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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National High Performance Passenger 
Rail Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation (in this Act 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish an initiative to 
promote passenger rail operations and transportation-oriented 
development by creating incentives for communities to encourage 
dedicated revenue sources for urban and regional rail corridor 
development.
    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary shall appoint a Planning 
Developer to oversee implementation of this initiative. The Planning 
Developer shall report to the Secretary.
    (c) Coordinating Committee.--The Secretary shall harmonize planning 
requirements and direct coordination and administration of the 
initiative between the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal 
Transit Administration. The Secretary shall appoint a Transportation-
Oriented Development Coordinating Committee composed of the Planning 
Developer as Chair, the Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration, and the Administrator of the Federal Transit 
Administration.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL INCENTIVES.

    (a) Qualified Projects.--
            (1) Criteria.--The Secretary shall establish criteria for 
        the designation of projects qualified for Federal incentives 
        pursuant to this section and the amendments made by this 
        section.
            (2) Types of projects that may qualify.--Projects that may 
        qualify for Federal incentives pursuant to this section and the 
        amendments made by this section are those that contribute to 
        the generation of revenue by the capture of increasing value 
        from development around station areas, as defined by the 
        Secretary, which are likely to make long-term contributions to 
        rail corridor development funds or similar mechanisms that help 
        finance intercity and urban passenger rail infrastructure or 
        operating expenses. Such commercial development or other 
        projects designated as qualified by the Secretary may generate 
        revenue for transportation-oriented development and rail 
        operations in the region by increasing the tax base, promoting 
        job growth, promoting cost effectiveness, facilitating 
        intermodal connectivity, combining congestion relief with 
        station development, stimulating economic development, or any 
        other appropriate means. The capture of increased value shall 
        be through the establishment of special assessment districts or 
        similar mechanisms, and distribution of revenues shall be 
        through rail corridor development funds or similar mechanisms 
        established within the regions.
            (3) Designated coordinating authority.--The Secretary shall 
        designate a State authority, or regional commission in 
        appropriate regions of the country as defined by the Secretary, 
        that petitions the Secretary to participate in the initiative 
        established under section 2. Such designated entity shall 
        provide for coordination among stakeholders, local governments, 
        and private developers in the defined region, and shall endorse 
        each project of, and be the lead party in, an application for 
        Federal incentives pursuant to this section and the amendments 
        made by this section.
    (b) Railroad Rehabilitation Improvement Financing.--Section 502 of 
the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 
U.S.C. 822) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (5);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (6) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(7) persons conducting a qualified project (as defined in 
        section 8 of the National High Performance Passenger Rail 
        Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2012).''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (B);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (C) and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(D) conduct a qualified project (as defined by 
                the Secretary under section 3 of the National High 
                Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented 
                Development Act of 2012.''.
    (c) Transportation Infrastructure Finance.--Section 601(a)(8) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) a qualified project (as defined by the 
                Secretary under section 3 of the National High 
                Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented 
                Development Act of 2012).''.
    (d) Application Priority.--In general, Federal applications to the 
Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Transit Administration for 
railroad projects that participate in the transportation-oriented 
development program under this Act shall receive a priority for funding 
in the application decision process.
    (e) Administrative Costs.--For administrative costs to carry out 
this Act, including contracting with and support for the Planning 
Developer and transportation-oriented development initial 
administrative costs of the Federal Railroad Administration and Federal 
Transit Administration for the first 5 years, the Secretary may use 
such funds as necessary which are appropriated for carrying out chapter 
6 of title 23, United States Code.
    (f) Revenue Neutral Program Cost.--The Secretary may establish a 
mechanism whereby amounts used under subsection (e) will be repaid to 
the Secretary for use in carrying out chapter 6 of title 23, United 
States Code. Repayment shall be derived from a small fee to all 
recipients of funding provided under subsection (e). The repayment 
shall commence upon substantial completion of qualified projects.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) National Technical Assistance.--The program established under 
this Act shall provide technical assistance to the States with respect 
to--
            (1) identification of transportation-oriented development 
        opportunities;
            (2) establishment of special assessment districts in 
        regions;
            (3) establishment of rail corridor development funds; and
            (4) expediting Federal, State, and local regulatory 
        approvals.
    (b) States and Regions Outside the Northeast Corridor.--The 
Secretary, through the initiative established by this Act, shall 
provide technical assistance to the States and regions outside the 
Northeast Corridor as identified by the Secretary, and shall provide--
            (1) technical assistance on the establishment of Regional 
        Advisory Committees appropriate to carrying out the purposes of 
        this Act at the regional level; and
            (2) technical assistance at the request of a State or 
        qualified entity provided by the Planning Developer that will 
        identify stations and potential stations within a given region, 
        and conduct a preliminary survey of property available and 
        potentially available, to maximize development and commercial 
        revenue generation to financially support the development of a 
        high performance rail passenger corridor.
    (c) Northeast Corridor.--The Secretary, through the initiative 
established under this Act, shall provide technical assistance to the 
States and entities along the Northeast Corridor as identified by the 
Secretary--
            (1) on the establishment, by the Northeast Corridor 
        Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission established 
        under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code, of a 
        Northeast Corridor Transportation-Oriented Development Working 
        Group, which shall--
                    (A) include outside members with expertise in 
                transportation-oriented development;
                    (B) be chaired by the Planning Developer; and
                    (C) advise the Secretary and the Northeast Corridor 
                Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission on 
                the ways and means for carrying out the purposes of 
                this Act at the regional level; and
            (2) technical assistance provided by the Planning Developer 
        to the Secretary and identified States and entities, not more 
        than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, that 
        will identify Northeast Corridor stations and potential 
        stations, and conduct a preliminary survey of property 
        available and potentially available, to maximize development 
        and commercial revenue generation to financially support the 
        creation of a true high-speed rail corridor in the Northeast 
        Corridor.

SOLUTION: National High Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish an initiative to promote passenger rail operations and transportation-oriented development by creating rail projects qualified for federal incentives for communities to encourage dedicated revenue sources for urban and regional rail corridor development.

Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary to provide direct loans and loan guarantees for qualified rail projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make secured loans, loan guarantees, or lines of credit for such projects.

Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to: (1) states to identify transportation-oriented development opportunities, (2) states and regions outside the Northeast Corridor to establish Regional Advisory Committees and identify stations and potential stations within the region to maximize development and commercial revenue generation to support financially the development of a high performance rail passenger corridor, and (3) states and entities along the Northeast Corridor to establish a Northeast Corridor Transportation-Oriented Development Working Group and identify Northeast Corridor stations and potential stations to maximize development and commercial revenue generation to support financially the creation of a true high-speed rail corridor in the Northeast Corridor.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mother's Day Centennial 
Commemorative Coin Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress hereby finds as follows:
            (1) Anna Jarvis, who is considered to be the founder of the 
        modern Mother's Day, was born in Webster, West Virginia on May 
        1, 1864.
            (2) A resident of Grafton, West Virginia, Anna Jarvis 
        dedicated much of her adult life to honoring her mother, Anna 
        Reeves Jarvis, who passed on May 9, 1905.
            (3) In 1908, the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church of 
        Grafton, West Virginia, officially proclaimed the third 
        anniversary of Anna Reeves Jarvis' death to be Mother's Day.
            (4) In 1910, West Virginia Governor, William Glasscock, 
        issued the first Mother's Day Proclamation encouraging all West 
        Virginians to attend church and wear white carnations.
            (5) On May 8, 1914, the Sixty-Third Congress approved H. J. 
        Res. 263 designating the second Sunday in May to be observed as 
        Mother's Day and encouraging all Americans to display the 
        American flag at their homes as a public expression of the love 
        and reverence for the mothers of our Nation.
            (6) On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued a 
        Presidential Proclamation directing government officials to 
        display the American flag on all government buildings and 
        inviting the American people to display the flag at their homes 
        on the second Sunday of May as a public expression of the love 
        and reverence for the mothers of our nation.

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) Denominations.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter in 
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not 
more than 400,000 $1 coins each of which shall--
            (1) weigh 26.73 grams;
            (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
            (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
    (b) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this Act shall be legal 
tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
    (c) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5136 of title 31, 
United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered 
to be numismatic items.

SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.

    (a) Design Requirements.--The design of the coins minted under this 
Act shall be emblematic of the 100th anniversary of President Wilson's 
proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
    (b) Designation and Inscriptions.--On each coin minted under this 
Act there shall be--
            (1) a designation of the value of the coin;
            (2) an inscription of the year ``2014''; and
            (3) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God We 
        Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E Pluribus Unum''.
    (c) Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this Act 
shall be--
            (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the 
        Commission of Fine Arts; and
            (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee 
        established under section 5135 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

    (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued 
in uncirculated and proof qualities.
    (b) Commencement of Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted 
under this Act beginning January 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may 
initiate sales of such coins, without issuance, before such date.
    (c) Termination of Minting Authority.--No coins shall be minted 
under this Act after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.

    (a) Sale Price.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
coins issued under this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a price 
equal to the sum of the face value of the coins, the surcharge required 
under section 7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 
such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 
overhead expenses, and marketing).
    (b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins 
issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
    (c) Prepaid Orders at a Discount.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders 
        for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of such 
        coins.
            (2) Discount.--Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders 
        under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.

    (a) Surcharge Required.--All sales shall include a surcharge of $10 
per coin.
    (b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, all surcharges which are received by the Secretary from 
the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the 
Secretary as follows:
            (1) \1/2\ to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure for the 
        purpose of furthering research funded by the organization.
            (2) \1/2\ to the National Osteoporosis Foundation for the 
        purpose of furthering research funded by the Foundation.
    (c) Audits.--The Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National 
Osteoporosis Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements of 
section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard to the 
amounts received by the respective organizations under subsection (b).
    (d) Limitation.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge may 
be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin 
during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, the 
issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin 
programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 commemorative 
coin program issuance limitation under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, 
United States Code (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act). The Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 
this subsection.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.

SOLUTION: Mother's Day Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins emblematic of the 100th anniversary of President Wilson's proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.

Authorizes the Secretary to issue such coins beginning January 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of such coins, without issuance, before such date.

Terminates such minting authority after December 31, 2014.

Requires coin sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, with distribution of such surcharges to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Osteoporosis Foundation for the purpose of furthering research.

Prohibits any surcharge if the coin's issuance would cause the number of commemorative coin programs issued during the year to exceed the annual two commemorative coin program issuance limitation.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Protection Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES.

    Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by inserting 
after section 230 (47 U.S.C. 230) the following new section:

``SEC. 231. PROVISION OF INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES.

    ``(a) Policies.--The policies of this section are as follows:
            ``(1) Private initiative.--In order to support rapid and 
        efficient technological and commercial innovation, deployment, 
        and adoption of Internet information services, it shall be the 
        policy of the United States to rely on private initiative and 
        to avoid, to the maximum extent possible, government 
        restriction or supervision of such services.
            ``(2) Affirmation of commission public interest judgment.--
        Except as set forth in this section--
                    ``(A) regulation of Internet information services, 
                including services previously referred to in Commission 
                actions as enhanced services, is not in the public 
                interest; and
                    ``(B) the Congress reserves the authority to 
                determine when and if, after the date of enactment of 
                this section, regulation of Internet information 
                services is in the public interest.
            ``(3) Interstate and international implications.--It shall 
        be the policy of the Federal Government in its relationships 
        with both foreign governments and the States of the Union, to 
        support and advance the policies of this section and the 
        purposes of this Act.
    ``(b) Freedom From Regulation.--
            ``(1) Limitations on commission authority.--Except as 
        expressly provided in this section, nothing in this Act shall 
        be construed to grant authority to the Commission with respect 
        to--
                    ``(A) the rates, charges, practices, 
                classifications, facilities, or services for or in 
                connection with the provision of Internet information 
                services to customers;
                    ``(B) technical specifications or standards for the 
                provision of Internet information services; or
                    ``(C) any other regulation of the provision of 
                Internet information services.
            ``(2) Parallel limitation and supersession of state 
        authority.--Notwithstanding section 2(b) or any other provision 
        of this Act--
                    ``(A) no State commission shall have any authority 
                to take any action with respect to Internet information 
                services that the Commission is prohibited by this 
                section from taking with respect to such services; and
                    ``(B) no State commission shall have any authority 
                to take any action with respect to Internet information 
                services that is inconsistent with, or that would 
                substantially frustrate, an action taken by the 
                Commission with respect to such services, including an 
                action to withdraw, or refrain from, regulation of such 
                services.
            ``(3) Exceptions to federal and state limitations.--
                    ``(A) Access to telecommunications services.--
                Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the 
                Commission or a State commission from--
                            ``(i) prohibiting any incumbent local 
                        exchange carrier that is engaged in the 
                        provision of Internet information services from 
                        subsidizing its provision of such services from 
                        revenues obtained from the provision of 
                        telephone exchange service, telephone toll 
                        service, or telephone exchange access service; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) prohibiting any incumbent local 
                        exchange carrier from preferring or 
                        discriminating in favor of its Internet 
                        information service operations in its provision 
                        of telecommunications service.
                    ``(B) Telecommunications act implementation.--
                Nothing in this subsection shall limit or otherwise 
                affect the implementation of the Telecommunications Act 
                of 1996 (P.L. 104-104) or the amendments made by such 
                Act.
                    ``(C) National security, law enforcement, network 
                reliability.--Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit 
                the Commission from taking actions necessary to protect 
                national security or network reliability, or assist law 
                enforcement, as otherwise authorized by this Act or the 
                Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.
    ``(c) Deregulatory Leverage From Internet Information Services.--
            ``(1) Deregulation based on adoption of internet 
        information service substitutes.--With respect to any 
        geographic market, a service provided by a nonaffiliated 
        Internet information service provider is a substitute for a 
        comparable regulated service for a substantial portion of the 
        geographic market for such regulated service, the Commission 
        shall forbear from applying any regulation or any provision of 
        any title of this Act to the provision of such comparable 
        regulated service within such market if the Commission 
        determines that--
                    ``(A) enforcement of such regulation or provision 
                is not necessary to ensure that the charges, practices, 
                classifications, or regulations by, for, or in 
                connection with that service are just and reasonable 
                and are not unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory;
                    ``(B) enforcement of such regulation or provision 
                is not necessary for the protection of consumers;
                    ``(C) forbearance is necessary to promote parity 
                among service providers; and
                    ``(D) forbearance is consistent with the public 
                interest.
            ``(2) Petition for forbearance.--Any person that provides 
        any regulated service may submit a petition to the Commission 
        requesting that the Commission exercise the authority granted 
        under this subsection with respect to that person, or any 
        regulated service offered by that person within a geographic 
        market. Any such petition shall be deemed granted if the 
        Commission does not deny the petition for failure to meet the 
        requirements for forbearance under paragraph (1) within one 
        year after the Commission receives it. The Commission may grant 
        or deny a petition in whole or in part.
            ``(3) State limitation.--A State commission may not 
        continue to apply or enforce any provision of this Act that the 
        Commission has determined to forbear from applying under 
        paragraph (1).
            ``(4) Limitation.--The Commission may not forbear from 
        applying the requirements of section 251(c) or 271 under 
        paragraph (1) of this section until it determines that those 
        requirements have been fully implemented.
    ``(d) Duty of Commission to Report Need for Additional 
Exceptions.--
            ``(1) Ongoing information.--The Commission shall keep the 
        Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate 
        fully and currently informed with respect to developments in 
        the provision of Internet information services.
            ``(2) Need for legislative changes.--If, any time after the 
        date of enactment of this section, the Commission determines 
        that any such development requires that a limitation on the 
        Commission under this section be removed, or that an exception 
        to any such limitation be granted, the Commission shall 
        promptly report such determination to the Congress, together 
        with the Commission's recommendations for appropriate 
        legislative changes.
    ``(e) Internet Information Services Definition.--As used in this 
section, the term `Internet information service' means any information 
service, and--
            ``(1) includes--
                    ``(A) the Internet, and the provision of access to, 
                and access software for, the Internet; and
                    ``(B) interactive computer services, and the 
                provision of access to, and access software for, 
                interactive computer services; but
            ``(2) does not include, except for purposes of subsection 
        (c), the provision of video programming (as such term is 
        defined in section 602) directly to subscribers.
    ``(f) Additional Definitions.--
            ``(1) Internet; interactive computer services.--The terms 
        `Internet' and `interactive computer service' have the meanings 
        provided in section 230(e).
            ``(2) Incumbent local exchange carrier.--The term 
        `incumbent local exchange carrier' has the meaning provided in 
        section 251(h).
            ``(3) Regulated service.--The term `regulated service' 
        means any service that the Commission, pursuant to title II, 
        III, or VI, has authority with respect to--
                    ``(A) the rates, charges, practices, 
                classifications, facilities, or services for or in 
                connection with the provision of such service;
                    ``(B) technical specifications or standards for the 
                provision of such service; or
                    ``(C) any other regulation of the provision of such 
                service to customers.''.

SOLUTION:
Internet Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that it shall be U.S. policy to rely on private initiative and to avoid government restriction or supervision of Internet services. 
Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to grant authority to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate Internet services.  Bars States from taking any action with respect to such services that the FCC is prohibited from taking or that is inconsistent with FCC actions. 
Requires the FCC, when service provided by a nonaffiliated Internet service provider is a substitute for a comparable regulated service for a substantial portion of the geographic market for such regulated service, to forbear from applying any regulation or provision of the Act to such comparable service if:  (1) enforcement is not necessary to ensure that charges, practices, classifications, or regulations by, for, or in connection with such service are just and reasonable and not unreasonably discriminatory; (2) enforcement is not necessary for consumer protection; and (3) forbearance is necessary to promote parity among service providers and consistent with the public interest.  Authorizes petitions to the FCC for forbearance. 
Requires the FCC to:  (1) keep the House Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation currently informed on developments in the provision of Internet services; and (2) report any recommendations for legislative changes to the Congress if any development requires that a limitation on the FCC under this Act be removed.