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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Welfare Integrity Now for Children 
and Families Act of 2012'' or the ``WIN for Children and Families 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SPENDING POLICIES FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER STATE TANF PROGRAMS.

    (a) State Requirement.--Section 408(a) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(12) State requirement to prevent unauthorized spending 
        of benefits.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State to which a grant is made 
                under section 403 shall maintain policies and practices 
                as necessary to prevent assistance provided under the 
                State program funded under this part from being used in 
                any electronic benefit transfer transaction in--
                            ``(i) any liquor store;
                            ``(ii) any casino, gambling casino, or 
                        gaming establishment; or
                            ``(iii) any retail establishment which 
                        provides adult-oriented entertainment in which 
                        performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed 
                        state for entertainment.
                    ``(B) Definitions.--For purposes of subparagraph 
                (A)--
                            ``(i) Liquor store.--The term `liquor 
                        store' means any retail establishment which 
                        sells exclusively or primarily intoxicating 
                        liquor. Such term does not include a grocery 
                        store which sells both intoxicating liquor and 
                        groceries including staple foods (within the 
                        meaning of section 3(r) of the Food and 
                        Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(r))).
                            ``(ii) Casino, gambling casino, or gaming 
                        establishment.--The terms `casino', `gambling 
                        casino', and `gaming establishment' do not 
                        include a grocery store which sells groceries 
                        including such staple foods and which also 
                        offers, or is located within the same building 
                        or complex as, casino, gambling, or gaming 
                        activities.
                            ``(iii) Electronic benefit transfer 
                        transaction.--The term `electronic benefit 
                        transfer transaction' means the use of a credit 
                        or debit card service, automated teller 
                        machine, point-of-sale terminal, or access to 
                        an online system for the withdrawal of funds or 
                        the processing of a payment for merchandise or 
                        a service.''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 409(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
609(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(16) Penalty for failure to enforce spending policies.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If, within 2 years after the 
                date of the enactment of the WIN for Children and 
                Families Act, any State has not reported to the 
                Secretary on such State's implementation of the 
                policies and practices required by section 408(a)(12), 
                or the Secretary determines, based on the information 
                provided in State reports, that any State has not 
                implemented and maintained such policies and practices, 
                the Secretary shall reduce, by an amount equal to 5 
                percent of the State family assistance grant, the grant 
                payable to such State under section 403(a)(1) for--
                            ``(i) the fiscal year immediately 
                        succeeding the year in which such 2-year period 
                        ends; and
                            ``(ii) each succeeding fiscal year in which 
                        the State does not demonstrate that such State 
                        has implemented and maintained such policies 
                        and practices.
                    ``(B) Reduction of applicable penalty.--The 
                Secretary may reduce the amount of the reduction 
                required under subparagraph (A) based on the degree of 
                noncompliance of the State.
                    ``(C) State not responsible for individual 
                violations.--Fraudulent activity by any individual in 
                an attempt to circumvent the policies and practices 
                required by section 408(a)(12) shall not trigger a 
                State penalty under subparagraph (A).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 409(c)(4) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 609(c)(4)) is amended by striking ``or (13)'' and 
inserting ``(13), or (16)''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 1, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Welfare Integrity Now for Children and Families Act of 2012 or WIN for Children and Families Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a state to which a state family assistance grant is made to maintain policies and practices necessary to prevent the use of state TANF assistance in any electronic benefit transfer transaction in a liquor store, casino or gambling establishment, or strip club.

Defines "electronic benefit transfer transaction" as the use of a credit or debit card service, automated teller machine (ATM), point-of-sale terminal, or access to an online system for the withdrawal of funds or the processing of a payment for merchandise or a service.

Establishes administrative penalties for states which have not reported on their implementation of or enforced such policies and practices.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Trade Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Internet has become an unprecedented medium for 
        competition, trade, free expression, and access to information.
            (2) The Internet is a driver of the global economy and must 
        remain open, stable, and secure.
            (3) Trade in Internet-enabled services and transfers of 
        data and other digital information have become increasingly 
        critical drivers of the economic growth of the United States. 
        The United States International Trade Commission found in a 
        July 2013 report, entitled ``Digital Trade in the U.S. and 
        Global Economies, Part 1'', that ``U.S. exports of digitally 
        enabled services (one measure of international digital trade) 
        grew from $282.1 billion in 2007 to $356.1 billion in 2011, 
        with exports exceeding imports every year''.
            (4) The United States is the global leader in Internet-
        enabled platforms, networks, and services. Certain liability 
        protections for those entities under the law of the United 
        States, which promote innovation and creativity and allow for 
        cooperative efforts to address harmful activity, have been 
        critical to the growth of the Internet economy in the United 
        States.
            (5) According to McKinsey & Company, more than \3/4\ of the 
        value added by the Internet is in traditional industries.
            (6) Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade benefits 
        small- and medium-size enterprises by providing unparalleled 
        access to global markets.
            (7) Proposals have been put forward by some trading 
        partners of the United States to restrict the flow of lawful 
        information across borders. Those proposals would cause 
        increased government control over the Internet and could create 
        a fragmented Internet.
            (8) Localization barriers to trade are frequently used to 
        protect, favor, or stimulate domestic industries at the expense 
        of industries in other countries. Those localization 
        requirements harm the competitiveness of and end-users in the 
        United States.
            (9) Restrictive policies regarding the flow of information 
        across borders are nontariff barriers that are harmful to 
        innovation and economic advancement. Those policies impede 
        trade in digital products and services and constrain the 
        ability of United States companies from many sectors to 
        effectively operate across borders.
            (10) Cross-border data flows are critical to manufacturers, 
        institutions of higher education, hospitals, retailers, 
        financial services firms, laboratories, and many other 
        organizations that use the Internet to improve their 
        productivity and manage global networks of customers, 
        suppliers, researchers, and employees.
            (11) The free flow of information across borders provides 
        choices and reduces costs to consumers worldwide.
            (12) The position of the United States Government has been 
        and is to advocate for the free flow of information across 
        borders.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) agencies in the executive branch, including the Office 
        of the United States Trade Representative, should be staffed 
        with experts and leaders to fulfill the mission of promoting an 
        open, global Internet that facilitates commerce and digital 
        trade; and
            (2) private sector stakeholders should have the opportunity 
        to formally inform efforts of agencies in the executive branch 
        related to digital trade.

SEC. 3. NEGOTIATING PRINCIPLES FOR INTERNET-ENABLED COMMERCE AND 
              DIGITAL TRADE.

    It shall be a negotiating principle of the United States in 
negotiations for a bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreement, 
and in multi-stakeholder fora, to seek the inclusion of binding and 
enforceable provisions that promote and enhance Internet-enabled 
commerce and digital trade, including provisions--
            (1) preventing or eliminating barriers to the movement of 
        electronic information across borders, including by encouraging 
        interoperability of data protection regimes and eliminating 
        barriers to accessing, processing, transferring, or storing 
        information;
            (2) ensuring transparency in measures affecting the free 
        flow of information within and across borders;
            (3) continuing the current practice of not imposing customs 
        duties on electronic transmissions;
            (4) prohibiting measures that condition market access or 
        other commercial benefits on localization of data, 
        infrastructure, or investment;
            (5) prohibiting any country from imposing measures that 
        require an entity to use computing infrastructure or services 
        in that country or otherwise require an entity to access, 
        process, transfer, or store data in the territory of that 
        country;
            (6) ensuring that the Internet continues to operate within 
        the successful multi-stakeholder governance model;
            (7) ensuring that provisions affecting intermediary 
        liability for Internet-enabled platforms, networks, and 
        services are consistent with the law of the United States;
            (8) ensuring digital trade policies contemplate various 
        business activities across all industrial sectors and allow for 
        future technological advancement; and
            (9) otherwise eliminating discriminatory treatment of 
        Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade.

Output: Digital Trade Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) executive branch agencies, including the Office of the United States Trade Representative, should be staffed with experts and leaders to promote an open, global Internet that facilitates commerce and digital trade; and (2) private sector stakeholders should have the opportunity to inform executive agency efforts related to digital trade.  States that it shall be a U.S. negotiating principle in negotiations for a bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreement, and in multi-stakeholder fora, to seek the inclusion of binding provisions that promote and enhance Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Approximately 10,000 to 11,000 individuals are retired 
        from service in the Armed Forces for medical reasons each year.
            (2) Some of such individuals are separated from service in 
        the Armed Forces for combat-related injuries (as defined in 
        section 104(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
            (3) Congress has recognized the tremendous personal 
        sacrifice of veterans with combat-related injuries by, among 
        other things, specifically excluding from taxable income 
        severance pay received for combat-related injuries.
            (4) Since 1991, the Secretary of Defense has improperly 
        withheld taxes from severance pay for wounded veterans, thus 
        denying them their due compensation and a significant benefit 
        intended by Congress.
            (5) Many veterans owed redress are beyond the statutory 
        period to file an amended tax return because they were not or 
        are not aware that taxes were improperly withheld.

SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF AMOUNTS IMPROPERLY WITHHELD FOR TAX PURPOSES 
              FROM SEVERANCE PAYMENTS TO VETERANS WITH COMBAT-RELATED 
              INJURIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
            (1) identify--
                    (A) the severance payments--
                            (i) that the Secretary paid after January 
                        17, 1991;
                            (ii) that the Secretary computed under 
                        section 1212 of title 10, United States Code;
                            (iii) that were not considered gross income 
                        pursuant to section 104(a)(4) of the Internal 
                        Revenue Code of 1986; and
                            (iv) from which the Secretary withheld 
                        amounts for tax purposes; and
                    (B) the individuals to whom such severance payments 
                were made; and
            (2) with respect to each person identified under paragraph 
        (1)(B), provide--
                    (A) notice of--
                            (i) the amount of severance payments in 
                        paragraph (1)(A) which were improperly withheld 
                        for tax purposes; and
                            (ii) such other information determined to 
                        be necessary by the Secretary of Treasury to 
                        carry out the purposes of this section; and
                    (B) instructions for filing amended tax returns to 
                recover the amounts improperly withheld for tax 
                purposes.
    (b) Extension of Limitation on Time for Credit or Refund.--
            (1) Period for filing claim.--If a claim for credit or 
        refund under section 6511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986 relates to a specified overpayment, the 3-year period of 
        limitation prescribed by such subsection shall not expire 
        before the date which is 1 year after the date the information 
        return described in subsection (a)(2) is filed. The allowable 
        amount of credit or refund of a specified overpayment shall be 
        determined without regard to the amount of tax paid within the 
        period provided in section 6511(b)(2).
            (2) Specified overpayment.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the term ``specified overpayment'' means an overpayment 
        attributable to a severance payment described in subsection 
        (a)(1).

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT THAT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ENSURE AMOUNTS ARE NOT 
              WITHHELD FOR TAX PURPOSES FROM SEVERANCE PAYMENTS NOT 
              CONSIDERED GROSS INCOME.

    The Secretary of Defense shall take such actions as may be 
necessary to ensure that amounts are not withheld for tax purposes from 
severance payments made by the Secretary to individuals when such 
payments are not considered gross income pursuant to section 104(a)(4) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--After completing the identification required by 
section 3(a) and not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the actions taken by the 
Secretary to carry out this Act.
    (b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
            (1) The number of individuals identified under section 
        3(a)(1)(B).
            (2) Of all the severance payments described in section 
        3(a)(1)(A), the aggregate amount that the Secretary withheld 
        for tax purposes from such payments.
            (3) A description of the actions the Secretary plans to 
        take to carry out section 4.
    (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 
        and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
        House of Representatives.


Output: Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify:   certain severance payments to veterans with combat-related injuries paid after January 17, 1991, from which DOD withheld amounts for tax purposes, and  the individuals to whom such severance payments were made.   DOD shall provide each such veteran with:   notice of the amount of improperly withheld severance payments, and   instructions for filing amended tax returns to recover such amount.  The period for filing a related claim with the Internal Revenue Service for a credit or refund is extended beyond the three-year limitation to the date that is one year after DOD provides the veteran with the information required by this Act. DOD shall ensure that amounts are not withheld for tax purposes from DOD severance payments to individuals when such payments are not considered gross income.