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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness to Local Contractors Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF STATE ENFORCEMENT OF STATE TAX, EMPLOYMENT, AND 
              LICENSING LAWS AGAINST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS.

    (a) Requirement for State Tax Clearance From Potential Construction 
Contractors.--
            (1) Defense contracts.--Section 2305(b) of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(10) In order to be considered a responsible bidder or offeror 
for a contract for the construction of a public building, facility, or 
work, a bidder or offeror shall submit with the bid or offer a tax 
clearance from the State in which the contract is to be performed. For 
purposes of this paragraph, a tax clearance is a document from an 
appropriate State agency indicating that the bidder or offeror is in 
compliance with all the tax laws of the State in which the contract is 
to be performed.''.
            (2) Civilian agency contracts.--Section 303B of title III 
        of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
        (41 U.S.C. 253b) is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(n) Tax Clearance.--In order to be considered a responsible 
bidder or offeror for a contract for the construction of a public 
building, facility, or work, a bidder or offeror shall submit with the 
bid or offer a tax clearance from the State in which the contract is to 
be performed. For purposes of this paragraph, a tax clearance is a 
document from an appropriate State agency indicating that the bidder or 
offeror is in compliance with all the tax laws of the State in which 
the contract is to be performed.''.
    (b) Requirement To Withhold Final Contract Payment Until Receipt of 
State Tax Clearance and Certification of Compliance With Employment 
Laws From Contractor.--
            (1) Defense contracts.--Section 2307 of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(j) Requirement To Withhold Final Payment.--(1) The head of an 
agency shall withhold final payment under a contract for the 
construction of a public building, facility, or work until the 
contractor submits to the agency both of the following:
            ``(A) A tax clearance from the State in which the contract 
        is or was performed.
            ``(B) A certification stating that the contractor is in 
        compliance (or was in compliance during the performance of the 
        contract) with all applicable State laws that require employers 
        to make payments to or for the benefit of employees, including 
        laws relating to unemployment insurance, workers compensation, 
        health insurance, and disability insurance.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, a tax clearance is a 
document from an appropriate State agency indicating that the 
contractor is or was in compliance with all the tax laws of the State 
in which the contract is or was performed.''.
            (2) Civilian agency contracts.--Section 305 of title III of 
        the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
        (41 U.S.C. 255) is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(h) Requirement To Withhold Final Payment.--(1) The head of an 
executive agency shall withhold final payment under a contract for the 
construction of a public building, facility, or work until the 
contractor submits to the agency both of the following:
            ``(A) A tax clearance from the State in which the contract 
        is or was performed.
            ``(B) A certification stating that the contractor is in 
        compliance (or was in compliance during the performance of the 
        contract) with all applicable State laws that require employers 
        to make payments to or for the benefit of employees, including 
        laws relating to unemployment insurance, workers compensation, 
health insurance, and disability insurance.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, a tax clearance is a 
document from an appropriate State agency indicating that the 
contractor is or was in compliance with all the tax laws of the State 
in which the contract is or was performed.''.
    (c) Authority To Withhold Payment to Contractor of Amounts 
Necessary To Meet State Tax Obligations.--
            (1) Defense contracts.--Section 2307 of title 10, United 
        States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(k) Authority To Withhold Payment To Meet State Tax 
Obligations.--The head of an agency may withhold, from any payment due 
to a contractor under a contract made by the agency for the 
construction of a public building, facility, or work, an amount 
considered necessary by the head of the agency to pay to the State in 
which the contract is being performed the amount of the contractor's 
State tax liability that is attributable to the contract. The head of 
the agency that so withholds a payment may, upon request of the State 
in which the contract is being performed and with such documentation as 
the head of the agency considers necessary, pay such tax liability 
amount directly to the State from the withheld payment. Any amount of a 
withheld payment that exceeds the actual State tax liability amount 
shall be paid to the contractor.''.
            (2) Civilian agency contracts.--Section 305 of title III of 
        the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
        (41 U.S.C. 255) is further amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(i) Authority To Withhold Payment To Meet State Tax 
Obligations.--The head of an executive agency may withhold, from any 
payment due to a contractor under a contract made by the agency for the 
construction of a public building, facility, or work, an amount 
considered necessary by the head of the agency to pay to the State in 
which the contract is being performed the amount of the contractor's 
State tax liability that is attributable to the contract. The head of 
the executive agency that so withholds a payment may, upon request of 
the State in which the contract is being performed and with such 
documentation as the head of the agency considers necessary, pay such 
tax liability amount directly to the State from the withheld payment. 
Any amount of a withheld payment that exceeds the actual State tax 
liability amount shall be paid to the contractor.''.
    (d) Requirement for Construction Contractors To Obtain Applicable 
State Licenses.--
            (1) Defense contracts.--(A) Chapter 141 of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        section:
``Sec. 2410n. Construction contracts: requirement to obtain applicable 
              State licenses
    ``The Secretary of Defense shall require, in any contract entered 
into by the Secretary for the construction of a public building, 
facility, or work which is to be performed in a State that requires 
persons performing the type of work to be performed under the contract 
to be licensed, that the contractor be so licensed.''.
    (B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2410n. Construction contracts: requirement to obtain applicable State 
                            licenses.''.
            (2) Civilian agency contracts.--Title III of the Federal 
        Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 
        et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 318. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN APPLICABLE 
              STATE LICENSES.

    ``The head of an executive agency shall require, in any contract 
entered into by the agency for the construction of a public building, 
facility, or work which is to be performed in a State that requires 
persons performing the type of work to be performed under the contract 
to be licensed, that the contractor be so licensed.''.
    (e) Requirement To Explain Hawaii Excise Tax in Federal Acquisition 
Regulation.--The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to 
contain provisions explaining the general excise tax law of the State 
of Hawaii.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to contracts entered into after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

Answer: Fairness to Local Contractors Act - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and defense contract law to require a bidder or offeror, to be considered a responsible bidder or offeror for the construction of a public building, facility, or work, to submit a tax clearance (a document stating that such entity is in compliance with all State tax laws) from the State in which the contract is to be performed. Requires the head of a Federal or defense agency to withhold the final payment under such a contract until the contractor submits both a tax clearance and a certification of compliance with all State laws concerning payments to employees under a contract, including unemployment insurance, workers compensation, health insurance, and disability insurance.

Authorizes the head of a Federal or defense agency to: (1) withhold from any contractor payments amounts necessary to pay any State tax liability attributable to the contract; and (2) pay such amount directly to such State.

Directs the Secretary of Defense or agency head to require a contractor to be licensed if the State in which a construction contract is to be performed requires a license.

Requires revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to explain the general excise tax law of Hawaii.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Trust Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Facility.--The term ``facility'' means any structure, 
    utility, road, or sign constructed on the trust property on or 
    after the date of enactment of this Act.
        (2) Improvement.--The term ``improvement'' means--
            (A) a 1,625 square foot 1-story ranch house, built in 1952, 
        located in the SW quarter of sec. 30, T. 17 S., R. 45 W., sixth 
        principal meridian;
            (B) a 3,600 square foot metal-constructed shop building, 
        built in 1975, located in the SW quarter of sec. 30, T. 17 S., 
        R. 45 W., sixth principal meridian;
            (C) a livestock corral and shelter; and
            (D) a water system and wastewater system with all 
        associated utility connections.
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (4) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Cheyenne and Arapaho 
    Tribes of Oklahoma, a federally recognized Indian tribe.
        (5) Trust property.--The term ``trust property'' means the real 
    property, including rights to all minerals, and excluding the 
    improvements, formerly known as the ``Dawson Ranch'', consisting of 
    approximately 1,465 total acres presently under the jurisdiction of 
    the Tribe, situated within Kiowa County, Colorado, and more 
    particularly described as follows:
            (A) The portion of sec. 24, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., sixth 
        principal meridian, that is the Eastern half of the NW quarter, 
        the SW quarter of the NE quarter, the NW quarter of the SE 
        quarter, sixth principal meridian.
            (B) All of sec. 25, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., sixth principal 
        meridian.
            (C) All of sec. 30, T. 17 S., R. 45 W., sixth principal 
        meridian.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE CHEYENNE AND 
              ARAPAHO TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA.

    (a) Land Held in Trust for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma.--On conveyance of title to the trust property by the Tribe to 
the United States, without any further action by the Secretary, the 
trust property shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
    (b) Trust.--All right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to the trust property, except any facilities constructed under 
section 4(b), are declared to be held by the United States in trust for 
the Tribe.

SEC. 4. IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES.

    (a) Improvements.--The Secretary may acquire by donation the 
improvements in fee.
    (b) Facilities.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary may construct a facility on the 
    trust property only after consulting with, soliciting advice from, 
    and obtaining the agreement of, the Tribe, the Northern Cheyenne 
    Tribe, and the Northern Arapaho Tribe.
        (2) Ownership.--Facilities constructed with Federal funds or 
    funds donated to the United States shall be owned in fee by the 
    United States.
    (c) Federal Funds.--For the purposes of the construction, 
maintenance, or demolition of improvements or facilities, Federal funds 
shall be expended only on improvements or facilities that are owned in 
fee by the United States.

SEC. 5. SURVEY OF BOUNDARY LINE; PUBLICATION OF DESCRIPTION.

    (a) Survey of Boundary Line.--To accurately establish the boundary 
of the trust property, not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cause a survey to be 
conducted by the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land 
Management of the boundary lines described in section 2(5).
    (b) Publication of Land Description.--
        (1) In general.--On completion of the survey under subsection 
    (a), and acceptance of the survey by the representatives of the 
    Tribe, the Secretary shall cause the full metes and bounds 
    description of the lines, with a full and accurate description of 
    the trust property, to be published in the Federal Register.
        (2) Effect.--The description shall, on publication, constitute 
    the official description of the trust property.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--The trust property shall be administered in 
perpetuity by the Secretary as part of the Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site, only for historical, traditional, cultural, and other 
uses in accordance with the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site 
Establishment Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 106-465).
    (b) Access for Administration.--For purposes of administration, the 
Secretary shall have access to the trust property, improvements, and 
facilities as necessary for management of the Sand Creek Massacre 
National Historic Site in accordance with the Sand Creek Massacre 
National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 
Public Law 106-465).
    (c) Duty of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall take such action as 
is necessary to ensure that the trust property is used only in 
accordance with this section.
    (d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this Act supersedes the laws and 
policies governing units of the National Park System.

SEC. 7. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.

    Section 6(a)(2) of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site 
Establishment Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 106-465) is 
amended by inserting ``or exchange'' after ``only by donation''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

Answer: Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Trust Act of 2005 - Authorizes the United States to take into trust specified real property formerly known as Dawson Ranch, including rights to all minerals and excluding improvements, in Kiowa County, Colorado, owned by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Tribes of Oklahoma.

Directs the Tribes to convey title to the Dawson Ranch to the United States.

Declares that all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Ranch except any facilities constructed pursuant to this Act, are to be held in trust by the United States for the Tribes.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation the improvements in fee. Permits the Secretary to construct a facility on the Ranch only after consulting with, soliciting advice from, and obtaining the agreement of, the Tribe, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, and the Northern Arapaho Tribe. States that: (1) facilities constructed with federal funds or funds donated to the United States shall be owned in fee by the United States; and (2) for purposes of the construction, maintenance, or demolition of improvements or facilities, federal funds shall be expended only on improvements or facilities that are owned in fee by the United States.

Requires the Ranch to be administered in perpetuity by the Secretary as part of the Site only for historical, traditional, cultural, and other uses in accordance with the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000. Requires that, for purposes of administration, the Secretary shall have access to the Ranch, improvements, and facilities as necessary for the management of the Site in accordance with the Act. Instructs the Secretary to take such action as is necessary to ensure that the Ranch is used only in accordance with all such requirements for the administration of the Ranch.

Amends the Act to allow the Secretary to acquire land and interests in land within the boundaries of the Site which are owned by the state of Colorado (including a political subdivision of that state) only by donation or exchange (currently, only by donation).


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Hospitals Education 
Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS GRADUATE MEDICAL 
              EDUCATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Extension of Program.--Section 340E(a) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(a)) is amended by striking ``2005'' and 
inserting ``2010''.
    (b) Description of Amount of Payments.--Section 340E(b) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``relating to teaching 
        residents in such'' and inserting ``associated with graduate 
        medical residency training''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting before the period at 
        the end ``, except that for purposes of this paragraph such 
        total excludes amounts that remain available from a previous 
        fiscal year under paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) of subsection 
        (f)''.
    (c) Direct Graduate Medical Education.--Section 340E(c) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``product'' and inserting ``sum'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(A) the 
                updated per resident'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) the product of--
                            ``(i) the updated per resident'';
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as clause 
                (ii) and indenting appropriately;
                    (D) in subparagraph (A)(ii) (as so redesignated)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, but without giving 
                        effect to section 1886(h)(7) of such Act)'' 
                        after ``section 1886(h)(4) of the Social 
                        Security Act''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period and inserting 
                        ``; and''; and
                    (E) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) amounts for other approved education programs 
                that are provider-operated, as defined for purposes of 
                Medicare payment, limited to not more than 30 percent 
                of costs that would be allowed for such programs under 
                Medicare rules for hospitals reimbursed under section 
                1886(d) of the Social Security Act.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting before the period at 
        the end ``, without giving effect to section 1886(d)(3)(E)(ii) 
        of the Social Security Act''.
    (d) Indirect Graduate Medical Education.--Section 340E(d) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``related to'' and 
        inserting ``associated with''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) by inserting ``ratio of the'' after ``hospitals 
                and the''; and
                    (B) by inserting at the end before the semicolon 
                ``to beds (but excluding beds or bassinets assigned to 
                healthy newborn infants)''.
    (e) Nature of Payments.--Section 340E(e) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking the first sentence;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``recoup any overpayments 
        made to pay any balance due to the extent possible'' and all 
        that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting the 
        following: ``recoup any overpayments made and pay any balance 
        due. To the greatest extent possible, amounts recouped from a 
        hospital are to be distributed to other hospitals in the same 
        fiscal year. Amounts recouped from a hospital and not disbursed 
        to other hospitals in the same fiscal year shall remain 
        available for distribution during the subsequent fiscal year. 
        Unless there is fraud, amounts paid to a hospital without a 
        demand for recoupment by the end of the fiscal year shall be 
        final and not subject to recoupment.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Appeals.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A decision affecting the amount 
                payable to a hospital pursuant to this section shall--
                            ``(i) be subject to review under section 
                        1878 of the Social Security Act in the same 
                        manner as final determinations of a fiscal 
                        intermediary of the amount of payment under 
                        section 1886(d) of such Act are subject to 
                        review; and
                            ``(ii) be handled expeditiously so that the 
                        review decision is reflected in the final 
                        reconciliation for the year in which the appeal 
                        is made.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--A review decision pursuant to 
                this section shall not affect payments for a fiscal 
                year prior to the fiscal year in which the review 
                decision is rendered.
                    ``(C) Application to subsequent fiscal years.--The 
                Secretary shall apply a review decision in determining 
                the amount of payment for the appealing hospital in the 
                fiscal year in which the decision is rendered and in 
                subsequent years, unless the law at issue in the review 
                decision is amended or there are material differences 
                between the facts for the fiscal year for which the 
                review decision is rendered and the year for which 
                payment is made. Nothing in this section shall be 
                construed to prohibit a hospital from appealing similar 
                determinations in subsequent periods.''.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 340E(f) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'';
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
                        and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) for fiscal year 2006, $110,000,000; 
                        and
                            ``(v) for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
                        2010, such sums as may be necessary, including 
                        an annual adjustment to reflect increases in 
                        the Consumer Price Index.''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``for fiscal 
                year 2000'' and all that follows and inserting ``for 
                fiscal year 2006 and each subsequent fiscal year shall 
                remain available for obligation for the year 
                appropriated and the subsequent fiscal year.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
                (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and 
                indenting appropriately;
                    (B) by striking ``There are hereby authorized'' and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--There are authorized'';
                    (C) in clause (ii) (as redesignated by this 
                paragraph), by striking ``and'';
                    (D) in clause (iii) (as redesignated by this 
                paragraph), by striking the period at the end and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (E) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) (as 
                designated by this paragraph), the following:
                            ``(iv) for fiscal year 2006, $220,000,000; 
                        and
                            ``(v) for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
                        2010, such sums as may be necessary, including 
                        an annual adjustment to reflect increases in 
                        the Consumer Price Index.''; and
                    (F) at the end of paragraph (2), by adding the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Carryover of excess.--To the extent that 
                amounts are not expended in the year for which they are 
                appropriated, the amounts appropriated under 
                subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2006 and each 
                subsequent fiscal year shall remain available for 
                obligation through the end of the following fiscal 
                year.''.
    (g) Definitions.--Paragraph (3) of section 340E(g) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(g)) is amended by striking ``has'' 
and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting ``--
                    ``(A) has the meaning given such term in section 
                1886(h)(5)(C) of the Social Security Act; and
                    ``(B) includes costs of approved educational 
                activities, as such term is used in section 1886(a)(4) 
                of the Social Security Act.''.

Answer:
Children's Hospitals Education Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments through FY 2010 (currently, through FY 2005) to children's hospitals for costs associated with operating approved graduate medical resident training programs.