take into account— 

22 ‘‘(I) any individual who was an 

23 employee, on the date of acquisition, 

24 of any trade or business acquired by 

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1 ‘‘(II) any individual who was an 

2 employee of any trade or business dis3 posed of by the taxpayer during such 

4 period. 

5 ‘‘(vi) MANUFACTURING SERVICES.— 

6 For purposes of this subparagraph, the 

7 term ‘manufacturing services’ means quali8 fied production activities within the mean9 ing of section 199(c) other than the extrac10 tion of fossil fuels or minerals, agricultural 

11 production, activities described in section 

12 199(b)(2)(D), or activities described in 

13 199(c)(4)(B).’’. 

14 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

15 41(c)(5)(B)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘6 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘one-half of the applicable 

17 percentage’’. 

18 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

19 by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin20 ning after December 31, 2016. 

21 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 409 of the Internal 

23 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘, as in effect before the 

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1 after ‘‘section 41(c)(1)(B)’’ in subsection 

2 (b)(1)(A), 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘, as in effect before the 

4 enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984’’ 

5 after ‘‘relating to the employee stock ownership 

6 credit’’ in subsection (b)(4), 

7 (C) by inserting ‘‘(as in effect before the 

8 enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984)’’ 

9 after ‘‘section 41(c)(1)(B)’’ in subsection 

10 (i)(1)(A), 

11 (D) by inserting ‘‘(as in effect before the 

12 enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984)’’ 

13 after ‘‘section 41(c)(1)(B)’’ in subsection (m), 

14 (E) by inserting ‘‘(as so in effect)’’ after 

15 ‘‘section 48(n)(1)’’ in subsection (m), 

16 (F) by inserting ‘‘(as in effect before the 

17 enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984)’’ 

18 after ‘‘section 48(n)’’ in subsection (q)(1), and 

19 (G) by inserting ‘‘(as in effect before the 

20 enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984)’’ 

21 after ‘‘section 41’’ in subsection (q)(3). 

22 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

23 by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the 

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1 SEC. 116. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN TRADE 

2 AGREEMENTS. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) CORE LABOR RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘core 

5 labor rights’’ means the core labor rights as stated 

6 in the International Labour Organization conven7 tions dealing with— 

8 (A) freedom of association and the effec9 tive recognition of the right to collective bar10 gaining; 

11 (B) the elimination of all forms of forced 

12 or compulsory labor; 

13 (C) the effective abolition of child labor; 

14 and 

15 (D) the elimination of discrimination with 

16 respect to employment and occupation. 

17 (2) MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREE18 MENT.—The term ‘‘multilateral environmental 

19 agreement’’ means any international agreement or 

20 provision thereof to which the United States is a 

21 party and that is intended to protect, or has the ef22 fect of protecting, the environment or human health. 

23 (b) LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OF BILLS IM24 PLEMENTING TRADE AGREEMENTS.—Notwithstanding 

25 section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191) 

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1 trade agreement between the United States and another 

2 country that is introduced in Congress after the date of 

3 the enactment of this Act shall be subject to a point of 

4 order pursuant to subsection (d) unless the trade agree5 ment meets the requirements described in subsection (c). 

6 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—Each trade agreement between 

7 the United States and another country with respect to 

8 which an implementing bill is introduced on or after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act shall meet the following 

10 requirements: 

11 (1) LABOR STANDARDS.—The labor provisions 

12 of the agreement shall— 

13 (A) be included in the core text of the 

14 agreement; 

15 (B) require each country that is a party to 

16 the agreement— 

17 (i) to adopt and maintain laws and 

18 regulations (including laws applicable to 

19 any designated zone in the country) that 

20 establish core labor rights; and 

21 (ii) to effectively enforce laws relating 

22 to core labor rights and laws relating to 

23 acceptable conditions of work (including 

24 laws relating to minimum wages, hours of 

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1 (C) prohibit a country that is a party to 

2 the agreement from waiving or otherwise dero3 gating from, or offering to waive or otherwise 

4 derogate from, the country’s laws and regula5 tions relating to the core labor rights and ac6 ceptable conditions of work described in sub7 paragraph (B); 

8 (D) provide that failures to meet the labor 

9 requirements of the agreement, regardless of 

10 the effect that failure has on trade, shall be 

11 subject to the dispute resolution and enforce12 ment mechanisms and penalties of the agree13 ment; 

14 (E) provide that enforcement mechanisms 

15 and penalties for failures described in subpara16 graph (D) are included in the core text of the 

17 agreement and are at least as effective as the 

18 mechanisms and penalties that apply to the 

19 commercial provisions of the agreement; and 

20 (F) strengthen the capacity of each coun21 try that is a party to the agreement to promote, 

22 protect, and enforce core labor rights. 

23 (2) ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY

24 STANDARDS.—The environmental provisions of the 

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1 (A) be included in the text of the agree2 ment; 

3 (B) prohibit each country that is a party 

4 to the agreement from weakening, eliminating, 

5 or failing to enforce domestic environmental or 

6 other public interest standards to promote trade 

7 or attract investment; 

8 (C) require each such country to imple9 ment and enforce fully and effectively the coun10 try’s obligations under multilateral environ11 mental agreements and provide for the enforce12 ment of such obligations under the agreement; 

13 (D) prohibit the trade of products that are 

14 illegally harvested or extracted and the trade of 

15 goods derived from illegally harvested or ex16 tracted natural resources, including timber and 

17 timber products, fish, wildlife, and associated 

18 products, mineral resources, or other environ19 mentally sensitive goods; 

20 (E) provide that the failure to meet the en21 vironmental standards required by the agree22 ment be subject to dispute resolution and en23 forcement mechanisms and penalties that are at 

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1 alties that apply to the commercial provisions of 

2 the agreement; and 

3 (F) allow each country that is a party to 

4 the agreement to adopt and implement environ5 mental, health, and safety standards, recog6 nizing the legitimate right of governments to 

7 protect the environment and public health and 

8 safety. 

9 (3) INVESTMENT PROVISIONS.—If the agree10 ment contains provisions relating to investment, 

11 such provisions shall— 

12 (A) ensure that foreign investors operating 

13 in the United States are not afforded greater 

14 procedural or substantive rights under the trade 

15 agreement than those afforded to domestic in16 vestors under the Constitution and laws of the 

17 United States; 

18 (B) include strong and enforceable commit19 ments that an entity owned or controlled by a 

20 foreign government that invests in operations in 

21 the United States— 

22 (i) will make such investments and 

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1 (ii) will not receive benefits, such as 

2 financing, at below market rates, or com3 ponents or materials at below market 

4 prices, from the foreign government for 

5 such operations; and 

6 (C) define the standard of minimum treat7 ment to provide that foreign investors do not 

8 have greater legal rights than United States 

9 citizens possess under the due process clause of 

10 section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Con11 stitution. 

12 (d) POINT OF ORDER IN SENATE.—The Senate shall 

13 cease consideration of a bill to implement a trade agree14 ment introduced on or after the date of enactment of this 

15 Act if— 

16 (1) a point of order is made by any Senator 

17 against the bill based on the noncompliance of the 

18 trade agreement with the requirements of subsection 

19 (c); and 

20 (2) the point of order is sustained by the Pre21 siding Officer. 

22 (e) WAIVERS AND APPEALS.— 

23 (1) WAIVERS.—Before the Presiding Officer 

24 rules on a point of order described in subsection (d), 

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1 and the motion to waive shall not be subject to 

2 amendment. A point of order described in subsection 

3 (d) is waived only by the affirmative vote of 60 

4 Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn. 

5 (2) APPEALS.—After the Presiding Officer 

6 rules on a point of order described in subsection (d), 

7 any Senator may appeal the ruling of the Presiding 

8 Officer on the point of order as it applies to some 

9 or all of the provisions on which the Presiding Offi10 cer ruled. A ruling of the Presiding Officer on a 

11 point of order described in subsection (d) is sus12 tained unless 60 Members of the Senate, duly cho13 sen and sworn, vote not to sustain the ruling. 

14 (3) DEBATE.—Debate on the motion to waive 

15 under paragraph (1) or on an appeal of the ruling 

16 of the Presiding Officer under paragraph (2) shall 

17 be limited to 1 hour. The time shall be equally di18 vided between, and controlled by, the majority leader 

19 and the minority leader of the Senate, or their des20 ignees. 

21 SEC. 117. FUNDING FOR INTERAGENCY TRADE ENFORCE22 MENT CENTER. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be made available 

24 from the Rebuild America Trust Fund under section 9512 

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1 amounts for the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center 

2 established by Executive Order of February 28, 2012, en3 titled ‘‘Establishment of the Interagency Trade Enforce4 ment Center’’: 

5 (1) For fiscal year 2013, $26,000,000. 

6 (2) For fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year 

7 thereafter, the amount specified in paragraph (1), as 

8 adjusted to reflect the percentage (if any) of the in9 crease or decrease (as the case may be) in the aver10 age of the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month 

11 period ending on the April 30 preceding the begin12 ning of the fiscal year compared to the average of 

13 the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period 

14 ending April 30, 2012. 

15 (b) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEFINED.—In this sec16 tion, the term ‘‘Consumer Price Index’’ means the Con17 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by 

18 the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of 

19 Labor. 

20 SEC. 118. IMPOSITION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTIES FOR 

21 SUBSIDIES RELATING TO FUNDAMENTALLY 

22 UNDERVALUED CURRENCIES. 

23 (a) BENEFIT CONFERRED.—Section 771(5)(E) of 

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1 (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

2 (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 

3 end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 

4 (3) by inserting after clause (iv) the following 

5 new clause: 

6 ‘‘(v) in the case in which the currency 

7 of a country in which the subject merchan8 dise is produced is exchanged for foreign 

9 currency obtained from export trans10 actions, and the currency of such country 

11 is a fundamentally undervalued currency, 

12 as defined in paragraph (37), if there is a 

13 difference between the amount of the cur14 rency of such country provided and the 

15 amount of the currency of such country 

16 that would have been provided if the real 

17 effective exchange rate of the currency of 

18 such country were not undervalued, as de19 termined pursuant to paragraph (38).’’. 

20 (b) EXPORT SUBSIDY.—Section 771(5A)(B) of the 

21 Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(5A)(B)) is amended 

22 by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In the 

23 case of a subsidy relating to a fundamentally undervalued 

24 currency, the fact that the subsidy may also be provided 

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1 reason alone, mean that the subsidy cannot be considered 

2 contingent upon export performance.’’. 

3 (c) DEFINITION OF FUNDAMENTALLY UNDER4 VALUED CURRENCY.—Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 

5 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(37) FUNDAMENTALLY UNDERVALUED CUR8 RENCY.—The administering authority shall deter9 mine that the currency of a country in which the 

10 subject merchandise is produced is a ‘fundamentally 

11 undervalued currency’ if— 

12 ‘‘(A) the government of the country (in13 cluding any public entity within the territory of 

14 the country) engages in protracted, large-scale 

15 intervention in one or more foreign exchange 

16 markets during part or all of the 18-month pe17 riod that represents the most recent 18 months 

18 for which the information required under para19 graph (38) is reasonably available, but that 

20 does not include any period of time later than 

21 the final month in the period of investigation or 

22 the period of review, as applicable; 

23 ‘‘(B) the real effective exchange rate of the 

24 currency is undervalued by at least 5 percent, 

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1 (38), relative to the equilibrium real effective 

2 exchange rate for the country’s currency during 

3 the 18-month period; 

4 ‘‘(C) during the 18-month period, the 

5 country has experienced significant and per6 sistent global current account surpluses; and 

7 ‘‘(D) during the 18-month period, the for8 eign asset reserves held by the government of 

9 the country exceed— 

10 ‘‘(i) the amount necessary to repay all 

11 debt obligations of the government falling 

12 due within the coming 12 months; 

13 ‘‘(ii) 20 percent of the country’s 

14 money supply, using standard measures of 

15 M2; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) the value of the country’s im17 ports during the previous 4 months.’’. 

18 (d) DEFINITION OF REAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE

19 RATE UNDERVALUATION.—Section 771 of the Tariff Act 

20 of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677), as amended by subsection (c) 

21 of this section, is further amended by adding at the end 

22 the following new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(38) REAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE

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1 exchange rate undervaluation, for purposes of para2 graph (5)(E)(v) and paragraph (37), shall— 

3 ‘‘(A)(i) rely upon, and where appropriate 

4 be the simple average of, the results yielded 

5 from application of the approaches described in 

6 the guidelines of the International Monetary 

7 Fund’s Consultative Group on Exchange Rate 

8 Issues; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) if the guidelines of the International 

10 Monetary Fund’s Consultative Group on Ex11 change Rate Issues are not available, be based 

12 on generally accepted economic and econometric 

13 techniques and methodologies to measure the 

14 level of undervaluation; 

15 ‘‘(B) rely upon data that are publicly avail16 able, reliable, and compiled and maintained by 

17 the International Monetary Fund or, if the 

18 International Monetary Fund cannot provide 

19 the data, by other international organizations or 

20 by national governments; and 

21 ‘‘(C) use inflation-adjusted, trade-weighted 

22 exchange rates.’’. 

23 (e) APPLICATION TO GOODS FROM CANADA AND

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1 American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 

2 1993 (19 U.S.C. 3438), the amendments made by this sec3 tion shall apply to goods from Canada and Mexico. 

4 Subtitle C—Preparing Americans 

5 for the Jobs of the Future 

6 SEC. 121. SHORT TITLE. 

7 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Regional Partner8 ships for High-Quality Jobs Act’’. 

9 SEC. 122. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this subtitle: 

11 (1) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYS12 TEM.—The term ‘‘career and technical education 

13 system’’ means, with respect to a State, the eligible 

14 agency (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Per15 kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 

16 (20 U.S.C. 2302)) for the State, and the eligible re17 cipients (as so defined) in the State that receive 

18 funds under section 131 or 132 of such Act (20 

19 U.S.C. 2351, 2352). 

20 (2) CAREER PATHWAY.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘career path22 way’’ means a set of rigorous, engaging, and 

23 high-quality education, occupational training, 

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1 meet a set of career-related objectives as ref2 erenced in subparagraph (C). 

3 (B) SERVICES.—The services referred to in 

4 subparagraph (A) shall be— 

5 (i) aligned with the skill needs of in6 dustries in the economy of the service area 

7 involved; and 

8 (ii) designed to increase an individ9 ual’s educational and skill attainment, and 

10 improve the individual’s employment out11 comes and ability to meet career-related 

12 objectives, by— 

13 (I) preparing individuals for the 

14 full range of secondary or postsec15 ondary education options, including 

16 apprenticeships registered under the 

17 Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly 

18 known as the ‘‘National Apprentice19 ship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 

20 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.) (referred to in21 dividually in this subtitle as an ‘‘ap22 prenticeship’’); 

23 (II) including counseling and 

24 support services to help individuals 


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1 achieve their education and career 

2 goals; 

3 (III) including, as appropriate for 

4 an individual, education offered con5 currently with and in the same con6 text as workforce preparation activi7 ties and training for a specific occupa8 tion or occupational cluster; and 

9 (IV) organizing education, occu10 pational training, and other services 

11 to meet the particular needs of the in12 dividual in a manner that accelerates 

13 the educational and career advance14 ment of the individual to the extent 

15 practicable. 

16 (C) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives referred 

17 to in subparagraph (A) include— 

18 (i) enabling a worker to attain a sec19 ondary school diploma or its recognized 

20 equivalent, and at least 1 recognized post21 secondary credential; and 

22 (ii) helping a worker enter or advance 

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1 (3) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu2 nity college’’ has the same meaning as the term 

3 ‘‘junior or community college’’, as defined in section 

4 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

5 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 

6 (4) EDUCATION TERMS.—The term ‘‘adult edu7 cation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

8 203 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 

9 (20 U.S.C. 9202). The terms ‘‘State educational 

10 agency’’ and ‘‘local educational agency’’ have the 

11 meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Ele12 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

13 U.S.C. 7801). 

14 (5) HIGH-QUALITY EMPLOYMENT.—The term 

15 ‘‘high-quality employment’’ means employment with, 

16 at a minimum, family-sustaining compensation (as 

17 determined by the Secretaries) and opportunities for 

18 advancement (as so determined). 

19 (6) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY; INDIVID20 UALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 

21 (A) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—The 

22 term ‘‘individual with a disability’’ has the 

23 meaning given the term in section 7(20)(A) of 

24 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

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1 (B) INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 

2 The term ‘‘individuals with disabilities’’ means 

3 more than 1 individual with a disability. 

4 (7) INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL.—The 

5 term ‘‘industry-recognized credential’’ means such a 

6 credential within the meaning of section 3 of the 

7 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 

8 Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

9 (8) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘labor 

10 organization’’ has the meaning given the term in 

11 section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 

12 U.S.C. 152). 

13 (9) OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING.—The term ‘‘oc14 cupational training’’ means training services, as de15 scribed in section 134(d)(4)(D) of the Workforce In16 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(4)(D)). 

17 (10) PRIORITY WORKERS.—The term ‘‘priority 

18 workers’’ means individuals who are— 

19 (A) individuals unemployed for 52 weeks 

20 or more; 

21 (B) youth age 16 through 24 who have 

22 been out of school or out of work, as appro23 priate, for more than 6 months and do not pos24 sess a secondary school diploma or its recog25 nized equivalent; 


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1 (C) individuals with disabilities; 

2 (D) individuals with low literacy levels; or 

3 (E) veterans, as defined in section 101 of 

4 title 38, United States Code. 

5 (11) RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN6 TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden7 tial’’ means a credential consisting of an industry8 recognized credential, a certificate of completion of 

9 an apprenticeship registered under the Act of Au10 gust 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘National 

11 Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 

12 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), or an associate or baccalaureate 

13 degree. 

14 (12) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 

15 means the Secretary of Education and the Secretary 

16 of Labor, acting in accordance with the agreement 

17 described in section 123(c). 

18 (13) SERVICE AREA.—The term ‘‘service 

19 area’’— 

20 (A) used with respect to a regional part21 nership, means a labor market area; and 

22 (B) used with respect to a State partner23 ship, means 2 or more labor market areas in 

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1 SEC. 123. PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor and the 

3 Secretary of Education shall establish a program to edu4 cate and train workers for high-quality employment. 

5 (b) GRANTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program, 

7 the Secretaries shall award grants, on a competitive 

8 basis, to eligible entities to develop or enhance, and 

9 provide, career pathways and adult learning strate10 gies that integrate education, occupational training, 

11 and supportive services. The career pathways and 

12 learning strategies shall prepare individuals for ex13 isting or emerging employment opportunities in a 

14 service area, which shall include such preparation 

15 through the attainment of a recognized postsec16 ondary credential. 

17 (2) GRANT PERIOD.—A grant awarded to an el18 igible entity under this section shall be awarded for 

19 a period of not more than 5 years. The grant may 

20 be renewed for not more than 1 such additional 

21 grant period, contingent on satisfactory performance 

22 of the eligible entity relating to the expected out23 comes described in section 125(1). 

24 (3) PARTNERSHIPS.—The eligible entities shall 

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1 through industry-focused, employer-linked regional 

2 or State partnerships described in section 124. 

3 (c) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of Labor and the 

4 Secretary of Education shall enter into an interagency 

5 agreement that describes how the Secretaries will jointly 

6 administer the program. 

7 SEC. 124. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

9 under section 123 for a service area, an entity shall consist 

10 of a partnership described in section 123(b)— 

11 (1) that shall include— 

12 (A) employers of various sizes in the serv13 ice area, whose job vacancies represent a sig14 nificant share of current or future job vacan15 cies, and that pledge to train or employ partici16 pants in the project carried out under the 

17 grant; and 

18 (B) community colleges that will provide 

19 education and occupational training, aligned 

20 with current or future job vacancies, through 

21 the project; and 

22 (2) that shall include at least 1 of the following: 

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1 (B) A chief elected official, as defined in 

2 section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 

3 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801). 

4 (C) A nonprofit organization with a dem5 onstrated record of serving priority workers. 

6 (D) Local boards or State boards as such 

7 terms are defined in section 101 of the Work8 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801), 

9 or designated State units, as defined in section 

10 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

11 705) or other vocational rehabilitation offices. 

12 (E) An economic development agency. 

13 (F) A local educational agency. 

14 (G) A labor organization or labor-manage15 ment partnership. 

16 (H) An adult education provider. 

17 (I) An agency, which may be a public li18 brary, that provides occupational training or 

19 supportive services. 

20 (b) STATE OR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP.—The part21 nership described in subsection (a) may be— 

22 (1) a State partnership, serving 2 or more labor 

23 market areas in the State; or 

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1 SEC. 125. APPLICATIONS. 

2 To be eligible to receive a grant under section 123, 

3 an entity described in section 124 shall submit an applica4 tion to the Secretaries at such time, in such manner, and 

5 containing such information as the Secretaries may deter6 mine to be appropriate, including, at a minimum, a plan 

7 for the project to be carried out under the grant, with 

8 information describing each of the following: 

9 (1) How the partnership will address the objec10 tives of the project, including identifying a fiscal 

11 agent and expected outcomes for the partnership. 

12 (2) How the partnership will develop or enhance 

13 career pathways that result in the attainment of a 

14 recognized postsecondary credential and high-quality 

15 employment in the service area, including— 

16 (A) a description of how the partnership 

17 has used labor market information (including 

18 projections of job openings, job growth, wages, 

19 and skill and certification requirements related 

20 to the credential) to ensure the education and 

21 occupational training provided through the 

22 grant are aligned with employment needs in the 

23 service area; 

24 (B) a description of how the partnership 

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1 cohort models, compressed course schedules, in2 tegrated adult basic education, and work readi3 ness training and certificates; 

4 (C) information on how the partnership 

5 will identify and prepare workers for employ6 ment opportunities; 

7 (D) an analysis of how the partnership will 

8 engage the entities described in section 

9 124(a)(2), to leverage resources and optimize 

10 outcomes, including by coordinating existing (as 

11 of the date the grant is received) education and 

12 occupational training efforts; and 

13 (E) a description of how the partnership 

14 will conduct data collection, monitoring, report15 ing, and information sharing to continuously 

16 evaluate and improve outcomes for the project. 

17 (3) The commitment of members of the part18 nership, including— 

19 (A) each partner’s financial and pro20 grammatic commitment to the strategies de21 scribed in the application; 

22 (B) each partner’s capacity, such as capac23 ity to provide staff and facilities, to leverage 

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1 linkages among employment and labor market 

2 information data systems, to support the strate3 gies described in the application; 

4 (C) each partner’s long-term commitment 

5 to the partnership that, at a minimum, ac6 counts for the cost of supporting the project, 

7 including providing support after grant funds 

8 are no longer available; and 

9 (D) each partner’s commitment to ensure 

10 sound fiscal management and controls, includ11 ing evidence of a related system of supports and 

12 personnel. 

13 (4) How the partnership will make work experi14 ences available to all priority workers, including— 

15 (A) the types of paid internships, on-the16 job training, or other work experiences the part17 nership will make available to all priority work18 ers; and 

19 (B) how the partnership will provide any 

20 developmental education or supportive services 

21 necessary to ensure priority workers receive and 

22 succeed in work experiences. 

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1 portive services to individuals in the service area, 

2 with particular attention to such organizations that 

3 have experience supporting priority workers. 

4 (6) The Federal and non-Federal sources of 

5 funding that the partnership will secure to comply 

6 with the matching funds requirement set forth in 

7 section 128. 

8 (7) In the case of a State partnership, how the 

9 partnership will carry out goals described in section 

10 127(b)(1)(B). 

11 SEC. 126. PRIORITY AND DISTRIBUTION. 

12 (a) PRIORITY.—The Secretaries shall give priority 

13 consideration to a partnership that— 

14 (1) includes in the partnership involved a labor 

15 organization, labor-management partnership, or 

16 community-based organization that represents the 

17 interests of workers, especially priority workers; or 

18 (2) is a partnership serving at least 1 labor 

19 market area with 1 of the highest levels of unem20 ployment or poverty, as defined by the Secretaries, 

21 in the Nation. 

22 (b) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In administering the 

23 grants awarded under section 123, the Secretaries shall 

24 ensure geographic diversity in the distribution of funds to 

25 regional and State partnerships. 


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1 SEC. 127. USE OF FUNDS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that receives a 

3 grant under section 123 shall use the grant funds to im4 plement the plan described in the entity’s application, sub5 mitted under section 125. 

6 (b) PARTNERSHIPS.— 

7 (1) PARTNERSHIPS, CAREER PATHWAYS, AND

8 LEARNING STRATEGIES.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—A partnership that re10 ceives a grant under section 123 shall use the 

11 grant funds for investments designed to develop 

12 or enhance, and provide, through an industry13 focused, employer-linked partnership, career 

14 pathways and adult learning strategies that 

15 connect individuals with existing or emerging 

16 employment opportunities. 

17 (B) ADDITIONAL USES.—In addition, a 

18 partnership described in section 124(b)(1) shall 

19 use the grant funds to support the activities de20 scribed in subparagraph (A) by— 

21 (i) supporting programs of tuition as22 sistance, using funding resources, and 

23 through other evidence-based strategies, 

24 except that such support shall not supplant 

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1 (ii) providing incentives and technical 

2 support to employers who, through partici3 pation in industry-focused, employer-linked 

4 partnerships, or through provision of ca5 reer pathways or adult learning strategies, 

6 retain and promote incumbent workers, 

7 employ new workers, or upgrade jobs for 

8 program participants; and 

9 (iii) for State partnerships, enhancing 

10 linkages among employment and labor 

11 market information data systems in the 

12 State. 

13 (2) SERVICES FOR PRIORITY WORKERS.—The 

14 partnership shall use at least 50 percent of the 

15 grant funds to support the pathways and strategies 

16 and provide supportive services for priority workers. 

17 (3) CONDITIONS OF EDUCATION AND OCCUPA18 TIONAL TRAINING.— 

19 (A) TRAINING LEADING TO JOBS.—All 

20 education and occupational training provided 

21 through the project shall lead to high-quality 

22 employment provided by, at a minimum, the 

23 employers represented in the partnership, and 

24 also including other employers of all sizes in the 

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1 (B) INTERNSHIPS.—Paid internship posi2 tions provided through the project shall be pri3 marily occupational training positions, and the 

4 internships may not permit interns to spend a 

5 significant amount of time doing work for 

6 which an employee would otherwise be com7 pensated. 

8 (C) ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.—On-the-job 

9 training placements— 

10 (i) provided through the project shall 

11 pay wages comparable to the wages pro12 vided for similar positions in the sector in13 volved for the service area; and 

14 (ii) may be placements in new or va15 cant positions, but a participant in such a 

16 placement shall not displace any currently 

17 employed employee, consistent with section 

18 181(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 

19 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2931(b)). 

20 SEC. 128. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 

21 (a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretaries shall require 

22 that each eligible entity receiving a grant under section 

23 123 contribute, toward the cost of the project for which 

24 the grant was awarded, matching funds in an amount 

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1 grant. The eligible entity may contribute such matching 

2 funds from non-Federal sources or Federal sources (other 

3 than this subtitle), in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated (in4 cluding plant, equipment, or services). 

5 (b) WAIVER OR REDUCTION.—The Secretary may 

6 waive or reduce the matching requirement described in 

7 subsection (a) for an eligible entity if the eligible entity 

8 demonstrates a need due to significant financial hardship. 

9 SEC. 129. FUNDING. 

10 There shall be made available from the Rebuild 

11 America Trust Fund under section 9512 of the Internal 

12 Revenue Code of 1986, $5,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 

13 years 2013 through 2022 to carry out this subtitle. 

14 Subtitle D—Supporting Great 

15 Teachers 

16 SEC. 131. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘College and Career 

18 Ready Classrooms Act’’. 

19 SEC. 132. FINDINGS. 

20 Congress finds the following: 

21 (1) According to the Department of Labor, al22 most 90 percent of new jobs in occupations with 

23 both high growth and high wages require at least 

24 some postsecondary training. The majority of new 

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1 and provide opportunity for career advancement re2 quire some postsecondary education. Moreover, re3 search shows that the skill level required to enter 

4 college or a work-training program is the same. 

5 (2) Implementing college- and career-ready 

6 State standards is a complex undertaking, requiring 

7 that teachers utilize a wide array of knowledge and 

8 skills. 

9 (3) Peer learning among small groups of teach10 ers is one of the most powerful predictors of im11 proved student academic achievement. Students 

12 achieve more in mathematics and reading when they 

13 attend schools characterized by high levels of teacher 

14 collaboration for school improvement. 

15 (4) Other nations that outperform the United 

16 States on international assessments invest more 

17 heavily in professional development for teachers and 

18 build time for ongoing, sustained collaboration and 

19 professional development into the school day and 

20 year. Teachers in the United States spend about 80 

21 percent of their working time engaged in classroom 

22 instruction compared to teachers in other countries 

23 where 60 percent of their time is spent in classroom 

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1 SEC. 133. PURPOSES. 

2 The purposes of this subtitle are to— 

3 (1) support the successful implementation of 

4 college- and career-ready State academic standards; 

5 and 

6 (2) strengthen the capacity of States and local 

7 educational agencies to provide professional develop8 ment that increases the effectiveness of all teachers 

9 in the instruction of college- and career-ready State 

10 standards and the development and use of cur11 riculum and assessments that are aligned with 

12 college- and career-ready State standards. 

13 SEC. 134. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this subtitle: 

15 (1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—Unless otherwise 

16 specified, the terms used in this subtitle have the 

17 meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Ele18 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

19 U.S.C. 7801). 

20 (2) COLLEGE- AND CAREER-READY PROFES21 SIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP TEAM.—The 

22 term ‘‘college- and career-ready professional develop23 ment leadership team’’ means a group of educators, 

24 teacher association representatives, leaders, and spe25 cialists convened by an eligible entity pursuant to 

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1 (3) COLLEGE- AND CAREER-READY STAFF NET2 WORK.—The term ‘‘college- and career-ready staff 

3 network’’ means a group of specialists, convened by 

4 a local entity, including school-based teachers and 

5 leaders, teacher association representatives, and spe6 cialists in relevant content areas, in teaching English 

7 learners, and in teaching children with disabilities, 

8 who are serving as mentors, coaches, or facilitators 

9 and who are responsible for— 

10 (A) establishing professional development 

11 goals; 

12 (B) aligning the instructional work for in13 dividual schools; 

14 (C) supporting the implementation of in15 quiry-based models of professional development; 

16 (D) identifying and sharing best practices; 

17 (E) coordinating with the college- and ca18 reer-ready professional development leadership 

19 team; and 

20 (F) building and sustaining professional 

21 development capacity within the local entity. 

22 (4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti23 ty’’ means a State educational agency or a consor24 tium of State educational agencies that has adopted 

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1 that are aligned with college and career readiness, as 

2 demonstrated to the Secretary. 

3 (5) LOCAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘local entity’’ 

4 means a local educational agency or a consortium of 

5 local educational agencies. 

6 SEC. 135. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

8 award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for 

9 the development, implementation, and monitoring of com10 prehensive, statewide professional development that— 

11 (1) is aligned with local professional develop12 ment efforts; and 

13 (2) increases the effectiveness of all teachers in 

14 the— 

15 (A) instruction of college- and career-ready 

16 State standards; and 

17 (B) development and use of curriculum 

18 and assessments and other instructional sup19 ports that are aligned with college- and career20 ready State standards. 

21 (b) DURATION.—Each grant awarded under sub22 section (a)— 

23 (1) shall be for a minimum of a 3-year period 

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1 (2) may be renewed based on performance, as 

2 determined by the Secretary. 

3 (c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall ensure 

4 that grants are of sufficient size and scope to enable 

5 grantees to carry out grant activities. 

6 (d) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary 

7 shall ensure that grantees represent different geographic 

8 regions of the United States, including urban and rural 

9 areas. 

10 (e) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the amount 

11 made available under section 142 for a fiscal year, the Sec12 retary shall reserve not more than 5 percent for the eval13 uation of activities implemented pursuant to grants 

14 awarded under subsection (a) and the dissemination of in15 formation on effective professional development activities, 

16 curriculum, assessments, and other instructional supports 

17 developed with such grant funds. 

18 SEC. 136. APPLICATION. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that desires to 

20 receive a grant under section 135 shall submit an applica21 tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 

22 containing such information as the Secretary may reason23 ably require. 

24 (b) CONTENTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each application submitted 

2 under subsection (a) shall include a comprehensive 

3 strategy for implementing professional development 

4 aligned to college- and career-ready State standards 

5 and related instructional supports that shall in6 clude— 

7 (A) a description of how the professional 

8 development will increase teacher, principal, 

9 and other school leader knowledge and under10 standing of college- and career-ready State 

11 standards that is differentiated, including by 

12 grade level and subject area, specific to the 

13 teacher; 

14 (B) a description of how the professional 

15 development will increase teacher expertise be16 yond basic content knowledge for subject-area 

17 teachers; 

18 (C) the creation of a college- and career19 ready professional development leadership team 

20 responsible for establishing statewide goals, pro21 viding model frameworks to local college- and 

22 career-ready staff networks, leaders, or special23 ists, for meeting statewide goals, identifying 

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1 standards, curriculum alignment, and assess2 ments, and supporting local comprehensive 

3 college- and career-ready professional develop4 ment strategy activities; 

5 (D) dissemination to local college- and ca6 reer-ready staff networks in an easily accessible 

7 format that may include the use of technology, 

8 such as a web-based statewide instructional per9 formance support system, exemplary profes10 sional development activities, opportunities to 

11 participate in professional learning networks, 

12 technical assistance, and other professional de13 velopment resources designed to support the 

14 successful implementation of college- and ca15 reer-ready State standards; 

16 (E) a description of how the professional 

17 development will be developed in collaboration 

18 with nonprofit organizations, which may include 

19 institutions of higher education, with a dem20 onstrated record of expertise, and other edu21 cation stakeholders; and 

22 (F) a description of how the professional 

23 development will be based on an analysis of 

24 data and evidence that indicates the needs of 

25 leaders, teachers, and students. 


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1 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY.—The com2 prehensive strategy described in paragraph (1) shall 

3 be developed in collaboration with the representative 

4 organizations for teachers in the State. 

5 SEC. 137. STATE USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

6 An eligible entity that receives a grant under section 

7 135 shall carry out the following: 

8 (1) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMEN9 TATION ACTIVITIES.— 

10 (A) IMPACT ON TEACHING PRACTICE AND

11 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—The eligible entity 

13 shall reserve not less than 2 percent of the 

14 grant funds— 

15 (I) to conduct an evaluation by a 

16 knowledgeable, skilled, and impartial 

17 evaluator of the impact of the com18 prehensive college- and career-ready 

19 professional development strategy on 

20 teaching practice and student achieve21 ment; and 

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1 sources towards those activities that 

2 are most beneficial to teachers and 

3 students. 

4 (ii) CONDUCT OF EVALUATION AND

5 INFORMING IMPROVEMENT.—The activities 

6 described in subclauses (I) and (II) of 

7 clause (i) shall be conducted by an entity 

8 other than the State educational agency. 

9 (B) STRATEGY ACTIVITIES.— 

10 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

11 in clause (ii), the eligible entity shall re12 serve not more than 13 percent of the 

13 grant funds to carry out the comprehensive 

14 college- and career-ready professional de15 velopment activities described under sec16 tion 136. 

17 (ii) EXCEPTION FOR SMALL OR RURAL

18 STATES.—The Secretary may allow a small 

19 or rural State, upon application by such 

20 State, to reserve more than 13 percent of 

21 the grant funds to carry out the com22 prehensive college- and career-ready pro23 fessional development activities described 

24 under section 136, and activities described 

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1 apply to the State, if the State dem2 onstrates to the Secretary that it would be 

3 more efficient and effective for the State to 

4 carry out such activities rather than local 

5 entities. 

6 (C) IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES.—From 

7 the amount reserved under subparagraph (B), 

8 the eligible entity may implement activities de9 scribed under section 138(c)(4) as the activities 

10 apply to the State educational agency. 

11 (2) SUBGRANTS.—The eligible entity shall re12 serve not less than 85 percent of the grant funds to 

13 award subgrants to local entities under section 138. 

14 SEC. 138. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL ENTITIES. 

15 (a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re17 ceives a grant under section 135 shall award sub18 grants, on a competitive basis, to local entities. 

19 (2) APPLICATION.—A local entity that desires 

20 to receive a subgrant under this section shall submit 

21 an application to the eligible entity at such time, in 

22 such manner, and containing such information as 

23 the eligible entity may reasonably require. 

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1 (A) LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE2 AND CAREER-READY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP3 MENT IMPLEMENTATION.—Each application 

4 submitted under paragraph (2) shall include a 

5 comprehensive strategy for implementing pro6 fessional development aligned to college- and 

7 career-ready State standards and related in8 structional supports at the local level (referred 

9 to in this subtitle as the ‘‘local strategy’’) that 

10 will improve teacher practice and increase stu11 dent learning. Such local strategy shall in12 clude— 

13 (i) a description of how the local 

14 strategy was developed in consultation with 

15 the exclusive representative organization 

16 for teachers in the school district or, where 

17 there is no exclusive representative, teach18 ers who shall be selected by teachers in the 

19 school district pursuant to a fair and 

20 democratic election process open to all 

21 teachers in the school district, principals, 

22 and other school leaders, and teacher-edu23 cators; 

24 (ii) the clear learning goals to be 

25 achieved under the local strategy based on 


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1 student, teacher, and leader learning needs 

2 and how they are aligned with the State 

3 goals established in the comprehensive 

4 college- and career-ready professional de5 velopment strategy described under section 

6 136; 

7 (iii) a description of the tools that will 

8 be developed under the local strategy to 

9 enable teachers to easily access college10 and career-ready professional development 

11 materials and related resources, including 

12 model lesson plans and assessments, and 

13 other professional development materials 

14 relevant to teacher practice; 

15 (iv) a description of how the profes16 sional development provided with funds 

17 under this section will— 

18 (I) be delivered in a format that 

19 is job-embedded, ongoing, sustained, 

20 and collaborative; 

21 (II) foster individual and collec22 tive responsibility for improving teach23 er effectiveness and student academic 

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1 impact of teaching strategies on stu2 dent learning and reflect on practice; 

3 and 

4 (III) support the use of tech5 nology to personalize instruction and 

6 use technology for professional devel7 opment, consistent with subsection 

8 (c)(3); 

9 (v) a description of how the profes10 sional development provided with funds 

11 under this section will strengthen the abil12 ity of teachers to analyze student data, in13 cluding through the use of a statewide lon14 gitudinal data system, if available, to ad15 just teaching strategies in a timely and ef16 fective manner and improve practice; and 

17 (vi) a description of how external 

18 partners, including content area experts, 

19 nonprofit organizations (including institu20 tions of higher education), and teacher 

21 preparation programs, will be included in 

22 the implementation of the local strategy. 

23 (B) ASSURANCE.—Each application sub24 mitted under paragraph (2) shall include an as25 surance that— 


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1 (i) a minimum of 50 hours of relevant 

2 and high-quality professional development 

3 per school year will be provided to each 

4 teacher responsible for implementing, or 

5 assisting in the implementation of, college6 and career-ready State standards, includ7 ing opportunities for ongoing, job-embed8 ded collaboration and participation in peer 

9 observations; and 

10 (ii) participating local educational 

11 agencies and schools, in collaboration with 

12 the exclusive representative organization 

13 for teachers in the school district or, where 

14 there is no exclusive representative, teach15 ers who shall be selected by teachers in the 

16 school district pursuant to a fair and 

17 democratic election process open to all 

18 teachers in the school district, will nego19 tiate or agree to restructure or extend the 

20 length of the school day, week, or year, to 

21 accommodate additional professional devel22 opment hours in a manner that meets the 

23 requirements of this subtitle over the 

24 course of the school year. 


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1 (b) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants under this 

2 section, an eligible entity shall give priority to local enti3 ties— 

4 (1) that serves not fewer than 10,000 children 

5 as described in section 1124(c)(1)(A) of the Elemen6 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

7 U.S.C. 6333(c)(1)(A)); 

8 (2) for which not less than 20 percent of the 

9 children served by the local entity are children as de10 scribed in section 1124(c)(1)(A) of the Elementary 

11 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

12 6333(c)(1)(A)); 

13 (3) that meets the eligibility requirements for 

14 funding under the Small, Rural School Achievement 

15 Program under section 6211(b) of the Elementary 

16 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

17 7345(b)); or 

18 (4) that meets the eligibility requirements for 

19 funding under the Rural and Low-Income School 

20 Program under section 6221(b) of the Elementary 

21 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

22 7351(b)). 

23 (c) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.—A local entity awarded 

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1 resentative organizations selected or identified to rep2 resent the teachers, a local strategy, which shall include— 

3 (1) assisting local educational agencies in imple4 menting college- and career-ready standards, specifi5 cally in the areas of increasing content area exper6 tise, curriculum development and alignment, and as7 sessment practices; 

8 (2) creating and supporting a college- and ca9 reer-ready staff network; 

10 (3) providing, to the extent practicable, a hy11 brid model for professional learning that combines 

12 technology-based and in-person professional learning 

13 experiences and support, such as the use of a web14 based local, regional, or statewide instructional per15 formance support system that includes exemplary 

16 professional development activities, opportunities to 

17 participate in professional learning networks, train18 ing programs, technical assistance, and other profes19 sional development resources designed to support the 

20 successful implementation of college- and career21 ready standards; 

22 (4) providing frequent and sustained opportuni23 ties for teachers to develop, implement, and assess— 

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1 cluding lesson planning and instructional strat2 egies that reflect the rigor of the standards; 

3 (B) instructional strategies, such as inter4 disciplinary or project-based learning ap5 proaches, that enhance students’ ability to 

6 think critically, problem-solve, complete complex 

7 tasks, conduct research and inquiry, commu8 nicate and demonstrate skills, and think inde9 pendently; 

10 (C) instructional strategies and assess11 ments that meet the needs of English learners 

12 and children with disabilities; and 

13 (D) formative students assessments and 

14 other student assessments that measure student 

15 mastery of the relevant college- and career16 ready State standards; 

17 (5) providing in-service activities for school 

18 principals and other school administrators that sup19 port instructional leadership around the implementa20 tion of college- and career-ready standards; 

21 (6) changing the structure and length of the 

22 school day, week, or year, to allow for additional 

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1 (7) coordinating or sharing information with 

2 pre-service teacher preparation programs to support 

3 the successful implementation of college- and career4 ready State standards; and 

5 (8) developing tools to assist teachers in evalu6 ating student work. 

7 (d) EVALUATION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each local entity that re9 ceives a subgrant under this section shall reserve not 

10 less than 5 percent of the subgrant funds to— 

11 (A) conduct an evaluation of the impact of 

12 the local strategy on teaching practice and stu13 dent growth and learning; and 

14 (B) inform continuous improvement of pro15 fessional development activities. 

16 (2) CONDUCT OF EVALUATION AND INFORMING

17 IMPROVEMENT.—The activities described in subpara18 graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) shall be con19 ducted by an entity other than the local entity. 

20 SEC. 139. REPORTING. 

21 (a) STATE REPORTING.—Each eligible entity that re22 ceives a grant under section 135 shall annually, for each 

23 year of the grant, submit to the Secretary and make avail24 able to the public a report that shall include— 


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1 (1) information on the number of local edu2 cational agencies, schools, and teachers that received 

3 professional development supported with grant funds 

4 under section 135; 

5 (2) the professional development activities fund6 ed under this subtitle; and 

7 (3) a description of the impact of the com8 prehensive college- and career-ready professional de9 velopment strategy, including results from the eval10 uation conducted under section 137(1)(A)(i)(I). 

11 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall an12 nually submit to Congress and make available to the pub13 lic a summary of the eligible entity reports required under 

14 subsection (a). 

15 (c) LOCAL REPORTING.—Each local entity that re16 ceives a subgrant under section 138 shall annually, for 

17 each year of the subgrant, submit to the eligible entity 

18 and make available to the public a report that shall in19 clude— 

20 (1) information on the number of local edu21 cational agencies, schools, and teachers that received 

22 professional development supported with subgrant 

23 funds under section 138; 

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1 (3) a description of the impact of the local 

2 strategy, including results from the evaluation con3 ducted under section 138(d). 

4 SEC. 140. TEACHER PRIVACY. 

5 No State or local educational agency shall be required 

6 to publicly report information in compliance with this sub7 title in a case in which the results would reveal personally 

8 identifiable information about an individual teacher. 

9 SEC. 141. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

10 Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or 

11 otherwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures af12 forded school or school district employees under Federal, 

13 State, or local laws (including applicable regulations or 

14 court orders) or under the terms of collective bargaining 

15 agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other agree16 ments between such employees and their employers. 

17 SEC. 142. FUNDING. 

18 There shall be made available from the Rebuild 

19 America Trust Fund under section 9512 of the Internal 

20 Revenue Code of 1986, $2,000,000,000 for each of the 

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1 Subtitle E—Creating Middle Class 

2 Jobs 

3 PART I—TEACHER STABILIZATION 

4 SEC. 151. PURPOSE. 

5 The purpose of this part is to provide funds to States 

6 to prevent teacher layoffs in public schools and support 

7 the creation of additional jobs in public early childhood 

8 education and care programs and public elementary and 

9 secondary education in the 2012–2013, 2013–2014, and 

10 2014–2015 school years. 

11 SEC. 152. DEFINITIONS. 

12 (1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise 

13 provided, the terms ‘‘local educational agency’’, 

14 ‘‘outlying area’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘State edu15 cational agency’’ have the meanings given those 

16 terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec17 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

18 (2) EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR.—The term 

19 ‘‘early childhood educator’’ means an individual 

20 who— 

21 (A) works directly with children in a State 

22 or local funded early childhood education and 

23 care program in a low-income community; and 

24 (B) in the course of such employment, is 

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1 education of infants, toddlers, or children ages 

2 5 and under. 

3 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

4 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 

5 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

6 (4) STATE FUNDED EARLY CHILDHOOD PRO7 GRAM.—The term ‘‘State funded early childhood 

8 program’’ means a program that provides edu9 cational services to children from ages birth through 

10 kindergarten entry and receives funding from a 

11 State. 

12 (5) STATE OR LOCAL FUNDED EARLY CHILD13 HOOD PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘State or local funded 

14 early childhood program’’ means a program that 

15 provides educational services to children from ages 

16 birth through kindergarten entry and receives fund17 ing from a State or local government. 

18 SEC. 153. RESERVATIONS FOR THE OUTLYING AREAS AND 

19 THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 

20 From the amount appropriated to carry out this part 

21 under section 159 for each fiscal year, the Secretary— 

22 (1) shall reserve 0.5 percent to provide assist23 ance to the outlying areas on the basis of their re24 spective needs, as determined by the Secretary, for 

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1 terms and conditions as the Secretary may deter2 mine; and 

3 (2) shall reserve 0.5 percent to provide assist4 ance to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out ac5 tivities consistent with this part in schools operated 

6 or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education. 

7 SEC. 154. STATE ALLOTMENTS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 

9 to carry out this part for a fiscal year that remain after 

10 the reservations under section 153, the Secretary shall 

11 allot to each State— 

12 (1) an amount that bears the same relation to 

13 60 percent of such remaining funds as the State’s 

14 population of individuals aged 5 through 17 bears to 

15 the total population of individuals aged 5 through 17 

16 in all States; and 

17 (2) an amount that bears the same relation to 

18 40 percent on such remaining funds as the State’s 

19 population bears to the total population of all States. 

20 (b) AWARDS TO STATES.—In order for a State to re21 ceive an allotment under subsection (a), the Governor of 

22 the State shall submit an approvable application under 

23 section 155(a). 

24 (c) REALLOTMENT.—If a State does not apply for 

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1 ment, the Secretary shall reallot the State’s entire allot2 ment or the remaining portion of its allotment, as the case 

3 may be, to the remaining States in accordance with sub4 section (a). 

5 SEC. 155. STATE APPLICATION, RESERVATION, AND RE6 SPONSIBILITIES. 

7 (a) APPLICATION.—The Governor of a State desiring 

8 to receive a grant under this part shall submit an applica9 tion to the Secretary not later than 30 days after the date 

10 of enactment of this Act, in such manner, and containing 

11 such information as the Secretary may reasonably require 

12 to determine the State’s compliance with applicable provi13 sions of law. 

14 (b) STATE RESERVATIONS, ALLOCATIONS, AND RE15 SPONSIBILITIES.— 

16 (1) RESERVATION.—Each State receiving an al17 lotment under this part may reserve, for each fiscal 

18 year— 

19 (A) not more than 2 percent of the grant 

20 funds for the administrative costs of carrying 

21 out the State’s responsibilities under this part; 

22 and 

23 (B) not more than 10 percent of the grant 

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1 able the programs to carry out the activities de2 scribed in section 156(b). 

3 (2) ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL

4 AGENCIES.—From amounts remaining after reserv5 ing funds under paragraph (1), each State receiving 

6 an allotment under this part for a fiscal year shall 

7 use such remaining funds only for awarding sub8 grants to local educational agencies in the State for 

9 the support of high-quality early childhood education 

10 and care programs and elementary and secondary 

11 education by allocating to each local educational 

12 agency— 

13 (A) an amount that bears the same rela14 tion to 35 percent of such remaining funds as 

15 the number of students enrolled in the schools 

16 served by the local educational agency bears to 

17 the number of students enrolled in the schools 

18 served by all local educational agencies in the 

19 State; and 

20 (B) an amount that bears the same rela21 tion to 65 percent of such remaining funds as 

22 the number of individuals age 5 through 17 

23 from families below the poverty line in the geo24 graphic area served by the local educational 

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1 basis of the most recent satisfactory data, bears 

2 to the total number of those individuals in the 

3 geographic area served by all local educational 

4 agencies in the State, as so determined. 

5 (3) TIMING.—Each State receiving an allotment 

6 under this part for a fiscal year shall make the sub7 grants described in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) avail8 able to the subgrantees not later than 100 days 

9 after receiving the allotment from the Secretary. 

10 (4) PROHIBITIONS.—A State shall not use 

11 funds received under this part to directly or indi12 rectly— 

13 (A) establish, restore, or supplement a 

14 rainy-day fund; 

15 (B) supplant State funds in a manner that 

16 has the effect of establishing, restoring, or 

17 supplementing a rainy-day fund; 

18 (C) reduce or retire debt obligations in19 curred by the State; or 

20 (D) supplant State funds in a manner that 

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1 SEC. 156. SUBGRANTS. 

2 (a) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY RESPONSIBIL3 ITIES.—Each local educational agency that receives a 

4 subgrant under this part shall— 

5 (1) use the subgrant funds only for compensa6 tion and benefits and other expenses, such as sup7 port services, necessary to retain existing employees, 

8 recall or rehire former employees, or hire new em9 ployees to provide high-quality early childhood edu10 cation and care, elementary or secondary education, 

11 or related services; 

12 (2) obligate such funds not later than Sep13 tember 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds are 

14 received; and 

15 (3) not use such funds for general administra16 tive expenses or for other support services or ex17 penditures, as those terms are defined by the Na18 tional Center for Education Statistics in the Com19 mon Core of Data as of the date of enactment of 

20 this Act. 

21 (b) EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE PRO22 GRAM RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each State or local funded 

23 early childhood education and care program that receives 

24 a subgrant under this part shall— 

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1 services, necessary to retain early childhood edu2 cators, recall or rehire former early childhood edu3 cators, or hire new early childhood educators to pro4 vide high-quality early childhood education and care 

5 services; and 

6 (2) obligate such funds not later than Sep7 tember 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds are 

8 received. 

9 SEC. 157. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not award an 

11 allotment to a State under this part unless the State pro12 vides an assurance to the Secretary that, for each fiscal 

13 year of the grant, the State will maintain State support 

14 for early childhood education and care, elementary, and 

15 secondary education programs and services (in the aggre16 gate or on the basis of expenditure per pupil) and for pub17 lic institutions of higher education (not including support 

18 for capital projects or for research and development or tui19 tion and fees paid by students) at not less than the level 

20 of such support for each of the 2 categories for the State 

21 fiscal year preceding the year for which the determination 

22 is being made. 

23 (b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A State edu24 cational agency or local educational agency shall use Fed25 eral funds received under this part only to supplement the 


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1 funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, 

2 be made available from non-Federal sources for the edu3 cation of pupils participating in programs assisted under 

4 this part, and not to supplant such funds. 

5 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require6 ments of this section if the Secretary determines that a 

7 waiver would be equitable due to— 

8 (1) exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances, 

9 such as a natural disaster; or 

10 (2) a precipitous decline in the financial re11 sources of the State. 

12 SEC. 158. REPORTING. 

13 Each State that receives an allotment under this part 

14 shall submit, on an annual basis, a report to the Secretary 

15 that contains— 

16 (1) a description of how funds received under 

17 this part were expended or obligated; and 

18 (2) an estimate of the number of jobs supported 

19 by the State using funds received under this part. 

20 SEC. 159. FUNDING. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be made available 

22 from the Rebuild America Trust Fund under section 9512 

23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the following 

24 amounts to carry out this part: 

25 (1) For fiscal year 2013, $30,000,000,000. 


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1 (2) For fiscal year 2014, $20,000,000,000. 

2 (3) For fiscal year 2015, $10,000,000,000. 

3 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail4 able under subsection (a) shall remain available to the Sec5 retary until September 30, 2015. 

6 PART II—FIRST RESPONDER STABILIZATION 

7 SEC. 161. PURPOSE. 

8 The purpose of this part is to provide funds to States 

9 and localities to prevent layoffs of, and support the cre10 ation of additional jobs for, law enforcement officers and 

11 other first responders. 

12 SEC. 162. CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GRANT 

13 PROGRAM. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall make 

15 competitive grants under section 1701 of title I of the Om16 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

17 U.S.C. 3796dd) for the hiring, rehiring, or retention of 

18 career law enforcement officers under part Q of such title. 

19 (b) APPLICABILITY OF GRANT REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 Grants awarded under subsection (a) shall not be subject 

21 to— 

22 (1) subsection (g) or (i) of section 1701 of title 

23 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

24 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd); or 


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1 (2) section 1704 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 3796dd–3). 

3 (c) FUNDING.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be made avail5 able from the Rebuild America Trust Fund under 

6 section 9512 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

7 the following amounts to the Community Oriented 

8 Policing Stabilization Fund to enable the Attorney 

9 General to carry out the competitive grant program 

10 under this section: 

11 (A) $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2013. 

12 (B) $2,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

13 (C) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 

14 (2) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail15 able pursuant to paragraph (1), not to exceed 

16 $8,000,000 shall be for administrative costs of the 

17 Attorney General. 

18 SEC. 163. FIRST RESPONDER GRANT PROGRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be made available 

20 from the Rebuild America Trust Fund under section 9512 

21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the following 

22 amounts to the Secretary of Homeland Security to award 

23 grants under section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention 

24 and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a): 

25 (1) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2013. 


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1 (2) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

2 (3) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 

3 (b) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made available 

4 pursuant to subsection (a), not to exceed $2,000,000 shall 

5 be for administrative costs of the Secretary of Homeland 

6 Security. 

7 (c) WAIVERS.—In making grants with amounts made 

8 available under subsection (a), the Secretary may grant 

9 waivers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

10 (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4)(A) of sec11 tion 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 

12 of 1974. 

13 PART III—MAINTAINING CRITICAL COMMUNITY 

14 SERVICES 

15 SEC. 171. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this part: 

17 (1) BENEFITS.—The term ‘‘benefits’’ has the 

18 meaning given the term ‘‘employment benefits’’ in 

19 section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 

20 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611). 

21 (2) EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.—The term 

22 ‘‘employee compensation’’ includes wages and bene23 fits. 

24 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

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1 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 

2 State of the United States and the Commonwealth 

3 of Puerto Rico. 

4 (5) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 

5 The term ‘‘unit of general local government’’ 

6 means— 

7 (A) any city, county, town, township, par8 ish, village, or other general purpose political 

9 subdivision of a State; 

10 (B) Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

11 the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, or a 

12 general purpose political subdivision thereof; 

13 (C) a combination of such political subdivi14 sions that is recognized by the Secretary; or 

15 (D) the District of Columbia. 

16 (6) WAGE.—The term ‘‘wage’’ has the meaning 

17 given such term in section 3 of the Fair Labor 

18 Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203). 

19 SEC. 172. MAINTAINING CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICES. 

20 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amount 

21 made available for this part under section 178 and not 

22 reserved under subsection (b), the Secretary of Labor, act23 ing through the Employment and Training Administration 

24 and in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and 

25 Urban Development, shall award grants, on a competitive 


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1 basis in accordance with section 174, to units of general 

2 local government to save and create local jobs through the 

3 retention, restoration, or expansion of critical services 

4 needed by local communities. 

5 (b) RESERVATIONS BY THE SECRETARY.—Of the 

6 amount made available for this part under section 178 for 

7 each fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 

8 1 percent to administer this part. 

9 SEC. 173. APPLICATION. 

10 (a) APPLICATION.—In order to receive funds under 

11 this part for a fiscal year, a unit of general local govern12 ment shall submit to the Secretary, at such time and in 

13 such manner as determined by the Secretary, an applica14 tion that includes the information described in subsection 

15 (b) for such fiscal year. 

16 (b) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under 

17 subsection (a) shall include the following information: 

18 (1) A certification by the unit of general local 

19 government of— 

20 (A) the amount of funds requested by the 

21 unit of general local government; 

22 (B) the number of individuals who will re23 ceive employee compensation with such funds; 

24 and 


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1 (C) whether the positions supported with 

2 funds under this part will assist in retaining, 

3 restoring, or expanding an existing local public 

4 service. 

5 (2) A statement documenting the need for the 

6 critical services to be carried out by the individuals 

7 hired for the positions. 

8 (3) In the case of a unit of general local govern9 ment that desires to use funds received under this 

10 part to continue to provide employee compensation 

11 for existing employees of the unit, a statement docu12 menting the fiscal constraints of the unit that would 

13 result in the termination or reduction of the posi14 tions of such employees. 

15 (4) An assurance by the unit of general local 

16 government that the unit will comply with all provi17 sions of this part and with all applicable Federal, 

18 State, and local labor laws, including laws con19 cerning wages and hours, labor relations, family and 

20 medical leave, occupational safety and health, and 

21 nondiscrimination. 

22 (5) Such additional information as the Sec23 retary determines necessary, including information 

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1 SEC. 174. AWARD BASIS. 

2 (a) CRITERIA.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec3 retary shall award grants under this part by taking into 

4 consideration— 

5 (1) the unemployment rate in the local commu6 nity served by the unit of general local government; 

7 (2) the poverty rate in such local community; 

8 (3) the population of such local community; 

9 (4) excess unemployment in such local commu10 nity; and 

11 (5) other factors as the Secretary determines 

12 necessary. 

13 (b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—In no case shall the ratio of 

15 the amount of grant funds awarded under this part 

16 to all units of general local government in the State, 

17 as compared to the total amount of grant funds 

18 available under this part, be greater than the ratio 

19 of the State’s population, as compared to the total 

20 population of all States and all areas described in 

21 paragraph (2). 

22 (2) APPLICATION TO TERRITORIES AND THE

23 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—For the areas of Guam, 

24 the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, 

25 American Samoa, and the District of Columbia, in 

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1 awarded to any such area, as compared to the total 

2 amount of grant funds available under this part, be 

3 greater than the ratio of the population of such area 

4 as compared to the total population of all States and 

5 all such areas. 

6 (c) TIMING.—For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

7 award the grants under this part by not later than 30 

8 days after the end of the application period. 

9 SEC. 175. USES OF FUNDS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—A unit of general local govern11 ment that receives a grant under this part— 

12 (1) shall use the funds to provide employee 

13 compensation to retain or hire individuals to con14 tinue, restore, or expand public services; and 

15 (2) may not use more than 5 percent for ad16 ministrative purposes under the grant. 

17 (b) NONDISPLACEMENT.—A unit of general local gov18 ernment may not employ an individual for a position fund19 ed under this part, if— 

20 (1) employing such individual will result in the 

21 layoff or partial displacement (such as a reduction 

22 in hours, wages, or employee benefits) of an existing 

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1 (2) such individual will perform the same or 

2 substantially similar work that had previously been 

3 performed by an employee of the unit who— 

4 (A) has been laid off or partially displaced 

5 (as such term is described in paragraph (1)); 

6 and 

7 (B) has not been offered, by the unit or or8 ganization, to be restored to the position the 

9 employee had immediately prior to being laid 

10 off or partially displaced. 

11 SEC. 176. EMPLOYEE STATUS, COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL 

12 LAWS, AND CONTRACTS. 

13 (a) EMPLOYEE STATUS.—An individual hired for a 

14 position funded under this part shall be considered an em15 ployee of the unit of general local government by which 

16 such individual was hired and receive the same employee 

17 compensation, have the same rights and responsibilities 

18 and job classifications, and be subject to the same job 

19 standards, employer policies, and collective bargaining 

20 agreements as if such individual was hired without assist21 ance under this part. 

22 (b) COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LAWS AND CON23 TRACTS.—In hiring individuals for positions funded under 

24 this part, or using funds under this part to continue to 

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1 unit of general local government shall comply with all ap2 plicable Federal, State, and local laws, personnel policies 

3 and regulations, and collective bargaining agreements, as 

4 if such individual was hired, or such employee compensa5 tion was provided, without assistance under this part. 

6 SEC. 177. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT. 

7 Funds made available under this part shall be used 

8 to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, 

9 and local funds that would otherwise be expended to carry 

10 out activities under this part. 

11 SEC. 178. FUNDING PROVIDED. 

12 There shall be made available from the Rebuild 

13 America Trust Fund under section 9512 of the Internal 

14 Revenue Code of 1986, the following amounts to enable 

15 the Secretary of Labor to carry out the purposes of this 

16 part: 

17 (1) $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2013. 

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1 TITLE II—CREATING FINANCIAL 

2 STABILITY AND A BETTER FU3 TURE FOR MIDDLE CLASS 

4 FAMILIES 

5 Subtitle A—Alleviating the High 

6 Cost of Child Care 

7 SEC. 201. CCDBG PLUS. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘‘eligible 

10 child’’ means a child who has not attained the age 

11 of 13 and whose family income is equal to or less 

12 than the State median income for a family of the 

13 same size. 

14 (2) LOW-INCOME.—The term ‘‘low-income’’, 

15 when used in reference to an individual, means an 

16 individual with a family income that is less than or 

17 equal to 200 percent of the poverty line, as defined 

18 in section 673 of the Community Services Block 

19 Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902), applicable to a family 

20 of the size involved. 

21 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

22 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

23 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

24 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 

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1 (b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

3 Human Services is authorized to award grants, in 

4 allotments described in subsection (c)(2), to States 

5 to enable the States to increase the availability of 

6 high-quality early childhood care and education pro7 grams to enable more people of the United States to 

8 enter into and advance within the middle class. 

9 (2) DURATION OF GRANT.—A grant awarded 

10 under this section shall be for a period of not more 

11 than 5 years. 

12 (3) CONTINGENT FUNDING.—After the third 

13 year of the grant period of a grant under this sec14 tion, funding for each additional year of the grant 

15 period shall be contingent on the State’s progress to16 ward meeting the performance indicators and bench17 marks established under subsection (g). 

18 (4) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to receive an allot19 ment under this section, a State shall establish or 

20 certify, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the 

21 State’s payments for the grant or contracts to pro22 vide early childhood care and education programs 

23 under subsection (f)(1) are sufficient to ensure that 

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1 from birth through age 5 can meet the standards es2 tablished under subsection (f)(2). 

3 (c) AMOUNTS RESERVED; ALLOTMENTS.— 

4 (1) RESERVATIONS.—From the amounts appro5 priated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall 

6 reserve— 

7 (A) 2 percent of such amounts to make 

8 grants or enter into contracts with Indian tribes 

9 or tribal organizations (as such terms are de10 fined in section 658P of the Child Care Devel11 opment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

12 9858n)) for programs or activities consistent 

13 with the purposes of this section; and 

14 (B) 0.5 percent of such amounts to award 

15 grants to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 

16 Islands of the United States, and the Common17 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 

18 programs or activities consistent with the pur19 poses of this section, to be allotted in accord20 ance with their respective needs. 

21 (2) ALLOTMENTS.—From the amounts appro22 priated to carry out this section and not reserved 

23 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make allot24 ments to each eligible State with an approved appli25 cation using the formula established under section 


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1 658O(b) of the Child Care Development Block Grant 

2 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m(b)), except that any 

3 calculation in such formula that refers all States 

4 shall, for purposes of this section, be calculated 

5 based on all eligible States that have submitted an 

6 approved application. 

7 (d) APPLICATION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State desiring a grant 

9 under this section shall submit an application at 

10 such time, in such manner, and containing such in11 formation as the Secretary may require, including 

12 the following: 

13 (A) A description of how, by not later than 

14 3 years after the date of receipt of the grant, 

15 the State will ensure the health and safety of 

16 early childhood care and education programs by 

17 inspecting and monitoring all regulated child 

18 care providers in the State not less than 2 

19 times each year, in accordance with subsection 

20 (e)(2). 

21 (B) A description of the process the State 

22 proposes to use to ensure that investments 

23 made to increase access to programs providing 

24 high-quality early childhood care and education 

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1 areas with significant concentrations of poverty 

2 and unemployment that do not have such pro3 grams. 

4 (C) A description of the strategies the 

5 State will employ to build on the capacity of 

6 State early childhood care and education pro7 grams, and communities, to promote parents’ 

8 and families’ understanding of the State’s early 

9 childhood care and education system and the 

10 importance of high-quality early learning oppor11 tunities. 

12 (D) A description of the proposed time13 frame to develop and implement the elements of 

14 the grant program described in the application. 

15 (E) An assurance that the grant funds will 

16 only be used to supplement, and not to sup17 plant, Federal, State, and local funds otherwise 

18 available to support existing (as of the date of 

19 the application) early childhood care and edu20 cation programs described in subsection (e)(3). 

21 (F) A certification that the State will pro22 vide assistance for the provision of early child23 hood care and education programs under sub24 section (f), and provides assistance for child 

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1 ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 

2 et seq.), for families by using a sliding fee scale 

3 that provides for cost sharing by the families, 

4 in order to prioritize increasing the number and 

5 percentage of low-income and otherwise dis6 advantaged children and families in high-quality 

7 early childhood care and education programs 

8 described in subsection (e)(3). 

9 (G) An assurance that the State will peri10 odically revise the sliding fee scale used to pro11 vide assistance under this section. 

12 (H) A description of how the State will co13 ordinate the program supported under this sec14 tion with the program supported under the 

15 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

16 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), Head Start 

17 and Early Head Start programs under the 

18 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832), the 21st cen19 tury community learning center program under 

20 part B of title IV of the Elementary and Sec21 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 

22 et seq.), part C and section 619 of the Individ23 uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

24 1431 et seq.), and, as applicable, activities 

25 funded under the Race to The Top-Early 


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1 Learning Challenge program under section 

2 14006 of the American Recovery and Reinvest3 ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 

4 Stat. 283). 

5 (2) CONSULTATION.—A State shall develop its 

6 application under this subsection in consultation 

7 with the State Advisory Council on Early Education 

8 and Care established pursuant to section 

9 642B(b)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 9837b(b)(1)(A)). 

11 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 

12 under this section shall use grant funds to carry out the 

13 following: 

14 (1) RESERVATION FOR ENHANCING CHILD CARE

15 QUALITY.—The State shall reserve 10 percent of the 

16 grant funds to support— 

17 (A) activities that enhance the skills, 

18 knowledge, credentials, and compensation of the 

19 child care workforce, including in ways that 

20 support career advancement through career lad21 ders; and 

22 (B) other activities to enhance child care 

23 quality and support child care providers, includ24 ing family child care providers, in meeting the 

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1 (2) USE FOR INSPECTION AND MONITORING.— 

2 From the amount of grant funds remaining after the 

3 reservation under paragraph (1), the State shall use 

4 not less than 10 percent of funds to ensure that the 

5 State inspects and monitors all State-regulated child 

6 care providers, to include site visits not less fre7 quently than 2 times each year. At a minimum, 1 

8 such visit shall address health and safety and 1 visit 

9 shall address child care quality, and at least 1 of the 

10 visits shall be unannounced. 

11 (3) USE FOR SUBSIDIES FOR EARLY CHILD12 HOOD CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—From the 

13 amount of grant funds remaining after carrying out 

14 paragraphs (1) and (2), the State shall make high15 quality early childhood care and education programs 

16 more affordable to families of eligible children by— 

17 (A) using two-thirds of such remaining 

18 amounts to provide assistance for the provision 

19 of high-quality early childhood care and edu20 cation programs under subsection (f) for eligible 

21 children who are infants and toddlers; and 

22 (B) using the remaining funds to provide 

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1 grams (which, for purposes of serving school2 age children under this subparagraph, shall be 

3 deemed to include high-quality after-school pro4 grams) under subsection (f). 

5 (f) MORE AFFORDABLE QUALITY CHILD CARE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—To provide the assistance 

7 described in subsection (e)(3), a State shall award 

8 grants or contracts to eligible providers that allow 

9 parents of eligible children who are provided assist10 ance under this section to enroll such children with 

11 the eligible providers in high-quality early childhood 

12 care and education programs described in such sub13 section. 

14 (2) ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—In order for a provider 

16 that serves eligible children from birth through 

17 age 5 to be an eligible provider for purposes of 

18 this section, the provider shall be a child care 

19 center, Head Start or Early Head Start pro20 gram, or family child care home or system 

21 that— 

22 (i) offers full-day, full-year care or 

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1 lished for the top tier of a State’s quality 

2 rating and improvement system, as appro3 priate; or 

4 (II) is accredited by a national early 

5 childhood body with demonstrated valid 

6 and reliable program standards of high 

7 quality. 

8 (B) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may 

9 adjust the requirements of subparagraph (A), 

10 to the extent the Secretary determines nec11 essary to carry out the purposes of this section, 

12 for high-quality early childhood care and edu13 cation programs providing care to eligible chil14 dren during nontraditional hours. 

15 (3) SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABIL16 ITIES.—Not less than 15 percent of the funds de17 scribed in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

18 subsection (e)(3) shall be used to support high-qual19 ity early childhood care and education programs 

20 through eligible providers for eligible children who 

21 are children with disabilities, as defined in section 

22 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

23 Act (20 U.S.C. 1401), or infants or toddlers with 

24 disabilities, as defined in section 632 of such Act (20 

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1 (4) SUPPORT FOR QUALITY CARE DURING NON2 TRADITIONAL HOURS.—Not less than 10 percent of 

3 the funds described in each of subparagraphs (A) 

4 and (B) of subsection (e)(3) shall be used to support 

5 the provision of high-quality early childhood care 

6 and education programs described in such subsection 

7 to eligible children during nontraditional hours. 

8 (g) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall define, 

10 by regulation, indicators to be used to measure suc11 cess on the activities carried out under a grant 

12 under this section, the primary indicator of which 

13 shall be increasing the number and percentage of 

14 low-income children in high-quality, State early 

15 childhood care and education programs, as described 

16 in subsection (e)(3). 

17 (2) QUANTIFIABLE BENCHMARKS.—Each State 

18 receiving a grant under this section shall— 

19 (A) develop quantifiable benchmarks for 

20 the State and the activities supported under the 

21 grant based on indicators described in para22 graph (1) that are applicable to the State; and 

23 (B) submit such benchmarks for approval 

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1 (3) DISAGGREGATION.—The indicators and 

2 benchmarks shall include, at a minimum, indicators 

3 and benchmarks for all eligible children served by 

4 the program and for the categories of children de5 scribed in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection 

6 (i). 

7 (h) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—With respect to 

8 each period for which a State is awarded a grant under 

9 this section, the expenditures by the State on State early 

10 childhood care and education programs described in sub11 section (e)(3), and supports, shall not be less than the 

12 greater of the level of the expenditures for such programs 

13 and supports in the prior fiscal year or in the full fiscal 

14 year preceding the date of enactment of the Rebuilding 

15 America Act. 

16 (i) REPORTS.—Each State that receives a grant 

17 under this section shall submit to the Secretary an annual 

18 report, which the Secretary shall make publicly available, 

19 that includes information on the activities carried out by 

20 the State under this section for the year, including— 

21 (1) the number of eligible children, and fami22 lies, that were assisted under this section; 

23 (2) the number and percentage of low-income 

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1 (3) the number and percentage of English 

2 learners assisted; 

3 (4) the number and percentage of children with 

4 disabilities assisted; and 

5 (5) the number of early childhood care and edu6 cation programs, as described in subsection (e)(3) 

7 and disaggregated by type, that received assistance 

8 under this section. 

9 (j) FUNDING.—There shall be made available from 

10 the Rebuild America Trust Fund under section 9512 of 

11 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, $5,000,000,000 for 

12 each of fiscal years 2013 through 2022 to carry out this 

13 section. 

14 (k) SUNSET PROVISION.—The authority under this 

15 section shall expire on the date that is 10 years after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act. 

17 Subtitle B—Helping Americans 

18 Enjoy Their Golden Years 

19 PART I—COMMISSION ON RETIREMENT 

20 SECURITY 

21 SEC. 211. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This part may be cited as the ‘‘Retirement Security 

23 Act of 2012’’. 

24 SEC. 212. FINDINGS. 

25 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) The United States is facing a retirement 

2 crisis. The difference between what people need for 

3 retirement and what they actually have is approxi4 mately $6,600,000,000,000. 

5 (2) Social Security is the bedrock of retirement 

6 security, but Social Security must be supplemented 

7 by a strong and vibrant private retirement system. 

8 (3) The private retirement system is not doing 

9 enough to help families prepare for retirement. Only 

1 10 ⁄2 of the workforce has access to an employer pro11 vided retirement plan, and the number of workers 

12 covered by defined benefit pension plans has fallen 

13 from 50 percent to 20 percent in just 30 years. Con14 sequently, retirement is getting less and less secure 

15 for middle class families. 

16 (4) In order to address the retirement crisis, 

17 the United States needs a retirement system that 

18 embodies the following principles: 

19 (A) The private retirement system must be 

20 universal and automatic. 

21 (B) The private retirement system must 

22 provide people with income certainty. 

23 (C) The private retirement system must be 

24 one of shared responsibility. 


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1 (D) The private retirement system must be 

2 pooled and professionally managed. 

3 SEC. 213. COMMISSION ON RETIREMENT SECURITY. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com5 mission to be known as the ‘‘Commission on Retirement 

6 Security’’ (referred to in this part as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

7 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 

9 composed of 31 members. Such members shall be 

10 appointed in accordance with the following: 

11 (A) Two members appointed by the Chair12 man of the Committee on Health, Education, 

13 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

14 (B) Two members appointed by the Rank15 ing Member of the Committee on Health, Edu16 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

17 (C) Two members appointed by the Chair18 man of the Committee on Finance of the Sen19 ate. 

20 (D) Two members appointed by the Rank21 ing Member of the Committee on Finance of 

22 the Senate. 

23 (E) Two members appointed by the Chair24 man of the Committee on Education and the 

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1 (F) Two members appointed by the Rank2 ing Member of the Committee on Education 

3 and the Workforce of the House of Representa4 tives. 

5 (G) Two members appointed by the Chair6 man of the Committee on Ways and Means of 

7 the House of Representatives. 

8 (H) Two members appointed by the Rank9 ing Member of the Committee on Ways and 

10 Means of the House of Representatives. 

11 (I) Fifteen members appointed by the 

12 President from among officers or employees of 

13 the Executive Branch, private citizens of the 

14 United States, or both. Not more than 8 such 

15 members appointed by the President may be 

16 from 1 political party. 

17 (2) DATE OF APPOINTMENTS.—The appoint18 ment of a member of the Commission shall be made 

19 not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

20 of this Act. 

21 (c) TERM; VACANCIES.— 

22 (1) TERM.—A member shall be appointed for 

23 the life of the Commission. 

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1 (A) shall not affect the powers of the Com2 mission; and 

3 (B) shall be filled in the same manner as 

4 the original appointment was made. 

5 (d) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 15 days after 

6 the date on which all members of the Commission have 

7 been appointed, the Commission shall hold the initial 

8 meeting of the Commission. 

9 (e) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 

10 call of the co-chairpersons. Meetings shall be open to the 

11 public unless designated otherwise by the co-chairpersons. 

12 (f) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 

13 Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser num14 ber of members may hold hearings. 

15 (g) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.—The Chairman of the Com16 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

17 Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Education 

18 and the Workforce of the House of Representatives shall 

19 each select 1 member to be co-chairperson of the Commis20 sion. 

21 SEC. 214. DUTIES. 

22 (a) REVIEW AND ANALYSIS.—The Commission 

23 shall— 

24 (1) review relevant analyses of the private re25 tirement system; 


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1 (2) identify problems that threaten retirement 

2 security; and 

3 (3) analyze potential solutions to such prob4 lems. 

5 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall de6 velop recommendations on improving the private retire7 ment system in the United States. 

8 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to 

10 Congress a report that contains— 

11 (1) a detailed statement of the findings and 

12 conclusions of the Commission; and 

13 (2) the recommendations of the Commission for 

14 such legislation (which shall include proposed legisla15 tive language) and administrative actions as the 

16 Commission considers appropriate. 

17 SEC. 215. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 

18 (a) NO COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Members of 

19 the Commission shall serve without compensation. 

20 (b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Commis21 sion who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Gov22 ernment shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 

23 diem in lieu of subsistence, while away from their homes 

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1 ployed intermittently in the Government service are al2 lowed such expenses under section 5703 of title 5, United 

3 States Code. 

4 (c) STAFF.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairpersons of the 

6 Commission may, without regard to the civil service 

7 laws (including regulations), appoint and terminate 

8 an executive director and such other additional per9 sonnel as are necessary to enable the Commission to 

10 perform the duties of the Commission. 

11 (2) CONFIRMATION OF EXECUTIVE DIREC12 TOR.—The employment of an executive director shall 

13 be subject to confirmation by the Commission. 

14 (3) COMPENSATION.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

16 subparagraph (B), the co-chairpersons of the 

17 Commission may fix the compensation of the 

18 executive director and other personnel without 

19 regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and sub20 chapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United 

21 States Code, relating to classification of posi22 tions and General Schedule pay rates. 

23 (B) MAXIMUM RATE OF PAY.—The rate of 

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1 level V of the Executive Schedule under section 

2 5316 of title 5, United States Code. 

3 (d) DETAIL OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOY4 EES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—An employee of the Federal 

6 Government may be detailed to the Commission 

7 without reimbursement. 

8 (2) CIVIL SERVICE STATUS.—The detail of the 

9 employee shall be without interruption or loss of civil 

10 service status or privilege. 

11 (e) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT12 TENT SERVICES.—The co-chairpersons of the Commission 

13 may procure temporary and intermittent services in ac14 cordance with section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

15 Code, at rates for individuals that do not exceed the daily 

16 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for 

17 level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 

18 that title. 

19 SEC. 216. TERMINATION OF COMMISSION. 

20 The Commission shall terminate 30 days after the 

21 date on which the Commission submits the report of the 

22 Commission under section 214(c). 


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1 PART II—SOCIAL SECURITY 

2 SEC. 221. DETERMINATION OF TAXABLE WAGES AND SELF3 EMPLOYMENT INCOME ABOVE CONTRIBU4 TION AND BENEFIT BASE AFTER 2012. 

5 (a) DETERMINATION OF TAXABLE WAGES ABOVE

6 CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT BASE AFTER 2012.— 

7 (1) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE

8 CODE OF 1986.—Section 3121 of the Internal Rev9 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 

10 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘the 

11 applicable percentage (determined under sub12 section (c)(1)) of’’ before ‘‘that part of the re13 muneration’’; and 

14 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(c) IN15 CLUDED AND EXCLUDED SERVICE.—For pur16 poses of this chapter, if’’ and inserting the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR WAGES AND EMPLOY19 MENT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE OF REMUNERA21 TION IN DETERMINING TAXABLE WAGES.—For pur22 poses of subsection (a)(1), the applicable percentage 

23 for a calendar year shall be equal to— 

24 ‘‘(A) for 2013, 90 percent; 

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1 previous year, decreased by 10 percentage 

2 points; and 

3 ‘‘(C) for 2022 and each year thereafter, 0 

4 percent. 

5 ‘‘(2) INCLUDED AND EXCLUDED SERVICE.—For 

6 purposes of this chapter, if’’. 

7 (2) AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY

8 ACT.—Section 209 of the Social Security Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 409) is amended— 

10 (A) in subsection (a)(1)(I)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘and before 2013’’ 

12 after ‘‘1974’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi14 colon; 

15 (B) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the 

16 end the following new subparagraph: 

17 ‘‘(J) The applicable percentage (deter18 mined under subsection (l)) of that part of re19 muneration which, after remuneration (other 

20 than remuneration referred to in the succeeding 

21 subsections of this section) equal to the con22 tribution and benefit base (determined under 

23 section 230) with respect to employment has 

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1 tribution and benefit base is effective, is paid to 

2 such individual during such calendar year;’’; 

3 and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

5 subsection: 

6 ‘‘(l) For purposes of subsection (a)(1)(J), the applica7 ble percentage for a calendar year shall be equal to— 

8 ‘‘(1) for 2013, 90 percent; 

9 ‘‘(2) for 2014 through 2021, the applicable per10 centage under this subsection for the previous year, 

11 decreased by 10 percentage points; and 

12 ‘‘(3) for 2022 and each year thereafter, 0 per13 cent.’’. 

14 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

15 by this subsection shall apply with respect to remu16 neration paid in calendar years after 2012. 

17 (b) DETERMINATION OF TAXABLE SELF-EMPLOY18 MENT INCOME ABOVE CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT

19 BASE AFTER 2012.— 

20 (1) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE

21 CODE OF 1986.—Section 1402 of the Internal Rev22 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 

23 (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘that 

24 part of the net earnings’’ and all that follows 

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1 ‘‘an amount equal to the applicable percentage 

2 (as determined under subsection (d)(2)) of that 

3 part of the net earnings from self-employment 

4 which is in excess of the difference (not to be 

5 less than zero) between (i) an amount equal to 

6 the contribution and benefit base (as deter7 mined under section 230 of the Social Security 

8 Act) which is effective for the calendar year in 

9 which such taxable year begins, and’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (d)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘(d) EMPLOYEE AND

12 WAGES.—The term’’ and inserting the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(d) RULES AND DEFINITIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) EMPLOYEE AND WAGES.—The term’’; and 

16 (ii) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE OF NET EARN19 INGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN DETERMINING

20 TAXABLE SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME.—For pur21 poses of subsection (b)(1), the applicable percentage 

22 for a taxable year beginning in any calendar year re23 ferred to in such paragraph shall be equal to— 

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1 ‘‘(B) for 2014 through 2021, the applica2 ble percentage under this paragraph for the 

3 previous year, decreased by 10 percentage 

4 points; and 

5 ‘‘(C) for 2022 and each year thereafter, 0 

6 percent.’’. 

7 (2) AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY

8 ACT.—Section 211 of the Social Security Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 411) is amended— 

10 (A) in subsection (b)— 

11 (i) in paragraph (1)(I)— 

12 (I) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 

13 semicolon; and 

14 (II) by inserting ‘‘and before 

15 2013’’ after ‘‘1974’’; 

16 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

17 paragraph (3); and 

18 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(2) For any taxable year beginning in any cal21 endar year after 2012, an amount equal to the appli22 cable percentage (as determined under subsection 

23 (l)) of that part of net earnings from self-employ24 ment which is in excess of the difference (not to be 

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1 ‘‘(A) an amount equal to the contribution 

2 and benefit base (as determined under section 

3 230) that is effective for such calendar year, 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(B) the amount of the wages paid to such 

6 individual during such taxable year; or’’; and 

7 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(l) For purposes of subsection (b)(2), the applicable 

9 percentage for a taxable year beginning in any calendar 

10 year referred to in such paragraph shall be equal to— 

11 ‘‘(1) for 2013, 90 percent; 

12 ‘‘(2) for 2014 through 2021, the applicable per13 centage under this subsection for the previous year, 

14 decreased by 10 percentage points; and 

15 ‘‘(3) for 2022 and each year thereafter, 0 per16 cent.’’. 

17 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

18 by this subsection shall apply with respect to taxable 

19 years beginning during or after calendar year 2013. 

20 SEC. 222. ADJUSTMENTS TO BEND POINTS IN DETER21 MINING PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 215(a)(1) of the Social 

23 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(a)(1)) is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 


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1 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the comma 

4 at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘but do 

5 not exceed the amount established for purposes 

6 of this clause by subparagraph (B), and’’; and 

7 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

8 clause: 

9 ‘‘(iv) 5 percent of the individual’s average in10 dexed monthly earnings to the extent that such 

11 earnings exceed the amount established for purposes 

12 of clause (iii),’’; and 

13 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause (i) 

15 and (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be $180 and 

16 $1,085’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) 

17 of subparagraph (A) shall be $180, $1,085, and 

18 $2,000’’; 

19 (B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 

20 (iv); and 

21 (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol22 lowing new clause: 

23 ‘‘(iii) For individuals who initially become eligi24 ble for old-age or disability insurance benefits, or 

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1 in any calendar year after 2012, the amount deter2 mined under clause (i) of this subparagraph for pur3 poses of subparagraph (A)(i) for such calendar year 

4 shall be increased by— 

5 ‘‘(I) for calendar year 2013, 1.5 percent; 

6 ‘‘(II) for each of calendar years 2014 

7 through 2021, the percent determined under 

8 this clause for the preceding year increased by 

9 1.5 percentage points; and 

10 ‘‘(III) for calendar year 2022 and each 

11 year thereafter, 15 percent.’’. 

12 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 215(e)(1) of 

13 such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(e)(1)) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘before 1975, and the excess’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘before 1975, the excess’’; and 

16 (2) by inserting ‘‘and for years after 2012, the 

17 amount of remuneration and net earnings from self18 employment paid to or derived by such individual 

19 during such year after application of sections 

20 209(a)(1)(J) and 211(b)(2),’’ after ‘‘such contribu21 tion and benefit base is effective,’’. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

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1 ability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Secu2 rity Act, or who die (before becoming eligible for such ben3 efits), in any calendar year after 2012. 

4 SEC. 223. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ELDERLY CON5 SUMERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of Labor Statistics 

7 of the Department of Labor shall prepare and publish an 

8 index for each calendar month to be known as the ‘‘Con9 sumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers’’ that indicates 

10 changes over time in expenditures for consumption which 

11 are typical for individuals in the United States who have 

12 attained early retirement age (as defined under section 

13 216(l)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(l)(2)), 

14 for purposes of an old-age, wife’s, or husband’s insurance 

15 benefit). 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply 

17 with respect to calendar months ending on or after June 

18 30 of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted. 

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec21 essary to carry out the provisions of this section. 

22 SEC. 224. COMPUTATION OF COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES 

23 FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 215(i) of the Social Secu25 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1)(G), by inserting before the 

2 period the following: ‘‘, and, with respect to any 

3 monthly insurance benefit payable under this title, 

4 effective for adjustments under this subsection to 

5 the primary insurance amount on which such benefit 

6 is based (or to any such benefit under section 227 

7 or 228), the applicable Consumer Price Index shall 

8 be deemed to be the Consumer Price Index for El9 derly Consumers and such primary insurance 

10 amount shall be deemed adjusted under this sub11 section using such Index’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and by sec13 tion 9001’’ and inserting ‘‘, by section 9001’’, and 

14 by inserting after ‘‘1986,’’ the following: ‘‘and by 

15 section 224(a) of the Rebuild America Act,’’. 

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN APPLICABLE

17 FORMER LAW.—Section 215(i)(1)(C) of the Social Secu18 rity Act, as in effect in December 1978 and applied in 

19 certain cases under the provisions of such Act in effect 

20 after December 1978, is amended by inserting before the 

21 period the following: ‘‘, and, with respect to any monthly 

22 insurance benefit payable under this title, effective for ad23 justments under this subsection to the primary insurance 

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1 sumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the Consumer 

2 Price Index for Elderly Consumers and such primary in3 surance amount shall be deemed adjusted under this sub4 section using such Index’’. 

5 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

6 this section shall apply to determinations made by the 

7 Commissioner of Social Security under section 215(i)(2) 

8 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)), with re9 spect to cost-of-living computation quarters ending on or 

10 after September 30, 2013. 

11 SEC. 225. NON-APPLICATION OF INCREASE IN SOCIAL SE12 CURITY BENEFITS FOR OTHER FEDERAL OR 

13 FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS. 

14 Any increase in old-age or disability insurance bene15 fits under title II of the Social Security Act as a result 

16 of the amendments made by this Act shall not be regarded 

17 as income and shall not be regarded as a resource for any 

18 month after December 2012, for purposes of determining 

19 the eligibility of the recipient (or the recipient’s spouse or 

20 family) for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent 

21 of benefits or assistance, under any Federal program or 

22 under any State or local program financed in whole or in 

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1 Subtitle C—Protecting Overtime 

2 Pay for Working Americans 

3 SEC. 231. SALARY THRESHOLDS, HIGHLY COMPENSATED 

4 EMPLOYEES, AND PRIMARY DUTIES. 

5 (a) SALARY THRESHOLDS FOR EXECUTIVE, ADMIN6 ISTRATIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.—Section 

7 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

8 213) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting before ‘‘; 

10 or’’ the following: ‘‘, subject to the requirement that 

11 any employee who the Secretary determines is re12 quired to be paid on a salary or fee basis in order 

13 to be exempt under this subsection shall, in order to 

14 be exempt, be compensated at a rate of not less than 

15 the salary rate (or equivalent fee basis) determined 

16 under subsection (k)’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(k) SALARY RATES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The salary rate (or equiva20 lent fee basis) determined under this subsection for 

21 purposes of subsection (a)(1) shall be— 

22 ‘‘(A) beginning 1 year after the first day 

23 of the third month that begins after the date of 

24 enactment of the Rebuild America Act, $655 

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1 ‘‘(B) beginning 2 years after that first day, 

2 $855 per week; 

3 ‘‘(C) beginning 3 years after that first day, 

4 $1,045 per week; and 

5 ‘‘(D) beginning on the date that is 4 years 

6 after that first day, and on that first day in 

7 each succeeding year, an adjusted amount that 

8 is— 

9 ‘‘(i) not less than the amount in effect 

10 under this paragraph on the day before the 

11 date the adjustment is being made; 

12 ‘‘(ii) increased from such amount by 

13 the annual percentage increase in the Con14 sumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earn15 ers and Clerical Workers; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) rounded to the nearest multiple 

17 of $1.00. 

18 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding para19 graph (1), for any employee for whom the minimum 

20 wage would otherwise be determined pursuant to 

21 section 8103(b) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 

22 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note), the Secretary may de23 termine, through regulations, the salary rate (or 

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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 13 of the Fair Labor 

2 Standards Act of 1938 (as amended by subsection (a)) 

3 (29 U.S.C. 213) is further amended by adding at the end 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(l) DEFINITIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) ANNUAL PERCENTAGE INCREASE; CON7 SUMER PRICE INDEX.—For purposes of this sec8 tion— 

9 ‘‘(A) the term ‘annual percentage in10 crease’, when used in reference to the Con11 sumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners 

12 and Clerical Workers, means the annual per13 centage increase calculated by the Secretary 

14 under section 6(h)(2), as amended by section 

15 231 of the Rebuild America Act; and 

16 ‘‘(B) the term ‘Consumer Price Index for 

17 Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers’ 

18 means the Consumer Price Index for Urban 

19 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (United 

20 States city average, all items, not seasonally ad21 justed), or its successor publication, as deter22 mined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

23 ‘‘(2) PRIMARY DUTY.—For purposes of para24 graphs (1) and (17) of subsection (a), including the 

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1 erence to the term ‘primary duty’ (or a successor 

2 term) when used with respect to determining if an 

3 employee is employed in a bona fide executive, ad4 ministrative, or professional capacity, or in a posi5 tion described in subsection (a)(17), means the duty 

6 that an employee spends more than 50 percent of 

7 the employee’s work hours per week performing.’’. 

8 (c) HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Labor, in 

10 the Secretary’s discretion, determines that an em11 ployee may be exempt for purposes of section 

12 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 

13 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(1)), as a highly compensated em14 ployee (as such term is defined and delimited by the 

15 Secretary), then the level of total annual compensa16 tion necessary for such exemption shall be— 

17 (A) for the calendar year that includes the 

18 effective date of this subsection, $120,000; and 

19 (B) for each succeeding calendar year, an 

20 adjusted amount that is— 

21 (i) not less than the amount in effect 

22 under this paragraph on the day before the 

23 date such adjustment is being made; 

24 (ii) increased from such amount by 

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1 sumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earn2 ers and Clerical Workers; and 

3 (iii) rounded to the nearest multiple of 

4 $1.00. 

5 (2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub6 section, the terms ‘‘annual percentage increase’’ and 

7 ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners 

8 and Clerical Workers’’ have the meanings given the 

9 terms in section 13(l) of the Fair Labor Standards 

10 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(l)), as added by sub11 section (b). 

12 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

13 subsection or the regulations promulgated by the 

14 Secretary of Labor under this subsection shall over15 ride any provision of a collective bargaining agree16 ment that provides for overtime employment com17 pensation, or rights to such compensation, that ex18 ceed the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards 

19 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 

20 (d) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Not later than 60 

21 days before the date any increase in the salary rate (or 

22 equivalent fee basis) required under section 13(k)(1)(D) 

23 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

24 213(a)(k)(1)(D)) takes effect, or any increase in the 

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1 employee exemption required under subsection (c) takes 

2 effect, the Secretary of Labor shall publish, in the Federal 

3 Register and on the website of the Department of Labor, 

4 a notice announcing the adjusted salary rate (or equiva5 lent fee basis) requirement or adjusted amount of com6 pensation, respectively. The provisions of section 553 of 

7 title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to any notice 

8 required under this subsection. 

9 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amend10 ments made by this section, shall take effect on the date 

11 that is 1 year after the first day of the third month that 

12 begins after the date of enactment of the Rebuild America 

13 Act. 

14 Subtitle D—Preventing Americans 

15 From Having To Choose Be16 tween Their Health and Their 

17 Paycheck 

18 SEC. 241. SHORT TITLE. 

19 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy Families 

20 Act’’. 

21 SEC. 242. FINDINGS. 

22 Congress makes the following findings: 

23 (1) Working Americans need time to meet their 

24 own health care needs and to care for family mem25 bers, including their children, spouse, parents, and 


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1 parents-in-law, and other children and adults for 

2 whom they are caregivers. 

3 (2) Health care needs include preventive health 

4 care, diagnostic procedures, medical treatment, and 

5 recovery in response to short- and long-term ill6 nesses and injuries. 

7 (3) Providing employees time off to meet health 

8 care needs ensures that they will be healthier in the 

9 long run. Preventive care helps avoid illnesses and 

10 injuries and routine medical care helps detect ill11 nesses early and shorten their duration. 

12 (4) When parents are available to care for their 

13 children who become sick, children recover faster, 

14 more serious illnesses are prevented, and children’s 

15 overall mental and physical health improve. In a 

16 2009 study published in the American Journal of 

17 Public Health, 81 percent of parents of a child with 

18 special health care needs reported that taking leave 

19 from work to be with their child had a ‘‘good’’ or 

20 ‘‘very good’’ effect on their child’s physical health. 

21 Similarly, 85 percent of parents of such a child 

22 found that taking such leave had a ‘‘good’’ or ‘‘very 

23 good’’ effect on their child’s emotional health. 

24 (5) When parents cannot afford to miss work 

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1 child care centers or schools, infection can spread 

2 rapidly through child care centers and schools. 

3 (6) Providing paid sick time improves public 

4 health by reducing infectious disease. Policies that 

5 make it easier for sick adults and children to be iso6 lated at home reduce the spread of infectious dis7 ease. 

8 (7) Routine medical care reduces medical costs 

9 by detecting and treating illness and injury early, 

10 decreasing the need for emergency care. These sav11 ings benefit public and private payers of health in12 surance, including private businesses. 

13 (8) The provision of individual and family sick 

14 time by large and small businesses, both here in the 

15 United States and elsewhere, demonstrates that pol16 icy solutions are both feasible and affordable in a 

17 competitive economy. A 2009 study by the Center 

18 for Economic and Policy Research found that, of 22 

19 countries with comparable economies, the United 

20 States was 1 of only 3 countries that did not provide 

21 any paid time off for workers with short-term ill22 nesses. 

23 (9) Measures that ensure that employees are in 

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1 family health problems help businesses by promoting 

2 productivity and reducing employee turnover. 

3 (10) The American Productivity Audit com4 pleted in 2003 found that lost productivity due to ill5 ness costs $226,000,000,000 annually, and that 71 

6 percent of that cost stems from presenteeism, the 

7 practice of employees coming to work despite illness. 

8 Studies in the Journal of Occupational and Environ9 mental Medicine, the Employee Benefit News, and 

10 the Harvard Business Review show that 

11 presenteeism is a larger productivity drain than ei12 ther absenteeism or short-term disability. 

13 (11) The absence of paid sick time has forced 

14 Americans to make untenable choices between need15 ed income and jobs on the one hand and caring for 

16 their own and their family’s health on the other. 

17 (12) Nearly 40 percent of the private-sector 

18 workforce (about 40,000,000 workers) lack paid sick 

19 time. Another 4,000,000 theoretically have access to 

20 sick time, but have not been on the job long enough 

21 to use it. Millions more lack sick time they can use 

22 to care for a sick child or ill family member. 

23 (13) Workers’ access to paid sick time varies 

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1 paid sick time. For workers in the next 2 quartiles, 

2 34 and 25 percent, respectively, lack paid sick time. 

3 Even for workers in the highest income quartile, 16 

4 percent lack paid sick time. In addition, millions of 

5 workers cannot use paid sick time to care for ill 

6 family members. 

7 (14) Due to the roles of men and women in so8 ciety, the primary responsibility for family caregiving 

9 often falls on women, and such responsibility affects 

10 the working lives of women more than it affects the 

11 working lives of men. 

12 (15) An increasing number of men are also tak13 ing on caregiving obligations, and men who request 

14 paid time for caregiving purposes are often denied 

15 accommodation or penalized because of stereotypes 

16 that caregiving is only ‘‘women’s work’’. 

17 (16) Employers’ reliance on persistent stereo18 types about the ‘‘proper’’ roles of both men and 

19 women in the workplace and in the home continues 

20 a cycle of discrimination and fosters stereotypical 

21 views about women’s commitment to work and their 

22 value as employees. 

23 (17) Employment standards that apply to only 

24 one gender have serious potential for encouraging 


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1 employers to discriminate against employees and ap2 plicants for employment who are of that gender. 

3 (18) It is in the national interest to ensure that 

4 all Americans can care for their own health and the 

5 health of their families while prospering at work. 

6 (19) Nearly 1 in 3 American women report 

7 physical or sexual abuse by a husband or boyfriend 

8 at some point in their lives. Domestic violence also 

9 affects men. Women account for about 85 percent of 

10 the victims of domestic violence and men account for 

11 approximately 15 percent of the victims. Therefore, 

12 women disproportionately need time off to care for 

13 their health or to find solutions, such as obtaining 

14 a restraining order or finding housing, to avoid or 

15 prevent physical or sexual abuse. 

16 (20) One study showed that 85 percent of do17 mestic violence victims at a women’s shelter who 

18 were employed missed work because of abuse. The 

19 mean number of days of paid work lost by a rape 

20 victim is 8.1 days, by a victim of physical assault is 

21 7.2 days, and by a victim of stalking is 10.1 days. 

22 Nationwide, domestic violence victims lose almost 

23 8,000,000 days of paid work per year. 

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1 tims are in grave danger of losing their jobs. One 

2 survey found that 96 percent of employed domestic 

3 violence victims experienced problems at work re4 lated to the violence. The Government Accountability 

5 Office similarly found that 24 to 52 percent of vic6 tims report losing a job due, at least in part, to do7 mestic violence. The loss of employment can be par8 ticularly devastating for victims of domestic violence, 

9 who often need economic security to ensure safety. 

10 (22) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre11 vention has estimated that domestic violence costs 

12 over $700,000,000 annually due to the victims’ lost 

13 productivity in employment. 

14 (23) Efforts to assist abused employees result 

15 in positive outcomes for employers as well as em16 ployees because employers can retain workers who 

17 might otherwise be compelled to leave. 

18 SEC. 243. PURPOSES. 

19 The purposes of this subtitle are— 

20 (1) to ensure that all working Americans can 

21 address their own health needs and the health needs 

22 of their families by requiring employers to permit 

23 employees to earn up to 56 hours of paid sick time 

24 including paid time for family care; 


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1 (2) to diminish public and private health care 

2 costs by enabling workers to seek early and routine 

3 medical care for themselves and their family mem4 bers; 

5 (3) to assist employees who are, or whose fam6 ily members are, victims of domestic violence, sexual 

7 assault, or stalking, by providing the employees with 

8 paid time away from work to allow the victims to re9 ceive treatment and to take the necessary steps to 

10 ensure their protection; 

11 (4) to accomplish the purposes described in 

12 paragraphs (1) through (3) in a manner that is fea13 sible for employers; and 

14 (5) consistent with the provision of the 14th 

15 Amendment to the Constitution relating to equal 

16 protection of the laws, and pursuant to Congress’ 

17 power to enforce that provision under section 5 of 

18 that Amendment— 

19 (A) to accomplish the purposes described 

20 in paragraphs (1) through (3) in a manner that 

21 minimizes the potential for employment dis22 crimination on the basis of sex by ensuring gen23 erally that paid sick time is available for eligible 

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1 (B) to promote the goal of equal employ2 ment opportunity for women and men. 

3 SEC. 244. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this subtitle: 

5 (1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means a biologi6 cal, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal 

7 ward, or a child of a person standing in loco 

8 parentis, who is— 

9 (A) under 18 years of age; or 

10 (B) 18 years of age or older and incapable 

11 of self-care because of a mental or physical dis12 ability. 

13 (2) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘domestic 

14 violence’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

15 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

16 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)), except that the ref17 erence in such section to the term ‘‘jurisdiction re18 ceiving grant monies’’ shall be deemed to mean the 

19 jurisdiction in which the victim lives or the jurisdic20 tion in which the employer involved is located. 

21 (3) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 

22 an individual who is— 

23 (A)(i) an employee, as defined in section 

24 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 

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1 subparagraph (E), including such an employee 

2 of the Library of Congress, except that a ref3 erence in such section to an employer shall be 

4 considered to be a reference to an employer de5 scribed in clauses (i)(I) and (ii) of paragraph 

6 (4)(A); or 

7 (ii) an employee of the Government Ac8 countability Office; 

9 (B) a State employee described in section 

10 304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act 

11 of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16c(a)); 

12 (C) a covered employee, as defined in sec13 tion 101 of the Congressional Accountability 

14 Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), other than an ap15 plicant for employment; 

16 (D) a covered employee, as defined in sec17 tion 411(c) of title 3, United States Code; or 

18 (E) a Federal officer or employee covered 

19 under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, 

20 United States Code. 

21 (4) EMPLOYER.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employer’’ 

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1 (i)(I) a covered employer, as defined 

2 in subparagraph (B), who is not covered 

3 under subclause (V); 

4 (II) an entity employing a State em5 ployee described in section 304(a) of the 

6 Government Employee Rights Act of 1991; 

7 (III) an employing office, as defined 

8 in section 101 of the Congressional Ac9 countability Act of 1995; 

10 (IV) an employing office, as defined in 

11 section 411(c) of title 3, United States 

12 Code; or 

13 (V) an employing agency covered 

14 under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 

15 5, United States Code; and 

16 (ii) is engaged in commerce (including 

17 government), or an industry or activity af18 fecting commerce (including government), 

19 as defined in subparagraph (B)(iii). 

20 (B) COVERED EMPLOYER.— 

21 (i) IN GENERAL.—In subparagraph 

22 (A)(i)(I), the term ‘‘covered employer’’— 

23 (I) means any person engaged in 

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1 15 or more employees for each work2 ing day during each of 20 or more 

3 calendar workweeks in the current or 

4 preceding calendar year; 

5 (II) includes— 

6 (aa) any person who acts, 

7 directly or indirectly, in the inter8 est of an employer to any of the 

9 employees of such employer; and 

10 (bb) any successor in inter11 est of an employer; 

12 (III) includes any ‘‘public agen13 cy’’, as defined in section 3(x) of the 

14 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 

15 (29 U.S.C. 203(x)); and 

16 (IV) includes the Government 

17 Accountability Office and the Library 

18 of Congress. 

19 (ii) PUBLIC AGENCY.—For purposes 

20 of clause (i)(III), a public agency shall be 

21 considered to be a person engaged in com22 merce or in an industry or activity affect23 ing commerce. 

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1 (I) COMMERCE.—The terms 

2 ‘‘commerce’’ and ‘‘industry or activity 

3 affecting commerce’’ mean any activ4 ity, business, or industry in commerce 

5 or in which a labor dispute would 

6 hinder or obstruct commerce or the 

7 free flow of commerce, and include 

8 ‘‘commerce’’ and any ‘‘industry affect9 ing commerce’’, as defined in para10 graphs (1) and (3) of section 501 of 

11 the Labor Management Relations Act, 

12 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142 (1) and (3)). 

13 (II) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘em14 ployee’’ has the same meaning given 

15 such term in section 3(e) of the Fair 

16 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

17 U.S.C. 203(e)). 

18 (III) PERSON.—The term ‘‘per19 son’’ has the same meaning given 

20 such term in section 3(a) of the Fair 

21 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

22 U.S.C. 203(a)). 

23 (C) PREDECESSORS.—Any reference in 

24 this paragraph to an employer shall include a 

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1 (5) EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.—The term ‘‘em2 ployment benefits’’ means all benefits provided or 

3 made available to employees by an employer, includ4 ing group life insurance, health insurance, disability 

5 insurance, sick leave, annual leave, educational bene6 fits, and pensions, regardless of whether such bene7 fits are provided by a practice or written policy of 

8 an employer or through an ‘‘employee benefit plan’’, 

9 as defined in section 3(3) of the Employee Retire10 ment Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

11 1002(3)). 

12 (6) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.—The term 

13 ‘‘health care provider’’ means a provider who— 

14 (A)(i) is a doctor of medicine or osteopathy 

15 who is authorized to practice medicine or sur16 gery (as appropriate) by the State in which the 

17 doctor practices; or 

18 (ii) is any other person determined by the 

19 Secretary to be capable of providing health care 

20 services; and 

21 (B) is not employed by an employer for 

22 whom the provider issues certification under 

23 this subtitle. 

24 (7) PAID SICK TIME.—The term ‘‘paid sick 

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1 can be earned by an employee for use during an ab2 sence from employment for any of the reasons de3 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 

4 245(b). 

5 (8) PARENT.—The term ‘‘parent’’ means a bio6 logical, foster, or adoptive parent of an employee, a 

7 stepparent of an employee, or a legal guardian or 

8 other person who stood in loco parentis to an em9 ployee when the employee was a child. 

10 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of Labor. 

12 (10) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘‘sexual as13 sault’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

14 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

15 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)). 

16 (11) SPOUSE.—The term ‘‘spouse’’, with re17 spect to an employee, has the meaning given such 

18 term by the marriage laws of the State in which the 

19 employee resides. 

20 (12) STALKING.—The term ‘‘stalking’’ has the 

21 meaning given the term in section 40002(a) of the 

22 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

23 13925(a)). 

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1 profit, nongovernmental organization that provides 

2 assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual as3 sault, or stalking or advocates for such victims, in4 cluding a rape crisis center, an organization carrying 

5 out a domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

6 prevention or treatment program, an organization 

7 operating a shelter or providing counseling services, 

8 or a legal services organization or other organization 

9 providing assistance through the legal process. 

10 SEC. 245. PROVISION OF PAID SICK TIME. 

11 (a) ACCRUAL OF PAID SICK TIME.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—An employer shall permit 

13 each employee employed by the employer to earn not 

14 less than 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours 

15 worked, to be used as described in subsection (b). 

16 An employer shall not be required to permit an em17 ployee to earn, under this section, more than 56 

18 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, unless 

19 the employer chooses to set a higher limit. 

20 (2) EXEMPT EMPLOYEES.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

22 paragraph (3), for purposes of this section, an 

23 employee who is exempt from overtime require24 ments under section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor 

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1 shall be assumed to work 40 hours in each 

2 workweek. 

3 (B) SHORTER NORMAL WORKWEEK.—If 

4 the normal workweek of such an employee is 

5 less than 40 hours, the employee shall earn 

6 paid sick time based upon that normal work7 week. 

8 (3) DATES OF ACCRUAL AND USE.—Employees 

9 shall begin to earn paid sick time under this section 

10 at the commencement of their employment. An em11 ployee shall be entitled to use the earned paid sick 

12 time beginning on the 60th calendar day following 

13 commencement of the employee’s employment. After 

14 that 60th calendar day, the employee may use the 

15 paid sick time as the time is earned. An employer 

16 may, at the discretion of the employer, loan paid 

17 sick time to an employee in advance of the earning 

18 of such time under this section by such employee. 

19 (4) CARRYOVER.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

21 subparagraph (B), paid sick time earned under 

22 this section shall carry over from 1 calendar 

23 year to the next. 

24 (B) CONSTRUCTION.—This subtitle shall 

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1 mit an employee to accrue more than 56 hours 

2 of earned paid sick time at a given time. 

3 (5) EMPLOYERS WITH EXISTING POLICIES.— 

4 Any employer with a paid leave policy who makes 

5 available an amount of paid leave that is sufficient 

6 to meet the requirements of this section and that 

7 may be used for the same purposes and under the 

8 same conditions as the purposes and conditions out9 lined in subsection (b) shall not be required to per10 mit an employee to earn additional paid sick time 

11 under this section. 

12 (6) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

13 shall be construed as requiring financial or other re14 imbursement to an employee from an employer upon 

15 the employee’s termination, resignation, retirement, 

16 or other separation from employment for earned 

17 paid sick time that has not been used. 

18 (7) REINSTATEMENT.—If an employee is sepa19 rated from employment with an employer and is re20 hired, within 12 months after that separation, by the 

21 same employer, the employer shall reinstate the em22 ployee’s previously earned paid sick time. The em23 ployee shall be entitled to use the earned paid sick 

24 time and earn additional paid sick time at the re25 commencement of employment with the employer. 


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1 (8) PROHIBITION.—An employer may not re2 quire, as a condition of providing paid sick time 

3 under this subtitle, that the employee involved 

4 search for or find a replacement worker to cover the 

5 hours during which the employee is using paid sick 

6 time. 

7 (b) USES.—Paid sick time earned under this section 

8 may be used by an employee for any of the following: 

9 (1) An absence resulting from a physical or 

10 mental illness, injury, or medical condition of the 

11 employee. 

12 (2) An absence resulting from obtaining profes13 sional medical diagnosis or care, or preventive med14 ical care, for the employee. 

15 (3) An absence for the purpose of caring for a 

16 child, a parent, a spouse, or any other individual re17 lated by blood or affinity whose close association 

18 with the employee is the equivalent of a family rela19 tionship, who— 

20 (A) has any of the conditions or needs for 

21 diagnosis or care described in paragraph (1) or 

22 (2); and 

23 (B) in the case of someone who is not a 

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1 (4) An absence resulting from domestic vio2 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, if the time is to— 

3 (A) seek medical attention for the em4 ployee or the employee’s child, parent, or 

5 spouse, or an individual related to the employee 

6 as described in paragraph (3), to recover from 

7 physical or psychological injury or disability 

8 caused by domestic violence, sexual assault, or 

9 stalking; 

10 (B) obtain or assist a related person de11 scribed in paragraph (3) in obtaining services 

12 from a victim services organization; 

13 (C) obtain or assist a related person de14 scribed in paragraph (3) in obtaining psycho15 logical or other counseling; 

16 (D) seek relocation; or 

17 (E) take legal action, including preparing 

18 for or participating in any civil or criminal legal 

19 proceeding related to or resulting from domestic 

20 violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

21 (c) SCHEDULING.—An employee shall make a reason22 able effort to schedule a period of paid sick time under 

23 this subtitle in a manner that does not unduly disrupt the 

24 operations of the employer. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Paid sick time shall be pro2 vided upon the oral or written request of an em3 ployee. Such request shall— 

4 (A) include the expected duration of the 

5 period of such time; 

6 (B) in a case in which the need for such 

7 period of time is foreseeable at least 7 days in 

8 advance of such period, be provided at least 7 

9 days in advance of such period; and 

10 (C) otherwise, be provided as soon as prac11 ticable after the employee is aware of the need 

12 for such period. 

13 (2) CERTIFICATION IN GENERAL.— 

14 (A) PROVISION.— 

15 (i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara16 graph (C), an employer may require that a 

17 request for paid sick time under this sec18 tion for a purpose described in paragraph 

19 (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b) be sup20 ported by a certification issued by the 

21 health care provider of the eligible em22 ployee or of an individual described in sub23 section (b)(3), as appropriate, if the period 

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1 (ii) TIMELINESS.—The employee shall 

2 provide a copy of such certification to the 

3 employer in a timely manner, not later 

4 than 30 days after the first day of the pe5 riod of time. The employer shall not delay 

6 the commencement of the period of time on 

7 the basis that the employer has not yet re8 ceived the certification. 

9 (B) SUFFICIENT CERTIFICATION.— 

10 (i) IN GENERAL.—A certification pro11 vided under subparagraph (A) shall be suf12 ficient if it states— 

13 (I) the date on which the period 

14 of time will be needed; 

15 (II) the probable duration of the 

16 period of time; 

17 (III) the appropriate medical 

18 facts within the knowledge of the 

19 health care provider regarding the 

20 condition involved, subject to clause 

21 (ii); and 

22 (IV)(aa) for purposes of paid sick 

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1 (bb) for purposes of such time 

2 under subsection (b)(2), the dates on 

3 which testing for a medical diagnosis 

4 or care is expected to be given and the 

5 duration of such testing or care; and 

6 (cc) for purposes of such time 

7 under subsection (b)(3), in the case of 

8 time to care for someone who is not a 

9 child, a statement that care is needed 

10 for an individual described in such 

11 subsection, and an estimate of the 

12 amount of time that such care is 

13 needed for such individual. 

14 (ii) LIMITATION.—In issuing a certifi15 cation under subparagraph (A), a health 

16 care provider shall make reasonable efforts 

17 to limit the medical facts described in 

18 clause (i)(III) that are disclosed in the cer19 tification to the minimum necessary to es20 tablish a need for the employee to utilize 

21 paid sick time. 

22 (C) REGULATIONS.—Regulations pre23 scribed under section 253 shall specify the man24 ner in which an employee who does not have 


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1 health insurance shall provide a certification for 

2 purposes of this paragraph. 

3 (D) CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONDISCLO4 SURE.— 

5 (i) PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMA6 TION.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be 

7 construed to require a health care provider 

8 to disclose information in violation of sec9 tion 1177 of the Social Security Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 1320d–6) or the regulations pro11 mulgated pursuant to section 264(c) of the 

12 Health Insurance Portability and Account13 ability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 

14 note). 

15 (ii) HEALTH INFORMATION

16 RECORDS.—If an employer possesses 

17 health information about an employee or 

18 an employee’s child, parent, spouse or 

19 other individual described in subsection 

20 (b)(3), such information shall— 

21 (I) be maintained on a separate 

22 form and in a separate file from other 

23 personnel information; 

24 (II) be treated as a confidential 

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1 (III) not be disclosed except to 

2 the affected employee or with the per3 mission of the affected employee. 

4 (3) CERTIFICATION IN THE CASE OF DOMESTIC

5 VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—An employer may re7 quire that a request for paid sick time under 

8 this section for a purpose described in sub9 section (b)(4) be supported by 1 of the fol10 lowing forms of documentation: 

11 (i) A police report indicating that the 

12 employee, or a member of the employee’s 

13 family described in subsection (b)(4), was 

14 a victim of domestic violence, sexual as15 sault, or stalking. 

16 (ii) A court order protecting or sepa17 rating the employee or a member of the 

18 employee’s family described in subsection 

19 (b)(4) from the perpetrator of an act of 

20 domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalk21 ing, or other evidence from the court or 

22 prosecuting attorney that the employee or 

23 a member of the employee’s family de24 scribed in subsection (b)(4) has appeared 

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1 in a proceeding related to domestic vio2 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

3 (iii) Other documentation signed by 

4 an employee or volunteer working for a vic5 tim services organization, an attorney, a 

6 police officer, a medical professional, a so7 cial worker, an antiviolence counselor, or a 

8 member of the clergy, affirming that the 

9 employee or a member of the employee’s 

10 family described in subsection (b)(4) is a 

11 victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, 

12 or stalking. 

13 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements 

14 of paragraph (2) shall apply to certifications 

15 under this paragraph, except that— 

16 (i) subclauses (III) and (IV) of sub17 paragraph (B)(i) and subparagraph (B)(ii) 

18 of such paragraph shall not apply; 

19 (ii) the certification shall state the 

20 reason that the leave is required with the 

21 facts to be disclosed limited to the min22 imum necessary to establish a need for the 

23 employee to be absent from work, and the 

24 employee shall not be required to explain 


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1 the details of the domestic violence, sexual 

2 assault, or stalking involved; and 

3 (iii) with respect to confidentiality 

4 under subparagraph (D) of such para5 graph, any information provided to the em6 ployer under this paragraph shall be con7 fidential, except to the extent that any dis8 closure of such information is— 

9 (I) requested or consented to in 

10 writing by the employee; or 

11 (II) otherwise required by appli12 cable Federal or State law. 

13 SEC. 246. POSTING REQUIREMENT. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each employer shall post and 

15 keep posted a notice, to be prepared or approved in ac16 cordance with procedures specified in regulations pre17 scribed under section 253, setting forth excerpts from, or 

18 summaries of, the pertinent provisions of this subtitle in19 cluding— 

20 (1) information describing paid sick time avail21 able to employees under this subtitle; 

22 (2) information pertaining to the filing of an 

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1 (3) the details of the notice requirement for a 

2 foreseeable period of time under section 

3 245(d)(1)(B); and 

4 (4) information that describes— 

5 (A) the protections that an employee has 

6 in exercising rights under this subtitle; and 

7 (B) how the employee can contact the Sec8 retary (or other appropriate authority as de9 scribed in section 248) if any of the rights are 

10 violated. 

11 (b) LOCATION.—The notice described under sub12 section (a) shall be posted— 

13 (1) in conspicuous places on the premises of the 

14 employer, where notices to employees (including ap15 plicants) are customarily posted; or 

16 (2) in employee handbooks. 

17 (c) VIOLATION; PENALTY.—Any employer who will18 fully violates the posting requirements of this section shall 

19 be subject to a civil fine in an amount not to exceed $100 

20 for each separate offense. 

21 SEC. 247. PROHIBITED ACTS. 

22 (a) INTERFERENCE WITH RIGHTS.— 

23 (1) EXERCISE OF RIGHTS.—It shall be unlawful 

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1 the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right 

2 provided under this subtitle, including— 

3 (A) discharging or discriminating against 

4 (including retaliating against) any individual, 

5 including a job applicant, for exercising, or at6 tempting to exercise, any right provided under 

7 this subtitle; 

8 (B) using the taking of paid sick time 

9 under this subtitle as a negative factor in an 

10 employment action, such as hiring, promotion, 

11 or a disciplinary action; or 

12 (C) counting the paid sick time under a 

13 no-fault attendance policy or any other absence 

14 control policy. 

15 (2) DISCRIMINATION.—It shall be unlawful for 

16 any employer to discharge or in any other manner 

17 discriminate against (including retaliating against) 

18 any individual, including a job applicant, for oppos19 ing any practice made unlawful by this subtitle. 

20 (b) INTERFERENCE WITH PROCEEDINGS OR INQUIR21 IES.—It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or 

22 in any other manner discriminate against (including retali23 ating against) any individual, including a job applicant, 

24 because such individual— 


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1 (1) has filed an action, or has instituted or 

2 caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or re3 lated to this subtitle; 

4 (2) has given, or is about to give, any informa5 tion in connection with any inquiry or proceeding re6 lating to any right provided under this subtitle; or 

7 (3) has testified, or is about to testify, in any 

8 inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided 

9 under this subtitle. 

10 (c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

11 construed to state or imply that the scope of the activities 

12 prohibited by section 105 of the Family and Medical Leave 

13 Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2615) is less than the scope of 

14 the activities prohibited by this section. 

15 SEC. 248. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

17 (1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection: 

18 (A) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an em19 ployee described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 

20 section 244(3); and 

21 (B) the term ‘‘employer’’ means an em22 ployer described in subclause (I) or (II) of sec23 tion 244(4)(A)(i). 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—To ensure compliance 

2 with the provisions of this subtitle, or any regu3 lation or order issued under this subtitle, the 

4 Secretary shall have, subject to subparagraph 

5 (C), the investigative authority provided under 

6 section 11(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 

7 of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(a)), with respect to em8 ployers, employees, and other individuals af9 fected. 

10 (B) OBLIGATION TO KEEP AND PRESERVE

11 RECORDS.—An employer shall make, keep, and 

12 preserve records pertaining to compliance with 

13 this subtitle in accordance with section 11(c) of 

14 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

15 U.S.C. 211(c)) and in accordance with regula16 tions prescribed by the Secretary. 

17 (C) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS GENERALLY

18 LIMITED TO AN ANNUAL BASIS.—The Secretary 

19 shall not require, under the authority of this 

20 paragraph, an employer to submit to the Sec21 retary any books or records more than once 

22 during any 12-month period, unless the Sec23 retary has reasonable cause to believe there 

24 may exist a violation of this subtitle or any reg25 ulation or order issued pursuant to this subtitle, 


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1 or is investigating a charge pursuant to para2 graph (4). 

3 (D) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—For the pur4 poses of any investigation provided for in this 

5 paragraph, the Secretary shall have the sub6 poena authority provided for under section 9 of 

7 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

8 U.S.C. 209). 

9 (3) CIVIL ACTION BY EMPLOYEES OR INDIVID10 UALS.— 

11 (A) RIGHT OF ACTION.—An action to re12 cover the damages or equitable relief prescribed 

13 in subparagraph (B) may be maintained 

14 against any employer in any Federal or State 

15 court of competent jurisdiction by one or more 

16 employees or individuals or their representative 

17 for and on behalf of— 

18 (i) the employees or individuals; or 

19 (ii) the employees or individuals and 

20 others similarly situated. 

21 (B) LIABILITY.—Any employer who vio22 lates section 247 (including a violation relating 

23 to rights provided under section 245) shall be 

24 liable to any employee or individual affected— 

25 (i) for damages equal to— 


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1 (I) the amount of— 

2 (aa) any wages, salary, em3 ployment benefits, or other com4 pensation denied or lost by rea5 son of the violation; or 

6 (bb) in a case in which 

7 wages, salary, employment bene8 fits, or other compensation have 

9 not been denied or lost, any ac10 tual monetary losses sustained as 

11 a direct result of the violation up 

12 to a sum equal to 56 hours of 

13 wages or salary for the employee 

14 or individual; 

15 (II) the interest on the amount 

16 described in subclause (I) calculated 

17 at the prevailing rate; and 

18 (III) an additional amount as liq19 uidated damages; and 

20 (ii) for such equitable relief as may be 

21 appropriate, including employment, rein22 statement, and promotion. 

23 (C) FEES AND COSTS.—The court in an 

24 action under this paragraph shall, in addition to 

25 any judgment awarded to the plaintiff, allow a 


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1 reasonable attorney’s fee, reasonable expert wit2 ness fees, and other costs of the action to be 

3 paid by the defendant. 

4 (4) ACTION BY THE SECRETARY.— 

5 (A) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.—The Sec6 retary shall receive, investigate, and attempt to 

7 resolve complaints of violations of section 247 

8 (including a violation relating to rights provided 

9 under section 245) in the same manner that the 

10 Secretary receives, investigates, and attempts to 

11 resolve complaints of violations of sections 6 

12 and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 

13 (29 U.S.C. 206 and 207). 

14 (B) CIVIL ACTION.—The Secretary may 

15 bring an action in any court of competent juris16 diction to recover the damages described in 

17 paragraph (3)(B)(i). 

18 (C) SUMS RECOVERED.—Any sums recov19 ered by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph 

20 (B) shall be held in a special deposit account 

21 and shall be paid, on order of the Secretary, di22 rectly to each employee or individual affected. 

23 Any such sums not paid to an employee or indi24 vidual affected because of inability to do so 

25 within a period of 3 years shall be deposited 


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1 into the Treasury of the United States as mis2 cellaneous receipts. 

3 (5) LIMITATION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

5 subparagraph (B), an action may be brought 

6 under paragraph (3), (4), or (6) not later than 

7 2 years after the date of the last event consti8 tuting the alleged violation for which the action 

9 is brought. 

10 (B) WILLFUL VIOLATION.—In the case of 

11 an action brought for a willful violation of sec12 tion 247 (including a willful violation relating to 

13 rights provided under section 245), such action 

14 may be brought within 3 years of the date of 

15 the last event constituting the alleged violation 

16 for which such action is brought. 

17 (C) COMMENCEMENT.—In determining 

18 when an action is commenced under paragraph 

19 (3), (4), or (6) for the purposes of this para20 graph, it shall be considered to be commenced 

21 on the date when the complaint is filed. 

22 (6) ACTION FOR INJUNCTION BY SECRETARY.— 

23 The district courts of the United States shall have 

24 jurisdiction, for cause shown, in an action brought 

25 by the Secretary— 


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1 (A) to restrain violations of section 247 

2 (including a violation relating to rights provided 

3 under section 245), including the restraint of 

4 any withholding of payment of wages, salary, 

5 employment benefits, or other compensation, 

6 plus interest, found by the court to be due to 

7 employees or individuals eligible under this sub8 title; or 

9 (B) to award such other equitable relief as 

10 may be appropriate, including employment, re11 instatement, and promotion. 

12 (7) SOLICITOR OF LABOR.—The Solicitor of 

13 Labor may appear for and represent the Secretary 

14 on any litigation brought under paragraph (4) or 

15 (6). 

16 (8) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

17 AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Notwithstanding any 

18 other provision of this subsection, in the case of the 

19 Government Accountability Office and the Library of 

20 Congress, the authority of the Secretary of Labor 

21 under this subsection shall be exercised respectively 

22 by the Comptroller General of the United States and 

23 the Librarian of Congress. 

24 (b) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CONGRESSIONAL AC25 COUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.—The powers, remedies, and 


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1 procedures provided in the Congressional Accountability 

2 Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) to the Board (as de3 fined in section 101 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 1301)), or any 

4 person, alleging a violation of section 202(a)(1) of that 

5 Act (2 U.S.C. 1312(a)(1)) shall be the powers, remedies, 

6 and procedures this subtitle provides to that Board, or any 

7 person, alleging an unlawful employment practice in viola8 tion of this subtitle against an employee described in sec9 tion 244(3)(C). 

10 (c) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE

11 3, UNITED STATES CODE.—The powers, remedies, and 

12 procedures provided in chapter 5 of title 3, United States 

13 Code, to the President, the Merit Systems Protection 

14 Board, or any person, alleging a violation of section 

15 412(a)(1) of that title, shall be the powers, remedies, and 

16 procedures this subtitle provides to the President, that 

17 Board, or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful 

18 employment practice in violation of this subtitle against 

19 an employee described in section 244(3)(D). 

20 (d) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE

21 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—The powers, remedies, and 

22 procedures provided in title 5, United States Code, to an 

23 employing agency, provided in chapter 12 of that title to 

24 the Merit Systems Protection Board, or provided in that 

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1 that title, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures 

2 this subtitle provides to that agency, that Board, or any 

3 person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment 

4 practice in violation of this subtitle against an employee 

5 described in section 244(3)(E). 

6 (e) REMEDIES FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.— 

7 (1) WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.—A 

8 State’s receipt or use of Federal financial assistance 

9 for any program or activity of a State shall con10 stitute a waiver of sovereign immunity, under the 

11 11th Amendment to the Constitution or otherwise, 

12 to a suit brought by an employee of that program 

13 or activity under this subtitle for equitable, legal, or 

14 other relief authorized under this subtitle. 

15 (2) OFFICIAL CAPACITY.—An official of a State 

16 may be sued in the official capacity of the official by 

17 any employee who has complied with the procedures 

18 under subsection (a)(3), for injunctive relief that is 

19 authorized under this subtitle. In such a suit the 

20 court may award to the prevailing party those costs 

21 authorized by section 722 of the Revised Statutes 

22 (42 U.S.C. 1988). 

23 (3) APPLICABILITY.—With respect to a par24 ticular program or activity, paragraph (1) applies to 

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1 of enactment of this Act, on which a State first re2 ceives or uses Federal financial assistance for that 

3 program or activity. 

4 (4) DEFINITION OF PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY.—In 

5 this subsection, the term ‘‘program or activity’’ has 

6 the meaning given the term in section 606 of the 

7 Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–4a). 

8 SEC. 249. COLLECTION OF DATA ON PAID SICK TIME AND 

9 FURTHER STUDY. 

10 (a) COMPILATION OF INFORMATION.—Effective 90 

11 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commis12 sioner of Labor Statistics shall annually compile informa13 tion on the following: 

14 (1) The number of employees who used paid 

15 sick time. 

16 (2) The number of hours of paid sick time 

17 used. 

18 (3) The number of employees who used paid 

19 sick time for absences necessary due to domestic vio20 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

21 (4) The demographic characteristics of employ22 ees who were eligible for and who used paid sick 

23 time. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 

2 the United States shall annually conduct a study to 

3 determine the following: 

4 (A)(i) The number of days employees used 

5 paid sick time and the reasons for the use. 

6 (ii) The number of employees who used the 

7 paid sick time for periods of time covering more 

8 than 3 consecutive workdays. 

9 (B) The cost and benefits to employers of 

10 implementing the paid sick time policies. 

11 (C) The cost to employees of providing cer12 tification to obtain the paid sick time. 

13 (D) The benefits of the paid sick time to 

14 employees and their family members, including 

15 effects on employees’ ability to care for their 

16 family members or to provide for their own 

17 health needs. 

18 (E) Whether the paid sick time affected 

19 employees’ ability to sustain an adequate in20 come while meeting needs of the employees and 

21 their family members. 

22 (F) Whether employers who administered 

23 paid sick time policies prior to the date of en24 actment of this Act were affected by the provi25 sions of this subtitle. 


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1 (G) Whether other types of leave were af2 fected by this subtitle. 

3 (H) Whether paid sick time affected reten4 tion and turnover and costs of presenteeism. 

5 (I) Whether the paid sick time increased 

6 the use of less costly preventive medical care 

7 and lowered the use of emergency room care. 

8 (J) Whether the paid sick time reduced the 

9 number of children sent to school when the chil10 dren were sick. 

11 (2) AGGREGATING DATA.—The data collected 

12 under subparagraphs (A) and (D) of paragraph (1) 

13 shall be aggregated by gender, race, disability, earn14 ings level, age, marital status, family type, including 

15 parental status, and industry. 

16 (3) REPORTS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 

18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

19 the Comptroller General of the United States 

20 shall prepare and submit a report to the appro21 priate committees of Congress concerning the 

22 results of the study conducted pursuant to 

23 paragraph (1) and the data aggregated under 

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1 (B) FOLLOWUP REPORT.—Not later than 

2 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

3 the Comptroller General of the United States 

4 shall prepare and submit a followup report to 

5 the appropriate committees of Congress con6 cerning the results of the study conducted pur7 suant to paragraph (1) and the data aggregated 

8 under paragraph (2). 

9 SEC. 250. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 

10 (a) FEDERAL AND STATE ANTIDISCRIMINATION

11 LAWS.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to 

12 modify or affect any Federal or State law prohibiting dis13 crimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national 

14 origin, sex, age, or disability. 

15 (b) STATE AND LOCAL LAWS.—Nothing in this sub16 title shall be construed to supersede (including pre17 empting) any provision of any State or local law that pro18 vides greater paid sick time or leave rights (including 

19 greater paid sick time or leave, or greater coverage of 

20 those eligible for paid sick time or leave) than the rights 

21 established under this subtitle. 

22 SEC. 251. EFFECT ON EXISTING EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 

23 (a) MORE PROTECTIVE.—Nothing in this subtitle 

24 shall be construed to diminish the obligation of an em25 ployer to comply with any contract, collective bargaining 


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1 agreement, or any employment benefit program or plan 

2 that provides greater paid sick leave or other leave rights 

3 to employees or individuals than the rights established 

4 under this subtitle. 

5 (b) LESS PROTECTIVE.—The rights established for 

6 employees under this subtitle shall not be diminished by 

7 any contract, collective bargaining agreement, or any em8 ployment benefit program or plan. 

9 SEC. 252. ENCOURAGEMENT OF MORE GENEROUS LEAVE 

10 POLICIES. 

11 Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to discour12 age employers from adopting or retaining leave policies 

13 more generous than policies that comply with the require14 ments of this subtitle. 

15 SEC. 253. REGULATIONS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

17 (1) AUTHORITY.—Except as provided in para18 graph (2), not later than 180 days after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prescribe 

20 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this 

21 subtitle with respect to employees described in sub22 paragraph (A) or (B) of section 244(3) and other in23 dividuals affected by employers described in sub24 clause (I) or (II) of section 244(4)(A)(i). 


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1 (2) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE; LI2 BRARY OF CONGRESS.—The Comptroller General of 

3 the United States and the Librarian of Congress 

4 shall prescribe the regulations with respect to em5 ployees of the Government Accountability Office and 

6 the Library of Congress, respectively, and other indi7 viduals affected by the Comptroller General of the 

8 United States and the Librarian of Congress, re9 spectively. 

10 (b) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CONGRESSIONAL AC11 COUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.— 

12 (1) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 120 days 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board 

14 of Directors of the Office of Compliance shall pre15 scribe (in accordance with section 304 of the Con16 gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

17 1384)) such regulations as are necessary to carry 

18 out this subtitle with respect to employees described 

19 in section 244(3)(C) and other individuals affected 

20 by employers described in section 244(4)(A)(i)(III). 

21 (2) AGENCY REGULATIONS.—The regulations 

22 prescribed under paragraph (1) shall be the same as 

23 substantive regulations promulgated by the Sec24 retary to carry out this subtitle except insofar as the 

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1 stated together with the regulations prescribed 

2 under paragraph (1), that a modification of such 

3 regulations would be more effective for the imple4 mentation of the rights and protections involved 

5 under this section. 

6 (c) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE

7 3, UNITED STATES CODE.— 

8 (1) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 120 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Presi10 dent (or the designee of the President) shall pre11 scribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out 

12 this subtitle with respect to employees described in 

13 section 244(3)(D) and other individuals affected by 

14 employers described in section 244(4)(A)(i)(IV). 

15 (2) AGENCY REGULATIONS.—The regulations 

16 prescribed under paragraph (1) shall be the same as 

17 substantive regulations promulgated by the Sec18 retary to carry out this subtitle except insofar as the 

19 President (or designee) may determine, for good 

20 cause shown and stated together with the regula21 tions prescribed under paragraph (1), that a modi22 fication of such regulations would be more effective 

23 for the implementation of the rights and protections 

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1 (d) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE

2 5, UNITED STATES CODE.— 

3 (1) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 120 days 

4 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

5 of the Office of Personnel Management shall pre6 scribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out 

7 this subtitle with respect to employees described in 

8 section 244(3)(E) and other individuals affected by 

9 employers described in section 244(4)(A)(i)(V). 

10 (2) AGENCY REGULATIONS.—The regulations 

11 prescribed under paragraph (1) shall be the same as 

12 substantive regulations promulgated by the Sec13 retary to carry out this subtitle except insofar as the 

14 Director may determine, for good cause shown and 

15 stated together with the regulations prescribed 

16 under paragraph (1), that a modification of such 

17 regulations would be more effective for the imple18 mentation of the rights and protections involved 

19 under this section. 

20 SEC. 254. EFFECTIVE DATES. 

21 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subtitle shall take effect 

22 6 months after the date of issuance of regulations under 

23 section 253(a)(1). 

24 (b) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.—In the 

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1 effective date prescribed by subsection (a), this subtitle 

2 shall take effect on the earlier of— 

3 (1) the date of the termination of such agree4 ment; or 

5 (2) the date that occurs 18 months after the 

6 date of issuance of regulations under section 

7 253(a)(1). 

8 Subtitle E—Establishing a Fair 

9 Minimum Wage 

10 SEC. 261. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. 

11 (a) MINIMUM WAGE.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair 

13 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) 

14 is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec16 tion, not less than— 

17 ‘‘(A) $8.10 an hour, beginning on the first 

18 day of the third month that begins after the 

19 date of enactment of the Rebuild America Act; 

20 ‘‘(B) $8.95 an hour, beginning 1 year after 

21 that first day; 

22 ‘‘(C) $9.80 an hour, beginning 2 years 

23 after that first day; and 

24 ‘‘(D) beginning on the date that is 3 years 

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1 amount determined by the Secretary pursuant 

2 to subsection (h);’’. 

3 (2) DETERMINATION BASED ON INCREASE IN

4 THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.—Section 6 of the 

5 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(h)(1) Each year, by not later than the date that 

8 is 90 days before a new minimum wage determined under 

9 subsection (a)(1)(D) is to take effect, the Secretary shall 

10 determine the minimum wage to be in effect pursuant to 

11 this subsection for the subsequent 1-year period. The wage 

12 determined pursuant to this subsection for a year shall 

13 be— 

14 ‘‘(A) not less than the amount in effect under 

15 subsection (a)(1) on the date of such determination; 

16 ‘‘(B) increased from such amount by the annual 

17 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for 

18 Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (United 

19 States city average, all items, not seasonally ad20 justed), or its successor publication, as determined 

21 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and 

22 ‘‘(C) rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.05. 

23 ‘‘(2) In calculating the annual percentage increase in 

24 the Consumer Price Index for purposes of paragraph 

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1 Index for the most recent month, quarter, or year avail2 able (as selected by the Secretary prior to the first year 

3 for which a minimum wage is in effect pursuant to this 

4 subsection) with the Consumer Price Index for the same 

5 month in the preceding year, the same quarter in the pre6 ceding year, or the preceding year, respectively.’’. 

7 (b) BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOY8 EES.—Section 3(m)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 

9 of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(1)) is amended to read as fol10 lows: 

11 ‘‘(1) the cash wage paid such employee, which 

12 for purposes of such determination shall be not less 

13 than— 

14 ‘‘(A) for the 1-year period beginning on 

15 the first day of the third month that begins 

16 after the date of enactment of the Rebuild 

17 America Act, $3.00 an hour; 

18 ‘‘(B) for each succeeding 1-year period 

19 until the hourly wage under this paragraph 

20 equals 70 percent of the wage in effect under 

21 section 6(a)(1) for such period, an hourly wage 

22 equal to the amount determined under this 

23 paragraph for the preceding year, increased by 

24 the lesser of— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the amount necessary for the 

2 wage in effect under this paragraph to 

3 equal 70 percent of the wage in effect 

4 under section 6(a)(1) for such period, 

5 rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.05; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(C) for each succeeding 1-year period 

8 after the year in which the hourly wage under 

9 this paragraph first equals 70 percent of the 

10 wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) for the 

11 same period, the amount necessary to ensure 

12 that the wage in effect under this paragraph re13 mains equal to 70 percent of the wage in effect 

14 under section 6(a)(1), rounded to the nearest 

15 multiple of $0.05; and’’. 

16 (c) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Section 6 of the Fair 

17 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (as amended by subsection 

18 (a)) (29 U.S.C. 206) is further amended by adding at the 

19 end the following: 

20 ‘‘(i) Not later than 60 days prior to the effective date 

21 of any increase in the minimum wage determined under 

22 subsection (h) or required for tipped employees in accord23 ance with subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 3(m)(1), as 

24 amended by section 261 of the Rebuild America Act, the 

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1 website of the Department of Labor a notice announcing 

2 the adjusted required wage.’’. 

3 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the first day 

5 of the third month that begins after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act. 

7 Subtitle F—Empowering 

8 Hardworking Americans 

9 SEC. 271. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELA10 TIONS ACT. 

11 (a) COVERAGE.— 

12 (1) SUPERVISORS.—Section 2(11) of the Na13 tional Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(11)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘and for a majority of the 

16 individual’s worktime’’ after ‘‘interest of the 

17 employer’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘assign,’’; and 

19 (C) by striking ‘‘or responsibly to direct 

20 them’’. 

21 (2) INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.—Section 2 

22 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 

23 152) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(15) The term ‘independent contractor’ means 

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1 for remuneration and for whom it is found, to the 

2 satisfaction of the Board, that— 

3 ‘‘(A) the individual has been and will con4 tinue to be free from direction and control of 

5 the employer, both under the individual’s con6 tract of service and in fact; 

7 ‘‘(B) the service is outside the usual course 

8 of business of the employer; and 

9 ‘‘(C) the individual is customarily engaged 

10 in an independently established trade, occupa11 tion, profession, or business, both under the in12 dividual’s contract of service and in fact.’’. 

13 (b) REMEDIES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 10(l) of the National 

15 Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160(l)) is amend16 ed— 

17 (A) in the first sentence— 

18 (i) by inserting after ‘‘charged that’’ 

19 the following: ‘‘any person that is an em20 ployer has engaged in an unfair labor prac21 tice within the meaning of section 8(a) 

22 which results in the discharge of an em23 ployee or other serious economic loss, or 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘case of like char2 acter’’ and inserting ‘‘other cases described 

3 in this sentence’’; and 

4 (B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘as 

5 it deems just and proper, notwithstanding any 

6 other provision of law:’’ and inserting the fol7 lowing: ‘‘to protect the rights guaranteed by 

8 this Act, notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law. The district court shall grant the relief re10 quested if the court finds that there is reason11 able cause to believe that the alleged violation 

12 of the Act has occurred and, giving deference to 

13 the Board’s expertise in labor policy, there ex14 ists a reasonable probability that the purposes 

15 of the Act will be frustrated unless temporary 

16 relief is granted, or temporary relief is reason17 ably necessary to preserve the effectiveness of 

18 the remedy or forestall further violations:’’. 

19 (2) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 12 of the Na20 tional Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 162) is 

21 amended— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘SEC. 12. Any’’ and insert23 ing the following: 

24 ‘‘SEC. 12. PENALTIES. 

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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(b) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Any employer who engages 

3 in a violation of section 8 that results in the discharge 

4 of an employee or other serious economic loss, shall, in 

5 addition to any remedy ordered, be subject to a civil pen6 alty not to exceed $20,000 for each violation. In deter7 mining the amount of any penalty under this subsection, 

8 the Board shall consider— 

9 ‘‘(1) the gravity of the unfair labor practice; 

10 ‘‘(2) the impact of the unfair labor practice on 

11 the charging party, on other persons seeking to exer12 cise rights guaranteed by this Act, and on the public 

13 interest; and 

14 ‘‘(3) the size of the employer.’’. 

15 Subtitle G—Increasing Job Oppor16 tunities for Americans With Dis17 abilities 

18 SEC. 281. MODIFICATION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT. 

19 (a) QUALIFIED DISABILITY INSURANCE RECIPIENTS

20 TREATED AS MEMBERS OF TARGETED GROUPS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 

22 51(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

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1 paragraph (I) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding 

2 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(J) a qualified disability insurance recipi4 ent.’’. 

5 (2) QUALIFIED DISABILITY INSURANCE RECIPI6 ENT DEFINED.—Subsection (d) of section 51 of such 

7 Code is amended by adding at the end the following 

8 new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(15) QUALIFIED DISABILITY INSURANCE RE10 CIPIENT.—The term ‘qualified disability insurance 

11 recipient’ means any individual who is certified by 

12 the local designated agency as receiving disability in13 surance benefits under title II of the Social Security 

14 Act for any month ending within the 60-day period 

15 ending on the hiring date.’’. 

16 (b) MODIFICATION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITA17 TION REFERRALS.—Section 51(d)(6) of the Internal Rev18 enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraphs 

19 (A) and (B) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) having a physical or mental disability 

21 which, for such individual, constitutes or results 

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1 ‘‘(B)(i) having been referred to the em2 ployer upon completion of (or while receiving) 

3 rehabilitative services pursuant to— 

4 ‘‘(I) an individualized plan for employ5 ment under title I of the Rehabilitation Act 

6 of 1973, or 

7 ‘‘(II) a program of vocational rehabili8 tation carried out under chapter 31 of title 

9 38, United States Code, or 

10 ‘‘(III) an individual work plan devel11 oped and implemented by an employment 

12 network pursuant to subsection (g) of sec13 tion 1148 of the Social Security Act with 

14 respect to which the requirements of such 

15 subsection are met, or 

16 ‘‘(ii) eligible to receive rehabilitative serv17 ices pursuant to a plan described in clause 

18 (i)(I) or a program described in clause (i)(II) 

19 but not receiving such services.’’. 

20 (c) INCREASED CREDIT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED

21 WORKERS.—Section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

23 subsection: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any qualified 

2 disabled worker, subsection (b) shall be applied by 

3 substituting— 

4 ‘‘(A) ‘2-year period’ for ‘1-year period’ in 

5 paragraph (2), and 

6 ‘‘(B) ‘$30,000’ for ‘$6,000’ in paragraph 

7 (3). 

8 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED DISABLED WORKER.—For pur9 poses of this subsection, the term ‘qualified disabled 

10 worker’ means any individual who is— 

11 ‘‘(A) a qualified SSI recipient who is cer12 tified by the local designated agency as an indi13 vidual who is receiving benefits described in 

14 subsection (d)(9) as the result of being a blind 

15 or disabled individual (as defined in section 

16 1614 of the Social Security Act), 

17 ‘‘(B) a qualified disability insurance recipi18 ent, or 

19 ‘‘(C) a vocational rehabilitation referral.’’. 

20 (d) EXTENSION OF CREDIT.—Subparagraph (B) of 

21 section 51(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

22 amended to read as follows: 

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1 (e) REPORTING.—Section 51 of the Internal Revenue 

2 Code of 1986, as amended by subsection (c), is amended 

3 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(m) REPORTING.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

5 shall require each taxpayer which is allowed a credit under 

6 this section to report— 

7 ‘‘(1) the number of employees hired by the tax8 payer who are members of a targeted group, 

9 ‘‘(2) the number of employees hired by the tax10 payer who have a disability, 

11 ‘‘(3) the length of retention of employees who 

12 are members of a targeted group, and 

13 ‘‘(4) such other information as the Secretary 

14 may require.’’. 

15 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 

17 an employer after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 TITLE III—RESTORING BALANCE 

19 AND FAIRNESS TO THE TAX 

20 CODE 

21 SEC. 300. AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE. 

22 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

23 this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

24 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi25 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 


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1 section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code 

2 of 1986. 

3 Subtitle A—Instituting the ‘‘Buffett 

4 Rule’’ 

5 SEC. 301. FAIR SHARE TAX ON HIGH-INCOME TAXPAYERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 1 of the 

7 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following new part: 

9 ‘‘PART VIII—FAIR SHARE TAX ON HIGH-INCOME 

10 TAXPAYERS 

‘‘Sec. 59B. Fair share tax. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 59B. FAIR SHARE TAX. 

12 ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) PHASE-IN OF TAX.—In the case of any 

14 high-income taxpayer, there is hereby imposed for a 

15 taxable year (in addition to any other tax imposed 

16 by this subtitle) a tax equal to the product of— 

17 ‘‘(A) the amount determined under para18 graph (2), and 

19 ‘‘(B) a fraction (not to exceed 1)— 

20 ‘‘(i) the numerator of which is the ex21 cess of— 

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1 ‘‘(II) the dollar amount in effect 

2 under subsection (c)(1), and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the denominator of which is the 

4 dollar amount in effect under subsection 

5 (c)(1). 

6 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF TAX.—The amount of tax de7 termined under this paragraph is an amount equal 

8 to the excess (if any) of— 

9 ‘‘(A) the tentative fair share tax for the 

10 taxable year, over 

11 ‘‘(B) the excess of— 

12 ‘‘(i) the sum of— 

13 ‘‘(I) the regular tax liability (as 

14 defined in section 26(b)) for the tax15 able year, 

16 ‘‘(II) the tax imposed by section 

17 55 for the taxable year, plus 

18 ‘‘(III) the payroll tax for the tax19 able year, over 

20 ‘‘(ii) the credits allowable under part 

21 IV of subchapter A (other than sections 

22 27(a), 31, and 34). 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The tentative fair share tax 

2 for the taxable year is 30 percent of the excess of— 

3 ‘‘(A) the adjusted gross income of the tax4 payer, over 

5 ‘‘(B) the modified charitable contribution 

6 deduction for the taxable year. 

7 ‘‘(2) MODIFIED CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION

8 DEDUCTION.—For purposes of paragraph (1)— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The modified chari10 table contribution deduction for any taxable 

11 year is an amount equal to the amount which 

12 bears the same ratio to the deduction allowable 

13 under section 170 (section 642(c) in the case of 

14 a trust or estate) for such taxable year as— 

15 ‘‘(i) the amount of itemized deduc16 tions allowable under the regular tax (as 

17 defined in section 55) for such taxable 

18 year, determined after the application of 

19 section 68, bears to 

20 ‘‘(ii) such amount, determined before 

21 the application of section 68. 

22 ‘‘(B) TAXPAYER MUST ITEMIZE.—In the 

23 case of any individual who does not elect to 

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1 modified charitable contribution deduction shall 

2 be zero. 

3 ‘‘(c) HIGH-INCOME TAXPAYER.—For purposes of this 

4 section— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘high-income tax6 payer’ means, with respect to any taxable year, any 

7 taxpayer (other than a corporation) with an adjusted 

8 gross income for such taxable year in excess of 

9 $1,000,000 (50 percent of such amount in the case 

10 of a married individual who files a separate return). 

11 ‘‘(2) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a tax13 able year beginning after 2013, the $1,000,000 

14 amount under paragraph (1) shall be increased 

15 by an amount equal to— 

16 ‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 

17 ‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de18 termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal19 endar year in which the taxable year be20 gins, determined by substituting ‘calendar 

21 year 2012’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in sub22 paragraph (B) thereof. 

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1 of $10,000, such amount shall be rounded to 

2 the next lowest multiple of $10,000. 

3 ‘‘(d) PAYROLL TAX.—For purposes of this section, 

4 the payroll tax for any taxable year is an amount equal 

5 to the excess of— 

6 ‘‘(1) the taxes imposed on the taxpayer under 

7 sections 1401, 1411, 3101, 3201, and 3211(a) (to 

8 the extent such taxes are attributable to the rate of 

9 tax in effect under section 3101) with respect to 

10 such taxable year or wages or compensation received 

11 during the taxable year, over 

12 ‘‘(2) the deduction allowable under section 

13 164(f) for such taxable year. 

14 ‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR ESTATES AND TRUSTS.— 

15 For purposes of this section, in the case of an estate or 

16 trust, adjusted gross income shall be computed in the 

17 manner described in section 67(e). 

18 ‘‘(f) NOT TREATED AS TAX IMPOSED BY THIS CHAP19 TER FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.—The tax imposed under 

20 this section shall not be treated as tax imposed by this 

21 chapter for purposes of determining the amount of any 

22 credit under this chapter (other than the credit allowed 

23 under section 27(a)) or for purposes of section 55.’’. 

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 26(b)(2) of 

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1 through (X) as subparagraphs (D) through (Y), respec2 tively, and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol3 lowing new subparagraph: 

4 ‘‘(C) section 59B (relating to fair share 

5 tax),’’. 

6 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of parts for 

7 subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by 

8 adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘PART VIII. FAIR SHARE TAX ON HIGH-INCOME TAXPAYERS.’’. 

9 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

11 December 31, 2012. 

12 Subtitle B—Adopting a Wall Street 

13 Trading and Speculators Tax 

14 SEC. 311. TRANSACTION TAX. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 36 of the Internal Rev16 enue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after sub17 chapter B the following new subchapter: 

18 ‘‘Subchapter C—Tax on Trading Transactions 

‘‘Sec. 4475. Tax on trading transactions. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 4475. TAX ON TRADING TRANSACTIONS. 

20 ‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—There is hereby imposed 

21 a tax on each covered transaction with respect to any secu22 rity. 

23 ‘‘(b) RATE OF TAX.—The tax imposed under sub24 section (a) with respect to any covered transaction shall 


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1 be 0.03 percent of the specified base amount with respect 

2 to such covered transaction. 

3 ‘‘(c) SPECIFIED BASE AMOUNT.—For purposes of 

4 this section, the term ‘specified base amount’ means— 

5 ‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

6 fair market value of the security (determined as of 

7 the time of the covered transaction), and 

8 ‘‘(2) in the case of any payment described in 

9 subsection (h), the amount of such payment. 

10 ‘‘(d) COVERED TRANSACTION.—For purposes of this 

11 section, the term ‘covered transaction’ means— 

12 ‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), any 

13 purchase if— 

14 ‘‘(A) such purchase occurs or is cleared on 

15 a facility located in the United States, or 

16 ‘‘(B) the purchaser or seller is a United 

17 States person, and 

18 ‘‘(2) any transaction with respect to a security 

19 described in subparagraph (D), (E), or (F) of sub20 section (e)(1), if— 

21 ‘‘(A) such security is traded or cleared on 

22 a facility located in the United States, or 

23 ‘‘(B) any party with rights under such se24 curity is a United States person. 


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1 ‘‘(e) SECURITY AND OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For pur2 poses of this section— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘security’ 

4 means— 

5 ‘‘(A) any share of stock in a corporation, 

6 ‘‘(B) any partnership or beneficial owner7 ship interest in a partnership or trust, 

8 ‘‘(C) any note, bond, debenture, or other 

9 evidence of indebtedness, 

10 ‘‘(D) any evidence of an interest in, or a 

11 derivative financial instrument with respect to, 

12 any security or securities described in subpara13 graph (A), (B), or (C), 

14 ‘‘(E) any derivative financial instrument 

15 with respect to any currency or commodity, and 

16 ‘‘(F) any other derivative financial instru17 ment any payment with respect to which is cal18 culated by reference to any specified index. 

19 ‘‘(2) DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT.— 

20 The term ‘derivative financial instrument’ includes 

21 any option, forward contract, futures contract, no22 tional principal contract, or any similar financial in23 strument. 

24 ‘‘(3) SPECIFIED INDEX.—The term ‘specified 

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1 ‘‘(A) a fixed rate, price, or amount, or 

2 ‘‘(B) a variable rate, price, or amount,

3 which is based on any current objectively deter4 minable information which is not within the control 

5 of any of the parties to the contract or instrument 

6 and is not unique to any of the parties’ cir7 cumstances. 

8 ‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF EXCHANGES.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An exchange shall be 

10 treated as the sale of the property transferred 

11 and a purchase of the property received by each 

12 party to the exchange. 

13 ‘‘(B) CERTAIN DEEMED EXCHANGES.—In 

14 the case of a distribution treated as an ex15 change for stock under section 302 or 331, the 

16 corporation making such distribution shall be 

17 treated as having purchased such stock for pur18 poses of this section. 

19 ‘‘(f) EXCEPTIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) EXCEPTION FOR INITIAL ISSUES.—No tax 

21 shall be imposed under subsection (a) on any cov22 ered transaction with respect to the initial issuance 

23 of any security described in subparagraph (A), (B), 

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1 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TRADED SHORT2 TERM INDEBTEDNESS.—A note, bond, debenture, or 

3 other evidence of indebtedness which— 

4 ‘‘(A) is traded on a trading facility located 

5 in the United States, and 

6 ‘‘(B) has a fixed maturity of not more 

7 than 100 days, 

8 shall not be treated as described in subsection 

9 (e)(1)(C). 

10 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR SECURITIES LENDING AR11 RANGEMENTS.—No tax shall be imposed under sub12 section (a) on any covered transaction with respect 

13 to which gain or loss is not recognized by reason of 

14 section 1058. 

15 ‘‘(g) BY WHOM PAID.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by this 

17 section shall be paid by— 

18 ‘‘(A) in the case of a transaction which oc19 curs or is cleared on a facility located in the 

20 United States, such facility, and 

21 ‘‘(B) in the case of a purchase not de22 scribed in subparagraph (A) which is executed 

23 by a broker (as defined in section 6045(c)(1)) 

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1 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR DIRECT, ETC., 

2 TRANSACTIONS.—In the case of any transaction to 

3 which paragraph (1) does not apply, the tax imposed 

4 by this section shall be paid by— 

5 ‘‘(A) in the case of a transaction described 

6 in subsection (d)(1)— 

7 ‘‘(i) the purchaser if the purchaser is 

8 a United States person, and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the seller if the purchaser is not 

10 a United States person, and 

11 ‘‘(B) in the case of a transaction described 

12 in subsection (d)(2)— 

13 ‘‘(i) the payor if the payor is a United 

14 States person, and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the payee if the payor is not a 

16 United States person. 

17 ‘‘(h) CERTAIN PAYMENTS TREATED AS SEPARATE

18 TRANSACTIONS.—Except as otherwise provided by the 

19 Secretary, any payment with respect to a security de20 scribed in subparagraph (D), (E), or (F) of subsection 

21 (e)(1) shall be treated as a separate transaction for pur22 poses of this section, including— 

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1 spect to a notional principal contract (or similar fi2 nancial instrument), 

3 ‘‘(2) any payment with respect to any forward 

4 contract (or similar financial instrument), and 

5 ‘‘(3) any premium paid with respect to any op6 tion (or similar financial instrument). 

7 ‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall carry 

8 out this section in consultation with the Securities and Ex9 change Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading 

10 Commission. 

11 ‘‘(j) GUIDANCE; REGULATIONS.—The Secretary 

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) provide guidance regarding such informa14 tion reporting concerning covered transactions as the 

15 Secretary deems appropriate, and 

16 ‘‘(2) prescribe such regulations as are necessary 

17 or appropriate to prevent avoidance of the purposes 

18 of this section, including the use of non-United 

19 States persons in such transactions.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sub21 chapters for chapter 36 of such Code is amended by in22 serting after the item relating to subchapter B the fol23 lowing new item: 

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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall apply to transactions after December 31, 

3 2012. 

4 Subtitle C—Ending Tax Breaks for 

5 Companies That Ship Jobs 

6 Overseas 

7 SEC. 321. ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES AND TAXES ON BASIS 

8 OF REPATRIATION OF FOREIGN INCOME. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter N of chap10 ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 

11 by inserting after subpart G the following new subpart: 

12 ‘‘Subpart H—Special Rules for Allocation of Foreign13 Related Deductions and Foreign Tax Credits 

‘‘Sec. 975. Deductions allocated to deferred foreign income may not offset 

United States source income. 

‘‘Sec. 976. Amount of foreign taxes computed on overall basis. 

‘‘Sec. 977. Application of subpart. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 975. DEDUCTIONS ALLOCATED TO DEFERRED FOR15 EIGN INCOME MAY NOT OFFSET UNITED 

16 STATES SOURCE INCOME. 

17 ‘‘(a) CURRENT YEAR DEDUCTIONS.—For purposes 

18 of this chapter, foreign-related deductions for any taxable 

19 year— 

20 ‘‘(1) shall be taken into account for such tax21 able year only to the extent that such deductions are 

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1 ‘‘(2) to the extent not so allowed, shall be taken 

2 into account in subsequent taxable years as provided 

3 in subsection (b). 

4 Foreign-related deductions shall be allocated to currently5 taxed foreign income in the same proportion which cur6 rently-taxed foreign income bears to the sum of currently7 taxed foreign income and deferred foreign income. 

8 ‘‘(b) DEDUCTIONS RELATED TO REPATRIATED DE9 FERRED FOREIGN INCOME.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If there is repatriated for11 eign income for a taxable year, the portion of the 

12 previously deferred deductions allocated to the repa13 triated foreign income shall be taken into account 

14 for the taxable year as a deduction allocated to in15 come from sources outside the United States. Any 

16 such amount shall not be included in foreign-related 

17 deductions for purposes of applying subsection (a) to 

18 such taxable year. 

19 ‘‘(2) PORTION OF PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED DE20 DUCTIONS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the por21 tion of the previously deferred deductions allocated 

22 to repatriated foreign income is— 

23 ‘‘(A) the amount which bears the same 

24 proportion to such deductions, as 


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1 ‘‘(B) the repatriated income bears to the 

2 previously deferred foreign income. 

3 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULE.—For pur4 poses of this section— 

5 ‘‘(1) FOREIGN-RELATED DEDUCTIONS.—The 

6 term ‘foreign-related deductions’ means the total 

7 amount of deductions and expenses which would be 

8 allocated or apportioned to gross income from 

9 sources without the United States for the taxable 

10 year if both the currently-taxed foreign income and 

11 deferred foreign income were taken into account. 

12 ‘‘(2) CURRENTLY-TAXED FOREIGN INCOME.— 

13 The term ‘currently-taxed foreign income’ means the 

14 amount of gross income from sources without the 

15 United States for the taxable year (determined with16 out regard to repatriated foreign income for such 

17 year). 

18 ‘‘(3) DEFERRED FOREIGN INCOME.—The term 

19 ‘deferred foreign income’ means the excess of— 

20 ‘‘(A) the amount that would be includible 

21 in gross income under subpart F of this part 

22 for the taxable year if— 

23 ‘‘(i) all controlled foreign corporations 

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1 ‘‘(ii) all earnings and profits of all 

2 controlled foreign corporations were sub3 part F income (as defined in section 952), 

4 over 

5 ‘‘(B) the sum of— 

6 ‘‘(i) all dividends received during the 

7 taxable year from controlled foreign cor8 porations, plus 

9 ‘‘(ii) amounts includible in gross in10 come under section 951(a). 

11 ‘‘(4) PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED FOREIGN IN12 COME.—The term ‘previously deferred foreign in13 come’ means the aggregate amount of deferred for14 eign income for all prior taxable years to which this 

15 part applies, determined as of the beginning of the 

16 taxable year, reduced by the repatriated foreign in17 come for all such prior taxable years. 

18 ‘‘(5) REPATRIATED FOREIGN INCOME.—The 

19 term ‘repatriated foreign income’ means the amount 

20 included in gross income on account of distributions 

21 out of previously deferred foreign income. 

22 ‘‘(6) PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED DEDUCTIONS.— 

23 The term ‘previously deferred deductions’ means the 

24 aggregate amount of foreign-related deductions not 

25 taken into account under subsection (a) for all prior 


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1 taxable years (determined as of the beginning of the 

2 taxable year), reduced by any amounts taken into 

3 account under subsection (b) for such prior taxable 

4 years. 

5 ‘‘(7) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FOREIGN

6 TAXES.— 

7 ‘‘(A) PAID BY CONTROLLED FOREIGN COR8 PORATION.—Section 78 shall not apply for pur9 poses of determining currently-taxed foreign in10 come and deferred foreign income. 

11 ‘‘(B) PAID BY TAXPAYER.—For purposes 

12 of determining currently-taxed foreign income, 

13 gross income from sources without the United 

14 States shall be reduced by the aggregate 

15 amount of taxes described in the applicable 

16 paragraph of section 901(b) which are paid by 

17 the taxpayer (without regard to sections 902 

18 and 960) during the taxable year. 

19 ‘‘(8) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 976.—In 

20 determining currently-taxed foreign income and de21 ferred foreign income, the amount of deemed foreign 

22 tax credits shall be determined with regard to sec23 tion 976. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 976. AMOUNT OF FOREIGN TAXES COMPUTED ON 

2 OVERALL BASIS. 

3 ‘‘(a) CURRENT YEAR ALLOWANCE.—For purposes of 

4 this chapter, the amount taken into account as foreign in5 come taxes for any taxable year shall be an amount which 

6 bears the same ratio to the total foreign income taxes for 

7 that taxable year as— 

8 ‘‘(1) the currently-taxed foreign income for such 

9 taxable year, bears to 

10 ‘‘(2) the sum of the currently-taxed foreign in11 come and deferred foreign income for such year. 

12 The portion of the total foreign income taxes for any tax13 able year not taken into account under the preceding sen14 tence for a taxable year shall only be taken into account 

15 as provided in subsection (b) (and shall not be taken into 

16 account for purposes of applying sections 902 and 960). 

17 ‘‘(b) ALLOWANCE RELATED TO REPATRIATED DE18 FERRED FOREIGN INCOME.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If there is repatriated for20 eign income for any taxable year, the portion of the 

21 previously deferred foreign income taxes paid or ac22 crued during such taxable year shall be taken into 

23 account for the taxable year as foreign taxes paid or 

24 accrued. Any such taxes so taken into account shall 

25 not be included in foreign income taxes for purposes 

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1 ‘‘(2) PORTION OF PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED FOR2 EIGN INCOME TAXES.—For purposes of paragraph 

3 (1), the portion of the previously deferred foreign in4 come taxes allocated to repatriated deferred foreign 

5 income is— 

6 ‘‘(A) the amount which bears the same 

7 proportion to such taxes, as 

8 ‘‘(B) the repatriated deferred income bears 

9 to the previously deferred foreign income. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULE.—For pur11 poses of this section— 

12 ‘‘(1) PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED FOREIGN INCOME

13 TAXES.—The term ‘previously deferred foreign in14 come taxes’ means the aggregate amount of total 

15 foreign income taxes not taken into account under 

16 subsection (a) for all prior taxable years (determined 

17 as of the beginning of the taxable year), reduced by 

18 any amounts taken into account under subsection 

19 (b) for such prior taxable years. 

20 ‘‘(2) TOTAL FOREIGN INCOME TAXES.—The 

21 term ‘total foreign income taxes’ means the sum of 

22 foreign income taxes paid or accrued during the tax23 able year (determined without regard to section 

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1 that would be paid or accrued during the taxable 

2 year under sections 902 and 960 if— 

3 ‘‘(A) all controlled foreign corporations 

4 were treated as one controlled foreign corpora5 tion, and 

6 ‘‘(B) all earnings and profits of all con7 trolled foreign corporations were subpart F in8 come (as defined in section 952). 

9 ‘‘(3) FOREIGN INCOME TAXES.—The term ‘for10 eign income taxes’ means any income, war profits, or 

11 excess profits taxes paid by the taxpayer to any for12 eign country or possession of the United States. 

13 ‘‘(4) CURRENTLY-TAXED FOREIGN INCOME AND

14 DEFERRED FOREIGN INCOME.—The terms ‘cur15 rently-taxed foreign income’ and ‘deferred foreign in16 come’ have the meanings given such terms by sec17 tion 975(c)). 

18 ‘‘SEC. 977. APPLICATION OF SUBPART. 

19 ‘‘This subpart— 

20 ‘‘(1) shall be applied before subpart A, and 

21 ‘‘(2) shall be applied separately with respect to 

22 the categories of income specified in section 

23 904(d)(1).’’. 

24 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of subparts 

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1 amended by inserting after the item relating to subpart 

2 G the following new item: 

‘‘SUBPART H. SPECIAL RULES FOR ALLOCATION OF FOREIGN-RELATED

DEDUCTIONS AND FOREIGN TAX CREDITS.’’. 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

5 December 31, 2012. 

6 SEC. 322. EXCESS INCOME FROM TRANSFERS OF INTANGI7 BLES TO LOW-TAXED AFFILIATES TREATED 

8 AS SUBPART F INCOME. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 954 of 

10 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by insert11 ing after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(4) the foreign base company excess intangible 

13 income for the taxable year (determined under sub14 section (f) and reduced as provided in subsection 

15 (b)(5)), and’’. 

16 (b) FOREIGN BASE COMPANY EXCESS INTANGIBLE

17 INCOME.—Section 954 of such Code is amended by insert18 ing after subsection (e) the following new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(f) FOREIGN BASE COMPANY EXCESS INTANGIBLE

20 INCOME.—For purposes of subsection (a)(4) and this sub21 section: 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foreign 

2 base company excess intangible income’ means, 

3 with respect to any covered intangible, the ex4 cess of— 

5 ‘‘(i) the sum of— 

6 ‘‘(I) gross income from the sale, 

7 lease, license, or other disposition of 

8 property in which such covered intan9 gible is used directly or indirectly, and 

10 ‘‘(II) gross income from the pro11 vision of services related to such cov12 ered intangible or in connection with 

13 property in which such covered intan14 gible is used directly or indirectly, 

15 over 

16 ‘‘(ii) 150 percent of the costs properly 

17 allocated and apportioned to the gross in18 come taken into account under clause (i) 

19 other than expenses for interest and taxes 

20 and any expenses which are not directly al21 locable to such gross income. 

22 ‘‘(B) SAME COUNTRY INCOME NOT TAKEN

23 INTO ACCOUNT.—If— 

24 ‘‘(i) the sale, lease, license, or other 

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1 subparagraph (A)(i)(I) is for use, con2 sumption, or disposition in the country 

3 under the laws of which the controlled for4 eign corporation is created or organized, or 

5 ‘‘(ii) the services referred to in sub6 paragraph (A)(i)(II) are performed in such 

7 country, 

8 the gross income from such sale, lease, license, 

9 or other disposition, or provision of services, 

10 shall not be taken into account under subpara11 graph (A)(i). 

12 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR RESEARCH AND

13 DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES.—Research and de14 velopment costs for any taxable year shall be 

15 treated for purposes of subparagraph (A) as 

16 properly allocable to gross income derived from 

17 a covered intangible if such costs are properly 

18 allocable to the line of business in which such 

19 gross income is earned. 

20 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION BASED ON EFFECTIVE FOR21 EIGN INCOME TAX RATE.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Foreign base company 

23 excess intangible income shall not include the 

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1 taxpayer establishes to the satisfaction of the 

2 Secretary that such income was subject to an 

3 effective rate of income tax imposed by a for4 eign country in excess of 10 percent. 

5 ‘‘(B) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For 

6 purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘appli7 cable percentage’ means the ratio (expressed as 

8 a percentage), not greater than 100 percent, 

9 of— 

10 ‘‘(i) the number of percentage points 

11 by which the effective rate of income tax 

12 referred to in subparagraph (A) exceeds 10 

13 percentage points, over 

14 ‘‘(ii) 5 percentage points. 

15 ‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF LOSSES IN DETER16 MINING EFFECTIVE RATE OF FOREIGN INCOME

17 TAX.—For purposes of determining the effective 

18 rate of income tax imposed by any foreign 

19 country— 

20 ‘‘(i) such effective rate shall be deter21 mined without regard to any losses carried 

22 to the relevant taxable year, and 

23 ‘‘(ii) to the extent the income with re24 spect to such intangible reduces losses in 

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1 rate shall be treated as being the effective 

2 rate which would have been imposed on 

3 such income without regard to such losses. 

4 ‘‘(3) COVERED INTANGIBLE.—The term ‘cov5 ered intangible’ means, with respect to any con6 trolled foreign corporation, any intangible property 

7 (as defined in section 936(h)(3)(B))— 

8 ‘‘(A) which is sold, leased, licensed, or oth9 erwise transferred (directly or indirectly) to 

10 such controlled foreign corporation from a 

11 United States related person, or 

12 ‘‘(B) with respect to which such controlled 

13 foreign corporation and one or more related 

14 persons has (directly or indirectly) entered into 

15 any shared risk or development agreement (in16 cluding any cost sharing agreement). 

17 ‘‘(4) RELATED PERSON.—The term ‘related 

18 person’ has the meaning given such term in sub19 section (d)(3).’’. 

20 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

21 (1) Paragraph (4) of section 954(b) of such 

22 Code is amended by inserting ‘‘foreign base company 

23 excess intangible income described in subsection 

24 (a)(4) or’’ before ‘‘foreign base company oil-related 

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1 (2) Paragraph (5) of section 954(b) of such 

2 Code is amended by inserting ‘‘the foreign base com3 pany excess intangible income,’’ before ‘‘and the for4 eign base company oil related income’’. 

5 (3) Subsection (b) of section 954 of such Code 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(7) FOREIGN BASE COMPANY EXCESS INTAN9 GIBLE INCOME NOT TREATED AS ANOTHER KIND OF

10 BASE COMPANY INCOME.—Income of a corporation 

11 which is foreign base company excess intangible in12 come shall not be considered foreign base company 

13 income of such corporation under paragraph (2), 

14 (3), or (5) of subsection (a).’’. 

15 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall apply to income from transactions con17 nected with or benefitting from covered intangibles in tax18 able years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. 

19 SEC. 323. MODIFICATIONS OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT RULES 

20 APPLICABLE TO DUAL CAPACITY TAXPAYERS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the Internal Rev22 enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 

23 (n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) 

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1 ‘‘(n) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO DUAL CAPACITY

2 TAXPAYERS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of this chapter, any amount paid or 

5 accrued by a dual capacity taxpayer or any member 

6 of the worldwide affiliated group of which such dual 

7 capacity taxpayer is also a member to any foreign 

8 country or to any possession of the United States 

9 for any period shall not be considered a tax to the 

10 extent such amount exceeds the amount (determined 

11 in accordance with regulations) which would have 

12 been required to be paid if the taxpayer were not a 

13 dual capacity taxpayer. 

14 ‘‘(2) DUAL CAPACITY TAXPAYER.—For pur15 poses of this subsection, the term ‘dual capacity tax16 payer’ means, with respect to any foreign country or 

17 possession of the United States, a person who— 

18 ‘‘(A) is subject to a levy of such country or 

19 possession, and 

20 ‘‘(B) receives (or will receive) directly or 

21 indirectly a specific economic benefit (as deter22 mined in accordance with regulations) from 

23 such country or possession. 

24 ‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may issue 

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1 appropriate to carry out the purposes of this sub2 section.’’. 

3 (b) CONTRARY TREATY OBLIGATIONS UPHELD.— 

4 The amendments made by this section shall not apply to 

5 the extent contrary to any treaty obligation of the United 

6 States. 

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 this section shall apply to amounts that, if such amounts 

9 were an amount of tax paid or accrued, would be consid10 ered paid or accrued in taxable years beginning after De11 cember 31, 2012. 

12 Subtitle D—Making Wall Street 

13 Take Responsibility 

14 SEC. 331. FINANCIAL CRISIS RESPONSIBILITY FEE. 

15 (a) AMOUNT TO BE COLLECTED.—In order to cover 

16 the costs to the Federal Government of assistance pro17 vided through the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 

18 of 2008, including the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the 

19 Secretary of the Treasury, during the 10-year period be20 ginning on the first day of fiscal year 2013 and continuing 

21 through the end of fiscal year 2022, shall assess a Finan22 cial Crisis Responsibility Fee to collect a total of 

23 $65,000,000,000. 

24 (b) ASSESSMENT AND SCHEDULE.—To collect the 

25 Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee, the Secretary of the 


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1 Treasury shall establish, by regulation, an assessment 

2 schedule by fiscal year, including assessment base and 

3 rates, that— 

4 (1) is designed, in the judgment of the Sec5 retary of the Treasury, to result in the collection of 

6 $65,000,000,000; and 

7 (2) shall apply to any financial institution with 

8 $50,000,000,000 or more in total consolidated assets 

9 that received taxpayer assistance under the Emer10 gency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, including 

11 the Troubled Asset Relief Program. 

12 (c) CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY.—To 

13 minimize any adverse impact to, and to promote the full 

14 recovery of, the economy and financial sector, the Sec15 retary of the Treasury shall phase in the assessment rate 

16 required under this part over the 10-year period described 

17 in subsection (a), in a manner determined by the Sec18 retary of the Treasury. 

19 Subtitle E—Closing the Carried 

20 Interest Loophole 

21 SEC. 341. PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS TRANSFERRED IN 

22 CONNECTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF SERV23 ICES. 

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1 TRANSFER.—Subsection (c) of section 83 of the Internal 

2 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating para3 graph (4) as paragraph (5) and by inserting after para4 graph (3) the following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(4) PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS.—Except as 

6 provided by the Secretary— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any 

8 transfer of an interest in a partnership in con9 nection with the provision of services to (or for 

10 the benefit of) such partnership— 

11 ‘‘(i) the fair market value of such in12 terest shall be treated for purposes of this 

13 section as being equal to the amount of the 

14 distribution which the partner would re15 ceive if the partnership sold (at the time of 

16 the transfer) all of its assets at fair market 

17 value and distributed the proceeds of such 

18 sale (reduced by the liabilities of the part19 nership) to its partners in liquidation of 

20 the partnership, and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the person receiving such interest 

22 shall be treated as having made the elec23 tion under subsection (b)(1) unless such 

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1 ‘‘(B) ELECTION.—The election under sub2 paragraph (A)(ii) shall be made under rules 

3 similar to the rules of subsection (b)(2).’’. 

4 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

5 this section shall apply to interests in partnerships trans6 ferred after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 342. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PROVIDING IN8 VESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 

9 PARTNERSHIPS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter K of chapter 

11 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

12 adding at the end the following new section: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 710. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PROVIDING IN14 VESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 

15 PARTNERSHIPS. 

16 ‘‘(a) TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIVE SHARE OF

17 PARTNERSHIP ITEMS.—For purposes of this title, in the 

18 case of an investment services partnership interest— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

20 702(b)— 

21 ‘‘(A) an amount equal to the net capital 

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1 ‘‘(B) subject to the limitation of paragraph 

2 (2), an amount equal to the net capital loss 

3 with respect to such interest for any partner4 ship taxable year shall be treated as an ordi5 nary loss. 

6 ‘‘(2) RECHARACTERIZATION OF LOSSES LIM7 ITED TO RECHARACTERIZED GAINS.—The amount 

8 treated as ordinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) for 

9 any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) 

10 of— 

11 ‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi12 nary income under paragraph (1)(A) with re13 spect to the investment services partnership in14 terest for all preceding partnership taxable 

15 years to which this section applies, over 

16 ‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as or17 dinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) with re18 spect to such interest for all preceding partner19 ship taxable years to which this section applies. 

20 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION TO ITEMS OF GAIN AND

21 LOSS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) NET CAPITAL GAIN.—The amount 

23 treated as ordinary income under paragraph 

24 (1)(A) shall be allocated ratably among the 


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1 items of long-term capital gain taken into ac2 count in determining such net capital gain. 

3 ‘‘(B) NET CAPITAL LOSS.—The amount 

4 treated as ordinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) 

5 shall be allocated ratably among the items of 

6 long-term capital loss and short-term capital 

7 loss taken into account in determining such net 

8 capital loss. 

9 ‘‘(4) TERMS RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS AND

10 LOSSES.—For purposes of this section— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Net capital gain, long12 term capital gain, and long-term capital loss, 

13 with respect to any investment services partner14 ship interest for any taxable year, shall be de15 termined under section 1222, except that such 

16 section shall be applied— 

17 ‘‘(i) without regard to the recharacter18 ization of any item as ordinary income or 

19 ordinary loss under this section, 

20 ‘‘(ii) by only taking into account items 

21 of gain and loss taken into account by the 

22 holder of such interest under section 702 

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1 ‘‘(iii) by treating property which is 

2 taken into account in determining gains 

3 and losses to which section 1231 applies as 

4 capital assets held for more than 1 year. 

5 ‘‘(B) NET CAPITAL LOSS.—The term ‘net 

6 capital loss’ means the excess of the losses from 

7 sales or exchanges of capital assets over the 

8 gains from such sales or exchanges. Rules simi9 lar to the rules of clauses (i) through (iii) of 

10 subparagraph (A) shall apply for purposes of 

11 the preceding sentence. 

12 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULES FOR DIVIDENDS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) INDIVIDUALS.—Any dividend allo14 cated to any investment services partnership in15 terest shall not be treated as qualified dividend 

16 income for purposes of section 1(h). 

17 ‘‘(B) CORPORATIONS.—No deduction shall 

18 be allowed under section 243 or 245 with re19 spect to any dividend allocated to any invest20 ment services partnership interest. 

21 ‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED SMALL

22 BUSINESS STOCK.—Section 1202 shall not apply to 

23 any gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small 

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1 cated with respect to any investment services part2 nership interest. 

3 ‘‘(b) DISPOSITIONS OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) GAIN.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any gain on the dis6 position of an investment services partnership 

7 interest shall be— 

8 ‘‘(i) treated as ordinary income, and 

9 ‘‘(ii) recognized notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of this subtitle. 

11 ‘‘(B) GIFT AND TRANSFERS AT DEATH.— 

12 In the case of a disposition of an investment 

13 services partnership interest by gift or by rea14 son of death of the taxpayer— 

15 ‘‘(i) subparagraph (A) shall not apply, 

16 ‘‘(ii) such interest shall be treated as 

17 an investment services partnership interest 

18 in the hands of the person acquiring such 

19 interest, and 

20 ‘‘(iii) any amount that would have 

21 been treated as ordinary income under this 

22 subsection had the decedent sold such in23 terest immediately before death shall be 

24 treated as an item of income in respect of 

25 a decedent under section 691. 


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1 ‘‘(2) LOSS.—Any loss on the disposition of an 

2 investment services partnership interest shall be 

3 treated as an ordinary loss to the extent of the ex4 cess (if any) of— 

5 ‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi6 nary income under subsection (a) with respect 

7 to such interest for all partnership taxable 

8 years to which this section applies, over 

9 ‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as or10 dinary loss under subsection (a) with respect to 

11 such interest for all partnership taxable years 

12 to which this section applies. 

13 ‘‘(3) ELECTION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EX14 CHANGES.—Paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall not apply to 

15 the contribution of an investment services partner16 ship interest to a partnership in exchange for an in17 terest in such partnership if— 

18 ‘‘(A) the taxpayer makes an irrevocable 

19 election to treat the partnership interest re20 ceived in the exchange as an investment serv21 ices partnership interest, and 

22 ‘‘(B) the taxpayer agrees to comply with 

23 such reporting and recordkeeping requirements 

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1 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP PROP2 ERTY.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any dis4 tribution of property by a partnership with re5 spect to any investment services partnership in6 terest held by a partner, the partner receiving 

7 such property shall recognize gain equal to the 

8 excess (if any) of— 

9 ‘‘(i) the fair market value of such 

10 property at the time of such distribution, 

11 over 

12 ‘‘(ii) the adjusted basis of such prop13 erty in the hands of such partner (deter14 mined without regard to subparagraph 

15 (C)). 

16 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF GAIN AS ORDINARY

17 INCOME.—Any gain recognized by such partner 

18 under subparagraph (A) shall be treated as or19 dinary income to the same extent and in the 

20 same manner as the increase in such partner’s 

21 distributive share of the taxable income of the 

22 partnership would be treated under subsection 

23 (a) if, immediately prior to the distribution, the 

24 partnership had sold the distributed property at 

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1 disposition were allocated to such partner. For 

2 purposes of applying subsection (a)(2), any gain 

3 treated as ordinary income under this subpara4 graph shall be treated as an amount treated as 

5 ordinary income under subsection (a)(1)(A). 

6 ‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENT OF BASIS.—In the case 

7 a distribution to which subparagraph (A) ap8 plies, the basis of the distributed property in 

9 the hands of the distributee partner shall be the 

10 fair market value of such property. 

11 ‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO

12 MERGERS, DIVISIONS, AND TECHNICAL TERMI13 NATIONS.—In the case of a taxpayer which sat14 isfies requirements similar to the requirements 

15 of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3), 

16 this paragraph and paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall 

17 not apply to the distribution of a partnership 

18 interest if such distribution is in connection 

19 with a contribution (or deemed contribution) of 

20 any property of the partnership to which sec21 tion 721 applies pursuant to a transaction de22 scribed in paragraph (1)(B) or (2) of section 

23 708(b). 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment serv2 ices partnership interest’ means any interest in an 

3 investment partnership acquired or held by any per4 son in connection with the conduct of a trade or 

5 business described in paragraph (2) by such person 

6 (or any person related to such person). An interest 

7 in an investment partnership held by any person— 

8 ‘‘(A) shall not be treated as an investment 

9 services partnership interest for any period be10 fore the first date on which it is so held in con11 nection with such a trade or business, 

12 ‘‘(B) shall not cease to be an investment 

13 services partnership interest merely because 

14 such person holds such interest other than in 

15 connection with such a trade or business, and 

16 ‘‘(C) shall be treated as an investment 

17 services partnership interest if acquired from a 

18 related person in whose hands such interest was 

19 an investment services partnership interest. 

20 ‘‘(2) BUSINESSES TO WHICH THIS SECTION AP21 PLIES.—A trade or business is described in this 

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1 rectly) by the investment partnership referred to in 

2 paragraph (1): 

3 ‘‘(A) Advising as to the advisability of in4 vesting in, purchasing, or selling any specified 

5 asset. 

6 ‘‘(B) Managing, acquiring, or disposing of 

7 any specified asset. 

8 ‘‘(C) Arranging financing with respect to 

9 acquiring specified assets. 

10 ‘‘(D) Any activity in support of any service 

11 described in subparagraphs (A) through (C). 

12 ‘‘(3) INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment 

14 partnership’ means any partnership if, at the 

15 end of any calendar quarter ending after the 

16 date of enactment of this section— 

17 ‘‘(i) substantially all of the assets of 

18 the partnership are specified assets (deter19 mined without regard to any section 197 

20 intangible within the meaning of section 

21 197(d)), and 

22 ‘‘(ii) more than half of the capital of 

23 the partnership is attributable to qualified 

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1 erty not held in connection with a trade or 

2 business. 

3 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING

4 IF PROPERTY NOT HELD IN CONNECTION WITH

5 TRADE OR BUSINESS.—Except as otherwise 

6 provided by the Secretary, for purposes of de7 termining whether any interest in a partnership 

8 constitutes property not held in connection with 

9 a trade or business under subparagraph 

10 (A)(ii)— 

11 ‘‘(i) any election under subsection (e) 

12 or (f) of section 475 shall be disregarded, 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(ii) paragraph (5)(B) shall not apply. 

15 ‘‘(C) ANTIABUSE RULES.—The Secretary 

16 may issue regulations or other guidance which 

17 prevent the avoidance of the purposes of sub18 paragraph (A), including regulations or other 

19 guidance which treat convertible and contingent 

20 debt (and other debt having the attributes of 

21 equity) as a capital interest in the partnership. 

22 ‘‘(D) CONTROLLED GROUPS OF ENTI23 TIES.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 

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1 in the partnership received in exchange for 

2 a contribution to the capital of the part3 nership by any member of such controlled 

4 group would (in the hands of such mem5 ber) constitute property held in connection 

6 with a trade or business, then any interest 

7 in such partnership held by any member of 

8 such group shall be treated for purposes of 

9 subparagraph (A) as constituting (in the 

10 hands of such member) property held in 

11 connection with a trade or business. 

12 ‘‘(ii) CONTROLLED GROUP OF ENTI13 TIES.—For purposes of clause (i), the term 

14 ‘controlled group of entities’ means a con15 trolled group of corporations as defined in 

16 section 1563(a)(1), applied without regard 

17 to subsections (a)(4) and (b)(2) of section 

18 1563. A partnership or any other entity 

19 (other than a corporation) shall be treated 

20 as a member of a controlled group of enti21 ties if such entity is controlled (within the 

22 meaning of section 954(d)(3)) by members 

23 of such group (including any entity treated 

24 as a member of such group by reason of 

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1 ‘‘(E) SPECIAL RULE FOR CORPORA2 TIONS.—For purposes of this paragraph, in the 

3 case of a corporation, the determination of 

4 whether property is held in connection with a 

5 trade or business shall be determined as if the 

6 taxpayer were an individual. 

7 ‘‘(4) SPECIFIED ASSET.—The term ‘specified 

8 asset’ means securities (as defined in section 

9 475(c)(2) without regard to the last sentence there10 of), real estate held for rental or investment, inter11 ests in partnerships, commodities (as defined in sec12 tion 475(e)(2)), cash or cash equivalents, or options 

13 or derivative contracts with respect to any of the 

14 foregoing. 

15 ‘‘(5) RELATED PERSONS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A person shall be 

17 treated as related to another person if the rela18 tionship between such persons is described in 

19 section 267(b) or 707(b). 

20 ‘‘(B) ATTRIBUTION OF PARTNER SERV21 ICES.—Any service described in paragraph (2) 

22 which is provided by a partner of a partnership 

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1 ‘‘(d) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL INTER2 ESTS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any portion 

4 of an investment services partnership interest which 

5 is a qualified capital interest, all items of gain and 

6 loss (and any dividends) which are allocated to such 

7 qualified capital interest shall not be taken into ac8 count under subsection (a) if— 

9 ‘‘(A) allocations of items are made by the 

10 partnership to such qualified capital interest in 

11 the same manner as such allocations are made 

12 to other qualified capital interests held by part13 ners who do not provide any services described 

14 in subsection (c)(2) and who are not related to 

15 the partner holding the qualified capital inter16 est, and 

17 ‘‘(B) the allocations made to such other in18 terests are significant compared to the alloca19 tions made to such qualified capital interest. 

20 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO

21 ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS.—To the extent pro22 vided by the Secretary in regulations or other guid23 ance— 

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1 be applied separately with respect to a portion 

2 of a qualified capital interest. 

3 ‘‘(B) NO OR INSIGNIFICANT ALLOCATIONS

4 TO NONSERVICE PROVIDERS.—In any case in 

5 which the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) are 

6 not satisfied, items of gain and loss (and any 

7 dividends) shall not be taken into account under 

8 subsection (a) to the extent that such items are 

9 properly allocable under such regulations or 

10 other guidance to qualified capital interests. 

11 ‘‘(C) ALLOCATIONS TO SERVICE PRO12 VIDERS’ QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTERESTS WHICH

13 ARE LESS THAN OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Alloca14 tions shall not be treated as failing to meet the 

15 requirement of paragraph (1)(A) merely be16 cause the allocations to the qualified capital in17 terest represent a lower return than the alloca18 tions made to the other qualified capital inter19 ests referred to in such paragraph. 

20 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CHANGES IN SERVICES

21 AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—In the case of an 

22 interest in a partnership which was not an invest23 ment services partnership interest and which, by 

24 reason of a change in the services with respect to as25 sets held (directly or indirectly) by the partnership 


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1 or by reason of a change in the capital contributions 

2 to such partnership, becomes an investment services 

3 partnership interest, the qualified capital interest of 

4 the holder of such partnership interest immediately 

5 after such change shall not, for purposes of this sub6 section, be less than the fair market value of such 

7 interest (determined immediately before such 

8 change). 

9 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR TIERED PARTNER10 SHIPS.—Except as otherwise provided by the Sec11 retary, in the case of tiered partnerships, all items 

12 which are allocated in a manner which meets the re13 quirements of paragraph (1) to qualified capital in14 terests in a lower-tier partnership shall retain such 

15 character to the extent allocated on the basis of 

16 qualified capital interests in any upper-tier partner17 ship. 

18 ‘‘(5) EXCEPTION FOR NO-SELF-CHARGED

19 CARRY AND MANAGEMENT FEE PROVISIONS.—Ex20 cept as otherwise provided by the Secretary, an in21 terest shall not fail to be treated as satisfying the 

22 requirement of paragraph (1)(A) merely because the 

23 allocations made by the partnership to such interest 

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1 rectly) to the partnership by the holder of such in2 terest (or a related person). 

3 ‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR DISPOSITIONS.—In the 

4 case of any investment services partnership interest 

5 any portion of which is a qualified capital interest, 

6 subsection (b) shall not apply to so much of any 

7 gain or loss as bears the same proportion to the en8 tire amount of such gain or loss as— 

9 ‘‘(A) the distributive share of gain or loss 

10 that would have been allocated to the qualified 

11 capital interest (consistent with the require12 ments of paragraph (1)) if the partnership had 

13 sold all of its assets at fair market value imme14 diately before the disposition, bears to 

15 ‘‘(B) the distributive share of gain or loss 

16 that would have been so allocated to the invest17 ment services partnership interest of which such 

18 qualified capital interest is a part. 

19 ‘‘(7) QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTEREST.—For pur20 poses of this section— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 

22 capital interest’ means so much of a partner’s 

23 interest in the capital of the partnership as is 

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1 ‘‘(i) the fair market value of any 

2 money or other property contributed to the 

3 partnership in exchange for such interest 

4 (determined without regard to section 

5 752(a)), 

6 ‘‘(ii) any amounts which have been in7 cluded in gross income under section 83 

8 with respect to the transfer of such inter9 est, and 

10 ‘‘(iii) the excess (if any) of— 

11 ‘‘(I) any items of income and 

12 gain taken into account under section 

13 702 with respect to such interest, over 

14 ‘‘(II) any items of deduction and 

15 loss so taken into account. 

16 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT TO QUALIFIED CAPITAL

17 INTEREST.— 

18 ‘‘(i) DISTRIBUTIONS AND LOSSES.— 

19 The qualified capital interest shall be re20 duced by distributions from the partner21 ship with respect to such interest and by 

22 the excess (if any) of the amount described 

23 in subparagraph (A)(iii)(II) over the 

24 amount described in subparagraph 

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1 ‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONTRIBU2 TIONS OF PROPERTY.—In the case of any 

3 contribution of property described in sub4 paragraph (A)(i) with respect to which the 

5 fair market value of such property is not 

6 equal to the adjusted basis of such prop7 erty immediately before such contribution, 

8 proper adjustments shall be made to the 

9 qualified capital interest to take into ac10 count such difference consistent with such 

11 regulations or other guidance as the Sec12 retary may provide. 

13 ‘‘(C) TECHNICAL TERMINATIONS, ETC., 

14 DISREGARDED.—No increase or decrease in the 

15 qualified capital interest of any partner shall re16 sult from a termination, merger, consolidation, 

17 or division described in section 708, or any 

18 similar transaction. 

19 ‘‘(8) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LOANS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) PROCEEDS OF PARTNERSHIP LOANS

21 NOT TREATED AS QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTER22 EST OF SERVICE PROVIDING PARTNERS.—For 

23 purposes of this subsection, an investment serv24 ices partnership interest shall not be treated as 

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1 such interest is acquired in connection with the 

2 proceeds of any loan or other advance made or 

3 guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by any other 

4 partner or the partnership (or any person re5 lated to any such other partner or the partner6 ship). The preceding sentence shall not apply to 

7 the extent the loan or other advance is repaid 

8 before the date of the enactment of this section 

9 unless such repayment is made with the pro10 ceeds of a loan or other advance described in 

11 the preceding sentence. 

12 ‘‘(B) REDUCTION IN ALLOCATIONS TO

13 QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTERESTS FOR LOANS

14 FROM NONSERVICE-PROVIDING PARTNERS TO

15 THE PARTNERSHIP.—For purposes of this sub16 section, any loan or other advance to the part17 nership made or guaranteed, directly or indi18 rectly, by a partner not providing services de19 scribed in subsection (c)(2) to the partnership 

20 (or any person related to such partner) shall be 

21 taken into account in determining the qualified 

22 capital interests of the partners in the partner23 ship. 

24 ‘‘(e) OTHER INCOME AND GAIN IN CONNECTION

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If— 

2 ‘‘(A) a person performs (directly or indi3 rectly) investment management services for any 

4 investment entity, 

5 ‘‘(B) such person holds (directly or indi6 rectly) a disqualified interest with respect to 

7 such entity, and 

8 ‘‘(C) the value of such interest (or pay9 ments thereunder) is substantially related to 

10 the amount of income or gain (whether or not 

11 realized) from the assets with respect to which 

12 the investment management services are per13 formed, 

14 any income or gain with respect to such interest 

15 shall be treated as ordinary income. Rules similar to 

16 the rules of subsections (a)(5) and (d) shall apply 

17 for purposes of this subsection. 

18 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub19 section— 

20 ‘‘(A) DISQUALIFIED INTEREST.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘dis22 qualified interest’ means, with respect to 

23 any investment entity— 

24 ‘‘(I) any interest in such entity 

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1 ‘‘(II) convertible or contingent 

2 debt of such entity, 

3 ‘‘(III) any option or other right 

4 to acquire property described in sub5 clause (I) or (II), and 

6 ‘‘(IV) any derivative instrument 

7 entered into (directly or indirectly) 

8 with such entity or any investor in 

9 such entity. 

10 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall 

11 not include— 

12 ‘‘(I) a partnership interest, 

13 ‘‘(II) except as provided by the 

14 Secretary, any interest in a taxable 

15 corporation, and 

16 ‘‘(III) except as provided by the 

17 Secretary, stock in an S corporation. 

18 ‘‘(B) TAXABLE CORPORATION.—The term 

19 ‘taxable corporation’ means— 

20 ‘‘(i) a domestic C corporation, or 

21 ‘‘(ii) a foreign corporation substan22 tially all of the income of which is— 

23 ‘‘(I) effectively connected with 

24 the conduct of a trade or business in 

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1 ‘‘(II) subject to a comprehensive 

2 foreign income tax (as defined in sec3 tion 457A(d)(2)). 

4 ‘‘(C) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERV5 ICES.—The term ‘investment management serv6 ices’ means a substantial quantity of any of the 

7 services described in subsection (c)(2). 

8 ‘‘(D) INVESTMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘in9 vestment entity’ means any entity which, if it 

10 were a partnership, would be an investment 

11 partnership. 

12 ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 

13 such regulations or other guidance as is necessary or ap14 propriate to carry out the purposes of this section, includ15 ing regulations or other guidance to— 

16 ‘‘(1) provide modifications to the application of 

17 this section (including treating related persons as 

18 not related to one another) to the extent such modi19 fication is consistent with the purposes of this sec20 tion, 

21 ‘‘(2) prevent the avoidance of the purposes of 

22 this section, and 

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1 ‘‘(g) CROSS REFERENCE.—For 40 percent penalty on 

2 certain underpayments due to the avoidance of this sec3 tion, see section 6662.’’. 

4 (b) APPLICATION OF SECTION 751 TO INDIRECT DIS5 POSITIONS OF INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP IN6 TERESTS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 

8 751 of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

9 end of paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end 

10 of paragraph (2), and by inserting after paragraph 

11 (2) the following new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(3) investment services partnership interests 

13 held by the partnership,’’. 

14 (2) CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS TREATED AS

15 SALES OR EXCHANGES.—Subparagraph (A) of sec16 tion 751(b)(1) of such Code is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at 

18 the end of clause (ii), and by inserting after clause 

19 (ii) the following new clause: 

20 ‘‘(iii) investment services partnership 

21 interests held by the partnership,’’. 

22 (3) APPLICATION OF SPECIAL RULES IN THE

23 CASE OF TIERED PARTNERSHIPS.—Subsection (f) of 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para2 graph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of para3 graph (2), and by inserting after paragraph (2) 

4 the following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(3) an investment services partnership interest 

6 held by the partnership,’’, and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘partner.’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘partner (other than a partnership in which it 

9 holds an investment services partnership inter10 est).’’. 

11 (4) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP IN12 TERESTS; QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTERESTS.—Section 

13 751 of such Code is amended by adding at the end 

14 the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(g) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP INTER16 ESTS.—For purposes of this section— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment serv18 ices partnership interest’ has the meaning given 

19 such term by section 710(c). 

20 ‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENTS FOR QUALIFIED CAPITAL

21 INTERESTS.—The amount to which subsection (a) 

22 applies by reason of paragraph (3) thereof shall not 

23 include so much of such amount as is attributable 

24 to any portion of the investment services partnership 

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1 mined under rules similar to the rules of section 

2 710(d)). 

3 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR PUBLICLY TRADED PART4 NERSHIPS.—In the case of an exchange of an inter5 est in a publicly traded partnership (as defined in 

6 section 7704) to which subsection (a) applies— 

7 ‘‘(A) this section shall be applied without 

8 regard to subsections (a)(3), (b)(1)(A)(iii), and 

9 (f)(3), and 

10 ‘‘(B) such partnership shall be treated as 

11 owning its proportionate share of the property 

12 of any other partnership in which it is a part13 ner. 

14 ‘‘(4) RECOGNITION OF GAINS.—Any gain with 

15 respect to which subsection (a) applies by reason of 

16 paragraph (3) thereof shall be recognized notwith17 standing any other provision of this title. 

18 ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH INVENTORY

19 ITEMS.—An investment services partnership interest 

20 held by the partnership shall not be treated as an 

21 inventory item of the partnership. 

22 ‘‘(6) PREVENTION OF DOUBLE COUNTING.— 

23 Under regulations or other guidance prescribed by 

24 the Secretary, subsection (a)(3) shall not apply with 

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1 ‘‘(7) VALUATION METHODS.—The Secretary 

2 shall prescribe regulations or other guidance which 

3 provide the acceptable methods for valuing invest4 ment services partnership interests for purposes of 

5 this section.’’. 

6 (c) TREATMENT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION

7 7704.—Subsection (d) of section 7704 of such Code is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following new para9 graph: 

10 ‘‘(6) INCOME FROM CERTAIN CARRIED INTER11 ESTS NOT QUALIFIED.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Specified carried in13 terest income shall not be treated as qualifying 

14 income. 

15 ‘‘(B) SPECIFIED CARRIED INTEREST IN16 COME.—For purposes of this paragraph— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘speci18 fied carried interest income’ means— 

19 ‘‘(I) any item of income or gain 

20 allocated to an investment services 

21 partnership interest (as defined in 

22 section 710(c)) held by the partner23 ship, 

24 ‘‘(II) any gain on the disposition 

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1 interest (as so defined) or a partner2 ship interest to which (in the hands of 

3 the partnership) section 751 applies, 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(III) any income or gain taken 

6 into account by the partnership under 

7 subsection (b)(4) or (e) of section 

8 710. 

9 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR QUALIFIED CAP10 ITAL INTERESTS.—A rule similar to the 

11 rule of section 710(d) shall apply for pur12 poses of clause (i). 

13 ‘‘(C) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVI14 SIONS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 

15 any item described in paragraph (1)(E) (or so 

16 much of paragraph (1)(F) as relates to para17 graph (1)(E)). 

18 ‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN PART19 NERSHIPS.— 

20 ‘‘(i) CERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS OWNED

21 BY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.— 

22 Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the 

23 case of a partnership which meets each of 

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1 ‘‘(I) Such partnership is treated 

2 as publicly traded under this section 

3 solely by reason of interests in such 

4 partnership being convertible into in5 terests in a real estate investment 

6 trust which is publicly traded. 

7 ‘‘(II) Fifty percent or more of 

8 the capital and profits interests of 

9 such partnership are owned, directly 

10 or indirectly, at all times during the 

11 taxable year by such real estate in12 vestment trust (determined with the 

13 application of section 267(c)). 

14 ‘‘(III) Such partnership meets 

15 the requirements of paragraphs (2), 

16 (3), and (4) of section 856(c). 

17 ‘‘(ii) CERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS OWN18 ING OTHER PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNER19 SHIPS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 

20 in the case of a partnership which meets 

21 each of the following requirements: 

22 ‘‘(I) Substantially all of the as23 sets of such partnership consist of in24 terests in one or more publicly traded 


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1 partnerships (determined without re2 gard to subsection (b)(2)). 

3 ‘‘(II) Substantially all of the in4 come of such partnership is ordinary 

5 income or section 1231 gain (as de6 fined in section 1231(a)(3)). 

7 ‘‘(E) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—Subpara8 graph (A) shall not apply to any taxable year 

9 of the partnership beginning before the date 

10 which is 10 years after the date of the enact11 ment of this paragraph.’’. 

12 (d) IMPOSITION OF PENALTY ON UNDERPAY13 MENTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 

15 6662 of such Code is amended by inserting after 

16 paragraph (7) the following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(8) The application of section 710(e) or the 

18 regulations or other guidance prescribed under sec19 tion 710(f) to prevent the avoidance of the purposes 

20 of section 710.’’. 

21 (2) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 6662 of such 

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1 ‘‘(k) INCREASE IN PENALTY IN CASE OF PROPERTY

2 TRANSFERRED FOR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERV3 ICES.—In the case of any portion of an underpayment to 

4 which this section applies by reason of subsection (b)(8), 

5 subsection (a) shall be applied with respect to such portion 

6 by substituting ‘40 percent’ for ‘20 percent’.’’. 

7 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subpara8 graph (B) of section 6662A(e)(2) of such Code 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘or (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

10 (i), or (k)’’. 

11 (3) SPECIAL RULES FOR APPLICATION OF REA12 SONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION.—Subsection (c) of sec13 tion 6664 of such Code is amended— 

14 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

15 (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ in para17 graph (5)(A), as so redesignated, and inserting 

18 ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; and 

19 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

20 following new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR UNDERPAYMENTS AT22 TRIBUTABLE TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERV23 ICES.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 

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1 which section 6662 applies by reason of sub2 section (b)(8) unless— 

3 ‘‘(i) the relevant facts affecting the 

4 tax treatment of the item are adequately 

5 disclosed, 

6 ‘‘(ii) there is or was substantial au7 thority for such treatment, and 

8 ‘‘(iii) the taxpayer reasonably believed 

9 that such treatment was more likely than 

10 not the proper treatment. 

11 ‘‘(B) RULES RELATING TO REASONABLE

12 BELIEF.—Rules similar to the rules of sub13 section (d)(3) shall apply for purposes of sub14 paragraph (A)(iii).’’. 

15 (e) INCOME AND LOSS FROM INVESTMENT SERVICES

16 PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DE17 TERMINING NET EARNINGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT.— 

18 (1) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1402(a) of 

20 such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

21 end of paragraph (16), by striking the period at 

22 the end of paragraph (17) and inserting ‘‘; 

23 and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (17) the 

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1 ‘‘(18) notwithstanding the preceding provisions 

2 of this subsection, in the case of any individual en3 gaged in the trade or business of providing services 

4 described in section 710(c)(2) with respect to any 

5 entity, investment services partnership income or 

6 loss (as defined in subsection (m)) of such individual 

7 with respect to such entity shall be taken into ac8 count in determining the net earnings from self-em9 ployment of such individual.’’. 

10 (B) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP

11 INCOME OR LOSS.—Section 1402 of such Code 

12 is amended by adding at the end the following 

13 new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(m) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP INCOME

15 OR LOSS.—For purposes of subsection (a)— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment serv17 ices partnership income or loss’ means, with respect 

18 to any investment services partnership interest (as 

19 defined in section 710(c)) or disqualified interest (as 

20 defined in section 710(e)), the net of— 

21 ‘‘(A) the amounts treated as ordinary in22 come or ordinary loss under subsections (b) and 

23 (e) of section 710 with respect to such interest, 

24 ‘‘(B) all items of income, gain, loss, and 

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1 ‘‘(C) the amounts treated as realized from 

2 the sale or exchange of property other than a 

3 capital asset under section 751 with respect to 

4 such interest. 

5 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR QUALIFIED CAPITAL IN6 TERESTS.—A rule similar to the rule of section 

7 710(d) shall apply for purposes of applying para8 graph (1)(B).’’. 

9 (2) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 211(a) of 

10 the Social Security Act is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (15), by striking the 

12 period at the end of paragraph (16) and inserting ‘‘; 

13 and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol14 lowing new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(17) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions 

16 of this subsection, in the case of any individual en17 gaged in the trade or business of providing services 

18 described in section 710(c)(2) of the Internal Rev19 enue Code of 1986 with respect to any entity, invest20 ment services partnership income or loss (as defined 

21 in section 1402(m) of such Code) shall be taken into 

22 account in determining the net earnings from self23 employment of such individual.’’. 

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1 (1) Subsection (d) of section 731 of such Code 

2 is amended by inserting ‘‘section 710(b)(4) (relating 

3 to distributions of partnership property),’’ after ‘‘to 

4 the extent otherwise provided by’’. 

5 (2) Section 741 of such Code is amended by in6 serting ‘‘or section 710 (relating to special rules for 

7 partners providing investment management services 

8 to partnerships)’’ before the period at the end. 

9 (3) The table of sections for part I of sub10 chapter K of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by 

11 adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 710. Special rules for partners providing investment management services 

to partnerships.’’. 

12 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro14 vided in this subsection, the amendments made by 

15 this section shall apply to taxable years ending after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 (2) PARTNERSHIP TAXABLE YEARS WHICH IN18 CLUDE EFFECTIVE DATE.—In applying section 

19 710(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as 

20 added by this section) in the case of any partnership 

21 taxable year which includes the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, the amount of the net capital gain 

23 referred to in such section shall be treated as being 

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1 nership taxable year or the net capital gain deter2 mined by only taking into account items attributable 

3 to the portion of the partnership taxable year which 

4 is after such date. 

5 (3) DISPOSITIONS OF PARTNERSHIP INTER6 ESTS.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 710(b) of such 

8 Code (as added by this section) shall apply to 

9 dispositions and distributions after the date of 

10 the enactment of this Act. 

11 (B) INDIRECT DISPOSITIONS.—The amend12 ments made by subsection (b) shall apply to 

13 transactions after the date of the enactment of 

14 this Act. 

15 (4) OTHER INCOME AND GAIN IN CONNECTION

16 WITH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.—Sec17 tion 710(e) of such Code (as added by this section) 

18 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 

19 Act. 

20 Subtitle F—Raising the Capital 

21 Gains Rate 

22 SEC. 351. INCREASED CAPITAL GAINS RATE FOR HIGH-IN23 COME INDIVIDUALS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 1(h) of 

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1 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘of the ad2 justed net capital gain’’ and all that follows and in3 serting ‘‘of the lesser of— 

4 ‘‘(i) so much of the adjusted net cap5 ital gain (or, if less, taxable income) as ex6 ceeds the amount on which a tax is deter7 mined under subparagraph (B), or 

8 ‘‘(ii) the excess (if any) of— 

9 ‘‘(I) $50,000 ($100,000 in the 

10 case of a joint return), over 

11 ‘‘(II) the sum of the amounts on 

12 which a tax is determined under sub13 paragraphs (A) and (B), and’’, and 

14 (2) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and 

15 inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(D) the lesser of— 

17 ‘‘(i) 28 percent, or 

18 ‘‘(ii) the highest marginal tax rate de19 termined under this section (determined 

20 without regard to this subsection) which 

21 would be imposed on the taxable income of 

22 the taxpayer in excess of the sum of the 

23 amount on which tax is determined under 

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1 multiplied by such amount of taxable income.’’. 

2 (b) MINIMUM TAX.—Paragraph (3) of section 55(b) 

3 of such Code is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘of the ad5 justed net capital gain’’ and all that follows, and in6 serting ‘‘of the lesser of— 

7 ‘‘(i) so much of the adjusted net cap8 ital gain (or, if less, taxable excess) as ex9 ceeds the amount on which tax is deter10 mined under subparagraph (B), or’’. 

11 ‘‘(ii) the excess described in section 

12 1(h)(1)(C)(ii), plus’’, and 

13 (2) by striking subparagraphs (D) inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(D) the lesser of— 

16 ‘‘(i) 28 percent, or 

17 ‘‘(ii) the highest marginal tax rate de18 termined under section 1 (determined with19 out regard to subsection (h)) which would 

20 be imposed on the taxable excess of the 

21 taxpayer in excess of the sum of the 

22 amount on which tax is determined under 

23 the preceding subparagraphs of this para24 graph, 

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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (1) The following provisions of such Code are 

3 amended by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘28 

4 percent’’: 

5 (A) Section 1445(e)(1). 

6 (B) The second sentence of section 

7 7518(g)(6)(A). 

8 (C) Section 53511(f)(2) of title 46, United 

9 States Code. 

10 (2) Section 1445(e)(6) of such Code is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘15 percent (20 percent in the case of 

12 taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010)’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘28 percent’’. 

14 (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para16 graph (2), the amendments made by this section 

17 shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem18 ber 31, 2012. 

19 (2) WITHHOLDING.—The amendments made by 

20 paragraphs (1)(A) and (2) of subsection (c) shall 

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1 Subtitle G—Pension Guaranty 

2 Improvement 

3 SEC. 361. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Pension Guaranty 

5 Improvement Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 362. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

9 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Corporation’’) 

10 plays a critical role in helping to protect the retire11 ment security of the 44,000,000 workers and retir12 ees with defined benefit pension plans. 

13 (2) The Corporation has struggled over the 

14 years to address deficiencies and implement long15 term strategies for success. 

16 (3) The Corporation faces long-term fiscal chal17 lenges, which have been exacerbated by the recent fi18 nancial crisis. 

19 (4) It is necessary for Congress to take imme20 diate steps to improve the governance of the Cor21 poration and ensure appropriate oversight by, and 

22 accountability to, key stakeholders, including labor, 

23 plan sponsors, and retirees. 

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1 is fair to participants and that the Corporation has 

2 sufficient resources to satisfy its obligations. 

3 SEC. 363. PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 

4 GOVERNANCE IMPROVEMENT. 

5 (a) BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PENSION BEN6 EFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002(d) of the Em8 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 

9 U.S.C. 1302(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(d)(1) The board of directors of the corporation con11 sists of— 

12 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec13 retary of Labor, and the Secretary of Commerce; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(B) 4 other members. 

16 ‘‘(2)(A) The members of the board of directors de17 scribed under paragraph (1)(B)— 

18 ‘‘(i) shall be appointed by the President; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) shall have expertise relevant to business of 

20 the corporation, which may include experience with 

21 insurance programs, defined benefit pension plans, 

22 or institutional asset management. 

23 ‘‘(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C)(ii), 

24 each member of the board of directors described under 

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1 ‘‘(C)(i) The initial members of the board of directors 

2 described under paragraph (1)(B) shall be appointed as 

3 soon as practicable after the date of enactment of the Pen4 sion Guaranty Improvement Act of 2012. 

5 ‘‘(ii) Of the initial members of the board of directors 

6 described under paragraph (1)(B) and appointed under 

7 clause (i)— 

8 ‘‘(I) the term of one such member shall end on 

9 December 31, 2013; 

10 ‘‘(II) the term of one such member shall end on 

11 December 31, 2014; 

12 ‘‘(III) the term of one such member shall end 

13 on December 31, 2015; and 

14 ‘‘(IV) the term of one such member shall end 

15 on December 31, 2016. 

16 ‘‘(D)(i) Not more than 2 members of the board of 

17 directors described under paragraph (1)(B) may be mem18 bers of the same political party. 

19 ‘‘(ii) At least 1 member of the board of directors shall 

20 be an enrolled actuary or other financial expert. 

21 ‘‘(iii) At least 1 member of the board of directors 

22 shall have experience with the issues unique to retired plan 

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1 ‘‘(E)(i) Any vacancy on the board of directors shall 

2 be filled in the manner in which the original appointment 

3 was made. 

4 ‘‘(ii) In the event of vacancy in the office of the Sec5 retary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, or the Sec6 retary of Commerce and pending the appointment of a 

7 successor, or during the absence or disability of such a 

8 Secretary, the applicable acting Secretary shall be a mem9 ber of the board of directors. 

10 ‘‘(iii) A member of the board of directors appointed 

11 to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the 

12 term for which the predecessor of such member was ap13 pointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. 

14 ‘‘(iv) A member of the board of directors described 

15 under paragraph (1)(B) may continue to serve after the 

16 expiration of the term of office for which such member 

17 was appointed until a successor has been appointed. 

18 ‘‘(F) A member of the board of directors described 

19 under paragraph (1)(B) may be removed for good cause 

20 by the President or by unanimous decision of the other 

21 members of the board of directors. 

22 ‘‘(G) A majority of the members of the board of direc23 tors in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 

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1 present and voting at a meeting at which a quorum is 

2 present shall be the act of the board of directors. 

3 ‘‘(3) Each member of the board of directors described 

4 under paragraph (1)(A) shall designate in writing an offi5 cial, not below the level of Assistant Secretary, to serve 

6 as the voting representative of such member on the board. 

7 Such designation shall be effective until revoked or until 

8 a date or event specified therein. Any such representative 

9 may refer for board action any matter under consideration 

10 by the designating board member. 

11 ‘‘(4) The members of the board of directors described 

12 under— 

13 ‘‘(A) subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), shall 

14 serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed 

15 for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses 

16 incurred in the performance of their duties as mem17 bers of the board; and 

18 ‘‘(B) subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall, 

19 for each day (including traveltime) during which 

20 they are attending meetings or conferences of the 

21 board or otherwise engaged in the business of the 

22 board, be compensated at a rate fixed by the cor23 poration which is not in excess of the daily equiva24 lent of the annual rate of basic pay for a position 

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1 5315 of title 5, United States Code, and while away 

2 from their homes or regular places of business they 

3 may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 

4 in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 

5 of title 5, United States Code. 

6 ‘‘(5)(A) The Secretary of Labor is the chairman of 

7 the board of directors. 

8 ‘‘(B) The President shall designate 1 of the members 

9 appointed under paragraph (2) as the vice-chairman of the 

10 board of directors. 

11 ‘‘(6) The Inspector General of the corporation shall 

12 report to the board of directors, and not less than twice 

13 a year, shall attend a meeting of the board of directors 

14 to provide a report on the activities and findings of the 

15 Inspector General, including with respect to monitoring 

16 and review of the operations of the corporation. 

17 ‘‘(7) The General Counsel of the corporation shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) serve as the secretary to the board of di19 rectors, and shall advise such board as needed; and 

20 ‘‘(B) have overall responsibility for all legal 

21 matters affecting the corporation and provide the 

22 corporation with legal advice and opinions on all 

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1 tend to the Office of Inspector General and the inde2 pendent legal counsel of such Office. 

3 ‘‘(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

4 the Office of Inspector General and the legal counsel of 

5 such Office is independent of the management of the cor6 poration and the General Counsel of the corporation. 

7 ‘‘(9) The board of directors may appoint and fix the 

8 compensation of employees as may be required to enable 

9 the board of directors to perform its duties. The board 

10 of directors shall determine the qualifications and duties 

11 of such employees and may appoint and fix the compensa12 tion of experts and consultants in accordance with the pro13 visions of section 3109 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 

14 (2) NUMBER OF MEETINGS; PUBLIC AVAIL15 ABILITY.—Section 4002(e) of the Employee Retire16 ment Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

17 1302(e)) is amended— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘The board’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘(1) The board’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘the corporation.’’ and in21 serting ‘‘the corporation, but in no case less 

22 than 4 times a year with not less than 5 mem23 bers present. Not less than 1 meeting of the 

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1 joint meeting with the advisory committee 

2 under subsection (h).’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 

5 chairman of the board of directors shall make available 

6 to the public the minutes from each meeting of the board 

7 of directors. 

8 ‘‘(B) The minutes of a meeting of the board of direc9 tors, or a portion thereof, shall not be subject to disclosure 

10 under subparagraph (A) if the chairman reasonably deter11 mines that such minutes, or portion thereof, contain con12 fidential information relating to financial activities or per13 sonnel decisions of the corporation. 

14 ‘‘(C) The minutes of a meeting, or portion thereof, 

15 exempt from disclosure pursuant to subparagraph (B) 

16 shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552(b) of 

17 title 5, United States Code. For purposes of such section 

18 552 of title 5, United States Code, this subparagraph shall 

19 be considered a statute described in subsection (b)(3) of 

20 such section 552.’’. 

21 (3) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

22 (A) ISSUES CONSIDERED BY THE COM23 MITTEE.—Section 4002(h)(1) of the Employee 

24 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 

25 U.S.C. 1302(h)(1)) is amended— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘, and (D)’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘, (D)’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘time to time.’’ and in4 serting ‘‘time to time, and (E) other issues 

5 as determined appropriate by the advisory 

6 committee.’’. 

7 (B) JOINT MEETING.—Section 4002(h)(3) 

8 of the Employee Retirement Income Security 

9 Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1302(h)(3)) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Not less 

11 than 1 meeting of the advisory committee dur12 ing each year shall be a joint meeting with the 

13 board of directors under subsection (e).’’. 

14 (b) AVOIDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—Section 

15 4002 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 

16 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1302) is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(j) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the cor20 poration and each member of the board of directors 

21 shall not participate in a decision of the corporation 

22 in which the Director or such member has a direct 

23 financial interest. The Director of the corporation 

24 shall not participate in any activities that would 

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1 of a conflict of interest without approval of the 

2 board of directors. 

3 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICY.—The board 

4 of directors shall establish a policy that will inform 

5 the identification of potential conflicts of interests of 

6 the members of the board of directors and mitigate 

7 perceived conflicts of interest of such members and 

8 the Director of the corporation.’’. 

9 (c) RISK MITIGATION.—Section 4002 of the Em10 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 

11 U.S.C. 1302), as amended by subsection (b), is further 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(k) RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICER.—The corpora14 tion shall have a risk management officer whose duties 

15 include evaluating and mitigating the risk that the cor16 poration might experience. The individual in such position 

17 shall coordinate the risk management efforts of the cor18 poration, explain risks and controls to senior management 

19 and the board of directors of the corporation, and make 

20 recommendations.’’. 

21 (d) DIRECTOR.—Section 4002(c) of the Employee 

22 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

23 1302(c)) is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(c) The Director shall be accountable to the board 

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1 unless removed by the President or the board of directors 

2 before the expiration of such 5-year term.’’. 

3 (e) SENSES OF CONGRESS.— 

4 (1) FORMATION OF COMMITTEES.—It is the 

5 sense of Congress that the board of directors of the 

6 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established 

7 under section 4002 of the Employee Retirement In8 come Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1302), as 

9 amended by this section, should form committees, 

10 including an audit committee and an investment 

11 committee, to enhance the overall effectiveness of the 

12 board of directors. 

13 (2) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—It is the sense of 

14 Congress that the advisory committee to the Pension 

15 Benefit Guaranty Corporation established under sec16 tion 4002 of the Employee Retirement Income Secu17 rity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1302), as amended by 

18 this section, should provide to the board of directors 

19 of such corporation policy recommendations regard20 ing changes to the law that would be beneficial to 

21 the corporation or the voluntary private pension sys22 tem. 

23 SEC. 364. PARTICIPANT AND PLAN SPONSOR ADVOCATE. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Employee Retire25 ment Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1301 et 


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1 seq.) is amended by inserting after section 4003 the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 4004. PARTICIPANT AND PLAN SPONSOR ADVOCATE. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in con5 sultation with the Director of the corporation and pension 

6 participant and plan sponsor advocacy groups, shall select 

7 a Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate. Such selected 

8 individual shall have demonstrated experience in the area 

9 of pensions and pension participant assistance. 

10 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Participant and Plan Sponsor 

11 Advocate shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) act as a liaison between the corporation, 

13 sponsors of defined benefit pension plans insured by 

14 the corporation, and participants in pension plans 

15 trusteed by the corporation; 

16 ‘‘(2) advocate for the full attainment of the 

17 rights of participants in plans trusteed by the cor18 poration; 

19 ‘‘(3) assist pension plan sponsors and partici20 pants in resolving disputes with the corporation; 

21 ‘‘(4) identify areas in which participants and 

22 plan sponsors have persistent problems in dealings 

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1 ‘‘(5) to the extent possible, propose changes in 

2 the administrative practices of the corporation to 

3 mitigate problems; 

4 ‘‘(6) identify potential legislative changes which 

5 may be appropriate to mitigate problems; and 

6 ‘‘(7) refer instances of fraud, waste, and abuse, 

7 and violations of law to the Office of the Inspector 

8 General of the corporation. 

9 ‘‘(c) REMOVAL.—If the Participant and Plan Sponsor 

10 Advocate is removed from office or is transferred to an11 other position or location within the Department of Labor, 

12 the Secretary shall communicate in writing the reasons for 

13 any such removal or transfer to Congress not less than 

14 30 days before the removal or transfer. Nothing in this 

15 subsection shall prohibit a personnel action otherwise au16 thorized by law, other than transfer or removal. 

17 ‘‘(d) COMPENSATION.—The annual rate of basic pay 

18 for the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate shall be 

19 the rate payable for level III of the Executive Schedule 

20 under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, plus 

21 3 percent. 

22 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 

24 31 of each calendar year, the Participant and Plan 

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1 cation, Labor, and Pensions Committee of the Sen2 ate, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the 

3 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

4 House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

5 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives on 

6 the activities of the Office of the Participant and 

7 Plan Sponsor Advocate during the fiscal year ending 

8 during such calendar year. 

9 ‘‘(2) CONTENT.—Each report submitted under 

10 paragraph (1) shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) describe the activities, and evaluate 

12 the effectiveness of the Participant and Plan 

13 Sponsor Advocate during the preceding year; 

14 ‘‘(B) identify significant problems the Par15 ticipant and Plan Sponsor Advocate has identi16 fied; 

17 ‘‘(C) include specific legislative and regu18 latory changes to address the problems; and 

19 ‘‘(D) identify any actions taken to correct 

20 problems identified in any previous report. 

21 ‘‘(3) CONCURRENT SUBMISSION.—The Partici22 pant and Plan Sponsor Advocate shall submit a copy 

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1 ficial at the same time such report is submitted to 

2 the committees of Congress under paragraph (1).’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

4 in section 1 of the Employee Retirement Income Security 

5 Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relat6 ing to section 4003 the following new item: 

‘‘4004. Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate.’’. 

7 SEC. 365. INCREASE IN MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN BENEFIT 

8 GUARANTEE AND ANNUAL PREMIUM RATES. 

9 (a) MONTHLY BENEFIT GUARANTEE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

11 4022A(c)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Se12 curity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1322a(c)(1)) is 

13 amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(A) 100 percent of the accrual rate up to $11, 

15 plus the sum of— 

16 ‘‘(i) 75 percent of the lesser of— 

17 ‘‘(I) $33, or 

18 ‘‘(II) the accrual rate, if any, in ex19 cess of $11 and up to $44, and 

20 ‘‘(ii) 50 percent of the lesser of— 

21 ‘‘(I) $40, or 

22 ‘‘(II) the accrual rate, if any, in ex23 cess of $44, and’’. 

24 (2) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—Section 

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1 amended by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(4) For each plan year beginning in a calendar year 

4 after 2011, there shall be substituted for each dollar 

5 amount specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) 

6 an amount equal to the greater of— 

7 ‘‘(A) the product derived by multiplying such 

8 dollar amount specified in subparagraph (A) of 

9 paragraph (1) by the ratio of— 

10 ‘‘(i) the national average wage index (as 

11 defined in section 209(k)(1) of the Social Secu12 rity Act) for the first of the 2 calendar years 

13 preceding the calendar year in which such plan 

14 year begins, to 

15 ‘‘(ii) the national average wage index (as 

16 so defined) for 2009; and 

17 ‘‘(B) such dollar amount in effect under sub18 paragraph (A) of paragraph (1) for plan years be19 ginning in the preceding calendar year. 

20 If the amount determined under this paragraph is not a 

21 multiple of $1, such product shall be rounded to the near22 est multiple of $1.’’. 

23 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

24 by this subsection shall apply to plans terminating 

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1 sion Benefit Guaranty Corporation (within the 

2 meaning under section 4261 of the Employee Retire3 ment Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

4 1431)) after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

5 (b) REQUIRED REPORT.—Section 4022A(f) of such 

6 Act (29 U.S.C. 1322a(f)) is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub9 section, the next report required to be submitted to Con10 gress under this subsection after the date of enactment 

11 of the Pension Guaranty Improvement Act of 2012 shall 

12 be submitted not later than December 31, 2013.’’. 

13 (c) ANNUAL PREMIUM RATE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

15 4006(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Se16 curity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)) is amend17 ed— 

18 (A) by inserting ‘‘and before January 1, 

19 2012,’’ after ‘‘December 31, 2005,’’ in clause 

20 (iv), 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 

22 (iii), 

23 (C) by striking the period at the end of 

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1 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

2 clause: 

3 ‘‘(v) in the case of a multiemployer plan, for 

4 plan years beginning after December 31, 2011, 

5 $18.00 for each individual who is a participant in 

6 such plan during the applicable plan year.’’. 

7 (2) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Paragraph (3) 

8 of section 4006(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

10 subparagraph: 

11 ‘‘(I) For each plan year beginning in a calendar year 

12 after 2011, there shall be substituted for the premium rate 

13 specified in clause (v) of subparagraph (A) an amount 

14 equal to the greater of— 

15 ‘‘(i) the product derived by multiplying the pre16 mium rate specified in clause (v) of subparagraph 

17 (A) by the ratio of— 

18 ‘‘(I) the national average wage index (as 

19 defined in section 209(k)(1) of the Social Secu20 rity Act) for the first of the 2 calendar years 

21 preceding the calendar year in which such plan 

22 year begins, to 

23 ‘‘(II) the national average wage index (as 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the premium rate in effect under clause (v) 

2 of subparagraph (A) for plan years beginning in the 

3 preceding calendar year. 

4 If the amount determined under this subparagraph is not 

5 a multiple of $1, such product shall be rounded to the 

6 nearest multiple of $1.’’. 

7 SEC. 366. IMPROVING SINGLE EMPLOYER PROGRAM SOL8 VENCY. 

9 (a) FLAT-RATE PREMIUM.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section 

11 4006(a)(3)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income 

12 Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(A)) is 

13 amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(i) in the case of a single-employer plan, an 

15 amount for each individual who is a participant in 

16 such plan during the plan year equal to the sum of 

17 the additional premium (if any) determined under 

18 subparagraph (E) and— 

19 ‘‘(I) for plan years beginning after Decem20 ber 31, 2005 and before January 1, 2012, $30; 

21 ‘‘(II) for plan years beginning after De22 cember 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2013, 

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1 ‘‘(III) for plan years beginning after De2 cember 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, 

3 $48; and 

4 ‘‘(IV) for plan years beginning after De5 cember 31, 2013, $54;’’. 

6 (2) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—Subpara7 graph (F) of section 4006(a)(3) of such Act (29 

8 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following: ‘‘For each plan year beginning in a 

10 calendar year after 2011, clause (i)(II) shall be ap11 plied by substituting ‘2009’ for ‘2004’.’’. 

12 (b) VARIABLE-RATE PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT FOR IN13 FLATION.—Section 4006(a)(3) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

14 1306(a)(3)), as amended by section 365, is further amend15 ed by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(J) For each plan year beginning in a calendar year 

17 after 2011, there shall be substituted for the premium rate 

18 specified in clause (ii) of subparagraph (E) an amount 

19 equal to the greater of— 

20 ‘‘(i) the product derived by multiplying the pre21 mium rate specified in clause (ii) of subparagraph 

22 (E) by the ratio of— 

23 ‘‘(I) the national average wage index (as 

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1 preceding the calendar year in which such plan 

2 year begins, to 

3 ‘‘(II) the national average wage index (as 

4 so defined) for 2009; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the premium rate in effect under clause 

6 (ii) of subparagraph (E) for plan years beginning in 

7 the preceding calendar year. 

8 If the amount determined under this subparagraph is not 

9 a multiple of $1, such product shall be rounded to the 

10 nearest multiple of $1.’’. 

11 Subtitle H—Pension and 

12 Participant Protection 

13 SEC. 371. SHORT TITLE. 

14 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Pension and Par15 ticipant Protect Act’’. 

16 SEC. 372. FINDINGS. 

17 Congress makes the following findings: 

18 (1) The ongoing effects of the financial crisis 

19 have put enormous stress on the defined benefit pen20 sion system. 

21 (2) It is in the best interest of plan participants 

22 for Congress to take immediate steps to relieve that 

23 stress by ensuring that pension contributions are 

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1 ticipants are afforded additional protections should 

2 their pensions be terminated in bankruptcy. 

3 (3) It is further in the best interest of partici4 pants for Congress to take future steps to both re5 duce the volatility in pension funding requirements 

6 and better protect plan participants and retirees 

7 from loss. 

8 SEC. 373. PENSION FUNDING STABILIZATION. 

9 (a) AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN10 COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 

12 303(h)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Secu13 rity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1083(h)(2)) is amended 

14 by adding at the end the following new clause: 

15 ‘‘(iv) SEGMENT RATE STABILIZA16 TION.— 

17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—If a segment 

18 rate described in clause (i), (ii), or 

19 (iii) with respect to any applicable 

20 month (determined without regard to 

21 this clause) is less than the applicable 

22 minimum percentage, or more than 

23 the applicable maximum percentage, 

24 of the average of the segment rates 

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1 the 25-year period ending with Sep2 tember 30 of the calendar year pre3 ceding the calendar year in which the 

4 plan year begins, then the segment 

5 rate described in such clause with re6 spect to the applicable month shall be 

7 equal to the applicable minimum per8 centage or the applicable maximum 

9 percentage of such average, whichever 

10 is closest. The Secretary of the Treas11 ury shall determine such average on 

12 an annual basis and may prescribe 

13 equivalent rates for years in any such 

14 25-year period for which the rates de15 scribed in any such clause are not 

16 available. 

17 ‘‘(II) APPLICABLE MINIMUM PER18 CENTAGE; APPLICABLE MAXIMUM

19 PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of sub20 clause (I), the applicable minimum 

21 percentage and the applicable max22 imum percentage for a plan year be23 ginning in a calendar year shall be de24 termined in accordance with the fol25 lowing table: 


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‘‘If the calendar year is: 

The 

applicable 

minimum 

percentage 

is: 

The 

applicable 

maximum 

percentage 

is: 

2012 ........................................................................ 90% 110%

2013 ........................................................................ 85% 115%

2014 ........................................................................ 80% 120%

2015 ........................................................................ 75% 125%

After 2015 .............................................................. 70% 130%.’’. 

1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (A) Subparagraph (F) of section 303(h)(2) 

3 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1083(h)(2)) is amended 

4 by inserting ‘‘and the averages determined 

5 under subparagraph (C)(iv)’’ after ‘‘subpara6 graph (C)’’. 

7 (B) Clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 

8 205(g)(3)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

9 1055(g)(3)(B)) are each amended by striking 

10 ‘‘section 303(h)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

11 303(h)(2)(C) (determined by not taking into ac12 count any adjustment under clause (iv) there13 of)’’. 

14 (C) Clause (iv) of section 4006(a)(3)(E) of 

15 such Act (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(E)) is amended 

16 by striking ‘‘section 303(h)(2)(C)’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘section 303(h)(2)(C) (notwithstanding any 

18 regulations issued by the corporation, deter19 mined by not taking into account any adjust20 ment under clause (iv) thereof)’’. 


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1 (b) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF

2 1986.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 

4 430(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new 

6 clause: 

7 ‘‘(iv) SEGMENT RATE STABILIZA8 TION.— 

9 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—If a segment 

10 rate described in clause (i), (ii), or 

11 (iii) with respect to any applicable 

12 month (determined without regard to 

13 this clause) is less than the applicable 

14 minimum percentage, or more than 

15 the applicable maximum percentage, 

16 of the average of the segment rates 

17 described in such clause for years in 

18 the 25-year period ending with Sep19 tember 30 of the calendar year pre20 ceding the calendar year in which the 

21 plan year begins, then the segment 

22 rate described in such clause with re23 spect to the applicable month shall be 

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1 percentage of such average, whichever 

2 is closest. The Secretary shall deter3 mine such average on an annual basis 

4 and may prescribe equivalent rates for 

5 years in any such 25-year period for 

6 which the rates described in any such 

7 clause are not available. 

8 ‘‘(II) APPLICABLE MINIMUM PER9 CENTAGE; APPLICABLE MAXIMUM

10 PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of sub11 clause (I), the applicable minimum 

12 percentage and the applicable max13 imum percentage for a plan year be14 ginning in a calendar year shall be de15 termined in accordance with the fol16 lowing table: 

‘‘If the calendar year is: 

The 

applicable 

minimum 

percentage 

is: 

The 

applicable 

maximum 

percentage 

is: 

2012 ........................................................................ 90% 110%

2013 ........................................................................ 85% 115%

2014 ........................................................................ 80% 120%

2015 ........................................................................ 75% 125%

After 2015 .............................................................. 70% 130%.’’. 

17 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

18 (A) Paragraph (6) of section 404(o) of 

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1 mined by not taking into account any adjust2 ment under clause (iv) of subsection (h)(2)(C) 

3 thereof)’’ before the period. 

4 (B) Subparagraph (F) of section 430(h)(2) 

5 of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘and the 

6 averages determined under subparagraph 

7 (C)(iv)’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’. 

8 (C) Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section 

9 417(e)(3) of such Code are each amended by 

10 striking ‘‘section 430(h)(2)(C)’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘section 430(h)(2)(C) (determined by not tak12 ing into account any adjustment under clause 

13 (iv) thereof)’’. 

14 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall apply with respect to plan years be17 ginning after December 31, 2011. 

18 (2) EXCEPTION.—A plan sponsor may elect not 

19 to have the amendments made by this section apply 

20 to any plan year beginning on or before the date of 

21 the enactment of this Act solely for purposes of de22 termining the adjusted funding target attainment 

23 percentage under sections 436 of the Internal Rev24 enue Code of 1986 and 206(g) of the Employee Re25 tirement Income Security Act of 1974 for such plan 


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1 year, provided that the plan sponsor made such de2 termination in good faith and without an intent to 

3 trigger any statutorily required restrictions on bene4 fits. A plan shall not be treated as failing to meet 

5 the requirements of sections 411(d)(6) of such Code 

6 and 204(g) of such Act solely by reason of an elec7 tion under this paragraph. 

8 SEC. 374. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITMENT TO ENCOUR9 AGING PENSIONS. 

10 Not later than December 31, 2012, the Committee 

11 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 

12 and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

13 the House of Representatives shall issue a report pro14 viding recommendations to improve and expand the de15 fined benefit pension system. Such report shall include 

16 recommendations concerning— 

17 (1) measures to further stabilize pension con18 tribution rates; 

19 (2) additional or expanded options to improve 

20 pension funding flexibility for plan sponsors suf21 fering a temporary business hardship; 

22 (3) incentives for plans sponsors to establish or 

23 maintain pension plans permitting new entrants and 

24 to encourage plan sponsors to unfreeze their pension 

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1 (4) modifications to the pension guaranty sys2 tem and bankruptcy law necessary or appropriate to 

3 protect plan participants and retirees from inequi4 table treatment. 

5 SEC. 375. PARTICIPANT PROTECTION IN BANKRUPTCY. 

6 Sections 4022(g) and 4044(e) of the Employee Re7 tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1322(g) 

8 and 1344(e)), as added by section 404 of the Pension Pro9 tection Act of 2006, are repealed as of October 1, 2011, 

10 and shall not apply with respect to proceedings initiated 

11 under title 11, United States Code, or under any similar 

12 Federal law or law of a State or political subdivision, on 

13 or after such date. 

14 Subtitle I—Fair Playing Field 

15 SEC. 381. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS; PURPOSES. 

16 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the 

17 ‘‘Fair Playing Field Act of 2012’’. 

18 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find19 ings: 

20 (1) In 1978, Congress was concerned that lack 

21 of clarity as to the proper classification of some 

22 workers, increased IRS enforcement activity, and 

23 retroactive application by IRS of interpretations that 

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1 small businesses and other taxpayers and confusion 

2 as to the applicable rules. 

3 (2) To allow time to develop a comprehensive 

4 approach to the problem, Congress enacted section 

5 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 as an interim meas6 ure protecting taxpayers from liability for 

7 misclassification if the taxpayer has a reasonable 

8 basis for classifying a worker as an independent con9 tractor and meets certain other conditions. In addi10 tion, the Act prohibited the Secretary of the Treas11 ury from publishing regulations or revenue rulings 

12 on workers’ employment tax status pending the ex13 pected near-term enactment of clarifying legislation. 

14 (3) During the ensuing 33 years, Congress 

15 made section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 per16 manent, however, changes in working relationships 

17 and the continued prohibition on new guidance have 

18 increased the uncertainty as to the proper classifica19 tion of workers. 

20 (4) Many workers are properly classified as 

21 independent contractors. In other instances, workers 

22 who are employees are being treated as independent 

23 contractors. Such misclassification for tax purposes 

24 contributes to inequities in the competitive positions 

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1 and may also result in misclassification for other 

2 purposes, such as denial of unemployment benefits, 

3 workplace health and safety protections, and retire4 ment or other benefits or protections available to 

5 employees. 

6 (5) Workers, businesses, and other taxpayers 

7 will benefit from clear guidance regarding employ8 ment tax status. In the interest of fairness and in 

9 view of many service recipients’ reliance on current 

10 section 530, such guidance should apply only pro11 spectively. 

12 (c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subtitle are to 

13 permit the Secretary of the Treasury to provide guidance 

14 allowing workers and businesses to clearly understand the 

15 proper Federal tax classification of workers and to provide 

16 relief allowing an orderly transition to new rules designed 

17 to increase certainty and uniformity of treatment. 

18 SEC. 382. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE GUIDANCE CLARIFYING 

19 EMPLOYMENT STATUS FOR PURPOSES OF 

20 EMPLOYMENT TAXES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 25 of the Internal Rev22 enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 3511. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE GUIDANCE CLARIFYING 

2 EMPLOYMENT STATUS. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue such 

4 regulations or other guidance as the Secretary determines 

5 to be necessary or appropriate to clarify the proper em6 ployment status of individuals for purposes of any tax im7 posed by this subtitle. 

8 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON RETROACTIVE ASSESS9 MENTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If— 

11 ‘‘(A) for purposes of any tax imposed by 

12 this subtitle, the taxpayer did not treat an indi13 vidual as an employee for any period before the 

14 reclassification date with respect to such indi15 vidual, and 

16 ‘‘(B) in the case of periods after December 

17 31, 1978, and before such reclassification date, 

18 all Federal tax returns (including information 

19 returns) required to be filed by the taxpayer 

20 with respect to such individual for such period 

21 are filed on a basis consistent with the tax22 payer’s treatment of such individual as not 

23 being an employee, 

24 then, for purposes of applying such taxes for periods 

25 before such reclassification date with respect to the 

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1 employee unless the taxpayer had no reasonable 

2 basis for not treating such individual as an em3 ployee. 

4 ‘‘(2) STATUTORY STANDARDS PROVIDING ONE

5 METHOD OF SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF

6 PARAGRAPH (1).—For purposes of paragraph (1), a 

7 taxpayer shall in any case be treated as having a 

8 reasonable basis for not treating an individual as an 

9 employee for a period if the taxpayer’s treatment of 

10 such individual for such period was in reasonable re11 liance on any of the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) Judicial precedent, published rulings, 

13 technical advice with respect to the taxpayer, or 

14 a letter ruling to the taxpayer. 

15 ‘‘(B) A past Internal Revenue Service 

16 audit of the taxpayer in which there was no as17 sessment attributable to the treatment (for pur18 poses of any tax imposed by this subtitle) of the 

19 individuals holding positions substantially simi20 lar to the position held by such individual. 

21 ‘‘(C) Long-standing recognized practice of 

22 a significant segment of the industry in which 

23 such individual was engaged. 

24 ‘‘(3) CONSISTENCY REQUIRED IN THE CASE OF

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1 apply with respect to the treatment of any individual 

2 (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as the re3 classified individual) for purposes of any tax im4 posed by this subtitle for any period ending after 

5 December 31, 1978, if the taxpayer (or a prede6 cessor) has treated any individual holding a substan7 tially similar position as an employee for purposes of 

8 any tax imposed by this subtitle for any period be9 ginning after December 31, 1977, and ending before 

10 the reclassification date with respect to such reclas11 sified individual. 

12 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) RECLASSIFICATION DATE.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘reclassifica15 tion date’ means, with respect to any individual, 

16 the earlier of— 

17 ‘‘(i) the first day of the first calendar 

18 quarter beginning more than 180 days 

19 after the date of an employee classification 

20 determination with respect to such indi21 vidual, or 

22 ‘‘(ii) the effective date of the first ap23 plicable final regulation issued by the Sec24 retary under subsection (a) with respect to 

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1 the first calendar quarter beginning more 

2 than 180 days after such regulation is 

3 issued). 

4 ‘‘(B) EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION DETER5 MINATION.—The term ‘employee classification 

6 determination’ means, with respect to any indi7 vidual, a determination by the Secretary, in 

8 connection with an audit of the taxpayer which 

9 is described in section 7436 and which com10 mences after the date which is 1 year after the 

11 date of the enactment of this section, that a 

12 class of individuals holding positions with such 

13 taxpayer which are substantially similar to the 

14 position held by such individual are employees. 

15 ‘‘(C) FIRST APPLICABLE FINAL REGULA16 TION.—The term ‘first applicable final regula17 tion’ means, with respect to any individual, the 

18 first final regulation (or other guidance of gen19 eral applicability) which sets forth the factors 

20 for determining the employment status of a 

21 class of individuals holding positions substan22 tially similar to the position held by such indi23 vidual. 

24 ‘‘(2) EMPLOYMENT STATUS.—The term ‘em25 ployment status’ means the status of an individual, 


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1 under the usual common law rules applicable in de2 termining the employer-employee relationship, as an 

3 employee or as an independent contractor (or other 

4 individual who is not an employee). 

5 ‘‘(d) CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN SPECIAL RULES.— 

6 ‘‘(1) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN SKILLED WORK7 ERS.—Subsection (b) shall not apply in the case of 

8 an individual who, pursuant to an arrangement be9 tween the taxpayer and another person, provides 

10 services for such other person as an engineer, de11 signer, drafter, computer programmer, systems ana12 lyst, or other similarly skilled worker engaged in a 

13 similar line of work. 

14 ‘‘(2) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF SECTION.— 

15 An officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Serv16 ice shall, before or at the commencement of any 

17 audit inquiry relating to the employment status of 

18 one or more individuals who perform services for the 

19 taxpayer, provide the taxpayer with a written notice 

20 of the provisions of this section. 

21 ‘‘(3) RULES RELATING TO STATUTORY STAND22 ARDS.—For purposes of subsection (b)(2)— 

23 ‘‘(A) a taxpayer may not rely on an audit 

24 commenced after December 31, 1996, for pur25 poses of subparagraph (B) thereof unless such 


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1 audit included an examination for purposes of 

2 any tax imposed by this subtitle whether the in3 dividual involved (or any individual holding a 

4 position substantially similar to the position 

5 held by the individual involved) should be treat6 ed as an employee of the taxpayer, 

7 ‘‘(B) in no event shall the significant seg8 ment requirement of subparagraph (C) thereof 

9 be construed to require a reasonable showing of 

10 the practice of more than 25 percent of the in11 dustry (determined by not taking into account 

12 the taxpayer), and 

13 ‘‘(C) in applying the long-standing recog14 nized practice requirement of subparagraph (C) 

15 thereof— 

16 ‘‘(i) such requirement shall not be 

17 construed as requiring the practice to have 

18 continued for more than 10 years, and 

19 ‘‘(ii) a practice shall not fail to be 

20 treated as long-standing merely because 

21 such practice began after 1978. 

22 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF SAFE HARBORS.—Noth23 ing in this section shall be construed to provide that 

24 subsection (b) only applies where the individual in25 volved is otherwise an employee of the taxpayer. 


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1 ‘‘(5) BURDEN OF PROOF.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If— 

3 ‘‘(i) a taxpayer establishes a prima 

4 facie case that it was reasonable not to 

5 treat an individual as an employee for pur6 poses of subsection (b), and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the taxpayer has fully cooperated 

8 with reasonable requests from the Sec9 retary, 

10 then the burden of proof with respect to such 

11 treatment shall be on the Secretary. 

12 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR OTHER REASONABLE

13 BASIS.—In the case of any issue involving 

14 whether the taxpayer had a reasonable basis 

15 not to treat an individual as an employee for 

16 purposes of subsection (b), subparagraph (A) 

17 shall only apply for purposes of determining 

18 whether the taxpayer meets the requirements of 

19 subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection 

20 (b)(2). 

21 ‘‘(6) PRESERVATION OF PRIOR PERIOD SAFE

22 HARBOR.—If— 

23 ‘‘(A) an individual would (but for the 

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1 deemed not to be an employee of the taxpayer 

2 under subsection (b) for any prior period, and 

3 ‘‘(B) such individual is treated by the tax4 payer as an employee for purposes of the taxes 

5 imposed by this subtitle for any subsequent pe6 riod, 

7 then, for purposes of applying such taxes for such 

8 prior period with respect to the taxpayer, the indi9 vidual shall be deemed not to be an employee. 

10 ‘‘(7) SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR POSITION.—For 

11 purposes of subsection (b) and this subsection, the 

12 determination as to whether an individual holds a 

13 position substantially similar to a position held by 

14 another individual shall include consideration of the 

15 relationship between the taxpayer and such individ16 uals. 

17 ‘‘(8) TREATMENT OF TEST ROOM SUPERVISORS

18 AND PROCTORS WHO ASSIST IN THE ADMINISTRA19 TION OF COLLEGE ENTRANCE AND PLACEMENT

20 EXAMS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an indi22 vidual described in subparagraph (B) who is 

23 providing services as a test proctor or room su24 pervisor by assisting in the administration of 

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1 subsection (b) shall be applied to such services 

2 performed after December 31, 2006 (and remu3 neration paid for such services) without regard 

4 to paragraph (3) thereof. 

5 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—An individual is de6 scribed in this subparagraph if the individual— 

7 ‘‘(i) is providing the services described 

8 in subsection (b) to an organization de9 scribed in section 501(c) and exempt from 

10 tax under section 501(a), and 

11 ‘‘(ii) is not otherwise treated as an 

12 employee of such organization for purposes 

13 of this subtitle. 

14 ‘‘(9) TREATMENT OF SECURITIES BROKER

15 DEALERS.—In determining for purposes of this title 

16 whether a registered representative of a securities 

17 broker-dealer is an employee (as defined in section 

18 3121(d)), no weight shall be given to instructions 

19 from the service recipient which are imposed only in 

20 compliance with investor protection standards im21 posed by the Federal Government, any State govern22 ment, or a governing body pursuant to a delegation 

23 by a Federal or State agency. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each person who contracts 

2 for the services of an independent contractor on a 

3 regular and ongoing basis, within the scope of such 

4 person’s trade or business, shall provide a written 

5 statement to such independent contractor notifying 

6 such independent contractor of the Federal tax obli7 gations of an independent contractor, the labor and 

8 employment law protections that do not apply to 

9 independent contractors, and the right of such inde10 pendent contractor to seek a status determination 

11 from the Internal Revenue Service. 

12 ‘‘(2) INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.—For pur13 poses of this subsection, the term ‘independent con14 tractor’ means any individual who is not treated as 

15 an employee by the person receiving the services re16 ferred to in paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(3) TIMING OF STATEMENT.—Except as other18 wise provided by the Secretary, the statement re19 quired under paragraph (1) shall be provided within 

20 a reasonable period of entering into the contract re21 ferred to in paragraph (1). 

22 ‘‘(4) DEVELOPMENT OF MODEL STATEMENT.— 

23 The Secretary shall develop model materials for pro24 viding the statement required under paragraph 

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1 (b) REDUCED PENALTY NOT APPLICABLE IN CASES

2 OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH GUIDANCE WITHOUT REA3 SONABLE BASIS.—Subsection (c) of section 3509 of the 

4 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘if such liability’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘if— 

7 ‘‘(1) such liability’’, and 

8 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert9 ing ‘‘, or 

10 ‘‘(2) such liability relates to an individual who 

11 is treated as an employee under regulations or other 

12 guidance issued by the Secretary under section 

13 3511(a) and the taxpayer lacks a reasonable basis 

14 for treating the individual as other than an em15 ployee. 

16 In the case of a taxpayer which has received a final written 

17 determination from the Internal Revenue Service holding 

18 that the individual referred to in paragraph (2) (or an19 other individual who holds a position with the taxpayer 

20 substantially similar to the position held by such indi21 vidual) is an employee, such taxpayer shall be treated for 

22 purposes of paragraph (2) as lacking a reasonable basis 

23 for treating such individual as other than an employee 

24 with respect to periods beginning on and after the first 

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1 days after the date of such written determination unless 

2 the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing evidence 

3 that the taxpayer has a reasonable basis for such treat4 ment.’’. 

5 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

6 (1) Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d) of the In7 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (GG), by striking 

9 the period at the end of subparagraph (HH) and in10 serting ‘‘, or’’, and by inserting after subparagraph 

11 (HH) the following new subparagraph: 

12 ‘‘(II) section 3511(e) (relating to state13 ments to independent contractors).’’. 

14 (2) Paragraph (2) of section 7436(a) of such 

15 Code is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a) of sec16 tion 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘section 3511(b)’’. 

18 (3) The table of sections for chapter 25 of such 

19 Code is amended by adding at the end the following 

20 new item: 

‘‘Sec. 3511. Authority to issue guidance clarifying employment status.’’. 

21 (d) TERMINATION OF SECTION 530 OF THE REV22 ENUE ACT OF 1978.—The Revenue Act of 1978 is amend23 ed by striking section 530. 

24 (e) REPORTS ON WORKER MISCLASSIFICATION.—Be25 ginning with the first fiscal year beginning after the date 


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1 the first regulation or other guidance is issued for public 

2 comment under section 3511(a) of the Internal Revenue 

3 Code of 1986 (as added by this section): 

4 (1) A report each fiscal year on worker classi5 fication which shall include the total number of ex6 aminations of employers initiated because of sus7 pected worker classification issues, the total number 

8 of examinations that included determinations on 

9 worker classification issues, the amount of additional 

10 tax liabilities associated with worker classification 

11 enforcement actions, the number of workers reclassi12 fied as a result of these actions, the number of re13 quests for Determination of Worker Status (Form 

14 SS–8), and technical guidance on how to understand 

15 the data provided in the report. 

16 (2) A report each fiscal year in which new sta17 tistically valid data is compiled and interpreted on 

18 worker classification, prepared on the basis of infor19 mation gathered during an Employment Tax Study 

20 conducted by the National Research Program (NRP) 

21 of the Internal Revenue Service. Such report shall 

22 provide statistical estimates of the number of em23 ployers misclassifying workers, the number of work24 ers misclassified, the industries involved, data inter25 pretations and conclusions, and a description of the 


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1 impact of improper worker classification on the em2 ployment tax gap. 

3 (f) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

4 (1) DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGULA5 TIONS AND GUIDANCE.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2), any regulation or other guidance issued 

7 under section 3511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 

8 of 1986, as added by this section, shall not apply to 

9 services rendered before the date which is 1 year 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 (2) TREATMENT OF SECURITIES BROKER DEAL12 ERS.—Paragraph (9) of section 3511(d) of the In13 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this sec14 tion, shall apply to services performed after Decem15 ber 31, 1997. 

16 (3) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REGULATIONS AND

17 GUIDANCE IMMEDIATELY.—So much of the amend18 ment made by subsection (d) as relates to subsection 

19 (b) of section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 shall 

20 take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 (4) DELAYED TERMINATION OF REMAINDER OF

22 SECTION 530 OF THE REVENUE ACT OF 1978.—Ex23 cept as provided in paragraph (3), the amendments 

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1 services rendered on or after the date which is 1 

2 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 TITLE IV—REBUILD AMERICA 

4 TRUST FUND 

5 SEC. 401. ESTABLISH REBUILD AMERICA TRUST FUND. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the 

7 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 9512. REBUILD AMERICA TRUST FUND. 

10 ‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab11 lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 

12 to be known as the ‘Rebuild America Trust Fund’, con13 sisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or cred14 ited to such fund as provided in this section or section 

15 9602(b). 

16 ‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here17 by appropriated to the Rebuild America Trust Fund 

18 amounts equivalent to the revenues resulting from the 

19 amendments made by title III of the Rebuild America Act. 

20 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITY TO BORROW.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

22 appropriated to the Rebuild America Trust Fund, as 

23 repayable advances, such sums as may be necessary 

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1 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE ADVANCES.— 

2 The maximum aggregate amount of repayable ad3 vances to the Rebuild America Trust Fund which is 

4 outstanding at any one time shall not exceed an 

5 amount equal to the amount which the Secretary es6 timates will be equal to the sum of the amounts ap7 propriated to the Rebuild America Trust Fund 

8 under subsection (b) during the following 60 

9 months. 

10 ‘‘(3) REPAYMENT OF ADVANCES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Advances made to the 

12 Rebuild America Trust Fund shall be repaid, 

13 and interest on such advances shall be paid, to 

14 the general fund of the Treasury when the Sec15 retary determines that moneys are available for 

16 such purposes in the Rebuild America Trust 

17 Fund. 

18 ‘‘(B) FINAL REPAYMENT.—No advance 

19 shall be made to the Rebuild America Trust 

20 Fund after September 30, 2022, and all ad21 vances to such Trust Fund shall be repaid on 

22 or before September 30, 2024. 

23 ‘‘(C) RATE OF INTEREST.—Interest on ad24 vances made to the Rebuild America Trust 

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1 retary of the Treasury (as of the close of the 

2 calendar month preceding the month in which 

3 the advance is made) to be equal to the current 

4 average market yield on outstanding marketable 

5 obligations of the United States with remaining 

6 periods to maturity comparable to the antici7 pated period during which the advance will be 

8 outstanding and shall be compounded annually. 

9 ‘‘(d) EXPENDITURES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Rebuild 

11 America Trust Fund shall be available, without fur12 ther appropriation— 

13 ‘‘(A) to transfer to accounts specified by, 

14 and to carry out the provisions of, section 103 

15 of the Rebuild America Act, and 

16 ‘‘(B) as provided for in the Rebuild Amer17 ica Act (and the amendments made by that 

18 Act). 

19 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 

20 shall allocate funds from the Rebuild America Trust 

21 Fund to the responsible Departments for distribu22 tion to the States and subdivisions within 15 days 

23 of the beginning of each fiscal year as set in section 

24 103 of the Rebuild America Act. Each Secretary of 

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1 formula to the States or local receiving entities with2 in 90 days of the beginning of such fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS.—The portion of 

4 funds allowed for administrative costs for any ac5 count may not exceed the percentage used for ad6 ministering those funds at both the Federal and the 

7 State levels under the underlying regular program 

8 that is in effect for the latest appropriations meas9 ure expiring at the end of a fiscal year. 

10 ‘‘(4) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 

11 ‘‘(A) FEDERAL LEVEL.—The funds pro12 vided from the Rebuild America Trust Fund 

13 shall not be provided by the Secretary to an ac14 count if the appropriations for that account are 

15 to be funded at not less than the sum provided 

16 in fiscal year 2012, not including emergency 

17 funds. 

18 ‘‘(B) STATE LEVEL.—A State or local gov19 ernment shall not receive funds for an account 

20 provided by the Rebuild America Trust Fund 

21 unless that State maintains the same level of 

22 funding for that function as the State and local 

23 governments provided in State fiscal year 2011. 

24 The Secretary shall, by rule define the State 

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1 count for which funds are provided by the 

2 Trust Fund. 

3 ‘‘(5) USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, MANU4 FACTURED GOODS, AND EQUIPMENT.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds 

6 made available by the Rebuild America Trust 

7 Fund may be used for a project for the con8 struction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of 

9 a public building or public work unless all of 

10 the iron, steel, manufactured goods, and equip11 ment used in the project are produced in the 

12 United States. 

13 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) 

14 shall not apply in any case or category of cases 

15 in which the head of the Federal department or 

16 agency involved finds that— 

17 ‘‘(i) applying subparagraph (A) would 

18 be inconsistent with the public interest, 

19 ‘‘(ii) iron, steel, the relevant manufac20 tured goods, or the relevant equipment are 

21 not produced in the United States in suffi22 cient and reasonably available quantities 

23 and of a satisfactory quality, or 

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1 the United States will increase the cost of 

2 the overall project by more than 25 per3 cent. 

4 ‘‘(C) PUBLICATION OF JUSTIFICATION.—If 

5 the head of a Federal department or agency de6 termines that it is necessary to waive the appli7 cation of subparagraph (A) based on a finding 

8 under subparagraph (B), the head of the de9 partment or agency shall publish in the Federal 

10 Register a detailed written justification as to 

11 why the provision is being waived. 

12 ‘‘(D) CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNATIONAL

13 AGREEMENTS.—This paragraph shall be applied 

14 in a manner consistent with United States obli15 gations under international agreements. 

16 ‘‘(6) WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS.—Notwith17 standing any other provision of law and in a manner 

18 consistent with other provisions in this section and 

19 in the Rebuild America Act, all laborers and me20 chanics employed by contractors and subcontractors 

21 on projects funded directly by or assisted in whole 

22 or in part by and through the Federal Government 

23 pursuant to funds made available by the Rebuild 

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1 lar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of 

2 Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 

3 31 of title 40, United States Code. With respect to 

4 the labor standards specified in this paragraph, the 

5 Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and 

6 functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Num7 bered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) 

8 and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec10 tions for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 9512. Rebuild America Trust Fund.’’. 

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