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(d)(1) (the second place the term appears), (d)(3)(A)
(the second place the term appears), and (i)(1)(A)(i).
(3) STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘State-
level activities’’ includes activities at the tribal level.
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section, $50,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(2) STUDIES
AND
ADMINISTRATION.—With re-
spect to the total amount appropriated for such pe-
riod in accordance with this subsection, not more
than $2,500,000 of that amount may be used for ex-
penditures related to conducting studies required
under, and the administration of, this section.
(m) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The program estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall terminate on September
30, 2012.
SEC. 243. STUDY OF UNIVERSAL USE OF ADVANCE PAY-
MENT OF EARNED INCOME CREDIT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to
Congress on a study of the benefits, costs, risks, and barriers
to workers and to businesses (with a special emphasis on
small businesses) if the advance earned income tax credit
program (under section 3507 of the Internal Revenue Code
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of 1986) included all recipients of the earned income tax
credit (under section 32 of such Code) and what steps would
be necessary to implement such inclusion.
SEC. 244. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING PERSONAL
SAVINGS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) the personal saving rate in the United States
is at its lowest point since the Great Depression, with
the rate having fallen into negative territory;
(2) the United States ranks at the bottom of the
Group of Twenty (G–20) nations in terms of net na-
tional saving rate;
(3) approximately half of all the working people
of the United States work for an employer that does
not offer any kind of retirement plan;
(4) existing savings policies enacted by Congress
provide limited incentives to save for low- and mod-
erate-income families; and
(5) the Social Security program was enacted to
serve as the safest component of a retirement system
that also includes employer-sponsored retirement
plans and personal savings.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
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(1) Congress should enact policies that promote
savings vehicles for retirement that are simple, easily
accessible and provide adequate financial security for
all the people of the United States;
(2) it is important to begin retirement saving as
early as possible to take full advantage of the power
of compound interest; and
(3) regularly contributing money to a finan-
cially-sound investment account is one important
method for helping to achieve one’s retirement goals.
SEC. 245. RENEWAL GRANTS FOR WOMEN’S BUSINESS CEN-
TERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 29 of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(m) CONTINUED FUNDING FOR CENTERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A nonprofit organization de-
scribed in paragraph (2) shall be eligible to receive,
subject to paragraph (3), a 3-year grant under this
subsection.
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—A nonprofit organization
described in this paragraph is a nonprofit organiza-
tion that has received funding under subsection (b) or
(l).
‘‘(3) APPLICATION AND APPROVAL CRITERIA.—
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‘‘(A) CRITERIA.—Subject to subparagraph
(B), the Administrator shall develop and publish
criteria for the consideration and approval of
applications by nonprofit organizations under
this subsection.
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the conditions for par-
ticipation in the grant program under this sub-
section shall be the same as the conditions for
participation in the program under subsection
(l), as in effect on the date of enactment of this
Act.
‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 60
days after the date of the deadline to submit ap-
plications for each fiscal year, the Administrator
shall approve or deny any application under
this subsection and notify the applicant for each
such application.
‘‘(4) AWARD OF GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Administrator
shall make a grant for the Federal share of the
cost of activities described in the application to
each applicant approved under this subsection.
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‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—A grant under this sub-
section shall be for not more than $150,000, for
each year of that grant.
‘‘(C) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share
under this subsection shall be not more than 50
percent.
‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In allocating funds made
available for grants under this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall give applications under this
subsection or subsection (l) priority over first-
time applications under subsection (b).
‘‘(5) RENEWAL.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
may renew a grant under this subsection for ad-
ditional 3-year periods, if the nonprofit organi-
zation submits an application for such renewal
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied
by such information as the Administrator may
establish.
‘‘(B) UNLIMITED
RENEWALS.—There shall
be no limitation on the number of times a grant
may be renewed under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(n) PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A women’s business center
may not disclose the name, address, or telephone
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number of any individual or small business concern
receiving assistance under this section without the
consent of such individual or small business concern,
unless—
‘‘(A) the Administrator is ordered to make
such a disclosure by a court in any civil or
criminal enforcement action initiated by a Fed-
eral or State agency; or
‘‘(B) the Administrator considers such a
disclosure to be necessary for the purpose of con-
ducting a financial audit of a women’s business
center, but a disclosure under this subparagraph
shall be limited to the information necessary for
such audit.
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION USE OF INFORMATION.—
This subsection shall not—
‘‘(A) restrict Administration access to pro-
gram activity data; or
‘‘(B) prevent the Administration from using
client information (other than the information
described in subparagraph (A)) to conduct client
surveys.
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall
issue regulations to establish standards for requiring
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disclosures during a financial audit under paragraph
(1)(B).’’.
(b) REPEAL.—Section 29(l) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 656(l)) is repealed effective October 1 of the first
full fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a grant or cooperative agreement that was
awarded under subsection (l) of section 29 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656), on or before the day before
the date described in subsection (b) of this section, shall re-
main in full force and effect under the terms, and for the
duration, of such grant or agreement.
SEC. 246. REPORTS ON ACQUISITIONS OF ARTICLES, MATE-
RIALS, AND SUPPLIES MANUFACTURED OUT-
SIDE THE UNITED STATES.
Section 2 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a)
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days
after the end of each of fiscal years 2007 through
2011, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to
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the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives a report on the amount of the acqui-
sitions made by the agency in that fiscal year of arti-
cles, materials, or supplies purchased from entities
that manufacture the articles, materials, or supplies
outside of the United States.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—The report re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall separately include, for
the fiscal year covered by such report—
‘‘(A) the dollar value of any articles, mate-
rials, or supplies that were manufactured outside
the United States;
‘‘(B) an itemized list of all waivers granted
with respect to such articles, materials, or sup-
plies under this Act, and a citation to the treaty,
international agreement, or other law under
which each waiver was granted;
‘‘(C) if any articles, materials, or supplies
were acquired from entities that manufacture ar-
ticles, materials, or supplies outside the United
States, the specific exception under this section
that was used to purchase such articles, mate-
rials, or supplies; and
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‘‘(D) a summary of—
‘‘(i) the total procurement funds ex-
pended on articles, materials, and supplies
manufactured inside the United States; and
‘‘(ii) the total procurement funds ex-
pended on articles, materials, and supplies
manufactured outside the United States.
‘‘(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The head of each
Federal agency submitting a report under paragraph
(1) shall make the report publicly available to the
maximum extent practicable.
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION
FOR
INTELLIGENCE
COMMU-
NITY.—This subsection shall not apply to acquisitions
made by an agency, or component thereof, that is an
element of the intelligence community as specified in,
or designated under, section 3(4) of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).’’.
SEC. 247. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING REPEAL OF
1993 INCOME TAX INCREASE ON SOCIAL SE-
CURITY BENEFITS.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should repeal
the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits and elimi-
nate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary
tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such repeal
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and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially more in-
terest to foreign creditors.
SEC. 248. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PERMANENT
TAX INCENTIVES TO MAKE EDUCATION MORE
AFFORDABLE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR
AMERICAN FAMILIES.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should make
permanent the tax incentives to make education more af-
fordable and more accessible for American families and
eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unneces-
sary tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such
incentives and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially
more interest to foreign creditors.
SEC. 249. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR RE-
QUIREMENTS.
Section 274A(e) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(e)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(10) PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(A) EMPLOYERS
WITH
NO
CONTRACTS,
GRANTS, OR AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(iii) and subparagraph (C), if an employer
who does not hold a Federal contract, grant,
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or cooperative agreement is determined to
have violated this section, the employer shall
be debarred from the receipt of a Federal
contract, grant, or cooperative agreement
for a period of 7 years.
‘‘(ii) 
PLACEMENT
ON
EXCLUDED
LIST.—The Secretary of Homeland Security
or the Attorney General shall advise the Ad-
ministrator of General Services of the de-
barment of an employer under clause (i)
and the Administrator of General Services
shall list the employer on the List of Parties
Excluded from Federal Procurement and
Nonprocurement Programs for a period of 7
years.
‘‘(iii) WAIVER.—
‘‘(I) AUTHORITY.—The Adminis-
trator of General Services, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Attorney General,
may waive operation of clause (i) or
may limit the duration or scope of a
debarment under clause (i) if such
waiver or limitation is necessary to
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national defense or in the interest of
national security.
‘‘(II) 
NOTIFICATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—If the Administrator grants a
waiver or limitation described in sub-
clause (I), the Administrator shall sub-
mit to each member of the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate and of
the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives immediate
notice of such waiver or limitation.
‘‘(III) PROHIBITION ON JUDICIAL
REVIEW.—The decision of whether to
debar or take alternative action under
this clause shall not be judicially re-
viewed.
‘‘(B) 
EMPLOYERS
WITH
CONTRACTS,
GRANTS, OR AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(iii) and subclause (C), an employer who
holds a Federal contract, grant, or coopera-
tive agreement and is determined to have
violated this section shall be debarred from
the receipt of new Federal contracts, grants,
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or cooperative agreements for a period of 10
years.
‘‘(ii) NOTICE TO AGENCIES.—Prior to
debarring the employer under clause (i), the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in co-
operation with the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, shall advise any agency or de-
partment holding a contract, grant, or coop-
erative agreement with the employer of the
Government’s intention to debar the em-
ployer from the receipt of new Federal con-
tracts, grants, or cooperative agreements for
a period of 10 years.
‘‘(iii) WAIVER.—
‘‘(I) AUTHORITY.—After consider-
ation of the views of any agency or de-
partment that holds a contract, grant,
or cooperative agreement with the em-
ployer, the Administrator of General
Services, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the
Attorney General, may waive oper-
ation of clause (i) or may limit the du-
ration or scope of the debarment under
clause (i) if such waiver or limitation
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is necessary to the national defense or
in the interest of national security.
‘‘(II) 
NOTIFICATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—If the Administrator grants a
waiver or limitation described in sub-
clause (I), the Administrator shall sub-
mit to each member of the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate and of
the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives immediate
notice of such waiver or limitation.
‘‘(III) PROHIBITION ON JUDICIAL
REVIEW.—The decision of whether to
debar or take alternate action under
this clause shall not be judicially re-
viewed.
‘‘(C) EXEMPTION FROM PENALTY FOR EM-
PLOYERS
PARTICIPATING
IN
THE
BASIC
PILOT
PROGRAM.—In the case of imposition on an em-
ployer of a debarment from the receipt of a Fed-
eral contract, grant, or cooperative agreement
under subparagraph (A) or (B), that penalty
shall be waived if the employer establishes that
the employer was voluntarily participating in
the basic pilot program under section 403(a) of
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the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note)
at the time of the violations of this section that
resulted in the debarment.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.