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Question: SECTION 1. PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized
agency of the United Nations, charged with coordinating health
efforts within the United Nations system. The World Health
Assembly (WHA) is the decision-making body of the WHO, which
convenes annually in May to set the policies and priorities of
the organization. Statehood is not a requirement for attendance
at the WHA, and numerous observers, including non-members and
non-governmental organizations, attended the most recent WHA in
May 2017.
(2) Taiwan began seeking to participate in the WHO as an
observer in 1997. In 2009, with strong support from successive
United States Administrations, Congress, and like-minded WHO
Member States, and during a period of improved Cross-Strait
relations, Taiwan received an invitation to attend the WHA as
an observer under the name ''Chinese Taipei''. Taiwan received
the same invitation each year until 2016, when following the
election of President Tsai-Ing Wen of the Democratic
Progressive Party, Taiwan's engagement in the international
community began facing increased resistance from the People's
Republic of China (PRC). Taiwan's invitation to the 2016 WHA
was received late and included new language conditioning
Taiwan's participation on the PRC's ''one China principle''. In
2017, Taiwan did not receive an invitation to the WHA.
(3) Taiwan remains a model contributor to world health,
having provided financial and technical assistance to respond
to numerous global health challenges. Taiwan has invested over
$6 billion in international medical and humanitarian aid
efforts impacting over 80 countries since 1996. In 2014, Taiwan
responded to the Ebola crisis by donating $1 million and
providing 100,000 sets of personal protective equipment.
Through the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, the
United States and Taiwan have jointly conducted training
programs for experts to combat MERS, Dengue Fever, and Zika.
These diseases know no borders, and Taiwan's needless exclusion
from global health cooperation increases the dangers presented
by global pandemics.
(4) Taiwan's international engagement has faced increased
resistance from the PRC. Taiwan was not invited to the 2016
Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO), despite participating as a guest at the organization's
prior summit in 2013. Taiwan's request to participate in the
2016 General Assembly of the International Criminal Police
Organization (INTERPOL) was also rejected. In May 2017, PRC
delegates disrupted a meeting of the Kimberley Process on
conflict diamonds held in Perth, Australia, until delegates
from Taiwan were asked to leave. In June 2017, the Republic of
Panama granted diplomatic recognition to the PRC, terminating a
longstanding diplomatic relationship with Taiwan.
(5) Congress has established a policy of support for
Taiwan's participation in international bodies that address
shared transnational challenges, particularly in the WHO.
Congress passed H.R. 1794 in the 106th Congress, H.R. 428 in
the 107th Congress, and S. 2092 in the 108th Congress to direct
the Secretary of State to establish a strategy for, and to
report annually to Congress on, efforts to obtain observer
status for Taiwan at the WHA. Congress also passed H.R. 1151 in
the 113th Congress, directing the Secretary to report on a
strategy to gain observer status for Taiwan at the ICAO
Assembly, and H.R. 1853 in the 114th Congress, directing the
Secretary to report on a strategy to gain observer status for
Taiwan at the INTERPOL Assembly. However, in 2016 Taiwan did
not receive invitations to attend any of these events as an
observer.
(b) Augmentation of Report Concerning the Participation of Taiwan
in the World Health Organization.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 1 of Public Law
108-235 (118 Stat. 656) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
''(3) An account of the changes and improvements the
Secretary of State has made to the United States plan to
endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the World
Health Assembly, following any annual meetings of the World
Health Assembly at which Taiwan did not obtain observer
status.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect and apply beginning with the first report
required under subsection

(c) of section 1 of Public Law 108-235 that is submitted after
the date of the enactment of this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives January 9, 2018.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.

Answer: (Sec. 1) This bill requires the annual reports submitted by the Department of State to Congress concerning the U.S. plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly (WHA) held by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, to include an account of the changes and improvements that the State Department has made to such plan following any annual meetings of the WHA at which Taiwan did not obtain such status.

Question: SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF BONDS ISSUED TO FINANCE RENEWABLE ENERGY
RESOURCE FACILITIES AND CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY
FACILITIES AND OTHER SPECIFIED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
TECHNOLOGIES.

(a) In General.--Section 142(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking ''or'' at the end of paragraph (14), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting a comma,
and by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new paragraphs:
''(16) renewable energy resource facilities,
''(17) conservation and efficiency facilities and projects,
or
''(18) zero emission vehicles and related facilities or
projects.''.
(b) Renewable Energy Resource Facility.--Section 142 of such Code
is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(n) Renewable Energy Resource Facilities.--For purposes of
subsection (a)(16)--
''(1) In general.--The term 'renewable energy resource
facility' means--
''(A) any facility used to produce electric or
thermal energy (including a distributed generation
facility) from--
''(i) solar, wind, or geothermal energy,
''(ii) marine and hydrokinetic renewable
energy,
''(iii) incremental hydropower,
''(iv) biomass (as defined in section
203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 15852(b))), or
''(v) landfill gas, or
''(B) any facility or project used for the
manufacture of facilities referred to in subparagraph
(A).
''(2) Definitions.--For purposes of paragraph (1)--
''(A) Geothermal energy.--The term 'geothermal
energy' means energy derived from a geothermal deposit
(within the meaning of section 613(e)(2)) or from
geothermal heat pumps.
''(B) Marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy.--
The term 'marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy' has
the meaning given such term in section 45(c)(10).
''(C) Incremental hydropower.--The term
'incremental hydropower' means additional energy
generated as a result of efficiency improvements or
capacity additions to existing hydropower facilities
made on or after the date of enactment of this
subsection. The term 'incremental hydropower' does not
include additional energy generated as a result of
operational changes not directly associated with
efficiency improvements or capacity additions.''.
(c) Conservation and Efficiency.--Section 142 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(o) Conservation and Efficiency Facilities and Projects.--For
purposes of subsection (a)(17), the term 'conservation and efficiency
facility and project' means--
''(1) any facility used for the conservation or the
efficient use of energy, including energy efficient
retrofitting of existing buildings, or for the efficient
storage, transmission, or distribution of energy, including any
facility or project designed to implement smart grid
technologies (as described in title XIII of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007, or individual components
of such technologies as listed in section 1301 of such Act),
''(2) any facility used for the conservation of or the
efficient use of water, including--
''(A) any facility or project designed to--
''(i) reduce the demand for water,
''(ii) improve efficiency in use and reduce
losses and waste of water, and
''(iii) improve land management practices
to conserve water, or
''(B) any individual component of a facility or
project referred to in subparagraph (A), or
''(3) any facility or project used for the manufacture of
facilities referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).
For purposes of paragraph (2)(A), facilities and projects does not
include facilities or projects that store water.''.
(d) Zero Emission Vehicles and Related Facilities or Projects.--
Section 142 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
''(p) Zero Emission Vehicles and Related Facilities or Projects.--
''(1) Zero emission vehicles.--The term 'zero emission
vehicles' means vehicles that have no tailpipe emissions,
evaporative emissions, or onboard emission-control systems that
can deteriorate over time.
''(2) Facilities related to zero emission vehicles.--A
facility or project is related to a zero emission vehicle if
the facility is any real or personal property to be used in the
design, technology transfer, manufacture, production, assembly,
distribution, or service of zero emission vehicles.''.
(e) Coordination With Section 45.--Paragraph (3) of section 45(b)
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ''Clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall not apply with
respect to (I) any qualified facility that is a renewable energy
resource facility described in section 142(a)(16), (II) any qualified
facility that is a conservation and efficiency facility described in
section 142(a)(17), or (III) any qualified facility that is a zero
emission vehicle and related facility or project described in section
142(a)(18).''.
(f) Coordination With Section 45K.--Subparagraph (A) of section
45K(b)(3) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following
flush sentence: ''Clause (i)(II) shall not apply with respect to (aa)
any qualified facility that is a renewable energy resource facility
described in section 142(a)(16), (bb) any qualified facility that is a
conservation and efficiency facility described section 142(a)(17), or
(cc) any qualified facility that is a zero emission vehicle and related
facility or project described in section 142(a)(18).''.
(g) Coordination With Section 146(g)(3).--Section 146(g)(3) is
amended by striking ''or (15)'' and all that follows through the end of
the paragraph and inserting ''(15), (16), (17), or (18)''.
(h) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

Answer: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax exemption of the interest on bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities and projects, and zero emission vehicles and related facilities or projects.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Health Care Cost
Integrity and Fairness Act of 2004''.
(b) Constitutional Authority to Enact This Legislation.--The
constitutional authority upon which this Act rests is the power of
Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the
several States, set forth in article I, section 8 of the United States
Constitution.

SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE AND ADVANCEABLE CREDIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS.

(a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable credits)
is amended by redesignating section 36 as section 37 and by inserting
after section 35 the following new section:

''SEC. 36. HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS.

''(a) In General.--In the case of an individual, there shall be
allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this subtitle an amount
equal to the amount paid during the taxable year for qualified health
insurance for coverage of the taxpayer, his spouse, and dependents.
''(b) Limitations.--
''(1) Maximum credit.--
''(A) In general.--The amount allowed as a credit
under subsection (a) to the taxpayer for the taxable
year shall not exceed the sum of the monthly
limitations for months during such taxable year.
''(B) Monthly limitation.--The monthly limitation
for any month is the amount equal to /12\ of the
lesser of--
''(i) the product of $1,000 multiplied by
the number of individuals taken into account
under subsection (a) who are covered under
qualified health insurance as of the first day
of such month, or
''(ii) $3,000.
''(2) Employer subsidized coverage.--Subsection (a) shall
not apply to amounts paid for coverage of any individual for
any month for which such individual participates in any
subsidized health plan maintained by any employer of the
taxpayer or of the spouse of the taxpayer. The rule of the last
sentence of section 162(l)(2)(B) shall apply for purposes of
the preceding sentence.
''(c) Qualified Health Insurance.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) In general.--The term 'qualified health insurance'
means insurance which constitutes medical care if--
''(A) such insurance meets the requirements of
section 223(c)(2)(A)(ii),
''(B) there is no exclusion from, or limitation on,
coverage for any preexisting medical condition of any
applicant who, on the date the application is made, has
been continuously insured during the 1-year period
ending on the date of the application under--
''(i) qualified health insurance
(determined without regard to this
subparagraph), or
''(ii) a program described in--
''(I) title XVIII or XIX of the
Social Security Act,
''(II) chapter 55 of title 10,
United States Code,
''(III) chapter 17 of title 38,
United States Code,
''(IV) chapter 89 of title 5,
United States Code, or
''(V) the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act, and
''(C) in the case of each applicant who has not
been continuously so insured during the 1-year period
ending on the date the application is made, the
exclusion from, or limitation on, coverage for any
preexisting medical condition does not extend beyond
the period after such date equal to the lesser of--
''(i) the number of months immediately
prior to such date during which the individual
was not so insured since the illness or
condition in question was first diagnosed, or
''(ii) 1 year.
''(2) Exclusion of certain plans.--Such term does not
include--
''(A) insurance if substantially all of its
coverage is coverage described in section 223(c)(1)(B),
''(B) insurance under a program described in
paragraph (1)(B)(ii).
''(3) Transition rule for 2004.--In the case of
applications made during 2004, the requirements of
subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (1) are met only if the
insurance does not exclude from coverage, or limit coverage
for, any preexisting medical condition of any applicant.
''(d) Special Rules.--
''(1) Coordination with medical deduction, etc.--Any amount
paid by a taxpayer for insurance to which subsection (a)
applies shall not be taken into account in computing the amount
allowable to the taxpayer as a credit under section 35 or as a
deduction under section 162(l) or 213(a).
''(2) Denial of credit to dependents.--No credit shall be
allowed under this section to any individual with respect to
whom a deduction under section 151 is allowable to another
taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in
which such individual's taxable year begins.
''(3) Married couples must file joint return.--
''(A) In general.--If the taxpayer is married at
the close of the taxable year, the credit shall be
allowed under subsection (a) only if the taxpayer and
his spouse file a joint return for the taxable year.
''(B) Marital status; certain married individuals
living apart.--Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs
(3) and (4) of section 21(e) shall apply for purposes
of this paragraph.
''(4) Verification of coverage, etc.--No credit shall be
allowed under this section to any individual unless such
individual's coverage under qualified health insurance, and the
amount paid for such coverage, are verified in such manner as
the Secretary may prescribe.
''(5) Coordination with advance payments of credit.--With
respect to any taxable year, the amount which would (but for
this subsection) be allowed as a credit to the taxpayer under
subsection (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the
aggregate amount paid on behalf of such taxpayer under section
7528 for months beginning in such taxable year.
''(6) Cost-of-living adjustment.--In the case of any
taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2004, each
dollar amount contained in subsection (b)(1)(B) shall be
increased by an amount equal to--
''(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
''(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined
under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which
the taxable year begins by substituting 'calendar year
2003' for 'calendar year 1992' in subparagraph (B)
thereof.
Any increase determined under the preceding sentence shall be
rounded to the nearest multiple of $10.''.
(b) Advance Payment of Credit.--Chapter 77 of such Code (relating
to miscellaneous provisions) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

''SEC. 7528. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CREDIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS.

''(a) General Rule.--The Secretary shall establish a program for
making payments on behalf of individuals to providers of qualified
health insurance (as defined in section 36(c)) for such individuals.
''(b) Limitation on Advance Payments During Any Taxable Year.--The
Secretary may make payments under subsection (a) only to the extent
that the total amount of such payments made on behalf of any individual
during the taxable year does not exceed the amount allowable as a
credit to such individual for such year under section 36 (determined
without regard to subsection (d)(5) thereof).''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ''or 36'' after ''section
35''.
(2) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by striking the item relating to section 36 and
inserting the following new items:

''Sec. 36. Health insurance costs.
''Sec. 37. Overpayments of tax.''.
(3) The table of sections for chapter 77 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

''Sec. 7528. Advance payment of credit for health insurance costs.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003.

Answer:
Health Care Cost Integrity and Fairness Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited (up to $3,000 annually) advanceable tax credit for amounts paid for qualified health insurance for coverage of the taxpayer, his spouse, and dependents.