instruction:
In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
question:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Insurance Capital 
Standards Accountability Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Secretary of the Treasury, Board of Governors of 
        the Federal Reserve System, and Director of the Federal 
        Insurance Office shall support increasing transparency at any 
        global insurance or international standard-setting regulatory 
        or supervisory forum in which they participate, including 
        supporting and advocating for greater public observer access to 
        working groups and committee meetings of the International 
        Association of Insurance Supervisors; and
            (2) to the extent that the Secretary of the Treasury, Board 
        of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Director of the 
        Federal Insurance Office take a position or reasonably intend 
        to take a position on an insurance proposal by a global 
        insurance regulatory or supervisory forum, the Secretary of the 
        Treasury, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and 
        Director of the Federal Insurance Office shall achieve 
        consensus positions with State insurance regulators through the 
        National Association of Insurance Commissioners, when they are 
        United States participants in negotiations on insurance issues 
        before the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, 
        Financial Stability Board, or any other international forum of 
        financial regulators or supervisors that considers such issues.

SEC. 3. INSURANCE POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Insurance Policy 
Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other 
Insurance Issues at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System.
    (b) Membership.--The Commission shall be composed of not more than 
21 members, all of whom represent a diverse set of expert perspectives 
from the various sectors of the United States insurance industry, 
including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and 
reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or 
experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and 
consumers.

SEC. 4. REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Reports and testimony by secretary of the treasury and 
        chairman of the federal reserve.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury and 
                the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, or their designee, 
                shall submit to the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
                Committee of the Senate, and the Financial Services 
                Committee of the House of Representatives, an annual 
                report and provide annual testimony to the Banking, 
                Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee of the Senate, and 
                the Financial Services Committee of the House of 
                Representatives on the efforts of the Secretary and the 
                Chairman with the National Association of Insurance 
                Commissioners with respect to global insurance 
                regulatory or supervisory forums, including--
                            (i) a description of the insurance 
                        regulatory or supervisory standard-setting 
                        issues under discussion at international 
                        standard-setting bodies, including the 
                        Financial Stability Board and the International 
                        Association of Insurance Supervisors;
                            (ii) a description of the effects that 
                        proposals discussed at international insurance 
                        regulatory or supervisory forums of insurance 
                        could have on consumer and insurance markets in 
                        the United States;
                            (iii) a description of any position taken 
                        by the Secretary of the Treasury, Board of 
                        Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and 
                        Director of the Federal Insurance Office in 
                        international insurance discussions; and
                            (iv) a description of the efforts by the 
                        Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the 
                        Federal Insurance Office, and the Board of 
                        Governors of the Federal Reserve System to 
                        increase transparency at the Financial 
                        Stability Board with respect to insurance 
                        proposals and the International Association of 
                        Insurance Supervisors, including efforts to 
                        provide additional public access to working 
                        groups and committees of the International 
                        Association of Insurance Supervisors.
                    (B) Termination.--This paragraph shall terminate on 
                December 31, 2018.
            (2) Reports and testimony by national association of 
        insurance commissioners.--The National Association of Insurance 
        Commissioners may provide testimony to Congress on the issues 
        described in paragraph (1)(A).
            (3) Joint report by the chairman of the federal reserve and 
        the director of the federal insurance office.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury, 
                Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and the Director of 
                the Federal Insurance Office shall, in consultation 
                with the National Association of Insurance 
                Commissioners, complete a study on, and submit to 
                Congress a report on the results of the study, the 
                impact on consumers and markets in the United States 
                before supporting or consenting to the adoption of any 
                key elements in any international insurance proposal or 
                international insurance capital standard.
                    (B) Notice and comment.--
                            (i) Notice.--The Secretary of the Treasury, 
                        Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and the 
                        Director of the Federal Insurance Office shall 
                        provide notice before the date on which 
                        drafting the report is commenced and after the 
                        date on which the draft of the report is 
                        completed.
                            (ii) Opportunity for comment.--There shall 
                        be an opportunity for public comment for a 
                        period beginning on the date on which the 
                        report is submitted under subparagraph (A) and 
                        ending on the date that is 60 days after the 
                        date on which the report is submitted.
                    (C) Review by comptroller general.--The Secretary 
                of the Treasury, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and 
                the Director of the Federal Insurance Office shall 
                submit to the Comptroller General of the United States 
                the report described in subparagraph (A) for review.
            (4) Report on reduction in transparency.--Not later than 
        180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman 
        of the Federal Reserve and the Secretary of the Treasury, or 
        their designees, shall submit to Congress a report and provide 
        testimony to Congress on the efforts of the Chairman and the 
        Secretary to increase transparency at meetings of the 
        International Association of Insurance Supervisors.
answer:
International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015 This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers).  The Secretary of the Treasury and the Board Chairman shall report annually to certain congressional committees on their efforts with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners regarding global insurance regulatory or supervisory forums. The Secretary, the Board Chairman, and the Director of the Federal Insurance Office, before supporting or consenting to the adoption of any key element in any international insurance proposal or international insurance capital standard, must study its impact upon U.S. markets and consumers.  The Secretary and the Board Chairman must also report, as well as testify to Congress on their efforts to increase transparency at meetings of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors.


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

    (a) 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.''.
    (b) 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.''.
    (c) 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.''.
    (d) 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.
    (e) Additional Modifications to Estate Tax.--
            (1) In general.--Subtitles A and E of title V of the 
        Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and 
        the amendments made by such subtitles, are hereby repealed; and 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such 
        subtitles, 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.
    (f) 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 section should be 
fully offset.
answer:
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) restore the unified credit against the estate and gift tax after 2009; (2) establish the amount of such credit at $3.5 million adjusted for inflation in calendar years after 2010; and (3) reduce the maximum estate and gift tax rate to 45%.

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


question:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Know Your Caller Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON INTERFERENCE WITH CALLER IDENTIFICATION 
              SERVICES.

    Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(e) Prohibition on Interference With Caller Identification 
Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any person or 
        entity within the United States, in making any telephone 
        solicitation, to interfere with or circumvent the ability of a 
        caller identification service to access or provide to the 
        recipient of the call the information about the call (as 
        required under the regulations issued under paragraph (2)) that 
        such service is capable of providing.
            ``(2) Regulations.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
        of the enactment of the Know Your Caller Act of 2000, the 
        Commission shall prescribe regulations to implement this 
        subsection which shall--
                    ``(A) require any person or entity making a 
                telephone solicitation to make such solicitation in a 
                manner such that a recipient of such solicitation 
                having a caller identification service capable of 
                providing such information will be provided by such 
                service with--
                            ``(i) the name of the person or entity on 
                        whose behalf such solicitation is being made; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) a valid and working telephone number 
                        at which the caller or the person or entity on 
                        whose behalf such solicitation was made may be 
                        reached during regular business hours for the 
                        purpose of requesting that the recipient of 
                        such solicitation be placed on the do-not-call 
                        list required under section 64.1200 of the 
                        Commission's regulations (47 CFR 64.1200) to be 
                        maintained by the person making such 
                        solicitation; and
                    ``(B) provide that any person or entity who 
                receives a request from a person to be placed on such 
                do-not-call list may not use such person's name and 
                telephone number for any other telemarketing, mail 
                marketing, or other marketing purpose (including 
                transfer or sale to any other entity for marketing use) 
                other than enforcement of such list.
            ``(2) Private right of action.--A person or entity may, if 
        otherwise permitted by the laws or rules of court of a State, 
        bring in an appropriate court of that State--
                    ``(A) an action based on a violation of this 
                subsection or the regulations prescribed under this 
                subsection to enjoin such violation;
                    ``(B) an action to recover for actual monetary loss 
                from such a violation, or to receive $5,000 in damages 
                for each such violation, whichever is greater; or
                    ``(C) both such actions.
        If the court finds that the defendant willfully or knowingly 
        violated this subsection or the regulations prescribed under 
        this subsection, the court may, in its discretion, increase the 
        amount of the award to an amount equal to not more than 3 times 
        the amount available under subparagraph (B).
            ``(3) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
                    ``(A) Caller identification service.--The term 
                `caller identification service' means any service or 
                device designed to provide the user of the service or 
                device with the telephone number of an incoming 
                telephone call.
                    ``(B) Telephone call.--The term `telephone call' 
                means any telephone call or other transmission which is 
                made to or received at a telephone number of any type 
                of telephone service. Such term includes calls made by 
                an automatic telephone dialing system, an integrated 
                services digital network, and a commercial mobile radio 
                source.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECT ON STATE LAW AND STATE ACTIONS.

    (a) Effect on State Law.--Subsection (f)(1) of section 227 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227), as redesignated by section 
2 of this Act, is further amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) interfering with or circumventing caller 
                identification services.''.
    (b) Actions by States.--The first sentence of subsection (g)(1) of 
such section 227, as so redesignated, is further amended by inserting 
after ``this section,'' the following: ``or has engaged or is engaging 
in a pattern or practice of interfering with or circumventing caller 
identification services of residents of that State in violation of 
subsection (e) or the regulations prescribed under such 
subsection,''.*ERR08*
answer:

Directs the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations implementing such prohibition. Provides a cause of action for a person or entity, or a State attorney general on behalf of its residents, for violations of such prohibition or regulations.