SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Impaired Waters Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Covered tmdl.--The term ``covered TMDL'' means a total
        maximum daily load for nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment
        established under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution
        Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d)).
            (3) Covered tmdl jurisdiction.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``covered TMDL
                jurisdiction'' means a geographic area that is subject
                to a covered TMDL.
                    (B) Inclusion of chesapeake bay.--The term
                ``covered TMDL jurisdiction'' includes the geographic
                area subject to total maximum daily load for pollutants
                for the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries
                established by the Administrator on December 29, 2010,
                and noticed at 76 Fed. Reg. 549 (January 5, 2011).
            (4) Publicly owned stormwater management practices.--The
        term ``publicly owned stormwater management practices'' means
        techniques for managing and treating rainwater runoff that are
        the responsibility of the public sector, including, and by
        order of preference, practices which--
                    (A) utilize or mimic natural infiltration of
                rainwater into the ground;
                    (B) hold and treat runoff by allowing plant
                materials to take up pollutants; and
                    (C) capture runoff and hold it for a period of time
                sufficient to allow pollutants to settle out or
                evaporate, and which substantially reduce the volume of
                runoff in local waters during peak runoff periods.
            (5) Treatment works.--The term ``treatment works'' has the
        meaning given the term in section 212 of the Federal Water
        Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292).

SEC. 3. GRANTS TO ASSIST COVERED TMDL JURISDICTIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency may make grants to the owner or operator of--
            (1) a publicly owned treatment works serving a covered TMDL
        jurisdiction;
            (2) publicly owned storm water management practices serving
        a covered TMDL jurisdiction; or
            (3) a privately owned farm implementing methods to reduce
        discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment in a covered
        TMDL jurisdiction.
    (b) Applications.--
            (1) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under this
        section, an owner or operator referred to in subsection (a)
        shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time,
        in such form, and containing such information as the
        Administrator may require.
            (2) Required information.--The application, at a minimum,
        shall contain a description of how the amounts of the grant
        will be used to assist the applicant in meeting a covered TMDL.
    (c) Award of Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
        Administrator shall award grants to applicants under this
        section on a competitive basis.
            (2) Considerations.--In awarding grants to applicants under
        this section, the Administrator shall consider--
                    (A) the demonstrated need of the applicant for the
                grant; and
                    (B) with respect to the project to be funded using
                the grant--
                            (i) the effectiveness of any technologies
                        that will be used;
                            (ii) the ecological sensitivity of the
                        geographic area involved; and
                            (iii) whether the use of existing
                        facilities, if any, will be maximized.
    (d) Use of Grants.--
            (1) In general.--A recipient of a grant under this section
        shall use the amounts of the grant to implement methods to
        reduce discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment--
                    (A) using proven technology and practices; or
                    (B) using an innovative practice, subject to a
                determination by the Administrator that the innovative
                practice is reasonably expected to reduce the
                discharges.
            (2) Grants to farms.--
                    (A) Engineering or consultation work for water
                storage projects.--In the case of a grant made to an
                owner or operator referred to in subsection (a)(3),
                amounts of the grant may be used for engineering or
                consultation work in designing a water storage project
                if--
                            (i) the project complies with the
                        limitation in paragraph (3); and
                            (ii) the project is completed within 5
                        years of the date of receipt of the grant.
                    (B) Repayment of certain grant amounts.--The
                Administrator shall require repayment of a grant made
                to carry out a project described in subparagraph (A) if
                the project is not completed within 5 years of the date
                of receipt of the grant.
            (3) Limitation.--A recipient of a grant under this section
        may not use the amounts of the grant--
                    (A) to pay the salary of any individual who is
                employed by the recipient as of the date of receipt of
                the grant; or
                    (B) to pay the salary of any individual hired by
                the recipient after that date unless--
                            (i) the individual is an expert in the
                        field of reducing discharges from treatment
                        works; and
                            (ii) the recipient can demonstrate, to the
                        satisfaction of the Administrator, that the
                        individual will assist in meeting a covered
                        TMDL.
    (e) Grant Amount.--The Administrator may not make grants under this
section to a grant recipient in an amount that exceeds $2,000,000 in a
fiscal year.
    (f) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a program or
activity carried out using amounts from a grant received under this
section may not exceed two-thirds of the cost of the program or
activity.

SEC. 4. IMPAIRED WATERS IMPROVEMENT FUND.

    (a) Increase in Civil Penalties.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall prescribe by
        regulation an increase in the amount of a civil penalty
        assessed for a violation of the Federal Water Pollution Control
        Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
            (2) Amount of increase.--The amount of the increase shall
        be 5 percent of the civil penalty amount determined under that
        Act for the violation.
            (3) Applicability.--The regulations shall apply the
        increased civil penalty amount only to violations occurring
        after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Establishment of Impaired Waters Improvement Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of
        the United States a trust fund to be known as the Impaired
        Waters Improvement Fund.
            (2) Transfer to fund.--There are hereby appropriated to the
        Impaired Waters Improvement Fund for each of fiscal years 2015
        through 2019 amounts equivalent to amounts received in the
        Treasury that are attributable to increases in civil penalty
        amounts assessed pursuant to subsection (a) or $100,000,000,
        whichever is less.
            (3) Expenditures.--Amounts in the Impaired Waters
        Improvement Fund shall be available, as provided in
        appropriations Acts, for making expenditures to carry out
        section 3.

Summary: Impaired Waters Improvement Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to reduce the discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment (pollutants) in an area that is subject to a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for those pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act . Makes eligible for grants the owners and operators of: (1) publicly owned treatment works or storm water management practices serving areas subject to the TMDLs, or (2) privately owned farms implementing methods to reduce discharges of those pollutants in those areas. Directs the Administrator to increase by 5 the civil penalty for violations of the Clean Water Act. Establishes the Impaired Waters Improvement Fund for making expenditures to carry out the grant program. Transfers for each of FY2015-FY2019 the amount attributable to the penalty increase or $100 million, whichever is less, to the Fund.

Impaired Waters Improvement Act


That this Act may be
cited as the ``College Construction Loan Insurance Association
Privatization Act of 1995''.

                         findings and purposes

    Sec. 2. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) the College Construction Loan Insurance Association
        (hereinafter referred to as ``the Corporation'') was
        established by the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 (Public
        Law 99-498) in order to assist in financing the construction,
        reconstruction, renovation, acquisition, or purchase of
        postsecondary education facilities;
            (2) in order to attract initial investors and establish the
        Corporation as a viable corporate entity, the Secretary of
        Education was required by statute to purchase a minority equity
        interest in the Corporation;
            (3) it was the intent of Congress, in establishing the
        Corporation, that the Federal Government's ownership interest
        in the Corporation would eventually terminate through the sale
        of the stock of the Corporation owned by the Secretary of
        Education;
            (4) current statutory restrictions on the Corporation's
        business activities and organization impede the Corporation's
        efforts to operate effectively and to provide the services
        needed by educational institutions; and
            (5) eliminating all statutory restrictions on the
        Corporation's business activities, as well as other links
        between the Federal Government and the Corporation, would--
                    (A) eliminate a Federal presence where the
                operation of market forces would be more suitable and
                contribute toward reducing the scope of Government;
                    (B) improve the ability of the Corporation to
                provide assistance in the financing of education
                facilities; and
                    (C) return funds to the United States Treasury.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) terminate, in an orderly manner, the Corporation's
        financial and other connections to the United States
        Government; and
            (2) enable the Corporation to engage in any business or
        other activities for which corporations may be organized under
        the laws of any State of the United States or the District of
        Columbia.

    status of the corporation and corporate powers; obligations not
                          federally guaranteed

    Sec. 3. (a) Status of the Corporation.--The Corporation shall not
be an agency, instrumentality, or establishment of the United States
Government and shall not be a ``Government corporation'' nor a
``Government controlled corporation'' as defined in section 103 of
title 5, United States Code. No action under section 1491 of title 28,
United States Code (commonly known as the Tucker Act) shall be
allowable against the United States based on the actions of the
Corporation.
    (b) Corporate Powers.--The Corporation shall be subject to the
provisions of this Act, and, to the extent not inconsistent with this
Act, to the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act (or the
comparable law of another State, if applicable). The Corporation shall
have the powers conferred upon a corporation by the District of
Columbia Business Corporation Act (or such other applicable State law)
as from time to time in effect in order to conduct its affairs as a
private, for-profit corporation and to carry out its purposes and
activities incidental thereto. The Corporation shall have the power to
enter into contracts, to execute instruments, to incur liabilities, to
provide products and services, and to do all things as are necessary or
incidental to the proper management of its affairs and the efficient
operation of a private, for-profit business.
    (c) No Federal Guarantee.--
            (1) Obligations insured by the corporation.--
                    (A) No obligation that is insured, guaranteed, or
                otherwise backed by the Corporation shall be deemed to
                be an obligation that is guaranteed by the full faith
                and credit of the United States.
                    (B) No obligation that is insured, guaranteed, or
                otherwise backed by the Corporation shall be deemed to
                be an obligation that is guaranteed by the Student Loan
                Marketing Association.
                    (C) This paragraph shall not affect the
                determination of whether such obligation is guaranteed
                for purposes of Federal income taxes.
            (2) Securities offered by the corporation.--No debt or
        equity securities of the Corporation shall be deemed to be
        guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
    (d) Definition.--The term ``Corporation'' as used in this Act shall
refer to the College Construction Loan Insurance Association as in
existence as of the day before enactment of this Act, and to any
successor corporation.

                   related privatization requirements

    Sec. 4. (a) Notice Requirements.--
            (1) During the six-year period following the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall include, in each
        of the Corporation's contracts for the insurance, guarantee, or
        reinsurance of obligations, and in each document offering debt
        or equity securities of the Corporation a prominent statement
        providing notice that--
                    (A) such obligations or such securities, as the
                case may be, are not obligations of the United States,
                nor are they guaranteed in any way by the full faith
                and credit of the United States; and
                    (B) the Corporation is not an instrumentality of
                the United States.
            (2) During the five-year period following the sale of stock
        pursuant to section 5(a), in addition to the notice
        requirements in paragraph (1), the Corporation shall include,
        in each of the contracts and documents referred to in such
        paragraph, a prominent statement providing notice that the
        United States is not an investor in the Corporation.
    (b) Corporate Charter.--The Corporation's charter shall be amended
as necessary and without delay to conform to the requirements of this
Act.
    (c) Corporate Name.--The name of the Corporation, or of any direct
or indirect subsidiary thereof, may not contain the term ``College
Construction Loan Insurance Association'', or any substantially similar
variation thereof.
    (d) Transitional Requirements.--
            (1) Requirements until stock sale.--Notwithstanding section
        6, the requirements of sections 754 and 760 of the Higher
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., hereinafter
        referred to as ``the Act''), as in existence as of the day
        before enactment of this Act, shall continue to be effective
        until the day immediately following the date of closing of the
        purchase of the Secretary's stock (or the date of closing of
        the final purchase, in the case of multiple transactions)
        pursuant to section 5(a) of this Act.
            (2) Reports after stock sale.--The Corporation shall, not
        later than March 30 of the first full calendar year immediately
        following the sale pursuant to section 5(a), and each of the
        two succeeding years, submit to the Secretary of Education a
        report describing the Corporation's efforts to assist in the
        financing of education facilities projects, including projects
         for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational
institution infrastructure, and detailing, on a project-by-project
basis, the Corporation's business dealings with educational
institutions that are rated by a nationally recognized statistical
rating organization at or below the organization's third highest
rating.

                     sale of federally-owned stock

    Sec. 5. (a) Sale of Stock Required.--The Secretary of the Treasury
shall, upon the request of the Secretary of Education, make every
appropriate effort to sell, pursuant to section 324 of title 31 of the
United States Code, the voting common stock of the Corporation owned by
the Secretary of Education not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Purchase by the Corporation.--In the event that the Secretary
of the Treasury is unable to sell the voting common stock, or any
portion thereof, at a price acceptable to the Secretary of Education
and the Secretary of the Treasury within the period specified in
subsection (a), the Corporation shall purchase such stock at a price
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of Education, based on the independent appraisal of one or
more nationally recognized financial firms. Such firm or firms shall be
selected by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the
Secretary of Education and the Corporation.
    (c) Reimbursement of Costs of Sale.--The Secretary of the Treasury
shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of the sale of the stock under
this section for all reasonable costs related to such sale, including
all reasonable expenses relating to one or more independent appraisals
under this section.
    (d) Assistance by the Corporation.--The Corporation shall provide
such assistance as the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of
Education may require to facilitate the sale of the stock under this
section.

        repeal of statutory restrictions and related provisions

    Sec. 6. Part D of Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is repealed.

Summary: College Construction Loan Insurance Association Privatization Act of 1995 - Provides for the privatization and renaming of the College Construction Loan Insurance Association, and the cessation of Federal sponsorship. Repeals provisions for such Association under the Higher Education Act of 1965.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sport Fish Restoration and
Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL AID IN FISH RESTORATION ACT.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a section or other provision of the Federal Aid in Fish
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.).

SEC. 3. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``of fiscal years 2006
        through 2011,'' and inserting ``fiscal year through 2017,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``of fiscal
                years 2006 through 2011,'' and inserting ``fiscal year
                through 2017,'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``each of
                        fiscal years 2001 and 2002, $9,000,000;'' and
                        inserting ``fiscal year 2012, $11,481,000;'';
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``2003,
                        $8,212,000;'' and inserting ``2013,
                        $11,870,000;''; and
                            (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ``2004''
                        and inserting ``2014''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Set-aside for boating safety.--
                            ``(i) From the annual appropriation made in
                        accordance with section 3, for each fiscal year
                        through 2017, the Secretary shall transfer to
                        the Secretary of the department in which the
                        Coast Guard is operating--
                                    ``(I) $6,500,000 for the purposes
                                set forth in section 13107(c) of title
                                46, United States Code;
                                    ``(II) $200,000 to fund the
                                National Boating Safety Advisory
                                Council established under section 13110
                                of Title 46, United States Code; and
                                    ``(III) not less than $6,000,000
                                for national boating safety activities
                                of national nonprofit public service
                                organizations, and such sums made
                                available for allocation and
                                distribution shall remain available
                                until expended.
                            ``(ii) The amounts specified in clause (i)
                        for a fiscal year may not be included in the
                        amount of the annual appropriation distributed
                        under subsection (a) for the fiscal year.'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ``subsection (e)''
        and inserting ``subsection (c)''; and
            (4) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``those
                subsections'' and inserting ``those paragraphs'';
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Maximum amount.--For fiscal year 2012, the Secretary
        of the Interior may use not more than $1,200,000 in accordance
        with paragraph (1). For each fiscal year thereafter, the
        maximum amount that the Secretary of the Interior may use in
        accordance with paragraph (1) shall be determined pursuant to
        paragraph (3).''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Annual adjusted maximum amount.--The maximum amount
        referred to in paragraph 2 for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal
        year thereafter shall be the sum of--
                    ``(A) the available maximum amount for the
                preceding fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) the amount determined by multiplying--
                            ``(i) the available maximum amount for the
                        preceding fiscal year; and
                            ``(ii) the change, relative to the
                        preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price
                        Index for All Urban Consumers published by the
                        Department of Labor.''.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS TO FUND.

    Section 9504(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
by striking ``2011,'' and inserting ``2017,''.

SEC. 5. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY.

    Section 13107 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``two'' and inserting
        ``1.5''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (a)(2)'' and inserting
                ``subsection (b)'';
                    (B) by striking ``(16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2)),'' and
                inserting ``(16 U.S.C. 777c(b)),''; and
                    (C) by striking ``$5,500,000'' and inserting
                ``$6,500,000''.

Summary: Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act to maintain through FY2017 the existing percentages of annual Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund appropriations distributed to: (1) the Secretary of the Interior for coastal wetlands distributions, the Clean Vessel Act, boating infrastructure, and national outreach and communications. And (2) the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for state recreational boating safety programs. Sets forth, through FY2017, separate set-aside amounts for: (1) the Secretary of the Interior for administration expenses of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act. And (2) the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for national recreational boating safety personnel and activities, the National Boating Safety Advisory Council, and national nonprofit boating safety public service organizations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend Fund transfer restriction exceptions until March 5, 2017. Revises the formulas for apportioning unobligated amounts among states and paying the costs of administering recreational boating safety programs.

A bill to amend the provisions of law relating to sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Verifying Official Totals for
Elections Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPOSIT OF ELECTION-DEDICATED VOTING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY IN
              NATIONAL SOFTWARE REFERENCE LIBRARY.

    (a) Deposit Required; Conditions for Disclosure.--Section 301(a) of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Prohibiting use of election-dedicated voting system
        technologies not deposited with national software reference
        library; disclosure requirements.--
                    ``(A) Prohibition.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A voting system used in
                        an election for Federal office in a State may
                        not at any time during the election contain or
                        use any election-dedicated voting system
                        technology which is not deposited by the State
                        (or, at the option of the State, by the vendor
                        of the technology) with the National Software
                        Reference Library of the National Institute of
                        Standards and Technology prior to the date of
                        the election, to be held in escrow and subject
                        to disclosure in accordance with subparagraph
                        (B).
                            ``(ii) Extension of deadline for deposit.--
                        If the chief State election official certifies
                        to the Director of the National Institute of
                        Standards and Technology prior to the date of
                        the election that, because of a revision to the
                        election-dedicated voting system technology
                        which is made less than 30 days prior to the
                        date of the election, the State or vendor is
                        unable to deposit the technology in accordance
                        with clause (i) prior to the date of the
                        election, the voting system used in the
                        election may contain or use the technology if--
                                    ``(I) the chief State election
                                official approves the use of the
                                technology for the election; and
                                    ``(II) the State or vendor deposits
                                the technology in accordance with
                                clause (i) not later than 1 week after
                                the date of the election.
                            ``(iii) Enforcement of vendor
                        responsibilities.--If a State opts to require
                        the vendor of election-dedicated voting system
                        technology to deposit the technology in
                        accordance with this subparagraph and the
                        vendor fails to do so, the Attorney General may
                        bring a civil action against the vendor in an
                        appropriate district court for such relief as
                        may be appropriate, including injunctive relief
                        or an order for a civil penalty in an amount
                        not to exceed $500,000.
                    ``(B) Requirement for disclosure and limitation on
                restricting disclosure.--With respect to any election-
                dedicated voting system technology which is deposited
                under subparagraph (A), the Director of the National
                Institute of Standards and Technology shall--
                            ``(i) hold the technology in escrow; and
                            ``(ii) disclose technology and information
                        regarding the technology to another person if--
                                    ``(I) the person is a qualified
                                person described in subparagraph (C)
                                who has entered into a nondisclosure
                                agreement with respect to the
                                technology which meets the requirements
                                of subparagraph (D); or
                                    ``(II) the Director is permitted or
                                required to disclose the technology to
                                the person under the law of the
                                applicable State, in accordance with
                                the terms and conditions applicable
                                under such law.
                    ``(C) Qualified persons described.--With respect to
                the disclosure of election-dedicated voting system
                technology under subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), a `qualified
                person' is any of the following:
                            ``(i) A governmental entity with
                        responsibility for the administration of voting
                        and election-related matters in elections for
                        Federal office, for purposes of reviewing,
                        analyzing, or reporting on the technology.
                            ``(ii) If permitted under a court order, a
                        party to post-election litigation challenging
                        the result of an election or the administration
                        or use of the technology used in an election,
                        but only to the extent permitted under the
                        terms and conditions of such court order.
                            ``(iii) A person who reviews, analyzes, or
                        reports on the technology solely for an
                        investigation or inquiry concerning the
                        accuracy or integrity of the technology
                        pursuant to clause (i) or (ii).
                    ``(D) Requirements for nondisclosure agreements.--A
                nondisclosure agreement entered into with respect to an
                election-dedicated voting system technology meets the
                requirements of this subparagraph if the agreement--
                            ``(i) is limited in scope to coverage of
                        the technology disclosed under subparagraph (B)
                        and any trade secrets and intellectual property
                        rights related thereto;
                            ``(ii) does not prohibit a signatory from
                        entering into other nondisclosure agreements to
                        review other technologies under this paragraph;
                            ``(iii) exempts from coverage both
                        information the signatory lawfully obtained
                        from another source and information in the
                        public domain;
                            ``(iv) remains in effect for not longer
                        than the life of any trade secret or other
                        intellectual property right related thereto;
                            ``(v) prohibits the request or use of
                        injunctions that bar a signatory from carrying
                        out any activity authorized under subparagraph
                        (C), including injunctions limited to the
                        period prior to a judicial proceeding involving
                        the technology;
                            ``(vi) is silent as to damages awarded for
                        breach of the agreement, other than a reference
                        to damages available under applicable law;
                            ``(vii) allows disclosure of evidence
                        relating to possible criminal conduct or other
                        violations of law, including in response to a
                        subpoena or warrant;
                            ``(viii) allows disclosures and testimony
                        to legislative branch authorities, judicial
                        proceedings, and executive branch
                        investigations in response to a subpoena or
                        warrant or as otherwise provided by law; and
                            ``(ix) provides that the agreement shall be
                        governed by the trade secret laws of the
                        applicable State.
                    ``(E) Election-dedicated voting system technology
                defined.--For purposes of this paragraph:
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `election-
                        dedicated voting system technology' means the
                        following:
                                    ``(I) The source code used for the
                                trusted build and the file signatures
                                for the trusted build.
                                    ``(II) A complete disk image of the
                                pre-build, build environment, and any
                                file signatures to validate that it is
                                unmodified.
                                    ``(III) A complete disk image of
                                the post-build, build environment, and
                                any file signatures to validate that it
                                is unmodified.
                                    ``(IV) All executable code produced
                                by the trusted build and any file
                                signatures to validate that it is
                                unmodified.
                                    ``(V) Installation devices and
                                software file signatures.
                            ``(ii) Exclusion.--Such term does not
                        include `commercial-off-the-shelf' software and
                        hardware defined under the voluntary voting
                        system guidelines adopted by the Commission
                        under section 222 which are in effect as of the
                        date of the election involved.
                    ``(F) Trusted build defined.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, the term `trusted build' means a witnessed
                software build in which source code is converted to
                machine-readable binary instructions (executable code)
                in a manner providing security measures that help
                ensure that the executable code is a verifiable and
                faithful representation of the source code.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
with respect to elections occurring during 2013 or any succeeding year.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
              STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute
of Standards and Technology for each fiscal year such sums as may be
necessary to enable the Institute, including the National Software
Reference Library of the Institute, to carry out paragraph (7) of
section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by
section 2(a).

Summary: Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a voting system used in a federal election from containing or using any election-dedicated voting system technology which is not deposited by the state with the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) before the election. Requires the Director of NIST to: (1) hold the technology in escrow. And (2) disclose it and information about it to a qualified person who has entered into a nondisclosure agreement with respect to it, or to whom the Director is permitted or required to disclose the technology under state law.

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the deposit in the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology of a copy of any election-dedicated voting system technology used in the operation of a voting system for an election for Federal office, to establish the conditions under which the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may disclose the technology and information regarding the technology to other persons, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Meat Promotion Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY PROGRAM FOR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR MEAT.

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

           ``Subtitle E--Country of Origin Labeling for Meat

``SEC. 291. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subtitle:
            ``(1) Beef.--The term `beef' means meat produced from
        cattle (including veal).
            ``(2) Covered meat product.--The term `covered meat
        product' means ground beef, ground pork, ground lamb, and fresh
        muscle cuts of beef, pork, and lamb.
            ``(3) Lamb.--The term `lamb' means meat produced from
        sheep.
            ``(4) Pork.--The term `pork' means meat produced from
        swine.
            ``(5) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
        of Agriculture.

``SEC. 292. VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

    ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a voluntary program
of country of origin labeling for covered meat products.

``SEC. 293. LABEL.

    ``For purposes of the program established under section 292, the
Secretary shall--
            ``(1) design a label to be used to designate the country of
        origin of covered meat products; and
            ``(2) require persons participating in the program to use
        the label designed under paragraph (1), or such other label as
        the Secretary determines appropriate, to designate the country
        of origin of covered meat products.

``SEC. 294. LIMITATION ON USE OF UNITED STATES AS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

    ``A person participating in the program established under section
292 may not designate a covered meat product as having the United
States as the country of origin unless the covered meat product is
derived exclusively from--
            ``(1) an animal born, raised, and slaughtered in the United
        States; or
            ``(2) an animal born and raised in Alaska or Hawaii,
        transported for a period not to exceed 60 days outside of those
        States, and slaughtered in the United States.

``SEC. 295. VERIFICATION.

    ``The Secretary may require participants in the program established
under section 292 to maintain a recordkeeping audit trail that will
permit the Secretary to verify compliance with the program.

``SEC. 296. ENFORCEMENT.

    ``(a) Civil Penalty.--
            ``(1) Assessment.--The Secretary may assess a civil penalty
        against a participant in the program established under section
        292 that purposely or knowingly violates the terms of the
        program.
            ``(2) Amount of penalty.--The amount of the civil penalty
        assessed under paragraph (1) may not exceed $10,000 for each
        violation.
            ``(3) Continuing violation.--Each day during which a
        violation of the program continues shall be considered to be a
        separate violation.
    ``(b) Notice and Hearing.--The Secretary shall not assess a civil
penalty under this section against a person unless the person is given
notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance with section 554 of
title 5, United States Code, with respect to the violation for which
the person is being assessed.

``SEC. 297. REGULATIONS.

    ``Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the
Meat Promotion Act of 2005, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations
to carry out the program established under section 292.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Subtitle D of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in the heading to read as follows:

     ``Subtitle D--Country of Origin Labeling for Fish, Perishable
                Agricultural Commodities, and Peanuts''.

            (2) in section 281--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (1), (5), and (7);
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                            (i) by striking clauses (i) and (ii); and
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv),
                        (v), and (vi) as clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and
                        (iv), respectively; and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6),
                (8), and (9) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and
                (6), respectively; and
            (3) in section 282--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(2)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B);
                        and
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (C),
                        (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and
                        (C), respectively; and
                    (B) in subsection (f)(2)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), and
                        (C); and
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and
                        (E) as subparagraphs (A) and (B).

Summary: Meat Promotion Act of 2005 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to replace current mandatory country of origin labeling requirements with a voluntary country of origin labeling program for meat and meat products. Sets forth: (1) limitations on use of United States country of origin labels, and (2) civil penalties for program violations.

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid and CHIP Quality
Improvement Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Despite the fact that Federal and State governments
        spend hundreds of billions of dollars every year on care for
        Americans through the Medicaid and CHIP programs, there is no
        nationwide, systematic method of reporting, collecting,
        evaluating, or improving the quality of care across all payment
        and delivery systems (fee-for-service, managed care, primary
        care case management, or other mechanisms).
            (2) Although the quality of care delivered through Medicaid
        health plans is frequently measured, there is no method or
        mechanism to systematically improve the quality of care
        provided to all Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries.
            (3) For the majority of Medicaid and CHIP enrollees who are
        served by primary care case management or fee-for-service
        arrangements, there are no Federal requirements for comparable
        quality monitoring or improvement. Thus there currently is no
        ability to make fair assessments across all modes of care for
        Medicaid and CHIP enrollees.
            (4) State flexibility and the resulting opportunities for
        innovation are hallmarks of the partnership between Federal and
        State governments in the Medicaid and CHIP programs. Without a
        way to systematically measure quality, however, policymakers
        cannot know which innovations are the most effective.

SEC. 3. MEASURING AND REPORTING ON COMPARABLE HEALTH CARE QUALITY
              MEASURES FOR ALL PERSONS ENROLLED IN MEDICAID.

    (a) Quality Assurance Standards.--Section 1932(c)(1)(A) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-2(c)(1)(A)) is amended by
inserting ``or comparable primary care case management services
providers described in section 1905(t) as well as health care services
furnished in fee-for-service settings or other delivery systems'' after
``1903(m)''.
    (b) Adult Health Quality Measures.--Section 1139B of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-9b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
                paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (3), the
                following:
            ``(4) Quality reporting for medicaid eligible adults.--
        Beginning not later than January 1 of the calendar year that
        begins on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of
        enactment of the Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of
        2016, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall require
        States to use the measures and approaches identified in
        paragraph (3) to report on the initial core set of quality
        measures for Medicaid eligible adults identified in paragraph
        (2), subject to revisions made in accordance with paragraph
        (6)(B). Such reporting shall be stratified by delivery system,
        including managed care organizations under section 1932,
        benchmark plans under section 1937, primary care case
        management services providers described in section 1905(t),
        health care services in fee-for-service settings, and other
        delivery systems, except that the Secretary may determine that
        reporting on certain measures should not be stratified by
        delivery system because such stratification would not be
        feasible or the delivery systems are not comparable with
        respect to the application of such measures. In addition to the
        stratification required under the previous sentence, the
        Secretary shall have the discretion to further stratify
        reporting on certain measures based on factors such as
        eligibility category, income level, or other differentiating
        factors that could have an impact on the comparability of the
        measure.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``under the
                such plan'' and all that follows through ``subsection
                (a)(5)'' and inserting ``under such plan or waiver,
                including measures described in subsection (b)(2),
                subject to revisions made in accordance with subsection
                (b)(6)(B)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``, or
                comparable primary care case management services
                providers described in section 1905(t), as well as
                health care services furnished in fee-for-service
                settings or other delivery systems'' after ``section
                1937''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the
                period the following: ``, including analysis of
                comparable quality measures for Medicaid eligible
                adults who receive their health services through
                managed care, primary care case management, and fee-
                for-service settings or other delivery systems''.
    (c) Pediatric Health Care Measures.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1139A of the Social Security Act
        (42 U.S.C. 1320b-9a) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through
                        (8) as paragraphs (6) through (9),
                        respectively; and
                            (ii) by inserting after paragraph (4), the
                        following:
            ``(5) Reporting of pediatric health care measures.--
        Beginning not later than January 1 of the calendar year that
        begins on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of
        enactment of the Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of
        2016, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall require
        States to use the measures and approaches identified in
        paragraph (4) to report on the initial core child health care
        quality measures established under this subsection and as such
        measures subsequently are updated under subsection (b)(5). Such
        reporting shall be stratified by delivery system, including
        managed care organizations under section 1932, benchmark plans
        under sections 1937 and 2103, primary care case management
        services providers described in section 1905(t), health care
        services in fee-for-service settings, and other delivery
        systems, except that the Secretary may determine that reporting
        on certain measures should not be stratified by delivery system
        because such stratification would not be feasible or the
        delivery systems are not comparable with respect to the
        application of such measures. In addition to the stratification
        required under the previous sentence, the Secretary shall have
        the discretion to further stratify reporting on certain
        measures based on factors such as eligibility category, income
        level, or other differentiating factors that could have an
        impact on the comparability of the measure.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking
                        ``measures described in subparagraphs (A) and
                        (B) of subsection (a)(6)'' and inserting ``the
                        core measures described in subsection (a), as
                        revised in accordance with subsection (b)(5)'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting
                        before the period the following: ``, or
                        comparable primary care case management
                        services providers described in section
                        1905(t), as well as healthcare services
                        furnished in fee-for-service settings or other
                        delivery systems''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (2), by inserting before
                        the period the following: ``, including
                        analysis of comparable quality measures for
                        children eligible for medical assistance under
                        title XIX or child health assistance under
                        title XXI who receive their health services
                        through managed care, primary care case
                        management, and fee-for-service settings or
                        other delivery systems''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
        shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section
        1139A of the Social Security Act, as added by section 401(a) of
        the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of
        2009 (Public Law 111-3).

SEC. 4. PERFORMANCE BONUSES FOR SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT IN MEDICAID AND
              CHIP QUALITY PERFORMANCE.

    Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(aa) Performance Bonus for Quality Performance Achievement.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a Medicaid
        Quality Performance Bonus fund for awarding performance bonuses
        to States for high attainment and improvement on a core set of
        quality measures related to the goals and purposes of the
        Medicaid program under this title.
            ``(2) Quality performance bonus methodology.--Not later
        than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Medicaid and
        CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2016, the Secretary shall
        establish a methodology for awarding Medicaid quality
        performance bonuses to States not less than annually in
        accordance with paragraph (3) and subject to the availability
        of appropriations. Medicaid quality performance bonuses shall
        be awarded on the basis of the annual State reports required
        under sections 1139A and 1139B and in accordance with
        regulations promulgated by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Quality performance measurement bonuses.--Medicaid
        quality performance bonuses shall be awarded to the following
        10 States:
                    ``(A) The top 5 States achieving the designation of
                superior quality performing State under criteria
                established by the Secretary.
                    ``(B) The 5 States that--
                            ``(i) are not among the States described in
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) demonstrate the greatest relative
                        level of annual improvement in quality
                        performance under criteria established by the
                        Secretary.
            ``(4) Initial appropriation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The total amount of Medicaid
                quality performance bonuses made under this subsection
                for all fiscal years shall be equal to $500,000,000, to
                be available until expended.
                    ``(B) Budget authority.--This paragraph constitutes
                budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and
                represents the obligation of the Secretary to provide
                for the payment of amounts provided under this
                paragraph.
            ``(5) Use of quality performance bonus funds.--
                    ``(A) Designation for quality improvement
                activities.--As a condition of receiving a Medicaid
                quality performance bonus under this subsection, a
                State shall agree to designate at least 75 percent of
                the bonus funds paid to the State under this subsection
                for a fiscal year for the development and operation of
                quality-related initiatives that will directly benefit
                providers or managed care entities participating in the
                State plan under this title or under a waiver of such
                plan, including--
                            ``(i) pay-for-performance programs;
                            ``(ii) collaboration initiatives that have
                        been demonstrated to improve performance on
                        quality;
                            ``(iii) quality improvement initiatives,
                        including those aimed at improving care for
                        special and hard-to-reach populations, and
                        those directed to managed care entities; and
                            ``(iv) such other Secretary-approved
                        activities and initiatives that a State may
                        pursue to encourage quality improvement and
                        patient-focused high value care.
                    ``(B) State option to establish criteria.--A State
                may establish criteria for the State performance
                program carried out under subparagraph (A) that limits
                the award to a particular provider or entity type, that
                limits application to a specific geographic area, or
                that directs incentive programs for quality-related
                activities for specific populations, including
                individuals eligible under this title and title XVIII
                and hard-to-reach populations.
                    ``(C) Remaining bonus funds.--A State may designate
                up to 25 percent of the bonus funds paid to the State
                under this subsection for a fiscal year for activities
                related to the goals and purposes of the State program
                under this title.''.

Summary: Medicaid and Chip Quality Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends titles XI and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand reporting requirementsnbsp, with respect to the quality of care providednbsp. Under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Current law requires a state that contracts with a Medicaid managed organizationnbsp. To develop and implement a quality assessment and improvement strategy. The bill extends this requirement to state contracts with providers ofnbsp, comparable primary care case management servicesnbsp, and othernbsp. Health care services under Medicaid. With respect to adults eligible for Medicaid and children enrolled in Medicaid ornbsp. CHIP, a state must report annually on quality measures identified by the Centers for Medicare amp. Medicaid Services (CMS). Such reporting shall be stratified by service delivery system. CMS shall establish a Medicaid Quality Performance Bonus fund to award states for high attainment and improvement onnbsp. A core set of quality measures. A state must designate at least 75 of any bonus funds for the development and operation of quality-related initiatives that will directly benefit providers or managed care entities participating in, or under a waiver of, the state plan for medical assistance. A state may usenbsp, the remainder of suchnbsp. Funds for activities related to the goals and purposes of the state plan.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of
1994''.

            TITLE I--OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

SEC. 101. RAISING CEILING ON INSURANCE.

    Section 235(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2195(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``$9,000,000,000'' and inserting
``$13,500,000,000''.

SEC. 102. RAISING CEILING ON FINANCING.

    Section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2195(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(2) Financing.--(A) The maximum contingent liability
    outstanding at any one time pursuant to financing issued under
    subsections (b) and (c) of section 234 shall not exceed in the
    aggregate $9,500,000,000.
        ``(B) Subject to spending authority provided in appropriations
    Acts pursuant to section 504(b) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of
    1990, the Corporation is authorized to transfer such sums as are
    necessary from its noncredit activities to pay for the subsidy cost
    of the investment guaranties and direct loan programs under
    subsections (b) and (c) of section 234.''.

SEC. 103. EXTENDING ISSUING AUTHORITY.

    Section 235(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2195(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``1994'' and inserting ``1996''.

SEC. 104. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Section 235 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195)
is amended by striking subsection (g).

SEC. 105. EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

    Paragraph (2) of the second undesignated paragraph of section 231
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191) is amended by
inserting after ``Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702)'' the following: ``,
Ireland, and Northern Ireland''.

                 TITLE II--TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

SEC. 201. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

    Section 661(f)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2421(f)(1)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``There are authorized'' and inserting ``(A)
    There are authorized'';
        (2) by striking ``$55,000,000'' and all that follows and
    inserting ``$77,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as are
    necessary for fiscal year 1996.''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
        ``(B) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of
    appropriations under subparagraph (A) are authorized to remain
    available until expended.''.

  TITLE III--EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE
                             ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 301. EXPORT PROMOTION AUTHORIZATION.

    Section 202 of the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 (15
U.S.C. 4052) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
Commerce to carry out export promotion programs such sums as are
necessary for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.''.

       TITLE IV--PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL EXPORTS

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Environmental Export Promotion Act
of 1994''.

SEC. 402. PROMOTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPORTS.

    (a) Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.--Section
2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is
amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (d);
        (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and
        (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.--
        ``(1) Establishment and purpose.--The Secretary, in carrying
    out the duties of the chairperson of the TPCC, shall establish the
    Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (hereafter in
    this section referred to as the `Committee'). The purpose of the
    Committee shall be to provide advice and guidance to the Working
    Group in the development and administration of programs to expand
    United States exports of environmental technologies, goods, and
    services and products that comply with United States environmental,
    safety, and related requirements.
        ``(2) Membership.--The members of the Committee shall be drawn
    from representatives of--
            ``(A) environmental businesses, including small businesses;
            ``(B) trade associations in the environmental sector;
            ``(C) private sector organizations involved in the
        promotion of environmental exports, including products that
        comply with United States environmental, safety, and related
        requirements;
            ``(D) States (as defined in section 2301(i)(5)) and
        associations representing the States; and
            ``(E) other appropriate interested members of the public,
        including labor representatives.
    The Secretary shall appoint as members of the Committee at least 1
    individual under each of subparagraphs (A) through (E).
    ``(d) Export Plans for Priority Countries.--
        ``(1) Priority country identification.--The Working Group, in
    consultation with the Committee, shall annually assess which
    foreign countries have markets with the greatest potential for the
    export of United States environmental technologies, goods, and
    services. Of these countries the Working Group shall select as
    priority countries 5 with the greatest potential for the
    application of United States Government export promotion resources
    related to environmental exports.
        ``(2) Export plans.--The Working Group, in consultation with
    the Committee, shall annually create a plan for each priority
    country selected under paragraph (1), setting forth in detail ways
    to increase United States environmental exports to such country.
    Each such plan shall--
            ``(A) identify the primary public and private sector
        opportunities for United States exporters of environmental
        technologies, goods, and services in the priority country;
            ``(B) analyze the financing and other requirements for
        major projects in the priority country which will use
        environmental technologies, goods, and services, and analyze
        whether such projects are dependent upon financial assistance
        from foreign countries or multilateral institutions; and
            ``(C) list specific actions to be taken by the member
        agencies of the Working Group to increase United States exports
        to the priority country.''.
    (b) Additional Mechanisms To Promote Environmental Exports.--
Section 2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 is further amended
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Environmental Technologies Specialists in the United States
and Foreign Commercial Service.--
        ``(1) Assignment of environmental technologies specialists.--
    The Secretary shall assign a specialist in environmental
    technologies to the office of the United States and Foreign
    Commercial Service in each of the 5 priority countries selected
    under subsection (d)(1), and the Secretary is authorized to assign
    such a specialist to the office of the United States and Foreign
    Commercial Service in any country that is a promising market for
    United States exports of environmental technologies, goods, and
    services. Such specialist may be an employee of the Department, an
    employee of any relevant United States Government department or
    agency assigned on a temporary or limited term basis to the
    Commerce Department, or a representative of the private sector
    assigned to the Department of Commerce.
        ``(2) Duties of environmental technologies specialists.--Each
    specialist assigned under paragraph (1) shall provide export
    promotion assistance to United States environmental businesses,
    including, but not limited to--
            ``(A) identifying factors in the country to which the
        specialist is assigned that affect the United States share of
        the domestic market for environmental technologies, goods, and
        services, including market barriers, standards-setting
        activities, and financing issues;
            ``(B) providing assessments of assistance by foreign
        governments that is provided to producers of environmental
        technologies, goods, and services in such countries in order to
        enhance exports to the country to which the specialist is
        assigned, the effectiveness of such assistance on the
        competitiveness of United States products, and whether
        comparable United States assistance exists;
            ``(C) training Foreign Commercial Service Officers in the
        country to which the specialist is assigned, other countries in
        the region, and United States and Foreign Commercial Service
        offices in the United States, in environmental technologies and
        the international environmental market;
            ``(D) providing assistance in identifying potential
        customers and market opportunities in the country to which the
        specialist is assigned;
            ``(E) providing assistance in obtaining necessary business
        services in the country to which the specialist is assigned;
            ``(F) providing information on environmental standards and
        regulations in the country to which the specialist is assigned;
            ``(G) providing information on all United States Government
        programs that could assist the promotion, financing, and sale
        of United States environmental technologies, goods, and
        services in the country to which the specialist is assigned;
        and
            ``(H) promoting the equal treatment of United States
        environmental, safety, and related requirements, with those of
        other exporting countries, in order to promote exports of
        United States-made products.
    ``(g) Environmental Training in One-Stop Shops.--In addition to the
training provided under subsection (f)(2)(C), the Secretary shall
establish a mechanism to train--
        ``(1) Commercial Service Officers assigned to the one-stop
    shops provided for in section 2301(b)(8), and
        ``(2) Commercial Service Officers assigned to district offices
    in districts having large numbers of environmental businesses,
in environmental technologies and in the international environmental
marketplace, and ensure that such officers receive appropriate training
under such mechanism. Such training may be provided by officers or
employees of the Department of Commerce, and other United States
Government departments and agencies, with appropriate expertise in
environmental technologies and the international environmental
workplace, and by appropriate representatives of the private sector.
    ``(h) International Regional Environmental Initiatives.--
        ``(1) Establishment of initiatives.--The TPCC may establish one
    or more international regional environmental initiatives the
    purpose of which shall be to coordinate the activities of Federal
    departments and agencies in order to build environmental
    partnerships between the United States and the geographic region
    outside the United States for which such initiative is established.
    Such partnerships shall enhance environmental protection and
    promote sustainable development by using in the region technical
    expertise and financial resources of United States departments and
    agencies that provide foreign assistance and by expanding United
    States exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services
    to that region.
        ``(2) Activities.--In carrying out each international regional
    environmental initiative, the TPCC shall--
            ``(A) support, through the provision of foreign assistance,
        the development of sound environmental policies and practices
        in countries in the geographic region for which the initiative
        is established, including the development of environmentally
        sound regulatory regimes and enforcement mechanisms;
            ``(B) identify and disseminate to United States
        environmental businesses information regarding specific
        environmental business opportunities in that geographic region;
            ``(C) coordinate existing Federal efforts to promote
        environmental exports to that geographic region, and ensure
        that such efforts are fully coordinated with environmental
        export promotion efforts undertaken by the States and the
        private sector;
            ``(D) increase assistance provided by the Federal
        Government to promote exports from the United States of
        environmental technologies, goods, and services to that
        geographic region, such as trade missions, reverse trade
        missions, trade fairs, and programs in the United States to
        train foreign nationals in United States environmental
        technologies; and
            ``(E) increase high-level advocacy by United States
        Government officials (including the United States ambassadors
        to the countries in that geographic region) for United States
        environmental businesses seeking market opportunities in that
        geographic region.
    ``(i) Environmental Technologies Project Advocacy Calendar and
Information Dissemination Program.--The Working Group shall--
        ``(1) maintain a calendar, updated at the end of each calendar
    quarter, of significant opportunities for United States
    environmental businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion
    events, which shall--
            ``(A) be made available to the public;
            ``(B) identify the 50 to 100 environmental infrastructure
        and procurement projects in foreign markets that have the
        greatest potential in the calendar quarter for United States
        exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services; and
            ``(C) include trade promotion events, such as trade
        missions and trade fairs, in the environmental sector; and
        ``(2) provide, through the National Trade Data Bank and other
    information dissemination channels, information on opportunities
    for environmental businesses in foreign markets and information on
    Federal export promotion programs.
    ``(j) Environmental Technology Export Alliances.--Subject to the
availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary is
authorized to use the Market Development Cooperator Program to support
the creation on a regional basis of alliances of private sector
entities, nonprofit organizations, and universities, that support the
export of environmental technologies, goods, and services and promote
the export of products complying with United States environmental,
safety, and related requirements.
    ``(k) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
`environmental business' means a business that produces environmental
technologies, goods, or services.''.

       TITLE V--INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--In carrying out part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 and other relevant foreign assistance laws, the President,
acting through the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, shall establish a program of training and
other technical assistance to assist foreign countries in--
        (1) developing and strengthening laws and regulations to
    protect intellectual property; and
        (2) developing the infrastructure necessary to implement and
    enforce such laws and regulations.
    (b) Participation of Other Agencies.--The Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development--
        (1) shall utilize the expertise of the Patent and Trademark
    Office and other agencies of the United States Government in
    designing and implementing the program of assistance provided for
    in this section;
        (2) shall coordinate assistance under this section with efforts
    of other agencies of the United States Government to increase
    international protection of intellectual property, including
    implementation of international agreements containing high levels
    of protection of intellectual property; and
        (3) shall consult with the heads of such other agencies in
    determining which foreign countries will receive assistance under
    this section.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and
                                               President of the Senate.

Summary: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Overseas Private Investment Corporation Title II: Trade and Development Agency Title III: Export Promotion Programs Within the International Trade Administration Title IV: Promotion of United States Environmental Exports Title V: International Protection of Intellectual Property Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of 1994 - Title I: Overseas Private Investment Corporation - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to raise the ceiling on the maximum contingent liability allowed for Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) insurance and outstanding financing. Authorizes OPIC to transfer amounts from noncredit activities to pay subsidy costs of program levels for the direct loan and investment guaranties programs. Continues OPIC's authority to issue investment insurance and guarantees through FY 1996. Makes a restriction on OPIC assistance for countries that exceed a specified per capita income level inapplicable to Ireland and Northern Ireland . Title II: Trade and Development Agency - Authorizes appropriations for the Trade and Development Agency for FY 1995 and 1996. Title III: Export Promotion Programs Within the International Trade Administration - Amends the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations for Department of Commerce export promotion programs for FY 1995 and 1996. Title IV: Promotion of United States Environmental Exports - Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994 - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to remove provisions relating to Environmental Export Assistance Officers. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee to provide guidance on programs to expand US exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services and products that comply with US environmental, safety, and related requirements. Requires the Environmental Trade Promotion Working Group, a subcommittee of the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee (TPCC), to: (1) select five priority countries with the greatest potential for the application of US Government export promotion resources related to environmental exports. And (2) create a plan annually for each such country that sets forth ways to increase such exports to such country. Directs the Secretary to assign a specialist in environmental technologies to the office of the US and Foreign Commercial Service in each of the priority countries. Authorizes the TPCC to establish international regional initiatives to coordinate the activities of Federal agencies in order to build environmental partnerships between the United States and the geographic regions outside the United States for which such initiatives are established. Provides that such partnerships shall enhance environmental protection and promote sustainable development by using the technical expertise and financial resources of Federal agencies that provide foreign assistance and by expanding US exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services to such regions. Directs the Working Group to maintain a calendar of significant opportunities for US environmental businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion events to be made available to the public. Authorizes the Secretary to use the Market Development Cooperator Program to support regional alliances of private sector entities, nonprofit organizations, and universities that support the export of environmental technologies, goods, and services and promote the export of products complying with US environmental, safety, and related requirements. Title V: International Protection of Intellectual Property - Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, to establish a program of training and technical assistance to assist foreign countries in: (1) developing and strengthening laws and regulations to protect intellectual property. And (2) developing the infrastructure necessary to implement and enforce such laws and regulations.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. POSTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The United States Postal Service and the Secretary
of Defense shall provide for a program under which postal benefits
shall be made available to the designated representative of each
qualified individual in accordance with succeeding provisions of this
Act.
    (b) Qualified Individual Defined.--For purposes of this Act, the
term ``qualified individual'' means an individual who is--
            (1)(A) a member of the Armed Forces of the United States on
        active duty (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United
        States Code) or a civilian who is authorized to use postal
        services at Armed Forces installations and holds a position or
        performs one or more functions in support of military
        operations, as designated by the military theater commander;
        and
            (B) serving in an overseas area, as designated by the
        President, where the Armed Forces of the United States are
        engaged in action against an enemy of the United States,
        engaged in military operations involving armed conflict with a
        hostile foreign force, engaged in temporary military operations
        under arduous circumstances, serving with a friendly foreign
        force in an armed conflict in which the United States is not a
        belligerent, or temporarily deployed overseas for an
        operational contingency in arduous circumstances, as determined
        by the Secretary of Defense; or
            (2) hospitalized in a facility of the Armed Forces of the
        United States as a result of disease or injury incurred as a
        result of service in an overseas area designated by the
        President under paragraph (1)(B).
    (c) Postal Benefits Described.--
            (1) In general.--The postal benefits made available to a
        designated representative pursuant to this Act shall consist of
        postage stamps (of such denomination or denominations as the
        Postal Service may determine) equivalent to $150 in value per
        calendar quarter, subject to subsection (d)(2)(B).
            (2) Conditions relating to mailings.--Postal benefits under
        this Act may not be used for the mailing of any mail matter
        other than mail matter which--
                    (A) is described in paragraph (3);
                    (B) is sent--
                            (i) from within an area served by a United
                        States post office; and
                            (ii) by an individual or a charitable
                        organization; and
                    (C) is addressed to a qualified individual.
            (3) Mail matter described.--
                    (A) In general.--The mail matter described in this
                paragraph is--
                            (i) any letter mail or sound- or video-
                        recorded communications having the character of
                        personal correspondence; and
                            (ii) any parcel not exceeding--
                                    (I) 10 pounds in weight and 60
                                inches in length and girth combined, if
                                sent by an individual; or
                                    (II) 70 pounds in weight and 180
                                inches in length and girth combined, if
                                sent by a charitable organization.
                    (B) Restriction.--Postal benefits under this Act
                may not be used for mail matter that contains any
                advertising.
            (4) Design and limitations on use of stamps.--Stamps made
        available pursuant to this Act--
                    (A) shall bear a design or other markings to
                identify the military operation to which they relate;
                and
                    (B) may not be used--
                            (i) after the date (following the
                        conclusion of such military operation)
                        designated by the Secretary of Defense; or
                            (ii) with respect to any other military
                        operation.
            (5) Coordination rule.--Postal benefits under this Act
        shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any reduced rates
        of postage or other similar benefits which might otherwise be
        available by or under law, including any rates of postage
        resulting from the application of section 3401(b) of title 39,
        United States Code.
    (d) Regulations.--The Postal Service and the Secretary of Defense
shall jointly prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this
Act, including regulations to provide for the following:
            (1) Identification of designated representatives.--The
        identification of designated representatives shall be made
        using procedures under which--
                    (A) determinations shall be made based on the most
                current next-of-kin data available to or obtainable by
                the Secretary of Defense; and
                    (B) a qualified individual may supersede a
                determination under subparagraph (A), to the extent
                procedures to carry out this subparagraph are
                practicable.
            (2) Notice to and elections by designated
        representatives.--
                    (A) Notice.--Notice shall be provided to all
                designated representatives informing them of their
                eligibility for postal benefits under this Act and the
                procedures (including any deadlines) for making an
                initial and any subsequent election of benefits.
                    (B) Elections.--A designated representative shall
                not receive any postal benefits under this Act for any
                calendar quarter except upon the filing of an
                appropriate written election. A separate election under
                this subparagraph shall be required for each calendar
                quarter, and each such election shall require the
                individual to indicate whether full, partial (in the
                increments allowed), or no benefits are requested for
                the quarter. Failure to make an effective election
                shall be treated as a declination of benefits for the
                calendar quarter involved.
                    (C) No carryover.--Any benefits declined with
                respect to a calendar quarter shall not be available
                for purposes of any subsequent calendar quarter.
    (e) Direct Benefits for Charitable Organizations.--In addition to
the benefits under subsections (a) through (d), the Postal Service and
the Secretary of Defense shall by regulation allow any charitable
organization to apply for direct postal benefits. Applications for
benefits under this subsection shall be considered on a case-by-case
basis in accordance with such criteria as shall apply under the
regulations. Any benefits approved under this subsection shall be
governed by subsection (c), subject to any modifications or special
rules established by the regulations which may be necessary to carry
out the purposes of this subsection (including an alternative to the
limitation set forth in subsection (c)(1)).
    (f) Definition.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``charitable
organization'' means an organization that is described in section
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation
under section 501(a) of such Code.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal
year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2005 - Directs the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the Secretary of Defense to provide a program under which postal benefits are made available for personal correspondence and other mail matter sent from within the United States by designated representatives (next-of-kin) to members of the Armed Forces who are: (1) serving on active duty abroad in support of military operations or against an enemy of the United States or other hostile force. Or (2) hospitalized in a US military facility as a result of disease or injury incurred during service overseas. Limits postal benefits to $150 per calendar quarter, and limits the size and weight of allowable parcels. Allows charitable organizations to apply for such benefits.

To provide for a program under which postal benefits shall be made available for purposes of certain personal correspondence and other mail matter sent from within the United States to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty abroad who are engaged in military operations, and for other purposes.