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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency and Honesty in Energy 
Regulations Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following--
            (1) As a tool to justify Federal actions by the Department 
        of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter 
        in this section referred to as the ``EPA'') addressing 
        greenhouse gas emissions, including those regulating or 
        prohibiting the exploration, mining, production, and use of 
        coal as well as other fossil fuels as energy sources, the 
        Social Cost of Carbon (hereinafter in this section referred to 
        as the ``SCC'') and the Social Cost of Methane (hereinafter in 
        this section referred to as the ``SCM'') in theory represent 
        the hypothetical cost of an incremental ton of carbon dioxide 
        (CO&lt;INF&gt;2&lt;/INF&gt;) or methane emissions in a given year.
            (2) Office of Management and Budget (hereinafter in this 
        section referred to as the ``OMB'') Circular A-4 guides Federal 
        agencies on the development of regulatory impact analysis 
        required under Executive Order 12866 as well as other 
        authorities, instructing agencies to include discount rates of 
        3 and 7 percent while also evaluating the cost and benefits 
        that accrue to citizens and residents of the United States.
            (3) First developed in 2009 by an interagency working 
        group, including the Department of Energy and the EPA, the SCC 
        estimates fail to comply with OMB Circular A-4 prescribed 
        discount rates of 3 and 7 percent.
            (4) While OMB Circular A-4 specifies that an evaluation of 
        the global effects, when undertaken, is to be reported 
        separately from domestic costs and benefits, the SCC instead 
        calculated the global benefits in lieu of and not in addition 
        to the domestic effects.
            (5) The use of the SCC estimates in Department of Energy 
        and EPA rulemakings prior to any opportunity for public notice 
        and comment violated not only scientific peer-review 
        requirements but also the President's commitment to transparent 
        and open government as outlined in his January 21, 2009, 
        memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies.
            (6) In July 2015, as part of a revision of the SCC in 
        response to over 150 substantive comments and in acknowledgment 
        of the faulty process by which the SCC estimates were 
        developed, the OMB requested the National Academies of Science, 
        Engineering and Medicine (hereinafter in this section referred 
        to as the ``NAS'') review and make recommendations for the 
        improvement of the SCC estimates.
            (7) Shortly after the commencement of the NAS review, the 
        EPA, without appropriate peer review and an opportunity for 
        public notice and comment, utilized the EPA-developed SCM 
        estimates in justifying the costs and benefits of the September 
        2015 proposed and recently finalized rules under the Clean Air 
        Act for methane emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed 
        sources in the oil and gas sector.
            (8) Continued use by the Department of Energy and the EPA 
        of the SCC and the SCM ignores sound science in order to 
        eliminate the exploration, mining, production, and use of our 
        abundant domestic sources of fossil fuel energy.
            (9) The Department of Energy and EPA regulations, which are 
        costing American families billions of dollars per year, are 
        being justified in large part by SCC and SCM estimates.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERING THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON AND THE 
              SOCIAL COST OF METHANE.

    The Secretary of Energy, when acting under any authority, and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, when acting under 
the authority of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), may not 
consider the social cost of carbon or the social cost of methane as 
part of any cost benefit analysis required under law or under Executive 
Order 12866 or 13563, in any rulemaking, in the issuance of any 
guidance, or in taking any other agency action, or as a justification 
for any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action, unless a 
Federal law is enacted, after the date of enactment of this Act, 
explicitly authorizing such consideration.

SEC. 4. REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EPA.

    Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
coordination and consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the 
Secretary of the Interior, and the Council on Environmental Quality 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
the Environment and Public Works and on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate, detailing the number of proposed and final rulemakings, 
guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use the 
social cost of carbon or the social cost of methane, including as part 
of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and 
other relevant authorities.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``social cost of carbon'' means--
                    (A) the social cost of carbon as described in--
                            (i) the document entitled ``Technical 
                        Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for 
                        Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive 
                        Order 12866'' published by the Interagency 
                        Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United 
                        States Government, in February 2010; or
                            (ii) the document entitled ``Technical 
                        Support Document: Technical Update of the 
                        Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact 
                        Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'' 
                        published by the Interagency Working Group on 
                        Social Cost of Carbon, United States 
                        Government, in May 2013, and revised in 
                        November 2013 and July 2015, or any other 
                        successor or substantially related document; or
                    (B) any other estimate of the monetized damages 
                associated with an incremental increase in carbon 
                dioxide emissions in a given year.
            (2) The term ``social cost of methane'' means the estimate 
        of the social cost of methane--
                    (A) as described in--
                            (i) the proposed rule entitled ``Oil and 
                        Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New 
                        and Modified Sources'' published by the 
                        Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal 
                        Register on September 18, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
                        56593);
                            (ii) the final rule entitled ``Oil and 
                        Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, 
                        Reconstructed, and Modified Sources'' published 
                        by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
                        Federal Register on June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
                        35824); or
                            (iii) the ``Regulatory Impact Analysis of 
                        the Final Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission 
                        Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified 
                        Sources'' prepared by the Environmental 
                        Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, 
                        in May 2016, and identified by docket ID number 
                        EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7630; or
                    (B) any other successor or substantially related 
                estimate.

SOLUTION: Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from considering the social cost of carbon or methane as part of any cost benefit analysis, unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such consideration. The EPA must report on the number of proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use either of those social costs, including as part of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and other relevant authorities.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF ESTATE TAX AS IN EFFECT IN 2009.

    (a) Restoration of Unified Credit Against Gift Tax.--Paragraph (1) 
of section 2505(a) (relating to general rule for unified credit against 
gift tax), after the application of subsection (f), is amended by 
striking ``(determined as if the applicable exclusion amount were 
$1,000,000)''.
    (b) Exclusion Equivalent of Unified Credit Equal to $3,500,000.--
Subsection (c) of section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to unified credit against estate tax) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(c) Applicable Credit Amount.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the 
        applicable credit amount is the amount of the tentative tax 
        which would be determined under section 2001(c) if the amount 
        with respect to which such tentative tax is to be computed were 
        equal to the applicable exclusion amount.
            ``(2) Applicable exclusion amount.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, 
                the applicable exclusion amount is $3,500,000.
                    ``(B) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any 
                decedent dying in a calendar year after 2010, the 
                dollar amount in subparagraph (A) shall be increased by 
                an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment 
                        determined under section 1(f)(3) for such 
                        calendar year by substituting `calendar year 
                        2009' for `calendar year 1992' in subparagraph 
                        (B) thereof.
                If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence 
                is not a multiple of $10,000, such amount shall be 
                rounded to the nearest multiple of $10,000.''.
    (c) Maximum Estate Tax Rate Equal to 45 Percent.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 2001 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to imposition and rate 
        of tax) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``but not over $2,000,000'' in the 
                table contained in paragraph (1),
                    (B) by striking the last 2 items in such table,
                    (C) by striking ``(1) in general.--'', and
                    (D) by striking paragraph (2).
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
        section 2102(b) of such Code are amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--A credit in an amount that would be 
        determined under section 2010 as the applicable credit amount 
        if the applicable exclusion amount were $60,000 shall be 
        allowed against the tax imposed by section 2101.
            ``(2) Residents of possessions of the united states.--In 
        the case of a decedent who is considered to be a `nonresident 
        not a citizen of the United States' under section 2209, the 
        credit allowed under this subsection shall not be less than the 
        proportion of the amount that would be determined under section 
        2010 as the applicable credit amount if the applicable 
        exclusion amount were $175,000 which the value of that part of 
        the decedent's gross estate which at the time of the decedent's 
        death is situated in the United States bears to the value of 
        the decedent's entire gross estate, wherever situated.''.
    (d) Modifications of Estate and Gift Taxes To Reflect Differences 
in Unified Credit Resulting From Different Tax Rates.--
            (1) Estate tax.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 2001(b)(2) of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to computation of tax) 
                is amended by striking ``if the provisions of 
                subsection (c) (as in effect at the decedent's death)'' 
                and inserting ``if the modifications described in 
                subsection (g)''.
                    (B) Modifications.--Section 2001 of such Code is 
                amended by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(g) Modifications to Gift Tax Payable To Reflect Different Tax 
Rates.--For purposes of applying subsection (b)(2) with respect to 1 or 
more gifts, the rates of tax under subsection (c) in effect at the 
decedent's death shall, in lieu of the rates of tax in effect at the 
time of such gifts, be used both to compute--
            ``(1) the tax imposed by chapter 12 with respect to such 
        gifts, and
            ``(2) the credit allowed against such tax under section 
        2505, including in computing--
                    ``(A) the applicable credit amount under section 
                2505(a)(1), and
                    ``(B) the sum of the amounts allowed as a credit 
                for all preceding periods under section 2505(a)(2).
        For purposes of paragraph (2)(A), the applicable credit amount 
        for any calendar year before 1998 is the amount which would be 
        determined under section 2010(c) if the applicable exclusion 
        amount were the dollar amount under section 6018(a)(1) for such 
        year.''.
            (2) Gift tax.--Section 2505(a) of such Code (relating to 
        unified credit against gift tax) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following new flush sentence:
``For purposes of applying paragraph (2) for any calendar year, the 
rates of tax in effect under section 2502(a)(2) for such calendar year 
shall, in lieu of the rates of tax in effect for preceding calendar 
periods, be used in determining the amounts allowable as a credit under 
this section for all preceding calendar periods.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to estates of decedents dying, generation-skipping transfers, and 
gifts made, after December 31, 2009.
    (f) Additional Modifications to Estate Tax.--
            (1) In general.--The following provisions of the Economic 
        Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and the 
        amendments made by such provisions, are hereby repealed:
                    (A) Subtitles A and E of title V.
                    (B) Subsection (d), and so much of subsection 
                (f)(3) as relates to subsection (d), of section 511.
                    (C) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b), and paragraph 
                (2) of subsection (e), of section 521.
        The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such 
        provisions and amendments had never been enacted.
            (2) Sunset not to apply.--
                    (A) Subsection (a) of section 901 of the Economic 
                Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 is 
                amended by striking ``this Act'' and all that follows 
                and inserting ``this Act (other than title V) shall not 
                apply to taxable, plan, or limitation years beginning 
                after December 31, 2010.''.
                    (B) Subsection (b) of such section 901 is amended 
                by striking ``, estates, gifts, and transfers''.
            (3) Repeal of deadwood.--
                    (A) Sections 2011, 2057, and 2604 of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986 are hereby repealed.
                    (B) The table of sections for part II of subchapter 
                A of chapter 11 of such Code is amended by striking the 
                item relating to section 2011.
                    (C) The table of sections for part IV of subchapter 
                A of chapter 11 of such Code is amended by striking the 
                item relating to section 2057.
                    (D) The table of sections for subchapter A of 
                chapter 13 of such Code is amended by striking the item 
                relating to section 2604.

SEC. 2. UNIFIED CREDIT INCREASED BY UNUSED UNIFIED CREDIT OF DECEASED 
              SPOUSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 2010(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as amended by section 1(b), is amended by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following new paragraphs:
            ``(2) Applicable exclusion amount.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the applicable exclusion amount is the sum of--
                    ``(A) the basic exclusion amount, and
                    ``(B) in the case of a surviving spouse, the 
                aggregate deceased spousal unused exclusion amount.
            ``(3) Basic exclusion amount.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, 
                the basic exclusion amount is $3,500,000.
                    ``(B) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any 
                decedent dying in a calendar year after 2010, the 
                dollar amount in subparagraph (A) shall be increased by 
                an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment 
                        determined under section 1(f)(3) for such 
                        calendar year by substituting `calendar year 
                        2009' for `calendar year 1992' in subparagraph 
                        (B) thereof.
                If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence 
                is not a multiple of $10,000, such amount shall be 
                rounded to the nearest multiple of $10,000.
            ``(4) Aggregate deceased spousal unused exclusion amount.--
        For purposes of this subsection, the term `aggregate deceased 
        spousal unused exclusion amount' means the lesser of--
                    ``(A) the basic exclusion amount, or
                    ``(B) the sum of the deceased spousal unused 
                exclusion amounts computed with respect to each 
                deceased spouse of the surviving spouse.
            ``(5) Deceased spousal unused exclusion amount.--For 
        purposes of this subsection, the term `deceased spousal unused 
        exclusion amount' means, with respect to the surviving spouse 
        of any deceased spouse dying after December 31, 2009, the 
        excess (if any) of--
                    ``(A) the basic exclusion amount of the deceased 
                spouse, over
                    ``(B) the amount with respect to which the 
                tentative tax is determined under section 2001(b)(1) on 
                the estate of such deceased spouse.
            ``(6) Special rules.--
                    ``(A) Election required.--A deceased spousal unused 
                exclusion amount may not be taken into account by a 
                surviving spouse under paragraph (5) unless the 
                executor of the estate of the deceased spouse files an 
                estate tax return on which such amount is computed and 
                makes an election on such return that such amount may 
                be so taken into account. Such election, once made, 
                shall be irrevocable. No election may be made under 
                this subparagraph if such return is filed after the 
                time prescribed by law (including extensions) for 
                filing such return.
                    ``(B) Examination of prior returns after expiration 
                of period of limitations with respect to deceased 
                spousal unused exclusion amount.--Notwithstanding any 
                period of limitation in section 6501, after the time 
                has expired under section 6501 within which a tax may 
                be assessed under chapter 11 or 12 with respect to a 
                deceased spousal unused exclusion amount, the Secretary 
                may examine a return of the deceased spouse to make 
                determinations with respect to such amount for purposes 
                of carrying out this subsection.
            ``(7) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
        regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out 
        this subsection.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Paragraph (1) of section 2505(a) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 1(a), is amended to 
        read as follows:
            ``(1) the applicable credit amount in effect under section 
        2010(c) which would apply if the donor died as of the end of 
        the calendar year, reduced by''.
            (2) Section 2631(c) of such Code is amended by striking 
        ``the applicable exclusion amount'' and inserting ``the basic 
        exclusion amount''.
            (3) Section 6018(a)(1) of such Code is amended by striking 
        ``applicable exclusion amount'' and inserting ``basic exclusion 
        amount''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to estates of decedents dying, generation-skipping transfers, and 
gifts made, after December 31, 2009.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING REVENUE NEUTRALITY.

    It is the sense of the Senate that any reduction in Federal 
revenues resulting from the provisions of, and amendments made by, this 
Act should be fully offset.

SOLUTION: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a permanent estate tax exclusion of $3.5 million ($7 million for married couples filing joint tax returns) and a maximum 45% tax rate for decedents dying, generation-skipping transfers, and gifts made, after December 31, 2009; (2) allow an annual inflation adjustment to the exclusion amount after 2010; and (3) allow a surviving spouse an increase in the estate tax exclusion by the unused exclusion amount of a deceased spouse.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that any reduction in federal revenues resulting from this Act should be fully offset.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chronic Wasting Disease Financial 
Assistance Act of 2003''.

 SEC. 2. DEFINITION AND FINDINGS.

    (a) Chronic Wasting Disease Defined.--In this Act, the term 
``chronic wasting disease'' means the animal disease afflicting deer 
and elk that--
            (1) is a transmissible disease of the nervous system 
        resulting in distinctive lesions in the brain; and
            (2) belongs to the group of diseases known as transmissible 
        spongiform encephalopathies, which group includes scrapie, 
        bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Cruetzfeldt-Jakob 
        disease.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The States retain undisputed primacy and policy-making 
        authority with regard to wildlife management, and nothing in 
        this Act interferes with or otherwise affects the primacy of 
        the States in managing wildlife generally, or managing, 
        surveying, and monitoring the incidence of chronic wasting 
        disease in animal populations.
            (2) Chronic wasting disease is a fundamental threat to the 
        health and vibrancy of deer and elk populations, and the 
        increased occurrence of chronic wasting disease in the United 
        States necessitates government action to manage and eradicate 
        this lethal disease.
            (3) As the States and tribal government move to manage 
        existing incidence of chronic wasting disease and insulate non-
        infected wild cervid populations from the disease, it is 
        appropriate for the Federal Government to support their efforts 
        with financial assistance.

SEC. 3. STATE CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING 
              GRANTS.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior shall make 
grants to State wildlife management agencies to assist States in 
developing and implementing long term management strategies to address 
chronic wasting disease in wild cervids.
    (b) Eligibility.--A wildlife management agency of a State whose 
comprehensive wildlife conservation plan include chronic wasting 
disease management activities is eligible for a grant under this 
section.
    (c) Funding Priorities.--In determining the amount of grant funds 
to be provided to eligible applicants under this section, the Secretary 
shall prioritize applicants based on the following criteria:
            (1) States in which chronic wasting disease has been 
        detected and States located adjacent or in proximity to States 
        in which chronic wasting disease has been detected.
            (2) States that have expended State funds for chronic 
        wasting disease management, monitoring, surveillance, and 
        research, with additional priority given to those States that 
        have shown the greatest financial commitment to managing, 
        monitoring, surveying, and researching chronic wasting disease.
            (3) States with comprehensive and integrated policies and 
        programs focused on chronic wasting disease management between 
        involved State wildlife and agricultural agencies and tribal 
        governments, with additional priority given to States that have 
        integrated the programs and policies of all involved agencies 
        related to chronic wasting disease management.
            (4) States that are seeking to develop a rapid response 
        capacity to address outbreaks of chronic wasting disease, 
        whether occurring in States in which chronic wasting disease is 
        already found or States with first infections, for the purpose 
        of containing the disease in any new area of infection.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $7,500,000 to carry out this section.

 SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR STATES WITH CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE OUTBREAKS.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior shall make 
grants to State wildlife management agencies to assist States in 
responding to chronic wasting disease outbreaks in wild cervids.
    (b) Eligibility.--A wildlife management agency of a State whose 
comprehensive wildlife conservation plan include chronic wasting 
disease management activities is eligible for a grant under this 
section.
    (c) Funding Priorities.--In determining the amount of grant funds 
to be provided to eligible applicants under this section, the Secretary 
shall prioritize applicants based on the following criteria:
            (1) State expenditures on chronic wasting disease 
        management, monitoring, surveillance, and research in response 
        to management of an on-going outbreak.
            (2) The number of chronic wasting disease cases detected in 
        the State.
            (3) The wild cervid population of the State.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this section.

SEC. 5. TRIBAL CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE MANAGEMENT GRANTS.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior shall make 
grants to tribal wildlife management agencies to assist Indian tribes 
in developing and implementing long term management strategies to 
address chronic wasting disease in wild cervids.
    (b) Eligibility.--A wildlife management agency of an Indian tribe 
whose comprehensive wildlife conservation plan include chronic wasting 
disease management activities is eligible for a grant under this 
section.
    (c) Funding Priorities.--In determining the amount of grant funds 
to be provided to eligible applicants under this section, the Secretary 
shall prioritize applicants based on the following criteria:
            (1) Tribal governments managing lands on which cervids with 
        chronic wasting disease have been detected, or managing lands 
        located adjacent or in proximity to lands on which cervids with 
        chronic wasting disease have been detected.
            (2) Tribal governments that have expended tribal funds for 
        chronic wasting disease management, monitoring, surveillance, 
        and research, with additional priority given to tribal 
        governments that have shown the greatest financial commitment 
        to managing, monitoring, and surveying chronic wasting disease.
            (3) Tribal governments with cooperative arrangements with 
        Federal and State wildlife and agricultural agencies and State 
        governments, with additional priority given to tribal 
        governments that are working with other involved agencies on 
        issues of chronic wasting disease management.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out this section.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out this Act acting 
through the Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Funds 
appropriated to carry out this Act shall be administered through the 
Federal Assistance Program in the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service. Not more than three percent of such funds may be expended for 
administrative expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
to carry out this Act.

SOLUTION:
Chronic Wasting Disease Financial Assistance Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to chronic wasting disease in wild cervids (deer and elk), to make grants to State and tribal wildlife management agencies to develop and implement long term management strategies to address and respond to outbreaks of such disease.