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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Transparency and Honesty in Energy
Regulations Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following--
(1) As a tool to justify Federal actions by the Department
of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter
in this section referred to as the ''EPA'') addressing
greenhouse gas emissions, including those regulating or
prohibiting the exploration, mining, production, and use of
coal as well as other fossil fuels as energy sources, the
Social Cost of Carbon (hereinafter in this section referred to
as the ''SCC'') and the Social Cost of Methane (hereinafter in
this section referred to as the ''SCM'') in theory represent
the hypothetical cost of an incremental ton of carbon dioxide
(CO<INF>2</INF>) or methane emissions in a given year.
(2) Office of Management and Budget (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the ''OMB'') Circular A-4 guides Federal
agencies on the development of regulatory impact analysis
required under Executive Order 12866 as well as other
authorities, instructing agencies to include discount rates of
3 and 7 percent while also evaluating the cost and benefits
that accrue to citizens and residents of the United States.
(3) First developed in 2009 by an interagency working
group, including the Department of Energy and the EPA, the SCC
estimates fail to comply with OMB Circular A-4 prescribed
discount rates of 3 and 7 percent.
(4) While OMB Circular A-4 specifies that an evaluation of
the global effects, when undertaken, is to be reported
separately from domestic costs and benefits, the SCC instead
calculated the global benefits in lieu of and not in addition
to the domestic effects.
(5) The use of the SCC estimates in Department of Energy
and EPA rulemakings prior to any opportunity for public notice
and comment violated not only scientific peer-review
requirements but also the President's commitment to transparent
and open government as outlined in his January 21, 2009,
memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies.
(6) In July 2015, as part of a revision of the SCC in
response to over 150 substantive comments and in acknowledgment
of the faulty process by which the SCC estimates were
developed, the OMB requested the National Academies of Science,
Engineering and Medicine (hereinafter in this section referred
to as the ''NAS'') review and make recommendations for the
improvement of the SCC estimates.
(7) Shortly after the commencement of the NAS review, the
EPA, without appropriate peer review and an opportunity for
public notice and comment, utilized the EPA-developed SCM
estimates in justifying the costs and benefits of the September
2015 proposed and recently finalized rules under the Clean Air
Act for methane emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed
sources in the oil and gas sector.
(8) Continued use by the Department of Energy and the EPA
of the SCC and the SCM ignores sound science in order to
eliminate the exploration, mining, production, and use of our
abundant domestic sources of fossil fuel energy.
(9) The Department of Energy and EPA regulations, which are
costing American families billions of dollars per year, are
being justified in large part by SCC and SCM estimates.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERING THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON AND THE
SOCIAL COST OF METHANE.

The Secretary of Energy, when acting under any authority, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, when acting under
the authority of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), may not
consider the social cost of carbon or the social cost of methane as
part of any cost benefit analysis required under law or under Executive
Order 12866 or 13563, in any rulemaking, in the issuance of any
guidance, or in taking any other agency action, or as a justification
for any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action, unless a
Federal law is enacted, after the date of enactment of this Act,
explicitly authorizing such consideration.

SEC. 4. REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EPA.

Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in
coordination and consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of the Interior, and the Council on Environmental Quality
shall submit a report to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on
the Environment and Public Works and on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate, detailing the number of proposed and final rulemakings,
guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use the
social cost of carbon or the social cost of methane, including as part
of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and
other relevant authorities.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) The term ''social cost of carbon'' means--
(A) the social cost of carbon as described in--
(i) the document entitled ''Technical
Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for
Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive
Order 12866'' published by the Interagency
Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United
States Government, in February 2010; or
(ii) the document entitled ''Technical
Support Document: Technical Update of the
Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact
Analysis Under Executive Order 12866''
published by the Interagency Working Group on
Social Cost of Carbon, United States
Government, in May 2013, and revised in
November 2013 and July 2015, or any other
successor or substantially related document; or
(B) any other estimate of the monetized damages
associated with an incremental increase in carbon
dioxide emissions in a given year.
(2) The term ''social cost of methane'' means the estimate
of the social cost of methane--
(A) as described in--
(i) the proposed rule entitled ''Oil and
Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New
and Modified Sources'' published by the
Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal
Register on September 18, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg.
56593);
(ii) the final rule entitled ''Oil and
Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New,
Reconstructed, and Modified Sources'' published
by the Environmental Protection Agency in the
Federal Register on June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg.
35824); or
(iii) the ''Regulatory Impact Analysis of
the Final Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission
Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified
Sources'' prepared by the Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation,
in May 2016, and identified by docket ID number
EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7630; or
(B) any other successor or substantially related
estimate.
[A]: Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from considering the social cost of carbon or methane as part of any cost benefit analysis, unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such consideration. The EPA must report on the number of proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use either of those social costs, including as part of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and other relevant authorities.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Forest Foundation
Conservation Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ACT.

(a) Provision of Administrative Support.--Subsection (c) of section
405 of the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-3) is amended
to read as follows:
''(c) Administrative Assistance.--(1) Subject to such limitations,
terms, and conditions as the Secretary may establish, the Secretary
may--
''(A) detail personnel of the Department of Agriculture to
assist the Foundation; and
''(B) provide the Foundation with Department of Agriculture
facilities, equipment, supplies, and other administrative
services (including Government-contracted transportation and
travel services).
''(2) Assistance under paragraph (1) may be provided for partial or
no reimbursement, as the Secretary considers appropriate.''.
(b) Matching Funds.--
(1) Extension and expansion of authority; source of
funds.--Section 410 of the National Forest Foundation Act (16
U.S.C. 583j-8) is amended to read as follows:

''SEC. 410. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO MATCH FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTIONS.

''For the purposes of section 405 of this title, during the five-
year period beginning on October 1, 1997, the Secretary may make
available to the Foundation from benefiting Forest Service
appropriations up to $5,000,000 each fiscal year to match, on a one-
for-one basis, private contributions made to the Foundation.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Section 405 of the National
Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-3) is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (a);
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking ''In addition to the
startup funds provided under subsection (a) of
this section, for'' and inserting ''For'';
(ii) by striking ''October 1, 1992,'' and
inserting ''October 1, 1997,''; and
(iii) by striking ''section 410(b)'' and
inserting ''section 410''; and
(C) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as
subsections (a) and (b), respectively.
(3) Effect of amendments.--The amendments made by this
subsection shall not affect the availability or use of funds
made available for fiscal year 1997 under sections 405(b) and
410(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act, as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Use of Interest and Other Investment Income.--Section 404 of
the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-2) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(f) Use of Interest and Other Investment Income.--Interest and
other investment income earned (before, on, or after the date of the
enactment of this subsection) by the Foundation and its subgrantees on
Federal funds received from the Secretary under section 405, but not
immediately disbursed, may be used by the Foundation to carry out the
purposes of the Foundation under section 402(b).''.
(d) Exception From Audit Reporting and Compliance Requirements.--
Section 407(a) of the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-
5(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ''A
subgrantee of the Foundation shall be exempt from the audit reporting
and compliance requirements of Office of Management and Budget Circular
A-133 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) in the
case of grants of $250,000 or less.''.
(e) Licensing Use of Symbols; Violations.--Section 404 of the
National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-2) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting ''license,'' after
''lease,''; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f), as added by
subsection (c) of this section, the following new subsections:
''(g) Licensing Use of Symbols.--(1) To further the purposes of the
Foundation under section 402(b), the Foundation shall have exclusive
authority to license or authorize persons to use trademarks,
tradenames, signs, symbols, emblems, insignia, logos, likenesses, or
slogans to represent, promote, or advertise that an individual,
company, or particular good or service is an official sponsor or
supporter of the Forest Service, the National Forest System, or any
unit thereof. Any license or authorization provided by the Foundation
under this paragraph shall be subject to the prior written approval of
the Secretary, who may not delegate this authority.
''(2) All net income derived from licenses and authorizations
provided under paragraph (1) shall be expended by the Foundation in
accordance with policies and priorities of the Forest Service on
programs, projects, or activities that benefit the National Forest
System or the Forest Service, as identified by the Secretary in
consultation with the Foundation.
''(3) Nothing in this subsection shall affect the authority of the
Secretary under Public Law 93-318 (16 U.S.C. 580p et seq.) relating to
the name and character of 'Smokey Bear', and the name and character of
'Woodsy Owl'.
''(4) The authority provided to the Foundation by paragraph (1)
shall expire on September 30, 2003.
''(h) Violation of Licensing Requirements.--Except as provided in
subsection (g), no person may use for commercial purposes any
trademark, tradename, sign, symbol, emblem, insignia, slogan, or
related artistic design belonging to the Forest Service. Whoever,
without the authorization of the Foundation under subsection (g), uses
for purposes of trade, to induce the sale of any good or service, to
promote any commercial activity, or for other commercial purpose, the
name of the Foundation or any trademark, tradename, sign, symbol,
emblem, insignia, logo, likeness, or slogan referred to in subsection
(g), or any facsimile or simulation thereof tending to cause confusion,
to cause mistake, to deceive, or to suggest falsely that an individual,
company, or particular good or service is an official sponsor or
official supporter of the National Forest System or the Forest Service,
shall be subject to suit in a civil action by the Foundation for the
remedies provided in title VI of the Act of July 5, 1946 (commonly
referred to as the Trademark Act of 1946; 15 U.S.C. 1114 et seq.).''.
(f) Reporting Requirements.--Section 407 of the National Forest
Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-5) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
''(c) Report on Licensing Activities.--Not later than 5 years after
the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a
report assessing the cost, effectiveness, and effects of the licensing
and authorization program established pursuant to section 404(g). The
report shall include a recommendation regarding the desirability of
extending the authority provided in such section beyond the expiration
date specified in paragraph (4) of such section and assessments of the
effect of such program on--
''(1) visitation levels in the National Forest System;
''(2) the image of the National Forest System;
''(3) achievement of the needs and priorities of the Forest
Service;
''(4) appropriations for the National Forest System; and
''(5) the costs of the Foundation and the Secretary to
administer the program.''.
[A]: National Forest Foundation Conservation Act - Amends the National Forest Foundation Act to extend matching fund authority for the National Forest Foundation.
Authorizes the Foundation to license the use of symbols, trademarks, or logos.

[Q]: SECTION 1. CONCERNING THE PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION (WHO).
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Good health is important to every citizen of the world and
access to the highest standards of health information and services
is necessary to improve the public health.
(2) Direct and unobstructed participation in international
health cooperation forums and programs is beneficial for all parts
of the world, especially with today's greater potential for the
cross-border spread of various infectious diseases such as the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis, and malaria.
(3) Taiwan's population of 23,500,000 people is greater than
that of three-fourths of the member states already in the World
Health Organization (WHO).
(4) Taiwan's achievements in the field of health are
substantial, including one of the highest life expectancy levels in
Asia, maternal and infant mortality rates comparable to those of
western countries, the eradication of such infectious diseases as
cholera, smallpox, and the plague, and the first to eradicate polio
and provide children with hepatitis B vaccinations.
(5) The United States Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and its Taiwan counterpart agencies have enjoyed close
collaboration on a wide range of public health issues.
(6) In recent years Taiwan has expressed a willingness to
assist financially and technically in international aid and health
activities supported by the WHO.
(7) On January 14, 2001, an earthquake, registering between 7.6
and 7.9 on the Richter scale, struck El Salvador. In response, the
Taiwanese Government sent 2 rescue teams, consisting of 90
individuals specializing in firefighting, medicine, and civil
engineering. The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also donated
$200,000 in relief aid to the Salvadoran Government.
(8) The World Health Assembly has allowed observers to
participate in the activities of the organization, including the
Palestine Liberation Organization in 1974, the Order of Malta, and
the Holy See in the early 1950s.
(9) The United States, in the 1994 Taiwan Policy Review,
declared its intention to support Taiwan's participation in
appropriate international organizations.
(10) Public Law 106-137 required the Secretary of State to
submit a report to the Congress on efforts by the executive branch
to support Taiwan's participation in international organizations,
in particular the WHO.
(11) In light of all benefits that Taiwan's participation in
the WHO can bring to the state of health not only in Taiwan, but
also regionally and globally, Taiwan and its 23,500,000 people
should have appropriate and meaningful participation in the WHO.
(12) On May 11, 2001, President Bush stated in his letter to
Senator Murkowski that the United States ''should find
opportunities for Taiwan's voice to be heard in international
organizations in order to make a contribution, even if membership
is not possible'', further stating that his Administration ''has
focused on finding concrete ways for Taiwan to benefit and
contribute to the WHO''.
(13) In his speech made in the World Medical Association on May
14, 2002, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson
announced ''America's work for a healthy world cuts across
political lines. That is why my government supports Taiwan's
efforts to gain observership status at the World Health Assembly.
We know this is a controversial issue, but we do not shrink from
taking a public stance on it. The people of Taiwan deserve the same
level of public health as citizens of every nation on earth, and we
support them in their efforts to achieve it''.
(14) The Government of the Republic of China on Taiwan, in
response to an appeal from the United Nations and the United States
for resources to control the spread of HIV/AIDS, donated $1,000,000
to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in
December 2002.
(b) Plan.--The Secretary of State is authorized--
(1) to initiate a United States plan to endorse and obtain
observer status for Taiwan at the annual week-long summit of the
World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland; and
(2) to instruct the United States delegation to Geneva to
implement that plan.
(c) Report.--Not later than 14 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to Congress
in unclassified form describing the action taken under subsection (b).

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
[A]:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced on January 29, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Authorizes the Secretary of State to: (1) initiate a U.S. plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual week-long summit of the World Health Assembly (of the World Health Organization) in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland; and (2) instruct the U.S. delegation to Geneva to implement such plan.