SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Ambulance
Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2014''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Reform to the Medicare ambulance fee schedule.
Sec. 3. Prior authorization for ambulance transports of ESRD
                            beneficiaries.
Sec. 4. Requiring ambulance providers to submit cost and other
                            information.

SEC. 2. REFORM TO THE MEDICARE AMBULANCE FEE SCHEDULE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395m(l)) is amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
            ``(16) Increase in conversion factor for ground ambulance
        services.--In the case of ground ambulance services furnished
        on or after April 1, 2015, for purposes of determining the fee
        schedule amount for such services under this subsection, the
        conversion factor otherwise applicable to such services shall
        be increased by--
                    ``(A) with respect to ground ambulance services for
                which the transportation originates in a qualified
                rural area, as identified using the methodology
                described in paragraph (12)(B)(iii), 25.6 percent;
                    ``(B) with respect to ground ambulance services not
                described in subparagraph (A) and for which the
                transportation originates in a rural area described
                under paragraph (9) or in a rural census tract
                described in such paragraph, 3 percent; and
                    ``(C) with respect to ground ambulance services not
                described in subparagraph (A) or (B), 2 percent.
            ``(17) Increase in mileage rate for ground ambulance
        services.--In the case of ground ambulance services furnished
        on or after April 1, 2015, for purposes of determining the fee
        schedule amount for such services under this subsection, the
        payment rate for mileage otherwise applicable to such services
        shall be increased by--
                    ``(A) with respect to ground ambulance services for
                which the transportation originates in a qualified
                rural area, as identified using the methodology
                described in paragraph (12)(B)(iii), 3 percent;
                    ``(B) with respect to ground ambulance services for
                which the transportation originates in a rural area
                described under paragraph (9) or in a rural census
                tract described in such paragraph, 3 percent; and
                    ``(C) with respect to ground ambulance services not
                described in subparagraph (A) or (B), 2 percent.''.
    (b) Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
        shall conduct a study on how the conversion factor applicable
        to ground ambulance services under the ambulance fee schedule
        under section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
        1395m(l)), as adjusted under paragraph (16) of such section (as
        added by subsection (a)), should be modified, if at all, to
        take into account the cost of providing services in urban,
        rural, and super-rural areas. In determining such costs, the
        Secretary shall use the data collected through the data
        collection system under paragraph (18) of such section, as
        added by section 4.
            (2) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary
        of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report
        on the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with
        recommendations for such legislation and administrative action
        as the Secretary determines appropriate.

SEC. 3. PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS OF ESRD
              BENEFICIARIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395m(l)), as amended by section 2, is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(18) Prior authorization of coverage for ambulance
        transports of esrd beneficiaries.--
                    ``(A) Process.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For applicable ESRD
                        ambulance services furnished on or after
                        January 1, 2016, by an ambulance provider, the
                        Secretary shall establish and implement a
                        process under which the Secretary shall
                        determine, in advance of furnishing such a
                        service to an individual, whether payment for
                        such service may not be made because such
                        service is not covered or because of the
                        application of section 1862(a)(1).
                            ``(ii) Denial of payment.--Subject to
                        subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), no payment shall be
                        made under this part for the service unless the
                        Secretary determines pursuant to such process
                        that the service meets the applicable
                        requirements for coverage.
                    ``(B) Elements of process.--The process described
                in subparagraph (A) shall include the following
                elements:
                            ``(i) In order to obtain a prior
                        authorization, the ambulance provider shall
                        submit--
                                    ``(I) a valid physician
                                certification statement (PCS) for non-
                                emergency ambulance transport; and
                                    ``(II) any other documentation
                                determined appropriate by the
                                Secretary.
                            ``(ii)(I) The Secretary shall respond to a
                        prior authorization request within 7 business
                        days of receiving the request.
                            ``(II) If the Secretary does not make a
                        prior authorization determination within 7
                        business days of the date of the Secretary's
                        receipt of medical documentation needed to make
                        such determination, subparagraph (A)(ii) shall
                        not apply.
                            ``(iii) In making the determination under
                        subparagraph (A) with respect to a service and
                        individual, the Secretary shall evaluate the
                        medical necessity of the service by
                        determining--
                                    ``(I) whether the individual is
                                unable to get up from bed without
                                assistance, unable to ambulate, and
                                unable to sit in a chair or wheelchair;
                                    ``(II) whether the individual has a
                                medical condition that, regardless of
                                bed confinement, is such that transport
                                by ambulance is medically necessary; or
                                    ``(III) whether the individual
                                meets other criteria as determined
                                appropriate by the Secretary.
                            ``(iv) If the prior authorization request
                        is approved, such request shall be retroactive
                        to the date on which such request was received.
                            ``(v) An approved prior authorization shall
                        be valid for a 60-day period. The Secretary may
                        provide for an extension of such period if the
                        Secretary determines such an extension is
                        appropriate.
                            ``(vi) An approved prior authorization
                        shall be deemed to constitute medical necessity
                        but shall not eliminate the documentation
                        requirements necessary to support a claim for
                        the transport.
                            ``(vii) Other elements determined
                        appropriate by the Secretary.
                    ``(C) Reliance upon contractors.--The Secretary may
                rely upon contractors to implement the requirements of
                this paragraph. The contractor's compensation shall be
                limited to a demonstration that it has reduced the
                number of non-emergency basic life support services
                involving individuals with end-stage renal disease for
                renal dialysis services (as described in section
                1881(b)(14)(B)) furnished other than on an emergency
                basis.
                    ``(D) Applicable esrd ambulance services.--In this
                paragraph, the term `applicable ESRD ambulance
                services' means ambulance services consisting of non-
                emergency basic life support services involving
                transport of an individual with end-stage renal disease
                for renal dialysis services (as described in section
                1881(b)(14)(B)) furnished other than on an emergency
                basis.
                    ``(E) Ambulance provider.--In this paragraph, the
                term `ambulance provider' means a provider of services
                (as defined in section 1861(u)) or other entity that
                furnishes ambulance services under this title.
                    ``(F) Implementation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii),
                        the Secretary may carry out this paragraph
                        through program instruction or otherwise.
                            ``(ii) Sufficient notice to prepare.--Not
                        later than June 30, 2015, the Secretary shall
                        make the aspects of the process under this
                        paragraph available to the public.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1834(l) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``a supplier or provider
        or under arrangement with a provider'' and inserting ``an
        ambulance provider (as defined in paragraph (18)(E)) or under
        arrangement with an ambulance provider'';
            (2) in paragraph (8), in the matter following subparagraph
        (B), by striking ``provider or supplier of ambulance services''
        and inserting ``ambulance provider (as defined in paragraph
        (18)(E))'';
            (3) in paragraph (9), in the heading, by inserting
        ``ambulance'' after ``rural'';
            (4) in paragraph (12), in the heading, by inserting
        ``ambulance'' after ``rural''; and
            (5) in each of subparagraphs (B)(ii) and (D)(ii) of
        paragraph (14), by striking ``entity'' and inserting
        ``ambulance provider (as defined in paragraph (18)(E))''.

SEC. 4. REQUIRING AMBULANCE PROVIDERS TO SUBMIT COST AND OTHER
              INFORMATION.

    Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)), as
amended by section 3, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
            ``(19) Submission of cost and other information.--
                    ``(A) Development of data collection system.--The
                Secretary shall develop a data collection system (which
                may include use of a cost survey and standardized
                definitions) for providers and suppliers of ambulance
                services to collect cost, revenue, utilization, and
                other information determined appropriate by the
                Secretary. Such system shall be designed to submit
                information--
                            ``(i) needed to evaluate the
                        appropriateness of payment rates under this
                        subsection;
                            ``(ii) on the utilization of capital
                        equipment and ambulance capacity; and
                            ``(iii) on different types of ambulance
                        services furnished in different geographic
                        locations, including rural areas and low
                        population density areas described in paragraph
                        (12).
                    ``(B) Specification of data collection system.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than July 1,
                        2015, the Secretary shall--
                                    ``(I) specify the data collection
                                system under subparagraph (A) and the
                                time period during which such data is
                                required to be submitted; and
                                    ``(II) identify the providers and
                                suppliers of ambulance services who
                                would be required to submit the
                                information under such data collection
                                system.
                            ``(ii) Respondents.--Subject to
                        subparagraph (D)(ii), the Secretary shall
                        determine an appropriate sample of providers
                        and suppliers of ambulance services to submit
                        information under the data collection system
                        for each period for which reporting of data is
                        required.
                    ``(C) Penalty for failure to report cost and other
                information.--Beginning on July 1, 2016, a 5-percent
                reduction to payments under this part shall be made for
                a 1-year prospective period specified by the Secretary
                to a provider or supplier of ambulance services who--
                            ``(i) is identified under subparagraph
                        (B)(i)(II) as being required to submit the
                        information under the data collection system;
                        and
                            ``(ii) does not submit such information
                        during the period specified under subparagraph
                        (B)(i)(I).
                    ``(D) Ongoing data collection.--
                            ``(i) Revision of data collection system.--
                        The Secretary may, as determined appropriate,
                        periodically revise the data collection system.
                            ``(ii) Subsequent data collection.--In
                        order to continue to evaluate the
                        appropriateness of payment rates under this
                        subsection, the Secretary shall, for years
                        after 2016 (but not less often than once every
                        3 years), require providers and suppliers of
                        ambulance services to submit information for a
                        period the Secretary determines appropriate.
                        The penalty described in subparagraph (C) shall
                        apply to such subsequent data collection
                        periods.
                    ``(E) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult
                with stakeholders in carrying out the development of
                the system and collection of information under this
                paragraph, including the activities described in
                subparagraphs (A) and (D). Such consultation shall
                include the use of requests for information and other
                mechanisms determined appropriate by the Secretary.
                    ``(F) Administration.--Chapter 35 of title 44,
                United States Code, shall not apply to the collection
                of information required under this subsection.
                    ``(G) Limitations on review.--There shall be no
                administrative or judicial review under section 1869,
                section 1878, or otherwise of the data collection
                system or identification of respondents under this
                paragraph.
                    ``(H) Funding for implementation.--For purposes of
                carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
                provide for the transfer, from the Federal
                Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under
                section 1841, of $1,000,000 to the Centers for Medicare
                & Medicaid Services Program Management Account for
                fiscal year 2015. Amounts transferred under this
                subparagraph shall remain available until expended.''.

Summary: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2014 - Amends part B of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the ambulance fee schedule to: (1) increase the conversion factor for ground ambulance services in the formula for determining the appropriate fee, and (2) increase the mileage rate for such services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study how the conversion factor should be modified, if at all, to take into account the cost of providing ambulance services in urban, rural, and super-rural areas. Directs the Secretary to establish a process to determine, in advance of furnishing end stage renal disease (ESRD) ambulance services, whether payment for them may not be made because they are not covered or because they are excluded from coverage. Prohibits any payment unless the Secretary determines, pursuant to this process, that the service meets coverage requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop a data collection system for providers and suppliers of ambulance services to collect cost, revenue, utilization, and other appropriate information.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ETC.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Freedom and
Economic Prosperity Act''.
    (b) Reference to 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; etc.
                TITLE I--REPEAL OF ENERGY TAX SUBSIDIES

Sec. 101. Repeal of credit for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative
                            fuel mixtures.
Sec. 102. Early termination of credit for qualified fuel cell motor
                            vehicles.
Sec. 103. Early termination of new qualified plug-in electric drive
                            motor vehicles.
Sec. 104. Repeal of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit.
Sec. 105. Repeal of credit for alcohol used as fuel.
Sec. 106. Repeal of credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as
                            fuel.
Sec. 107. Repeal of enhanced oil recovery credit.
Sec. 108. Termination of credit for electricity produced from certain
                            renewable resources.
Sec. 109. Repeal of credit for producing oil and gas from marginal
                            wells.
Sec. 110. Termination of credit for production from advanced nuclear
                            power facilities.
Sec. 111. Repeal of credit for carbon dioxide sequestration.
Sec. 112. Termination of energy credit.
Sec. 113. Repeal of qualifying advanced coal project.
Sec. 114. Repeal of qualifying gasification project credit.
            TITLE II--REDUCTION OF CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE

Sec. 201. Corporate income tax rate reduced.

                TITLE I--REPEAL OF ENERGY TAX SUBSIDIES

SEC. 101. REPEAL OF CREDIT FOR ALCOHOL FUEL, BIODIESEL, AND ALTERNATIVE
              FUEL MIXTURES.

    (a) In General.--Section 6426 is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Paragraph (1) of section 4101(a) is amended by striking
        ``or alcohol (as defined in section 6426(b)(4)(A)''.
            (2) Paragraph (2) of section 4104(a) is amended by striking
        ``6426, or 6427(e)''.
            (3) Section 6427 is amended by striking subsection (e).
            (4) Subparagraph (E) of section 7704(d)(1) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``(as in effect on the day before
                the date of the enactment of the Energy Freedom and
                Economic Prosperity Act)'' after ``of section 6426'',
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``(as so in effect)'' after
                ``section 6426(b)(4)(A)''.
            (5) Paragraph (1) of section 9503(b) is amended by striking
        the second sentence.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter B of
chapter 65 is amended by striking the item relating to section 6426.
    (d) Effective.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to
        fuel sold and used after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Liquefied hydrogen.--In the case of any alternative
        fuel or alternative fuel mixture (as defined in subsection
        (d)(2) or (e)(3) of section 6426 of the Internal Revenue Code
        of 1986 as in effect before its repeal by this Act) involving
        liquefied hydrogen, the amendments made by this section shall
        apply with respect to fuel sold and used after September 30,
        2014.

SEC. 102. EARLY TERMINATION OF CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED FUEL CELL MOTOR
              VEHICLES.

    (a) In General.--Section 30B is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 24(b)(3) is amended by
        striking ``, 30B''.
            (2) Paragraph (2) of section 25B(g) is amended by striking
        ``, 30B,''.
            (3) Subsection (b) of section 38 is amended by striking
        paragraph (25).
            (4) Subsection (a) of section 1016 is amended by striking
        paragraph (35) and by redesignating paragraphs (36) and (37) as
        paragraphs (35) and (36), respectively.
            (5) Subsection (m) of section 6501 is amended by striking
        ``, 30B(h)(9)''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart B of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 30B.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 103. EARLY TERMINATION OF NEW QUALIFIED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE
              MOTOR VEHICLES.

    (a) In General.--Section 30D is repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to vehicles placed in service after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

SEC. 104. REPEAL OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE REFUELING PROPERTY CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 30C is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (b) of section 38 is amended by striking
        paragraph (26).
            (2) Paragraph (3) of section 55(c) is amended by striking
        ``, 30C(d)(2),''.
            (3) Subsection (a) of section 1016, as amended by section
        102 of this Act, is amended by striking paragraph (35) and by
        redesignating paragraph (36) as paragraph (35).
            (4) Subsection (m) of section 6501 is amended by striking
        ``, 30C(e)(5)''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart B of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 30C.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

SEC. 105. REPEAL OF CREDIT FOR ALCOHOL USED AS FUEL.

    (a) In General.--Section 40 is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (b) of section 38 is amended by striking
        paragraph (3).
            (2) Subsection (c) of section 196 is amended by striking
        paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (14)
        as paragraphs (3) through (13), respectively.
            (3) Paragraph (1) of section 4101(a) is amended by striking
        ``, and every person producing cellulosic biofuel (as defined
        in section 40(b)(6)(E))''.
            (4) Paragraph (1) of section 4104(a) is amended by striking
        ``, 40''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to fuel sold or used after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 106. REPEAL OF CREDIT FOR BIODIESEL AND RENEWABLE DIESEL USED AS
              FUEL.

    (a) In General.--Section 40A is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--
            (1) Subsection (b) of section 38 is amended by striking
        paragraph (17).
            (2) Section 87 is repealed.
            (3) Subsection (c) of section 196, as amended by section
        105 of this Act, is amended by striking paragraph (11) and by
        redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs
        (10), (11), and (12), respectively.
            (4) Paragraph (1) of section 4101(a) is amended by striking
        ``, every person producing or importing biodiesel (as defined
        in section 40A(d)(1)''.
            (5) Paragraph (1) of section 4104(a) is amended by striking
        ``, and 40A''.
            (6) Subparagraph (E) of section 7704(d)(1) is amended by
        inserting ``(as so in effect)'' after ``section 40A(d)(1)''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 40A.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to fuel produced, and sold or used, after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 107. REPEAL OF ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 43 is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (b) of section 38 is amended by striking
        paragraph (6).
            (2) Paragraph (4) of section 45Q(d) is amended by inserting
        ``(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of
        the Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act)'' after
        ``section 43(c)(2)''.
            (3) Subsection (c) of section 196, as amended by sections
        105 and 106 of this Act, is amended by striking paragraph (5)
        and by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (12) as paragraphs
        (5) through (11), respectively.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 43.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to costs paid or incurred after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 108. TERMINATION OF CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN
              RENEWABLE RESOURCES.

    (a) Wind.--Subsection (d) of section 45 is amended by striking
``January 1, 2014'' in paragraph (1) and inserting ``the date of the
enactment of the Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act''.
    (b) Indian Coal.--Subparagraph (A) of section 45(e)(10) is amended
by striking ``8-year period'' each place it appears and inserting ``7-
year period''.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) Wind.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply
        to property placed in service after the date of the enactment
        of this Act.
            (2) Indian coal.--The amendments made by subsection (b)
        shall apply to coal produced after December 31, 2012.
            (3) Other qualified energy resources.--For termination of
        other qualified energy resources for property placed in service
        after December 31, 2013, see section 45 of the Internal Revenue
        Code of 1986.

SEC. 109. REPEAL OF CREDIT FOR PRODUCING OIL AND GAS FROM MARGINAL
              WELLS.

    (a) In General.--Section 45I is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of section 38 is amended
by striking paragraph (19).
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 45I.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to production in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 110. TERMINATION OF CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION FROM ADVANCED NUCLEAR
              POWER FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 45J(d)(1) is amended
by striking ``January 1, 2021'' and inserting ``January 1, 2015''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 111. REPEAL OF CREDIT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 45Q is repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to carbon dioxide captured after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 112. TERMINATION OF ENERGY CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 48 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``January 1, 2017'' each place it appears
        and inserting ``January 1, 2015'', and
            (2) by striking ``December 31, 2016'' each place it appears
        and inserting ``December 31, 2014''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 113. REPEAL OF QUALIFYING ADVANCED COAL PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--Section 48A is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 46 is amended by striking
paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart E of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 48A.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 114. REPEAL OF QUALIFYING GASIFICATION PROJECT CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 48B is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 46, as amended by this Act, is
amended by striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs (4)
and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart E of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 48B.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2014.

            TITLE II--REDUCTION OF CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE

SEC. 201. CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE REDUCED.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe a
rate of tax in lieu of the rates under paragraphs (1) and (2) of
section 11(b), section 1201(a), and paragraphs (1), (2), and (6) of
section 1445(e) to such a flat rate as the Secretary estimates would
result in--
            (1) a decrease in revenue to the Treasury for taxable years
        beginning during the 10-year period beginning on the date of
        the enactment of this Act, equal to
            (2) the increase in revenue for such taxable years by
        reason of the amendments made by title I of this Act.
    (b) Effective Date.--The rate prescribed by the Secretary under
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning more than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the excise tax credits for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures. (2) the tax credits for the purchase of alternative motor vehicles and new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles, (3) the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property tax credit. (4) the income tax credits for alcohol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel used as fuel. (5) the enhanced oil recovery tax credit and the tax credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells. (6) the tax credits for producing electricity from renewable resources and from advanced nuclear power facilities, (7) the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration, (8) the energy tax credit. And (9) the tax credits for investment in qualifying advanced coal projects and qualifying gasification projects. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe a flat income tax rate for corporations, in lieu of the existing marginal tax rates, based upon the overall revenue savings from the repeal of energy tax expenditures by this Act.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthen And Fortify Existing
Bridges Act of 2013'' or the ``SAFE Bridges Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO STATES TO REHABILITATE OR REPLACE CERTAIN
              BRIDGES.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish
a program to assist States to rehabilitate or replace eligible bridges.
    (b) Apportionment of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Amounts made available to carry out the
        program established under subsection (a) for a fiscal year
        shall be apportioned to each State according to the ratio
        that--
                    (A) the total cost to rehabilitate or replace
                structurally deficient and functionally obsolete
                bridges in that State; bears to
                    (B) the total cost to rehabilitate or replace
                structurally deficient and functionally obsolete
                bridges in all States.
            (2) Calculation of total cost.--
                    (A) Categories of bridges.--The Secretary shall
                place each structurally deficient or functionally
                obsolete bridge into one of the following categories:
                            (i) Federal-aid highway bridges eligible
                        for rehabilitation.
                            (ii) Federal-aid highway bridges eligible
                        for replacement.
                            (iii) Bridges not on Federal-aid highways
                        eligible for rehabilitation.
                            (iv) Bridges not on Federal-aid highways
                        eligible for replacement.
                    (B) Calculation.--For purposes of the calculation
                required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
                multiply the deck area of structurally deficient and
                functionally obsolete bridges in each category
                described in subparagraph (A) by the respective unit
                price on a State-by-State basis, as determined by the
                Secretary, to determine the total cost to rehabilitate
                or replace bridges in each State.
                    (C) Data used in making determinations.--The
                Secretary shall make determinations under this
                subsection based on the latest available data, which
                shall be updated not less than annually.
                    (D) Use of existing inventories.--To the extent
                practicable, the Secretary shall make determinations
                under this subsection using inventories prepared under
                section 144 of title 23, United States Code.
    (c) Use of Funds.--Funds apportioned to a State under the program
established under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) be used by that State for the rehabilitation and
        replacement of eligible bridges;
            (2) except as otherwise specified in this section, be
        administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23,
        United States Code, except that such funds shall not be
        transferable;
            (3) be subject to the requirements described in section
        1101(b) of MAP-21 in the same manner as amounts made available
        for programs under divisions A and B of that Act; and
            (4) not be subject to any limitation on obligations for
        Federal-aid highways or highway safety construction programs
        set forth in any Act.
    (d) Condition at Project Completion.--A bridge that is
rehabilitated or replaced under the program established under
subsection (a) may not be structurally deficient, functionally
obsolete, or fracture critical upon the completion of such
rehabilitation or replacement.
    (e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project
carried out with funds apportioned to a State under the program
established under subsection (a) shall be 100 percent.
    (f) Reapportionment of Unobligated Funds.--Any funds apportioned to
a State under the program established under subsection (a) and not
obligated by that State at the end of the third fiscal year beginning
after the fiscal year during which the funds were apportioned shall be
withdrawn from that State and reapportioned by the Secretary to States
that have not had funds withdrawn under this subsection in accordance
with the formula specified in subsection (b).
    (g) Nonsubstitution.--In carrying out the program established under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that funding made available
to a State under the program supplements, and does not supplant--
            (1) other Federal funding made available for the
        rehabilitation or replacement of eligible bridges; and
            (2) the planned obligations of that State with respect to
        eligible bridges.
    (h) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, and each year thereafter if States obligated funds
apportioned under the program established under subsection (a) during
that year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report
that describes the amounts obligated by each State for projects under
such program.
    (i) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Bridge.--The term ``bridge'' means a bridge on a public
        road, without regard to whether the bridge is on a Federal-aid
        highway.
            (2) Eligible bridge.--The term ``eligible bridge'' means a
        bridge that is structurally deficient, functionally obsolete,
        or fracture critical.
            (3) Federal-aid highway.--The term ``Federal-aid highway''
        has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 23,
        United States Code.
            (4) Fracture critical.--The term ``fracture critical''
        means, with respect to a bridge, a bridge with a steel member
        in tension, or with a tension element, the failure of which
        would likely cause a portion of the bridge or the entire bridge
        to collapse.
            (5) Functionally obsolete.--The term ``functionally
        obsolete'' means, with respect to a bridge, a bridge that, as
        determined by the Secretary, no longer meets current design
        standards for the traffic demands on the bridge.
            (6) Public road.--The term ``public road'' has the meaning
        given that term in section 101(a) of title 23, United States
        Code.
            (7) Rehabilitation.--The term ``rehabilitation'' means,
        with respect to a bridge, the carrying out of major work
        necessary, as determined by the Secretary--
                    (A) to restore the structural integrity of the
                bridge; or
                    (B) to correct a major safety defect of the bridge.
            (8) Replacement.--The term ``replacement'' means, with
        respect to a bridge, the construction of a new facility that,
        as determined by the Secretary, is in the same general traffic
        corridor as the replaced bridge.
            (9) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the 50 States
        and the District of Columbia.
            (10) Structurally deficient.--The term ``structurally
        deficient'' means, with respect to a bridge, a bridge that, as
        determined by the Secretary--
                    (A) has significant load-carrying elements that are
                in poor or worse condition due to deterioration,
                damage, or both;
                    (B) has a load capacity that is significantly below
                current truckloads and that requires replacement; or
                    (C) has a waterway opening causing frequent
                flooding of the bridge deck and approaches resulting in
                significant traffic interruptions.
    (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $2,750,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014. Such sums shall remain
available until expended.

Summary: Strengthen And Fortify Existing Bridges Act of 2013 or SAFE Bridges Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to assist states to rehabilitate or replace bridges found to be structurally deficient, functionally obsolete, or fracture critical. Requires states to use apportioned program funds for projects to rehabilitate and replace such bridges. Sets the federal share of project costs at 100.

SAFE Bridges Act of 2013


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Rights Act of 1964
Commemorative Coin Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks' brave act of defiance,
        refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a segregated
        bus in Montgomery, Alabama, galvanized the modern civil rights
        movement and led to the desegregation of the South;
            (2) on February 1, 1960, 4 college students, Joseph McNeil,
        Franklin McCain, David Richmond, and Ezell Blair, Jr., asked to
        be served at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and
        lunch counter sit-ins began to occur throughout the South to
        challenge segregation in places of public accommodation;
            (3) on May 4, 1961, the Freedom Rides into the South began
        to test new court orders barring segregation in interstate
        transportation, and riders were jailed and beaten by mobs in
        several places, including Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama;
            (4) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the leading civil
        rights advocate of the time, spearheading the civil rights
        movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s with
        the goal of nonviolent social change and full civil rights for
        African Americans;
            (5) on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led
        over 250,000 civil rights supporters in the March on Washington
        and delivered his famous ``I Have A Dream'' speech to raise
        awareness and support for civil rights legislation;
            (6) Mrs. Coretta Scott King, a leading participant in the
        American civil rights movement, was side-by-side with her
        husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during many civil rights
        marches, organized Freedom Concerts to draw attention to the
        Movement, and worked in her own right to create an America in
        which all people have equal rights;
            (7) the mass movement sparked by Rosa Parks and led by Dr.
        Martin Luther King, Jr., among others, called upon the Congress
        and Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to pass
        civil rights legislation which culminated in the enactment of
        the Civil Rights Act of 1964;
            (8) the Civil Rights Act of 1964 greatly expanded civil
        rights protections, outlawing racial discrimination and
        segregation in public places and places of public
        accommodation, in federally funded programs and employment and
        encouraging desegregation in public schools, and has served as
        a model for subsequent anti-discrimination laws;
            (9) we are an eminently better Nation because of Rosa
        Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and all those men and women
        who have confronted, and continue to confront, injustice and
        inequality wherever they see it;
            (10) equality in education was one of the cornerstones of
        the civil rights movement;
            (11) on September 10, 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
        wrote that African American ``students are coming to understand
        that education and learning have become tools for shaping the
        future and not devices of privilege for an exclusive few'';
            (12) over its long and distinguished history, the United
        Negro College Fund has provided scholarships and operating
        funds to its member colleges that have enabled more than
        300,000 young African Americans to earn college degrees and
        become successful members of society;
            (13) those graduates include Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
        as well as leaders in the fields of education, science,
        medicine, law, entertainment, literature, the military, and
        politics who have made major contributions to the civil rights
        movement and the creation of a more equitable society;
            (14) Congress has an obligation to lead America's continued
        struggle to fight discrimination and ensure equal rights for
        all; and
            (15) the year 2014 will mark the semicentennial of the
        passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) Denominations.--The Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not more than
350,000 $1 coins, each of which shall--
            (1) weigh 26.73 grams;
            (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
            (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
    (b) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this Act shall be legal
tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
    (c) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5136 of title 31,
United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered
to be numismatic items.

SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.

    (a) Design Requirements.--The design of the coins minted under this
Act shall be emblematic of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and its contribution to civil rights in America.
    (b) Designation and Inscriptions.--On each coin minted under this
Act there shall be--
            (1) a designation of the value of the coin;
            (2) an inscription of the year ``2014''; and
            (3) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God We
        Trust'', ``United States of America'', and ``E Pluribus Unum''.
    (c) Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this Act
shall be--
            (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the
        Commission of Fine Arts; and
            (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
        established under section 5135 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

    (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued
in uncirculated and proof qualities.
    (b) Commencement of Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted
under this Act beginning January 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may
initiate sales of such coins, without issuance, before such date.
    (c) Termination of Minting Authority.--No coins shall be minted
under this Act after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.

    (a) Sale Price.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
coins issued under this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a price
equal to the sum of the face value of the coins, the surcharge required
under section 7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing
such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery,
overhead expenses, and marketing).
    (b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins
issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
    (c) Prepaid Orders at a Discount.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders
        for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of such
        coins.
            (2) Discount.--Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders
        under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.

    (a) Surcharge Required.--All sales shall include a surcharge of $10
per coin.
    (b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United
States Code, all surcharges which are received by the Secretary from
the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the
Secretary to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to carry out the
purposes of the Fund, including providing scholarships and internships
for minority students and operating funds and technology enhancement
services for 39 member historically black colleges and universities.
    (c) Audits.--The United Negro College Fund shall be subject to the
audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States
Code, with regard to the amounts received by the Fund under subsection
(b).

Summary: Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, during 2014, up to 350,000 one-dollar coins designed to be emblematic of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its contribution to civil rights in America. Requires sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, which shall be paid to the United Negro College Fund.

A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF THE BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT.

    (a) Section 922 of Title 18, United States Code.--Section 922 of
title 18, United States Code, as added by the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (s)(1) by striking ``ending on the day
        before the date that is 60 months after such date of
        enactment,'' and inserting ``ending either on the day before
        the date that is 48 months after such date of enactment, unless
        the Attorney General extends the date by 12 additional months,
        or on the day that the Attorney General notifies the licensees
        under section 103(e)(1) of the Brady Handgun Violence
        Prevention Act, whichever occurs earlier,''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (t) to read as follows:
    ``(t)(1) Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney
General notifies licensees under section 103(e)(1) of the Brady Handgun
Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background
check system is established, and upon notification by the Attorney
General to licensees that the system is operational and capable of
supplying information immediately (during which 30-day period
subsection (s) shall remain in effect), a licensed importer, licensed
manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any
other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless--
            ``(A) before the completion of the transfer, the licensee
        contacts the national instant criminal background check system
        established under section 103 of that Act;
            ``(B)(i) the system provides the licensee with a unique
        identification number; or
            ``(ii) 3 business days (meaning a day on which State
        offices are open) have elapsed since the licensee contacted the
        system, and the system has not notified the licensee that the
        receipt of a firearm by such other person would violate
        subsection (g) or (n) of this section or State law; and
            ``(C) the transferor has verified the identity of the
        transferee by examining a valid identification document (as
        defined in section 1028(d)(1) of this title) of the transferee
        containing a photograph of the transferee.
    ``(2) If receipt of a firearm would not violate section 922 (g) or
(n) or State law, the system shall immediately
            ``(A) assign a unique identification number to the
        transfer;
            ``(B) provide the licensee with the number; and
            ``(C) destroy all records of the system with respect to the
        call (other than the identifying number and the date the number
        was assigned) and all records of the system relating to the
        person or the transfer.
    ``(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a firearm transfer between a
licensee and another person if--
            ``(A)(i) such other person has presented to the licensee a
        permit that--
                    ``(I) allows such other person to possess, acquire,
                or carry a firearm; and
                    ``(II) was issued not more than 5 years earlier by
                the State in which the transfer is to take place; and
            ``(ii) the law of the State provides that such a permit is
        to be issued only after an authorized government official has
        verified that the information available to such official does
        not indicate that possession of a firearm by such other person
        would be in violation of law;
            ``(B) the Secretary has approved the transfer under section
        5812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
            ``(C) on application of the transferor, the Secretary has
        certified that compliance with paragraph (1)(A) is
        impracticable because--
                    ``(i) the ratio of the number of law enforcement
                officers of the State in which the transfer is to occur
                to the number of square miles of land area of the State
                does not exceed 0.0025;
                    ``(ii) the business premises of the licensee at
                which the transfer is to occur are extremely remote in
                relation to the chief law enforcement officer (as
                defined in subsection (s)(8)); and
                    ``(iii) there is an absence of telecommunications
                facilities in the geographical area in which the
                business premises are located.
    ``(4) If the national instant criminal background check system
notifies the licensee that the information available to the system does
not demonstrate that the receipt of a firearm by such other person
would violate subsection (g) or (n) or State law, and the licensee
transfers a firearm to such other person, the licensee shall include in
the record of the transfer the unique identification number provided by
the system with respect to the transfer.
    ``(5) If the licensee knowingly transfers a firearm to such other
person and knowingly fails to comply with paragraph (1) of this
subsection with respect to the transfer and, at the time such other
person most recently proposed the transfer, the national instant
criminal background check system was operating and information was
available to the system demonstrating that receipt of a firearm by such
other person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section or
State law, the Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for a
hearing, suspend for not more than 6 months or revoke any license
issued to the licensee under section 923, and may impose on the
licensee a civil fine of not more than $5,000.
    ``(6) Neither a local government nor an employee of the Federal
Government or of any State or local government, responsible for
providing information to the national instant criminal background check
system shall be liable in an action at law for damages--
            ``(A) for failure to prevent the sale or transfer of a
        firearm to a person whose receipt or possession of the firearm
        is unlawful under this section; or
            ``(B) for preventing such a sale or transfer to a person
        who may lawfully receive or possess a firearm.''.
    (b) National Instant Criminal Background Check System.--Section 103
of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act is amended to read as
follows:

``SEC. 103. NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.

    ``(a) Determination of Timetables.--Not later than 6 months after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall--
            ``(1) determine the type of computer hardware and software
        that will be used to operate the national instant criminal
        background check system and the means by which State criminal
        records systems and the telephone or electric device of
        licensees that will communicate with the national system;
            ``(2) investigate the criminal records system of each State
        and determine for each State a timetable by which the State
        should be able to provide criminal records on an on-line
        capacity basis to the national system; and
            ``(3) notify each State of the determinations made pursuant
        to paragraphs (1) and (2).
    ``(b) Establishment of System.--
            ``(1) Determinations.--Not later than the date that is 24
        months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney
        General shall--
                    ``(A) determine whether--
                            ``(i) the equipment used to link State
                        criminal history records systems to the
                        national criminal history records system and
                        the equipment necessary to operate the national
                        instant criminal background check system are
                        operational; and
                            ``(ii) any group of States that--
                                    ``(I) have at least 80 percent of
                                the population of the United States;
                                and
                                    ``(II) have reported during a 12-
                                month period at least 80 percent of the
                                number of crimes of violence reported
                                by all of the States during that
                                period,
                        have achieved and maintained at an average of
                        at least 60 percent currency of felony case
                        dispositions in computerized criminal history
                        files for all cases in which there has been an
                        event or activity within the last 5 years; and
                    ``(B) if such determinations are made in the
                affirmative, certify that the national system is
                established.
            ``(2) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish
        a national instant criminal background check system that any
        licensee may contact, by telephone and by other electronic
        means in addition to the telephone, for information, to be
        supplied immediately, on whether receipt of a firearm by a
        prospective transferee would violate section 922 of title 18,
        United States Code, or State law.
    ``(c) Expedited Action by the Attorney General.--The Attorney
General shall expedite--
            ``(1) the upgrading and indexing of State criminal history
        records in the Federal criminal records system maintained by
        the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
            ``(2) the development of hardware and software systems to
        link State criminal history check systems into the national
        instant criminal background check system established by the
        Attorney General pursuant to this section; and
            ``(3) the current revitalization initiatives by the Federal
        Bureau of Investigation for technologically advanced
        fingerprint and criminal records identification.
    ``(d) Notification of Licensees.--
            ``(1) System established.--On establishment of the system
        under this section, the Attorney General shall notify each
        licensee and the chief law enforcement officer of each State of
        the existence and purpose of the system and the means to be
        used to contact the system.
            ``(2) Compliance with timetable.--At any time at which the
        Attorney General determines that a State is in compliance with
        the timetable set for that State under section (a), the
        Attorney General shall notify each licensee in the State and
        the chief law enforcement officer of the State of the
        determination.
    ``(e) Administrative Provisions.--
            ``(1) Authority to obtain official information.--
        Notwithstanding any other law, the Attorney General may secure
        directly from any department or agency of the United States
        such information on persons for whom receipt of a firearm would
        violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18,
        United States Code, or State law as is necessary to enable the
        system to operate in accordance with this section. On request
        of the Attorney General, the head of such department or agency
        shall furnish such information to the system.
            ``(2) Other authority.--The Attorney General shall develop
        such computer software, design and obtain such
        telecommunications and computer hardware, and employ such
        personnel, as are necessary to establish and operate the system
        in accordance with this section.
    ``(f) Written Reasons Provided on Request.--If the national instant
criminal background check system determines that an individual is
ineligible to receive a firearm and the individual requests the system
to provide the reasons for the determination, the system shall provide
such reasons to the individual, in writing, within 5 business days
after the date of the request.
    ``(g) Correction of Erroneous System Information.--A prospective
transferee may submit to the Attorney General information that to
correct, clarify, or supplement records of the system with respect to
the prospective transferee. After receipt of such information, the
Attorney General shall immediately consider the information,
investigate the matter further, and correct all erroneous Federal
records relating to the prospective transferee and give notice of the
error to any Federal department or agency or any State that was the
source of such erroneous records.
    ``(h) Regulations.--After 90 days' notice to the public and an
opportunity for hearing by interested parties, the Attorney General
shall prescribe regulations to ensure the privacy and security of the
information of the system established under this section.
    ``(i) Prohibition Relating To Establishment of Registration Systems
With Respect to Firearms.--No department, agency, officer, or employee
of the United States may--
            ``(1) require that any record or portion thereof generated
        by the system established under this section be recorded at or
        transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the
        United States or any State or political subdivision thereof; or
            ``(2) use the system established under this section to
        establish any system for the registration of firearms, firearm
        owners, or firearm transactions or dispositions, except with
        respect to persons, prohibited by section 922 (g) or (n) of
        title 18, United States Code, or State law from receiving a
        firearm.
    ``(j) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Licensee.--The term ``licensee'' means a licensed
        importer (as defined in section 921(a)(9) of title 18, United
        States Code), a licensed manufacturer (as defined in section
        921(a)(10) of that title), or a licensed dealer (as defined in
        section 921(a)(11) of that title).
            ``(2) Other terms.--The terms ``firearm'', ``handgun'',
        ``licensed importer'', ``licensed manufacturer'', and
        ``licensed dealer'' have the meanings stated in section 921(a)
        of title 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection
        (a)(2).
    ``(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated, which may be appropriated from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund established by section 1115 of title 31, United
States Code, such sums as are necessary to enable the Attorney General
to carry out this section.''.
    (c) Notification of Adjudications of Persons as Mental Defectives
and Commitments to Mental Institutions.--Section 503(a) of title I of
the Omnibus Safe Streets and Crime Control Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3753(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(12) A certification that the State has established a
        plan under which the State will provide to the Department of
        Justice, without fee--
                    ``(A) within 30 days after the date on which any
                person in the State is adjudicated as a mental
                defective or committed to a mental institution, notice
                of the adjudication or commitment; and
                    ``(B) within 30 days after the date on which the
                Department of Justice requests it, a copy of the
                certified record of the adjudication or commitment.''.

Summary: Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) shorten to 48 months the period that a five-day waiting period and background check are to be imposed pending establishment of a national instant criminal background check system (system) for handgun transfers. And (2) provide that system check requirements shall not apply until notification by the Attorney General to licensees that the system is operational and capable of supplying information immediately. Makes the latter provision inapplicable to a firearm transfer between a licensee and another person who has presented a firearm permit meeting certain conditions. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish the system within 24 months after the enactment of such Act. And (2) notify each licensee in, and the chief law enforcement officer of, a State at any time of a determination that the State is in compliance with the timetable set for that State. Authorizes a prospective transferee to submit to the Attorney General information to correct, clarify, or supplement records of the system with respect to the prospective transferee. Requires the Attorney General to immediately consider the information, to investigate further, and to correct erroneous information and give notice of the error to any Federal department or agency or any State that was the source of such records. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include among State application requirements for drug control and system improvement grants a certification that the State has established a plan under which the State will provide the Department of Justice with notification of adjudications of persons as mental defectives and of commitments to mental institutions.

A bill to amend the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to establish standards for determining whether the national instant criminal background check system is operational and to amend section 503(a) of title I of the Omnibus Safe Streets and Crime Control Act of 1968 to require a State to certify that the State has established a plan under which the State will provide to the Department of Justice notice of the adjudication of any person as a mental defective or the commitment of any person to a mental institution.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hunt Unrestricted on National
Treasures Act'' or the ``HUNT Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal public land management agency.--The term
        ``Federal public land management agency'' means any of the
        National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife
        Service, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Travel management plan.--The term ``travel management
        plan'' means a plan for the management of travel--
                    (A) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of
                the National Park Service, on park roads and designated
                routes under section 4.10 of title 36, Code of Federal
                Regulations (or successor regulations);
                    (B) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of
                the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, on the
                land under a comprehensive conservation plan prepared
                under section 4(e) of the National Wildlife Refuge
                System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(e));
                    (C) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of
                the Forest Service, on National Forest System land
                under part 212 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations
                (or successor regulations); and
                    (D) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of
                the Bureau of Land Management, under a resource
                management plan developed under the Federal Land Policy
                and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).

SEC. 3. REPORT ON PUBLIC ACCESS AND EGRESS TO FEDERAL PUBLIC LAND.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, and annually thereafter, each head of a Federal public land
management agency shall make available to the public on the website of
the Federal public land management agency a report that includes--
            (1) a list of the location and acreage of land more than
        640 acres in size under the jurisdiction of the Federal public
        land management agency on which the public is allowed, under
        Federal or State law, to hunt, fish, or use the land for other
        recreational purposes--
                    (A) to which there is no public access or egress;
                or
                    (B) to which public access or egress to the legal
                boundaries of the land is significantly restricted (as
                determined by the head of the Federal public land
                management agency);
            (2) with respect to land described in paragraph (1), a list
        of the locations and acreage on the land that the head of the
        Federal public land management agency determines have
        significant potential for use for hunting, fishing, and other
        recreational purposes; and
            (3) with respect to land described in paragraph (2), a plan
        developed by the Federal public land management agency that--
                    (A) identifies how public access and egress could
                reasonably be provided to the legal boundaries of the
                land in a manner that minimizes the impact on wildlife
                habitat and water quality;
                    (B) specifies the actions recommended to secure the
                access and egress, including acquiring an easement,
                right-of-way, or fee title from a willing owner of any
                land that abuts the land or the need to coordinate with
                State land management agencies or other Federal or
                State governmental entities to allow for such access
                and egress; and
                    (C) is consistent with the travel management plan
                in effect on the land.
    (b) List of Public Access Routes for Certain Land.--Not later than
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, each head of a Federal
public land management agency shall make available to the public on the
website of the Federal public land management agency, and thereafter
revise as the head of the Federal public land management agency
determines appropriate, a list of roads or trails that provide the
primary public access and egress to the legal boundaries of contiguous
parcels of land equal to more than 640 acres in size under the
jurisdiction of the Federal public land management agency on which the
public is allowed, under Federal or State law, to hunt, fish, or use
the land for other recreational purposes.
    (c) Means of Public Access and Egress Included.--In considering
public access and egress under subsections (a) and (b), the head of the
applicable Federal public land management agency shall consider public
access and egress to the legal boundaries of the land described in
those subsections, including access and egress--
            (1) by motorized or non-motorized vehicles; and
            (2) on foot or horseback.
    (d) Effect.--
            (1) In general.--This Act shall have no effect on whether a
        particular recreational use shall be allowed on the land
        described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
            (2) Effect of allowable uses on agency consideration.--In
        preparing the plan under subsection (a)(3), the head of the
        applicable Federal public land management agency shall only
        consider recreational uses that are allowed on the land at the
        time that the plan is prepared.

SEC. 4. FUNDS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND FOR RECREATIONAL
              PURPOSES.

    Section 7(a)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460l-9) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``Recreational public access to federal land.--In an amount
        not less than 1.5 percent of such moneys, for projects that
        secure public access to Federal land for hunting, fishing, and
        other recreational purposes through easements, rights-of-way,
        or fee title acquisitions from willing sellers.''.

Summary: Hunt Unrestricted on National Treasures Act or HUNT Act - Requires each head of a federal public land management agency , to annually make available to the public on its website a report that includes: (1) a list of the land more than 640 acres in size under its jurisdiction on which the public is allowed to hunt, fish, or use such land for other recreational purposes and to which there is no public access or egress or to which such access or egress to the land's legal boundaries is significantly restricted. (2) a list of locations and acreage on such land that the agency head determines have significant potential for use for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes. And (3) a plan to provide such access and egress that is consistent with the travel management plan in effect. Requires each agency head to make available to the public on the agency's website, and thereafter revise, a list of roads or trails that provide the primary public access and egress to the legal boundaries of contiguous parcels of land equal to more than 640 acres in size under the agency's jurisdiction on which the public is allowed to hunt, fish, or use such lands for other recreational purposes. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to require allotment from the Land and Water Conservation Fund of an amount not less than 1.5 of the moneys appropriated for projects that secure public access to federal land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes through easements, rights-of-way, or fee title acquisitions from willing sellers.

HUNT Act


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Columbia River Restoration Act of
2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific
        Northwest and the fourth largest river in the United States by
        volume. The river is 1,243 miles long, and its drainage basin
        includes 259,000 square miles, extending into 7 States and
        British Columbia, Canada, and including all or part of 5
        national parks, the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area,
        and the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.
            (2) The Columbia River Basin and its tributaries provide
        significant ecological and economic benefits to the Pacific
        Northwest and the entire United States. Traditionally, the
        Columbia River Basin and its tributaries were the largest
        salmon producing river system in the world, with annual returns
        peaking at as many as 30 million fish. The Columbia River
        drainage basin includes more than 6 million acres of irrigated
        agricultural land, and its 14 hydroelectric dams, combined with
        additional dams on its tributaries, produce more hydroelectric
        power than any other North American river.
            (3) The Lower Columbia River Estuary stretches 146 miles
        from the Bonneville Dam to the mouth of the Pacific Ocean, and
        much of this area is degraded. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
        in salmon tissue and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in
        salmon prey exceed estimated thresholds for delayed mortality,
        increased disease susceptibility, and reduced growth. Legacy
        contaminants (DDT and PCBs) banned in the 1970s are still
        detected in river water, sediments, and juvenile Chinook
        salmon. Several pesticides have been detected, including
        atrazine and simazine, which can affect salmon behavior or act
        as hormone disruptors. Emerging contaminants, such as hormone
        disruptors from pharmaceutical and personal care products, have
        been found in river water and juvenile male salmon. These
        contaminants may impair salmon growth, health, and
        reproduction.
            (4) The Middle and Upper Columbia River Basin includes
        1,050 miles of the mainstem Columbia River upstream of the
        Bonneville Dam, including the 1,040 miles of its largest
        tributary, the Snake River, and all of the tributaries to both
        rivers. The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Columbia
        River Basin Fish Contaminant Survey detected the presence of 92
        priority pollutants, including PCBs, dioxins, furans, arsenic,
        mercury, and DDE (a breakdown product of DDT), in fish that are
        consumed by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, the
        Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the
        Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the
        Nez Perce Tribe, as well as by other people consuming fish
        throughout the Columbia River Basin. A fish consumption survey
        by the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission showed that
        tribal members were eating 6 to 11 times more fish than EPA's
        estimated national average. The nuclear and toxic contamination
        at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation presents an ongoing risk of
        contamination in the Middle Columbia Basin. Sampling of
        sediments by the EPA in 2004 documented widespread presence of
        toxic flame retardants known as polyrominated diphenyl ethers.
            (5) Contamination of the Middle and Upper Columbia River
        Basin has a direct impact on water quality and habitat quality
        in the Lower Columbia River Estuary. Investments in habitat
        restoration and toxics reduction in the Middle and Upper
        Columbia River Basin can have significant benefits for fish and
        wildlife throughout the entire basin.
            (6) Together with the Governors of Oregon and Washington,
        the EPA created the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
        (Estuary Partnership) in 1995 to provide regional coordination
        to focus on the lower river, to advance the science of the
        ecosystem, and to deliver environmental results. The Estuary
        Partnership was formed within the National Estuary Program and
        provides a structure for organization and collaboration to
        implement Federal priorities. The Estuary Partnership includes
        all key Federal agencies as part of its management and
        governing structure, including the EPA, the United States
        Geological Survey (USGS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
        Administration (NOAA), the Army Corps of Engineers, the Forest
        Service, and tribal, State, and local governments.
            (7) The Columbia River Basin was designated by the EPA as
        an ``Estuary of National Significance'' in 1995 and a ``Large
        Aquatic Ecosystem'' in 2006.
            (8) The Estuary Partnership has developed an unparalleled
        2-State, public and private partnership, including
        unprecedented collaborative efforts among key Federal partners,
        including the EPA, the NOAA, the USGS, and the Army Corps of
        Engineers to advance Federal goals, and the Estuary Partnership
        and its partners have gathered scientific information and
        compiled data, and have made significant gains in habitat
        protection and environmental education.
            (9) Despite these advances, further degradation exists and
        contaminants persist in the Columbia River Basin and are
        impairing the health of fish, wildlife, and humans. Degraded
        conditions in the river exacerbate the challenges already faced
        by the 13 species of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River
        Basin listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered
        Species Act of 1973.
            (10) The ``Estuary Partnership Comprehensive Conservation
        and Management Plan'' (1999), the ``Northwest Power and
        Conservation Council Lower Columbia Province Plan'' (2004,
        amended 2008), the draft ``NOAA Columbia River Estuary Recovery
        Module for Salmon and Steelhead'' (2010), the States of Oregon,
        Idaho, and Washington Recovery Plans, the ``Biological Opinion
        for the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS)'' (2000,
        2004, 2008), and the ``EPA Columbia Basin State of the River
        Report for Toxics'' (2009) consistently identify habitat loss
        and toxic contamination as threats to fish and wildlife.

SEC. 3. COLUMBIA RIVER.

    Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 123. COLUMBIA RIVER.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions
apply:
            ``(1) Action plan.--The term `Action Plan' means the
        `Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Action Plan' developed
        by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Columbia River
        Toxics Reduction Working Group in 2010, including any
        amendments thereto.
            ``(2) Comprehensive plan.--The term `Comprehensive Plan'
        means the `Estuary Partnership Comprehensive Conservation and
        Management Plan' adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency
        and the Governors of Oregon and Washington on October 20, 1999,
        under section 320, including any amendments thereto.
            ``(3) Estuary partnership.--The term `Estuary Partnership'
        means the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership, an entity
        created by the States of Oregon and Washington and the
        Environmental Protection Agency under section 320.
            ``(4) Lower columbia river and estuary.--The term `Lower
        Columbia River and Estuary' means the region consisting of the
        lower 146 miles of the Columbia River Basin from the Bonneville
        Dam to the Pacific Ocean.
            ``(5) Middle and upper columbia river basin.--The term
        `Middle and Upper Columbia River Basin' means the region
        consisting of the United States portion of the Columbia River
        Basin above Bonneville Dam, including the Snake River (and its
        tributaries) and other tributaries of the Columbia River.
            ``(6) Team leader.--The term `Team Leader' means the Team
        Leader appointed under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Program Team.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish in
        the Environmental Protection Agency a Columbia River Program
        Team. The Team shall be located within the Oregon Operations
        Office for Region 10 of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            ``(2) Appointment of team leader.--The Administrator shall
        appoint a Team Leader, who, by reason of management experience
        and technical expertise relating to the Columbia River Basin,
        shall be highly qualified to support the development and
        implementation of projects, programs, and studies necessary to
        implement the Action Plan.
            ``(3) Delegation of authority; staffing.--The Administrator
        shall delegate to the Team Leader such authority and provide
        such additional staff as may be necessary to carry out this
        section.
    ``(c) Duties.--
            ``(1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the
        Administrator, acting through the Team Leader, shall--
                    ``(A) assist and support the implementation of the
                Action Plan and the Comprehensive Plan;
                    ``(B) coordinate the implementation of the Action
                Plan and the Comprehensive Plan, and the development of
                any updates to those plans, with programs and projects
                in the Middle and Upper Columbia River Basin;
                    ``(C) make such other updates to the Action Plan
                and the Comprehensive Plan as the Administrator, in
                consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, the
                States of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, tribal
                governments, local governments, and other public and
                private interests in the Columbia River Basin,
                considers appropriate;
                    ``(D) provide funding and make grants for
                implementation of the Action Plan and the Comprehensive
                Plan and projects, programs, and studies consistent
                with the priorities of the Action Plan and the
                Comprehensive Plan;
                    ``(E) promote innovative methodologies and
                technologies that are cost effective and consistent
                with the identified goals and objectives of the Action
                Plan and the Comprehensive Plan and the permitting
                processes of the Environmental Protection Agency;
                    ``(F) coordinate the major functions of the Federal
                Government related to the implementation of the Action
                Plan and the Comprehensive Plan, including projects,
                programs, and studies for--
                            ``(i) water quality improvements;
                            ``(ii) toxics reduction and monitoring;
                            ``(iii) wetland, riverine, and estuary
                        restoration and protection;
                            ``(iv) nearshore and endangered species
                        recovery; and
                            ``(v) stewardship and environmental
                        education;
                    ``(G) coordinate the research and planning projects
                authorized under this section with Federal agencies,
                State agencies, tribal governments, universities, and
                the Estuary Partnership, including conducting or
                commissioning studies considered necessary for
                strengthened implementation of the Action Plan and the
                Comprehensive Plan;
                    ``(H) track progress toward meeting the identified
                goals and objectives of the Action Plan and the
                Comprehensive Plan by--
                            ``(i) implementing and supporting a
                        project, program, and monitoring system
                        consistent with performance-based ecosystem
                        standards and management; and
                            ``(ii) coordinating, managing, and
                        reporting environmental data related to the
                        Action Plan and the Comprehensive Plan in a
                        manner consistent with methodologies utilized
                        by the Estuary Partnership, including making
                        such data and reports on such data available to
                        the public, including on the Internet, in a
                        timely fashion; and
                    ``(I) collect and make available to the public,
                including on the Internet, publications and other forms
                of information relating to the environmental quality of
                the Lower Columbia River and Estuary.
            ``(2) Implementation methods.--The Administrator, acting
        through the Team Leader, may enter into interagency agreements,
        make intergovernmental personnel appointments, provide funding,
        make grants, and utilize other available methods in carrying
        out the duties under this subsection.
    ``(d) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment
of this section, and biennially thereafter, the Administrator shall
submit to Congress a report that--
            ``(1) summarizes the progress made in implementing the
        Action Plan and the Comprehensive Plan and the progress made
        toward achieving the identified goals and objectives described
        in such plans;
            ``(2) summarizes any modifications to the Action Plan and
        the Comprehensive Plan made in the period immediately preceding
        the report;
            ``(3) incorporates specific recommendations concerning the
        implementation of the Action Plan and the Comprehensive Plan;
        and
            ``(4) summarizes the roles and progress of each Federal
        agency that has jurisdiction in the Columbia River Basin toward
        meeting the identified goals and objectives of the Action Plan
        and the Comprehensive Plan.
    ``(e) Implementation of Action Plan and Comprehensive Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator, acting through the
        Team Leader and in consultation with the Estuary Partnership,
        shall carry out projects, programs, and studies to implement
        the Action Plan and the Comprehensive Plan.
            ``(2) Priority projects, programs, and studies.--The
        Administrator may give special emphasis to projects, programs,
        and studies that are identified as priorities by the Estuary
        Partnership in the Action Plan and the Comprehensive Plan.
            ``(3) Grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator, acting
                through the Team Leader, is authorized to make grants
                for projects, programs, and studies to implement the
                Action Plan and the Comprehensive Plan.
                    ``(B) Allocations.--In making grants using funds
                appropriated to carry out this paragraph for a fiscal
                year, the Administrator, acting through the Team
                Leader, shall use--
                            ``(i) not less than 40 percent of the funds
                        to make a comprehensive grant to the Estuary
                        Partnership to manage implementation of the
                        Comprehensive Plan;
                            ``(ii) not less than 50 percent of the
                        funds to make grants, as allocated by the Team
                        Leader, for projects, programs and studies
                        prioritized in the Action Plan throughout the
                        Columbia River Basin, and for other coordinated
                        projects, programs, and studies in the Middle
                        and Upper Columbia River Basin; and
                            ``(iii) not more than 5 percent of the
                        funds for project management, administration,
                        and reporting.
            ``(4) Federal share.--The Federal share of the costs for
        which a grant is made under this section shall be 75 percent,
        except that the Administrator may increase the Federal share in
        such circumstances as the Administrator determines appropriate.
    ``(f) Annual Budget Plan.--The President, as part of the
President's annual budget submission to Congress under section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, shall submit information regarding
each Federal agency involved in protection and restoration of the
Columbia River Basin, including--
            ``(1) an interagency crosscut budget that displays for each
        Federal agency--
                    ``(A) the amounts obligated in the preceding fiscal
                year for protection and restoration projects, programs,
                and studies relating to the Columbia River Basin;
                    ``(B) the estimated budget for the current fiscal
                year for protection and restoration projects, programs,
                and studies relating to the Columbia River Basin; and
                    ``(C) the proposed budget for protection and
                restoration projects, programs, and studies relating to
                the Columbia River Basin; and
            ``(2) a description and assessment of the Federal role in
        the development and implementation of the Action Plan and the
        Comprehensive Plan and the specific role of each Federal agency
        involved in protection and restoration of the Columbia River
        Basin, including specific projects, programs, and studies
        conducted or planned to achieve the identified goals and
        objectives of the Action Plan and the Comprehensive Plan.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $40,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2016. Such sums shall remain
available until expended.''.

Summary: Columbia River Restoration Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish within EPA a Columbia River Program Team, located within the Oregon Operations Office for EPA's Region 10. And (2) appoint a Team Leader who shall be highly qualified to support the development and implementation of projects, programs, and studies necessary to implement the Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Action Plan developed by EPA and the Columbia River Toxics Reduction Working Group in 2010. Directs the Administrator, acting through the Team Leader, to: (1) assist and support the implementation of the Action Plan and the Estuary Partnership Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan adopted by EPA and the Governors of Oregon and Washington on October 20, 1999. (2) coordinate the implementation of, and the development of any updates to, those Plans, with programs and projects in the Middle and Upper Columbia River Basin, (3) make other appropriate updates. (4) provide funding and make grants for implementation consistent with Plan priorities. (5) promote innovative methodologies and technologies that are cost effective and consistent with Plan goals and objectives and EPA's permitting processes. (6) coordinate the major functions of the federal government related to Plan implementation, (7) coordinate authorized research and planning projects, (8) track progress toward meeting Plan goals and objectives. And (9) collect and make available to the public information regarding the environmental quality of the Lower Columbia River and Estuary. Requires the Administrator, through the Team Leader, to carry out projects, programs, and studies to implement the Plans. Authorizes the Administrator to give special emphasis to those projects, programs, and studies identified as priorities by the Estuary Partnership in the Plans. Authorizes the Administrator, through the Team Leader, to make grants to implement the Plans. Sets forth requirements regarding grant allocations and the federal share of costs. Directs the President, as part of his annual budget submission to Congress, to submit information regarding each federal agency involved in protection and restoration of the Columbia River Basin.

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities to protect and restore the water quality of the Columbia River Basin, and for other purposes.