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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Family Telephone Connection
Protection Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that:
(1) The telephone is the primary method by which
individuals correspond and maintain contact with family members
who are incarcerated in correctional institutions.
(2) Except for emergency purposes, family members are not
allowed to call people incarcerated in correctional
institutions; incarcerated persons are typically allowed to
call family members and other pre-approved individuals only
through payphones physically located on the premises of
correctional institutions.
(3) Inmate telephone service in correctional institutions
often is limited to collect calling.
(4) Regardless of whether the prisoners' calls are placed
collect or through a debit account, the prisoners' family
members typically pay for the calls, either through their
telephone bills, in the case of collect calls received from
prisoners, or by making deposits directly into prisoners' debit
accounts.
(5) Innocent citizens are paying excessive telephone
charges simply due to having a family member or loved one who
is incarcerated.
(6) The rates for calls from correctional institutions are
some of the highest rates in the United States, with some per-
minute charges reaching $1 and service or connection charges of
$3.95 per call.
(7) Information compiled by the Congress and the Federal
Communications Commission shows that the high rates are due in
part to the lack of competition between telephone companies
that provide long distance inmate telephone service to
correctional institutions.
(8) There are no competitive forces providing incentives
for those carriers to lower prices or operate efficiently
because, unlike the mass market, only one carrier is typically
permitted to provide long distance inmate telephone service
within each correctional institution.
(9) High calling rates also are due in part to commissions
that carriers pay to correctional institution administrators
for the exclusive right to provide long distance inmate
telephone service in a correctional facility. In some cases,
such commissions account for 50 percent or more of the total
charges.
(10) The collection of such commissions by correctional
institution administrators and state departments of correction
based upon interstate telecommunications revenues is a burden
on interstate commerce.
(11) Due to the lack of competition for telephone services
within correctional institutions, families of people in prison,
many of whom have low incomes, cannot choose the long distance
carrier with the lowest calling rates and must pay the
excessive rates charged by the carrier having the exclusive
right to provide long distance service to the correctional
institution from which the call originates.
(12) It is the policy of the United States to ensure that
all Americans are afforded just and reasonable communications
services, including those families that pay rates for inmate
telephone service.
(13) It is clear from various studies that maintaining
frequent and meaningful communications between people who are
incarcerated and family members is key to the successful social
reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals. Such
contact reduces recidivism and facilitates rehabilitation,
which in turn reduces crime and the future costs of
imprisonment.
(14) Frequent communications between incarcerated persons
and family members is burdened, and in some cases, prevented,
by excessive inmate telephone service rates. Excessive inmate
telephone service rates thus weaken the family and community
ties that are necessary for successful reentry into society by
persons who were formerly incarcerated and the reduction in
crime resulting from successful reentry.
(15) The Commission has the expertise and authority to
regulate inmate telephone service. Because parties to
Commission rulemaking proceedings have raised issues regarding
its authority to implement meaningful relief for excessive
inmate telephone service rates, Congress finds it necessary and
appropriate to reaffirm that the Commission has the authority
to implement the types of relief set forth in this Act.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROVISION OF INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICE.

(a) Definitions.--Section 226(a) of the Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 226(a)) is amended adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
''(10) The term 'collect' or 'collect call' refers to a
telephone call from a person incarcerated in a correctional
institution that is billed to the subscriber receiving the
call.
''(11) The term 'commission' refers to a fee or other
payment by a provider of inmate telephone service to an
administrator of a correctional institution, department of
correction, or similar entity, based upon, or partly upon,
inmate telephone service revenue.
''(12) The term 'debit account' refers to the payment of
inmate telephone service through a prisoner's prepaid card or
other account, which can be accessed only through an access
code, personal identification number, or similar identifier.
''(13) The term 'inmate telephone service' includes the
provision of telephone service enabling persons incarcerated in
correctional institutions to originate interstate calls at
payphones or other telephones that are designated for
prisoners' personal use, regardless of whether the calls are
collect, paid through a debit account, or paid through any
other means.
''(14) The term 'provider of inmate telephone service'
means any common carrier that provides inmate telephone service
or any other person determined by the Commission to be
providing inmate telephone service.''.
(b) Regulations.--Section 226 is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (k); and
(2) inserting after subsection (h) the following new
subsections:
''(i) Regulation of Inmate Telephone Service.--
''(1) Rates.--In order to ensure that charges for inmate
telephone service are just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory,
the Commission shall consider, either in a rulemaking
proceeding that is pending as of the date of enactment of the
Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2005 or in a new
rulemaking proceeding, the following types of regulation of
inmate telephone service, all of which are within the
Commission's jurisdiction and authority:
''(A) prescribing a maximum uniform per-minute
compensation rate;
''(B) prescribing a maximum uniform service
connection or other per-call compensation rate;
''(C) prescribing variable maximum compensation
rates depending on such factors as carrier costs, the
size of the correctional facility served, and other
relevant factors identified by the Commission;
''(D) requiring providers of inmate telephone
service to offer both collect calling and debit account
services;
''(E) prohibiting the payment of commissions by
providers of inmate telephone service to administrators
of correctional institutions, departments of
correction, and similar entities; and
''(F) requiring administrators of correctional
institutions, departments of correction, and similar
entities to allow more than one provider of inmate
telephone service to provide interstate inmate
telephone service at a correctional institution in
order that prisoners have a choice of such providers.
''(2) Scope.--The regulations adopted by the Commission
shall be technologically neutral and shall not jeopardize
legitimate security and penelogical interests. To the extent
the Commission regulations reduce or eliminate the revenue
derived by administrators of correctional institutions,
departments of correction, and similar entities from the
receipt of commissions, such effects of Commission regulations
shall not be considered as jeopardizing or otherwise affecting
legitimate security or penelogical interests.
''(3) Deadlines and periodic review.--The Commission shall
prescribe regulations to implement the provisions of this
subsection within one year after the date of enactment of the
Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2005. The
Commission shall review, on a triennial basis, the regulations
promulgated under this subsection, including whether any
Commission-established compensation rates should be modified.
''(4) State preemption.--To the extent that any State
requirements are inconsistent with the Commission's regulations
affecting or pertaining to interstate inmate telephone service,
including restrictions on the payment of commissions based upon
interstate inmate telephone service revenues or earnings, the
Commission's regulations on such matters shall preempt such
State requirements.
''(j) Inmate Telephone Service Fully Subject to Sections 251 and
252.--
''(1) Inmate telephone service is fully subject to the
requirements of sections 251 and 252 of this Act.
''(2) No provider of inmate telephone service may block or
otherwise refuse to carry a call placed by an incarcerated
person on the grounds that the provider has no contractual or
other arrangement with the local exchange carrier serving the
intended recipient of the call or other common carrier involved
in any portion of the transmission of the call.''.
Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider the following types of regulation of inmate telephone service: (1) prescribing a maximum uniform per-minute rate (paid to telephone service providers); (2) prescribing a maximum uniform service connection or other per-call rate; (3) prescribing variable maximum rates depending on factors such as carrier costs or the size of the correctional facility; (4) requiring providers of inmate telephone service to offer both collect calling and debit account services; (5) prohibiting the payment of commissions by such providers to administrators of correctional facilities; and (6) requiring such administrators to allow more than one service provider at a facility so that prisoners have a choice.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Medicare Home Health Rebasing Relief
and Reassessment Act''.

SEC. 2. RELIEF AND REASSESSMENT OF THE REBASING OF MEDICARE HOME HEALTH
PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT AMOUNTS.

(a) Suspension of Rebasing.--Section 1895(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(3)(A)(iii)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (I), in the first sentence, by striking
''subclause (II)'' and inserting ''subclauses (II) and (III)'';
(2) in subclause (II), in the first sentence, by striking
''The Secretary'' and inserting ''Subject to subclause (III),
the Secretary''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
''(III) Special rule.--Subclauses
(I) and (II) shall not apply for the
12-month period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this subclause. For
periods beginning after the period
described in the previous sentence, the
Secretary shall apply such subclauses
as if the previous sentence had not
been enacted.''.
(b) Revision of Home Health Outlier Adjustment.--Section
1895(b)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(5)(A))
is amended, in the second sentence, by inserting ''(or, in the case of
each of the years 2015 through 2023, 2.25 percent)'' after ''2.5
percent''.
(c) Study and Report.--
(1) Study.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services, in consultation with representatives of
Medicare home health agencies and beneficiaries, shall
conduct a study on alternative methods for determining
the appropriate adjustment under section
1895(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395(b)(3)(A)(iii)), including methods offered
by stakeholders. Such study shall include an analysis
of each of the following:
(i) The projected impact on Medicare
beneficiary access to care during each of 2014
through 2017 of applying section 1895(b)(3)
during each of such years without application
of subparagraph (A)(iii) of such section,
compared to the projected impact on such access
during each of such years of applying such
section during each of such years with
application of such subparagraph.
(ii) The number and share of home health
agencies that are projected to experience
negative Medicare margins by 2017, including
the location, size, and type of such agencies.
(iii) With respect to home health agencies
described in clause (ii)--
(I) the total number, average age,
average income, and average number of
activities of daily living of the
Medicare beneficiaries such agencies
serve;
(II) the number of staff such
agencies employ;
(III) the number and location of
counties in which such agencies serve
as the sole provider of Medicare home
health services; and
(IV) to the extent practicable, the
payer mix of such agencies.
(iv) The impact of the adjustment on small
home health agencies, as defined by the United
States Small Business Administration small
business size standards, consistent with the
principles of the Regulatory Flexibility Act,
which requires Federal agencies, including the
Department of Health and Human Services, to
fully consider during the rulemaking process
the economic impact of regulatory provisions,
as well as less burdensome regulatory
alternatives, to small entities.
(v) Any other areas determined appropriate
by the Secretary.
(B) Requirement for alternative methods and other
considerations.--For purposes of the analysis under
subparagraph (A)--
(i) the alternative methods described in
such subparagraph shall cover each of the years
in which the rebasing adjustment under such
section 1895(b)(3)(A)(iii) is to be applied;
and
(ii) the Secretary shall include a
cumulative analysis of other Medicare home
health reimbursement reductions established by
statute or regulation, consistent with the
requirements of Executive Order 13563.
(2) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall submit to Congress a report on the study
conducted under paragraph (1), together with such
recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate based
on the findings of such study. Such report shall include--
(A) a determination by the Secretary as to whether,
as a result of the findings of such study, the
Secretary intends to use the authority under section
1871 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395hh) to
modify the adjustment described in paragraph (1)(A) and
the extent of any such modification; and
(B) in the case the Secretary determines not to use
such authority, the rationale for such determination.
Medicare Home Health Rebasing Relief and Reassessment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the system for prospective payments for home health services, to suspend for a 12-month period a specified adjustment to (rebasing of) Medicare home health prospective payment amounts. Revises the home health outlier adjustment to equal not to exceed 2.25% (currently, 2.5%) for 2015 through 2023. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study alternative methods for determining the appropriate adjustment for 2014 and subsequent years to the prospective payment for home health services, including methods offered by stakeholders.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''No Dollars for Ayatollahs Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCISE TAX ON DOLLAR CLEARING TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
IRAN.

(a) In General.--Subtitle D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:

''CHAPTER 50A--CLEARING TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN

''Sec. 5000D. Imposition of tax on dollar clearing transactions with
respect to Iran.

''SEC. 5000D. IMPOSITION OF TAX ON DOLLAR CLEARING TRANSACTIONS WITH
RESPECT TO IRAN.

''(a) Imposition of Tax.--There is hereby imposed on any United
States person who clears or transfers United States dollars for the
direct or indirect benefit of the Government of Iran or any Iranian
person a tax equal to 100 percent of the dollar amount cleared or
transferred.
''(b) Transaction by Certain Related Entities.--If any United
States dollars are so cleared or transferred by--
''(1) a foreign member of a United States person's
worldwide affiliated group, or
''(2) a foreign person who--
''(A) is not a member of a United States person's
worldwide affiliated group, but
''(B) has a correspondent account or payable-
through account for or with such a member or a United
States person,
such dollars shall be treated for purposes of subsection (a) as being
cleared or transferred by the United States person. The preceding
sentence shall apply with respect to a foreign person described in
paragraph (2) only if the member or United States person, as the case
may be, for or with whom the account is maintained knew or had reason
to know such dollars were being so cleared or transferred.
''(c) Threshold Limitation.--
''(1) In general.--The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall
only apply with respect to a United States person for a
calendar year to the extent the dollar amounts so cleared or
transferred during the calendar year by such United States
person (including any such amounts treated under subsection (b)
as cleared or transferred by such person) exceed $1,000,000.
''(2) Members of group.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
amounts cleared or transferred by a non-foreign member of such
person's worldwide affiliated group shall be treated as cleared
or transferred by such person.
''(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) Worldwide affiliated group.--The term 'worldwide
affiliated group' means an affiliated group as defined in
section 1504(a), determined--
''(A) by substituting 'more than 50 percent' for
'at least 80 percent' each place it appears, and
''(B) without regard to section 1504(b).
A partnership or any other entity (other than a corporation)
shall be treated as a member of a worldwide affiliated group if
such entity is controlled (within the meaning of section
954(d)(3)) by members of such group (including any entity
treated as a member of such group by reason of this sentence).
''(2) Correspondent account.--The term 'correspondent
account' means an account established to receive deposits from,
or make payments on behalf of, a financial institution or
handle other financial transactions related to such
institution.
''(3) Payable-through account.--The term 'payable-through
account' means an account, including a transaction account (as
defined in section 19(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Reserve Act),
opened at a depository institution by another financial
institution by means of which the financial institution permits
its customers to engage, either directly or through a
subaccount, in banking activities usually in connection with
the business of banking.
''(4) Account.--The term 'account' means a formal banking
or business relationship established to provide regular
services, dealings, and other financial transactions and
includes a demand deposit, savings deposit, or other
transaction or asset account and a credit account or other
extension of credit.
''(5) Financial institution.--The term 'financial
institution' shall have the meaning given such term under
section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code.
''(6) Iranian person.--The term 'Iranian person' means--
''(A) any person in Iran,
''(B) any citizen or resident of Iran,
''(C) any foreign partnership or foreign
corporation which is organized or operated in Iran (or
is a member of such a person's worldwide affiliated
group),
''(D) any foreign trust if--
''(i) a court within Iran is able to
exercise primary supervision over the
administration of the trust, and
''(ii) one or more persons described in
subparagraph (A) or (B) have the authority to
control all substantial decisions of the trust,
and
''(E) any foreign estate a beneficiary of which is
a person described in subparagraph (A).
''(e) Special Rules.--
''(1) Certain licensed transactions.--This section shall
not apply in the case of a transaction authorized under part
535, 560, or 561 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as
in effect on June 1, 2016.
''(2) Humanitarian assistance.--This section shall not
apply in the case of any transaction permitted--
''(A) under section 413 of the Iran Threat
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, or
''(B) under a license issued under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.) if--
''(i) such transaction relates solely to--
''(I) the provision of agricultural
commodities, food, medicine, or medical
devices to Iran, or
''(II) the provision of
humanitarian assistance to the people
of Iran, and
''(ii) the President submits a copy of the
license to the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate.
''(3) Intelligence activities.--This section shall not
apply in the case of intelligence activities subject to
reporting requirements under title V of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.).
''(4) Joint and several liability.--If more than 1 person
is liable under subsection (a) or (b) with respect to a dollar
clearing or transferring transaction, all such persons shall be
jointly and severally liable under such subsection with respect
to such transaction.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for subtitle D of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

''Chapter 50A. Clearing Transactions With Respect to Iran''.

(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to transactions after June 21, 2016.
No Dollars for Ayatollahs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on any U.S. person who clears or transfers more than $1 million U.S. dollars per year for the direct or indirect benefit of the government of Iran or any Iranian person. The tax is equal to 100% of the amount that is cleared or transferred. The tax also applies to transactions by certain related entities, including the clearing or transferring of U.S dollars by: (1) a foreign member of a U.S. person's worldwide affiliated group, or (2) a foreign person who is not a member of a U.S. person's worldwide affiliated group, but has a correspondent account or payable-through account for or with such a member or a U.S. person. The tax applies to transactions by a foreign person described above if the member or U.S. person for or with whom the account is maintained knew or had reason to know the dollars were being cleared or transferred.