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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Section Commission to Advise on 
Reforming Elections Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMISSION TO ADVISE ON REFORMING 
              ELECTIONS.

    There is established a commission to be known as the ``Select 
Commission to Advise on Reforming Elections'' (referred to in this Act 
as the ``Commission''). The purposes of the Commission are to study the 
laws relating to the financing of campaigns for elections for Federal 
office and to report and recommend legislation to reform those laws.

SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 12 members 
appointed not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act by the President, of whom--
            (1) Three members shall be appointed from among a list of 
        nominees submitted by the majority leader of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (2) Three members shall be appointed from among a list of 
        nominees submitted by the majority leader of the Senate;
            (3) Two members shall be appointed from among a list of 
        nominees submitted by the minority leader of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (4) Two members shall be appointed from among a list of 
        nominees submitted by the minority leader of the Senate; and
            (5) Two members shall be appointed from individuals meeting 
        such criteria as the President may apply.
    (b) Chair.--The members of the Commission shall select two members 
to serve as co-chairs of the Commission.
    (c) Terms.--The members of the Commission shall serve for the life 
of the Commission.
    (d) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the 
manner in which the original appointment was made.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings.--The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out 
this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 
testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers 
appropriate.
    (b) Quorum.--Five members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Pay and Travel Expenses of Members.--(1) Each member of the 
Commission, other than the co-chairs, shall be paid at a rate equal to 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the 
member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the 
Commission. Each co-chair shall be paid for each day referred to in the 
preceding sentence at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the 
annual rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
    (2) Members of the Commission shall receive travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 
5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Staff Director.--The Commission shall, without regard to 
section 5311(b) of title 5, United States Code, appoint a staff 
director, who shall be paid at the rate of basic pay payable for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (c) Staff of Commission; Services.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to such rules as may be adopted by 
        the Commission, the staff director of the Commission, without 
        regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
        governing appointments in the competitive service and without 
        regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
        chapter 53 of that title relating to classifications and 
        General Schedule pay rates, and subject to the approval of the 
Commission, may appoint such personnel as the staff director considers 
necessary, except that an individual so appointed may not receive pay 
in excess of the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable for grade GS-
15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States 
Code.
            (2) Temporary and intermittent services.--Subject to the 
        approval of the Commission, the staff director of the 
        Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services to 
        the same extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, 
        United States Code.

SEC. 6. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES IN LAW.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the appointment of its 
members, the Commission shall submit to the President, the Speaker and 
minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and 
minority leaders of the Senate a report of the activities of the 
Commission.
    (b) Recommendations for Changes in Campaign Finance Laws.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Commission 
        shall submit to the President, the Speaker and minority leader 
        of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority 
        leaders of the Senate any recommendations for changes in the 
        laws (including regulations) governing the conducting and 
        financing of Federal campaigns (including any changes in the 
        rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives) to which 
        seven or more members of the Commission may agree--
                    (A) by including such recommendations in the report 
                submitted under subsection (a); or
                    (B) with the approval of a majority of its members, 
                by submitting a supplemental report containing such 
                recommendations not later than 180 days after 
                submitting the report under subsection (a).
            (2) Final deadline.--The Commission may not submit 
        recommendations under this subsection after July 15, 1998.
    (c) Dissenting Views.--The Commission shall include in the report 
submitted under subsection (a) and in any recommendations submitted 
under subsection (b) any dissenting or minority views of its members, 
including recommendations for changes in law which were proposed by any 
member and to which seven or more members did not agree.

SEC. 7. EXPEDITED CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION 
              IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Preparation of Legislation.--If the Commission submits any 
recommendation for changes in the laws under section 6(b), those 
members concurring in the recommendation shall include with the 
recommendation legislation to implement the recommendation.
    (b) Expedited Congressional Consideration of Legislation.--
            (1) In general.--If any legislation is introduced the 
        substance of which implements a recommendation of the 
        Commission submitted under section 6(b), subject to paragraph 
        (2), the provisions of section 2908 (other than subsection (a)) 
        of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 shall 
        apply to the consideration of the legislation in the same 
        manner as such provisions apply to a joint resolution described 
        in section 2908(a) of such Act.
            (2) Special rules.--For purposes of applying paragraph (1) 
        with respect to such provisions, the following rules shall 
        apply:
                    (A) Any reference to the Committee on Armed 
                Services of the House of Representatives shall be 
                deemed a reference to the Committee on House Oversight 
                of the House of Representatives and any reference to 
                the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate shall be 
                deemed a reference to the Committee on Rules and 
                Administration of the Senate.
                    (B) Any reference to the date on which the 
                President transmits a report shall be deemed a 
                reference to the date on which the recommendation 
                involved is submitted under section 6(b).

SEC. 8. TERMINATION.

    The Commission shall cease to exist 90 days after the later of--
            (1) the date of the submission of its report under section 
        6(a); or
            (2) the date of the submission of its recommendations under 
        section 6(b).

SOLUTION: Select Commission to Advise on Reforming Elections Act - Establishes the Select Commission to Advise on Reforming Elections to study the laws relating to the financing of campaigns for Federal elections and to report and recommend legislation to reform those laws. 
(Sec. 6) Requires the Commission to submit a report to the President, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate on its activities.  Directs the Commission, as specified, to submit to the President, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, any recommendations for changes in campaign finance laws to which seven or more Commission members may agree.  Prohibits the submission of recommendations by the Commission after July 15, 1998. 
(Sec. 7) Requires that when the Commission submits any recommendation for changes in campaign finance laws, those Commission members concurring in the recommendation shall include legislation to implement the recommendation.  Provides for expedited congressional consideration of any legislation introduced which implements a recommendation of the Commission. 
(Sec. 8) Terminates the Commission after the later of:  (1) the submission of its report; or (2) the submission of its recommendations.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Telephone Records 
Protection Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) telephone records can be of great use to criminals 
        because the information contained in call logs listed in such 
        records include a wealth of personal information;
            (2) many call logs reveal the names of many users' doctors, 
        public and private relationships, business associates, and 
        more;
            (3) although other personal information, such as social 
        security numbers may appear in public documents, which can be 
        accessed by data brokers, the only warehouse of telephone 
        records is located at the telephone companies themselves; and
            (4) telephone records may be accessed without authorization 
        of the customer by--
                    (A) an employee of the telephone company selling 
                the data;
                    (B) ``pretexting'', whereby a data broker or other 
                person pretends to be the owner of the phone and 
                convinces the telephone company's employees to release 
                the data to them; or
                    (C) unauthorized access of accounts via the 
                Internet; and
            (5) because telephone companies encourage customers to 
        manage their accounts online, many set up the online capability 
        in advance. Many customers never access their Internet 
        accounts, however. If someone seeking the information activates 
        the account before the customer, he or she can gain unfettered 
        access to the telephone records and call logs of that customer.

SEC. 3. PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR CUSTOMER INFORMATION OF 
              TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS.

    (a) Prohibition on Obtaining Customer Information by False 
Pretenses.--It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain or attempt to 
obtain, or cause to be disclosed or attempt to cause to be disclosed to 
any person, customer proprietary network information relating to any 
other person by--
            (1) making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or 
        representation to an officer, employee, or agent of a 
        telecommunications carrier; or
            (2) by providing, through any means including the Internet, 
        any document or other information to a telecommunications 
        carrier or an officer, employee, or agent of a 
        telecommunications carrier, knowing that the document or other 
        information is forged, counterfeit, lost, or stolen, was 
        obtained fraudulently or without the customer's consent, or 
        contains a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or 
        representation.
    (b) Prohibition on Solicitation of a Person to Obtain Customer 
Information Under False Pretenses.--It shall be unlawful to request a 
person to obtain customer proprietary network information of a 
telecommunications carrier, knowing that the person will obtain, or 
attempt to obtain, the information from the telecommunications carrier 
in the manner described in subsection (a).
    (c) Prohibition on Sale or Other Disclosure of Customer Information 
Obtained Under False Pretenses.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
sell customer proprietary network information relating to any other 
person, knowing that such information was obtained in the manner 
described in subsection (a).
    (d) Nonapplicability to Law Enforcement Agencies.--No provision of 
this section shall be construed so as to prevent any action by a law 
enforcement agency, or any officer, employee, or agent of such agency, 
to obtain customer proprietary network information of a 
telecommunications carrier in connection with the performance of 
official duties of the agency.

SEC. 4. TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.

    Section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(h) Notice of Violations.--The Commission shall by regulation 
require each telecommunications carrier to notify the customer of any 
incidents in which such telecommunications carrier becomes or is made 
aware in which customer proprietary network information relating to 
such customer is disclosed to someone other than the customer in 
violation of this section or section 3 of the Consumer Telephone 
Records Protection Act of 2006.''.

SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

    A violation of section 3 shall be treated as an unfair or deceptive 
act or practice in violation of section 5 of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45). All of the functions and powers of the 
Federal Trade Commission under that Act are available to the Commission 
to enforce compliance by any person with such section, irrespective of 
whether that person is engaged in commerce or meets any other 
jurisdictional tests in the Federal Trade Commission Act, including the 
power to enforce the provisions of such section in the same manner as 
if the violation had been a violation of a Federal Trade Commission 
trade regulation rule.

SEC. 6. CRIMINAL PENALTY.

    (a) In General.--Whoever knowingly and intentionally violates 
section 3 shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States 
Code, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
    (b) Enhanced Penalties for Aggravated Cases.--Whoever violates 
section 3 while violating another law of the United States or as part 
of a pattern of any illegal activity involving more than $100,000, or 
more than 50 customers of a telecommunications carrier, in a 12-month 
period shall be fined twice the amount provided in section 3571 of 
title 18, or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Customer proprietary network information.--The term 
        ``customer proprietary network information'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 222(h)(1) of the Communications Act 
        of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222(h)(1)).
            (2) Telecommunications carrier.--The term 
        ``telecommunications carrier'' has the meaning given such term 
        in section 3(44) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        153(44)).

SOLUTION: Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006 - Prohibits any person from obtaining or causing the disclosure of, or requesting another person to obtain, customer proprietary network information relating to another person by: (1) making a false statement to a telecommunications carrier; or (2) providing any information knowing that it is counterfeit, that it was obtained fraudulently or without the customer's consent, or that it contains a false statement. Prohibits a person from selling customer information relating to any other person knowing it was obtained in such manner.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require each telecommunications carrier to notify a customer when proprietary network information relating to such customer is disclosed in violation of such prohibitions.

Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Gives all of the functions and powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under that Act to the FCC to enforce compliance. Prescribes penalties, which double for violations that are part of a pattern of illegal activity.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR NEW QUALIFIED PLUG-IN HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLES.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 30B(d)(2) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to credit amount for passenger 
automobiles and light trucks) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Credit amount for passenger automobiles and 
                light trucks.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of a new 
                        qualified hybrid motor vehicle (other than a 
                        new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicle) 
                        which is a passenger automobile or light truck 
                        and which has a gross vehicle weight rating of 
                        not more than 8,500 pounds, the amount 
                        determined under this paragraph is the sum of 
                        the amounts determined under subclauses (I) and 
                        (II).
                                    ``(I) Fuel economy.--The amount 
                                determined under this subclause is the 
                                amount which would be determined under 
                                subsection (c)(2)(A) if such vehicle 
                                were a vehicle referred to in such 
                                subsection.
                                    ``(II) Conservation credit.--The 
                                amount determined under this subclause 
                                is the amount which would be determined 
                                under subsection (c)(2)(B) if such 
                                vehicle were a vehicle referred to in 
                                such subsection.
                            ``(ii) New qualified plug-in hybrid motor 
                        vehicles.--In the case of a new qualified plug-
                        in hybrid motor vehicle which is a passenger 
                        automobile or light truck and which has a gross 
                        vehicle weight rating of not more than 8,500 
                        pounds, the amount determined under this 
                        paragraph is the sum of the amounts determined 
                        under subclauses (I), (II), and (III).
                                    ``(I) Base amount.--The amount 
                                determined under this subclause is 
                                $3,000.
                                    ``(II) Flexible fuel.--In the case 
                                of a vehicle which is warrantied by its 
                                manufacturer to operate on a fuel 
                                described in section 30C(c)(1)(A), the 
                                amount determined under this subclause 
                                is $150.
                                    ``(III) Power of traction 
                                battery.--In the case of vehicle which 
                                draws propulsion energy from a traction 
                                battery of not less than 5 kWh, the 
                                amount determined under this subclause 
                                is $500, plus $250 for each kWh that 
                                such battery exceeds 5 kWh. The amount 
                                determined under this subclause shall 
                                not exceed $3,000.''.
    (b) New Qualified Plug-In Hybrid Motor Vehicle.--Subsection (d) of 
section 30B of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(4) New qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicle.--For 
        purposes of this subsection, the term `new qualified plug-in 
        hybrid motor vehicle' means any new qualified hybrid motor 
        vehicle which--
                    ``(A) meets or exceeds the Bin 5 Tier II emission 
                standard established in regulations prescribed by the 
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
                under section 202(i) of the Clean Air Act for that make 
                and model year vehicle,
                    ``(B) draws propulsion energy from a traction 
                battery of not less than 4 kWh, and
                    ``(C) is equipped with a means of recharging its 
                rechargeable energy storage system from an external 
                source of electricity.''.
    (c) Application of Limitation on Number of Hybrids Eligible for 
Credit.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (f) of section 30B of such Code 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Separate application to new qualified plug-in hybrid 
        motor vehicles.--In the case of a new qualified plug-in hybrid 
        motor vehicle, this subsection shall be applied--
                    ``(A) separately with respect to such vehicles by 
                treating only new qualified plug-in hybrid motor 
                vehicles as qualified vehicles,
                    ``(B) by substituting `100,000' for `60,000' in 
                paragraph (2), and
                    ``(C) by substituting `the date of the enactment of 
                paragraph (6)' for `December 31, 2005' in paragraph 
                (2).''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Paragraph (5) of section 30B(f) 
        of such Code is amended by inserting ``other than a new 
        qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicle'' after ``subsection 
        (d)(2)(A)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

SOLUTION:
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an alternative motor vehicle tax credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles. Defines such a vehicle as any new qualified hybrid motor vehicle that: (1) is a passenger automobile or light truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 8,500 pounds; (2) meets or exceeds the Bin 5 Tier II emission standard established by the Environmental Protection Agency; (3) draws propulsion energy from a traction battery of not less than 4 kWh; and (4) is equipped with a means of recharging its energy storage system from an external source of electricity.