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Question: SECTION 1. FINANCIAL LITERACY SERVICES.

    Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                     ``financial literacy services

    ``Sec. 1150A.  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Area agency on aging.--The term `area agency on 
        aging' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the 
        Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002).
            ``(2) Financial literacy services.--The term `financial 
        literacy services' means the services described in subsection 
        (b)(1).
            ``(3) Older individual.--The term `older individual' has 
        the meaning given that term in such section 102.
    ``(b) Grants for Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to 
        eligible entities and other entities determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary to enable the entities to provide services to 
        improve financial literacy among older individuals, including 
        older individuals who are women, and the family members and 
        legal representatives of such individuals. The Secretary shall 
        make the grants on a competitive basis, and nationwide.
            ``(2) Eligible entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, an entity shall be an area agency on 
        aging or another entity that meets such requirements as the 
        Secretary may specify.
            ``(3) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this subsection, an entity shall submit an application to the 
        Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may require. In the case of an 
        entity who intends to provide the financial literacy services 
        jointly with other services as described in paragraph (4)(C), 
        the application shall include information demonstrating that 
        the entity has the capacity to provide the services jointly.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An entity that receives a grant 
                under this subsection shall use the funds made 
                available through the grant to provide financial 
                literacy services, such as financial literacy 
                education, training, and assistance.
                    ``(B) Provision through contracts.--The entity may 
                provide the services directly or by entering into a 
                contract with an organization that provides counseling, 
                advice, or representation to older individuals and the 
                family members and legal representatives of such 
                individuals in a community served by the entity.
                    ``(C) Provision with other services.--The entity 
                may provide the services alone or jointly with other 
                services provided by or funded by the eligible entity, 
                such as--
                            ``(i) services provided through State 
                        Health Insurance Assistance Programs;
                            ``(ii) services provided through a Long-
                        Term Care Ombudsman program under section 
                        307(a)(9) or 712 of the Older Americans Act of 
                        1965 (42 U.S.C. 3027, 3058g);
                            ``(iii) information and assistance services 
                        provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965 
                        (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
                            ``(iv) legal assistance services provided 
                        under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
                        U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
                            ``(v) services provided through Senior 
                        Medicare Patrol Projects conducted by the 
                        Administration on Aging;
                            ``(vi) case management services; and
                            ``(vii) services provided through Aging and 
                        Disability Resource Centers.
            ``(5) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress an 
        annual report on the activities carried out by entities under a 
        grant under this subsection.
    ``(c) National Support Center for Financial Literacy Grant.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make a grant to an 
        eligible center to coordinate the services provided through, 
        and support the grant recipients under, the grant program 
        carried out under subsection (b).
            ``(2) Eligible center.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, a center shall--
                    ``(A) be an entity that is housed within an 
                organization described in section 501(c) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from 
                taxation under section 501(a) of such Code;
                    ``(B) have a minimum of 10 years experience 
                operating a national program and support center with a 
                focus on financial literacy; and
                    ``(C) be primarily engaged in outreach and training 
                activities designed to provide financial education and 
                retirement planning for low- and moderate-income 
                individuals, particularly with respect to women; and
                    ``(D) have a demonstrated record of collaboration 
                with organizations that focus on the needs of low- and 
                moderate-income individuals and with national 
                organizations serving the elderly, including those 
                working with area agencies on aging and women, as well 
                as organizations with expertise in financial services 
                and related fields.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--A center that receives a grant under 
        this subsection shall use the funds made available through the 
        grant to--
                    ``(A) design and conduct training (which may 
                include providing training for trainers) related to 
                financial literacy services;
                    ``(B) provide curricula for financial literacy 
                services;
                    ``(C) develop and disseminate relevant information 
                about financial literacy services;
                    ``(D) conduct outreach to national, State, and 
                community organizations through a series of strategic 
                partnerships in order to improve financial literacy 
                among older individuals and the family members and 
                legal representatives of such individuals;
                    ``(E) provide technical assistance to the grant 
                recipients under subsection (b) with respect to the 
                program; and
                    ``(F) collect data from such grant recipients about 
                the services provided under this section, and the 
                impact of those services.
            ``(4) Addressing challenges to women in securing adequate 
        retirement income.--In addition to the activities described in 
        paragraph (3), a center that receives a grant under this 
        subsection shall use the funds made available through the grant 
        to conduct activities that are focused on addressing the 
        challenges faced by older women, women of color, single women, 
        and women who are heads of households to securing an adequate 
        retirement income.
    ``(d) Coordination.--The Secretary shall ensure that the activities 
carried out under the grant program under subsection (b) and under a 
grant made under subsection (c) are coordinated with the activities 
carried out by--
            ``(1) the Office of Financial Education of the Department 
        of the Treasury; and
            ``(2) the Financial Literacy and Education Commission 
        established under section 513 of the Financial Literacy and 
        Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C. 9702).
    ``(e) Funding.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services from the Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund established under section 201 such funds as are necessary for 
making grants under this section.''.

Answer: Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable eligible entities to provide services to improve financial literacy among older individuals, including family members and legal representatives of such individuals.

Authorizes the Secretary to make such a grant to a national support center to: (1) coordinate services provided through the grant program; and (2) support grant recipients.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Highway Funding Equity Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM GUARANTEE.

    Section 105 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and subsections (c) through 
        (f);
            (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (e);
            (3) by inserting after the section heading the following:
    ``(a) Guarantee.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through 
        2009, the Secretary shall allocate among the States amounts 
        sufficient to ensure that the percentage for each State of the 
        total apportionments for the fiscal year for the National 
        Highway System under section 103(b), the high priority projects 
        program under section 117, the Interstate maintenance program 
        under section 119, the surface transportation program under 
        section 133, metropolitan planning under section 134, the 
        highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program under 
        section 144, the congestion mitigation and air quality 
        improvement program under section 149, the recreational trails 
        program under section 206, the Appalachian development highway 
        system under subtitle IV of title 40, and the minimum guarantee 
        under this paragraph, equals or exceeds the percentage 
        determined for the State under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) State percentages.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the percentage for each State 
                referred to in paragraph (1) is the percentage that is 
                equal to 95 percent of the ratio that--
                            ``(i) the estimated tax payments 
                        attributable to highway users in the State paid 
                        into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
                        Mass Transit Account) in the most recent fiscal 
                        year for which data are available; bears to
                            ``(ii) the estimated tax payments 
                        attributable to highway users in all States 
                        paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
                        the Mass Transit Account) in the most recent 
                        fiscal year for which data are available.
                    ``(B) Exception.--In the case of a State having a 
                population density of less than 50 individuals per 
                square mile according to the 2000 decennial census, the 
                percentage referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the 
                greater of--
                            ``(i) the percentage determined under 
                        subparagraph (A); or
                            ``(ii) the percentage specified in 
                        subsection (e).
    ``(b) Treatment of Funds.--
            ``(1) Programmatic distribution.--The Secretary shall 
        apportion the amounts made available under this section that 
        exceed $2,800,000,000 so that the amount apportioned to each 
        State under this paragraph for each program referred to in 
        subsection (a)(1) (other than the high priority projects 
        program, metropolitan planning, the recreational trails 
        program, the Appalachian development highway system, and the 
        minimum guarantee under subsection (a)) is equal to the product 
        obtained by multiplying--
                    ``(A) the amount to be apportioned under this 
                paragraph; and
                    ``(B) the ratio that--
                            ``(i) the amount of funds apportioned to 
                        the State for each program referred to in 
                        subsection (a)(1) (other than the high priority 
                        projects program, metropolitan planning, the 
                        recreational trails program, the Appalachian 
                        development highway system, and the minimum 
                        guarantee under subsection (a)) for a fiscal 
                        year; bears to
                            ``(ii) the total amount of funds 
                        apportioned to the State for that program for 
                        the fiscal year.
            ``(2) Remaining distribution.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary shall apportion the remainder of funds made 
                available under this section to the States, and 
                administer those funds, in accordance with section 
                104(b)(3).
                    ``(B) Inapplicable requirements.--Paragraphs (1), 
                (2), and (3) of section 133(d) shall not apply to 
                amounts apportioned in accordance with this paragraph.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each 
of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
    ``(d) Guarantee of 95 Percent Return.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through 
        2009, before making any apportionment under this title, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) determine whether the sum of the percentages 
                determined under subsection (a)(2) for the fiscal year 
                exceeds 100 percent; and
                    ``(B) if the sum of the percentages exceeds 100 
                percent, proportionately adjust the percentages 
                specified in the table contained in subsection (e) to 
                ensure that the sum of the percentages determined under 
                subsection (a)(1)(B) for the fiscal year equals 100 
                percent.
            ``(2) Eligibility threshold for adjustment.--The Secretary 
        may make an adjustment under paragraph (1) for a State for a 
        fiscal year only if the percentage for the State in the table 
        contained in subsection (e) is equal to or exceeds 95 percent 
        of the ratio determined for the State under subsection 
        (a)(1)(B)(i) for the fiscal year.
            ``(3) Limitation on adjustments.--Adjustments of the 
        percentages in the table contained in subsection (e) in 
        accordance with this subsection shall not result in a total of 
        the percentages determined under subsection (a)(2) that exceeds 
        100 percent.''; and
            (4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), 
        by striking ``subsection (a)'' and inserting ``subsections 
        (a)(2)(B)(ii) and (d)''.

Answer: Highway Funding Equity Act of 2005 - Amends Federal highway law to revise Federal highway minimum guarantee requirements.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation, for each of FY 2005 through 2009, to allocate among the States amounts sufficient to ensure that the percentage for each State of the total apportionments for the fiscal year for certain Federal-aid highway programs (including the basic minimum guarantee under this Act) equals or exceeds 95 percent of the ratio that the estimated gas tax payments attributable to highway users in the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) bears to such payments attributable to highway users in all States (with a specified exception for any State having a population density of less than 50 individuals per square mile).

Provides for: (1) the programmatic distribution of funds above $2.8 billion for certain Federal-aid highway programs; (2) the apportionment of the remainder of funds to the States; and (3) required adjustments where the sum of State percentages exceeds 100 percent.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Telecommunications and 
Broadband Service Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADBAND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 13. RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADBAND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established within the Commission 
the Rural Telecommunications and Broadband Advisory Committee (in this 
section referred to as the `Committee').
    ``(b) Purpose.--The Committee shall--
            ``(1) provide advice to the Commission and reports to 
        Congress with respect to policy issues relating to 
        telecommunications services in rural areas, including advice 
        and recommendations that would--
                    ``(A) promote the deployment of advanced and next-
                generation telecommunications services in rural areas; 
                and
                    ``(B) advance the principles described in section 
                254(b); and
            ``(2) advise the Commission with respect to the impact that 
        agenda items of the Commission could have on the provision of 
        telecommunications services in rural areas.
    ``(c) Membership.--
            ``(1) Number of members.--The Committee shall be composed 
        of not fewer than 5 and not more than 30 members.
            ``(2) Appointment.--The members of the Committee, other 
        than the co-Chairs described in paragraph (6), shall be 
        appointed by the chairman of the Commission with the 
        concurrence of the senior commissioner of the Commission from 
        the party of which the chairman is not a member.
            ``(3) Removal.--A member of the Committee may be removed 
        only upon the concurrence of both the chairman of the 
        Commission and the senior commissioner of the Commission from 
        the party of which the chairman is not a member.
            ``(4) Terms.--Each member of the Committee appointed under 
        paragraph (2)--
                    ``(A) shall serve for a term of 2 years; and
                    ``(B) may be reappointed for additional terms.
            ``(5) Representation of membership.--The membership of the 
        Committee shall--
                    ``(A) be balanced with respect to the functions 
                that the members of the Committee perform; and
                    ``(B) represent a cross-section of interests in 
                rural telecommunications policy, including 
                individuals--
                            ``(i)(I) with expertise in spectrum 
                        management and efficiency in rural areas; or
                            ``(II) who have provided policy 
                        recommendations with respect to advancing the 
                        principles described in section 254(b), 
                        including, to ensure that next-generation 
                        telecommunications services are deployed in 
                        rural areas in a timely manner, experience in--
                                    ``(aa) offering recommendations;
                                    ``(bb) conducting studies, 
                                research, or reforms; and
                                    ``(cc) establishing new or novel 
                                approaches to policy or spectrum usage 
                                or licensing; and
                            ``(ii) who have--
                                    ``(I) represented--
                                            ``(aa) telecommunications 
                                        providers that serve rural 
                                        areas;
                                            ``(bb) technology 
                                        developers and manufacturers;
                                            ``(cc) Federal, State, 
                                        regional, and local interests;
                                            ``(dd) national security 
                                        interests; or
                                            ``(ee) entities that seek 
                                        to protect consumers; or
                                    ``(II) worked in--
                                            ``(aa) academia; or
                                            ``(bb) the field of public 
                                        safety.
            ``(6) Co-chairs.--
                    ``(A) Appointment.--The chairman of the Commission 
                and the senior commissioner of the Commission from the 
                party of which the chairman is not a member shall each 
                appoint a co-Chair of the Committee.
                    ``(B) Removal.--Each co-Chair of the Committee may 
                be removed only upon the concurrence of both the 
                chairman of the Commission and the senior commissioner 
                of the Commission from the party of which the chairman 
                is not a member.
    ``(d) Meetings.--The Committee--
            ``(1) shall meet not less frequently than once every 4 
        months; and
            ``(2) may meet more frequently than as described in 
        paragraph (1), as determined by the co-Chairs.
    ``(e) Reports.--
            ``(1) Annual report.--The Committee shall submit to the 
        Commission, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and 
        Commerce of the House of Representatives an annual report that 
        describes the activities of the Committee during the preceding 
        year.
            ``(2) Servicing rural areas.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of this section, the Committee shall 
                submit to the Commission, the Committee on Commerce, 
                Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 
                Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
                Representatives a report that defines, in accordance 
                with the principles described in section 254(b), what 
                constitutes a rural area that has access to 
                telecommunications and information technologies and 
                services.
                    ``(B) Updates.--The Committee may update the report 
                submitted under subparagraph (A), as the co-Chairs 
                determine is appropriate.
    ``(f) Advice on Agenda Items.--The Committee may be called before 
the Commission to consider the impact of agenda items of the Commission 
on the provision of telecommunications services in rural areas.
    ``(g) Expenses.--
            ``(1) In general.--Members of the Committee shall not 
        receive compensation, travel expenses, or a per diem for the 
        work of the members of the Committee.
            ``(2) Use of electronic means.--The Committee shall use 
        telecommunications services and electronic resources to the 
        maximum extent possible to--
                    ``(A) facilitate the work of the Committee; and
                    ``(B) minimize the expenses incurred by the members 
                of the Committee in performing the work of the 
                Committee.
    ``(h) Applicability of FACA.--Sections 10 and 14 of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Committee 
or the activities of the Committee.''.

Answer:
Rural Telecommunications and Broadband Service Act of 2017 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish within the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) a Rural Telecommunications and Broadband Advisory Committee to:   provide advice to the FCC, and reports to Congress, on the deployment of advanced and next-generation telecommunications services in rural areas, the advancement of universal service principles for nationwide access to affordable and quality telecommunications and information services, and other policies relating to telecommunications in rural areas;  define what constitutes a rural area that has access to telecommunications and information technologies and services in accordance with universal service principles; and  advise on the impact of FCC agenda items on the provision of such services in rural areas.