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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015''.

                    TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2015 
for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
of the following elements of the United States Government:
            (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
            (2) The Central Intelligence Agency.
            (3) The Department of Defense.
            (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
            (5) The National Security Agency.
            (6) The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, 
        and the Department of the Air Force.
            (7) The Coast Guard.
            (8) The Department of State.
            (9) The Department of the Treasury.
            (10) The Department of Energy.
            (11) The Department of Justice.
            (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
            (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration.
            (14) The National Reconnaissance Office.
            (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
            (16) The Department of Homeland Security.

SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS.

    (a) Specifications of Amounts and Personnel Levels.--The amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under section 101 and, subject to section 
103, the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2015, for 
the conduct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed in 
paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those specified in the 
classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany the bill 
H.R. __ of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
    (b) Availability of Classified Schedule of Authorizations.--
            (1) Availability.--The classified Schedule of 
        Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be made 
        available to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
        and to the President.
            (2) Distribution by the president.--Subject to paragraph 
        (3), the President shall provide for suitable distribution of 
        the classified Schedule of Authorizations, or of appropriate 
        portions of the Schedule, within the executive branch.
            (3) Limits on disclosure.--The President shall not publicly 
        disclose the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any 
        portion of such Schedule except--
                    (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the 
                Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 
                of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a));
                    (B) to the extent necessary to implement the 
                budget; or
                    (C) as otherwise required by law.

SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS.

    (a) Authority for Increases.--With the approval of the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of National 
Intelligence may authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess 
of the number of positions authorized for fiscal year 2015 by the 
classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) if 
the Director of National Intelligence determines that such action is 
necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, 
except that the number of personnel employed in excess of the number 
authorized under such section may not, for any element of the 
intelligence community, exceed 3 percent of the number of civilian 
personnel authorized under such Schedule for such element.
    (b) Treatment of Certain Personnel.--The Director of National 
Intelligence shall establish guidelines that govern, for each element 
of the intelligence community, the treatment under the personnel levels 
authorized under section 102(a), including any exemption from such 
personnel levels, of employment or assignment in--
            (1) a student program, trainee program, or similar program;
            (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or
            (3) details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time training.
    (c) Notice to Congressional Intelligence Committees.--The Director 
of National Intelligence shall notify the congressional intelligence 
committees in writing at least 15 days prior to each exercise of an 
authority described in subsection (a).

SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the 
Director of National Intelligence for fiscal year 2015 the sum of 
$__________. Within such amount, funds identified in the classified 
Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) for advanced 
research and development shall remain available until September 30, 
2016.
    (b) Authorized Personnel Levels.--The elements within the 
Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of National 
Intelligence are authorized __ positions as of September 30, 2015. 
Personnel serving in such elements may be permanent employees of the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence or personnel detailed 
from other elements of the United States Government.
    (c) Classified Authorizations.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to 
        amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence 
        Community Management Account by subsection (a), there are 
        authorized to be appropriated for the Community Management 
        Account for fiscal year 2015 such additional amounts as are 
        specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred 
        to in section 102(a). Such additional amounts for advanced 
        research and development shall remain available until September 
        30, 2016.
            (2) Authorization of personnel.--In addition to the 
        personnel authorized by subsection (b) for elements of the 
        Intelligence Community Management Account as of September 30, 
        2015, there are authorized such additional personnel for the 
        Community Management Account as of that date as are specified 
        in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in 
        section 102(a).

 TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intelligence 
Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for fiscal year 2015 the sum of 
$__________.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY 
              LAW.

    Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, 
and other benefits for Federal employees may be increased by such 
additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in 
such compensation or benefits authorized by law.

SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.

    The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed 
to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity 
which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or the laws of 
the United States.

Output: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Coast Guard; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE), and Justice (DOJ); (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (10) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (11) National Reconnaissance Office; (12) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and (13) Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2015, for such activities are those in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the congressional appropriations committees and the President. Allows the DNI, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY2015 when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification to the intelligence committees on the use of such authority. Requires the DNI to establish guidelines to govern the treatment under such authorized personnel levels of employment or assignment in: (1) a student or trainee program; (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or (3) details, joint duty, or long term, full-time training. Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY2015, as well as for personnel positions for elements within such Account. Authorizes appropriations for FY2015 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for federal employees to be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. Prohibits the authorization of appropriations by this Act from being deemed to constitute authority to conduct any intelligence activity not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE: TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Port Authority of 
New York/New Jersey Port Security Task Force Implementation Act of 
2008''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Secure systems of international intermodal transportation. 
Sec. 3. Regional recovery plans. 
Sec. 4. National tactical plans.
Sec. 5. Risk based resource allocation. 
Sec. 6. Use of maritime security risk assessment model.
Sec. 7. Maritime and cargo security integrated project teams.
Sec. 8. Integration of security plans and systems with local port 
                            authority and law enforcement agencies.
Sec. 9. Standardized policy for advanced notice of Coast Guard boarding 
                            for security or port state control 
                            inspections.
Sec. 10. Fraudulent or tampered with transportation worker 
                            identification cards.
Sec. 11. Federal licensing of ship agents.
Sec. 12. Establishment of a security individual.
Sec. 13. Certification of maritime security guards.
Sec. 14. Grants to tier 1 and tier 2 ports require regional strategic 
                            risk management assessment.
Sec. 15. Vessel security plans for supply and similar vessels.

SEC. 2. SECURE SYSTEMS OF INTERNATIONAL INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION.

    Section 70116 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``transportation.'' in subsection (a) and 
        inserting ``transportation--
            ``(1) to ensure the security and integrity of shipments of 
        goods to the United States from the point at which such goods 
        are initially packed or loaded into a cargo container for 
        international shipment until they reach their ultimate 
        destination; and
            ``(2) to facilitate the movement of such goods through the 
        entire supply chain through an expedited security and clearance 
        program.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Program Elements.--Within one year after the date of 
enactment of the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Port Security 
Task Force Implementation Act of 2008, the Secretary, acting through 
the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, shall--
            ``(1) establish minimum standards and procedures for 
        verifying, at the point at which goods are placed in a cargo 
        container for shipping, that the container is free of 
        unauthorized contents, including hazardous chemical, 
        biological, radiological, or nuclear material and for securely 
        sealing such containers after the contents are so verified;
            ``(2) establish standards and procedures for securing cargo 
        and monitoring that security while in transit;
            ``(3) develop performance standards to enhance the physical 
        security of shipping containers, including performance 
        standards for seals and locks and protocols and procedures to 
        address anomalies;
            ``(4) establish standards and procedures for screening and 
        evaluating cargo prior to loading in a foreign port for 
        shipment to the United States either directly or via a foreign 
        port;
            ``(5) establish standards and procedures that will enable 
        the United States Government to ensure and validate compliance 
        with those standards and procedures; and
            ``(6) incorporate any other measures the Secretary 
        considers necessary to ensure the security and integrity of 
        international intermodal transport movements.
    ``(c) Requirements for Entry of Containers.--Beginning 1 year after 
the date on which the Secretary determines that the standards and 
procedures under subsection (b)(5) have been established and are in 
effect, the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection shall refuse 
entry into the customs territory of the United States to any container, 
arriving directly or via a foreign port, unless the entity shipping the 
container has complied with those standards and procedures with respect 
to that container.''.

SEC. 3. REGIONAL RECOVERY PLANS.

    (a) Establishment.--Section 70103(b)(2) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (G) as 
        subparagraphs (F) through (H), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) establish regional response and recovery 
                protocols to prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, 
                and recover from a transportation security incident 
                consistent with section 202 of the Security and 
                Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 
                942) and section 70103(a) of title 46, United States 
                Code;''.
    (b) Coordination of Plans.--Section 70103(b)(1) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon in subparagraph 
        (F);
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (H); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:
            ``(G) be consistent with, and support implementation of, 
        the National Incident Management System, the National Response 
        Plan, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National 
        Preparedness Guidance, the National Preparedness Goal, the 
        National Transportation Security Plan, National Tactical Plans, 
        and other similar initiatives; and''.
    (c) Use of Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans in 
Exercises.--Section 114(b)(1) of the SAFE Port Act (6 U.S.C. 912(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon in paragraph 
        (1);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) utilizes the Area Maritime Transportation Security 
        Plans established under section 70103(b) of title 46, United 
        States Code, in conducting such exercises; and''.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL TACTICAL PLANS.

    The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating shall ensure that the National Tactical Plan is shared with 
the Area Maritime Security Committees established under section 70112 
of title 46, United States Code. The Area Maritime Security Committees 
shall use the plan in developing regional and local plans and for 
exercises.

SEC. 5. RISK BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION.

    (a) National Standard.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, in carrying out chapter 701 of title 46, United States 
Code, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and the Security and 
Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 the Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall develop and 
utilize a national standard and formula for prioritizing and addressing 
assessed security risks at United States ports, such as the Maritime 
Assessment Strategy Tool that has been tested by the Department of 
Homeland Security.
    (b) Use by Maritime Security Committees.--Within 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall require each Area 
Maritime Security Committee to use this standard to regularly evaluate 
each port's assessed risk and prioritize how to mitigate the most 
significant risks.
    (c) Other Uses of Standard.--The Secretary shall utilize the 
standard when considering departmental resource allocations and grant-
making decisions.

SEC. 6. USE OF MARITIME SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL.

    Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 
make the United States Coast Guard's Maritime Security Risk Assessment 
Model tool available, in an unclassified version, on a limited basis to 
regulated vessels and facilities to conduct true risk assessments of 
their own facilities and vessels using the same criteria employed by 
the United States Coast Guard when evaluating a port area.

SEC. 7. MARITIME AND CARGO SECURITY INTEGRATED PROJECT TEAMS.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
            (1) establish integrated project teams within the science 
        and technology directorate to assist the Department of Homeland 
        Security in product research, development, transition, and 
        acquisition activities for cargo security; and
            (2) provide for participation by port authorities or the 
        appropriate State agency responsible for oversight of port 
        areas in such activities.

SEC. 8. INTEGRATION OF SECURITY PLANS AND SYSTEMS WITH LOCAL PORT 
              AUTHORITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

    Section 70102 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following:
    ``(c) Sharing of Assessment; Integration of Plans and Equipment.--
The owner or operator of a facility shall--
            ``(1) make a current copy of the vulnerability assessment 
        conducted under subsection (b) available to the port authority 
        with jurisdiction of the facility and appropriate State or 
        local law enforcement agencies; and
            ``(2) integrate, to the maximum feasible extent, any 
        security system for the facility with compatible systems 
        operated or maintained by the port authority or such law 
        enforcement agencies.''.

SEC. 9. STANDARDIZED POLICY FOR ADVANCED NOTICE OF COAST GUARD BOARDING 
              FOR SECURITY OR PORT STATE CONTROL INSPECTIONS.

    Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish, and publish in the 
Federal Register, a policy governing how much advance notice is to be 
provided by the Coast Guard to the owner or operator of a vessel before 
the vessel is boarded by the Coast Guard for ISPS compliance or Port 
State Control inspection.

SEC. 10. FRAUDULENT OR TAMPERED WITH TRANSPORTATION WORKER 
              IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

    Section 70105 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following:
    ``(n) Confiscation of Fraudulent TWICs.--If any Federal, State, or 
local government law enforcement officer, or any member of the United 
States Coast Guard in the execution of such officer's duties, has 
reasonable cause to believe that a transportation security card issued 
under this section is fraudulent, has been unlawfully modified, or is 
otherwise invalid, the officer may confiscate the card, notify the 
Department of Homeland Security, and hold the bearer of the card in 
custody for a reasonable period of time for relinquishment to 
appropriate law enforcement authorities.''.

SEC. 11. FEDERAL LICENSING OF SHIP AGENTS.

    (a) In General.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Maritime Commission shall establish and implement a 
procedure for the training, certification, and licensing of steamship 
agents and agencies operating in the United States.
    (b) TWIC Required.--An individual may not receive a license under 
the procedure established by the Federal Maritime Commission under 
subsection (a) unless that individual holds a valid transportation 
security card issued under section 70105 of title 46, United States 
Code.
    (c) License Requirement.--Beginning 1 year after the date on which 
the Federal Maritime Commission establishes the licensing procedure, or 
after such date as the Federal Maritime Commission may establish, it 
shall be unlawful for any person to act as a vessel agent in the United 
States without a valid license issued by the Federal Maritime 
Commission and a valid transportation security card issued under 
section 70105 of title 46, United States Code.
    (d) Enforcement.--Violation of subsection (c) is punishable by 
imprisonment for not more than 1 year and a fine under title 18, United 
States Code.

SEC. 12. ESTABLISHMENT OF A SECURITY INDIVIDUAL.

    Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
each vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States 
Code, and each foreign vessel entering a United States port, engaged in 
the commercial transportation of goods or passengers shall--
            (1) designate a United States person that is responsible 
        for responding to a transportation security incident involving 
        the vessel while in a United States port by notifying 
        appropriate emergency response entities and facilitating vessel 
        response activities; and
            (2) provide notice to the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
        the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the captain of the port 
        of the identity and contact information for such person.

SEC. 13. CERTIFICATION OF MARITIME SECURITY GUARDS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 701 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
``Sec. 70122. Incident command system training
    ``The Secretary shall ensure that all maritime security guards meet 
minimum training and performance standards in the Department of 
Homeland Security's security awareness and response procedures and in 
the handling of hazardous materials.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 701 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 70121 the following:

``70122. Incident command system training.''.

SEC. 14. GRANTS TO TIER 1 AND TIER 2 PORTS REQUIRE REGIONAL STRATEGIC 
              RISK MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT.

    Section 70107(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end ``The Secretary shall establish regional strategic 
risk management priorities for tier 1 and tier 2 ports and take such 
priorities into account in awarding grants under this section.''.

SEC. 15. VESSEL SECURITY PLANS FOR SUPPLY AND SIMILAR VESSELS.

    (a) In General.--Section 70103(c)(2)(A) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``incident;'' and inserting ``incident 
(including supply vessels, bunker and fuel deliver and launch vessels 
conducting activities or providing services to other vessels at 
anchorage;''.
    (b) TWICs Required for Crew.--Section 70105(b)(2)(F) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``personnel working on 
board vessels described in section 70103(c)(2)(A) of this title and'' 
after ``(F)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.

Output: Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Port Security Task Force Implementation Act of 2008 - Amends federal port security law to revise mandatory elements of the secure system of transportation program.

Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, acting through the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, to establish minimum program standards and procedures for verifying, at the point goods are placed in a cargo container for shipping, that such container is free of unauthorized contents, including hazardous chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear material, and is securely sealed after verification of its contents. Prohibits the entry of any container that has not complied with such standards and procedures.

Requires Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans to establish regional response and recovery protocols for transportation security incidents.

Amends the SAFE Port Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that the Port Security Exercise Program utilizes Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans in conducting port security exercises.

Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to develop and utilize a national standard for prioritizing and assessing security risks at U.S. ports, such as the Maritime Assessment Strategy Tool.

Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) use of the U.S. Coast Guard's Maritime Security Risk Assessment Model tool to conduct vessel and port facility security risk assessments; (2) establishment of maritime and cargo security integrated project teams; (3) sharing of port facility vulnerability assessments and integration of port security plans and systems with local port authority and law enforcement agencies; (4) policy for advanced notice of Coast Guard boarding of vessels for security or Port State Control inspections; (5) confiscation of fraudulent transportation worker identification cards (TWICs); (6) Federal Maritime Commission training and licensing of steamship agents; (7) designation of a U.S. person to be responsible for notifying emergency response entities in the event of a transportation security incident involving a U.S. or foreign vessel; (8) minimum incident command system training and performance standards for maritime security guards; (9) consideration of regional strategic risk management priorities for tier 1 and tier 2 ports in grant awards; and (10) the submission of security plans for supply, bunker, and fuel deliver and launch vessels conducting activities or providing services to other vessels at anchorage.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mandates Information Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Before acting on proposed private sector mandates, the 
        Congress should carefully consider the effects on consumers, 
        workers, and small businesses.
            (2) The Congress has often acted without adequate 
        information concerning the costs of private sector mandates, 
        instead focusing only on the benefits.
            (3) The implementation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 
        of 1995 has resulted in increased awareness of 
        intergovernmental mandates without impacting existing 
        environmental, public health, or safety laws or regulations.
            (4) The implementation of this Act will enhance the 
        awareness of prospective mandates on the private sector without 
        adversely affecting existing environmental, public health, or 
        safety laws or regulations.
            (5) The costs of private sector mandates are often borne in 
        part by consumers, in the form of higher prices and reduced 
        availability of goods and services.
            (6) The costs of private sector mandates are often borne in 
        part by workers, in the form of lower wages, reduced benefits, 
        and fewer job opportunities.
            (7) The costs of private sector mandates are often borne in 
        part by small businesses, in the form of hiring disincentives 
        and stunted growth.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are the following:
            (1) To improve the quality of the Congress' deliberation 
        with respect to proposed mandates on the private sector, by--
                    (A) providing the Congress with more complete 
                information about the effects of such mandates; and
                    (B) ensuring that the Congress acts on such 
                mandates only after focused deliberation on the 
                effects.
            (2) To enhance the ability of the Congress to distinguish 
        between private sector mandates that harm consumers, workers, 
        and small businesses, and mandates that help those groups.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL PRIVATE SECTOR MANDATES.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Estimates.--Section 424(b)(2) of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658c(b)(2)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon; and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C), and inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                the following:
                    ``(B) when applicable, the impact (including any 
                disproportionate impact in particular regions or 
                industries) on consumers, workers, and small 
                businesses, of the Federal private sector mandates in 
                the bill or joint resolution, including--
                            ``(i) an analysis of the effect of the 
                        Federal private sector mandates in the bill or 
                        joint resolution on consumer prices and on the 
                        actual supply of goods and services in consumer 
                        markets;
                            ``(ii) an analysis of the effect of the 
                        Federal private sector mandates in the bill or 
                        joint resolution on worker wages, worker 
                        benefits, and employment opportunities; and
                            ``(iii) an analysis of the effect of the 
                        Federal private sector mandates in the bill or 
                        joint resolution on the hiring practices, 
                        expansion, and profitability of businesses with 
                        100 or fewer employees; and''.
            (2) Point of order.--Section 424(b)(3) of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658c(b)(3)) is amended by adding 
        after the period the following: ``If such determination is made 
        by the Director, a point of order under this part shall lie 
        only under section 425(a)(1) and as if the requirement of 
        section 425(a)(1) had not been met.''.
            (3) Threshold amounts.--Section 425(a) of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658d(a)) is amended by--
                    (A) striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the end 
                of paragraph (1) and redesignating paragraph (2) as 
                paragraph (3); and
                    (B) inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(2) any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
        conference report that would increase the direct costs of 
        Federal private sector mandates (excluding any direct costs 
        that are attributable to revenue resulting from tax or tariff 
        provisions of any such measure if it does not raise net tax and 
        tariff revenues over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning with 
        the first fiscal year such measure affects such revenues) by an 
        amount that causes the thresholds specified in section 
        424(b)(1) to be exceeded; and''.
            (4) Application relating to appropriations committees.--(A) 
        Section 425(c)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
        U.S.C. 658d(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``except''.
            (B) Section 425(c)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 (2 U.S.C. 658d(c)(1)(B)) is amended--
                    (i) in clause (i) by striking 
                ``intergovernmental'';
                    (ii) in clause (ii) by striking 
                ``intergovernmental'';
                    (iii) in clause (iii) by striking 
                ``intergovernmental''; and
                    (iv) in clause (iv) by striking 
                ``intergovernmental''.
            (5) Threshold burden.--(A) Section 426(b)(2) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658e(b)(2)) is 
        amended by inserting ``legislative'' before ``language''.
            (B) Section 426(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 (2 U.S.C. 658e(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``section 425 
        or subsection (a) of this section'' and inserting ``part B''.
            (6) Question of consideration.--(A) Section 426(b)(3) of 
        the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658e(b)(3)) is 
        amended by striking ``section 425 or subsection (a) of this 
        section'' and inserting ``part B''.
            (B) Section 426(b)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 (2 U.S.C. 658e(b)(3)) is amended by inserting ``, except 
        that not more than one point of order shall be recognized by 
        the Chair under section 425(a)(1) or (a)(2)'' before the 
        period.
            (7) Application relating to congressional budget office.--
        Section 427 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
        658f) is amended by striking ``intergovernmental''.
    (b) Rules of the House of Representatives.--Clause 11(b) of rule 
XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
striking ``intergovernmental'' and by striking ``section 424(a)(1)'' 
and inserting ``section 424 (a)(1) or (b)(1)''.
    (c) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it 
        shall be considered as part of the rules of such House, 
        respectively, and shall supersede other rules only to the 
        extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such 
        House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 
        as in the case of any other rule of each House.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANDATE.

    Section 421(5)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
658(5)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``the provision'' after ``if'';
            (2) in clause (i)(I) by inserting ``the provision'' before 
        ``would'';
            (3) in clause (i)(II) by inserting ``the provision'' before 
        ``would''; and
            (4) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) by inserting ``that legislation, statute, or 
                regulation does not provide'' before ``the State''; and
                    (B) by striking ``lack'' and inserting ``new or 
                expanded''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 10, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.


Output: Mandates Information Act of 1999 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in preparing estimates of the direct costs of a Federal private sector mandate to estimate, when applicable, the impact of such mandate on consumers, workers, and small businesses, including any disproportionate impact in particular regions or industries. Revises provisions concerning legislation subject to a point of order to:  (1) define the point of order for a determination by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office that it is not feasible to determine the economic impact of a Federal mandate; and (2) replace certain references to Federal intergovernmental mandates with references to Federal mandates with respect to legislation reported by the Appropriations Committees. Provides a point of order against consideration of legislation that would increase the direct costs of Federal private sector mandates (excluding direct costs attributable to revenue resulting from tax or tariff provisions of any such measure if it does not raise net tax and tariff revenues over the five-fiscal-year period beginning with the first fiscal year such measure affects such revenues) by an amount that causes the stated threshold of $100 million per fiscal year to be exceeded. Requires the Director, at the request of a Senator, to prepare an estimate of the direct costs of a Federal mandate (currently, Federal intergovernmental mandate) contained in such Senator's amendment. Revises the definition of "Federal intergovernmental mandate" to mean any provision in legislation, statute, or regulation that relates to a then-existing Federal program under which $500 million or more is provided annually to State, local, or tribal governments under entitlement authority, and that meets certain other criteria, if such legislation, statute, or regulation does not provide participating State, local, or tribal governments with new or expanded authority (currently, if such governments lacks authority) to amend financial or programmatic responsibilities to continue providing required services affected by the legislation, statute, or regulation.