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. ENERGY EFFICIENCY RETROFIT PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Applicant.--The term ``applicant'' means a nonprofit 
        organization that applies for a grant under this section.
            (2) Energy-efficiency improvement.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``energy-efficiency 
                improvement'' means an installed measure (including a 
                product, equipment, system, service, or practice) that 
                results in a reduction in use by a nonprofit 
                organization for energy or fuel supplied from outside 
                the nonprofit building.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``energy-efficiency 
                improvement'' includes an installed measure described 
                in subparagraph (A) involving--
                            (i) repairing, replacing, or installing--
                                    (I) a roof or lighting system, or 
                                component of a roof or lighting system;
                                    (II) a window;
                                    (III) a door, including a security 
                                door; or
                                    (IV) a heating, ventilation, or air 
                                conditioning system or component of the 
                                system (including insulation and wiring 
                                and plumbing improvements needed to 
                                serve a more efficient system);
                            (ii) a renewable energy generation or 
                        heating system, including a solar, 
                        photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, or biomass 
                        (including wood pellet) system or component of 
                        the system; and
                            (iii) any other measure taken to modernize, 
                        renovate, or repair a nonprofit building to 
                        make the nonprofit building more energy 
                        efficient.
            (3) Nonprofit building.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``nonprofit building'' 
                means a building operated and owned by a nonprofit 
                organization.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``nonprofit building'' 
                includes a building described in subparagraph (A) that 
                is--
                            (i) a hospital;
                            (ii) a youth center;
                            (iii) a school;
                            (iv) a social-welfare program facility;
                            (v) a faith-based organization; and
                            (vi) any other nonresidential and 
                        noncommercial structure.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
    (b) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program to 
award grants for the purpose of retrofitting nonprofit buildings with 
energy-efficiency improvements.
    (c) Grants.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may award grants under the 
        program established under subsection (b).
            (2) Application.--The Secretary may award a grant under 
        this section if an applicant submits to the Secretary an 
        application at such time, in such form, and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may prescribe.
            (3) Criteria for grant.--In determining whether to award a 
        grant under this section, the Secretary shall apply 
        performance-based criteria, which shall give priority to 
        applications based on--
                    (A) the energy savings achieved;
                    (B) the cost-effectiveness of the energy-efficiency 
                improvement;
                    (C) an effective plan for evaluation, measurement, 
                and verification of energy savings;
                    (D) the financial need of the applicant; and
                    (E) the percentage of the matching contribution by 
                the applicant.
            (4) Limitation on individual grant amount.--Each grant 
        awarded under this section shall not exceed--
                    (A) an amount equal to 50 percent of the energy-
                efficiency improvement; and
                    (B) $200,000.
            (5) Cost sharing.--
                    (A) In general.--A grant awarded under this section 
                shall be subject to a minimum non-Federal cost-sharing 
                requirement of 50 percent.
                    (B) In-kind contributions.--The non-Federal share 
                may be provided in the form of in-kind contributions of 
                materials or services.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2020, to remain available until expended.
    (e) Offset.--Section 422(f) of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17082(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``through 2018.'' and 
        inserting ``and 2014;''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and
            ``(6) $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 
        2018.''.
Example Output: This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program to award matching grants for nonprofit organizations to retrofit their buildings with energy-efficiency improvements. This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to decrease the amount of appropriations authorized in FY2015 for the Zero Net Energy Commercial Buildings Initiative.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Telephone Connection 
Protection Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that:
            (1) The telephone is the primary method by which 
        individuals correspond and maintain contact with family members 
        who are incarcerated in correctional institutions.
            (2) Except for emergency purposes, family members are not 
        allowed to call people incarcerated in correctional 
        institutions; incarcerated persons are typically allowed to 
        call family members and other pre-approved individuals only 
        through payphones physically located on the premises of 
        correctional institutions.
            (3) Inmate telephone service in correctional institutions 
        often is limited to collect calling.
            (4) Regardless of whether the prisoners' calls are placed 
        collect or through a debit account, the prisoners' family 
        members typically pay for the calls, either through their 
        telephone bills, in the case of collect calls received from 
        prisoners, or by making deposits directly into prisoners' debit 
        accounts.
            (5) Innocent citizens are paying excessive telephone 
        charges simply due to having a family member or loved one who 
        is incarcerated.
            (6) The rates for calls from correctional institutions are 
        some of the highest rates in the United States, with some per-
        minute charges reaching $1 and service or connection charges of 
        $3.95 per call.
            (7) Information compiled by the Congress and the Federal 
        Communications Commission shows that the high rates are due in 
        part to the lack of competition between telephone companies 
        that provide long distance inmate telephone service to 
        correctional institutions.
            (8) There are no competitive forces providing incentives 
        for those carriers to lower prices or operate efficiently 
        because, unlike the mass market, only one carrier is typically 
        permitted to provide long distance inmate telephone service 
        within each correctional institution.
            (9) High calling rates also are due in part to commissions 
        that carriers pay to correctional institution administrators 
        for the exclusive right to provide long distance inmate 
        telephone service in a correctional facility. In some cases, 
        such commissions account for 50 percent or more of the total 
        charges.
            (10) The collection of such commissions by correctional 
        institution administrators and state departments of correction 
        based upon interstate telecommunications revenues is a burden 
        on interstate commerce.
            (11) Due to the lack of competition for telephone services 
        within correctional institutions, families of people in prison, 
        many of whom have low incomes, cannot choose the long distance 
        carrier with the lowest calling rates and must pay the 
        excessive rates charged by the carrier having the exclusive 
        right to provide long distance service to the correctional 
        institution from which the call originates.
            (12) It is the policy of the United States to ensure that 
        all Americans are afforded just and reasonable communications 
        services, including those families that pay rates for inmate 
        telephone service.
            (13) It is clear from various studies that maintaining 
        frequent and meaningful communications between people who are 
        incarcerated and family members is key to the successful social 
        reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals. Such 
        contact reduces recidivism and facilitates rehabilitation, 
        which in turn reduces crime and the future costs of 
        imprisonment.
            (14) Frequent communications between incarcerated persons 
        and family members is burdened, and in some cases, prevented, 
        by excessive inmate telephone service rates. Excessive inmate 
        telephone service rates thus weaken the family and community 
        ties that are necessary for successful reentry into society by 
        persons who were formerly incarcerated and the reduction in 
        crime resulting from successful reentry.
            (15) The Commission has the expertise and authority to 
        regulate inmate telephone service. Because parties to 
        Commission rulemaking proceedings have raised issues regarding 
        its authority to implement meaningful relief for excessive 
        inmate telephone service rates, Congress finds it necessary and 
        appropriate to reaffirm that the Commission has the authority 
        to implement the types of relief set forth in this Act.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROVISION OF INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICE.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 226(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 226(a)) is amended adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs:
            ``(10) The term `collect' or `collect call' refers to a 
        telephone call from a person incarcerated in a correctional 
        institution that is billed to the subscriber receiving the 
        call.
            ``(11) The term `commission' refers to a fee or other 
        payment by a provider of inmate telephone service to an 
        administrator of a correctional institution, department of 
        correction, or similar entity, based upon, or partly upon, 
        inmate telephone service revenue.
            ``(12) The term `debit account' refers to the payment of 
        inmate telephone service through a prisoner's prepaid card or 
        other account, which can be accessed only through an access 
        code, personal identification number, or similar identifier.
            ``(13) The term `inmate telephone service' includes the 
        provision of telephone service enabling persons incarcerated in 
        correctional institutions to originate interstate calls at 
        payphones or other telephones that are designated for 
        prisoners' personal use, regardless of whether the calls are 
        collect, paid through a debit account, or paid through any 
        other means.
            ``(14) The term `provider of inmate telephone service' 
        means any common carrier that provides inmate telephone service 
        or any other person determined by the Commission to be 
        providing inmate telephone service.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Section 226 is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (k); and
            (2) inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(i) Regulation of Inmate Telephone Service.--
            ``(1) Rates.--In order to ensure that charges for inmate 
        telephone service are just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, 
        the Commission shall consider, either in a rulemaking 
        proceeding that is pending as of the date of enactment of the 
        Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2005 or in a new 
        rulemaking proceeding, the following types of regulation of 
        inmate telephone service, all of which are within the 
        Commission's jurisdiction and authority:
                    ``(A) prescribing a maximum uniform per-minute 
                compensation rate;
                    ``(B) prescribing a maximum uniform service 
                connection or other per-call compensation rate;
                    ``(C) prescribing variable maximum compensation 
                rates depending on such factors as carrier costs, the 
                size of the correctional facility served, and other 
                relevant factors identified by the Commission;
                    ``(D) requiring providers of inmate telephone 
                service to offer both collect calling and debit account 
                services;
                    ``(E) prohibiting the payment of commissions by 
                providers of inmate telephone service to administrators 
                of correctional institutions, departments of 
                correction, and similar entities; and
                    ``(F) requiring administrators of correctional 
                institutions, departments of correction, and similar 
                entities to allow more than one provider of inmate 
                telephone service to provide interstate inmate 
                telephone service at a correctional institution in 
                order that prisoners have a choice of such providers.
            ``(2) Scope.--The regulations adopted by the Commission 
        shall be technologically neutral and shall not jeopardize 
        legitimate security and penelogical interests. To the extent 
        the Commission regulations reduce or eliminate the revenue 
        derived by administrators of correctional institutions, 
        departments of correction, and similar entities from the 
        receipt of commissions, such effects of Commission regulations 
        shall not be considered as jeopardizing or otherwise affecting 
        legitimate security or penelogical interests.
            ``(3) Deadlines and periodic review.--The Commission shall 
        prescribe regulations to implement the provisions of this 
        subsection within one year after the date of enactment of the 
        Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2005. The 
        Commission shall review, on a triennial basis, the regulations 
        promulgated under this subsection, including whether any 
        Commission-established compensation rates should be modified.
            ``(4) State preemption.--To the extent that any State 
        requirements are inconsistent with the Commission's regulations 
        affecting or pertaining to interstate inmate telephone service, 
        including restrictions on the payment of commissions based upon 
        interstate inmate telephone service revenues or earnings, the 
        Commission's regulations on such matters shall preempt such 
        State requirements.
    ``(j) Inmate Telephone Service Fully Subject to Sections 251 and 
252.--
            ``(1) Inmate telephone service is fully subject to the 
        requirements of sections 251 and 252 of this Act.
            ``(2) No provider of inmate telephone service may block or 
        otherwise refuse to carry a call placed by an incarcerated 
        person on the grounds that the provider has no contractual or 
        other arrangement with the local exchange carrier serving the 
        intended recipient of the call or other common carrier involved 
        in any portion of the transmission of the call.''.
Example Output: Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider the following types of regulation of inmate telephone service: (1) prescribing a maximum uniform per-minute rate (paid to telephone service providers); (2) prescribing a maximum uniform service connection or other per-call rate; (3) prescribing variable maximum rates depending on factors such as carrier costs or the size of the correctional facility; (4) requiring providers of inmate telephone service to offer both collect calling and debit account services; (5) prohibiting the payment of commissions by such providers to administrators of correctional facilities; and (6) requiring such administrators to allow more than one service provider at a facility so that prisoners have a choice.

Example Input: SECTION 1. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to enhance the appeal of service in the law enforcement 
        agencies of the United States Department of Justice;
            (2) to extend benefits of a higher education to qualified 
        and deserving young persons who by virtue of the death of or 
        total disability of an eligible officer are not otherwise able 
        to afford the same; and
            (3) to allow such family members to attain the vocational 
        and educational status which such individual might normally 
        have aspired to and obtained had a parent not been killed or 
        disabled in the service of the country.

SEC. 2. BASIC ENTITLEMENT.

    (a) Benefits.--(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), an 
eligible dependent shall be entitled to educational assistance under 
this subpart for a period of one month for each month or fraction 
thereof of the eligible officer's service in a Federal law enforcement 
agency.
    (2) Such educational assistance shall consist of direct payments 
to--
            (A) an educational institution or institution of higher 
        learning for an eligible dependent's tuition, room, board, and 
        other charges imposed by such institution; and
            (B) the eligible dependent for an educational assistance 
        allowances to meet, in part, the cost of fees, supplies, books, 
        equipment and other educational costs, which allowances shall 
        be computed on the same basis set forth in title 38, subchapter 
        IV of the United States Code.
    (b) Benefits for Dependents of Officers Killed.--For each eligible 
dependent of an eligible officer who is killed in the line of duty, 
criteria established in subsection (a) shall not apply. Such eligible 
dependents shall be eligible to receive the benefits provided by this 
subpart for the maximum period of eligibility set forth in subsection 
(e).
    (c) Maximum Benefits.--No eligible dependent shall receive 
educational assistance under this subpart for a period in excess of 
forty-five months.

SEC. 3. TIME LIMITATIONS FOR COMPLETING A PROGRAM OF EDUCATION.

    No educational assistance shall be paid to or for an eligible 
dependent after--
            (1) ten years after the date on which the eligible officer 
        was killed or permanently and totally disabled; or
            (2) the eligible dependent's twenty-seventh birthday, 
        whichever occurs later.
SEC. 4. EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL COUNSELING.

    (a) Counseling Services.--The Attorney General shall make available 
to an eligible dependent upon such person's request, counseling 
services, including such educational and vocational counseling and 
guidance, testing, and other assistance as the Attorney General deems 
necessary to aid such person in selecting--
            (1) an educational or training objective and an educational 
        institution or training establishment appropriate for the 
        attainment of such objective; or
            (2) an employment objective that would be likely to provide 
        such eligible dependent with satisfactory employment 
        opportunities in light of such person's personal circumstances.
    (b) Notification.--The Attorney General shall take appropriate 
steps (including individual notification where feasible) to acquaint 
all eligible persons with the availability and advantages of such 
counseling services.
    (c) Service Providers.--For purposes of this subpart, the Attorney 
General may provide by interagency agreement with Federal, or State 
agency to provide the services specified.

SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS; APPROVAL.

    (a) Application.--Any eligible dependent who desires to initiate a 
program of education under this subpart shall submit an application to 
the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as 
the Attorney General may reasonably require.
    (b) Approval.--The Attorney General shall approve such application 
unless the Attorney General finds that--
            (1) such dependent is not eligible or is not longer 
        eligible for or entitled to the educational assistance for 
        which application is made;
            (2) the eligible dependent selected educational institution 
        or training establishment fails to meet any requirement of this 
        subpart;
            (3) the eligible dependent's enrollment in, or pursuit of, 
        the program of education selected would violate a provision of 
        this subpart; or
            (4) the eligible dependent is already qualified by reason 
        of previous education or training, for the educational, 
        professional, or vocational objective for which the program of 
        education is offered.
    (c) Acceptance.--The Attorney General shall notify an eligible 
dependent of approval or disapproval of such dependent's application.

SEC. 6. STANDARDS.

    The Attorney General shall promulgate rules and regulations 
regarding unacceptable courses or programs of study for which funding 
will not be provided under this subpart.

SEC. 7. DISCONTINUANCE FOR UNSATISFACTORY CONDUCT OR PROGRESS.

    (a) Discontinuation.--The Attorney General shall discontinue the 
direct payment to an educational institution or institution of higher 
education and educational assistance allowance of an eligible dependent 
if, at any time, the Attorney General finds that according to the 
regularly prescribed standards and practices of the educational 
institution, the dependent's conduct or progress is unsatisfactory.
    (b) Renewal.--The Attorney General may review the payment of the 
educational assistance allowance if the Attorney General finds that--
            (1) the cause of the unsatisfactory conduct or progress of 
        the eligible dependent has been removed; and
            (2) the program which the eligible dependent now proposes 
        to pursue (whether the same or revised) is suitable to the 
        eligible dependent's interests, and abilities.

SEC. 8. SPECIAL RULE.

    Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and any other general 
or special law to the contrary, the Attorney General is authorized and 
directed to reimburse or pay each eligible dependent of an eligible 
officer who was killed in the performance of duties on or after July 1, 
1992, but before the effective date of this statute, an amount 
equivalent to--
            (1) the full cost of tuition, room and board, and other 
        charges paid or for the eligible dependent to, and imposed on, 
        an eligible dependent by an educational institution or 
        institution of higher education; and
            (2) a retroactive educational assistance allowance for each 
        month in which the eligible dependent attended an educational 
        institution or institution of higher education, up to the date 
        of the payment. Following this initial payment, further 
        benefits will be paid to or for the benefit of such eligible 
        dependents in accordance with this chapter.
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Federal law enforcement agency'' means the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
        and Firearms, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United 
        States Marshals Service, and any other federal agency directly 
        engaged in the enforcement of the criminal laws of the United 
        States, or the apprehension of individuals subject to criminal 
        prosecution by the United States.
            (2) The term ``eligible officer'' means any agent, special 
        agent, marshal, deputy, or assistant marshal or other similar 
        field officer by whatever name or title such officer is known 
        in a Federal law enforcement agency who has served at least one 
        hundred and eighty days and who is either killed in the 
        performance of duties or suffers injuries that are totally and 
        permanently disabling while performing such duties.
            (3) The term ``eligible dependent'' means the child of any 
        eligible officer who is a ``dependent'' (as defined in section 
        152 of the Internal Revenue Code) or spouse of an eligible 
        officer at the time of such officer's death or on the date of 
        total and disabling injury.
            (4) The term ``program of education'' shall mean any 
        curriculum or any combination of unit courses or subjects 
        pursued at an educational institution which is generally 
        accepted as necessary to fulfill requirements for the 
        attainment of a pre- determined and identified educational, 
        professional, or vocational objective. Such term also means any 
        curriculum of unit course or subjects pursued at an educational 
        institution which fulfill requirements for the attainment of 
        more than one predetermined and identified educational, 
        professional, or vocational objective if all the objectives 
        pursued as generally recognized as being reasonably related to 
        a single career field. To pursue any other course of study, an 
        eligible dependent shall apply to the AG for approval.
            (5) The term ``educational institution'' means any public 
        or private elementary school, secondary school, vocational 
        school, correspondence school, business school, junior college, 
        teachers' college, college, normal school, professional school, 
        university, or scientific or technical institutions, or other 
        accredited institutions furnishing education for adults.
            (6) The term ``institution of higher learning'' means a 
        college, university, or similar institution, including a 
        technical or business school, offering postsecondary level 
        academic instruction that leads to an associate or higher 
        degree if the school is empowered by the appropriate State 
        educational authority under State law to grant an associate or 
        higher degree. When there is no State law to authorize the 
        granting of a degree, the school may be recognized as an 
        institution of higher learning if it is accredited for degree 
        programs by a recognized accrediting agency. Such term shall 
        also include a hospital offering educational programs at the 
        post-secondary level without regard to whether the hospital 
        grants a postsecondary degree. Such term shall also include an 
        educational institution which is not located in a State, which 
        offers a course leading to a standard college degree, or the 
        equivalent, and which is recognized as such by the Secretary of 
        Education (or comparable official) of the country or other 
        jurisdiction in which the institution is located.
            (7) The term ``standard college degree'' means an associate 
        or higher degree awarded by--
                    (A) an institution of higher learning that is 
                accredited as a collegiate institution by a recognized 
                regional or national accrediting agency;
                    (B) an institution of higher learning that is a 
                ``candidate'' for accreditation as that term is used by 
                the regional or national accrediting agencies; or
                    (C) an institution of higher learning upon 
                completion of a course which is accredited by an agency 
                recognized to accredit specialized degree-level 
                programs. For the purpose of this section, the 
                accrediting agency must be one recognized by the 
                Secretary of Education under the provisions of section 
                1775 of this title 38.
Example Output:
Provides for educational assistance for eligible dependents of Federal law enforcement officers who are killed or disabled in the performance of their duties. 
Entitles such dependents to such assistance for:  (1) one month for each month (or fraction) of the disabled officer's service, up to a maximum of 45 months; and (2) the maximum 45 months, if the officer has been killed. 
Limits the period for using such assistance to before the later of: (1) ten years after the officer was killed or permanently and totally disabled; or (2) the dependent's 27th birthday. 
Directs the Attorney General to make certain counseling services available, upon the dependent's request, and to publicize the availability of such services. 
Provides for such assistance program applications and their approval, standards, discontinuance for unsatisfactory progress or conduct, and a special rule for retroactive assistance.