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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Advancing Research for Neurological
Diseases Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 399V-6 SURVEILLANCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall--
''(1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to
track the epidemiology of neurological diseases, including
multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and
''(2) incorporate information obtained through such
activities into a statistically-sound, scientifically-credible,
integrated surveillance system, to be known as the National
Neurological Diseases Surveillance System.
''(b) Research.--The Secretary shall ensure that the National
Neurological Diseases Surveillance System is designed in a manner that
facilitates further research on neurological diseases.
''(c) Content.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary--
''(1) shall provide for the collection and storage of
information on the incidence and prevalence of neurological
diseases in the United States;
''(2) to the extent practicable, shall provide for the
collection and storage of other available information on
neurological diseases, such as information concerning--
''(A) demographics and other information associated
or possibly associated with neurological diseases, such
as age, race, ethnicity, sex, geographic location, and
family history;
''(B) risk factors associated or possibly
associated with neurological diseases, including
genetic and environmental risk factors; and
''(C) diagnosis and progression markers;
''(3) may provide for the collection and storage of
information relevant to analysis on neurological diseases, such
as information concerning--
''(A) the epidemiology of the diseases;
''(B) the natural history of the diseases;
''(C) the prevention of the diseases;
''(D) the detection, management, and treatment
approaches for the diseases; and
''(E) the development of outcomes measures; and
''(4) may address issues identified during the consultation
process under subsection (d).
''(d) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall consult with individuals with appropriate expertise, including--
''(1) epidemiologists with experience in disease
surveillance or registries;
''(2) representatives of national voluntary health
associations that--
''(A) focus on neurological diseases, including
multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and
''(B) have demonstrated experience in research,
care, or patient services;
''(3) health information technology experts or other
information management specialists;
''(4) clinicians with expertise in neurological diseases;
and
''(5) research scientists with experience conducting
translational research or utilizing surveillance systems for
scientific research purposes.
''(e) Grants.--The Secretary may award grants to, or enter into
contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private nonprofit
entities to carry out activities under this section.
''(f) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--Subject to
subsection (h), the Secretary shall make information and analysis in
the National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System available, as
appropriate, to Federal departments and agencies, such as the National
Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of
Defense.
''(g) Public Access.--Subject to subsection (h), the Secretary
shall make information and analysis in the National Neurological
Diseases Surveillance System available, as appropriate, to the public,
including researchers.
''(h) Privacy.--The Secretary shall ensure that privacy and
security protections applicable to the National Neurological Diseases
Surveillance System are at least as stringent as the privacy and
security protections under HIPAA privacy and security law (as defined
in section 3009(a)(2)).
''(i) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit a report to the
Congress concerning the implementation of this section. Such report
shall include information on--
''(1) the development and maintenance of the National
Neurological Diseases Surveillance System;
''(2) the type of information collected and stored in the
System;
''(3) the use and availability of such information,
including guidelines for such use; and
''(4) the use and coordination of databases that collect or
maintain information on neurological diseases.
''(j) Definition.--In this section, the term 'national voluntary
health association' means a national nonprofit organization with
chapters, other affiliated organizations, or networks in States
throughout the United States.
''(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section,
there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2019.''.

Answer: Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and (2) incorporate information obtained through those activities into a National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the System facilitates further research on neurological diseases. Requires HHS to provide for the collection and storage of information on neurological diseases, including the incidence, prevalence, and other information, to the extent practicable. Requires HHS to: (1) make information and analysis in the System available to federal agencies and to the public, including researchers; and (2) ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as the protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CROSS-SUBSIDIZATION OF CUSTOMER-SIDE TECHNOLOGY.

(a) Consideration of Impact From Cross-Subsidization of Customer-
Side Technology.--Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
''(20) Consideration of impact from cross-subsidization of
customer-side technology.--
''(A) Definition of customer-side technology.--In
this paragraph, the term 'customer-side technology'
means a device connected to the electricity
distribution system--
''(i) at, or on the customer side of, the
meter; or
''(ii) that, if owned or operated by, or on
behalf of, an electric utility, would otherwise
be at, or on the customer side of, the meter.
''(B) Consideration.--Each State regulatory
authority (with respect to each electric utility for
which it has ratemaking authority) and each
nonregulated electric utility shall consider, to the
extent a State regulatory authority or nonregulated
electric utility allows rates charged by any electric
utility to include any cost, fee, or charge that
directly or indirectly subsidizes the deployment,
construction, maintenance, or operation of customer-
side technology, whether subsidizing the deployment,
construction, maintenance, or operation of a customer-
side technology would--
''(i) result in benefits predominately
enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side
technology;
''(ii) shift costs of a customer-side
technology to electricity consumers that do not
use the customer-side technology, particularly
in cases in which disparate economic or
resource conditions exist among the electricity
consumers cross-subsidizing the customer-side
technology;
''(iii) negatively affect resource
utilization, fuel diversity, grid reliability,
or grid security;
''(iv) provide any unfair competitive
advantage to market the customer-side
technology, including an analysis of whether
the State regulatory authority or other State
authority has uncovered any fraudulent
customer-side technology marketing practices
within the State; and
''(v) be necessary to fulfill an obligation
to serve electric consumers.
''(C) Public notice.--At least 90 days before the
date on which a State regulatory authority or
nonregulated electric utility holds a proceeding that
would consider the cross-subsidization of a customer-
side technology, the State regulatory authority or
nonregulated electric utility shall make available to
the public the results of the evaluation conducted
under subparagraph (B).''.
(b) Compliance.--
(1) Time limitations.--Section 112(b) of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(b)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
''(7)(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with
respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking
authority), and each nonregulated electric utility shall, with
respect to the standard established by paragraph (20) of
section 111(d)--
''(i) commence the consideration referred to in
section 111; or
''(ii) set a hearing date for the consideration.
''(B) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect
to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking
authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall--
''(i) complete the consideration required under
subparagraph (A); and
''(ii) make the determination referred to in
section 111 with respect to the standard established by
paragraph (20) of section 111(d).''.
(2) Failure to comply.--Section 112(c) of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(c)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ''In the case of
the standard established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d),
the reference contained in this subsection to the date of
enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the
date of enactment of that paragraph.''.

Answer: Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to require a state regulatory authority and a nonregulated electric utility (entities), to the extent that they allow electric utility rates to include charges that subsidize customer-side technology, to consider whether that subsidy would: result in benefits predominately enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side technology; shift costs of a customer-side technology to electricity consumers that do not use it, particularly in cases in which disparate economic or resource conditions exist among the electricity consumers cross-subsidizing the customer-side technology; negatively affect resource utilization, fuel diversity, grid reliability, or grid security; give any unfair competitive advantage to market the customer-side technology, including an analysis of whether a state regulatory authority has uncovered fraudulent customer-side technology marketing practices; and be necessary to fulfill an obligation to serve electric consumers. The bill sets deadlines within which the entities must set a hearing date to consider and subsequently determine the subsidization of customer-side technology.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Biometric Identification
Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION ALERT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Subtitle D of title IV of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

''SEC. 447. BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION ALERT
PROGRAM.

''(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department a
program to be known as the Biometric Identification Transnational
Migration Alert Program (referred to in this section as 'BITMAP') to
address and reduce national security, border security, and terrorist
threats before such threats reach the international border of the
United States.
''(b) Duties.--In carrying out BITMAP operations, the Secretary,
acting through the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, shall--
''(1) coordinate, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, appropriate representatives of foreign governments, and
the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, to
facilitate the voluntary sharing of biometric and biographic
information collected from foreign nationals for the purpose of
identifying and screening such nationals to identify those
nationals who may pose a terrorist threat or a threat to
national security or border security;
''(2) provide capabilities, including training and
equipment, to partner countries to voluntarily collect
biometric and biographic identification data from individuals
to identify, prevent, detect, and interdict high risk
individuals identified as national security, border security,
or terrorist threats who may attempt to enter the United States
utilizing illicit pathways;
''(3) provide capabilities, including training and
equipment, to partner countries to compare foreign data against
appropriate United States national security, border security,
terrorist, immigration, and counter-terrorism data, including--
''(A) the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
Terrorist Screening Database, or successor database;
''(B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Next
Generation Identification database, or successor
database;
''(C) the Department of Defense Automated Biometric
Identification System (commonly known as 'ABIS'), or
successor database;
''(D) the Department's Automated Biometric
Identification System (commonly known as 'IDENT'), or
successor database; and
''(E) any other database, notice, or means that the
Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other
Federal departments and agencies responsible for such
databases, notices, or means, designates; and
''(4) provide partner countries with training, guidance,
and best practices recommendations regarding the enrollment of
individuals in BITMAP; and
''(4)(5) ensure biometric and biographic identification
data collected pursuant to BITMAP are incorporated into
appropriate United States Government databases, in compliance
with the policies and procedures established by the Privacy
Officer appointed under section 222.
''(c) Collaboration.--The Secretary shall ensure that BITMAP
operations include participation from relevant components of the
Department, and request participation from other Federal agencies, as
appropriate.
''(d) Agreements.--Before carrying out BITMAP operations in a
foreign country that, as of the date of the enactment of this section,
was not a partner country described in this section, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall enter into agreement or
arrangement with the government of such country that sets forth program
goals for such country, includes training, guidance, and best practices
recommendations regarding the enrollment of individuals in BITMAP, and
outlines such operations in such country, including related
departmental operations. Such country shall be a partner country
described in this section pursuant to and for purposes of such
agreement or arrangement.
''(e) Notification to Congress.--Not later than 60 days before an
agreement with the government of a foreign country to carry out BITMAP
operations in such foreign country enters into force, the Secretary
shall provide the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate with a copy of the agreement to establish such
operations, which shall include--
''(1) the identification of the foreign country with which
the Secretary intends to enter into such an agreement;
''(2) the location at which such operations will be
conducted; and
''(3) goals for BITMAP operations in the foreign country;
and
''(3)(4) the terms and conditions for Department personnel
operating at such location. ''.
''(f) Captured Information of United States Citizens.--The
Secretary shall ensure that any biometric and biographic identification
data of United States citizens that is captured by BITMAP operations is
expunged from all databases to which such data was uploaded, unless the
information is retained for specific law enforcement or intelligence
purposes.''.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the
Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP)
is established under section 447 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(as added by subsection (a) of this section) and annually thereafter
for the following five years, the Secretary 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 report that details the effectiveness of BITMAP
operations in enhancing national security, border security, and
counterterrorism operations. that--
(1) outlines the strategic goals and operational plans for
BITMAP;
(2) outlines key efforts and the progress made with each
partner country;
(3) provides a description of the agreement or arrangement
with the government of each partner country, if practicable;
(4) provides budget information related to expenditures in
support of BITMAP, including the source of funding and the
anticipated expenditures;
(5) sets forth the department personnel, equipment, and
infrastructure support to be used by BITMAP, broken down by
country and number;
(6) includes the number of individuals each partner country
enrolled into BITMAP during the reporting period, broken down
by key categories, as determined by U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement;
(7) includes the training, guidance, and best practices
recommendations provided pursuant to section 447(b)(4) of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a);
(8) includes a review of the redress process for BITMAP;
and
(9) details the effectiveness of BITMAP operations in
enhancing national security, border security, and
counterterrorism operations.
(c) Briefings.--Shortly after each report is submitted pursuant to
subsection (b), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall brief the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives
regarding--
(1) individuals enrolled in BITMAP who have been
apprehended at the United States border or in the interior of
the United States; and
(2) asylum claims that were submitted by individuals who
are enrolled in BITMAP;
(d) GAO Audit.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall--
(1) conduct an audit that analyzes the effectiveness of
BITMAP operations; and
(2) submit a report containing the results of such audit to
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of
the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House
of Representatives.
(e) Sunset.--Section 447 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as
added by subsection (a) shall be repealed on the date that is 6 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c)(f) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b)
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 446 the following new item:

''Sec. 447. Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert
Program.''.

Answer:
Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide statutory authority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP). That program was established to address and reduce national security, border security, and terrorist threats before such threats reach the international border of the United States. In carrying out BITMAP operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must: (1) coordinate foreign and U.S. officials to facilitate the sharing of biometric and biographic information of foreign nationals to identify and screen such nationals for terrorism and threats to national or border security; (2) provide capabilities, including training and equipment, to collect and compare biometric and biographic identification data of foreign nationals to protect against national security, border security, or terrorist threats and illegal entries; and (3) ensure that such data are incorporated into appropriate government databases. Before carrying out BITMAP operations in a foreign country, DHS must enter into an agreement with the government of such country that outlines such operations and must provide the congressional homeland security committees with a copy of the agreement.