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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Depository Institutions Disaster
Relief Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. TRUTH IN LENDING ACT; EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT.

(a) Truth in Lending Act.--During the 180-day period beginning on
the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System may make exceptions to the Truth in Lending Act
for transactions within an area in which the President, pursuant to
section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, has determined that a major disaster exists, or within
an area determined to be eligible for disaster relief under other
Federal law by reason of damage related to the 1993 flooding of the
Mississippi River and its tributaries, if the Board determines that the
exception can reasonably be expected to alleviate hardships to the
public resulting from such disaster that outweigh possible adverse
effects.
(b) Expedited Funds Availability Act.--During the 180-day period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System may make exceptions to the Expedited
Funds Availability Act for depository institution offices located
within any area referred to in subsection (a) of this section if the
Board determines that the exception can reasonably be expected to
alleviate hardships to the public resulting from such disaster that
outweigh possible adverse effects.
(c) Time Limit on Exceptions.--Any exception made under this
section shall expire not later than the earlier of--
(1) 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; or
(2) 1 year after the date of any determination referred to
in subsection (a).
(d) Publication Required.--The Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System shall publish in the Federal Register a statement that--
(1) describes any exception made under this section; and
(2) explains how the exception can reasonably be expected
to produce benefits to the public that outweigh possible
adverse effects.

SEC. 3. DEPOSIT OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS.

(a) In General.--The appropriate Federal banking agency may, by
order, permit an insured depository institution, during the 18-month
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to subtract from
the institution's total assets, in calculating compliance with the
leverage limit prescribed under section 38 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act, an amount not exceeding the qualifying amount
attributable to insurance proceeds, if the agency determines that--
(1) the institution--
(A) had its principal place of business within an
area in which the President, pursuant to section 401 of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, has determined that a major disaster
exists, or within an area determined to be eligible for
disaster relief under other Federal law by reason of
damage related to the 1993 flooding of the Mississippi
River and its tributaries, on the day before the date
of any such determination;
(B) derives more than 60 percent of its total
deposits from persons who normally reside within, or
whose principal place of business is normally within,
areas of intense devastation caused by the major
disaster;
(C) was adequately capitalized (as defined in
section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act) before
the major disaster; and
(D) has an acceptable plan for managing the
increase in its total assets and total deposits; and
(2) the subtraction is consistent with the purpose of
section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Appropriate federal banking agency.--The term
''appropriate Federal banking agency'' has the same meaning as
in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
(2) Insured depository institution.--The term ''insured
depository institution'' has the same meaning as in section 3
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
(3) Leverage limit.--The term ''leverage limit'' has the
same meaning as in section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act.
(4) Qualifying amount attributable to insurance proceeds.--
The term ''qualifying amount attributable to insurance
proceeds'' means the amount (if any) by which the institution's
total assets exceed the institution's average total assets
during the calendar quarter ending before the date of any
determination referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A), because of
the deposit of insurance payments or governmental assistance
made with respect to damage caused by, or other costs resulting
from, the major disaster.

SEC. 4. BANKING AGENCY PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

(a) In General.--During the 180-day period beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act, a qualifying regulatory agency may take any of
the following actions with respect to depository institutions or other
regulated entities whose principal place of business is within, or with
respect to transactions or activities within, an area in which the
President, pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, has determined that a major
disaster exists, or within an area determined to be eligible for
disaster relief under other Federal law by reason of damage related to
the 1993 flooding of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, if the
agency determines that the action would facilitate recovery from the
major disaster:
(1) Procedure.--Exercising the agency's authority under
provisions of law other than this section without complying
with--
(A) any requirement of section 553 of title 5,
United States Code; or
(B) any provision of law that requires notice or
opportunity for hearing or sets maximum or minimum time
limits with respect to agency action.
(2) Publication requirements.--Making exceptions, with
respect to institutions or other entities for which the agency
is the primary Federal regulator, to--
(A) any publication requirement with respect to
establishing branches or other deposit-taking
facilities; or
(B) any similar publication requirement.
(b) Publication Required.--A qualifying regulatory agency shall
publish in the Federal Register a statement that--
(1) describes any action taken under this section; and
(2) explains the need for the action.
(c) Qualifying Regulatory Agency Defined.--For purposes of this
section, the term ''qualifying regulatory agency'' means--
(1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
(2) the Comptroller of the Currency;
(3) the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision;
(4) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(5) the Financial Institutions Examination Council;
(6) the National Credit Union Administration; and
(7) with respect to chapter 53 of title 31, United States
Code, the Secretary of the Treasury.

SEC. 5. STUDY; REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.

(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a study that--
(1) examines how the agencies and entities granted
authority by the Depository Institutions Disaster Relief Act of
1992 and by this Act have exercised such authority;
(2) evaluates the utility of such Acts in facilitating
recovery from disasters consistent with the safety and
soundness of depository institutions; and
(3) contains recommendations with respect to whether the
authority granted by this Act should be made permanent.
(b) Report to the Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to the Congress a report on the results of
the study required by subsection (a).

SEC. 6. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

It is the sense of the Congress that the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director
of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration should
encourage depository institutions meet the financial services needs of
their communities and customers located in areas affected by the 1993
flooding of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

SEC. 7. OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.

Nothing in this Act limits the authority of any department or
agency under any other provision of law.

Passed the House of Representatives August 2, 1993.

Attest:

Clerk.
[EX A]: Depository Institutions Disaster Relief Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to make exceptions for a specified period of time to the Truth in Lending Act and to the Expedited Funds Availability Act with respect to transactions and depository institutions located within either a federally declared major disaster area or certain areas damaged by the 1993 flooding of the Mississippi River and its tributaries (disaster areas).
Cites conditions under which: (1) an insured depository institution may subtract from its total assets a specified amount attributable to insurance proceeds when it is calculating compliance with prescribed leverage limits; and (2) a qualifying regulatory agency may deviate from certain statutory requirements with respect to regulated entities located in disaster areas.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the efficacy of certain disaster relief Acts with respect to facilitating recovery from major disasters.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified Federal banking regulatory agencies should encourage depository institutions to meet the financial services needs of their communities and customers located in areas affected by the 1993 flooding of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Advancing Research for Neurological
Diseases Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 399V-6 SURVEILLANCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall--
''(1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to
track the epidemiology of neurological diseases, including
multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and
''(2) incorporate information obtained through such
activities into a statistically-sound, scientifically-credible,
integrated surveillance system, to be known as the National
Neurological Diseases Surveillance System.
''(b) Research.--The Secretary shall ensure that the National
Neurological Diseases Surveillance System is designed in a manner that
facilitates further research on neurological diseases.
''(c) Content.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary--
''(1) shall provide for the collection and storage of
information on the incidence and prevalence of neurological
diseases in the United States;
''(2) to the extent practicable, shall provide for the
collection and storage of other available information on
neurological diseases, such as information concerning--
''(A) demographics and other information associated
or possibly associated with neurological diseases, such
as age, race, ethnicity, sex, geographic location, and
family history;
''(B) risk factors associated or possibly
associated with neurological diseases, including
genetic and environmental risk factors; and
''(C) diagnosis and progression markers;
''(3) may provide for the collection and storage of
information relevant to analysis on neurological diseases, such
as information concerning--
''(A) the epidemiology of the diseases;
''(B) the natural history of the diseases;
''(C) the prevention of the diseases;
''(D) the detection, management, and treatment
approaches for the diseases; and
''(E) the development of outcomes measures; and
''(4) may address issues identified during the consultation
process under subsection (d).
''(d) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall consult with individuals with appropriate expertise, including--
''(1) epidemiologists with experience in disease
surveillance or registries;
''(2) representatives of national voluntary health
associations that--
''(A) focus on neurological diseases, including
multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and
''(B) have demonstrated experience in research,
care, or patient services;
''(3) health information technology experts or other
information management specialists;
''(4) clinicians with expertise in neurological diseases;
and
''(5) research scientists with experience conducting
translational research or utilizing surveillance systems for
scientific research purposes.
''(e) Grants.--The Secretary may award grants to, or enter into
contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private nonprofit
entities to carry out activities under this section.
''(f) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--Subject to
subsection (h), the Secretary shall make information and analysis in
the National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System available, as
appropriate, to Federal departments and agencies, such as the National
Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of
Defense.
''(g) Public Access.--Subject to subsection (h), the Secretary
shall make information and analysis in the National Neurological
Diseases Surveillance System available, as appropriate, to the public,
including researchers.
''(h) Privacy.--The Secretary shall ensure that privacy and
security protections applicable to the National Neurological Diseases
Surveillance System are at least as stringent as the privacy and
security protections under HIPAA privacy and security law (as defined
in section 3009(a)(2)).
''(i) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit a report to the
Congress concerning the implementation of this section. Such report
shall include information on--
''(1) the development and maintenance of the National
Neurological Diseases Surveillance System;
''(2) the type of information collected and stored in the
System;
''(3) the use and availability of such information,
including guidelines for such use; and
''(4) the use and coordination of databases that collect or
maintain information on neurological diseases.
''(j) Definition.--In this section, the term 'national voluntary
health association' means a national nonprofit organization with
chapters, other affiliated organizations, or networks in States
throughout the United States.
''(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section,
there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2019.''.
[EX A]: Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and (2) incorporate information obtained through those activities into a National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the System facilitates further research on neurological diseases. Requires HHS to provide for the collection and storage of information on neurological diseases, including the incidence, prevalence, and other information, to the extent practicable. Requires HHS to: (1) make information and analysis in the System available to federal agencies and to the public, including researchers; and (2) ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as the protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. TAX-EXEMPT BOND FINANCING OF CERTAIN ELECTRIC FACILITIES.

(a) Permitted Open Access Transactions Not a Private Business
Use.--Section 141(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining
private business use) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(C) Permitted open access transactions not a
private business use.--
''(i) In general.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term 'private business use'
shall not include a permitted open access
transaction.
''(ii) Permitted open access transaction
defined.--For purposes of clause (i), the term
'permitted open access transaction' means any
of the following transactions or activities
with respect to an electric output facility (as
defined in subsection (f)(5)(A)) owned or
leased by a governmental unit or in which a
governmental unit has capacity rights:
''(I) Providing open access
transmission services and ancillary
services that meet the reciprocity
requirements of Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Order No. 888, or
that are ordered by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, or that are
provided in accordance with a
transmission tariff of an independent
system operator approved by such
Commission, or are consistent with
state administered laws, rules or
orders providing for open transmission
access.
''(II) Participation in an
independent system operator agreement,
regional transmission group, or power
exchange agreement approved by such
Commission.
''(III) Delivery on an open access
basis of electric energy sold by other
entities to end-users served by such
governmental unit's distribution
facilities.
''(IV) If open access service is
provided under subclause (I) or (III),
the sale of electric output of electric
output facilities on terms other than
those available to the general public
if such sale is (1) to an on-system
purchaser, (2) an existing off-system
sale, or (3) a qualifying load loss
sale.
''(V) Such other transactions or
activities as may be provided in
regulations prescribed by the
Secretary.
''(iii) Qualifying load loss sale.--For
purposes of clause (ii)(IV), a sale of electric
energy by a governmental unit is a qualifying
load loss sale in any calendar year after 1997,
if it is a new off-system sale, and the
aggregate of new off-system sales in such year
does not exceed lost load, and if the term of
the sale does not exceed three years, and such
governmental unit has elected under subsection
(f)(2) to suspend issuance of certain tax-
exempt bonds for not less than the term of the
sale (or for any period equal to the term of
the sale that includes the first year of the
sale).
''(iv) Other definitions; special rules.--
For purposes of this subparagraph--
''(I) On-system purchaser.--The
term 'on-system purchaser' means a
person who purchases electric energy
from a governmental unit and who is
directly connected with transmission or
distribution facilities that are owned
or leased by such governmental unit or
in which such governmental unit has
capacity rights that are treated under
FERC tariffs or existing contracts as
equivalent to ownership.
''(II) Off-system purchaser.--The
term 'off-system purchaser' means a
purchaser of electric energy from a
governmental unit other than an on-
system purchaser.
''(III) Existing off-system sale.--
The term 'existing off-system sale'
means a sale of electric energy to a
person that was an off-system purchaser
of electric energy in the base year,
but not in excess of the KWH purchased
by such person in such year.
''(IV) New off-system sale.--The
term 'new off-system sale' means an
off-system sale other than an existing
off-system sale.
''(V) Lost load.--The term 'lost
load' for the purposes of determining
qualifying load loss sales for any
year, means the amount (if any) by
which (1) the sum of on-system sales of
electric energy and existing off-system
sales of electric energy in such year
is less than (2) the sum of such sales
of electric energy in the base year.
''(VI) Base year.--The term 'base
year' means 1997 (or, at the election
of such unit, in 1995 or 1996).
''(VII) Joint action agencies.--A
member of a joint action agency that is
entitled to make a qualifying load loss
sale in a year may transfer that
entitlement to the joint action agency
in accordance with rules of the
Secretary.''.
(b) Election To Terminate Tax Exempt Financing.--Section 141 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to private activity bond;
qualified bond) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(f) Election To Terminate or Suspend Tax-Exempt Bond Financing
for Certain Electric Output Facilities.--
''(1) Termination election.--An issuer may make an
irrevocable election under this paragraph to terminate certain
tax-exempt financing for electric output facilities. If the
issuer makes such election, then--
''(A) except as provided in paragraph (3), no bond
the interest on which is exempt from tax under section
103 may be issued on or after the date of such election
with respect to an electric output facility; and
''(B) notwithstanding paragraph (1) or (2) of
subsection (a) or paragraph (5) of subsection (b), with
respect to an electric output facility no bond that was
issued before the date of enactment of this subsection,
the interest on which was exempt from tax on such date,
shall be treated as a private activity bond, for so
long as such facility continues to be owned by a
governmental unit.
''(2) Suspension election.--For purposes of subsection
(b)(6)(C)(iii), an issuer may elect to suspend certain tax-
exempt financing for electric output facilities for a calendar
year. If the issuer makes such election, then (except as
provided in paragraph (3)) no bond, the interest on which is
exempt from tax under section 103, may be issued in such
calendar year with respect to an electric output facility.
''(3) Exceptions.--An election under paragraph (1) or (2)
does not apply to--
''(A) any qualified bond (as defined in subsection
(e)),
''(B) any eligible refunding bond, or
''(C) any bond issued to finance a qualifying T&D
facility, or
''(D) any bond issued to finance repairs or
pollution control equipment for electric output
facilities. Repairs cannot increase by more than a de
minimis degree the capacity of the facility beyond
its original design.
''(4) Form and effect of elections.--An election under
paragraph (1) or (2) shall be made in such a manner as the
Secretary prescribes and shall be binding on any successor in
interest to the issuer.
''(5) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
''(A) Electric output facility.--The term 'electric
output facility' means an output facility that is an
electric generation, transmission, or distribution
facility.
''(B) Eligible refunding bond.--The term 'eligible
refunding bond' means state or local bonds issued after
an election described in paragraph (1) or (2) that
directly or indirectly refund state or local bonds
issued before such election, if the weighted average
maturity of the refunding bonds do not exceed the
remaining weighted average maturity of the bonds issued
before the election.
''(C) Qualifying t&d facility.--The term
'qualifying T&D facility' means--
''(i) transmission facilities over which
services described in subsection
(b)(6)(C)(ii)(I) are provided, or
''(ii) distribution facilities over which
services described in subsection
(b)(6)(C)(ii)(III) are provided.''
(c) Effective Date, Applicability, and Transition Rules.--
(1) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except that a
governmental unit may elect to apply section 141(b)(6)(C) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by subsection (a),
with respect to permitted open access transactions on or after
July 9, 1996.
(2) Applicability.--References in the Act to sections of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be deemed
to include references to comparable sections of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
(3) Transition rules.--
(A) Private business use.--Any activity that was
not a private business use prior to the effective date
of the amendment made by subsection (a) shall not be
deemed to be a private business use by reason of the
enactment of such amendment.
(B) Election.--An issuer making the election under
section 141(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
added by subsection (b), shall not be liable under any
contract in effect on the date of enactment of this Act
for any claim under section 141(f) of such Code arising
from having made the election.
(d) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Private Use
Competition Reform Act of 1998''.
[EX A]:
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt bond financing of certain electric facilities, to revise the definition of private business use to exclude a permitted open access transaction. Defines such a transaction. Permits, as specified, the termination or suspension of tax-exempt bond financing for certain electric output facilities.