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SECTION 1. ENERGY ASSISTANCE FUND.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Fund.--The term ''Fund'' means the Energy Assistance
Fund established by subsection (b).
(2) Secretary concerned.--The term ''Secretary concerned''
means, with respect to programs carried out by each Secretary--
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(B) the Secretary of Energy;
(C) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
(D) the Secretary of Transportation; and
(E) the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration.
(b) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a revolving fund, to be known as the ''Energy Assistance
Fund'', consisting of such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund
under subsection (h)(1).
(c) Expenditures From Fund.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), on request by
the Secretary concerned, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer from the Fund to the Secretary concerned such amounts
as the Secretary concerned determines are necessary to provide
to carry out 1 or more qualified purposes described in
subsections (d), (e), and (f).
(2) Administrative expenses.--An amount not exceeding 10
percent of the amounts in the Fund shall be available for each
fiscal year to pay the administrative expenses necessary to
carry out this section.
(d) Low-Interest Loan Guarantees for Purchase and Installation of
Qualifying Energy Efficient Property.--
(1) In general.--To the extent that the Secretary concerned
has authority under other law to make or guarantee loans or
grants to persons to purchase and install qualifying property,
the Secretary concerned may guarantee loans made to eligible
United States persons for the purchase and installation of
qualifying property.
(2) Qualifying property.--For the purpose of paragraph (1),
qualifying property means--
(A) any component which constitutes a qualified
energy efficiency improvement (as defined in section
25C(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986);
(B) property to heat water for use in a dwelling
unit located in the United States and used a residence
by the person if at least half of the energy used by
such property for such purpose is derived from the sun;
(C) property which uses solar energy to generate
electricity for use in a dwelling unit located in the
United States and used by the person (in the case of an
individual) as a residence;
(D) qualified fuel cell property (as defined in
section 48(c)(1) of that Code) installed on or in
connection with a dwelling unit located in the United
States and used as a principal residence (within the
meaning of section 121 of that Code) by the person (in
the case of an individual); or
(E) a compliant stove (as defined in section
25E(c)(2) of that Code) which--
(i) is installed in a dwelling unit located
in the United States; and
(ii) replaces a noncompliant stove (as
defined in section 25E(c)(3) of that Code) used
in such dwelling unit.
(3) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a loan
guarantee under this subsection, a person that is an individual
shall have a household income of not to exceed 115 percent of
the national median household income, as determined by the
Secretary concerned.
(4) Use of loan.--The recipient of a loan guaranteed under
this subsection may use the loan only to fund improvements to
property owned by, and for the benefit of, the recipient.
(5) Amount.--The amount of a loan made to a person that is
guaranteed under this subsection shall equal the lesser of--
(A) 90 percent of the difference between--
(i) the cost incurred by the person for the
purchase and installation of the qualifying
property, as approved by the Secretary; and
(ii) the amount of any credit allowable to
the person with respect to such property under
section 25C, 25D, or 25E, of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986; or
(B) $30,000.
(6) Term of loans.--A loan guaranteed under this subsection
shall have a term of not to exceed 15 years.
(e) Low-Interest Loan Guarantees for Purchase and Installation of
Idling Reduction and Advanced Insulation for Heavy Trucks.--
(1) In general.--To the extent that the Secretary concerned
has authority under other law to make or guarantee loans or
grants to persons to purchase and install idling reduction
devices described in section 4053(9) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 or advanced insulation described in section
4053(10) of such Code, the Secretary concerned may guarantee
loans made to United States persons for the purchase and
installation of such idling reduction devices and advanced
insulation.
(2) Use of loan.--The recipient of a loan guaranteed under
this subsection may use the loan only to fund improvements to
property owned by, and for the benefit of, the recipient.
(3) Amount.--
(A) In general.--The amount of a loan made to a
person that is guaranteed under this subsection shall
equal 90 percent of the difference between--
(i) the cost incurred by the person for the
purchase and installation of the idling
reduction devices and advanced insulation
described in subsection (a), as approved by the
Secretary concerned; and
(ii) 12 percent of the amount for which the
idling reduction devices or advanced insulation
was sold.
(B) Special rules.--In the case of any property
described in paragraphs (2), (3), or (4) of section
4051(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the
amount determined under subparagraph (A) shall be zero.
(C) Determination of price.--Rules similar to the
rules of section 4052(b) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 shall apply for purposes of subparagraph (B).
(4) Loan terms.--The Secretary concerned shall establish
terms for loans guaranteed under this subsection, as determined
by the Secretary concerned.
(f) Low-Interest Loan Guarantees for Purchase and Installation of
Alternative Refueling Stations.--
(1) In general.--To the extent that the Secretary concerned
has authority under other law to make or guarantee loans or
grants to persons for the purchase and installation of any
qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property (as
defined in section 30C(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986), the Secretary concerned may guarantee loans made to
United States persons for the purchase and installation of any
such qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property
placed in service by the person during a taxable year.
(2) Use of loan.--The recipient of a loan guaranteed under
this subsection may use the loan only to fund improvements to
property owned by, and for the benefit of, the recipient.
(3) Amount.--The amount of a loan made to a person that is
guaranteed under this subsection shall equal 90 percent of the
difference between--
(A) the cost incurred by the person for the
purchase and installation of the qualified alternative
fuel vehicle refueling property described in paragraph
(1), as approved by the Secretary concerned; and
(B) the amount of any credit allowable to the
person under section 30C of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986.
(4) Loan terms.--The Secretary concerned shall establish
terms for loans guaranteed under this subsection, as determined
by the Secretary concerned.
(g) Transfers of Amounts.--
(1) In general.--The amounts required to be transferred to
the Fund under this section shall be transferred at least
monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on
the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury.
(2) Adjustments.--Proper adjustment shall be made in
amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates
were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be
transferred.
(h) Funding.--
(1) Mandatory funding.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, on October 1, 2009, out of any funds
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Fund
for the cost of loans to carry out the purposes of the
Fund $1,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
(B) Receipt and acceptance.--The Fund shall be
entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to
carry out the purposes of the Fund the funds
transferred under subparagraph (A), without further
appropriation.
(2) Authorization of appropriations.--
(A) In general.--In addition to the amount made
available under paragraph (1), there are authorized to
be appropriated to the Fund such sums as are necessary
to carry out the purposes of the Fund.
(B) Additional funding.--To the extent that a
Secretary described in subsection (a) has authority
under other law to make or guarantee loans or grants
described in subsection (d)(1), (e)(1), or (f)(1), in
addition to any other funds made available to carry out
that authority under any other provision of law, there
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such
sums as are necessary for the Secretary to provide
additional loans, loan guarantees, or grants under that
authority.
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Establishes in the Treasury the Energy Assistance Fund.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon request of the Secretary concerned, to transfer amounts from the Fund to that Secretary to make or guarantee low-interest loans or grants to U.S. persons to purchase and install: (1) qualifying energy efficient property in their principal dwelling (i.e., solar powered property to heat water or generate electricity, fuel cells, or compliant stoves); (2) idling reduction devices or advanced insulation in heavy trucks; and (3) qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property at a station.

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SECTION 1. AUTOMATIC INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PERCENTAGE DURING PERIODS OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.

(a) National Economic Downturn Assistance FMAP.--
(1) In general.--Section 1905 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b), in the first sentence--
(i) by striking ''and (4)'' and inserting
''(4)''; and
(ii) by inserting ''and (5) with respect to
each fiscal year quarter other than the first
quarter of a national economic downturn
assistance period described in subsection
(y)(1), the Federal medical assistance
percentage for any State described in
subsection (y)(2) shall be equal to the
national economic downturn assistance FMAP
determined for the State for the quarter under
subsection (y)(3)'' before the period; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
''(y) National Economic Downturn Assistance FMAP.--For purposes of
clause (5) of the first sentence of subsection (b):
''(1) National economic downturn assistance period.--A
national economic downturn assistance period described in this
paragraph--
''(A) begins with the first fiscal year quarter for
which the Secretary determines that for at least 23
States, the rolling average unemployment rate for that
quarter has increased by at least 10 percent over the
corresponding quarter for the most recent preceding 12-
month period for which data are available (in this
subsection referred to as the 'trigger quarter'); and
''(B) ends with the first succeeding fiscal year
quarter for which the Secretary determines that less
than 23 States have a rolling average unemployment rate
for that quarter with an increase of at least 10
percent over the corresponding quarter for the most
recent preceding 12-month period for which data are
available.
''(2) Eligible state.--A State described in this paragraph
is a State for which the Secretary determines that the rolling
average unemployment rate for the State for any quarter
occurring during a national economic downturn assistance period
described in paragraph (1) has increased over the corresponding
quarter for the most recent preceding 12-month period for which
data are available.
''(3) Determination of national economic downturn
assistance fmap.--
''(A) In general.--The national economic downturn
assistance FMAP for a fiscal year quarter determined
with respect to a State under this paragraph is equal
to the Federal medical assistance percentage for the
State for that quarter increased by the number of
percentage points determined by--
''(i) dividing--
''(I) the Medicaid additional
unemployed increased cost amount
determined under subparagraph (B) for
the quarter; by
''(II) the State's total Medicaid
quarterly spending amount determined
under subparagraph (C) for the quarter;
and
''(ii) multiplying the quotient determined
under clause (i) by 100.
''(B) Medicaid additional unemployed increased cost
amount.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)(I), the
Medicaid additional unemployed increased cost amount
determined under this subparagraph with respect to a
State and a quarter is the product of the following:
''(i) State increase in rolling average
number of unemployed individuals from the base
quarter of unemployment.--
''(I) In general.--The amount
determined by subtracting the rolling
average number of unemployed
individuals in the State for the base
unemployment quarter for the State
determined under subclause (II) from
the rolling average number of
unemployed individuals in the State for
the quarter.
''(II) Base unemployment quarter
defined.--
''(aa) In general.--For
purposes of subclause (I),
except as provided in item
(bb), the base quarter for a
State is the quarter with the
lowest rolling average number
of unemployed individuals in
the State in the 12-month
period preceding the trigger
quarter for a national economic
downturn assistance period
described in paragraph (1).
''(bb) Exception.--If the
rolling average number of
unemployed individuals in a
State for a quarter occurring
during a national economic
downturn assistance period
described in paragraph (1) is
less than the rolling average
number of unemployed
individuals in the State for
the base quarter determined
under item (aa), that quarter
shall be treated as the base
quarter for the State for such
national economic downturn
assistance period.
''(ii) National average amount of
additional federal medicaid spending per
additional unemployed individual.--In the case
of--
''(I) a calendar quarter occurring
in fiscal year 2012, $350; and
''(II) a calendar quarter occurring
in any succeeding fiscal year, the
amount applicable under this clause for
calendar quarters occurring during the
preceding fiscal year, increased by the
annual percentage increase in the
medical care component of the consumer
price index for all urban consumers
(U.S. city average), as rounded up in
an appropriate manner.
''(iii) State nondisabled, nonelderly
adults and children medicaid spending index.--
''(I) In general.--With respect to
a State, the quotient (not to exceed
1.00) of--
''(aa) the State
expenditure per person in
poverty amount determined under
subclause (II); divided by--
''(bb) the National
expenditure per person in
poverty amount determined under
subclause (III).
''(II) State expenditure per person
in poverty amount.--For purposes of
subclause (I)(aa), the State
expenditure per person in poverty
amount is the quotient of--
''(aa) the total amount of
annual expenditures by the
State for providing medical
assistance under the State plan
to nondisabled, nonelderly
adults and children; divided by
''(bb) the total number of
nonelderly adults and children
in poverty who reside in the
State, as determined under
paragraph (4)(A).
''(III) National expenditure per
person in poverty amount.--For purposes
of subclause (I)(bb), the National
expenditure per person in poverty
amount is the quotient of--
''(aa) the sum of the total
amounts determined under
subclause (II)(aa) for all
States; divided by
''(bb) the sum of the total
amounts determined under
subclause (II)(bb) for all
States.
''(C) State's total medicaid quarterly spending
amount.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)(II), the
State's total Medicaid quarterly spending amount
determined under this subparagraph with respect to a
State and a quarter is the amount equal to--
''(i) the total amount of expenditures by
the State for providing medical assistance
under the State plan to all individuals
enrolled in the plan for the most recent fiscal
year for which data is available; divided by
''(ii) 4.
''(4) Data.--In making the determinations required under
this subsection, the Secretary shall use, in addition to the
most recent available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics for each State referred to
in paragraph (5), the most recently available--
''(A) data from the Bureau of the Census with
respect to the number of nonelderly adults and children
who reside in a State described in paragraph (2) with
family income below the poverty line (as defined in
section 2110(c)(5)) applicable to a family of the size
involved (or, if the Secretary determines it
appropriate, a multiyear average of such data);
''(B) data reported to the Secretary by a State
described in paragraph (2) with respect to expenditures
for medical assistance under the State plan under this
title for nondisabled, nonelderly adults and children;
and
''(C) econometric studies of the responsiveness of
Medicaid enrollments and spending to changes in rolling
average unemployment rates and other factors, including
State spending on certain Medicaid populations.
''(5) Definition of 'rolling average number of unemployed
individuals', 'rolling average unemployment rate'.--In this
subsection, the term--
''(A) 'rolling average number of unemployed
individuals' means, with respect to a calendar quarter
and a State, the average of the 12 most recent months
of seasonally adjusted unemployment data for each
State;
''(B) 'rolling average unemployment rate' means,
with respect to a calendar quarter and a State, the
average of the 12 most recent monthly unemployment
rates for the State; and
''(C) 'monthly unemployment rate' means, with
respect to a State, the quotient of--
''(i) the monthly seasonally adjusted
number of unemployed individuals for the State;
divided by
''(ii) the monthly seasonally adjusted
number of the labor force for the State,
using the most recent data available from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics for each State.
''(6) Increase in cap on payments to territories.--With
respect to any fiscal year quarter for which the national
economic downturn assistance Federal medical assistance
percentage applies to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam,
the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa, the amounts
otherwise determined for such commonwealth or territory under
subsections (f) and (g) of section 1108 shall be increased by
such percentage of such amounts as the Secretary determines is
equal to twice the average increase in the national economic
downturn assistance FMAP determined for all States described in
paragraph (2) for the quarter.
''(7) Scope of application.--The national economic downturn
assistance FMAP shall only apply for purposes of payments under
section 1903 for a quarter and shall not apply with respect
to--
''(A) disproportionate share hospital payments
described in section 1923;
''(B) payments under title IV or XXI; or
''(C) any payments under this title that are based
on the enhanced FMAP described in section 2105(b).
''(8) Additional requirement for certain states.--In the
case of a State described in paragraph (2) that requires
political subdivisions within the State to contribute toward
the non-Federal share of expenditures required under section
1902(a)(2), the State shall not require that such political
subdivisions pay for any fiscal year quarters occurring during
a national economic downturn assistance period a greater
percentage of the non-Federal share of such expenditures, or a
greater percentage of the non-Federal share of payments under
section 1923, than the respective percentage that would have
been required by the State under State law in effect on the
first day of the fiscal year quarter occurring immediately
prior to the trigger quarter for the period.''.
(2) Effective date; no retroactive application.--The
amendments made by paragraph (1) take effect on January 1,
2012. In no event may a State receive a payment on the basis of
the national economic downturn assistance Federal medical
assistance percentage determined for the State under section
1905(y)(3) of the Social Security Act for amounts expended by
the State prior to January 1, 2012.
(b) GAO Study and Report.--
(1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall analyze the previous periods of national economic
downturn, including the most recent such period in effect as of
the date of enactment of this Act, and the past and projected
effects of temporary increases in the Federal medical
assistance percentage under the Medicaid program with respect
to such periods.
(2) Report.--Not later than April 1, 2011, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit a report to Congress
on the results of the analysis conducted under paragraph (1).
Such report shall include such recommendations as the
Comptroller General determines appropriate for modifying the
national economic downturn assistance FMAP established under
section 1905(y) of the Social Security Act (as added by
subsection (a)) to improve the effectiveness of the application
of such percentage in addressing the needs of States during
periods of national economic downturn, including
recommendations for--
(A) improvements to the factors that begin and end
the application of such percentage;
(B) how the determination of such percentage could
be adjusted to address State and regional economic
variations during such periods; and
(C) how the determination of such percentage could
be adjusted to be more responsive to actual Medicaid
costs incurred by States during such periods, as well
as to the effects of any other specific economic
indicators that the Comptroller General determines
appropriate.
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Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize an automatic increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for any eligible state during periods of national economic downturn.

Directs the Comptroller General to analyze and report to Congress on previous periods of national economic downturn, including the most recent one, and the past and projected effects of temporary increases in the Medicaid FMAP with respect to them.

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TITLE I--POTASH ROYALTY REDUCTION

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ''Potash Royalty Reduction Act of
2005''.

SEC. 102. POTASSIUM AND POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS FROM SYLVITE.

(a) Royalty Rate.--Notwithstanding section 102(a)(9) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701(a)(9)), section
2 of the Act of February 7, 1927 (30 U.S.C. 282) and the term of any
lease issued under such section 2, the royalty rate on the quantity or
gross value of the output from Federal lands of potassium and potassium
compounds from the mineral sylvite at the point of shipment to market
in the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act
shall be 1.0 percent.
(b) Reclamation Fund.--Fifty percentum of any royalties paid
pursuant to this title during the 5-year period referred to in
subsection (a), together with any interest earned from the date of
payment, shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the payor of
the royalties to be used solely for land reclamation purposes in
accordance with a schedule to implement a reclamation plan for the
lands for which the royalties are paid. No payment shall be made by the
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to this subsection until the
Secretary of the Interior receives from the payor of the royalties, and
approves, the reclamation plan and schedule, and submits the approved
schedule to the Secretary of the Treasury. The share of royalties held
by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to this subsection, and
interest earned thereon, shall be available until paid pursuant to this
subsection, without further appropriation; shall not be considered as
money received under section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
191) for the purpose of revenue allocation; and shall not be reduced by
any administrative or other costs incurred by the United States.
(c) Study and Report.--After the end of the 4-year period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act, and before the end of the 5-
year period beginning on that date, the Secretary of the Interior shall
report to the Congress on the effects of the royalty reduction under
this title, including a recommendation on whether the reduced royalty
rate for potassium from sylvite should apply after the end of the 5-
year period.

TITLE II--SODA ASH ROYALTY REDUCTION

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ''Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of
2005''.

SEC. 202. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) The combination of global competitive pressures, flat
domestic demand, and spiraling costs of production threaten the
future of the United States soda ash industry.
(2) Despite booming world demand, growth in United States
exports of soda ash since 1997 has been flat, with most of the
world's largest markets for such growth, including Brazil, the
People's Republic of China, India, the countries of eastern
Europe, and the Republic of South Africa, have been closed by
protectionist policies.
(3) The People's Republic of China is the prime competitor
of the United States in soda ash production, and recently
supplanted the United States as the largest producer of soda
ash in the world.
(4) Over 700 jobs have been lost in the United States soda
ash industry since the Department of the Interior increased the
royalty rate on soda ash produced on Federal land, in 1996.
(5) Reduction of the royalty rate on soda ash produced on
Federal land will provide needed relief to the United States
soda ash industry and allow it to increase export growth and
competitiveness in emerging world markets, and create new jobs
in the United States.

SEC. 203. REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATE ON SODA ASH.

Notwithstanding section 102(a)(9) of the Federal Land Policy
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701(a)(9)), section 24 of the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 262), and the terms of any lease under
that Act, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output
of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to
market from Federal land in the 5-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act shall be 2 percent.

SEC. 204. STUDY.

After the end of the 4-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, and before the end of the 5-year period
beginning on that date, the Secretary of the Interior shall report to
the Congress on the effects of the royalty reduction under this title,
including--
(1) the amount of sodium compounds and related products at
the point of shipment to market from Federal land during that
4-year period;
(2) the number of jobs that have been created or maintained
during the royalty reduction period;
(3) the total amount of royalty paid to the United States
on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium
compounds and related products at the point of shipment to
market produced during that 4-year period, and the portion of
such royalty paid to States; and
(4) a recommendation of whether the reduced royalty rate
should apply after the end of the 5-year period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2005.

Attest:

JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.
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Title I: Potash Royalty Reduction - Potash Royalty Reduction Act of 2005 - (Sec. 102) Sets at 1.0 percent the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output from Federal lands of potassium and potassium compounds from the mineral sylvite at the point of shipment to market in the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Prescribes implementation guidelines under which fifty percent of such royalties, together with interest earned from the date of payment, shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the payor of the royalties to be used solely for land reclamation purposes.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on the effects of the royalty reduction, including a recommendation on whether the reduced royalty rate for potassium from sylvite should apply after the end of the five-year period.

Title II: Soda Ash Royalty Reduction - Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2005 - (Sec. 202) Sets at 2.0 percent the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from Federal land in the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on the effects of the royalty reduction, including: (1) the amount of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from Federal land at the end of the four-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) the number of jobs created or maintained during the royalty reduction period; (3) the total amount of royalty paid to the United States on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market produced during that four year period, and the portion of such royalty paid to States; and (4) a recommendation of whether the reduced royalty rate should apply after the end of the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.