SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Up Earmarks Act of 2010'' or
the ``CUE Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. GAO AUDIT OF SENATE EARMARKS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than March 31 of each year, the
Comptroller General shall submit an audit to Congress of 5 percent of
Senate earmarks for the current fiscal year chosen at random.
    (b) Details.--The audit required by subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) an adequate amount of earmarks of small and large
        programs;
            (2) 50 percent of earmarks that have been requested by at
        least one Democratic Senator and 50 percent requested by at
        least one Republican Senator; and
            (3) 50 percent of earmarks requested by members of the
        Senate Committee on Appropriations and 50 percent requested by
        Senators not on the Senate Committee on Appropriations.

SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING POINT OF ORDER AGAINST AIRDROPPED ITEMS IN
              CONFERENCE REPORTS.

    Subparagraphs (c) and (d) of paragraph 8 of rule XLIV of the
Standing rules of the Senate are amended by striking ``three-fifths''
and inserting ``two-thirds''.

SEC. 4. IMPROVING EARMARKS WEB SITE.

    The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of
Representatives shall take such steps as are necessary to improve the
Web site earmarks.gov to--
            (1) make earmarks more easily searchable by the requesting
        member of Congress and by any federally registered lobbyist who
        requested such earmark; and
            (2) ensure that the Web site is user friendly and does not
        include extraneous information.

SEC. 5. HEARINGS ON EARMARKS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations
        should hold hearings on earmark requests in excess of
        $1,000,000, during which Members who request said earmarks
        should be invited to testify; and
            (2) the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations
        shall hold hearings on earmark requests in excess of
        $5,000,000, during which Members who request said earmarks
        shall be invited to testify.

SEC. 6. INCREASED EARMARK TRANSPARENCY AND PROHIBITING EARMARKS TO
              PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES.

    Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following:
    ``13.(a) All congressionally directed spending items shall be
included in the text of an appropriations or authorization bill and any
conference report related to that appropriations or authorization bill.
    ``(b) Not later than 48 hours after the request, each request for a
congressionally directed spending item for an appropriations or
authorization bill made by a Senator shall be posted on the Senator's
Web site. The posting of the request for a congressionally directed
spending item shall include the name and location of the specifically
intended recipient, the purpose of the congressionally directed
spending item, the name of any federally registered lobbyist who
materially participated in requesting that the earmark submission be
made by that Senator, and the dollar amount requested. If there is no
specifically intended recipient, the posting shall include the intended
location of the activity, the purpose of the congressionally directed
spending item, and the dollar amount requested.
    ``(c) It shall not be in order to consider an appropriations or
authorization bill, amendment, or conference report if it contains a
congressionally directed spending item for a private for-profit
entity.''.

SEC. 7. DISCLOSURE BY NON-PROFITS OF PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT EARMARK
              BENEFICIARIES.

    Each Senator shall--
            (1) require any eligible entity that requests an earmark
        submission from that Senator to include a written disclosure in
        that earmark request of the identity of any for profit, private
        company that might directly benefit financially from the award
        of the earmark; and
            (2) submit the identity of the beneficiary disclosed under
        paragraph (1) in writing to the Senate Committee on
        Appropriations with any corresponding earmarks request made by
        the Senator and include the beneficiary disclosure in the
        disclosure of earmarks required to be posted on the Web site of
        the Senator by paragraph 13 of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules
        of the Senate.

SEC. 8. AMENDMENT TO THE LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995 REQUIRING
              REPORTING INFORMATION ON THE EMPLOYER OF A LOBBYIST.

    Section 5(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1604(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking the ``and'' after the
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and inserting
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(6) for each client, the amount of congressional earmarks
        requested from Congress on behalf of the client and a detailed
        accounting of each such earmark.''.

Summary: Clean Up Earmarks Act of 2010 or CUE Act of 2010 - Requires the Comptroller General to submit an audit to Congress of 5 of Senate earmarks for the current fiscal year chosen at random. Requires the audit to include: (1) an adequate number of earmarks of small and large programs. (2) 50 of earmarks that have been requested by at least one Democratic Senator and one Republican Senator, respectively. And (3) 50 of earmarks requested by members and 50 of those requested by non-members, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Amends Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of the Senate to: (1) authorize a Senator to move to waive any or all points of order with respect to a pending conference report that constitutes new directed spending provisions. And (2) sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair regarding such point of order. Requires the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to take necessary steps to improve the website earmarks. gov to: (1) make earmarks more easily searchable by the requesting Member of Congress and by any federally registered lobbyist who requested them. And (2) ensure that the website is user friendly and does not include extraneous information. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the subcommittees of the Committee should hold separate hearings on earmark requests in excess of $1 million and of $5 million, respectively, during which Members who requested them should be invited to testify. Amends Rule XLIV to require all congressionally directed spending items to be included in the text of an appropriations or authorization bill and any related conference report. Requires each request by a Senator for a congressionally directed spending item for such a bill to be posted on the Senator's website within 48 hours, including specified related information. Makes it out of order to consider an appropriations or authorization bill, amendment, or conference report if it contains a congressionally directed spending item for a private for-profit entity. Requires a Senator to: (1) require any eligible entity that requests an earmark submission from the Senator to include a written disclosure in that earmark request of the identity of any for-profit, private company that might directly benefit financially from the award of the earmark. And (2) submit the disclosed beneficiary identity in writing to the Committee with any corresponding earmarks request made by the Senator, and include the beneficiary disclosure in the disclosure of earmarks required to be posted on the Senator's website. Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require reports by registered lobbyists to include, for each client, the amount of congressional earmarks requested from Congress on the client's behalf and a detailed accounting of each such earmark.

A bill to provide tighter control over and additional public disclosure of earmarks.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Television Violence Reduction
Through Parental Empowerment Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) To the fullest extent possible, parents should be
        empowered with the technology to choose to block the display on
        their televisions of programs they consider too violent for
        their children.
            (2) Violence now touches the lives of American children
        more than adults. From 1982 through 1984, teenagers were the
        victims of 1,800,000 violent crimes, twice the annual rate of
        the adult population over age 20. According to the American
        Academy of Pediatrics, one of every 8 deaths among children age
        10-14 years old in 1990 was caused by a shooting. Among
        teenagers and young adults, that figure rose to one of every
        four deaths.
            (3) Children watch an extensive amount of television. It is
        estimated that a child watches approximately 22,000 hours of
        television before finishing high school, almost twice the
        amount of time spent in the classroom.
            (4) The amount of violence on television has reached
        epidemic levels. The American Psychological Association
        estimates that the average child witnesses 8,000 murders and
        100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school.
            (5) Three Surgeon Generals, the National Institute of
        Mental Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the American
        Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and
        the American Psychological Association have concurred for
        nearly 20 years as to the deleterious effects of television
        violence on children.
            (6) Despite periodic television industry efforts to reduce
        the amount of television violence, reductions in the level of
        televised violence have never been long lasting.
            (7) Parents who are working are unable to constantly
        monitor the television viewing habits of their children.
        Advanced television technologies such as channel compression
        and digitization will allow the expansion of channel capacity
        to levels even more unmanageable for parents who want to
        protect their children from televised violence.
            (8) The major broadcast networks and a large number of
        cable channels have agreed to place parental advisories on
        programs they consider to be too violent for children. These
        parental advisories are of limited use to parents if they are
        not watching television with their children.
            (9) The technology currently exists to equip television
        sets at a nominal cost to permit parents to block the display
        of television programs they consider too violent for children.
        However, this technology will only be effective (A) if all
        television programmers send any adopted rating or warning
        system electronically with the program signal, and (B) parents
        are able to block the display not only of individual programs
        but to block out automatically and simultaneously all programs
        with such rating.
            (10) Congress calls upon the broadcast networks,
        independent television stations, cable programmers, and
        satellite programmers to protect the parental right to guide
        the television viewing habits of children by sending any
        adopted rating or warning system electronically with the
        program signal.

SEC. 3. EQUIP TELEVISIONS TO BLOCK PROGRAMS.

    Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(v) Require that (1) apparatus designed to receive television
signals be equipped with circuitry designed to enable viewers to block
the display of channels, programs, and time slots; and (2) such
apparatus enable viewers to block display of all programs with a common
rating. The requirements of this subsection shall apply when such
apparatus is manufactured in the United States or imported for use in
the United States, and its television picture screen is 13 inches or
greater in size, measured diagonally.''.

SEC. 4. SHIPPING OR IMPORTING.

    (a) Regulations.--Section 330 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 330) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by adding after subsection (b) the following new
        section:
    ``(c) No person shall ship in interstate commerce, manufacture,
assemble, or import from any foreign country into the United States,
any apparatus described in section 303(v) of this Act except in
accordance with rules prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the
authority granted by that section. Such rules shall provide performance
standards for such blocking technology. Such rules shall further
require that all such apparatus be able to receive the rating signals
which have been transmitted by way of line 21 of the vertical blanking
interval and which conform to the signal and blocking specifications
established by the Commission. As new video technology is developed,
the Commission shall take such action as the Commission determines
appropriate to ensure that blocking service continues to be available
to consumers. This subsection shall not apply to carriers transporting
such apparatus without trading it.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 330(d) of such Act, as
redesignated by this Act, is amended by striking ``section 303(s), and
section 303(u)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``and sections 303(s),
303(u), and 303(v)''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall take
effect one year after enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. RULES.

    The Federal Communications Commission shall promulgate rules to
implement the amendments made by this Act within 180 days after the
date of its enactment.

Summary: Television Violence Reduction Through Parental Empowerment Act of 1993 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that any television with a screen of at least 13 inches which is manufactured, or imported for use, in the United States be equipped with circuitry designed to enable viewers to block the display of channels, programs, time slots, and all programs with a common rating. Prohibits shipping in interstate commerce, manufacturing, assembling, or importing any such television except pursuant to rules prescribed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Requires such rules to provide performance and display standards for such blocking technology. Directs the FCC, as new video technology is developed, to ensure that blocking service continues to be available to consumers.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bullying and Gang Prevention for
School Safety and Crime Reduction Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT
              REGARDING BULLYING AND GANGS.

    (a) Amendments to Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act.--
Part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act'') is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) in section 4002,
        and in sections 4112(a)(5)(A), 4115(b)(1)(C)(i), and
        4115(b)(2)(A)(i), by striking ``violence'' and inserting
        ``violence, bullying, and gangs'';
            (2) in clause (ii) of section 4112(c)(2)(D), by striking
        ``violence that is associated'' and inserting ``violence,
        bullying, and gangs that are associated'';
            (3) by striking the term ``drug and violence prevention''
        each place such term appears and inserting ``drug, violence,
        bullying, and gang prevention'', including in sections 4002(1),
        4002(2), 4002(4), 4112(a)(3), 4112(a)(5), 4112(c)(2)(D),
        4113(a)(4), 4113(a)(5), 4113(a)(9), 4113(a)(10), 4113(a)(14),
        4114(a)(1), 4114(c)(1)(A), 4114(d)(2), 4114(d)(6),
        4115(a)(1)(A), 4115(b)(2)(B), 4115(b)(2)(C), 4115(b)(2)(D),
        4115(b)(2)(E), 4115(d), 4116(a)(1)(B), 4121(a)(1), 4121(a)(2),
        and 4121(a)(5);
            (4) by striking the term ``drug use and violence'' each
        place such term appears and inserting ``drug use, violence,
        bullying, and gangs'', including in sections 4002(4),
        4112(a)(2), 4112(c)(3)(B)(iv), 4113(a)(9)(A),
        4115(b)(1)(C)(ii), 4116(a)(2)(B), and 4122(c);
            (5) in section 4112(c)(3)(B)(ii), by striking ``violence
        and drug-related'' and inserting ``violence, bullying, gang,
        and drug-related'';
            (6) in section 4114(d)(6), by striking ``acts of violence''
        and inserting ``acts of violence, bullying, and gangs'';
            (7) in sections 4115(a)(1)(A), 4115(a)(1)(C),
        4115(a)(2)(A), 4115(b)(2)(E), and 4122(a), by striking the term
        ``violence and illegal drug use'' each place such term appears
        and inserting ``violence, bullying, gangs, and illegal drug
        use'';
            (8) in section 4115(b)(2)(B), by striking the term
        ``violence and illegal use of drugs'' each place such term
        appears and inserting ``violence, bullying, gangs, and illegal
        use of drugs'';
            (9) in the matter preceding clause (i) in section
        4115(b)(2)(E), and in section 4152(a), by striking the term
        ``Drug and violence prevention'' each place such term appears
        and inserting ``Drug, violence, bullying, and gang
        prevention'';
            (10) in sections 4115(b)(2)(E)(vii) and 4122(b) by striking
        ``illegal drug use and violence'' and inserting ``violence,
        bullying, gangs, and illegal drug use'';
            (11) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(ix), by striking ``violent or
        drug abusing students'' and inserting ``violent, bullying,
        gang-affiliated, or drug abusing students'';
            (12) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(x), by striking ``violent
        behavior and illegal use of drugs'' and inserting ``violent
        behavior, bullying, gang affiliation, and illegal use of
        drugs'';
            (13) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xiii)--
                    (A) by striking ``violence prevention and education
                programs'' and inserting ``violence, bullying, and gang
                prevention and education programs''; and
                    (B) by striking ``resolve conflicts without
                violence'' and inserting ``resolve conflicts without
                violence, bullying, or gangs'';
            (14) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xv), by striking ``major
        accident, or a drug-related incident'' and inserting ``major
        accident, bullying incident, gang-related incident, or a drug-
        related incident'';
            (15) in sections 4115(b)(2)(E)(xviii) and 4116(b)(1), by
        striking ``safety hotline'' and inserting ``safety, bullying
        prevention, and gang prevention hotline'';
            (16) in section 4116(a)(1)(C), by striking ``violence and
        drug prevention'' and inserting ``drug, violence, bullying, and
        gang prevention'';
            (17) in section 4121(a), by striking ``illegal use of drugs
        and violence'' and inserting ``violence, bullying, gang
        activity, and illegal drug use'';
            (18) in section 4121(a)(4), by striking ``violence
        prevention and education'' and inserting ``violence, bullying,
        and gang prevention and education'';
            (19) in sections 4121(a)(6) and 4121(a)(8), by striking
        ``drug and violence problems'' and inserting ``drug, violence,
        bullying, and gang problems'';
            (20) in section 4122(a)(2), by striking ``and school
        violence'' and inserting ``school violence, bullying, gang
        activity,'';
            (21) in sections 4124(a)(1)(B) and 4124(a)(3), by striking
        ``substance abuse and violence prevention'' and inserting
        ``violence, bullying, gang, and substance abuse prevention'';
            (22) in section 4124(b)(4)(A)(i), by striking ``substance
        abuse and violence problem'' and inserting ``violence,
        bullying, gang, and substance abuse problem'';
            (23) in section 4127(c), by striking ``school violence
        research'' and inserting ``school violence, bullying, and gang
        research'';
            (24) in section 4128(b)(2), by striking ``such as substance
        abuse'' and inserting ``such as bullying, substance abuse'';
            (25) in section 4128(b)(4), by striking ``school violence
        prevention'' and inserting ``school violence, bullying, and
        gang prevention'';
            (26) in section 4130(b)(1)(B)(iv), by striking ``violence,
        use of dangerous weapons'' and inserting ``violence, bullying,
        gangs, use of dangerous weapons'';
            (27) in section 4130(b)(5)(B)(i), by striking ``schools
        with violence problems'' and inserting ``schools with violence,
        bullying, or gang problems'';
            (28) in section 4151--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``Drug and violence
                        prevention'' in the heading and inserting
                        ``Drug, violence, bullying, and gang
                        prevention'';
                            (ii) by striking ``drug and violence
                        prevention'' each place such term appears and
                        inserting ``drug, violence, bullying, and gang
                        prevention''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
                        ``with respect to violence'' and inserting
                        ``with respect to violence, bullying, and
                        gangs''; and
                    (B) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking
                ``violent behavior'' and inserting ``violent, bullying,
                or gang behavior''; and
            (29) in section 4152(a), by striking ``acts of violence''
        and inserting ``acts of violence and bullying''.
    (b) Amendment to Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968.--Paragraph (13) of section 1801 of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 2796ee; relating to juvenile
accountability block grants) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(13) establishing and maintaining accountability-based
        programs that are designed to enhance school safety, which
        programs may include research-based bullying and gang
        prevention programs;''.

Summary: Bullying and Gang Prevention for School Safety and Crime Reduction Act of 2005 - Amends: (1) the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to cover bullying and gang prevention. And (2) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize accountability-based programs designed to enhance school safety, which may include research-based bullying and gang prevention programs.

To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant funds for bullying and gang prevention, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Covering People With Pre-Existing
Conditions Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE HIGH RISK
              POOLS AND REINSURANCE MARKETS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PRE-
              EXISTING CONDITIONS.

    (a) State Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2015, each State
        shall--
                    (A) subject to paragraph (3), operate--
                            (i) a qualified State reinsurance program
                        described in subsection (b); or
                            (ii) qualifying State high risk pool
                        described in subsection (c)(1); and
                    (B) subject to paragraph (3), apply to the
                operation of such a program from State funds an amount
                equivalent to the portion of State funds derived from
                State premium assessments (as defined by the Secretary)
                that are not otherwise used on State health care
                programs.
            (2) Relation to current qualified high risk pool program.--
                    (A) States not operating a qualified high risk
                pool.--In the case of a State that is not operating a
                current section 2745 qualified high risk pool as of the
                date of the enactment of this Act--
                            (i) the State may only meet the requirement
                        of paragraph (1) through the operation of a
                        qualified State reinsurance program described
                        in subsection (b); and
                            (ii) the State's operation of such a
                        reinsurance program shall be treated, for
                        purposes of section 2745 of the Public Health
                        Service Act, as the operation of a qualified
                        high risk pool described in such section.
                    (B) State operating a qualified high risk pool.--In
                the case of a State that is operating a current section
                2745 qualified high risk pool as of the date of the
                enactment of this Act--
                            (i) as of January 1, 2015, such a pool
                        shall not be treated as a qualified high risk
                        pool under section 2745 of the Public Health
                        Service Act unless the pool is a qualifying
                        State high risk pool described in subsection
                        (c)(1); and
                            (ii) the State may use premium assessment
                        funds described in paragraph (1)(B) to
                        transition from operation of such a pool to
                        operation of a qualified State reinsurance
                        program described in subsection (b).
            (3) Application of funds.--If the program or pool operated
        under paragraph (1)(A) is in strong fiscal health, as
        determined in accordance with standards established by the
        National Association of Insurance Commissioners and as approved
        by the State Insurance Commissioner involved, the requirement
        of paragraph (1)(B) shall be deemed to be met.
    (b) Qualified State Reinsurance Program.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of this section, a
        ``qualified State reinsurance program'' means a program
        operated by a State program that provides reinsurance for
        health insurance coverage offered in the small group market in
        accordance with the model for such a program established (as of
        the date of the enactment of this Act).
            (2) Form of program.--A qualified State reinsurance program
        may provide reinsurance--
                    (A) on a prospective or retrospective basis; and
                    (B) on a basis that protects health insurance
                issuers against the annual aggregate spending of their
                enrollees as well as purchase protection against
                individual catastrophic costs.
            (3) Satisfaction of hipaa requirement.--A qualified State
        reinsurance program shall be deemed, for purposes of section
        2745 of the Public Health Service Act, to be a qualified high
        risk pool under such section.
    (c) Qualifying State High Risk Pool.--
            (1) In general.--A qualifying State high risk pool
        described in this subsection means a current section 2745
        qualified high risk pool that meets the following requirements:
                    (A) The pool must provide at least two coverage
                options, one of which must be a high deductible health
                plan coupled with a health savings account.
                    (B) The pool must be funded with a stable funding
                source.
                    (C) The pool must eliminate any waiting lists so
                that all eligible residents who are seeking coverage
                through the pool should be allowed to receive coverage
                through the pool.
                    (D) The pool must allow for coverage of individuals
                who, but for the 24-month disability waiting period
                under section 226(b) of the Social Security Act, would
                be eligible for Medicare during the period of such
                waiting period.
                    (E) The pool must limit the pool premiums to no
                more than 150 percent of the average premium for
                applicable standard risk rates in that State.
                    (F) The pool must conduct education and outreach
                initiatives so that residents and brokers understand
                that the pool is available to eligible residents.
                    (G) The pool must provide coverage for preventive
                services and disease management for chronic diseases.
            (2) Verification of citizenship or alien qualification.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
                provision of law, only citizens and nationals of the
                United States shall be eligible to participate in a
                qualifying State high risk pool that receives funds
                under section 2745 of the Public Health Service Act or
                this section.
                    (B) Condition of participation.--As a condition of
                a State receiving such funds, the Secretary shall
                require the State to certify, to the satisfaction of
                the Secretary, that such State requires all applicants
                for coverage in the qualifying State high risk pool to
                provide satisfactory documentation of citizenship or
                nationality in a manner consistent with section 1903(x)
                of the Social Security Act.
                    (C) Records.--The Secretary shall keep sufficient
                records such that a determination of citizenship or
                nationality only has to be made once for any individual
                under this paragraph.
            (3) Relation to section 2745.--As of January 1, 2015, a
        pool shall not qualify as qualified high risk pool under
        section 2745 of the Public Health Service Act unless the pool
        is a qualifying State high risk pool described in paragraph
        (1).
    (d) Waivers.--In order to accommodate new and innovative programs,
the Secretary may waive such requirements of this section for qualified
State reinsurance programs and for qualifying State high risk pools as
the Secretary deems appropriate.
    (e) Funding.--In addition to any other amounts appropriated, there
is appropriated to carry out section 2745 of the Public Health Service
Act (including through a program or pool described in subsection
(a)(1))--
            (1) $15,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2015
        through 2024; and
            (2) an additional $10,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal
        years 2020 through 2024.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Health insurance coverage; health insurance issuer.--
        The terms ``health insurance coverage'' and ``health insurance
        issuer'' have the meanings given such terms in section 2791 of
        the Public Health Service Act.
            (2) Current section 2745 qualified high risk pool.--The
        term ``current section 2745 qualified high risk pool'' has the
        meaning given the term ``qualified high risk pool'' under
        section 2745(g) of the Public Health Service Act as in effect
        as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Health and Human Services.
            (4) Standard risk rate.--The term ``standard risk rate''
        means a rate that--
                    (A) is determined under the State high risk pool by
                considering the premium rates charged by other health
                insurance issuers offering health insurance coverage to
                individuals in the insurance market served;
                    (B) is established using reasonable actuarial
                techniques; and
                    (C) reflects anticipated claims experience and
                expenses for the coverage involved.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the 50 States
        or the District of Columbia.

Summary: Covering People With Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 - Requires each state to mitigate the health costs of high risk individuals in the state through a state reinsurance program or a state high risk pool.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Communities Investment Act
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES.

    (a) Maximum Amount of Outstanding Guarantees for a Single Issuer.--
Section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5308) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following new subsection:
    ``(b) Maximum Amount of Outstanding Guarantees.--The maximum
aggregate outstanding amount of notes and obligations of a single
issuer guaranteed under this section shall be an amount determined by
the Secretary based on the amount of the grant approval for the issuer
under section 106 or 107, the fiscal condition of the issuer, and the
potential return on investment of the projects to be undertaken with
the proceeds of such notes and obligations, but may not in any case
exceed the discounted present value of the grants that the issuer would
receive over a period not to exceed 20 years if the issuer's annual
grant amount over such period were equal to 80 percent of the current
grant approval for the issuer.''.
    (b) Stakeholder Participation.--Section 108 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(s) Stakeholder Participation.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--The Secretary shall provide that an
        issuer of notes or obligations under this section shall, in
        complying with any community participation requirements
        (including the requirements under section 104(a)) applicable to
        the development of activities to be funded with the proceeds of
        such notes or obligations guaranteed under this section,
        include participation of major stakeholders in the community in
        which such activities will be carried out.
            ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the
        term `stakeholder' means a public or private organizational
        entity whose future well-being depends upon the applicant's
        continued social and economic viability, and includes the
        representatives of the following community interests:
                    ``(A) Business.
                    ``(B) Banking.
                    ``(C) Education.
                    ``(D) Public health and safety.
                    ``(E) Labor.
                    ``(F) Community-based development organizations.
                    ``(G) Arts, cultural, religious, philanthropic,
                professional, and civic organizations.''.

SEC. 3. COLLATERAL FOR FHLB ADVANCES.

    Section 10(a)(4) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C.
1430(a)(4)) is amended by striking the second sentence.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO MAKE ADVANCES TO NONMEMBER MORTGAGEES.

    Section 10b of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1430b) is
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 10B. ADVANCES TO NONMEMBER MORTGAGEES.

    ``(a) Authority.--Each Federal home loan bank may make advances to
a nonmember mortgagee, except that such advances may be used only for
community lending (as such term is defined in section 10(k)).
    ``(b) Nonmember Mortgagee Defined.--For purposes of subsection (a),
the term `nonmember mortgagee' means any entity--
            ``(1) that is--
                    ``(A) a State or local housing finance agency or
                Indian housing authority (including any subsidiary of
                such agency or authority) approved under title II of
                the National Housing Act, which--
                            ``(i) is a chartered institution having
                        succession; and
                            ``(ii) is subject to the inspection and
                        supervision of a governmental agency;
                    ``(B) a community development financial institution
                that--
                            ``(i) is not an insured depository
                        institution or a subsidiary of an insured
                        depository institution; and
                            ``(ii) at the time an advance under this
                        section is made, is certified as a community
                        development financial institution under the
                        Community Development Banking and Financial
                        Institutions Act of 1994; and
                            ``(iii) is a chartered institution having
                        succession; or
                    ``(C) a State or local economic development agency
                that--
                            ``(i) is chartered under State law; and
                            ``(ii) is an institution having succession;
                        and
            ``(2) whose principal activity in the mortgage field
        consists of lending the institution's own funds.
    ``(c) Security.--Advances under subsection (a) shall be secured in
accordance with the requirements of section 10.
    ``(d) Terms and Conditions.--Advances made under this section shall
be made at the same rates of interest and upon the same terms and
conditions as are comparable extensions of credit to member
institutions.''.

SEC. 5. COMMUNITY LENDING FUND.

    Section 10 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1430) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Community Lending Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to regulations prescribed by the
        Board to carry out this subsection, each Federal home loan bank
        shall establish a Community Lending Fund, which the bank shall
        use to facilitate community lending by its members and
        nonmember mortgagees.
            ``(2) Use of assets of community lending funds.--A bank may
        use amounts in its Community Lending Fund only to provide
        grants, subsidies, and subsidized advances to its members and
        nonmember mortgagees for use for community lending activities.
            ``(3) Low- and moderate-income targeting.--Not less than 70
        percent of the aggregate amount of assistance provided by a
        bank from a Community Lending Fund shall be used for the
        support of community lending activities that benefit low- and
        moderate-income persons.
            ``(4) Local priorities.--Each bank--
                    ``(A) shall give priority for assistance from the
                Community Lending Fund of the bank for projects located
                in empowerment zones and enterprise communities
                designated under part I of subchapter U of chapter 1 of
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1391 et
                seq.); and
                    ``(B) may establish such other priorities for the
                types of projects to receive assistance from the
                Community Lending Fund of the bank as the bank
                considers appropriate, and to which the Board shall
                defer, if such priorities are consistent with the
                safety and soundness of the bank and the provisions of
                this subsection. .
            ``(5) Coordination of activities.--The Board shall require
        the banks, to the extent practicable, to coordinate their
        activities pursuant to this subsection with any other State or
        Federal programs intended to facilitate community lending.
            ``(6) Report.--Each member and nonmember mortgagee
        receiving advances or assistance from a Community Lending Fund
        established by a bank shall report annually to the bank
        regarding the use of such advances or assistance.
            ``(7) Contribution to fund.--Each bank shall annually
        contribute 10 percent of the net earnings of that bank (after
        deducting expenses related to section 10(j) and operating
        expenses) to its Community Lending Fund. Each bank may
        contribute additional moneys to the Fund, and may accept for
        deposit into the Fund moneys from other parties.
            ``(8) Suspension of contributions.--
                    ``(A) In general.-- If a bank finds that the
                payments required under paragraph (7) are contributing
                to the financial instability of such bank, it may apply
                to the Board for a temporary suspension of such
                payments. The Board shall make a determination of
                whether the bank is financially unstable and whether
                such payments are contributing to such instability, and
                [may/shall] suspend such bank's payments to its
                Community Lending Fund if finds in the affirmative with
                respect to both such questions.
                    ``(B) Factors to be considered.--In determining the
                financial stability of a bank for purposes of this
                paragraph, the Board shall consider such factors as--
                            ``(i) whether the bank's earnings are
                        severely depressed;
                            ``(ii) whether there has been a substantial
                        decline in membership capital; and
                            ``(iii) whether there has been a
                        substantial reduction in advances outstanding.
                    ``(C) Review of applications.--The Board shall
                review any application under this paragraph and any
                supporting financial data and issue a written decision
                approving or disapproving such application. The Board's
                decision shall be accompanied by specific findings and
                reasons for its action.
                    ``(D) Designation of suspension period.--If the
                Board grants a suspension, it shall specify the period
                of time that such suspension shall remain in effect and
                shall continue to monitor the bank's financial
                condition during such suspension.
                    ``(E) Suspensions prohibited under certain
                circumstances.--The Board shall not suspend payment to
                the Community Lending Fund of a bank if the bank's
                reduction in earnings is a result of--
                            ``(i) a change in the terms for advances to
                        members which is not justified by market
                        conditions;
                            ``(ii) inordinate operating and
                        administrative expenses; or
                            ``(iii) mismanagement.
            ``(9) Regulations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Board shall
                prescribe regulations to implement this subsection.
                    ``(B) Limitations, restrictions, and other
                requirements.--Subject to the requirements of this
                subsection, such regulations--
                            ``(i) may specify activities, restrictions,
                        and limitations for the use by the banks of
                        amounts from Community Lending Funds;
                            ``(ii) may specify priorities for the use
                        of such advances;
                            ``(iii) shall ensure that assistance
                        provided from a Community Lending Fund will be
                        used only for community lending to assist
                        projects for which adequate long-term
                        monitoring is available to guarantee
                        requirements established pursuant to this
                        subsection are satisfied;
                            ``(iv) shall ensure that any subsidies
                        provided under this subsection by Banks to
                        member institutions and nonmember mortgagees
                        are passed on to the ultimate borrower;
                            ``(v) shall specify standards for
                        determining benefit for low- and moderate-
                        income persons, for purposes of paragraph (3);
                        and
                            ``(vi) shall establish uniform standards
                        for assistance from Community Lending Funds and
                        community lending by member institutions and
                        nonmember mortgagees supported by such
                        assistance.
            ``(10) Advisory council.--Each bank shall appoint an
        Advisory Council of 7 to 15 persons drawn from stakeholders (as
        such term is defined in section 108(s) of the Housing and
        Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308(s)) in its
        district. The Advisory Council shall meet with representatives
        of the board of directors of the Bank quarterly to advise the
        Bank on community lending needs in the district and on the
        utilization of the Community Lending Fund of the bank for
        meeting such needs. Each Advisory Council established under
        this paragraph shall submit to the Board at least annually its
        analysis of the community lending activities carried out with
        amounts from the Community Lending Fund of the bank by which
        the Committee is appointed.
            ``(11) Reports to congress.--
                    ``(A) The Board shall monitor and annually submit a
                report to the Congress and the Advisory Council for
                each bank the support of community lending by the banks
                and the utilization of amounts from Community Lending
                Funds.
                    ``(B) The analyses submitted by the Advisory
                Councils to the Board under paragraph (10) shall be
                included as part of the reports required by this
                paragraph.
                    ``(C) The Comptroller General of the United States
                shall audit and evaluate the program under this
                subsection after such program has been operating for 2
                years. The Comptroller General shall submit a report to
                the Congress on the conclusions of the audit and
                recommend improvements or modifications to the program.
            ``(12) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the
        following definitions shall apply:
                    ``(A) Community lending.--The term `community
                lending' means providing financing for activities that
                meet the requirements for eligibility, under section
                105 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
                1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305), for assistance with amounts for
                grants under title I of such Act.
                    ``(B) Low- and moderate-income persons.--The term
                `low- and moderate-income persons has the meaning given
                such term in section 102 of the Housing and Community
                Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302).
                    ``(C) Nonmember mortgage.--The term `nonmember
                mortgagee' has the meaning given such term in section
                10B(b) of this Act.''.
    (b) Funding for Community Lending Funds.--Section 21B(f)(2)(C) of
the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1441b(f)(2)(C)) is amended to
read as follows:
                    ``(C) Payments by federal home loan banks.--
                            ``(i) Refcorp funding.--To the extent that
                        the amounts available pursuant to subparagraphs
                        (A) and (B) are insufficient to cover the
                        amount of interest payments, each Federal home
                        loan bank shall pay to the Funding Corporation
                        in each calendar year, 10 percent of the net
                        earnings of that bank (after deducting expenses
                        relating to section 10(j) and operating
                        expenses).
                            ``(ii) Annuity value.--The Board shall
                        annually determine the extent to which the
                        value of the aggregate amounts paid by the
                        banks exceeds or falls short of the value of an
                        annuity of $300,000,000 per year that commences
                        on the issuance date and ends on the final
                        scheduled maturity date of the obligations, and
                        shall select appropriate present value factors
                        for making such determinations.
                            ``(iii) Adjustment of period of banks'
                        obligations.--The Board shall extend or shorten
                        the term of the banks' payment obligations
                        under this subparagraph, as necessary to ensure
                        that the value of all payments made by the
                        banks under this paragraph is equivalent to the
                        value of such an annuity.
                            ``(iv) Extension of period beyond maturity
                        dates of underlying obligations.--If the Board
                        extends the term of payments beyond the final
                        scheduled maturity date for the obligations,
                        each bank shall continue to pay 10 percent of
                        its net earnings (after deducting expenses
                        relating to section 10(j) and operating
                        expenses) to the general fund of the Treasury
                        until the value of all such payments by the
                        banks is equivalent to the value of such an
                        annuity.
                            ``(v) Final year adjustment.--In the final
                        year in which the banks are required to make
                        any payment to the general fund of the Treasury
                        under clause (iv), if the dollar amount
                        represented by 10 percent of the net earnings
                        of the banks exceeds the remaining obligation
                        of the banks to the Treasury, the Finance Board
                        shall reduce the percentage pro rata to a level
                        sufficient to pay the remaining obligation.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall become effective on January 1, 2000.

Summary: Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to set forth parameters within which: (1) Federal home loan banks may make advances to a nonmember mortgagee for community lending purposes. And (2) each Federal home loan bank shall establish a Community Lending Fund to facilitate community lending by its members and nonmember mortgagees.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drunk Driving Repeat Offender
Prevention Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES TO PREVENT REPEAT INTOXICATED
              DRIVING.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 167. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat
              intoxicated driving
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Alcohol concentration.--The term `alcohol
        concentration' means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of
        blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.
            ``(2) Driving while intoxicated; driving under the
        influence.--The terms `driving while intoxicated' and `driving
        under the influence' mean driving or being in actual physical
        control of a motor vehicle in a State while having an alcohol
        concentration above the permitted limit as established by the
        State.
            ``(3) Ignition interlock device.--The term `ignition
        interlock device' means an in-vehicle device that requires a
        driver to provide a breath sample prior to the motor vehicle
        starting, and that prevents a motor vehicle from starting if
        the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal
        limit.
            ``(4) Motor vehicle.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `motor vehicle' means a
                vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and
                manufactured primarily for use on public highways.
                    ``(B) Exclusions.--The term `motor vehicle' does
                not include--
                            ``(i) a vehicle operated solely on a rail
                        line; or
                            ``(ii) a commercial vehicle.
    ``(b) Laws Requiring Ignition Interlock Devices.--A State meets the
requirements of this subsection if the State has enacted and is
enforcing a law that requires throughout the State the installation of
an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor
vehicle operated by an individual who is convicted of driving while
intoxicated or driving under the influence.
    ``(c) Withholding of Funds for Noncompliance.--
            ``(1) Fiscal year 2013.--On October 1, 2012, the Secretary
        shall withhold 1 percent of the amount required to be
        apportioned to a State under each of sections 104(b)(1),
        104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) if the State does not meet the
        requirements of subsection (b).
            ``(2) Fiscal year 2014.--On October 1, 2013, the Secretary
        shall withhold 3 percent of the amount required to be
        apportioned to a State under each of sections 104(b)(1),
        104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) if the State does not meet the
        requirements of subsection (b).
            ``(3) Fiscal year 2015 and thereafter.--On October 1, 2014,
        and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary
        shall withhold 5 percent of the amount required to be
        apportioned to a State under each of sections 104(b)(1),
        104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) if the State does not meet the
        requirements of subsection (b).
    ``(d) Period of Availability of Withheld Funds; Effect of
Compliance and Noncompliance.--
            ``(1) Period of availability of withheld funds.--Any funds
        withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment to a State
        shall remain available for apportionment to the State until the
        end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year for
        which the funds are authorized to be appropriated.
            ``(2) Apportionment of withheld funds after compliance.--
        If, before the last day of the period for which funds withheld
        under subsection (c) from apportionment are to remain available
        for apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State
        meets the requirements of subsection (b), the Secretary shall,
        on the first day on which the State meets the requirements of
        subsection (b), apportion to the State the funds withheld under
        subsection (c) that remain available for apportionment to the
        State.
            ``(3) Period of availability of subsequently apportioned
        funds.--Any funds apportioned pursuant to paragraph (2)--
                    ``(A) shall remain available for expenditure until
                the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal
                year in which the funds are so apportioned; and
                    ``(B) if not apportioned at the end of that period,
                shall lapse.
            ``(4) Effect of noncompliance.--If, at the end of the
        period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) from
        apportionment are available for apportionment to a State under
        paragraph (1), the State does not meet the requirements of
        subsection (b), the funds shall lapse.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 167. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat
                            intoxicated driving.''.

Summary: Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2013-FY2015 if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence.

A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, to condition the receipt of certain highway funding by States on the enactment and enforcement by States of certain laws to prevent repeat intoxicated driving.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Continued Participation Pension Act
of 1996''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS.

    Part 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) is amended by redesignating section 211 as section
212 and by inserting after section 210 (29 U.S.C. 1060) the following
new section:

     ``continued participation in defined benefit plans for certain
                              individuals

    ``Sec. 211. (a) In General.--A defined benefit plan shall provide,
in accordance with this section, that each qualified beneficiary who
would lose eligibility to accrue benefits under the plan as a result of
a qualifying event, may elect, within the election period, continued
participation under the plan.
    ``(b) Continued Participation.--For purposes of this section, the
term `continued participation' means continued accrual of benefits by a
qualified beneficiary in accordance with section 204(b)(1), if the
following requirements are met:
            ``(1) Determination of service.--A participant shall be
        treated as having not incurred a break in service with the
        employer or employers maintaining the plan. The period of
        continued participation shall be deemed to constitute service
        with the employer or employers maintaining the plan for the
        purpose of determining the nonforfeitability of the qualified
        beneficiary's accrued benefits and for the purpose of
        determining the accrual of benefits. The period of continued
        participation shall be deemed to be service with the employer
        under the terms of the plan or any applicable collective
        bargaining agreement.
            ``(2) Terms of continued participation.--For purposes of
        determining the amount of any liability and any obligation of
        the plan, earnings and forfeitures shall not be included. In
        the case of a multiemployer plan, any liability of the plan
        described in this section shall be allocated--
                    ``(A) by the plan in such manner as the sponsor
                maintaining the plan shall provide; or
                    ``(B) if the sponsor does not so provide, to the
                last employer employing the person before the
                qualifying event.
            ``(3) Period of continued participation.--The period of
        participation shall extend for the period beginning on the date
        of the qualifying event and ending not earlier than the
        earliest of the following:
                    ``(A) Maximum required period.--The date on which
                the participant reaches (or would have reached) normal
                retirement age under the plan.
                    ``(B) End of plan.--The date on which the employer
                ceases to provide any defined benefit plan to any
                employee.
                    ``(C) Failure to pay contribution.--The date on
                which benefits cease to accrue under the plan by reason
                of a failure to make timely payment of any contribution
                required under the plan with respect to the qualified
                beneficiary.
            ``(4) Contribution requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A qualified beneficiary electing
                continued participation is liable to the defined
                benefit plan for funding any obligation of the plan to
                provide the benefits described in paragraph (1). The
                plan shall allocate to qualified beneficiaries the
                amount of applicable contribution attributable to
                employer contributions and mandatory employee
                contributions under the plan, in the same manner that
                employer contributions and mandatory employee
                contributions are allocated to similarly situated
                beneficiaries with respect to whom a qualifying event
                has not occurred. The plan shall provide for benefit
accruals attributable to voluntary employee contributions only to the
extent such benefit accruals attributable to such contributions were
available to the participant prior to the qualifying event. For
purposes of computing the beneficiary's contributions, the participant
shall be deemed to have received compensation during the period of
continued participation, at the rate in effect prior to the occurrence
of the qualifying event, as if the participant had continued in service
under the plan at the rate of 1,000 hours of work during any 12-month
period.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--For any period of continued
                participation, the contribution made by the qualified
                beneficiary--
                            ``(i) shall not exceed 102 percent of the
                        applicable contribution for such period, and
                            ``(ii) may, at the election of the payor,
                        be made in monthly installments.
                In no event may the plan require the payment of any
                contribution before the day which is 45 days after the
                day on which the qualified beneficiary made the initial
                election for continued participation.
    ``(c) Election Period.--
            ``(1) In general.--The election period--
                    ``(A) begins not later than the date on which
                benefits accrual would, but for continued participation
                in accordance with the section, cease, and
                    ``(B) is of at least 90 days' duration.
            ``(2) Effect of election on other beneficiaries.--Except as
        otherwise specified in an election, any election of continued
        participation by a qualified beneficiary shall be deemed to
        include an election of continued participation on behalf of any
        other qualified beneficiary who would cease to be a beneficiary
        under the plan by reason of the qualifying event.
    ``(d) Exception for Certain Plans.--Subsection (a) shall not apply
to any defined benefit plan for any calendar year if all employers
maintaining such plan normally employed fewer than 20 employees on a
typical business day during the preceding calendar year.
    ``(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Applicable contribution.--The applicable contribution
        for any period of continued participation of qualified
        beneficiaries shall be equal to the actuarial value of benefit
        accruals attributable to the period of continued participation,
        as determined under regulations of the Secretary.
            ``(2) Qualified beneficiary.--The term `qualified
        beneficiary' means any beneficiary under the plan on the day
        before the qualifying event, including the participant in the
        case of a qualifying event described in paragraph (3)(A).
            ``(3) Qualifying event.--The term `qualifying event' means
        any of the following events occurring within seven years of
        attainment by the participant of normal retirement age, which,
        but for the continued participation provided under this
        section, would result in the cessation of benefit accruals of a
        qualified beneficiary:
                    ``(A) The termination (other than by reason of such
                employee's gross misconduct), or reduction of hours, of
                the participant's employment.
                    ``(B) The death of the participant.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) General Rule.--This Act shall apply to plan years beginning on
or after July 1, 1996.
    (b) Special Rule for Collective Bargaining Agreements.--In the case
of a defined benefit plan maintained pursuant to one or more collective
bargaining agreements between employee representatives and one or more
employers ratified before the date of the enactment of this Act, this
section shall not apply to plan years beginning before the later of--
            (1) the date on which the last of the collective bargaining
        agreements relating to the plan terminates (determined without
        regard to any extension thereof agreed to after the date of the
        enactment of this Act), or
            (2) January 1, 2000.

Summary: Continued Participation Pension Act of 1996 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for continued participation under a defined benefit plan for employees who are terminated from employment within seven years of attaining normal retirement age under the plan.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ending Homelessness Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) although the United States has experienced a reduction
        in veteran homelessness after a surge of new Federal funding
        targeted to homeless veterans starting in fiscal year 2008,
        major progress towards the national goals for ending
        homelessness in our Nation has virtually stalled in the absence
        of increased funding;
            (2) according to the Department of Housing and Urban
        Development's 2015 point-in-time count, there were 564,708
        people experiencing homelessness in the United States on any
        given night, including 83,170 chronically homeless individuals;
            (3) between 2014 and 2015, homelessness among major city
        Continuum of Care programs, which account for 48 percent of all
        homeless people in the U.S., increased by 3 percent;
            (4) homelessness in many major cities has reached crisis
        proportions and some cities have declared that homelessness has
        reached a state of emergency; and
            (5) the Federal Government must renew its commitment to the
        national goals to end homelessness.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDING.

    Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11360 et seq) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 491 (42 U.S.C. 11408; relating
        to rural housing stability grant program) as section 441;
            (2) by redesignating section 592 (42 U.S.C. 11408a;
        relating to use of FMHA inventory for transitional housing for
        homeless persons and for turnkey housing) as section 442; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subtitle:

             ``Subtitle E--5-Year Path To End Homelessness

``SEC. 451. EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDING.

    ``(a) Direct Appropriations.--There is appropriated out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for each of fiscal
years 2017 through 2021, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended, for emergency relief grants under this section to address the
unmet needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions with the highest
need.
    ``(b) Formula Grants.--
            ``(1) Allocation.--Amounts appropriated under subsection
        (a) for a fiscal year shall be allocated among collaborative
        applicants that comply with section 402, in accordance with the
        funding formula established under paragraph (2) of this
        subsection.
            ``(2) Formula.--The Secretary shall, in consultation with
        the United States Interagency Council on Homeless, establish a
        formula for allocating grant amounts under this section to
        address the unmet needs of homeless populations in
        jurisdictions with the highest need, using the best currently
        available data that targets need based on key structural
        determinants of homelessness in the geographic area represented
        by a collaborative applicant, which shall include data
        providing accurate counts of--
                    ``(A) the poverty rate in the geographic area
                represented by the collaborative applicant;
                    ``(B) shortages of affordable housing for low-,
                very low-, and extremely low-income households in the
                geographic area represented by the collaborative
                applicant;
                    ``(C) the number of overcrowded housing units in
                the geographic area represented by the collaborative
                applicant;
                    ``(D) the number of unsheltered homeless
                individuals and the number of chronically homeless
                individuals; and
                    ``(E) any other factors that the Secretary
                considers appropriate.
            ``(3) Grants.--For each fiscal year for which amounts are
        made available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make a
        grant to each collaborative applicant for which an amount is
        allocated pursuant to application of the formula established
        pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection in an amount that
        is equal to the formula amount determined for such
        collaborative applicant.
            ``(4) Timing.--
                    ``(A) Formula to be devised swiftly.--The funding
                formula required under paragraph (2) shall be
                established not later than 60 days after the date of
                enactment of this section.
                    ``(B) Distribution.--Amounts appropriated or
                otherwise made available under this section shall be
                distributed according to the funding formula
                established pursuant to paragraph (2) not later than 30
                days after the establishment of such formula.
    ``(c) Use of Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) through (4), a
        collaborative applicant that receives a grant under this
        section may use such grant amounts only for eligible activities
        under section 415, 423, or 441(b).
            ``(2) Permanent supportive housing requirement.--
                    ``(A) Requirement.--Except as provided in
                subparagraph (B), each collaborative applicant that
                receives a grant under this section shall use not less
                than 75 percent of such grant amount for permanent
                supportive housing, including capital costs, rental
                subsidies, and services.
                    ``(B) Exemption.--The Secretary shall exempt a
                collaborative applicant from the applicability of the
                requirement under subparagraph (A) if the applicant
                demonstrates, in accordance with such standards and
                procedures as the Secretary shall establish, that--
                            ``(i) chronic homelessness has been
                        functionally eliminated in the geographic area
                        served by the applicant; or
                            ``(ii) the permanent supportive housing
                        under development in the geographic area served
                        by the applicant is sufficient to functionally
                        eliminate chronic homelessness once such units
                        are available for occupancy.
                The Secretary shall consider and make a determination
                regarding each request for an exemption under this
                subparagraph not later than 60 days after receipt of
                such request.
            ``(3) Limitation on use for administrative expenses.--Not
        more than 5 percent of the total amount of any grant under this
        section to a collaborative applicant may be used for costs of
        administration.
            ``(4) Housing first requirement.--The Secretary shall
        ensure that each collaborative applicant that receives a grant
        under this section is implementing, to the extent possible, and
        will use such grant amounts in accordance with, a Housing First
        model for assistance for homeless persons.
    ``(d) Renewal Funding.--Expiring contracts for leasing, rental
assistance, or permanent housing shall be treated, for purposes of
section 429, as expiring contracts referred to in subsection (a) of
such section.
    ``(e) Reporting to Congress.--
            ``(1) Initial report.--Not later than September 1, 2016,
        the Secretary and the United States Interagency Council on
        Homelessness shall submit a report to the Committees on
        Financial Services and Appropriations of the House of
        Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and
        Urban Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate describing the
        design and implementation of the grant program under this
        section, which shall include the formula required by subsection
        (b)(2).
            ``(2) Semiannual status reports.--
                    ``(A) Reports to congress.--The Secretary and the
                United States Interagency Council on Homelessness shall
                submit reports to the Committees specified in paragraph
                (1) semiannually describing the operation of the grant
                program under this section during the preceding 6
                months, including identification of the grants made and
                a description of the activities funded with grant
                amounts.
                    ``(B) Collection of information by secretary.--The
                Secretary shall require each collaborative applicant
                that receives a grant under this section to submit such
                information to the Secretary as may be necessary for
                the Secretary to comply with the reporting requirement
                under subparagraph (A).

``SEC. 452. SPECIAL PURPOSE VOUCHERS.

    ``(a) Direct Appropriation.--There is appropriated out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for each of fiscal years
2017 through 2021, $500,000,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be used as follows:
            ``(1) Rental assistance.--Except as provided in paragraph
        (2), such amount shall be used for incremental assistance for
        rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States
        Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons and
        households who are homeless (as such term is defined in section
        103 (42 U.S.C. 11302)), which assistance shall be in addition
        to such assistance provided pursuant to renewal of expiring
        contracts for such assistance.
            ``(2) Administrative fees.--The Secretary may use not more
        than 10 percent of such amounts provided for each fiscal year
        for administrative fees under 8(q) of the United States Housing
        Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)). The Secretary shall establish
        policies and procedures to provide such fees to the extent
        necessary to assist homeless persons and families on whose
        behalf rental assistance is provided to find and maintain
        suitable housing.
    ``(b) Allocation.--The Secretary shall make assistance provided
under this section available to public housing agencies based on
geographical need for such assistance by homeless persons and
households, as identified by the Secretary, public housing agency
administrative performance, and other factors as specified by the
Secretary.
    ``(c) Availability.--Assistance made available under this section
shall continue to remain available only for homeless persons and
households upon turn-over.
    ``(d) Renewal Funding.--Renewal of expiring contracts for rental
assistance provided under subsection (a) and for administrative fees
under such subsection shall, to the extent provided in appropriation
Acts, be funded under the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance
account.
    ``(e) Waiver Authority.--Upon a finding by the Secretary that a
waiver or alternative requirement pursuant to this subsection is
necessary to ensure that homeless persons and households can obtain
housing using rental assistance made available under this section, the
Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any
provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers
in connection with the use of funds made available under this section
(except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination,
labor standards, and the environment) that relates to screening of
applicants for assistance, admission of applicants, and selection of
tenants. The Secretary shall require public housing agencies receiving
rental assistance funding made available under this section to take all
reasonable actions to help assisted persons and families avoid
subsequent homelessness.

``SEC. 453. OUTREACH FUNDING.

    ``(a) Direct Appropriation.--There is appropriated out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for each of fiscal years
2017 through 2021, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, to
the Secretary for grants under this section to provide outreach and
coordinate services for persons and households who are homeless or
formerly homeless.
    ``(b) Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants under
        this section on a competitive basis only to collaborative
        applicants who comply with section 402.
            ``(2) Priority.--The competition for grants under this
        section shall provide priority to collaborative applicants who
        submit plans to make innovative and effective use of staff
        funded with grant amounts pursuant to subsection (c).
    ``(c) Use of Grants.--A collaborative applicant that receives a
grant under this section may use such grant amounts only for providing
case managers, social workers, or other staff who conduct outreach and
coordinate services for persons and households who are homeless or
formerly homeless.
    ``(d) Timing.--
            ``(1) Criteria to be established swiftly.--The Secretary
        shall establish the criteria for the competition for grants
        under this section required under subsection (b) not later than
        60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
            ``(2) Distribution.--Amounts appropriated or otherwise made
        available under this section shall be distributed according to
        the competition established by the Secretary pursuant to
        subsection (b) not later than 30 days after the establishment
        of such criteria.''.

SEC. 4. HOUSING TRUST FUND.

    (a) Annual Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2017 and each
fiscal year thereafter, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be credited to the Housing Trust Fund established
pursuant to section 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568) for use under such
section.
    (b) Rental Assistance.--There is appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2017 and each
fiscal year thereafter, $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended, for incremental project-based voucher assistance or project-
based rental assistance, to be allocated to States pursuant to the
formula established under section 1338 of the Federal Housing
Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C.
4568), to be used solely in conjunction with grant funds awarded under
such section 1338.
    (c) Tenant Rent Contribution.--
            (1) Limitation.--Subparagraph (A) of section 1338(c)(7) of
        the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness
        Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568(c)(7)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``except that not less than 75
                percent'' and inserting the following: ``except that--
                            ``(i) not less than 75 percent'';
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(ii) notwithstanding any other provision
                        of law, all rental housing dwelling units shall
                        be subject to legally binding commitments that
                        ensure that the contribution toward rent by a
                        family residing in the dwelling unit shall not
                        exceed 30 percent of the adjusted income (as
                        such term is defined in section 3(b) of the
                        United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
                        1437a(b))) of such family; and''.
            (2) Regulations.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban
        Development shall issue regulations to implement section
        1338(c)(7)(A)(ii) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial
        Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, as added by the amendment
        made by paragraph (1)(B) of this section, not later than the
        expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the
        enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO HELP STATES AND LOCAL
              ORGANIZATIONS ALIGN HEALTH AND HOUSING SYSTEMS.

    (a) Funding.--There is hereby made available to the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development $20,000,000, to remain available until
expended, for providing technical assistance under section 405 of the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361(b)) in
connection with expanding the Healthcare and Housing (H2) Systems
Integration Initiative of the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, in collaboration with the United States Interagency
Council on Homelessness and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
    (b) Use.--In expanding the Initiative referred to in subsection
(a), the Secretary shall seek to--
            (1) assist States and localities in integrating and
        aligning policies and funding between Medicaid programs,
        behavioral health providers, and housing providers to create
        supportive housing opportunities; and
            (2) engages State Medicaid program directors, Governors,
        State housing and homelessness agencies, any other relevant
        State offices, and any relevant local government entities, to
        assist States in increasing use of their Medicaid programs to
        finance supportive services for homeless persons.
    (c) Priority.--In using amounts made available under this section,
the Secretary shall give priority to use for States and localities
having the highest numbers of chronically homeless persons.

SEC. 6. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MCKINNEY-VENTO
              HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT GRANTS.

    Section 408 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11364) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year.''.

SEC. 7. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
              HOMELESSNESS.

    Section 209 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11319) is hereby repealed.

SEC. 8. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--The amounts provided by this Act, and the
amendments made by this Act, are designated as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2
U.S.C. 933(g)).
    (b) Designation in Senate.--In the Senate, this Act and the
amendments made by this Act are designated as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.

Summary: Ending Homelessness Act of 2016 This bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to make additional FY2017-FY2021 appropriations available for: (1) emergency relief grants to address the unmet needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions with the highest need, (2) rental assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for persons and households who are homeless, and (3) homeless outreach and coordination services. Beginning in FY2017, the bill also provides annual additional funds for: (1) the Housing Trust Fund to provide grants to states for use to increase homeownership and the supply of rental housing for extremely low- and very low-income families, including homeless families. And (2) incremental project-based voucher or rental assistance under the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992. When the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocates grants to states from the Housing Trust Fund for rental housing, the dwelling units must be subject to legally binding commitments to ensure that the residing family's contribution toward rent does not exceed 30 of the family's adjusted income. The bill provides funding to HUD to expand the Healthcare and Housing (H2) Systems Integration Initiative by assisting states and localities in coordinating policies among Medicaid programs, behavioral health providers, housing providers, and finance support services for homeless persons. The bill also makes permanent: (1) certain housing assistance programs under the Homeless Assistance Act, and (2) the US Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Ending Homelessness Act of 2016


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Tribal Development
Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    Section 4(b) of the Native American Business Development, Trade
Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4303(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) Tribal development corporation feasibility study.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish
                the Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study
                Group (referred to in this paragraph as the `Group').
                    ``(B) Members.--The Group shall be comprised of 12
                members, as follows:
                            ``(i) Representatives of indian tribes.--
                        Five members of the Group shall be
                        representatives of federally recognized Indian
                        tribes.
                            ``(ii) Representatives of the alaska native
                        community.--Three members of the Group shall be
                        representatives of the Alaska Native Community.
                            ``(iii) Representative of the native
                        hawaiian community.--One member of the Group
                        shall be a representative of the Native
                        Hawaiian Community.
                            ``(iv) Representative of the private
                        sector.--Two members of the Group shall be
                        representatives of nongovernmental economic
                        activities carried out by private enterprises
                        in the private sector.
                            ``(v) Federal officials.--One member of the
                        Group shall be a representative of the
                        Department of the Treasury with demonstrated
                        experience in international economic
                        development and international financial
                        institutions.
                    ``(C) Chairperson.--The members of the Group shall
                select a Chairperson.
                    ``(D) Personnel and services.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Chairperson of the
                        Group may appoint and terminate such personnel
                        as are necessary to enable the Group to perform
                        its duties.
                            ``(ii) Procurement of services.--The
                        Chairperson may procure such services as are
                        necessary to enable the Group to perform the
                        duties of the Group.
                    ``(E) Study.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 270 days
                        after the date of enactment of this
                        subparagraph, the Group shall--
                                    ``(I) conduct a study to determine
                                the feasibility of establishing an
                                Indian Tribal Development Corporation
                                (referred to in this subparagraph as
                                the `Corporation'); and
                                    ``(II) submit to the Committee on
                                Indian Affairs and the Committee on
                                Appropriations of the Senate and the
                                Committee on Resources and the
                                Committee on Appropriations of the
                                House of Representatives a report that
                                describes the results of the study and
                                any recommendations of the Group for
                                further legislative action.
                            ``(ii) Contents.--The report shall
                        contain--
                                    ``(I) a discussion and
                                determination of the financial
                                feasibility of the Corporation,
                                including whether the Corporation can
                                be, over the long term, financially
                                self-sustainable;
                                    ``(II) a discussion and
                                determination of the probable economic
                                impact of the Corporation, including a
                                demonstration of the quantitative and
                                qualitative economic impact on Native
                                American communities;
                                    ``(III) a discussion and
                                determination of the best alternatives
                                in the structure, organization, and
                                lending terms and conditions of the
                                Corporation, including the most
                                appropriate structure of capital
                                contributions to best serve, and be
                                acceptable to, Native interests;
                                    ``(IV) a discussion and
                                determination of the basic terms and
                                conditions under which funding would be
                                provided to member Indian tribes;
                                    ``(V) a discussion of nonfinancial
                                and advisory activities to be
                                undertaken by the Corporation,
                                including the use of diagnostic studies
                                by the Corporation to--
                                            ``(aa) identify tribal,
                                        Federal, or State policies and
                                        legal and regulatory conditions
                                        and infrastructure deficiencies
                                        that impede investment, both
                                        private and public, needed to
                                        promote economic development;
                                            ``(bb) provide specific
                                        recommendations for remedial
                                        actions that can be undertaken
                                        by an Indian tribe to overcome
                                        such inhibitors of investment;
                                        and
                                            ``(cc) identify and
                                        establish the terms for pre-
                                        appraisal studies of investment
                                        opportunities, both private and
                                        public, that can be developed
                                        and promoted by an Indian
                                        tribe; and
                                    ``(VI) a discussion and
                                determination of--
                                            ``(aa) the capital
                                        structure of the Corporation,
                                        including the optimal level of
                                        initial capital contributions
                                        by both Indian tribes and the
                                        United States Government; and
                                            ``(bb) the financial
                                        instruments that will be
                                        required by the Corporation to
                                        ensure its success.
                    ``(F) Termination of study group.--The Group shall
                terminate 120 days after the date on which the Group
                submits the report under subparagraph (E).
                    ``(G) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
                            ``(ii) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.''.

            Passed the Senate November 19, 2004.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.

Summary: Indian Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2004 - Amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Group to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing an Indian Tribal Development Corporation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 and 2006.

A bill to determine the feasibility of establishing an Indian Tribal Development Corporation.