SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE MICROENTERPRISE FOR SELF-RELIANCE ACT OF
              2000.

    (a) Purposes.--Section 103 of the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-309) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``microentrepreneurs'' and
    inserting ``microenterprise households'';
        (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (3) in paragraph (5)--
            (A) by striking ``microfinance policy'' and inserting
        ``microenterprise policy'';
            (B) by striking ``the poorest of the poor'' and inserting
        ``the very poor''; and
            (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
        and''; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(6) to ensure that in the implementation of this title at
    least 50 percent of all microenterprise assistance under this
    title, and the amendments made under this title, shall be targeted
    to the very poor.''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 104 of such Act is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``for microentrepreneurs''
    and inserting ``to microentrepreneurs and their households''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) Very poor.--The term `very poor' means individuals--
            ``(A) living in the bottom 50 percent below the poverty
        line established by the national government of the country in
        which those individuals live; or
            ``(B) living on the equivalent of less than $1 per day.''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE MICRO- AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
              CREDITS PROGRAM UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    (a) Findings and Policy.--Section 108(a)(2) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151f(a)(2)) is amended by striking
``the development of the enterprises of the poor'' and inserting ``the
access to financial services and the development of microenterprises''.
    (b) Program.--Section 108(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2151f(b)) is
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Program.--To carry out the policy set forth in subsection
(a), the President is authorized to provide assistance to increase the
availability of financial services to microenterprise households
lacking full access to credit, including through--
        ``(1) loans and guarantees to microfinance institutions for the
    purpose of expanding the availability of savings and credit to poor
    and low-income households;
        ``(2) training programs for microfinance institutions in order
    to enable them to better meet the financial services needs of their
    clients; and
        ``(3) training programs for clients in order to enable them to
    make better use of credit, increase their financial literacy, and
    to better manage their enterprises to improve their quality of
    life.''.
    (c) Eligibility Criteria.--Section 108(c) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2151f(c)) is amended--
        (1) in the first sentence of the matter preceding paragraph
    (1)--
            (A) by striking ``credit institutions'' and inserting
        ``microfinance institutions''; and
            (B) by striking ``micro- and small enterprises'' and
        inserting ``microenterprise households''; and
        (2) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ``credit'' each
    place it appears and inserting ``financial services''.
    (d) Additional Requirement.--Section 108(d) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2151f(d)) is amended by striking ``micro- and small enterprise
programs'' and inserting ``programs for microenterprise households''.
    (e) Availability of Funds.--Section 108(f)(1) of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2151f(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``for each of fiscal years
2001 and 2002'' and inserting ``for each of fiscal years 2001 through
2004''.
    (f) Conforming Amendment.--Section 108 of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2151f) is amended in the heading to read as follows:

``SEC. 108. MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CREDITS.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GRANT ASSISTANCE
              PROGRAM UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    (a) Findings and Policy.--Section 131(a) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Findings and Policy.--Congress finds and declares that--
        ``(1) access to financial services and the development of
    microenterprise are vital factors in the stable growth of
    developing countries and in the development of free, open, and
    equitable international economic systems;
        ``(2) it is therefore in the best interest of the United States
    to facilitate access to financial services and assist the
    development of microenterprise in developing countries;
        ``(3) access to financial services and the development of
    microenterprises can be supported by programs providing credit,
    savings, training, technical assistance, business development
    services, and other financial and non-financial services; and
        ``(4) given the relatively high percentage of populations
    living in rural areas of developing countries, and the combined
    high incidence of poverty in rural areas and growing income
    inequality between rural and urban markets, microenterprise
    programs should target both rural and urban poor.''.
    (b) Authorization.--Section 131(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2152a(b))
is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by striking ``entrepreneurs'' and
    inserting ``clients''; and
        (2) in paragraph (4)(D)--
            (A) in clause (i), by striking ``very small loans'' and
        inserting ``financial services to poor entrepreneurs''; and
            (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``microfinance'' and
        inserting ``microenterprise''.
    (c) Monitoring System.--Section 131(c) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2152a(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:
        ``(4) adopts the widespread use of proven and effective poverty
    assessment tools to successfully identify the very poor and ensure
    that they receive needed microenterprise loans, savings, and
    assistance.''.
    (d) Development and Application of Poverty Measurement Methods.--
Section 131 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2152a) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e)
    and (f), respectively; and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Development and Certification of Poverty Measurement Methods;
Application of Methods.--
        ``(1) Development and certification.--(A) The Administrator of
    the United States Agency for International Development, in
    consultation with microenterprise institutions and other
    appropriate organizations, shall develop no fewer than two low-cost
    methods for partner institutions to use to assess the poverty
    levels of their current or prospective clients. The United States
    Agency for International Development shall develop poverty
    indicators that correlate with the circumstances of the very poor.
        ``(B) The Administrator shall field-test the methods developed
    under subparagraph (A). As part of the testing, institutions and
    programs may use the methods on a voluntary basis to demonstrate
    their ability to reach the very poor.
        ``(C) Not later than October 1, 2004, the Administrator shall,
    from among the low-cost poverty measurement methods developed under
    subparagraph (A), certify no fewer than two such methods as
    approved methods for measuring the poverty levels of current or
    prospective clients of microenterprise institutions for purposes of
    assistance under this section.
        ``(2) Application.--The Administrator shall require that, with
    reasonable exceptions, all organizations applying for
    microenterprise assistance under this Act use one of the certified
    methods, beginning no later than October 1, 2005, to determine and
    report the poverty levels of current or prospective clients.''.
    (e) Level of Assistance.--Section 131(e) of such Act, as
redesignated by subsection (d), is amended by inserting ``and
$175,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and $200,000,000 for fiscal year
2004'' after ``fiscal years 2001 and 2002''.
    (f) Definitions.--Section 131(f) of such Act, as redesignated by
subsection (d), is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) Very poor.--The term `very poor' means those
    individuals--
            ``(A) living in the bottom 50 percent below the poverty
        line established by the national government of the country in
        which those individuals live; or
            ``(B) living on less than the equivalent of $1 per day.''.

SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than September 30, 2005, the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
shall submit to Congress a report that documents the process of
developing and applying poverty assessment procedures with its
partners.
    (b) Reports for Fiscal Year 2006 and Beyond.--Beginning with fiscal
year 2006, the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development shall annually submit to Congress on a timely
basis a report that addresses the United States Agency for
International Development's compliance with the Microenterprise for
Self-Reliance Act of 2000 by documenting--
        (1) the percentage of its resources that were allocated to the
    very poor (as defined in paragraph (5) of section 131(f) of the
    Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152a(f)(5))) based on
    the data collected from its partners using the certified methods;
    and
        (2) the absolute number of the very poor reached.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

Summary: Amends the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 to make as one of its purposes that in implementation of this Act at least 50 percent of all microenterprise assistance be targeted to the very poor, that is, those persons living either in the bottom 50 percent below the poverty line or on less than the equivalent of one dollar per day. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise congressional findings and policy with respect to the micro- and small enterprise development credits program to declare that it is in the best interests of the United States to assist the access to financial services and the development of microenterprises in developing countries, and to engage the US private sector in such process. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to increase the availability of financial services to microenterprise households lacking full access to credit, including through: (1) loans and guarantees to microfinance institutions for the purpose of expanding the availability of savings and credit to poor and low-income households. (2) training programs to enable microfinance institutions to better meet the financial services needs of their clients. And (3) training programs to enable clients to make better use of credit, increase their financial literacy, and to better manage their enterprises. Revises program eligibility criteria to require the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering such program to establish criteria for determining which microfinance institutions are eligible to carry out program activities with respect to microenterprise households assisted under this Act. Limits the use of such assistance to support programs for microenterprise households. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2004. Revises congressional findings and policy with respect to the microenterprise development grant assistance program to declare that: (1) access to financial services and the development of microenterprise are vital factors in the stable growth of developing countries, and therefore it is in the best interest of the United States to facilitate access to financial services and assist the development of microenterprise in developing countries. (2) access to such services and the development of microenterprises can be supported by programs providing credit, savings, training, technical assistance, business development services, and other financial and non-financial services. And (3) microenterprise programs should target both rural and urban poor given the high percentage of population living, and incidence of poverty, in such areas. Urges the President to continue support for central mechanisms and missions that, among other things, support the development of nonprofit global microfinance networks, including credit union systems, that are able to deliver financial services to poor entrepreneurs through a significant grassroots infrastructure based on market principles, and act as wholesale intermediaries providing a range of services to microenterprise retail institutions. Declares that, in order to maximize the sustainable development impact of microenterprise development grant assistance, the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering such assistance shall establish a monitoring system that, among other things, adopts the widespread use of proven and effective poverty assessment tools to successfully identify the very poor and ensure that they receive needed microenterprise loans, savings, and assistance. Requires the Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (AID) to develop and certify no fewer than two low-cost methods for partner institutions to use to assess the poverty levels of their current or prospective clients for purposes of the provision of microenterprise development grant assistance. Directs the Administrator to require all organizations applying for microenterprise assistance under this Act to use one of the certified methods to determine and report the poverty levels of such clients and to demonstrate their ability to reach the very poor. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2004. Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress a report that documents the process of developing and applying poverty assessment procedures with its partners. Directs the Administrator to submit annually to Congress a report that addresses AID's compliance with the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 by documenting: (1) the percentage of its resources that were allocated to the very poor based on data collected from its partners using the certified methods, and (2) the absolute number of the very poor reached.

To amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs under those Acts, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Reduce Unnecessary
Spending Act of 2010''.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to create an optional
fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission
requests, which would lead to an up-or-down vote by Congress on the
President's package of rescissions, without amendment.

SEC. 2. RESCISSIONS OF FUNDING.

    The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking part C
and inserting the following:

       ``PART C--EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RESCISSIONS

``SEC. 1021. APPLICABILITY AND DISCLAIMER.

    ``The rules, procedures, requirements, and definitions in this part
apply only to executive and legislative actions explicitly taken under
this part. They do not apply to actions taken under part B or to other
executive and legislative actions not taken under this part.

``SEC. 1022. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) The terms `appropriations Act', `budget authority',
        and `new budget authority' have the same meanings as in section
        3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
            ``(2) The terms `account', `current year', `CBO', and `OMB'
        have the same meanings as in section 250 of the Balanced Budget
        and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 as in effect on
        September 30, 2002.
            ``(3) The term `days of session' shall be calculated by
        excluding weekends and national holidays. Any day during which
        a chamber of Congress is not in session shall not be counted as
        a day of session of that chamber. Any day during which neither
        chamber is in session shall not be counted as a day of session
        of Congress.
            ``(4) The term `entitlement law' means the statutory
        mandate or requirement of the United States to incur a
        financial obligation unless that obligation is explicitly
        conditioned on the appropriation in subsequent legislation of
        sufficient funds for that purpose, and the Supplemental
        Nutrition Assistance Program.
            ``(5) The term `funding' refers to new budget authority and
        obligation limits except to the extent that the funding is
        provided for entitlement law.
            ``(6) The term `rescind' means to eliminate or reduce the
        amount of enacted funding.
            ``(7) The terms `withhold' and `withholding' apply to any
        executive action or inaction that precludes the obligation of
        funding at a time when it would otherwise have been available
        to an agency for obligation. The terms do not include
        administrative or preparatory actions undertaken prior to
        obligation in the normal course of implementing budget laws.

``SEC. 1023. TIMING AND PACKAGING OF RESCISSION REQUESTS.

    ``(a) Timing.--If the President proposes that Congress rescind
funding under the procedures in this part, OMB shall transmit a message
to Congress containing the information specified in section 1024, and
the message transmitting the proposal shall be sent to Congress not
later than 45 calendar days after the date of enactment of the funding.
    ``(b) Packaging and Transmittal of Requested Rescissions.--Except
as provided in subsection (c), for each piece of legislation that
provides funding, the President shall request at most 1 package of
rescissions and the rescissions in that package shall apply only to
funding contained in that legislation. OMB shall deliver each message
requesting a package of rescissions to the Secretary of the Senate if
the Senate is not in session and to the Clerk of the House of
Representatives if the House is not in session. OMB shall make a copy
of the transmittal message publicly available, and shall publish in the
Federal Register a notice of the message and information on how it can
be obtained.
    ``(c) Special Packaging Rules.--After enactment of--
            ``(1) a joint resolution making continuing appropriations;
            ``(2) a supplemental appropriations bill; or
            ``(3) an omnibus appropriations bill;
covering some or all of the activities customarily funded in more than
1 regular appropriations bill, the President may propose as many as 2
packages rescinding funding contained in that legislation, each within
the 45-day period specified in subsection (a). OMB shall not include
the same rescission in both packages, and, if the President requests
the rescission of more than one discrete amount of funding under the
jurisdiction of a single subcommittee, OMB shall include each of those
discrete amounts in the same package.

``SEC. 1024. REQUESTS TO RESCIND FUNDING.

    ``For each request to rescind funding under this part, the
transmittal message shall--
            ``(1) specify--
                    ``(A) the dollar amount to be rescinded;
                    ``(B) the agency, bureau, and account from which
                the rescission shall occur;
                    ``(C) the program, project, or activity within the
                account (if applicable) from which the rescission shall
                occur;
                    ``(D) the amount of funding, if any, that would
                remain for the account, program, project, or activity
                if the rescission request is enacted; and
                    ``(E) the reasons the President requests the
                rescission;
            ``(2) designate each separate rescission request by number;
        and
            ``(3) include proposed legislative language to accomplish
        the requested rescissions which may not include--
                    ``(A) any changes in existing law, other than the
                rescission of funding; or
                    ``(B) any supplemental appropriations, transfers,
                or reprogrammings.

``SEC. 1025. GRANTS OF AND LIMITATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Presidential Authority To Withhold Funding.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law and if the President proposes a rescission
of funding under this part, OMB may, subject to the time limits
provided in subsection (c), temporarily withhold that funding from
obligation.
    ``(b) Expedited Procedures Available Only Once Per Bill.--The
President may not invoke the procedures of this part, or the authority
to withhold funding granted by subsection (a), on more than 1 occasion
for any Act providing funding.
    ``(c) Time Limits.--OMB shall make available for obligation any
funding withheld under subsection (a) on the earliest of--
            ``(1) the day on which the President determines that the
        continued withholding or reduction no longer advances the
        purpose of legislative consideration of the rescission request;
            ``(2) starting from the day on which OMB transmitted a
        message to Congress requesting the rescission of funding, 25
        calendar days in which the House of Representatives has been in
        session or 25 calendar days in which the Senate has been in
        session, whichever occurs second; or
            ``(3) the last day after which the obligation of the
        funding in question can no longer be fully accomplished in a
        prudent manner before its expiration.
    ``(d) Deficit Reduction.--
            ``(1) In general.--Funds that are rescinded under this part
        shall be dedicated only to reducing the deficit or increasing
        the surplus.
            ``(2) Adjustment of levels in the concurrent resolution on
        the budget.--Not later than 5 days after the date of enactment
        of an approval bill as provided under this part, the chairs of
        the Committees on the Budget of the Senate and the House of
        Representatives shall revise allocations and aggregates and
        other appropriate levels under the appropriate concurrent
        resolution on the budget to reflect the repeal or cancellation,
        and the applicable committees shall report revised
        suballocations pursuant to section 302(b), as appropriate.

``SEC. 1026. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF RESCISSION REQUESTS.

    ``(a) Preparation of Legislation To Consider a Package of Expedited
Rescission Requests.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the House of Representatives receives
        a package of expedited rescission requests, the Clerk shall
        prepare a House bill that only rescinds the amounts requested
        which shall read as follows:
            ```There are enacted the rescissions numbered [insert
        number or numbers] as set forth in the Presidential message of
        [insert date] transmitted under part C of the Impoundment
        Control Act of 1974 as amended.'
            ``(2) Exclusion procedure.--The Clerk shall include in the
        bill each numbered rescission request listed in the
        Presidential package in question, except that the Clerk shall
        omit a numbered rescission request if the Chairman of the
        Committee on the Budget of the House, after consulting with the
        Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, CBO,
        GAO, and the House and Senate committees that have jurisdiction
        over the funding, determines that the numbered rescission does
        not refer to funding or includes matter not permitted under a
        request to rescind funding.
    ``(b) Introduction and Referral of Legislation To Enact a Package
of Expedited Rescissions.--The majority leader or the minority leader
of the House or Representatives, or a designee, shall (by request)
introduce each bill prepared under subsection (a) not later than 4 days
of session of the House after its transmittal, or, if no such bill is
introduced within that period, any member of the House may introduce
the required bill in the required form on the fifth or sixth day of
session of the House after its transmittal. If such an expedited
rescission bill is introduced in accordance with the preceding
sentence, it shall be referred to the House committee of jurisdiction.
A copy of the introduced House bill shall be transmitted to the
Secretary of the Senate, who shall provide it to the Senate committee
of jurisdiction.
    ``(c) House Report and Consideration of Legislation To Enact a
Package of Expedited Rescissions.--The House committee of jurisdiction
shall report without amendment the bill referred to it under subsection
(b) not more than 5 days of session of the House after the referral.
The committee may order the bill reported favorably, unfavorably, or
without recommendation. If the committee has not reported the bill by
the end of the 5-day period, the committee shall be automatically
discharged from further consideration of the bill and it shall be
placed on the appropriate calendar.
    ``(d) House Motion To Proceed.--
            ``(1) In general.--After a bill to enact an expedited
        rescission package has been reported or the committee of
        jurisdiction has been discharged under subsection (c), it shall
        be in order to move to proceed to consider the bill in the
        House. A Member who wishes to move to proceed to consideration
        of the bill shall announce that fact, and the motion to proceed
        shall be in order only during a time designated by the Speaker
        within the legislative schedule for the next calendar day of
        legislative session or the one immediately following it.
            ``(2) Failure to set time.--If the Speaker does not
        designate a time under paragraph (1), 3 or more calendar days
        of legislative session after the bill has been reported or
        discharged, it shall be in order for any Member to move to
        proceed to consider the bill.
            ``(3) Procedure.--A motion to proceed under this subsection
        shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a prior
        motion to proceed with respect to that package of expedited
        rescissions. The previous question shall be considered as
        ordered on the motion to proceed, without intervening motion. A
        motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion to proceed
        has been disposed of shall not be in order.
            ``(4) Removal from calendar.--If 5 calendar days of
        legislative session have passed since the bill was reported or
        discharged under this subsection and no Member has made a
        motion to proceed, the bill shall be removed from the calendar.
    ``(e) House Consideration.--
            ``(1) Considered as read.--A bill consisting of a package
        of rescissions under this part shall be considered as read.
            ``(2) Points of order.--All points of order against the
        bill are waived, except that a point of order may be made that
        1 or more numbered rescissions included in the bill would enact
        language containing matter not requested by the President or
        not permitted under this part as part of that package. If the
        Presiding Officer sustains such a point of order, the numbered
        rescission or rescissions that would enact such language are
        deemed to be automatically stripped from the bill and
        consideration proceeds on the bill as modified.
            ``(3) Previous question.--The previous question shall be
        considered as ordered on the bill to its passage without
        intervening motion, except that 4 hours of debate equally
        divided and controlled by a proponent and an opponent are
        allowed, as well as 1 motion to further limit debate on the
        bill.
            ``(4) Motion to reconsider.--A motion to reconsider the
        vote on passage of the bill shall not be in order.
    ``(f) Senate Consideration.--
            ``(1) Referral.--If the House of Representatives approves a
        House bill enacting a package of rescissions, that bill as
        passed by the House shall be sent to the Senate and referred to
        the Senate committee of jurisdiction.
            ``(2) Committee action.--The committee of jurisdiction
        shall report without amendment the bill referred to it under
        this subsection not later than 3 days of session of the Senate
        after the referral. The committee may order the bill reported
        favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation.
            ``(3) Discharge.--If the committee has not reported the
        bill by the end of the 3-day period, the committee shall be
        automatically discharged from further consideration of the bill
        and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
            ``(4) Motion to proceed.--On the following day and for 3
        subsequent calendar days in which the Senate is in session, it
        shall be in order for any Senator to move to proceed to
        consider the bill in the Senate. Upon such a motion being made,
        it shall be deemed to have been agreed to and the motion to
        reconsider shall be deemed to have been laid on the table.
            ``(5) Debate.--Debate on the bill in the Senate under this
        subsection, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection
        therewith, shall not exceed 10 hours, equally divided and
        controlled in the usual form. Debate in the Senate on any
        debatable motion or appeal in connection with such a bill shall
        be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided and
        controlled in the usual form. A motion to further limit debate
        on such a bill is not debatable.
            ``(6) Motions not in order.--A motion to amend such a bill
        or strike a provision from it is not in order. A motion to
        recommit such a bill is not in order.
    ``(g) Senate Point of Order.--It shall not be in order under this
part for the Senate to consider a bill approved by the House enacting a
package of rescissions under this part if any numbered rescission in
the bill would enact matter not requested by the President or not
permitted under this Act as part of that package. If a point of order
under this subsection is sustained, the bill may not be considered
under this part.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking the matter
for part C of title X and inserting the following:

       ``PART C--Expedited Consideration of Proposed Rescissions

``Sec. 1021. Applicability and disclaimer.
``Sec. 1022. Definitions.
``Sec. 1023. Timing and packaging of rescission requests.
``Sec. 1024. Requests to rescind funding.
``Sec. 1025. Grants of and limitations on presidential authority.
``Sec. 1026. Congressional consideration of rescission requests.''.
    (b) Temporary Withholding.--Section 1013(c) of the Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``section 1012'' and
inserting ``section 1012 or section 1025''.
    (c) Rulemaking.--
            (1) 904(a).--Section 904(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
        of 1974 is amended by striking ``and 1017'' and inserting
        ``1017, and 1026''.
            (2) 904(d)(1).--Section 904(d)(1) of the Congressional
        Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``1017'' and
        inserting ``1017 or 1026''.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO PART A OF THE IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT.

    (a) In General.--Part A of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is
amended by inserting at the end the following:

``SEC. 1002. SEVERABILITY.

    ``If the judicial branch of the United States finally determines
that 1 or more of the provisions of parts B or C violate the
Constitution of the United States, the remaining provisions of those
parts shall continue in effect.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting at the end
of the matter for part A of title X the following:

``Sec. 1002. Severability.''.

SEC. 5. EXPIRATION.

    Part C of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (as amended by this
Act) shall expire on December 31, 2014.

Summary: Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 calendar days after enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescission the President proposes under the procedures in this Act. Prescribes requirements for timing and packaging of rescission requests. Authorizes OMB, subject to a specified time limit, to withhold funding from obligation temporarily if the President proposes a rescission. Prohibits the President from invoking such expedited procedures or such authority to withhold funding on more than one occasion for any Act providing funding. Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed rescissions.

A bill to provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Travel Cost Reduction
Act''.

SEC. 2. BUSINESS ACCOUNTS FOR AIR TRAVEL BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 5709 the following new section:
``Sec. 5710. Business accounts for air travel
    ``(a) The General Services Administration or any agency entering
into a contract with an air carrier for travel on official business--
            ``(1) subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), shall
        include as a term of such contract that such air carrier
        shall--
                    ``(A) establish a separate air travel business
                account for any employee, designated by the head of the
                agency employing such employee, for travel on official
                business by such employee on such air carrier;
                    ``(B) deposit any award or bonus by such air
                carrier awarded to such employee for travel on official
                business into the employee's air travel business
                account; and
                    ``(C) apply any such award or bonus from such
                employee's air travel business account to any travel on
                official business by such employee on such air carrier
                except that such awards or bonuses shall not be used
                for seating upgrades; and
            ``(2) may include as a term of such contract, as an
        alternative to the term required under paragraph (1), that such
        air carrier shall--
                    ``(A) establish an air travel business account for
                any office or administrative unit of an agency, as
                designated by the head of such agency, for travel on
                official business by employees of such office or
                administrative unit on such air carrier;
                    ``(B) deposit any award or bonus by such air
                carrier awarded to any employee of such office or
                administrative unit for travel on official business
                into the air travel business account of such office or
                administrative unit; and
                    ``(C) apply any such award or bonus from the air
                travel business account of such office or
                administrative unit to any travel on official business
                by any employee of such office or administrative unit
                except that such awards or bonuses shall not be used
                for seating upgrades.
    ``(b) All air travel business accounts established under this
section shall be separate from any personal account of an employee. Any
award or bonus from an air travel business account may be used only for
travel on official business except that such awards shall not be used
for seating upgrades.
    ``(c) To the greatest extent practicable, the General Services
Administration shall include the term described under subsection (a)(2)
in a contract to maximize travel costs savings.
    ``(d) The General Services Administration shall promulgate
regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. Such
regulations shall include a requirement that, to the greatest extent
practicable to maximize travel costs savings, employees shall--
            ``(1) travel on official business with air carriers
        awarding awards and bonuses for official business travel,
        regardless of whether such travel is on an air carrier under a
        contract described under this section; and
            ``(2)(A) participate in any program of such air carrier
        awarding awards and bonuses; and
            ``(B) use such awards and bonuses for only official
        business travel except that such awards shall not be used for
        seating upgrades.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 5709 the following new item:

``5710. Business accounts for air travel.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION TO THE CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--No later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate and the Committee on Administration of the House of
Representatives shall promulgate regulations relating to Members of
Congress and any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively,
that--
            (1) require any Member of the Senate, officer of the
        Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or officer of
        the House of Representatives who enters into a contract with an
        air carrier for travel on official business by a Member or
        employee--
                    (A) subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B),
                shall include as a term of such contract that such air
                carrier shall--
                            (i) establish a separate air travel
                        business account for any Member or employee,
                        designated by the applicable Member or
                        employing committee or office of such employee,
                        for travel on official business by such Member
                        or employee on such air carrier;
                            (ii) deposit any award or bonus by such air
                        carrier awarded to such Member or employee for
                        travel on official business into the Member's
                        or employee's air travel business account; and
                            (iii) apply any such award or bonus from
                        such Member's or employee's air travel business
                        account to any travel on official business by
                        such Member or employee on such air carrier
                        except that such awards or bonuses shall not be
                        used for seating upgrades; and
                    (B) may include as a term of such contract, as an
                alternative to the term required under subparagraph
                (A), that such air carrier shall--
                            (i) establish an air travel business
                        account for any committee or office as
                        designated by the applicable Member, committee,
                        or office, for travel on official business by
                        Members or employees of such committee or
                        office on such air carrier;
                            (ii) deposit any award or bonus by such air
                        carrier awarded to any Member or employee of
                        such committee or office for travel on official
                        business into the air travel business account
                        of such committee or office; and
                            (iii) apply any such award or bonus from
                        the air travel business account of such
                        committee or office to any travel on official
                        business by any Member or employee of such
                        committee or office except that such awards or
                        bonuses shall not be used for seating upgrades;
                        and
            (2) to the greatest extent practicable to maximize travel
        costs savings, require committees and offices (including
        Members' offices)--
                    (A) to enter into contracts with air carriers
                awarding awards and bonuses for official business
                travel; and
                    (B) to require Members and employees to--
                            (i) travel on official business with air
                        carriers awarding awards and bonuses for
                        official business travel, regardless of whether
                        such travel is on an air carrier under a
                        contract described under this section; and
                            (ii)(I) participate in any program of such
                        air carrier awarding awards and bonuses; and
                            (II) use such awards and bonuses for only
                        official business travel except that such
                        awards or bonuses shall not be used for seating
                        upgrades.
    (b) Separate Business Accounts.--All air travel business accounts
established under this section shall be separate from any personal
account of a Member or employee. Any award or bonus from an air travel
business account may be used only for travel on official business
except that such awards or bonuses shall not be used for seating
upgrades.
    (c) Committee and Office Accounts.--To the greatest extent
practicable, any Member of Congress or officer of the Congress entering
into a contract as provided under this section shall include the term
described under subsection (a)(1)(B) to maximize costs savings.

Summary: Government Travel Cost Reduction Act - Amends Federal law governing air travel of Federal employees and Members of Congress to mandate that a Federal or congressional agency include in its contract with an air carrier: (1) the establishment of a separate air travel business account for employees travelling on official agency business. And (2) deposit into the employee's air travel business account any travel bonuses awarded by the carrier.

Government Travel Cost Reduction Act


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Trade in
Motor Vehicle Parts Act of 1993''.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act--
            (1) Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts.--
                    (A) The term ``motor vehicle'' means any article of
                a kind described in heading 8703 or 8704 of the
                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
                    (B) The term ``motor vehicle parts'' means articles
                of a kind described in the following provisions of the
                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States if
                suitable for use in the manufacture or repair of motor
                vehicles:
                            (i) Subheadings 8407.31.00 through
                        8407.34.20 (relating to spark-ignition
                        reciprocating or rotary internal combustion
                        piston engines).
                            (ii) Subheading 8408.20 (relating to the
                        compression-ignition internal combustion
                        engines).
                            (iii) Subheading 8409 (relating to parts
                        suitable for use solely or principally with
                        engines described in clauses (i) and (ii)).
                            (iv) Subheading 8483 (relating to
                        transmission shafts and related parts).
                            (v) Subheadings 8706.00.10 and 8706.00.15
                        (relating to chassis fitted with engines).
                            (vi) Heading 8707 (relating to motor
                        vehicle bodies).
                            (vii) Heading 8708 (relating to bumpers,
                        brakes and servo brakes, gear boxes, drive
                        axles, nondriving axles, road wheels,
                        suspension shock absorbers, radiators, mufflers
                        and exhaust pipes, clutches, steering wheels,
                        steering columns, steering boxes, and other
                        parts and accessories of motor vehicles).
                The Secretary shall by regulation include as motor
                vehicle parts such other articles (described by
                classification under such Harmonized Tariff Schedule)
                that the Secretary considers appropriate to carry out
                this Act.
            (2) United states motor vehicle parts manufacturer.--The
        term ``United States motor vehicle parts manufacturer'' means a
        manufacturer of motor vehicle parts that--
                    (A) has one or more motor vehicle parts
                manufacturing facilities located within the United
                States, and
                    (B)(i) is not owned or controlled by a natural
                person who is a citizen of a deficit foreign country;
                and
                    (ii) is not owned or controlled by a corporation or
                other legal entity, wherever located, which is owned or
                controlled by--
                            (I) natural persons who are citizens of a
                        deficit foreign country, or
                            (II) another corporation or other legal
                        entity that is owned or controlled by natural
                        persons who are citizens of a deficit foreign
                        country.
            (3) United states motor vehicle parts.--The term ``United
        States motor vehicle parts'' means motor vehicle parts produced
        by United States motor vehicle parts manufacturers in the
        United States.
            (4) Deficit foreign country.--The term ``deficit foreign
        country'' means any country with which the United States
        merchandise trade balance with respect to motor vehicle parts
        was in deficit in an amount of $5,000,000,000 or more for each
        of the 3 most recent calendar years for which data are
        available.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Commerce.
            (6) Trade representative.--The term ``Trade
        Representative'' means the United States Trade Representative.

                     TITLE I--TRADE REMEDY ACTIONS

SEC. 101. ``301'' ACTION WITH RESPECT TO BARRIERS TO MARKET ACCESS OF
              UNITED STATES-MADE MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS.

    (a) In General.--On the 45th day after the date of the enactment of
this Act, any act, policy, or practice of a deficit foreign country
that adversely affects the access to such country's market of motor
vehicle parts produced by United States motor vehicle parts
manufacturers (including, but not limited to, any act, policy, or
practice utilized in such country's motor vehicle distribution system)
shall, for purposes of title III of the Trade Act of 1974, be
considered as an act, policy, or practice of a foreign country that is
unjustifiable and burdens or restricts United States commerce. The
Trade Representative shall immediately proceed to determine, in
accordance with section 304(a)(1)(B) of such Act, what action to take
under section 301(a) of such Act to obtain the elimination of such act,
policy, or practice.
    (b) Negotiation Agenda.--If the Trade Representative decides to
take action referred to in section 301(c)(1)(C) of the Trade Act of
1974 with respect to an act, policy, or practice referred to in
subsection (a), the agenda for negotiations shall include--
            (1) guarantees for sales in the deficit foreign country's
        market of motor vehicle parts produced in the United States by
        United States motor vehicle parts manufacturers in an aggregate
        amount equal to the percentage of such market that would be
        held by motor vehicle parts produced by United States motor
        vehicle parts manufacturers if the unfair act, policy, or
        practice did not exist;
            (2) the elimination or modification of the aspects of the
        deficit foreign country's motor vehicle distribution system
        (and any other act, policy, or practice) that act as a barrier
        to the access to the foreign country's market of motor vehicle
        parts produced in the United States by United States motor
        vehicle parts manufacturers; and
            (3) the establishment of procedures for the exchange of
        information between the appropriate agencies of the United
        States and the deficit foreign country's government that will
        permit an accurate assessment of bilateral trade in motor
        vehicle parts, particularly with respect to the purchase of
        motor vehicle parts produced in the United States by United
        States motor vehicle parts manufacturers for use by foreign
        sources in the foreign country's market.
    (c) Additional Estimates and Consequential Effect.--
            (1) Estimate.--If the Trade Representative decides to take
        action under section 301(c)(1)(C) of the Trade Act of 1974, the
        Trade Representative shall promptly estimate, on the basis of
        the best information available--
                    (A) the percentage share of the deficit foreign
                country's market for motor vehicle parts that is
                currently accounted for by motor vehicle parts produced
                in the United States by United States motor vehicle
                parts manufacturers;
                    (B) the percentage share of the deficit foreign
                country's market for motor vehicle parts which would be
                accounted for by United States motor vehicle parts if
                an act, policy, or practice referred to in subsection
                (a) did not exist; and
                    (C) the dollar value of the difference between the
                percentage shares estimated under subparagraphs (A) and
                (B).
            (2) Subsequent action.--If the negotiations referred to in
        subsection (b) are unsuccessful, any action subsequently taken
        under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 in response to the
        deficit foreign country's acts, policies, or practices shall be
        substantially equivalent to the dollar value estimated under
        paragraph (1)(C).

SEC. 102. ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION REGARDING MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS OF
              DEFICIT FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall commence an investigation under section 732(a) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 to determine if imports of motor vehicle parts
into the United States that are products of any deficit foreign
country, or sales (or the likelihood of sales) of such parts for
importation into the United States, constitute grounds for the
imposition of antidumping duties under section 731 of such Act.

  TITLE II--EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF FAIR TRADE IN AUTO PARTS ACT

SEC. 201. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF FAIR TRADE IN AUTO PARTS ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 2125 of the Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act
of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4704) is amended by striking ``December 31, 1993''
and inserting ``December 31, 1998''.
    (b) Functions of Secretary of Commerce.--Section 2123(b) of the
Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4702(b)) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6), by striking the period at
the end of paragraph (7) and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) coordinate--
                    ``(A) United States policy regarding auto parts and
                the market for auto parts; and
                    ``(B) the sharing of data and market information
                among the relevant departments and agencies of the
                United States Government, including the Department of
                the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Department
                of Commerce, and the Office of the United States Trade
                Representative.''.
    (c) Definitions.--Section 2122 of the Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act
of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4701 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``For purposes of'' and inserting ``(a)
        Japanese Markets.--For purposes of'';
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Other Definitions.--For purposes of this part:
            ``(1) The term `auto parts and accessories' has the meaning
        given the term `motor vehicle parts' in section 1(b)(1)(B) of
        the Fair Trade in Motor Vehicle Parts Act of 1993.
            ``(2) The term `United States auto parts manufacturer'
        means a manufacturer of auto parts that--
                    ``(A) has one or more auto parts manufacturing
                facilities located within the United States, and
                    ``(B)(i) is not owned or controlled by a natural
                person who is a citizen of Japan; and
                    ``(ii) is not owned or controlled by a corporation
                or other legal entity, wherever located, which is owned
                or controlled by--
                            ``(I) natural persons who are citizens of
                        Japan, or
                            ``(II) another corporation or other legal
                        entity that is owned or controlled by natural
                        persons who are citizens of Japan.
            ``(3) The terms `United States-made auto parts and
        accessories' and `United States-made auto parts' have the
        meaning given the term `United States motor vehicle parts' in
        section 1(b)(3) of the Fair Trade in Motor Vehicle Parts Act of
        1993.''; and
            (3) by striking ``definition'' in the heading and inserting
        ``definitions''.

Summary: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Trade Remedy Actions Title II: Extension and Modification of Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act Fair Trade in Motor Vehicle Parts Act of 1993 - Title I: Trade Remedy Actions - Declares that any act, policy, or practice of a deficit foreign country that adversely affects the access to its market of US motor vehicle parts shall, for purposes of 301 action under the Trade Act of 1974, be considered as an act, policy, or practice that is unjustifiable and burdens or restricts US commerce. Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to determine what action to take under the Act to eliminate such act, policy, or practice. Requires an agenda for negotiations with countries the USTR has taken action against to include: (1) a certain percentage of guaranteed sales in the deficit foreign country's market of US motor vehicle parts. (2) the elimination or modification of the aspects of such country's motor vehicle distribution system that act as a barrier to US motor vehicle parts. And (3) the exchange between such country and the United States of information concerning bilateral trade in such parts. Requires the USTR to make certain estimates with respect to the current percentage of such country's market for motor vehicle parts that is accounted for by US motor vehicle parts. Requires the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to commence an antidumping duty investigation to determine if imports of motor vehicle parts from a deficit foreign country, or sales of such imports, constitute grounds for the imposition of antidumping duties. Title II: Extension and Modification of Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act - Amends the Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1988 to extend such Act through December 31, 1998. Directs the Secretary, among other things, to coordinate: (1) US policy regarding auto parts and the market for auto parts by the Japanese. And (2) the sharing of data and market information among US agencies, including the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, and the Office of the USTR.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Frontline Medical Education Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUDING SERVICES OF INTERNS AND RESIDENTS AT ANY FEDERALLY-
              QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER UNDER ANY PROGRAM PAID FOR BY A
              HOSPITAL IN DETERMINING MEDICARE PAYMENTS FOR GRADUATE
              MEDICAL EDUCATION.

    (a) Payment for Direct Costs of Graduate Medical Education.--
Section 1886(h)(4)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395ww(h)(4)(E)) is amended by striking ``setting.'' and inserting the
following: ``setting (or, in the case of activities performed at an
Federally-qualified health center described in section 1861(aa)(4), if
the hospital incurs any of the costs for the training program at such
center and reimburses the center for any of the costs of the program
that the center incurs).''.
    (b) Payment for Indirect Costs of Graduate Medical Education.--
Section 1886(d)(5)(B)(iv) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(B)(iv)),
as amended by section 13506 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1993, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``entity receiving a grant'' and all that
        follows through ``control of the hospital'' and inserting
        ``Federally-qualified health center described in section
        1861(aa)(4)'';
            (2) by striking ``all, or substantially all, of the costs''
        and inserting ``any of the costs''; and
            (3) by striking ``residents)'' and inserting ``residents
        and reimburses the center for any of the costs of the program
        that the center incurs)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall apply to services furnished during cost reporting periods
beginning on or after October 1, 1994.

SEC. 3. MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR DIRECT MEDICAL EDUCATION COSTS OF
              FEDERALLY-QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.

    (a) In General.--Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1889 the following
new section:

 ``graduate medical education payments for federally-qualified health
                                centers

    ``Sec. 1890. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of this title, in the case of any Federally-qualified health center
that participates in an approved medical residency training program, in
addition to any other payments that may be made to the center under
this title, the Secretary shall provide for payment to the center for
direct graduate medical education costs in accordance with subsection
(b).
    ``(b) Determination of Amount of Payment.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (4), the amount of
        payment made to a Federally-qualified health center under this
        section for direct medical education for a fiscal year is equal
        to the product of--
                    ``(A) the aggregate approved amount (as defined in
                paragraph (2)) for the year; and
                    ``(B) the center's medicare patient load (as
                defined in subsection (d)(2)) for the year.
            ``(2) Aggregate approved amount.--In paragraph (1), the
        term `aggregate approved amount' means, for a fiscal year, the
        product of--
                    ``(A) the approved FTE resident amount (determined
                under paragraph (3)) for the year; and
                    ``(B) the weighted average number of full-time
                equivalent residents (as determined by the Secretary in
                a manner similar to the manner used to determine the
                number of such residents under section 1886(h)(4))
                providing services for the center under the approved
                medical residency training program in which the center
                participates during the year.
            ``(3) Determination of approved fte resident amount.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each approved medical
                residency training program, the Secretary shall
                determine an approved FTE resident amount for each
                fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1995) equal to
                250 percent of the national average salary for the year
                (as defined in subparagraph (B)(ii)).
                    ``(B) Determination of national average salary.--
                            ``(i) Determination of base amount.--The
                        Secretary shall determine a base salary amount
                        equal to the Secretary's estimate (using the
                        most recent available audited cost reports) of
                        the national average salary, including fringe
                        benefits, for a full-time-equivalent resident
                        in an approved medical residency training
                        program during fiscal year 1990, increased (in
                        a compounded manner) by the sum of the
                        estimated percentage changes in the consumer
                        price index during the 12-month periods between
                        the midpoint of fiscal year 1990 and the
                        midpoint of fiscal year 1994.
                            ``(ii) National average salary defined.--In
                        this paragraph, the `national average salary'
                        for a fiscal year is equal to--
                                    ``(I) for fiscal year 1995, the
                                base amount determined under clause (i)
                                updated through the midpoint of the
                                year by projecting the estimated
                                percentage change in the consumer price
                                index during the 12-month period ending
                                at that midpoint (with appropriate
                                adjustments to reflect previous under-
                                or over-estimations under this
                                subparagraph in the projected
                                percentage change in the consumer price
                                index); and
                                    ``(II) for a subsequent fiscal
                                year, the amount determined under this
                                clause for the previous fiscal year
                                updated through the midpoint of the
                                year by projecting the estimated
                                percentage change in the consumer price
                                index during the 12-month period ending
                                at that midpoint (with appropriate
                                adjustments to reflect previous under-
                                or over-estimations under this
                                subparagraph in the projected
                                percentage change in the consumer price
                                index).
            ``(4) Offset for reimbursement received directly through
        hospitals.--The amount of payment made to a Federally-qualified
        health center under this subsection with respect to costs
        incurred by the center shall be reduced by the amount of any
        payment received by the center from a hospital under section
        1886(d)(5)(B)(iv) or section 1886(h)(4)(E) as reimbursement for
        such costs.
    ``(c) Allocation of Payments Among Trust Funds.--In providing for
payments under this section, the Secretary shall provide for an
allocation of such payments between part A and part B (and the trust
funds established under the respective parts) as reasonably reflects
the proportion of direct graduate medical costs of Federally-qualified
health centers associated with the provision of services under each
respective part.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The terms `approved medical residency training
        program', `consumer price index', `direct graduate medical
        education costs', and `resident' have the meaning given such
        terms under section 1886(h)(5).
            ``(2) The term `Federally-qualified health center' has the
        meaning given such term under section 1861(aa)(4).
            ``(3) The term `medicare patient load' means, with respect
        to a Federally-qualified health center for a year, the fraction
        of the center's services during the year which are attributable
        to individuals entitled to benefits under this title (based on
        such measure of services as the Secretary determines to be
        appropriate for purposes of this section).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to services furnished during cost reporting periods beginning on
or after October 1, 1994.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF APPLICATION OF PRODUCTIVITY SCREENS FOR CENTERS
              RECEIVING PAYMENTS FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION.

    Section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa))
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(8)(A) In the case of a Federally-qualified health center
receiving any medical education payment described in subparagraph (B)
during a cost reporting period, the Secretary shall waive the
application of any screening guideline used to determine the
productivity of practitioners providing services at the center for
purposes of paragraph (3) or (4).
    ``(B) A medical education payment described in this subparagraph is
a payment made to a Federally-qualified health center--
            ``(i) by a hospital as reimbursement to the center for
        medical education costs, as described in section
        1886(d)(5)(B)(iv) or section 1886(h)(4)(E); or
            ``(ii) by the Secretary under section 1890.''.

Summary: Frontline Medical Education Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) services of interns and residents at federally-qualified health centers and Medicare payments for graduate medical education. (2) Medicare payment for direct graduate medical education costs of such centers. And (3) waiver of the application of productivity screens for such centers receiving medical education payments.

Frontline Medical Education Act


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Energy Price Protection
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS AGAINST PRICE GOUGING.

    It shall be unlawful for any supplier to increase the price at
which that supplier sells, or offers to sell, crude oil, gasoline, or
petroleum distillates in an area covered by a Presidential proclamation
issued under section 4(a)(1) by an unconscionable amount during the
period beginning on the date the proclamation is issued and ending on
the date specified in the proclamation.

SEC. 3. JUSTIFIABLE PRICE INCREASES.

    (a) In General.--The prohibition in section 2 does not apply to the
extent that the increase in the price of the crude oil, gasoline, or
petroleum distillate is substantially attributable to--
            (1) an increase in the wholesale cost of crude oil,
        gasoline, or petroleum distillates to a supplier;
            (2) an increase in the replacement costs for crude oil,
        gasoline, or petroleum distillate sold;
            (3) an increase in operational costs; or
            (4) local, regional, national, or international market
        conditions.
    (b) Other Mitigating Factors.--In determining whether a violation
of section 2 has occurred, there also shall be taken into account,
among other factors, the price that would reasonably equate supply and
demand in a competitive and freely functioning market and whether the
price at which the crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillate was
sold reasonably reflects other additional costs or risks, not within
the control of the seller, that were paid or incurred by the seller.

SEC. 4. EMERGENCY PROCLAMATIONS AND ORDERS.

    (a) Presidential Emergency Proclamations.--The President may issue
an emergency proclamation when an abnormal market disruption has
occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
    (b) Scope and Duration.--
            (1) In general.--The emergency proclamation or order shall
        specify with particularity--
                    (A) the period for which the proclamation or order
                applies;
                    (B) the event, circumstance, or condition that is
                the reason such a proclamation or order is determined
                to be necessary; and
                    (C) the geographic area or region to which it
                applies.
            (2) Limitations.--An emergency proclamation or an order
        under subsection (a)--
                    (A) may not apply for a period of more than 30
                consecutive days (renewable for a consecutive period of
                not more than 30 days); and
                    (B) may apply to a period of not more than 7 days
                preceding the occurrence of an event, circumstance, or
                condition that is the reason such a proclamation or
                order is necessary.

SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

    (a) Unfair or Deceptive Act or Practice.--Section 2 of this Act
shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or
deceptive act or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the
Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)).
    (b) Actions by the Commission.--The Commission shall prevent any
supplier from violating this Act in the same manner, by the same means,
and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all
applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15
U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of this Act.
Any entity that violates any provision of this Act is subject to the
penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in the
Federal Trade Commission Act in the same manner, by the same means, and
with the same jurisdiction, power, and duties as though all applicable
terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were
incorporated into and made a part of this Act.
    (c) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall prescribe
such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to implement this
Act.

SEC. 6. PENALTIES.

    (a) Civil Penalty.--
            (1) In general.--In addition to any penalty applicable
        under the Federal Trade Commission Act any supplier who
        violates this Act is punishable by a civil penalty of--
                    (A) not more than $500,000, in the case of an
                independent small business marketer of gasoline (within
                the meaning of section 324(c) of the Clean Air Act (42
                U.S.C. 7625(c)); and
                    (B) not more than $5,000,000 in the case of any
                other supplier.
            (2) Method of assessment.--The penalty provided by
        paragraph (1) shall be assessed in the same manner as civil
        penalties imposed under section 5 of the Federal Trade
        Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45).
            (3) Multiple offenses; mitigating factors.--In assessing
        the penalty provided by subsection (a)--
                    (A) the Commission shall take into consideration
                the seriousness of the violation and the efforts of the
                supplier committing the violation to remedy the harm
                caused by the violation in a timely manner; and
                    (B) each determination that the price at which
                crude oil, gasoline, or other petroleum distillate has
                been sold or offered for sale in an area and during a
                period covered by a proclamation or order issued under
                section 4 was increased by an unconscionable amount
                shall be treated as a single violation.
    (b) Criminal Penalty.--
            (1) In general.--In addition to any penalty applicable
        under the Federal Trade Commission Act, the violation of this
        Act is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000,000,
        imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.
            (2) Enforcement.--The criminal penalty provided by
        paragraph (1) may be imposed only pursuant to a criminal action
        brought by the Attorney General or other officer of the
        Department of Justice.

SEC. 7. LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE.

    Amounts collected in fines and penalties under section 6 of this
Act shall be deposited in a separate fund in the treasury to be known
as the Consumer Relief Trust Fund. To the extent provided for in
advance in appropriations Acts fund shall be used to provide assistance
under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program administered by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Abnormal market disruption.--The term ``abnormal market
        disruption'' means there is a reasonable likelihood that, in
        the absence of a proclamation under section 4(a), there will be
        an increase in the average price of crude oil, gasoline, or
        petroleum distillates as a result of a change in the market,
        whether actual or imminently threatened, resulting from extreme
        weather, a natural disaster, strike, civil disorder, war,
        military action, a national or local emergency, or other
        similar cause, that adversely affects the availability or
        delivery of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates.
            (2) Supplier.--The term ``supplier'' means any person
        engaged in the trade or business of selling, reselling, at
        retail or wholesale, or distributing crude oil, gasoline, or
        petroleum distillates.
            (3) Replacement costs.--The term ``replacement costs''
        means, with respect to a supplier to whom sections 2 and 3
        apply, costs to that supplier determined by referencing
        either--
                    (A) the actual or reasonably anticipated
                replacement cost as evidenced by bills of sale,
                invoices, or other appropriate documentation; or
                    (B) the cost for crude oil, gasoline, or other
                petroleum distillates in the relevant market at the
                time of the sale or offer for sale that is the subject
                of a violation of section 2, plus actual storage,
                transportation, and delivery costs.
            (4) Unconscionable amount.--The term ``unconscionable
        amount'' means, with respect to any supplier to whom section 2
        applies, a significant increase in the price at which crude
        oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates are sold or offered for
        sale by that supplier that increases the price, for the same
        grade of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillate, to an
        amount that--
                    (A) substantially exceeds the average price at
                which crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates
                were sold or offered for sale by that supplier during
                the 30-day period immediately preceding the sale or
                offer;
                    (B) substantially exceeds the average price at
                which crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates
                were sold or offered for sale by that person's
                competitors in the area and during the period for which
                the emergency proclamation applies; and
                    (C) cannot be justified by taking into account the
                factors described in section 3.

SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date on which a final rule issued
by the Federal Trade Commission under section 5(c) is published in the
Federal Register.

Summary: Federal Energy Price Protection Act - Prohibits a supplier from increasing the price for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates by an unconscionable amount in an area during the period covered by a Presidential proclamation that an abnormal market disruption has occurred. States that such prohibition does not apply to the extent that the price increase is substantially attributable to: (1) an increase in the wholesale cost of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates to a supplier. (2) an increase in the replacement costs for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillate sold, (3) an increase in operational costs. Or (4) local, regional, national, or international market conditions. States that a violation of this Act shall: (1) be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice of the Federal Trade Commission Act. And (2) be subject to civil and criminal penalties. States that fines and penalties collected under this Act shall be deposited in the Consumer Relief Trust Fund to provide assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) Program administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

To protect the welfare of consumers by prohibiting price gouging by merchants with respect to gasoline and other fuels during certain abnormal market disruptions.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fixed Asset Relief Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. BONUS DEPRECIATION INCREASED TO 100 PERCENT AND MADE PERMANENT.

    (a) Increase.--Section 168(k)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking ``50 percent'' and inserting ``100
percent''.
    (b) Made Permanent.--Section 168(k)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Qualified property.--For purposes of this
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified property'
                means property--
                            ``(i)(I) to which this section applies
                        which has a recovery period of 20 years or
                        less,
                            ``(II) which is computer software (as
                        defined in section 167(f)(1)(B)) for which a
                        deduction is allowable under section 167(a)
                        without regard to this subsection,
                            ``(III) which is water utility property, or
                            ``(IV) which is qualified leasehold
                        improvement property, and
                            ``(ii) the original use of which commences
                        with the taxpayer.
                    ``(B) Exception for alternative depreciation
                property.--The term `qualified property' shall not
                include any property to which the alternative
                depreciation system under subsection (g) applies,
                determined--
                            ``(i) without regard to paragraph (7) of
                        subsection (g) (relating to election to have
                        system apply), and
                            ``(ii) after application of section 280F(b)
                        (relating to listed property with limited
                        business use).
                    ``(C) Special rules.--
                            ``(i) Sale-leasebacks.--For purposes of
                        clause (ii) and subparagraph (A)(ii), if
                        property is--
                                    ``(I) originally placed in service
                                by a person, and
                                    ``(II) sold and leased back by such
                                person within 3 months after the date
                                such property was originally placed in
                                service,
                        such property shall be treated as originally
                        placed in service not earlier than the date on
                        which such property is used under the leaseback
                        referred to in subclause (II).
                            ``(ii) Syndication.--For purposes of
                        subparagraph (A)(ii), if--
                                    ``(I) property is originally placed
                                in service by the lessor of such
                                property,
                                    ``(II) such property is sold by
                                such lessor or any subsequent purchaser
                                within 3 months after the date such
                                property was originally placed in
                                service (or, in the case of multiple
                                units of property subject to the same
                                lease, within 3 months after the date
                                the final unit is placed in service, so
                                long as the period between the time the
                                first unit is placed in service and the
                                time the last unit is placed in service
                                does not exceed 12 months), and
                                    ``(III) the user of such property
                                after the last sale during such 3-month
                                period remains the same as when such
                                property was originally placed in
                                service,
                        such property shall be treated as originally
                        placed in service not earlier than the date of
                        such last sale.
                    ``(D) Coordination with section 280f.--For purposes
                of section 280F--
                            ``(i) Automobiles.--In the case of a
                        passenger automobile (as defined in section
                        280F(d)(5)) which is qualified property, the
                        Secretary shall increase the limitation under
                        section 280F(a)(1)(A)(i) by $8,000.
                            ``(ii) Listed property.--The deduction
                        allowable under paragraph (1) shall be taken
                        into account in computing any recapture amount
                        under section 280F(b)(2).
                            ``(iii) Inflation adjustment.--In the case
                        of any taxable year beginning in a calendar
                        year after 2015, the $8,000 amount in clause
                        (i) shall be increased by an amount equal to--
                                    ``(I) such dollar amount,
                                multiplied by
                                    ``(II) the automobile price
                                inflation adjustment determined under
                                section 280F(d)(7)(B)(i) for the
                                calendar year in which such taxable
                                year begins by substituting `2014' for
                                `1987' in subclause (II) thereof.
                        If any increase under the preceding sentence is
                        not a multiple of $100, such increase shall be
                        rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.
                    ``(E) Deduction allowed in computing minimum tax.--
                For purposes of determining alternative minimum taxable
                income under section 55, the deduction under section
                167 for qualified property shall be determined without
                regard to any adjustment under section 56.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2014.

Summary: Fixed Asset Relief Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the additional depreciation allowance from 50 to 100 of the adjusted basis of qualifying business property and to make such increased allowance permanent.

Fixed Asset Relief Act of 2015


SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE SILETZ TRIBE OF THE
              STATE OF OREGON.

    Section 7 of the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act (25 U.S.C.
711e) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Treatment of Certain Property.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may accept title to any
        additional number of acres of real property located within the
        boundaries of the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation
        established by Executive Order dated November 9, 1855,
        comprised of land within the political boundaries of Benton,
        Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, and Yamhill Counties in the
        State of Oregon, if that real property is conveyed or otherwise
        transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the tribe.
            ``(2) Treatment as part of reservation.--Subject to
        paragraph (3), all real property that is taken into trust under
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) be considered and evaluated as an on-
                reservation acquisition under part 151.10 of title 25,
                Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations);
                and
                    ``(B) become part of the reservation of the tribe.
            ``(3) Approval of county governments.--
                    ``(A) Definition of county.--In this paragraph, the
                term `County' means the following counties in the State
                of Oregon:
                            ``(i) Benton County.
                            ``(ii) Douglas County.
                            ``(iii) Lane County.
                            ``(iv) Lincoln County.
                            ``(v) Tillamook County.
                            ``(vi) Yamhill County.
                    ``(B) Notification to secretary.--
                            ``(i) Opt-in.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Subject to
                                clause (iii), any real property taken
                                into trust under this subsection shall
                                be considered and evaluated as an on-
                                reservation acquisition under part
                                151.10 of title 25, Code of Federal
                                Regulations (or successor regulations),
                                if the Board of County Commissioners or
                                other appropriate County executive of
                                the County in which the real property
                                is located submits to the Secretary
                                written approval of that consideration
                                and evaluation in the form of a
                                resolution or other appropriate
                                governing document.
                                    ``(II) Action by secretary.--If a
                                Board of County Commissioners or other
                                appropriate County executive submits
                                written approval to the Secretary under
                                subclause (I), the Secretary shall
                                consider and evaluate in accordance
                                with subclause (I) any real property
                                taken into trust in that County under
                                this subsection by not later than 30
                                days after the date on which the
                                Secretary receives the written
                                approval.
                            ``(ii) Other acquisitions.--If a Board of
                        County Commissioners or other appropriate
                        County executive does not submit written
                        approval to the Secretary under subclause (I),
                        any real property taken into trust in that
                        County under this subsection shall be
                        considered and evaluated under the appropriate
                        provisions of part 151 of title 25, Code of
                        Federal Regulations (or successor regulations),
                        as determined by the Secretary.
                            ``(iii) Opt-out.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--A Board of
                                County Commissioners or other
                                appropriate County executive that
                                submits written approval to the
                                Secretary under clause (i)(I) may
                                revoke that approval by submitting to
                                the Secretary written documentation of
                                the revocation in the form of a
                                resolution or other appropriate
                                governing document for--
                                            ``(aa) any real property
                                        taken into trust in that County
                                        under this subsection; or
                                            ``(bb) a specific
                                        transaction in which real
                                        property is taken into trust in
                                        that County under this
                                        subsection.
                                    ``(II) No retroactivity.--Any
                                revocation submitted under subclause
                                (I) shall apply only to real property
                                that is taken into trust on or after
                                the date on which the Secretary
                                receives the revocation.
                                    ``(III) Action by secretary.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--If a
                                        Board of County Commissioners
                                        or other appropriate County
                                        executive submits a revocation
                                        to the Secretary under
                                        subclause (I)(aa), the
                                        Secretary shall consider and
                                        evaluate any real property
                                        taken into trust in that County
                                        under the appropriate
                                        provisions of part 151 of title
                                        25, Code of Federal Regulations
                                        (or successor regulations), as
                                        determined by the Secretary, by
                                        not later than 30 days after
                                        the date on which the Secretary
                                        receives the revocation.
                                            ``(bb) Specific
                                        transactions.--If a Board of
                                        County Commissioners or other
                                        appropriate County executive
                                        submits a revocation to the
                                        Secretary under subclause
                                        (I)(bb), the Secretary shall
                                        consider and evaluate that
                                        specific transaction in which
                                        real property is taken into
                                        trust in that County under this
                                        subsection under the
                                        appropriate provisions of part
                                        151 of title 25, Code of
                                        Federal Regulations (or
                                        successor regulations), as
                                        determined by the Secretary,
                                        beginning on the date on which
                                        the Secretary receives the
                                        revocation.
            ``(4) Prohibition on gaming.--Any real property taken into
        trust under paragraph (1) shall not be eligible, or used, for
        any gaming activity carried out under the Indian Gaming
        Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.A. 2701 et seq.).''.

Summary: Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon. Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation if the county in which the land is located submits a written approval of such evaluation and consideration to the Secretary. Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.

A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.