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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) It is in the highest strategic interest of the United
States to field a fully operational missile defense system to
defend against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles
(ICBMs) of rogue nations, including North Korea and Iran.
(2) In the past year, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea tested a nuclear weapon and an intercontinental ballistic
missile and has made claims that it now possesses the ability
to miniaturize a nuclear warhead.
(3) The ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) element of the
ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) is one of the most
critical capabilities needed to defend the United States
against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles,
conventional and nuclear.
(4) The test program of the Missile Defense Agency provides
vital data to demonstrate the operational effectiveness,
suitability, and survivability of the ballistic missile defense
system, and it contributes to United States nonproliferation
goals by sending a very credible message to the international
community on the ability of the United States to defeat
ballistic missiles in flight, thus reducing their value to
potential adversaries.

SEC. 3. REQUIRED TESTING BY MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY OF GROUND-BASED
MIDCOURSE DEFENSE ELEMENT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
SYSTEM.

(a) Testing Required.--Except as provided in subsection (c), not
less frequently than once each fiscal year, the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency shall administer an intercept flight test of the ground-
based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense
system.
(b) Requirements.--The Director shall ensure that each test carried
out under subsection (a) provides, when possible, for one or more of
the following:
(1) Validation of the operational effectiveness of the
ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile
defense system.
(2) Use of assets in their operational configuration
against an inventory of targets to assess all aspects of
ground-based midcourse defense elements of the ballistic
missile defense system performance in a variety of flight test
regimes.
(3) Use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints.
(4) Evaluation of new concepts of operations and exercising
tactics, techniques, and procedures.
(5) Mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the
Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse
defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, its
hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its inherent operational
capability.
(c) Exceptions.--
(1) Nonintercept test.--The Director may forgo a test under
subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director, determines that conducting the
test would--
(A) jeopardize national security;
(B) not be successful due to specific ground-based
midcourse defense components needing a nonintercept
test; and
(C) likely lead to failure due to impractical time
considerations.
(2) Funding.--The Director may forgo a test under
subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director, determines that the test is not
sufficiently funded.
(3) National security waiver.--
(A) In general.--The Director may forgo a test
under subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary
of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the
Missile Defense Agency, Director of National
Intelligence, and the Commander of United States
Northern Command (NORTHCOM), determines that the
provision of testing as described in that subsection is
detrimental to the national security interests of the
United States.
(B) Notice required.--
(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days
after forgoing a test pursuant to subparagraph
(A), the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees notice
regarding the foregone test.
(ii) Elements.--Notice submitted under
clause (i) shall include the following:
(I) The rationale for forgoing the
test.
(II) The national security
interests of the United States
preventing the test.
(III) A plan to complete the
intercept test in the following fiscal
year, which does not affect testing in
following fiscal years.
(iii) Form.--Each notice under clause (ii)
shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but
may include a classified annex.
(d) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the
term ''congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) Missile Defense Agency to administer an intercept flight test of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system at least once each fiscal year. Each test shall provide for: validation of the defense element's operational effectiveness; use of assets in their operational configuration against an inventory of targets to assess performance in a variety of flight test regimes; use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints; evaluation of new concepts of operations, tactics, and techniques; and mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse defense element, its hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its operational capability. The Agency may forgo a test if: it would jeopardize national security, not be successful due to specific ground-based midcourse defense components needing a non-intercept test, and likely fail due to impractical time considerations; or funding is insufficient. The Agency also may forgo a test if DOD determines that the testing is detrimental to U.S. national security interests and provides notice to Congress.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''State Long-Term Care Partnership Act
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF ADDITIONAL STATE LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIPS.

(a) In General.--Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(C)(i), by striking ''shall seek
adjustment'' and inserting ''may seek adjustment'';
(2) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), by inserting ''Qualified State
Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership or under a'' after
''Clause (i) shall not apply in the case of an individual who
received medical assistance under a''; and
(3) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ''(and shall include,
in the case of an individual to whom paragraph (1)(C)(i)
applies)''.
(b) Definition of a Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance
Partnership.--Section 1917(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396p(e)) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
''(6) The term 'Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance
Partnership' means a State plan amendment that provides for the
disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the
insurance benefits payments that are made under a long-term
care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a
group insurance contract), but only if--
''(A) the policy covers an insured who, at the time
coverage under the policy first becomes effective, is a
resident of such State or of a State that maintains a
Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership;
''(B) the policy is a qualified long-term care
insurance contract within the meaning of section
7702B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
''(C) the policy provides some level of inflation
protection;
''(D) the policy satisfies any requirements of
State or other applicable law that apply to a long-term
care insurance policy; and
''(E) the issuer of the policy reports--
''(i) to the Secretary, such information or
data as the Secretary may require; and
''(ii) to the State, the information or
data reported to the Secretary (if any), the
information or data required under the minimum
reporting requirements developed under section
2(c)(1) of the State Long-Term Care Partnership
Act of 2005, and such additional information or
data as the State may require.
For purposes of applying this paragraph, if a long-term care
insurance policy is exchanged for another such policy, the date
coverage became effective under the first policy shall
determine when coverage first becomes effective.''.
(c) Regulatory Authority.--Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(in this subsection and subsection (d) referred to as the
''Secretary''), in consultation with the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners, issuers of long-term care insurance policies,
States with experience with long-term care insurance partnership plans,
and other States, shall develop the following requirements and
standards:
(1) Minimum, consistent reporting requirements.--
(A) In general.--Minimum reporting requirements for
issuers of long-term care insurance policies under
Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships
that shall specify the data and information that each
such issuer shall report to the State with which it has
such a partnership. The requirements developed in
accordance with this paragraph shall specify the type
and format of the data and information to be reported
and the frequency with which such reports are to be
made.
(B) State required data.--Nothing in subparagraph
(A) shall be construed as prohibiting a State from
requiring an issuer of a long-term care insurance
policy sold in the State (regardless of whether the
policy is issued under a Qualified State Long-Term Care
Insurance Partnership) to require the issuer to report
State information or data to the State that is in
addition to the information or data required under the
minimum reporting requirements developed under that
subparagraph.
(2) Reciprocity standards.--Standards for ensuring that
long-term care insurance policies issued under a Qualified
State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership are portable to
other States with such a partnership.
(d) Consumer Education.--The Secretary shall establish procedures
for educating consumers regarding Qualified State Long-Term Care
Insurance Partnerships and long-term care insurance policies issued in
connection with such partnerships.
(e) Annual Reports to Congress.--The Secretary shall annually
report to Congress on the Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance
Partnerships established in accordance with subsections (b)(1)(C)(ii)
and (e)(6) of section 1917 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396p).
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
take effect on October 1, 2005.
answer:
State Long-Term Care Partnership Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for establishment of long-term care insurance partnerships between states and insurers (Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships (QSLTCIPs)). Defines a QSLTCIP as a state plan amendment that provides for the disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the insurance benefits payments made under a long-term care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a group insurance contract), but only if the policy meets certain requirements, including coverage of an insured who, at the time coverage first becomes effective, is a resident of such state or of a state that maintains a QSLTCIP.

Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for educating consumers regarding QSLTCIPs and long-term care insurance policies issued in connection with them.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Family Leave Pension Relief Act of
1998''.

SEC. 2. PERIODS OF FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE TREATED AS HOURS OF SERVICE
FOR PENSION PARTICIPATION AND VESTING.

(a) Amendments of Internal Revenue Code.--
(1) Participation.--
(A) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 410(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to minimum
participation standards) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
''(E) Family and medical leave treated as
service.--
''(i) In general.--For purposes of this
subsection, in the case of an individual who is
absent from work on leave required to be given
to such individual under the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993, the plan shall treat as
hours of service--
''(I) the hours of service which
otherwise would normally have been
credited to such individual but for
such absence, or
''(II) in any case in which the
plan is unable to determine the hours
described in subclause (I), 8 hours of
service per day of absence.
''(ii) Year to which hours are credited.--
The hours described in clause (i) shall be
treated as hours of service as provided in this
subparagraph--
''(I) only in the year in which the
absence from work begins, if a
participant would have a year of
service solely because the period of
absence is treated as hours of service
as provided in clause (i); or
''(II) in any other case, in the
immediately following year.''
(B) Coordination with treatment of maternity and
paternity absences under break in service rules.--
Subparagraph (E) of section 410(a)(5) of such Code is
amended--
(i) by inserting ''not under family and
medical leave act of 1993'' after ''absences''
in the heading, and
(ii) by adding at the end of clause (i) the
following new sentence: ''The preceding
sentence shall apply to an absence from work
only if no part of such absence is required to
be given under the Family and Medical Leave Act
of 1993.''
(2) Vesting.--
(A) In general.--Paragraph (5) of section 411(a) of
such Code (relating to minimum vesting standards) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
''(E) Family and medical leave treated as
service.--
''(i) In general.--For purposes of this
subsection, in the case of an individual who is
absent from work on leave required to be given
to such individual under the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993, the plan shall treat as
hours of service--
''(I) the hours of service which
otherwise would normally have been
credited to such individual but for
such absence, or
''(II) in any case in which the
plan is unable to determine the hours
described in subclause (I), 8 hours of
service per day of absence.
''(ii) Year to which hours are credited.--
The hours described in clause (i) shall be
treated as hours of service as provided in this
subparagraph--
''(I) only in the year in which the
absence from work begins, if a
participant would have a year of
service solely because the period of
absence is treated as hours of service
as provided in clause (i); or
''(II) in any other case, in the
immediately following year.''
(B) Coordination with treatment of maternity and
paternity absences under break in service rules.--
Subparagraph (E) of section 411(a)(6) of such Code is
amended--
(i) by inserting ''not under family and
medical leave act of 1993'' after ''absences''
in the heading, and
(ii) by adding at the end of clause (i) the
following new sentence: ''The preceding
sentence shall apply to an absence from work
only if no part of such absence is required to
be given under the Family and Medical Leave Act
of 1993.''
(b) Amendments of ERISA.--
(1) Participation.--
(A) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 202(a) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(relating to minimum participation standards) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
''(E)(i) For purposes of this subsection, in the case of an
individual who is absent from work on leave required to be given to
such individual under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the
plan shall treat as hours of service--
''(I) the hours of service which otherwise would normally
have been credited to such individual but for such absence, or
''(II) in any case in which the plan is unable to determine
the hours described in subclause (I), 8 hours of service per
day of absence.
''(ii) The hours described in clause (i) shall be treated as hours
of service as provided in this subparagraph--
''(I) only in the year in which the absence from work
begins, if a participant would have a year of service solely
because the period of absence is treated as hours of service as
provided in clause (i); or
''(II) in any other case, in the immediately following
year.''
(B) Coordination with treatment of maternity and
paternity absences under break in service rules.--
Subparagraph (A) of section 202(b)(5) of such Act is
amended by adding at the end of clause (i) the
following new sentence: ''The preceding sentence shall
apply to an absence from work only if no part of such
absence is required to be given under the Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993.''
(2) Vesting.--
(A) In general.--Paragraph (2) of section 203(b) of
such Act (relating to minimum vesting standards) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
''(E)(i) For purposes of this subsection, in the case of an
individual who is absent from work on leave required to be given to
such individual under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the
plan shall treat as hours of service--
''(I) the hours of service which otherwise would normally
have been credited to such individual but for such absence, or
''(II) in any case in which the plan is unable to determine
the hours described in subclause (I), 8 hours of service per
day of absence.
''(ii) The hours described in clause (i) shall be treated as hours
of service as provided in this subparagraph--
''(I) only in the year in which the absence from work
begins, if a participant would have a year of service solely
because the period of absence is treated as hours of service as
provided in clause (i); or
''(II) in any other case, in the immediately following
year.''
(B) Coordination with treatment of maternity and
paternity absences under break in service rules.--
Clause (i) of section 203(b)(3)(E) of such Act is
amended by adding at the end of clause (i) the
following new sentence: ''The preceding sentence shall
apply to an absence from work only if no part of such
absence is required to be given under the Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993.''
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1999.

SEC. 3. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PLAN AMENDMENTS.

(a) In General.--If this section applies to any plan amendment--
(1) such plan shall be treated as being operated in
accordance with the terms of the plan during the period
described in subsection (b)(2)(A), and
(2) such plan shall not fail to meet the requirements of
section 411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or
section 204(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 by reason of such amendment.
(b) Amendments to Which Section Applies.--
(1) In general.--This section shall apply to any amendment
to any plan which is made--
(A) pursuant to any amendment made by section 2,
and
(B) before the first day of the first plan year
beginning on or after January 1, 2000.
In the case of a governmental plan (as defined in section
414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), this paragraph
shall be applied by substituting ''2001'' for ''2000''.
(2) Conditions.--This section shall not apply to any
amendment unless--
(A) during the period--
(i) beginning on the date the legislative
amendment described in paragraph (1)(A) takes
effect (or in the case of a plan amendment not
required by such legislative amendment, the
effective date specified by the plan), and
(ii) ending on the date described in
paragraph (1)(B) (or, if earlier, the date the
plan amendment is adopted),
the plan is operated as if such plan amendment were in
effect, and
(B) such plan amendment applies retroactively for
such period.
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Family Leave Pension Relief Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to count periods of leave permitted by the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 towards hours of service needed for the fulfillment of pension participation and vesting rules.