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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Long-Term Care Partnership Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF ADDITIONAL STATE LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C)(i), by striking ``shall seek 
        adjustment'' and inserting ``may seek adjustment'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), by inserting ``Qualified State 
        Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership or under a'' after 
        ``Clause (i) shall not apply in the case of an individual who 
        received medical assistance under a''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ``(and shall include, 
        in the case of an individual to whom paragraph (1)(C)(i) 
        applies)''.
    (b) Definition of a Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
Partnership.--Section 1917(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396p(e)) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(6) The term `Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
        Partnership' means a State plan amendment that provides for the 
        disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the 
        insurance benefits payments that are made under a long-term 
        care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a 
        group insurance contract), but only if--
                    ``(A) the policy covers an insured who, at the time 
                coverage under the policy first becomes effective, is a 
                resident of such State or of a State that maintains a 
                Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership;
                    ``(B) the policy is a qualified long-term care 
                insurance contract within the meaning of section 
                7702B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(C) the policy provides some level of inflation 
                protection;
                    ``(D) the policy satisfies any requirements of 
                State or other applicable law that apply to a long-term 
                care insurance policy; and
                    ``(E) the issuer of the policy reports--
                            ``(i) to the Secretary, such information or 
                        data as the Secretary may require; and
                            ``(ii) to the State, the information or 
                        data reported to the Secretary (if any), the 
                        information or data required under the minimum 
                        reporting requirements developed under section 
                        2(c)(1) of the State Long-Term Care Partnership 
                        Act of 2005, and such additional information or 
                        data as the State may require.
        For purposes of applying this paragraph, if a long-term care 
        insurance policy is exchanged for another such policy, the date 
        coverage became effective under the first policy shall 
        determine when coverage first becomes effective.''.
    (c) Regulatory Authority.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(in this subsection and subsection (d) referred to as the 
``Secretary''), in consultation with the National Association of 
Insurance Commissioners, issuers of long-term care insurance policies, 
States with experience with long-term care insurance partnership plans, 
and other States, shall develop the following requirements and 
standards:
            (1) Minimum, consistent reporting requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Minimum reporting requirements for 
                issuers of long-term care insurance policies under 
                Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships 
                that shall specify the data and information that each 
                such issuer shall report to the State with which it has 
                such a partnership. The requirements developed in 
                accordance with this paragraph shall specify the type 
                and format of the data and information to be reported 
                and the frequency with which such reports are to be 
                made.
                    (B) State required data.--Nothing in subparagraph 
                (A) shall be construed as prohibiting a State from 
                requiring an issuer of a long-term care insurance 
                policy sold in the State (regardless of whether the 
                policy is issued under a Qualified State Long-Term Care 
                Insurance Partnership) to require the issuer to report 
                State information or data to the State that is in 
                addition to the information or data required under the 
                minimum reporting requirements developed under that 
                subparagraph.
            (2) Reciprocity standards.--Standards for ensuring that 
        long-term care insurance policies issued under a Qualified 
        State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership are portable to 
        other States with such a partnership.
    (d) Consumer Education.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
for educating consumers regarding Qualified State Long-Term Care 
Insurance Partnerships and long-term care insurance policies issued in 
connection with such partnerships.
    (e) Annual Reports to Congress.--The Secretary shall annually 
report to Congress on the Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
Partnerships established in accordance with subsections (b)(1)(C)(ii) 
and (e)(6) of section 1917 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396p).
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
take effect on October 1, 2005.
[EX A]: State Long-Term Care Partnership Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for establishment of long-term care insurance partnerships between states and insurers (Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships (QSLTCIPs)). Defines a QSLTCIP as a state plan amendment that provides for the disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the insurance benefits payments made under a long-term care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a group insurance contract), but only if the policy meets certain requirements, including coverage of an insured who, at the time coverage first becomes effective, is a resident of such state or of a state that maintains a QSLTCIP.

Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for educating consumers regarding QSLTCIPs and long-term care insurance policies issued in connection with them.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Cooperative 
Antiterrorism Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The use of terrorism is detestable and an illegitimate 
        means of political expression.
            (2) International terrorist organizations pose a direct 
        threat to the United States, and this threat is becoming more 
        acute and more difficult to prevent.
            (3) The threat from international terrorism is made far 
        more dangerous by the proliferation of chemical, biological, 
        and radiological weapons and the means to produce those 
        weapons.
            (4) The prosecution of the war against international 
        terrorist organizations must continue until those organizations 
        and the threat they pose to the people and interests of the 
        United States are eliminated.
            (5) The United States can only win the war on terrorism if 
        it receives cooperation from other countries and entities.
            (6) Protecting the United States homeland and United States 
        interests overseas from terrorism is of the highest priority in 
        the foreign relations of the United States.
            (7) Cooperation in the global war against international 
        terrorism must be a primary focus of United States foreign 
        relations, United States assistance, and international security 
        relations.
            (8) Winning the war on terrorism requires cooperation from 
        the international community, especially in the areas of 
        preventing the financing of terror, sharing information on 
        international terror networks, eliminating terror cells, and in 
        preventing the promotion of anti-Americanism and the 
        glorification of terrorism in state-owned media and state-
        controlled schools.
            (9) The promotion of terrorism, intolerance, and virulent 
        anti-Americanism in state-owned media and state-controlled 
        education systems is abhorrent and poses a long-term threat to 
        the safety and security of the United States as well as the 
        community of nations.
            (10) All countries and entities must be encouraged to 
        cooperate in the global war on international terrorism.
            (11) Many foreign governments and entities are doing little 
        to counter proterrorist and prointolerance messages to mass 
        audiences, including to school age children.
            (12) Countries providing direct or indirect assistance to 
        international terrorist organizations undermine the direct 
        security interests of the United States.
            (13) Countries demonstrating indifference to or providing 
        actual endorsement of international terror as a legitimate 
        political tool make a direct threat to the security interests 
        of the United States.
            (14) The National Commission on Terrorism established by 
        section 591 of the Foreign Operations Export Financing, and 
        Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, as enacted by Public 
        Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-210), concluded that the United 
        States should strengthen its efforts to discourage the broad 
        range of assistance that countries provide to international 
        terrorists.
            (15) The National Commission on Terrorism further 
        recommends that the President make more effective use of 
        authority to designate foreign governments as ``not fully 
        cooperative'' with the United States counterterrorism efforts.
            (16) United States assistance programs and the transfer of 
        United States Munitions List items are a critical tool of 
        United States foreign policy and winning the global war on 
        terrorism.
            (17) Countries receiving United States assistance and the 
        export of items on the United States Munitions List must be 
        obligated to support the global war on international terror.
            (18) Several existing laws, including the USA Patriot Act 
        of 2001, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 
        1996, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export 
        Control Act, and the Export Administration Act of 1979 (or 
        successor statute), prohibit the provision of United States 
        assistance, and the licensing for export of items on the United 
        States Munitions List, to countries supporting terror or not 
        fully cooperating in antiterror efforts of the United States. 
        These laws should be expanded to include the definition of 
        ``fully cooperative in the global war against international 
        terrorism'' set forth in this Act, including preventing 
        promotion of terror in state-owned and controlled media and 
        educational systems.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It shall be the policy of the United States that--
            (1) no United States assistance may be provided to any 
        foreign country or entity that is not making a maximum effort 
        to be fully cooperative in the global war against international 
        terrorism; and
            (2) no license for export of an item on the United States 
        Munitions List to a country or entity may be issued if that 
        country or entity is not making a maximum effort to be fully 
        cooperative in the war against international terrorism.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE AND COMMERCIAL ARMS 
              EXPORTS.

    (a) United States Assistance.--No United States assistance, other 
than humanitarian assistance and cooperative nonproliferation and 
counterproliferation programs, may be provided to any country or entity 
if the President determines that such country or entity is not making a 
maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war against 
international terrorism.
    (b) Commercial Arms Exports.--No license for the export of an item 
on the United States Munitions List to any country or entity may be 
issued if the President determines that such country or entity is not 
making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war 
against international terrorism.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT.

    (a) Requirement for Report.--The President, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall prepare an 
annual report that--
            (1) lists each country or entity for which the President 
        has determined that there is credible evidence that such 
        country or entity is not being fully cooperative in the global 
        war against international terrorism under section 4; and
            (2) describes for each country or entity listed under 
        paragraph (1)--
                    (A) the specific failures of each country or entity 
                to be fully cooperative in the global war on 
                international terrorism;
                    (B) the reasons why such country or entity is not 
                fully cooperative;
                    (C) the efforts being made by the United States 
                Government to promote greater adherence by such 
                countries or entities with the global war on 
                international terrorism; and
                    (D) any removal of a country or entity from the 
                list in paragraph (1).
    (b) Dissemination.--The report required by this section shall--
            (1) be submitted to Congress every year by December 31; and
            (2) not be classified, except that the report may contain a 
        classified addendum, if necessary.

SEC. 6. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.

    United States assistance or exports prohibited by section 4 may be 
provided to a country or entity described in that section if the 
President--
            (1) determines that permitting such assistance or exports 
        is essential to the national security interests of the United 
        States; and
            (2) not later than 15 days before permitting such 
        assistance or exports, furnishes a report describing the United 
        States assistance or exports to be provided to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Expression of support for terrorism against the united 
        states.--The term ``expression of support for terrorism against 
        the United States'' means actions or expressions that are 
        designed to provoke anti-American action, especially of a 
        violent nature, or to glorify the use of violence against 
        citizens or government officials of the United States.
            (2) Fully cooperative in the global war against 
        international terrorism.--The term ``fully cooperative in the 
        global war against international terrorism'' means a country or 
        entity that is--
                    (A) preventing the financing of terrorism, 
                including preventing--
                            (i) direct financial payments to any 
                        terrorist organization;
                            (ii) any terrorist organization or any 
                        entity supporting a terrorist organization from 
                        receiving financial services such as brokering, 
                        lending, or transferring currency or credit;
                            (iii) any person from soliciting funds or 
                        items of value for a terrorist group; and
                            (iv) any humanitarian or other 
                        nongovernmental organization from providing 
                        financial support to terrorist organizations;
                    (B) sharing intelligence information with the 
                United States, including--
                            (i) releasing information to the United 
                        States related to any terrorist organization;
                            (ii) cooperating in investigations 
                        conducted by the United States; and
                            (iii) providing, to the extent possible, 
                        individuals suspected of or supporting 
                        terrorist organizations to United States 
                        investigators; and
                    (C) acting against terrorist organizations, 
                including--
                            (i) preventing terrorist organizations from 
                        committing or inciting to commit terrorist acts 
                        against the United States or its interests 
                        overseas;
                            (ii) preventing terrorist organizations 
                        from operating safe houses or providing 
                        transportation, communication, false 
                        documentation, identification, weapons 
                        (including chemical, biological, or 
                        radiological weapons), explosives, or training 
                        to terrorists; and
                            (iii) in the cases of a country--
                                    (I) investigating suspected 
                                terrorists within its national 
                                territory;
                                    (II) enforcing international 
                                agreements and United Nations Security 
                                Council Resolutions against terrorism; 
                                and
                                    (III) curbing any domestic 
                                expression of support for terrorism 
                                against the United States and its 
                                allies in state-owned media, state-
                                sanctioned gatherings, state-governed 
                                religious institutions, and state-
                                sanctioned school and textbooks.
            (3) Humanitarian assistance.--The term ``humanitarian 
        assistance'' means any humanitarian goods and services, 
        including foodstuffs, medicines, and health assistance 
        programs.
            (4) Terrorist organization.--The term ``terrorist 
        organization'' means an organization designated as a foreign 
        terrorist organization by the Secretary of State under section 
        219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
            (5) United states assistance.--The term ``United States 
        assistance'' means--
                    (A) any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act 
                of 1961 (including programs under title IV of chapter 
                2, relating to the Overseas Private Investment 
                Corporation);
                    (B) sales, or financing on any terms, under the 
                Arms Export Control Act;
                    (C) the provision of agricultural commodities, 
                other than food, under the Agricultural Trade 
                Development and Assistance Act of 1954; and
                    (D) financing under the Export-Import Bank Act of 
                1945.
            (6) United states munitions list.--The term ``United States 
        Munitions List'' means the defense articles and defense 
        services controlled by the President under section 38 of the 
        Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).
[EX A]: International Cooperative Antiterrorism Act of 2002 - Prohibits the provision of U.S. assistance (except humanitarian assistance and cooperative nonproliferation and counterproliferation programs), or the issuance of a license for the export of an item on the U.S. Munitions List, to any country or entity that the President has determined is not making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war against international terrorism. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act in the national security interests of the United States.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Section 3 Modernization and 
Improvement Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) funds administered by the Department of Housing and 
        Urban Development, particularly those intended for housing 
        construction, rehabilitation, repair, modernization, 
        management, self-sufficiency, community development, and other 
        public construction, provide State and local governments, 
        housing providers, and other recipients of this Federal 
        financial assistance with substantial funds for projects and 
        activities that produce significant economic opportunities for 
        the communities where the funds are expended;
            (2) low- and very low-income persons, especially recipients 
        of government assistance for housing, often face barriers to 
        access training, employment, and contracting opportunities 
        resulting from the expenditure of Federal funds in their 
        communities;
            (3) training, employment, and contracting opportunities 
        generated by projects and activities that receive assistance 
        from the Department of Housing and Urban Development offer an 
        effective means of empowering low- and very low-income persons 
        and local businesses that provide training and job 
        opportunities for such persons;
            (4) past Federal efforts to direct training, employment, 
        and contracting opportunities generated by programs 
        administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
        to low- and very low-income persons, and businesses that 
        provide training and job opportunities for such persons, have 
        not been fully effective and should be intensified; and
            (5) funding provided to other Federal agencies may also 
        produce significant employment and contracting opportunities 
        for the communities where the funds are expended.

SEC. 3. REPORTING; SANCTIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

    Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 
U.S.C. 1701u) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (k); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(g) Reports.--
            ``(1) Recipient reports to hud.--
                    ``(A) Requirement.--Each recipient of assistance 
                referred to in subsection (c) or (d) (in this section 
                referred to as a `recipient') shall report annually to 
                the Secretary on their compliance with the employment 
                and contracting requirements and on their contractors 
                and subcontractors performance. Recipients shall ensure 
                that their contractors and subcontractors provide them 
                with any information necessary to make such reports.
                    ``(B) Information regarding failure to meet 
                employment and contracting requirement.--For any period 
                during which a recipient, or their contractor or 
                subcontractor, did not meet their employment or 
                contracting requirement under subsection (c) or (d), 
                the report shall describe actions that were taken to 
                meet the requirement, including actions taken or that 
                will be taken in future funding opportunities to 
                address the deficiencies in the actions that resulted 
                in failure to meet employment and contracting 
                requirements.
                    ``(C) Monthly reports by subrecipients.--Each 
                recipient shall require any entity that is a 
                subrecipient of such recipient for assistance referred 
                to in subsection (c) or (d) to submit a report to such 
                recipient monthly containing such information as the 
                Secretary shall require to ensure that the recipient 
                can comply with this paragraph.
                    ``(D) Public availability.--Each report pursuant to 
                this paragraph (including reports under subparagraph 
                (C)) shall be made publicly available, in its entirety, 
                not later than 15 business days after the end of the 
                period covered by the report. Such availability shall 
                include posting reports on a publicly accessible 
                website on the World Wide Web and making printed and 
                electronic copies publicly available upon request at no 
                charge.
            ``(2) Annual hud reports to congress.--
                    ``(A) Requirement.--The Secretary shall submit a 
                report annually to the Congress that provides a summary 
                of the information contained in the reports submitted 
                pursuant to paragraph (1). Such annual report shall 
                provide information on the total amount of Federal 
                funds that are subject to this section, by program area 
                and geographical jurisdiction, and the outcomes 
                produced, including specific information on the amount 
                of training, jobs, and contracting opportunities 
                generated by such funds.
                    ``(B) Assessment of noncompliance.--Each report 
                under this paragraph shall include--
                            ``(i) an assessment of any noncompliance by 
                        any recipients with the requirements of this 
                        section, by State;
                            ``(ii) specific recommendations regarding 
                        actions to reduce and eliminate such 
                        noncompliance; and
                            ``(iii) any sanctions imposed pursuant to 
                        subsection (h) for such noncompliance.
                    ``(C) Review of effectiveness.--Each report under 
                this paragraph shall include a review of the 
                effectiveness of the program under this section in 
                providing jobs for low- and very low-income persons, 
                meeting unmet training and job readiness needs in the 
                community, enabling low- and very low-income persons to 
                hold a steady job, providing contracting opportunities 
                for businesses that qualify for priority under 
                paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of subsection (d), and any 
                recommendations the Secretary determines appropriate 
                regarding the program under this section.
            ``(3) GAO report.--Not later than the expiration of the 
        two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the 
        Section 3 Modernization and Improvement Act of 2015, the 
        Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report 
        to the Congress regarding the implementation of this section 
        (as amended by such Act), that--
                    ``(A) specifically describes the extent of 
                compliance with this section, the amount of funds 
                awarded that were covered by this section, and 
                outcomes; and
                    ``(B) makes recommendations to improve the 
                effectiveness of this section and for when a subsequent 
                such report should be required.
    ``(h) Noncompliance.--
            ``(1) Investigation and determination.--In carrying out 
        this section, the Secretary shall develop and implement 
        procedures to assess compliance with the requirements of this 
        section, to review complaints alleging noncompliance by any 
        recipient or contractor with the requirements of this section, 
        to make determinations as to whether such noncompliance has 
        occurred, and to take such actions as provided in this 
        subsection as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure 
        compliance and prevent future noncompliance.
            ``(2) Timely assessment.--The procedures required under 
        paragraph (1) shall include measures that ensure that 
        recipients and contractors are in compliance with the 
        requirements of this section during the use of assistance 
        referred to in subsection (c) or (d), including a requirement 
        to report to the Secretary regarding compliance on a monthly 
        basis and a requirement that the Secretary assess compliance by 
        each recipient and contractor not less frequently than once 
        every 3 months.
            ``(3) Sanctions.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--The Secretary shall develop 
                and implement policies and procedures for imposition of 
                a series of administrative sanctions, graduated in 
                severity, which shall be applied to recipients and 
                their contractors and subcontractors that are 
                determined do not comply with this section or the 
                requirements established under the program under this 
                section.
                    ``(B) Automatic sanctions.--Such sanctions shall 
                include certain measures, or a series of measures, that 
                are applied in all instances of a determination of a 
                failure to comply with certain requirements of this 
                section or with certain requirements established under 
                this program under this section, and shall not be 
                subject to any discretion on the part of the Secretary 
                as to whether to apply such measure or measures.
                    ``(C) Actions.--Such sanctions shall include--
                            ``(i) requiring a recipient to enter into a 
                        compliance agreement with the Secretary is 
                        specifically designed to bring the recipient 
                        into compliance and provide for the creation of 
                        additional employment opportunities and, if 
                        such recipient refuses to enter into such 
                        agreement, recapture by the Secretary, from 
                        amounts provided to the recipient that were 
                        subject to this section, of an amount equal to 
                        the amount that was required under this section 
                        to be used to give low- and very low-income 
                        persons training and employment opportunities 
                        or economic opportunities but was not so used;
                            ``(ii) reduction of future funds from the 
                        Department, including any discretionary funds 
                        available under the Choice Neighborhoods 
                        Initiative under section 24 of the United 
                        States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) 
                        and the rental assistance demonstration program 
                        (as such term is defined in subsection (e) of 
                        this section);
                            ``(iii) debarment and suspension from, and 
                        limited denial of participation in programs of 
                        the Department; and
                            ``(iv) such other sanctions as the 
                        Secretary determines appropriate to discourage 
                        noncompliance.''.

SEC. 4. COVERAGE OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION PROPERTIES.

    (a) Employment.--Subsection (c) of section 3 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the first comma 
        the following: ``(not including the rental assistance 
        demonstration program)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Rental assistance demonstration program.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall require that 
                public housing agencies and owners of multifamily 
                properties assisted under the rental assistance 
                demonstration program, and their contractors and 
                subcontractors, make their best efforts, consistent 
                with existing Federal, State, and local laws and 
                regulations, to give to low- and very low-income 
                persons all the training and employment opportunities 
                generated by or in such properties, including such 
                opportunities not involving property construction or 
                rehabilitation (which shall include opportunities 
                involving administration, management, service, and 
                maintenance) and including such opportunities generated 
                by assistance provided under the rental assistance 
                demonstration program.
                    ``(B) Priority.--The efforts required under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be directed in the following 
                order of priority:
                            ``(i) To residents of the housing 
                        developments for which the assistance is 
                        expended.
                            ``(ii) To residents of other developments 
                        managed by the public housing agency, if 
                        applicable, that is expending the assistance.
                            ``(iii) To participants in YouthBuild 
                        programs receiving assistance under section 171 
                        of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
                        Act.
                            ``(iv) To other low- and very low-income 
                        persons residing within the metropolitan area 
                        (or nonmetropolitan county) in which the 
                        assistance is expended.''.
    (b) Contracting.--Subsection (d) of section 3 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the first comma 
        the following: ``(not including the rental assistance 
        demonstration program)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Rental assistance demonstration program.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall require that 
                public housing agencies and owners of multifamily 
                properties assisted under the rental assistance 
                demonstration program, and their contractors and 
                subcontractors, make their best efforts, consistent 
                with existing Federal, State, and local laws and 
                regulations, to award contracts for work to be 
                performed in connection with such properties, including 
                work that does not involve property construction or 
                rehabilitation (which shall include administration, 
                management, service, and maintenance work) and 
                including work in connection assistance provided under 
                the rental assistance demonstration program, to 
                business concerns that provide economic opportunities 
                for low- and very low-income persons.
                    ``(B) Priority.--The efforts required under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be directed in the following 
                order of priority:
                            ``(i) To business concerns that provide 
                        economic opportunities for residents of the 
                        housing development for which the assistance is 
                        provided.
                            ``(ii) To business concerns that provide 
                        economic opportunities for residents of other 
                        housing developments operated by the public 
                        housing agency, if applicable, that is 
                        providing the assistance.
                            ``(iii) To YouthBuild programs receiving 
                        assistance under section 171 of the Workforce 
                        Innovation and Opportunity Act.
                            ``(iv) To business concerns that provide 
                        economic opportunities for low- and very low-
                        income persons residing within the metropolitan 
                        area (or nonmetropolitan county) in which the 
                        assistance is provided.''.
    (c) Definition.--Subsection (e) of section 3 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Rental assistance demonstration program.--The term 
        `rental assistance demonstration program' means the 
        demonstration program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development conducted pursuant to the heading `Rental 
        Assistance Demonstration' in title II of the Transportation, 
        Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of Public Law 112-55; 125 
        Stat. 673), as amended.''.
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Section 3 Modernization and Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to revise the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program for economic opportunities for low- and very low-income persons. Public and Indian housing agencies that receive HUD development assistance, operating assistance, or modernization grants provided under the program (recipients) must report annually to HUD on their compliance with employment and contracting requirements and on the performance of their contractors and subcontractors. HUD must develop and implement policies and procedures for imposing a series of administrative sanctions, graduated in severity, on recipients and their contractors and subcontractors for noncompliance with this Act or the program's requirements. The HUD rental assistance program is exempted from requirements that:   opportunities for training and employment in connection with a housing rehabilitation, housing construction, or other public construction project be given to low- and very low-income persons residing within the metropolitan area (or nonmetropolitan county) in which the project is located; and contracts awarded for work in connection with such projects be given to businesses providing economic opportunities for such persons in those areas in which the assistance is expended.  HUD shall require that public housing agencies (PHAs) and owners of multifamily properties assisted under the rental assistance program, and their contractors and subcontractors, make their best efforts to give low- and very low-income persons all the training and employment opportunities generated by or in such properties, including opportunities: (1) not involving property construction or rehabilitation; and (2) generated by assistance provided under the program. HUD must also require that such PHAs and owners award work contracts in connection with these properties to businesses that provide economic opportunities for low- and very low-income persons.