In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Encouraging Work Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT AND WELFARE-TO-WORK 
              CREDIT.

    (a) Credit Made Permanent.--
            (1) Subsection (c) of section 51 of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (4) (relating to 
        termination).
            (2) Section 51A of such Code is amended by striking 
        subsection (f).
    (b) Eligibility of Ex-Felons Determined Without Regard to Family 
Income.--Paragraph (4) of section 51(d) of such Code is amended by 
adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking ``, and'' at 
the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period, and by striking all 
that follows subparagraph (B).
    (c) Increase in Maximum Age for Eligibility of Food Stamp 
Recipients.--Clause (i) of section 51(d)(8)(A) of such Code is amended 
by striking ``25'' and inserting ``40''.
    (d) Increase in Maximum Age for Designated Community Residents.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (5) of section 51(d) of such 
        Code is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) Designated community residents.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `designated community 
                resident' means any individual who is certified by the 
                designated local agency--
                            ``(i) as having attained age 18 but not age 
                        40 on the hiring date, and
                            ``(ii) as having his principal place of 
                        abode within an empowerment zone, enterprise 
                        community, or renewal community.
                    ``(B) Individual must continue to reside in zone or 
                community.--In the case of a designated community 
                resident, the term `qualified wages' shall not include 
                wages paid or incurred for services performed while the 
                individual's principal place of abode is outside an 
                empowerment zone, enterprise community, or renewal 
                community.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (D) of section 
        51(d)(1) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(D) a designated community resident,''.
    (e) Clarification of Treatment of Individuals Under Individual Work 
Plans.--Subparagraph (B) of section 51(d)(6) of such Code (relating to 
vocational rehabilitation referral) is amended by striking ``or'' at 
the end of clause (i), by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) 
and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
                            ``(iii) an individual work plan developed 
                        and implemented by an employment network 
                        pursuant to subsection (g) of section 1148 of 
                        the Social Security Act with respect to which 
                        the requirements of such subsection are met.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 
2005.

SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT WITH WELFARE-TO-WORK 
              CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 51(d) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of 
subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (H) 
and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(I) a long-term family assistance recipient.''.
    (b) Long-Term Family Assistance Recipient.--Subsection (d) of 
section 51 of such Code is amended by redesignating paragraphs (10) 
through (12) as paragraphs (11) through (13), respectively, and by 
inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:
            ``(10) Long-term family assistance recipient.--The term 
        `long-term family assistance recipient' means any individual 
        who is certified by the designated local agency--
                    ``(A) as being a member of a family receiving 
                assistance under a IV-A program (as defined in 
                paragraph (2)(B)) for at least the 18-month period 
                ending on the hiring date,
                    ``(B)(i) as being a member of a family receiving 
                such assistance for 18 months beginning after August 5, 
                1997, and
                    ``(ii) as having a hiring date which is not more 
                than 2 years after the end of the earliest such 18-
                month period, or
                    ``(C)(i) as being a member of a family which ceased 
                to be eligible for such assistance by reason of any 
                limitation imposed by Federal or State law on the 
                maximum period such assistance is payable to a family, 
                and
                    ``(ii) as having a hiring date which is not more 
                than 2 years after the date of such cessation.''.
    (c) Increased Credit for Employment of Long-Term Family Assistance 
Recipients.--Section 51 of such Code is amended by inserting after 
subsection (d) the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Credit for Second-Year Wages for Employment of Long-Term 
Family Assistance Recipients.--
            ``(1) In general.--With respect to the employment of a 
        long-term family assistance recipient--
                    ``(A) the amount of the work opportunity credit 
                determined under this section for the taxable year 
                shall include 50 percent of the qualified second-year 
                wages for such year, and
                    ``(B) in lieu of applying subsection (b)(3), the 
                amount of the qualified first-year wages, and the 
                amount of qualified second-year wages, which may be 
                taken into account with respect to such a recipient 
                shall not exceed $10,000 per year.
            ``(2) Qualified second-year wages.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `qualified second-year wages' means 
        qualified wages--
                    ``(A) which are paid to a long-term family 
                assistance recipient, and
                    ``(B) which are attributable to service rendered 
                during the 1-year period beginning on the day after the 
                last day of the 1-year period with respect to such 
                recipient determined under subsection (b)(2).
            ``(3) Special rules for agricultural and railway labor.--If 
        such recipient is an employee to whom subparagraph (A) or (B) 
        of subsection (h)(1) applies, rules similar to the rules of 
        such subparagraphs shall apply except that--
                    ``(A) such subparagraph (A) shall be applied by 
                substituting `$10,000' for `$6,000', and
                    ``(B) such subparagraph (B) shall be applied by 
                substituting `$833.33' for `$500'.''.
    (d) Repeal of Separate Welfare-to-Work Credit.--
            (1) In general.--Section 51A of such Code is hereby 
        repealed.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for subpart 
        F of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is 
        amended by striking the item relating to section 51A.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 
2005.
Example Output: Encouraging Work Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to consolidate and modify provisions of the work opportunity tax credit and the welfare-to-work tax credit and make the consolidated tax credit permanent. Expands eligibility for the consolidated tax credit by: (1) determining eligibility of ex-felons without regard to family income; and (2) raising the age ceiling for food stamp recipients from 25 to 40. Includes a "designated community resident" (in lieu of "high risk youth") and "long-term family assistance recipient" as members of the targeted group eligible for the consolidated tax credit. Provides for an increased tax credit for employment of long-term family assistance recipients.

Repeals the separate welfare-to-work tax credit.

Example Input: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. was born on October 8, 1941, 
        in Greenville, South Carolina.
            (2) In 1965 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. joined the civil rights 
        movement full-time, beginning his activism as a student leader 
        in the sit-in movement and continuing as a young organizer for 
        the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as an assistant to 
        Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
            (3) On June 30, 1968, Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. became an 
        ordained minister, having attended the Chicago Theological 
        Seminary.
            (4) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. served as the national director 
        for Operation Breadbasket and, in 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, 
        founded People United to Save Humanity, known as PUSH.
            (5) In 1984 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. founded the National 
        Rainbow Coalition, a national social justice organization 
        devoted to political empowerment and to expanding educational 
        and employment opportunities for disadvantaged people and for 
        communities of color.
            (6) In 1996 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. merged the National 
        Rainbow Coalition and PUSH to continue the philosophies of both 
        organizations and to maximize their resources.
            (7) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is, and has been for more than 30 
        years, one of the foremost political figures in the United 
        States, playing a pivotal role in virtually every movement for 
        human rights, civil rights, peace, gender equality, 
        empowerment, and economic and social justice.
            (8) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has been and continues to be 
        counted on to serve as a champion and spokesman for a segment 
        of the population whose voices all too often are not heard.
            (9) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has been called the ``conscience 
        of the Nation'' and the ``great unifier'', challenging the 
        United States to establish just and humane priorities.
            (10) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has led a myriad of successful 
        delegations, marches, and missions for justice, peace, and 
        reconciliation.
            (11) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is a highly respected world 
        leader who has acted on many occasions as an international 
        diplomat.
            (12) In 1984 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. secured the release of a 
        captured Navy pilot, Lieutenant Robert Goodman, who was shot 
        down over Lebanon. He also negotiated the release of 22 
        Americans and 26 Cubans in Cuba during 1984.
            (13) In 1990 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. won the release of 
        hundreds of foreign nationals, including 47 Americans, being 
        held in Iraq and Kuwait by Saddam Hussein.
            (14) In October 1997 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. was appointed by 
        President William Jefferson Clinton and by Secretary of State 
        Madeleine K. Albright as the Special Envoy of the President and 
        the Secretary of State for the Promotion of Democracy in 
        Africa.
            (15) On May 2, 1999, Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. obtained the 
        negotiated release of Army Specialist Steven M. Gonzales and 
        Staff Sergeants Christopher J. Stone and Andrew Ramirez, 3 
        United States soldiers who had spent 32 days in captivity in 
        Yugoslavia as prisoners of war and hostages.
            (16) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has dedicated his life to the 
        principles of freedom, peace, justice, international good will, 
        and the struggle for civil rights and equality for Americans 
        and for all peoples, at home and abroad.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to 
present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design 
to Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. in recognition of his outstanding and enduring 
contributions to the Nation.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, 
to be determined by the Secretary.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriation.--Effective February 1, 1999, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000 to carry out this 
section.

SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    (a) Striking and Sale.--The Secretary of the Treasury may strike 
and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section 2 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at a price 
sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, 
use of machinery, and overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold 
medal.
    (b) Reimbursement of Appropriation.--The appropriation used to 
carry out section 2 shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of sales 
under subsection (a).

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.

    The medals struck under this Act are national medals for purposes 
of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
Example Output: Authorizes the President to present to Jesse L. Jackson, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation. 
Authorizes appropriations.

Example Input: SECTION 1. PERCENTAGE LIMITATION ON NONPARTY MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL 
              COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS ACCEPTED BY HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not, with respect to an 
election, accept contributions from nonparty multicandidate political 
committees that, in the aggregate, exceed 40 percent of the total of 
contributions accepted from all sources.''.

SEC. 2. INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO NONINCUMBENT HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.

    (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable 
personal credits) is amended by inserting after section 23 the 
following new section:

``SEC. 24. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NONINCUMBENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
              CANDIDATES.

    ``(a) General Rule.--In the case of an individual, there shall be 
allowed, subject to the limitations of subsection (b), as a credit 
against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year, an amount 
equal to one-half of all contributions to candidates for the office of 
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
Congress (other than contributions to an incumbent of any such office), 
payment of which is made by the taxpayer within the taxable year.
    ``(b) Limitations.--
            ``(1) Maximum credit.--The credit allowed by subsection (a) 
        for a taxable year shall not exceed $50 ($100 in the case of a 
        joint return under section 6013).
            ``(2) Verification.--The credit allowed by subsection (a) 
        shall be allowed, with respect to any contribution, only if 
        such contribution is verified in such manner as the Secretary 
        shall prescribe by regulations.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms 
`candidate' and `contribution' have the meanings given those terms in 
section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
    ``(d) Cross Reference.--

                                ``For disallowance of credits to 
estates and trusts, see section 642(a)(2).''.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (a) of section 642 of such Code is amended 
        to read as follows:
    ``(a) Credits Against Tax.--
            ``(1) Foreign tax credit allowed.--An estate or trust shall 
        be allowed the credit against tax for taxes imposed by foreign 
        countries and possessions of the United States, to the extent 
        allowed by section 901, only in respect of so much of the taxes 
        described in such section as is not properly allocable under 
        such section to the beneficiaries.
            ``(2) Credit for contributions to nonincumbent house of 
        representatives candidates not allowed.--An estate or trust 
        shall not be allowed the credit against tax for contributions 
        to nonincumbent House of Representatives candidates provided by 
        section 24.''.
            (2) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV of 
        subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 23 the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 24. Contributions to nonincumbent 
                                        House of Representatives 
                                        candidates.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1993.

SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPENDITURES BY CERTAIN POLITICAL 
              COMMITTEES IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS.

    Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) In addition to any other reporting requirement provided for 
by law, each political committee (other than a political committee of a 
political party or a political committee of a candidate for the office 
of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
Congress) that makes expenditures with respect to an election for such 
office shall--
            ``(1) not later than one week after the date on which such 
        committee makes aggregate expenditures in excess of $50, so 
        notify each candidate in the election;
            ``(2) in the case of a committee to which paragraph (1) 
        applies, simultaneously with submission of any report of 
        expenditures to the Commission, notify each candidate in the 
        election of all expenditures in the reporting period; and
            ``(3) not later than one week after the date on which such 
        committee makes any single expenditure in excess of $50, so 
        notify each candidate in the election.''.

SEC. 4. PERCENTAGE LIMITATION ON OUT-OF-STATE CONTRIBUTIONS ACCEPTABLE 
              BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a), as amended by section 1 of this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not, with respect to an 
election, accept contributions from individuals who are not residents 
of the State involved that, in the aggregate, exceed 25 percent of the 
total of contributions accepted from all individuals.''.

SEC. 5. REDUCTION IN THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR REPORTING OF CERTAIN 
              CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.

    Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434), as amended by section 3, is further amended by striking out 
``$200'' each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``$50''.

SEC. 6. REDUCED THIRD CLASS MAIL RATE FOR NONINCUMBENTS IN HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 34 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
Sec. 3407. Reduced third class mail rate for nonincumbents in House of 
              Representatives elections
    ``(a)(1) A nonincumbent candidate for the office of Representative 
in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress shall be 
entitled to send third class campaign material through the mails at a 
rate equal to one-half of the third class bulk mail rate.
    ``(2) The rate provided for in subsection (a) shall be available--
            ``(A) for 3 mailings in the congressional district 
        involved; and
            ``(B) only for material mailed to households with resident 
        registered voters.
    ``(b) There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may 
be necessary to reimburse the Postal Service for the difference between 
the revenues received for campaign materials mailed under subsection 
(a) and the revenues that the Postal Service would have received if 
such materials had been carried at the regular rate.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 34 of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

                              ``3407. Reduced third class mail rate for 
                                        nonincumbents in House of 
                                        Representatives elections.''.
Example Output:
Amends the Federal Election Compaign Act of 1971 to:  (1) limit nonparty multicandidate political committee (PAC) and out-of-State contributions to House of Representatives candidates; and (2) reduce the reporting threshold for certain contributions and expenditures. 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an income tax credit for contributions to nonincumbent House of Representatives candidates. 
Entitles nonincumbent House of Representatives candidates to reduced third class mail rates for campaign materials.