datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(A) Set intermediate and long-term meas-
urable goals. 
(B) Develop and implement a coherent 
plan for achieving the goals, including the fol-
lowing core set of activities: 
(i) An analysis of the State’s existing 
K–12 content standards and assessments 
to determine— 
(I) the extent to which they ad-
dress the integration of engineering 
education into K–12 instruction and 
curriculum; and 
(II) the extent to which they 
align with workforce and postsec-
ondary expectations. 
(ii) An analysis of the State’s existing 
K–12 
engineering 
education 
curricula, 
which shall include the development of a 
baseline analysis of key indicators that 
measure— 
(I) the number and diversity of 
students who are exposed to this cur-
ricula, including populations under-
represented in engineering fields, for 
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example, girls and underrepresented 
minorities; and 
(II) the effectiveness of the cur-
ricula at improving student learning, 
including— 
(aa) 
increasing 
under-
standing of engineering; 
(bb) increasing science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathe-
matics career aspirations; 
(cc) increasing technology 
and engineering literacy skills; 
and 
(dd) 
increasing 
student 
achievement in science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathe-
matics subjects for all students. 
(iii) An analysis of the State’s K–12 
engineering 
and 
technology 
education 
teaching workforce, which shall include the 
development of a baseline analysis of key 
indicators that measure— 
(I) the number of K–12 teachers 
who received any certificates or cre-
dentials in engineering or technology 
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tificate or other credential in engineering or tech-
nology education. 
(5) Recruiting qualified teachers to provide en-
gineering education for high-need local educational 
agencies and high-need schools. 
(g) OTHER ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS.—In addi-
tion to carrying out the programs and activities described 
in subsection (f), a State educational agency that receives 
a grant under this section may use the grant funds for 
the following: 
(1) Establishing distance learning modules for 
teachers or students in engineering education. 
(2) Creating online engineering education tools 
that are widely accessible. 
(3) Investing in after-school engineering edu-
cation programs. 
(h) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
Education is authorized to reserve not more than 1 per-
cent of the amounts available to carry out this section to 
provide technical assistance, directly or by grant or con-
tract with nonprofit organizations with demonstrated ex-
pertise in designing, implementing, or evaluating relevant 
programs, in order to help State educational agencies pre-
pare for, qualify for, apply for, and maintain a grant 
under this section. 
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(i) BENCHMARKS.— 
(1) BENCHMARKS.—Each State educational 
agency desiring a grant under this section shall— 
(A) develop quantifiable benchmarks for 
the activities supported under the grant, which 
shall include increasing student achievement in 
science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics subjects, and may include— 
(i) increasing student knowledge and 
competency of grade-appropriate engineer-
ing design skills; 
(ii) increasing the number of students 
who are taught engineering education; 
(iii) increasing the number of edu-
cators who are prepared to teach engineer-
ing education; and 
(iv) increasing the number and diver-
sity of students who plan to enroll in post-
secondary engineering courses and pursue 
an engineering degree; and 
(B) submit, as part of the application 
under subsection (e), the benchmarks for ap-
proval to the Secretary of Education in order to 
receive grant funds under this section. 
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(2) REPORTS.—Each State educational agency 
receiving a grant under this section shall— 
(A) annually measure and report to the 
Secretary of Education the progress of the 
State educational agency in achieving the 
benchmarks developed under paragraph (1); 
and 
(B) collect and report data of those served 
by the grant relating to the student bench-
marks, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, 
disability status, migrant status, English pro-
ficiency, and status as economically disadvan-
taged, except that such disaggregation shall not 
be required in a case in which the number of 
students in a category is insufficient to yield 
statistically reliable information or the results 
would reveal personally identifiable information 
about an individual student. 
(3) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of Education 
shall provide guidance regarding acceptable data 
sources and methodologies for— 
(A) establishing baselines and performance 
benchmarks; and 
(B) measuring progress by State edu-
cational agencies receiving such grants. 
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(j) NON-FEDERAL SHARE; SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUP-
PLANT.— 
(1) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State educational 
agency that receives a grant under this section 
shall provide the non-Federal share of the costs 
of the programs and activities described in sub-
sections (f) and (g) that are carried out under 
the grant. The amount of the non-Federal 
share under this section for a fiscal year shall 
be not less than 50 percent. The non-Federal 
share may be in cash or in-kind, and may be 
provided from local resources, contributions 
from private organizations, contributions from 
the State’s partners under subsection (a)(2), or 
a combination of such sources. 
(B) FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WAIVER.—The 
Secretary of Education may waive or reduce the 
non-Federal share of a State educational agen-
cy that has submitted an application for a 
grant under this section if the State educational 
agency demonstrates a need for such waiver or 
reduction due to extreme financial hardship. 
(2) 
SUPPLEMENT, 
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Grant 
funds provided under this section shall be used to 
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supplement, and not supplant, any other Federal or 
State funds otherwise available to carry out the ac-
tivities described in this section. 
(k) SPECIAL RULE.—In the event a State educational 
agency declines or does not submit an application under 
this section, the Secretary of Education shall provide for 
another entity or a consortium, with the capacity to carry 
out the activities under this section in such State, to sub-
mit an application. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2014 and 2015. 
SEC. 6. RESEARCH AND EVALUATIONS. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Institute of Education 
Sciences shall support, directly or through grants or con-
tracts, research on engineering education and evaluation 
of the grants awarded under this Act, including studies 
and evaluations that— 
(1) assess the effectiveness of the programs and 
activities carried out by each State educational agen-
cy receiving a grant under section 5 in— 
(A) improving student achievement in 
science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics subjects; 
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(B) improving student understanding of 
engineering; 
(C) enhancing technology and engineering 
literacy of students; 
(D) increasing numbers and diversity of 
students with science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics career aspirations; and 
(E) increasing the supply of engineering 
and technology education teachers; 
(2) assess how the programs and activities car-
ried out by each State educational agency receiving 
a grant under section 5 can be replicated by a vari-
ety of State educational agencies and local edu-
cational agencies; 
(3) assess how the programs and activities car-
ried out by each State educational agency receiving 
a grant under section 5 lead to students developing 
engineering design ideas, practices and habits of 
mind over time, and the types of conditions nec-
essary to support these developments; 
(4) identify and assess how science inquiry and 
mathematical reasoning can be connected to engi-
neering design in K–12 curricula and teacher profes-
sional development; and 
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not make a declaration under this subsection for the 
same incident. 
‘‘(c) COST SHARE ADJUSTMENTS FOR INDIAN TRIB-
AL GOVERNMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this title, any non-Federal contributions required under 
this title to be paid by an Indian tribal government shall 
be waived if the required contribution is less than 
$200,000. If any required non-Federal contribution is 
more than $200,000, it may be adjusted or waived in ac-
cordance with criteria established by the President.’’. 
(b) EMERGENCY REQUESTS.—Section 501 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(c) INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENT REQUESTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive of an 
affected Indian tribal government may submit a re-
quest for a declaration by the President that an 
emergency exists consistent with the requirements of 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) REFERENCES.—In implementing assist-
ance authorized by the President under this title in 
response to the request of the Chief Executive of an 
affected Indian tribal government for an emergency 
declaration, references to State and Governor in this 
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title and in section 319 of this Act shall mean In-
dian tribal government and the Chief Executive of 
an affected Indian tribal government, respectively. 
‘‘(3) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall prohibit an Indian tribal government 
from receiving assistance under this title through a 
declaration made by the President at the request of 
a State under subsection (a) if the President does 
not make a declaration under this subsection for the 
same incident. 
‘‘(d) COST SHARE ADJUSTMENTS FOR INDIAN TRIB-
AL GOVERNMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this title, any non-Federal contributions required under 
this title to be paid by an Indian tribal government shall 
be waived if the required contribution is less than 
$200,000. If any required non-Federal contribution is 
more than $200,000, it may be adjusted or waived in ac-
cordance with criteria established by the President.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5122) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7)(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, that is not an Indian tribal government 
as defined in paragraph (6); and’’; 
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 
(10) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 
‘Indian tribal government’ means the governing body 
of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, 
pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of 
the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe 
under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List 
Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a).’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) CHIEF EXECUTIVE.—The term ‘Chief Ex-
ecutive’ means the person who is recognized by the 
Secretary of the Interior as the chief elected admin-
istrative officer of an Indian tribal government.’’. 
(d) REFERENCES.—Title I of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is amended 
by adding after section 102 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 103. REFERENCES. 
‘‘Except as otherwise specified, any reference to 
‘State and local’ or ‘State or local’ governments or officials 
in this Act, and all references to ‘local government’ in sec-
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tion 417, shall be deemed to refer also to Indian tribal 
governments and officials, as appropriate.’’. 
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quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 
(b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means 
any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 
published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 
104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a– 
1). 
SEC. 8032. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense 
for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 
items having an investment item unit cost of not more 
than $250,000. 
SEC. 8033. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 
purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir-
ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur-
ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 
to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 
during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an 
investment item would be chargeable during the current
normal structures of the body to improve ap-
pearance or self-esteem. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE.—A group health plan under this part 
shall comply with the notice requirement under section 
714(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 with respect to the requirements of this section 
as if such section applied to such plan.’’. 
(2) Section 2724(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg– 
23(c)), as redesignated by section 1001(4) and subsection 
(c)(14) of the section 1563 (relating to conforming amend-
ments) of Public Law 111–148, is amended by striking 
‘‘section 2704’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2725 and 2729’’. 
(3) Section 2762(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
300gg–62(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 2751’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sections 2751 and 2729’’. 
(4) For purposes of applying section 2729 of the 
Public Health Service Act, as inserted by paragraph (1), 
to individual health insurance coverage before 2014, the 
provisions of such section shall be treated as also included 
under part B of title XXVII of the Public Health Service 
Act. 
(b) ERISA AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subpart B of part 
7 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 716. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR MINOR 
CHILD’S CONGENITAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL 
DEFORMITY OR DISORDER. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SUR-
GERY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A group health plan, and a 
health insurance issuer offering group health insur-
ance coverage, that provides coverage for surgical 
benefits shall provide coverage for outpatient and in-
patient diagnosis and treatment of a minor child’s 
congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or 
injury. A minor child shall include any individual 
who has not attained age 22. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Any coverage provided 
under paragraph (1) shall be subject to pre-author-
ization or pre-certification as required by the plan or 
issuer, and such coverage shall include any surgical 
treatment which, in the opinion of the treating phy-
sician, is medically necessary to approximate a nor-
mal appearance. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT DEFINED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘treatment’ includes recon-
structive surgical procedures (procedures that 
are generally performed to improve function, 
but may also be performed to approximate a 
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normal appearance) that are performed on ab-
normal structures of the body caused by con-
genital defects, developmental abnormalities, 
trauma, burns, infection, tumors, or disease, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) procedures that do not materially 
affect the function of the body part being 
treated; and 
‘‘(ii) procedures for secondary condi-
tions and follow-up treatment. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Such term does not in-
clude cosmetic surgery performed to reshape 
normal structures of the body to improve ap-
pearance or self-esteem. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE UNDER GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—The 
imposition of the requirements of this section shall be 
treated as a material modification in the terms of the plan 
described in the last sentence of section 102(a), for pur-
poses of assuring notice of such requirements under the 
plan; except that the summary description required to be 
provided under the fourth sentence of section 104(b)(1) 
with respect to such modification shall be provided by not 
later than 60 days after the first day of the first plan 
year in which such requirements apply.’’. 
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(2) Section 731(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1191(c)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 711’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tions 711 and 716’’. 
(3) Section 732(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1191a(a)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 711’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tions 711 and 716’’. 
(4) The table of contents in section 1 of such Act 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
714 the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 715. Additional market reforms. 
‘‘Sec. 716. Standards relating to benefits for minor child’s congenital or devel-
opmental deformity or disorder.’’. 
(c) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 
100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 
amended by subsection (f) of the section 1563 (relat-
ing to conforming amendments) of Public Law 111– 
148, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9816. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR 
MINOR CHILD’S CONGENITAL OR DEVELOP-
MENTAL DEFORMITY OR DISORDER. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SUR-
GERY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A group health plan, and a 
health insurance issuer offering group health insur-
ance coverage, that provides coverage for surgical 
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benefits shall provide coverage for outpatient and in-
patient diagnosis and treatment of a minor child’s 
congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or 
injury. A minor child shall include any individual 
who has not attained age 22. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Any coverage provided 
under paragraph (1) shall be subject to pre-author-
ization or pre-certification as required by the plan or 
issuer, and such coverage shall include any surgical 
treatment which, in the opinion of the treating phy-
sician, is medically necessary to approximate a nor-
mal appearance. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT DEFINED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘treatment’ includes recon-
structive surgical procedures (procedures that 
are generally performed to improve function, 
but may also be performed to approximate a 
normal appearance) that are performed on ab-
normal structures of the body caused by con-
genital defects, developmental abnormalities, 
trauma, burns, infection, tumors, or disease, in-
cluding— 
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‘‘(i) procedures that do not materially 
affect the function of the body part being 
treated; and 
‘‘(ii) procedures for secondary condi-
tions and follow-up treatment. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Such term does not in-
clude cosmetic surgery performed to reshape 
normal structures of the body to improve ap-
pearance or self-esteem.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for such subchapter is amended by adding at 
the end the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 9815. Additional market reforms. 
‘‘Sec. 9816. Standards relating to benefits for minor child’s congenital or devel-
opmental deformity or disorder.’’. 
(d) CLARIFYING AMENDMENT REGARDING APPLICA-
TION
TO
GRANDFATHERED
PLANS.—Section 
1251(a)(4)(A) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
111–148; 
U.S.C. 
18011(a)(4)(A)), as added by section 2301(a) of Public 
Law 111–152, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(v) Section 2729 (relating to stand-
ards relating to benefits for minor child’s 
congenital or developmental deformity or 
disorder), as added by section 2(a) of the 
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Children’s Access to Reconstructive Eval-
uation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2011.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to group health plans 
for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, and 
with respect to health insurance coverage offered, sold, 
issued, renewed, in effect, or operated in the individual 
market on or after such date. 
(f) COORDINATED REGULATIONS.—Section 104(1) of 
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘this subtitle (and the 
amendments made by this subtitle and section 401)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the provisions of part 7 of subtitle B of title 
I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974, the provisions of parts A and C of title XXVII of 
the Public Health Service Act, and chapter 100 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1956 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require individuals to 
provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable 
portion of the child tax credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2011 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas 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 require 
individuals to provide their Social Security number in 
order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax 
credit. 
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 ‘‘Refundable Child Tax 
Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act’’. 
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