SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care Criminal Background Check
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to assist States in improving the
overall quality of child care services in the State by requiring
national criminal background checks of child care providers that are
licensed by the State or that receive funds under the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) State Plan.--Section 658E(c)(2) of the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(I) Criminal background check.--Certify that the
                State will--
                            ``(i) require each eligible child care
                        provider (excluding an eligible child care
                        provider described in section 658P(5)(B)) that
                        is licensed by the State or receives funds
                        provided under this subchapter--
                                    ``(I) to obtain from the State a
                                comprehensive criminal background check
                                of--
                                            ``(aa) each employee who
                                        provides child care services;
                                            ``(bb) each applicant for
                                        employment to provide such
                                        services; and
                                            ``(cc) each family child
                                        care provider who provides or
                                        applies to provide such
                                        services;
                                    ``(II) to refuse to employ an
                                individual to provide such services--
                                            ``(aa) if such individual
                                        was convicted, in the then most
                                        recent 5-year period ending on
                                        the date of receipt of such a
                                        criminal background check, of--

                                                    ``(AA) a crime of
                                                violence (as defined in
                                                section 20101 of
                                                subtitle A of title II
                                                of the Violent Crime
                                                Control and Law
                                                Enforcement Act of 1994
                                                (42 U.S.C. 13701)); or

                                                    ``(BB) a crime
                                                against a child for
                                                which the penalty
                                                exceeds imprisonment
                                                for a term exceeding 1
                                                year;

                                            ``(bb) to an eligible child
                                        without the supervision of an
                                        employee whose criminal
                                        background check satisfies the
                                        requirements of the
                                        subparagraph, pending receipt
                                        of such a criminal background
                                        check of such individual; and
                                            ``(cc) to an eligible child
                                        with the supervision of an
                                        employee whose criminal
                                        background check satisfies the
                                        requirements of the
                                        subparagraph and for a period
                                        exceeding 90 days, pending
                                        receipt of such a criminal
                                        background check of such
                                        individual; and
                            ``(ii) carry out at the request of an
                        eligible child care provider, as soon as
                        practicable, a comprehensive criminal
                        background check (at the State option for a fee
                        not to exceed the actual cost to the State) of
                        each employee of, and each applicant for
                        employment by, a child care provider that is
                        licensed by the State or receives funds
                        provided under this subchapter by the State,
                        and make the results of such check available to
                        such provider and to such employee or
                        applicant.
                At the request of a State, the Secretary may waive for
                1 fiscal year the application of this subparagraph to
                the State if the State demonstrates a good faith effort
                to comply with the requirements specified in this
                subparagraph and its inability to so comply.''.
    (b) Enforcement.--Section 658I(b)(2) of the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858g(i)(b)(2)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
                ``If a State fails to comply substantially with the
                requirements specified in section 658e(c)(2)(I), the
                Secretary shall reduce by 10 percent the State
                allotment for the fiscal year following the fiscal year
                with respect to which noncompliance is found.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Child Care Criminal Background Check Act of 2009 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require child care providers that are licensed by a state or receive funds under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program to: (1) obtain a comprehensive criminal background check of each employee who provides child care services, each applicant for employment, and each family child care provider who provides or applies to provide such services. And (2) refuse to employ individuals convicted of crimes of violence or crimes against children. Reduces by 10 allotments to states that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act.

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require criminal background checks of child care providers.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Strategy to Destroy
ISIS Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since the civil war in Syria began in 2011, nearly
        500,000 Syrians have been killed, including 50,000 children.
            (2) The ongoing civil war in Syria has been among the most
        disruptive and costly of this century, having displaced an
        estimated 4,900,000 refugees and an additional 6,300,000
        internally displaced persons according to the United Nations
        High Commissioner for Refugees.
            (3) In June 2014 the self-described caliphate of the
        Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) conquered territory in
        Syria and Iraq.
            (4) According to the House Committee on Homeland Security's
        Task Force on Combatting Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel,
        nearly 300,000 people from over 100 countries have traveled to
        the conflict zone in Iraq and Syria since 2011 to join or
        attempt to join terrorist groups, including ISIS.
            (5) According to CNN, ISIS has committed 143 attacks in 29
        countries outside of Iraq and Syria, killing 2,043 people since
        June 2014.
            (6) According to the United Nations Assistance Mission for
        Iraq, over 27,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since June
        2014.
            (7) On March 17, 2016, Secretary of State John Kerry
        stated, ``Daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in
        areas under its control''.
            (8) On January 28, 2017, the President signed National
        Security Presidential Memo-3 to require the Secretary of
        Defense to submit to the President within 30 days a ``plan to
        defeat ISIS''.

SEC. 3. STRATEGY TO DESTROY THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND AL-SHAM AND
              ITS AFFILIATES.

    (a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of State, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal
agencies, shall jointly develop and submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a strategy to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq
and al-Sham (ISIS) and its affiliates.
    (b) Elements of the Strategy.--The strategy required by subsection
(a) shall include the following elements:
            (1) An update on the status and progress of the Global
        Coalition to Counter ISIS and specific actions being taken in
        conjunction with such Coalition to destroy and eliminate ISIS.
            (2) A strategy for the deployment of United States military
        assets, including ground combat forces, to train and equip
        allies, as well as potential direct confrontation with ISIS
        fighters and its affiliates.
            (3) A strategy for airstrikes and drone strikes in Iraq and
        Syria against ISIS senior leaders and infrastructure, as well
        as the viability of the use of airstrikes in conjunction with
        regional partners that face a significant threat from ISIS and
        its affiliates.
            (4) A plan to strengthen the capacity of the Iraqi Security
        Forces, the Kurdish Peshmerga, the Jordanian Armed Forces, the
        Afghanistan Security Forces, and others to counter gains by
        ISIS and its affiliates.
            (5) A plan to provide humanitarian assistance and relief,
        governance, and rule of law to regions previously impacted by
        ISIS and its affiliates.
            (6) Prevention of a reconstitution of ISIS or its
        affiliates in the region.
            (7) A strategy to pursue war crimes prosecutions against
        ISIS fighters through international fora.
            (8) Use of social media and other communication
        technologies to counter ISIS's propaganda, influence, and
        ability to recruit fighters domestically and internationally.
            (9) A strategy to deny financial resources, including
        revenues from natural resources extraction, sale of
        antiquities, kidnapping, extortion, and taxation, to ISIS and
        its affiliates.
    (c) Update.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an update of the
strategy required by subsection (a) at least once every 2 years after
the date of the initial submission of the strategy.

SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO BRING THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA TO A SUSTAINABLE END.

    (a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of State, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal
agencies, shall jointly develop and submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a strategy to bring the civil war in Syria to a
sustainable end.
    (b) Elements of the Strategy.--The strategy required by subsection
(a) shall include the following elements:
            (1) A description of military and diplomatic actions to end
        the Syrian Civil War.
            (2) An assessment on the viability of safe zones for Syrian
        refugees displaced from their homes to allow such refugees to
        settle for an unspecified amount of time and live in peace and
        security.
            (3) A plan to bring the various moderate opposition
        factions and the Government of Syria to the negotiating table
        in order to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, and
        specifically includes plans for a transition of power from the
        presidency of Bashar al-Assad to a confederation of multi-
        sectarian and moderate parties that does not include any known
        radical Islamist groups in order to rebuild Syria.
            (4) A strategy to pursue war crimes prosecutions against
        Bashar al-Assad and Syrian government officials responsible for
        crimes against humanity.
            (5) A plan that will prevent the reconstitution of the ISIS
        in Syrian territory.

SEC. 5. ASSESSMENT BY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress an assessment of the following:
            (1) The willingness and capabilities of coalition members
        and allies to defeat and destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and
        al-Sham (ISIS) and its affiliates with their own military
        assets.
            (2) The presence of ISIS or its affiliates in countries
        other than Syria, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, and Afghanistan.
            (3) Preventing radicalization of citizens of regional
        countries by ISIS and its affiliates and tactics used by
        countries to stop radicalization.
            (4) Assessment of the number of foreign fighters joining
        ISIS and its affiliates and tactics that can be used by
        countries with foreign fighter populations to prevent further
        recruitment.
            (5) Significant United States intelligence gaps concerning
        ISIS and its affiliates and the ability to carry out a regional
        strategy to defeat ISIS and its affiliates.

SEC. 6. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
        Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
        Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
        Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
        Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
        Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

Summary: Comprehensive Strategy to Destroy ISIS Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of State to jointly develop and submit to Congress: (1) a strategy to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and its affiliates, (2) a biennial update of such strategy, and (3) a strategy to bring the civil war in Syria to a sustainable end. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress an assessment of: the willingness and capabilities of coalition members and allies to defeat ISIS with their own military assets. The presence of ISIS or its affiliates in countries other than Syria, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, and Afghanistan, preventing radicalization of citizens of regional countries by ISIS. The number of foreign fighters joining ISIS and tactics to prevent further recruitment. And significant US intelligence gaps concerning ISIS and the ability to carry out a regional strategy to defeat it.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``HELP Commission Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The Congress finds that, despite the long-standing efforts and
resources of the United States dedicated to helping needy people around
the world, despair remains and in many areas is growing. Therefore, a
commission should be established to bring together the best minds
associated with development and humanitarian assistance to make a
comprehensive review of--
            (1) policy decisions, including why certain development
        projects are funded and others are not;
            (2) delivery obstacles, including the roles of United
        States agencies and other governmental and nongovernmental
        organizations;
            (3) methodology, including whether the delivery of United
        States development assistance always represents best practices
        and whether it can be improved; and
            (4) results, including measuring improvements in human
        capacity instead of in purely economic terms.
An examination of these issues should present new approaches and ideas
to ensure that United States development assistance reaches its
intended recipients.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Helping Enhance the
Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission (in this Act
referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Functions.--The Commission shall--
            (1) identify the past and present objectives of United
        States development assistance, identify cases in which those
        objectives have been met, identify the beneficiaries of such
        assistance, and what percentage of the funds provided actually
        reached the intended beneficiaries;
            (2) identify cases in which United States development
        assistance has been most successful, and analyze why such
        successes have not been transferable to other countries or
        areas;
            (3) study ways to expand educational opportunities and
        investments in people, and assess infrastructure needs;
            (4) because of the difficulty in measuring results in
        lesser developed countries, study whether additional resources
        should be dedicated in order to bring about tangible results;
            (5) analyze how the United States could place conditions on
        governments in countries receiving United States development
        assistance, in light of and notwithstanding the objectives of
        the Millennium Challenge Account;
            (6) analyze ways in which the United States can coordinate
        its development assistance programs with those of other donor
        countries and international organizations;
            (7) analyze ways in which the safety of development
        assistance workers can be ensured, particularly in the midst of
        conflicts;
            (8) compare the effectiveness of increased and open trade
        with development assistance, and analyze the advantages and
        disadvantages of such trade and whether such trade could be a
        more effective alternative to United States development
        assistance;
            (9) analyze ways in which the United States can strengthen
        the capacity of indigenous nongovernmental organizations to be
        more effective in grassroots development;
            (10) analyze how political pressures affect the
        decisionmaking process on providing development assistance;
            (11) analyze ways in which decisions on providing
        development assistance can involve more of the people of the
        recipient countries;
            (12) analyze ways in which results can be measured if
        United States development assistance is targeted to the least
        developed countries;
            (13) recommend standards that should be set for
        ``graduating'' recipient countries from United States
        development assistance;
            (14) analyze whether United States development assistance
        should be used as a means to achieve United States foreign
        policy objectives;
            (15) analyze how the United States can evaluate the
        performance of its development assistance programs not only
        against economic indicators, but in other ways, including how
        to measure the success of United States development assistance
        in democratization efforts; and
            (16) study any other areas that the Commission considers
        necessary relating to United States development assistance.

SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 21 members as
follows:
            (1) Six members shall be appointed by the President, of
        whom at least two shall be representatives of nongovernmental
        organizations.
            (2) Four members shall be appointed by the majority leader
        of the Senate, and three members shall be appointed by the
        minority leader of the Senate.
            (3) Four members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
        House of Representatives, and three members shall be appointed
        by the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
            (4) The Administrator of the United States Agency for
        International Development shall serve as a member of the
        Commission, ex officio.
Members under paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be appointed for the
life of the Commission.
    (b) Selection.--Members of the Commission shall be selected from
among individuals noted for their knowledge and experience in foreign
assistance, particularly development and humanitarian assistance.
    (c) Time of Appointment.--The appointments under subsection (a)
shall be made not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
    (d) Chair.--The President shall designate one of the members of the
Commission from private life as the Chair of the Commission.
    (e) Regional Subcommittees.--In order to facilitate the workload of
the Commission, the Commission shall divide the membership of the
Commission into three subcommittees representing the different regions
of the world to which the United States provides development
assistance, the membership of each subcommittee to be proportional to
the percentage of United States development assistance provided to the
region represented by the subcommittee. Each subcommittee shall elect
one of its members as Chair of the subcommittee.
    (f) Quorum and Meetings.--
            (1) Commission.--Eleven members of the Commission shall
        constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting the business of
        the Commission. The Commission shall meet at the call of the
        Chair.
            (2) Subcommittees.--A majority of the members of each
        regional subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of
        transacting the business of the subcommittee. Each subcommittee
        shall meet at the call of the Chair of the subcommittee.
    (g) Vacancies.--Any vacancy of the Commission shall not affect its
powers, but shall be filled in the manner in which the original
appointment was made.
    (h) Administrative Support.--The Administrator of General Services
shall provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis (or, in the
discretion of the Administrator, on a nonreimbursable basis) such
administrative support services as the Commission may request to carry
out this Act.
    (i) Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), members of the
        Commission shall serve without pay.
            (2) Prohibition on additional compensation of federal
        employees.--Members of the Commission who are full-time
        officers or employees of the United States or Members of
        Congress may not receive additional pay, allowances, or
        benefits by reason of their service on the Commission.
    (j) Travel Expenses.--Members of the Commission shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57
of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular
places of business in the performance of services for the Commission.
    (k) Staff.--
            (1) In general.--The Chairman of the Commission may,
        without regard to the civil service laws and regulations,
        appoint and terminate an executive director and such other
        additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the
        Commission to perform its duties. The employment of an
        executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the
        Commission.
            (2) Compensation.--To the extent or in the amounts provided
        in advance in appropriations Acts--
                    (A) the executive director shall be compensated at
                the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule
                under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code; and
                    (B) the Chairman of the Commission may fix the
                compensation of other personnel without regard to the
                provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter
                53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to
                classification of positions and General Schedule pay
                rates, except that the rate of pay for such personnel
                may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the
                Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.

SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings and Sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose of
carrying out its functions under this Act, hold hearings, sit and act
at times and places in the United States and in countries which receive
United States development assistance, take testimony, and receive
evidence as the Commission considers advisable to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
    (b) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Commission may secure
directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the
Commission considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Upon request of the Chair of the Commission, the head of such
department or agency shall furnish such information to the Commission,
subject to applicable law.
    (c) Postal Services.--The Commission may use the United States
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other
departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
    (d) Administrative Procedures.--The Commission may adopt such rules
and regulations, relating to administrative procedure, as may be
reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out the provisions of this
Act.
    (e) Travel.--
            (1) In general.--The Members of the Commission may, with
        the approval of the Commission, conduct such travel as is
        necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Each trip must
        be approved by a majority of the Commission.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of the Congress
        that members of the Commission should, in order to carry out
        the functions of the Commission most effectively, travel to
        countries that receive United States development assistance.
        The Commission is encouraged to invite Members of Congress to
        accompany members of the Commission on such travel.
    (f) Staff and Services of Other Federal Agencies.--Upon the request
of the Commission, the head of any Federal department or agency may
detail, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, any of the
personnel of that department or agency to the Commission to assist it
in carrying out its functions under this Act. The detail of any such
personnel shall be without interruption or loss of civil service or
Foreign Service status or privilege.

SEC. 6. REPORT OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the members of the
Commission are appointed under section 4(a), the Commission shall
submit a report to the President, the Secretary of State, and the
Congress setting forth its findings and recommendations under section
3(b).
    (b) Classified Form of Report.--The report may be submitted in
classified form, together with a public summary of recommendations, if
the classification of information would further the purposes of this
Act.
    (c) Individual or Dissenting Views.--Each member of the Commission
may include the individual or dissenting views of the member.

SEC. 7. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.

    The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply
to the Commission.

SEC. 8. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``United States development assistance''
means--
            (1) assistance provided by the United States under chapters
        1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
        1961; and
            (2) assistance provided under any other provision of law to
        carry out purposes comparable to those set forth in the
        provisions referred to in paragraph (1).

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated
under subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended,
but not later than the date of termination of the Commission.

SEC. 10. TERMINATION.

    The Commission shall terminate 30 days after the submission of its
report under section 6.

Summary: HELP Commission Act - Establishes the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission to: (1) identify objectives and beneficiaries of US development assistance, (2) evaluate cases in which assistance has been successful. (3) study ways of expanding educational opportunities and investments in people, coordinating US assistance programs with those of other countries and international organizations, ensuring the safety of development assistance workers, strengthening indigenous nongovernmental organizations in grassroots development, placing conditions on governments receiving assistance, and measuring results of targeting US assistance to the least developed countries, (4) assess infrastructure needs, (5) study whether additional resources are needed for tangible results. (6) compare the effectiveness of increased and open trade with development assistance. (7) analyze how political pressures affect the assistance decision making process and how assistance decisions can involve more people of the recipient countries, (8) recommend standards for graduating recipient countries from US assistance. (9) analyze whether assistance should be used to achieve foreign policy objectives. And (10) analyze how to evaluate the performance of the US assistance programs, including in democratization efforts.

To establish a commission to improve United States development assistance and food aid around the globe.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Broadband Access Enhancement
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE RURAL COMMUNITY.

    Section 601(b)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 950bb(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Eligible rural community.--The term `eligible rural
        community' means any area of the United States--
                    ``(A) which is not included within the boundaries
                of any city, town, borough, or village, whether
                incorporated or unincorporated, with a population of
                more than 20,000 inhabitants;
                    ``(B) which is not in the urbanized area contiguous
                and adjacent to such a city, town, borough, or village;
                and
                    ``(C) the average median household income of which
                is not more than 80 percent of the national average
                median household income.''.

SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS TO APPLICATION PROCESS.

    (a) Equity Requirements.--Section 601(c) of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
            ``(3) Equity requirements.--The Secretary shall not approve
        an application submitted pursuant to this section to serve--
                    ``(A) an area in which at least 40 percent of the
                population does not have access to broadband service,
                unless the value of the assets of the applicant not
                pledged or hypothecated for any other purpose equals at
                least 10 percent of the principal amount of the loan
                which is the subject of the application; or
                    ``(B) any other area, unless value of the assets
                referred to in subparagraph (A) equals at least 15
                percent of the principal amount of the loan
                involved.''.
    (b) Reduction in Application Paperwork.--Section 601(c) of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Paperwork reduction.--The Secretary shall take such
        steps as are necessary to reduce the paperwork required of
        applicants under this section.''.
    (c) Outreach.--Section 601 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 950bb) is amended
by redesignating subsections (i) through (k) as subsection (j) through
(l), respectively, and inserting after subsection (h) the following:
    ``(i) Outreach.--The Secretary shall conduct outreach designed to
inform the population of areas in which there is no or limited
broadband service of the program carried out under this section.''.

SEC. 4. BAN ON LOAN OR LOAN GUARANTEE FOR NEW BROADBAND SERVICE IN
              COMMUNITY WITH SEVERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.

    Section 601(c) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
950bb(c)), as amended by section 3 of this Act, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
            ``(5) Ban on loan or loan guarantee for new broadband
        service in community with 3 or more service providers.--The
        Secreary shall not approve an application for a loan or loan
        guarantee under this section for the provision of new broadband
        service to an eligible rural community in which the service is
        provided by 3 or more entities.''.

SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY BASED ON NUMBER OF
              SUBSCRIBER LINES.

    (a) In General.--Section 601(d) of the Rural Electrification Act of
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (b) Limitations on Amounts Made Available for Entities With Various
Shares of Installed Telephone Suscriber Lines.--Section 601(k) of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 950bb(k)), as so redesignated by section 3(c) of this
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Limitations on amounts made available for entities
        with various shares of installed telephone suscriber lines.--
                    ``(A) Not more than 10 percent of the amounts made
                available for each fiscal year under this subsection
                may be used to provide loans or loan guarantees to
                entities with more than 10 percent of the telephone
                subscriber lines installed in the aggregate in the
                United States.
                    ``(B) Not more than 40 percent of the amounts made
                available for each fiscal year under this subsection
                may be used to provide loans or loan guarantees to
                entities with not less than 2 percent and not more than
                10 percent of the telephone subscriber lines installed
                in the aggregate in the United States.''.

SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON TERM OF LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.

    Section 601(g)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 950bb(g)(2)) is amended by striking ``the useful life of the
assets constructed, improved, or acquired with the proceeds of the loan
or extension of credit'' and inserting ``35 years''.

SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
950bb), as amended by section 3(c) of this Act, is amended by
redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsection (l) and (m),
respectively, and inserting after subsection (j) the following:
    ``(k) Annual Reports.--Not later than October 1 of each year, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate a report on the status of the program under this
section, which shall include, with respect to the period covered by the
report--
            ``(1) the number of applications submitted pursuant to this
        section;
            ``(2) the number of the applications that were approved;
            ``(3) the identity of the communities served by the
        applicants with approved applications;
            ``(4) the type of services offered by applicants for, and
        recipients of, loans or loan guarantees under this section;
            ``(5) the speed of the broadband service offered by the
        applicants and recipients;
            ``(6) how long it took to respond to the applicants; and
            ``(7) the outreach efforts conducted by the Secretary under
        subsection (i).''.

Summary: Rural Broadband Access Enhancement Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to redefine eligible rural community. Permits a loan or loan guarantee applicant in an area where 40 of the residents are without broadband access to qualify with a 10 loan equity position. Provides for: (1) paperwork reduction. And (2) program outreach to underserved areas. Prohibits loan or loan guarantees for new broadband service in communities with three or more service providers. Provides that for each fiscal year: (1) not more than 10 of program funds shall be available to providers with more than 10 of national subscriber lines. And (2) 40 of program funds shall be available to providers with between 2-10 of national subscriber lines. Revises the amortization period from the life of the asset to 35 years. Requires an annual broadband program report to Congress.

To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to improve the application process for the rural broadband program of the Department of Agriculture.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Fence Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL CONTROL ON THE BORDER.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take
all actions the Secretary determines necessary and appropriate to
achieve and maintain operational control over the entire international
land and maritime borders of the United States, to include the
following--
        (1) systematic surveillance of the international land and
    maritime borders of the United States through more effective use of
    personnel and technology, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, ground-
    based sensors, satellites, radar coverage, and cameras; and
        (2) physical infrastructure enhancements to prevent unlawful
    entry by aliens into the United States and facilitate access to the
    international land and maritime borders by United States Customs
    and Border Protection, such as additional checkpoints, all weather
    access roads, and vehicle barriers.
    (b) Operational Control Defined.--In this section, the term
``operational control'' means the prevention of all unlawful entries
into the United States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful
aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband.
    (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress a report on the progress made toward achieving and
maintaining operational control over the entire international land and
maritime borders of the United States in accordance with this section.
SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF FENCING AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS IN BORDER
AREA FROM PACIFIC OCEAN TO GULF OF MEXICO.
    Section 102(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is
amended--
        (1) in the subsection heading by striking ``Near San Diego,
    California''; and
        (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
        ``(1) Security features.--
            ``(A) Reinforced fencing.--In carrying out subsection (a),
        the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for least 2
        layers of reinforced fencing, the installation of additional
        physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors--
                ``(i) extending from 10 miles west of the Tecate,
            California, port of entry to 10 miles east of the Tecate,
            California, port of entry;
                ``(ii) extending from 10 miles west of the Calexico,
            California, port of entry to 5 miles east of the Douglas,
            Arizona, port of entry;
                ``(iii) extending from 5 miles west of the Columbus,
            New Mexico, port of entry to 10 miles east of El Paso,
            Texas;
                ``(iv) extending from 5 miles northwest of the Del Rio,
            Texas, port of entry to 5 miles southeast of the Eagle
            Pass, Texas, port of entry; and
                ``(v) extending 15 miles northwest of the Laredo,
            Texas, port of entry to the Brownsville, Texas, port of
            entry.
            ``(B) Priority areas.--With respect to the border
        described--
                ``(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall
            ensure that an interlocking surveillance camera system is
            installed along such area by May 30, 2007, and that fence
            construction is completed by May 30, 2008; and
                ``(ii) in subparagraph (A)(v), the Secretary shall
            ensure that fence construction from 15 miles northwest of
            the Laredo, Texas, port of entry to 15 southeast of the
            Laredo, Texas, port of entry is completed by December 31,
            2008.
            ``(C) Exception.--If the topography of a specific area has
        an elevation grade that exceeds 10 percent, the Secretary may
        use other means to secure such area, including the use of
        surveillance and barrier tools.''.
SEC. 4. NORTHERN BORDER STUDY.
    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall conduct a
study on the feasibility of a state of-the-art infrastructure security
system along the northern international land and maritime border of the
United States and shall include in the study--
        (1) the necessity of implementing such a system;
        (2) the feasibility of implementing such a system; and
        (3) the economic impact implementing such a system will have
    along the northern border.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate a report that contains the results of the study conducted under
subsection (a).
SEC. 5. EVALUATION AND REPORT RELATING TO CUSTOMS AUTHORITY TO STOP
CERTAIN FLEEING VEHICLES.
    (a) Evaluation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
        (1) evaluate the authority of personnel of United States
    Customs and Border Protection to stop vehicles that enter the
    United States illegally and refuse to stop when ordered to do so by
    such personnel, compare such Customs authority with the authority
    of the Coast Guard to stop vessels under section 637 of title 14,
    United States Code, and make an assessment as to whether such
    Customs authority should be expanded;
        (2) review the equipment and technology available to United
    States Customs and Border Protection personnel to stop vehicles
    described in paragraph (1) and make an assessment as to whether or
    not better equipment or technology is available or should be
    developed; and
        (3) evaluate the training provided to United States Customs and
    Border Protection personnel to stop vehicles described in paragraph
    (1).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a
report that contains the results of the evaluation conducted under
subsection (a).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

Summary: Secure Fence Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, to take appropriate actions to achieve operational control over US international land and maritime borders, including: (1) systematic border surveillance through more effective use of personnel and technology, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, ground-based sensors, satellites, radar coverage, and cameras. And (2) physical infrastructure enhancements to prevent unlawful border entry and facilitate border access by US Customs and Border Protection, such as additional checkpoints, all weather access roads, and vehicle barriers. Defines operational control as the prevention of all unlawful US entries, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on border control progress. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary to provide at least two layers of reinforced fencing, installation of additional physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors extending: (1) from ten miles west of the Tecate, California, port of entry to ten miles east of the Tecate, California, port of entry. (2) from ten miles west of the Calexico, California, port of entry to five miles east of the Douglas, Arizona, port of entry. (3) from five miles west of the Columbus, New Mexico, port of entry to ten miles east of El Paso, Texas. (4) from five miles northwest of the Del Rio, Texas, port of entry to five miles southeast of the Eagle Pass, Texas, port of entry. And (5) 15 miles northwest of the Laredo, Texas, port of entry to the Brownsville, Texas, port of entry . States that if an area has an elevation grade exceeding 10 the Secretary may use other means to secure such area, including surveillance and barrier tools. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study and report to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on the necessity, feasibility, and economic impact of constructing a state-of-the-art infrastructure security system along the US northern international land and maritime border. And (2) evaluate and report to such Committees on US Customs and Border Protection authority to stop fleeing vehicles that enter the United States illegally, including related training, technology, and equipment reviews.

To establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combat Veterans Back to Work Act of
2011''.

SEC. 2. PAYROLL TAX FORGIVENESS FOR HIRING COMBAT VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Special Exemption for Certain Individuals Hired in 2011 and
2012.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to wages
        paid by a qualified employer with respect to employment during
        the period beginning on the day after the date of the enactment
        of this subsection and ending on December 31, 2012, of any
        qualified individual for services performed--
                    ``(A) in a trade or business of such qualified
                employer, or
                    ``(B) in the case of a qualified employer exempt
                from tax under section 501(a), in furtherance of the
                activities related to the purpose or function
                constituting the basis of the employer's exemption
                under section 501.
            ``(2) Qualified employer.--For purposes of this
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified employer'
                means any employer other than the United States, any
                State, or any political subdivision thereof, or any
                instrumentality of the foregoing.
                    ``(B) Treatment of employees of post-secondary
                educational institutions.--Notwithstanding subparagraph
                (A), the term `qualified employer' includes any
                employer which is a public institution of higher
                education (as defined in section 101(b) of the Higher
                Education Act of 1965).
            ``(3) Qualified individual.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `qualified individual' means any
        individual who--
                    ``(A) begins employment with a qualified employer
                after June 30, 2011, and before January 1, 2013,
                    ``(B) is a current member of the National Guard or
                other reserve component of the Armed Forces or a
                veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United
                States Code),
                    ``(C) within 18 months before beginning such
                employment, returned from a deployment of at least 180
                days in support of a contingency operation (as defined
                in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) or
                under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
                    ``(D) is not employed by the qualified employer to
                replace another employee of such employer unless such
                other employee separated from employment voluntarily or
                for cause, and
                    ``(E) is not an individual described in section
                51(i)(1) (applied by substituting `qualified employer'
                for `taxpayer' each place it appears).
            ``(4) Election.--A qualified employer may elect to have
        this subsection not apply. Such election shall be made in such
        manner as the Secretary may require.''.
    (b) Coordination With Work Opportunity Credit.--Section 51(c) of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Coordination with payroll tax forgiveness.--The term
        `wages' shall not include any amount paid or incurred to a
        qualified individual (as defined in section 3111(e)(3)) during
        the 1-year period beginning on the hiring date of such
        individual by a qualified employer (as defined in section
        3111(e)) unless such qualified employer makes an election not
        to have section 3111(e) apply.''.
    (c) Transfers to Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund
established under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
401) amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by
reason of the amendments made by subsection (a). Amounts appropriated
by the preceding sentence shall be transferred from the general fund at
such times and in such manner as to replicate to the extent possible
the transfers which would have occurred to such Trust Fund had such
amendments not been enacted.
    (d) Application to Railroad Retirement Taxes.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3221 of the Internal Revenue Code
        of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as
        subsection (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) the
        following new subsection:
    ``(d) Special Rate for Certain Individuals Hired in 2011 and
2012.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of compensation paid by a
        qualified employer during the period beginning on the day after
        the date of the enactment of this subsection and ending on
        December 31, 2012, with respect to having a qualified
        individual in the employer's employ for services rendered to
        such qualified employer, the applicable percentage under
        subsection (a) shall be equal to the rate of tax in effect
        under section 3111(b) for the calendar year.
            ``(2) Qualified employer.--The term `qualified employer'
        means any employer other than the United States, any State, or
        any political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality of
        the foregoing.
            ``(3) Qualified individual.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `qualified individual' means any
        individual who--
                    ``(A) begins employment with a qualified employer
                after June 30, 2011, and before January 1, 2013,
                    ``(B) is a current member of the National Guard or
                other reserve component of the Armed Forces or a
                veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United
                States Code),
                    ``(C) within 18 months before beginning such
                employment, returned from a deployment of at least 180
                days in support of a contingency operation (as defined
                in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) or
                under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
                    ``(D) is not employed by the qualified employer to
                replace another employee of such employer unless such
                other employee separated from employment voluntarily or
                for cause, and
                    ``(E) is not an individual described in section
                51(i)(1) (applied by substituting `qualified employer'
                for `taxpayer' each place it appears).
            ``(4) Election.--A qualified employer may elect to have
        this subsection not apply. Such election shall be made in such
        manner as the Secretary may require.''.
            (2) Transfers to social security equivalent benefit
        account.--There are hereby appropriated to the Social Security
        Equivalent Benefit Account established under section 15A(a) of
        the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n-1(a))
        amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by
        reason of the amendments made by paragraph (1). Amounts
        appropriated by the preceding sentence shall be transferred
        from the general fund at such times and in such manner as to
        replicate to the extent possible the transfers which would have
        occurred to such Account had such amendments not been enacted.
    (e) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall
        apply to wages paid after the date of the enactment of this
        Act.
            (2) Railroad retirement taxes.--The amendments made by
        subsection (d) shall apply to compensation paid after the date
        of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. BUSINESS CREDIT FOR RETENTION OF CERTAIN NEWLY HIRED VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of any taxable year ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the current year business credit
determined under section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for
such taxable year shall be increased by an amount equal to the product
of--
            (1) $1,000, and
            (2) the number of retained workers with respect to which
        subsection (b)(2) is first satisfied during such taxable year.
    (b) Retained Worker.--For purposes of this section, the term
``retained worker'' means any qualified individual (as defined in
section 3111(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)--
            (1) who was employed by the taxpayer on any date during the
        taxable year,
            (2) who was so employed by the taxpayer for a period of not
        less than 52 consecutive weeks, and
            (3) whose wages for such employment during the last 26
        weeks of such period equaled at least 80 percent of such wages
        for the first 26 weeks of such period.
    (c) Limitation on Carrybacks.--No portion of the unused business
credit under section 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any
taxable year which is attributable to the increase in the current year
business credit under this section may be carried to a taxable year
beginning before the date of the enactment of this section.
    (d) Treatment of Possessions.--
            (1) Payments to possessions.--
                    (A) Mirror code possessions.--The Secretary of the
                Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United
                States with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to
                the loss to that possession by reason of the
                application of this section (other than this
                subsection). Such amounts shall be determined by the
                Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided
                by the government of the respective possession.
                    (B) Other possessions.--The Secretary of the
                Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United
                States which does not have a mirror code tax system
                amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as
                being equal to the aggregate benefits that would have
                been provided to residents of such possession by reason
                of the application of this section (other than this
                subsection) if a mirror code tax system had been in
                effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall
                not apply with respect to any possession of the United
                States unless such possession has a plan, which has
                been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under
                which such possession will promptly distribute such
                payments to the residents of such possession.
            (2) Coordination with credit allowed against united states
        income taxes.--No increase in the credit determined under
        section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 against
        United States income taxes for any taxable year determined
        under subsection (a) shall be taken into account with respect
        to any person--
                    (A) to whom a credit is allowed against taxes
                imposed by the possession by reason of this section for
                such taxable year, or
                    (B) who is eligible for a payment under a plan
                described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to such
                taxable year.
            (3) Definitions and special rules.--
                    (A) Possession of the united states.--For purposes
                of this subsection, the term ``possession of the United
                States'' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and
                the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
                    (B) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this
                subsection, the term ``mirror code tax system'' means,
                with respect to any possession of the United States,
                the income tax system of such possession if the income
                tax liability of the residents of such possession under
                such system is determined by reference to the income
                tax laws of the United States as if such possession
                were the United States.
                    (C) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section
                1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, rules
                similar to the rules of section 1001(b)(3)(C) of the
                American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009
                shall apply.

Summary: Combat Veterans Back to Work Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow nongovernmental employers an exemption from, or reduction in, employment taxes for the period beginning after the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2012, for wages paid to a qualified individual. And (2) allow an employer a business tax credit for each such worker retained by such employer who has been employed for not less than 52 consecutive weeks at a specified wage level. Defines a qualified individual as any individual who: (1) begins employment after June 30, 2011, and before January 1, 2013. (2) is a current member of the National Guard or a reserve component. (3) within 18 months before beginning such employment, returned from a deployment of at least 180 days in support of a contingency operation. And (4) has not been hired to replace another employee unless such other employee separated from employment voluntarily or for cause.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from employer social security taxes with respect to service members and veterans, and to provide a business credit for the retention of such individuals for at least 1 year.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Investing in Student Success Act of
2014''.

           TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION OF INCOME SHARE AGREEMENTS

SEC. 101. PURPOSE; LAWFULNESS OF INSTRUMENTS; PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW.

    (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this title to authorize
individuals to enter into income share agreements for the purposes of
obtaining funds in exchange for agreeing to pay to the holder of the
contract a specified percentage of the individual's future income.
    (b) Lawfulness of Contracts; Preemption.--Any income share
agreement that complies with the requirements of section 102 shall be a
valid, binding, and enforceable contract notwithstanding any State law
limiting or otherwise regulating assignments of future wages or other
income.

SEC. 102. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INCOME SHARE AGREEMENT CONTRACTS.

    (a) Definition of Income Share Agreement.--For purposes of this
title, the term ``income share agreement'' means an agreement between
an individual and any other person under which the individual commits
to pay a specified percentage of the individual's future income, for a
specified period of time, in exchange for payments to or on behalf of
such individual for postsecondary education, workforce development, or
other purposes.
    (b) Terms and Conditions of Agreements.--An income share agreement
complies with the requirements of this section if the contract complies
with each of the following conditions:
            (1) Specified percentage of income.--An income share
        agreement shall specify the percentage of future income which
        the individual will be obligated to pay, except that the
        contract shall exempt, at a minimum, the first $10,000
        (adjusted each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price
        Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor
        Statistics of the Department of Labor for the most recent 12-
        month period for which such data are available) of an
        individual's income when determining the individual's
        obligation for a given year.
            (2) Definition of income.--An income share agreement shall
        specify the definition of income to be used for purposes of
        calculating an individual's obligation under the contract.
            (3) Aggregate limitation on obligation.--No eligible
        individual may enter into any income share agreement if the
        total percentage of such individual's future income that the
        individual agrees to pay under that contract, and any other
        income share agreements of such individual, exceeds 15 percent
        of such future income.
            (4) Specified duration; extension of period.--An income
        share agreement shall specify the maximum period of time during
        which the individual will be obligated to pay a portion of the
        individual's future income, except that--
                    (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), such
                period may not exceed 360 months; and
                    (B) such contract may provide that such period may
                be extended by the number of years during which the
                individual's income is below the exemption amount
                specified in the agreement under paragraph (1).
            (5) Early termination.--An income share agreement shall
        specify the terms and conditions by which the individual may
        extinguish the individual's obligations under the contract
        before the end of the payment period specified in the
        agreement, based on the remaining term of such period.
    (c) Required Disclosures.--An income share agreement does not
comply with the requirements of this section unless the individual who
is committing to pay future income is provided, before entry into such
agreement, a disclosure document that clearly and simply discloses
that--
            (1) the agreement is not a debt instrument, and that the
        amount the individual will be required to pay under the
        agreement--
                    (A) may be more or less than the amount provided to
                the individual; and
                    (B) will vary in proportion to the individual's
                future income;
            (2) the obligations of the individual under the agreement
        are not dischargeable under bankruptcy law;
            (3) whether the obligations of the individual under the
        agreement may be extinguished by accelerating payments, and, if
        so, under what terms;
            (4) the duration of the individual's obligations under the
        agreement (absent such accelerating payments), including any
        circumstances under which the contract would be extended;
            (5) the percentage of income the individual is committing
        to pay and the amount of income that is exempt from the
        calculation of the individual's obligation; and
            (6) the definition of income to be used for purposes of
        calculating the individual's obligation.
    (d) Noninterference.--An income share agreement shall not be
construed to give the contract holder any rights over an individual's
actions--it simply represents an obligation by the individual to pay
the specific percentage of future income.

SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this title:
            (1) State.--The term ``State'' includes, in addition to the
        several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
        the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin
        Islands, the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, and
        the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
            (2) State law.--The term ``State law'' means any law,
        decision, rule, regulation, or other action having the effect
        of a law of any State or any political subdivision of a State,
        or any agency or instrumentality of a State or political
        subdivision of a State, except that a law of the United States
        applicable only to the District of Columbia shall be treated as
        a State law (rather than a law of the United States).

SEC. 104. PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW WITH RESPECT TO USURY.

    Income share agreements shall not be subject to State usury laws.

           TITLE II--TAX TREATMENT OF INCOME SHARE AGREEMENTS

SEC. 201. TAX TREATMENT OF INCOME SHARE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Exclusion From Gross Income of Income Share Agreement
Proceeds.--Payments made under an income share agreement to or on
behalf of the individual who commits to pay a specified percentage of
such individual's future income to another person under such agreement
shall not be includible in the gross income of such individual for
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (b) Treatment of Payments of Future Income.--Payments of future
income received by another person under an income share agreement shall
be treated for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986--
            (1) first, with respect to so much of such payments as does
        not exceed the amount of the payments to which subsection (a)
        applies with respect to such agreement, as a repayment of
        investment in the contract which reduces the holder's basis in
        such agreement, and
            (2) second, as interest which is includible in gross
        income.
    (c) Income Share Agreement.--For purposes of this title, the term
``income share agreement'' has the meaning given such term under title
I.

                  TITLE III--QUALIFIED EDUCATION LOAN

SEC. 301. QUALIFIED EDUCATION LOAN.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 221(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Such term includes any income share agreement (as defined in section
102 of the Investing in Student Success Act of 2014), except that
payments made by the taxpayer during the taxable year to meet an income
share agreement obligation shall not be taken into account under
subsection (a)''.
    (b) Information Reporting Not Required.--Subsection (e) of section
6050S of such Code is amended by inserting ``(without regard to the
last sentence thereof)'' after ``section 221(d)(1)''.

   TITLE IV--FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE TREATMENT OF INCOME SHARE
                               AGREEMENTS

SEC. 401. AMOUNTS RECEIVED NOT TREATED AS INCOME IN CALCULATION OF
              FINANCIAL NEED UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

    No portion of any amounts received by an individual for entering
into an income share agreement (as such term is defined in title I)
shall be included as income or assets in the computation of expected
family contribution for any program funded in whole or in part under
the Higher Education Act of 1965.

                 TITLE V--INVESTMENT COMPANY TREATMENT

SEC. 501. BUSINESSES MAKING INCOME SHARE AGREEMENTS EXCLUDED FROM
              INVESTMENT COMPANY TREATMENT.

    Section 3(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-
3(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ``industrial
        banking,'' the following: ``income share agreements (as defined
        under section 102 of the Investing in Student Success Act of
        2014),''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``, including income
        share agreements'' after ``services'' each place such term
        appears.

Summary: Investing in Student Success Act of 2014 - Declares that income share agreements that meet this Act's requirements are valid, binding, and enforceable contracts that are not subject to state usury laws or state laws regulating assignments of future income. Defines an quot, income share agreementquot. As an agreement between an individual and any other person under which the individual commits to pay a specified percentage of the individual's future income, for a specified period of time, in exchange for payments to or on behalf of such individual for postsecondary education, workforce development, or other purposes. Requires such an agreement to: specify the percentage of future income the individual will be obligated to pay, but it must exempt, at a minimum, the first $10,000 of income each year, specify what will be considered the individual's income. Prevent the individual from obligating more than 15 of the individual's future income toward such agreement. Specify the maximum period that an individual will be obligated to make payments, not to exceed 360 months. And specify the terms and conditions for early termination of an individual's payment period. Requires individuals, before entering into such an agreement, to be provided with a document that clearly and simply discloses: (1) the terms of the agreement, (2) that the agreement is not a debt instrument, (3) that such individual may be required to pay more or less than the amount received, and (4) that an individual's obligations under the agreement are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Prohibits such agreements from being construed as giving the contract holder any rights over an individual's actions. Excludes payments that are made under an income share agreement from the individual's gross income for tax purposes. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include income share agreements as qualified education loans, but denies the deduction for interest paid on such loans. Prohibits amounts individuals receive for entering into an income share agreement from being included as income or assets in the computation of the expected family contribution for any program funded under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to exclude any person from being treated as an investment company if substantially all of that person's business is confined to making income share agreements.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Rocky Mountain
National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act''.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to include in the National
Wilderness Preservation System certain lands within the Rocky Mountain
National Park, Colorado, in order to protect the enduring scenic and
historic wilderness character and unique wildlife values of the lands
as well as the scientific, educational, inspirational, and recreational
resources, values, and opportunities of the lands; and to adjust the
boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National
Recreation Area on the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS.

    (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain lands within the Rocky Mountain
National Park, Colorado, which comprise approximately 249,339 acres, as
generally depicted on the map titled ``Rocky Mountain National Park,
Colorado Wilderness Boundaries'' and dated February 2006, are hereby
designated as wilderness and, therefore, as a component of the National
Wilderness Preservation System. The designated lands shall be known as
the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness.
    (b) Map and Description.--
            (1) Preparation and submission.--As soon as practicable
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
        the Interior shall prepare a map and a boundary description of
        the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness designated by
        subsection (a) and file the map and boundary description with
        the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and
        the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
        The map and boundary description shall be on file and available
        for public inspection in the office of the Director of the
        National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
            (2) Treatment.--The map and boundary description prepared
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if
        included in this Act. The Secretary of the Interior may correct
        clerical and typographical errors in the map and description.
    (c) Potential Wilderness Lands.--
            (1) Definition.--In this section, the term ``potential
        wilderness lands'' means--
                    (A) lands identified as potential wilderness on the
                map referred to in subsection (a); and
                    (B) lands and interests therein acquired by the
                United States on or after the date of the enactment of
                this Act that are located within the boundaries of the
                Rocky Mountain National Park and are contiguous with
                lands designated as wilderness by this Act.
            (2) Inclusion in wilderness.--Upon publication in the
        Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary of the Interior
        that all uses of a parcel of potential wilderness lands
        inconsistent with the Wilderness Act have ceased, the parcel
        shall be included in the Rocky Mountain National Park
        Wilderness designated by subsection (a) and managed as provided
        in section 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall modify the
        map and boundary description prepared under subsection (b) to
        reflect the inclusion of the parcel in the Rocky Mountain
        National Park Wilderness.
    (d) Exclusion of Certain Lands.--The boundaries of the Rocky
Mountain National Park Wilderness and the potential wilderness lands
specifically exclude the following:
            (1) The Grand Ditch (including both the main canal of the
        Grand Ditch and a branch thereof known as the specimen Ditch)
        and its right-of-way as well as associated appurtenances,
        structures, buildings, camps, and worksites in existence as of
        June 1, 1998.
            (2) Lands owned by the St. Vrain & Left Hand Water
        Conservancy District, including Copeland Reservoir and the
        Inlet Ditch to such reservoir from the North St. Vrain Creek,
        amounting to approximately 35.38 acres.
            (3) Lands owned by the Wincentsen-Harms Trust, amounting to
        approximately 2.75 acres.
            (4) Lands within the area depicted as ``East Shore Trail
        Area'' on the map described in subsection (b).
    (e) East Shore Trail Area.--
            (1) Alignment line and trail.--
                    (A) Not later than one year after the date of the
                enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an
                alignment line for a trail, to be known as the East
                Shore Trail, located within the East Shore Trail Area,
                to maximize the opportunity for sustained use of the
                trail without harm to affected resources or conflicts
                among users. After establishing the alignment line, the
                Secretary shall identify the boundaries of the trail,
                but the trail shall not extend more than 25 feet east
                of the alignment line or be located within the Rocky
                Mountain National Park Wilderness.
                    (B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
                require the construction of a trail along the alignment
                line established pursuant to this paragraph or to limit
                the extent to which any otherwise applicable laws or
                policies shall apply with respect to any decision
                regarding construction of such a trail.
            (2) Map adjustment.--After establishing the alignment line
        of the East Shore Trail, the Secretary shall adjust the map of
        the wilderness area designated by subsection (a) so that the
        western boundary of the wilderness is 50 feet east of the
        alignment line.
            (3) Other adjustments.--To the extent necessary to protect
        National Park resources, the Secretary from time to time may
        adjust the boundaries of the East Shore Trail, but no
        adjustment shall have the effect of placing any portion of such
        trail within the boundary of the wilderness area.
            (4) Time limitation for authorization of use by
        nonmotorized bicycles.--If the East Shore Trail has not been
        constructed and authorized for use by nonmotorized bicycles on
        or before the date that is 25 years after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, the East Shore Trail Area shall be
        included in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness
        designated by subsection (a) and managed as provided in section
        3, and the Secretary shall modify the map and boundary
        description of such wilderness area to reflect the inclusion of
        such lands in wilderness.
    (f) Relation to Lands Outside Wilderness.--
            (1) Use of lands.--Except as provided in this subsection,
        nothing in this Act shall affect the management or use of any
        lands not included within the boundaries of the Rocky Mountain
        National Park Wilderness or the potential wilderness lands.
            (2) Use of motorized vehicles.--Until the date that is 25
        years after the date of the enactment of this Act, no use of
        motorized vehicles or other motorized machinery not permitted
        on March 1, 2006, shall be allowed in the East Shore Trail
        Area, except as may be necessary for constructing or
        maintaining the East Shore Trail, if such construction is
        authorized by the Secretary.
            (3) Management of pending wilderness.--Pending their
        inclusion in wilderness pursuant to subsection (c)(2), the
        potential wilderness lands shall be managed to protect any
        wilderness characteristics and to maintain their suitability
        for inclusion in wilderness.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS.

    (a) Management Generally.--Subject to valid existing rights, lands
designated as wilderness by section 2(a) or subsequently included in
the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness by section 2(c) shall be
managed by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act. With respect to
the lands designated as wilderness by section 2(a), any reference in
the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be
deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act. With
respect to the lands subsequently included in the Rocky Mountain
National Park Wilderness by section 2(c), any reference in the
Wilderness Act to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be
deemed to be a reference to the date on which the lands were included
in the wilderness area.
    (b) Water Rights.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
                    (A) According to decisions of the courts of the
                State of Colorado, the United States has existing
                rights to water within the Rocky Mountain National
                Park.
                    (B) Those rights are sufficient for the purposes of
                the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness as
                designated by section 2.
                    (C) In light of the findings in subparagraphs (A)
                and (B), there is no need for this Act to effect a
                reservation by the United States of any additional
                water rights to fulfill the purposes for which the
                Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness is designated.
            (2) No reservation.--Nothing in this Act or any action
        taken pursuant to this Act shall constitute either an express
        or implied reservation of water or water rights for any
        purpose.
    (c) Colorado-Big Thompson Project.--
            (1) Current activities.--Activities on, under, or affecting
        the lands designated as wilderness by section 2 relating to the
        monitoring, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and
        use of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project and its facilities
        which were allowed as of June 1, 1998, shall be allowed to
        continue and shall not be affected by the designation of the
        lands as wilderness.
            (2) New activities.--In addition to the activities
        described in paragraph (1), any other activities on, under, or
        affecting the lands designated as wilderness by section 2 that
        because of emergencies or catastrophic events become necessary
        for the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and
        continued use of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project and its
        facilities shall be allowed, subject only to reasonable
        restrictions which are established by the Secretary of the
        Interior to protect the wilderness values of the lands. In
        implementing this paragraph, the Secretary shall not establish
        any restrictions on the activities that would prevent the
        occurrence of such necessary activities or that would reduce
        the water supply provided by the Colorado-Big Thompson Project
        or the Windy Gap Project.
            (3) Relation to authority in act establishing park.--
        Nothing in the first section of the Act of January 26, 1915 (16
        U.S.C. 191), shall be construed to allow development within the
        lands designated as wilderness by section 2 of any reclamation
        project not in existence as of the date of the enactment of
        this Act.
    (d) No Buffer Zones.--Congress does not intend that the designation
by this Act of the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness creates or
implies the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around
the wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can
be seen or heard from within the wilderness area shall not, of itself,
preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness
area.

SEC. 4. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT OF INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS AND ARAPAHO
              NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.

    (a) Indian Peaks Wilderness.--Section 3(a) of Public Law 95-450 is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``seventy thousand acres'' and inserting
        ``74,195 acres'' ; and
            (2) by striking ``dated July 1978'' and inserting ``dated
        February 2006''.
    (b) Arapaho National Recreation Area.--Section 4(a) of Public Law
95-450 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``thirty-six thousand two hundred thirty-
        five acres'' and inserting ``35,235 acres''; and
            (2) by striking ``dated July 1978'' and inserting ``dated
        February 2006''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO LEASE LEIFFER PROPERTY.

    (a) Authorization.--The provisions of section 802(a) of Public Law
105-391 (16 U.S.C. 1a-2k) shall apply to the tract of land described in
subsection (b) to the same extent as if such property was part of the
National Park System.
    (b) Land Described.--Subsection (a) applies to the tract of land
near the eastern boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park in Larimer
County, Colorado, administered by the National Park Service and known
as the Leiffer tract.

Summary: Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act- Designates certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an alignment line for a trail, which shall be known as the East Shore Trail, located within the East Shore Trail Area and, after establishing the alignment line, to identify the boundaries of such Trail. Provides for the inclusion of the East Shore Trail in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness if such Trail has not been constructed and authorized for use by motorized bicycles 25 years after enactment of this Act. Bars, until 25 years after this Act's enactment, the use of motorized vehicles or other motorized machinery not permitted on March 1, 2006, from being allowed in the East Shore Trail Area, except for constructing or maintaining the East Shore Trail, if such construction is authorized by the Secretary. Amends the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, Arapaho National Recreation Area and the Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act to provide for a boundary adjustment of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area and the Arapaho National Recreation Area by: (1) increasing the acreage of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. And (2) decreasing the acreage of the Arapaho National Recreation Area.

To designate as wilderness certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park and to adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Recreation Area on the Arapaho National Forest in the State of Colorado.