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SECTION 1. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

The first section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended to read as follows:

''SEC. 33. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

''(a) Definition of Firefighting Personnel.--In this section, the
term 'firefighting personnel' means individuals, including volunteers,
who are firefighters, officers of fire departments, or emergency
medical service personnel of fire departments.
''(b) Assistance Program.--
''(1) Authority.--In accordance with this section, the
Administrator may--
''(A) make grants on a competitive basis directly
to fire departments of a State, in consultation with
the chief executive of the State, for the purpose of
protecting the health and safety of the public,
firefighting personnel, and property against fire and
fire-related hazards; and
''(B) provide assistance for fire prevention
programs in accordance with paragraph (4).
''(2) Office for administration of assistance.--
''(A) Establishment.--Before providing assistance
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall establish
an office in the Administration to administer the
assistance under this section.
''(B) Included duties.--The duties of the office
shall include the following:
''(i) Recipient selection criteria.--To
establish specific criteria for the selection
of recipients of the assistance under this
section, including a requirement for peer
review of the selection process.
''(ii) Grant-writing assistance.--To
provide grant-writing assistance to applicants.
''(3) Use of fire department grant funds.--The
Administrator may make a grant under paragraph (1)(A) only if
the applicant for the grant agrees to use the grant funds for
one or more of the following purposes:
''(A) To hire additional firefighting personnel.
''(B) To train firefighting personnel in
firefighting, emergency response (including response to
a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of mass
destruction), arson prevention and detection, or the
handling of hazardous materials, or to train
firefighting personnel to provide any of the training
described in this subparagraph.
''(C) To fund the creation of rapid intervention
teams to protect firefighting personnel at the scenes
of fires and other emergencies.
''(D) To certify fire inspectors.
''(E) To establish wellness and fitness programs
for firefighting personnel to ensure that the
firefighting personnel can carry out their duties.
''(F) To fund emergency medical services provided
by fire departments.
''(G) To acquire additional firefighting vehicles,
including fire trucks.
''(H) To acquire additional firefighting equipment,
including equipment for communications, monitoring, and
response to a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of
mass destruction.
''(I) To acquire personal protective equipment
required for firefighting personnel by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, and other personal
protective equipment for firefighting personnel,
including protective equipment to respond to a
terrorism incident or the use of a weapon of mass
destruction.
''(J) To modify fire stations, fire training
facilities, and other facilities to protect the health
and safety of firefighting personnel.
''(K) To enforce fire codes.
''(L) To fund fire prevention programs.
''(M) To educate the public about arson prevention
and detection.
''(N) To provide incentives for the recruitment and
retention of volunteer firefighting personnel for
volunteer firefighting departments and other
firefighting departments that utilize volunteers,
including funding to enable training described in
subparagraph (B).
''(4) Fire prevention programs.--
''(A) In general.--For each fiscal year, the
Administrator shall use not less than 5 percent of the
funds made available under subsection (e)--
''(i) to make grants to fire departments
for the purpose described in paragraph (3)(L);
and
''(ii) to make grants to, or enter into
contracts or cooperative agreements with,
national, State, local, or community
organizations that are recognized for their
experience and expertise with respect to fire
prevention or fire safety programs and
activities, for the purpose of carrying out
fire prevention programs.
''(B) Priority.--In selecting organizations
described in subparagraph (A)(ii) to receive assistance
under this paragraph, the Administrator shall give
priority to organizations that focus on prevention of
injuries to children from fire.
''(5) Application.--The Administrator may provide
assistance to a fire department or organization under this
subsection only if the fire department or organization seeking
the assistance submits to the Administrator an application that
meets the following requirements:
''(A) Form.--The application shall be in such form
as the Administrator may require.
''(B) Information.--The application shall include
the following information:
''(i) Financial need.--Information that
demonstrates the financial need of the
applicant for the assistance for which applied.
In allocating funds under this section, the
Administrator shall not discriminate against an
applicant whose funding jurisdiction places a
high budget priority on fire department needs.
''(ii) Cost-benefit analysis.--An analysis
of the costs and benefits, with respect to
public safety, of the use of the assistance.
''(iii) Reporting systems data.--An
agreement to provide information to the
national fire incident reporting system for the
period covered by the assistance.
''(iv) Other information.--Any other
information that the Administrator may require.
''(6) Non-federal contribution.--
''(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Administrator may provide assistance under this
subsection only if the applicant for the assistance
agrees to provide 30 percent of the cost of the
purposes for which the assistance is sought under this
subsection in non-Federal funds for any fiscal year.
''(B) Requirement for small community
organizations.--In the case of an applicant whose
personnel serve jurisdictions of 50,000 or fewer
residents, the required non-Federal contribution under subparagraph (A)
shall be 10 percent.
''(7) Maintenance of expenditures.--The Administrator may
provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant
for the assistance agrees to maintain in the fiscal year for
which the assistance will be received the applicant's aggregate
expenditures for the uses described in paragraph (3) or (4) at
or above the average level of such expenditures in the two
fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the assistance
will be received.
''(8) Report to the administrator.--The Administrator may
provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant
for the assistance agrees to submit to the Administrator a
report, including a description of how the assistance was used,
with respect to each fiscal year for which the assistance was
received.
''(9) Variety of fire department grant recipients.--The
Administrator shall ensure that grants under paragraph (1)(A)
for a fiscal year are made to a variety of fire departments,
including, to the extent that there are eligible applicants--
''(A) career, volunteer, and combination fire
departments;
''(B) fire departments located in communities of
varying sizes; and
''(C) fire departments located in urban, suburban,
and rural communities.
''(10) Grant limitations.--
''(A) Recipient limitation.--A grant recipient
under this section may not receive more than $750,000
under this section for any fiscal year.
''(B) Limitation on expenditures for firefighting
vehicles.--Not more than 25 percent of the funds
appropriated to provide grants under this section for a
fiscal year may be used to assist grant recipients to
purchase vehicles, as authorized by paragraph (3)(G).
''(11) Reservation of grant funds for volunteer
departments.--In making grants to firefighting departments, the
Administrator shall ensure that those firefighting departments
that have either all-volunteer forces of firefighting personnel
or combined forces of volunteer and career firefighting
personnel collectively receive at least a proportion of the
total grant funding that equals the proportion of the United
States population that those firefighting departments protect.
''(c) Audits.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall be
subject to audits to ensure that the grant proceeds are expended for
the intended purposes and that the grant recipient complies with the
requirements of paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b).
''(d) State Defined.--In this section, the term 'State' includes
the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
''(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
''(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Administrator $900,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2002 through 2004 for the purposes of this section.
''(2) Administrative expenses.--Of the funds appropriated
pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Administrator
may use not more than five percent of the funds to cover
salaries and expenses and other administrative costs incurred
by the Administrator to operate the office established under
subsection (b)(2) and make grants and provide assistance under
this section.''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

The second section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2230) and section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C.
2231) are redesignated as sections 34 and 35, respectively.

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Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 with respect to competitive grants to fire departments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) U.S. Fire Administration. Adds protection of property to the list of grant purposes.Requires the grant administration office to require peer review of the grant recipient selection process.Adds funding for training as a volunteer recruitment and retention incentive among the proper uses of grant funds.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011''.

TITLE I--PERMANENT TAX RELIEF

SEC. 101. REPEAL OF EGTRRA SUNSET.

Section 901 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation
Act of 2001 is repealed.

SEC. 102. REPEAL OF JGTRRA SUNSET.

Section 303 of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of
2003 is repealed.

SEC. 103. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate shall,
not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a draft of
any technical and conforming changes in the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 which are necessary to reflect throughout such Code the purposes
of the provisions of, and amendments made by, this Act.

TITLE II--PERMANENT INDIVIDUAL AMT RELIEF

SEC. 201. PERMANENT INDIVIDUAL AMT RELIEF.

(a) Modification of Alternative Minimum Tax Exemption Amount.--
(1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 55(d) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exemption amount) is
amended to read as follows:
''(1) Exemption amount for taxpayers other than
corporations.--In the case of a taxpayer other than a
corporation, the term 'exemption amount' means--
''(A) the dollar amount for taxable years beginning
in the calendar year as specified in the table
contained in paragraph (4)(A) in the case of--
''(i) a joint return, or
''(ii) a surviving spouse,
''(B) the dollar amount for taxable years beginning
in the calendar year as specified in the table
contained in paragraph (4)(B) in the case of an
individual who--
''(i) is not a married individual, and
''(ii) is not a surviving spouse,
''(C) 50 percent of the dollar amount applicable
under paragraph (1)(A) in the case of a married
individual who files a separate return, and
''(D) $22,500 in the case of an estate or trust.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'surviving spouse' has
the meaning given to such term by section 2(a), and marital
status shall be determined under section 7703.''.
(2) Specified exemption amounts.--Section 55(d) of such
Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
''(4) Specified exemption amounts.--
''(A) Taxpayers described in paragraph (1)(A).--For
purposes of paragraph (1))(A)--

------------------------------------------------------------------------
The
''For taxable years beginning in-- exemption
amount is:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011....................................................... $74,450
2012....................................................... $78,250
2013....................................................... $81,450
2014....................................................... $85,050
2015....................................................... $88,650
2016....................................................... $92,650
2017....................................................... $96,550
2018....................................................... $100,950
2019....................................................... $105,150
2020....................................................... $109,950
2021....................................................... $112,250.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

''(B) Taxpayers described in paragraph (1)(B).--For
purposes of paragraph (1))(B)--

------------------------------------------------------------------------
The
''For taxable years beginning in-- exemption
amount is:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011....................................................... $48,450
2012....................................................... $50,350
2013....................................................... $51,950
2014....................................................... $53,750
2015....................................................... $55,550
2016....................................................... $57,550
2017....................................................... $59,500
2018....................................................... $61,700
2019....................................................... $63,800
2020....................................................... $66,200
2021....................................................... $68,200.''.
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(b) Alternative Minimum Tax Relief for Nonrefundable Credits.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 26 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
''(a) Limitation Based on Amount of Tax.--The aggregate amount of
credits allowed by this subpart for the taxable year shall not exceed
the sum of--
''(1) the taxpayer's regular tax liability for the taxable
year reduced by the foreign tax credit allowable under section
27(a), and
''(2) the tax imposed by section 55(a) for the taxable
year.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Child tax credit.--
(i) Section 24(b) of such Code is amended
by striking paragraph (3).
(ii) Section 24(d)(1) of such Code is
amended--
(I) by striking ''section 26(a)(2)
or subsection (b)(3), as the case may
be,'' each place it appears in
subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting
''section 26(a)'', and
(II) by striking ''section 26(a)(2)
or subsection (b)(3), as the case may
be'' in the second last sentence and
inserting ''section 26(a)''.
(B) Credit for interest on certain home
mortgages.--Section 25(e)(1)(C) of such Code is amended
to read as follows:
''(C) Applicable tax limit.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the term 'applicable tax limit' means the
limitation imposed by section 26(a) for the taxable
year reduced by the sum of the credits allowable under
this subpart (other than this section and sections 23,
25D, and 1400C).''.
(C) Savers' credit.--Section 25B of such Code is
amended by striking subsection (g).
(D) Residential energy efficient property.--Section
25D(c) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
''(c) Carryforward of Unused Credit.--If the credit allowable under
subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed by section 26(a) for such
taxable year reduced by the sum of the credits allowable under this
subpart (other than this section), such excess shall be carried to the
succeeding taxable year and added to the credit allowable under
subsection (a) for such succeeding taxable year.''.
(E) Certain plug-in electric vehicles.--Section
30(c)(2) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
''(2) Personal credit.--For purposes of this title, the
credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year
(determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall be
treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable
year.''.
(F) Alternative motor vehicle credit.--Section
30B(g)(2) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
''(2) Personal credit.--For purposes of this title, the
credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year
(determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall be
treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable
year.''.
(G) New qualified plug-in electric vehicle
credit.--Section 30D(c)(2) of such Code is amended to
read as follows:
''(2) Personal credit.--For purposes of this title, the
credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year
(determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall be
treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable
year.''.
(H) Cross references.--Section 55(c)(3) of such
Code is amended by striking ''26(a), 30C(d)(2),'' and
inserting ''30C(d)(2)''.
(I) Foreign tax credit.--Section 904 of such Code
is amended by striking subsection (i) and by
redesignating subsections (j), (k), and (l) as
subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively.
(J) First-time home buyer credit for the district
of columbia.--Section 1400C(d) of such Code is amended
to read as follows:
''(d) Carryforward of Unused Credit.--If the credit allowable under
subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed by section 26(a) for such
taxable year reduced by the sum of the credits allowable under subpart
A of part IV of subchapter A (other than this section and section 25D),
such excess shall be carried to the succeeding taxable year and added
to the credit allowable under subsection (a) for such taxable year.''.
(3) Adoption credit.--
(A) In general.--Section 10909 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the amendments
made thereby, are repealed; and the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such section, and
amendments, had never been enacted.
(B) Conforming amendments.--
(i) Section 23(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as in effect on December 31,
2009, is amended by striking paragraph (4).
(ii) Section 23(c) of such Code, as in
effect on December 31, 2009, is amended by
striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting
before paragraph (3) the following:
''(1) In general.--If the credit allowable under subsection
(a) for any taxable year exceeds the limitation imposed by
section 26(a) for such taxable year, reduced by the sum of the
credits allowable under this subpart (other than this section
and sections 25D and 1400C), such excess shall be carried to
the succeeding taxable year and added to the credit allowable
under subsection (a) for such taxable year.''.
(iii) Section 23(c) of such Code, as in
effect on December 31, 2009, is amended by
redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments and the repeal made by this
section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010.

TITLE III--PERMANENT ESTATE TAX RELIEF

SEC. 301. PERMANENT ESTATE TAX RELIEF.

(a) In General.--Title III of the Tax Relief, Unemployment
Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, and the
amendments made thereby, are repealed; and the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 shall be applied as if such title, and amendments, had never been
enacted.
(b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by this section shall apply to
estates of decedents dying, gifts made, and generation skipping
transfers after December 31, 2009.

Ex Output:
Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011 - Eliminates: (1) the terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, thus making the tax relief provisions of such Act permanent; and (2) the terminating date of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 applicable to reductions in the tax rate for dividend and capital gain income.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) phase-in between 2011 through 2021increases in the exemption amount for the alternative minimum tax (AMT); and (2) make permanent offsets against the AMT for certain nonrefundable tax credits.

Makes permanent the repeal of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes for decedents dying, gifts made, and generation skipping transfers after December 31, 2009.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Medical Evaluation Parity for
Servicemembers Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PRELIMINARY MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS BECOMING
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) In General.--Chapter 31 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
''Sec. 520d. Preliminary mental health screenings
''(a) Provision of Mental Health Screening.--Before any individual
enlists in an armed force or is commissioned as an officer in an armed
force, the Secretary concerned shall provide the individual with a
mental health screening.
''(b) Use of Screening.--(1) The Secretary shall use the results of
a mental screening conducted under subsection (a) as a baseline for any
subsequent mental health examinations of the individual, including such
examinations provided under sections 1074f and 1074m of this title.
''(2) The Secretary may not consider the results of a mental health
screening conducted under subsection (a) in determining the promotion
of a member of the armed forces.
''(c) Application of Privacy Laws.--With respect to applicable laws
and regulations relating to the privacy of information, the Secretary
shall treat a mental health screening conducted under subsection (a) in
the same manner as the medical records of a member of the armed
forces.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section
520c the following new item:

''520d. Preliminary mental health screenings.''.
(c) Reports.--
(1) Initial report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the National
Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes
of Health shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of
Defense a report on preliminary mental health
screenings of members of the Armed Forces.
(B) Matters included.--The report under
subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
(i) Recommendations with respect to
establishing a preliminary mental health
screening of members of the Armed Forces to
bring mental health screenings to parity with
physical screenings of members.
(ii) Recommendations with respect to the
composition of the mental health screening,
evidenced-based best practices, and how to
track changes in mental health screenings
relating to traumatic brain injuries, post-
traumatic stress disorder, and other
conditions.
(C) Coordination.--The National Institute of Mental
Health shall carry out subparagraph (A) in coordination
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, the surgeons general of
the military departments, and other relevant experts.
(2) Reports on efficacy of screenings.--
(A) Secretary of defense.--Not later than one year
after the date on which the Secretary of Defense begins
providing preliminary mental health screenings under
section 520d(a) of title 10, United States Code, as
added by subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report on the efficacy of such preliminary
mental health screenings.
(B) Comptroller general.--Not later than one year
after the submittal of the report under subparagraph
(A), the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to Congress a report on the efficacy of the
preliminary mental health screenings described in such
subparagraph.
(C) Matters included.--The reports required by
subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall include the following:
(i) An evaluation of the evidence-based
best practices used by the Secretary in
composing and conducting preliminary mental
health screenings of members of the Armed
Forces under such section 520d(a).
(ii) An evaluation of the evidence-based
best practices used by the Secretary in
tracking changes in mental health screenings
relating to traumatic brain injuries, post-
traumatic stress disorder, and other conditions
among members of the Armed Forces.
(d) Implementation of Preliminary Mental Health Screening.--The
Secretary of Defense may not provide a preliminary mental health
screening under section 520d(a) of title 10, United States Code, as
added by subsection (a), until the Secretary receives and evaluates the
initial report required by subsection (c)(1).

SEC. 3. REPORT ON EFFICACY OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES UPON SEPARATION FROM ACTIVE DUTY.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report on the efficacy of the mental health components of
the physical examinations provided under paragraph (5) of section
1145(a) of title 10, United States Code, to members of the Armed Forces
who are separated from active duty as described in paragraph (2) of
such section.
(b) Evaluation of Effectiveness.--The report required by subsection
(a) shall include an evaluation of the effectiveness of the physical
examinations described in such subsection in--
(1) identifying members of the Armed Forces with traumatic
brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental
health conditions; and
(2) ensuring that health care is provided for such members.

Ex Output:
Medical Evaluation Parity for Servicemembers Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to: (1) provide an individual with a mental health screening before such individual enlists or is commissioned as an officer in the Armed Forces, and (2) use such results as a baseline for any subsequent mental health examinations. Prohibits the Secretary from considering the results of such screening in determining the promotion of a member of the Armed Forces. Directs the Secretary to treat a screening in the same manner as medical records with respect to laws and regulations relating to the privacy of information. Requires the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health to submit to Congress and the Department of Defense (DOD) a report on preliminary mental health screenings of members of the Armed Forces, including recommendations regarding: (1) establishing preliminary mental health screenings to establish parity with physical screenings; and (2) the composition of the mental health screening, evidenced-based best practices, and how to track changes relating to traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other conditions. Directs DOD and the Government Accountability Office to report on the efficacy of preliminary mental health screenings. Requires DOD to report on the efficacy of the mental health components of the physical examinations to members of the Armed Forces who are separated from active duty.