SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Tax Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) As a massive global network spanning not only State but
        international borders, the Internet is inherently a matter of
        interstate and foreign commerce within the jurisdiction of the
        United States Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United
        States Constitution.
            (2) Even within the United States, the Internet does not
        respect State lines and operates independently of State
        boundaries. Addresses on the Internet are designed to be
        geographically indifferent. Internet transmissions are
        insensitive to physical distance and can have multiple
        geographical addresses.
            (3) Because transmissions over the Internet are made
        through packet-switching, it is impossible to determine with
        any degree of certainty the precise geographic route or
        endpoints of specific Internet transmissions, and infeasible to
        separate intrastate from interstate, and domestic from foreign,
        Internet transmissions.
            (4) Inconsistent and unadministrable taxes imposed on
        Internet activity by State and local governments threaten not
        only to subject consumers, businesses, and other users engaged
        in interstate and foreign commerce to multiple, confusing, and
        burdensome taxation, but also to restrict the growth and
        continued technological maturation of the Internet itself, and
        to call into question the continued viability of this dynamic
        medium.
            (5) Because the tax laws and regulations of so many
        jurisdictions were established before the Internet or
        interactive computer services, their application to this new
        medium in unintended and unpredictable ways threatens every
        Internet user, access provider, vendor, and interactive
        computer service provider.
            (6) The electronic marketplace of services, products, and
        ideas available through the Internet or interactive computer
        services can be especially beneficial to senior citizens, the
        physically challenged, citizens in rural areas, and small
        businesses. It also offers a variety of uses and benefits for
        educational institutions and charitable organizations.
            (7) Consumers, businesses, and others engaging in
        interstate and foreign commerce through the Internet or
        interactive computer services could become subject to more than
        30,000 separate taxing jurisdictions in the United States
        alone.
            (8) The consistent and coherent national policy regarding
        taxation of Internet activity that is needed to avoid burdening
        this evolving form of interstate and foreign commerce can best
        be achieved by the United States exercising its authority under
        Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States
        Constitution.

SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON IMPOSITION OF TAXES ON INTERNET OR INTERACTIVE
              COMPUTER SERVICES.

    (a) Moratorium.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, no
State or local government (including any political subdivision) may
impose, assess, or attempt to collect any tax or fee directly or
indirectly on--
            (1) the Internet or interactive computer services; or
            (2) the use of the Internet or interactive computer
        services.
    (b) Preservation of State and Local Taxing Authority.--Subsection
(a)--
            (1) does not apply to taxes imposed on and measured by net
        income derived from the Internet or interactive computer
        services;
            (2) does not apply to fairly apportioned business license
        taxes applied to businesses that have a business location in
        the taxing jurisdiction, and
            (3) does not affect the authority of a State, or political
        subdivision thereof, to impose a sales or use tax on sales or
        other transactions effected by use of the Internet or
        interactive computer services if--
                    (A) the tax is the same as the tax imposed and
                collected by that State, or political subdivision
                thereof, on sales or interstate transactions effected
                by mail order, telephone, or other remote means within
                its taxing jurisdiction; and
                    (B) the obligation to collect the tax from sales or
                other transactions effected by use of the Internet or
                interactive computer services is imposed on the same
                person or entity as in the case of sales or
                transactions effected by mail order, telephone, or
                other remote means.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Consultative Group.--The Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce,
or State, in consultation with appropriate committees of the Congress,
consumer and business groups, States and political subdivisions
thereof, and other appropriate groups, shall--
            (1) undertake an examination of United States domestic and
        international taxation of the Internet and interactive computer
        services, as well as commerce conducted thereon; and
            (2) jointly submit appropriate policy recommendations
        concerning United States domestic and foreign policies toward
        taxation of the Internet and interactive computer services, if
        any, to the President within 18 months after the date of
        enactment of this Act.
    (b) President.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate committees
of Congress policy recommendations on the taxation of sales and other
transactions effected on the Internet or through interactive computer
services.
     (c) Recommendations to Be Consistent With Telecommunications Act
of 1996 Policy Statement.--The Secretaries and the President shall take
care to ensure that any such policy recommendations are fully
consistent with the policy set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
section 230(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(b)).

SEC. 5. BAN ON REGULATION OF INTERNET PRICES BY THE FEDERAL
              COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

    (a) Prohibition on Commission Regulation of Computer Services.--
Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230) is
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
        (e) and (f), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
        subsection:
    ``(d) Prohibition on Commission Regulation of Computer Services.--
The Commission shall have no authority or jurisdiction under this Act,
nor shall any State commission have any authority or jurisdiction, to
regulate the prices or charges paid by subscribers for interactive
computer services, or information services transmitted through the
Internet, except for the requirement in section 254(h) that such
services be provided at affordable rates to rural health care
providers, schools, and libraries.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 223(h)(2) of the Communications
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(h)(2)) is amended by striking ``230(e)(2)''
and inserting ``230(f)(2)''.

SEC. 6. DECLARATION THAT THE INTERNET BE FREE OF FOREIGN TARIFFS, TRADE
              BARRIERS, AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the President should seek
bilateral and multilateral agreements through the World Trade
Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, or other
appropriate international fora to establish activity on the Internet
and interactive computer services is free from tariff and taxation.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) Internet; interactive computer service.--The terms
        ``Internet'' and ``interactive computer service'' have the
        meaning given such terms by paragraphs (1) and (2),
        respectively, of section 230(e) of the Communications Act of
        1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(e)).
            (2) Tax.--The term ``tax'' includes any tax, license, or
        fee that is imposed by any governmental entity and the
        imposition on the seller of an obligation to collect and remit
        a tax imposed on the buyer.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act
of 2014''.

SEC. 2. STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) Cooperative agreements.--Subject to the provisions of
        this section, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
        with the Secretary of Education, may enter into cooperative
        agreements with States for the establishment of State
        infrastructure banks and multistate infrastructure banks for
        making loans--
                    (A) to local educational agencies for building or
                repairing elementary or secondary schools which provide
                free public education (as such terms are defined in
                section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801));
                    (B) to public libraries for building or repairing
                library facilities;
                    (C) to eligible charter school entities for use for
                the objective described in section 5224(2) of such Act
                (20 U.S.C. 7223c(2)) consistent with subpart 2 of part
                B of title V of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7223 et seq.); and
                    (D) to community learning centers to connect and
                improve broadband services.
            (2) Interstate compacts.--Congress grants consent to two or
        more of the States, entering into a cooperative agreement under
        paragraph (1) with the Secretary of the Treasury for the
        establishment of a multistate infrastructure bank, to enter
        into an interstate compact establishing such bank in accordance
        with this section.
    (b) Funding.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with
the Secretary of Education, shall make grants to State infrastructure
banks and multistate infrastructure banks in a State in a cooperative
agreement under subsection (a)(1) to provide initial capital for loans
provided under this section. Each bank shall apply repayments of
principal and interest on loans to the making of additional loans. The
Secretary shall take final action on an application for a grant under
this subsection within 90 days of the date of the submission of such
application.
    (c) Infrastructure Bank Requirements.--In order to establish an
infrastructure bank under this section, each State establishing the
bank shall--
            (1) contribute, at a minimum, in each account of the bank
        from non-Federal sources an amount equal to 25 percent of the
        amount of each capitalization grant made to the State and
        contributed to the bank under subsection (b);
            (2) identify an operating entity of the State as recipient
        of the grant if the entity has the capacity to manage loan
        funds and issue debt instruments of the State for purposes of
        leveraging the funds;
            (3) allow such funds to be used as reserve for debt issued
        by the State so long as proceeds are deposited in the fund for
        loan purposes;
            (4) ensure that investment income generated by funds
        contributed to an account of the bank will be--
                    (A) credited to the account;
                    (B) available for use in providing loans to
                projects eligible for assistance from the account; and
                    (C) invested in United States Treasury securities,
                bank deposits, or such other financing instruments as
                the Secretary may approve to earn interest to enhance
                the leveraging of projects assisted by the bank;
            (5) ensure that any loan from the bank to an eligible
        charter school entity, local educational agency, public
        library, or community learning center will bear interest at or
        below the lowest interest rates being offered for bonds the
        income from which is exempt from Federal taxation, as
        determined by the State, to make the project that is the
        subject of the loan feasible;
            (6) ensure that repayment of any loan from the bank to an
        eligible charter school entity, local educational agency,
        public library, or community learning center will commence not
        later than 1 year after the project has been completed;
            (7) ensure that the term for repaying any loan to an
        eligible charter school entity, local educational agency,
        public library, or community learning center will not exceed 30
        years after the date of the first payment on the loan under
        paragraph (5);
            (8) ensure that the funds loaned annually that are used
        under subsection (a)(1)(C) are limited to a percentage of the
        total funds loaned that does not exceed the percentage of
        elementary and secondary school students in the State enrolled
        in charter schools during the most recent school year for which
        enrollment data are available;
            (9) ensure that the funds loaned annually under subsection
        (a)(1)(D) are used exclusively to connect and improve broadband
        services; and
            (10) require the bank to make an annual report to the
        Secretary on its status and make such other reports as the
        Secretary may require by guidelines.
    (d) Forms of Assistance From Infrastructure Banks.--
            (1) In general.--An infrastructure bank established under
        this section may make loans in an amount equal to all or part
        of the cost of carrying out a project eligible for assistance
        under this section.
            (2) Applications for loans.--An application to an
        infrastructure bank for a loan shall include--
                    (A) in the case of a renovation project, a
                description of each architectural, civil, structural,
                mechanical, or electrical deficiency to be corrected
                with funds under a loan and the priorities to be
                applied;
                    (B) a description of the criteria used by the
                applicant to determine the type of corrective action
                necessary for the renovation of a facility;
                    (C) a description of improvements to be made and a
                cost estimate for the improvements;
                    (D) a description of how work undertaken with the
                loan will promote the conservation of energy, water, or
                waste; and
                    (E) such other information as the infrastructure
                bank may require.
        An infrastructure bank shall take final action on a completed
        application submitted to it within 90 days after the date of
        its submission.
            (3) Criteria for loans.--In considering applications for a
        loan to an eligible charter school entity, local educational
        agency, public library, or community learning center, an
        infrastructure bank shall consider--
                    (A) the extent to which the eligible charter school
                entity, local educational agency, public library, or
                community learning center involved lacks the fiscal
                capacity, including the ability to raise funds through
                the full use of such agency's bonding capacity and
                otherwise, to undertake the project for which the loan
                would be used without the loan;
                    (B) in the case of a local educational agency, the
                threat that the condition of the physical plant in the
                project poses to the safety and well-being of students;
                    (C) the demonstrated need for the construction,
                reconstruction, or renovation based on the condition of
                the facility in the project;
                    (D) the age of such facility; and
                    (E) demonstrated need to connect and improve
                broadband services in the local community.
    (e) Qualifying Projects.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (a)(1), a project is
        eligible for a loan from an infrastructure bank if it is a
        project that consists of--
                    (A) the construction of new elementary or secondary
                schools to meet the needs imposed by enrollment growth;
                    (B) the repair, rebuilding, or upgrading of
                classrooms or structures related to academic learning,
                including the repair of leaking roofs, crumbling walls,
                inadequate plumbing, poor ventilation equipment, and
                inadequate heating or light equipment;
                    (C) an activity to increase physical safety at the
                educational facility involved;
                    (D) an activity to enhance the educational facility
                involved to provide access for students, teachers, and
                other individuals with disabilities;
                    (E) an activity to address environmental or health
                hazards at the educational facility involved, such as
                poor ventilation, indoor air quality, or lighting;
                    (F) the provision of basic infrastructure that
                facilitates educational technology, such as
                communications outlets, electrical systems, power
                outlets, or a communication closet;
                    (G) work that will bring an educational facility
                into conformity with the requirements of--
                            (i) environmental protection or health and
                        safety programs mandated by Federal, State, or
                        local law if such requirements were not in
                        effect when the facility was initially
                        constructed; and
                            (ii) hazardous waste disposal, treatment,
                        and storage requirements mandated by the
                        Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
                        or similar State laws;
                    (H) work that will enable efficient use of
                available energy resources;
                    (I) work that will reduce reliance on fossil fuels
                and expand use of solar power, wind power, and other
                renewable energy resources;
                    (J) work to detect, remove, or otherwise contain
                asbestos hazards in educational facilities;
                    (K) work to construct new public library facilities
                or repair or upgrade existing public library
                facilities;
                    (L) work to connect entities described in
                subsection (a)(1) to broadband services, and to improve
                such connections for such entities; or
                    (M) measures designed to reduce or eliminate human
                exposure to classroom noise and environmental noise
                pollution.
            (2) Davis-bacon.--The wage requirements of the Act of March
        3, 1931 (referred to as the ``Davis-Bacon Act'', 40 U.S.C. 276a
        et seq.) shall apply with respect to individuals employed on
        the projects described in paragraph (1).
            (3) Green practices.--An entity using a loan under this
        section to fund a new construction or renovation project
        described in paragraph (1) shall ensure that the project is
        certified, verified, or consistent with State laws,
        regulations, and any applicable provisions of--
                    (A) the LEED Green Building Rating System;
                    (B) Living Building Challenge;
                    (C) the CHPS green building rating program
                developed by the Collaborative for High Performance
                Schools; or
                    (D) a program that--
                            (i) has equivalent or more stringent
                        standards;
                            (ii) is adopted by the State or another
                        jurisdiction with authority over the entity;
                        and
                            (iii) includes a verifiable method to
                        demonstrate compliance with such program.
    (f) Supplementation.--Any loan made by an infrastructure bank shall
be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local
funds available.
    (g) Limitation on Repayments.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the repayment of a loan from an infrastructure bank under this
section may not be credited towards the non-Federal share of the cost
of any project.
    (h) Secretarial Requirements.--In administering this section, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall specify procedures and guidelines for
establishing, operating, and providing assistance from an
infrastructure bank.
    (i) United States Not Obligated.--The contribution of Federal funds
into an infrastructure bank established under this section shall not be
construed as a commitment, guarantee, or obligation on the part of the
United States to any third party, nor shall any third party have any
right against the United States for payment solely by virtue of the
contribution. Any security or debt financing instrument issued by the
infrastructure bank shall expressly state that the security or
instrument does not constitute a commitment, guarantee, or obligation
of the United States.
    (j) Management of Federal Funds.--Sections 3335 and 6503 of title
31, United States Code, shall not apply to funds contributed under this
section.
    (k) Program Administration.--For each of fiscal years 2015 through
2019, a State may expend not to exceed 2 percent of the Federal funds
contributed to an infrastructure bank established by the State under
this section to pay the reasonable costs of administering the bank.
    (l) Secretarial Review.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall review
the financial condition of each infrastructure bank established under
this section and transmit to Congress a report on the results of such
review not later than 90 days after the completion of the review.
    (m) Authorization of Appropriations.--For grants to States for the
initial capitalization of infrastructure banks there are authorized to
be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 and for each of the 4
succeeding fiscal years.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Community learning center.--The term ``community
        learning center'' has the meaning given such term in section
        4201(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171(b)(1)).
            (2) Eligible charter school entity.--The term ``eligible
        charter school entity'' means--
                    (A) a charter school (as defined in section 5210 of
                the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
                U.S.C. 7221i)); or
                    (B) a developer (as so defined) that has applied to
                an authorized public chartering agency (as so defined)
                to operate a charter school.
            (3) Local educational agency.--(A) The term ``local
        educational agency'' means a public board of education or other
        public authority legally constituted within a State for either
        administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service
        function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city,
        county, township, school district, or other political
        subdivision of a State, or for such combination of school
        districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an
        administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary
        schools.
            (B) The term includes any other public institution or
        agency having administrative control and direction of a public
        elementary or secondary school.
            (C) The term includes an elementary or secondary school
        funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs but only to the extent
        that such inclusion makes such school eligible for programs for
        which specific eligibility is not provided to such school in
        another provision of law and such school does not have a
        student population that is smaller than the student population
        of the local educational agency receiving assistance under this
        Act with the smallest student population, except that such
        school shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of any State
        educational agency other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (4) Outlying area.--The term ``outlying area'' means the
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
        Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
        the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
            (5) Public library.--The term ``public library'' means a
        library that serves free of charge all residents of a
        community, district, or region, and receives its financial
        support in whole or in part from public funds. Such term also
        includes a research library, which, for the purposes of this
        sentence, means a library that--
                    (A) makes its services available to the public free
                of charge;
                    (B) has extensive collections of books,
                manuscripts, and other materials suitable for scholarly
                research which are not available to the public through
                public libraries;
                    (C) engages in the dissemination of humanistic
                knowledge through services to readers, fellowships,
                educational and cultural programs, publication of
                significant research, and other activities; and
                    (D) is not an integral part of an institution of
                higher education.
            (6) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States,
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and
        each of the outlying areas.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Intelligence Oversight Act''.

SEC. 2. INTELLIGENCE ON IRAN.

    (a) Submittal to Congress of Updated National Intelligence Estimate
on Iran.--
            (1) Submittal required.--As soon as is practicable, but not
        later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
        the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress
        an updated National Intelligence Estimate on Iran.
            (2) Notice regarding submittal.--If the Director determines
        that the National Intelligence Estimate required by paragraph
        (1) cannot be submitted by the date specified in that
        paragraph, the Director shall submit to Congress a report
        setting forth--
                    (A) the reasons why the National Intelligence
                Estimate cannot be submitted by such date; and
                    (B) an estimated date for the submittal of the
                National Intelligence Estimate.
            (3) Form.--The National Intelligence Estimate under
        paragraph (1) shall be submitted in classified form. Consistent
        with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, an
        unclassified summary of the key judgments of the National
        Intelligence Estimate should be submitted.
            (4) Elements.--The National Intelligence Estimate submitted
        under paragraph (1) shall address the following:
                    (A) The foreign policy and regime objectives of
                Iran.
                    (B) The current status of the nuclear programs of
                Iran, including--
                            (i) an assessment of the current and
                        projected capabilities of Iran to design a
                        nuclear weapon, to produce plutonium, enriched
                        uranium, and other weapons materials, to build
                        a nuclear weapon, and to deploy a nuclear
                        weapon; and
                            (ii) an assessment of the intentions of
                        Iran regarding possible development of nuclear
                        weapons, the motivations underlying such
                        intentions, and the factors that might
                        influence changes in such intentions.
                    (C) The military and defense capabilities of Iran,
                including any non-nuclear weapons of mass destruction
                programs and related delivery systems.
                    (D) The relationship of Iran with terrorist
                organizations, the use by Iran of terrorist
                organizations in furtherance of its foreign policy
                objectives, and the factors that might cause Iran to
                reduce or end such relationships.
                    (E) The prospects for support from the
                international community for various potential courses
                of action with respect to Iran, including diplomacy,
                sanctions, and military action.
                    (F) The anticipated reaction of Iran to the courses
                of action set forth under subparagraph (E), including
                an identification of the course or courses of action
                most likely to successfully influence Iran in
                terminating or moderating its policies of concern.
                    (G) The level of popular and elite support within
                Iran for the Iran regime, and for its civil nuclear
                program, nuclear weapons ambitions, and other policies,
                and the prospects for reform and political change
                within Iran.
                    (H) The views among the populace and elites of Iran
                with respect to the United States, including views on
                direct discussions with or normalization of relations
                with the United States.
                    (I) The views among the populace and elites of Iran
                with respect to other key countries involved in nuclear
                diplomacy with Iran.
                    (J) The likely effects and consequences of any
                military action against the nuclear programs or other
                regime interests of Iran.
                    (K) The confidence level of key judgments in the
                National Intelligence Estimate, the quality of the
                sources of intelligence on Iran, the nature and scope
                of any gaps in intelligence on Iran, and any
                significant alternative views on the matters contained
                in the National Intelligence Estimate.
    (b) Presidential Report on Policy Objectives and United States
Strategy Regarding Iran.--
            (1) Report required.--As soon as is practicable, but not
        later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
        the President shall submit to Congress a report on the
        following:
                    (A) The objectives of United States policy on Iran.
                    (B) The strategy for achieving such objectives.
            (2) Form.--The report under paragraph (1) shall be
        submitted in unclassified form with a classified annex, as
        appropriate.
            (3) Elements.--The report submitted under paragraph (1)
        shall--
                    (A) address the role of diplomacy, incentives,
                sanctions, other punitive measures and incentives, and
                other programs and activities relating to Iran for
                which funds are provided by Congress; and
                    (B) summarize United States contingency planning
                regarding the range of possible United States military
                actions in support of United States policy objectives
                with respect to Iran.
    (c) Director of National Intelligence Report on Process for Vetting
and Clearing Administration Officials' Statements Drawn From
Intelligence.--
            (1) Report required.--As soon as is practicable, but not
        later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
        the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress
        a report on the process for vetting and clearing statements of
        Administration officials that are drawn from or rely upon
        intelligence.
            (2) Elements.--The report shall--
                    (A) describe current policies and practices of the
                Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the
                intelligence community for--
                            (i) vetting and clearing statements of
                        senior Administration officials that are drawn
                        from or rely upon intelligence; and
                            (ii) how significant misstatements of
                        intelligence that may occur in public
                        statements of senior public officials are
                        identified, brought to the attention of any
                        such officials, and corrected;
                    (B) assess the sufficiency and adequacy of such
                policies and practices; and
                    (C) include any recommendations that the Director
                considers appropriate to improve such policies and
                practices.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iraq Strategic Agreement Review Act
of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``long-term security, economic, or political
agreement with the Government of Iraq'' means any agreement or
commitment of more than one year, which is made by the President or any
officer, employee, or representative of the executive branch of the
Government of the United States with the Government of Iraq that
includes--
            (1) the basing of the Armed Forces of the United States
        within the territory of Iraq;
            (2) defending Iraq's system of government from internal and
        external threats;
            (3) providing security assurances and commitments to deter
        foreign aggression against Iraq;
            (4) the military training or equipping of the Iraqi
        Security Forces;
            (5) economic, monetary, material and technical commerce,
        and arrangements; or
            (6) diplomatic and political understandings.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Under Article I of the Constitution of the United
        States, the Congress has the power to provide for the common
        defense, to regulate commerce with foreign nations, to raise,
        support, provide, and maintain the military, and to make rules
        for the Government and regulation of the military.
            (2) Under Article II of the Constitution of the United
        States, the President is the Commander in Chief of the military
        and has the power to receive Ambassadors and other public
        ministers.
            (3) Under Article II of the Constitution of the United
        States, the President has the right to make treaties by and
        with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.
            (4) The North Atlantic Treaty, which created the North
        Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), entered into force on
        August 24, 1949, after approval by the Senate with each
        protocol providing for the accession of an additional country
        approved by the Senate.
            (5) The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and
        South Korea, which established a long-term United States
        military presence on the Korean peninsula, entered into force
        on November 17, 1954, after approval by the Senate.
            (6) The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between
        the United States and Japan, which established a long-term
        United States military presence in Japan, entered into force on
        June 23, 1960, after approval by the Senate.
            (7) On June 1, 2007, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
        discussed a ``long and enduring presence'' in Iraq of which the
        ``Korea model'' and the ``security relationship that we have
        with Japan'' are examples.
            (8) On November 26, 2007, President George W. Bush and
        Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signed a ``Declaration of
        Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and
        Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States
        of America'', outlining the parameters for negotiation of a
        long-term relationship in the security, economic, political,
        diplomatic, and cultural spheres.
            (9) The Declaration of Principles include, ``supporting the
        Republic of Iraq in defending its democratic system against
        internal and external threats'', ``providing security
        assurances and commitments to the Republic of Iraq to deter
        foreign aggression against Iraq'', and ``supporting the
        Republic of Iraq in training, equipping, and arming the Iraqi
        Security Forces''.
            (10) On November 26, 2007, Assistant to the President and
        Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan,
        Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, stated that he does not
        ``anticipate now that these negotiations [under the Declaration
        of Principles] will lead to the status of a formal treaty which
        would then bring us to formal negotiations or formal inputs
        from the Congress''.
            (11) On November 26, 2007, Assistant to the President and
        Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan,
        Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, further stated that the
        ``target'' to conclude negotiations is July 2008.

SEC. 4. CONSULTATIONS WITH CONGRESS.

    (a) Consultations.--
            (1) In general.--Immediately upon the date of the enactment
        of this Act, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense,
        and any other necessary officer, employee, or representative of
        the executive branch of the Government of the United States
        shall commence consultations with the congressional committees
        and leadership described in paragraph (2) on any potential
        long-term security, economic, or political agreement with the
        Government of Iraq.
            (2) Congressional committees and leadership described.--The
        congressional committees and leadership referred to in
        paragraph (1) are--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
                Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
                Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed
                Services of the House of Representatives;
                    (B) the Speaker, majority leader, and minority
                leader of the House of Representatives and majority
                leader and minority leader of the Senate; and
                    (C) any other congressional committee, Senator, or
                Member of the House of Representatives that requests
                consultations under paragraph (1).
    (b) Framework.--Consultations required under subsection (a) shall
include full and complete transparency of all security, economic,
political, and other arrangements under consideration for the
agreement.
    (c) Timeframe.--Consultations required under subsection (a) shall
continue throughout the period of negotiations with the Government of
Iraq to conclude the agreement.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) full Iraqi sovereignty over its territories, waters,
        and airspace, and Iraqi control over its armed forces and
        administrative institutions is in the national interest of the
        United States; and
            (2) any long-term security, economic, or political
        agreement with the Government of Iraq that is not in the form
        of a treaty with respect to which the Senate has given its
        advice and consent to ratification under Article II of the
        Constitution of the United States does not have the force and
        effect of law.

SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS.

    No funds made available by any Act of Congress shall be obligated
or expended for the implementation of any long-term security, economic,
or political agreement with the Government of Iraq unless the agreement
is in the form of a treaty with respect to which the Senate has given
its advice and consent to ratification under Article II of the
Constitution of the United States.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of
1996''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Federal reclamation program has been in existence
        for over 90 years, with an estimated taxpayer investment of
        over $70,000,000,000;
            (2) the program has had and continues to have an enormous
        effect on the water resources and aquatic environments of the
        western States;
            (3) irrigation water made available from Federal water
        projects in the West is a very valuable resource for which
        there are increasing and competing demands;
            (4) the justification for providing water at less than full
        cost was to benefit and promote the development of small family
        farms and exclude large corporate farms, but this purpose has
        been frustrated over the years due to inadequate implementation
        of subsidy and acreage limits;
            (5) below-cost water prices tend to encourage excessive use
        of scarce water supplies in the arid regions of the West, and
        reasonable price increases to the wealthiest western farmers
        would provide an economic incentive for greater water
        conservation;
            (6) the Federal Government has increasingly applied
        eligibility tests based on income for Federal entitlement and
        subsidy programs, measures that are consistent with the
        historic approach of the reclamation program's acreage
        limitations that seek to limit water subsidies to smaller
        farms; and
            (7) including a means test based on gross income in the
        reclamation program will increase the effectiveness of carrying
        out the family farm goals of the Federal reclamation laws.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 202 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
(43 U.S.C. 390bb) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), and
        (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13),
        respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (6) by striking ``owned or operated under
        a lease which'' and inserting ``owned, leased, or operated by
        an individual or legal entity and which'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) Legal entity.--The term `legal entity' includes a
        corporation, association, partnership, trust, joint tenancy, or
        tenancy in common, or any other entity that owns, leases, or
        operates a farm operation for the benefit of more than 1
        individual under any form of agreement or arrangement.
            ``(8) Operator.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `operator'--
                            ``(i) means an individual or legal entity
                        that operates a single farm operation on a
                        parcel (or parcels) of land that is owned or
                        leased by another person (or persons) under any
                        form of agreement or arrangement (or agreements
                        or arrangements); and
                            ``(ii) if the individual or legal entity--
                                    ``(I) is an employee of an
                                individual or legal entity, includes
                                the individual or legal entity; or
                                    ``(II) is a legal entity that
                                controls, is controlled by, or is under
                                common control with another legal
                                entity, includes each such other legal
                                entity.
                    ``(B) Operation of a farm operation.--For the
                purposes of subparagraph (A), an individual or legal
                entity shall be considered to operate a farm operation
                if the individual or legal entity is the person that
                performs the greatest proportion of the decisionmaking
                for and supervision of the agricultural enterprise on
                land served with irrigation water.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(14) Single farm operation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `single farm operation'
                means the total acreage of land served with irrigation
                water for which an individual or legal entity is the
                operator.
                    ``(B) Rules for determining whether separate
                parcels are operated as a single farm operation.--
                            ``(i) Equipment- and labor-sharing
                        activities.--The conduct of equipment- and
                        labor-sharing activities on separate parcels of
                        land by separate individuals or legal entities
                        shall not by itself serve as a basis for
                        concluding that the farming operations of the
                        individuals or legal entities constitute a
                        single farm operation.
                            ``(ii) Performance of certain services.--
                        The performance by an individual or legal
                        entity of an agricultural chemical application,
                        pruning, or harvesting for a farm operation on
                        a parcel of land shall not by itself serve as a
                        basis for concluding that the farm operation on
                        that parcel of land is part of a single farm
                        operation operated by the individual or entity
                        on other parcels of land.''.
    (b) Identification of Owners, Lessees, and Operators and of Single
Farm Operations.--The Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 39aa et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 the following:

``SEC. 201A. IDENTIFICATION OF OWNERS, LESSEES, AND OPERATORS AND OF
              SINGLE FARM OPERATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), for each parcel of
land to which irrigation water is delivered or proposed to be
delivered, the Secretary shall identify a single individual or legal
entity as the owner, lessee, or operator.
    ``(b) Shared Decisionmaking and Supervision.--If the Secretary
determines that no single individual or legal entity is the owner,
lessee, or other individual that performs the greatest proportion of
decisionmaking for and supervision of the agricultural enterprise on a
parcel of land--
            ``(1) all individuals and legal entities that own, lease,
        or perform a proportion of decisionmaking and supervision that
        is equal as among themselves but greater than the proportion
        performed by any other individual or legal entity shall be
        considered jointly to be the owner, lessee, or operator; and
            ``(2) all parcels of land of which any such individual or
        legal entity is the owner, lessee, or operator shall be
        considered to be part of the single farm operation of the
        owner, lessee, or operator identified under subsection (1).
    (c) Pricing.--Section 205 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43
U.S.C. 390ee) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Single Farm Operations Generating More Than $500,000 in Gross
Farm Income.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b),
        and (c), in the case of--
                    ``(A) a qualified recipient that reports gross farm
                income from a single farm operation in excess of
                $500,000 for a taxable year; or
                    ``(B) a limited recipient that received irrigation
                water on or before October 1, 1981, and that reports
                gross farm income from a single farm operation in
                excess of $500,000 for a taxable year;
        irrigation water may be delivered to the single farm operation
        of the qualified recipient or limited recipient at less than
        full cost to a number of acres that does not exceed the number
        of acres determined under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Maximum number of acres to which irrigation water may
        be delivered at less than full cost.--The number of acres
        determined under this subparagraph is the number equal to the
        number of acres of the single farm operation multiplied by a
        fraction, the numerator of which is $500,000 and the
        denominator of which is the amount of gross farm income
        reported by the qualified recipient or limited recipient in the
        most recent taxable year.
            ``(3) Inflation adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The $500,000 amount under
                paragraphs (1) and (2) for any taxable year beginning
                in a calendar year after 1997 shall be equal to the
                product of--
                            ``(i) $500,000, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the inflation adjustment factor for
                        the taxable year.
                    ``(B) Inflation adjustment factor.--The term
                `inflation adjustment factor' means, with respect to
                any calendar year, a fraction the numerator of which is
                the GDP implicit price deflator for the preceding
                calendar year and the denominator of which is the GDP
implicit price deflator for 1996. Not later than April 1 of any
calendar year, the Secretary shall publish the inflation adjustment
factor for the preceding calendar year.
                    ``(C) GDP implicit price deflator.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (B), the term `GDP implicit price
                deflator' means the first revision of the implicit
                price deflator for the gross domestic product as
                computed and published by the Secretary of Commerce.
                    ``(D) Rounding.--If any increase determined under
                subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, the
                increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple
                of $100.''.
    (d) Certification of Compliance.--Section 206 of the Reclamation
Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ff) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 206. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--As a condition to the receipt of irrigation
water for land in a district that has a contract described in section
203, each owner, lessee, or operator in the district shall furnish the
district, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, a certificate that the
owner, lessee, or operator is in compliance with this title, including
a statement of the number of acres owned, leased, or operated, the
terms of any lease or agreement pertaining to the operation of a farm
operation, and, in the case of a lessee or operator, a certification
that the rent or other fees paid reflect the reasonable value of the
irrigation water to the productivity of the land.
    ``(b) Documentation.--The Secretary may require a lessee or
operator to submit for the Secretary's examination--
            ``(1) a complete copy of any lease or other agreement
        executed by each of the parties to the lease or other
        agreement; and
            ``(2) a copy of the return of income tax imposed by chapter
        1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any taxable year in
        which the single farm operation of the lessee or operator
        received irrigation water at less than full cost.''.
    (e) Trusts.--Section 214 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43
U.S.C. 390nn) is repealed.
    (f) Administrative Provisions.--
            (1) Penalties.--Section 224(c) of the Reclamation Reform
        Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(c)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(c) The Secretary'' and inserting
                the following:
    ``(c) Regulations; Data Collection; Penalties.--
            ``(1) Regulations; data collection.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Penalties.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
        law, the Secretary shall establish appropriate and effective
        penalties for failure to comply with any provision of this Act
        or any regulation issued under this Act.''.
            (2) Interest.--Section 224(i) of the Reclamation Reform Act
        of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(i)) is amended by striking the last
        sentence and inserting the following: ``The interest rate
        applicable to underpayments shall be equal to the rate
        applicable to expenditures under section 202(3)(C).''.
    (g) Reporting.--Section 228 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
(43 U.S.C. 390zz) is amended by inserting ``operator or'' before
``contracting entity'' each place it appears.
    (h) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Reclamation Reform Act of
1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 229 and 230 as sections 230
        and 231; and
            (2) by inserting after section 228 the following:

``SEC. 229. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

    ``The Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary
of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding or other
appropriate instrument to permit the Secretary, notwithstanding section
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to have access to and use of
available information collected or maintained by the Department of the
Treasury and the Department of Agriculture that would aid enforcement
of the ownership and pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law.''.


SECTION 1. EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR
              SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS OF VETERANS.

    (a) Termination of Durational Limitation on Use of Educational
Assistance.--
            (1) Termination of limitation and restatement of continuing
        requirements.--Subsection (a) of section 3511 of title 38,
        United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or
chapter 36 of this title, any payment of educational assistance
described in paragraph (2) shall not be charged against the entitlement
of any individual under this chapter.
    ``(2) The payment of educational assistance referred to in
paragraph (1) is the payment of such assistance to an individual for
pursuit of a course or courses under this chapter if the Secretary
finds that the individual--
            ``(A) had to discontinue such course pursuit as a result of
        being ordered to serve on active duty under section 688,
        12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, or 12304 of title 10; and
            ``(B) failed to receive credit or training time toward
        completion of the individual's approved educational,
        professional, or vocational objective as a result of having to
        discontinue, as described in subparagraph (A), the course
        pursuit.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--(A) The heading of section 3511
        of such title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3511. Treatment of certain interruptions in pursuit of programs
              of education''.
            (B) Section 3532(g) of such title is amended--
                    (i) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
                (2).
            (C) Section 3541 of such title is amended to read as
        follows:
``Sec. 3541. Special restorative training
    ``(a) The Secretary may, at the request of an eligible person--
            ``(1) determine whether such person is in need of special
        restorative training; and
            ``(2) if such need is found to exist, prescribe a course
        which is suitable to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
    ``(b) A course of special restorative training under subsection (a)
may, at the discretion of the Secretary, contain elements that would
contribute toward an ultimate objective of a program of education.''.
            (D) Section 3695(a)(4) of such title is amended by striking
        ``35,''.
    (b) Extension of Delimiting Age of Eligibility for Dependents.--
Section 3512(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking
``twenty-sixth birthday'' each place it appears and inserting
``thirtieth birthday''.
    (c) Amount of Educational Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3532 of title 38, United States
        Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3532. Amount of educational assistance
    ``(a) The aggregate amount of educational assistance to which an
eligible person is entitled under this chapter is $80,000, as increased
from time to time under section 3564 of this title.
    ``(b) Within the aggregate amount provided for in subsection (a),
educational assistance under this chapter may be paid for any purpose,
and in any amount, as follows:
            ``(1) A program of education consisting of institutional
        courses.
            ``(2) A full-time program of education that consists of
        institutional courses and alternate phases of training in a
        business or industrial establishment with the training in the
        business or industrial establishment being strictly
        supplemental to the institutional portion.
            ``(3) A farm cooperative program consisting of
        institutional agricultural courses prescheduled to fall within
        forty-four weeks of any period of twelve consecutive months
        that is pursued by an eligible person who is concurrently
        engaged in agricultural employment which is relevant to such
        institutional agricultural courses as determined under
        standards prescribed by the Secretary.
            ``(4) A course or courses or other program of special
        educational assistance as provided in section 3491(a) of this
        title.
            ``(5) A program of apprenticeship or other on-job training
        pursued in a State as provided in section 3687(a) of this
        title.
            ``(6) In the case of an eligible spouse or surviving
        spouse, a program of education exclusively by correspondence as
        provided in section 3686 of this title.
            ``(7) A special training allowance for special restorative
        training as provided in section 3542 of this title.
    ``(c) If a program of education is pursued by an eligible person at
an institution located in the Republic of the Philippines, any
educational assistance for such person under this chapter shall be paid
at the rate of $0.50 for each dollar.
    ``(d)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of educational
assistance payable under this chapter for a licensing or certification
test described in section 3501(a)(5) of this title is the lesser of
$2,000 or the fee charged for the test.
    ``(2) In no event shall payment of educational assistance under
this subsection for such a test exceed the amount of the individual's
available entitlement under this chapter.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--(A) Section 3533 of such title
        is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3533. Tutorial assistance
    ``An eligible person shall, without any charge to any entitlement
of such person to educational assistance under section 3532(a) of this
title be entitled to the benefits provided an eligible veteran under
section 3492 of this title.''.
            (B) Section 3534 of such title is repealed.
            (C) Section 3542 of such title is amended--
                    (i) in subsection (a), by striking ``computed at
                the basic rate'' and all that follows through the end
                of the subsection and inserting a period; and
                    (ii) in subsection (b), by striking ``an
                educational assistance allowance'' and inserting
                ``educational assistance''.
            (D) Section 3543(c) of such title is amended--
                    (i) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at the end;
                    (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (iii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
                (2).
            (E) Section 3564 of such title is amended by striking
        ``rates payable under sections 3532, 3534(b), and 3542(a)'' and
        inserting ``aggregate amount of educational assistance payable
        under section 3532''.
            (F) Paragraph (1) of section 3565(b) of such title is
        amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) educational assistance payable under section 3532 of
        this title, including the special training allowance referred
        to in subsection (b)(7) of such section, shall be paid at the
        rate of $0.50 for each dollar; and''.
            (G) Section 3687 of such title is amended--
                    (i) in subsection (a)--
                            (I) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
                        by striking ``or an eligible person (as defined
                        in section 3501(a) of this title)''; and
                            (II) in the flush matter following
                        paragraph (2), by striking ``chapters 34 and
                        35'' and inserting ``chapter 34'';
                    (ii) in subsection (c), by striking ``chapters 34
                and 35'' and inserting ``chapter 34''; and
                    (iii) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (3)
                and inserting the following new paragraph (3):
            ``(3) In this subsection, the term `individual' means an
        eligible veteran who is entitled to monthly educational
        assistance allowances payable under section 3015(e) of this
        title.''.
    (d) Other Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 3524 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``allowance'' each place it
appears.
    (2)(A) Section 3531 of such title is amended--
            (i) in subsection (a), by striking ``an educational
        assistance allowance'' and inserting ``educational
        assistance''; and
            (ii) in subsection (b), by striking ``allowance''.
    (B) The heading of such section is amended by striking
``allowance''.
    (3) Section 3537(a) of such title is amended by striking
``additional''.
    (e) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the item relating to section 3511 and
        inserting the following new item:

``3511. Treatment of certain interruptions in pursuit of programs of
                            education.'';
            (2) by striking the items relating to section 3531, 3532,
        and 3533 and inserting the following new items:

``3531. Educational assistance.
``3532. Amount of educational assistance.
``3533. Tutorial assistance.'';
            (3) by striking the item relating to section 3534; and
            (4) by striking the item relating to section 3541 and
        inserting the following new item:

``3541. Special restorative training.''.
    (f) Effective Dates.--(1) The amendments made by this section shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (2) Notwithstanding the effective date under paragraph (1) of the
amendment to section 3564 of title 38, United States Code, made by
subsection (c)(2)(E), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make the
first increase in the aggregate amount of educational assistance under
section 3532 of such title as required by such section 3564 (as so
amended) for fiscal year 2006.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Janey Ensminger Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF ILLNESSES AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO VETERANS
              STATIONED AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, AND THEIR
              FAMILY MEMBERS.

    (a) Review and Publication of Illness or Condition.--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. REVIEW AND PUBLICATION OF ILLNESSES AND CONDITIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Consistent with section 104(i) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
section, and not less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter,
the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry, shall--
            ``(1)(A) review the scientific literature relevant to the
        relationship between the employment or residence of individuals
        at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for not fewer than 30 days
        during the period beginning on August 1, 1953, and ending on
        December 21, 1987, and specific illnesses or conditions
        incurred by those individuals;
            ``(B) determine each illness or condition for which there
        is evidence that exposure to a toxic substance at Camp Lejeune,
        North Carolina, during the period specified in subparagraph (A)
        may be a cause of the illness or condition; and
            ``(C) with respect to each illness or condition for which a
        determination has been made under subparagraph (B), categorize
        the evidence of the connection of the illness or condition to
        exposure described in that subparagraph as--
                    ``(i) sufficient to conclude with reasonable
                confidence that the exposure is a cause of the illness
                or condition;
                    ``(ii) modest supporting causation, but not
                sufficient to conclude with reasonable confidence that
                exposure is a cause of the illness or condition; or
                    ``(iii) no more than limited supporting causation;
            ``(2) publish in the Federal Register and on the Internet
        website of the Department of Health and Human Services--
                    ``(A) a list of each illness or condition for which
                a determination has been made under paragraph (1)(B),
                including the categorization of the evidence of causal
                connection relating to the illness or condition under
                paragraph (1)(C); and
                    ``(B) the bibliographic citations for all
                literature reviewed under paragraph (1) for each
                illness or condition listed under such paragraph; and
            ``(3) update the list under paragraph (2), as applicable,
        to add an illness or condition for which a determination has
        been made under paragraph (1)(B), including the categorization
        of the evidence of causal connection relating to the illness or
        condition under paragraph (1)(C), since such list was last
        updated consistent with the requirements of this subsection.''.
    (b) Eligibility for Health Care From Department of Veterans
Affairs.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1710(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through (xv) as
                subclauses (I) through (XV), respectively;
                    (B) by striking ``(F) Subject to'' and inserting
                ``(F)(i) Subject to'';
                    (C) by striking ``any of the following'' and
                inserting ``any of the illnesses or conditions for
                which the evidence of connection of the illness or
                condition to exposure to a toxic substance at Camp
                Lejeune, North Carolina, during such period is
                categorized as sufficient or modest in the most recent
                list published under section 399V-6(a)(2) of the Public
                Health Service Act, which may include any of the
                following''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``(ii) For the purposes of ensuring continuation of care, any
veteran who has been furnished hospital care or medical services under
this subparagraph for an illness or condition shall remain eligible for
hospital care or medical services for such illness or condition
notwithstanding that the evidence of connection of such illness or
condition to exposure to a toxic substance at Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina, during the period described in clause (i) is not categorized
as sufficient or modest in the most recent list published under section
399V-6(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act.''.
            (2) Family members.--Section 1787 of such title is amended
        by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Continuation of Care.--For the purposes of ensuring
continuation of care, any individual who has been furnished hospital
care or medical services under this section for an illness or condition
shall remain eligible for hospital care or medical services for such
illness or condition notwithstanding that the illness or condition is
no longer described in section 1710(e)(1)(F) of this title.''.
            (3) Transfer of amounts for program.--Notwithstanding any
        other provision of law, for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018,
        the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall transfer $2,000,000
        from amounts made available to the Department of Veterans
        Affairs for medical support and compliance to the Chief
        Business Office and Financial Services Center of the Department
        to be used to continue building and enhancing the claims
        processing system, eligibility system, and web portal for the
        Camp Lejeune Family Member Program of the Department.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Job Access and Work Incentives
Act''.

    TITLE I--PREFERENCE FOR CONTRACTORS THAT HIRE WELFARE RECIPIENTS

SEC. 101. PREFERENCE FOR CONTRACTORS THAT HIRE WELFARE RECIPIENTS.

    (a) Preference.--In awarding a contract covered by this section,
the head of a department or agency of the Federal Government shall give
preference to an entity that agrees to hire welfare recipients for jobs
created to carry out the contract.
    (b) Evaluation.--To carry out subsection (a), the head of a
department or agency shall develop a system under which, in the
evaluation of an offer from an entity for a contract, the preference
given to the entity will be greater as the number of welfare recipients
that the offeror agrees to hire increases.
    (c) Exceptions.--The requirement of subsection (a) shall not apply
in the evaluation of offers for a contract if--
            (1) the Secretary of Defense determines that the subsection
        should not apply for national security reasons; or
            (2) the head of the department or agency determines that no
        entry-level jobs are expected to be created to carry out the
        contract.
    (d) Covered Contracts.--This section applies to any contract in an
amount in excess of $500,000 entered into after the date of the
enactment of this Act by a department or agency of the Federal
Government using competitive procedures.
    (e) Welfare Recipient.--The term ``welfare recipient'' means a
recipient of assistance under a State program funded under part A of
title IV of the Social Security Act.

            TITLE II--JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

SEC. 201. JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS.

    Section 3037(l)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (49 U.S.C. 5309 note; 112 Stat. 391) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking clauses (ii) through
        (v) and inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
                            ``(iii) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
                            ``(iv) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
                            ``(v) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
                        and
                            ``(vi) $500,000,000 for fiscal year
                        2004.'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``this section'' and
        all that follows through the period at the end and inserting
        ``this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``this section'' and
        all that follows through the period at the end and inserting
        ``this section $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.''.

  TITLE III--GUARANTEES OF LOANS MADE BY STATES TO CURRENT OR RECENT
                           WELFARE RECIPIENTS

SEC. 301. GUARANTEES OF LOANS MADE BY STATES TO CURRENT OR RECENT
              WELFARE RECIPIENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may
provide loan guarantees to States in accordance with this section.
    (b) Limitation on Annual Amount of Loan Guarantees.--The total
dollar amount of loan guarantees that may be provided under this
section in a fiscal year shall not exceed $50,000,000.
    (c) Limitation on Annual Amount of Loan Guarantees per State.--The
total dollar amount of loan guarantees that may be provided to a State
under this section in a fiscal year is the amount that bears the same
ratio to $50,000,000 as the total dollar amount payable to the State
under section 403(a)(1) of the Social Security Act for the fiscal year
(determined without regard to any penalty imposed under section 409 of
such Act) bears to the total dollar amount payable to all States under
such section 403(a)(1) for the fiscal year (as so determined).
    (d) Loans That May Be Guaranteed.--The Secretary of Health and
Human Services may provide a loan guarantee under this section with
respect to a loan if--
            (1) the loan is made by a State;
            (2) the borrower is a recipient of assistance under a State
        program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security
        Act;
            (3) the principal amount of the loan is not less than $20
        and not more than $5,000; and
            (4) the loan bears interest at an annual rate that does not
        exceed the rate at which interest is payable annually on bonds
        most recently issued by the smallest political subdivision of
        the State in which the borrower resides that has borrowing
        authority.
    (e) Definition of State.--In this section, the term ``State'' has
the meaning given such term in section 419(5) of the Social Security
Act.
    (f) Regulations.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this
section.

          TITLE IV--SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

SEC. 401. APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
              AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.

    For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to substance abuse and mental health services, there is
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $2,730,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.

                   TITLE V--RESTORATION OF DEDUCTIONS

SEC. 501. RESTORATION OF DEDUCTION FOR BUSINESS MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT
              AND FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES OF SPOUSES AND OTHERS
              ACCOMPANYING THE TAXPAYER ON BUSINESS.

    (a) Restoration of Deduction for Business Meals and
Entertainment.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (n) of section 274 of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to only 50 percent of
        meal and entertainment expenses allowed as deduction) is hereby
        repealed.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection
        shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999.
    (b) Repeal of Special Limitation on Deduction for Travel Expenses
of Spouses, Etc.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (m) of section 274 of such Code
        is amended by striking paragraph (3).
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection
        shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after December 31,
        1999.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Job Opportunity and Welfare
Reduction Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PLACING WELFARE RECIPIENTS IN JOBS VACATED BY
              UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall conduct a pilot program
under which the Attorney General shall provide a written notice to a
State of one or more potential employment opportunities for an adult
who is receiving assistance under the State program funded under part A
of title IV of the Social Security Act, where such opportunity arises
from--
            (1) the removal of one or more unauthorized aliens from a
        work site in the State by an officer or employee of the Service
        performing duties relating to the enforcement of the
        immigration laws; or
            (2) the issuance of an unauthorized work letter by the
        Attorney General to an employer.
    (b) Implementation Deadline; Termination.--The Attorney General
shall implement the pilot program not later than October 1, 1998. The
Attorney General shall terminate the pilot program at the end of the 4-
year period beginning on the first day the pilot program is in effect.
    (c) Scope of Operation.--The Attorney General shall provide for the
operation of the pilot program in each State--
            (1) the chief executive officer of which has requested that
        the Attorney General provide for such operation; and
            (2) that is receiving a grant under part A of title IV of
        the Social Security Act.
    (d) Notice.--
            (1) Contents.--The notice required under subsection (a)
        shall include the following:
                    (A) The name and address of the employer--
                            (i) from whose work site an unauthorized
                        alien was removed; or
                            (ii) to whom the unauthorized work letter
                        was issued.
                    (B) A classification of the employment position (or
                positions) formerly held by each unauthorized alien who
                was removed from the work site or was the subject of
                the unauthorized work letter, in terms of industry and
                whether the work performed was skilled or unskilled.
                    (C) The location of the work site.
                    (D) The number of unauthorized aliens who were--
                            (i) removed; or
                            (ii) the subject of the unauthorized work
                        letter.
            (2) Deadline.--The Attorney General shall submit the notice
        required under subsection (a) not later than 8 days after the
        day on which--
                    (A) the unauthorized alien is removed (in a case
                described in subsection (a)(1)); or
                    (B) an officer or employee of the Service enters
                onto the work site for the purpose of removing an
                unauthorized alien, following issuance of the
                unauthorized work letter (in a case described in
                subsection (a)(2)).
    (e) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Service.--The term ``Service'' has the meaning given
        such term in section 101(a)(34) of the Immigration and
        Nationality Act.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such
        term in section 101(a)(36) of the Immigration and Nationality
        Act.
            (3) Unauthorized alien.--The term ``unauthorized alien''
        has the meaning given such term in section 274A(h)(3) of the
        Immigration and Nationality Act.
            (4) Unauthorized work letter.--The term ``unauthorized work
        letter'' means a Form I-9 Inspection Result Letter, issued by
        the Attorney General to an employer, identifying the possible
        presence of an unauthorized alien worker.

SEC. 3. BONUS TO REWARD PARTICIPATING STATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 403(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(4)) (as amended by section 103 of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2121)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by adding at the end the
        following:
                        ``In the case of a high performing State that
                        is an immigration pilot program State, such
                        amount shall also be based on the score
                        assigned to the State under subparagraph
                        (D)(iii) for such fiscal year.'';
            (2) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
                    ``(C) Formula for measuring state performance.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 1 year
                        after the date of the enactment of the Personal
                        Responsibility and Work Opportunity
                        Reconciliation Act of 1996, the Secretary, in
                        consultation with the National Governors'
                        Association and the American Public Welfare
                        Association, shall develop a formula for
                        measuring State performance in operating the
                        State program funded under this part so as to
                        achieve the goals set forth in section 401(a).
                            ``(ii) Immigration pilot program states.--
                        Not later than 6 months after the date of the
                        enactment of the Job Opportunity and Welfare
                        Reduction Act of 1997, the Secretary, in
                        consultation with the National Governors'
                        Association and the American Public Welfare
                        Association, shall develop a formula for
                        measuring the performance of immigration pilot
                        program States in placing adults receiving
                        assistance under the State program funded under
                        this part in employment vacancies arising
                        from--
                                    ``(I) the removal of an
                                unauthorized alien (as defined in
                                section 2 of such Act) from a work site
                                in the State by an officer or employee
                                of the Immigration and Naturalization
                                Service performing duties relating to
                                the enforcement of the immigration
                                laws; or
                                    ``(II) the issuance by the Attorney
                                General to an employer of an
                                unauthorized work letter (as defined in
                                such section) with respect to a work
                                site in the State.'';
            (3) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
                    ``(D) Scoring of state performance; setting of
                performance thresholds.--For each bonus year, the
                Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) use the formula developed under
                        subparagraph (C)(i) to assign a score to each
                        eligible State for the fiscal year that
                        immediately precedes the bonus year;
                            ``(ii) prescribe a performance threshold,
                        based on the scores assigned under clause (i),
                        in such a manner so as to ensure that--
                                    ``(I) the average annual total
                                amount of grants to be made under this
                                paragraph for each bonus year equals
                                $200,000,000; and
                                    ``(II) the total amount of grants
                                to be made under this paragraph for all
                                bonus years equals $1,000,000,000; and
                            ``(iii) use the formula developed under
                        subparagraph (C)(ii) to assign an additional
                        score to each immigration pilot program State
                        for the fiscal year that immediately precedes
                        the bonus year, which score shall be used to
                        reward immigration pilot program States--
                                    ``(I) based on their performance,
                                as measured under subparagraph (C)(ii);
                                and
                                    ``(II) in a manner consistent with
                                subclauses (I) and (II) of clause
                                (ii).''; and
            (4) in subparagraph (E), by adding at the end the
        following:
                            ``(iii) Immigration pilot program state.--
                        The term `immigration pilot program State'
                        means, with respect to a fiscal year
                        immediately preceding a bonus year, an eligible
                        State--
                                    ``(I) within which the Attorney
                                General is operating the pilot program
                                under section 2 of the Job Opportunity
                                and Welfare Reduction Act of 1997;
                                    ``(II) that, after each receipt of
                                a notice of an employment vacancy (or
                                vacancies) from the Attorney General
                                under such section 2, provided to the
                                employer having the vacancy a list
                                containing, with respect to each such
                                vacancy, the name, address, and
                                telephone number of not more than 3
                                adults who are receiving assistance
                                under the State program funded under
                                this part and who are determined by the
                                State, based on the adult's training,
                                skills, prior experience, and
                                availability for employment, to be
                                qualified to fill the vacancy; and
                                    ``(III) that provided to the
                                Secretary, in such form and manner as
                                the Secretary may have required, a
                                report containing the information
                                necessary for the Secretary to measure
                                the State's performance under
                                subparagraph (C)(ii).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the later of July 1, 1998, or the date of the enactment
of this Act.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    Not later than 3 months after the date of the termination of the
pilot program under section 2, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall submit to the Congress a report, based on the rate of
success of the program in providing referrals leading to job
placements, containing the recommendations of the Secretary of Health
and Human Services concerning whether the program should be
reauthorized, whether the program should be expanded, and how the
program could be improved.