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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF SMALL ISSUER EXCEPTION TO TAX-EXEMPT INTEREST 
              EXPENSE ALLOCATION RULES FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

    (a) Increase in Limitation.--Subparagraphs (C)(i), (D)(i), and 
(D)(iii)(II) of section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
are each amended by striking ``$10,000,000'' and inserting 
``$30,000,000''.
    (b) Repeal of Aggregation Rules Applicable to Small Issuer 
Determination.--Paragraph (3) of section 265(b) of such Code is amended 
by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F).
    (c) Election To Apply Limitation at Borrower Level.--Paragraph (3) 
of section 265(b) of such Code, as amended by subsection (b), is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Election to apply limitation on amount of 
                obligations at borrower level.--
                            ``(i) In general.--An issuer, the proceeds 
                        of the obligations of which are to be used to 
                        make or finance eligible loans, may elect to 
                        apply subparagraphs (C) and (D) by treating 
                        each borrower as the issuer of a separate 
                        issue.
                            ``(ii) Eligible loan.--For purposes of this 
                        subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The term 
                                `eligible loan' means one or more loans 
                                to a qualified borrower the proceeds of 
                                which are used by the borrower and the 
                                outstanding balance of which in the 
                                aggregate does not exceed $30,000,000.
                                    ``(II) Qualified borrower.--The 
                                term `qualified borrower' means a 
                                borrower which is an organization 
                                described in section 501(c)(3) and 
                                exempt from taxation under section 
                                501(a) or a State or political 
                                subdivision thereof.
                            ``(iii) Manner of election.--The election 
                        described in clause (i) may be made by an 
                        issuer for any calendar year at any time prior 
                        to its first issuance during such year of 
                        obligations the proceeds of which will be used 
                        to make or finance one or more eligible 
                        loans.''.
    (d) Inflation Adjustment.--Paragraph (3) of section 265(b) of such 
Code, as amended by subsections (b) and (c), is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any 
                calendar year after 2009, the $30,000,000 amounts 
                contained in subparagraphs (C)(i), (D)(i), 
                (D)(iii)(II), and (E)(ii)(I) shall each be increased by 
                an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment 
                        determined under section 1(f)(3) for such 
                        calendar year, determined by substituting 
                        `calendar year 2008' `for calendar year 1992' 
                        in subparagraph (B) thereof.
                Any increase determined under the preceding sentence 
                shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of 
                $100,000.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2008.

SEC. 3. DE MINIMIS SAFE HARBOR EXCEPTION FOR TAX-EXEMPT INTEREST 
              EXPENSE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BROKERS.

    (a) Financial Institutions.--Subsection (b) of section 265 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(7) De minimis exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply 
        to any financial institution if the portion of the taxpayer's 
        holdings of tax-exempt securities is less than 2 percent of the 
        taxpayer's assets.''.
    (b) Brokers.--Subsection (a) of section 265 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(7) De minimis exception.--Paragraph (2) shall not apply 
        to any broker (as defined in section 6045(c)(1)) if the portion 
        of the taxpayer's holdings of tax-exempt securities is less 
        than 2 percent of the taxpayer's assets.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
[A]: Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2008 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the small issuer exemption from interest expense allocation rules for financial institutions to: (1) increase from $10 to $30 million the annual limit on small issuers of tax-exempt municipal bonds; (2) allow an inflation adjustment to such increased limit amount after 2009; (3) repeal aggregation rules relating to the determination of small issuer eligibility; (4) allow small issuers an election to treat borrowers separately for purposes of issuance limitations; and (5) allow financial institutions and brokers to hold up to 2% of their assets in tax-exempt securities without affecting their interest expense tax deduction.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Customer Service 
Improvement Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency''--
                    (A) means an Executive agency (as defined under 
                section 105 of title 5, United States Code) that 
                provides significant services directly to the public or 
                other entity; and
                    (B) does not include an Executive agency if the 
                President determines that this Act should not apply to 
                the Executive agency for national security reasons.
            (2) Customer.--The term ``customer'', with respect to an 
        agency, means any individual or entity that is directly served 
        by an agency.

SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS.

    (a) Government-Wide Standards.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management 
        and Budget shall develop Government-wide standards for customer 
        service delivery, which shall be included in the Federal 
        Government Performance Plan required under section 1115 of 
        title 31, United States Code.
            (2) Requirements.--The standards developed under paragraph 
        (1) shall include--
                    (A) Government-wide goals for continuous service 
                improvements and efforts to modernize service delivery; 
                and
                    (B) where appropriate, Government-wide target 
                response times for telephone calls, electronic mail, 
                mail, benefit processing, and payments.
    (b) Agency Standards.--
            (1) In general.--The Chief Performance Officer for each 
        agency shall establish customer service standards in accordance 
        with the Government-wide standards established under subsection 
        (a), which shall be included in the Agency Performance Plans 
        required under section 1115 of title 31, United States Code.
            (2) Requirements.--Agency standards established under 
        paragraph (1) shall include, if appropriate--
                    (A) target call wait times during peak and non-peak 
                hours;
                    (B) target response times for correspondence, both 
                by mail and electronic mail;
                    (C) procedures for ensuring all applicable metrics 
                are incorporated into service agreements with 
                nongovernmental individuals and entities;
                    (D) target response times for processing benefits 
                and making payments; and
                    (E) recommendations for effective publication of 
                customer service contact information, including a 
                mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
    (c) Customer Service Input.--The Performance Improvement Officer 
for each agency shall collect information from customers of the agency 
regarding the quality of customer service provided by the agency. Each 
agency shall include the information collected under this subsection in 
the performance report made available by the agency under section 1116 
of title 31, United States Code.
    (d) Annual Performance Update.--The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall include achievements by agencies in meeting 
the customer service performance measures and standards developed under 
subsection (a) in each update on agency performance required under 
section 1116 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 4. SERVICE IMPROVEMENT UNIT PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Established.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall establish a pilot program, to be known as the Service 
Improvement Unit Pilot Program (in this section referred to as the 
``pilot program''), to provide assistance to agencies that do not meet 
the Government-wide standards established under section 3.
    (b) Personnel.--The heads of agencies with expertise in change 
management, process improvement, and information technology innovation 
shall detail employees to the Office of Management and Budget to work 
on the pilot program, based on the expertise and skills required to 
address service improvement goals.
    (c) Responsibilities.--Under the pilot program, the Office of 
Management and Budget shall work with agencies that are not meeting the 
customer service standards and performance measures established under 
section 3 to improve and modernize service delivery to develop 
solutions, including--
            (1) evaluating the efforts of the agency to improve service 
        delivery;
            (2) developing a plan to improve within existing resources 
        and by drawing on expertise and assistance from other agencies 
        (including the Office of Management and Budget) where 
        necessary;
            (3) monitoring implementation by the agency of the plan 
        developed under paragraph (2) until the customer service 
        standards and performance measures are met; and
            (4) submitting to the Director of the Office of Management 
        and Budget monthly reports on the progress being made to 
        improve service at the agency until the customer service 
        standards are met.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit to Congress a report on the accomplishments and outcomes of the 
pilot program and any recommendations relating to achieving the 
customer service standards and performance measures established under 
section 3.
    (e) Support.--The Administrator of General Services shall provide 
administrative and other support in order to implement the pilot 
program under this section. The heads of agencies shall, as appropriate 
and to the extent permitted by law, provide at the request of the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget up to 2 personnel 
authorizations who have expertise in change management, process 
improvement, and information technology innovation to support the pilot 
program.
    (f) Termination.--The authority to carry out the pilot program 
shall terminate 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. RETIREMENT REPORTING.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Reports.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) and 
        not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        and every month thereafter, the Director of the Office of 
        Personnel Management shall submit to Congress and the 
        Comptroller General of the United States, and issue publicly 
        (including on the Web site of the Office of Personnel 
        Management), a report that--
                    (A) for each agency, evaluates the timeliness, 
                completeness, and accuracy of information submitted by 
                the agency relating to employees of the agency who are 
                retiring; and
                    (B) indicates--
                            (i) the total number of applications for 
                        retirement benefits, lump sum death benefits, 
                        court ordered benefits, phased retirement, and 
                        disability retirement that are pending action 
                        by the Office of Personnel Management; and
                            (ii) the number of months each such 
                        application has been pending.
            (2) Suspension of reporting requirement.--Paragraph (1) 
        shall not apply to the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management for any month immediately following a 3-year period 
        in which there are no applications described in paragraph 
        (1)(B) that have been pending for more than 60 days.
    (c) Modernization Timeline.--The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management shall establish--
            (1) a timetable for the completion of each component of the 
        retirement systems modernization project of the Office of 
        Personnel Management, including all data elements required for 
        accurate completion of adjudication; and
            (2) the date by which all Federal payroll processing 
        entities will electronically transmit all personnel data to the 
        Office of Personnel Management.
    (d) Budget Request.--The Office of Personnel Management shall 
include a detailed statement regarding the progress of the Office of 
Personnel Management in completing the retirement systems modernization 
project of the Office of Personnel Management and recommendations to 
Congress regarding the additional resources needed to fully implement 
the retirement systems modernization project of the Office of Personnel 
Management in each budget request of the Office of Personnel Management 
submitted as part of the preparation of the budget of the President 
submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code.

SEC. 6. NO INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES.

    It is the sense of Congress that no additional funds should be 
appropriated to carry out this Act.
[A]: Government Customer Service Improvement Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop government-wide standards for customer service delivery, which shall be included in the Federal Government Performance Plan. Requires such standards to include: (1) government-wide goals for continuous service improvements and efforts to modernize service delivery; and (2) government-wide target response times for telephone calls, electronic mail, mail, benefit processing, and payments.  Directs: (1) the Chief Performance Officer for each executive agency to establish customer service standards in accordance with such government-wide standards, which shall be included in Agency Performance Plans; (2) the Performance Improvement Officer for each agency to collect information from customers of the agency regarding the quality of customer service provided; and (3) the Director to include agency achievements in meeting such standards and customer service performance measures in each required update on agency performance. Requires: (1) the Director to establish a two-year Service Improvement Unit Pilot Program to provide assistance to agencies that do not meet such government-wide standards, and (2) the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to provide administrative and other support to implement such Program. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to: (1) submit to Congress and the Comptroller General (GAO) and issue publicly every month a report on information submitted by each federal agency regarding its employees who are retiring and pending applications for retirement benefits, (2) establish a timetable for completion of OPM's retirement systems modernization project and a deadline by which all federal payroll processing entities will electronically transmit all personnel data to OPM, and (3) include in each annual budget request a statement on OPM's progress in completing such project and resources needed to implement it.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance 
Amendments of 2009''.

SEC. 2. STRANDING AND ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE.

    (a) Collection and Updating of Information.--Section 402(b)(1)(A) 
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1421a(b)(1)(A)) 
is amended by inserting ``or entangled'' after ``stranded''.
    (b) Entanglement Response Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--Section 403 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1421b) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by amending the section heading to read as 
                follows:

``SEC. 403. STRANDING OR ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE AGREEMENTS.'';

            and
                    (B) in subsection (a) by inserting ``or 
                entanglement'' before the period.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents at the end 
        of the first section is amended by striking the item relating 
        to section 403 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 403. Stranding or entanglement response agreements.''.
    (c) Liability.--Section 406(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1421e(a)) is 
amended by inserting ``or entanglement'' after ``stranding''.
    (d) Entanglement Defined.--
            (1) In general.--Section 410 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1421h) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) in 
                order as paragraphs (2) through (7); and
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(1) The term `entanglement' means an event in the wild in 
        which a living or dead marine mammal has gear, rope, line, net, 
        or other material wrapped around or attached to it and is--
                    ``(A) on a beach or shore of the United States; or
                    ``(B) in waters under the jurisdiction of the 
                United States.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 408(a)(2)(B)(i) of such 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 1421f-1(a)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking 
        ``section 410(6)'' and inserting ``section 410(7)''.
    (e) John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant 
Program.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations for grant program.--
        Section 408(h) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1421f-1(h)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``$5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
                years 2001 through 2003'' and inserting ``$7,000,000 
                for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``$4,000,000'' and 
                inserting ``$6,000,000''.
            (2) Administrative costs and expenses.--Section 408 of such 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 1421f-1) is amended--
                    (A) by adding at the end of subsection (a)(1) the 
                following: ``All funds available to implement this 
                section shall be distributed to eligible stranding 
                network participants for the purposes set forth in this 
                paragraph and paragraph (2), except as provided in 
                subsection (f).''; and
                    (B) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
    ``(f) Administrative Costs and Expenses.--Of the amounts available 
each fiscal year to carry out this section, the Secretary may expend 
not more than 6 percent or $80,000, whichever is greater, to pay the 
administrative costs and administrative expenses to implement the grant 
program under subsection (a). Any such funds retained by the Secretary 
for a fiscal year for such costs and expenses that are not used for 
such costs and expenses before the end of the fiscal year shall be 
provided as grants under subsection (a).''.
            (3) Emergency assistance.--Section 408 of such Act (16 
        U.S.C. 1421f-1) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a) by redesignating paragraph 
                (2) as paragraph (3), and by inserting after paragraph 
                (1) the following:
    ``(2) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary 
may also enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, or such other 
agreements or arrangements as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
address stranding events requiring emergency assistance.'';
                    (B) in subsection (d) by inserting ``(1)'' before 
                the text, and by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Funding for emergency stranding projects shall not be subject 
to the funding limit established in paragraph (1).'';
                    (C) in subsection (e)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1) by striking ``The non-
                        Federal'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
                        paragraph (2), the non-Federal'';
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
                        paragraph (3); and
                            (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
                        following:
            ``(2) Emergency assistance.--No non-Federal contribution 
        shall be required for funding for a response to an emergency 
        stranding event.''; and
                    (D) in subsection (g) by redesignating paragraph 
                (2) as paragraph (3) and inserting after paragraph (1) 
                the following:
            ``(2) Emergency assistance.--The term `emergency 
        assistance' means assistance provided for a stranding event 
        that--
                    ``(A) is not an unusual mortality event as defined 
                in section 409(6);
                    ``(B) leads to an immediate increase in required 
                costs for stranding response, recovery, or 
                rehabilitation in excess of regularly scheduled costs;
                    ``(C) may be cyclical or endemic; and
                    ``(D) may involve out-of-habitat animals.''.
            (4) Contributions.--Section 408 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
        1421f-1) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Contributions.--For purposes of carrying out this section, 
the Secretary may solicit, accept, receive, hold, administer, and use 
gifts, devises, and bequests.''.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations for Marine Mammal Unusual 
Mortality Event Fund.--Section 409(3) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1421g(3)) 
is amended by striking ``fiscal year 1993'' and inserting ``each of 
fiscal years 2010 through 2013''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 2, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.
[A]:
Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2009 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to require the collection and updating of existing practices and procedures for rescuing and rehabilitating stranded or entangled (under current law, only stranded) marine mammals. Authorizes entanglement response agreements.

Authorizes appropriations (at an increased annual level) through FY2013 to carry out the existing John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program.

Authorizes cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agreements or arrangements to address stranding events requiring emergency assistance.

Authorizes appropriations through FY2013 to the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund.