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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pension Interest Rate Relief Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. INTEREST RATE RANGE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
            (1) Special rule.--Clause (i) of section 412(l)(7)(C) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to interest rate) 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(III) Special rule for 2001 
                                through 2004.--For a plan year 
                                beginning in 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004, 
                                notwithstanding subclause (I), in the 
                                case that the rate of interest used 
                                under subsection (b)(5) exceeds the 
                                highest rate permitted under subclause 
                                (I), the rate of interest used to 
                                determine current liability under this 
                                subsection may exceed the rate of 
                                interest otherwise permitted under 
                                subclause (I); except that such rate of 
                                interest shall not exceed 120 percent 
                                of the weighted average referred to in 
                                subsection (b)(5)(B)(ii).''
            (2) Quarterly contributions.--Subsection (m) of section 412 
        of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(7) Special rule for 2005.--In any case in which the 
        interest rate used to determine current liability is determined 
        under subsection (l)(7)(C)(i)(III) for purposes of applying 
        paragraphs (1) and (4)(B)(ii) for plan years beginning in 2005, 
        the current liability for the preceding plan year shall be 
        redetermined using 105 percent as the specified percentage 
        determined under subsection (l)(7)(C)(i)(II).''
    (b) Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974.--
            (1) Special rule.--Clause (i) of section 302(d)(7)(C) of 
        the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
        1082(d)(7)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new subclause:
                                    ``(III) Special rule for 2001 
                                through 2004.--For a plan year 
                                beginning in 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004, 
                                notwithstanding subclause (I), in the 
                                case that the rate of interest used 
                                under subsection (b)(5) exceeds the 
                                highest rate permitted under subclause 
                                (I), the rate of interest used to 
                                determine current liability under this 
                                subsection may exceed the rate of 
                                interest otherwise permitted under 
                                subclause (I); except that such rate of 
                                interest shall not exceed 120 percent 
                                of the weighted average referred to in 
                                subsection (b)(5)(B)(ii).''
            (2) Quarterly contributions.--Subsection (e) of section 302 
        of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1082) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Special rule for 2005.--In any case in which the 
        interest rate used to determine current liability is determined 
        under subsection (d)(7)(C)(i)(III) for purposes of applying 
        paragraphs (1) and (4)(B)(ii) for plan years beginning in 2005, 
        the current liability for the preceding plan year shall be 
        redetermined using 105 percent as the specified percentage 
        determined under subsection (d)(7)(C)(i)(II).''
    (c) PBGC.--Clause (iii) of section 4006(a)(3)(E) of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security of Act 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(E)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subclause:
    ``(IV) In the case of plan years beginning after December 31, 2001, 
and before January 1, 2005, subclause (II) shall be applied by 
substituting `100 percent' for `85 percent' and by substituting `115 
percent' for `100 percent'. Subclause (III) shall be applied for such 
years without regard to the preceding sentence. Any reference to this 
clause by any other sections or subsections (other than sections 4010, 
4011 and 4043) shall be treated as a reference to this clause without 
regard to this subclause.''
    (d) Amendments to Retirement Protection Act of 1994.--
            (1) Transition rule made permanent.--Paragraph (1) of 
        section 769(c) of the Retirement Protection Act of 1994 is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``transition'' each place it 
                appears in the heading and the text, and
                    (B) by striking ``for any plan year beginning after 
                1996 and before 2010''.
            (2) Special rules.--Paragraph (2) of section 769(c) of the 
        Retirement Protection Act of 1994 is amended to read as 
        follows:
            ``(2) Special rules.--The rules described in this paragraph 
        are as follows:
                    ``(A) For purposes of section 412(l)(9)(A) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 302(d)(9)(A) 
                of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
                the funded current liability percentage for any plan 
                year shall be treated as not less than 90 percent.
                    ``(B) For purposes of section 412(m) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 302(e)(9) of 
                the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
                the funded current liability percentage for any plan 
                year shall be treated as not less than 100 percent.
                    ``(C) For purposes of determining unfunded vested 
                benefits under section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii) of the 
                Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the 
                mortality table shall be the mortality table used by 
                the plan.''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2001.
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Pension Interest Rate Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 by increasing, for plan years beginning 2001 through 2004, the permissible interest rate range used to determine additional funding requirements for certain benefit plans which are not multiemployer plans.Sets forth a special rule regarding the interest rate used to determine liability for plan years beginning in 2005.Amends the Retirement Protection Act of 1994 to establish special rules relating to funding liability percentages and the mortality table to be used for purposes of determining unfunded vested benefits.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

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

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

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

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

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

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``social cost of carbon'' means--
                    (A) the social cost of carbon as described in--
                            (i) the document entitled ``Technical 
                        Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for 
                        Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive 
                        Order 12866'' published by the Interagency 
                        Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United 
                        States Government, in February 2010; or
                            (ii) the document entitled ``Technical 
                        Support Document: Technical Update of the 
                        Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact 
                        Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'' 
                        published by the Interagency Working Group on 
                        Social Cost of Carbon, United States 
                        Government, in May 2013, and revised in 
                        November 2013 and July 2015, or any other 
                        successor or substantially related document; or
                    (B) any other estimate of the monetized damages 
                associated with an incremental increase in carbon 
                dioxide emissions in a given year.
            (2) The term ``social cost of methane'' means the estimate 
        of the social cost of methane--
                    (A) as described in--
                            (i) the proposed rule entitled ``Oil and 
                        Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New 
                        and Modified Sources'' published by the 
                        Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal 
                        Register on September 18, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
                        56593);
                            (ii) the final rule entitled ``Oil and 
                        Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, 
                        Reconstructed, and Modified Sources'' published 
                        by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
                        Federal Register on June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
                        35824); or
                            (iii) the ``Regulatory Impact Analysis of 
                        the Final Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission 
                        Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified 
                        Sources'' prepared by the Environmental 
                        Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, 
                        in May 2016, and identified by docket ID number 
                        EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7630; or
                    (B) any other successor or substantially related 
                estimate.
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Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from considering the social cost of carbon or methane as part of any cost benefit analysis, unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such consideration. The EPA must report on the number of proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use either of those social costs, including as part of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and other relevant authorities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Marine Fisheries Service 
Ombudsman Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE OMBUDSMAN OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established an Office of the 
        Ombudsman in the National Marine Fisheries Service.
            (2) Ombudsman.--
                    (A) In general.--The Office shall be under the 
                direction of the Ombudsman of the National Marine 
                Fisheries Service, who shall be appointed by the 
                Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                Administration--
                            (i) in the case of the first Ombudsman, 
                        within 180 days after the date of enactment of 
                        this Act; and
                            (ii) in the case of an individual appointed 
                        to serve as Ombudsman subsequent to the 
                        expiration of the term of a sitting Ombudsman, 
                        by not later than the date the term expires.
                    (B) Term.--An individual appointed as Ombudsman 
                shall serve a term of 4 years, and may be reappointed.
                    (C) Vacancies.--In the event of a vacancy in the 
                position of Ombudsman the Administrator shall appoint 
                an individual as Ombudsman by not later than 120 days 
                after the date the vacancy occurs.
            (3) Regional ombudsmen.--
                    (A) In general.--The Ombudsman shall maintain a 
                regional ombudsman in each of the regions for which a 
                Regional Fishery Management Council is established 
                under section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
                Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852).
                    (B) Appointment.--The regional ombudsmen shall be 
                appointed by and serve at the discretion of the 
                Ombudsman.
                    (C) Acting ombudsman.--In the event of a vacancy in 
                the office of the Ombudsman, the Administrator shall 
                appoint a regional ombudsman to serve as the acting 
                Ombudsman until an Ombudsman is appointed.
            (4) Qualifications.--A person may not be appointed--
                    (A) as the Ombudsman, unless the person has--
                            (i) demonstrated expertise in the field of 
                        fisheries management and significant experience 
                        and knowledge of regulations that are enforced 
                        by the National Marine Fisheries Service; and
                            (ii) significant experience working in or 
                        with the commercial or recreational fishing 
                        industries; or
                    (B) as a regional ombudsman, unless the person--
                            (i) satisfies the requirements in 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            (ii) is a resident of a State in the region 
                        for which appointed.
            (5) Notification of appointment and removal.--The 
        Administrator shall notify Congress of--
                    (A) the intent of the Administrator to appoint an 
                individual as Ombudsman, by not later than 60 days 
                before the effective date of the appointment;
                    (B) whether or not the Administrator will reappoint 
                an individual who is serving as Ombudsman, by not later 
                than 120 days before the expiration of the term of the 
                individual; and
                    (C) the intent of the Administrator to remove a 
                person from the position of Ombudsman, by not later 
                than 60 days before the effective date of the such 
                removal, including the reasons for such removal.
            (6) Ensuring independence of ombudsman.--
                    (A) In general.--The Ombudsman--
                            (i) shall report solely to and be under the 
                        general supervision of the Administrator; and
                            (ii) may only be removed by the 
                        Administrator for neglect of duty, misconduct, 
                        or inability to perform the duties of the 
                        office of the Ombudsman.
                    (B) Maintenance of independent communications.--
                Each office under the administrative jurisdiction of 
                the Ombudsman shall maintain a telephone, facsimile, 
                and other means of electronic communication access, and 
                a post office address, that is separate from those 
                maintained by the National Marine Fisheries Service and 
                from all other components of the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration.
                    (C) IG's authority to conduct investigations not 
                affected.--Nothing in this Act shall prevent or 
                prohibit any Inspector General from initiating, 
                carrying out, or completing any investigation.
    (b) Functions.--The Ombudsman shall--
            (1) act as a neutral third party who conducts informal, 
        impartial fact finding and investigations;
            (2) identify points of conflict or contention between the 
        fishing industry and the National Marine Fisheries Service with 
        respect to the implementation and enforcement of regulations;
            (3) mitigate points of conflict or contention identified 
        under paragraph (2);
            (4) through each regional ombudsman--
                    (A) serve as a point of contact for local fishermen 
                and businesses that are regulated by the National 
                Marine Fisheries Service;
                    (B) receive complaints from persons regulated by 
                the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding 
                regulatory actions initiated by the Service;
                    (C) initiate informal, impartial fact finding and 
                investigations;
                    (D) work with the Service and local fishermen and 
                businesses to resolve such complaints; and
                    (E) conduct community outreach, including by 
                assisting the National Marine Fisheries Service in the 
                dissemination of any new regulations or requirements 
                and providing information and guidance to the public; 
                and
            (5) maintain a public Internet site that includes contact 
        information for each regional office.
    (c) Annual Report.--
            (1) In general.--The Ombudsman shall report no later than 
        September 30 each year to the Administrator, the Committee on 
        Natural Resources Committee of the House of Representatives, 
        and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
        the Senate on the actions taken by each of the regional offices 
        over the preceding year and the objectives of those actions.
            (2) Contents.--Each such report shall include--
                    (A) full and substantive analysis, in addition to 
                statistical information;
                    (B) recommendations the Office of the Ombudsman has 
                made on improving services and responsiveness of the 
                National Marine Fisheries Service;
                    (C) a summary of the most pervasive and serious 
                points of conflict or contention encountered by 
                fishermen and businesses, including a description of 
                the nature thereof;
                    (D) an inventory of the items described in 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C) for which action has been 
                taken, and the result of such action;
                    (E) an inventory of the items described in 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C) for which action remains to 
                be completed;
                    (F) recommendations to resolve points of conflict 
                or contention encountered by fishermen and businesses;
                    (G) information the Ombudsman considers appropriate 
                regarding the independence and effectiveness of the 
                Ombudsman's office; and
                    (H) such other information as the Ombudsman 
                considers relevant.
            (3) Report to be submitted directly.--Each report under 
        this subsection shall be provided directly to the committees 
        described in paragraph (1) without any prior comment or 
        amendment from the Administrator or any from any other officer 
        or employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration, the National Marines Fisheries Service, or the 
        Office of Management and Budget.
            (4) Other reports.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
        construed to preclude the Ombudsman from issuing other reports 
        on the activities of the Office of the Ombudsman.
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National Marine Fisheries Service Ombudsman Act of 2010 - Establishes an Office of the Ombudsman in the National Marine Fisheries Service which shall be under the direction of the Ombudsman of the National Marine Fisheries Service, who shall be appointed by the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Requires the Ombudsman to maintain a regional Ombudsman in each of the regions for which a Regional Fishery Management Council.

Requires the Ombudsman to report solely to, and be under the general supervision of, the Administrator and allows the removal of the Ombudsman only by the Administrator for neglect of duty, misconduct, or inability to perform the duties of the office of the Ombudsman.

Sets forth the duties of the Ombudsman, including: (1) to act as a neutral third party who conducts informal, impartial fact finding and investigations; (2) to identify points of conflict or contention (and to mitigate such points of conflict or contention) between the fishing industry and the National Marine Fisheries Service with respect to the implementation and enforcement of regulations; (3) through each regional ombudsman, to serve as a point of contact for local fishermen and businesses that are regulated by the National Marine Fisheries Service; and (4) to maintain a public Internet site that includes contact information for each regional office.