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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers 
Equally and Responsibly Act of 2017'' or the ``BROWSER Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICIES.

    (a) In General.--A provider of a covered service shall provide the 
users of the service with notice of the privacy policies of the 
provider with respect to the service. Such notice shall be clear and 
conspicuous.
    (b) Availability to Prospective Users.--The notice required by 
subsection (a) shall be made available to prospective users--
            (1) at the point of sale of, subscription to, or 
        establishment of an account for the covered service, prior to 
        such sale, subscription, or establishment, whether such point 
        of sale, subscription, or establishment is in person, online, 
        over the telephone, or through another means; or
            (2) if there is no such sale, subscription, or 
        establishment, before the user uses the service.
    (c) Persistent Availability.--The notice required by subsection (a) 
shall be made persistently available.
    (d) Material Changes.--A provider of a covered service shall 
provide users with advance notice of any material change to the privacy 
policies of the provider. The notice required by this subsection shall 
be clear and conspicuous.

SEC. 3. USER OPT-IN OR OPT-OUT APPROVAL RIGHTS BASED ON SENSITIVITY OF 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) Opt-In Approval Required for Sensitive User Information.--
Except as provided in subsection (c), a provider of a covered service 
shall obtain opt-in approval from a user to use, disclose, or permit 
access to the sensitive user information of the user.
    (b) Opt-Out Approval Required for Non-Sensitive User Information.--
Except as provided in subsection (c)--
            (1) a provider of a covered service shall obtain opt-out 
        approval from a user to use, disclose, or permit access to any 
        of the non-sensitive user information of the user; or
            (2) if the provider so chooses, the provider may comply 
        with the requirement of paragraph (1) by obtaining opt-in 
        approval from the user to use, disclose, or permit access to 
        any such non-sensitive user information.
    (c) Limitations and Exceptions.--A provider of a covered service 
may use, disclose, or permit access to user information without user 
approval for the following purposes:
            (1) In providing the covered service from which such 
        information is derived, or in providing services necessary to, 
        or used in, the provision of such service.
            (2) To initiate, render, bill, and collect for the covered 
        service.
            (3) To protect the rights or property of the provider, or 
        to protect users of the covered service and other service 
        providers from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of the 
        service.
            (4) To provide location information or non-sensitive user 
        information--
                    (A) to a public safety answering point, emergency 
                medical service provider or emergency dispatch 
                provider, public safety, fire service, or law 
                enforcement official, or hospital emergency or trauma 
                care facility, in order to respond to the request of 
                the user for emergency services;
                    (B) to inform the legal guardian of the user, or 
                members of the immediate family of the user, of the 
                location of the user in an emergency situation that 
                involves the risk of death or serious physical harm; or
                    (C) to providers of information or database 
                management services solely for purposes of assisting in 
                the delivery of emergency services in response to an 
                emergency.
            (5) As otherwise required or authorized by law.
    (d) Mechanism for Exercising User Approval.--
            (1) In general.--A provider of a covered service shall make 
        available a simple, easy-to-use mechanism for users to grant, 
        deny, or withdraw opt-in approval or opt-out approval at any 
        time.
            (2) Form and manner.--The mechanism required by paragraph 
        (1) shall be--
                    (A) clear and conspicuous; and
                    (B) made available--
                            (i) at no additional cost to the user; and
                            (ii) in a language other than English, if 
                        the provider transacts business with the user 
                        in such other language.
            (3) Effect.--The grant, denial, or withdrawal of opt-in 
        approval or opt-out approval by a user shall--
                    (A) be given effect promptly; and
                    (B) remain in effect until the user revokes or 
                limits such grant, denial, or withdrawal of approval.

SEC. 4. SERVICE OFFERS CONDITIONED ON WAIVERS OF PRIVACY RIGHTS.

    A provider of a covered service may not--
            (1) condition, or effectively condition, provision of such 
        service on agreement by a user to waive privacy rights 
        guaranteed by law or regulation, including this Act; or
            (2) terminate such service or otherwise refuse to provide 
        such service as a direct or indirect consequence of the refusal 
        of a user to waive any such privacy rights.

SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

    (a) General Application.--The requirements of this Act apply, 
according to their terms, to--
            (1) those persons, partnerships, and corporations over 
        which the Commission has authority pursuant to section 5(a)(2) 
        of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(2)); and
            (2) providers of broadband internet access service, 
        notwithstanding the exception in such section for common 
        carriers subject to the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        151 et seq.).
    (b) Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices.--A violation of this Act 
shall be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or 
affecting commerce for purposes of section 5(a)(2) of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(2)).
    (c) Powers of Commission.--Except as provided in subsection (a)(2) 
of this section--
            (1) the Commission shall enforce this Act in the same 
        manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 
        powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and 
        provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et 
        seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of this Act; and
            (2) any person who violates this Act shall be subject to 
        the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities 
        provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Broadband internet access service.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``broadband internet 
                access service'' means a mass-market retail service by 
                wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit 
                data to and receive data from all or substantially all 
                internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are 
                incidental to and enable the operation of the 
                communications service, but excluding dial-up internet 
                access service.
                    (B) Functional equivalent; evasion.--Such term also 
                includes any service that--
                            (i) the Commission finds to be providing a 
                        functional equivalent of the service described 
                        in subparagraph (A); or
                            (ii) is used to evade the protections set 
                        forth in this Act.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Trade Commission.
            (3) Covered service.--The term ``covered service'' means--
                    (A) broadband internet access service; or
                    (B) an edge service.
            (4) Edge service.--The term ``edge service''--
                    (A) means a service provided over the internet--
                            (i) for which the provider requires the 
                        user to subscribe or establish an account in 
                        order to use the service;
                            (ii) that the user purchases from the 
                        provider of the service without a subscription 
                        or account;
                            (iii) by which a program searches for and 
                        identifies items in a database that correspond 
                        to keywords or characters specified by the 
                        user, used especially for finding particular 
                        sites on the World Wide Web; or
                            (iv) by which the user divulges sensitive 
                        user information; and
                    (B) includes a service described in subparagraph 
                (A) that is provided through a software program, 
                including a mobile application.
            (5) Emergency services.--The term ``emergency services'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 222 of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222).
            (6) Material.--The term ``material'' means, with respect to 
        a change in a privacy policy of a provider of a covered 
        service, any change in such policy that a user of the service, 
        acting reasonably under the circumstances, would consider 
        important to the decisions of the user regarding the privacy of 
        the user, including any change to information required to be 
        included in a privacy notice under section 2.
            (7) Mobile application.--The term ``mobile application'' 
        means a software program that runs on the operating system of a 
        mobile device.
            (8) Non-sensitive user information.--The term ``non-
        sensitive user information'' means any user information that is 
        not sensitive user information.
            (9) Opt-in approval.--The term ``opt-in approval'' means a 
        method for obtaining from a user of a covered service consent 
        to use, disclose, or permit access to sensitive user 
        information under which the provider of the service obtains 
        express consent allowing the requested usage, disclosure, or 
        access to the sensitive user information.
            (10) Opt-out approval.--The term ``opt-out approval'' means 
        a method for obtaining from a user of a covered service consent 
        to use, disclose, or permit access to non-sensitive user 
        information under which the user is deemed to have consented to 
        the use, disclosure, or access to the non-sensitive user 
        information if the user has failed to object to such use, 
        disclosure, or access.
            (11) Public safety answering point.--The term ``public 
        safety answering point'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222).
            (12) Sensitive user information.--The term ``sensitive user 
        information'' includes any of the following:
                    (A) Financial information.
                    (B) Health information.
                    (C) Information pertaining to children under the 
                age of 13.
                    (D) Social Security number.
                    (E) Precise geo-location information.
                    (F) Content of communications.
                    (G) Web browsing history, history of usage of a 
                software program (including a mobile application), and 
                the functional equivalents of either.
            (13) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United 
        States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any 
        other territory or possession of the United States, and each 
        federally recognized Indian Tribe.
            (14) User.--The term ``user'' means, with respect to a 
        covered service, a person who--
                    (A) is a current or former--
                            (i) subscriber to such service; or
                            (ii) holder of an account for such service;
                    (B) purchases such service without a subscription 
                or account;
                    (C) is an applicant for such service; or
                    (D) in the case of a service described in clause 
                (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (4)(A), uses the service.
            (15) User information.--The term ``user information'' means 
        any information that--
                    (A) a provider of a covered service acquires in 
                connection with the provision of such service; and
                    (B) is linked or reasonably linkable to an 
                individual.

SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.

    (a) Preemption of State Law.--No State or political subdivision of 
a State shall, with respect to a provider of a covered service subject 
to this Act, adopt, maintain, enforce, or impose or continue in effect 
any law, rule, regulation, duty, requirement, standard, or other 
provision having the force and effect of law relating to or with 
respect to the privacy of user information.
    (b) Other Federal Law.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        nothing in this Act shall be construed to supercede any other 
        Federal statute or regulation relating to information privacy.
            (2) Communications act of 1934.--Insofar as any provision 
        of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or 
        any regulations promulgated under such Act apply to any person, 
        partnership, or corporation subject to this Act with respect to 
        privacy policies, terms of service, and practices covered by 
        this Act, such provision of the Communications Act of 1934 or 
        such regulations shall have no force or effect, unless such 
        regulations pertain to emergency services.

Output: Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly Act of 2017 or the BROWSER Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to enforce information privacy protections that require broadband Internet access services and certain websites or mobile applications providing subscription, account, purchase, or search engine services to allow users to opt-in or opt-out of the use, disclosure, or access to their user information depending on the sensitivity of the information.  Opt-in approval through the user's express consent must be obtained for the use of sensitive information that is:   financial information, health information, about children under 13, Social Security numbers, precise geo-location information, content of communications, web browsing history, or  history of usage of a software program or mobile application.  Opt-out approval must be provided for the use of non-sensitive user information under a method in which users are deemed to have consented if they fail to object after being provided notice of privacy policies. The bill allows a service provider to use information without approval for specified purposes, including for services necessary for provision of the service and to initiate, render, bill, and collect for the service. Service providers must allow users to grant, deny, or withdraw approval at any time.  The bill prohibits providers from conditioning service on a user's agreement to waive privacy rights.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Flexibility for Individual 
Excellence in Education Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO AMENDMENTS MADE BY NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 
              2001.

    (a) Modifications to Highly Qualified Teacher Standard.--
            (1) Middle or secondary teachers new to profession may use 
        college minor.--Subclause (II) of section 9101(23)(B)(ii) of 
        the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801(23)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting ``or minor'' after 
        ``academic major''.
            (2) Extent time teaching is considered.--Subclause (V) of 
        section 9101(23)(C)(ii) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(23)(C)(ii)) 
        is amended by striking ``not be based primarily on'' and 
        inserting ``not be based solely on''.
    (b) Extension Until 2011-12 School Year for Rural Schools To Meet 
All Highly Qualified Teacher Standards; Additional $50 Million 
Authorized To Help Rural Schools Meet Standards.--
            (1) Extension.--Subsection (a) of section 1119 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319) 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Rural school districts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding the deadline 
                described in paragraphs (2) and (3), a plan developed 
                by a State educational agency or a local educational 
                agency under this subsection shall ensure that all 
                teachers who are described in such paragraphs, but are 
                teaching in a rural school district, are highly 
                qualified not later than the end of the 2011-2012 
                school year.
                    ``(B) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
                the term `rural school district' means a local 
                educational agency that--
                            ``(i) meets the eligibility criteria 
                        described in section 6211(b), including by 
                        obtaining a waiver under paragraph (2) of such 
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) employs a percentage of teachers who 
                        are not highly qualified that is higher than 
                        the corresponding percentage for the State 
                        involved.''.
            (2) Additional funding.--Section 6234 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7355c) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``There are'' and inserting ``(a) 
                In General.--There are''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(b) Additional Funding.--For the purpose of making grants under 
subpart 2 to be used for teacher recruitment, retention, and 
professional development activities described in section 6222(a) in 
rural school districts (as defined in section 1119(a)(4)), there are 
authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 following fiscal years. Such 
authorization shall be in addition to the authorization in subsection 
(a).''.
    (c) Highly Qualified Teacher Rules Limited to Teachers of Core 
Subjects.--
            (1) Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 1005. HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER CONCEPT LIMITED TO TEACHERS OF 
              CORE SUBJECTS.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any reference in 
this Act to highly qualified teachers shall be deemed to refer only to 
teachers in core subjects.''.
            (2) The table of contents of such Act is amended by 
        inserting after the item relating to section 1004 the following 
        new item:

``Sec. 1005. Highly qualified teacher concept limited to teachers of 
                            core subjects.''.
    (d) Students With Disabilities Assessed at the Level of Instruction 
in Compliance With Their Individualized Education Plan.--Clause (ix) of 
section 1111(b)(3)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ``and'' at the 
end of subclause (II), by adding ``and'' at the end of subclause (III), 
and by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(IV) at the discretion of the 
                                State, the assessment of students with 
                                disabilities (as defined in section 
                                602(3) of the Individuals with 
                                Disabilities Education Act) whose 
                                instructional level in the core 
                                academic subjects is below the grade 
                                level in which the student is enrolled, 
                                by using the State assessment 
                                determined by the student's 
                                individualized education program team 
                                (as described in section 614(d)(1)(B) 
                                of such Act) to most closely correspond 
                                to the student's instructional 
                                level;''.
    (e) Use of Growth Models and Multiple Measures in Determining 
Adequate Yearly Progress.--
            (1) Growth models.--Clause (iii) of section 1111(b)(2)(C) 
        of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``for all 
        students'' and inserting ``for all students, as demonstrated by 
        measures of students' progress toward proficiency, including 
        longitudinal growth''.
            (2) Multiple measures.--Subparagraph (A) of section 
        1111(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``and'' at 
        the end of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of 
        clause (iii) and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the end 
        the following new clause:
                            ``(iv) include multiple measures of student 
                        academic achievement, such as the proportion of 
                        State report card indicators met, a performance 
                        index score, student drop-out rate, and a 
                        measure based on individual student achievement 
                        gains over time, disaggregated by each of the 
                        groups of students described in subparagraph 
                        (C)(v).''.
    (f) Adequate Yearly Progress Determined by Group and Subject.--
            (1) Identification of schools in need of improvement.--
                    (A) Subparagraph (A) of section 1116(b)(1) of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``that 
                fails'' and inserting ``if the same group of students 
                described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) fails in the same 
                academic subject''.
                    (B) Subparagraph (C) of such section is amended by 
                striking ``almost every student in each group specified 
                in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) enrolled in such school is 
                meeting or exceeding the State's proficient level of 
                academic achievement'' and inserting ``almost every 
                student in each group enrolled in such school for which 
                there is such a failure in an academic subject is 
                meeting or exceeding the State's proficient level of 
                academic achievement in such subject''.
            (2) Failure to make adequate yearly progress during first 
        year after identification.--So much of the text of paragraph 
        (5) of section 1116(b) of such Act as precedes subparagraph (A) 
        is amended to read as follows: ``If, by the end of the first 
        full school year after identification under paragraph (1) of a 
        school served under this part, any group of students that met 
        the requirements for such identification in an academic subject 
        fails to make adequate yearly progress in such subject, as set 
        out in the State's plan under section 1111(b)(2), the local 
        educational agency serving such school--''.
            (3) Failure to make adequate yearly progress during second 
        year after identification.--So much of the text of subparagraph 
        (C) of section 1116(b)(7) of such Act as precedes clause (i) is 
        amended to read as follows: ``If, by the end of the second full 
        school year after identification under paragraph (1) of a 
        school served under this part, any group of students that met 
        the requirements for such identification in an academic subject 
        fails to make adequate yearly progress in such subject, as set 
        out in the State's plan under section 1111(b)(2), the local 
        educational agency shall--''.
            (4) Failure to make adequate yearly progress during first 
        year after corrective action.--So much of the text of 
        subparagraph (A) of section 1116(b)(8) of such Act as precedes 
        clause (i) is amended to read as follows: ``If, after 1 full 
        year of corrective action under paragraph (7), any group of 
        students (at the school subject to such corrective action) that 
        met the requirements for identification under paragraph (1) in 
        an academic subject continues to fail to make adequate yearly 
        progress in such subject, then the local educational agency 
        shall--''.
    (g) Needs Improvement Label To Be Group and Subject Specific.--
Subparagraph (A) of section 1116(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new sentence: ``Such identification shall apply 
only to each group and subject with respect to which there is such a 
failure.''
    (h) Parental Notification of Needs Improvement To Be Group and 
Subject Specific.--Paragraph (6) of section 1116(b) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)) is amended by 
striking ``of each student enrolled in an elementary school or a 
secondary school identified for school improvement under paragraph 
(1)'' and inserting ``of each student in each group of students that 
met the requirements for identification in an academic subject under 
paragraph (1)''.
    (i) Transfer Option and Supplemental Services Limited to Students 
From Failing Groups.--
            (1) Clause (i) of section 1116(b)(1)(E) of the Elementary 
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)(E)) 
        is amended by inserting ``in each group described in section 
        1111(b)(2)(C)(v) that met the requirements for such 
        identification'' after ``all students''.
            (2) Paragraphs (5)(A), (7)(C)(i), and (8)(A)(i) of section 
        1116(b) of such Act are each amended by inserting ``in such 
        group'' after ``all students''.
    (j) Local Educational Agencies May Choose To Offer Supplemental 
Educational Services, and Not Public School Choice, on Initial Failure 
To Make Adequate Yearly Progress.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (E) of section 1116(b)(1) of 
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        6316(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(E) Public school choice or supplemental 
                educational services.--In the case of a school 
                identified for school improvement under this paragraph, 
                the local educational agency shall, not later than the 
                first day of the school year following such 
                identification--
                            ``(i) provide all students in each group 
                        described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) that met 
                        the requirements for such identification (and 
                        who are enrolled in the school) with the option 
                        to transfer to another public school served by 
                        the local educational agency, which may include 
                        a public charter school, that has not been 
                        identified for school improvement under this 
                        paragraph, unless such an option is prohibited 
                        by State law, or
                            ``(ii) make supplemental educational 
                        services available consistent with subsection 
                        (e)(1) to students in such group in the 
                        academic subject to which such identification 
                        relates.
                If more than 1 school served by such agency is 
                identified for school improvement under this paragraph 
                or more than 1 group of students meets the requirements 
                for such identification, such agency shall make the 
                same choice under clause (i) or (ii) for all such 
                schools and all such groups.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Paragraph (5) of section 1116(b) 
        of such Act is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) Failure to make adequate yearly progress after 
        identification.--If, by the end of the first full school year 
        after identification under paragraph (1) of a school served 
        under this part, any group of students that met the 
        requirements for such identification in an academic subject 
        fails to make adequate yearly progress in such subject, as set 
        out in the State's plan under section 1111(b)(2), the local 
        educational agency serving such school--
                    ``(A) shall continue to provide the transfer option 
                under clause (i) of paragraph (1)(E) or to make the 
                supplemental educational services available under 
                clause (ii) of such paragraph, whichever was chosen by 
                such agency,
                    ``(B) shall provide the transfer option under such 
                clause (i) or to make the supplemental educational 
                services available under such clause (ii), whichever 
                was not chosen by such agency under such paragraph; and
                    ``(C) shall continue to provide technical 
                assistance.''.

Output: Flexibility for Individual Excellence in Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the requirement that teachers be highly qualified by: (1) applying it only to teachers of core subjects; (2) allowing new middle or secondary school teachers to teach subjects for which they earned a college minor; (3) allowing greater consideration to be given to the time experienced teachers have spent teaching a subject; and (4) extending the deadline for rural teachers to meet such requirements.

Provides additional funding for rural teacher recruitment, retention, and professional development activities.

Allows state determinations of students' adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards to: (1) assess disabled students at the instructional level most closely corresponding to their individualized education plans; and (2) use growth models and multiple measures of student achievement.

Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to identify schools as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring only if they fail to make AYP in the same subject for the same group of students over the requisite period of time. Provides school transfers and supplemental services to students in the failing group, rather than to all students in an affected school. Gives LEAs the option of providing such students with supplemental services rather than transfers for the year following a school's identification as needing improvement.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR PRINTED MATERIALS AND ADVERTISEMENTS BY 
              FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    (a) Identification of Funding Sources.--Each communication funded 
by a Federal agency for advertising or educational purposes shall 
clearly state--
            (1) in the case of a printed communication, including mass 
        mailings, signs, and billboards, that the communication is 
        printed and published at taxpayer expense; and
            (2) in the case of a communication transmitted through 
        radio, television, the Internet, or any means other than the 
        means referred to in paragraph (1), that the communication is 
        produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense.
    (b) Additional Requirements.--
            (1) Printed communication.--Any printed communication 
        described under subsection (a)(1) shall--
                    (A) be of sufficient type size to be clearly 
                readable by the recipient of the communication;
                    (B) be contained in a printed box set apart from 
                the other contents of the communication; and
                    (C) be printed with a reasonable degree of color 
                contrast between the background and the printed 
                statement.
            (2) Radio, television, and internet communication.--
                    (A) Audio communication.--Any audio communication 
                described under subsection (a)(2) shall include an 
                audio statement in a clearly spoken manner indicating 
                that the communication is produced and disseminated at 
                taxpayer expense.
                    (B) Video communication.--Any video communication 
                described under subsection (a)(2) shall include a 
                statement indicating that the communication is produced 
                and disseminated at taxpayer expense. Such statement--
                            (i) shall be conveyed in a clearly spoken 
                        manner;
                            (ii) shall be conveyed by a voice-over or 
                        screen view of the person making the statement; 
                        and
                            (iii) shall also appear in writing at the 
                        end of the communication in a clearly readable 
                        manner with a reasonable degree of color 
                        contrast between the background and the printed 
                        statement, for a period of not less than 4 
                        seconds.
                    (C) E-mail communication.--Any e-mail communication 
                described under subsection (a)(2) shall--
                            (i) be of sufficient type size to be 
                        clearly readable by the recipient of the 
                        communication;
                            (ii) be set apart from the other contents 
                        of the communication; and
                            (iii) be displayed with a reasonable degree 
                        of color contrast between the background and 
                        the printed statement.
    (c) Exceptions.--Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to--
            (1) information in or relating to a solicitation for--
                    (A) offers for a Federal contract; or
                    (B) applications or submissions of a bid or 
                proposal for a Federal grant or other means of funding 
                under a Federal program; and
            (2) advertisements for employment opportunities, not 
        including advertising materials developed for use for 
        recruitment and retention of personnel for the Armed Forces.
    (d) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``Executive agency'' in section 133 of 
        title 41, United States Code.
            (2) Mass mailing.--The term ``mass mailing''--
                    (A) means any mailing or distribution of 499 or 
                more newsletters, pamphlets, or other printed matter 
                with substantially identical content, whether such 
                matter is deposited singly or in bulk, or at the same 
                time or different times; and
                    (B) does not include any mailing--
                            (i) in direct response to a communication 
                        from a person to whom the matter is mailed; or
                            (ii) of a news release to the 
                        communications media.
    (e) Source of Funds.--The funds used by a Federal agency to carry 
out this Act shall be derived from amounts made available to the agency 
for advertising or other communications regarding the programs and 
activities of the agency.


Output: Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2013 - Requires each communication funded by a federal agency for advertising or educational purposes to clearly state: (1) in the case of a printed communication, including mass mailings, signs, and billboards, that the communication is printed and published at taxpayer expense; and (2) in the case of a communication transmitted through radio, television, or the Internet, that the communication is produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense. Requires any such printed communication, including e-mails, to be of sufficient size to be clearly readable, to be set apart from the other contents of the communication, and to be printed with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement. Exempts from such requirements: (1) information in or relating to a solicitation for offers for a federal contract or applications or submissions of a bid or proposal for a federal grant or other means of funding under a federal program; and (2) advertisements for employment opportunities, not including advertising materials developed for use in recruiting and retaining personnel for the Armed Forces.