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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Children's Health Insurance for
Long-Term Development Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this act is to provide health insurance coverage for
children during the Infant Neurological Risk Exposure Period (INREP).
The INREP extends through age 3 and encompasses the period of most
rapid neurological changes in young children. Health coverage will
improve children's health and, through routine health supervision,
promote parents' caregiving skills through these critical years.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--
(1) 86 percent of children with private health insurance
are under-insured with respect to well-child care;
(2) because the human brain develops rapidly until the age
of 3, children need regular screenings and follow-up care to
detect neurological abnormalities and ensure normal
development;
(3) regular pediatric visits enable physicians to provide
guidance on parental activities, such as reading, that
stimulate the brain development of infants; and
(4) children deserve health care coverage that promotes
normal brain and nervous system development.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act:
(1) Beneficiary.--The term ''beneficiary'' has the meaning
given such term under section 3(8) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(8)).
(2) Child.--The term ''child'' means an individual who is
age 3 or younger.
(3) Employee health benefit plan.--
(A) In general.--The term ''employee health benefit
plan'' means any employee welfare benefit plan,
governmental plan, or church plan (as defined under paragraphs (1),
(32), and (33) of section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002 (1), (32), and (33))) that provides or pays
for health benefits (such as provider and hospital benefits) for
participants and beneficiaries whether--
(i) directly;
(ii) through a health plan offered by a
health plan issuer as defined in paragraph (6);
or
(iii) otherwise.
(B) Rule of construction.--An employee health
benefit plan shall not be construed to be a health plan
or a health plan issuer.
(C) Arrangements not included.--Such term does not
include the following, or any combination thereof:
(i) Coverage only for accident, or
disability income insurance, or any combination
thereof.
(ii) Medicare supplemental health insurance
(as defined under section 1882(g)(1) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(g)(1))).
(iii) Coverage issued as a supplement to
liability insurance.
(iv) Liability insurance, including general
liability insurance and automobile liability
insurance.
(v) Workers' compensation or similar
insurance.
(vi) Automobile medical payment insurance.
(vii) Coverage for a specified disease or
illness.
(viii) Hospital or fixed indemnity
insurance.
(ix) Short-term limited duration insurance.
(x) Credit-only, dental-only, or vision-
only insurance.
(xi) A health insurance policy providing
benefits only for long-term care, nursing home
care, home health care, community-based care, or any combination
thereof.
(4) Group purchaser.--The term ''group purchaser'' means
any person (as defined in section 3(9) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(9))) or
entity that purchases or pays for health benefits (such as
provider or hospital benefits) on behalf of participants or
beneficiaries in connection with an employee health benefit
plan.
(5) Health plan.--
(A) In general.--The term ''health plan'' means any
group health plan or individual health plan.
(B) Group health plan.--The term ''group health
plan'' means any contract, policy, certificate, or
other arrangement offered by a health plan issuer to a
group purchaser that provides or pays for health
benefits (such as provider and hospital benefits) in
connection with an employee health benefit plan.
(C) Individual health plan.--The term ''individual
health plan'' means any contract, policy, certificate,
or other arrangement offered by a health plan issuer to
individuals that provides or pays for health benefits
(such as provider and hospital benefits) and that is
not a group health plan.
(D) Arrangements not included.--Such term does not
include the following, or any combination thereof:
(i) Coverage only for accident, or
disability income insurance, or any combination
thereof.
(ii) Medicare supplemental health insurance
(as defined under section 1882(g)(1) of the
Social Security Act).
(iii) Coverage issued as a supplement to
liability insurance.
(iv) Liability insurance, including general
liability insurance and automobile liability
insurance.
(v) Workers' compensation or similar
insurance.
(vi) Automobile medical payment insurance.
(vii) Coverage for a specified disease or
illness.
(viii) Hospital or fixed indemnity
insurance.
(ix) Short-term limited duration insurance.
(x) Credit-only, dental-only, or vision-
only insurance.
(xi) A health insurance policy providing
benefits only for long-term care, nursing home
care, home health care, community-based care,
or any combination thereof.
(E) Certain plans included.--Such term includes any
plan or arrangement not described in any clause of
subparagraph (D) that provides for benefit payments, on
a periodic basis, for--
(i) a specified disease or illness; or
(ii) a period of hospitalization;
without regard to the costs incurred or services
rendered during the period to which the payments
relate.
(6) Health plan issuer.--The term ''health plan issuer''
means any entity that is licensed (prior to or after the date
of enactment of this Act) by a State to offer a health plan.
(7) Participant.--The term ''participant'' has the meaning
given such term under section 3(7) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(7)).
(8) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' unless otherwise
specified means the Secretary of Labor.

SEC. 5. REQUIRED HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a health
plan or an employee health benefit plan shall ensure that coverage is
provided with respect to a child who is a beneficiary under such plan
for all medically necessary health care and related services,
including--
(1) appropriate screening services at intervals that meet
reasonable standards of medical and dental practice;
(2) all appropriate immunizations;
(3) necessary case management, transportation, and
scheduling assistance; and
(4) such other necessary health care, diagnostic services,
treatment, and other measures to correct or ameliorate defects
and physical and mental illnesses and conditions discovered by
the screening services, whether or not such services are
covered for participants or policyholders under the plan.
(b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a health plan or an
employee health benefit plan shall not be required to provide coverage
for health care and related services that are not safe, are not
effective, or are experimental.

SEC. 6. PROHIBITIONS.

In implementing the requirements of this Act, a health plan or an
employee health benefit plan may not use a service limitation,
including a lifetime benefit limit, of the plan to deny medically
necessary health care and related services described in section 4 to a
child.

SEC. 7. NOTICE.

(a) Employee Health Benefit Plan.--An employee health benefit plan
shall provide conspicuous notice to each participant regarding coverage
required under this Act not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and as part of its summary plan description.
(b) Health Plan.--A health plan shall provide notice to each
policyholder regarding coverage required under this Act. Such notice
shall be in writing, prominently positioned, and be transmitted--
(1) in a mailing made within 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act by such plan to the policyholder; and
(2) as part of the annual informational packet sent to the
policyholder.

SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY.

(a) Construction.--
(1) In general.--A requirement or standard imposed under
this Act on a health plan shall be deemed to be a requirement
or standard imposed on the health plan issuer. Such
requirements or standards shall be enforced by the State
insurance commissioner for the State involved or the official
or officials designated by the State to enforce the
requirements of this Act. In the case of a health plan offered
by a health plan issuer in connection with an employee health
benefit plan, the requirements or standards imposed under this
Act shall be enforced with respect to the health plan issuer by
the State insurance commissioner for the State involved or the
official or officials designated by the State to enforce the
requirements of this Act.
(2) Limitation.--Except as provided in section 8(c), the
Secretary shall not enforce the requirements or standards of
this Act as they relate to health plan issuers or health plans.
In no case shall a State enforce the requirements or standards
of this Act as they relate to employee health benefit plans.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed
to affect or modify the provisions of section 514 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144).

SEC. 9. ENFORCEMENT.

(a) Health Plan Issuers.--Each State shall require that each health
plan issued, sold, renewed, offered for sale or operated in such State
by a health plan issuer meet the standards established under this Act.
A State shall submit such information as required by the Secretary
demonstrating effective implementation of the requirements of this Act.
(b) Employee Health Benefit Plans.--With respect to employee health
benefit plans, the standards established under this Act shall be
enforced in the same manner as provided for under sections 502, 504,
506, and 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1132, 1134, 1136, and 1140). The civil penalties contained in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 502(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)
(1) and (2)) shall apply to any information required by the Secretary
to be disclosed and reported under this section.
(c) Failure To Enforce.--In the case of the failure of a State to
substantially enforce the standards and requirements set forth in this
Act with respect to health plans, the Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall enforce the standards
of this Act in such State. In the case of a State that fails to
substantially enforce the standards set forth in this Act, each health
plan issuer operating in such State shall be subject to civil
enforcement as provided for under sections 502, 504, 506, and 510 of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132,
1134, 1136, and 1140). The civil penalties contained in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of section 502(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(1) and (2))
shall apply to any information required by the Secretary to be
disclosed and reported under this section.
(d) Regulations.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, may promulgate such regulations as may be
necessary or appropriate to carry out this Act.

SEC. 10. PREEMPTION.

(a) In General.--The provisions of sections 4, 5, and 6 shall not
preempt a State law or regulation--
(1) that provides greater protections to patients or
policyholders than those required in this Act; or
(2) that requires health plans to provide coverage for
pediatric care in accordance with guidelines established by the
American Academy of Pediatrics or other established
professional medical associations.
(b) Employee Health Benefit Plans.--Nothing in this section affects
the application of this Act to employee health benefit plans, as
defined in section 2(3).

SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of
this Act shall apply as follows:
(1) With respect to health plans, such provisions shall
apply to such plans on the first day of the contract year
beginning on or after June 1, 1997.
(2) With respect to employee health benefit plans, such
provisions shall apply to such plans on the first day of the
first plan year beginning on or after June 1, 1997.

Answer: Children's Health Insurance for Long-Term Development Act of 1996 - Requires health plans and employee health benefit plans to ensure coverage of all medically necessary health care and related services for children during the Infant Neurological Risk Exposure Period (INREP), which extends through age three and encompasses the period of most rapid neurological changes in young children. Prohibits health plans from using a service limitation, including a lifetime benefit limit, to deny medically necessary health care and related services to a child.
Sets forth enforcement provisions.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Digital Trade Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Internet has become an unprecedented medium for
competition, trade, free expression, and access to information.
(2) The Internet is a driver of the global economy and must
remain open, stable, and secure.
(3) Trade in Internet-enabled services and transfers of
data and other digital information have become increasingly
critical drivers of the economic growth of the United States.
The United States International Trade Commission found in a
July 2013 report, entitled ''Digital Trade in the U.S. and
Global Economies, Part 1'', that ''U.S. exports of digitally
enabled services (one measure of international digital trade)
grew from $282.1 billion in 2007 to $356.1 billion in 2011,
with exports exceeding imports every year''.
(4) The United States is the global leader in Internet-
enabled platforms, networks, and services. Certain liability
protections for those entities under the law of the United
States, which promote innovation and creativity and allow for
cooperative efforts to address harmful activity, have been
critical to the growth of the Internet economy in the United
States.
(5) According to McKinsey & Company, more than /4\ of the
value added by the Internet is in traditional industries.
(6) Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade benefits
small- and medium-size enterprises by providing unparalleled
access to global markets.
(7) Proposals have been put forward by some trading
partners of the United States to restrict the flow of lawful
information across borders. Those proposals would cause
increased government control over the Internet and could create
a fragmented Internet.
(8) Localization barriers to trade are frequently used to
protect, favor, or stimulate domestic industries at the expense
of industries in other countries. Those localization
requirements harm the competitiveness of and end-users in the
United States.
(9) Restrictive policies regarding the flow of information
across borders are nontariff barriers that are harmful to
innovation and economic advancement. Those policies impede
trade in digital products and services and constrain the
ability of United States companies from many sectors to
effectively operate across borders.
(10) Cross-border data flows are critical to manufacturers,
institutions of higher education, hospitals, retailers,
financial services firms, laboratories, and many other
organizations that use the Internet to improve their
productivity and manage global networks of customers,
suppliers, researchers, and employees.
(11) The free flow of information across borders provides
choices and reduces costs to consumers worldwide.
(12) The position of the United States Government has been
and is to advocate for the free flow of information across
borders.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) agencies in the executive branch, including the Office
of the United States Trade Representative, should be staffed
with experts and leaders to fulfill the mission of promoting an
open, global Internet that facilitates commerce and digital
trade; and
(2) private sector stakeholders should have the opportunity
to formally inform efforts of agencies in the executive branch
related to digital trade.

SEC. 3. NEGOTIATING PRINCIPLES FOR INTERNET-ENABLED COMMERCE AND
DIGITAL TRADE.

It shall be a negotiating principle of the United States in
negotiations for a bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreement,
and in multi-stakeholder fora, to seek the inclusion of binding and
enforceable provisions that promote and enhance Internet-enabled
commerce and digital trade, including provisions--
(1) preventing or eliminating barriers to the movement of
electronic information across borders, including by encouraging
interoperability of data protection regimes and eliminating
barriers to accessing, processing, transferring, or storing
information;
(2) ensuring transparency in measures affecting the free
flow of information within and across borders;
(3) continuing the current practice of not imposing customs
duties on electronic transmissions;
(4) prohibiting measures that condition market access or
other commercial benefits on localization of data,
infrastructure, or investment;
(5) prohibiting any country from imposing measures that
require an entity to use computing infrastructure or services
in that country or otherwise require an entity to access,
process, transfer, or store data in the territory of that
country;
(6) ensuring that the Internet continues to operate within
the successful multi-stakeholder governance model;
(7) ensuring that provisions affecting intermediary
liability for Internet-enabled platforms, networks, and
services are consistent with the law of the United States;
(8) ensuring digital trade policies contemplate various
business activities across all industrial sectors and allow for
future technological advancement; and
(9) otherwise eliminating discriminatory treatment of
Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade.

Answer: Digital Trade Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) executive branch agencies, including the Office of the United States Trade Representative, should be staffed with experts and leaders to promote an open, global Internet that facilitates commerce and digital trade; and (2) private sector stakeholders should have the opportunity to inform executive agency efforts related to digital trade. States that it shall be a U.S. negotiating principle in negotiations for a bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreement, and in multi-stakeholder fora, to seek the inclusion of binding provisions that promote and enhance Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Department of Homeland Security
Interoperable Communications Act'' or the ''DHS Interoperable
Communications Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES IN
RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT.

Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (4) of subsection (a), by inserting before
the period at the end the following: '', including policies and
directives to achieve and maintain interoperable communications
among the components of the Department''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(d) Interoperable Communications Defined.--In this section, the
term 'interoperable communications' means the ability of components of
the Department to communicate with each other as necessary, utilizing
information technology systems and radio communications systems to
exchange voice, data, and video in real time, as necessary, for acts of
terrorism, daily operations, planned events, and emergencies.''.

SEC. 3. STRATEGY.

(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Management of the
Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a strategy,
which shall be updated as necessary, for achieving and maintaining
interoperable communications (as such term is defined in subsection (d)
of section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by
section 2 of this Act) among the components of the Department of
Homeland Security, including for daily operations, planned events, and
emergencies, with corresponding milestones, that includes, at a minimum
the following:
(1) An assessment of interoperability gaps in radio
communications among the components of the Department, as of
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Information on efforts and activities, including
current and planned policies, directives, and training, of the
Department since November 1, 2012, to achieve and maintain
interoperable communications among the components of the
Department, and planned efforts and activities of the
Department to achieve and maintain such interoperable
communications.
(3) An assessment of obstacles and challenges to achieving
and maintaining interoperable communications among the
components of the Department.
(4) Information on, and an assessment of, the adequacy of
mechanisms available to the Under Secretary for Management to
enforce and compel compliance with interoperable communications
policies and directives of the Department.
(5) Guidance provided to the components of the Department
to implement interoperable communications policies and
directives of the Department.
(6) The total amount of funds expended by the Department
since November 1, 2012, and projected future expenditures, to
achieve interoperable communications, including on equipment,
infrastructure, and maintenance.
(7) Dates upon which Department-wide interoperability is
projected to be achieved for voice, data, and video
communications, respectively, and interim milestones that
correspond to the achievement of each such mode of
communication.
(b) Supplementary Material.--Together with the strategy required
under subsection (a), the Under Secretary for Management shall submit
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate information on any intra-agency effort or task force that has
been delegated certain responsibilities by the Under Secretary relating
to achieving and maintaining interoperable communications among the
components of the Department by the dates referred to in paragraph (9)
of subsection (a), and on who, within each such component, is
responsible for implementing policies and directives issued by the
Under Secretary to so achieve and maintain such interoperable
communications.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

Not later than 220 days after the date of the enactment of this Act
and biannually thereafter, the Under Secretary for Management shall
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate a report on the status of efforts, since the
issuance of the strategy required under section 3, to implement such
strategy, including the following:
(1) Progress on each interim milestone referred to in
paragraph (9) of subsection (a) toward achieving and
maintaining interoperable communications among the components
of the Department.
(2) Information on any policies, directives, guidance, and
training established by the Under Secretary.
(3) An assessment of the level of compliance, adoption, and
participation among the components of the Department with the
policies, directives, guidance, and training established by the
Under Secretary to achieve and maintain interoperable
communications among such components.
(4) Information on any additional resources or authorities
needed by the Under Secretary.

Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 2014.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.

Answer:
. Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act or the DHS Interoperable Communications Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include among the responsibilities of the Under Secretary for Management responsibilities with respect to policies and directives to achieve and maintain interoperable communications among the components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Requires such Under Secretary to submit to the House and Senate homeland security committees a strategy, which shall be updated as necessary, for achieving and maintaining interoperable communications, including for daily operations, planned events, and emergencies, with corresponding milestones, that includes: an assessment of interoperability gaps in radio communications among the DHS components, as of this Act's enactment date; information on DHS efforts and activities, including current and planned policies, directives, and training, since November 1, 2012, to achieve and maintain interoperable communications, and planned efforts and activities to achieve and maintain interoperable communications; an assessment of obstacles and challenges to achieving and maintaining interoperable communications; information on, and an assessment of, the adequacy of mechanisms available to the Under Secretary to enforce and compel compliance with interoperable communications policies and directives of DHS; guidance provided to DHS components to implement interoperable communications policies and directives; the total amount of funds expended by DHS since November 1, 2012, and projected future expenditures, to achieve interoperable communications; and dates upon which DHS-wide interoperability is projected to be achieved for voice, data, and video communications, respectively, and interim milestones. Directs the Under Secretary to submit information on any intra-agency effort or task force that has been delegated responsibilities by the Under Secretary relating to achieving and maintaining interoperable communications within a specified time frame, and on who, within each component, is responsible for implementing policies and directives issued by the Under Secretary to achieve and maintain interoperable communications. Directs the Under Secretary to report on the status of efforts since the issuance of the strategy to implement such strategy, including: (1) progress on each interim milestone; (2) information on any policies, directives, guidance, and training established by the Under Secretary; (3) an assessment of the level of compliance, adoption, and participation among the DHS components with the policies, directives, guidance, and training established by the Under Secretary; and (4) information on any additional resources or authorities needed by the Under Secretary.