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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Advanced Technologies for 
Efficient Resource Use Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. WATERSENSE.

    (a) In General.--There is established within the Environmental 
Protection Agency a WaterSense program to identify and promote water 
efficient products, buildings and landscapes, and services in order--
            (1) to reduce water use;
            (2) to reduce the strain on water, wastewater, and 
        stormwater infrastructure;
            (3) to conserve energy used to pump, heat, transport, and 
        treat water; and
            (4) to preserve water resources for future generations,
through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communications about, 
products, buildings and landscapes, and services that meet the highest 
water efficiency and performance standards.
    (b) Duties.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall--
            (1) promote WaterSense labeled products, buildings and 
        landscapes, and services in the market place as the preferred 
        technologies and services for--
                    (A) reducing water use; and
                    (B) ensuring product and service performance;
            (2) work to enhance public awareness of the WaterSense 
        label through public outreach, education, and other means;
            (3) establish and maintain performance standards so that 
        products, buildings and landscapes, and services labeled with 
        the WaterSense label perform as well or better than their less 
        efficient counterparts;
            (4) publicize the importance of proper installation of 
        WaterSense plumbing products by a WaterSense-certified or, if 
        WaterSense certification guidelines do not exist, licensed 
        plumber or mechanical contractor, and the installation, 
        maintenance, and audit of WaterSense irrigation systems by a 
        WaterSense-certified irrigation professional to ensure optimal 
        performance;
            (5) preserve the integrity of the WaterSense label;
            (6) regularly review and, when appropriate, update 
        WaterSense criteria for categories of products, buildings and 
        landscapes, and services, at least once every four years;
            (7) regularly collect and make available to the public 
        summary data on the production and relative market shares of 
        WaterSense labeled products, buildings and landscapes, and 
        services, at least annually;
            (8) regularly estimate and make available to the public the 
        water and energy savings attributable to the use of WaterSense 
        labeled products, buildings and landscapes, and services, at 
        least annually;
            (9) solicit comments from interested parties and the public 
        prior to establishing or revising a WaterSense category, 
        specification, installation criterion, or other criterion (or 
        prior to effective dates for any such category, specification, 
        installation criterion, or other criterion);
            (10) provide reasonable notice to interested parties and 
        the public of any changes (including effective dates), on the 
        adoption of a new or revised category, specification, 
        installation criterion, or other criterion, along with--
                    (A) an explanation of changes; and
                    (B) as appropriate, responses to comments submitted 
                by interested parties;
            (11) provide appropriate lead time (as determined by the 
        Administrator) prior to the applicable effective date for a new 
        or significant revision to a category, specification, 
        installation criterion, or other criterion, taking into account 
        the timing requirements of the manufacturing, marketing, 
        training, and distribution process for the specific product, 
        building and landscape, or service category addressed; and
            (12) identify and, where appropriate, implement other 
        voluntary approaches, such as labeling waterless devices that 
        perform the same function as a water consuming product or 
        encouraging reuse, reclamation, and recycling technologies, in 
        commercial, institutional, residential, municipal, and 
        industrial sectors to improve water efficiency or lower water 
        use while meeting the performance standards established under 
        paragraph (3).
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2010, $10,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2011, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $50,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2013 and each year thereafter, adjusted for inflation, to carry 
out this section.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT OF WATER EFFICIENT PRODUCTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 7902(a) of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Watersense product or service.--The term ``WaterSense 
        product or service'' means a product or service that is rated 
        for water efficiency under the WaterSense program.
            (3) Watersense program.--The term ``WaterSense program'' 
        means the program established by section 2 of this Act.
            (4) FEMP designated product.--The term ``FEMP designated 
        product'' means a product that is designated under the Federal 
        Energy Management Program of the Department of Energy as being 
        among the highest 25 percent of equivalent products for 
        efficiency.
            (5) Product and service.--The terms ``product'' and 
        ``service'' do not include any water consuming product or 
        service designed or procured for combat or combat-related 
        missions. The terms also exclude products or services already 
        covered by the Federal procurement regulations established 
        under section 553 of the National Energy Conservation Policy 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 8259b).
    (b) Procurement of Water Efficient Products.--
            (1) Requirement.--To meet the requirements of an agency for 
        a water consuming product or service, the head of the agency 
        shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), procure--
                    (A) a WaterSense product or service; or
                    (B) a FEMP designated product.
        A WaterSense plumbing product should preferably, when possible, 
        be installed by a WaterSense-certified or, if WaterSense 
        certification guidelines do not exist, licensed plumber or 
        mechanical contractor, and a WaterSense irrigation system 
        should preferably, when possible, be installed, maintained, and 
        audited by a WaterSense-certified irrigation professional to 
        ensure optimal performance.
            (2) Exceptions.--The head of an agency is not required to 
        procure a WaterSense product or service or FEMP designated 
        product under paragraph (1) if the head of the agency finds in 
        writing that--
                    (A) a WaterSense product or service or FEMP 
                designated product is not cost-effective over the life 
                of the product, taking current and future energy, 
                water, and wastewater cost savings into account; or
                    (B) no WaterSense product or service or FEMP 
                designated product is reasonably available that meets 
                the functional requirements of the agency.
            (3) Procurement planning.--The head of an agency shall 
        incorporate into the specifications for all procurements 
        involving water consuming products and systems, including guide 
        specifications, project specifications, and construction, 
        renovation, and services contracts that include provision of 
        water consuming products and systems, and into the factors for 
        the evaluation of offers received for the procurement, criteria 
        used for rating WaterSense products and services and FEMP 
        designated products. The head of an agency shall consider, to 
        the maximum extent practicable, additional measures for 
        reducing agency water consumption, including water reuse, 
        reclamation, and recycling technologies, leak detection and 
        repair, and use of waterless products that perform similar 
        functions to existing water-consuming products.
    (c) Listing of Water Efficient Products in Federal Catalogs.--
WaterSense products and services and FEMP designated products shall be 
clearly identified and prominently displayed in any inventory or 
listing of products by the General Services Administration or the 
Defense Logistics Agency. The General Services Administration and the 
Defense Logistics Agency shall supply only WaterSense products or FEMP 
designated products for all product categories covered by the 
WaterSense program or the Federal Energy Management Program, except in 
cases where the agency ordering a product specifies in writing that no 
WaterSense product or FEMP designated product is available to meet the 
buyer's functional requirements, or that no WaterSense product or FEMP 
designated product is cost-effective for the intended application over 
the life of the product, taking energy, water, and wastewater cost 
savings into account.
    (d) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall issue regulations to carry out this section.

SEC. 4. EARLY ADOPTER WATER EFFICIENT PRODUCTS INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
        State government, local or county government, tribal 
        government, wastewater or sewage utility, municipal water 
        authority, energy utility, water utility, or nonprofit 
        organization that meets the requirements of subsection (b).
            (3) Incentive program.--The term ``incentive program'' 
        means a program for administering financial incentives for 
        consumer purchase and installation of residential water 
        efficient products and services as described in subsection 
        (b)(1).
            (4) Residential water efficient product or service.--The 
        term ``residential water efficient product or service'' means a 
        product or service for a single-family or multifamily residence 
        or its landscape that is rated for water efficiency and 
        performance--
                    (A) by the WaterSense program; or
                    (B) by an incentive program and approved by the 
                Administrator.
        Categories of water efficient products and services may include 
        faucets, irrigation technologies and services, point-of-use 
        water treatment devices, reuse, reclamation, and recycling 
        technologies, toilets, and showerheads.
            (5) Watersense program.--The term ``WaterSense program'' 
        means the program established by section 2 of this Act.
    (b) Eligible Entities.--An entity shall be eligible to receive an 
allocation under subsection (c) if the entity--
            (1) establishes (or has established) an incentive program 
        to provide rebates, vouchers, other financial incentives, or 
        direct installs to consumers for the purchase and installation 
        of residential water efficient products or services;
            (2) submits an application for the allocation at such time, 
        in such form, and containing such information as the 
        Administrator may require; and
            (3) provides assurances satisfactory to the Administrator 
        that the entity will use the allocation to supplement, but not 
        supplant, funds made available to carry out the incentive 
        program.
    (c) Amount of Allocations.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), for each fiscal 
        year, the Administrator shall determine the amount to allocate 
        to each eligible entity to carry out subsection (d) taking into 
        consideration--
                    (A) the population served by the eligible entity in 
                the most recent calendar year for which data are 
                available;
                    (B) the targeted population of the eligible 
                entity's incentive program, such as general households, 
                low-income households, or first-time homeowners, and 
                the probable effectiveness of the incentive program for 
                that population;
                    (C) for existing programs, the effectiveness of the 
                incentive program in encouraging the adoption of water 
                efficient products and services; and
                    (D) any prior year's allocation to the eligible 
                entity that remains unused.
    (d) Use of Allocated Funds.--Funds allocated to an entity under 
subsection (c) may be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of 
establishing and carrying out an incentive program.
    (e) Fixture Recycling.--Entities are encouraged to promote or 
implement fixture recycling programs to manage the disposal of older 
fixtures replaced due to the incentive program under this section.
    (f) Issuance of Rebates.--Financial incentives may be provided to 
consumers that meet the requirements of the incentive program. The 
entity may issue all financial incentives directly to consumers or, 
with approval of the Administrator, delegate some or all financial 
incentive administration to other organizations including, but not 
limited to, local governments, municipal water authorities, and water 
utilities. The amount of a financial incentive shall be determined by 
the entity, taking into consideration--
            (1) the amount of the allocation to the entity under 
        subsection (c);
            (2) the amount of any Federal, State, or other 
        organization's tax or financial incentive available for the 
        purchase of the residential water efficient product or service;
            (3) the amount necessary to change consumer behavior to 
        purchase water efficient products and services; and
            (4) the consumer expenditures for onsite preparation, 
        assembly, and original installation of the product.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $50,000,000 
for fiscal year 2010, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, $150,000,000 
for fiscal year 2012, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, and 
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.

Answer: Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings and landscapes, and services to reduce water use, conserve energy, and preserve water resources. Sets forth the duties of the EPA Administrator for promoting, publicizing, and administering the WaterSense program.

Requires federal agencies to purchase WaterSense products or services or a Federal Energy Management Program designated product through their procurement process.

Establishes a program to provide financial incentives for consumer purchase and installation of residential water efficient products and services.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Support Security Act''.

SEC. 2. NO EFFECT ON RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect--
            (1) the right of an individual or State to receive any 
        child support payment; or
            (2) the obligation of an individual to pay child support.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION IN INCOME OF AMOUNT OF UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to discharge of indebtedness income) is amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Unpaid Child Support Payments.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this chapter, any 
        taxable unpaid child support payments of a taxpayer for any 
        taxable year shall be treated as amounts includible in gross 
        income of the taxpayer for the taxable year by reason of the 
        discharge of indebtedness of the taxpayer.
            ``(2) Taxable unpaid child support payments.--For purposes 
        of this subsection, the term `taxable unpaid child support 
        payments' means payments--
                    ``(A) which were applicable child support payments 
                which the taxpayer was required to pay under a support 
                instrument for the support of a child of the taxpayer, 
                and
                    ``(B) with respect to which the notice requirements 
                of paragraph (3) are met.
            ``(3) Notice requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--During January of the second 
                calendar year following a calendar year in which there 
                begins a taxable year for which a deduction allowed 
                under section 166(f) was claimed, the eligible taxpayer 
                shall send a notice (in such form as the Secretary may 
                prescribe) to the individual who failed to make 
                payments which contains--
                            ``(i) the amount of the applicable child 
                        support payments for such taxable year, and
                            ``(ii) notice that the individual is 
                        required to include such amount in gross income 
                        for the taxable year beginning in the preceding 
                        calendar year.
                    ``(B) Notice by secretary.--If notice cannot be 
                provided under subparagraph (A) because the address is 
                not known to the eligible taxpayer, the Secretary shall 
                send such notice if the address is available to the 
                Secretary.
                    ``(C) Address unknown.--If notice cannot be 
                provided under subparagraph (A) or (B) because there is 
                no known address, no income shall be included in gross 
                income for any taxable year beginning before the 
                calendar year preceding the calendar year in which such 
                notice may be sent.
            ``(4) Subsequent payments.--If any payment required to be 
        included in gross income under paragraph (1) is subsequently 
        made, the amount of such payment shall be allowed as a 
        deduction for the taxable year in which such payment is made.
            ``(5) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        terms `applicable child support payments' and `eligible 
        taxpayer' have the meanings given such terms by section 
        166(f).''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.

SEC. 4. ALLOWANCE OF BAD DEBT DEDUCTION FOR UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT 
              PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 166 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to deduction for bad debts) is amended by redesignating 
subsection (f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection (e) 
the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Unpaid Child Support Payments.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any eligible taxpayer who 
        has any applicable child support payments remaining unpaid as 
        of the close of the taxable year--
                    ``(A) subsections (a) and (d) shall not apply to 
                such payments, and
                    ``(B) there shall be allowed as a deduction for 
                such taxable year an amount equal to the amount of such 
                payments.
            ``(2) Per child limitation on deduction.--The aggregate 
        amount allowable as a deduction for any taxable year under 
        paragraph (1) with respect to any child for whom applicable 
        child support payments are required to be paid shall not exceed 
        $5,000.
            ``(3) Eligible taxpayer.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the term `eligible taxpayer' means an individual--
                    ``(A) whose adjusted gross income for the taxable 
                year does not exceed $50,000,
                    ``(B) with respect to whom the amount of applicable 
                child support payments remaining unpaid as of the close 
                of the taxable year is equal to or greater than $500, 
                and
                    ``(C) who meets the identification requirements of 
                paragraph (5).
            ``(4) Applicable child support payment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `applicable child 
                support payment' means, with respect to any taxable 
                year of the eligible taxpayer--
                            ``(i) any periodic payment of a fixed 
                        amount, or
                            ``(ii) any payment of a medical or 
                        educational expense, insurance premium, or 
                        other similar item,
                which is required to be paid to such taxpayer during 
                such taxable year by an individual under a support 
                instrument meeting the requirements of paragraph (8) 
                for the support of any qualifying child of such 
                individual.
                    ``(B) Qualifying child.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `qualifying child' means a child of 
                an eligible individual with respect to whom a deduction 
                is allowable under section 151 for the taxable year (or 
                would be so allowable but for paragraph (2) or (4) of 
                section 152(e)).
                    ``(C) Payments must be delinquent for at least 
                entire year.--Any payment described in subparagraph (A) 
                which is required to be made by an individual to an 
                eligible taxpayer shall not be treated as an applicable 
                unpaid child support payment if at least half of the 
                payments which are required to be paid to the eligible 
                taxpayer during the 12-month period ending on the last 
                day of the taxable year are paid. In the case of the 
                1st taxable year to which this subsection applies to 
                payments from any individual, the preceding sentence 
                shall be applied by substituting `24-month' for `12-
                month'.
                    ``(D) Coordination with afdc.--The term `applicable 
                child support payment' shall not include any payment 
                the right to which has been assigned to a State under 
                section 402(a)(26) of the Social Security Act (42 
                U.S.C. 602(a)(26)).
            ``(5) Identification requirements.--The requirements of 
        this paragraph are met if the eligible taxpayer includes on the 
        return claiming the deduction under this subsection the name, 
        address, and taxpayer identification number of--
                    ``(A) each child with respect to whom child support 
                payments to which this subsection applies are required 
                to be paid, and
                    ``(B) the individual who was required to make such 
                child support payments.
        In the case of a failure to provide the information under 
        subparagraph (B), the preceding sentence shall not apply if the 
        eligible taxpayer certifies that any such information is not 
        known.
            ``(6) Cost-of-living adjustments.--In the case of any 
        taxable year beginning after 1998, the $50,000 amount under 
        paragraph (2)(A), the $50,000 amount under paragraph (3)(A), 
        and the $500 amount under paragraph (3)(B) shall each be 
        increased by an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 
                under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which 
                the taxable year begins, except that section 1(f)(3)(B) 
                shall be applied by substituting `1997' for `1992'.
            ``(7) Subsequent payments.--If any payment with respect to 
        which a deduction was allowed under paragraph (1) is 
        subsequently made, such payment shall be included in gross 
        income of the eligible taxpayer for the taxable year in which 
        paid. This paragraph shall not apply to any amount if an 
        individual has assigned the right to receive such amount to a 
        State (and the State does not pay such amount to such 
        individual).
            ``(8) Support instrument.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        a support instrument meets the requirements of this paragraph 
        if it is--
                    ``(A) a decree of divorce or separate maintenance 
                or a written instrument incident to such a decree,
                    ``(B) a written separation agreement, or
                    ``(C) a decree (not described in subparagraph (A)) 
                of a court or administrative agency requiring a parent 
                to make payments for the support or maintenance of 1 or 
                more children of such parent.''
    (b) Deduction for Nonitemizers.--Section 62(a) of such Code is 
amended by inserting after paragraph (16) the following new paragraph:
            ``(17) Unpaid child support payments.--The deduction 
        allowed by section 166(f).''
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 166(d)(2) of such Code is 
amended by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking 
the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``, or'' and by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) a debt which is an applicable child support 
                payment under subsection (f).''
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.

SEC. 5. REDUCTION OF FEDERAL DEBT.

    Net revenues received in the Treasury pursuant to this Act shall be 
applied, as provided in appropriation Acts, solely to the retirement of 
outstanding public debt obligations of the United States and may not be 
obligated or expended for any other purpose, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law that does not specifically refer to this section.

Answer: Child Support Security Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to discharge of indebtedness income to provide that any taxable unpaid child support payments of a taxpayer for any taxable year shall be treated as amounts includible in the taxpayer's gross income by reason of the discharge of the taxpayer's indebtedness.  Sets forth notice guidelines. 
Allows an eligible taxpayer with respect to whom child support payments remain unpaid during the taxable year a deduction of up to $5,000 equal to the amount of payments remaining unpaid.  Limits such deductions to taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes under $50,000 and unpaid child support payments of $500 or more. 
Requires that net revenues received in the Treasury pursuant to this Act be applied solely to the retirement of outstanding Federal debt obligations and not be obligated or expended for any other purpose.


Question: SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Computer Equipment and Technology 
Export Control Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REVIEW OF CONTROLS ON COMPUTERS.

    Section 4 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2403) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Review of Export Controls on Computer Equipment and 
Technology.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to ensure that requirements of 
        validated licenses and other licenses authorizing multiple 
        exports are periodically removed as computer equipment, 
        computer communications and networking equipment, computer 
        software, and related technology, that are subject to such 
        requirements become obsolete with respect to the specific 
        objectives of the export controls requiring such licenses, the 
        Secretary shall conduct periodic reviews of such controls. The 
        Secretary shall complete such a review not later than 6 months 
        after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and not 
        later than the end of each 1-year period thereafter.
            ``(2) Review elements.--In conducting each review under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall do the following with 
        respect to the export controls requiring a license described in 
        paragraph (1):
                    ``(A) Objectives of control.--The Secretary shall 
                identify the specific objectives of the export 
                controls, for the 12-month period beginning on the date 
                on which the review is completed, for each country for 
                which a validated license is required. When an 
                objective of an export control is to defer the 
                development of a specific capability in such country, 
                the Secretary shall specify for what period of time the 
                controls are expected to defer such capability.
                    ``(B) Quantity and performance.--The Secretary 
                shall estimate, for the 12-month period described in 
                subparagraph (A), the quantity and performance 
                (measured in Composite Theoretical Performance or other 
                relevant performance metrics) of computer systems that 
                must be obtained by each country for which a validated 
                license is required in order to defeat the objectives 
                of the export controls.
                    ``(C) Availability to controlled destinations.--The 
                Secretary shall evaluate the effectiveness of the 
                export controls in achieving their specific objectives, 
                including explicit descriptions of the availability, 
                during the 12-month period described in subparagraph 
                (A), to controlled countries of computer equipment, 
                computer communications and networking equipment, 
                computer software, and related technology on which the 
                export controls are in effect--
                            ``(i) from sources that do not control the 
                        export of such items, and from sources from 
                        which no effective export controls on such 
                        items exist;
                            ``(ii) as a result of actual or potential 
                        diversion, including potential diversion of 
                        software over international computer or 
                        telephone networks;
                            ``(iii) as a result of export license 
                        authorizations from countries other than the 
                        United States;
                            ``(iv) as a result of indigenous production 
                        in controlled countries; and
                            ``(v) as a result of United States 
                        regulations permitting exports to such 
                        countries of items with minimal United States 
                        content by value.
                    ``(D) Economic impact.--The Secretary shall 
                evaluate the economic impact, during the 12-month 
                period described in subparagraph (A), of the export 
                controls on exporting companies, including estimates of 
                lost sales, loss in market share, and administrative 
                overhead.
            ``(3) Increase in thresholds.--After completing each review 
        under this subsection, the Secretary shall increase, if 
        warranted by the findings of the review, the following export 
        control thresholds, consistent with the obligations of the 
        United States under bilateral and multilateral agreements:
                    ``(A) The performance levels at which computer 
                systems are eligible for delivery under a distribution 
                license.
                    ``(B) The performance levels at which computer 
                systems may be shipped under a general license to 
                countries other than controlled countries.
                    ``(C) The performance levels defining a 
                `supercomputer'.
                    ``(D) The performance levels at which a validated 
                license is required for the export to a controlled 
                country of computer systems and peripherals, software, 
                parts, and communications equipment normally supplied 
                with such computer systems.
        In any recommendation or publication for such increase, the 
        Secretary shall include the specific rationale for the 
        increase.
            ``(4) Default provisions.--If on the date by which a review 
        under this subsection must be completed, the review is not 
        completed or a report on the review has not been transmitted to 
        the Congress under paragraph (5), the performance levels 
        described in paragraph (3) then in effect, stated in terms of 
        Composite Theoretical Performance or other relevant performance 
        metrics, shall double, effective 90 days from that date. No 
        change in regulations or notice in the Federal Register shall 
        be required to implement such increase in performance levels.
            ``(5) Report.--The Secretary shall transmit to the Congress 
        and to the Computer Systems Technical Advisory Committee (or 
        successor technical advisory committee) a report on the 
        findings of each review conducted under this subsection, 
        addressing each requirement set forth in paragraph (2). Within 
        60 days thereafter, the Computer Systems Technical Advisory 
        Committee (or successor technical advisory committee) shall 
        transmit to the Congress a concise statement specifying its 
        concurrence or nonconcurrence with each matter contained in the 
        Secretary's report, along with specific reasons for such 
        concurrence or nonconcurrence.
            ``(6) Hearings.--The Secretary shall conduct public 
        hearings not less than once each year in order to solicit 
        information from all interested parties on all matters to be 
        addressed in each review conducted under this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. DE MINIMUS DECONTROL OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS.

    Section 4 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2403) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Removal of Controls on Computer Systems Valued at Less Than 
$5,000.--
            ``(1) In general.--No validated license shall be required 
        under this Act for the export or reexport to any controlled 
        country of any digital computer having a net value of less than 
        $5,000.
            ``(2) Definition of net value.--As used in paragraph (1), 
        the `net value' of a digital computer means the actual selling 
        price of the computer, less transport charges, to the customer 
        abroad, or the current market price of the computer to the same 
        type of customer in the United States.
            ``(3) No quantity limit.--No limit may be placed under this 
        Act on the number of computer systems to which paragraph (1) 
        applies that may be exported or reexported at any one time or 
        on the number of shipments of such computer systems to any 
        controlled country or end-user in a controlled country.''.

SEC. 4. DECONTROL OF MASS-MARKET COMPUTER EQUIPMENT.

    Section 4 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2403) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Removal of Controls on Mass-Market Computer Equipment.--
            ``(1) Mass-market computer equipment defined.--For purposes 
        of this subsection, the term `mass-market computer equipment' 
        means any computer system, computer networking equipment, 
        peripheral to a computer system, part or subassembly of a 
        computer system, or combination thereof, on which export 
        controls are in effect under this Act, and which will have been 
        installed for end-use outside the United States in a quantity 
        exceeding 100,000 units over a 12-month period, as determined 
        under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Anticipatory review of mass-market computer 
        equipment.--Not later than--
                    ``(A) 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
                this subsection, and
                    ``(B) the end of each 1-year period occurring 
                thereafter,
        the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Computer Systems 
        Technical Advisory Committee (or successor technical advisory 
        committee), industry groups, and computer equipment producers, 
        identify those items (including computer systems differentiated 
        in terms of Composite Theoretical Performance) that will be 
        installed for end-use outside the United States in a quantity 
        exceeding 100,000 units during the 12-month period beginning on 
        the applicable date described in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
        Estimates of numbers of items installed shall be based on 
        reliable estimates provided by producers of such items.
            ``(3) Action by the secretary.--Not later than 30 days 
        after an item is determined by the Secretary under paragraph 
        (2) to be mass-market computer equipment, the Secretary shall 
        either--
                    ``(A) eliminate export controls on such equipment 
                and publish a notice of such action in the Federal 
                Register; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an item controlled under the 
                terms of an export control regime in which the United 
                States participates with 1 or more other countries, 
                propose the elimination of controls on such equipment 
                in accordance with the procedures of the appropriate 
                regime and publish a notice of such proposal in the 
                Federal Register.''.

SEC. 5. IDENTIFICATION OF PROLIFERATION END-USERS.

    Section 4 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2403) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Identification of Proliferation Endusers.--
            ``(1) Proliferation enduser defined.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `proliferation enduser' means any entity 
        that is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the design, 
        development, or production of nuclear, chemical, or biological 
        weapons or missiles and is located in a country that is not 
        party to a bilateral or multilateral agreement the purpose of 
        which is to limit the spread of such weapons and activities and 
        to which the United States is a party.
            ``(2) Publication of proliferation endusers.--The Secretary 
        shall, within 10 days after communicating to any United States 
        exporter (including by denying an export license to such 
        exporter) that any entity has been identified as a 
        proliferation enduser, publish in the Federal Register the name 
        and specific validated license requirements for exports to such 
        proliferation enduser. If such publication is not made, such 
        entity shall be deemed not to be a proliferation enduser and 
        exports or reexports to such entity shall not require an 
        individual validated license solely because of activities 
        described in paragraph (1).''.

Answer:
Computer Equipment and Technology Export Control Reform Act - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to:  (1) conduct annual reviews of export controls on computer equipment and technology; (2) increase certain export control thresholds if warranted by the review; and (3) report review findings to the Congress and the Computer Systems Technical Advisory Committee. 
Exempts from license requirements for export or reexport to any controlled country digital computers valued at less than $5,000. 
Directs the Secretary to:  (1) identify specified items that will be installed for end-use outside the United States; and (2) publish in the Federal Register the name and specified license requirements for exports to a proliferation end-user (any entity engaged in the design, development, or production of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or missiles which is located in a country that is not party to an agreement, to which the United States is a party, to limit the spread of such weapons and activities).