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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Trade Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Internet has become an unprecedented medium for 
        competition, trade, free expression, and access to information.
            (2) The Internet is a driver of the global economy and must 
        remain open, stable, and secure.
            (3) Trade in Internet-enabled services and transfers of 
        data and other digital information have become increasingly 
        critical drivers of the economic growth of the United States. 
        The United States International Trade Commission found in a 
        July 2013 report, entitled ``Digital Trade in the U.S. and 
        Global Economies, Part 1'', that ``U.S. exports of digitally 
        enabled services (one measure of international digital trade) 
        grew from $282.1 billion in 2007 to $356.1 billion in 2011, 
        with exports exceeding imports every year''.
            (4) The United States is the global leader in Internet-
        enabled platforms, networks, and services. Certain liability 
        protections for those entities under the law of the United 
        States, which promote innovation and creativity and allow for 
        cooperative efforts to address harmful activity, have been 
        critical to the growth of the Internet economy in the United 
        States.
            (5) According to McKinsey & Company, more than \3/4\ of the 
        value added by the Internet is in traditional industries.
            (6) Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade benefits 
        small- and medium-size enterprises by providing unparalleled 
        access to global markets.
            (7) Proposals have been put forward by some trading 
        partners of the United States to restrict the flow of lawful 
        information across borders. Those proposals would cause 
        increased government control over the Internet and could create 
        a fragmented Internet.
            (8) Localization barriers to trade are frequently used to 
        protect, favor, or stimulate domestic industries at the expense 
        of industries in other countries. Those localization 
        requirements harm the competitiveness of and end-users in the 
        United States.
            (9) Restrictive policies regarding the flow of information 
        across borders are nontariff barriers that are harmful to 
        innovation and economic advancement. Those policies impede 
        trade in digital products and services and constrain the 
        ability of United States companies from many sectors to 
        effectively operate across borders.
            (10) Cross-border data flows are critical to manufacturers, 
        institutions of higher education, hospitals, retailers, 
        financial services firms, laboratories, and many other 
        organizations that use the Internet to improve their 
        productivity and manage global networks of customers, 
        suppliers, researchers, and employees.
            (11) The free flow of information across borders provides 
        choices and reduces costs to consumers worldwide.
            (12) The position of the United States Government has been 
        and is to advocate for the free flow of information across 
        borders.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) agencies in the executive branch, including the Office 
        of the United States Trade Representative, should be staffed 
        with experts and leaders to fulfill the mission of promoting an 
        open, global Internet that facilitates commerce and digital 
        trade; and
            (2) private sector stakeholders should have the opportunity 
        to formally inform efforts of agencies in the executive branch 
        related to digital trade.

SEC. 3. NEGOTIATING PRINCIPLES FOR INTERNET-ENABLED COMMERCE AND 
              DIGITAL TRADE.

    It shall be a negotiating principle of the United States in 
negotiations for a bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreement, 
and in multi-stakeholder fora, to seek the inclusion of binding and 
enforceable provisions that promote and enhance Internet-enabled 
commerce and digital trade, including provisions--
            (1) preventing or eliminating barriers to the movement of 
        electronic information across borders, including by encouraging 
        interoperability of data protection regimes and eliminating 
        barriers to accessing, processing, transferring, or storing 
        information;
            (2) ensuring transparency in measures affecting the free 
        flow of information within and across borders;
            (3) continuing the current practice of not imposing customs 
        duties on electronic transmissions;
            (4) prohibiting measures that condition market access or 
        other commercial benefits on localization of data, 
        infrastructure, or investment;
            (5) prohibiting any country from imposing measures that 
        require an entity to use computing infrastructure or services 
        in that country or otherwise require an entity to access, 
        process, transfer, or store data in the territory of that 
        country;
            (6) ensuring that the Internet continues to operate within 
        the successful multi-stakeholder governance model;
            (7) ensuring that provisions affecting intermediary 
        liability for Internet-enabled platforms, networks, and 
        services are consistent with the law of the United States;
            (8) ensuring digital trade policies contemplate various 
        business activities across all industrial sectors and allow for 
        future technological advancement; and
            (9) otherwise eliminating discriminatory treatment of 
        Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade.
Digital Trade Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) executive branch agencies, including the Office of the United States Trade Representative, should be staffed with experts and leaders to promote an open, global Internet that facilitates commerce and digital trade; and (2) private sector stakeholders should have the opportunity to inform executive agency efforts related to digital trade.  States that it shall be a U.S. negotiating principle in negotiations for a bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreement, and in multi-stakeholder fora, to seek the inclusion of binding provisions that promote and enhance Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Accountability Office 
Improvement Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN RECORDS.

    (a) Authority To Obtain Records.--Section 716 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended in subsection (a)--
            (1) by striking ``(a)'' and inserting ``(2)''; and
            (2) by inserting after the section heading the following:
    ``(a)(1) The Comptroller General is authorized to obtain such 
agency records as the Comptroller General requires to discharge his 
duties (including audit, evaluation, and investigative duties), 
including through the bringing of civil actions under this section. In 
reviewing a civil action under this section, the court shall recognize 
the continuing force and effect of the authorization in the preceding 
sentence until such time as the authorization is repealed pursuant to 
law.''.
    (b) Interviews.--Section 716(a) of title 31, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (a), is further amended in the second sentence of 
paragraph (2) by inserting ``and interview agency officers and 
employees'' after ``agency record''.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTERING OATHS.

    Section 711 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 
paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) administer oaths to witnesses, except that, in 
        matters other than auditing and settling accounts, the 
        authority of an officer or employee to administer oaths to 
        witnesses pursuant to a delegation under paragraph (2) shall 
        not be available without the prior express approval of the 
        Comptroller General (or a designee).''.

SEC. 4. ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION.

    (a) Access to Certain Information.--Subchapter II of chapter 7 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``Sec. 721. Access to certain information
    ``(a) No provision of the Social Security Act shall be construed to 
limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to 
obtain any information, to inspect any record, or to interview any 
officer or employee under section 716 of this title, including with 
respect to any information disclosed to or obtained by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under part C or D of title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act.
    ``(b) No provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the 
Comptroller General to obtain any information, to inspect any record, 
or to interview any officer or employee under section 716 of this 
title, including with respect to any information concerning any method 
or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.
    ``(c) No provision of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements 
Act of 1976 and the amendments made by that Act shall be construed to 
limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to 
obtain any information, to inspect any record, or to interview any 
officer or employee under section 716 of this title, including with 
respect to any information disclosed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice or the Federal 
Trade Commission for purposes of pre-merger review under section 7A of 
the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a).
    ``(d)(1) The Comptroller General shall prescribe such policies and 
procedures as are necessary to protect from public disclosure 
proprietary or trade secret information obtained consistent with this 
section.
    ``(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed--
            ``(A) to alter or amend the prohibitions against the 
        disclosure of trade secret or other sensitive information 
        prohibited by section 1905 of title 18 and other applicable 
        laws; or
            ``(B) to affect the applicability of section 716(e) of this 
        title, including the protections against unauthorized 
        disclosure contained in that section, to information obtained 
        consistent with this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 7 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 720 the following:

``721. Access to certain information.''.

SEC. 5. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS.

    Section 719 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting ``; and'';
            (3) by adding at the end of subsection (b)(1) the 
        following:
            ``(D) for agencies subject to sections 901 to 903 and other 
        agencies designated by the Comptroller General, an assessment 
        of their overall degree of cooperation in making personnel 
        available for interview, providing written answers to 
        questions, submitting to an oath authorized by the Comptroller 
        General under section 711, granting access to records, 
        providing timely comments to draft reports, adopting 
        recommendations in reports and responding to such other matters 
        as the Comptroller General deems appropriate.'';
            (4) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (5) in subsection (c)(3), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (6) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following:
            ``(4) as soon as practicable when an agency does not, 
        within a reasonable time, respond to a request by the 
        Comptroller General regarding any matter described in 
        subsection (b)(1)(D).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.
Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Comptroller General to: (1) obtain federal agency records required to discharge his or her duties, including through bringing civil actions under this Act; (2) interview agency officers and employees to get information about agency duties, powers, activities, organization, and financial transactions; and (3) administer oaths to witnesses (currently, the Comptroller General may administer oaths to witnesses when auditing and settling accounts).

Requires the Comptroller General to prescribe such policies and procedures as are necessary to protect from public disclosure proprietary or trade secret information obtained under this Act.

Declares that no provision of the Social Security Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to obtain information, inspect records, or interview specified agency officers or employees, including with respect to: (1) information disclosed to or obtained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Social Security Act; (2) information concerning any method or process protected as a trade secret; and (3) information disclosed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for purposes of pre-merger review under the Clayton Act. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to: (1) alter or amend the prohibitions against the disclosure of trade secret or other sensitive information; and (2) affect the applicability of requirements governing the availability of agency information to information obtained.

Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) report annually on the cooperation of agencies subject to the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and other agencies designated by the Comptroller General in making personnel available for interviews, providing written answers to questions, submitting to an oath authorized by the Comptroller General, granting access to records, providing timely comments to draft reports, adopting report recommendations, and responding to such matters as the Comptroller General deems appropriate; and (2) report to Congress when agencies do not respond to requests regarding such matters.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Canceling Loans to Allow School 
Systems to Attract Classroom Teachers Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL QUALIFIED LOAN AMOUNTS FOR STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.

    (a) FFEL Loans.--Section 428J(c) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Additional amounts; priority.--
                    ``(A) Larger amounts from appropriated funds.--
                Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph (1), 
                the aggregate amount that the Secretary may, from funds 
                appropriated under subparagraph (C), repay under this 
                section is a total amount equal to not more than 
                $17,500.
                    ``(B) Award basis; priority.--The Secretary shall 
                make payments under this paragraph to elementary or 
                secondary school teachers who meet the requirements of 
                subsection (b) on a first-come first-served basis, 
                subject to the availability of appropriations, but 
                shall give priority in providing loan repayment under 
                this paragraph for a fiscal year to teachers who--
                            ``(i)(I) are employed as special education 
                        teachers whose primary responsibility is to 
                        teach or support children with disabilities (as 
                        defined in section 602 of the Individuals with 
                        Disabilities Act); and
                            ``(II) as certified by the chief 
                        administrative officer of the public or 
                        nonprofit private elementary or secondary 
                        school in which the borrower is employed, are 
                        teaching children with disabilities that 
                        correspond with the borrower's training and 
                        have demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills 
                        in the content areas of the elementary or 
                        secondary school curriculum that the borrower 
                        is teaching;
                            ``(ii) are employed as teachers in local 
                        educational agencies that are determined by a 
                        State educational agency under section 2141 of 
                        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                        1965 to have failed to make progress toward 
                        meeting the annual measurable objectives 
                        described in section 1119(a)(2) of such Act for 
                        2 consecutive years; or
                            ``(iii) are employed as teachers of 
                        mathematics or science.
                    ``(C) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                paragraph such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
                2003 and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.''.
    (b) Direct Loans.--Section 460(c) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(3) Additional amounts; priority.--
                    ``(A) Larger amounts from appropriated funds.--
                Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph (1), 
                the aggregate amount that the Secretary may, from funds 
                appropriated under subparagraph (C), repay under this 
                section is a total amount equal to not more than 
                $17,500.
                    ``(B) Award basis; priority.--The Secretary shall 
                make payments under this paragraph to elementary or 
                secondary school teachers who meet the requirements of 
                subsection (b) on a first-come first-served basis, 
                subject to the availability of appropriations, but 
                shall give priority in providing loan repayment under 
                this paragraph for a fiscal year to teachers who--
                            ``(i)(I) are employed as special education 
                        teachers whose primary responsibility is to 
                        teach or support children with disabilities (as 
                        defined in section 602 of the Individuals with 
                        Disabilities Act); and
                            ``(II) as certified by the chief 
                        administrative officer of the public or 
                        nonprofit private elementary or secondary 
                        school in which the borrower is employed, are 
                        teaching children with disabilities that 
                        correspond with the borrower's training and 
                        have demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills 
                        in the content areas of the elementary or 
                        secondary school curriculum that the borrower 
                        is teaching;
                            ``(ii) are employed as teachers in local 
                        educational agencies that are determined by a 
                        State educational agency under section 2141 of 
                        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                        1965 to have failed to make progress toward 
                        meeting the annual measurable objectives 
                        described in section 1119(a)(2) of such Act for 
                        2 consecutive years; or
                            ``(iii) are employed as teachers of 
                        mathematics or science.
                    ``(C) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                paragraph such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
                2003 and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.''.

SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF STUDENT LOAN INDEBTEDNESS FOR SPOUSES, 
              SURVIVING JOINT DEBTORS, AND PARENTS.

    (a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Eligible public servant.--The term ``eligible public 
        servant'' means an individual who--
                    (A) served as a police officer, firefighter, other 
                safety or rescue personnel, or as a member of the Armed 
                Forces; and
                    (B) died (or dies) or became (or becomes) 
                permanently and totally disabled due to injuries 
                suffered in the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001;
        as determined in accordance with regulations of the Secretary.
            (2) Eligible victim.--The term ``eligible victim'' means an 
        individual who died (or dies) or became (or becomes) 
        permanently and totally disabled due to injuries suffered in 
        the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, as determined in 
        accordance with regulations of the Secretary.
            (3) Eligible spouse.--The term ``eligible spouse'' means 
        the spouse of an eligible public servant, as determined in 
        accordance with regulations of the Secretary.
            (4) Eligible surviving debtor.--The term ``eligible 
        surviving debtor'' means an individual who owes a Federal 
        student loan that is a consolidation loan that was used, 
        jointly by that individual and an eligible victim, to repay the 
        Federal student loans of that individual and of such eligible 
        victim.
            (5) Eligible parent.--The term ``eligible parent'' means 
        the parent of an eligible victim if--
                    ``(A) the parent owes a Federal student loan that 
                is a consolidation loan that was used to repay a PLUS 
                loan incurred on behalf of such eligible victim; or
                    ``(B) the parent owes a Federal student loan that 
                is a PLUS loan incurred on behalf of an eligible victim 
                who became (or becomes) permanently and totally 
                disabled due to injuries suffered in the terrorist 
                attack on September 11, 2001.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Education.
            (7) Federal student loan.--The term ``Federal student 
        loan'' means any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part 
        B, D, or E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
    (b) Relief From Indebtedness.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide for the 
        discharge or cancellation of--
                    (A) the Federal student loan indebtedness of an 
                eligible spouse;
                    (B) the consolidation loan indebtedness of an 
                eligible surviving debtor;
                    (C) the portion of the consolidation loan 
                indebtedness of an eligible parent that was incurred on 
                behalf of an eligible victim, if the amount of such 
                indebtedness with respect to such eligible victim may 
                be reliably determined on the basis of records 
                available to the lender; and
                    (D) the PLUS loan indebtedness of an eligible 
                parent that was incurred on behalf of an eligible 
                victim described in subsection (a)(5)(B).
            (2) Method of discharge or cancellation.--A loan required 
        to be discharged or canceled under paragraph (1) shall be 
        discharged or canceled by the method used under section 437(a), 
        455(a)(1), or 464(c)(1)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1087(a), 1087e(a)(1), 1087dd(c)(1)(F)), whichever is 
        applicable to such loan.
    (c) Facilitation of Claims.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) establish procedures for the filing of applications for 
        discharge or cancellation under this section by regulations 
        that shall be prescribed and published within 90 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act and without regard to the 
        requirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and
            (2) take such actions as may be necessary to publicize the 
        availability of discharge or cancellation of Federal student 
        loan indebtedness for eligible spouses, eligible surviving 
        debtors, and eligible parents under this section.
    (d) Availability of Funds for Payments.--Funds available for the 
purposes of making payments to lenders in accordance with section 
437(a) for the discharge of indebtedness of deceased or disabled 
individuals shall be available for making payments under section 437(a) 
to lenders of loans to the eligible spouses, eligible surviving 
debtors, and eligible parents as required by this section.
    (e) Applicable to Outstanding Debt.--The provisions of this section 
shall be applied to discharge or cancel only Federal student loans 
(including consolidation loans) on which amounts were owed on September 
11, 2001.

SEC. 4. INFORMATION ON BENEFITS TO RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

    The Secretary shall--
            (1) notify local educational agencies eligible to 
        participate in the Small Rural Achievement Program authorized 
        under subpart 1 of part B of Title VI of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education of 1965 of the benefits available under the 
        amendments made by section 2 of this Act to the teachers in the 
        rural schools of such agencies; and
            (2) encourage such agencies to notify their teachers of 
        such benefits.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.

Canceling Loans to Allow School Systems to Attract Classroom Teachers Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to provide for additional amounts of student loan forgiveness for certain elementary and secondary school teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education, in making such additional repayments, to give priority to teachers of: (1) special education for children with disabilities, if they are certified as having knowledge and skills in their content areas and are employed by local educational agencies that have failed to make progress toward meeting certain objectives; or (2) mathematics or science.(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel the Federal student loan indebtedness, under HEA, of spouses, surviving joint debtors, and parents of public servants and other individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries suffered in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary to notify local educational agencies eligible for the Small Rural Achievement Program, under the Elementary and Secondary Education of 1965, of this Act's making available additional amounts of student loan forgiveness to teachers in their rural schools, and to encourage such agencies to notify their teachers of such benefits.