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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Encouraging Work Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT AND WELFARE-TO-WORK
CREDIT.

(a) Credit Made Permanent.--
(1) Subsection (c) of section 51 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (4) (relating to
termination).
(2) Section 51A of such Code is amended by striking
subsection (f).
(b) Eligibility of Ex-Felons Determined Without Regard to Family
Income.--Paragraph (4) of section 51(d) of such Code is amended by
adding ''and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking '', and'' at
the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period, and by striking all
that follows subparagraph (B).
(c) Increase in Maximum Age for Eligibility of Food Stamp
Recipients.--Clause (i) of section 51(d)(8)(A) of such Code is amended
by striking ''25'' and inserting ''40''.
(d) Increase in Maximum Age for Designated Community Residents.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (5) of section 51(d) of such
Code is amended to read as follows:
''(5) Designated community residents.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'designated community
resident' means any individual who is certified by the
designated local agency--
''(i) as having attained age 18 but not age
40 on the hiring date, and
''(ii) as having his principal place of
abode within an empowerment zone, enterprise
community, or renewal community.
''(B) Individual must continue to reside in zone or
community.--In the case of a designated community
resident, the term 'qualified wages' shall not include
wages paid or incurred for services performed while the
individual's principal place of abode is outside an
empowerment zone, enterprise community, or renewal
community.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (D) of section
51(d)(1) is amended to read as follows:
''(D) a designated community resident,''.
(e) Clarification of Treatment of Individuals Under Individual Work
Plans.--Subparagraph (B) of section 51(d)(6) of such Code (relating to
vocational rehabilitation referral) is amended by striking ''or'' at
the end of clause (i), by striking the period at the end of clause (ii)
and inserting '', or'', and by adding at the end the following new
clause:
''(iii) an individual work plan developed
and implemented by an employment network
pursuant to subsection (g) of section 1148 of
the Social Security Act with respect to which
the requirements of such subsection are met.''.
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31,
2005.

SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT WITH WELFARE-TO-WORK
CREDIT.

(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 51(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ''or'' at the end of
subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (H)
and inserting '', or'', and by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
''(I) a long-term family assistance recipient.''.
(b) Long-Term Family Assistance Recipient.--Subsection (d) of
section 51 of such Code is amended by redesignating paragraphs (10)
through (12) as paragraphs (11) through (13), respectively, and by
inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:
''(10) Long-term family assistance recipient.--The term
'long-term family assistance recipient' means any individual
who is certified by the designated local agency--
''(A) as being a member of a family receiving
assistance under a IV-A program (as defined in
paragraph (2)(B)) for at least the 18-month period
ending on the hiring date,
''(B)(i) as being a member of a family receiving
such assistance for 18 months beginning after August 5,
1997, and
''(ii) as having a hiring date which is not more
than 2 years after the end of the earliest such 18-
month period, or
''(C)(i) as being a member of a family which ceased
to be eligible for such assistance by reason of any
limitation imposed by Federal or State law on the
maximum period such assistance is payable to a family,
and
''(ii) as having a hiring date which is not more
than 2 years after the date of such cessation.''.
(c) Increased Credit for Employment of Long-Term Family Assistance
Recipients.--Section 51 of such Code is amended by inserting after
subsection (d) the following new subsection:
''(e) Credit for Second-Year Wages for Employment of Long-Term
Family Assistance Recipients.--
''(1) In general.--With respect to the employment of a
long-term family assistance recipient--
''(A) the amount of the work opportunity credit
determined under this section for the taxable year
shall include 50 percent of the qualified second-year
wages for such year, and
''(B) in lieu of applying subsection (b)(3), the
amount of the qualified first-year wages, and the
amount of qualified second-year wages, which may be
taken into account with respect to such a recipient
shall not exceed $10,000 per year.
''(2) Qualified second-year wages.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term 'qualified second-year wages' means
qualified wages--
''(A) which are paid to a long-term family
assistance recipient, and
''(B) which are attributable to service rendered
during the 1-year period beginning on the day after the
last day of the 1-year period with respect to such
recipient determined under subsection (b)(2).
''(3) Special rules for agricultural and railway labor.--If
such recipient is an employee to whom subparagraph (A) or (B)
of subsection (h)(1) applies, rules similar to the rules of
such subparagraphs shall apply except that--
''(A) such subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting '$10,000' for '$6,000', and
''(B) such subparagraph (B) shall be applied by
substituting '$833.33' for '$500'.''.
(d) Repeal of Separate Welfare-to-Work Credit.--
(1) In general.--Section 51A of such Code is hereby
repealed.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for subpart
F of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is
amended by striking the item relating to section 51A.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31,
2005.

SOLUTION: Encouraging Work Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to consolidate and modify provisions of the work opportunity tax credit and the welfare-to-work tax credit and make the consolidated tax credit permanent. Expands eligibility for the consolidated tax credit by: (1) determining eligibility of ex-felons without regard to family income; and (2) raising the age ceiling for food stamp recipients from 25 to 40. Includes a "designated community resident" (in lieu of "high risk youth") and "long-term family assistance recipient" as members of the targeted group eligible for the consolidated tax credit. Provides for an increased tax credit for employment of long-term family assistance recipients.

Repeals the separate welfare-to-work tax credit.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Government Customer Service
Improvement Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Agency.--The term ''agency''--
(A) means an Executive agency (as defined under
section 105 of title 5, United States Code) that
provides significant services directly to the public or
other entity; and
(B) does not include an Executive agency if the
President determines that this Act should not apply to
the Executive agency for national security reasons.
(2) Customer.--The term ''customer'', with respect to an
agency, means any individual or entity that is directly served
by an agency.

SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS.

(a) Government-Wide Standards.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall develop Government-wide standards for customer
service delivery, which shall be included in the Federal
Government Performance Plan required under section 1115 of
title 31, United States Code.
(2) Requirements.--The standards developed under paragraph
(1) shall include--
(A) Government-wide goals for continuous service
improvements and efforts to modernize service delivery;
and
(B) where appropriate, Government-wide target
response times for telephone calls, electronic mail,
mail, benefit processing, and payments.
(b) Agency Standards.--
(1) In general.--The Chief Performance Officer for each
agency shall establish customer service standards in accordance
with the Government-wide standards established under subsection
(a), which shall be included in the Agency Performance Plans
required under section 1115 of title 31, United States Code.
(2) Requirements.--Agency standards established under
paragraph (1) shall include, if appropriate--
(A) target call wait times during peak and non-peak
hours;
(B) target response times for correspondence, both
by mail and electronic mail;
(C) procedures for ensuring all applicable metrics
are incorporated into service agreements with
nongovernmental individuals and entities;
(D) target response times for processing benefits
and making payments; and
(E) recommendations for effective publication of
customer service contact information, including a
mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
(c) Customer Service Input.--The Performance Improvement Officer
for each agency shall collect information from customers of the agency
regarding the quality of customer service provided by the agency. Each
agency shall include the information collected under this subsection in
the performance report made available by the agency under section 1116
of title 31, United States Code.
(d) Annual Performance Update.--The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall include achievements by agencies in meeting
the customer service performance measures and standards developed under
subsection (a) in each update on agency performance required under
section 1116 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 4. SERVICE IMPROVEMENT UNIT PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) Established.--The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall establish a pilot program, to be known as the Service
Improvement Unit Pilot Program (in this section referred to as the
''pilot program''), to provide assistance to agencies that do not meet
the Government-wide standards established under section 3.
(b) Personnel.--The heads of agencies with expertise in change
management, process improvement, and information technology innovation
shall detail employees to the Office of Management and Budget to work
on the pilot program, based on the expertise and skills required to
address service improvement goals.
(c) Responsibilities.--Under the pilot program, the Office of
Management and Budget shall work with agencies that are not meeting the
customer service standards and performance measures established under
section 3 to improve and modernize service delivery to develop
solutions, including--
(1) evaluating the efforts of the agency to improve service
delivery;
(2) developing a plan to improve within existing resources
and by drawing on expertise and assistance from other agencies
(including the Office of Management and Budget) where
necessary;
(3) monitoring implementation by the agency of the plan
developed under paragraph (2) until the customer service
standards and performance measures are met; and
(4) submitting to the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget monthly reports on the progress being made to
improve service at the agency until the customer service
standards are met.
(d) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
submit to Congress a report on the accomplishments and outcomes of the
pilot program and any recommendations relating to achieving the
customer service standards and performance measures established under
section 3.
(e) Support.--The Administrator of General Services shall provide
administrative and other support in order to implement the pilot
program under this section. The heads of agencies shall, as appropriate
and to the extent permitted by law, provide at the request of the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget up to 2 personnel
authorizations who have expertise in change management, process
improvement, and information technology innovation to support the pilot
program.
(f) Termination.--The authority to carry out the pilot program
shall terminate 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. RETIREMENT REPORTING.

(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ''agency'' has the
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) Reports.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) and
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
and every month thereafter, the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall submit to Congress and the
Comptroller General of the United States, and issue publicly
(including on the Web site of the Office of Personnel
Management), a report that--
(A) for each agency, evaluates the timeliness,
completeness, and accuracy of information submitted by
the agency relating to employees of the agency who are
retiring; and
(B) indicates--
(i) the total number of applications for
retirement benefits, lump sum death benefits,
court ordered benefits, phased retirement, and
disability retirement that are pending action
by the Office of Personnel Management; and
(ii) the number of months each such
application has been pending.
(2) Suspension of reporting requirement.--Paragraph (1)
shall not apply to the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management for any month immediately following a 3-year period
in which there are no applications described in paragraph
(1)(B) that have been pending for more than 60 days.
(c) Modernization Timeline.--The Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall establish--
(1) a timetable for the completion of each component of the
retirement systems modernization project of the Office of
Personnel Management, including all data elements required for
accurate completion of adjudication; and
(2) the date by which all Federal payroll processing
entities will electronically transmit all personnel data to the
Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Budget Request.--The Office of Personnel Management shall
include a detailed statement regarding the progress of the Office of
Personnel Management in completing the retirement systems modernization
project of the Office of Personnel Management and recommendations to
Congress regarding the additional resources needed to fully implement
the retirement systems modernization project of the Office of Personnel
Management in each budget request of the Office of Personnel Management
submitted as part of the preparation of the budget of the President
submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code.

SEC. 6. NO INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES.

It is the sense of Congress that no additional funds should be
appropriated to carry out this Act.

SOLUTION: Government Customer Service Improvement Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop government-wide standards for customer service delivery, which shall be included in the Federal Government Performance Plan. Requires such standards to include: (1) government-wide goals for continuous service improvements and efforts to modernize service delivery; and (2) government-wide target response times for telephone calls, electronic mail, mail, benefit processing, and payments. Directs: (1) the Chief Performance Officer for each executive agency to establish customer service standards in accordance with such government-wide standards, which shall be included in Agency Performance Plans; (2) the Performance Improvement Officer for each agency to collect information from customers of the agency regarding the quality of customer service provided; and (3) the Director to include agency achievements in meeting such standards and customer service performance measures in each required update on agency performance. Requires: (1) the Director to establish a two-year Service Improvement Unit Pilot Program to provide assistance to agencies that do not meet such government-wide standards, and (2) the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to provide administrative and other support to implement such Program. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to: (1) submit to Congress and the Comptroller General (GAO) and issue publicly every month a report on information submitted by each federal agency regarding its employees who are retiring and pending applications for retirement benefits, (2) establish a timetable for completion of OPM's retirement systems modernization project and a deadline by which all federal payroll processing entities will electronically transmit all personnel data to OPM, and (3) include in each annual budget request a statement on OPM's progress in completing such project and resources needed to implement it.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Foreign Entities Reform Act of
2018''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CONTENT FROM REGISTERED
FOREIGN AGENTS.

(a) In General.--Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 722. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CONTENT FROM
REGISTERED FOREIGN AGENTS.

''(a) Record of Requests for Covered Time From Registered Foreign
Agents.--
''(1) In general.--A covered provider shall maintain a
complete record of a request for covered time that is made by
or on behalf of a registered foreign agent.
''(2) Contents of record.--A record maintained under
paragraph (1) shall contain information regarding--
''(A) whether the request for covered time is
accepted or rejected by the provider;
''(B) the rate (if any) charged for the covered
time;
''(C) the date and time (if any) on which the
communication is broadcast or otherwise transmitted by
the provider;
''(D) the class of time that is requested;
''(E) the name, address, and phone number of a
contact person for the registered foreign agent (and of
any person requesting the covered time on behalf of the
agent), and a list of the chief executive officers or
members of the executive committee or of the board of
directors of the agent (and of any person requesting
the covered time on behalf of the agent); and
''(F) the name of the foreign principal of the
registered foreign agent.
''(3) Location; time to retain.--The information required
under this subsection shall be placed in the online public
inspection file hosted by the Commission as soon as possible
and shall be retained in such file for a period of not less
than 2 years. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term
'as soon as possible' means immediately absent unusual
circumstances.
''(b) Sponsorship Identification Requirements.--
''(1) Applicability to covered content.--
''(A) Announcement by station.--For purposes of
section 317, any covered content broadcast by a
broadcast station, if such station knew or should have
known that the content was covered content, shall be
treated as matter for which money, service, or other
valuable consideration was paid for broadcasting,
regardless of whether any such consideration was paid.
''(B) Disclosures by station employees, program
producers, and others.--For purposes of section 507--
''(i) any agreement for the broadcast of
covered content, between an employee of a
broadcast station and any registered foreign
agent who developed, produced, disseminated, or
funded the covered content, shall be treated as
acceptance by the employee and payment by the
agent of money, service, or other valuable
consideration for the broadcast of such
content, regardless of whether any such
consideration was paid; and
''(ii) any agreement for the inclusion of
covered content as part of a program or program
matter that is intended for broadcasting over a
broadcast station, between any person in
connection with the production or preparation
of such program or program matter and any
registered foreign agent who developed,
produced, disseminated, or funded the covered
content, shall be treated as acceptance by such
person and payment by such agent of money,
service, or other valuable consideration for
such inclusion, regardless of whether any such
consideration was paid.
''(2) Statement required.--
''(A) In announcement by station.--In the case of
any announcement required by section 317 (including as
the application of such section is modified by this
subsection) with respect to covered content, such
announcement shall--
''(i) contain, with respect to each
registered foreign agent who developed,
produced, disseminated, or funded the covered
content--
''(I) the same statement as the
statement required by section 4(b) of
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938 (22 U.S.C. 614(b)); or
''(II) for any such agent for whom
no statement is required under such
section with respect to the covered
content, a similar statement that such
agent developed, produced,
disseminated, or funded (as the case
may be) the covered content on behalf
of the foreign principal; and
''(ii) be made at regular and periodic
intervals throughout the broadcast of the
covered content.
''(B) In disclosures by station employees, program
producers, and others.--In the case of any disclosure
required by section 507 (including as the application
of such section is modified by this subsection) with
respect to covered content, such disclosure shall
contain the same information as the information
described in subparagraph (A)(i).
''(3) Applicability to cable operators and satellite
providers.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Commission shall promulgate
regulations that contain--
''(A) requirements for cable operators, DBS
providers, and SDARS licensees with respect to the
transmission of covered content that are comparable to
the requirements for broadcast stations under section
317 (including as the application of such section is
modified by this subsection) with respect to the
broadcast of covered content;
''(B) requirements for employees of cable
operators, DBS providers, and SDARS licensees with
respect to the transmission of covered content that are
comparable to the requirements for employees of
broadcast stations under section 507(a) (including as
the application of such section is modified by this
subsection) with respect to the broadcast of covered
content;
''(C) requirements with respect to the inclusion of
covered content in any program or program matter that
is intended for transmission by any cable operator, DBS
provider, or SDARS licensee that are comparable to the
requirements with respect to the inclusion of covered
content in any program or program matter that is
intended for broadcasting over a broadcast station
under section 507(b) (including as the application of
such section is modified by this subsection); and
''(D) requirements with respect to the supplying of
any program or program matter that is intended for
transmission by any cable operator, DBS provider, or
SDARS licensee, in any case in which covered content is
included as a part of the program or program matter
being supplied, that are comparable to the requirements
with respect to the supplying of any program or program
matter that is intended for broadcasting over a
broadcast station, in any case in which covered content
is included as a part of the program or program matter
being supplied, under section 507(c) (including as the
application of such section is modified by this
subsection).
''(c) Quarterly Reports.--
''(1) In general.--Not later than 14 days after the end of
a calendar quarter during which a covered provider receives a
request for which a record is required to be maintained under
subsection (a), or broadcasts or otherwise transmits covered
content for which an announcement is required by section 317
(including as the application of such section is modified by
subsection (b)) or by the regulations of the Commission issued
under paragraph (3) of such subsection, such provider shall
submit to the Commission, the Attorney General, and the
Secretary of State a report that summarizes any such requests
received, and any such covered content broadcast or otherwise
transmitted, by such provider during such quarter.
''(2) Form and contents.--The Commission may issue
regulations prescribing the form and contents of the reports
required by paragraph (1).
''(3) Public availability.--The Commission, the Attorney
General, and the Secretary of State shall make the reports
submitted under paragraph (1) publicly available on their
internet websites.
''(d) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Agent of a foreign principal.--The term 'agent of a
foreign principal' has the meaning given such term in section 1
of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611).
''(2) Broadcast time.--The term 'broadcast time' means
broadcast time, as such term is used in section 315(e).
''(3) Cablecast time.--The term 'cablecast time' means
cablecast time, as such term is used in section 76.1701 of
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations.
''(4) Cable operator.--The term 'cable operator' has the
meaning given such term in section 602.
''(5) Covered content.--The term 'covered content' means
any program or other matter that--
''(A) is broadcast or otherwise transmitted or
intended for broadcast or other transmission by a
covered provider; and
''(B) is developed, produced, disseminated, or
funded by a registered foreign agent.
''(6) Covered provider.--The term 'covered provider' means
a broadcast station licensee, cable operator, DBS provider, or
SDARS licensee.
''(7) Covered time.--The term 'covered time' means--
''(A) with respect to a broadcast station licensee,
broadcast time;
''(B) with respect to a cable operator, cablecast
time;
''(C) with respect to a DBS provider, DBS
origination time; and
''(D) with respect to an SDARS licensee, SDARS
origination time.
''(8) DBS origination time.--The term 'DBS origination
time' means DBS origination time, as such term is used in
section 25.701(d) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations.
''(9) DBS provider.--The term 'DBS provider' has the
meaning given such term in section 25.701(a) of title 47, Code
of Federal Regulations.
''(10) Foreign principal.--The term 'foreign principal' has
the meaning given such term in section 1 of the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611).
''(11) Registered foreign agent.--The term 'registered
foreign agent' means an agent of a foreign principal registered
under section 2 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938
(22 U.S.C. 612).
''(12) SDARS licensee.--The term 'SDARS licensee' means a
licensee in the Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service, as
defined in section 25.103 of title 47, Code of Federal
Regulations.
''(13) SDARS origination time.--The term 'SDARS origination
time' means SDARS origination time, as such term is used in
section 25.702(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations.''.
(b) Effective Dates.--
(1) Record of requests for covered time from registered
foreign agents.--Subsection (a) of section 722 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a) of this
section, shall apply with respect to a request for covered time
made by a registered foreign agent after the date that is 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Sponsorship identification requirements.--Subsection
(b) of section 722 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added
by subsection (a) of this section, and the regulations
promulgated under paragraph (3) of such subsection (b), shall
apply--
(A) in the case of an announcement by a covered
provider under section 317 of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 317) (including as the application of
such section is modified by such subsection (b)) or
under such regulations, only if the broadcast or other
transmission of covered content occurs after the date
that is 90 days after the Commission promulgates such
regulations; and
(B) in the case of a disclosure under section 507
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 507)
(including as the application of such section is
modified by such subsection (b)) or under such
regulations, only if the acceptance or agreement to
accept or payment or agreement to pay money, service,
or other valuable consideration (or the agreement in
the absence of any such consideration that is treated
as such acceptance and payment as provided in such
subsection (b) or such regulations) was made (in the
case of a payment) or entered into (in the case of an
agreement) after the date that is 90 days after the
Commission promulgates such regulations.
(3) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms defined in
subsection (d) of section 722 of the Communications Act of
1934, as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall have
the meanings given such terms in such subsection (d).

SOLUTION:
Foreign Entities Reform Act of 2018 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require broadcast, cable, and satellite providers to record and submit to federal authorities specified information about requests by an entity registered as a foreign agent tobroadcast content that isintended forAmerican consumers. Such content must include a statement that the content is being distributed by a foreign agent or by an agent on behalf of a foreign principal.