SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Setting New Priorities in Education
Spending Act''.

SEC. 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Repeals.--The following provisions of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) are repealed:
            (1) Subpart 2 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 6371 et seq.;
        relating to Early Reading First).
            (2) Subpart 3 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 6381 et seq.;
        relating to the William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy
        programs).
            (3) Subpart 4 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 6383;
        relating to improving literacy through school libraries).
            (4) Section 1502 (20 U.S.C. 6492; relating to
        demonstrations of innovative practices).
            (5) Section 1504 (20 U.S.C. 6494; relating to the Close Up
        Fellowship program).
            (6) Part F of title I (20 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.; relating to
        comprehensive school reform).
            (7) Part H of title I (20 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.; relating to
        school dropout prevention).
            (8) Section 2151(b) (20 U.S.C. 6651(b); relating to school
        leadership).
            (9) Section 2151(c) (20 U.S.C. 6651(c); relating to
        advanced certification or advanced credentialing).
            (10) Section 2151(d) (20 U.S.C. 6651(d); relating to
        special education teacher training).
            (11) Section 2151(e) (20 U.S.C. 6651(e); relating to early
        childhood educator professional development).
            (12) Section 2151(f) (20 U.S.C. 6651(f); relating to
        teacher mobility).
            (13) Subpart 2 of part C of title II (20 U.S.C. 6701 et
        seq.; relating to the National Writing Project).
            (14) Subpart 4 of part C of title II (20 U.S.C. 6721 et
        seq.; relating to the teaching of traditional American
        history).
            (15) Part D of title II (20 U.S.C. 6751 et seq.; relating
        to enhancing education through technology).
            (16) Part B of title III (20 U.S.C. 6891 et seq.; commonly
        referred to as the ``Improving Language Instruction Educational
        Programs for Academic Achievement Act'').
            (17) Section 4003(1) (20 U.S.C. 7103(1); relating to
        subpart 1 of part A of title IV).
            (18) Subpart 1 of part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7111 et
        seq.; relating to State grants for safe and drug-free schools
        and communities).
            (19) Section 4129 (20 U.S.C. 7139; relating to grants to
        reduce alcohol abuse).
            (20) Section 4130 (20 U.S.C. 7140; relating to mentoring
        programs).
            (21) Subpart 2 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7245;
        relating to elementary and secondary school counseling
        programs).
            (22) Subpart 3 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7247;
        relating to partnerships in character education).
            (23) Subpart 4 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7249;
        relating to smaller learning communities).
            (24) Subpart 5 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7251;
        relating to the Reading is Fundamental--Inexpensive Book
        Distribution program).
            (25) Subpart 6 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7253 et
        seq.; relating to gifted and talented students).
            (26) Subpart 7 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7255 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Star Schools Act'').
            (27) Subpart 8 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7257 et
        seq.; relating to the Ready to Teach program).
            (28) Subpart 9 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7259 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Foreign Language Assistance
        Act of 2001'').
            (29) Subpart 10 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7261 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Carol M. White Physical
        Education Program'').
            (30) Subpart 11 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7263 et
        seq.; relating to community technology centers).
            (31) Subpart 12 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7265 et
        seq.; relating to educational, cultural, apprenticeship, and
        exchange programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and
        their historical whaling and trading partners in
        Massachusetts).
            (32) Subpart 13 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7267 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Excellence in Economic
        Education Act of 2001'').
            (33) Subpart 14 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7269 et
        seq.; relating to grants to improve the mental health of
        children).
            (34) Subpart 15 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7271;
        relating to arts in education).
            (35) Subpart 17 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7275;
        relating to combatting domestic violence).
            (36) Subpart 18 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7277 et
        seq.; relating to healthy, high-performance schools).
            (37) Subpart 20 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7281 et
        seq.; relating to additional assistance for certain local
        educational agencies impacted by Federal property acquisition).
            (38) Subpart 21 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7283 et
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Women's Educational Equity
        Act of 2001'').
            (39) Part B of title VII (20 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.; commonly
        referred to as the ``Native Hawaiian Education Act'').
            (40) Part C of title VII (20 U.S.C. 7541 et seq.; commonly
        referred to as the ``Alaska Native Educational Equity, Support,
        and Assistance Act'').
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Title i.--
                    (A) Section 1002.--Section 1002 of the Elementary
                and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6302) is
                amended--
                            (i) in subsection (b)--
                                    (I) by striking paragraphs (2)
                                through (4); and
                                    (II) by striking the following:
    ``(b) Reading First.--
            ``(1) Reading first.--For'', and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Reading First.--For'';
                            (ii) in subsection (e)--
                                    (I) by striking paragraph (2); and
                                    (II) by striking the following:
    ``(e) Federal Activities.--
            ``(1) Sections 1501 and 1502.--For the purpose of carrying
        out sections 1501 and 1502,'', and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Federal Activities.--For the purpose of carrying out section
1501,'';
                            (iii) by striking subsection (f);
                            (iv) by redesignating subsections (g)
                        through (i) as subsections (f) through (h),
                        respectively;
                            (v) by striking subsection (g) (as so
                        redesignated); and
                            (vi) by redesignating subsection (h) (as so
                        redesignated) as subsection (g).
                    (B) Section 1116.--Section 1116(b)(3)(A)(i) of such
                Act (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by striking
                ``, and may include'' and all that follows through
                ``part F''.
                    (C) Section 1202.--Section 1202 of such Act (20
                U.S.C. 6362) is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a)(1), by striking
                        ``section 1002(b)(1)'' and inserting ``section
                        1002(b)''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (c)(7)(A)(vii), by
                        striking ``, including coordination'' and all
                        that follows through ``where applicable''.
                    (D) Section 1703.--Section 1703 of such Act (20
                U.S.C. 6533) is amended by striking ``section 1002(g)''
                and inserting ``section 1002(f)''.
            (2) Title ii.--
                    (A) Section 2103.--Section 2103 of such Act (20
                U.S.C. 6603) is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a), by striking
                        ``subpart 5'' and inserting ``section
                        2151(a)''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (b), by striking
                        ``subpart 5'' and inserting ``section
                        2151(a)''.
                    (B) Section 2123.--Section 2123(a)(5)(A) of such
                Act (20 U.S.C. 6623(a)(5)(A)) is amended by striking
                ``, and are coordinated'' and all that follows through
                ``part D''.
            (3) Title iii.--Section 3001 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6801)
        is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``,
                        except for subpart 4 of part B'';
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
                            (iii) by striking the following:
    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject'', and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subject'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking
                        ``paragraphs (1) and (2) of'';
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
                            (iii) by striking the following:
    ``(b) Conditions on Effectiveness of Parts A and B.--
            ``(1) Part a.--Part A'', and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Conditions on Effectiveness of Part A.--Part A''; and
                    (C) by striking subsection (c).
            (4) Title iv.--Section 4003 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7103)
        (as amended by subsection (a)(17)), is further amended by
        striking ``appropriated--'' and all that follows through
        ``such'' and inserting ``appropriated such''.
            (5) Title vi.--Section 6222(a)(3) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
        7351a(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``, as described in part D
        of title II''.
            (6) Title ix.--
                    (A) Section 9101.--Section 9101 of such Act (20
                U.S.C. 7801) is amended--
                            (i) by amending paragraph (13) to read as
                        follows:
            ``(13) Covered program.--The term `covered program' means
        each of the programs authorized by--
                    ``(A) part A of title I;
                    ``(B) part C of title I;
                    ``(C) part D of title I;
                    ``(D) part A of title II;
                    ``(E) part A of title III;
                    ``(F) part A of title IV;
                    ``(G) part B of title IV;
                    ``(H) part A of title V; and
                    ``(I) subpart 2 of part B of title VI.''; and
                            (ii) by amending paragraph (34)(A)(vii)(I)
                        by striking ``(except'' and all that follows
                        through ``part D of title II)''.
                    (B) Section 9501.--Paragraph (1) of section 9501(b)
                of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7881(b)(1)) is amended to read
                as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--This section applies to programs under--
                    ``(A) subpart 1 of part B of title I;
                    ``(B) part C of title I;
                    ``(C) part A of title II, to the extent provided in
                paragraph (3);
                    ``(D) part B of title II;
                    ``(E) part A of title III;
                    ``(F) part A of title IV; and
                    ``(G) part B of title IV.''.

Summary: Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act - Repeals specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Lists the repealed provisions as those pertaining to: the Early Reading First program, under subpart 2 of part B of title I. The William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy programs, under subpart 3 of part B of title I. Improving literacy through school libraries, under subpart 4 of part B of title I. Demonstration projects of innovative practices for enabling children to meet state academic content and achievement standards, under part E of title I. The Close Up Fellowship program, under part E of title I, comprehensive school reform, under part F of title I, school dropout prevention, under part H of title I. School leadership, under subpart 5 of part A of title II. Advanced certification or advanced credentialing for teachers, under subpart 5 of part A of title II. Special education teacher training, under subpart 5 of part A of title II. Early childhood educator professional development, under subpart 5 of part A of title II. Teacher mobility, under subpart 5 of part A of title II. The National Writing Project, under subpart 2 of part C of title II. The teaching of traditional American history, under subpart 4 of part C of title II, enhancing education through technology, under part D of title II. Programs to improve language instruction for limited English proficient children, under part B of title III. State grants for safe and drug-free schools and communities, under subpart 1 of part A of title IV. Grants to reduce alcohol abuse, under subpart 2 of part A of title IV. Mentoring programs, under subpart 2 of part A of title IV. Elementary and secondary school counseling programs, under subpart 2 of part D of title V. Partnerships in character education, under subpart 3 of part D of title V. Smaller learning communities, under subpart 4 of part D of title V. The Reading is Fundamental Inexpensive Book Distribution program, under subpart 5 of part D of title V. Gifted and talented students, under subpart 6 of part D of title V. The Star Schools program, under subpart 7 of part D of title V. The Ready to Teach program, under subpart 8 of part D of title V. The Foreign Language Assistance program, under subpart 9 of part D of title V. The Carol M. White Physical Education Program, under subpart 10 of part D of title V. Community technology centers, under subpart 11 of part D of title V. Educational, cultural, apprenticeship, and exchange programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and their historical whaling and trading partners in Massachusetts, under subpart 12 of part D of title V. Excellence in economic education, under subpart 13 of part D of title V. Grants to improve the mental health of children, under subpart 14 of part D of title V. Arts in education, under subpart 15 of part D of title V. Combatting domestic violence, under subpart 17 of part D of title V. Healthy, high-performance schools, under subpart 18 of part D of title V. Additional assistance for certain local educational agencies impacted by federal property acquisition, under subpart 20 of part D of title V. The Women's Educational Equity Act, under subpart 21 of part D of title V. The Native Hawaiian Education program, under part B of title VII. And the Alaska Native Education program, under part C of title VII.

To repeal ineffective or unnecessary education programs in order to restore the focus of Federal programs on quality elementary and secondary education programs for disadvantaged students.


Sec. 2. Public Law 94-241 (90 Stat. 263), as amended, is further
amended by striking ``law'' in subsection (b) of section 4 and
inserting in lieu thereof ``law: Provided, That for fiscal years 1994
through 1998, payments shall be limited to the provisions set forth in
the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future Federal
Financial Assistance of the Northern Mariana Islands, executed on
December 17, 1992, between the special representative of the President
and the special representatives of the Governor of the Northern Mariana
Islands for the first five years of such 1992 Agreement: Provided
further, That no amendment to such 1992 Agreement may take effect until
approved by an Act of Congress: Provided further, That after fiscal
year 1998, the amount shall continue at the annual amount of
$27,720,000, unless Congress otherwise provides by law.
    ``(c) No funds made available in accordance with the 1992 Agreement
referred to in subsection (b) shall be obligated until sixty days after
the Secretary of the Interior certifies, together with findings, after
the date of enactment of this provision, and each fiscal year
thereafter, to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate, that the following conditions have been fulfilled, to the
extent such condition is applicable in such fiscal year, and no such
funds shall be obligated for additional projects thereafter if the
Secretary of the Interior determines that the Northern Mariana Islands
are not in compliance with such conditions to the extent such condition
is applicable at that time:
            ``(1) The number of aliens (a person who is not a citizen
        or national of the United States, a citizen of a state in free
        association with the United States, or an alien lawfully
        admitted into the United States) present in the Northern
        Mariana Islands for work or residency does not exceed the 1992
        average daily number of such aliens present in the Northern
        Mariana Islands as determined by the Commissioner of the United
        States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), except
        that within such limitation, the Northern Mariana Islands shall
        impose a numerical limitation on the total number of alien
        workers admitted for employment in the garment industry so that
        the percentage of alien workers compared to the total number of
        workers in the garment industry shall be 75 percent in 1994, 70
        percent in 1995, and 65 percent in 1996 and thereafter;
            ``(2) The Northern Mariana Islands shall implement a
        petitioning mechanism similar to that in section 214(c)(1) of
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(1)) to
        measure and compare the number of alien admissions with the
        1992 average and the Northern Mariana Islands shall provide the
        Immigration and Naturalization Service with such information
        and access as the Commissioner of the Service determines to be
        necessary to make his determination and for verification;
            ``(3) The Northern Mariana Islands has enacted and is
        enforcing such measures as may be necessary to raise revenues,
        and expend for public purposes, in each of the years funding is
        provided pursuant to the Agreement, in addition to those
        revenues which would have been raised under laws in effect on
        the date of enactment of this provision, of at least the same
        amount of net revenue (taking into account all credits,
        deductions, exemptions, and payments provided for in Federal
        law) that would otherwise have been raised in calendar year
        1992 under full application of section 601 of the Covenant
        absent any rebates pursuant to section 602 of such Covenant,
        less the actual amount of revenues retained by the Northern
        Mariana Islands from income taxes, which measures may include,
        but need not be limited to, one or more of the following--
                    (A) developer taxes and impact fees;
                    (B) taxes on services to visitors;
                    (C) a reduction in the level of rebates of taxes
                levied under section 602 of the Covenant;
                    (D) income taxes; or
                    (E) taxes or fees imposed for public benefit of
                users of publicly provided services.
            ``(4) The Northern Mariana Islands is implementing a rate
        schedule approved by the Secretary of the Interior that, over a
        five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this
        provision, will phase in charges for all (except low-income)
        users of utilities which will recover the full operating,
        maintenance, and debt service cost of the power utility
        services, and, as a minimum, the operating and maintenance
        costs of the water and sewer utility services;
            ``(5) The Secretary has approved the plans of the Northern
        Mariana Islands for the fiscal year for the use of the funds
        which indicate the priority and purpose of the projects and
        their cost and financing arrangements; and
            ``(6) The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with
        the Secretary of Labor, determines that the Northern Mariana
        Islands has enacted and is enforcing laws--
                    ``(A) to provide no greater deductions from wages
                for housing, food, transportation, health care,
                employment fees, or other expenses for any workers not
                permanently admitted into the Northern Mariana Islands
                than are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act of
                1938, and
                    ``(B) which allow for the same exemptions from the
                payment of minimum wages as provided in the Fair Labor
                Standards Act of 1938.''.

Summary: Limits Federal assistance to the Northern Mariana Islands for FY 1994 through 1998 as set forth in the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future Federal Financial Assistance of the Northern Mariana Islands of December 1992. Continues the payment of a specified annual amount after FY 1998 unless otherwise provided by law. Bars the obligation of funds in accordance with the Agreement until the Secretary of the Interior certifies to specified congressional committees in each fiscal year that the Northern Mariana Islands: (1) does not have an amount of aliens that exceeds the 1992 average daily number of aliens in the Islands as determined by the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and imposes a specified numerical limitation on the number of alien workers admitted for employment in the garment industry. (2) is implementing a petitioning mechanism to measure and compare the number of alien admissions with the 1992 average and provides the INS with such information for verification purposes, (3) has enacted and is enforcing measures to raise revenues. (4) is implementing a rate schedule approved by the Secretary that will phase in charges for users of utilities to recover specified costs of power, water, and sewer services. (5) has plans approved by the Secretary for the use of project funds. And (6) has enacted and is enforcing laws to provide no greater deductions from wages for housing, food, transportation, health care, employment fees, or other expenses for workers not permanently admitted into the Islands than are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and which allow for the same exemptions from the payment of minimum wages as provided in such Act.

A bill to limit the funding to the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to the provisions set forth in the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future Federal Financial Assistance, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ethanol Stimulus Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. ETHANOL PRODUCTION TAX INCENTIVES IN HIGH-CONSUMPTION, LOW-
              PRODUCTION STATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 40(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to small ethanol producer credit) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Credit for ethanol production in two-two
                states.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of qualified
                        ethanol production by any eligible small
                        ethanol producer in all eligible ethanol
                        production facilities of such producer--
                                    ``(I) subparagraph (A) shall be
                                applied by substituting `20 cents' for
                                `10 cents', and
                                    ``(II) subparagraph (C) shall be
                                applied by substituting `50,000,000
                                gallons' for `15,000,000 gallons'.
                            ``(ii) 5-year per facility limitation on
                        credit amount.--With respect to each eligible
                        ethanol production facility, the credit
                        determined under this section by reason of this
                        subparagraph shall apply to production from
                        such facility for the period--
                                    ``(I) beginning with the taxable
                                year during which production from such
                                facility begins, and
                                    ``(II) ending on the last day of
                                the fourth taxable year following the
                                taxable year described in subclause
                                (I).
                            ``(iii) Eligible ethanol production
                        facility.--For purposes of this subparagraph,
                        the term `eligible ethanol production facility'
                        means any ethanol production facility the
                        original use of which commences with the
                        taxpayer and--
                                    ``(I) which is acquired by purchase
                                (as defined in section 179(d)(2)) by
                                the taxpayer after August 8, 2005, and
                                before August 9, 2010, but only if no
                                written binding contract for the
                                acquisition was in effect before August
                                9, 2005,
                                    ``(II) which is acquired by the
                                taxpayer pursuant to a written binding
                                contract which was entered into after
                                August 8, 2005, and before August 9,
                                2010, or
                                    ``(III) in the case of a taxpayer
                                constructing property for the
                                taxpayer's own use, the construction of
                                which begins after August 8, 2005, and
                                before August 9, 2010,
                        in a State which is a two-two State on the date
                        of such purchase under subclause (I), of such
                        written binding contract under subclause (II),
                        or the beginning of such construction under
                        subclause (III).
                            ``(iv) Two-two state.--For purposes of this
                        subparagraph, the term `two-two State' means
                        for any period any State (as determined by the
                        Energy Information Administration) within
                        which--
                                    ``(I) is consumed more than 2
                                percent of the aggregate amount of
                                gasoline consumed in all States during
                                such period, and
                                    ``(II) is produced less than 2
                                percent of the aggregate amount of
                                ethanol produced in all States during
                                such period.''.
    (b) Eligible Small Ethanol Producer.--Section 40(g)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining eligible small ethanol
producer) is amended by inserting ``(150,000,000 gallons in the case of
such productive capacity in all two-two States (as defined in
subsection (b)(4)(E)(iv))'' after ``60,000,000 gallons''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 40(g)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``For purposes of the 15,000,000
gallon limitation under subsection (b)(4)(C) and the 60,000,000 gallon
limitation under paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``For purposes of each
gallon limitation under subsection (b)(4) and paragraph (1)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to ethanol produced in taxable years ending after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

Summary: Ethanol Stimulus Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an increased small ethanol producer tax credit for ethanol production in states which have a gasoline consumption rate of more than 2 of aggregate nationwide consumption and which produce less than 2 of the aggregate nationwide amount of ethanol .

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax incentive to produce ethanol in high-consumption, low-production States, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gas Price Relief Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. WINDFALL PROFITS TAX.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to alcohol, tobacco, and certain other excise taxes) is
amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:

              ``CHAPTER 56--WINDFALL PROFITS ON CRUDE OIL

``Sec. 5896. Imposition of tax.
``Sec. 5897. Windfall profit; removal price; base price; qualified
                            investment.
``Sec. 5898. Special rules and definitions.

``SEC. 5896. IMPOSITION OF TAX.

    ``(a) In General.--In addition to any other tax imposed under this
title, there is hereby imposed on any integrated oil company (as
defined in section 291(b)(4)) an excise tax equal to the excess of--
            ``(1) the amount equal to 50 percent of the windfall profit
        from all barrels of taxable crude oil removed from the property
        during each taxable year, over
            ``(2) the amount of qualified investment by such company
        during such taxable year.
    ``(b) Fractional Part of Barrel.--In the case of a fraction of a
barrel, the tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be the same fraction of
the amount of such tax imposed on the whole barrel.
    ``(c) Tax Paid by Producer.--The tax imposed by this section shall
be paid by the producer of the taxable crude oil.

``SEC. 5897. WINDFALL PROFIT; REMOVAL PRICE; BASE PRICE; QUALIFIED
              INVESTMENT.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of this chapter, the term
`windfall profit' means the excess of the removal price of the barrel
of taxable crude oil over the base price of such barrel.
    ``(b) Removal Price.--For purposes of this chapter--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
        subsection, the term `removal price' means the amount for which
        the barrel of taxable crude oil is sold.
            ``(2) Sales between related persons.--In the case of a sale
        between related persons, the removal price shall not be less
        than the constructive sales price for purposes of determining
        gross income from the property under section 613.
            ``(3) Oil removed from property before sale.--If crude oil
        is removed from the property before it is sold, the removal
        price shall be the constructive sales price for purposes of
        determining gross income from the property under section 613.
            ``(4) Refining begun on property.--If the manufacture or
        conversion of crude oil into refined products begins before
        such oil is removed from the property--
                    ``(A) such oil shall be treated as removed on the
                day such manufacture or conversion begins, and
                    ``(B) the removal price shall be the constructive
                sales price for purposes of determining gross income
                from the property under section 613.
            ``(5) Property.--The term `property' has the meaning given
        such term by section 614.
    ``(c) Base Price Defined.--For purposes of this chapter, the term
`base price' means $40 for each barrel of taxable crude oil.
    ``(d) Qualified Investment.--For purposes of this chapter, the term
`qualified investment' means any amount paid or incurred with respect
to any qualified facility described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4)
of section 45(d) (determined without regard to any placed in service
date).

``SEC. 5898. SPECIAL RULES AND DEFINITIONS .

    ``(a) Withholding and Deposit of Tax.--The Secretary shall provide
such rules as are necessary for the withholding and deposit of the tax
imposed under section 5896 on any taxable crude oil.
    ``(b) Records and Information.--Each taxpayer liable for tax under
section 5896 shall keep such records, make such returns, and furnish
such information (to the Secretary and to other persons having an
interest in the taxable crude oil) with respect to such oil as the
Secretary may by regulations prescribe.
    ``(c) Return of Windfall Profit Tax.--The Secretary shall provide
for the filing and the time of such filing of the return of the tax
imposed under section 5896.
    ``(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this chapter--
            ``(1) Producer.--The term `producer' means the holder of
        the economic interest with respect to the crude oil.
            ``(2) Crude oil.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `crude oil' includes
                crude oil condensates and natural gasoline.
                    ``(B) Exclusion of newly discovered oil.--Such term
                shall not include any oil produced from a well drilled
                after the date of the enactment of the Gas Price Relief
                Act of 2005, except with respect to any oil produced
                from a well drilled after such date on any proven oil
                or gas property (within the meaning of section
                613A(c)(9)(A)).
            ``(3) Barrel.--The term `barrel' means 42 United States
        gallons.
    ``(e) Adjustment of Removal Price.--In determining the removal
price of oil from a property in the case of any transaction, the
Secretary may adjust the removal price to reflect clearly the fair
market value of oil removed.
    ``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
chapter.
    ``(g) Termination.--This chapter shall not apply to taxable crude
oil removed after the date which is 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this section.''.
    (b) Transfer of Windfall Profit Tax Receipts to Highway Trust
Fund.--Paragraph (1) of section 9503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D), by
striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting ``,
and'', and by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new
subparagraph:
                    ``(F) section 5896 (relating to windfall profits
                tax on crude oil).''.
    (c) Deductibility of Windfall Profit Tax.--The first sentence of
section 164(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
deduction for taxes) is amended by inserting after paragraph (5) the
following new paragraph:
            ``(6) The windfall profit tax imposed by section 5896.''.
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for subtitle E of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:

             ``Chapter 56. Windfall profit on crude oil''.

    (e) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall
        apply to crude oil removed after the date of the enactment of
        this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.
            (2) Transitional rules.--For the period ending December 31,
        2005, the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate
        shall prescribe rules relating to the administration of chapter
        56 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. To the extent provided
        in such rules, such rules shall supplement or supplant for such
        period the administrative provisions contained in chapter 56 of
        such Code (or in so much of subtitle F of such Code as relates
        to such chapter 56).

SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF FUEL TAXES ON HIGHWAY MOTOR FUELS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to imposition of tax on motor and aviation fuels) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Reduction of Highway Motor Fuel Taxes.--
            ``(1) In general.--During the reduction period, the rate of
        tax imposed by section 4041 (other than subsection (d) thereof)
        or 4081(a)(2)(A) on highway motor fuel shall be reduced by 10
        cents per gallon.
            ``(2) Definitions and special rule.--For purposes of this
        subsection--
                    ``(A) Reduction period.--The term `reduction
                period' means the 1-year period beginning on the date
                of enactment of the Gas Price Relief Act of 2005.
                    ``(B) Highway motor fuel.--The term `highway motor
                fuel' means any fuel subject to tax under section 4041
                or 4081 other than aviation gasoline and aviation-grade
                kerosene.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. MAINTENANCE OF TRUST FUNDS DEPOSITS; AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED TO
              TRUST FUNDS TREATED AS TAXES.

    (a) In General.--There is hereby appropriated (out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) to the Highway Trust Fund an
amount equal to the excess (if any) of--
            (1) the amount (but for this subsection) of reduced
        revenues received in the Highway Trust Fund as a result of a
        reduction in a rate of tax by reason of section 4081(f)(1) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 3 of
        this Act), over
            (2) amounts appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund by
        section 9503(b)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        (relating to windfall profits tax on crude oil).
    (b) Special Rules.--Amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to the
Highway Trust Fund--
            (1) shall be transferred from the general fund at such
        times and in such manner as to replicate to the extent possible
        the transfers which would have occurred had section 3 of this
        Act not been enacted, and
            (2) shall be treated for all purposes of Federal law as
        taxes received under the appropriate section referred to in
        such section 4081(f)(1).

SEC. 5. FLOOR STOCK REFUNDS.

    (a) In General.--If--
            (1) before the tax rate reduction date, tax has been
        imposed under section 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        on any highway motor fuel, and
            (2) on such date such fuel is held by a dealer and has not
        been used and is intended for sale,
there shall be credited or refunded (without interest) to the person
who paid such tax (hereafter in this section referred to as the
``taxpayer'') an amount equal to the excess of the tax paid by the
taxpayer over the tax which would be imposed on such fuel had the
taxable event occurred on such date.
    (b) Time for Filing Claims.--No credit or refund shall be allowed
or made under this section unless--
            (1) claim therefor is filed with the Secretary of the
        Treasury before the date which is 6 months after the tax rate
        reduction date based on a request submitted to the taxpayer
        before the date which is 3 months after the tax rate reduction
        date by the dealer who held the highway motor fuel on such
        date, and
            (2) the taxpayer has repaid or agreed to repay the amount
        so claimed to such dealer or has obtained the written consent
        of such dealer to the allowance of the credit or the making of
        the refund.
    (c) Exception for Fuel Held in Retail Stocks.--No credit or refund
shall be allowed under this section with respect to any highway motor
fuel in retail stocks held at the place where intended to be sold at
retail.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) Tax rate reduction date.--The term ``tax rate reduction
        date'' means the first day of the reduction period (as defined
        in section 4081(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as
        added by section 3 of this Act)).
            (2) Other terms.--The terms ``dealer'' and ``held by a
        dealer'' have the respective meanings given to such terms by
        section 6412 of such Code.
    (e) Certain Rules to Apply.--Rules similar to the rules of
subsections (b) and (c) of section 6412 of such Code shall apply for
purposes of this section.

SEC. 6. FLOOR STOCKS TAX.

    (a) Imposition of Tax.--In the case of any highway motor fuel which
is held on the tax restoration date by any person, there is hereby
imposed a floor stocks tax equal to the excess of the tax which would
be imposed on such fuel had the taxable event occurred on such date
over the tax (if any) previously paid (and not credited or refunded) on
such fuel.
    (b) Liability for Tax and Method of Payment.--
            (1) Liability for tax.--The person holding highway motor
        fuel on the tax restoration date to which the tax imposed by
        subsection (a) applies shall be liable for such tax.
            (2) Method of payment.--The tax imposed by subsection (a)
        shall be paid in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe.
            (3) Time for payment.--The tax imposed by subsection (a)
        shall be paid on or before the 45th day after the tax
        restoration date.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) Tax restoration date.--The term ``tax restoration
        date'' means the first day after the reduction period (as
        defined in section 4081(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986).
            (2) Highway motor fuel.--The term ``highway motor fuel''
        has the meaning given to such term by section 4081(f) of such
        Code.
            (3) Held by a person.--A highway motor fuel shall be
        considered as held by a person if title thereto has passed to
        such person (whether or not delivery to the person has been
        made).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate.
    (d) Exception for Exempt Uses.--The tax imposed by subsection (a)
shall not apply to any highway motor fuel held by any person
exclusively for any use to the extent a credit or refund of the tax is
allowable for such use.
    (e) Exception for Certain Amounts of Fuel.--
            (1) In general.--No tax shall be imposed by subsection (a)
        on any highway motor fuel held on the tax restoration date by
        any person if the aggregate amount of such highway motor fuel
        held by such person on such date does not exceed 2,000 gallons.
        The preceding sentence shall apply only if such person submits
        to the Secretary (at the time and in the manner required by the
        Secretary) such information as the Secretary shall require for
        purposes of this paragraph.
            (2) Exempt fuel.--For purposes of paragraph (1), there
        shall not be taken into account any highway motor fuel held by
        any person which is exempt from the tax imposed by subsection
        (a) by reason of subsection (d).
            (3) Controlled groups.--For purposes of this section--
                    (A) Corporations.--
                            (i) In general.--All persons treated as a
                        controlled group shall be treated as 1 person.
                            (ii) Controlled group.--The term
                        ``controlled group'' has the meaning given to
                        such term by subsection (a) of section 1563 of
                        such Code; except that for such purposes the
                        phrase ``more than 50 percent'' shall be
                        substituted for the phrase ``at least 80
                        percent'' each place it appears in such
                        subsection.
                    (B) Nonincorporated persons under common control.--
                Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary,
                principles similar to the principles of subparagraph
                (A) shall apply to a group of persons under common
                control if 1 or more of such persons is not a
                corporation.
    (f) Other Laws Applicable.--All provisions of law, including
penalties, applicable with respect to the taxes imposed by section 4081
of such Code shall, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the
provisions of this section, apply with respect to the floor stock taxes
imposed by subsection (a) to the same extent as if such taxes were
imposed by such sections.

Summary: Gas Price Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax, for a one-year period, on oil companies for a percentage of the windfall profit from all barrels of taxable crude oil. (2) allow a tax deduction for the payment of any windfall profit tax. (3) reduce by 10 percent the excise tax on highway motor fuels for a period of one year after the enactment of this Act. (4) provide for transfers of windfall profit tax receipts and amounts from the general fund to the Highway Trust Fund. And (5) make adjustments to highway motor fuel taxes for floor stocks of such fuels held by dealers prior to, or after, the effective date of reduction in such taxes under this Act. Defines windfall profit as the excess of the removal (sales) price of a barrel of taxable crude oil over the base price of such barrel.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a windfall profit tax on crude oil and to ease gas prices for consumers, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Israel Anti-Boycott Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United Nations Human Rights Council (in this
        section referred to as the ``UNHRC'') has long targeted Israel
        with systematic, politically motivated, assaults on its
        legitimacy designed to stigmatize and isolate Israel
        internationally.
            (2) The UNHRC maintains a permanent agenda item known as
        ``Item 7'' to ensure that Israel will be criticized at every
        gathering of the UNHRC.
            (3) At its 31st session on March 24, 2016, the UNHRC
        targeted Israel with a commercial boycott, calling for the
        establishment of a database, such as a ``blacklist'', of
        companies that operate, or have business relations with
        entities that operate, beyond Israel's 1949 Armistice lines,
        including East Jerusalem.
            (4) At its 32nd session in March 2017, the UNHRC is
        considering a resolution pursuant to agenda item 7 to withhold
        assistance from and prevent trade with ``territories occupied
        since 1967'', including East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the
        Golan Heights, stating that businesses that engage in economic
        activity in those areas could face civil or criminal legal
        action.
            (5) For a half century, Congress has combated anti-Israel
        boycotts and other discriminatory activity under the Export
        Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to
        the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
        et seq.)), under part VI of title X of the Tax Reform Act of
        1976 (Public Law 94-455; 90 Stat. 1649) (commonly referred to
        as the ``Ribicoff Amendment''), in free trade agreements with
        Bahrain and Oman, and in Saudi Arabia's accession negotiations
        to the World Trade Organization.
            (6) The recent action of the UNHRC is reminiscent of the
        Arab League Boycott, which also called for the establishment of
        a ``blacklist'' and promoted a primary, as well as a secondary
        and tertiary, boycott against Israel, targeting United States
        and other companies that trade or invest with or in Israel,
        designed to harm Israel, any business operating in, or doing
        business with, Israel, or companies that do business with
        companies operating in Israel.
            (7) Congress recently passed anti-boycott, divestment, and
        sanctions measures in the Bipartisan Congressional Trade
        Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4201 et
        seq.) and section 909 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade
        Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4452), which establish,
        among other things--
                    (A) the opposition of the United States to actions
                to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel;
                    (B) requirements that the United States utilize
                trade negotiations to combat state-led or international
                governmental organization-led actions to boycott,
                divest from, or sanction Israel; and
                    (C) reporting requirements regarding the actions of
                foreign countries or international organizations that
                establish barriers to trade or investment for United
                States companies in or with Israel.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    Congress--
            (1) opposes the United Nations Human Rights Council
        resolution of March 24, 2016, which urges countries to pressure
        their own companies to divest from, or break contracts with,
        Israel, and calls for the creation of a ``blacklist'' of
        companies that either operate, or have business relations with
        entities that operate, beyond Israel's 1949 Armistice lines,
        including East Jerusalem;
            (2) views such policies as actions to boycott, divest from,
        or sanction Israel; and
            (3) in order to counter the effects of actions to boycott,
        divest from, or sanction Israel, encourages full implementation
        of the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014
        (Public Law 113-296; 128 Stat. 4075) through enhanced,
        governmentwide, coordinated United States-Israel scientific and
        technological cooperation in civilian areas such as with
        respect to energy, water, agriculture, alternative fuel
        technology, civilian space technology, and security.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN BOYCOTTS UNDER
              EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979.

    (a) Declaration of Policy.--Section 3(5) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4602(5)) (as continued in effect
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.)) is amended--
            (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) to oppose--
                            ``(i) restrictive trade practices or
                        boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign
                        countries, or requests to impose restrictive
                        trade practices or boycotts by foreign
                        countries, against other countries friendly to
                        the United States or against any United States
                        person; and
                            ``(ii) restrictive trade practices or
                        boycotts fostered or imposed by any
                        international governmental organization against
                        Israel or requests to impose restrictive trade
                        practices or boycotts by any international
                        governmental organization against Israel;'';
                        and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``which have the
        effect'' and all the follows and inserting the following:
        ``which have the effect of furthering or supporting--
                            ``(i) restrictive trade practices or
                        boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign
                        country, or requests to impose restrictive
                        trade practices or boycotts by any foreign
                        country, against a country friendly to the
                        United States or against any United States
                        person; and
                            ``(ii) restrictive trade practices or
                        boycotts fostered or imposed by any
                        international governmental organization against
                        Israel or requests to impose restrictive trade
                        practices or boycotts by any international
                        governmental organization against Israel;
                        and''.
    (b) Foreign Boycotts.--Section 8 of the Export Administration Act
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4607) (as continued in effect pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.))
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, or request to impose
                        any boycott by a foreign country,'' after ``a
                        foreign country'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``, or support any
                        boycott fostered or imposed by any
                        international governmental organization against
                        Israel or request to impose any boycott by any
                        international governmental organization against
                        Israel'' after ``pursuant to United States law
                        or regulation'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or
                international governmental organization (as the case
                may be)'' after ``of the boycotting country''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, or requesting the
                        furnishing of information,'' after ``Furnishing
                        information''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or with the
                        international governmental organization (as the
                        case may be)'' after ``in the boycotting
                        country''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, or requests to impose
                restrictive trade practices or boycotts by foreign
                countries,'' after ``foreign countries''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or restrictive trade practices
                or boycotts fostered or imposed by any international
                governmental organization against Israel or requests to
                impose restrictive trade practices or boycotts by any
                international governmental organization against
                Israel'' before the period at the end.
    (c) Violations of Section 8(a).--Section 11 of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4610) (as continued in effect
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.)) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or (j)'' after
        ``subsection (b)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Violations of Section 8(a).--Whoever knowingly violates or
conspires to or attempts to violate any provision of section 8(a) or
any regulation, order, or license issued thereunder shall be fined in
accordance with section 206 of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705).''.
    (d) Definition of International Governmental Organization.--Section
16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as
continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs
        (8) and (9), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) the term `international governmental organization'
        includes the United Nations and the European Union;''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect
to actions described in section 8(a) of the Export Administration Act
of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) taken or knowingly agreed
to be taken on or after such date of enactment.
    (f) Implementation.--The President shall implement the amendments
made by this section by exercising the authorities of the President
under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.).

SEC. 5. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES RELATING TO BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL UNDER
              EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ACT OF 1945.

    Section 2(b)(1)(B) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C.
635(b)(1)(B)) is amended in the sixth sentence by inserting after
``child labor),'' the following: ``or opposing policies and actions
that are politically motivated and are intended to penalize or
otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with citizens or
residents of Israel, entities organized under the laws of Israel, or
the Government of Israel,''.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--In this Act:
            (1) Actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction israel.--
        The term ``actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction
        Israel'' has the meaning given that term in section
        102(b)(20)(B) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities
        and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4201(b)(20)(B)).
            (2) International governmental organization.--The term
        ``international governmental organization'' includes the United
        Nations and the European Union.
            (3) Politically motivated.--The term ``politically
        motivated'' means actions to impede or constrain commerce with
        Israel that are intended to coerce political action from or
        impose policy positions on Israel.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to alter the established policy of the United States or to
establish new United States policy concerning final status issues
associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict, including border
delineation, that can only be resolved through direct negotiations
between the parties.

Summary: Israel Anti-Boycott Act This bill declares that Congress: (1) opposes the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution of March 24, 2016, which urges countries to pressure companies to divest from, or break contracts with, Israel. And (2) encourages full implementation of the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 through enhanced, governmentwide, coordinated US-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas. The bill amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare that it shall be US policy to oppose: requests by foreign countries to impose restrictive practices or boycotts against other countries friendly to the United States or against US persons. And restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by an international governmental organization, or requests to impose such practices or boycotts, against Israel. The bill prohibits any US person engaged interstate or foreign commerce from supporting: any request by a foreign country to impose any boycott against a country that is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of any form of boycott pursuant to United States law or regulation, or any boycott fostered or imposed by any international governmental organization against Israel or any request by any international governmental organization to impose such a boycott. The bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to include as a reason for the Export-Import Bank to deny credit applications for the export of goods and services between the United States and foreign countries, opposition to policies and actions that are politically motivated and are intended to penalize or otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with citizens or residents of Israel, entities organized under the laws of Israel, or the government of Israel.

Israel Anti-Boycott Act


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Chronic Care Practice
Research Network Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Two-thirds of all Medicare spending involves
        beneficiaries living with 5 or more chronic conditions.
            (2) Eighty-four percent of people ages 65 to 70 live with
        at least one of the following chronic conditions: hypertension,
        heart disease or heart attack, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, or
        high cholesterol.
            (3) Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions are more
        likely to undergo duplicative tests, receive contradictory
        information from their healthcare providers, experience adverse
        responses to medications, and undergo hospital visits that
        could have been prevented.
            (4) Both traditional fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare
        Advantage are not currently configured to meet the unique needs
        of beneficiaries living with multiple chronic conditions.
            (5) Care for these patients is typically fragmented and
        delivered by multiple providers working at multiple sites.
            (6) Medicare has implemented a number of demonstration
        projects focused on ways to improve care for beneficiaries with
        multiple chronic conditions, yet there has been limited
        translation of evidence-based results to the wider chronic care
        community in a timely manner.
            (7) As the population of Medicare beneficiaries living with
        multiple chronic conditions continues to increase, the Centers
        for Medicare & Medicaid Services should seek more effective
        actions to test various care models, analyze the outcomes, and
        implement evidence-based best practices as soon as possible.
            (8) The United States Government should partner with
        qualified and experienced health care institutions already
        serving these beneficiaries to effectively and efficiently
        develop, evaluate, and translate improvements in coordinated
        care for them. Generating this information and supporting its
        translation into clinical practice will serve beneficiaries far
        more effectively.

SEC. 3. MEDICARE CHRONIC CARE PRACTICE RESEARCH NETWORK TO DEVELOP AND
              APPLY IMPROVED PRACTICES IN COORDINATED CARE FOR MEDICARE
              BENEFICIARIES WITH MULTIPLE, CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
        Services (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'')
        shall establish in accordance with this section a Medicare
        Chronic Care Practice Research Network (in this section
        referred to as the ``Network'').
            (2) Duration.--The initial period of the Network shall be
        not less than five years. The Secretary may extend or make
        permanent the Network if the Network's performance demonstrates
        benefit to the Medicare program.
    (b) Purpose and Duties of Network.--
            (1) Purpose.--The purpose of the Network is to enable
        highly qualified providers, including providers participating
        in the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration under section
        1807 of the Social Security Act (in this section referred to as
        the ``MCCD''), to form a stable and flexible research
        infrastructure that accelerates the development and deployment
        of evidence-based chronic care management practices for
        Medicare beneficiaries with multiple, chronic conditions.
            (2) Duties of the network.--
                    (A) In general.--The Network shall develop and
                evaluate evidence-based chronic care management
                practices for Medicare beneficiaries who have two or
                more chronic illnesses, with a focus on such
                beneficiaries who are provided benefits under the
                Medicare fee-for-service program and whose care is most
                costly.
                    (B) Specific duties.--The Network shall--
                            (i) research, design, implement, test, and
                        validate specific interventions designed to
                        improve care management for Medicare
                        beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions;
                        and
                            (ii) provide a reproducible, reliable, and
                        scalable framework to standardize and translate
                        best practices for all Medicare beneficiaries.
            (3) Financial support.--The Network shall provide financial
        support in the following areas:
                    (A) Collaboration.--Support of collaboration and
                networking, including conference calls, meetings, and
                other forms of communication between and among Network
                project sites, of publication of guidelines and
                findings, and of development and dissemination of
                information on proven, common care management
                practices.
                    (B) Infrastructure.--Support of research and
                infrastructure for Network project sites, which may be
                based upon enrollment size and success of such sites in
                realizing targets and compliance with data submission
                requirements.
                    (C) Patient recruitment and care management.--
                Support of patient recruitment and care management at
                Network project sites for the delivery of specific
                services and ongoing testing of improvements to large
                patient panels.
                    (D) Evaluation.--Support of internal and external
                evaluation activities, including evaluation activities
                conducted at individual Network project sites and the
                Network.
            (4) Establishment of target enrollment numbers.--The
        Secretary and the Network shall jointly develop, based on
        demographics and previous history, target enrollment numbers
        for each Network project site.
    (c) Board of Directors.--
            (1) Membership.--
                    (A) In general.--The Network shall have a Board of
                Directors (in this section referred to as the
                ``Board'') composed of the following:
                            (i) CMS administrator.--The Administrator
                        of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
                        Services, who shall serve as chairman of the
                        Board and head of the Network.
                            (ii) Ex officio members.--
                                    (I) The Director of the Agency for
                                Health Research and Quality.
                                    (II) The Director of the National
                                Institute on Aging.
                                    (III) Representatives of other
                                Federal health care and research agency
                                officials, as selected by the
                                Secretary.
                            (iii) Appointed members.--Members appointed
                        under subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Appointed members.--
                            (i) Initial appointment.--The Secretary
                        shall appoint at least 8 individuals to serve
                        on the Board, including one individual
                        representing each MCCD site.
                            (ii) Additional members.--The Secretary may
                        appoint additional members to the Board to the
                        extent the Secretary determines, including
                        individuals who represent Network project sites
                        not otherwise represented under clause (i).
                            (iii) Term.--The term of office of each
                        member of the Board appointed under this
                        subparagraph shall be five years.
                    (C) Vacancy.--Any vacancy in the membership of the
                Board--
                            (i) shall not affect the power of the
                        remaining members to execute the duties of the
                        Board; and
                            (ii) shall be filled by appointment by the
                        Secretary.
            (2) Project evaluations.--The Board shall provide for both
        an internal and external evaluation of each Network project
        site.
            (3) Initial meeting.--Not later than 60 days after the date
        members are first appointed under paragraph (1)(B), the
        Secretary shall convene a meeting of the members of the Board
        to--
                    (A) initiate the Network; and
                    (B) begin the planning phase of the Network.
    (d) Biennial Reports.--
            (1) Congressional reports.--Beginning not later than 2
        years after the date of the establishment of the Network, the
        Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of
        Congress biennial reports on the Network. Each report shall
        include at least the following:
                    (A) A report on progress made toward developing an
                efficient and effective research infrastructure capable
                of robustly testing new interventions and models of
                care for chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries in a
                timely manner.
                    (B) An evaluation of the overall quality,
                satisfaction, and cost effectiveness of interventions
                tested.
                    (C) An evaluation of the capability of the Network
                to define and test specifications needed to deploy
                successful interventions on a large geographic or
                nationwide scale without loss of effectiveness.
                    (D) A description of benefits to the Medicare
                program resulting from increased collaboration and
                partnership between Network sites.
                    (E) Any other information regarding the Network
                that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
            (2) Public reports on care models.--Every two years, the
        Network shall develop and the Secretary shall issue a public
        report of recommended practices and guidelines for chronic care
        that summarizes the care models the Network has found to be
        most effective in managing Medicare beneficiaries with
        multiple, chronic problems.
    (e) Waiver.--The Secretary shall waive such provisions of title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) as may be
necessary for the Network to conduct activities under this section.
    (f) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated from the
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1817 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) and from the Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Fund under section 1841 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395t), in such proportions as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate, $60,000,000. Such amount shall be available to carry out
this section during a 5-fiscal-year period.
    (g) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Medicare program.--The term ``Medicare program'' means
        the programs under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
            (2) Network project site.--The term ``Network project
        site'' means the site of a chronic care management program
        conducted under the authority of the Network.

Summary: Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network to develop and evaluate evidence-based chronic care management for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple, chronic conditions, with a focus on beneficiaries under the Medicare fee-for-service program whose care is most costly.

To establish a Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network to develop and apply improved practices in care management for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple, chronic conditions.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hass Avocado Quality Assurance Act
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Hass avocados are an integral food source in the United
        States that are a valuable and healthy part of the human diet
        and are enjoyed by millions of persons every year for a
        multitude of everyday and special occasions.
            (2) Hass avocados are a significant tree fruit crop grown
        by many individual producers both domestically and abroad.
            (3) Hass avocados move in interstate and foreign commerce
        and Hass avocados that do not move in interstate or foreign
        channels of commerce but only in intrastate commerce directly
        affect interstate commerce of Hass avocados.
            (4) The maintenance and expansion of markets in existence
        on the date of enactment of this Act, and the development of
        new or improved markets or uses for Hass avocados, are needed
        to preserve and strengthen the economic viability of the
        domestic Hass avocado industry for the benefit of producers,
        importers, and other persons associated with the producing,
        importing, marketing, processing, and consuming of Hass
        avocados.
            (5) The marketing of immature Hass avocados adversely
        affects demand for all Hass avocados because immature avocados
        are unpalatable and unfit for human consumption and, when
        marketed, result in dissatisfied customers who will cease
        purchasing Hass avocados.
            (6) There is no better method of ensuring the maturity of
        Hass avocados than through requiring that Hass avocados meet an
        established mandatory minimum maturity standard, as measured by
        percentage of dry matter.
            (7) The application of consistent and mandatory minimum
        maturity standards for all Hass avocados is necessary for the
        maintenance, expansion, and development of markets for Hass
        avocados.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to set forth certain
mandatory quality standards in the form of mandatory minimum maturity
requirements for all Hass avocados, and to provide the Secretary with
the authority necessary to ensure that such standards are met, with the
intention of--
            (1) strengthening the position of the Hass avocado industry
        in the domestic marketplace; and
            (2) maintaining, developing, and expanding markets and uses
        for Hass avocados.

SEC. 3. MATURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR HASS AVOCADOS.

    Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 209. MATURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR HASS AVOCADOS.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of the Hass Avocado Quality Assurance Act of 2007, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall issue final regulations to ensure that
all Hass avocados sold to consumers in the United States meet the
minimum maturity standards (as measured by percentage of dry matter)
for sale to a consumer of the State of California, as required by
regulations issued pursuant to chapter 9 of division 17 of the
California Food and Agricultural Code or any succeeding provision of
California law governing the minimum maturity standards of Hass
avocados for sale to a consumer.
    ``(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) and the regulations issued
pursuant to subsection (a) shall not apply to Hass avocados--
            ``(1) intended for consumption by charitable institutions;
            ``(2) intended for distribution by relief agencies;
            ``(3) intended for commercial processing into products; or
            ``(4) that the Secretary determines should not be subject
        to such subsection or such regulations.
    ``(c) Use of Existing Inspectors.--The Secretary shall, to the
greatest extent practicable, use inspectors that inspect avocados for
compliance with section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C.
608e-1), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937, to conduct inspections under this section.
    ``(d) Penalties.--
            ``(1) Diversion.--The Secretary may divert, export, or
        repack and reinspect any Hass avocados that do not meet the
        requirements of this section or the regulations issued pursuant
        to this section.
            ``(2) Civil penalties.--The Secretary may require any
        person who violates this section or the regulations issued
        pursuant to this section to--
                    ``(A) forfeit to the United States a sum equal to
                the value of the commodity at the time of violation,
                which forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit
                brought in the name of the United States; or
                    ``(B) on conviction, be fined not less than $50 or
                more than $5,000 for each violation.
    ``(e) Fees.--The Secretary may prescribe and collect fees to cover
the costs of providing for the inspection of Hass avocados under this
section. All fees and penalties collected shall be credited to the
accounts that incur such costs and shall remain available until
expended without fiscal year limitation.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
section.''.

SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act or the amendment made by this Act, or
the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is
held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the amendment made by this
Act, and the application of such provision to other persons not
similarly situated or to other circumstances, shall not be affected by
such invalidation.

Summary: Hass Avocado Quality Assurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for mandatory minimum maturity standards for all domestic and imported Hass avocados sold to consumers in California. Provides exceptions for commercial processing and charitable and relief uses. Sets forth penalty provisions.

A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for the application of mandatory minimum maturity standards applicable to all domestic and imported Hass avocados.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``The Small Watershed Rehabilitation
Amendments of 1998''.

SEC. 2. REHABILITATION OF WATER RESOURCE STRUCTURAL MEASURES
              CONSTRUCTED UNDER CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
              PROGRAMS.

    The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 14. REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURAL MEASURES NEAR, AT, OR PAST
              THEIR EVALUATED LIFE EXPECTANCY.

    ``(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Rehabilitation.--The term `rehabilitation', with
        respect to a structural measure constructed as part of a
        covered water resource project, means the completion of all
        work necessary to extend the service life of the structural
        measure and meet applicable safety and performance standards.
        This may include (A) protecting the integrity of the structural
        measure, or prolonging the useful life of the structural
        measure, beyond the original evaluated life expectancy, (B)
        correcting damage to the structural measure from a catastrophic
        event, (C) correcting the deterioration of structural
        components that are deteriorating at an abnormal rate, or (D)
        upgrading the structural measure to meet changed land use
        conditions in the watershed served by the structural measure or
        changed safety criteria applicable to the structural measure.
            ``(2) Covered water resource project.--The term `covered
        water resource project' means a work of improvement carried out
        under any of the following:
                    ``(A) This Act.
                    ``(B) Section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1944
                (Public Law 78-534; 58 Stat. 905).
                    ``(C) The pilot watershed program authorized under
                the heading `Flood Prevention' of the Department of
                Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1954 (Public Law 156; 67
                Stat. 214).
                    ``(D) Subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture and
                Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451 et seq.; commonly
                known as the Resource Conservation and Development
                Program).
            ``(3) Eligible local organization.--The term `eligible
        local organization' means a local organization or appropriate
        State agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of
        structural measures constructed as part of a covered water
        resource project.
            ``(4) Structural measure.--The term ``structural measure''
        means a physical improvement that impounds water and was
        constructed as part of a covered water resource project.
    ``(b) Cost Share Assistance For Rehabilitation.--
            ``(1) Amount and use.--The Secretary may provide financial
        assistance to an eligible local organization to assist the
        local organization with the rehabilitation of structural
        measures originally constructed as part of a covered water
        resource project. The amount of the financial assistance for a
        particular rehabilitation project may not exceed 65 percent of
        the total rehabilitation costs for the structural measures
        included in the rehabilitation project. The total costs of
        rehabilitation may include financial assistance to pay for
        costs associated with the rehabilitation project, including
        land, easements, and rights-of-ways costs, costs of water,
        mineral and other resource rights, rehabilitation project
        administration, and contracting.
            ``(2) Relation to land use and development regulations.--As
        a condition on entering into an agreement to provide financial
        assistance under this subsection, the Secretary, working in
        concert with the eligible local organization, may require that
        proper zoning or other developmental regulations are in place
        in the watershed in which the structural measures to be
        rehabilitated under the agreement are located so that--
                    ``(A) the completed rehabilitation project is not
                quickly rendered inadequate by additional development;
                and
                    ``(B) society can realize the full benefits of the
                rehabilitation investment.
    ``(c) Technical Assistance For Watershed Project Rehabilitation.--
The Secretary may provide technical assistance in planning, designing,
and implementing rehabilitation projects should an eligible local
organization request such assistance. Such assistance may consist of
specialists in such fields as engineering, geology, soils, agronomy,
biology, hydraulics, hydrology, economics, water quality, and contract
administration.
    ``(d) Prohibited Use.--
            ``(1) Performance of operation and maintenance.--
        Rehabilitation assistance provided under this section may not
        be used to perform operation and maintenance activities
        specified in the agreement for the covered water resource
        project entered into between the Secretary and the eligible
        local organization responsible for the works of improvement.
        Such operation and maintenance activities shall remain the
        responsibility of the local organization, as provided in the
        project work plan.
            ``(2) Renegotiation.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), as
        part of the provision of financial assistance under subsection
        (b), the Secretary may renegotiate the original agreement for
        the covered water resource project entered into between the
        Secretary and the eligible local organization regarding
        responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the
        project.
    ``(e) Application For Rehabilitation Assistance.--An eligible local
organization may apply to the Secretary for technical and financial
assistance under this section if the application has also been
submitted to and approved by the State agency having supervisory
responsibility over the covered water resource project at issue or, if
there is no State agency having such responsibility, by the Governor of
the State. The Secretary shall request the State dam safety officer (or
equivalent State official) to be involved in the application process if
State permits or approvals are required. The rehabilitation of
structural measures shall meet standards established by the Secretary
and address other dam safety issues. Personnel of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture shall assist in
preparing applications for assistance.
    ``(f) Justification For Rehabilitation Assistance.--In order to
qualify for technical or financial assistance under this authority, the
Secretary shall require the rehabilitation project to be performed in
the most cost-effective manner that accomplishes the rehabilitation
objective. Since the requirements for accomplishing the rehabilitation
are generally for public health and safety reasons, in many instances
being mandated by other State or Federal laws, benefit-cost analysis
and a positive benefit cost-ratio will not be required. The benefits of
and the requirements for the rehabilitation project shall be documented
to ensure the wise and responsible use of Federal funds.
    ``(g) Ranking of Requests For Rehabilitation Assistance.--The
Secretary shall establish such system of approving rehabilitation
requests, recognizing that such requests will be received throughout
the fiscal year and subject to the availability of funds to carry out
this section, as is necessary for proper administration by the
Department of Agriculture and equitable for all eligible local
organizations. The approval process shall be in writing, and made known
to all eligible local organizations and appropriate State agencies.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $60,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2008
to carry out this section.
    ``(i) Assessment of Rehabilitation Needs.--Of the amount
appropriated pursuant to subsection (h) for both fiscal year 1999 and
2000, $5,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary, in concert with the
responsible State agencies, to conduct an assessment of the
rehabilitation needs of covered water resource projects in all States
in which such projects are located.
    ``(j) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit an annual report to
Congress providing the status of activities conducted under this
section. An eligible local organization that receives rehabilitation
assistance shall make an annual report to the Secretary giving the
status of any rehabilitation effort undertaken using financial
assistance provided under this section.''.

Summary: Small Watershed Rehabilitation Amendments of 1998 - Amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to an eligible local organization for the rehabilitation of structural measures originally constructed as part of a covered water resource project. Limits the amount of such assistance to 65 percent of total rehabilitation costs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to a requesting organization in planning, designing, and implementing rehabilitation projects. Prohibits any assistance authorized under this Act from being used to perform operation and maintenance activities. Outlines assistance application requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a system of approving rehabilitation assistance requests from eligible organizations equitably. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2008. Earmarks funds authorized for the first two fiscal years for an assessment by the Secretary of the rehabilitation needs of covered projects.