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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Roads for America Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) An individual who is 65 years of age needs 4 times the 
        amount of light to see at night as compared to an individual 
        who is 25 years of age.
            (2) The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety projects that by 
        2030 1 in every 4 drivers will be 65 years of age or older.
            (3) Increasing the retroreflectivity and size of traffic 
        signs provides added decision time for older drivers.
            (4) Increasing the retroreflectivity and size of traffic 
        signs also provides for faster response time by emergency 
        medical technicians and police and fire personnel by increasing 
        their ability to read and understand signs and reduce travel 
        time to a site.
            (5) More than 50 percent of traffic accidents resulting in 
        fatalities occur at night, and increased retroreflectivity of 
        traffic signs addresses this issue.
            (6) In 2007, the following deadlines were established in 
        the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices in response to a 
        statutory requirement from Congress:
                    (A) By January 22, 2012, roadway owners must adopt 
                a plan to ensure that their signs meet minimum levels 
                of retroreflectivity.
                    (B) By January 22, 2015, regulatory and warning 
                signs and post-mounted signs must meet minimum levels 
                of retroreflectivity.
                    (C) By January 22, 2018, overhead and street name 
                signs must meet minimum levels of retroreflectivity.
            (7) The Federal Highway Administration has estimated that 
        the cost for making these retroreflectivity improvements for 
        signage throughout the United States is $37,000,000 over a 10-
        year period.
            (8) At no point must a roadway owner replace a sign that 
        meets the minimum levels of retroreflectivity.
            (9) The United States is currently experiencing the worst 
        economic conditions since the Great Depression.
            (10) As a result, local governments across the United 
        States are experiencing one of the most economically 
        challenging times in history, with available revenues unable to 
        match the costs of services demanded by the public.
            (11) To compensate for depressed revenue collections during 
        the economic downturn, counties and cities are adopting severe 
        cost-cutting measures, such as laying off and furloughing 
        employees (including public safety personnel), cancelling or 
        postponing planned capital improvements, deferring necessary 
        maintenance, cutting equipment inventories, and in some cases 
        declaring bankruptcy.
            (12) The costs of employee benefits continue to rise and 
        local governments have to devote more resources to keep up with 
        inflation.
            (13) States are passing along the costs of services to 
        local governments as a method to balance their budgets.
            (14) The outlook for recovery appears to be at least 5 
        years away given that, even when the economy recovers, local 
        governments experience a delay in increased tax collections due 
        to the nature of property tax collections.

SEC. 3. RETROREFLECTIVITY LEVEL STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO TRAFFIC SIGNS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall modify the 
target compliance dates for minimum retroreflectivity level standards 
set forth in section 2A.08 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control 
Devices for Streets and Highways, 2009 Edition (incorporated by 
reference in subpart F of part 655 of title 23, Code of Federal 
Regulations) so that the following target compliance dates apply:
            (1) A target compliance date of January 22, 2012, for 
        implementation and continued use of an assessment or management 
        method that is designed to maintain traffic sign 
        retroreflectivity at or above the established minimum levels.
            (2) A target compliance date of January 22, 2018, for 
        replacement of regulatory, warning, and post-mounted guide 
        (except street name) signs that are identified using the 
        assessment or management method as failing to meet the 
        established minimum levels.
            (3) A target compliance date of January 22, 2021, for 
        replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs that 
        are identified using the assessment or management method as 
        failing to meet the established minimum levels.
    (b) Effect on Proposed Regulations.--The Secretary shall revise the 
notice of proposed amendments published in the Federal Register on 
August 31, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 54156), to incorporate the target 
compliance dates specified in subsection (a).
    (c) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds available to the 
Secretary to carry out this section notwithstanding any funding 
limitation enacted before the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) Highway Signs and Pavement Markings.--Section 148(a)(3)(B)(xi) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(xi) Installation, replacement, and 
                        upgrade of highway signs and pavement markings, 
                        including any upgrade of materials and the 
                        implementation of any assessment or management 
                        method designed to meet a State-established 
                        performance standard, Federal regulation, or 
                        requirement contained in the Manual on Uniform 
                        Traffic Control Devices relating to minimum 
                        levels of retroreflectivity.''.
    (b) Maintaining Minimum Levels of Retroreflectivity.--
            (1) Definition.--Section 148(a) of such title is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Project to maintain minimum levels of 
        retroreflectivity.--The term `project to maintain minimum 
        levels of retroreflectivity' means a project undertaken 
        pursuant to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices 
        requiring public agencies to use an assessment or management 
        method that is designed to maintain highway sign or pavement 
        marking retroreflectivity at or above prescribed minimum 
        levels.''.
            (2) Eligible projects.--Section 148(d)(1) of such title is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (A);
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) any project to maintain minimum levels of 
                retroreflectivity on a public road, whether or not such 
                project is included in the State strategic highway 
                safety plan; or''.
            (3) Increased federal share.--The first sentence of section 
        120(c)(1) of such title is amended by inserting ``maintaining 
        minimum levels of retroreflectivity of highway signs or 
        pavement markings,'' after ``signalization,''.
    (c) Standards for Projects To Upgrade Highway Signs and Pavement 
Markings.--Section 148 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(i) Standards for Projects To Upgrade Highway Signs and Pavement 
Markings.--The Secretary shall issue standards for the use of funds 
apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(5) for highway safety 
improvement projects to upgrade highway signs and pavement markings in 
order to meet or exceed minimum maintained levels of retroreflectivity. 
Such standards shall ensure that the projects are carried out so as to 
meet defined criteria, consistent with other safety upgrades, using a 
systematic approach. Such standards shall permit the use of the funds 
for an initial upgrade of highway signs and pavement markings in the 
State, but shall prohibit the funds from being used for maintenance 
activities.''.

SOLUTION: Safe Roads for America Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to modify the target compliance dates for the following minimum retroreflectivity level standards: (1) implementation and continued use of an assessment or management method that is designed to maintain traffic sign retroreflectivity at or above the established minimum levels; (2) replacement of regulatory, warning, and post-mounted guide (except street name) signs identified using the assessment or management method as failing to meet the established minimum levels; and (3) replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs that are identified using the assessment or management method as failing to meet the established minimum levels.

 Requires the Secretary to revise the notice of proposed amendments published in the Federal Register on August 31, 2011, to incorporate the new target compliance dates.

Includes measures designed to meet a state-established performance standard, federal regulation, or requirement contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices relating to minimum levels of retroreflectivity as projects for purposes of the highway safety improvement program.

Allows a maximum 100% federal share of the costs of construction related to maintaining minimum levels of retroreflectivity of highway signs or pavement markings.

Directs the Secretary to issue standards for the use of funds apportioned to a state for highway safety improvement projects to upgrade highway signs and pavement markings in order to meet or exceed minimum maintained levels of retroreflectivity. Requires such standards to prohibit fund use for maintenance activities.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Living Independently for Extended 
Time Act'' or the ``LIFETIME Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The number of Americans over age 65 or living with a 
        disability is growing, and over 70 percent of these individuals 
        will need some form of long-term services and supports, with a 
        majority of individuals preferring home and community-based 
        care.
            (2) This is a major demographic shift and provides an 
        opportunity for innovative solutions in long-term services and 
        supports.
            (3) Developing programs to facilitate high-quality 
        independent community-based living, create and improve jobs, 
        and address and improve upon gaps in existing systems will be 
        essential to providing necessary services and supports to these 
        individuals and families.
            (4) It is imperative that Congress act to address the 
        looming long-term services and supports crisis.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this Act to establish a grant program to 
provide incentives to States for the development of solutions to the 
increased need of individuals for long-term services and supports and 
to increase State support and systems in long-term care.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS INNOVATION 
              GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) State Planning Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which grant announcements are made under subsection (d), the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this Act 
        as the ``Secretary'') shall award grants to eligible States to 
        enable such States to develop innovative programs to meet the 
        unique need for long-term services and supports in the State.
            (2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        paragraph (1), a State shall--
                    (A) submit to the Secretary an application, at such 
                time, in such manner, and containing such information 
                as the Secretary may require;
                    (B) demonstrate to the Secretary that the State 
                will work in conjunction with both public and private 
                long-term services and supports stakeholder groups 
                described in paragraph (3) to develop a coordinated 
                statewide long-term services and supports program for 
                the State that is not duplicative of other programs 
                providing such services and supports in the State; and
                    (C) provide assurances that the State will, not 
                later than 1 year after the date on which the grant is 
                awarded, submit to the Secretary a comprehensive plan 
                for the implementation of innovative long-term services 
                and supports program in the State, which shall include 
                the utilization of existing State or local frameworks.
            (3) Stakeholder groups.--Stakeholder groups described in 
        this paragraph shall be groups that--
                    (A) represent the interests of--
                            (i) consumers of long-term services and 
                        supports and related insurance products, as 
                        well as their representatives;
                            (ii) older adults;
                            (iii) individuals with cognitive or 
                        functional limitations;
                            (iv) family caregivers for individuals 
                        described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii);
                            (v) the health care workforce who directly 
                        provide long-term services and supports;
                            (vi) private long-term services and 
                        supports insurance providers;
                            (vii) employers;
                            (viii) State insurance departments;
                            (ix) area agency on aging or State agency 
                        on aging;
                            (x) direct care workforce; and
                            (xi) State Medicaid agencies;
                    (B) have demonstrated experience in dealing with 
                issues related to long-term services and supports, 
                health care policy, and public and private insurance; 
                and
                    (C) represent the health care interests and needs 
                of a variety of geographic areas and demographic 
                groups.
    (b) State Implementation Grants.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
        eligible States to enable such States to implement the 
        comprehensive plans submitted under subsection (a)(2)(C) to 
        meet the long-term services and supports needs of such States.
            (2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        paragraph (1), a State shall--
                    (A) submit to the Secretary an application, at such 
                time, in such manner, and containing such information 
                as the Secretary may require;
                    (B) have submitted a comprehensive plan under 
                subsection (a)(2)(C) that has been approved by the 
                Secretary or, if the State has not applied for a grant 
                under subsection (a), submit a plan (that is similar to 
                the plans required under subsection (a)(2)(C)) to the 
                Secretary for the implementation of new, or continued 
                operation of existing, long-term services and supports 
                activities;
                    (C) provide assurances that the State will provide 
                long-term services and supports under the grant to 
                individuals who demonstrate a need for such services 
                regardless of age;
                    (D) provide assurances that the State will provide 
                matching funds in accordance with paragraph (3); and
                    (E) submit to the Secretary progress and outcomes 
                reports containing uniform data as determined 
                appropriate by the Secretary.
            (3) Matching requirement.--To be eligible to receive a 
        grant under paragraph (1), a State shall agree, with respect to 
        the costs to be incurred by the State in implementing the 
        comprehensive plan under subsection (a)(2)(C), to make 
        available non-Federal contributions (in cash or in-kind) toward 
        such costs in an amount equal to not less than $1 for each $4 
        of Federal funds provided under the grant. Such contributions 
        may be made directly or through donations from public or 
        private entities.
            (4) Preference.--In awarding grants under paragraph (1), 
        the Secretary shall give preference to States that 
        demonstrate--
                    (A) the activities to be carried out under the 
                grant will enhances access to quality, affordable long-
                term services and supports for consumers; and
                    (B) the sustainability and scalability of the 
                program to be carried out under the grant beyond the 
                grant period.
            (5) Limitation.--A State shall not use in excess of 5 
        percent of the amount awarded under a grant under paragraph (1) 
        for the administrative expenses associated with carrying out 
        activities under the grant.
    (c) Technical Assistance and Outcomes Data.--The Secretary may use 
not to exceed 5 percent of the amount appropriated for each fiscal year 
under subsection (f) to--
            (1) provide technical assistance to States in carrying out 
        programs under this section; and
            (2) collect and disseminate data, including from the 
        reports submitted by the States under subsection (b)(2)(D), on 
        improvements to long-term services and supports provided in the 
        States and the effect that grants under this section had on the 
        availability of such services and supports.
    (d) Grant Announcements.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall announce the opportunity to 
apply for the initial series of grants under this section. Not later 
than 2 years after such date, the Secretary shall announce the 
opportunity to apply for the remaining grants under this section.
    (e) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which grants 
are awarded under subsection (b), and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the activities carried 
out under grants under this section, including a description of 
improvements to long-term services and supports provided in the States 
and the effect that grants under this section had on the availability 
of such services and supports.
    (f) Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated--
                    (A) to award grants under subsection (a), 
                $50,000,000, to be used during the first fiscal year 
                for which such grants are awarded; and
                    (B) to award grants under subsection (b), 
                $250,000,000, to be available until expended.
            (2) Additional amounts.--In addition to amounts 
        appropriated under paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year, the 
        Secretary may use any amounts appropriated under paragraph 
        (1)(A) and remaining unexpended after fiscal year 2015 to award 
        grants under subsection (b).
    (g) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``long-term services and 
supports'' means the services and supports described in section 321(a) 
of the Older Americans Act of (42 U.S.C. 3030d(a) et seq.).

SOLUTION: Living Independently for Extended Time Act or the LIFETIME Act  This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to enable eligible states to develop innovative programs to meet the unique need for long-term services and supports in the state. 

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sunlight Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. PRECERTIFICATION OF TRAVEL BY COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF 
              OFFICIAL CONDUCT.

    Clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by inserting after paragraph (d) the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(d)(1) Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee of the House may take a privately-funded trip, that 
individual shall--
            ``(A) provide the estimated cost of the trip, the entity 
        paying for the trip, the purpose of the trip, the modes of 
        transportation, accommodations, number of meals on the trip, 
        and the proposed itinerary to the Committee on Standards of 
        Official Conduct; and
            ``(B) agree to provide to the Committee on Standards of 
        Official Conduct within 5 calendar days after the trip is 
        completed the expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed and any 
        changes from the information provided under subdivision (A).
The information shall be made available on the public website of the 
committee in a searchable and sortable manner.
    ``(2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House may not take a privately-funded trip unless the 
Committee makes a determination that the proposed trip (including the 
itinerary and estimated expenses) complies with all applicable rules of 
the House, based on the information submitted under subparagraph 
(1).''.

SEC. 3. DOLLAR AMOUNTS REQUIRED FOR ANNUAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 
              STATEMENTS.

    (a) Financial Disclosures.--Section 102(d) of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
    ``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in the case 
of reports of Members of Congress and officers and employees of 
Congress filed pursuant to sections 101(d) and (e), references to the 
categories for reporting the amount or value of the items covered in 
paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (8) of subsection (a) shall be deemed to 
be exact dollar amounts.''.
    (b) Availability of Reports on the Internet.--Section 103 of the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(l) A copy of each report filed under this title with the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate shall be 
made available as soon as practicable to the general public on the 
Internet in a format that is searchable and sortable.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to reports filed for calendar years beginning after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF DEBATES.

    Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(l) During general debate on any measure, the Clerk shall project 
on a wall of the Hall of the House the subject matter of that debate so 
that it is visible to Members and to visitors in the gallery.''.

SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF BILLS, CONFERENCE REPORTS, AND AMENDMENTS ON 
              THE INTERNET BEFORE VOTING.

    Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``7. It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint 
resolution, or conference report thereon, or amendment thereto, 
unless--
            ``(1) in the case of a bill, joint resolution, or 
        conference report, such measure is made available to Members 
        and the general public on the Internet for at least 48 hours 
        before its consideration; or
            ``(2)(A) in the case of an amendment made in order by a 
        rule, it is made available to Members and the general public on 
        the Internet within one hour after the rule is filed; or
            ``(B) in the case of an amendment under an open rule, it is 
        made available to Members and the general public on the 
        Internet immediately after being offered;
in a format that is searchable and sortable.''.

SEC. 6. PROMOTING EXPEDITED AVAILABILITY OF FEC REPORTS.

    (a) Mandatory Electronic Filing for All Reports.--
            (1) In general.--Section 304(a)(11) of the Federal Election 
        Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``a person 
                required to file--'' and all that follows and inserting 
                the following: ``each person required to file a report 
                under this Act shall be required to maintain and file 
                such report in electronic form accessible by 
                computers.'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                ``designations, statements, and reports'' and inserting 
                ``documents''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``means, with 
                respect to'' and all that follows and inserting the 
                following: ``means any report, designation, statement, 
                or notification required by this Act to be filed with 
                the Commission or the Secretary of the Senate.''.
            (2) Placement of all reports on internet.--Section 
        304(a)(11)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)(B)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``a designation, statement, report, 
                or notification'' and inserting ``each report''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the designation, statement, 
                report, or notification'' and inserting ``the report''.
            (3) Searchable and sortable manner of information.--Section 
        304(a)(11)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)(B)) is amended 
        by inserting ``in a format that is searchable and sortable'' 
        after ``Internet''.
            (4) Software for filing of all reports.--Section 304(a)(12) 
        of such Act (2 U.S.C 434a(a)(12)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``each 
                person required to file a designation, statement, or 
                report in electronic form'' and inserting ``each person 
                required to file a report (as defined in paragraph 
                (11)(D))''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``any 
                designation, statement, or report'' and inserting ``any 
                report (as defined in paragraph (11)(D))''.
    (b) Requiring Reports for All Contributions Made to Any Political 
Committee Within 30 Days of Election; Requiring Reports To Be Made 
Within 24 Hours.--Section 304(a)(6)(A) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
434(a)(6)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(A) Each political committee shall notify the Secretary or the 
Commission, and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, in writing, of 
any contribution received by the committee during the period which 
begins on the 30th day before an election and ends at the time the 
polls close for such election. This notification shall be made within 
24 hours (or, if earlier, by midnight of the day on which the 
contribution is deposited) after the receipt of such contribution and 
shall include the name of the candidate involved (as appropriate) and 
the office sought by the candidate, the identification of the 
contributor, and the date of receipt and amount of the contribution.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to reports for periods beginning on or after January 
1, 2007.

SOLUTION:
Sunlight Act of 2006 - Amends rule XXV (Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a Member of the House, officer, or employee, before taking a privately-funded trip, to: (1) provide certain travel-related information to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and agree to provide expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed after the trip's completion; and (2) receive the Committee's precertification of such proposed trip. Prohibits any such privately-funded trip unless the Committee determines that it complies with all applicable rules of the House.

Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require annual financial disclosure statements of Members of Congress and congressional officers and employees to include the exact dollar amount.

Requires such reports filed with the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate (as well as travel-related information) to be made available to the general public on the Internet.

Amends rule II (Other Officers and Officials) to require, during general debate on any measure, the Clerk to project on a wall of the Hall of the House the subject matter of that debate so that it is visible to Members and to visitors in the gallery.

Amends rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) to make it out of order to consider: (1) any bill, joint resolution, or conference report unless it is made available to Members and the general public on the Internet for at least 48 hours before its consideration; or (2) any amendment unless it is made available on the Internet within one hour after it is filed (if made in order by a rule) or immediately (if offered under an open rule).

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require all mandatory reports to be filed in an electronic form accessible by computers.

Revises requirements for mandatory reports on contributions made to any political committee shortly before an election. Extends from 20 days before to 30 days before the election the beginning of the look-back period for such contributions, and from 48 hours before the election to the closing of the polls the end of the look-back period. Applies the requirements to any contribution (currently, only those of $1,000 or more). Requires such reports to be made within 24 hours after receipt or, if earlier, by midnight of the day on which the contribution is deposited (currently, within 48 hours after reciept).