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Q: SECTION 1. RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD.

(a) In General.--Title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:

''SEC. 610. FEDERAL RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD.

''(a) Renewable Energy Requirement.--
''(1) In general.--Each electric utility that sells
electricity to electric consumers shall obtain a percentage of
the base amount of electricity it sells to electric consumers
in any calendar year from new renewable energy or existing
renewable energy. The percentage obtained in a calendar year
shall not be less than the amount specified in the following
table:

''Calendar year: Minimum annual percentage:
2010............................ 1
2011............................ 2
2012............................ 4
2013............................ 6
2014............................ 8
2015............................ 10
2016............................ 12
2017............................ 14
2018............................ 16
2019............................ 18
2020............................ 20
2021............................ 21
2022............................ 22
2023............................ 23
2024............................ 24
2025............................ 25.

''(2) Means of compliance.--An electric utility shall meet
the requirements of paragraph (1) by--
''(A) submitting to the Secretary renewable energy
credits issued under subsection (b);
''(B) making alternative compliance payments to the
Secretary at the rate of 2 cents per kilowatt hour (as
adjusted for inflation under subsection (g)); or
''(C) a combination of activities described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
''(b) Renewable Energy Credit Trading Program.--
''(1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2009, the
Secretary shall establish a renewable energy credit trading
program under which electric utilities shall submit to the
Secretary renewable energy credits to certify the compliance of
the electric utilities with respect to obligations under
subsection (a)(1).
''(2) Administration.--As part of the program, the
Secretary shall--
''(A) issue tradeable renewable energy credits to
generators of electric energy from new renewable
energy;
''(B) issue nontradeable renewable energy credits
to generators of electric energy from existing
renewable energy;
''(C) issue renewable energy credits to electric
utilities associated with State renewable portfolio
standard compliance mechanisms pursuant to subsection
(h);
''(D) ensure that a kilowatt hour, including the
associated renewable energy credit, shall be used only
once for purposes of compliance with this Act;
''(E) allow double credits for generation from
facilities on Indian land, and triple credits for
generation from small renewable distributed generators
(meaning those no larger than 1 megawatt); and
''(F) ensure that, with respect to a purchaser
that, as of the date of enactment of this section, has
a purchase agreement from a renewable energy facility
placed in service before that date, the credit
associated with the generation of renewable energy
under the contract is issued to the purchaser of the
electric energy.
''(3) Duration.--A credit described in subparagraph (A) or
(B) of paragraph (2) may only be used for compliance with this
section during the 3-year period beginning on the date of
issuance of the credit.
''(4) Transfers.--An electric utility that holds credits in
excess of the quantity of credits needed to comply with
subsection (a) may transfer the credits to another electric
utility in the same utility holding company system.
''(5) Delegation of market function.--The Secretary may
delegate to an appropriate market-making entity the
administration of a national tradeable renewable energy credit
market for purposes of creating a transparent national market
for the sale or trade of renewable energy credits.
''(c) Enforcement.--
''(1) Civil penalties.--Any electric utility that fails to
meet the compliance requirements of subsection (a) shall be
subject to a civil penalty.
''(2) Amount of penalty.--The amount of the civil penalty
shall be determined by multiplying the number of kilowatt-hours
of electric energy sold to electric consumers in violation of
subsection (a) by the greater of 2 cents (adjusted for
inflation under subsection (g)) or 200 percent of the average
market value of renewable energy credits during the year in
which the violation occurred.
''(3) Mitigation or waiver.--The Secretary may mitigate or
waive a civil penalty under this subsection if the electric
utility was unable to comply with subsection (a) for reasons
outside of the reasonable control of the utility. The Secretary
shall reduce the amount of any penalty determined under
paragraph (2) by an amount paid by the electric utility to a
State for failure to comply with the requirement of a State
renewable energy program if the State requirement is greater
than the applicable requirement of subsection (a).
''(4) Procedure for assessing penalty.--The Secretary shall
assess a civil penalty under this subsection in accordance with
the procedures prescribed by section 333(d) of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 6303).
''(d) State Renewable Energy Account Program.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish, not later
than December 31, 2008, a State renewable energy account
program.
''(2) Deposits.--All money collected by the Secretary from
alternative compliance payments and the assessment of civil
penalties under this section shall be deposited into the
renewable energy account established pursuant to this
subsection. The State renewable energy account shall be held by
the Secretary and shall not be transferred to the Treasury
Department.
''(3) Use.--Proceeds deposited in the State renewable
energy account shall be used by the Secretary, subject to
appropriations, for a program to provide grants to the State
agency responsible for developing State energy conservation
plans under section 362 of the Energy Policy and Conservation
Act (42 U.S.C. 6322) for the purposes of promoting renewable
energy production, including programs that promote technologies
that reduce the use of electricity at customer sites such as
solar water heating.
''(4) Administration.--The Secretary may issue guidelines
and criteria for grants awarded under this subsection. State
energy offices receiving grants under this section shall
maintain such records and evidence of compliance as the
Secretary may require.
''(5) Preference.--In allocating funds under this program,
the Secretary shall give preference--
''(A) to States in regions which have a
disproportionately small share of economically
sustainable renewable energy generation capacity; and
''(B) to State programs to stimulate or enhance
innovative renewable energy technologies.
''(e) Rules.--The Secretary shall issue rules implementing this
section not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
section.
''(f) Exemptions.--This section shall not apply in any calendar
year to an electric utility--
''(1) that sold less than 4,000,000 megawatt-hours of
electric energy to electric consumers during the preceding
calendar year; or
''(2) in Hawaii.
''(g) Inflation Adjustment.--Not later than December 31 of each
year beginning in 2008, the Secretary shall adjust for inflation the
price of a renewable energy credit under subsection (b)(2) and the
amount of the civil penalty per kilowatt-hour under subsection (c)(2).
''(h) State Programs.--
''(1) In general.--Nothing in this section diminishes any
authority of a State or political subdivision of a State to
adopt or enforce any law or regulation respecting renewable
energy, but, except as provided in subsection (c)(3), no such
law or regulation shall relieve any person of any requirement
otherwise applicable under this section. The Secretary, in
consultation with States having such renewable energy programs,
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, facilitate
coordination between the Federal program and State programs.
''(2) Regulations.--
''(A) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation
with States, shall promulgate regulations to ensure
that an electric utility subject to the requirements of
this section that is also subject to a State renewable
energy standard receives renewable energy credits in
relation to equivalent quantities of renewable energy
associated with compliance mechanisms, other than the
generation or purchase of renewable energy by the
electric utility, including the acquisition of
certificates or credits and the payment of taxes, fees,
surcharges, or other financial compliance mechanisms by
the electric utility or a customer of the electric
utility, directly associated with the generation or
purchase of renewable energy.
''(B) Prohibition on double counting.--The
regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall
ensure that a kilowatt hour associated with a renewable
energy credit issued pursuant to this subsection shall
not be used for compliance with this section more than
once.
''(i) Recovery of Costs.--
''(1) In general.--The Commission shall issue and enforce
such regulations as are necessary to ensure that an electric
utility recovers all prudently incurred costs associated with
compliance with this section.
''(2) Applicable law.--A regulation under paragraph (1)
shall be enforceable in accordance with the provisions of law
applicable to enforcement of regulations under the Federal
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.).
''(j) Wind Energy Development Study.--The Secretary, in
consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies, shall
conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing the results of, a
study on methods to increase transmission line capacity for wind energy
development.
''(k) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Base amount of electricity.--The term 'base amount of
electricity' means the total amount of electricity sold by an
electric utility to electric consumers in a calendar year,
excluding municipal waste and electricity generated by a
hydroelectric facility (including a pumped storage facility,
but excluding incremental hydropower).
''(2) Distributed generation facility.--The term
'distributed generation facility' means a facility at a
customer site.
''(3) Existing renewable energy.--The term 'existing
renewable energy' means, except as provided in paragraph
(7)(B), electric energy generated at a facility (including a
distributed generation facility) placed in service prior to
January 1, 2001, from solar, wind, or geothermal energy, ocean
energy, biomass (as defined in section 203(a) of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005), or landfill gas.
''(4) Geothermal energy.--The term 'geothermal energy'
means energy derived from a geothermal deposit (within the
meaning of section 613(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986).
''(5) Incremental geothermal production.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'incremental geothermal
production' means for any year the excess of--
''(i) the total kilowatt hours of
electricity produced from a facility (including
a distributed generation facility) using
geothermal energy; over
''(ii) the average annual kilowatt hours
produced at such facility for 5 of the previous
7 calendar years before the date of enactment
of this section after eliminating the highest
and the lowest kilowatt hour production years
in such 7-year period.
''(B) Special rule.--A facility described in
subparagraph (A) that was placed in service at least 7
years before the date of enactment of this section
shall, commencing with the year in which such date of
enactment occurs, reduce the amount calculated under
subparagraph (A)(ii) each year, on a cumulative basis,
by the average percentage decrease in the annual
kilowatt hour production for the 7-year period
described in subparagraph (A)(ii) with such cumulative
sum not to exceed 30 percent.
''(6) Incremental hydropower.--The term 'incremental
hydropower' means additional energy generated as a result of
efficiency improvements or capacity additions made on or after
January 1, 2001, or the effective date of an existing
applicable State renewable portfolio standard program at a
hydroelectric facility that was placed in service before that
date. The term does not include additional energy generated as
a result of operational changes not directly associated with
efficiency improvements or capacity additions. Efficiency
improvements and capacity additions shall be measured on the
basis of the same water flow information used to determine a
historic average annual generation baseline for the
hydroelectric facility and certified by the Secretary or the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
''(7) New renewable energy.--The term 'new renewable
energy' means--
''(A) electric energy generated at a facility
(including a distributed generation facility) placed in
service on or after January 1, 2001, from--
''(i) solar, wind, or geothermal energy or
ocean energy;
''(ii) biomass (as defined in section
203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 15852(b));
''(iii) landfill gas; or
''(iv) incremental hydropower; and
''(B) for electric energy generated at a facility
(including a distributed generation facility) placed in
service prior to the date of enactment of this
section--
''(i) the additional energy above the
average generation in the 3 years preceding the
date of enactment of this section at the
facility from--
''(I) solar or wind energy or ocean
energy;
''(II) biomass (as defined in
section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b));
''(III) landfill gas; or
''(IV) incremental hydropower.
''(ii) incremental geothermal production.
''(8) Ocean energy.--The term 'ocean energy' includes
current, wave, tidal, and thermal energy.
''(l) Sunset.--This section expires on December 31, 2040.''.
(b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents of the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. prec. 2601)
is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title VI the
following:

''Sec. 610. Federal renewable portfolio standard.''.

A: Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to set forth a federal renewable energy portfolio standard applicable to calendar years 2010 to 2025.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a renewable energy credit trading program under which electric utilities shall submit to the Secretary renewable energy credits to certify their compliance with such standard; and (2) a state renewable energy account program for grants to state agencies to promote renewable energy production (including programs that promote technologies that reduce the use of electricity at customer sites such as solar water heating).

Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue and enforce regulations to ensure that an electric utility recovers all prudently incurred costs associated with compliance with this Act.

Instructs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on methods to increase transmission line capacity for wind energy development.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Improving Physician Access in
Teaching Hospitals (PATH) Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL RESIDENCY SLOTS.

Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (7)(E), by inserting ''paragraph (9),''
after ''paragraph (8),''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
''(9) Distribution of additional residency positions.--
''(A) Reductions in limit based on unused
positions.--
''(i) In general.--Except as provided in
clause (ii), if a hospital's resident level (as
defined in paragraph (7)(C)(i)) for each of the
5 most recent cost reporting periods (ending
before the date of the enactment of this
paragraph) of the hospital for which a cost
report has been settled (or, if not, submitted
subject to audit) as determined by the
Secretary is less than the otherwise applicable
resident limit (as defined in paragraph
(8)(H)(iii)), effective for portions of cost
reporting periods occurring on or after the
paragraph (9) effective date (as defined in
subparagraph (E)), the otherwise applicable
resident limit shall be reduced by the
difference between such otherwise applicable
resident limit and the highest such reference
resident level for any of such 5 cost reporting
periods.
''(ii) Exception.--Clause (i) shall not
apply to--
''(I) a hospital located in a rural
area with fewer than 250 beds; or
''(II) a hospital that has had in
effect a voluntary residency reduction
plan under paragraph (6) or pursuant to
section 402 of Public Law 90-248.
''(B) Requirements for additional residency
slots.--
''(i) In general.--The Secretary shall
increase the otherwise applicable resident
limit for hospitals that submit an application
under this subparagraph by such number as the
Secretary may approve for portions of cost
reporting periods occurring on or after the
paragraph (9) effective date. The aggregate
number of increases in the otherwise applicable
resident limit under this subparagraph shall be
equal to the sum of--
''(I) the aggregate reduction in
such limits attributable to
subparagraph (A) (as estimated by the
Secretary); and
''(II) 1,000 for portions of cost
reporting periods occurring during the
12-month period beginning on the
paragraph (9) effective date, 1,000
additional positions for portions of
cost reporting periods occurring during
the 12-month period beginning 1 year
after such effective date, 1,000
additional positions for portion of
cost reporting period occurring during
the 12-month period beginning 2 years
after such effective date, and such
number of additional positions for
portions of the 2 subsequent cost
reporting periods as the Secretary may
determine necessary to support
residency training programs in
specialities that exceed 3 years.
''(ii) Consideration in redistribution.--In
determining for which hospitals the increase in
the otherwise applicable resident limit is
provided under this subparagraph, the Secretary
shall take into account--
''(I) data provided by the Health
Resources and Services Administration
as a national standard to exhibit a
specific demand in the health care
workforce, as well as the
Administration's projected demand and
supply for physicians in the specialty
of medicine involved; and
''(II) the demonstrated likelihood
of the hospital filling positions made
available under this paragraph within
the first 3 cost reporting periods
beginning on or after the paragraph (9)
effective date.
The Secretary shall give special consideration
for up to 25 additional positions in the case
of a hospital that demonstrates the likelihood
of filing such positions during the first cost
reporting period beginning on or after such
effective date.
''(iii) Limitation.--In no case shall the
number of additional positions made available
to a hospital under this paragraph exceed 25 in
the first cost reporting period or 75 for all
cost reporting periods.
''(C) Priority for additional positions resulting
from hospital closures.--With respect to additional
positions described in subparagraph (B)(i)(I) which are
derived from a reduction in limits under subparagraph
(A) for a hospital that closed (in this subparagraph
referred to as a 'closed hospital'), the Secretary
shall distribute the increase to hospitals in the
following priority order:
''(i) First, to other hospitals for the
program or programs under which the hospital
had a cooperative arrangement with the closed
hospital under which residents in the graduate
medical education program of the closed
hospital also rotated through the other
hospital.
''(ii) Second, to other hospitals that are
members of the same affiliated group of
hospitals as the closed hospital.
''(iii) Third, to other hospitals that are
located in the same or contiguous core-based
statistical area as the closed hospital.
''(D) Preference.--After applying subparagraph (C)
and the special consideration under subparagraph (B),
in determining for which hospitals the increase in the
otherwise applicable resident limit is provided under
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall give preference
to hospitals--
''(i) that submit an application for new
residents in primary care and geriatric
medicine and in other specialties as determined
to be in demand under subparagraph (B)(ii)(I);
and
''(ii) that emphasize training in community
health centers and other community-based or
hospital-sponsored clinics, and private
physicians' offices, including physician
groups.
''(E) Paragraph (9) effective date defined.--In
this paragraph, the term 'paragraph (9) effective date'
means July 1 of the year that begins after the date of
the enactment of this paragraph.
''(F) Affiliation.--The provisions of this
paragraph shall be applied to hospitals which are
members of the same affiliated group (as defined by the
Secretary under paragraph (4)(H)(ii)) and the reference
resident level for each such hospital with respect to
the cost reporting period that results in the smallest
difference between the reference resident level and the
otherwise applicable resident limit.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANDING PRIMARY CARE BONUS TO CERTAIN UNDERSERVED
SPECIALTIES.

(a) In General.--Section 1833(x)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395l(x)(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) in clause (i)--
(A) by striking ''or'' at the end of subclause (I);
(B) by striking ''and'' at the end of subclause
(II) and inserting ''or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
''(III) is a physician (as
described in section 1861(r)(1)) who is
in an underserved specialty, such as
psychiatry or neurology, as specified
by the Secretary, or other specialty
identified by the Secretary to be in
demand; and''; and
(2) in clause (ii), by inserting after ''(ii)'' the
following: ''in the case of an individual described in
subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i),''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to payments for items and services furnished on or after January
1, 2012.

SEC. 4. SMALL PHYSICIAN PRACTICE RESIDENCY CREDIT.

(a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

''SEC. 45S. SMALL PHYSICIAN PRACTICE RESIDENCY CREDIT.

''(a) In General.--For purposes of section 38, the amount of the
small physician practice residency credit determined under this section
for any taxable year with respect to a qualified small physician
practice is the sum of the following:
''(1) Overall amount.--The per resident dollar amount
multiplied by the number of qualified teaching hospital
residents who provide services to, and are trained by, such
practice during the taxable year and who are in their first,
second, or third post-graduate year of medical residency.
''(2) Bonus.--The sum of--
''(A) 50 percent of the per resident dollar amount
multiplied by the number of such residents who are in
their first post-graduate year of medical residency
during the taxable year; and
''(B) 25 percent of the per resident dollar amount
multiplied by the average number of such residents who
are not counted under subparagraph (A) and are in their
second post-graduate year during the taxable year.
''(b) Qualified Small Physician Practice.--For purposes of this
section, the term 'qualified small physician practice' means any trade
or business of providing physicians' services (as defined in section
1861(q) of the Social Security Act), which may be a community health
center, that is owned and operated by a doctor of medicine or
osteopathy if fewer than 50 individuals are employed in such trade or
business (including new training sites) and the trade or business
includes as part of the practice the training of doctors of medicine or
osteopathy in a rotation covering at least 6 months in the taxable
year. All persons treated as a single employer under subsection (a) or
(b) or section 52 or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414 shall be
treated as a single trade or business for purposes of the preceding
sentence.
''(c) Qualified Teaching Hospital Residents.--For purposes of this
section, the term 'qualified teaching hospital resident' means any
resident (within the meaning of subparagraph (I) of section 1886(h)(5)
of the Social Security Act) in an approved medical residency training
program (as defined in subparagraph (A) of such section) which provides
services to the qualified small physician practice (while utilizing the
technologies and supplies of such practice) for a period not less
than--
''(1) 4 weeks in the case of a primary care resident (as
defined in subparagraph (H) of such section); or
''(2) 2 weeks in the case of any other resident.
''(d) Per Resident Dollar Amount.--For purposes of this section,
the term 'per resident dollar amount' means, in the case of a qualified
small physician practice that includes as part of the practice the
training of doctors of medicine or osteopathy in a rotation covering--
''(1) at least 6 months but less than 9 months in the
taxable year, $2,500; or
''(2) at least 9 months in the taxable year, $3,000.
''(e) Residents Not Taken Into Account More Than Once.--A qualified
teaching hospital resident shall be taken into account under subsection
(a) for the taxable in which the period described in subsection (c)
ends and shall not be so taken into account for any other taxable
year.''.
(b) Credit Allowed as Part of General Business Credit.--Section
38(b) of such Code (defining current year business credit) is amended
by striking ''plus'' at the end of paragraph (35), by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (36) and inserting '', plus'', and by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(37) the small physician practice residency credit
determined under section 45S(a).''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:

''Sec. 45S. Small physician practice residency credit.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

A: Improving Physician Access in Teaching Hospitals (PATH) Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DME) costs.

States that, if a hospital's resident level for each of the five most recent cost reporting periods is less than the otherwise applicable resident limit, then the otherwise applicable resident limit shall be reduced by the difference between it and the highest reference resident level for any of those five cost reporting periods. Excepts from this reduction requirement a hospital: (1) located in a rural area with fewer than 250 beds, or (2) that has had in effect a voluntary residency reduction plan.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase the otherwise applicable resident limit (create additional residency slots) for applicant hospitals according to a specified formula that takes into account the aggregate reduction in limits attributable to this Act.

Expands the primary care bonus to certain underserved specialties, such as psychiatry or neurology.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a small physician practice residency credit.
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Q: SECTION 1. HONESTY IN SWEEPSTAKES ACT OF 1999.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Honesty in
Sweepstakes Act of 1999''.
(b) Unmailable Matter.--Section 3001 of title 39, United States
Code, is amended by--
(1) redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections
(l) and (m), respectively; and
(2) inserting after subsection (i) the following:
''(j)(1) Matter otherwise legally acceptable in the mails that--
''(A) constitutes a solicitation or offer in connection
with the sales promotion for a product or service (including
any sweepstakes) that includes the chance or opportunity to win
anything of value; and
''(B) contains words or symbols that suggest that--
''(i) the recipient has or will receive anything of
value if that recipient has in fact not won that thing
of value; or
''(ii) the recipient is likely to receive anything
of value if statistically the recipient is not likely
to receive anything of value,
shall not be carried or delivered by mail, and may be disposed of as
the Postal Service directs, unless such matter bears the notice
described in paragraph (2).
''(2)(A) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) is the following
notice:
''(i) 'This is a game of chance (or sweepstakes, if
applicable). You have not automatically won. Your chances of
winning are (inserting corresponding mathematical probability
for each prize shown). No purchase is required either to win a
prize or enhance your chances of winning a prize.', or a notice
to the same effect in words which the Postal Service may
prescribe; or
''(ii) a standardized Postal Service designed warning label
to the same effect as the Postal Service may prescribe.
''(B) The notice described in subparagraph (A) shall be in
conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or
color with other printing on its face, in accordance with regulations
that the Postal Service shall prescribe and be prominently displayed on
the first page of the enclosed printed material and on any other pages
enclosed.
''(C) If the matter described in paragraph (1) is an envelope, the
face of the envelope shall bear the notice described in subparagraph
(A).
''(D) If the matter described in paragraph (1) is an order entry
device, the face of the order entry device shall bear the following
notice:
'' 'This is a game of chance (or sweepstakes, if
applicable). No purchase is required either to win a prize or
enhance your chances of winning a prize.', or a notice to the
same effect in words which the Postal Service may prescribe.
''(k) Matter otherwise legally acceptable in the mails that
constitutes a solicitation or offer in connection with the sales
promotion for a product or service that uses any matter resembling a
negotiable instrument shall not be carried or delivered by mail, and
may be disposed of as the Postal Service directs, unless such matter
bears on the face of the negotiable instrument in conspicuous and
legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with other
printing on its face, in accordance with regulations which the Postal
Service shall prescribe the following notice: 'This is not a check (or
negotiable instrument). This has no cash value.', or a notice to the
same effect in words which the Postal Service may prescribe.''.
(c) Technical Amendment.--Section 3005(a) of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by--
(1) striking ''or'' after ''(h),'' both places it appears;
and
(2) inserting '', (j), or (k)'' after ''(i)''.
(d) Penalties.--
(1) In general.--Section 3012 of title 39, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d), as
subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
''(b) Any person who, through use of the mail, sends any matter
which is nonmailable under sections 3001 (a) through (k), 3014, or 3015
of this title, shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty
in accordance with regulations the Postal Service shall prescribe. The
civil penalty shall not exceed $50,000 for each mailing of less than
50,000 pieces; $100,000 for each mailing of 50,000 to 100,000 pieces;
with an additional $10,000 for each additional 10,000 pieces above
100,000, not to exceed $2,000,000.'';
(C) in subsection (c)(1) and (2), as redesignated, by
inserting after ''of subsection (a)'' the following: ''or
subsection (b),''; and
(D) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by striking
''Treasury of the United States'' and inserting ''Postal
Service Fund established by section 2003 of this title''.
(2) Allocation of Funds.--It is the sense of Congress that civil
penalties collected through the enforcement of the amendment made by
paragraph (1) should be allocated by the Postal Service to increase
consumer awareness of misleading solicitations received through the
mail, including releasing an annual listing of the top 10 offenders of
the Honesty in Sweepstakes Act of 1999.
(e) No Preemption.--Nothing in this Act shall preempt any State law
that regulates advertising or sales promotions or goods and services
that includes the chance or opportunity to win anything of value.

A:
Honesty in Sweepstakes Act of 1999 - Amends Federal postal law to prohibit, unless specified notices in a specified font are printed on the envelope, enclosed material, or face of the order entry device, delivery of any mail constituting a solicitation, offer, or sweepstakes in connection with a sales promotion for a product or service: (1) that includes the chance or opportunity to win anything of value if such mail contains words or symbols that suggest that the recipient has received or will receive anything of value if the recipient has in fact not won that thing of value; (2) that states that the recipient is likely to receive anything of value if statistically the recipient is not likely to receive anything of value; or (3) resembling a negotiable instrument.
Prescribes civil penalties for any person who, through the use of the mail, sends any matter which is nonmailable under Federal postal law. Deposits such penalties into the Postal Service Fund (currently, the Treasury).
Expresses the sense of the Congress that civil penalties collected through the enforcement of this Act should be allocated by the Postal Service to increase consumer awareness of misleading solicitations received through the mail, including releasing an annual listing of the top ten offenders of this Act.
States that nothing in this Act shall preempt any State law that regulates advertising or sales of goods and services associated with any game of chance.
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