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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1084 

To address slow economic growth and spur investment and development 

in underserved communities across America. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2017 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Mr. POCAN, Mr. EVANS, Ms. LEE, Ms. 

SLAUGHTER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. 

MOORE, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. THOMPSON of 

Mississippi, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. MICHELLE

LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. KUSTER of New 

Hampshire, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, and Mr. TONKO) 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, Agriculture, 

Financial Services, Small Business, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, 

and Oversight and Government Reform, 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 address slow economic growth and spur investment and 

development in underserved communities across America. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Today’s American Dream Act’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT 

Sec. 101. Job skills training for older individuals. 

Sec. 102. Extension of Work Opportunity Tax Credit for certain targeted 

groups. 

Sec. 103. Youth and summer jobs. 

Sec. 104. YouthBuild program. 

Sec. 105. Tax credit for providing programs for students that promote economic and financial literacy. 

Sec. 106. Teacher recruiting. 

Sec. 107. Recidivism reduction working group. 

Sec. 108. Commendable release program. 

Sec. 109. Increase in Work Opportunity Tax Credit for hiring qualified ex-felons. 

Sec. 110. Extension of Work Opportunity Tax Credit for certain targeted 

groups. 

Sec. 111. Entrepreneurship apprenticeships. 

Sec. 112. Expansion of eligible programs. 

TITLE II—COMMUNITY INVESTMENT 

Subtitle A—Housing 

Sec. 201. Housing and commercial development. 

Subtitle B—Retail Redlining and Food Deserts 

Sec. 221. Economic growth, retention, and recruitment of commercial investment in economically underserved communities. 

Sec. 222. Producer discretion to plant additional fruits and vegetables on base 

acres to alleviate food deserts without a resulting reduction in 

payment acres. 

Subtitle C—Digital Infrastructure 

Sec. 231. GAO report on Federal efforts to expand broadband service. 

Subtitle D—Direct Lending 

Sec. 241. Direct loans to small business concerns. 

TITLE III—NEW ECONOMY AND INNOVATION INVESTMENT 

Sec. 301. Commission on Innovation. 

Sec. 302. Pilot program to fund local incubators. 

Sec. 303. Extension and improvement of new markets tax credit. 


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Sec. 304. Race to the Shop. 

TITLE IV—EXPANDED ACCESS TO CARE 

Sec. 401. Study on the uninsured. 

Sec. 402. Volunteer dental projects and action for dental health program. 

Sec. 403. Critical access hospital improvements. 

Sec. 404. Community health center collaborative access expansion. 

1 TITLE I—WORKFORCE 

2 INVESTMENT 

3 SEC. 101. JOB SKILLS TRAINING FOR OLDER INDIVIDUALS. 

4 (a) TARGETED PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of 

5 Labor shall establish a pilot program pursuant to section 

6 169(b) of the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act 

7 (29 U.S.C. 3224(b)) to provide grants to entities eligible 

8 under such section to provide job skills training to and 

9 specific for older individuals, particularly in the areas of 

10 computer literacy, advanced computer operations, and re11 sume writing. 

12 (b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of the program es13 tablished under subsection (a), the term ‘‘older individual’’ 

14 means an individual who is older than 45 years of age. 

15 SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT 

16 FOR CERTAIN TARGETED GROUPS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

18 51(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 

19 by inserting ‘‘(December 31, 2024, in the case of any 

20 member of a targeted group described in subparagraph 

21 (B), (C), (E), (F), or (G))’’ before the period at the end. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 

3 the employer after December 31, 2019. 

4 SEC. 103. YOUTH AND SUMMER JOBS. 

5 (a) INTERN WAGE CREDIT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of 

7 subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue 

8 Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 

9 following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 45S. INTERN WAGE CREDIT. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, in 

12 the case of an eligible small business employer, the intern 

13 wage credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to 

14 10 percent of the wages paid by the taxpayer during such 

15 taxable year to qualified interns for whom an election is 

16 in effect under this section. 

17 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) CREDIT.—The credit allowed under sub19 section (a) with respect to any taxpayer for any tax20 able year shall not exceed an amount equal to the 

21 excess (if any) of— 

22 ‘‘(A) $3,000, over 

23 ‘‘(B) the credit allowed under subsection 

24 (a) with respect to such taxpayer for all pre25 ceding taxable years. 


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1 ‘‘(2) INTERNS.—An election may not be made 

2 under this section with respect to more than 5 quali3 fied interns for any taxable year. 

4 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur5 poses of this section— 

6 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE SMALL EMPLOYER.—The term 

7 ‘eligible small employer’ means any person which 

8 employed not more than 500 employees during the 

9 preceding taxable year. Rules similar to the rules of 

10 section 448(c)(3) shall apply. 

11 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE WAGES.—The term ‘eligible 

12 wages’ means any remuneration paid by the tax13 payer to an individual for services rendered as an 

14 employee. 

15 ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED INTERN.—The term ‘qualified 

16 intern’ means any individual who, during the period 

17 for which wages are taken into account under sub18 section (a), is— 

19 ‘‘(A) enrolled at an eligible educational in20 stitution (as defined in section 25A(f)(2)), 

21 ‘‘(B) seeking a degree at such institution 

22 in a field of study closely related to the work 

23 performed for the taxpayer, and 

24 ‘‘(C) supervised and evaluated by the tax25 payer. 


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1 ‘‘(4) CONTROLLED GROUP.—All persons treated 

2 as a single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of 

3 section 52 shall be treated as a single employer for 

4 purposes of this section. 

5 ‘‘(5) RELATED INDIVIDUALS INELIGIBLE.— 

6 Rules similar to the rules of section 51(i)(1) shall 

7 apply for purposes of this section.’’. 

8 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 (A) Section 38(b) of such Code is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph 

11 (35), by striking the period at the end of para12 graph (36) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by add13 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(37) the intern wage credit under section 

15 45S(a).’’. 

16 (B) The table of sections for subpart D of 

17 part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such 

18 Code is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 45S. Intern wage credit.’’. 

20 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

21 by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin22 ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 104. YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM. 

2 Section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226) is amended by adding at the 

4 end the following: 

5 ‘‘(j) CARRY-OVER AUTHORITY.—Any amounts grant6 ed to an entity under this section for a fiscal year may, 

7 at the discretion of the entity, remain available for expend8 iture during the succeeding fiscal year to carry out pro9 grams under this section.’’. 

10 SEC. 105. TAX CREDIT FOR PROVIDING PROGRAMS FOR 

11 STUDENTS THAT PROMOTE ECONOMIC AND 

12 FINANCIAL LITERACY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub14 chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

15 1986 (relating to business-related credits), as amended by 

16 this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following 

17 new section: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 45T. EXCELLENCE IN ECONOMIC EDUCATION. 

19 ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of an eligible for 

20 profit organization, for purposes of section 38, the excel21 lence in economic education credit determined under this 

22 section for a taxable year is 50 percent of the amount paid 

23 or incurred during the taxable year to carry out the pur24 poses specified in section 5533(b) of the Elementary and 

25 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7267b(b)) 

26 (as such section was in effect on the day before the date 


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1 of enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act) pursu2 ant to a qualified program. 

3 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF CREDIT RECIPI4 ENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The excellence in economic 

6 education credit determined under this section for a 

7 taxable year may be allowed to not more than 20 for 

8 profit organizations in accordance with paragraph 

9 (2). 

10 ‘‘(2) CREDIT AWARD BY SECRETARY.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary (in con12 sultation with the Secretary of Education) shall 

13 determine which for profit organizations are al14 lowed the credit under this section for a taxable 

15 year in such manner as the Secretary deter16 mines appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(B) MAJORITY OF RECIPIENTS MUST BE

18 MWOSBS, OWNED BY VETERANS, OR MEET

19 ASSET TEST.—In carrying out subparagraph 

20 (A), the majority of the taxpayers allowed a 

21 credit under paragraph (1) for a taxable year 

22 shall be entities that are— 

23 ‘‘(i) either— 

24 ‘‘(I) a socially and economically 

25 disadvantaged small business concern 


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1 (as defined in section 8(a)(4)(A) of 

2 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

3 637(a)(4)(A))), 

4 ‘‘(II) a small business concern 

5 owned and controlled by women (as 

6 defined under section 3(n) of such Act 

7 (15 U.S.C. 632(n))), or 

8 ‘‘(III) a small business concern 

9 (as used in section 3 of such Act (15 

10 U.S.C. 632)) that is at least 51 per11 cent owned by veterans (as defined in 

12 section 101(2) of title 38, United 

13 States Code), or 

14 ‘‘(ii) on the first day of the taxable 

15 year do not have more than 

16 $60,000,000,000 in assets. 

17 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In making determina18 tions under this paragraph, the Secretary shall 

19 give priority to taxpayers that have qualified 

20 programs which serve either urban or rural un21 derserved areas (determined on the basis of the 

22 most recent United States census data avail23 able). 

24 ‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS RELATING TO EXPENDITURES.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) DIRECT ACTIVITY.—Twenty-five percent of 

2 the amount allowed as a credit under subsection (a) 

3 shall be for amounts paid or incurred for direct ac4 tivities as defined in section 5533(b)(1) of the Ele5 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

6 U.S.C. 7267b(b)(1)) (as in effect on the day before 

7 the date of enactment of the Every Student Suc8 ceeds Act). 

9 ‘‘(2) SUBGRANTS.—Seventy-five percent of the 

10 amount allowed as a credit under subsection (a) 

11 shall be for amounts paid or incurred for subgrants 

12 (as defined in section 5533(b)(2) of the Elementary 

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

14 7267b(b)(1)), as in effect on the day before the date 

15 of enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act), 

16 determined by treating amounts so paid or incurred 

17 as funds made available through a grant. 

18 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur19 poses of this section— 

20 ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED PROGRAM.—The term ‘quali21 fied program’ means a program in writing under 

22 which an eligible for profit organization awards one 

23 or more grants for the purpose of carrying out the 

24 objectives of promoting economic and financial lit25 eracy, as specified in section 5532 of the Elementary 


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

2 7267a), that meet the requirements of section 5533 

3 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7267b), as such sections are in ef5 fect on the day before the date of enactment of the 

6 Every Student Succeeds Act. 

7 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

8 The term ‘eligible for profit organization’ means 

9 with respect to a taxable year, an organization 

10 that— 

11 ‘‘(A) has a qualified program in effect for 

12 the taxable year, and 

13 ‘‘(B) has been determined by the Secretary 

14 under subsection (b)(2) to be an organization to 

15 whom the credit is allowed for the taxable year. 

16 ‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF ASSETS.—For pur17 poses of paragraph (2)(B), in determining assets, 

18 the Secretary shall use the same method used by the 

19 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

20 to determine a bank holding company’s consolidated 

21 assets under section 165 of the Financial Stability 

22 Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5365). 

23 ‘‘(4) ELECTION NOT TO CLAIM CREDIT.—This 

24 section shall not apply to a taxpayer for any taxable 


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1 year if such taxpayer elects to have this section not 

2 apply for such taxable year. 

3 ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH OTHER DEDUCTIONS

4 OR CREDITS.—The amount of any deduction or cred5 it otherwise allowable under this chapter for any 

6 amount taken into account for purposes of sub7 section (a) shall be reduced by the credit allowed by 

8 this section. 

9 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue such 

10 regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or ap11 propriate to carry out this section.’’. 

12 (b) CREDIT MADE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS

13 CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code, as 

14 amended by this Act, is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at 

15 the end of paragraph (36), by striking the period at the 

16 end of paragraph (37) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by add17 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(38) the excellence in economic education cred19 it determined under section 45T(a).’’. 

20 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

21 for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 

22 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 45T. Excellence in economic education.’’. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas2 ury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall submit a re3 port on— 

4 (A) whether the credit for excellence in 

5 economic education (as enacted by subsection 

6 (a) of this section) has resulted in increased in7 vestment in financial literacy programs, and 

8 (B) recommendations (if any) for improv9 ing such credit to make it more effective. 

10 (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

11 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

12 the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 

13 delegate) shall submit the report required by para14 graph (1) to the Secretary of Education, the Com15 mittee on Education and Workforce, the Committee 

16 on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways 

17 and Means of the House of Representatives and the 

18 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen19 sions, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

20 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Finance of the 

21 Senate. 

22 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

23 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 106. TEACHER RECRUITING. 

2 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

3 encourage individuals educated in science, technology, en4 gineering, and mathematics to enter and continue in the 

5 teaching profession, with the goal of attracting 10,000 of 

6 America’s brightest students to the teaching profession 

7 over the next 5 years. 

8 (b) SCHOLARSHIPS.—Title II of the Higher Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating part C as part E; 

11 (2) by redesignating section 261 as section 281; 

12 and 

13 (3) by inserting after part B the following new 

14 part: 

15 ‘‘PART C—STEM TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS 

16 ‘‘SEC. 261. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. 

17 ‘‘The Secretary shall award scholarships, on a com18 petitive basis and in accordance with this part, to students 

19 who are enrolled in studies leading to bachelor’s degrees, 

20 with concurrent certification as kindergarten, elementary, 

21 and secondary school teachers, in science, technology, en22 gineering, and mathematics, and who have agreed to per23 form qualified service. 

24 ‘‘SEC. 262. SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS. 

25 ‘‘(a) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall de26 velop selection criteria that the Secretary will use to award 


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1 scholarships, and to renew those awards, based on estab2 lished measurements of merit available to secondary stu3 dents who wish to pursue degrees in science, technology, 

4 engineering, and mathematics. 

5 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—Any student desiring to receive 

6 a scholarship under this part shall submit an application 

7 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con8 taining such information as the Secretary may require. 

9 ‘‘(c) DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS; RENEWAL.— 

10 Scholarships shall be awarded for only one academic year 

11 of study at a time, and shall be renewable on an annual 

12 basis for the established length of the recipient’s academic 

13 program, not to exceed 6 academic years. The Secretary 

14 shall condition the renewal of scholarships on measures 

15 of academic progress and achievement. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 263. QUALIFIED SERVICE REQUIREMENT. 

17 ‘‘(a) QUALIFIED SERVICE AGREEMENT.—Any stu18 dent who receives a scholarship under this part shall enter 

19 into an agreement with the Secretary to complete no less 

20 than 5 academic years of qualified service during a 7-year 

21 period, to begin no later than 12 months following the 

22 completion of a bachelor’s degree in science, technology, 

23 engineering, or mathematics. 

24 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT ENFORCED.—The Secretary 

25 shall establish such requirements as the Secretary finds 


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1 necessary to ensure that recipients of scholarships under 

2 this subsection who complete bachelor’s degrees in science, 

3 technology, engineering, and mathematics, with teacher 

4 certification, subsequently perform 5 academic years of 

5 qualified service during a 7-year period, or repay the por6 tion of the scholarship received for which the recipient did 

7 not perform the required qualified service, as determined 

8 by the Secretary. The Secretary shall use any such repay9 ments to carry out additional activities under this part. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section, 

11 the term ‘qualified service’ means full-time employment at 

12 a public or private kindergarten, elementary school, or sec13 ondary school as a teacher of a course in a science, tech14 nology, engineering, or mathematics field. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 264. AWARDS. 

16 ‘‘(a) SCHOLARSHIP AWARD.—The Secretary shall 

17 provide each recipient with a scholarship in the amount 

18 of up to $20,000 to pay for the cost of attendance of the 

19 student for each academic year the student is eligible to 

20 receive the scholarship. The Secretary shall transfer such 

21 funds to the institution of higher education at which the 

22 recipient is enrolled. 

23 ‘‘(b) BONUS AWARD.— 

24 ‘‘(1) OPTION FOR BONUS AWARD.—Any student 

25 who receives a scholarship under this part may elect 


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1 to enter into a bonus agreement with the Secretary, 

2 in accordance with this subsection, for any academic 

3 year during which the student receives a scholarship 

4 under this part. 

5 ‘‘(2) BONUS AGREEMENT.—A bonus agreement 

6 under paragraph (1) shall provide that— 

7 ‘‘(A) the student shall perform one aca8 demic year of the qualified service agreed to 

9 under section 263(a) in a high-need local edu10 cational agency, as defined in section 200; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the Secretary shall provide $10,000, 

12 in addition to the amount the student receives 

13 under subsection (a), for each academic year in 

14 which the student enters into such bonus agree15 ment. 

16 ‘‘(3) SERVICE REQUIREMENT ENFORCED.—The 

17 Secretary shall establish such requirements as the 

18 Secretary finds necessary to ensure that recipients 

19 of bonuses under this subsection fulfill the qualified 

20 service requirement in a high-need local educational 

21 agency, as defined in section 200, for a period of 

22 time equivalent to the period for which the recipient 

23 receives the bonus, or repays the portion of the 

24 bonus received for which the recipient did not per25 form the required qualified service in a high-need 


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1 local educational agency, as determined by the Sec2 retary. The Secretary shall use any such repayments 

3 to carry out additional activities under this sub4 section. 

5 ‘‘(c) MAXIMUM AWARD.—The maximum award any 

6 student may receive under this section for an academic 

7 year shall be the student’s cost of attendance minus any 

8 grant aid such student receives from sources other than 

9 this section. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 265. REGULATIONS. 

11 ‘‘The Secretary is authorized to issue such regula12 tions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 

13 this part.’’. 

14 (c) INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS FOR INTEGRATED DE15 GREE PROGRAMS.—Title II of the Higher Education Act 

16 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is further amended by 

17 inserting after part C, as added by subsection (b) of this 

18 section, the following new part: 

19 ‘‘PART D—INTEGRATED DEGREE PROGRAMS 

20 ‘‘SEC. 271. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

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

22 award grants to institutions of higher education, on a 

23 competitive basis, in order to pay for the Federal share 

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1 4-year undergraduate degree programs through which stu2 dents may concurrently— 

3 ‘‘(1) earn a bachelor’s degree in science, tech4 nology, engineering, or mathematics; and 

5 ‘‘(2) be certified to teach kindergarten, elemen6 tary, or secondary school. 

7 ‘‘(b) GRANT AMOUNT; AWARD PERIOD.—The Sec8 retary may award grants to no more than 50 institutions 

9 of higher education each fiscal year, and a grant to an 

10 institution for a fiscal year shall not exceed $1,000,000. 

11 Grants shall be awarded for only one fiscal year at a time, 

12 and shall be renewable on an annual basis for up to 5 

13 years. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 272. SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS. 

15 ‘‘(a) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall set criteria to 

16 evaluate the applications for grants under this part and 

17 the projects proposed to establish, strengthen, and operate 

18 4-year integrated undergraduate degree programs. 

19 ‘‘(b) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS.—To 

20 the extent practicable and consistent with the criteria 

21 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make grants 

22 under this part in such manner as to achieve an equitable 

23 distribution of the grant funds throughout the United 

24 States, considering geographic distribution, rural and 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 273. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. 

2 ‘‘In order to receive a grant under this part, an insti3 tution of higher education shall submit an application to 

4 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con5 taining such information as the Secretary may require. 

6 Such application shall include the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) A description of the proposed project. 

8 ‘‘(2) A demonstration of— 

9 ‘‘(A) the commitment, including the finan10 cial commitment, of the institution for the pro11 posed project; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the active support of the leadership of 

13 the institution for the proposed project. 

14 ‘‘(3) A description of how the proposed project 

15 will be continued after Federal funds are no longer 

16 awarded under this part for the project. 

17 ‘‘(4) A plan for the evaluation of the project, 

18 which shall include benchmarks to monitor progress 

19 toward specific project objectives. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 274. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 

21 ‘‘Each institution of higher education receiving a 

22 grant under this part shall provide, from non-Federal 

23 sources, an amount equal to the amount of the grant (in 

24 cash or in-kind) to carry out the project supported by the 

25 grant. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 275. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this part $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 

4 through 2023.’’. 

5 SEC. 107. RECIDIVISM REDUCTION WORKING GROUP. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a work7 ing group, which shall consist of representatives of the 

8 heads of the Department of Justice, the Department of 

9 Labor, the Department of Housing and Urban Develop10 ment, and the Department of Education. The working 

11 group shall identify and analyze practices to reduce recidi12 vism. The Attorney General shall chair the group, which 

13 shall meet once each month for the first 3 months after 

14 the date of its establishment, and once every 3 months 

15 thereafter. 

16 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act, and 5 years thereafter, the 

18 working group established under subsection (a) shall sub19 mit to Congress and to the President a report which de20 scribes the recommendations of the working group for re21 ducing recidivism. 

22 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to the working 

24 group for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 to carry 

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1 SEC. 108. COMMENDABLE RELEASE PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, 

4 in consultation with the heads of the appropriate agencies, 

5 shall establish a program under which an individual who 

6 was convicted of a Federal offense which is classified as 

7 a felony, and who has successfully completed his or her 

8 sentence, may apply to receive benefits under the pro9 grams described in subsection (b). Any individual who has 

10 been convicted of a felony for which the maximum sen11 tence is ten or more years of imprisonment, any crime of 

12 violence (as such term is defined in section 16 of title 18, 

13 United States Code), or any crime of reckless driving or 

14 of driving while intoxicated or under the influence of alco15 hol or of prohibited substances if such crime involves per16 sonal injury to another. 

17 (b) PROGRAMS DESCRIBED.—The programs de18 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

19 (1) TANF.—Assistance under a State program 

20 funded under part A of title IV of the Social Secu21 rity Act. 

22 (2) SNAP.—The supplemental nutrition assist23 ance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 

24 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). 

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1 partment of Agriculture providing housing or assist2 ance for housing, including any program for dwelling 

3 units, rental assistance, grants, loans, subsidies, 

4 mortgage insurance, guarantees, or other financial 

5 assistance. 

6 SEC. 109. INCREASE IN WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT 

7 FOR HIRING QUALIFIED EX-FELONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 51(b)(3) of the Internal 

9 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘or any 

10 individual who is a qualified ex-felon’’ after ‘‘subsection 

11 (d)(3)(A)(ii)(I)’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 subsection (a) shall apply to individuals who begin work 

14 for the employer after the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act, in taxable years ending after such date. 

16 SEC. 110. EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT 

17 FOR CERTAIN TARGETED GROUPS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 51(c)(4) of the Internal 

19 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘(Decem20 ber 31, 2024, in the case of any member of a targeted 

21 group described in subparagraph (C), (E), (F), or (G) of 

22 subsection (d)(1))’’ before the period at the end. 

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

24 this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 

25 the employer after December 31, 2019. 


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1 SEC. 111. ENTREPRENEURSHIP APPRENTICESHIPS. 

2 The Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 

3 the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 

4 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), is amended by adding the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $90,000 for 

8 each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.’’. 

9 SEC. 112. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS. 

10 The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 

11 et seq.) is amended— 

12 (1) in section 481(b), by adding at the end the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(5)(A) For purposes of parts D and E, the term 

15 ‘eligible program’ includes a program of not less than 250 

16 clock hours of instruction, offered during a minimum of 

17 5 weeks of instruction that leads an industry-recognized 

18 credential. 

19 ‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘industry-recognized 

20 credential’ means an industry-recognized credential that— 

21 ‘‘(i) is demonstrated to be of high quality by the 

22 institution offering the program in the program par23 ticipation agreement under section 487; 

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1 workforce for recruitment, screening, hiring, reten2 tion, or advancement purposes— 

3 ‘‘(I) as determined by the State in which 

4 the program is located, in consultation with 

5 business entities; or 

6 ‘‘(II) as demonstrated by the institution of7 fering the program leading to the credential; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(iii) is, where applicable, endorsed by a nation10 ally recognized trade association or organization rep11 resenting a significant part of the industry or sec12 tor.’’; and 

13 (2) in section 487(a), by adding at the end the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(30) In the case of an institution that offers 

16 a program of not less than 250 clock hours of in17 struction, offered during a minimum of 5 weeks of 

18 instruction that leads an industry-recognized creden19 tial, as provided under section 481(b)(5), the institu20 tion will demonstrate to the Secretary that the in21 dustry-recognized credential is of high quality.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—COMMUNITY 

2 INVESTMENT 

3 Subtitle A—Housing 

4 SEC. 201. HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 

5 (a) FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER TAX CREDIT FOR ECO6 NOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 36 of the Internal 

8 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 36. FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER CREDIT FOR ECONOMI11 CALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual who 

13 is a first-time homebuyer of a principal residence in an 

14 economically distressed community during a taxable year, 

15 there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed 

16 by this subtitle for such taxable year an amount equal to 

17 10 percent of the purchase price of the residence. 

18 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 

21 provided in this paragraph, the credit allowed 

22 under subsection (a) shall not exceed $8,000. 

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1 filing a separate return, subparagraph (A) shall 

2 be applied by substituting ‘$4,000’ for ‘$8,000’. 

3 ‘‘(C) OTHER INDIVIDUALS.—If two or 

4 more individuals who are not married purchase 

5 a principal residence, the amount of the credit 

6 allowed under subsection (a) shall be allocated 

7 among such individuals in such manner as the 

8 Secretary may prescribe, except that the total 

9 amount of the credits allowed to all such indi10 viduals shall not exceed $8,000. 

11 ‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULE FOR LONG-TIME RESI12 DENTS OF SAME PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.—In 

13 the case of a taxpayer to whom a credit under 

14 subsection (a) is allowed by reason of sub15 section (c)(7), subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) 

16 shall be applied by substituting ‘$6,500’ for 

17 ‘$8,000’ and ‘$3,250’ for ‘$4,000’. 

18 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION BASED ON MODIFIED AD19 JUSTED GROSS INCOME.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount allowable 

21 as a credit under subsection (a) (determined 

22 without regard to this paragraph) for the tax23 able year shall be reduced (but not below zero) 

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1 ‘‘(i) the excess (if any) of— 

2 ‘‘(I) the taxpayer’s modified ad3 justed gross income for such taxable 

4 year, over 

5 ‘‘(II) $125,000 ($225,000 in the 

6 case of a joint return), bears to 

7 ‘‘(ii) $20,000. 

8 ‘‘(B) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS IN9 COME.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 

10 term ‘modified adjusted gross income’ means 

11 the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for 

12 the taxable year increased by any amount ex13 cluded from gross income under section 911, 

14 931, or 933. 

15 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION BASED ON PURCHASE

16 PRICE.—No credit shall be allowed under subsection 

17 (a) for the purchase of any residence if the purchase 

18 price of such residence exceeds $800,000. 

19 ‘‘(4) AGE LIMITATION.—No credit shall be al20 lowed under subsection (a) with respect to the pur21 chase of any residence unless the taxpayer has at22 tained age 18 as of the date of such purchase. In 

23 the case of any taxpayer who is married (within the 

24 meaning of section 7703), the taxpayer shall be 

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1 ceding sentence if the taxpayer or the taxpayer’s 

2 spouse meets such age requirement. 

3 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

4 ‘‘(1) FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER.—The term 

5 ‘first-time homebuyer’ means any individual if such 

6 individual (and if married, such individual’s spouse) 

7 had no present ownership interest in a principal resi8 dence during the 3-year period ending on the date 

9 of the purchase of the principal residence to which 

10 this section applies. 

11 ‘‘(2) PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.—The term ‘prin12 cipal residence’ has the same meaning as when used 

13 in section 121. 

14 ‘‘(3) ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMU15 NITY.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘economi17 cally distressed community’ means any area 

18 identified as an economically distressed commu19 nity for purposes of this section by the Sec20 retary of Housing and Urban Development. 

21 ‘‘(B) FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO AC22 COUNT.—For purposes of identifying areas as 

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1 and Urban Development shall take into account 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) Percent of the population in such 

4 area which has attained age 25 and is 

5 without a high school degree. 

6 ‘‘(ii) Percent of habitable housing in 

7 such area that is unoccupied, excluding 

8 properties that are for seasonal, rec9 reational, or occasional use. 

10 ‘‘(iii) Percent of the population in 

11 such area which has attained age 16 and 

12 is not currently employed. 

13 ‘‘(iv) Percent of population in such 

14 area which is living under the poverty line. 

15 ‘‘(v) Ratio of such area’s median in16 come to the median income of the State in 

17 which such area is located. 

18 ‘‘(vi) Percent change in the number of 

19 employed individuals in such area in 2013 

20 compared to 2010. 

21 ‘‘(vii) Percent change in the number 

22 of business establishments in such areas in 

23 2013 compared to 2010. 

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1 ‘‘(4) PURCHASE.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘purchase’ 

3 means any acquisition, but only if— 

4 ‘‘(i) the property is not acquired from 

5 a person related to the person acquiring 

6 such property (or, if married, such individ7 ual’s spouse), and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the basis of the property in the 

9 hands of the person acquiring such prop10 erty is not determined— 

11 ‘‘(I) in whole or in part by ref12 erence to the adjusted basis of such 

13 property in the hands of the person 

14 from whom acquired, or 

15 ‘‘(II) under section 1014(a) (re16 lating to property acquired from a de17 cedent). 

18 ‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTION.—A residence which 

19 is constructed by the taxpayer shall be treated 

20 as purchased by the taxpayer on the date the 

21 taxpayer first occupies such residence. 

22 ‘‘(5) PURCHASE PRICE.—The term ‘purchase 

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1 ‘‘(6) RELATED PERSONS.—A person shall be 

2 treated as related to another person if the relation3 ship between such persons would result in the dis4 allowance of losses under section 267 or 707(b) (but, 

5 in applying section 267(b) and (c) for purposes of 

6 this section, paragraph (4) of section 267(c) shall be 

7 treated as providing that the family of an individual 

8 shall include only his spouse, ancestors, and lineal 

9 descendants). 

10 ‘‘(7) EXCEPTION FOR LONG-TIME RESIDENTS

11 OF SAME PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.—In the case of an 

12 individual (and, if married, such individual’s spouse) 

13 who has owned and used the same residence as such 

14 individual’s principal residence for any 5-consecu15 tive-year period during the 8-year period ending on 

16 the date of the purchase of a subsequent principal 

17 residence, such individual shall be treated as a first18 time homebuyer for purposes of this section with re19 spect to the purchase of such subsequent residence. 

20 ‘‘(d) EXCEPTIONS.—No credit under subsection (a) 

21 shall be allowed to any taxpayer for any taxable year with 

22 respect to the purchase of a residence if— 

23 ‘‘(1) the taxpayer is a nonresident alien, 

24 ‘‘(2) the taxpayer disposes of such residence (or 

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1 the taxpayer (and, if married, the taxpayer’s 

2 spouse)) before the close of such taxable year, 

3 ‘‘(3) a deduction under section 151 with respect 

4 to such taxpayer is allowable to another taxpayer for 

5 such taxable year, or 

6 ‘‘(4) the taxpayer fails to attach to the return 

7 of tax for such taxable year a properly executed copy 

8 of the settlement statement used to complete such 

9 purchase. 

10 ‘‘(e) REPORTING.—If the Secretary requires informa11 tion reporting under section 6045 by a person described 

12 in subsection (e)(2) thereof to verify the eligibility of tax13 payers for the credit allowable by this section, the excep14 tion provided by section 6045(e) shall not apply. 

15 ‘‘(f) RECAPTURE OF CREDIT.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a taxpayer disposes of 

17 the principal residence with respect to which a credit 

18 was allowed under subsection (a) (or such residence 

19 ceases to be the principal residence of the taxpayer 

20 (and, if married, the taxpayer’s spouse)) before the 

21 end of the 5-year period beginning on the date of the 

22 purchase of such residence by the taxpayer, the tax 

23 imposed by this chapter for the taxable year of such 

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1 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION BASED ON GAIN.—In the case 

2 of the sale of the principal residence to a person who 

3 is not related to the taxpayer, the increase in tax de4 termined under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the 

5 amount of gain (if any) on such sale. Solely for pur6 poses of the preceding sentence, the adjusted basis 

7 of such residence shall be reduced by the amount of 

8 the credit allowed under subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) DEATH OF TAXPAYER.—Paragraphs 

11 (1) shall not apply to any taxable year ending 

12 after the date of the taxpayer’s death. 

13 ‘‘(B) INVOLUNTARY CONVERSION.—Para14 graph (a) shall not apply in the case of a resi15 dence which is compulsorily or involuntarily 

16 converted (within the meaning of section 

17 1033(a)) if the taxpayer acquires a new prin18 cipal residence during the 2-year period begin19 ning on the date of the disposition or cessation 

20 referred to in paragraph (1). Paragraph (1) 

21 shall apply to such new principal residence dur22 ing the 5-year period referred to therein in the 

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1 ‘‘(C) TRANSFERS BETWEEN SPOUSES OR

2 INCIDENT TO DIVORCE.—In the case of a trans3 fer of a residence to which section 1041(a) ap4 plies— 

5 ‘‘(i) paragraph (1) shall not apply to 

6 such transfer, and 

7 ‘‘(ii) in the case of taxable years end8 ing after such transfer, paragraph (1) shall 

9 apply to the transferee in the same manner 

10 as if such transferee were the transferor 

11 (and shall not apply to the transferor). 

12 ‘‘(4) JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a credit 

13 allowed under subsection (a) with respect to a joint 

14 return, half of such credit shall be treated as having 

15 been allowed to each individual filing such return for 

16 purposes of this subsection. 

17 ‘‘(5) RETURN REQUIREMENT.—If the tax im18 posed by this chapter for the taxable year is in19 creased under this subsection, the taxpayer shall, 

20 notwithstanding section 6012, be required to file a 

21 return with respect to the taxes imposed under this 

22 subtitle. 

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1 payer after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 

2 2020.’’. 

3 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec4 tions for subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of 

5 chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the 

6 item relating to section 36 and inserting the fol7 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 36. First-time homebuyer credit for economically distressed communities.’’. 

8 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

9 by this section shall apply to principal residences 

10 purchased after December 31, 2017. 

11 (b) USE OF HARDEST HIT FUND AMOUNTS FOR

12 COMMERCIAL DEMOLITION.— 

13 (1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any provi14 sion of title I of the Emergency Economic Stabiliza15 tion Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq.), any regu16 lation, guidance, order, or other directive of the Sec17 retary of the Treasury, or any agreement (or amend18 ment thereto) entered into under the Hardest Hit 

19 Fund program of the Secretary under such title I, 

20 to the extent that any amounts of assistance that 

21 have been, or are, allocated for or provided to a 

22 State or State agency through the Hardest Hit 

23 Fund program may be used for demolishing and 

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1 properties and related expenses, such amounts may 

2 also be used for demolishing and greening vacant 

3 and abandoned blighted commercial properties and 

4 related expenses. 

5 (2) REPORT.—Not later than the expiration of 

6 the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enact7 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

8 submit a report to the Congress regarding the im9 pacts of using assistance provided under the Hard10 est Hit Fund program pursuant to the authority 

11 provided under paragraph (1) and the effectiveness 

12 of such use. 

13 Subtitle B—Retail Redlining and 

14 Food Deserts 

15 SEC. 221. ECONOMIC GROWTH, RETENTION, AND RECRUIT16 MENT OF COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT IN ECO17 NOMICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 

18 The Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 

19 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

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1 ‘‘TITLE VIII—ECONOMIC 

2 GROWTH, RETENTION, AND 

3 RECRUITMENT OF COMMER4 CIAL INVESTMENT IN ECO5 NOMICALLY UNDERSERVED 

6 COMMUNITIES 

7 ‘‘SEC. 811. PURPOSE. 

8 ‘‘The purpose of this title is to assist with the eco9 nomic growth of economically underserved communities 

10 that have potential for strong Class 1 commercial invest11 ment, but that continue to have a difficult time recruiting 

12 Class 1 commercial investment. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 812. GRANT PROGRAM. 

14 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—From amounts appropriated 

15 under section 814, the Administrator shall make grants 

16 on a competitive basis to an eligible community for— 

17 ‘‘(1) the creation of a grant program or revolv18 ing loan fund program (or both) that helps develop 

19 financing packages for Class 1 commercial invest20 ment in the community; 

21 ‘‘(2) lowering real estate property tax rates in 

22 the community; 

23 ‘‘(3) conducting community-wide market anal24 ysis to help recruit and retain Class 1 commercial 

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1 ‘‘(4) creating employment training programs for 

2 Class 1 business customer service, sales, and mana3 gerial positions in the community; 

4 ‘‘(5) retail marketing strategies to solicit new 

5 Class 1 commercial investment starts in the commu6 nity; 

7 ‘‘(6) program allowances for activities to pro8 mote Class 1 commercial investment in the commu9 nity, such as the publication of marketing materials, 

10 development of economic development web pages, 

11 and educational outreach activities with retail trade 

12 associations; and 

13 ‘‘(7) hiring business recruitment specialists to 

14 operate in the community. 

15 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Administrator may only 

16 make a grant under subsection (a) to a community whose 

17 demographics include— 

18 ‘‘(1) a median per capita income no higher than 

19 $35,000; and 

20 ‘‘(2) an identified lack of Class 1 commercial 

21 investment. 

22 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—A community seeking a grant 

23 under subsection (a) shall submit an application at such 

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1 assurances as the Administrator may require, except that 

2 the application shall include— 

3 ‘‘(1) a description of how the community, 

4 through the activities the community proposes to 

5 carry out with the grant funds will recruit, retain 

6 and grow its economy through Class 1 commercial 

7 investment; and 

8 ‘‘(2) a description of the difficulty the commu9 nity has faced recruiting, retaining and growing its 

10 economy through Class 1 commercial investment. 

11 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may not 

13 make a grant to a community under subsection (a) 

14 unless the community agrees that, with respect to 

15 the costs to be incurred by the community in car16 rying out the activities for which the grant is award17 ed, the community will make available non-Federal 

18 contributions in an amount equal to not less than 10 

19 percent of the Federal funds provided under the 

20 grant. 

21 ‘‘(2) SATISFYING MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 The non-Federal contributions required under para23 graph (1) may be— 

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1 ‘‘(B) from— 

2 ‘‘(i) any private source; 

3 ‘‘(ii) State or local governmental enti4 ty; or 

5 ‘‘(iii) nonprofit source. 

6 ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Administrator may waive 

7 or reduce the non-Federal contribution required by 

8 paragraph (1) if the community involved dem9 onstrates that the community cannot meet the con10 tribution requirement due to financial hardship. 

11 ‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 

12 to the authorization of appropriations in section 814 for 

13 a fiscal year shall be allocated as follows: 

14 ‘‘(1) No more than 5 percent of such funds 

15 shall go to administrative costs; 

16 ‘‘(2) 70 percent of such funds shall go toward 

17 activities described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 

18 subsection (a), after taking into account administra19 tive costs under subparagraph (A); and 

20 ‘‘(3) 30 percent of such funds shall go toward 

21 activities described in paragraphs (5) through (7) of 

22 subsection (a), after taking into account administra23 tive costs under subparagraph (A). 

24 ‘‘SEC. 813. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY.—The term ‘community’ 

2 means a governance structure that includes county, 

3 parish, city, village, township, district or borough. 

4 ‘‘(2) CLASS 1 COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT.—The 

5 term ‘Class 1 commercial investment’ means retail 

6 grocery chains, food service retailers, restaurants 

7 and franchises, retail stores, cafes, shopping malls, 

8 and other shops. 

9 ‘‘(3) ECONOMICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMU10 NITY.—The term ‘economically underserved commu11 nity’ means an area suffering from low income and 

12 resultant low purchasing power, limiting its ability 

13 to generate sufficient goods and services to be used 

14 in exchange with other areas to meet current con15 sumption needs. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 814. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Ad18 ministrator to make grants under section 812(a) 

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1 SEC. 222. PRODUCER DISCRETION TO PLANT ADDITIONAL 

2 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ON BASE ACRES 

3 TO ALLEVIATE FOOD DESERTS WITHOUT A 

4 RESULTING REDUCTION IN PAYMENT ACRES. 

5 Section 1114(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 

6 U.S.C. 9014(e)) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(5) PRODUCER DISCRETION TO PLANT ADDI9 TIONAL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO ALLEVIATE

10 FOOD DESERTS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) ADDITIONAL PLANTING AUTHORITY; 

12 PURPOSE.—The percentages specified in para13 graphs (2) and (3) are increased by an addi14 tional five percent of base acres, to 20 percent 

15 and 40 percent respectively, if the crops re16 ferred to in paragraph (1) grown on the addi17 tional base acres are grown solely for sale or 

18 donation, directly or indirectly by the producer 

19 and with or without processing, in a food 

20 desert. 

21 ‘‘(B) FOOD DESERT DEFINED.—In this 

22 paragraph, the term ‘food desert’ means a cen23 sus tract that, as determined by the Sec24 retary— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) provides difficult access to a re2 tail outlet that provides a wide-variety of 

3 fruits and vegetables.’’. 

4 Subtitle C—Digital Infrastructure 

5 SEC. 231. GAO REPORT ON FEDERAL EFFORTS TO EXPAND 

6 BROADBAND SERVICE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

9 of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 

10 on the efficiency and effectiveness of efforts by Federal 

11 agencies to expand access to broadband service, including 

12 through the programs described in subsection (c). 

13 (b) INCLUDED MATTERS.—The report required by 

14 subsection (a) shall include— 

15 (1) for each program covered by the report and 

16 over a period of time for such program considered 

17 appropriate by the Comptroller General, an analysis 

18 of the number of subscribers that have gained ac19 cess, through or as a result of such program, to 

20 broadband service that has the capacity to transmit 

21 data to enable subscribers to originate and receive 

22 high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video; and 

23 (2) an analysis of implementation by Federal 

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1 Memorandum entitled ‘‘Expanding Broadband De2 ployment and Adoption by Addressing Regulatory 

3 Barriers and Encouraging Investment and Train4 ing’’ and dated March 23, 2015. 

5 (c) INCLUDED PROGRAMS.—The programs described 

6 in this subsection are the following: 

7 (1) Federal universal service support mecha8 nisms established under section 254 of the Commu9 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254). 

10 (2) The Broadband Technology Opportunities 

11 Program established under section 6001 of the 

12 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

13 (47 U.S.C. 1305). 

14 (3) Rural broadband loans under section 601 of 

15 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

16 950bb). 

17 (4) Telecommunications infrastructure loans 

18 under section 201 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

19 1936 (7 U.S.C. 922). 

20 (5) Community Connect grants under the last 

21 proviso under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Tele22 medicine, and Broadband Program’’ in title III of 

23 the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

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1 (6) Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants 

2 under chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XXIII of the 

3 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 

4 1990. 

5 (d) FEDERAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, 

6 the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the meaning given the 

7 term ‘‘agency’’ in section 551 of title 5, United States 

8 Code. 

9 Subtitle D—Direct Lending 

10 SEC. 241. DIRECT LOANS TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated pur12 suant to subsection (e), the Administrator of the Small 

13 Business Administration shall establish a program to 

14 make direct loans to small business concerns (as defined 

15 under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 632)). 

17 (b) AMOUNT.—Loans made under this section shall 

18 be in an amount not greater than the lesser of— 

19 (1) 5 percent of the annual revenue of the small 

20 business concern requesting the loan; or 

21 (2) $250,000. 

22 (c) INTEREST RATE.—The interest rate on a loan 

23 made under this section shall be equal to the discount win24 dow primary credit interest rate most recently published 

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1 terest rates (daily or weekly), commonly referred to as the 

2 H.15 release. 

3 (d) REPORT.—The Administrator of the Small Busi4 ness Administration shall submit a report to Congress on 

5 the implementation and results of the program established 

6 under this section. 

7 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each 

9 of fiscal years 2018 to 2022. 

10 TITLE III—NEW ECONOMY AND 

11 INNOVATION INVESTMENT 

12 SEC. 301. COMMISSION ON INNOVATION. 

13 (a) COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.—There is estab14 lished in the Office of Management and Budget, a com15 mission, to be known as the Commission on Innovation 

16 (hereinafter in this section referred to as the commission), 

17 which shall be composed of the following members: 

18 (1) The Director of the Office of Management 

19 and Budget, or his or her designee, who shall serve 

20 as the chair of the Commission. 

21 (2) Five individuals from the private sector, to 

22 be appointed by the Director of the Office of Man23 agement and Budget. 

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1 (A) The National Institute of Standards 

2 and Technology. 

3 (B) The National Science Foundation. 

4 (C) The Federal Communications Commis5 sion. 

6 (D) The Department of Commerce. 

7 (E) The Department of the Treasury. 

8 (F) The General Service Administration. 

9 (b) DUTIES OF COMMISSION.—The commission shall 

10 study new and developing technologies, and shall make 

11 recommendations to each Federal agency on how the agen12 cy should take into consideration the existence, possible 

13 uses, development, and potential effect that such tech14 nologies may have on the agency’s carrying out of its stat15 utory duties. The commission shall submit a report to 

16 Congress not later than 1 year after the effective date of 

17 enactment of this Act and annually thereafter on the ac18 tivities of the commission during the 12 months imme19 diately preceding the date of the report, including sum20 maries of all recommendations made to agencies. 

21 (c) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMIS22 SION ACT.—The provisions of the Federal Advisory Com23 mittee Act shall apply to the commission. 


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1 SEC. 302. PILOT PROGRAM TO FUND LOCAL INCUBATORS. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Commerce 

3 shall establish a competitive program to make grants to 

4 States and political subdivisions of States to partner with 

5 local incubators in order to provide start-ups with work6 space and other resources for use in developing their busi7 nesses. 

8 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may only award a 

9 grant under this section to a State or political subdivision 

10 of a State that submits an application at such time, in 

11 such form, and with such information and assurances as 

12 the Secretary may require, including an identification of 

13 one or more incubators with which the State or political 

14 subdivision will partner in implementing the grant. 

15 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 

16 (1) ONE GRANT PER STATE OR POLITICAL SUB17 DIVISION.—A State or political subdivision of a 

18 State may not receive more than one grant under 

19 this section. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 

20 a grant received by a State shall not be considered 

21 to be received by a political subdivision of the State, 

22 and a grant received by a political subdivision of a 

23 State shall not be considered to be received by the 

24 State. 

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1 (d) USE OF FUNDS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State or political subdivi3 sion of a State that receives a grant under this sec4 tion shall use grant funds to partner with one or 

5 more incubators located within the territory of such 

6 State or political subdivision in order to provide 

7 start-ups with workspace and other resources for use 

8 in developing their businesses. The partnership may 

9 take such form as the Secretary considers appro10 priate, including one or more subgrants from the 

11 State or political subdivision to the incubator or in12 cubators. 

13 (2) SPECIFIC EXPENSES INCLUDED.—Grant 

14 funds may be used for any expense incurred in order 

15 to provide start-ups with workspace and other re16 sources for use in developing their businesses, in17 cluding— 

18 (A) purchase or rental of land; 

19 (B) modification of buildings; 

20 (C) charges for utility services or broad21 band service; 

22 (D) fees of consultants for the provision of 

23 technical or professional assistance; 

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1 (F) any other such expense that the Sec2 retary considers appropriate. 

3 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—A State or political 

4 subdivision of a State may not partner with an incubator 

5 (or group of incubators) in implementing a grant under 

6 this section unless the incubator (or group of incubators) 

7 agrees that, with respect to the expenses to be incurred 

8 in carrying out activities within the scope of the partner9 ship, the incubator (or group of incubators) will make 

10 available from private funds contributions in an amount 

11 equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount made 

12 available by the State or political subdivision from grant 

13 funds under this section. 

14 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the end of fiscal year 2021, the Secretary shall sub16 mit to Congress a report on the results achieved by the 

17 grant program established under this section. Such report 

18 shall include recommendations of the Secretary with re19 spect to extending, expanding, or improving the program. 

20 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) INCUBATOR.—The term ‘‘incubator’’ means 

22 a private-sector entity that— 

23 (A) provides start-ups with workspace and 

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1 service, and technical or professional assistance) 

2 for use in developing their businesses; and 

3 (B) may charge start-ups a reasonable fee 

4 for such resources. 

5 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of Commerce. 

7 (3) START-UP.—The term ‘‘start-up’’ means 

8 any business entity (including an individual oper9 ating an unincorporated business) that, as of the 

10 time the entity receives resources from an incu11 bator— 

12 (A) has been in operation for not more 

13 than 5 years; 

14 (B) has not more than 5 employees; and 

15 (C) for the most recently completed fiscal 

16 year of the entity (if any) and any preceding 

17 fiscal year, has annual gross revenues of less 

18 than $150,000. 

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

20 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

21 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

22 States, and each federally recognized Indian tribe. 

23 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

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1 cent shall be available for the costs of administering the 

2 grant program established under this section, for each of 

3 the fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 

4 SEC. 303. EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF NEW MAR5 KETS TAX CREDIT. 

6 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 45D(f)(1) of the Internal 

7 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding ‘‘, and’’ at 

8 the end of subparagraph (F), by striking the period at 

9 the end of subparagraph (G) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 

10 by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

11 ‘‘(H) $10,000,000,000 for each of calendar 

12 years 2020 through 2029.’’. 

13 (b) DEGREE OF DISTRESS OF TARGETED COMMU14 NITY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN MAKING ALLOCATIONS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 45D(f)(2) of such 

16 Code is amended by inserting the following after the 

17 first sentence: ‘‘In making allocations under this 

18 paragraph, the Secretary shall take into account the 

19 entity’s business strategy, community impact, man20 agement capacity, and capitalization strategy, and 

21 the degree of distress of the communities served by 

22 the entity.’’. 

23 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

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1 ‘‘under the preceding sentence’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘under this paragraph’’. 

3 (c) INCREASED CREDIT FOR INVESTMENTS IN COM4 MUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES SERVING DISTRESSED

5 COMMUNITIES.—Section 45D of such Code is amended by 

6 redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (i) 

7 and (j), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (g) 

8 the following new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(h) INCREASED CREDIT FOR INVESTMENTS IN COM10 MUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES SERVING DISTRESSED

11 COMMUNITIES.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a qualified 

13 equity investment in a qualified distressed commu14 nity development entity, subsection (a)(2) shall be 

15 applied— 

16 ‘‘(A) by substituting ‘6 percent’ for ‘5 per17 cent’ in subparagraph (A), and 

18 ‘‘(B) by substituting ‘7 percent’ for ‘6 per19 cent’ in subparagraph (B). 

20 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED DISTRESSED COMMUNITY DE21 VELOPMENT ENTITY.—For purposes of this sub22 section— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 

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1 means any qualified community development 

2 entity if— 

3 ‘‘(i) a substantial portion of the serv4 ices and investment capital provided by 

5 such entity is provided with respect to dis6 tressed communities, and 

7 ‘‘(ii) such entity is certified by the 

8 Secretary for purposes of this section as 

9 being a qualified distressed community de10 velopment entity. 

11 ‘‘(B) DISTRESSED COMMUNITY.—The term 

12 ‘distressed community’ means any population 

13 census tract (or equivalent county division with14 in the meaning of subsection (e)(3)) which 

15 would be a low-income community if— 

16 ‘‘(i) subsection (e)(1)(A) were applied 

17 by substituting ‘30 percent’ for ‘20 per18 cent’, and 

19 ‘‘(ii) subsection (e)(1)(B) were applied 

20 by substituting ‘60 percent’ for ‘80 per21 cent’ each place it appears.’’. 

22 (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

23 (1) EXTENSION.—The amendments made by 

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1 (2) DEGREE OF DISTRESS OF TARGETED COM2 MUNITY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN MAKING ALLOCA3 TIONS.—The amendments made by subsection (b) 

4 shall apply to allocations made by the Secretary 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 (3) INCREASED CREDIT FOR INVESTMENTS IN

7 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES SERVING DIS8 TRESSED COMMUNITIES.—The amendments made by 

9 subsection (c) shall apply to qualified equity invest10 ments acquired at original issue after the date of the 

11 enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 304. RACE TO THE SHOP. 

13 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap14 propriated under subsection (e), the Secretary of Labor 

15 shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible enti16 ties to increase and improve skills training for current and 

17 prospective workers in highly-skilled industries. 

18 (b) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this sec19 tion, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an 

20 application at such time, in such manner, and containing 

21 such information as the Secretary may require, which shall 

22 include the following: 

23 (1) A bold economic plan for the eligible entity 

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1 entity in highly-skilled industries, as such assets and 

2 strengths are determined by the entity. 

3 (2) An identification and prioritization of key 

4 weaknesses or barriers (such as lack of strong voca5 tional education or skills training system, or absence 

6 of customized training for industrial firms and sec7 tors), as determined by the eligible entity, to suc8 cessfully implementing such plan. 

9 (3) A description of strategies that will carry 

10 out the plan through projects and investments, with 

11 deep and sustainable involvement of highly-skilled 

12 industries. 

13 (4) A description of how other Federal and 

14 non-Federal funds will be leverage in support of 

15 such strategies. 

16 (5) A description of how the eligible entity will 

17 reform the entity’s policies or governance in support 

18 of such strategies. 

19 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 

20 a grant under this section shall use such grant to carry 

21 out the entity’s bold economic plan described in subsection 

22 (b)(1). 

23 (d) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity may not receive 

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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each 

3 of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 

4 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

5 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti6 ty’’ means a State or unit of general local govern7 ment. 

8 (2) HIGHLY-SKILLED INDUSTRY.—The term 

9 ‘‘highly-skilled industry’’ includes the manufacturing 

10 industry. 

11 (3) WIOA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘State’’ and 

12 ‘‘unit of general local government’’ have the mean13 ings given the terms in section 3 of the Workforce 

14 Investment and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

15 TITLE IV—EXPANDED ACCESS 

16 TO CARE 

17 SEC. 401. STUDY ON THE UNINSURED. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

19 Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec20 retary’’) shall— 

21 (1) conduct a study, in accordance with the 

22 standards under section 3101 of the Public Health 

23 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300kk), on the demographic 

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1 (2) include in such study an analysis of the 

2 usage by such population of emergency room and ur3 gent care facilities; and 

4 (3) predict, based on such study, the demo5 graphic characteristics of the population of individ6 uals who would remain without health insurance cov7 erage after the end of open enrollment or any special 

8 enrollment period. 

9 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec12 retary shall submit to the Congress the results of 

13 the study under subsection (a) and the prediction 

14 made under subsection (a)(3). 

15 (2) REPORTING OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTER16 ISTICS.—The Secretary shall report the demographic 

17 characteristics under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 

18 subsection (a) on the basis of racial and ethnic 

19 group, and shall stratify the reporting on each racial 

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1 migration status, in a manner consistent with title 

2 I of this Act. 

3 SEC. 402. VOLUNTEER DENTAL PROJECTS AND ACTION FOR 

4 DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM. 

5 Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

6 is revised by amending section 317M (42 U.S.C. 247b– 

7 14) as follows: 

8 (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

9 (g) and (h), respectively; 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (d), the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(e) GRANTS TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEER DENTAL

13 PROJECTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

15 through the Director of the Centers for Disease 

16 Control and Prevention, may award grants to or 

17 enter into contracts with eligible entities to obtain 

18 portable or mobile dental equipment, and pay for ap19 propriate operational costs, for the provision of free 

20 dental services to underserved populations that are 

21 delivered in a manner consistent with State licensing 

22 laws. 

23 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this subsection, the 

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1 education, dental hygiene education, or postdoctoral 

2 dental education program accredited by the Commis3 sion on Dental Accreditation, and a community4 based organization that partners with an academic 

5 institution, that— 

6 ‘‘(A) is exempt from tax under section 

7 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(B) offers a free dental services program 

10 for underserved populations. 

11 ‘‘(f) ACTION FOR DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

13 through the Director of the Centers for Disease 

14 Control and Prevention, may award grants to or 

15 enter into contracts with eligible entities to collabo16 rate with State, county, or local public officials and 

17 other stakeholders to develop and implement initia18 tives to accomplish any of the following goals: 

19 ‘‘(A) To improve oral health education and 

20 dental disease prevention, including community21 wide prevention programs, use of dental 

22 sealants and fluoride varnish, and increasing 

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1 and efficient through the development and ex2 pansion of outreach programs that will facili3 tate the establishment of dental homes for chil4 dren and adults, including the aged, blind, and 

5 disabled populations. 

6 ‘‘(C) To reduce geographic, language, cul7 tural, and similar barriers in the provision of 

8 dental services. 

9 ‘‘(D) To help reduce the use of emergency 

10 departments by those who seek dental services 

11 more appropriately delivered in a dental pri12 mary care setting. 

13 ‘‘(E) To facilitate the provision of dental 

14 care to nursing home residents who are dis15 proportionately affected by lack of care. 

16 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this subsection, the 

17 term ‘eligible entity’ includes a State or local dental 

18 association, a State oral health program, or a dental 

19 education, dental hygiene, or postdoctoral dental 

20 education program accredited by the Commission on 

21 Dental Accreditation, and a community-based orga22 nization that partners with an academic institution, 

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1 ‘‘(A) is exempt from tax under section 

2 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) partners with public and private 

5 stakeholders to facilitate the provision of dental 

6 services for underserved populations.’’; and 

7 (3) in subsection (h), as redesignated by para8 graph (1), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 

9 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2016 through 

10 2020’’. 

11 SEC. 403. CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. 

12 (a) ELIMINATION OF ISOLATION TEST FOR COST13 BASED AMBULANCE REIMBURSEMENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1834(l)(8) of the 

15 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(8)) is 

16 amended— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘owned and’’; and 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(including when 

20 such services are provided by the entity 

21 under an arrangement with the hospital)’’ 

22 after ‘‘hospital’’; and 

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1 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

2 by this subsection shall apply to services furnished 

3 on or after January 1, 2018. 

4 (b) PROVISION OF A MORE FLEXIBLE ALTERNATIVE

5 TO THE CAH DESIGNATION 25 INPATIENT BED LIMIT

6 REQUIREMENT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1820(c)(2) of the 

8 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)) is 

9 amended— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 

11 ‘‘provides not more than’’ and inserting ‘‘sub12 ject to subparagraph (F), provides not more 

13 than’’; and 

14 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

15 subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(F) ALTERNATIVE TO 25 INPATIENT BED

17 LIMIT REQUIREMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State may elect 

19 to treat a facility, with respect to the des20 ignation of the facility for a cost-reporting 

21 period, as satisfying the requirement of 

22 subparagraph (B)(iii) relating to a max23 imum number of acute care inpatient beds 

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1 fore the beginning of the cost reporting pe2 riod, to meet the requirement under clause 

3 (ii). 

4 ‘‘(ii) ALTERNATE REQUIREMENT.— 

5 The requirement under this clause, with 

6 respect to a facility and a cost-reporting 

7 period, is that the total number of inpa8 tient bed days described in subparagraph 

9 (B)(iii) during such period will not exceed 

10 7,300. For purposes of this subparagraph, 

11 an individual who is an inpatient in a bed 

12 in the facility for a single day shall be 

13 counted as one inpatient bed day. 

14 ‘‘(iii) WITHDRAWAL OF ELECTION.— 

15 The option described in clause (i) shall not 

16 apply to a facility for a cost-reporting pe17 riod if the facility (for any two consecutive 

18 cost-reporting periods during the previous 

19 5 cost-reporting periods) was treated under 

20 such option and had a total number of in21 patient bed days for each of such two cost22 reporting periods that exceeded the num23 ber specified in such clause.’’. 

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1 ods beginning on or after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 404. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER COLLABORATIVE 

4 ACCESS EXPANSION. 

5 Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 254b) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(t) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT

10 TO RURAL HEALTH CLINICS.—Nothing in this sec11 tion shall be construed to prevent a community 

12 health center from contracting with a federally cer13 tified rural health clinic (as defined by section 

14 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act) for the deliv15 ery of primary health care and other mental, dental, 

16 and physical health services that are available at the 

17 rural health clinic to individuals who would other18 wise be eligible for free or reduced cost care if that 

19 individual were able to obtain that care at the com20 munity health center. Such services may be limited 

21 in scope to those primary health care and other 

22 mental, dental, and physical health services available 

23 in that rural health clinic. 

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1 translation assistance shall be provided by rural 

2 health clinics described in paragraph (1). 

3 ‘‘(3) ASSURANCES.—In order for a rural health 

4 clinic to receive funds under this section through a 

5 contract with a community health center for the de6 livery of primary health care and other services de7 scribed in paragraph (1), such rural health clinic 

8 shall establish policies to ensure— 

9 ‘‘(A) nondiscrimination based upon the 

10 ability of a patient to pay; 

11 ‘‘(B) the establishment of a sliding fee 

12 scale for low-income patients; and 

13 ‘‘(C) any such services should be subject to 

14 full reimbursement according to the Prospective 

15 Payment System scale.’’. 

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