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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Working Family
Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996''.
(b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE CREDIT.

(a) Increase in Credit.--Paragraph (2) of section 21(a) (relating
to credit for expenses for household and dependent care services
necessary for gainful employment) is amended to read as follows:
''(2) Applicable percentage defined.--For purposes of
paragraph (1), the term 'applicable percentage' means 30
percent reduced (but not below 20 percent) by 1 percentage
point for each $3,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the
taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $50,000.''
(b) Increase in Maximum Amount Creditable.--
(1) In general.--Section 21(c) (relating to dollar limit on
amount creditable) is amended--
(A) by striking ''$2,400'' in paragraph (1) and
inserting ''$4,000'', and
(B) by striking ''$4,800'' in paragraph (2) and
inserting ''$8,000''.
(2) Phaseout for taxpayers with adjusted gross income in
excess of $50,000.--
(A) In general.--Section 21(c) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
''(2) Limitation based on adjusted gross income.--If the
taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year exceeds
$50,000, the applicable dollar amount under paragraph (1) shall
be reduced as follows:
''(A) The $4,000 amount under paragraph (1)(A)
shall be reduced (but not below $2,400) by $53.33 for
each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) of such excess.
''(B) The $8,000 amount under paragraph (1)(B)
shall be reduced (but not below $4,800) by $106.66 for
each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) of such excess.''
(2) Conforming amendments.--Section 21(c), as amended by
subsection (b), is amended--
(A) by striking ''The amount'' and inserting:
''(1) In general.--The amount'',
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
(C) by striking ''paragraph (1) or (2)'' and
inserting ''subparagraph (A) or (B)''.
(c) Credit Made Refundable.--
(1) In general.--Section 21 (relating to credit for
expenses for household and dependent care services), as amended
by this section, is transferred to subpart C of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1, inserted after section 35, and
redesignated as section 36.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 129 is amended--
(i) by striking ''21(e)'' in subsection
(a)(2)(C) and inserting ''36(e)'',
(ii) by striking ''21(d)(2)'' in subsection
(b)(2) and inserting ''36(d)(2)'', and
(iii) by striking ''21(b)(2)'' in
subsection (e)(1) and inserting ''36(b)(2)''.
(B) Section 213(e) is amended by striking ''section
21'' and inserting ''section 36''.
(3) Clerical amendments.--
(A) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV
of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the
item relating to section 21.
(B) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV
of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at
the end the following new item:

''Sec. 36. Expenses for household and
dependent care services
necessary for gainful
employment.''
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.

SEC. 3. OFFSETS OF REVENUE LOSS.

(a) Modifications to Foreign Earned Income Exclusion.--
(1) Repeal of $70,000 exclusion.--Paragraph (1) of section
911(a) (relating to exclusion from gross income) is amended by
inserting ''in the case of taxable years beginning before
January 1, 1998,'' before ''the foreign earned income''.
(2) Qualified schooling expenses.--
(A) In general.--Section 911(a) is amended by
striking ''and'' at the end of paragraph (1), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and
inserting '', and'', and by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
''(3) the qualified schooling expenses of such
individual.''
(B) Qualified schooling expenses.--Section 911 is
amended by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as
subsections (f) and (g) and by inserting after
subsection (d) the following new subsection:
''(e) Qualified Schooling Expenses.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
'qualified schooling expenses' means the reasonable schooling
expenses paid or incurred by or on behalf of the individual
during the taxable year for the education of each dependent of
the individual at the elementary or secondary level. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the elementary or secondary
level means education which is the equivalent of education from
the kindergarten through the 12th grade in a United States-type
school.
''(2) Expenses included.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
the term 'schooling expenses' means the cost of tuition, fees,
books, and local transportation and of other expenses required
by the school. Except as provided in paragraph (3), such term
does not include expenses of room and board or expenses of
transportation other than local transportation.
''(3) Room, board, and travel allowed in certain cases.--If
an adequate United States-type school is not available within a
reasonable commuting distance of the individual's tax home, the
expenses of room and board of the dependent and the expenses of
the transportation of the dependent each school year between
such tax home and the location of the school shall be treated
as schooling expenses.
''(4) Determination of reasonable expenses.--If--
''(A) there is an adequate United States-type
school available within a reasonable commuting distance
of the individual's tax home, and
''(B) the dependent attends a school other than the
school referred to in subparagraph (A),
then the amount taken into account under paragraph (2) shall
not exceed the aggregate amount which would be charged for the
period by the school referred to in subparagraph (A).
''(5) Period taken into account.--An amount shall be taken
into account as a qualified schooling expense only if it is
attributable to education for a period during which the
individual's tax home is in a foreign country.
''(6) Special rules where schooling expenses not provided
by employer.--
''(A) In general.--To the extent the qualified
schooling expenses of any individual for any taxable
year is not attributable to employer provided amounts,
such expenses shall be treated as a deduction allowable
in computing adjusted gross income to the extent of the
limitation of subparagraph (B).
''(B) Limitation.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A), the limitation of this subparagraph is the excess
of--
''(i) the foreign earned income of the
individual for the taxable year, over
''(ii) the amount of such income excluded
from gross income under subsection (a) for the
taxable year.
''(C) 1-year carryover of expenses not allowed by
reason of subparagraph (b).--
''(i) In general.--The amount not allowable
as a deduction for any taxable year under
subparagraph (A) by reason of the limitation of
subparagraph (B) shall be treated as a
deduction allowable in computing adjusted gross
income for the succeeding taxable year (and
only for the succeeding taxable year) to the
extent of the limitation of clause (ii) for
such succeeding taxable year.
''(ii) Limitation.--For purposes of clause
(i), the limitation of this clause for any
taxable year is the excess of--
''(I) the limitation of
subparagraph (B) for such taxable year,
over
''(II) amounts treated as a
deduction under subparagraph (A) for
such taxable year.
''(D) Employer provided amounts.--For purposes of
this paragraph, the term 'employer provided amounts'
means any amount paid or incurred on behalf of the
individual by the individual's employer which is
foreign earned income included in the individual's
gross income for the taxable year (without regard to
this section).''
(C) Conforming amendment.--Section 911(d)(7) is
amended by inserting ''or (e)(6)(A)'' after
''subsection (c)(3)(A)''.
(3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.
(b) Savings From Welfare Reform.--If there is an overall decrease
in Federal revenues for any fiscal year by reason of this Act (without
regard to this subsection), such decrease shall be offset by the
decrease in Federal expenditures for such fiscal year by reason of the
amendments made by, and provisions of, the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193).

SOLUTION: Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the child and dependent care credit to: (1) increase such credit and make it refundable; and (2) provide it with an income-based phaseout and limitation.
Eliminates the foreign earned income exclusion as of a specified date. Allows an exclusion for overseas qualified elementary and secondary schooling expenses.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Geospatial
Preparedness Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Homeland security and national geospatial preparedness.
Sec. 5. Security policy and guidelines for geospatial data.
Sec. 6. Office of Geospatial Management and Geospatial Information
Officer.
Sec. 7. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Geospatial technologies and geospatial data can provide
all levels of government and the private sector with proven
capabilities to carry out detection, planning, preparedness,
mitigation, response, and recovery activities for homeland
security purposes that save lives and protect property.
(2) The completion and maintenance of the National Spatial
Data Infrastructure with integrated applications and systems
will provide the level of geospatial preparedness required to
protect critical infrastructure, strategic assets, the economic
base, and persons.
(3) Geospatial technology and information have proven to be
essential to enabling more informed decisionmaking, greater
efficiency, increased accountability, and better management in
all levels of government and the private sector.
(4) Building spatial data once and then sharing it many
times between all levels of government and the private sector
increases the ability of information technology applications
and systems to provide better services to the public in a cost-
effective manner.
(5) The use of international, national, and industry
consensus standards to develop and deploy interoperable
geospatial data and geospatial technologies assists the
commercial geospatial industry to provide products that make it
easier, faster, and less expensive for all levels of government
and the private sector to share, integrate, and use geospatial
data for decisionmaking.
(6) Establishing a new Federal Government program to
provide financial incentives to State, regional, local, and
tribal governments will greatly accelerate adoption of
international, national, and industry consensus standards.
(7) Geospatial technologies and geospatial data can be
essential tools for virtually all functions of government and
business.
(8) Geospatial preparedness in the United States is not
adequate due to a variety of factors including inadequate
geospatial data compatibility, insufficient geospatial data
sharing, technology interoperability barriers, institutional
and organizational resistance to new ways of doing business,
lack of financial incentives to improved use of geospatial
technologies, and inefficient geospatial data collection and
sharing.
(9) Interoperable geospatial technology and geospatial data
capabilities are emerging and incentives are needed for full
adoption and for collaborative use to meet community and
national needs.
(10) Geospatial technologies and geospatial data are
maintained by all levels of government and the private sector.
A comprehensive nationwide program is necessary to build and
maintain a standards-based geospatial spatial data
infrastructure and geographic information systems required to
respond to increasing demands.
(11) State, regional, local, and tribal governments, the
private sector, and other non-government organizations are
investing in geospatial technologies and geospatial data.
Incentives are necessary to leverage these investments for more
effective use to meet community and national needs.
(12) Establishing the Office of Geospatial Management,
administered by a Geospatial Information Officer, within the
Department of Homeland Security will ensure the most effective
and efficient management of programs and activities involving
geospatial technologies and geospatial data.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Geographic information systems software and hardware.--
The term ''geographic information systems software and
hardware'' means computer software and hardware required to
identify, depict, visualize, analyze, maintain, or otherwise
utilize geospatial data.
(2) Geospatial applications.--The term ''geospatial
applications'' means computer software and systems that extend
the capabilities of geographic information systems software and
hardware to identify, depict, visualize, analyze, maintain, or
otherwise utilize geospatial data.
(3) Geospatial data.--The term ''geospatial data'' means
information that identifies, depicts, or describes the
geographic locations, boundaries, or characteristics of
inhabitants and natural or constructed features on the Earth,
including such information derived from, among other sources,
socio-demographic analysis, economic analysis, land information
records and land use information processing, statistical
analysis, survey and observational methodologies, environmental
analysis, critical infrastructure protection, satellites,
remote sensing, airborne imagery collection, mapping,
engineering, construction, global positioning systems, and
surveying technologies and activities.
(4) Geospatial preparedness.--The term ''geospatial
preparedness'' means the level of overall capability and
capacity necessary to enable all levels of government and the
private sector to utilize geospatial data, geographic
information systems software and hardware, and geospatial
applications to perform essential emergency management
functions, including detection, planning, mitigation, response,
and recovery, in order to minimize loss of life and property
from weapons of mass destruction, terrorist threats, major man-
made accidents, and natural disasters.
(5) National spatial data infrastructure.--The term
''National Spatial Data Infrastructure'' means the combination
of the geographic information systems software and hardware,
geospatial applications, geospatial data, standards, policies,
programs, and human resources necessary to acquire, process,
analyze, store, maintain, distribute, and otherwise utilize
geospatial data as a strategic asset for the Nation.
(6) Office of geospatial management.--The term ''Office of
Geospatial Management'' means the administrative organization
responsible for designing, managing, coordinating, and
implementing comprehensive geospatial initiatives.
(7) Standards.--The term ''standards'' means documented
international, national, or industry consensus agreements
containing technical specifications or other precise criteria
to be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions to
ensure that materials, products, processes, or services are
proper for their purposes.

SEC. 4. HOMELAND SECURITY AND NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL PREPAREDNESS.

The Secretary shall direct the Chief Information Officer to work,
consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-16,
Executive Order 12906, and section 216 of the Electronic Government
Act, with the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice,
the Federal Geographic Data Committee, the National Imagery and Mapping
Agency, other appropriate Federal agencies, and members of the Steering
Committee and Coordination Group of the Federal Geographic Data
Committee, to use and enhance the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
for homeland security purposes, by--
(1) developing a comprehensive national enterprise
strategy, incorporating industry and government standards, for
the coordinated acquisition, building, storage, maintenance,
and use of Federal Government, non-Federal Government, and
private sector geospatial data with, when feasible and
appropriate, integrated and interoperable commercially-provided
geographic information systems software and hardware,
geospatial applications, geospatial data, and services in order
to achieve an adequate level of national geospatial
preparedness;
(2) providing grants, technical assistance, and cooperative
agreements to State, regional, local, and tribal government as
well as non-profit organizations in order to increase
geospatial preparedness by actions such as analyzing
requirements, performing strategic planning, sharing geospatial
data, developing agreements for sharing geospatial data,
integrating geospatial data, developing standards, integrating
systems, and acquiring, when feasible and appropriate,
interoperable commercially-provided geographic information
systems software and hardware, geospatial applications,
geospatial data, and Global Positioning System equipment and
procuring services in order to achieve an adequate level of
national geospatial preparedness;
(3) coordinating with, and assisting, the Federal
Geographic Data Committee, the Office of Management and Budget,
and the commercial geospatial industry to establish national
standards for the development, acquisition, storage,
maintenance, distribution, utilization, and application of
geospatial data;
(4) coordinating with, and assisting, the commercial
geospatial industry to establish national standards for the
development, distribution, and utilization of geographic
information systems software and hardware and geospatial
applications; and
(5) utilizing, when feasible and appropriate, commercially-
provided interoperable geographic information systems software
and hardware, geospatial applications, geospatial data, and
services to carry out the responsibilities, activities, and
programs authorized by this section.

SEC. 5. SECURITY POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR GEOSPATIAL DATA.

The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland
Security shall establish, within 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and consistent with overall homeland security
goals of the Department of Homeland Security, security policy and
guidelines for the acquisition, processing, and dissemination of
geospatial data depicting critical infrastructure and strategic assets
located in the United States.

SEC. 6. OFFICE OF GEOSPATIAL MANAGEMENT AND GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION
OFFICER.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish
the Office of Geospatial Management within the Office of the Chief
Information Officer. The Office of Geospatial Management shall be
administered by the Geospatial Information Officer under the direction
of the Chief Information Officer.
(b) Geospatial Information Officer.--The Geospatial Information
Officer--
(1) shall be appointed by the Secretary from among
individuals who are skilled in geographic information
technology and systems management; and
(2) shall be responsible for--
(A) designing, managing, coordinating, and
implementing comprehensive geospatial initiatives; and
(B) working with the Chief Information Officer to
carry out section 4 and section 5.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there are authorized to
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal
years 2004 through 2008. Such authorization is in addition to other
authorizations of appropriations that are available for such purpose.

SOLUTION: Geospatial Preparedness Act - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to direct the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Departments of the Interior and Justice, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, other appropriate Federal agencies, and members of the Federal Geographic Data Committee to use and enhance the National Spatial Data Infrastructure for homeland security purposes.

Directs the CIO to establish security and policy guidelines for the acquisition, processing, and dissemination of geospatial data depicting critical infrastructure and strategic assets in the United States.

Requires the: (1) Secretary to establish the Office of Geospatial Management within the Office of the CIO; and (2) Geospatial Manager to work with the CIO to design, manage, coordinate, and implement comprehensive geospatial initiatives.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Commission to Prevent
Infant Mortality Reauthorization Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

A reference in this Act to ''the Act'' shall be a reference to the
National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C.
285g note; Public Law 99-660; 100 Stat. 3752).

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
(1) infant mortality is largely preventable with early,
regular, and comprehensive prenatal care, good nutrition,
healthy behaviors during pregnancy, and preventive well baby
care;
(2) while the United States' infant mortality rate is
slowly improving, the Nation still lags behind most other
developed nations, and the advances that are being made
continue to be due mostly to improved technology that saves low
birthweight and otherwise at-risk newborns rather than making
sure all babies are born as healthy as possible in the first
place;
(3) children born at low birthweight and otherwise at-risk
not only are more likely to die, but also are much more likely
to suffer long-term disabilities and require costly medical
interventions, special education, and other services;
(4) in 1988, the National Commission to Prevent Infant
Mortality developed a strategic national plan to reduce infant
mortality, and submitted such plan to the Congress and the
President in a report entitled ''Death Before Life: The Tragedy
of Infant Mortality'';
(5) the report's many recommendations centered on
fundamental solutions to the problem of infant mortality that
have existed for decades, including recommendations that all
pregnant women and infants must have universal access to the
range of necessary services, and that the health and well-being
of mothers and children must become a high national priority;
(6) since issuing such report, the Commission has continued
to promote specific actions, based on the report's
recommendations, for Congress and all sectors of society to
take to improve the health and well-being of all infants,
children, and pregnant women;
(7) despite considerable effort and success by many
throughout the Nation to improve the accessibility of services
and to raise awareness about healthy behaviors, numerous
financial and nonfinancial barriers still exist in the service
delivery system, the public continues to lack the information
and often motivation needed to make healthy choices, and the
infant mortality rate, low birthweight rate, and other
indicators continue to be far too high; and
(8) to help assure that the Nation reaches the goal of
universal access to care and that the health and well-being of
all infants, children, and pregnant women becomes a high
national priority, the need for the Commission continues.

SEC. 4. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.

Section 203(b) of the Act is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking out
''fifteen members'' and inserting in lieu thereof ''sixteen
members'';
(2) in paragraph (3) in the second sentence--
(A) by inserting ''directly'' before ''responsible
for administering the State medicaid program''; and
(B) by inserting ''directly'' before ''responsible
for administering the State maternal and child health
programs''; and
(3) in paragraph (6) by striking out ''Six at large
members'' and inserting in lieu thereof ''Seven at large
members''.

SEC. 5. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

Section 204 of the Act is amended to read as follows:

''SEC. 204. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

''The Commission shall--
''(1) develop strategic plans to initiate and stimulate
action on the recommendations in the report submitted by the
Commission to the Congress and President in 1988 entitled,
''Death Before Life: The Tragedy of Infant Mortality'';
''(2) inform the Congress and others, through reports,
conferences, briefings, public information campaigns, and other
means of the specific actions that can be taken to improve the
health and well-being of pregnant women, infants, and children;
''(3) serve as an information clearinghouse for the
Congress and other interested parties on domestic and
international model programs and cost effective strategies
for--
''(A) improving the health and well-being of
pregnant women and children in the areas of Federal and
State legislation and program administration; and
''(B) organizing and delivering local services,
raising public awareness, and conducting outreach to
populations in need;
''(4) annually report and make recommendations on the
demographic and related trends concerning the health of
pregnant women, infants, and children to the Congress and the
President; and
''(5) establish working relationships and networking
linkages with organizations and other entities within and
outside the Federal Government to promote the health and well-
being of pregnant women, infants, and children.''.

SEC. 6. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

Section 205 of the Act is amended by redesignating subsection (d)
as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsections:
''(d) Grants.--To carry out its activities, the Commission may
accept and expend private sector funds from corporations, nonprofit
foundations, or individuals. The Commission may also accept and expend
interagency transfer funds from agencies of the United States
Government. The Commission shall report all grant raising, acceptance,
and expending activities and the amount of all funds related to such
activities to the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House
of Representatives on an annual basis.
''(e) Voluntary Services.--Notwithstanding section 1342 of title
31, United States Code, the Commission may accept voluntary and
uncompensated services.''.

SEC. 7. COMMISSION STAFF.

Section 206 of the Act is amended--
(1) in subsection (b) by striking out ''the rate payable
for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such
title'' and inserting in lieu thereof ''the rate payable for a
position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section
5315 of such title''; and
(2) in subsection (d) by striking out ''the daily rate
payable for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of
such title'' and inserting in lieu thereof ''the daily rate
payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315 of such title''.

SEC. 8. REAUTHORIZATION OF COMMISSION.

Sections 208 and 209 of the Act are amended to read as follows:

''SEC. 208. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.

''The Commission shall terminate on December 31, 1997.

''SEC. 209. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

''There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission
$480,000 in fiscal year 1995, $480,000 in fiscal year 1996, and
$600,000 in fiscal year 1997. Sums appropriated pursuant to this
section shall remain available through December 31, 1997.''.

SEC. 9. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

The matter under the heading ''national commission to prevent
infant mortality'' under title IV of the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-436; 102 Stat. 1709) is amended by striking
out the second and third sentences.

SOLUTION:
National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality Reauthorization Act of 1993 - Amends the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality Act of 1986 to: (1) reauthorize and extend the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality (Commission); and (2) make changes regarding Commission duties, powers, and staff.