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dren, including differences in quality 
among early learning opportunities; 
(iii) ensuring successful transitions 
between early learning programs and ele-
mentary school, including through the es-
tablishment of memoranda of under-
standing between early learning providers 
and local educational agencies serving 
young children and families; 
(iv) ensuring appropriate screening, 
diagnostic assessments, and referrals for 
children with disabilities, developmental 
delays, or other special needs; 
(v) improving the early learning work-
force 
in 
the 
community, 
including 
through— 
(I) investments in the recruit-
ment, retention, distribution, and sup-
port of high-quality professionals, es-
pecially those with certification and 
experience in child development; 
(II) the provision of high-quality 
teacher preparation and professional 
development; 
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‘‘(II) 10 percent of the qualified 
insurance company’s surplus as re-
gards policyholders as shown on the 
company’s annual statement for the 
calendar year preceding the taxable 
year. 
‘‘(E) REFERENCE PERIOD.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (D), the reference period shall 
be determined under the following table: 
‘‘For a taxable year 
The reference period 
beginning in— 
shall be— 
2015 and later ...........................
The 3 preceding taxable years. 
2014 ...........................................
The 2 preceding taxable years. 
2013 ...........................................
The preceding taxable year. 
2012 or before ...........................
No reference period applies. 
‘‘(6) STATE REQUIRED DRAWDOWN AMOUNT.— 
The term ‘State required drawdown amount’ means 
any amount that the department of insurance for 
the qualified insurance company’s jurisdiction of 
domicile requires to be distributed from the fund, to 
the extent such amount is not otherwise described in 
paragraph (4) or (5). 
‘‘(7) FUND BALANCE.—The term ‘fund balance’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the sum of all qualified contributions 
to the fund, 
‘‘(B) less any net investment loss of the 
fund for any taxable year or years, and 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2100 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create Catastrophe Savings 
Accounts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2011 
Mr. ROONEY (for himself and Mr. WEST) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create 
Catastrophe Savings Accounts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Catastrophe Savings 
Accounts Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. CATASTROPHE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter F of chapter 1 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exempt organi-
zations) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new part: 
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‘‘PART IX—CATASTROPHE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS 
‘‘SEC. 530A. CATASTROPHE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—A Catastrophe Savings Ac-
count shall be exempt from taxation under this subtitle. 
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, such account 
shall be subject to the taxes imposed by section 511 (relat-
ing to imposition of tax on unrelated business income of 
charitable organizations). 
‘‘(b) CATASTROPHE SAVINGS ACCOUNT.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘Catastrophe Savings Ac-
count’ means a trust created or organized in the United 
States for the exclusive benefit of an individual or his 
beneficiaries and which is designated (in such manner as 
the Secretary shall prescribe) at the time of the establish-
ment of the trust as a Catastrophe Savings Account, but 
only if the written governing instrument creating the trust 
meets the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) Except in the case of a qualified rollover 
contribution— 
‘‘(A) no contribution will be accepted un-
less it is in cash, and 
‘‘(B) contributions will not be accepted in 
excess of the account balance limit specified in 
subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) The trustee is a bank (as defined in sec-
tion 408(n)) or another person who demonstrates to 
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‘‘(C) less the sum of all distributions under 
clauses (iii) through (v) of paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(8) QUALIFIED LOSSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
losses’ means, with respect to a taxable year— 
‘‘(i) the amount of losses and loss ad-
justment expenses incurred in the qualified 
lines of business specified in paragraph 
(9), net of reinsurance, as reported in the 
qualified 
insurance 
company’s 
annual 
statement for the taxable year, that are at-
tributable to one or more qualifying events 
(regardless of when such qualifying events 
occurred), 
‘‘(ii) the amount by which such losses 
and loss adjustment expenses attributable 
to such qualifying events have been re-
duced for reinsurance received and recover-
able, plus 
‘‘(iii) any nonrecoverable assessments, 
surcharges, or other liabilities that are 
borne by the qualified insurance company 
and are attributable to such qualifying 
events. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2102 
To permit each commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission 
to appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide technical 
consultation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2011 
Mr. STEARNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To permit each commissioner of the Federal Communications 
Commission to appoint an electrical engineer or computer 
scientist to provide technical consultation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FCC Commissioners’ 
Technical Resource Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF TECHNICAL STAFF. 
Section 4(f)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 154(f)(2)) is amended by inserting after the 
first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Each commis-
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sioner may also appoint an electrical engineer or computer 
scientist to provide the commissioner technical consulta-
tion when appropriate and to interface with the Office of 
Engineering and Technology, Commission Bureaus, and 
other technical staff of the Commission for additional 
technical input and resources, provided that such engineer 
or scientist holds an undergraduate or graduate degree 
from an institution of higher education in the field of ex-
pertise of such engineer or scientist.’’. 
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(6) providing a framework for the reauthoriza-
tion of all Federal education programs by—
(A) creating a vision of excellence and eq-
uity that will guide all Federal education and
related programs;
(B) providing for the establishment of high-
quality, internationally competitive content and
student performance standards that all students,
including disadvantaged students, students with
diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds,
students with disabilities, students with limited-
English proficiency, and academically talented
students, will be expected to achieve;
(C) providing for the establishment of high
quality, internationally competitive opportunity-
to-learn standards that all States, local edu-
cational agencies, and schools should achieve;
(D) encouraging and enabling all State
educational agencies and local educational agen-
cies to develop comprehensive improvement plans
that will provide a coherent framework for the
implementation of reauthorized Federal edu-
cation and related programs in an integrated
fashion that effectively educates all children;
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(E) providing resources to help individual
schools, including schools serving students with
high needs, develop and implement comprehen-
sive improvement plans; and
(F) promoting the use of technology to en-
able all students to achieve the National Edu-
cation Goals.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act (other than in titles V and IX)—
(1) the term ‘‘all children’’ means children from
all backgrounds and circumstances, including dis-
advantaged children, children with diverse racial, eth-
nic, and cultural backgrounds, children with disabil-
ities, children with limited-English proficiency, chil-
dren who have dropped out of school, and academi-
cally talented children;
(2) the term ‘‘all students’’ means students from
a broad range of backgrounds and circumstances, in-
cluding disadvantaged students, students with diverse
racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, students
with disabilities, students with limited-English pro-
ficiency, students who have dropped out of school, and
academically talented students;
(3) the term ‘‘assessment’’ means the overall
process and instrument used to measure student at-
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(i) higher achievement of all students
through the integration of technology into
the curriculum;
(ii) increased access to the benefits of
technology for teaching and learning for
schools with a high concentration of chil-
dren from low-income families;
(iii) the use of technology to assist in
the implementation of State systemic reform
strategies;
(iv) the application of technological
advances to use in education; and
(v) increased opportunities for the pro-
fessional development of teachers in the use
of new technologies;
(E) how the Secretary will determine, in
consultation with appropriate individuals, orga-
nizations, industries, and agencies, the feasibility
and desirability of establishing guidelines to fa-
cilitate an easy exchange of data and effective
use of technology in education;
an activity constituting the active conduct of a trade
or business within an enterprise zone, and with re-
spect to which—
‘‘(A) at least 80 percent of the gross in-
come in each calendar year is attributable to
the active conduct of a trade or business within
an enterprise zone,
‘‘(B) less than 10 percent of the property
(as measured by unadjusted basis) constitutes
stocks, securities, or property held for use by
customers,
‘‘(C) less than 10 percent of the property
constitutes collectibles (as defined in section
408(m)(2)), unless such collectibles constitute
property held primarily for sale to customers in
the ordinary course of the active trade or
business,
‘‘(D) substantially all of the property
(whether owned or leased) is located within an
enterprise zone, and
‘‘(E) substantially all of the employees
work within an enterprise zone.
‘‘(2) RELATED
ACTIVITIES
TAKEN
INTO
AC-
COUNT.—Except as otherwise provided in regula-
tions, all activities conducted by a taxpayer and per-
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able until June 30, 1994: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount to assist in the recovery
from the Midwest floods and other natural disasters of
1993 for the cost of direct section 504 housing repair loans,
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $5,985,000
to remain available through June 30, 1994: Provided, That
these funds are available to subsidize additional gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex-
ceed $15,000,000: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For an additional amount to assist in the recovery
from the Midwest floods and other natural disasters of
1993 for the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $21,788,000 to remain avail-
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(F) how the Secretary will utilize the out-
comes of the evaluation undertaken pursuant to
section 908 of the Star Schools Program Assist-
ance Act to promote the purposes of this part;
and
(G) the Secretary’s long-range measurable
goals and objectives relating to the purposes of
this part.
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide assist-
ance to the States to enable such States to plan effectively
for the use of technology in all schools throughout the State
in accordance with the purpose and requirements of section
316.
SEC. 223. OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
(a) AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ORGANIZATION ACT.—Title II of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3411 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
‘‘SEC. 216. There shall be in the Department of Edu-
cation an Office of Educational Technology, to be adminis-
tered by the Director of Educational Technology. The Direc-
tor of Educational Technology shall report directly to the
Secretary and shall perform such additional functions as
the Secretary may prescribe. Such Office shall be established
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determination to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate. 
(2) WAIVER.—If the President is unable to 
make the determination described in subsection (b) 
with respect to a fiscal year in which extraordinary 
payments in connection with the International Space 
Station are to be made, the President is authorized 
to waive the application of paragraph (1) on a case- 
by-case basis with respect to the fiscal year if not 
less than 15 days prior to the date on which the 
waiver is to take effect the President submits to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that 
contains— 
(A) the reasons why the determination de-
scribed in subsection (b) cannot be made; 
(B) the amount of the extraordinary pay-
ment to be made under the waiver; 
(C) the steps being undertaken by the 
United States to ensure compliance by the Rus-
sian Federation with the conditions described in 
subsection (b); and 
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(E) The adequacy of the Office of Re-
search and Development staffing qualifications
and training with respect to acquisition and as-
sistance management.
(F) Specific recommendations of the entity
regarding management practices and internal
controls to remedy problems in acquisition and
assistance management practices of the Office
of Research and Development exposed as a re-
sult of the study.
(G) An estimate of the cost and effective-
ness of carrying out the recommendations pro-
vided in subparagraph (F).
(c) REPORTS.—
(1) REPORT
TO
THE
ADMINISTRATOR.—Not
later than one year after the date the Administrator
enters into an arrangement with a private entity
under subsection (a), the private entity shall submit
to the Administrator the study prepared pursuant to
such subsection.
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than two
weeks after the Administrator receives the study re-
quired to be submitted under paragraph (1), the Ad-
ministrator shall submit the study to the Congress
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SUBPART 5—STAR SCHOOLS
Sec. 961. Star schools.
SUBPART 6—OFFICE OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION
Sec. 971. Office of Comprehensive School Health Education.
SUBPART 7—MINORITY-FOCUSED CIVICS EDUCATION
Sec. 981. Short title.
Sec. 982. Purposes.
Sec. 983. Grants authorized; authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 984. Definitions.
Sec. 985. Applications.
PART C—DEFINITIONS
Sec. 991. Definitions.
TITLE X—PARENTS AS TEACHERS
Sec. 1001. Findings.
Sec. 1002. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 1003. Definitions.
Sec. 1004. Program established.
Sec. 1005. Program requirements.
Sec. 1006. Special rules.
Sec. 1007. Parents As Teachers Centers.
Sec. 1008. Evaluations.
Sec. 1009. Application.
Sec. 1010. Payments and Federal share.
Sec. 1011. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1012. Home instruction program for preschool youngsters.
TITLE XI—GUN-FREE SCHOOLS
Sec. 1101. Short title.
Sec. 1102. Gun-free requirements in elementary and secondary schools.
TITLE XII—ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE
Sec. 1201. Short title.
Sec. 1202. Findings.
Sec. 1203. Definitions.
Sec. 1204. Nonsmoking policy for children’s services.
Sec. 1205. Technical assistance.
Sec. 1206. Federally funded programs.
Sec. 1207. Report by the Administrator.
Sec. 1208. Preemption.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to provide a framework
for meeting the National Education Goals described in title
I of this Act by—
(2) describe how the State educational agency
will use funds received under this title for such year,
including how the State educational agency will
make subgrants to local educational agencies and for
teacher training.
(c) SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—A State’s second applica-
tion under this title shall—
(1) cover the second through fifth years of its
participation;
(2) include a copy of the State’s improvement
plan that meets the requirements of section 306 or,
if the State plan is not complete, a statement of the
steps it will take to complete the plan and a schedule
for doing so; and
(3) include an explanation of how the State will
use funds received under this title, including how it
will make subgrants to local educational agencies
and for teacher training under section 309(b)(1).
SEC. 306. STATE IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
(a) BASIC SCOPE OF PLAN.—Any State educational
agency that wishes to receive a grant under this title after
its first year of participation shall develop and implement
a plan for the fundamental restructuring and improvement
of elementary and secondary education in the State. This
plan must address—
‘‘(C) To the extent that quality measures 
implemented by the Secretary under this para-
graph for ambulatory surgical centers and 
under section 1833(t)(17) for hospital out-
patient departments are applicable to the provi-
sion of surgical services in both ambulatory sur-
gical centers and hospital outpatient depart-
ments, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) require that both ambulatory sur-
gical centers and hospital outpatient de-
partments report data on such measures; 
and 
‘‘(ii) make reported data available on 
the website ‘Medicare.gov’ in a manner 
that will permit side-by-side comparisons 
on such measures for ambulatory surgical 
centers and hospital outpatient depart-
ments in the same geographic area. 
‘‘(D) For each procedure covered for pay-
ment in an ambulatory surgical center, the Sec-
retary shall publish, along with the quality re-
porting comparisons provided for in subpara-
graph (C), comparisons of the Medicare pay-
ment and beneficiary copayment amounts for 
the procedure when performed in ambulatory 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to statements pro-
vided on or after October 1, 2012. 
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is at least the percent specified by the Sec-
retary below the applicable benchmark de-
termined for such year under clause (ii). 
For purposes of this subparagraph, such 
sum shall be referred to as ‘estimated ex-
penditures’. The Secretary shall determine 
the appropriate percent described in the 
preceding sentence to account for normal 
variation in volume of services under this 
title and to account for changes in the cov-
erage of services in ambulatory surgery 
centers and hospital outpatient depart-
ments during the performance period in-
volved. 
‘‘(ii) 
ESTABLISH
AND
UPDATE 
BENCHMARK.—For purposes of clause (i), 
the Secretary shall calculate a benchmark 
for each year described in such clause 
equal to the product of— 
‘‘(I) estimated expenditures de-
scribed in clause (i) for such year, and 
‘‘(II) the average annual growth 
in estimated expenditures for the most 
recent three years. 
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‘‘(iv) make available an infrastructure 
which will allow ambulatory surgery cen-
ters to submit data on such measures 
through electronic and other means; 
‘‘(v) ensure that the form and manner 
of submissions under this paragraph by 
ambulatory surgical centers shall include 
the option of submitting data with claims 
for payment under this part; 
‘‘(vi) ensure that a mechanism is de-
veloped to allow an ambulatory surgical 
center to attest that the center did not fur-
nish services applicable to selected meas-
ures for use under the Program established 
under paragraph (8); and 
‘‘(vii) establish and have in place, by 
not later than June 30, 2013, an informal 
process for ambulatory surgery centers to 
seek a review of and appeal the determina-
tion that an ambulatory surgical center did 
not satisfactorily submit data on quality 
measures.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
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(iii) ballistic missiles and ballistic missile 
launch technology; and 
(C) has taken demonstrable steps to combat the 
proliferation of such weapons; 
(4) does not pose a threat to United States na-
tional security, United States interests, and United 
States allies in the region; 
(5) respects the boundaries, sovereignty, and 
right to exist of all neighboring countries; 
(6) upholds and defends the human rights and 
civil liberties of its people; 
(7) has legalized all political activity; 
(8) has made public commitments to organizing 
free and fair elections for a new government, to be 
held in a timely manner, and with the participation 
of multiple independent political parties that have 
full access to the media on an equal basis, including 
(in the case of radio, television, or other tele-
communications media) in terms of allotments of 
time for such access and the times of day such allot-
ments are given, and to be conducted under the su-
pervision of internationally recognized observers; and 
(9) has made public commitments to and is 
making demonstrable progress in— 
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(A) establishing an independent judiciary; 
and 
(B) respecting internationally recognized 
human rights and basic freedoms as recognized 
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 
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