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Question: SECTION 1. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE AND RECOVERY PERIOD FOR 
              NONCOMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Special Allowance for Noncommercial Airplanes.--
            ``(1) Additional allowance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft to which this subparagraph 
                applies--
                            ``(i) the depreciation deduction provided 
                        by section 167(a) for the taxable year in which 
                        such property is placed in service shall 
                        include an allowance equal to 50 percent of the 
                        adjusted basis of the qualified noncommercial 
                        aircraft property, and
                            ``(ii) the adjusted basis of the qualified 
                        noncommercial aircraft property shall be 
                        reduced by the amount of such deduction before 
                        computing the amount otherwise allowable as a 
                        depreciation deduction under this chapter for 
                        such taxable year and any subsequent taxable 
                        year.
                    ``(B) Application to aircraft purchased in 2010 or 
                2011.--Subparagraph (A) applies to qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft property placed in service after 
                December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012, which 
                is--
                            ``(i) acquired by the taxpayer after 
                        December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012, 
                        but only if no written binding contract for the 
                        acquisition was in effect before January 1, 
                        2010, or
                            ``(ii) acquired by the taxpayer pursuant to 
                        a written binding contract which was entered 
                        into after December 31, 2009, and before 
                        January 1, 2012, and
            ``(2) Recovery period.--For purposes of this section--
                    ``(A) In general.--Qualified noncommercial aircraft 
                to which this subparagraph applies shall be treated as 
                3-year property.
                    ``(B) Application to aircraft purchased before 
                2015.--Subparagraph (A) applies to qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft placed in service after the date 
                of the enactment of this subsection and before January 
                1, 2015, which is--
                            ``(i) acquired by the taxpayer after the 
                        date of the enactment of this subsection and 
                        before January 1, 2015, but only if no written 
                        binding contract for the acquisition was in 
                        effect before such date of the enactment, or
                            ``(ii) acquired by the taxpayer pursuant to 
                        a written binding contract which was entered 
                        into after December 31, 2008, and before 
                        January 1, 2015, and
            ``(3) Qualified noncommercial aircraft property.--For 
        purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft property' means any aircraft--
                            ``(i) which is not used in the trade or 
                        business of transporting persons or property,
                            ``(ii) to which this section applies, and
                            ``(iii) the original use of which commences 
                        with the taxpayer after--
                                    ``(I) December 31, 2009, for 
                                purposes of paragraph (1), and
                                    ``(II) the date of the enactment of 
                                this subsection for purposes of 
                                paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--
                            ``(i) Bonus depreciation property under 
                        subsection (k).--The term `qualified 
                        noncommercial aircraft property' shall not 
                        include any property to which subsection (k)(1) 
                        applies.
                            ``(ii) Alternative depreciation property.--
                        The term `qualified noncommercial aircraft 
                        property' shall not include any property to 
                        which the alternative depreciation system under 
                        subsection (g) applies, determined--
                                    ``(I) without regard to paragraph 
                                (7) of subsection (g) (relating to 
                                election to have system apply), and
                                    ``(II) after application of section 
                                280F(b) (relating to listed property 
                                with limited business use).
                            ``(iii) Election out.--If a taxpayer makes 
                        an election under this clause with respect to 
                        any class of property for any taxable year, 
                        this subsection shall not apply to all property 
                        in such class placed in service during such 
                        taxable year.
                    ``(C) Special rule for self-constructed property.--
                In the case of a taxpayer manufacturing, constructing, 
                or producing property for the taxpayer's own use, if 
                the taxpayer begins manufacturing, constructing, or 
                producing the property--
                            ``(i) after December 31, 2009, and before 
                        January 1, 2012, for purposes of paragraph (1), 
                        and
                            ``(ii) after the date of the enactment of 
                        this subsection and before January 1, 2015, for 
                        purposes of paragraph (2),
                the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) (as the 
                case may be) shall be treated as met.
                    ``(D) Deduction allowed in computing minimum tax.--
                For purposes of determining alternative minimum taxable 
                income under section 55, the deduction under subsection 
                (a) for qualified noncommercial aircraft property shall 
                be determined under this section without regard to any 
                adjustment under section 56.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

Answer: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) increased depreciation of qualified noncommercial aircraft property placed in service in 2010 or 2011; and (2) a three-year recovery period for the depreciation of such property placed in service before 2015. Defines "qualified noncommercial aircraft property" as any aircraft that is not used in the trade or business of transporting persons or property and that is first used after 2009. Allows such increased depreciation as an offset against the alternative minimum tax.


Question: 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.

Answer: 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.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Networking Electronically To Connect 
Our Police Act of 2001'' or the ``NET COP Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) Internet-based crime-fighting, investigatory, and 
        information-sharing technologies have proven to be extremely 
        useful to the law enforcement agencies that use them;
            (2) the sharing of information and the dissemination of 
        criminal intelligence between and among Federal, State, and 
        local law enforcement agencies benefit the society at large by 
        making criminal investigations more inclusive and effective;
            (3) the sharing of information between and among Federal, 
        State, and local law enforcement agencies allows these agencies 
        to find missing, neglected, abused, or abducted children, as 
        well as non-custodial parents seeking to evade their legal or 
        financial responsibilities; and
            (4) police departments in rural areas of the country tend 
        to be underserved by these Internet-based technologies.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to authorize the Department of Justice to make grants 
        to rural police departments for the purchase or upgrade of 
        computer equipment, and to pay for Internet access for crime-
        fighting, investigatory, or information-sharing purposes;
            (2) to reimburse police department officials or members 
        who, acting on behalf of their rural police departments and 
        using personal funds, have purchased computer equipment or paid 
        for Internet access for crime-fighting, investigatory, or 
        information-sharing purposes; and
            (3) to require annual reports to Congress on the 
        concentration of police departments that have Internet access, 
        particularly those departments serving rural areas.

SEC. 3. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    The Attorney General is authorized to award grants to rural police 
departments to--
            (1) enable those departments to gain access to the various 
        crime-fighting, investigatory, and information sharing 
        resources available on the Internet; and
            (2) reimburse rural police department officials and members 
        for the cost of computer equipment or Internet access.

SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS.

    Grants awarded under this Act may be used--
            (1) for the purchase of new or upgraded computer hardware 
        or software;
            (2) to pay for Internet access; and
            (3) to reimburse rural police departments that have paid 
        for computer equipment or Internet access out of the funds of 
        the department or department official or members, for some or 
        all of the costs associated with those purchases, as determined 
        by the Attorney General.

SEC. 5. APPLICATION.

    Each eligible rural police department that desires a grant under 
this Act shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such 
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the 
Attorney General may reasonably require.

SEC. 6. GRANT PROGRAM CRITERIA.

    (a) In General.--In awarding a grant under this Act, the Attorney 
General shall--
            (1) set criteria for determining which police departments 
        are currently underserved by crime-fighting, investigatory, or 
        information-sharing technologies available on the Internet, by 
        differentiating between police departments that do not have 
        Internet access, and those departments that have access but are 
        using outmoded, obsolete, or otherwise inadequate technology; 
        and
            (2) determine what would constitute the minimum feasible 
        package of technologies required to enable those police 
        departments to use existing crime-fighting, investigatory, and 
        information-sharing technologies.
    (b) Grant Limitations.--The Attorney General shall set limits for 
maximum annual grants, based on determinations made under subsection 
(a), for rural police departments that do not have Internet access, and 
for those that do have access but are using inadequate technology.

SEC. 7. POLICE DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE DESK.

    The Attorney General shall establish a Police Department Technology 
Assistance Desk to offer advice to chiefs of police in rural police 
departments regarding--
            (1) the types of products to buy in order to achieve not 
        less than a minimum level of Internet service to access 
        existing crime-fighting, investigatory, and information-sharing 
        technologies; and
            (2) technology upgrades for those police departments in 
        possession of outmoded or obsolete technology;
            (3) preferred vendors; and
            (4) any other information the Attorney General determines 
        to be necessary.

SEC. 8. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    The General Accounting Office, in consultation with the Attorney 
General, shall annually report to Congress on the concentration of 
police departments in the country that have Internet access, with 
particular emphasis on the number and percentage of rural police 
departments that lack Internet access, especially high-speed Internet 
access.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2002 through 2007 to carry out this Act.

Answer:
Networking Electronically To Connect Our Police Act of 2001 or NET COP Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to rural police departments to: (1) enable those departments to gain access to the various crime-fighting, investigatory, and information sharing resources available on the Internet; and (2) reimburse rural police department officials and members for the cost of computer equipment or Internet access.Allows grants awarded to be used: (1) for the purchase of new or upgraded computer hardware or software; (2) to pay for Internet access; and (3) to reimburse rural police departments that have paid for computer equipment or Internet access out of the funds of the department or department officials or members for some or all of the costs associated with those purchases, as determined by the Attorney General.Sets forth provisions regarding grant application requirements and grant program criteria.Directs the Attorney General to establish a Police Department Technology Assistance Desk to offer advice to chiefs of police in rural police departments.