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Calendar No. 476 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3457 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans jobs 

corps, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 30, 2012 

Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Mrs. MURRAY) introduced the 

following bill; which was read the first time 

JULY 31, 2012 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish 

a veterans jobs corps, and for other purposes. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Jobs Corps 

5 Act of 2012’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. VETERANS JOBS CORPS. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans 

3 Affairs shall, in cooperation with the Attorney General, 

4 the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, 

5 the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 

6 Interior, and the Commanding General of the United 

7 States Army Corps of Engineers, establish a veterans jobs 

8 corps to employ veterans— 

9 (1) in conservation, resource management, and 

10 historic preservation projects on public lands and 

11 maintenance and improvement projects for ceme12 teries under the jurisdiction of the National Ceme13 tery Administration; and 

14 (2) as firefighters and law enforcement officers. 

15 (b) CONSERVATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, HIS16 TORIC PRESERVATION, AND CEMETERY MAINTENANCE

17 AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the veterans jobs 

19 corps, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Sec20 retary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, 

21 the Secretary of the Interior, and the Commanding 

22 General of the United States Army Corps of Engi23 neers shall— 

24 (A) employ veterans to carry out projects 

25 described in subsection (a)(1); or 

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1 (B) award grants to, or enter into con2 tracts with, State governments, local govern3 ments, or nongovernmental entities to employ 

4 veterans to carry out projects described in sub5 section (a)(1). 

6 (2) PRIORITY.—In employing or awarding 

7 grants or contracts to employ veterans under this 

8 subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the 

9 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Com10 merce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Com11 manding General of the United States Army Corps 

12 of Engineers shall give priority towards the employ13 ment of veterans who served on active duty in the 

14 Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001. 

15 (3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Vet16 erans Affairs shall coordinate the activities of the 

17 Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

18 Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland 

19 Security, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Com20 manding General of the United States Army Corps 

21 of Engineers to employ veterans as part of the vet22 erans job corps. 

23 (4) OVERSIGHT OF PROJECTS.—The secretaries 

24 referred to in paragraph (1) and the Commanding 

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1 neers shall each provide oversight of the projects for 

2 which they employ veterans under subparagraph (A) 

3 of such paragraph or award grants or enter into 

4 contracts under subparagraph (B) of such para5 graph. 

6 (c) FIRST RESPONDERS.— 

7 (1) FIREFIGHTERS.—As part of the veterans 

8 jobs corps, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

9 award grants under section 34 of the Federal Fire 

10 Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 

11 2229a) to hire veterans as firefighters. 

12 (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—As part of 

13 the veterans jobs corps, the Attorney General shall 

14 award grants under part Q of title I of the Omnibus 

15 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

16 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) to hire veterans as law en17 forcement officers. 

18 (3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

19 subsection to hire veterans, the Secretary of Home20 land Security and the Attorney General shall give 

21 priority to the hiring of veterans who served on ac22 tive duty in the Armed Forces on or after September 

23 11, 2001. 

24 (d) ASSISTANCE.— 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans 

2 Affairs may provide assistance to the secretaries de3 scribed in subsection (a), the Attorney General, and 

4 the Commanding General of the United States Army 

5 Corps of Engineers to carry out the veterans jobs 

6 corps. Such assistance may take the form of a trans7 fer under paragraph (2). 

8 (2) TRANSFERS.—Except as otherwise provided 

9 in this subsection, of amounts appropriated or other10 wise made available to the Secretary of Veterans Af11 fairs to carry out this section, the Secretary of Vet12 erans Affairs may transfer such amounts as the Sec13 retary considers appropriate to carry out the vet14 erans jobs corps to the following: 

15 (A) The Attorney General. 

16 (B) The Secretary of Agriculture. 

17 (C) The Secretary of Commerce. 

18 (D) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 

19 (E) The Secretary of the Interior. 

20 (F) The Commanding General of the 

21 United States Army Corps of Engineers. 

22 (3) ASSISTANCE FOR CONSERVATION, RE23 SOURCE MANAGEMENT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, 

24 AND CEMETERY MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT

25 PROJECTS.— 

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1 (A) APPLICATION.—If a secretary referred 

2 to in subsection (b)(1) or the Commanding 

3 General of the United States Army Corps of 

4 Engineers seeks assistance under paragraph (1) 

5 to employ a veteran to carry out a project 

6 under subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) or 

7 to award a grant or contract to carry out a 

8 project under subparagraph (B) of such sub9 section, such secretary or the Commanding 

10 General shall submit to the Secretary of Vet11 erans Affairs an application therefor at such 

12 time, in such manner, and containing such in13 formation as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

14 may require. 

15 (B) SELECTION.—The Secretary of Vet16 erans Affairs shall, in consultation with the 

17 steering committee established under subpara18 graph (C), award assistance under this para19 graph in accordance with such criteria as the 

20 steering committee establishes. 

21 (C) STEERING COMMITTEE.— 

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

23 Veterans Affairs shall establish a steering 

24 committee— 

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1 (I) to establish selection criteria 

2 for the awarding of assistance under 

3 paragraph (1) to employ a veteran to 

4 carry out a project under subpara5 graph (A) of subsection (b)(1) or to 

6 award a grant or contract to carry out 

7 a project under subparagraph (B) of 

8 such subsection; and 

9 (II) to provide the Secretary of 

10 Veterans Affairs with advice on 

11 awarding assistance under this sub12 section with respect to projects de13 scribed in subsection (a)(1) and car14 rying out the veterans jobs corps 

15 under subsection (b). 

16 (ii) COMPOSITION.—The steering com17 mittee shall be composed of the following: 

18 (I) The Secretary of Veterans Af19 fairs. 

20 (II) The Secretary of Agri21 culture. 

22 (III) The Secretary of Com23 merce. 

24 (IV) The Secretary of the Inte25 rior. 

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1 (V) The Commanding General of 

2 the United States Army Corps of En3 gineers. 

4 (iii) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson 

5 of the steering committee shall be the Sec6 retary of Veterans Affairs. 

7 (iv) ADVISORY INPUT.—The Secretary 

8 of Defense and the Secretary of Labor may 

9 provide advice to the steering committee. 

10 (4) ASSISTANCE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.—Not 

11 more than 10 percent of amounts appropriated or 

12 otherwise made available to the Secretary of Vet13 erans Affairs to carry out this section may be trans14 ferred to the Attorney General and the Secretary of 

15 Homeland Security to employ veterans under sub16 section (c). 

17 (e) REPORTING FRAMEWORK.—The Secretary of Vet18 erans Affairs shall establish a reporting framework to reg19 ularly monitor and evaluate the veterans jobs corps to en20 sure proper oversight and accountability of the veterans 

21 jobs corps. 

22 (f) OUTREACH.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

23 shall ensure that veterans employed under the veterans 

24 jobs corps are aware of benefits and assistance available 

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1 to them under laws administered by the Secretary of Vet2 erans Affairs. 

3 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is available without 

5 further appropriation to the Secretary of Veterans 

6 Affairs to carry out this section, $1,000,000,000 for 

7 the period of fiscal years 2012 through 2017. 

8 (2) LIMITATION.—Of amounts made appro9 priated or otherwise made available to carry out this 

10 section, not more than five percent may be spent to 

11 administer the veterans jobs corps. 

12 (h) VETERAN DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

13 ‘‘veteran’’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 

14 of title 38, United States Code. 

15 SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVIDING VETERANS WITH 

16 ACCESS AT ONE-STOP CENTERS TO INTER17 NET WEBSITES TO FACILITATE ONLINE JOB 

18 SEARCHES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor 

21 shall commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility 

22 and advisability of providing veterans seeking employment 

23 with access to computing facilities to facilitate the access 

24 of such veterans to Internet websites that— 

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1 (1) match such veterans with available jobs 

2 based on the skills the veterans acquired as members 

3 of the Armed Forces; and 

4 (2) allow employers to post information about 

5 available jobs. 

6 (b) DURATION.—The pilot program required by sub7 section (a) shall be carried out during the one-year period 

8 beginning on the date on which the Secretary commences 

9 the pilot program. 

10 (c) LOCATIONS.—The pilot program shall be carried 

11 out at such one-stop centers and such other locations as 

12 the Secretary of Labor considers appropriate for purposes 

13 of the pilot program. 

14 (d) ASSISTANCE WITH USE OF INTERNET

15 WEBSITES.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under the pilot program, 

17 the Secretary of Labor shall provide each veteran 

18 using computing facilities made available under the 

19 pilot program with assistance in using such facilities 

20 to find employment via Internet websites described 

21 in subsection (a). 

22 (2) DISABLED VETERANS’ OUTREACH PROGRAM

23 SPECIALISTS AND LOCAL VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT

24 REPRESENTATIVES.—Each State that employs a dis25 abled veterans’ outreach program specialist under 

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1 section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, or a 

2 local veterans’ employment representative under sec3 tion 4104 of such title shall make such employees 

4 available to the Secretary of Labor for purposes of 

5 providing assistance under paragraph (1). 

6 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 455 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 

8 submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 

9 Committee on Heath, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

10 the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and 

11 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

12 House of Representatives a report on the pilot program 

13 that includes the findings of the Secretary with respect 

14 to the feasibility and advisability of providing computing 

15 facilities as described in subsection (a) with assistance as 

16 described in subsection (d) at all one-stop centers. 

17 (f) FUNDING.—Amounts made available to the Sec18 retary of Labor to make grants or contracts under section 

19 4102A(b)(5) of title 38, United States Code, shall be 

20 available to the Secretary to carry out the pilot program 

21 required by subsection (a). 

22 (g) ONE-STOP CENTER DEFINED.—In this section, 

23 the term ‘‘one-stop center’’ means a center described in 

24 section 134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

25 (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)). 

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1 SEC. 4. STATE CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY TRAINING IN 

2 GRANTING CERTAIN STATE CERTIFICATIONS 

3 AND LICENSES AS A CONDITION ON THE RE4 CEIPT OF FUNDS FOR VETERANS EMPLOY5 MENT AND TRAINING. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4102A(c) of title 38, 

7 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(9)(A) As a condition of a grant or contract under 

10 which funds are made available to a State in order to carry 

11 out section 4103A or 4104 of this title for any program 

12 year, the Secretary shall require the State— 

13 ‘‘(i) to demonstrate that when the State ap14 proves or denies a certification or license described 

15 in subparagraph (B) for a veteran the State takes 

16 into consideration any training received or experi17 ence gained by the veteran while serving on active 

18 duty in the Armed Forces; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) to disclose to the Secretary in writing the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(I) Criteria applicants must satisfy to re22 ceive a certification or license described in sub23 paragraph (B) by the State. 

24 ‘‘(II) A description of the standard prac25 tices of the State for evaluating training re26 ceived by veterans while serving on active duty 

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1 in the Armed Forces and evaluating the docu2 mented work experience of such veterans during 

3 such service for purposes of approving or deny4 ing a certification or license described in sub5 paragraph (B). 

6 ‘‘(III) Identification of areas in which 

7 training and experience described in subclause 

8 (II) fails to meet criteria described in subclause 

9 (I).’’ 

10 ‘‘(B) A certification or license described in this sub11 paragraph is any of the following: 

12 ‘‘(i) A license to be a State tested nursing as13 sistant or a certified nursing assistant. 

14 ‘‘(ii) A commercial driver’s license. 

15 ‘‘(iii) An emergency medical technician license 

16 EMT–B or EMT–I. 

17 ‘‘(iv) An emergency medical technician–para18 medic license. 

19 ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall share the information the 

20 Secretary receives under subparagraph (A)(ii) with the 

21 Secretary of Defense to help the Secretary of Defense im22 prove training for military occupational specialties so that 

23 individuals who receive such training are able to receive 

24 a certification or license described in subparagraph (B) 

25 from a State.’’. 

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

2 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a program year 

3 beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 

4 Act. 

5 SEC. 5. MINIMUM FUNDING LEVELS FOR DISABLED VET6 ERANS’ OUTREACH PROGRAM SPECIALISTS 

7 AND LOCAL VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT REP8 RESENTATIVES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (iii) of section 

10 4102A(c)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amend11 ed to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(i)(I) In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary 

13 shall establish minimum funding levels and may establish 

14 hold-harmless criteria for States. 

15 ‘‘(II) Except as provided in subclause (III), at a min16 imum, the minimum funding levels establish under sub17 clause (I) shall ensure that each State receives sufficient 

18 funding to support at least one disabled veterans’ outreach 

19 program specialist appointed under section 4103A(a)(1) 

20 of this title and one local veterans’ employment represent21 ative assigned under section 4104(b) of this title per 5,000 

22 square miles of service delivery area within the State. 

23 ‘‘(III) In determining minimum funding levels under 

24 subclause (II), the Secretary may exclude consideration of 

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1 counties with a population density of less than one person 

2 per square mile.’’. 

3 (b) REPORT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary of Labor shall submit to Congress a report on 

7 the effect of the amendment made by subsection (a) 

8 on veterans who reside in highly rural areas. 

9 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para10 graph (1) shall include the following: 

11 (A) A description of the effect of the 

12 amendment made by subsection (a) on veterans 

13 who reside in highly rural areas. 

14 (B) Such recommendations for legislative 

15 or administrative action as the Secretary con16 siders appropriate to improve the provision of 

17 contracts and grants under section 4102A(b)(5) 

18 of such title to meet the needs of veterans who 

19 reside in highly rural areas and are eligible for 

20 services furnished under chapter 41 of such 

21 title. 

22 (3) HIGHLY RURAL DEFINED.—In this sub23 section, the term ‘‘highly rural’’, in the case of an 

24 area, means that the area consists of a county or 

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1 counties having a population of less than seven per2 sons per square mile. 

3 SEC. 6. OFF-BASE TRANSITION TRAINING. 

4 (a) PROVISION OF OFF-BASE TRANSITION TRAIN5 ING.—During the one-year period beginning on the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 

7 provide the Transition Assistance Program under section 

8 1144 of title 10, United States Code, to eligible individuals 

9 at locations other than military installations to assess the 

10 feasibility and advisability of providing such program to 

11 eligible individuals at locations other than military instal12 lations. 

13 (b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—For purposes of this 

14 section, an eligible individual is a veteran or the spouse 

15 of a veteran. 

16 (c) LOCATIONS.— 

17 (1) NUMBER OF STATES.—The Secretary shall 

18 carry out the training under subsection (a) in not 

19 less than three and not more than five States se20 lected by the Secretary for purposes of this section. 

21 (2) SELECTION OF STATES WITH HIGH UNEM22 PLOYMENT.—Of the States selected by the Secretary 

23 under paragraph (1), at least two shall be States 

24 with high rates of unemployment among veterans. 

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1 (3) NUMBER OF LOCATIONS IN EACH STATE.— 

2 The Secretary shall provide training under sub3 section (a) to eligible individuals at a sufficient num4 ber of locations within each State selected under this 

5 subsection to meet the needs of eligible individuals 

6 in such State. 

7 (4) SELECTION OF LOCATIONS.—The Secretary 

8 shall select locations for the provision of training 

9 under subsection (a) to facilitate access by partici10 pants and may not select any location on a military 

11 installation other than a National Guard or reserve 

12 facility that is not located on an active duty military 

13 installation. 

14 (d) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ABOUT VETERANS

15 BENEFITS.—The Secretary shall ensure that the training 

16 provided under subsection (a) generally follows the content 

17 of the Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 

18 of title 10, United States Code. 

19 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of 

20 any year during which the Secretary provides training 

21 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Con22 gress a report on the provision of such training. 

23 (f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later 

24 than 180 days after the termination of the one-year period 

25 described in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the 

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1 United States shall submit to Congress a report on the 

2 training provided under such subsection. The report shall 

3 include the evaluation of the Comptroller General regard4 ing the feasibility and advisability of carrying out off-base 

5 transition training at locations nationwide. 

6 SEC. 7. 100 PERCENT CONTINUOUS LEVY ON PAYMENT TO 

7 MEDICARE PROVIDERS AND SUPPLIERS. 

8 Paragraph (3) of section 6331(h) of the Internal Rev9 enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘, or, with respect to payments 

11 made during the 5-year period beginning on the date of 

12 the enactment of the Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012, 

13 to a Medicare provider or supplier under title XVIII of 

14 the Social Security Act.’’. 

15 SEC. 8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR 

16 ULTRA-DEEPWATER AND UNCONVENTIONAL 

17 NATURAL GAS AND OTHER PETROLEUM RE18 SOURCES. 

19 (a) REPEAL.—Subtitle J of title IX of the Energy 

20 Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16371 et seq.) is repealed. 

21 (b) RESCISSION.—The unobligated balances of funds 

22 made available for fiscal year 2012 under section 999H 

23 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16378) (as 

24 it existed before the amendment made by subsection (a)) 

25 are rescinded permanently. 

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1 SEC. 9. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT IN CASE OF 

2 CERTAIN UNPAID TAXES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the 

4 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 

5 the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 7345. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT IN CASE 

7 OF CERTAIN TAX DELINQUENCIES. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary receives certifi9 cation by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that any 

10 individual has a seriously delinquent tax debt in an 

11 amount in excess of $50,000, the Secretary shall transmit 

12 such certification to the Secretary of State for action with 

13 respect to denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport 

14 pursuant to section 4 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to regu15 late the issue and validity of passports, and for other pur16 poses’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), 

17 commonly known as the ‘Passport Act of 1926’. 

18 ‘‘(b) SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT.—For pur19 poses of this section, the term ‘seriously delinquent tax 

20 debt’ means an outstanding debt under this title for which 

21 a notice of lien has been filed in public records pursuant 

22 to section 6323 or a notice of levy has been filed pursuant 

23 to section 6331, except that such term does not include— 

24 ‘‘(1) a debt that is being paid in a timely man25 ner pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or 

26 7122, and 

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1 ‘‘(2) a debt with respect to which a collection 

2 due process hearing under section 6330, or relief 

3 under subsection (b), (c), or (f) of section 6015, is 

4 requested or pending. 

5 ‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—In the case of 

6 a calendar year beginning after 2012, the dollar amount 

7 in subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount equal 

8 to— 

9 ‘‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by 

10 ‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 

11 under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, deter12 mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2011’ for ‘cal13 endar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof. 

14 If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence 

15 is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount shall be rounded 

16 to the next highest multiple of $1,000.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 for subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue 

19 Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 7345. Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain tax delinquencies.’’. 

21 (c) AUTHORITY FOR INFORMATION SHARING.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (l) of section 

23 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

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1 amended by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(23) DISCLOSURE OF RETURN INFORMATION

4 TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR PURPOSES OF PASS5 PORT REVOCATION UNDER SECTION 7345.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, 

7 upon receiving a certification described in sec8 tion 7345, disclose to the Secretary of State re9 turn information with respect to a taxpayer who 

10 has a seriously delinquent tax debt described in 

11 such section. Such return information shall be 

12 limited to— 

13 ‘‘(i) the taxpayer identity information 

14 with respect to such taxpayer, and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the amount of such seriously de16 linquent tax debt. 

17 ‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE.—Re18 turn information disclosed under subparagraph 

19 (A) may be used by officers and employees of 

20 the Department of State for the purposes of, 

21 and to the extent necessary in, carrying out the 

22 requirements of section 4 of the Act entitled 

23 ‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of 

24 passports, and for other purposes’, approved 

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1 July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), com2 monly known as the ‘Passport Act of 1926’.’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) 

4 of section 6103(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

5 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘or (22)’’ each place it 

6 appears in subparagraph (F)(ii) and in the matter 

7 preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘(22), or 

8 (23)’’. 

9 (d) REVOCATION AUTHORIZATION.—The Act entitled 

10 ‘‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 

11 and for other purposes’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 

12 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known as the ‘‘Passport 

13 Act of 1926’’, is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT. 

16 ‘‘(a) INELIGIBILITY.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—Except as provided under 

18 subsection (b), upon receiving a certification de19 scribed in section 7345 of the Internal Revenue 

20 Code of 1986 from the Secretary of the Treasury, 

21 the Secretary of State may not issue a passport or 

22 passport card to any individual who has a seriously 

23 delinquent tax debt described in such section. 

24 ‘‘(2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of State 

25 shall revoke a passport or passport card previously 

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1 issued to any individual described in subparagraph 

2 (A). 

3 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUA5 TIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Sec6 retary of State may issue a passport or passport 

7 card, in emergency circumstances or for humani8 tarian reasons, to an individual described in sub9 section (a)(1). 

10 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION FOR RETURN TO UNITED

11 STATES.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the 

12 Secretary of State, before revocation, may— 

13 ‘‘(A) limit a previously issued passport or 

14 passport card only for return travel to the 

15 United States; or 

16 ‘‘(B) issue a limited passport or passport 

17 card that only permits return travel to the 

18 United States.’’. 

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

20 this section shall take effect on January 1, 2013. 

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Calendar No. 476 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3457 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to esposes. tablish a veterans jobs corps, and for other purJULY 31, 2012 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

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