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III117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. RES. 178IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESApril 22, 2021Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed toRESOLUTIONHonoring the life and legacy of award-winning children’s author Beverly Cleary.Whereas Beverly Atlee Cleary was born Beverly Atlee Bunn to Chester Lloyd Bunn and Mable Atlee Bunn on April 12, 1916, in McMinnville, Oregon;Whereas Beverly Cleary grew up on her family's farm near Yamhill, Oregon, and titled her 1988 memoir A Girl From Yamhill;Whereas Beverly Cleary moved north to Portland, Oregon, with her family when she was 6 years old;Whereas Beverly Cleary attended grade school in Portland and graduated from Grant High School in 1934;Whereas Beverly Cleary attended Chaffey College in Ontario, California, and then graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a bachelor’s degree in English in 1938;Whereas, in 1939, Beverly Cleary earned a master's degree in library science from what was then the School of Librarianship at the University of Washington;Whereas, in 1940, Beverly Cleary eloped with Clarence Cleary, whom Beverly Cleary met while studying at the University of California, Berkeley;Whereas Beverly Cleary worked as a children’s librarian in Yakima, Washington, and later at an Army hospital in Oakland, California;Whereas, in 1950, William Morrow published the first book by Beverly Cleary, Henry Huggins, which is about the adventures of a young boy who lived on Klickitat Street in Northeast Portland, Oregon, and was the first book in the Henry Huggins series;Whereas, in 1955, William Morrow published the first book in the Ramona series, Beezus and Ramona, which is about 9-year-old Beatrice Beezus Quimby and her 4-year-old sister, who, like Henry Huggins, also lived on Klickitat Street in Northeast Portland, Oregon;Whereas Beverly Cleary’s books earned praise for engaging young readers and capturing the world as children saw and understood it;Whereas Beverly Cleary wrote more than 40 children’s books, which sold more than 85,000,000 copies by enchanting readers of all ages with the adventures of Ramona, Henry, and many other memorable characters;Whereas Beverly Cleary’s books continue to resonate with audiences across the United States, sparking the imagination of countless children and instilling a lifelong love of reading;Whereas Beverly Cleary won numerous awards and accolades throughout her career, including—(1)the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1975 for substantial contributions to children’s literature;(2)a Newbery Honor in 1978 for Ramona and Her Father;(3)a National Book Award in 1981 for Ramona and Her Mother;(4)a Newbery Honor in 1982 for Ramona Quimby, Age 8;(5)a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw;(6)the Library of Congress Living Legend award in 2000 for her creative contributions to American life; and(7)the National Medal of Arts in 2003, the highest award given to artists by the United States Government; andWhereas Beverly Cleary died on March 25, 2021, at the age of 104, leaving a behind a legacy of relatable characters and skillful storytelling: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate—(1)honors the life and legacy of award-winning children’s author Beverly Cleary, including—(A)the lifelong commitment of Beverly Cleary to brightening the lives of children; and(B)the outstanding contributions of Beverly Cleary to children’s literature;(2)expresses its profound regret at the announcement of the passing of beloved author Beverly Cleary;(3)extends its sympathy to the family of Beverly Cleary;(4)recognizes Beverly Cleary as one of the most significant and successful authors of the 20th century; and(5)directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of Beverly Cleary.


		I
		112th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 711
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			February 15, 2011
			Ms. Hirono (for
			 herself, Mr. Andrews, and
			 Ms. Matsui) introduced the following
			 bill; which was referred to the Committee
			 on Education and the Workforce

		A BILL
		To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide
		  for the establishment of Youth Corps programs and provide for wider
		  dissemination of the Youth Corps model.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Youth Corps Act of
			 2011.
		2.FindingsCongress finds the following:
			(1)Nationally, there are an estimated
			 3,500,000 to 5,000,000 youth, ages 16 through 24, out-of-school and
			 out-of-work, with an additional 500,000 young people dropping out of school
			 each year. At present, the unemployment rate for youth ages 16 through 24 is
			 approximately 25 percent. For such youth who are in low-income or minority
			 communities, or are youth with disabilities, this rate is even higher.
			(2)Youth Service and Conservation Corps,
			 descended from the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s, have been
			 preparing disadvantaged and disconnected youth for careers in resource
			 conservation, environmental restoration, land management, building renovation
			 and weatherization, education, human services, health care, homeland security,
			 and disaster relief for nearly 3 decades. To date, more than 600,000 young
			 people have found a new start through a Youth Service and Conservation
			 Corps.
			(3)Today, over 140
			 Youth Service and Conservation Corps are working in 44 States and the District
			 of Columbia, and employing a research-driven strategy, called the Youth Corps
			 model, to reengage and provide educational and economic opportunity to nearly
			 30,000 young people each year.
			(4)Due to the many
			 benefits and positive outcomes, not only for program participants but also for
			 the communities in which they serve, the Youth Corps model is a proven strategy
			 for re-engaging disconnected youth, while improving communities and the
			 environment and building the workforce of tomorrow.
			3.Youth Corps
			 programs
			(a)In
			 GeneralSubtitle D of title I
			 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting before section
			 174 (29 U.S.C. 2919) the following new section:

					173B.Youth Corps
				programs
						(a)PurposeThe
				purpose of this section is to utilize service, environmental stewardship, and
				the Youth Corps model to educate and train the next generation of workers to
				enable them to find meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century,
				and instill in them a sense of civic engagement and environmental
				stewardship.
						(b)DefinitionsIn
				this section:
							(1)Eligible
				entityThe term eligible entity means a public or
				private nonprofit agency or organization (including a consortium of such
				agencies or organizations), including—
								(A)a community-based
				organization;
								(B)a faith-based
				organization;
								(C)a community action
				agency;
								(D)a community
				development corporation;
								(E)an entity carrying
				out activities under this title, such as a local board;
								(F)an Indian tribe or
				other agency primarily serving Indians;
								(G)a public or
				private institution of higher education;
								(H)a State or unit of
				general local government; or
								(I)a State or local
				youth service or conservation corps.
								(2)Eligible
				youthNotwithstanding section 101, the term eligible
				youth means an individual eligible to participate in a Youth Corps
				program in accordance with subsection (d).
							(3)Indian; indian
				tribeThe terms Indian and Indian tribe
				have the meanings given the terms in section 166(b).
							(4)ParticipantThe
				term participant has the meaning given the term in section 101,
				but includes a recipient of services under paragraph (5)(F).
							(5)Youth Corps
				modelThe term Youth Corps model means a model for a
				youth education and training program for which an eligible entity—
								(A)provides eligible
				youth with stipended or paid work experience, and basic and technical skills
				training leading, at a minimum, to an outcome consisting of—
									(i)enrollment in
				postsecondary education or training;
									(ii)attainment of an
				industry-recognized certification or credential;
									(iii)meaningful
				employment in the economy of the 21st century; or
									(iv)military
				service;
									(B)provides eligible
				youth with opportunities for educational advancement, including the attainment
				of a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, or other
				State-recognized credential;
								(C)engages eligible
				youth to work, in teams or crews under the leadership of adult mentors and
				trainers, on service and conservation projects designed to improve the
				communities in which the youth live and the environment;
								(D)works with youth-
				and family-serving systems, such as child welfare and justice systems, to
				provide and coordinate supportive services for education and training program
				participants;
								(E)works with program
				partners in the local workforce investment system, institutions of higher
				education, or other community-based organizations to develop pathways to
				subsequent enrollment in education or training, attainment of an
				industry-recognized certification or credential, meaningful employment, or
				service as described in subparagraph (A); and
								(F)provides 12 months
				of followup services and tracking for the program graduates.
								(c)Youth Corps
				grants
							(1)Amounts of
				grantsThe Secretary is authorized to make grants to eligible
				entities for the purpose of carrying out Youth Corps programs approved under
				this section.
							(2)Term of
				grantsThe Secretary is authorized to make the grants for terms
				of up to 3 years in length, and is authorized to renew the grants.
							(3)Eligible
				activitiesAn entity that receives a grant under this
				subsection—
								(A)shall use the
				funds made available through the grant to carry out a Youth Corps program that
				utilizes the Youth Corps model to provide to the participants, prior to
				graduation from the program—
									(i)education, which
				may include—
										(I)basic instruction
				and remedial education;
										(II)language
				instruction for individuals with limited English proficiency;
										(III)secondary
				education services and activities, including dropout prevention, tutoring, and
				other activities, that—
											(aa)are
				designed to lead to the attainment of a secondary school diploma or its
				recognized equivalent, or other State-recognized credential (including a
				credential for meeting recognized alternative standards for individuals with
				disabilities); and
											(bb)are
				delivered in conjunction with project-based service-learning to the maximum
				degree practicable; and
											(IV)preparation for
				and access to postsecondary education opportunities, including counseling and
				assistance with applying for student financial aid;
										(ii)work readiness
				training, which may include—
										(I)development of
				basic skills, such as—
											(aa)arriving on time
				to work;
											(bb)being prepared to
				work;
											(cc)following
				directions;
											(dd)working
				independently;
											(ee)working with
				others;
											(ff)working safely;
				and
											(gg)demonstrating a
				commitment to produce high-quality work;
											(II)development of
				job-specific occupational skills and on-the-job training;
										(III)stipended or
				paid work experience that provides participants with insights into the
				professional work environment;
										(IV)activities
				designed to lead to—
											(aa)the
				attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential; or
											(bb)meaningful
				employment in the economy of the 21st century;
											(V)career counseling
				and job search assistance; and
										(VI)provision of a
				job developer to cultivate relationships with local employers to hire program
				graduates;
										(iii)supportive
				services, which may include—
										(I)needs-related
				payments;
										(II)health care,
				including mental health care such as drug and alcohol abuse counseling;
										(III)child care;
				and
										(IV)transportation;
										(iv)provision of
				wages, stipends, or benefits;
									(v)development and
				monitoring of individual education and career plans;
									(vi)service and
				conservation projects, designed to develop civic engagement and environmental
				stewardship;
									(vii)supervision and
				training on those projects; and
									(viii)adult
				mentoring;
									(B)shall use the
				funds made available through the grant, in carrying out the Youth Corps
				program, to provide followup services and tracking for program graduates;
				and
								(C)may use the funds
				made available through the grant for—
									(i)ongoing training
				and technical assistance that is related to the development, implementation,
				and sustainability of the program; and
									(ii)payment of
				administrative expenses.
									(4)Application
								(A)In
				generalIn order to be qualified to receive a grant for a program
				under this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an application at such
				time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
				require.
								(B)Minimum
				requirementsThe Secretary shall require that the application
				contain, at a minimum—
									(i)a
				request for the grant, specifying the amount of the grant requested and the
				proposed uses for the grant funds;
									(ii)a
				description of the applicant and a statement of its qualifications, including a
				description of the applicant's—
										(I)past experience
				with youth education and training programs; and
										(II)relationships
				with local boards, one-stop operators and one-stop partners, local labor
				organizations, entities carrying out registered apprenticeship and
				pre-apprenticeship programs, employers, institutions of higher education, and
				other community-based organizations who are proposed as members of the program
				partnership;
										(iii)a description of
				the educational and work readiness training activities (including paid work
				opportunities), secondary education, preparation for and access to
				postsecondary education and training opportunities, and other services that
				will be provided to participants, and how those activities, opportunities, and
				services will prepare eligible youth for an outcome described in subsection
				(b)(5)(A), and instill in them a sense of civic engagement and environmental
				stewardship;
									(iv)a
				description of the proposed service and conservation projects to be undertaken
				under the grant, how the project activities will improve the affected community
				or environment, and the anticipated schedule for carrying out such
				activities;
									(v)a
				description of the manner in which eligible youth will be recruited and
				selected as participants, including a description of any coordination with
				local boards, one-stop operators and one-stop partners, community-based
				organizations, faith-based organizations, State educational agencies (as
				defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
				(20 U.S.C. 7801)) or local educational agencies (including agencies of Indian
				tribes), public assistance agencies, local courts, probation and parole
				offices, the justice system, agencies serving homeless youth, foster care
				agencies, the Armed Forces, and other appropriate public and private
				agencies;
									(vi)a
				description of how the proposed program will be coordinated with other Federal,
				State, and local activities and activities conducted by Indian tribes, such as
				local workforce investment activities, career and technical education programs,
				programs of adult education and literary activities, activities conducted by
				public schools, activities conducted by community colleges, national and
				community service programs, and other non-school-based education or training
				provided with funds available under this title;
									(vii)a description of
				results to be achieved with respect to performance indicators described in
				subsection (e);
									(viii)a detailed
				budget and a description of the system of fiscal controls, and auditing and
				accountability procedures, that will be used to ensure fiscal soundness for the
				proposed program; and
									(ix)a
				description of the commitments of any additional resources (in addition to the
				grant funds) by the applicant or any program partners.
									(5)Selection
				criteriaFor an applicant to be eligible to receive a grant under
				this subsection, the applicant and the applicant's proposed program shall meet
				such selection criteria as the Secretary shall establish under this section,
				which shall include criteria relating to—
								(A)the qualifications
				or potential capabilities of an applicant;
								(B)an applicant's
				potential for developing and implementing a successful education and training
				program utilizing the Youth Corps model;
								(C)the need for an
				applicant's proposed program, as determined by the degree of economic distress
				of the community from which participants would be recruited (measured by
				indicators such as poverty, youth unemployment, and the number of individuals
				who have dropped out of secondary school);
								(D)the need for the
				applicant’s proposed service and conservation projects by the affected
				community or environmental area;
								(E)the ability of an
				applicant to provide the education, training, and other services described in
				paragraph (3) that are necessary to prepare participants for an outcome
				described in subsection (b)(5)(A);
								(F)the extent of an
				applicant's ability to coordinate and partner with local boards, one-stop
				operators and one-stop partners, local labor organizations, entities carrying
				out registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs, employers,
				institutions of higher education, and other community-based organizations who
				are proposed as members of the program partnership to provide participants with
				an outcome described in subsection (b)(5)(A);
								(G)the extent of the
				applicant's coordination of activities with entities carrying out public
				education, criminal justice, housing and community development, national and
				community service, postsecondary education, or other systems that relate to the
				goals of the proposed program;
								(H)the extent of the
				commitment of additional resources (in addition to the grant funds) to the
				proposed program by the applicant or any program partners; and
								(I)such other factors
				as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for purposes of carrying out the
				proposed program in an effective and efficient manner.
								(d)Additional
				program requirements
							(1)Eligible
				individuals
								(A)In
				generalNotwithstanding section 101, for purposes of this section
				an individual shall be eligible to participate in a Youth Corps program only if
				such individual is—
									(i)(I)not less than age 16 and
				not more than age 24, on the date of enrollment; and
										(II)(aa)a low-income
				individual, a youth in foster care (including youth aging out of foster care),
				a formerly incarcerated or court-involved youth, a child of an incarcerated
				parent, a youth who is an individual with a disability, or a migrant youth;
				or
											(bb)a school dropout; or
											(ii)eligible to
				participate under subparagraph (B).
									(B)Exception for
				individuals not meeting income or educational need
				requirementsNot more than 25 percent of the individuals selected
				to be participants in such program may be individuals who do not meet the
				requirements of subclause (II) of subparagraph (A)(i).
								(C)ParticipantsFor
				purposes of Federal law, participants in a Youth Corps program under this
				section shall be considered participants of the program rather than employees
				of the program.
								(2)Participation
				limitationAn eligible individual selected for participation in a
				Youth Corps program under this section shall be offered full-time participation
				in the program for a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 24
				months.
							(e)Performance
				indicatorsRecipients of grants for programs under subsection (c)
				shall report annually to the Secretary concerning the following performance
				indicators:
							(1)Program enrollment
				rates.
							(2)Program attendance
				rates.
							(3)Attainment of a
				diploma, equivalent, or credential described in subsection
				(c)(3)(A)(i)(III).
							(4)Rates of program
				completion, including early release for meaningful employment in the economy of
				the 21st century.
							(5)Rates of outcomes
				described in subsection (b)(5)(A) for program graduates.
							(6)Wages of program
				graduates.
							(7)Post-program
				employment retention rates.
							(8)Such other
				performance indicators as may be reasonably required by the Secretary.
							(f)Management and
				technical assistance
							(1)Secretary
				assistanceThe Secretary may enter into contracts or cooperative
				agreements with or make grants to 1 or more entities to provide assistance to
				the Secretary in the management, supervision, and coordination of the program
				carried out under this section.
							(2)Technical
				assistance
								(A)Contracts,
				cooperative agreements, and grantsThe Secretary shall enter into
				contracts or cooperative agreements with or make grants to 1 or more qualified
				national nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated record of experience with
				and achievement in developing and implementing the Youth Corps model, in order
				to provide training, information, and technical assistance to recipients of
				grants under subsection (c).
								(B)Reservation of
				fundsOf the amounts available under section 174(d) to carry out
				this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent to carry
				out subparagraph (A).
								(3)Evaluation
								(A)Contracts,
				cooperative agreements, and grantsThe Secretary shall enter into
				contracts or cooperative agreements with or make grants to 1 or more qualified
				national nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated record of experience with
				and achievement in developing and implementing the Youth Corps model, for the
				purpose of conducting data collection and evaluation.
								(B)Reservation of
				fundsOf the amounts available under section 174(d) to carry out
				this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 1 percent to carry
				out subparagraph (A).
								(4)Capacity
				building grantsFor each fiscal year, the Secretary may use not
				more than 3 percent of the amounts available under section 174(d) to award
				grants to 1 or more qualified national nonprofit organizations to pay for the
				Federal share of the cost of providing capacity building activities for
				recipients of grants under subsection
				(c).
							.
			(b)Table of
			 contentsThe table of contents in section 1(b) of the Workforce
			 Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting after the item relating to
			 section 173A the following:

						Sec. 173B. Youth Corps
				programs.

					.
			4.Authorization of
			 appropriationsSection 174 of
			 the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2919) is amended by adding at
			 the end the following:

				(d)Authorization of
				appropriationsThere is
				authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 173B such sums as may be
				necessary for each of fiscal years 2012 through
				2017.
				.


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		I
		113th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 1367
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			March 21, 2013
			Mr. Lynch (for
			 himself, Mr. Cummings,
			 Mr. Moran, and
			 Ms. Norton) introduced the following
			 bill; which was referred to the Committee
			 on Oversight and Government Reform

		A BILL
		To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to
		  ensure program integrity, transparency, and cost savings in the pricing and
		  contracting of prescription drug benefits under the Federal Employees Health
		  Benefits Program.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity,
			 Transparency, and Cost Savings Act.
		2.Improved program
			 integrity, transparency, and cost savings for prescription drug benefits in the
			 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
			(a)Change in
			 contracting requirementsSection 8902 of title 5, United States
			 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

					(p)A contract may not be made or a plan
				approved under this chapter, with respect to a carrier that is a party to a PBM
				carrier arrangement, unless the PBM and such carrier comply with the
				requirements of section 8915. The Office shall terminate such contract or
				discontinue such plan for failure to comply with such
				requirements.
					.
			(b)Requirements for
			 PBMs and related requirements for carriersChapter 89 of title 5, United States Code,
			 is amended by adding at the end the following:

					8915.Requirements
				for PBM arrangements
						(a)Limitations on
				Cross-Ownership
							(1)In
				generalUnder a PBM carrier
				arrangement a PBM may not be under common corporate control with—
								(A)a prescription
				drug manufacturer; or
								(B)a retail
				pharmacy.
								(2)Profit
				restriction on corporately affiliated carriers and PBMsWith respect to a PBM carrier arrangement
				related to a contract under this chapter, the Office may not permit a carrier
				under common corporate control with a PBM to earn a profit resulting from such
				control.
							(3)CertificationEach carrier shall certify annually to the
				Office of Personnel Management that any PBM with which it has a PBM carrier
				arrangement meets the requirements of this subsection.
							(4)DefinitionsFor
				purposes of this subsection—
								(A)Common corporate
				controlThe term common corporate control means that
				2 entities are part of a controlled group of corporations (as such term is
				defined in section 1563 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
								(B)Retail
				pharmacyThe term
				retail pharmacy excludes any mail order pharmacy.
								(b)Restrictions on
				brand name prescription drug substitutions
							(1)In
				generalUnder a PBM carrier arrangement, and with respect to a
				prescription drug prescribed to an enrollee covered under such arrangement, a
				PBM may not request payment from a carrier for a brand name prescription drug
				that was dispensed to the enrollee, at the request of the PBM, in substitution
				for the drug that was originally prescribed to such enrollee, unless each of
				the following requirements is met:
								(A)Lower net
				costThe substitute drug has a lower net cost than the drug
				originally prescribed to such enrollee.
								(B)Authorization by
				prescriberThe prescriber of the originally prescribed drug
				submits an express, verifiable authorization of the substitution to the
				pharmacist and such authorization includes a determination by the prescriber
				that the drug substitution will not endanger the health of the enrollee for
				whom the drug is prescribed.
								(C)Additional
				requirementsEach of the requirements described in
				paragraph (2) are met.
								(2)Additional
				requirementsThe requirements
				described in this paragraph are, with respect to a brand name prescription drug
				that was dispensed to an enrollee, at the request of the PBM, in substitution
				for the drug that was originally prescribed to such enrollee, the
				following:
								(A)To the extent
				appropriate, the PBM consults the enrollee concerning such drug
				substitution.
								(B)The PBM discloses
				to the prescriber of the originally prescribed drug, the carrier, and the
				enrollee for whom such drug was prescribed—
									(i)the reason why the
				PBM proposed a drug substitution for such drug; and
									(ii)the financial
				impact of the drug substitution on the PBM, the carrier, and the
				enrollee.
									(C)In the case of a
				mail order pharmacy, the PBM ensures that, at the time the drug is dispensed,
				the enrollee receives a written notice that such drug substitution occurred and
				that such substitution occurred with the approval of the prescriber.
								(3)DefinitionsFor
				purposes of this subsection—
								(A)Brand name
				prescription drugThe term
				brand name prescription drug means a drug approved pursuant to an
				application submitted under section 505(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
				Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(b)).
								(B)Net
				costThe term net cost means, with respect to a
				drug, a carrier, and an enrollee, the sum of—
									(i)the final cost of
				the drug to the carrier after all adjustments (including discounts, rebates,
				associated dispensing fees and administrative fees, and enrollee cost sharing);
				and
									(ii)the final cost of the drug to the enrollee
				(including cost-sharing).
									(C)PrescriberThe
				term prescriber means an individual who is authorized under State
				and Federal law to prescribe drugs and who prescribes a drug to an enrollee of
				a health benefits plan under this chapter.
								(c)Reimbursement of
				carriersUnder a PBM carrier
				arrangement, not later than the last day of each quarter of the contract
				year—
							(1)the PBM shall pay
				to a carrier an amount that is at least 99 percent of the sum of—
								(A)all compensation that the PBM received
				during the previous quarter from a prescription drug manufacturer under a PBM
				manufacturer contract (to the extent such arrangement relates to the PBM
				carrier arrangement) including compensation (but excluding rebates) that the
				Office of Personnel Management categorizes (regardless of how such compensation
				is categorized by the PBM) as—
									(i)market share
				incentives;
									(ii)prescription drug
				substitution programs;
									(iii)educational
				support;
									(iv)commissions;
									(v)mail service
				purchase discounts;
									(vi)administrative or
				management fees; or
									(vii)any other form
				of compensation;
									(B)all compensation received by the PBM during
				the previous quarter for sales of utilization or claims data that the PBM
				possesses as a result of the PBM carrier arrangement; and
								(C)all rebates paid to the PBM during the
				previous quarter by a prescription drug manufacturer to the extent that such
				rebates are based on prescription drugs dispensed under the PBM carrier
				arrangement; and
								(2)the PBM shall disclose to the carrier and
				the Office, in a form and manner specified by the Office—
								(A)the compensation
				described in
				paragraph (1)(A), by the amount of
				compensation for each category under such paragraph;
								(B)the compensation
				described in
				paragraph (1)(B); and
								(C)the rebates
				described in
				paragraph (1)(C), on a drug-by-drug
				basis.
								(d)Sale of
				utilization and claims dataUnder a PBM carrier arrangement, if the PBM
				intends to sell utilization or claims data that the PBM possesses as a result
				of such arrangement—
							(1)the PBM shall notify the Office of
				Personnel Management before selling such data and shall provide the Office with
				the name of the potential purchaser of such data and the expected use of such
				data by such purchaser; and
							(2)the PBM may not
				sell such data unless the sale complies with all Federal and State laws and the
				PBM has received approval for such sale from the Office.
							(e)Pricing
							(1)Spread
				pricing
								(A)Limitation on
				charges to a carrierA PBM under a PBM carrier arrangement shall
				not charge a carrier an amount for a prescription drug that is covered under
				such arrangement (and is dispensed by a pharmacy) that is more than the amount
				(including the ingredient cost and the dispensing fee) that the PBM reimburses
				the pharmacy for the drug.
								(B)Disclosures
									(i)Initial
				disclosureBefore entering into a PBM carrier arrangement, the
				PBM shall disclose to the carrier and the Office of Personnel Management the
				reimbursement basis (including the type of benchmark price and the source of
				the data for determining such price) and methodology that the PBM uses to
				compute reimbursement amounts for retail and mail order pharmacies.
									(ii)UpdatesNot later than 30 days after making a
				change to the reimbursement basis or methodology under
				clause (i), the PBM shall
				disclose such change to the carrier and the Office.
									(iii)Transition
				ruleIn the case of a PBM
				carrier arrangement that is in effect on the effective date of the FEHBP
				Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act, the PBM shall
				disclose the information under
				clause (i) not later than 1 year
				after such date.
									(2)Maximum for mail
				order prescription drugs prices and dispensing fees
								(A)In
				generalIf a prescription drug is supplied by a mail order
				pharmacy to an enrollee, under a PBM carrier arrangement, a PBM may not charge
				a carrier an amount for the ingredient cost for such prescription drug that is
				greater than an amount that is equal to the actual acquisition cost for the
				drug minus any cost sharing for such drug that is the responsibility of the
				enrollee.
								(B)Dispensing
				feeUnder a PBM carrier
				arrangement, a PBM may not charge a carrier an amount for a dispensing fee
				related to a prescription drug dispensed by a mail order pharmacy to an
				enrollee that is greater than the amount that the PBM charges health plans for
				similar services that are not covered under a PBM carrier arrangement.
								(C)TransparencyUnder
				a PBM carrier arrangement, a PBM shall provide the carrier and the Office of
				Personnel Management, at the request of such carrier or Office, information on
				the method used to determine the amount of—
									(i)the ingredient
				cost under
				subparagraph (A);  and
									(ii)the dispensing
				fee under
				subparagraph (B).
									(D)Actual
				acquisition cost definedFor purposes of this paragraph, the term
				actual acquisition cost means the amount a pharmacy pays for a
				prescription drug, net of discounts, rebates, charge backs, and other
				adjustments to the price of the drug.
								(f)Right to
				explanation of benefitsUnder a PBM carrier arrangement, not
				later than 90 days after the date on which a pharmacy dispenses a prescription
				drug covered under the arrangement, the PBM shall provide (by mail or
				electronically) to the enrollee to whom such drug was dispensed an explanation
				of benefits statement that contains the following information:
							(1)The date the claim
				for such drug was made by the pharmacy.
							(2)The name of such
				drug and the strength and quantity dispensed to the enrollee.
							(3)The amount paid by
				the enrollee for such drug.
							(4)The total amount paid to the pharmacy by
				the PBM for such drug. Such amount shall include all amounts paid to the
				pharmacy with respect to dispensing such drug, including fees.
							(5)The amount paid by
				the carrier to the PBM for such drug.
							(g)Nondiscriminatory
				contract
							(1)In
				generalUnder a PBM carrier arrangement, a PBM may not require
				that a pharmacy participate in a pharmacy network managed by such PBM as a
				condition of the pharmacy participating in another network managed by such
				PBM.
							(2)Pharmacy network
				definedFor purposes of this subsection, the term pharmacy
				network means a group of pharmacies that have agreed, through a contract
				with a PBM or carrier, to provide prescription medications to enrollees at
				rates and with discounts that are specified in such contract.
							(h)Access to PBM
				contract information
							(1)In
				generalUnder a PBM carrier arrangement, at the request of the
				Office of Personnel Management, a PBM shall provide to the Office and to the
				Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management full access to
				information relating to contracts entered into by such PBM under such
				arrangement (such as PBM manufacturer contracts and PBM contracts with
				pharmacies). Such information shall include—
								(A)companywide rebate
				receipt aging reports that cover all of the PBM’s lines of business;
								(B)information and
				methodology used to calculate and allocate rebates between the PBM’s lines of
				business;
								(C)information on
				average wholesale prices, wholesale acquisition costs, and maximum allowable
				costs;
								(D)information on
				dispensing fees paid; and
								(E)information and
				methodologies used to calculate additional administrative and service fees
				charged to the carrier.
								(2)ConfidentialityInformation provided by a PBM under this
				subsection is confidential and shall not be disclosed by the Office, except
				that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent—
								(A)a disclosure
				required under the Inspector General Act of 1978; or
								(B)any disclosure
				which the Office, in its sole discretion, considers necessary in order to carry
				out this section, if such disclosure is made in a form which does not disclose
				the identity of a specific PBM or carrier or the price charged for a particular
				prescription drug.
								(3)Exemption from
				FOIAAny information obtained under this subsection shall be
				exempt from disclosure under section 552.
							(4)DefinitionsFor
				purposes of this subsection—
								(A)Generic
				drugThe term generic
				drug means a drug approved pursuant to an abbreviated application
				submitted under section 505(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
				U.S.C. 355(j)).
								(B)Maximum
				allowable costThe term maximum allowable cost means
				a cost that is set by a PBM as the upper payment limit on the ingredient costs
				for a generic drug.
								(C)Wholesale
				acquisition costThe term wholesale acquisition cost
				means a publicly available list price for sales of a drug by a manufacturer to
				a wholesaler.
								(i)Treatment of
				non-Compliance
							(1)In
				generalUnder a PBM carrier arrangement, a PBM that knowingly
				provides false information to a carrier related to a claim made to such carrier
				by the PBM under such arrangement shall be treated, for purposes of chapter 37
				of title 31, in the same manner as a person that makes a false claim to the
				United States Government under section 3729 of such chapter.
							(2)Use of
				collectionsAny monetary penalty collected under
				paragraph (1) shall be deposited into
				the Employees Health Benefits Fund under section 8909.
							(3)Additional
				penaltiesAny penalties resulting from the application of
				paragraph (1) shall be in addition to
				any other penalties available to the Office of Personnel Management under law
				or regulation.
							(j)No application
				to community-Rated carriersThe provisions of this section and section
				8902(p) of this title—
							(1)shall apply to
				experience-rated carriers; and
							(2)shall not apply to
				carriers that use rates based on a per member per month capitation
				amount.
							(k)Limitation of
				application to prescription drugsThe provisions of this section and section
				8902(p) of this title shall not be construed to apply to drugs that are not
				prescription drugs.
						(l)General
				definitionsFor purposes of this section and section 8902(p) of
				this title:
							(1)Dispensing
				feeThe term dispensing fee means a fee paid to a
				pharmacy for the service of filling or dispensing prescriptions and excludes
				any payment for the cost of the drug dispensed.
							(2)Drug
				substitutionThe term drug substitution means any
				change from one prescription drug to another prescription drug that is intended
				to address or treat the same illness or condition.
							(3)PBM carrier
				arrangementThe term PBM carrier arrangement means a
				contract between a PBM and a carrier for the provision or administration of a
				program of prescription drug coverage under a health benefits plan under this
				chapter. Such a contract may provide, among other duties, for the PBM
				to—
								(A)process and pay
				prescription drug claims;
								(B)provide programs
				and services designed to—
									(i)maximize the
				effectiveness of prescription drugs dispensed under such plan; or
									(ii)contain
				prescription drug expenditures under such plan; and
									(C)engage in other
				activities related to the administration of such prescription drug
				coverage.
								(4)PBM manufacturer
				contractThe term PBM manufacturer contract means a
				contract between a PBM and a prescription drug manufacturer for the provision
				of prescription drugs to enrollees of health benefits plans with prescription
				drug coverage that is administered or provided by the PBM.
							(5)Pharmacy benefit
				manager; PBMThe terms pharmacy benefit manager and
				PBM mean an entity that contracts with a carrier to provide or
				administer prescription drug coverage under a health benefits plan under this
				chapter.
							.
			(c)Clerical
			 amendmentThe table of sections for chapter 89 of title 5, United
			 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

						8915. Requirements for PBM
				arrangements.

					.
			(d)Effective Date;
			 waiver; regulations
				(1)Effective
			 dateThe amendments made by this section shall apply to contract
			 years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.
				(2)WaiverThe Office of Personnel Management may
			 waive the application of 1 or more of the requirements of section 8915 of title
			 5, United States Code, but only for contract year 2014.
				(3)Expediting
			 implementation of regulationsNot later than 6 months after the date of
			 the enactment of this Act, the Office of Personnel Management shall issue
			 interim final regulations to carry out this section which may be effective and
			 final immediately on an interim basis as of the date of publication of such
			 regulations. If the Office provides for an interim final regulation, the Office
			 shall provide for a period of public comment on such regulation after the date
			 of publication. The Office may change or revise such regulation after
			 completion of the period of public comment.


115 S864 IS: Balkan Economic Partnership Act
U.S. Senate
2017-04-06
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II115th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 864IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESApril 6 (legislative day, April 4), 2017Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsA BILLTo promote development goals and the strengthening of the private sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Balkan Economic Partnership Act.
		2.Purpose and
			 findings
 (a)PurposeThe purpose of this Act is to support economic opportunity and political progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina through the creation of an enterprise fund that will provide financial investment and technical assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises.
 (b)FindingsCongress makes the following findings: (1)The United States has a strong interest in ensuring the gains in stability and reconciliation made since the end of the Bosnian War in 1995 are not overtaken by difficult economic conditions.
 (2)In 2014, protests broke out across Bosnia and Herzegovina as a result of widespread frustration among the populace regarding the economy, which is currently experiencing an unemployment rate of more than 40 percent.
 (3)(A)A crucial element for economic progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina is robust growth among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which have struggled to access necessary financing.
 (B)Although the private sector credit-to-GDP ratio in Bosnia and Herzegovina grew from 25 percent in 2001 to over 65 percent in 2008, it has failed to grow in the years since, and is significantly less than the average for advanced economies.
 (C)Bank lending, which grew similarly rapidly before 2008, has grown barely more than 1 percent per year since then.
 (D)International financial institutions and foreign-owned private investment funds active in Bosnia and Herzegovina have provided growth finance for larger companies and infrastructure project financing, but have not substantially invested in SMEs.
 (4)(A)Bosnia and Herzegovina’s demographic, income and geographic characteristics are promising for SME growth.
 (B)Bosnia and Herzegovina is a market of almost 4,000,000 people, whose per capita income has grown by almost 50 percent in less than a decade, and substantial growth remains in order to achieve income parity with its Balkan neighbor economies.
 (C)Bosnia and Herzegovina currently imports almost $10,000,000,000 of goods per year, a substantial portion of which could be substituted for by domestic SME production.
 (5)To help foster and support the fledgling private sector in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Congress, through enactment of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) and the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.), authorized nearly $1,200,000,000 for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish 10 new investment funds (collectively known as the Enterprise Funds) to both support economic development objectives and realize substantial financial returns.
 (6)The Enterprise Funds— (A)channeled approximately $10,000,000,000 of public and private funding into more than 500 enterprises in 19 countries;
 (B)leveraged $6,900,000,000 in private investment capital from outside the United States Government; (C)provided substantial development capital where supply was limited;
 (D)created or sustained more than 300,000 jobs through investment and development activities; (E)funded $80,000,000 in technical assistance to strengthen the private sector; and
 (F)are expected to recoup 177 percent of the original USAID funding. (7)Enterprise funds established in partnership with United States partners, such as Poland, Hungary, Albania, Russia, and other European countries, have proven beneficial to the economies of such countries.
 (8)Creating a similar fund in close partnership with the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina would help sustain and expand economic reform efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina and empower entrepreneurs to create urgently needed employment opportunities.
 (9)Establishing an enterprise fund for Bosnia and Herzegovina would— (A)help improve financial institutions within the country;
 (B)provide debt, equity, and other investment vehicles for commercially viable SMEs; and (C)make the investment environment more attractive to domestic and international investors.
					3.Purposes of
			 Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund
 (a)In generalThe purpose of the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund is to promote more widely shared prosperity through private sector development and the policies and practices conducive thereto in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including through loans, microloans, equity investments, insurance, guarantees, grants, feasibility studies, technical assistance, capacity building of investees and other relevant organizations, joint ventures, and other measures.
 (b)Promotion of private sector developmentThe Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund shall promote private sector development through—
 (1)the initiation and expansion of employment and profitability of private enterprises, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises;
 (2)the modeling, promotion, and dissemination of sound corporate governance and law-abiding Western business practices;
 (3)the promotion of policy reforms to improve the business enabling environment and facilitate foreign and domestic investment; and
 (4)the demonstration that private sector investment can be undertaken profitably. 4.Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund (a)DesignationThe President is authorized to designate a private, nonprofit organization (to be known as the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund) to receive funds made available under this Act for the purposes specified in section 3.
			(b)Board of
			 directors
 (1)AppointmentThe Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund shall be governed by a Board of Directors, which shall be comprised of 7 private citizens of the United States appointed by the President of the United States in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. The Board is authorized to elect up to 3 additional members who are citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina if agreed to unanimously by all members of the Board.
				(2)Qualifications
 (A)Business experienceFour members of the Board of Directors shall be selected from among people who have had successful business careers and demonstrated experience and expertise in international and particularly emerging markets investment activities, such as private equity or venture capital investment, banking, finance, strategic business consulting, or entrepreneurial business creation, and backgrounds in priority business sectors of the Fund.
 (B)Development experienceThree members of the Board of Directors shall be selected from among people with significant prior experience in development and an expert understanding of development priorities for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
					(3)United States
 Government liaisons to the boardThe President shall appoint the United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, or the Ambassador's designee, as well as the Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development for Europe and Eurasia, or the Assistant Administrator’s designee, as liaisons to the board.
				(c)Grants
				(1)In
 generalThere is authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal year 2018 $30,000,000—
 (A)to carry out the purposes set forth in section 3 through the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund; and
 (B)to pay for the administrative expenses of the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund.
					(2)Compliance
			 requirements
					(A)In
 generalGrants may not be awarded to the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund under this section unless the Fund agrees to comply with the requirements under this section.
					(B)Grant
 agreementThe grant agreement between the United States Agency for International Development and the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund shall state that the Fund shall end its reinvestment cycle not later than December 31, 2033, unless the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and after consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, determines that the Fund should be extended.
					(C)Prevention of money
 laundering and terrorist financingThe grant agreement between the United States Agency for International Development and the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund shall state that the Fund shall comply with procedures specified by the Secretary of State to ensure that grant funds are not provided by the Fund to or through any individual, private or government entity, or educational institution that advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, money laundering or terrorist activity or, with respect to a private entity or educational institution, that has as a principal officer of the entity’s governing board or governing board of trustees any individual that has been determined to be involved in or advocating money laundering or terrorist activity or determined to be a member of a designated foreign terrorist organization.
					(D)Disposition of
 assetsThe assets of the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund at the time the Fund is dissolved shall be returned to the General Fund of the United States Treasury and used to reduce the debt of the United States.
 (E)Authorization of legacy foundationIn the event the assets of the Fund at the end of the reinvestment cycle specified in subparagraph (B) exceed the total amount appropriated or otherwise made available to the Fund by the United States Government, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, is authorized to direct any such excess funds to a foundation for activities consistent with the purposes specified in section 3.
					(d)Notification
				(1)In
 generalNot later than 15 days before designating an organization to operate as the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund pursuant to subsection (a), the President shall provide the information described in paragraph (2) to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the appropriate congressional committees.
 (2)InformationThe information described in this paragraph is—
 (A)the identity of the organization to be designated to operate as the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund pursuant to subsection (a);
 (B)the name and qualifications of the individual who will serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors; and
 (C)the amount of the grant intended to fund the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund over the lifetime of the fund.
					5.Reports
			(a)Administrative
 expensesNot later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the Fund is dissolved, the Fund shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the administrative expenses of the Fund, including any costs incurred by private firms hired to aid in the management of the fund.
			(b)GAO
			 report
 (1)Initial reportNot later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that examines—
 (A)the status of the Fund’s investments;
 (B)the Fund’s progress in establishing key management structures to support its mission and operations; and
 (C)the extent to which the Fund has complied with requirements in the grant agreements.
 (2)UpdatesThe Comptroller General shall, for the duration of the Fund and at the request of the appropriate congressional committees, provide an updated report on the Fund and any successor organization.
 (c)Independent reportsNot later than July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2030, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall commission a report, to be completed by an independent, third-party organization, evaluating the performance of the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund with respect to the purposes set forth in section 3. The report shall be made available to the appropriate congressional committees.
 (d)Appropriate congressional committees definedIn this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
 (2)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
				6.Operation
			 provisions
			(a)Applicable
 provisionsSubsections (d)(5), (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), and (p) of section 201 of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421) shall apply with respect to the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund in the same manner as such provisions apply to Enterprise Funds designated pursuant to subsection (d) of such section.
 (b)ReinvestmentReturns on investments of the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund and other payments to the Fund may be reinvested by the Fund and used to fund noninvestment projects without further appropriation by Congress.
			7.Best practices and
 proceduresTo the maximum extent practicable, the Board of Directors of the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund should adopt the best practices and procedures used by Enterprise Funds, including those for which funding has been made available pursuant to section 201 of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421).


109 HR 6005 IH: To provide additional security for nuclear facilities

U.S. House of Representatives
2006-07-28
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		I
		109th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 6005
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			July 28, 2006
			Mrs. Lowey introduced
			 the following bill; which was referred to the
			 Committee on Transportation and
			 Infrastructure

		A BILL
		To provide additional security for nuclear facilities
		  under certain circumstances.

		1.No-fly zone near nuclear
			 facilities under certain circumstances
			(a)National
			 alertIf the threat alert level determined by the Homeland
			 Security Advisory System is elevated to code orange or code red for the Nation,
			 the Secretary of Transportation shall prohibit any commercial or private
			 aircraft from flying below 18,000 feet within a 10-mile radius of any nuclear
			 facility.
			(b)Local
			 alertIf the threat alert
			 determined by the Homeland Security Advisory System is elevated to code orange
			 or code red for a specific area, the Secretary of Transportation shall prohibit
			 any commercial or private aircraft from flying below 18,000 feet within a
			 10-mile radius of any nuclear facility located within a 50-mile radius of such
			 area.
			(c)DefinitionFor
			 this section, the term nuclear facility means a commercial
			 nuclear power reactor licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under the
			 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).


		II
		109th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		S. 4063
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			November 16, 2006
			Mr. Feingold introduced
			 the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
			 Affairs

		A BILL
		To provide for additional section 8 vouchers, to
		  reauthorize the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program, and for
		  other purposes.

		1.Short
			 titleThis Act may be cited as
			 the Affordable Housing Expansion and
			 Public Safety Act.
		2.Increase in
			 incremental section 8 vouchers
			(a)In
			 generalIn fiscal year 2007 and subject to renewal, the Secretary
			 of Housing and Urban Development shall provide an additional 100,000
			 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental housing assistance under section
			 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)).
			(b)Authorization
			 of appropriations
				(1)In
			 generalThere are authorized to be appropriated $8,400,000,000
			 for the provision and renewal of the vouchers described in subsection
			 (a).
				(2)AvailabilityAny
			 amount appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until
			 expended.
				(3)CarryoverTo
			 the extent that any amounts appropriated for any fiscal are not expended by the
			 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in such fiscal year for purposes of
			 subsection (a), any remaining amounts shall be carried forward for use by the
			 Secretary to renew the vouchers described in subsection (a) in subsequent
			 years.
				(c)Distribution of
			 amounts
				(1)Administrative
			 costsThe Secretary may not use more than $800,000,000 of the
			 amounts authorized under paragraph (1) to cover the administrative costs
			 associated with the provision and renewal of the vouchers described in
			 subsection (a).
				(2)Voucher
			 costsThe Secretary shall use all remaining amounts authorized
			 under paragraph (1) to cover the costs of providing and renewing the vouchers
			 described in subsection (a).
				3.Targeted
			 expansion of home investment partnership (HOME) program
			(a)PurposeThe
			 purposes of this section are as follows:
				(1)To authorize
			 additional funding under subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez
			 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et. seq), commonly referred to
			 as the Home Investments Partnership (HOME) program, to provide
			 dedicated funding for the expansion and preservation of housing for extremely
			 low-income individuals and families through eligible uses of investment as
			 defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 212(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez
			 National Affordable Housing Act.
				(2)Such additional
			 funding is intended to supplement the HOME funds already allocated to a
			 participating jurisdiction to provide additional assistance in targeting
			 resources to extremely low-income individuals and families.
				(3)Such additional
			 funding is not intended to be the only source of assistance for extremely
			 low-income individuals and families under the HOME program, and participating
			 jurisdictions shall continue to use non-set aside HOME funds to provide
			 assistance to such extremely low-income individuals and families.
				(b)Set aside for
			 extremely low-income individuals and families
				(1)Eligible
			 useSection 212(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
			 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12742(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
			 following:

						(6)Extremely
				low-income individuals and families
							(A)In
				generalEach participating jurisdiction shall use funds provided
				under this subtitle to provide affordable housing to individuals and families
				whose incomes do not exceed 30 percent of median family income for that
				jurisdiction.
							(B)ExceptionIf
				a participating jurisdiction can certify to the Secretary that such
				participating jurisdiction has met in its jurisdiction the housing needs of
				extremely low-income individuals and families described in subparagraph (A),
				such participating jurisdiction may use any remaining funds provided under this
				subtitle for purposes of subparagraph (A) to provide affordable housing to
				individuals and families whose incomes do not exceed 50 percent of median
				family income for that jurisdiction.
							(C)Rule of
				constructionThe Secretary shall notify each participating
				jurisdiction receiving funds for purposes of this paragraph that use of such
				funds, as required under subparagraph (A), does not exempt or prevent that
				participating jurisdiction from using any other funds awarded under this
				subtitle to provide affordable housing to extremely low-income individuals and
				families.
							(D)Rental
				housingNotwithstanding section 215(a), housing that is for
				rental shall qualify as affordable housing under this paragraph only if such
				housing is occupied by extremely low-income individuals or families who pay as
				a contribution toward rent (excluding any Federal or State rental subsidy
				provided on behalf of the individual or family) not more than 30 percent of the
				monthly adjusted income of such individual or family, as determined by the
				Secretary.
							.
				(2)Pro rata
			 distributionSection 217 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
			 Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12747) is amended by adding at the end the
			 following:

						(e)Pro rata
				distribution for extremely low-income individuals and
				familiesNotwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in any
				fiscal year the Secretary shall allocate any funds specifically approved in an
				appropriations Act to provide affordable housing to extremely low-income
				individuals or families under section 212(a)(6), such funds shall be allocated
				to each participating jurisdiction in an amount which bears the same ratio to
				such amount as the amount such participating jurisdiction receives for such
				fiscal year under this subtitle, not including any amounts allocated for any
				additional set-asides specified in such appropriations Act for that fiscal
				year.
						.
				(3)CertificationSection
			 226 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12756)
			 is amended by adding at the end the following:

						(d)Certification
							(1)In
				generalEach participating jurisdiction shall certify on annual
				basis to the Secretary that any funds used to provide affordable housing to
				extremely low-income individuals or families under section 212(a)(6) were
				actually used to assist such families.
							(2)Content of
				certificationEach certification required under paragraph (1)
				shall—
								(A)state the number
				of extremely low-income individuals and families assisted in the previous 12
				months;
								(B)separate such
				extremely low-income individuals and families into those individuals and
				families who were assisted by—
									(i)funds set aside
				specifically for such individuals and families under section 212(a)(6);
				and
									(ii)any other funds
				awarded under this subtitle; and
									(C)describe the type
				of activities, including new construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of
				housing, provided to such extremely low-income individuals and families that
				were supported by—
									(i)funds set aside
				specifically for such individuals and families under section 212(a)(6);
				and
									(ii)any other funds
				awarded under this subtitle.
									(3)Inclusion with
				performance reportThe certification required under paragraph (1)
				shall be included in the jurisdiction's annual performance report submitted to
				the Secretary under section 108(a) and made available to the
				public.
							.
				(c)Authorization
			 of appropriationsIn addition to any other amounts authorized to
			 be appropriated under any other law or appropriations Act to carry out the
			 provisions of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
			 (42 U.S.C. 12701 et seq.), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
			 the provisions of this section $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007
			 through 2011.
			4.Public and
			 assisted housing crime and drug elimination program
			(a)Title
			 changeThe chapter heading of chapter 2 of subtitle C of title V
			 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.) is amended to read
			 as follows:

					2Public and
				Assisted Housing Crime and Drug Elimination
				Program
					.
			(b)Authorization
			 of appropriations
				(1)Amounts
			 authorizedSection 5129(a) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42
			 U.S.C. 11908(a)) is amended to read as follows:

						(a)In
				generalThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
				chapter $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and
				2011.
						.
				(2)Set aside for
			 the Office of Policy Development and ResearchSection 5129 of the
			 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11908) is amended by adding at the end
			 the following:

						(d)Set aside for
				the Office of Policy Development and ResearchOf any amounts made
				available in any fiscal year to carry out this chapter not less than 2 percent
				shall be available to the Office of Policy Development and Research to carry
				out the functions required under section
				5130.
						.
				(c)Eligible
			 activitiesSection 5124(a)(6) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
			 (42 U.S.C. 11903(a)(6)) is amended by striking the semicolon and inserting the
			 following: “, except that the activities conducted under any such program and
			 paid for, in whole or in part, with grant funds awarded under this chapter may
			 only include—

					(A)providing access
				to treatment for drug abuse through rehabilitation or relapse
				prevention;
					(B)providing
				education about the dangers and adverse consequences of drug use or violent
				crime;
					(C)assisting drug
				users in discontinuing their drug use through an education program, and, if
				appropriate, referring such users to a drug treatment program;
					(D)providing after
				school activities for youths for the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or
				eliminating drug use or violent crime by youths;
					(E)providing capital
				improvements for the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or eliminating drug use
				or violent crime; and
					(F)providing
				security services for the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or eliminating
				drug use or violent
				crime.
					.
			(d)Effectiveness
				(1)Application
			 planSection 5125(a) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42
			 U.S.C. 11904(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: To the
			 maximum extent feasible, each plan submitted under this section shall be
			 developed in coordination with relevant local law enforcement agencies and
			 other local entities involved in crime prevention and reduction. Such plan also
			 shall include an agreement to work cooperatively with the Office of Policy
			 Development and Research in its efforts to carry out the functions required
			 under section 5130.
				(2) HUD
			 reportSection 5127 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.
			 11906) is amended by adding at the end the following:

						(d)Effectiveness
				reportThe Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress not
				later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of the
				Affordable Housing Expansion and Public
				Safety Act that includes—
							(1)aggregate data
				regarding the categories of program activities that have been funded by grants
				under this chapter;
							(2)promising
				strategies related to preventing and reducing violent and drug-related crime in
				public and federally assisted low-income housing derived from—
								(A)a review of
				existing research; and
								(B)evaluations of
				programs funded by grants under this chapter that were conducted by the Office
				of Policy Development and Review or by the grantees themselves;
								(3)how the
				information gathered in paragraph (2) has been incorporated into—
								(A)the guidance
				provided to applicants under this chapter; and
								(B)the implementing
				regulations under this chapter; and
								(4)any statutory
				changes that the Secretary would recommend to help make grants awarded under
				this chapter more
				effective.
							.
				(3)Office of
			 Policy Development and Research review and planChapter 2 of
			 subtitle C of title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et
			 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

						5130.Office of
				Policy Development and Research review and plan
							(a)Review
								(1)In
				generalThe Office of Policy
				Development and Research established pursuant to section 501 of the Housing and
				Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1) shall conduct a review of
				existing research relating to preventing and reducing violent and drug-related
				crime to assess, using scientifically rigorous and acceptable methods, which
				strategies—
									(A)have been found
				to be effective in preventing and reducing violent and drug-related crimes;
				and
									(B)would be likely
				to be effective in preventing and reducing violent and drug-related crimes in
				public and federally assisted low-income housing environments.
									(2)ReportNot
				later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the
				Affordable Housing Expansion and Public
				Safety Act, the Secretary shall issue a written report with the
				results of the review required under paragraph (1).
								(b)Evaluation
				plan
								(1)In
				generalUpon completion of the review required under subsection
				(a)(1), the Office of Policy Development and Research, in consultation with
				housing authorities, social scientists, and other interested parties, shall
				develop and implement a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of strategies
				funded under this chapter, including new and innovative strategies and existing
				strategies, that have not previously been subject to rigorous evaluation
				methodologies.
								(2)MethodologyThe
				plan described in paragraph (1) shall require such evaluations to use rigorous
				methodologies, particularly random assignment (where practicable), that are
				capable of producing scientifically valid knowledge regarding which program
				activities are effective in preventing and reducing violent and drug-related
				crime in public and other federally assisted low-income
				housing.
								.
				5.Sense of the
			 Senate regarding the creation of a national affordable housing trust
			 fund
			(a)FindingsCongress
			 finds the following:
				(1)Only 1 in 4
			 eligible households receives Federal rental assistance.
				(2)The number of
			 families facing severe housing cost burdens grew by almost 2,000,0000
			 households between 2001 and 2004.
				(3)1 in 3 families
			 spend more than 30 percent of their earnings on housing costs.
				(4)More than 75
			 percent of renter households with severe housing affordability burdens are
			 extremely low-income families.
				(5)More than half of
			 extremely low-income households pay at least half of their income on
			 housing.
				(6)At least 500,000
			 Americans are homeless every day.
				(7)2,000,000 to
			 3,000,0000 Americans are homeless for various lengths of time each year.
				(8)It is estimated
			 that the development of an average housing unit creates on average more than 3
			 jobs and the development of an average multifamily unit creates on average more
			 than 1 job.
				(9)It is estimated
			 that over $80,000 is produced in government revenue for an average single
			 family unit built and over $30,000 is produced in government revenue for an
			 average multifamily unit built.
				(10)The Bipartisan
			 Millennial Housing Commission stated that the most serious housing
			 problem in America is the mismatch between the number of extremely low income
			 renter households and the number of units available to them with acceptable
			 quality and affordable rents..
				(b)Sense of the
			 SenateIt is the sense of the Senate that—
				(1)Congress shall
			 create a national affordable housing trust fund with the purpose of supplying
			 1,500,000 additional affordable housing units over the next 10 years;
				(2)such a trust fund
			 shall contain sufficient income targeting to reflect the housing affordability
			 burdens faced by extremely low-income and very low-income families; and
				(3)such a trust fund
			 shall contain enough flexibility to allow local communities to produce,
			 preserve, and rehabilitate affordable housing units while ensuring that such
			 affordable housing development fosters the creation of healthy and sustainable
			 communities.
				6.Offsets
			(a)Repeal of
			 multiyear procurement authority for F–22A Raptor fighter
			 aircraftEffective as of October 17, 2006, section 134 of the
			 John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law
			 109–364), relating to multiyear procurement authority for F–22A Raptor fighter
			 aircraft, is repealed.
			(b)Advanced
			 research for fossil fuelsNotwithstanding any other provision of
			 law, the Secretary of Energy shall not carry out any program that conducts, or
			 provides assistance for, applied research for fossil fuels.
			(c)Termination of
			 advanced technology programNotwithstanding any other provision of law,
			 the Secretary of Commerce may not award any new grants under the Advanced
			 Technology Program, provided for under section 28 of the National Institute of
			 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), effective October 1,
			 2006.


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IIB116th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 4864IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESSeptember 23, 2020Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsAN ACTTo develop and implement policies to advance early childhood development, to provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries, and for other purposes.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Global Child Thrive Act of 2020.2.FindingsCongress finds the following:(1)According to a 2019 report from the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation entitled Levels & Trends in Child Mortality, the annual number of deaths among children younger than 15 years of age dropped by 56 percent between 1990 and 2018, from approximately 14,200,000 to approximately 6,200,000.(2)According to a 2016 article published in The Lancet entitled Early childhood development: the foundation of sustainable development—(A)an estimated 250,000,000 children in low-income and middle-income countries suffer suboptimal development due to poverty and stunting alone; and(B)children who do not meet developmental milestones are expected to lose about 25 percent of their average yearly income once they become adults.(3)According to a report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), entitled The State of the World’s Children 2016: A fair chance for every child, nearly 250,000,000 of the world’s 650,000,000 primary school age children do not master basic literacy and numeracy.(4)According to a 2018 report from the World Health Organization entitled Nurturing Care for early childhood development—(A)the environment in which a child grows has a profound impact on future learning, behavior, and health; and(B)a country’s economic diversity and growth could be improved by investment in early childhood development.(5)According to a 2017 UNICEF report entitled UNICEF’s Programme Guidance for Early Childhood Development, nurturing care, which is key to early childhood development, consists of a core set of interrelated components, including—(A)behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge about caregiving, including health, hygiene care, and feeding;(B)stimulation, such as talking, singing, and playing;(C)responsiveness, such as early bonding, secure attachment, trust, and sensitive communication; and(D)safety, including routines, protection from violence, abuse, neglect, harm, and environmental pollution.(6)According to a 2016 report published in The Lancet entitled Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale—(A)nurturing care from parents, relatives, and other caregivers and services are formative experiences for young children;(B)programs promoting nurturing care can improve early childhood development outcomes; and(C)children who do not receive nurturing care display negative development outcomes, such as greater sensitivity to the effects of stress or behavioral problems, especially children who do not receive nurturing care before their second birthday.(7)According to the Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity 2019–2023: A U.S. Government Strategy for International Assistance, children who live without protective family care, in abusive households, on the streets, or in institutions, or who are trafficked, are participating in armed groups, or are being exploited for their labor are more likely to be exposed to violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect.(8)According to a 2017 UNICEF report entitled Early Moments Matter for every child, violence, abuse, neglect, and traumatic experiences produce toxic stress that limits neural connectivity in developing brains.(9)According to a 2014 working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child at Harvard University entitled Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Developing Brain—(A)situations that produce toxic stress increase the production of cortisol in a child’s brain, which disrupts its healthy development; and(B)chronic stress can potentially affect the expression of genes that regulate the stress response across the life course.(10)According to a 2018 article in the North Carolina Medical Journal entitled Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): An Important Element of a Comprehensive Approach to the Opioid Crisis, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic or stressful experiences, including emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, domestic violence, household substance abuse, household mental illness, parental separation or divorce, and the incarceration of a household family member.(11)According to a 2016 report in Development and Psychopathology entitled Childhood Adversity and Epigenetic Regulation of Glucocorticoid Signaling Genes: Associations in Children and Adults—(A)children and adults are at risk of developing psychiatric disorders and other medical conditions if they have had an adverse childhood experience; and(B)adults who have had numerous ACEs die nearly 20 years earlier, on average, than adults who have not had numerous ACEs.3.Sense of CongressIt is the sense of Congress that—(1)the United States Government should continue efforts to reduce child mortality rates and increase attention on prevention efforts and early childhood development programs;(2)investments in early childhood development ensure healthy and well-developed future generations that contribute to a country’s stability, security and economic prosperity;(3)efforts to provide training and education on nurturing care could result in improved early childhood development outcomes and support healthy brain development; and(4)integration and cross-sector coordination of early childhood development programs is critical to ensure the efficiency, effectiveness, and continued implementation of such programs.4.Assistance to improve early childhood outcomes globally(a)Authorization of assistanceAmounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 135 in chapter 1 of part 1 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2025 are authorized to be made available to support early childhood development activities in conjunction with relevant, existing programming, such as water, sanitation and hygiene, maternal and child health, basic education, nutrition and child protection.(b)Assistance To improve early childhood outcomes globallyChapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:137.Assistance to improve early childhood outcomes globally(a)DefinitionsIn this section:(1)Appropriate congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional committees means—(A)the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;(B)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;(C)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and(D)the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.(2)Early childhood developmentThe term early childhood development means the development and learning of a child younger than 8 years of age, including physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development and approaches to learning that allow a child to reach his or her full developmental potential.(3)Early childhood development programThe term early childhood development program means a program that ensures that every child has the conditions for healthy growth, nurturing family-based care, development and learning, and protection from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect, which may include—(A)a health, clean water, sanitation, and hygiene program that serves pregnant women, children younger than 5 years of age, and the parents of such children;(B)a nutrition program, combined with stimulating child development activity;(C)age appropriate cognitive stimulation, especially for newborns, infants, and toddlers, including an early childhood intervention program for children experiencing at-risk situations, developmental delays, disabilities, and behavioral and mental health conditions;(D)an early learning (36 months and younger), preschool, and basic education program for children until they reach 8 years of age or complete primary school; or(E)a child protection program, with an emphasis on the promotion of permanent, safe, and nurturing families, rather than placement in residential care or institutions, including for children with disabilities.(4)Federal departments and agenciesThe term Federal departments and agencies means—(A)the Department of State;(B)the United States Agency for International Development;(C)the Department of the Treasury;(D)the Department of Labor;(E)the Department of Education;(F)the Department of Agriculture;(G)the Department of Defense;(H)the Department of Health and Human Services, including—(i)the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and(ii)the National Institutes of Health;(I)the Millennium Challenge Corporation;(J)the Peace Corps; and(K)any other department or agency specified by the President for the purposes of this section.(5)Residential careThe term residential care means care provided in any non-family-based group setting, including orphanages, transit or interim care centers, children’s homes, children’s villages or cottage complexes, group homes, and boarding schools used primarily for care purposes as an alternative to a children’s home.(b)Statement of policyIt is the policy of the United States—(1)to support early childhood development in relevant foreign assistance programs, including by integrating evidence-based, efficient, and effective interventions into relevant strategies and programs, in coordination with partner countries, other donors, international organizations, international financial institutions, local and international nongovernmental organizations, private sector partners, civil society, and faith-based and community-based organizations; and(2)to encourage partner countries to lead early childhood development initiatives that include incentives for building local capacity for continued implementation and measurable results, by—(A)scaling up the most effective, evidence-based, national interventions, including for the most vulnerable populations and children with disabilities and developmental delays, with a focus on adaptation to country resources, cultures, and languages;(B)designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs in a manner that enhances their quality, transparency, equity, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness in improving child and family outcomes in partner countries; and(C)utilizing and expanding innovative public-private financing mechanisms.(c)Implementation(1)In generalNot later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall direct relevant Federal departments and agencies—(A)to incorporate, to the extent practical and relevant, early childhood development into foreign assistance programs to be carried out during the following 5 fiscal years; and(B)to promote inclusive early childhood development in partner countries.(2)ElementsIn carrying out paragraph (1), the Administrator, the Secretary, and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies as appropriate shall—(A)build on the evidence and priorities outlined in Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity: A U.S. Government Strategy for International Assistance 2019–2023, published in June 2019 (referred to in this section as APCCA);(B)to the extent practicable, identify evidence-based strategic priorities, indicators, outcomes, and targets, particularly emphasizing the most vulnerable populations and children with disabilities and developmental delays, to support inclusive early childhood development;(C)support the design, implementation, and evaluation of pilot projects in partner countries, with the goal of taking such projects to scale;(D)support inclusive early childhood development within all relevant sector strategies and public laws, including—(i)the Global Water Strategy required under section 136(j);(ii)the whole-of-government strategy required under section 5 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9304 note);(iii)the Basic Education Strategy set forth in section 105(c);(iv)the U.S. Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan, 2016–2021; and(v)APCCA; and others as appropriate;(E)improve coordination with foreign governments and international and regional organizations with respect to official country policies and plans to improve early childhood development, maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition care, basic education, water, sanitation and hygiene, and child protection plans which promote nurturing, appropriate, protective, and permanent family care, while reducing the percentage of children living in residential care or on the street; and(F)consult with partner countries, other donors, international organizations, international financial institutions, local and international nongovernmental organizations, private sector partners and faith-based and community-based organizations, as appropriate.(d)Annual report on the implementation of the strategyThe Special Advisor for Children in Adversity shall include, in the annual report required under section 5 of the Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 2152g), which shall be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees and made publicly available, a description of—(1)the progress made toward integrating early childhood development interventions into relevant strategies and programs;(2)the efforts made by relevant Federal departments and agencies to implement subsection (c), with a particular focus on the activities described in such subsection;(3)the progress achieved during the reporting period toward meeting the goals, objectives, benchmarks, described in subsection (c); and(4)the progress achieved during the reporting period toward meeting the goals, objectives, benchmarks, and timeframes described in subsection (c) at the program level, along with specific challenges or gaps that may require shifts in targeting or financing in the following fiscal year.(e)Interagency task forceThe Special Advisor for Assistance to Orphans and Vulnerable Children should regularly convene an interagency task force, to coordinate—(1)intergovernmental and interagency monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the activities carried out pursuant to this section;(2)early childhood development initiatives that include children with a variety of needs and circumstances; and(3)United States Government early childhood development programs, strategies, and partnerships across relevant Federal departments and agencies..5.Special advisor for assistance to orphans and vulnerable childrenSection 135(e)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152f(e)(2)) is amended—(1)by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:(A)Coordinate assistance to orphans and other vulnerable children among the relevant Executive branch agencies and officials.; and(2)in subparagraph (B), by striking the various offices, bureaus, and field missions within the United States Agency for International Development and inserting the relevant Executive branch agencies and officials.6.Rule of constructionNothing in the amendments made by this Act may be construed to restrict or abrogate any other authorization for United States Agency for International Development activities or programs.Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 2020.Cheryl L. Johnson,Clerk.