In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF URGENT CARE AND EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT OF 
              VETERANS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Payment of Reasonable Costs of Urgent Care.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, 
        United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1725 
        the following new section:
``Sec. 1725A. Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall enter into contracts with 
urgent care providers under which the Secretary pays the urgent care 
provider the reasonable costs of urgent care provided to eligible 
veterans by the urgent care provider.
    ``(b) Eligible Veterans.--A veteran is an eligible veteran for 
purposes of this section if the veteran--
            ``(1) is enrolled in the system of annual patient 
        enrollment established and operated under section 1705(a) of 
        this title; and
            ``(2) has received health care under this chapter during 
        the two-year period preceding the date on which the veteran 
        receives urgent care under this section.
    ``(c) Cost Sharing.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Secretary shall establish a cost-sharing amount that eligible veterans 
shall pay to the Secretary to receive urgent care from an urgent care 
provider under this section.
    ``(2) The cost-sharing amount established under paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to an eligible veteran--
            ``(A) if the eligible veteran is admitted to a hospital for 
        treatment or observation after receiving urgent care under this 
        section; or
            ``(B) if the eligible veteran is receiving urgent care 
        under this section for the treatment of a service-connected 
        disability or condition.
    ``(d) Treatment of Department.--Notwithstanding the coverage of an 
eligible veteran under a health-plan contract, the Secretary shall be 
considered the primary payer for any urgent care provided to the 
eligible veteran under this section.
    ``(e) Types of Providers.--The Secretary shall ensure that all 
types of urgent care providers, including local urgent care providers, 
have an opportunity to enter into a contract with the Secretary under 
this section.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `health-plan contract' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 1725(f) of this title.
            ``(2) The term `urgent care' has the meaning given that 
        term by the Secretary.
            ``(3) The term `urgent care provider' means a health care 
        provider that provides urgent care at a non-Department 
        facility.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 1725 the following new item:

``1725A. Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care.''.
            (3) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is encouraged to contract 
        with urgent care centers that are accredited by a nationally 
        recognized accrediting body or organization to carry out 
        section 1725A of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
        paragraph (1).
    (b) Establishment of Cost-Sharing Amount for Veterans Receiving 
Emergency Room Care From Department.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a cost-sharing 
        amount that veterans shall pay to the Secretary to receive care 
        at an emergency room of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Exception.--The cost-sharing amount established under 
        paragraph (1) shall not apply to a veteran if the veteran--
                    (A) receives care for a service-connected (as 
                defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) 
                disability or condition;
                    (B) meets a hardship exception established by the 
                Secretary for purposes of this subsection; or
                    (C) is admitted to a hospital for treatment or 
                observation after receiving care at an emergency room 
                of the Department.
    (c) Limitation on Cost-Sharing Amounts.--The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may not require a veteran to pay multiple cost-sharing amounts 
if the veteran seeks urgent care under section 1725A of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), and care at an 
emergency room of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the same 
condition during a period determined by the Secretary for purposes of 
this subsection.
    (d) Report on Use by Veterans of Urgent and Emergency Room Care.--
Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and not less frequently than once every two years thereafter, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a report on the use by veterans 
eligible for health care under the laws administered by the Secretary 
of--
            (1) urgent care facilities; and
            (2) emergency room facilities of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs.

Output: Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts under which the VA pays health care providers the reasonable costs of urgent care provided to eligible veterans at non-VA facilities. An &quot;eligible veteran&quot; is one who: (1) is enrolled in the VA health care system, and (2) has received health care through the VA during the two years preceding the date on which the veteran receives urgent care. The VA shall establish a cost-sharing amount that a veteran shall pay to the VA to receive such urgent care. Such amount shall not apply to a veteran who: (1) is admitted to a hospital for treatment or observation after receiving urgent care, or (2) is receiving urgent care for the treatment of a service-connected disability or condition.  The VA shall: (1) be considered the primary payer for the urgent care provided, and (2) ensure that all types of urgent care providers have an opportunity to enter into such a contract.  The VA also shall establish a cost-sharing amount that veterans shall pay to receive care at a VA emergency room. Such amount shall not apply to a veteran who: (1) is receiving care for a service-connected disability or condition, (2) meets a hardship exception, or (3) is admitted to a hospital for treatment or observation after receiving care at a VA emergency room.  The VA may not require a veteran to pay multiple cost-sharing amounts if the veteran seeks urgent care under this bill and care at a VA emergency room for the same condition during a period determined by the VA.  The VA shall report every two years on the use by veterans of urgent care facilities and of VA emergency room facilities.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) In 2013, more than 33,000 Americans were killed by guns 
        and almost 90 percent of the firearms used in these deaths were 
        handguns.
            (2) Recently published research by top national experts, 
        notably on Missouri and Connecticut handgun purchaser licensing 
        laws, have estimated that Missouri's repeal of its handgun 
        purchaser licensing law led to a 25-percent increase in firearm 
        homicide rates while Connecticut's adoption of its handgun 
        purchaser licensing law led to a 40-percent decrease in firearm 
        homicide rates.
            (3) In States which have had effective handgun purchaser 
        licensing laws for decades, such as Connecticut, Massachusetts, 
        New Jersey, and New York, the vast majority of guns traced to 
        crimes originated in other States, which supports the need for 
        handgun purchaser licensing laws in every State.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the terms ``Attorney General'' and ``handgun'' have the 
        meanings given those terms in section 921(a) of title 18, 
        United States Code; and
            (2) the term ``Indian tribe'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).

SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED FOR HANDGUN LICENSING.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General is authorized to award grants 
to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes for the 
development, implementation, and evaluation of handgun purchaser 
licensing requirements.
    (b) Program Authorized.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out 
this Act and not later than 90 days after such amounts are 
appropriated, the Attorney General shall award grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible applicants whose applications are approved under 
subsection (c) to assist such applicants in implementing and improving 
handgun purchaser licensing programs.
    (c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, 
a State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe shall submit to the 
Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Attorney General may require, 
including--
            (1) a description of the law that the applicant has enacted 
        to require a license for any purchase of a handgun including a 
        description of any exemptions to such law; and
            (2) a description of how the applicant will use the grant 
        to carry out or improve its handgun purchaser licensing 
        program.
    (d) Eligibility Requirements.--To be eligible for a grant under 
this Act, an applicant shall have in effect handgun purchaser licensing 
laws that--
            (1) require--
                    (A) an individual applying for a handgun license or 
                permit to be at least 21 years old and be a national or 
                lawful permanent resident of the United States;
                    (B) an individual described in subparagraph (A) to 
                apply for the handgun purchaser license or permit at a 
                law enforcement agency in the State in which the 
                individual resides;
                    (C) an individual who is issued a handgun license 
                or permit to reapply for the handgun purchaser license 
                or permit after a period not longer than 5 years;
                    (D) an individual described in subparagraph (A) to 
                submit to a background investigation, and a criminal 
                history check, in connection with the application, as 
                established by the State;
                    (E) an individual described in subparagraph (A) to 
                submit fingerprints and photographs in connection with 
                the application for the license or permit; and
                    (F) an individual described in subparagraph (A) to 
                provide--
                            (i) proof that the individual is legally 
                        present and lawfully resides in the United 
                        States, including a birth certificate, or valid 
                        passport; and
                            (ii)(I) in the case of a lawful permanent 
                        resident, the alien registration number and 90-
                        day proof of residency; or
                            (II) in the case of a naturalized citizen, 
                        proof of citizenship; and
            (2) prohibit an individual who is prohibited from 
        possessing a firearm under section 922(g) of title 18, United 
        States Code, from receiving a license or permit.
    (e) Use of Funds.--A grantee under this Act shall use such grant to 
improve handgun purchaser licensing programs of that grantee.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.

Output: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states, units of local government, and Indian tribes for the development, implementation, and evaluation of handgun purchaser licensing requirements. Directs the Attorney General to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible applicants whose applications are approved to assist them in implementing and improving handgun purchaser licensing programs. Directs a state, local government, or tribe, to be eligible to receive a grant, to submit to the Attorney General an application that meets specified requirements, including a description of: (1) the law that the applicant has enacted to require a license for any purchase of a handgun, including exemptions to such law; and (2) how the applicant will use the grant to carry out or improve its program. Requires an applicant, to be eligible for a grant, to have in effect handgun purchaser licensing laws that:  require an applicant for a handgun license or permit to be at least 21 years old and to be a national or lawful permanent resident of the United States; require such an individual to apply for the license or permit at a law enforcement agency in the state in which he or she resides, to reapply for an issued license after a period not longer than five years, and to submit to a background investigation and a criminal history check; require such an individual to submit fingerprints and photographs in connection with the application and to provide proof that the individual is legally present and lawfully resides in the United States; and bar any individual who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under the federal criminal code from receiving a license or permit.   Requires a grantee to use such grant to improve its handgun purchaser licensing programs.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act only, the term--
            (1) ``coastline'' has the same meaning that it has in the 
        Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.);
            (2) ``county'' means a unit of general government 
        constituting the local jurisdiction immediately below the level 
        of State government. This term includes, but is not limited to, 
        counties, parishes, villages and tribal governments which 
        function in lieu of and are not within a county, and in Alaska, 
        borough governments. If State law recognizes an entity of 
        general government that functions in lieu of and is not within 
        a county, the Secretary may recognize such other entities of 
        general government as counties;
            (3) ``coastline State'' means any State of the United 
        States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the 
        Arctic Ocean, the Bering Sea or the Gulf of Mexico;
            (4) ``distance'' means minimum great circle distance, 
        measured in statute miles;
            (5) ``leased tract'' means a tract, leased under section 8 
        of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) for 
        the purpose of drilling for, developing and producing oil or 
        natural gas resources, which is a unit consisting of either a 
        block, a portion of a block, a combination of blocks and/or 
        portions of blocks, as specified in the lease, and as depicted 
        on an Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagram;
            (6) ``new revenues'' means monies received by the United 
        States as royalties (including payments for royalty taken in 
        kind and sold pursuant to section 27 of the Outer Continental 
        Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1353)), net profit share payments, 
        and related late-payment interest from natural gas and oil 
        leases issued pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
        Act, but only from leased tracts from which such revenues are 
        first received by the United States after the date of enactment 
        of this Act;
            (7) ``Outer Continental Shelf'' means all submerged lands 
        lying seaward and outside of the area of ``lands beneath 
        navigable waters'' as defined in section 2(a) of the Submerged 
        Lands Act 43 U.S.C. 1301(a)), and of which the subsoil 
and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its 
jurisdiction and control; and
            (8) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior or 
        the Secretary's designee.

SEC. 2. IMPACT ASSISTANCE FORMULA AND PAYMENTS.

    (a) There is established a fund in the Treasury of the United 
States, which shall be known as the ``Outer Continental Shelf Impact 
Assistance Fund'' (hereinafter referred to in this Act as ``the 
Fund''). Allocable new revenues determined under subsection (c) shall 
be deposited in the Fund.
    (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest excess monies in the 
Fund, at the written request of the Secretary, in public debt 
securities with maturities suitable to the needs of the Fund, as 
determined by the Secretary, and bearing interest at rates determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration current 
market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United 
States of comparable maturity.
    (c) Notwithstanding section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1338), amounts in the Fund, together with interest 
earned from investment thereof, shall be paid at the direction of the 
Secretary as follows:
            (1) The Secretary shall determine the new revenues from any 
        leased tract or portion of a leased tract lying seaward of the 
        zone defined and governed by section 8(g) of the Outer 
        Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)), or lying 
        within such zone but to which section 8(g) does not apply, the 
        geographic center of which lies within a distance of 200 miles 
        from any part of the coastline of any coastal State 
        (hereinafter referred to as an ``eligible coastal State'').
            (2) The Secretary shall determine the allocable share of 
        new revenues determined under paragraph (1) by multiplying such 
        revenues by 27 percent.
            (3) The Secretary shall determine the portion of the 
        allocable share of new revenues attributable to each eligible 
        coastal State (hereinafter referred to as the ``eligible 
        coastal State's attributable share'') based on a fraction which 
        is inversely proportional to the distance between the nearest 
        point on the coastline of the eligible coastal State and the 
        geographic center of the leased tract or portion of the leased 
        tract (to the nearest whole mile). Further, the ratio of an 
        eligible State's attributable share to any other eligible 
        State's attributable share shall be equal to the inverse of the 
        ratio of the distances between the geographic center of the 
        leased tract or portion of the leased tract and the coastlines 
        of the respective eligible coastal States. The sum of the 
        eligible coastal States' attributable shares shall be equal to 
        the allocable share of new revenues determined under paragraph 
        (2).
            (4) The Secretary shall pay from the Fund 50 percent of 
        each eligible coastal State's attributable share, together with 
        the portion of interest earned from investment of the funds 
        which corresponds to that amount, to that State.
            (5) Within 60 days of enactment of this Act, the Governor 
        of each eligible coastal State shall provide the Secretary with 
        a list of all counties, as defined herein, that are to be 
        considered for eligibility to receive impact assistance 
        payments. This list must include all counties with borders 
        along the State's coastline and may also include counties which 
        are at the closest point no more than 60 miles from the State's 
        coastline and which are certified by the Governor to have 
        significant impacts from Outer Continental Shelf-related 
        activities. For any such county that does not have a border 
        along the coastline, the Governor shall designate the coastline 
        of the nearest county that does have a border along the 
        coastline to serve as the former county's coastline for the 
        purposes of this section. The Governor of any eligible coastal 
        State may modify this list whenever significant changes in 
        Outer Continental Shelf activities require a change, but no 
        more frequently than once a year.
            (6) The Secretary shall determine, for each county within 
        the eligible coastal State identified by the Governor according 
        to paragraph (5) for which any part of the county's coastline 
        lies within a distance of 200 miles of the geographic center of 
        the leased tract or portion of the leased tract (hereinafter 
        referred to as an ``eligible county'') 50 percent of the 
        eligible coastal State's attributable share which is 
        attributable to such county (hereinafter referred to as the 
        ``eligible county's attributable share'') based on a fraction 
        which is inversely proportional to the distance between the 
        nearest point on the coastline of the eligible county and the 
        geographic center of the leased tract or portion of the leased 
        tract (to the nearest whole mile). Further, the ratio of any 
        eligible county's attributable share to any other eligible 
        county's attributable share shall be equal to the inverse of 
        the ratio of the distances between the geographic center of the 
        leased tract or portion of the leased tract and the coastlines 
        of the respective eligible counties. The sum of the eligible 
        counties' attributable shares for all eligible counties within 
        each State shall be equal to 50 percent of the eligible coastal 
        State's attributable share determined under paragraph (3).
            (7) The Secretary shall pay from the Fund the eligible 
        county's attributable share, together with the portion of 
        interest earned from investment of the Fund which corresponds 
        to that amount, to that county.
            (8) Payments to eligible coastal States and eligible 
        counties under this section shall be made not later than 
        December 31 of each year from new revenues received and 
        interest earned thereon during the immediately preceding fiscal 
        year, but not earlier than one year following the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
            (9) The remainder of new revenues and interest earned in 
        the Fund not paid to an eligible State or an eligible county 
        under this section shall be disposed of according to the law 
otherwise applicable to receipts from leases on the Outer Continental 
Shelf.

SEC. 3. USES OF FUNDS.

    Funds received pursuant to this Act shall be used by the eligible 
coastal States and eligible counties for projects and activities 
related to all impacts of Outer Continental Shelf-related activities 
including but not limited to--
            (1) air quality, water quality, fish and wildlife, 
        wetlands, or other coastal resources;
            (2) other activities of such State or county, authorized by 
        the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et 
        seq.), the provisions of subtitle B of title IV of the Oil 
        Pollution Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 523), or the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and
            (3) administrative costs of complying with the provisions 
        of this subtitle.

SEC. 4. OBLIGATIONS OF ELIGIBLE COUNTIES AND STATES.

    (a) Project Submission.--Prior to the receipt of funds pursuant to 
this Act for any fiscal year, an eligible county must submit to the 
Governor of the State in which it is located a plan setting forth the 
projects and activities for which the eligible county proposes to 
expend such funds. Such plan shall state the amounts proposed to be 
expended for each project or activity during the upcoming fiscal year.
    (b) Project Approval.--Prior to the payment of funds pursuant to 
this Act to any eligible county for any fiscal year, the Governor must 
approve the plan submitted by the eligible county pursuant to 
subsection (a) and notify the Secretary of such approval. State 
approval of any such plan shall be consistent with all applicable State 
and federal law. In the event the Governor disapproves any such plan, 
the funds that would otherwise be paid to the eligible county shall be 
placed in escrow by the Secretary pending modification and approval of 
such plan, at which time such funds together with interest thereon 
shall be paid to the eligible county.
    (c) Certification.--No later than 60 days after the end of the 
fiscal year, any eligible county receiving funds under this Act must 
certify to the Governor--
            (1) the amount of such funds expended by the county during 
        the previous fiscal year;
            (2) the amounts expended on each project or activity; and
            (3) the status of each project or activity.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT, REFUNDS.

    (a) On June 15 of each fiscal year, the Governor of each State 
receiving monies from the Fund shall account for all monies so received 
for the previous fiscal year in a written report to Congress.
    (b) In those instances where through judicial decision, 
administrative review, arbitration or other means there are royalty 
refunds owed to entities generating new revenues under this Act, 
repayment of such refunds in the same proportion as monies were 
received under section 2 shall be the responsibility of the 
governmental entities receiving distributions under the Fund.


Output: Establishes the Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance Fund to provide impact assistance to coastal States from allocable new revenues (payments received by the United States as royalties, net profit share payments, and related late-payment interest from natural gas and oil leases under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act). 
Sets forth a formula for use by the Secretary of the Interior to determine the portion of the allocable share of new revenues attributable to each coastal State and county eligible to receive impact assistance payments. 
Mandates that such funds be expended by the eligible coastal States and counties for certain environmental projects and activities. 
Requires:  (1) an eligible county to submit for the Governor's approval a plan setting forth the projects and activities for which it proposes to expend impact assistance funds; and (2) the Governor of each recipient State to account to the Congress for all Fund monies received for the previous fiscal year.