114 S653 : Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015
U.S. Senate

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114th CONGRESS1st Session
S. 653
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 10, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

AN ACT
To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act.

1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015.  2.Water Resources Research Act amendments (a)Congressional findings and declarationsSection 102 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10301) is amended—
(1)by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively;  (2)in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by striking and at the end; and
(3)by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:  (7)additional research is required into increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing treatment works through alternative approaches, including—
(A)nonstructural alternatives;  (B)decentralized approaches;
(C)energy use efficiency;  (D)water use efficiency; and
(E)actions to extract energy from wastewater;.  (b)Clarification of research activitiesSection 104(b)(1) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(b)(1)) is amended—
(1)in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking water-related phenomena and inserting water resources; and  (2)in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and.
(c)Compliance reportSection 104(c) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(c)) is amended— (1)by striking (c) From the and inserting the following:

(c)Grants
(1)In generalFrom the; and  (2)by adding at the end the following:

(2)ReportNot later than December 31 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives a report regarding the compliance of each funding recipient with this subsection for the immediately preceding fiscal year..  (d)Evaluation of water resources research programSection 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303) is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:

(e)Evaluation of water resources research program
(1)In generalThe Secretary shall conduct a careful and detailed evaluation of each institute at least once every 3 years to determine— (A)the quality and relevance of the water resources research of the institute;
(B)the effectiveness of the institute at producing measured results and applied water supply research; and  (C)whether the effectiveness of the institute as an institution for planning, conducting, and arranging for research warrants continued support under this section.
(2)Prohibition on further supportIf, as a result of an evaluation under paragraph (1), the Secretary determines that an institute does not qualify for further support under this section, no further grants to the institute may be provided until the qualifications of the institute are reestablished to the satisfaction of the Secretary..  (e)Authorization of appropriationsSection 104(f)(1) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(f)(1)) is amended by striking $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 and inserting $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2020.
(f)Additional appropriations where research focused on water problems of interstate natureSection 104(g)(1) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(g)(1)) is amended in the first sentence by striking $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 and inserting $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2020. Passed the Senate June 9, 2015.Julie E. Adams,Secretary


115 HR 4649 IH: Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2017
U.S. House of Representatives
2017-12-14
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I115th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4649IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 14, 2017Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Takano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansA BILLTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for energy storage technologies,
			 and for other purposes.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2017. 2.Energy credit for energy storage technologies (a)In generalSubclause (II) of section 48(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (3)(A)(i) and inserting clause (i) or (viii) of paragraph (3)(A).
 (b)Energy storage technologiesSubparagraph (A) of section 48(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking or at the end of clause (vi), by adding or at the end of clause (vii), and by adding at the end the following new clause:  (viii)equipment which receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, and which has a capacity of not less than 5 kilowatt hours,.
 (c)Phaseout of creditParagraph (6) of section 48(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1)by striking energy in the heading and inserting and energy storage; and
 (2)by striking paragraph (3)(A)(i) both places it appears and inserting clause (i) or (viii) of paragraph (3)(A). (d)Effective dateThe amendments made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.
			3.Residential energy efficient property credit for battery storage technology
 (a)In generalSubsection (a) of section 25D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking and at the end of paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting , and, and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:  (6)the applicable percentage of the qualified battery storage technology expenditures made by the taxpayer during such year..
 (b)Qualified battery storage technology expenditureSubsection (d) of section 25D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

 (6)Qualified battery storage technology expenditureThe term qualified battery storage technology expenditure means an expenditure for battery storage technology which— (A)is installed on or in connection with a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a residence by the taxpayer, and
 (B)has a capacity of not less than 3 kilowatt hours.. (c)Applicable percentageSubsection (g) of section 25D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking (1) and (2) and inserting (1), (2), and (6).
 (d)Effective dateThe amendments made by this section shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.


116 HR 5607 IH: School Food Recovery Act of 2020
U.S. House of Representatives
2020-01-15
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I116th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 5607IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 15, 2020Ms. Pingree (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and LaborA BILLTo amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture
			 to carry out a grant program to make grants to eligible local educational
			 agencies to carry out food waste reduction programs, and for other
			 purposes.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the School Food Recovery Act of 2020. 2.School food waste reduction grant programSection 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by inserting before subsection (b) the following:

				(a)School food waste reduction grant program
					(1)Grant program established
 (A)In generalThe Secretary shall carry out a program to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible local educational agencies to carry out food waste measurement and reporting, prevention, education, and reduction projects.
 (B)Regional balanceIn awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that—
 (i)a grant is awarded to an eligible local educational agency in each region served by the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service; and
 (ii)equitable treatment of rural, urban, and tribal communities. (2)ApplicationTo be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible local educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
 (3)PriorityIn making grants under this subsection the Secretary shall give priority to an eligible local educational agency that demonstrates in the application under paragraph (2) that such eligible local educational agency will use the grant to—
 (A)carry out experiential education activities that encourage children enrolled in such eligible local educational agency to participate in food waste measurement and education;
 (B)prioritize the best use of food in accordance with the Food Recovery Hierarchy published by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
 (C)with respect to food waste prevention and reduction, collaborate with other eligible local educational agencies, tribes, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, and other community partners;
 (D)evaluate the activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) and make evaluation plans; and (E)establish a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project with long-term sustainability.
						(4)Federal share
 (A)In generalThe Federal share of a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project funded through a grant awarded under this subsection shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of such food waste reduction project.
 (B)Federal matchingAs a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, an eligible local educational agency shall provide matching funds in the form of cash or in-kind contributions, including facilities, equipment, or services provided by State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private sources.
 (5)Use of fundsAn eligible local educational agency that receives a grant under this section shall use funds under such grant to carry out at least one of the following:
 (A)Planning a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project. (B)Carrying out activities under such a project.
 (C)Providing training to support such a project. (D)Purchasing equipment to support such a project.
 (E)Offering food waste education to students enrolled in such eligible local educational agency. (6)Evaluation (A)AgreementAs a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, each eligible local educational agency shall agree to cooperate in an evaluation by the Secretary of the project carried out using grant funds.
 (B)Periodic evaluationNot later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall carry out an evaluation of the grants made under this section that includes—
 (i)the amount of Federal funds used to carry out such grants; and (ii)an evaluation of the outcomes of the projects carried out pursuant to such grants.
 (7)Definition of eligible local educational agencyIn this subsection, the term eligible local educational agency means a local educational agency that participates in the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
					.
 3.Technical assistanceSection 21(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(b)) is amended—
 (1)in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; (2)in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and
 (3)by adding at the end the following:  (4)food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction..


113 S492 IS: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes.
U.S. Senate
2013-03-07
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		II
		113th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		S. 492
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			March 7, 2013
			Mr. Burr (for himself
			 and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following
			 bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on Veterans'
			 Affairs

		A BILL
		To amend title 38, United States Code, to require States
		  to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and
		  credentials to veterans, and for other purposes.

		1.Requirement that States
			 recognize military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials
			 to veterans
			(a)In
			 generalSection 4102A(c) of
			 title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (9) and
			 inserting the following new paragraph (9):

					(9)(A)As a condition of a grant or contract under
				which funds are made available to a State under subsection (b)(5) in order to
				carry out section 4103A or 4104 of this title, the State shall—
							(i)establish a program under which the State
				administers an examination to each veteran seeking a license or credential
				issued by the State and issues such license or credential to such veteran
				without requiring such veteran to undergo any training or apprenticeship if the
				veteran—
								(I)receives a satisfactory score on completion
				of such examination, as determined by the State; and
								(II)has not less than 10 years of
				experience in a military occupational specialty that, as determined by the
				State, is similar to a civilian occupation for which such license or credential
				is required by the State; and
								(ii)submit each year to the Secretary a
				report on the exams administered under clause (i) during the most recently
				completed 12-month period that includes, for the period covered by the report
				the number of veterans who completed an exam administered by the State under
				clause (i) and a description of the results of such exams, disaggregated by
				occupational field.
							(B)Not less frequently than once each year,
				the Secretary shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of Defense a report
				summarizing the information received by the Secretary under subparagraph
				(A)(ii).
						.
			(b)Effective
			 date
				(1)ExamsSubparagraph
			 (A) of section 4102A(c)(9) of such title, as added by subsection (a), shall
			 take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of
			 this Act and shall apply with respect to grants and contracts described in such
			 subparagraph awarded after such date.
				(2)ReportsSubparagraph
			 (B) of section 4102A(c)(9), as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on
			 the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and the
			 Secretary of Labor shall submit the first report under such subparagraph not
			 later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.


114 HR 4523 IH: To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate the registration requirements of such Act and eliminate civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System.
U.S. House of Representatives
2016-02-10
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		I
		114th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 4523
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			February 10, 2016
			Mr. Coffman (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Polis, and Mr. Rohrabacher) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

		A BILL
		To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate the registration requirements
			 of such Act and eliminate civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards,
			 and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System.

		1.Repeal of Military Selective Service Act
 (a)RepealThe Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.) is repealed. (b)Transfers in connection with repealNotwithstanding the proviso in section 10(a)(4) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3809(a)(4)), the Office of Selective Service Records shall not be reestablished upon the repeal of the Act. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the assets, contracts, property, and records held by the Selective Service System, and the unexpended balances of any appropriations available to the Selective Service System, shall be transferred to the Administrator of General Services upon the repeal of the Act. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall assist officers and employees of the Selective Service System to transfer to other positions in the executive branch.
 (c)Effect on existing sanctionsNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not be denied a right, privilege, benefit, or employment position under Federal law on the grounds that the person failed to present himself for and submit to registration under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802), before the repeal of that Act by subsection (a).


		IA
		112th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. J. RES. 110
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			June 5, 2012
			Mr. Franks of Arizona
			 (for himself, Mr. Olson,
			 Mr. Coffman of Colorado,
			 Mr. Manzullo,
			 Mr. Bishop of Utah,
			 Mr. Jones,
			 Mr. Hunter,
			 Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania,
			 Mr. Wolf, Mrs. Myrick, Mr.
			 Harris, Mr. Fortenberry,
			 Mr. Landry,
			 Mr. Upton,
			 Mr. Tiberi,
			 Mr. Latham,
			 Mr. Hultgren,
			 Mr. Jordan,
			 Mr. Huizenga of Michigan,
			 Mr. Platts,
			 Mr. Nugent,
			 Mr. McClintock,
			 Mr. Canseco,
			 Mr. Duncan of South Carolina,
			 Mr. Westmoreland,
			 Mr. Bonner,
			 Mr. Ross of Florida,
			 Mr. Pitts,
			 Mr. Lamborn,
			 Mr. Harper,
			 Mr. Nunnelee,
			 Mr. Fleming, and
			 Mr. Palazzo) introduced the following
			 joint resolution; which was referred to the
			 Committee on the
			 Judiciary

		JOINT RESOLUTION
		Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
		  of the United States relating to parental rights.

		That the following article is
			 proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall
			 be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified
			 by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:

				—
					1.The liberty of parents to direct the
				upbringing, education, and care of their children is a fundamental
				right.
					2.Neither the United States nor any State
				shall infringe this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest,
				as applied to the person, is of the highest order and not otherwise
				served.
					3.This article shall not be construed to
				apply to a parental action or decision that would end life.
					4.No treaty may be adopted nor shall any
				source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or
				apply to the rights guaranteed by this
				article.
					.


		I
		111th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 4124
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			November 19, 2009
			Mrs. Davis of
			 California (for herself, Ms.
			 Richardson, Mr. Loebsack,
			 and Ms. Bordallo) introduced the
			 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
			 Commerce

		A BILL
		To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to
		  the prevention of diabetes, and for other purposes.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Diabetes Prevention Act of
			 2009.
		2.FindingsThe Congress makes the following
			 findings:
			(1)According to the
			 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of diabetes in
			 the United States has more than doubled in the past quarter-century.
			(2)The CDC reports
			 that there are now more than 23,600,000 people in the United States living with
			 diabetes and another 57,000,000 individuals with pre-diabetes in
			 the United States, which means that they have higher than normal blood glucose
			 levels or are at increased risk of developing diabetes based on multiple risk
			 factors.
			(3)In 2002, the
			 landmark Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) study found that lifestyle changes,
			 such as diet and exercise, can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes,
			 and that participants who made such lifestyle changes reduced their risk of
			 getting type 2 diabetes by 58 percent with some returning to normal blood
			 glucose levels.
			(4)The New York Times
			 has reported that lifestyle-based interventions to control diabetes have
			 resulted in positive outcomes for patients, yet despite these successes, such
			 interventions were often unsustainable. While insurance companies cover the
			 treatments of complications of unchecked diabetes, they tend not to cover the
			 cheaper interventions to prevent such complications.
			(5)Emerging research
			 and demonstrations projects funded by the National Institutes of Health and the
			 CDC in partnership with Indiana University and the YMCA show that a carefully
			 designed group lifestyle intervention can be delivered for less than $250 per
			 person per year in community settings and can achieve similar weight loss
			 results to the DPP for adults with pre-diabetes.
			(6)Diabetes carries
			 staggering costs. In 2007, the total amount of the direct and indirect costs of
			 diabetes was estimated at $174,000,000,000 according to the American Diabetes
			 Association.
			(7)The Urban
			 Institute reported that if the Nation makes a substantial investment in a
			 national program that supports group-based structured lifestyle intervention
			 programs for individuals at-risk of developing type 2 diabetes offered by
			 trained non-clinicians in community settings, the Nation could save
			 $191,000,000,000 over 10 years and achieve a 50 percent reduction in diabetes
			 cases among participants.
			(8)There is a need to
			 increase the availability of effective community-based lifestyle programs for
			 diabetes prevention and offer incentive payments to health care providers who
			 refer at-risk patients for enrollment in such programs to prevent diabetes,
			 reduce complications, and lower the costs associated with diabetes treatment in
			 the United States, and the Federal Government should encourage efforts to
			 replicate the results of the Diabetes Prevention Program on a wider
			 scale.
			3.National diabetes
			 prevention programTitle III
			 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by
			 inserting after section 317T the following:

				317U.National
				diabetes prevention program
					(a)In
				GeneralThe Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers
				for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish a national diabetes
				prevention program targeted at persons at high risk for diabetes of all ages in
				order to eliminate the preventable burden of diabetes.
					(b)ProgramThe
				program under subsection (a) shall include the following:
						(1)Grants for
				community-based diabetes prevention program model sites for persons at high
				risk for diabetesThe Secretary may award grants to recognized
				eligible entities—
							(A)to support
				community-based diabetes prevention program model sites that work with the
				health care delivery system—
								(i)to
				identify persons at high risk for diabetes; and
								(ii)to refer such
				persons to, or provide such persons with, cost-effective group-based lifestyle
				intervention programs; and
								(B)to
				evaluate—
								(i)methods for ensuring the scalability of
				recognized community-based diabetes prevention program sites nationally;
								(ii)the health and economic benefits of a
				national diabetes prevention program for persons at high risk for diabetes in
				certain age groups, including the pre-Medicare population;
								(iii)emerging
				approaches to identify and engage persons at high risk for diabetes in health
				care and community-based programs;
								(iv)novel strategies
				for linking community-based program delivery with existing clinical services;
				and
								(v)the costs and cost
				effectiveness of clinic-community linkages.
								(2)Recognition
				programThe Secretary shall develop and implement a program under
				which the Secretary recognizes, and re-recognizes on an annual basis, eligible
				entities that deliver community-based diabetes prevention programs. To be
				recognized under this paragraph, an eligible entity shall—
							(A)describe its
				system for obtaining referral from health care professionals for persons at
				high risk for diabetes;
							(B)provide proof that
				the entity’s staff have been trained as diabetes prevention program lifestyle
				interventionists and the entity has a system in place to ensure that staff
				receive timely training updates;
							(C)agree to maintain
				a community board (for purposes of advising the entity’s community-based
				diabetes prevention program) whose membership includes—
								(i)a
				person at high risk for diabetes who has completed a lifestyle
				intervention;
								(ii)a
				health care professional who refers persons at high risk for diabetes to
				lifestyle intervention programs;
								(iii)community
				leaders;
								(iv)representatives
				of the health insurance industry; and
								(v)representatives of
				employers, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that are committed to
				offering healthy food and physical activity opportunities for residents;
								(D)agree to provide
				data to the Secretary for outcome evaluation monitoring purposes and quality
				improvement, including data regarding the number of persons served, participant
				attendance, completion rates, weight loss obtained, participant satisfaction,
				and referring clinician satisfaction;
							(E)develop a plan for
				communications between referring clinicians and community-based diabetes
				prevention program model sites;
							(F)agree to make
				available to the Secretary copies of materials used in the entity’s
				community-based diabetes prevention program; and
							(G)provide evidence
				to the Secretary of quality checks on trainers.
							(3)Training and
				outreachIn partnership with State diabetes prevention and
				control programs, academic institutions, and a national network of
				community-based nonprofit organizations focused on health and well-being, the
				Secretary shall develop and implement, directly or through grants to eligible
				entities—
							(A)a curriculum
				development and training program for diabetes prevention master and lifestyle
				intervention instructors to ensure consistency in—
								(i)the principles of
				type 2 diabetes prevention programming throughout the United States; and
								(ii)the collection of
				outcomes data for quality assurance;
								(B)community outreach
				programs to identify community and provider groups to participate in the
				national diabetes prevention program and coordinate quality assurance programs
				at the local level in partnership with community-based organizations;
				and
							(C)a national partner
				outreach program to identify and work with national partners—
								(i)to
				identify workers in the community to complete training under subparagraph (A);
				and
								(ii)to facilitate the
				recognition of eligible entities under paragraph (2).
								(4)Evaluation,
				monitoring, and technical assistanceThe Secretary shall provide
				quality assurance for each community-based diabetes prevention program model
				site funded under paragraph (1) and, as necessary and feasible, for other
				recognized community-based diabetes prevention programs through evaluation,
				monitoring, and technical assistance, including by—
							(A)reviewing
				applications for recognition under paragraph (2);
							(B)evaluating and
				monitoring program data including providing standardized feedback to sites for
				quality improvement;
							(C)making
				de-identified data available to the public to ensure transparency of the
				recognition program under paragraph (2);
							(D)conducting site
				visits and periodic audits;
							(E)providing
				technical assistance and a process for improving performance in sites not
				meeting standards for recognition under paragraph (2); and
							(F)establishing a
				public registry of recognized eligible entities.
							(5)Applied research
				programsThe Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to
				conduct diabetes prevention research that—
							(A)advances the
				scalability of recognized community-based diabetes prevention program sites
				nationally;
							(B)examines model
				benefit and payment designs; and
							(C)tests
				communications strategies to engage providers and targeted at-risk
				populations.
							(6)Studies for
				diabetes prevention and managementTo build on the findings of the national
				diabetes prevention program under this section, the Secretary may conduct or
				support studies to manage, reduce, and prevent type 2 diabetes in at-risk
				populations, including consideration of factors such as nutrition, exercise
				education, and basic physical maintenance of healthy levels of cholesterol,
				body mass index, hemoglobin A1C, and blood pressure rates.
						(c)Report to
				CongressNot later than the
				end of fiscal year 2011, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall
				submit a report to the Congress on the implementation of this section,
				including the progress achieved in eliminating the preventable burden of
				diabetes.
					(d)DefinitionsIn
				this section:
						(1)The term
				eligible entity means—
							(A)a State or local
				health department;
							(B)a national network
				of community-based organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
				Revenue Code of 1986 that is focused on health and well-being;
							(C)an academic
				institution;
							(D)an Indian tribe or
				tribal organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination
				and Education Assistance Act); or
							(E)any other entity
				determined by the Secretary to be an eligible entity for purposes of this
				section.
							(2)The term
				person at high risk for diabetes means an individual who has
				higher than normal blood glucose levels or is at an increased risk for
				developing diabetes based on multiple risk factors.
						(3)The term
				recognized means recognized under subsection (b)(2).
						(e)Authorization of
				appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry
				out this section $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and such sums as may be
				necessary for each subsequent fiscal
				year.
					.


		II
		116th CONGRESS1st Session
		S. 2432
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			August 1, 2019
			Mr. Manchin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

		A BILL
		To require Amtrak to place at least 1 station agent in every State in which Amtrak operates.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Station Agent in Every Amtrak State Act.
		2.DefinitionsIn this Act:
			(1)AmtrakThe term Amtrak means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak.
			(2)Station agentThe term station agent means an Amtrak employee who is responsible for—
				(A)assisting passengers with intercity passenger rail travel;
				(B)selling Amtrak tickets;
				(C)providing customer service during operating hours; or
				(D)performing building maintenance duties at any Amtrak facility.
				3.Amtrak station agentsAmtrak shall ensure that not fewer than 1 station agent is placed in every State in which Amtrak
			 operates.


109 HCON 146 IH: Honoring the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 1979.
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2005-05-05
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109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 146
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 5, 2005
Ms. Millender-McDonald (for herself and Mr. Rohrabacher) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Honoring the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 1979.

Whereas beginning in April 1975, Pol Pot led the Communist guerilla group, the Khmer Rouge, in a large-scale insurgency in Cambodia that forcibly removed Cambodians from their homes and into labor camps in an attempt to restructure Khmer society;
Whereas traditional Khmer culture and society were systematically destroyed, including the destruction of temples, schools, hospitals, homes, and historic buildings;
Whereas the Khmer Rouge separated and destroyed families and punished and killed innocent civilians, including women, children, doctors, nurses, clergy, teachers, business owners, intellectuals and artisans;
Whereas more than 1.7 million Cambodians, or approximately 21 percent of the population, were killed in one of the worst atrocities of the last century;
Whereas many people were executed simply for being educated, wealthy, or even for wearing glasses as they were seen as bourgeois or contaminated with Western influence;
Whereas after the Khmer Rouge regime was overthrown in 1979, thousands of Cambodians fled on foot to refugee camps in Thailand and many refugees were processed again in other camps in the Philippines and Indonesia;
Whereas from these refugee camps approximately 145,149 Cambodians made their way to the United States, with the majority arriving in the early 1980s and settling in communities across the United States;
Whereas despite the tremendous loss of family members, homes, and even parts of their heritage during the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodians have shown courage and enormous resiliency;
Whereas, according to United States Census Bureau figures, there are approximately 206,053 Cambodians currently living in the United States, with a significant percentage of this population residing in the 37th Congressional District of California;
Whereas the new generation of Cambodian-Americans continues to contribute to all aspects of American society as writers, doctors, professors, and community leaders; and
Whereas the United Nations has taken affirmative steps to establish an international criminal tribunal to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Cambodian genocide: Now, therefore, be it

That Congress—
(1)honors the victims of the genocide in Cambodia that took place beginning in April 1975 and ending in January 1979; and
(2)welcomes the establishment of an international criminal tribunal to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Cambodian genocide.


IB
Union Calendar No. 492
112th CONGRESS 2d Session
H. R. 4965
[Report No. 112–681]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 27, 2012
Mr. Mica (for himself, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Gibbs, and Mrs. Noem) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

September 20, 2012
Additional sponsors: Mr. Shuster, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Flake, Mr. Walden, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Schilling, Mr. Southerland, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Jones, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Denham, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Carter, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Latta, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Latham, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Cravaack, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Costa, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Nugent, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Westmoreland, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Cole, Mr. Heck, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Womack, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Costello, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Boren, Mr. Terry, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Matheson, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Berg, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Kline, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Schock, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Posey, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Marino, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Ms. Hochul, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Ms. Buerkle, Mr. Franks of Arizona, and Mr. Owens

September 20, 2012
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic

A BILL
To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States, and for other purposes.

1.Identification of waters protected by the Clean Water Act
(a)In generalThe Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are prohibited from—
(1)finalizing, adopting, implementing, administering, or enforcing the proposed guidance described in the notice of availability and request for comments entitled EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding Identification of Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act (EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0409) (76 Fed. Reg. 24479 (May 2, 2011)); and
(2)using the guidance described in paragraph (1), or any substantially similar guidance, as the basis for any decision regarding the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or any rulemaking.
(b)RulesThe use of the guidance described in subsection (a)(1), or any substantially similar guidance, as the basis for any rule shall be grounds for vacating the rule.

1.Identification of waters protected by the Clean Water Act
(a)In generalThe Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are prohibited from—
(1)finalizing, adopting, implementing, administering, or enforcing the proposed guidance described in the notice of availability and request for comments entitled EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding Identification of Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act (EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0409) (76 Fed. Reg. 24479 (May 2, 2011)); and
(2)using the guidance described in paragraph (1), any successor document, or any substantially similar guidance made publicly available on or after December 3, 2008, as the basis for any decision regarding the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or any rulemaking.
(b)RulesThe use of the guidance described in subsection (a)(1), or any successor document or substantially similar guidance made publicly available on or after December 3, 2008, as the basis for any rule shall be grounds for vacating the rule.

September 20, 2012
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed


113 S1017 IS: To permit flexibility in the application of the budget sequester by Federal agencies.
U.S. Senate
2013-05-22
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		II
		113th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		S. 1017
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			May 22, 2013
			Mr. Udall of Colorado
			 (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced
			 the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on the
			 Budget

		A BILL
		To permit flexibility in the application of the budget
		  sequester by Federal agencies.

		1.DefinitionIn this Act, the term agency
			 means—
			(1)an Executive
			 agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code);
			(2)an office,
			 agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch which is not a part of
			 another office, agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch;
			 and
			(3)an office,
			 agency, or other establishment in the judicial branch which is not a part of
			 another office, agency, or other establishment in the judicial branch.
			2.Flexible
			 sequester implemented by agency heads
			(a)In
			 generalNotwithstanding any
			 other provision of law, the budget sequester for an account in the security and
			 non-security categories required by section 251A of the Balanced Budget and
			 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for fiscal year 2013 shall be implemented
			 within each account as determined by the head of the agency with spending
			 authority over such account.
			(b)Appropriations
			 oversightThe head of an agency may not exercise the authority
			 provided in subsection (a) unless the head has submitted a notice of
			 implementation describing the proposed exercise of authority to the Committees
			 on Appropriations of both Houses not later than 5 days before exercising such
			 authority.


113 HR 1638 IH: Census Reform Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-04-18
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		I
		113th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 1638
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			April 18, 2013
			Mr. Duncan of South
			 Carolina (for himself, Mr.
			 Chaffetz, Mr. Harris,
			 Mr. Jones,
			 Mr. Pearce,
			 Mr. Ribble, and
			 Mr. Southerland) introduced the
			 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
			 Reform, and in addition to the Committees on
			 Agriculture and
			 Appropriations, for a
			 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
			 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
			 committee concerned

		A BILL
		To repeal the authority to conduct certain censuses, and
		  for other purposes.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Census Reform Act of 2013.
		2.Repeal and
			 cancellation of certain census activities under title 13, United States
			 Code
			(a)Repeal of census
			 relating to agricultureChapter 3 of title 13, United States Code,
			 is repealed.
			(b)Repeal of
			 economic censusSubchapter I of chapter 5 of such title is
			 repealed.
			(c)Repeal of
			 mid-Decade censusSection 141
			 of such title is amended—
				(1)by striking
			 subsection (d);
				(2)by striking
			 subsection (e) and inserting the following:

						(e)If in the administration of any program
				established by or under Federal law which provides benefits to State or local
				governments or to other recipients, eligibility for or the amount of such
				benefits would (without regard to this subsection) be determined by taking into
				account data obtained in the most recent decennial census then in the
				determination of such eligibility or amount of benefits the most recent data
				available from either the mid-decade or decennial census shall be
				used.
						;
				and
				(3)in subsection (f),
			 by striking and mid-decade and or (d).
				(d)Repeal of census
			 of governmentsSubchapter III
			 of chapter 5 of title 13, United States Code, is repealed.
			(e)Effect on census
			 activitiesBeginning on the
			 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce and the Bureau of
			 the Census—
				(1)are not authorized to carry out any
			 activities with respect to—
					(A)a census conducted under chapter 3,
			 subchapter I or subchapter III of chapter 5, or section 141(d) of such title,
			 as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act; or
					(B)a survey (including the survey, conducted
			 by the Secretary of Commerce, which is commonly referred to as the
			 American Community Survey), sampling, or other questionnaire
			 conducted under such title;
					(2)shall terminate any activities being
			 carried out with respect to any such census, survey, sampling, or
			 questionnaire; and
				(3)may only conduct
			 the decennial census of population, as authorized under section 141 of title
			 13, United States Code.
				(f)Rescission of
			 unobligated amountsAny unobligated amounts available to carry
			 out the American Community Survey or the following provisions of title 13,
			 United States Code, are rescinded:
				(1)Section 141(d).
				(2)Chapter 3.
				(3)Subchapter I and
			 subchapter III of chapter 5.
				3.Prohibition on
			 surveys or questionnaires; limitations on statistics collected in a decennial
			 census
			(a)In
			 generalSubchapter I of chapter 1 of title 13, United States
			 Code, is amended by inserting after section 5 the following:

					5a.Prohibition on
				surveys or questionnaires; limitation on statistics
						(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of
				law—
							(1)the Secretary may
				not conduct any survey, sampling, or other questionnaire, and may only conduct
				a decennial census of population as authorized under section 141; and
							(2)any form used by the Secretary in such a
				decennial census may only collect information necessary for the tabulation of
				total population by
				States.
							.
			(b)Repeal of
			 survey, questionnaire, or sampling authoritySections 182, 193,
			 and 195 of title 13, United States Code, are repealed.
			(c)Conforming
			 amendmentsSection 141 of
			 such title is amended—
				(1)in subsection (a),
			 by striking The Secretary and inserting Consistent with
			 the limitations set forth in section 5a, the Secretary; and
				(2)in subsection (g),
			 by striking , housing, and matters relating to population and
			 housing.
				4.Repeal of Census
			 of Agriculture Act of 1997
			(a)In
			 generalThe Census of
			 Agriculture Act of 1997 (7 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 105–113) is
			 repealed.
			(b)Effect on
			 2013 censusBeginning on the date of the enactment of
			 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture—
				(1)is not authorized to carry out any
			 activities with respect to the census required to be conducted in 2013 under
			 the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (7 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 105–113),
			 as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act;
			 and
				(2)shall terminate any activities being
			 carried out with respect to such census.
				(c)Rescission of
			 unobligated fundsAny unobligated amounts available to carry out
			 the Census of Agriculture Act (7 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 105–113) are
			 rescinded.


115 HR 998 : Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2017-03-02
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		IIB
		115th CONGRESS1st Session
		H. R. 998
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
		March 2, 2017Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsAN ACT
		To provide for the establishment of a process for the review of rules and sets of rules, and for
			 other purposes.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act or as the SCRUB Act . 2.Table of contents  Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Title I—Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission Sec. 101. In general. Title II—Regulatory Cut-Go Sec. 201. Cut-go procedures. Sec. 202. Applicability. Sec. 203. OIRA certification of cost calculations. Title III—Retrospective Review of New Rules Sec. 301. Plan for future review. Title IV—Judicial Review Sec. 401. Judicial review. Title V—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 501. Definitions. Sec. 502. Effective date. IRetrospective Regulatory Review Commission 101.In general (a)EstablishmentThere is established a commission, to be known as the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission, that shall review rules and sets of rules in accordance with specified criteria to determine if a rule or set of rules should be repealed to eliminate or reduce the costs of regulation to the economy. The Commission shall terminate on the date that is 5 years and 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act or 5 years after the date by which all Commission members’ terms have commenced, whichever is later.
				(b)Membership
 (1)NumberThe Commission shall be composed of 9 members who shall be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Each member shall be appointed not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
 (2)TermThe term of each member shall commence upon the member’s confirmation by the Senate and shall extend to the date that is 5 years and 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act or that is 5 years after the date by which all members have been confirmed by the Senate, whichever is later.
 (3)AppointmentThe members of the Commission shall be appointed as follows: (A)ChairThe President shall appoint as the Chair of the Commission an individual with expertise and experience in rulemaking, such as past Administrators of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, past chairmen of the Administrative Conference of the United States, and other individuals with similar expertise and experience in rulemaking affairs and the administration of regulatory reviews.
 (B)Candidate list of membersThe Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall each present to the President a list of candidates to be members of the Commission. Such candidates shall be individuals learned in rulemaking affairs and, preferably, administration of regulatory reviews. During the two-year period prior to the inclusion of an individual on a list of candidates under this subparagraph, the individual may not have been a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). The President shall appoint 2 members of the Commission from each list provided under this subparagraph, subject to the provisions of subparagraph (C).
 (C)Resubmission of candidateThe President may request from the presenter of the list under subparagraph (B) a new list of one or more candidates if the President—
 (i)determines that any candidate on the list presented pursuant to subparagraph (B) does not meet the qualifications specified in such subparagraph to be a member of the Commission; and
 (ii)certifies that determination to the congressional officials specified in subparagraph (B). (4)Financial disclosure reports of membersEach member of the Commission shall file the financial disclosure reports required under title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) in accordance with the requirements of such title.
					(c)Powers and authorities of the Commission
 (1)MeetingsThe Commission may meet when, where, and as often as the Commission determines appropriate, except that the Commission shall hold public meetings not less than twice each year. All meetings of the Commission shall be open to the public.
 (2)HearingsIn addition to meetings held under paragraph (1), the Commission may hold hearings to consider issues of fact or law relevant to the Commission’s work. Any hearing held by the Commission shall be open to the public.
 (3)Access to InformationThe Commission may secure directly from any agency information and documents necessary to enable the Commission to carry out this Act. Upon request of the Chair of the Commission, the head of that agency shall furnish that information or document to the Commission as soon as possible, but not later than two weeks after the date on which the request was made.
					(4)Subpoenas
 (A)In generalThe Commission may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any evidence relating to the duties of the Commission. The attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence may be required from any place within the United States at any designated place of hearing within the United States.
 (B)Failure to obey a SubpoenaIf a person refuses to obey a subpoena issued under subparagraph (A), the Commission may apply to a United States district court for an order requiring that person to appear before the Commission to give testimony, produce evidence, or both, relating to the matter under investigation. The application may be made within the judicial district where the hearing is conducted or where that person is found, resides, or transacts business. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as civil contempt.
 (C)Service of subpoenasThe subpoenas of the Commission shall be served in the manner provided for subpoenas issued by a United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the United States district courts.
 (D)Service of processAll process of any court to which application is made under subparagraph (B) may be served in the judicial district in which the person required to be served resides or may be found.
						(d)Pay and Travel Expenses
					(1)Pay
 (A)MembersEach member, other than the Chair of the Commission, shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum annual rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission.
 (B)ChairThe Chair shall be paid for each day referred to in subparagraph (A) at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum annual rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
 (2)Travel expensesMembers shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
					(e)Director of Staff
 (1)In generalThe Commission shall appoint a Director. (2)PayThe Director shall be paid at the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
					(f)Staff
 (1)In generalSubject to paragraph (2), the Director, with the approval of the Commission, may appoint, fix the pay of, and terminate additional personnel.
 (2)Limitations on appointmentThe Director may make such appointments without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and any personnel so appointed may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule.
 (3)Agency assistanceFollowing consultation with and upon request of the Chair of the Commission, the head of any agency may detail any of the personnel of that agency to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out the duties of the Commission under this Act.
 (4)GAO and OIRA assistanceThe Comptroller General of the United States and the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall provide assistance, including the detailing of employees, to the Commission in accordance with an agreement entered into with the Commission.
 (5)Assistance from other partiesCongress, the States, municipalities, federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments may provide assistance, including the detailing of employees, to the Commission in accordance with an agreement entered into with the Commission.
					(g)Other Authority
 (1)Experts and consultantsThe Commission may procure by contract, to the extent funds are available, the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code.
 (2)PropertyThe Commission may lease space and acquire personal property to the extent funds are available. (h)Duties of the Commission (1)In generalThe Commission shall conduct a review of the Code of Federal Regulations to identify rules and sets of rules that collectively implement a regulatory program that should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation to the economy. The Commission shall give priority in the review to rules or sets of rules that are major rules or include major rules, have been in effect more than 15 years, impose paperwork burdens or unfunded mandates that could be reduced substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory effectiveness, impose disproportionately high costs on entities that qualify as small entities within the meaning of section 601(6) of title 5, United States Code, or could be strengthened in their effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs. The Commission shall have as a goal of the Commission to achieve a reduction of at least 15 percent in the cumulative costs of Federal regulation with a minimal reduction in the overall effectiveness of such regulation.
 (2)Nature of reviewTo identify which rules and sets of rules should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation to the economy, the Commission shall apply the following criteria:
 (A)Whether the original purpose of the rule or set of rules was achieved, and the rule or set of rules could be repealed without significant recurrence of adverse effects or conduct that the rule or set of rules was intended to prevent or reduce.
 (B)Whether the implementation, compliance, administration, enforcement, imposition of unfunded mandates, or other costs of the rule or set of rules to the economy are not justified by the benefits to society within the United States produced by the expenditure of those costs.
 (C)Whether the rule or set of rules has been rendered unnecessary or obsolete, taking into consideration the length of time since the rule was made and the degree to which technology, economic conditions, market practices, or other relevant factors have changed in the subject area affected by the rule or set of rules.
 (D)Whether the rule or set of rules is ineffective at achieving the purposes of the rule or set of rules.
 (E)Whether the rule or set of rules overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal rules, and to the extent feasible, with State and local governmental rules.
 (F)Whether the rule or set of rules has excessive compliance costs, imposes unfunded mandates, or is otherwise excessively burdensome, as compared to alternatives that—
 (i)specify performance objectives rather than conduct or manners of compliance; (ii)establish economic incentives to encourage desired behavior;
 (iii)provide information upon which choices can be made by the public; (iv)incorporate other innovative alternatives rather than agency actions that specify conduct or manners of compliance; or
 (v)could in other ways substantially lower costs without significantly undermining effectiveness. (G)Whether the rule or set of rules inhibits innovation in or growth of the United States economy, such as by impeding the introduction or use of safer or equally safe technology that is newer or more efficient than technology required by or permissible under the rule or set of rules.
 (H)Whether or not the rule or set of rules harms competition within the United States economy or the international economic competitiveness of enterprises or entities based in the United States.
 (I)Whether or not the rule or set of rules limits or prevents an agency from applying new or emerging technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness of government.
 (J)Whether the rule or set of rules harms wage growth, including wage growth for minimum wage and part-time workers.
 (K)Whether the rule or set of rules is in full compliance with the requirements of section 801(a)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code.
 (L)Whether, and the extent to which, the repeal of the rule or set of rules would impact public health.
 (M)Such other criteria as the Commission devises to identify rules and sets of rules that can be repealed to eliminate or reduce unnecessarily burdensome costs to the United States economy.
 (3)Methodology for reviewThe Commission shall establish a methodology for conducting the review (including an overall review and discrete reviews of portions of the Code of Federal Regulations), identifying rules and sets of rules, and classifying rules under this subsection and publish the terms of the methodology in the Federal Register and on the website of the Commission. The Commission may propose and seek public comment on the methodology before the methodology is established.
					(4)Classification of rules and sets of rules
 (A)In generalAfter completion of any review of rules or sets of rules under paragraph (2), the Commission shall classify each rule or set of rules identified in the review to qualify for recommended repeal as either a rule or set of rules—
 (i)on which immediate action to repeal is recommended; or (ii)that should be eligible for repeal under regulatory cut-go procedures under title II.
 (B)Decisions by majorityEach decision by the Commission to identify a rule or set of rules for classification under this paragraph, and each decision whether to classify the rule or set of rules under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A), shall be made by a simple majority vote of the Commission. No such vote shall take place until after all members of the Commission have been confirmed by the Senate.
						(5)Initiation of review by other persons
 (A)In generalThe Commission may also conduct a review under paragraph (2) of, and, if appropriate, classify under paragraph (4), any rule or set of rules that is submitted for review to the Commission by—
 (i)the President; (ii)a Member of Congress;
 (iii)any officer or employee of a Federal, State, local or tribal government, or regional governmental body; or
 (iv)any member of the public. (B)Form of submissionA submission to the Commission under this paragraph shall—
 (i)identify the specific rule or set of rules submitted for review; (ii)provide a statement of evidence to demonstrate that the rule or set of rules qualifies to be identified for repeal under the criteria listed in paragraph (2); and
 (iii)such other information as the submitter believes may be helpful to the Commission’s review, including a statement of the submitter’s interest in the matter.
 (C)Public availabilityThe Commission shall make each submission received under this paragraph available on the website of the Commission as soon as possible, but not later than 1 week after the date on which the submission was received.
						(i)Notices and reports of the Commission
 (1)Notices Of And Reports On ActivitiesThe Commission shall publish, in the Federal Register and on the website of the Commission— (A)notices in advance of all public meetings, hearings, and classifications under subsection (h) informing the public of the basis, purpose, and procedures for the meeting, hearing, or classification; and
 (B)reports after the conclusion of any public meeting, hearing, or classification under subsection (h) summarizing in detail the basis, purpose, and substance of the meeting, hearing, or classification.
 (2)Annual reports to CongressEach year, beginning on the date that is one year after the date on which all Commission members have been confirmed by the Senate, the Commission shall submit a report simultaneously to each House of Congress detailing the activities of the Commission for the previous year, and listing all rules and sets of rules classified under subsection (h) during that year. For each rule or set of rules so listed, the Commission shall—
 (A)identify the agency that made the rule or set of rules; (B)identify the annual cost of the rule or set of rules to the United States economy and the basis upon which the Commission identified that cost;
 (C)identify whether the rule or set of rules was classified under clause (i) or clause (ii) of subsection (h)(4)(A);
 (D)identify the criteria under subsection (h)(2) that caused the classification of the rule or set of rules and the basis upon which the Commission determined that those criteria were met;
 (E)for each rule or set of rules listed under the criteria set forth in subparagraph (B), (D), (F), (G), (H), or (I) of subsection (h)(2), or other criteria established by the Commission under subparagraph (I) of such subsection under which the Commission evaluated alternatives to the rule or set of rules that could lead to lower regulatory costs, identify alternatives to the rule or set of rules that the Commission recommends the agency consider as replacements for the rule or set of rules and the basis on which the Commission rests the recommendations, and, in identifying such alternatives, emphasize alternatives that will achieve regulatory effectiveness at the lowest cost and with the lowest adverse impacts on jobs;
 (F)for each rule or set of rules listed under the criteria set forth in subsection (h)(2)(E), the other Federal, State, or local governmental rules that the Commission found the rule or set of rules to overlap, duplicate, or conflict with, and the basis for the findings of the Commission; and
 (G)in the case of each set of rules so listed, analyze whether Congress should also consider repeal of the statutory authority implemented by the set of rules.
 (3)Final reportNot later than the date on which the Commission members’ appointments expire, the Commission shall submit a final report simultaneously to each House of Congress summarizing all activities and recommendations of the Commission, including a list of all rules or sets of rules the Commission classified under clause (i) of subsection (h)(4)(A) for immediate action to repeal, a separate list of all rules or sets of rules the Commission classified under clause (ii) of subsection (h)(4)(A) for repeal, and with regard to each rule or set of rules listed on either list, the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (h)(2). This report may be included in the final annual report of the Commission under paragraph (2) and may include the Commission’s recommendation whether the Commission should be reauthorized by Congress.
					(j)Repeal of regulations; Congressional consideration of commission reports
 (1)In generalSubject to paragraph (2)— (A)the head of each agency with authority to repeal a rule or set of rules classified by the Commission under subsection (h)(4)(A)(i) for immediate action to repeal and newly listed as such in an annual or final report of the Commission under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (i) shall repeal the rule or set of rules as recommended by the Commission within 60 days after the enactment of a joint resolution under paragraph (2) for approval of the recommendations of the Commission in the report; and
 (B)the head of each agency with authority to repeal a rule or set of rules classified by the Commission under subsection (h)(4)(A)(ii) for repeal and newly listed as such in an annual or final report of the Commission under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (i) shall repeal the rule or set of rules as recommended by the Commission pursuant to section 201, following the enactment of a joint resolution under paragraph (2) for approval of the recommendations of the Commission in the report.
						(2)Congressional approval
 (A)In generalNo head of an agency described in paragraph (1) shall be required by this Act to carry out a repeal listed by the Commission in a report transmitted to Congress under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (i) until a joint resolution is enacted, in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (B), approving such recommendations of the Commission for repeal.
 (B)Terms of the resolutionFor purposes of paragraph (A), the term joint resolution means only a joint resolution which is introduced after the date on which the Commission transmits to the Congress under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (i) the report containing the recommendations to which the resolution pertains, and—
 (i)which does not have a preamble; (ii)the matter after the resolving clause of which is only as follows: That Congress approves the recommendations for repeal of the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission as submitted by the Commission on ____, the blank space being filled in with the appropriate date; and
 (iii)the title of which is as follows: Approving recommendations for repeal of the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission.. (3)Reissuance of rules (A)No substantially similar rule to be reissuedA rule that is repealed under paragraph (1) or section 201 may not be reissued in substantially the same form, and a new rule that is substantially the same as such a rule may not be issued, unless the reissued or new rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of the joint resolution approving the Commission’s recommendation to repeal the original rule.
 (B)Agency to ensure avoidance of similar defectsAn agency, in making any new rule to implement statutory authority previously implemented by a rule repealed under paragraph (1) or section 201, shall ensure that the new rule does not result in the same adverse effects of the repealed rule that caused the Commission to recommend to Congress the latter’s repeal and will not result in new adverse effects of the kind described in the criteria specified in or under subsection (h).
						(k)Authorization of appropriations
 (1)In generalThere are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Commission to carry out this Act, not to exceed $30,000,000.
 (2)AvailabilityAny sums appropriated under the authorization contained in this section shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the earlier of the date that such sums are expended or the date of the termination of the Commission.
					(l)Website
 (1)In generalThe Commission shall establish a public website that— (A)uses current information technology to make records available on the website;
 (B)provides information in a standard data format; and (C)receives and publishes public comments.
 (2)Publishing of informationAny information required to be made available on the website established pursuant to this Act shall be published in a timely manner and shall be accessible by the public on the website at no cost.
 (3)Record of public meetings and hearingsAll records of public meetings and hearings shall be published on the website as soon as possible, but not later than 1 week after the date on which such public meeting or hearing occurred.
 (4)Public commentsThe Commission shall publish on the website all public comments and submissions. (5)NoticesThe Commission shall publish on the website notices of all public meetings and hearings at least one week before the date on which such public meeting or hearing occurs.
					(m)Applicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
 (1)In generalExcept as otherwise provided in this Act, the Commission shall be subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
 (2)Advisory committee management officerThe Commission shall not be subject to the control of any Advisory Committee Management Officer designated under section 8(b)(1) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
 (3)SubcommitteeAny subcommittee of the Commission shall be treated as the Commission for purposes of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
 (4)CharterThe enactment of the SCRUB Act shall be considered to meet the requirements of the Commission under section 9(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
 (n)DefinitionIn this section, the term unfunded mandate has the meaning given the term Federal mandate in section 421(6) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658(6)). IIRegulatory Cut-Go 201.Cut-go procedures (a)In generalExcept as provided in section 101(j)(2)(A) or section 202, an agency, when the agency makes a new rule, shall repeal rules or sets of rules of that agency classified by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii), such that the annual costs of the new rule to the United States economy is offset by such repeals, in an amount equal to or greater than the cost of the new rule, based on the regulatory cost reductions of repeal identified by the Commission.
 (b)Alternative procedureAn agency may, alternatively, repeal rules or sets of rules of that agency classified by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii) prior to the time specified in subsection (a). If the agency so repeals such a rule or set of rules and thereby reduces the annual, inflation-adjusted cost of the rule or set of rules to the United States economy, the agency may thereafter apply the reduction in regulatory costs, based on the regulatory cost reductions of repeal identified by the Commission, to meet, in whole or in part, the regulatory cost reduction required under subsection (a) of this section to be made at the time the agency promulgates a new rule.
				(c)Achievement of full net cost reductions
 (1)In generalSubject to the provisions of paragraph (2), an agency may offset the costs of a new rule or set of rules by repealing a rule or set of rules listed by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii) that implement the same statutory authority as the new rule or set of rules.
 (2)LimitationWhen using the authority provided in paragraph (1), the agency must achieve a net reduction in costs imposed by the agency’s body of rules (including the new rule or set of rules) that is equal to or greater than the cost of the new rule or set of rules to be promulgated, including, whenever necessary, by repealing additional rules of the agency listed by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii).
 202.ApplicabilityAn agency shall no longer be subject to the requirements of sections 201 and 203 beginning on the date that there is no rule or set of rules of the agency classified by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii) that has not been repealed such that all regulatory cost reductions identified by the Commission to be achievable through repeal have been achieved.
 203.OIRA certification of cost calculationsThe Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget shall review and certify the accuracy of agency determinations of the costs of new rules under section 201. The certification shall be included in the administrative record of the relevant rulemaking by the agency promulgating the rule, and the Administrator shall transmit a copy of the certification to Congress when it transmits the certification to the agency.
			IIIRetrospective Review of New Rules
 301.Plan for future reviewWhen an agency makes a rule, the agency shall include in the final issuance of such rule a plan for the review of such rule by not later than 10 years after the date such rule is made. Such a review, in the case of a major rule, shall be substantially similar to the review by the Commission under section 101(h). In the case of a rule other than a major rule, the agency’s plan for review shall include other procedures and standards to enable the agency to determine whether to repeal or amend the rule to eliminate unnecessary regulatory costs to the economy. Whenever feasible, the agency shall include a proposed plan for review of a proposed rule in its notice of proposed rulemaking and shall receive public comment on the plan.
			IVJudicial Review
			401.Judicial review
 (a)Immediate repealsAgency compliance with section 101(j) of this Act shall be subject to judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code.
 (b)Cut-Go proceduresAgency compliance with title II of this Act shall be subject to judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code.
 (c)Plans for future reviewAgency compliance with section 301 shall be subject to judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code.
				VMiscellaneous Provisions
 501.DefinitionsIn this Act: (1)AgencyThe term agency has the meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
 (2)CommissionThe term Commission means the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission established under section 101. (3)Major ruleThe term major rule means any rule that the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs determines is likely to impose—
 (A)an annual cost on the economy of $100,000,000 or more, adjusted annually for inflation; (B)a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, local, or tribal government agencies, or geographic regions;
 (C)significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets; or
 (D)significant impacts on multiple sectors of the economy. (4)RuleThe term rule has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
 (5)Set of rulesThe term set of rules means a set of rules that collectively implements a regulatory authority of an agency. 502.Effective dateThis Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

	Passed the House of Representatives March 1, 2017.Karen L. Haas,Clerk


114 HRES 798 IH: Affirming the votes of the eight countries including the United States opposing the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly resolution titled, “Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan”.
U.S. House of Representatives
2016-06-24
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		IV
		114th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. RES. 798
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			June 24, 2016
			Mr. Fleming (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Zeldin, and Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

		RESOLUTION
		Affirming the votes of the eight countries including the United States opposing the Sixty-ninth
			 World Health Assembly resolution titled, Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the
			 occupied Syrian Golan.

 Whereas the World Health Assembly is the decisionmaking body of the World Health Organization and sets policies for the Organization;
 Whereas the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly adopted several resolutions, with topics spanning from the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, ending childhood obesity, air pollution, and healthy aging;
 Whereas the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly adopted its only country-specific resolution requesting the Director-General “to report and make practical recommendations on the health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan”, at the next annual World Health Assembly;
 Whereas the resolution uniquely singles out the State of Israel, diverting resources from global health challenges towards a politically motivated agenda;
 Whereas seven nations joined the United States in condemning this resolution, Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Israel, Micronesia (Federated States of), Papua New Guinea, and Paraguay;
 Whereas the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly ignored the public health crisis caused by the violence in Syria, which has seen outbreaks of polio, leishmaniasis, and cholera, and where regime and associated forces have targeted medical facilities and providers, leaving Syrians with fewer places to access care;
 Whereas the State of Israel continues to provide medical care to Palestinians and facilitate workshops for Palestinian health care professionals;
 Whereas the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Unit (COGAT) reported “over 190,000 entrances from the West Bank into Israel for Palestinians receiving medical treatment in Israel and their companions in 2015”;
 Whereas Israel continues to treat Syrians fleeing the Syrian civil war in hospitals that Israel erected on its border with Syria for that purpose;
 Whereas the World Health Organization adopted similar country-specific and biased resolutions targeting Israel at the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly in 2014, and again at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in 2015; and
 Whereas the United States has consistently remained opposed to these resolutions noting that the resolutions are inconsistent “with the shared objective of a Health Assembly focused purely on public health that refrained from singling out countries on a political basis”: Now, therefore, be it

 That the House of Representatives— (1)affirms the votes of the eight countries including the United States opposing the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly resolution titled, “Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan”;
 (2)urges the World Health Assembly to annul the aforementioned resolution; and (3)urges the World Health Organization to abide by their stated goals of leadership on critical health matters and cease engagement on matters of political nature.


109 HRES 490 IH: Urging the United Nations to establish a commission on the prevention of slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation.
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-10-07
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IV
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 490
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 7, 2005
Ms. Millender-McDonald submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION
Urging the United Nations to establish a commission on the prevention of slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation.

Whereas trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable people is a problem that affects virtually every country in the world;
Whereas the globalization of the world economy has increased the movement of people across borders, legally and illegally, especially from poorer to wealthier countries;
Whereas an overwhelming majority of those trafficked and exploited are women and children;
Whereas trafficking in people, especially women and children, for prostitution and forced labor is one of the fastest growing areas of international criminal activity and one that is of increasing concern to the United States Administration, Congress, and the international community;
Whereas the fear of HIV infection among customers has driven traffickers to recruit younger women and girls, some as young as seven, erroneously perceived by customers to be too young to have been infected with HIV;
Whereas according to the most recent Department of State estimates, between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked across borders each year worldwide and combined with trafficking within countries, the total figure is estimated at between 2,000,000 and 4,000,000;
Whereas international organized crime has taken advantage of the freer flow of people, money, goods and services to extend its own international reach;
Whereas there is no single victim stereotype; a majority of trafficked women are under the age of 25 and many are in their mid to late teens;
Whereas like global terrorism, and global catastrophes, human trafficking and exploitation is the responsibility of the global community and should be addressed by the United Nations through the establishment of a commission;
Whereas the international community began meeting in 1999 to draft a Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children in conjunction with the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime;
Whereas the United States, along with Argentina, introduced the draft protocol in January 1999 and negotiations were concluded in 2000 on a revised draft;
Whereas on November 15, 2000, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on Transnational Crime, including the Protocol on Trafficking, and the Convention and Protocols formally signed in Palermo, Italy, in December 2000, were designed to enable countries to work together more closely against criminals engaged in cross-border crimes;
Whereas the United States signed the United Nations Protocol on Trafficking in December 2000, but has not yet ratified it; and
Whereas the increased threat of global terrorism, ongoing wars and natural catastrophes such as tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and the international community’s response to these occurrences has a direct impact on human trafficking, slavery, and exploitation: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that—
(1)the President should direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to urge the United Nations to establish a commission on slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation; and
(2)the commission described in paragraph (1) should work to develop recommendations regarding measures to be implemented in carrying out humanitarian efforts to prevent, and treat the adverse effects of, human trafficking and exploitation in regions of war, terrorism, and natural disaster, and in regions subject to any other circumstance that renders susceptible populations vulnerable to human trafficking and exploitation.


115 HR 2575 IH: Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification Act of 2017
U.S. House of Representatives
2017-05-19
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I115th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2575IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 19, 2017Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pascrell, and Ms. DelBene) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
			 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concernedA BILLTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a system to educate individuals
			 approaching Medicare eligibility, to simplify and modernize the
			 eligibility enrollment process, and for other purposes.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification Act of 2017 or the BENES Act of 2017. 2.Eligibility and enrollment notification (a)Notification RequirementsSection 1804 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–2) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

					(d)Eligibility Information
 (1)Coordination of noticeThe Secretary, in consultation with representatives of each of the groups described in paragraph (2)(A), and in coordination with the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prepare and distribute a notice, in accordance with this subsection, to potentially eligible Medicare individuals.
						(2)Groups for consultation
 (A)In generalFor purposes of paragraph (1), the groups described in this subparagraph include the following: (i)Individuals who are more than 60 years of age.
 (ii)Individuals with disabilities. (iii)Individuals with end stage renal disease.
 (iv)Low-income individuals and families. (v)Employers (including human resources professionals).
 (vi)States (including representatives of State-run Health Insurance Exchanges, Medicaid offices, and Departments of Insurance).
 (vii)State Health Insurance Assistance Programs. (viii)Health insurers.
 (ix)Health insurance agents and brokers. (x)Such other groups as specified by the Secretary.
 (B)Nonapplication of FACAThe Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to consultations made pursuant to paragraph (1) with groups described in subparagraph (A).
 (3)Contents of NoticeThe notice required under paragraph (1) shall contain information on (including a clear, simple explanation of)—
							(A)
 (i)eligibility for benefits under this title, and in particular benefits under part B; (ii)the possibility of a late enrollment penalty for failure to timely enroll (including the availability of equitable relief); and
 (iii)how to access the Webpage described in paragraph (5); and (B)the need for coordination of benefits under part B (including secondary and primary coverage scenarios) imposed under this title, including the effects of enrollment in retiree health coverage; group health coverage; coverage under a group health plan provided by an employer pursuant to title XXII of the Public Health Service Act, section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or title VI of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; coverage under a qualified health plan offered through an Exchange established under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; and other widely available coverage which may be available to potentially eligible Medicare individuals.
 (4)Timing of notice to potential enrolleesBeginning one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, a notice required under paragraph (1) shall be mailed to each potentially eligible Medicare individual no less than two times in accordance with the following:
 (A)The notice shall be provided to such individual on the same schedule and in combination with the individual’s social security statement.
 (B)In the case that the individual does not receive a social security statement, such notice shall be mailed no later than 3 months prior to the date of such individual’s initial enrollment period as provided under section 1837 and shall subsequently be provided to such individual no later than one month prior to such date.
 (5)Creation of a centralized enrollment webpageThe information contained in notices required under this subsection shall be made available through a new Webpage to be maintained by the Secretary. Such Webpage shall include both Social Security and Medicare online tools in a coordinated and organized manner, and shall also contain, or link to, such other eligibility tools, services, notices (including with respect to the availability of equitable relief), and other information as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with groups described in paragraph (2) for the purposes of being available to potentially eligible Medicare individuals.
 (6)Interagency coordinationBeginning not later than 2 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, along with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, shall undertake all necessary action and coordination to identify potentially eligible individuals and in order to provide such individuals with notifications under this subsection in accordance with paragraph (4).
 (7)Notification improvementThe Secretary shall, no less than once every fiscal year, review the content of the notices required under this subsection and the practices of providing such notices to individuals, and shall update and revise such notices and practices as the Secretary deems appropriate.
 (8)Potentially eligible Medicare individual definedFor purposes of this subsection, the term potentially eligible Medicare individual means an individual, with respect to a month, who is expected to satisfy the description in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1836 during such month or during any of the subsequent 11 months..
 (b)Disclosure authoritySection 6103(l) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

					(23)Disclosure of return information to carry out eligibility notification requirements for certain
			 programs
 (A)In generalThe Secretary, upon request from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall disclose to officers, employees, and contractors of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Social Security Administration return information of any taxpayer who is a potentially eligible Medicare individual (as defined in section 1804(d)(8) of the Social Security Act). Such return information shall be limited to—
 (i)taxpayer identity information with respect to such taxpayer, including the age and address or other location of such taxpayer;
 (ii)the filing status of such taxpayer; (iii)such other information as is prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services by regulation as might indicate whether the taxpayer is eligible for coverage under such title; and
 (iv)the taxable year with respect to which the preceding information relates or, if applicable, the fact that such information is not available.
 (B)Restriction on use of disclosed informationReturn information disclosed under subparagraph (A) may be used by officers, employees, and contractors of the Department of Health and Human Services or the Social Security Administration only for the purposes of, and to the extent necessary in, establishing potential eligibility for benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act..
 (c)Computer Matching AgreementNot later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commissioner of Social Security shall enter into a computer matching agreement pursuant to section 552a(o) of title 5 of the United States Code for the purposes of implementing section 1804(d) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a), and section 6103(l)(23) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by subsection (b).
 (d)Report to congressNot later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commissioner of Social Security shall submit to Congress a report on the process taken by the relevant agencies in implementing the notice requirement under subsection (d) of section 1804 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–2), as added by subsection (a) of this section, the status of notices created pursuant to such section, and an evaluation of the effect of such notices on enrollment under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Such report shall be made publicly available.
			3.Beneficiary Medicare part B enrollment periods and effective date of coverage
 (a)Effective datesSection 1838(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395q(a)) is amended— (1)by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:

						(2)
 (A)in the case of an individual who enrolls pursuant to subsection (d) of section 1837 before the month in which he first satisfies paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1836, the first day of such month,
 (B)in the case of an individual not described in subparagraph (A) who first satisfies such paragraph in a month beginning before January 2019 and who enrolls—
 (i)pursuant to such subsection (d) in such month in which he first satisfies such paragraph, the first day of the month following the month in which he so enrolls,
 (ii)pursuant to such subsection (d) in the month following such month in which he first satisfies such paragraph, the first day of the second month following the month in which he so enrolls, or
 (iii)pursuant to such subsection (d) more than one month following such month in which he satisfies such paragraph, the first day of the third month following the month in which he so enrolls,
 (C)in the case of an individual not described in subparagraph (A) who enrolls pursuant to subsection (e) of section 1837 in a month beginning before January 2019, the July 1 following the month in which he so enrolls,
 (D)in the case of an individual not described in subparagraph (A) who first satisfies such paragraph in a month beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and who enrolls pursuant to such subsection (d) in such month in which he first satisfies such paragraph or in any subsequent month, the first day of the month following the month in which he so enrolls, or
 (E)in the case of an individual not described in subparagraph (A) who enrolls pursuant to subsection (e) of section 1837 in a month beginning on or after October 15, 2018, the first day of the month following the month in which he so enrolls.; and
 (2)by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:  (3) (A)in the case of an individual who is deemed to have enrolled on or before the last day of the third month of his initial enrollment period beginning before January 1, 2019, the first day of the month in which he first meets the applicable requirements of section 1836 or July 1, 1973, whichever is later, or
 (B)in the case of an individual who is deemed to have enrolled on or after the first day of the fourth month of his initial enrollment period beginning before January 1, 2019, as prescribed under subparagraphs (B)(i), (B)(ii), (B)(iii), and (C) of paragraph (2) of this subsection..
 (b)General and special enrollment periodsSection 1837(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p(e)) is amended to read as follows:  (e)Enrollment Periods (1)For coverage during years before 2019There shall be a general enrollment period during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31 of each year before 2019.
 (2)For coverage during years beginning with 2019For 2019 and each subsequent year: (A)In generalSubject to subparagraph (B), there shall be a general enrollment period beginning on October 15 of the previous year through December 31 of such previous year.
 (B)Exceptional CircumstancesThe Secretary shall establish special enrollment periods in the case of a potentially eligible Medicare individual (as defined in section 1804(d)(8)) who meets such exceptional conditions as the Secretary may provide..
 (c)Technical correctionSection 1839(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(b)) is amended by striking close of the enrollment period each place it appears and inserting close of the month.