SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Reorganization Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. NUMBER AND COMPOSITION OF CIRCUITS.

    Section 41 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter before the table, by striking
        ``thirteen'' and inserting ``fourteen''; and
            (2) in the table--
                    (A) by striking the item relating to the ninth
                circuit and inserting the following:

    ``Ninth........................
                                        Arizona, California, Nevada.'';
    and
                    (B) by inserting between the last 2 items the
                following:

    ``Twelfth......................
                                        Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho,
                                                Montana, Northern
                                                Mariana Islands,
                                                Oregon, Washington.''.

SEC. 3. NUMBER OF CIRCUIT JUDGES.

    The table in section 44(a) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) by striking the item relating to the ninth circuit and
        inserting the following:

``Ninth.....................................................      20'';
    and
            (2) by inserting between the last 2 items the following:

``Twelfth...................................................       8''.

SEC. 4. PLACES OF CIRCUIT COURT.

    The table in section 48(a) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) by striking the item relating to the ninth circuit and
        inserting the following:

    ``Ninth........................
                                        San Francisco, Los Angeles.'';
    and
            (2) by inserting between the last 2 items at the end the
        following:

    ``Twelfth......................
                                        Portland, Seattle.''.

SEC. 5. ASSIGNMENT OF CIRCUIT JUDGES.

    Each circuit judge in regular active service of the former ninth
circuit whose official station on the day before the effective date of
this Act--
            (1) is in Arizona, California, or Nevada is assigned as a
        circuit judge of the new ninth circuit; and
            (2) is in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Northern
        Mariana Islands, Oregon, or Washington is assigned as a circuit
        judge of the twelfth circuit.

SEC. 6. ELECTION OF ASSIGNMENT BY SENIOR JUDGES.

    Each judge who is a senior judge of the former ninth circuit on the
day before the effective date of this Act may elect to be assigned to
the new ninth circuit or to the twelfth circuit and shall notify the
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts of
such election.

SEC. 7. SENIORITY OF JUDGES.

    The seniority of each judge--
            (1) who is assigned under section 5 of this Act; or
            (2) who elects to be assigned under section 6 of this Act;
shall run from the date of commission of such judge as a judge of the
former ninth circuit.

SEC. 8. APPLICATION TO CASES.

    The provisions of the following paragraphs of this section apply to
any case in which, on the day before the effective date of this Act, an
appeal or other proceeding has been filed with the former ninth
circuit:
            (1) If the matter has been submitted for decision, further
        proceedings in respect of the matter shall be had in the same
        manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been
        enacted.
            (2) If the matter has not been submitted for decision, the
        appeal or proceeding, together with the original papers,
        printed records, and record entries duly certified, shall, by
        appropriate orders, be transferred to the court to which the
        matter would have been submitted had this Act been in full
        force and effect at the time such appeal was taken or other
        proceeding commenced, and further proceedings in respect of the
        case shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect
        as if the appeal or other proceeding had been filed in such
        court.
            (3) A petition for rehearing or a petition for rehearing en
        banc in a matter decided before the effective date of this Act,
        or submitted before the effective date of this Act and decided
        on or after the effective date as provided in paragraph (1),
        shall be treated in the same manner and with the same effect as
        though this Act had not been enacted. If a petition for
        rehearing en banc is granted, the matter shall be reheard by a
        court comprised as though this Act had not been enacted.

SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the term--
            (1) ``former ninth circuit'' means the ninth judicial
        circuit of the United States as in existence on the day before
        the effective date of this Act;
            (2) ``new ninth circuit'' means the ninth judicial circuit
        of the United States established by the amendment made by
        section 2(2); and
            (3) ``twelfth circuit'' means the twelfth judicial circuit
        of the United States established by the amendment made by
        section 2(3).

SEC. 10. ADMINISTRATION.

    The court of appeals for the ninth circuit as constituted on the
day before the effective date of this Act may take such administrative
action as may be required to carry out this Act and the amendments made
by this Act. Such court shall cease to exist for administrative
purposes on July 1, 2002.

SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall become effective
on October 1, 2000.

Summary: Assigns circuit judges of the former ninth circuit to either of the two new circuits based upon their official station, with senior judges permitted election of assignment.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Air Line Pension Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PLANS.

    (a) Funding Rules for Certain Plans.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the Employee Retirement Income
        Security Act of 1974 to the contrary, the provisions of
        subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall apply for any plan year
        beginning after December 27, 2002, in the case of a defined
        benefit plan--
                    (A) that is established and maintained by a
                commercial passenger air carrier; and
                    (B) that has a funded percentage of less than 80
                percent as of January 1, 2003.
            (2) Funded percentage.--For purposes of this section, the
        term ``funded percentage'' means the quotient (expressed as a
        percentage) derived by dividing--
                    (A) the market value of plan assets as of January
                1, 2003 (excluding receivable contributions), by
                    (B) the current liability of the plan as of January
                1, 2003.
            (3) Interest rate.--In determining current liability for
        purposes of paragraph (2), the assumed interest rate shall be
        6.65 percent.
            (4) Estimation of current liability.--If the valuation date
        for the plan is not January 1, 2003, the current liability as
        of January 1, 2003, shall be estimated based on generally
        accepted actuarial principles and practices.
    (b) Moratorium on Deficit Reduction Contribution.--
            (1) In general.--In applying section 412(l)(9)(A) of such
        Code and section 302(d)(9)(A) of such Act with respect to a
        plan described in subsection (a)(1), the funded current
        liability percentage of the plan shall be treated as not less
        than 90 percent for plan years beginning after December 27,
        2002 and before December 27, 2007.
            (2) Termination of moratorium in certain cases.--If the
        funded current liability percentage of the plan, without
        application of paragraph (1), is 90 percent or greater during
        any plan year beginning after December 27, 2002 and before
        December 27, 2007, paragraph (1) shall cease to apply to the
        plan for plan years beginning with or after such plan year.
            (3) Extension of amortization periods.--For plan years for
        which paragraph (1) applies in the case of the plan, net
        experience gains and net experience losses shall be amortized
        under sections 412(b)(2)(B)(iv) and 412(b)(3)(B)(ii) of such
        Code (respectively) and sections 302(b)(2)(B)(iv) and
        302(b)(3)(B)(ii) of such Act (respectively), over a period of
        15 plan years.
            (4) Option to combine or to offset amortization bases.--For
        the first plan year for which paragraph (1) applies with
        respect to the plan, amounts required to be amortized under
        paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 412(b) of such Code and
        paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 302(b) of such Act may be
        combined into one amount under such sections, and may be offset
        against other amounts required to be amortized under such
        sections, with the resulting amount in either case to be
        amortized over a period of 15 plan years.
    (c) Amortization of 2008 Unfunded Current Liability.--
            (1) In general.--In such form and manner as the Secretary
        of the Treasury may prescribe, the sponsor of a plan described
        in subsection (a)(1) may make a one-time, irrevocable election
        with the Secretary of the Treasury to amortize the unfunded
        current liability for the first plan year beginning after
        December 27, 2007, on an interest-only basis for the first 5
        plan years (beginning with such first plan year) and thereafter
        in equal annual installments over a period of 15 plan years
        (beginning with the first plan year after December 27, 2012).
            (2) Determination of 2008 unfunded current liability in
        calculating deficit reduction contribution after moratorium
        ends.--If the plan sponsor makes an election under paragraph
        (1) with respect to the plan, the unfunded current liability of
        the plan for the first plan year after December 27, 2007, shall
        be calculated as follows:
                    (A) such unfunded current liability shall equal the
                unfunded current liability as of the first day of such
                first plan year, and
                    (B) such unfunded current liability shall be
                calculated using the actuarial value of assets as of
                the first day of such first plan year.
            (3) Use of 2008 unfunded current liability in calculating
        deficit reduction after moratorium ends.--If the plan sponsor
        makes an election under paragraph (1) with respect to the plan,
        the plan's unfunded old liability, for purposes of section
        412(l) of such Code and section 302(l) of such Act, shall be
        deemed equal to the unfunded current liability calculated under
        paragraph (2) for the first plan year after December 27, 2007,
        and the plan's unfunded old liability amount for any plan year,
        for purposes of section 412(l) of such Code and section 302(l)
        of such Act, shall be the amount necessary to amortize the
        unfunded old liability under the plan as described in paragraph
        (1).
            (4) Cessation of modifications.--If the funded current
        liability percentage of the plan, determined without regard to
        this section, is 90 percent or greater for any plan year after
        December 27, 2002, this subsection shall cease to apply to the
        plan for plan years beginning with or after such plan year.
    (d) Recognition of Waiver in Deficit Reduction Contribution.--For
any plan described in subsection (a)(1), the amount referred to in
clause (ii) of section 412(l)(8)(A) of such Code and section
302(d)(8)(A) of such Act shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the
sum of--
            (1) the value of the plan's assets determined under section
        412(c)(2) of such Code and section 302(c)(2) of such Act, and
            (2) the unamortized portion of any waived funding
        deficiency.

SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF CERTAIN PLANS TERMINATING IN 2003.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, the provisions of subsection (b) shall apply to any defined
benefit plan--
            (1) that is maintained by a commercial passenger air
        carrier,
            (2) that is maintained for the benefit of such carrier's
        employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, and
            (3) that terminated during the calendar year 2003.
    (b) Restoration of Plan.--Not later than December 31, 2003, the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall restore any plan described
in paragraph (1) to the plan's pre-termination status and the control
of the plan's assets and liabilities shall be transferred to the
employer, unless the collective bargaining agreement provides that the
plan should not be restored.
    (c) Exclusion of Expected Increase in Current Liability.--In
applying section 412(l)(1)(A)(i) of such Code and section
302(d)(1)(A)(i) of such Act with respect to a plan restored under
subsection (b), any expected increase in current liability due to
benefits accruing during each plan year as described in section
412(1)(2)(C) of such Code and section 302(d)(2)(C) of such Act shall be
excluded.
    (d) Amortization of Unfunded Amounts Under Restoration Payment
Schedule.--
            (1) 2004 unfunded accrued liability.--
                    (A) In general.--In the case of a plan restored
                under subsection (b)--
                            (i) the initial post-restoration valuation
                        date for a plan described in subsection (a)
                        shall be January 1, 2004,
                            (ii) the initial restoration amortization
                        base for a plan described in subsection (a)
                        shall be an amount equal to the excess of--
                                    (I) the accrued benefit liabilities
                                returned by the Corporation, over
                                    (II) the market value of plan
                                assets returned by the Corporation, and
                            (iii) the initial restoration amortization
                        base shall be amortized in level annual
                        installments over a period of 30 years after
                        the initial post-restoration valuation date,
                        and the funding standard account of the plan
                        under section 412 of such Code and section 302
                        of such Act shall be charged with such
                        installments.
                    (B) Other special funding rules remain
                applicable.--At the election of the plan sponsor, the
                provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section
                2 shall apply with respect to the plan.
            (2) Rules of special application.--In applying the 30-year
        amortization described in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) the assumed interest rate shall be the
                valuation interest rate used to determine the accrued
                liability under section 412(c) of such Code and section
                302(c) of such Act,
                    (B) the actuarial value of assets as of the initial
                post-restoration valuation date shall be reset to the
                market value of assets with a 5-year phase-in of
                unexpected investment gains or losses on a prospective
                basis, and
                    (C) for plans using the frozen initial liability
                (FIL) funding method in accordance with section 412(c)
                of such Code and section 302(c) of such Act, the
                initial unfunded liability used to determine normal
                cost shall be reset to the initial restoration
                amortization base.
    (e) Quarterly Contributions.--The requirements of section 412(m) of
such Code and section 302(e) of such Act shall not apply to a plan
restored under subsection (b) until the plan year beginning on the
initial post-restoration valuation date. The required annual payment
for that year shall be the lesser of--
            (1) the amount determined under section 412(m)(4)(B)(i) of
        such Code and section 302(e)(4)(B)(i) of such Act, or
            (2) 100 percent of the amount required to be contributed
        under the plan for the plan year beginning January 1, 2003 and
        ending on the date of plan termination.
    (f) Resetting of Funding Standard Account Balances.--In the case of
a plan restored under subsection (b), any accumulated funding
deficiency or credit balance in the funding standard account under
section 412 of such Code or section 302 of such Act shall be set equal
to zero as of the initial post-restoration valuation date.

SEC. 4. PBGC LIABILITY LIMITED.

    In the case of any plan--
            (1) which is described in section 2(a)(1), and which
        terminates at a time when section 2(b)(1) applies to the plan,
        or at a time when the unfunded current liability of the plan
        for the first plan year after December 27, 2007, is being
        amortized on an interest-only basis under section 2(c), or
            (2) which is described in section 3(a), which is restored
        pursuant to section 3(b), and which subsequently terminates
        with a date of plan termination prior to the end of the fifth
        plan year beginning after December 27, 2007,
section 4022 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
shall be applied as if the plan had been amended to provide that
participants would receive no credit for benefit accrual purposes under
the plan for service on and after the first day of the plan year
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this Act shall apply to plan years beginning
after December 27, 2002.

Summary: Air Line Pension Act of 2003 - Sets forth special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (plans), notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the Internal Revenue Code or of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Provides for such plans, if they have a funded percentage of less than 80 percent as of January 1, 2003, the following: (1) modifications of funding rules, including funded percentage, assumed interest rate for determining current liability, and estimation of current liability. (2) a moratorium on the deficit reduction contribution, under specified conditions, (3) a one-time amortization of 2008 unfunded current liability. And (4) recognition of a waiver in the deficit reduction contribution. Provides for such plans, if they are maintained for benefit of the carrier's employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement and if they terminated during calendar year 2003, the following: (1) restoration by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to the plan's pre-termination status and transfer of control of plan assets and liabilities to the employer, unless the collective bargaining agreement provides that the plan should not be restored. (2) exclusion of any expected increase in current liability due to benefits accruing during each plan year, (3) amortization of unfunded amounts under the restoration payment schedule. (4) inapplicability of certain contribution requirements to a restored plan until a plan year beginning on the initial post-restoration valuation date, with modified required annual payments. And (5) resetting of funding standard account balances. Limits PBGC liability with respect to certain plans under this Act.

To provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Established Provider Act
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE ESTABLISHED PROVIDER SYSTEM.

    Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting
after section 1893 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ddd) the following new
section:

``SEC. 1893A. MEDICARE ESTABLISHED PROVIDER SYSTEM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop and implement a
system (in this section referred to as the `Medicare Established
Provider System') to designate providers of services and suppliers who
represent a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims for payment under
this title as established providers for purposes of applying the
protections described in subsection (c). Under such system--
            ``(1) the Secretary shall establish a process, in
        accordance with subsection (c), under which--
                    ``(A) providers of services and suppliers may apply
                for designation as established providers;
                    ``(B) such providers and suppliers who qualify, in
                accordance with subsection (b), as established
                providers are so designated (including through the use
                of entities trained by an Internet training course of
                the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or through
                training provided by other specified organizations);
                and
                    ``(C) such providers and suppliers who no longer
                qualify as established providers lose such designation;
                and
            ``(2) the Secretary shall establish an electronic system
        for the submission of documentation by providers of services,
        suppliers, or third parties, with respect to a claim for
        payment under this title that is under review, for each level
        of review applicable to such claim.
    ``(b) Qualifying as Established Providers.--Under such system, to
qualify as an established provider for a period with respect to a
reporting period (as specified by the Secretary), a provider of
services or supplier shall demonstrate, as specified by the Secretary,
that--
            ``(1) with respect to the reporting period beginning after
        the date of the enactment of this section, at least 90 percent
        of claims for payment under this title for items and services
        furnished by such provider or supplier for which any review was
        conducted under section 1869 were determined to be eligible for
        payment or partial payment under this title; and
            ``(2) of all claims for payment under this title for items
        and services furnished by such provider or supplier for which
        an initial determination was made that payment may not be made
        under this title, at least 90 percent were appealed by such
        provider or supplier.
    ``(c) Designation Process.--The process under subsection (a)(1)--
            ``(1) shall allow a provider of services or supplier
        designated as an established provider under this section to
        demonstrate that the provider or supplier maintains compliance
        with the qualification requirements under subsection (b) based
        on annual updates on the status of claims for payment under
        this title for items and services furnished by such provider or
        supplier with respect to each level of review, including the
        number of such claims within each such level of review for
        which a determination was made that payment should be made,
        should be partially made, or should not be made under this
        title;
            ``(2) shall provide a method through which it may be
        determined whether or not the qualifying requirements under
        subsection (b) have been satisfied and maintained by a provider
        of services or supplier with respect to a period;
            ``(3) provide for the identification of established
        providers within appropriate systems of the Centers of Medicare
        & Medicaid Services; and
            ``(4) provide for a global track record of compliance by
        providers of services and suppliers with the qualifying
        requirements under subsection (b), including by identifying
        such providers and suppliers by the management company provider
        number rather than by each individual provider, supplier, or
        facility, for purposes of efficiency.
    ``(d) Protections for Established Providers.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in the case of a provider of services or
supplier designated as an established provider under this section with
respect to a period the following protections shall apply:
            ``(1) With respect to a claim submitted during such period
        for payment under this title for items or services furnished by
        such provider or supplier, which is subject to review for
        whether or not payment should be made under such title and with
        respect to which an additional documentation request has been
        issued, payment under this title for such claim may not be
        withheld unless a final determination has been made that such
        payment should not be made.
            ``(2) In the case that a final determination has been made
        that payment under this title should not have been made with
        respect to a claim described in paragraph (1), repayment of
        such payment shall be made electronically by the provider not
        later than 45 days after notification of such decision. In
        applying the previous sentence, if the Secretary determines
        that repayment within such 45-day period would result in a
        significant hardship to the provider involved, the Secretary
        may, on a case-by-case basis, extend the 45-day period
        described in such sentence by such number of days as the
        Secretary determines appropriate in accordance with a specified
        repayment plan.
            ``(3) The Secretary shall provide for a method to apply
        section 1869 with respect to an initial determination of any
        claim submitted during such period for payment under this title
        for items and services furnished by such provider or supplier,
        without the application of paragraph (3) of section 1869(a)
        (relating to redeterminations).''.

Summary: Medicare Established Provider Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a system for designating providers that represent a low risk of submitting fraudulent Medicare claims as established providers for purposes of applying for special treatment in the claim review process. To qualify as an established provider, a provider must demonstrate that, within a specified timeframe: (1) at least 90 of Medicare claims submitted by the provider were determined to be eligible for full or partial payment, and (2) the provider appealed at least 90 of all Medicare claimsnbsp. That were not initially determined to be eligible for payment. HHS may withhold payment for a Medicare claim made by an established providernbsp, only if anbsp. Final determination has been made that the claim is ineligible for payment. If such a final determination is made, the provider shall repay such payment electronically and within a specified timeframe.


That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the International Monetary Fund for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, namely:

                    MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  funds appropriated to the president

                  loans to international monetary fund

                       new arrangements to borrow

    For loans to the International Monetary Fund (Fund) under the New
Arrangements to Borrow, the dollar equivalent of 2,462,000,000 Special
Drawing Rights, to remain available until expended; in addition, up to
the dollar equivalent of 4,250,000,000 Special Drawing Rights
previously appropriated by the Act of November 30, 1983 (Public Law 98-
181), and the Act of October 23, 1962 (Public Law 87-872), for the
General Arrangements to Borrow, may also be used for the New
Arrangements to Borrow.

                          united states quota

    For an increase in the United States quota in the International
Monetary Fund, the dollar equivalent of 10,622,500,000 Special Drawing
Rights, to remain available until expended.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Section 101. Conditions for the Use of Quota Resources.--(a) None
of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ``United States
Quota, International Monetary Fund'' may be obligated, transferred or
made available to the International Monetary Fund until 30 days after
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the Board of Executive
Directors of the Fund have agreed by resolution that stand-by
agreements or other arrangements regarding the use of Fund resources
shall include provisions requiring the borrower--
            (1) to comply with the terms of all international trade
        obligations and agreements of which the borrower is a
        signatory;
            (2) to eliminate the practice or policy of government
        directed lending or provision of subsidies to favored
        industries, enterprises, parties, or institutions; and
            (3) to guarantee non-discriminatory treatment in debt
        resolution proceedings between domestic and foreign creditors,
        and for debtors and other concerned persons.
    (b) Subsequent to the certification provided in subsection (a), in
conjunction with the annual submission of the President's budget, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the appropriate committees on
the implementation and enforcement of the provisions in subsection (a).
    Sec. 102. Transparency and Oversight.--(a) Not later than 30 days
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
certify to the appropriate committees that the Board of Executive
Directors of the International Monetary Fund Board has agreed to
provide timely access by the Comptroller General to information and
documents relating to the Fund's operations, program and policy reviews
and decisions regarding stand-by agreements and other uses of the
Fund's resources.
    (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct, and the U.S.
Executive Director to the International Monetary Fund shall agree to--
            (1) provide any documents or information available to the
        Director that are requested by the Comptroller General;
            (2) request from the Fund any documents or material
        requested by the Comptroller General; and
            (3) use all necessary means to ensure all possible access
        by the Comptroller General to the staff and operations of the
        Fund for the purposes of conducting financial and program
        audits.
    (c) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Comptroller General and the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund, shall
develop and implement a plan to obtain timely public access to
information and documents relating to the Fund's operations, programs
and policy reviews and decisions regarding stand-by agreements and
other uses of the Fund's resources.
    (d) No later than July 1, 1998 and, not later than March 1 of each
year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to
the appropriate committees on the status of timely publication of
Letters of Intent and Article IV consultation documents and the
availability of information referred to in (c).
    Sec. 103. Advisory Commission.--(a) The President shall establish
an International Financial Institution Advisory Commission (hereafter
``Commission'').
    (b) The Commission shall include at least five former United States
Secretaries of the Treasury.
    (c) Within 180 days, the Commission shall report to the appropriate
committees on the future role and responsibilities, if any, of the
International Monetary Fund and the merit, costs and related
implications of consolidation of the organization, management, and
activities of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development and the World Trade Organization.
    Sec. 104. Bretton Woods Conference.--Not later than 180 days after
the Commission reports to the appropriate committees, the President
shall call for a conference of representatives of the governments of
the member countries of the International Monetary Fund, the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World
Trade Organization to consider the structure, management and activities
of the institutions, their possible merger and their capacity to
contribute to exchange rate stability and economic growth and to
respond effectively to financial crises.
    Sec. 105. Reports.--(a) Following the extension of a stand-by
agreement or other uses of the resources by the International Monetary
Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the U.S.
Executive Director of the Fund, shall submit a report to the
appropriate committees providing the following information--
            (1) the borrower's rules and regulations dealing with
        capitalization ratios, reserves, deposit insurance system and
        initiatives to improve transparency of information on the
        financial institutions and banks which may benefit from the use
        of the Fund's resources;
            (2) the burden shared by private sector investors and
        creditors, including commercial banks in the Group of Seven
        Nations, in the losses which have prompted the use of the
        Fund's resources;
            (3) the Fund's strategy, plan and timetable for completing
        the borrower's pay back of the Fund's resources including a
        date by which the borrower will be free from all international
        institutional debt obligation; and
            (4) the status of efforts to upgrade the borrower's
        national standards to meet the Basle Committee's Core
        Principles for Effective Banking Supervision.
    (b) Following the extension of a stand-by agreement or other use of
the Fund's resources, the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the
appropriate committees in conjunction with the annual submission of the
President's budget, an account of the direct and indirect institutional
recipients of such resources: Provided, That this account shall include
the institutions or banks indirectly supported by the Fund through
resources made available by the borrower's Central Bank.
    (c) Not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of
Congress providing the information requested in paragraphs (a) and (b)
for the countries of South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and the
Philippines.
    Sec. 106. Certifications.--(a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall
certify to the appropriate committees that the following conditions
have been met--
            (1) No International Monetary Fund resources have resulted,
        directly or indirectly, in support of the Korean semiconductor,
        steel, automobile, or textile and apparel industries in any
        form;
            (2) Neither the Korean government, nor the Fund has
        guaranteed or underwritten the private loans of Korean
        semiconductor, steel, automobile, or textile and apparel
        manufacturers; and
            (3) Officials from the Fund and the Department of the
        Treasury have monitored the implementation of the Corporate
        Governance provisions contained in Republic of Korea's
        stabilization program of December 4, 1997, and all of the
        conditions have either been met, or the Korean government has
        committed itself to fulfill all of these conditions according
        to an explicit timetable for completion; which timetable has
        been provided to and approved by the Fund and the Department of
        the Treasury.
    (b) Such certifications shall be made 14 days prior to the
disbursement of any Fund resources to the borrower.
    (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States
Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to use the voice
and vote of the Executive Director to oppose disbursement of further
funds if such certification is not given.
    (d) Such certifications shall continue to be made on an annual
basis as long as Fund contributions continue to be outstanding to the
borrower country.
    Sec. 107. Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, ``appropriate
committees'' includes the Appropriations Committee, the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services in the House of
Representatives.
    This Act may be cited as the ``1998 Supplemental Appropriations Act
for the International Monetary Fund''.

Summary: Supplemental Appropriations Act for the International Monetary Fund - Makes supplemental appropriations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for FY 1998 for: (1) loans to the IMF under the New Arrangements to Borrow. And (2) an increase in the US IMF quota of Special Drawing Rights. Authorizes the use for the New Arrangements to Borrow of a specified amount of previously appropriated IMF Special Drawing Rights for the General Arrangements to Borrow. Prohibits funds appropriated for the US IMF quota from being obligated, transferred, or made available to the IMF until 30 days after the Secretary of the Treasury certifies, to the appropriate congressional committees, that the IMF Board of Executive Directors have agreed by resolution that stand-by agreements or other arrangements regarding the use of IMF resources shall include provisions requiring a borrower to: (1) comply with the terms of all of its international trade obligations and agreements. (2) eliminate the practice of government directed lending or provision of subsidies to favored industries, enterprises, parties, or institutions. And (3) guarantee non-discriminatory treatment in debt resolution proceedings between domestic and foreign creditors, and for debtors and other concerned persons. Directs the Secretary to certify to the appropriate congressional committees that the IMF Board has agreed to provide timely access (transparency) by the Comptroller General to information and documents relating to IMF operations, program and policy reviews, and decisions regarding stand-by agreements and other uses of its resources. Requires the Secretary to direct, and the IMF US Executive Director to agree, to provide access by the Comptroller General to IMF documents, information, and operations. Directs the President to establish an International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, which shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the implications of consolidating the activities of the IMF, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development , and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Directs the President to call for a Bretton Woods Conference of representatives of the governments of the member countries of the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO to consider the structure and activities of such institutions, their possible merger, and their capacity to contribute to exchange rate stability and economic growth, and to respond effectively to financial crises. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, following extension of a stand-by agreement or other uses of resources by the IMF, to report to the appropriate congressional committees specified information about: (1) borrower's rules and regulations. (2) the burden shared by private sector investors and creditors, including commercial banks in the Group of Seven Nations, in the losses which have prompted the use of IMF resources. (3) IMF strategy, plan and timetable for completing the borrower's pay back of IMF resources. And (4) the status of efforts to upgrade the borrower's national standards to meet the Basle Committee's Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision. Directs the Secretary, before the release of IMF funds to a borrower country, to certify to the appropriate congressional committees that certain conditions have been met, including: (1) no IMF resources have resulted, directly or indirectly, in support of the Korean semiconductor, steel, automobile, or textile and apparel industries. (2) neither the Korean Government nor the IMF has guaranteed or underwritten the private loans of such Korean industries. And (3) IMF and Department of the Treasury officials have monitored the implementation of the Corporate Governance provisions of the Republic of Korea's stabilization program of December 4, 1997, and all of the conditions have either been met, or the Korean Government has committed itself to fulfill these conditions according to an approved timetable for completion.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trade and Environment Enforcement
Act'' or ``Green 301 Act''.

SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN TRADE RELATIONS.

    Section 301(d)(3)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2411(d)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (iii)(V), by striking the period at the end
        and inserting ``, or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iv) constitutes a persistent pattern of
                        conduct that--
                                    ``(I) fails to effectively enforce
                                the environmental laws of a foreign
                                country;
                                    ``(II) waives or otherwise
                                derogates from the environmental laws
                                of a foreign country or weakens the
                                protections afforded by such laws;
                                    ``(III) fails to provide for
                                judicial or administrative proceedings
                                giving access to remedies for
                                violations of the environmental laws of
                                a foreign country;
                                    ``(IV) fails to provide appropriate
                                and effective sanctions or remedies for
                                violations of the environmental laws of
                                a foreign country; or
                                    ``(V) fails to effectively enforce
                                environmental commitments in agreements
                                to which a foreign country and the
                                United States are a party.''.

SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY TRADE PRACTICES THAT
              NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title III of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2411 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 311. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY TRADE PRACTICES THAT
              NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

    ``(a) Identification.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Trade Representative shall identify
        those foreign country trade practices that cause negative
        environmental impacts on the protection of human, animal, or
        plant life or health, or the conservation of exhaustible
        natural resources in the United States, the foreign country, a
        third country, or internationally.
            ``(2) Factors.--In identifying foreign country trade
        practices under paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall
        take into account all relevant factors, including--
                    ``(A) the strength of the connection between trade
                and the negative environmental impact;
                    ``(B) the significance of the negative
                environmental impact on the protection of human, animal
                or plant life or health, or the conservation of
                exhaustible natural resources; and
                    ``(C) the costs and benefits of mitigating the
                negative environmental impact through the remedies
                described in this section.
            ``(3) Consultation.--In identifying foreign country trade
        practices under paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall
        provide the opportunity for input by and consultation with
        interested persons, including private or nongovernmental
        organizations working towards environmental protection or
        conservation, domestic industrial users of any goods that may
        be affected by this section, and appropriate Federal
        departments and agencies.
    ``(b) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date
        of submission of a report under section 181(b) of this Act, and
        every 2 years thereafter, the Trade Representative shall submit
        to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
        Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and
        publish in the Federal Register a report on the foreign country
        trade practices identified under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Matters to be included.--The Trade Representative may
        include in the report, if appropriate--
                    ``(A) a description of other foreign country trade
                practices that may in the future warrant inclusion in
                the report as foreign country trade practices that
                negatively affect the environment; and
                    ``(B) a statement regarding other foreign country
                trade practices that negatively affect the environment
                that have not been identified because they are subject
                to other provisions of United States trade law,
                existing bilateral trade agreements, or trade
                negotiations, and progress is being made toward the
                mitigation, reduction, or elimination of the negative
                environmental impacts of such foreign country trade
                practices.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Trade Act of
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 310 the
following new item:

``Sec. 311. Identification of foreign country trade practices that
                            negatively affect the environment.''.

Summary: Trade and Environment Enforcement Act or Green 301 Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the US Trade Representative (USTR) to take certain discretionary trade action against foreign countries that engage in unreasonable acts, policies, or practices that fail to enforce their environmental laws effectively. Directs the USTR to identify foreign country trade practices that affect negatively the environment of the United States, the foreign country, a third country, or internationally.

Green 301 Act


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Choice in Welfare Tax Credit Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CERTAIN PRIVATE
              CHARITIES PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR.

    (a) In General.--Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable
personal credits) is amended by inserting after section 22 the
following new section:

``SEC. 23. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an individual, there shall be
allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the
taxable year an amount equal to the qualified charitable contributions
which are paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year.
    ``(b) Limitation.--The credit allowed by subsection (a) for the
taxable year shall not exceed $100 ($200 in the case of a joint
return).
    ``(c) Qualified Charitable Contribution.--For purposes of this
section, the term `qualified charitable contribution' means any
charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c)) made in cash to
a qualified charity but only if the amount of each such contribution,
and the recipient thereof, are identified on the return for the taxable
year during which such contribution is made.
    ``(d) Qualified Charity.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
        `qualified charity' means, with respect to the taxpayer, any
        organization described in section 501(c)(3) and exempt from tax
        under section 501(a)--
                    ``(A) which is certified by the Secretary as
                meeting the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3),
                    ``(B) which is organized under the laws of the
                United States or of any State in which the organization
                is qualified to operate, and
                    ``(C) which is required, or elects to be treated as
                being required, to file returns under section 6033.
            ``(2) Charity must primarily assist the poor.--An
        organization meets the requirements of this paragraph only if
        the predominant activity of such organization is the provision
        of services to individuals whose annual incomes generally do
        not exceed 150 percent of the official poverty line (as defined
        by the Office of Management and Budget).
            ``(3) Minimum expenditure requirement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An organization meets the
                requirements of this paragraph only if the Secretary
                reasonably expects that the annual exempt purpose
                expenditures of such organization will not be less than
                70 percent of the annual aggregate expenditures of such
                organization.
                    ``(B) Exempt purpose expenditure.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `exempt purpose
                        expenditure' means any expenditure to carry out
                        the activity referred to in paragraph (2).
                            ``(ii) Exceptions.--Such term shall not
                        include--
                                    ``(I) any administrative expense,
                                    ``(II) any expense for the purpose
                                of influencing legislation (as defined
                                in section 4911(d)),
                                    ``(III) any expense primarily for
                                the purpose of fundraising, and
                                    ``(IV) any expense for litigation
                                on behalf of any individual referred to
                                in paragraph (2).
    ``(e) Time When Contributions Deemed Made.--For purposes of this
section, at the election of the taxpayer, a contribution which is made
not later than the time prescribed by law for filing the return for the
taxable year (not including extensions thereof) shall be treated as
made on the last day of such taxable year.
    ``(f) Coordination With Deduction for Charitable Contributions.--
            ``(1) Credit in lieu of deduction.--The credit provided by
        subsection (a) for any qualified charitable contribution shall
        be in lieu of any deduction otherwise allowable under this
        chapter for such contribution.
            ``(2) Election to have section not apply.--A taxpayer may
        elect for any taxable year to have this section not apply.''
    (b) Qualified Charities Required To Provide Copies of Annual
Return.--Subsection (e) of section 6104 of such Code (relating to
public inspection of certain annual returns and applications for
exemption) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Charities receiving creditable contributions required
        to provide copies of annual return.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Every qualified charity (as
                defined in section 23(d)) shall, upon request of an
                individual made at an office where such organization's
                annual return filed under section 6033 is required
                under paragraph (1) to be available for inspection,
                provide a copy of such return to such individual
                without charge other than a reasonable fee for any
                reproduction and mailing costs. If the request is made
                in person, such copies shall be provided immediately
                and, if made other than in person, shall be provided
                within 30 days.
                    ``(B) Period of availability.--Subparagraph (A)
                shall apply only during the 3-year period beginning on
                the filing date (as defined in paragraph (1)(D) of the
                return requested).''
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart A of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 22 the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 23. Credit for certain charitable
                                        contributions.''
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to contributions made after the 90th day after the date of the
enactment of this Act in taxable years ending after such date.

Summary: Choice in Welfare Tax Credit Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual income tax credit of up to $100 of the value of certain charitable contributions to any tax-exempt, US organization that spends at least 70 percent of aggregate expenditures assisting the poor. Requires that: (1) taxpayers identify each such contribution and the recipient on the individual's tax return. And (2) such charities provide copies of their annual return to such individuals upon request.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Methamphetamine Use Response
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of
        the Drug Enforcement Administration.
            (2) The term ``Committees'' means the Committees on
        Appropriations and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House
        of Representatives and the Senate.
            (3) The term ``midsize city'' means a city with a
        population under 250,000 and over 20,000.
            (4) The term ``rural area'' means a county or parish with a
        population under 50,000.
            (5) The term ``small city'' means a city with a population
        under 20,000.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON METHAMPHETAMINE CONSUMPTION IN RURAL AREAS, SMALL
              CITIES, AND MIDSIZE CITIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
submit to the Committees annually a report on the problems caused by
methamphetamine consumption in rural areas, small cities, and midsize
cities.
    (b) Concerns Addressed.--Each report submitted under this section
shall include an analysis of--
            (1) the manner in which methamphetamine consumption in
        rural areas differs from methamphetamine consumption in areas
        with larger populations, and the means by which to accurately
        measure those differences;
            (2) the incidence of methamphetamine abuse in rural areas
        and the treatment resources available to deal with
        methamphetamine addiction in those areas;
            (3) any relationship between methamphetamine consumption in
        rural areas and a lack of substance abuse treatment in those
        areas; and
            (4) any relationship between geographic differences in the
        availability of substance abuse treatment and the geographic
        distribution of the methamphetamine abuse problem in the United
        States.

SEC. 4. CLEANUP OF METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORIES AND PRODUCTION
              MATERIALS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for the Drug Enforcement Administration for each fiscal
year after fiscal year 1999, $20,000,000 in order to carry out the
activities described in subsection (b).
    (b) Availability of Amounts.--
            (1) In general.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the
        authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) shall be
        available to the Drug Enforcement Administration for activities
        to alleviate the growing financial burden on rural communities,
        small cities, midsize cities, and other communities resulting
        from the cleanup of clandestine laboratories and other drug-
        related hazardous waste.
            (2) Specific activities.--The activities covered by
        paragraph (1) shall include the following:
                    (A) The cleanup of clandestine laboratories and
                other drug-related hazardous waste across the United
                States, whether initiated by the Drug Enforcement
                Administration or by State or local entities.
                    (B) The improvement of current contract-related
                response times for cleanup of such laboratories and
                waste through the provision of additional contract
                personnel, equipment, and facilities.
    (c) Supplement Not Supplant.--The amounts authorized to be
appropriated by subsection (a) for the Drug Enforcement Administration
for a fiscal year are in addition to any other amounts authorized to be
appropriated for the Administration for the fiscal year for the
activities described in subsection (b).

SEC. 5. INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE RELATING TO METHAMPHETAMINE FOR STATE
              AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Because of the strong connection between
        methamphetamine trafficking and Mexican drug trafficking
        organizations, many local law enforcement agencies are
        confronted with methamphetamine trafficking suspects who speak
        Spanish.
            (2) Most local law enforcement agencies lack the foreign
        language and specialized investigative skills necessary to
        communicate with and monitor suspected drug traffickers,
        thereby limiting their ability to respond effectively to
        methamphetamine trafficking.
            (3) Informants, witnesses, communications intercepts, and
        other investigative tools are of limited use if an investigator
        cannot understand the language employed.
            (4) The timely provision of select Drug Enforcement
        Administration Special Agents with Spanish language capability
        and specialized clandestine laboratory training could greatly
        assist in the efforts of State and local law enforcement
        against methamphetamine traffickers and their operations.
    (b) Investigative Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall establish within
        the Drug Enforcement Administration a select cadre of Special
        Agents with Spanish language capabilities who shall work with
        State and local law enforcement agencies across the United
        States on matters relating to the combating of methamphetamine-
        related drug trafficking.
            (2) Composition of cadre.--The cadre established under
        paragraph (1) shall consist of 20 Special Agents with the
        requisite Spanish language skills.
            (3) Allocation.--The Administrator shall determine the
        allocation of the Special Agents in the cadre referred to in
        paragraph (1) through ongoing assessments of the national
        methamphetamine threat.
            (4) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
        to be appropriated for the Drug Enforcement Administration for
        fiscal year 2000, $4,700,000 of which--
                    (A) $3,000,000 shall be available for purposes of
                establishing the cadre required by paragraph (1),
                including the hiring and training of agents to fill the
                cadre; and
                    (B) $1,700,000 shall be available to cover the
                permanent change of stations (PCS) costs associated
                with the transfer of senior agents selected to staff
                the cadre.

SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND
              STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The spread of methamphetamine abuse and production
        across the United States has forced law enforcement agencies to
        address challenges that exceed the many years of experience of
        the personnel within such agencies.
            (2) Unlike cocaine or heroin, methamphetamine can be
        produced easily from readily available everyday products using
        recipes readily available on the Internet.
            (3) The chemicals involved in methamphetamine production
        can be caustic or explosive if handled improperly.
            (4) In order to meet the demand for training and
        certification of local law enforcement personnel to meet the
        challenges posed by methamphetamine production and abuse, it is
        necessary to expand the training capabilities of the Drug
        Enforcement Administration.
            (5) Most of the costs associated with the training of State
        and local law enforcement personnel are cost relating to air
        travel.
            (6) Because the Drug Enforcement Administration already
        provides training for State and local law enforcement
        personnel, the establishment of regional training centers in
        the Administration will both reduce travel costs associated
        with the training of such personnel and enhance the training
        provided.
            (7) Such regional training centers will permit enhanced
        training of State and local law enforcement personnel at
        reduced cost over the long term.
    (b) Regional Satellite Training Centers.--
            (1) Requirement.--The Administrator shall establish within
        the Drug Enforcement Administration four regional satellite
        training centers for purposes of providing clandestine
        laboratory training to Federal, State, and local law
        enforcement personnel. The Administrator shall establish the
        training centers at appropriate locations throughout the United
        States.
            (2) Personnel.--The Administrator shall assign to the
        centers established under paragraph (1) 12 Special Agents, 4
        Drug Prevention Specialists, and 8 Support personnel, as
        appropriate.
            (3) Activities of drug prevention specialists.--The Drug
        Prevention Specialists assigned to the centers under paragraph
        (2) shall work with communities that have been previously
        assisted by the Mobile Enforcement and Regional Enforcement
        Teams of the Drug Enforcement Administration in order to assist
        such communities in the development of drug prevention programs
        and coalitions and provide a solid foundation for the long-term
        elimination of drug trafficking, abuse, and violence in such
        communities.
            (4) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
        to be appropriated for the Drug Enforcement Administration for
        fiscal year 2000, $30,000,000 for purposes of establishing the
        regional centers required by paragraph (1), including the
        assignment of personnel to such centers under paragraph (2),
        and for training-related support for such centers.
    (c) Specialized Clandestine Laboratory Training.--
            (1) Specialized clandestine laboratory training.--In
        addition to any other clandestine laboratory training programs
        currently administered by the Drug Enforcement Administration,
        the Administrator shall establish the following:
                    (A) Advanced Clandestine Laboratory Investigations
                schools for State and local law enforcement personnel.
                    (B) Additional Basic Clandestine Laboratory
                Certification Schools for both Drug Enforcement
                Administration personnel and State and local law
                enforcement personnel.
                    (C) A program, to be known as the ``Train the
                Trainer'' program, in accordance with paragraph (2).
            (2) Train the trainer program.--The purpose of Train the
        Trainer program shall be to provide State and local law
        enforcement personnel with the skills necessary to provide
        clandestine laboratory recertification and awareness training
        to other law enforcement personnel within their jurisdictions.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--
                    (A) Authorization.--There is authorized to be
                appropriated for the Drug Enforcement Administration
                for each fiscal year after fiscal year 1999, the
                following:
                            (i) $750,000 for Advanced Clandestine
                        Laboratory Investigation Schools required under
                        paragraph (1)(A).
                            (ii) $2,000,000 for the additional Basic
                        Clandestine Laboratory Certification Schools
                        required under paragraph (1)(B).
                            (iii) $1,000,000 for the awareness
                        materials required for the Train the Trainer
                        program required under paragraph (1)(C).
            (2) Supplement not supplant.--The amounts authorized to be
        appropriated by subparagraph (A) are in addition to any other
        amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Drug Enforcement
        Agency for the activities referred to in paragraph (1).

SEC. 7. ANNUAL STRATEGY ON METHAMPHETAMINE PRODUCTION AND ABUSE.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Attorney General
shall submit to the Committees a report containing a detailed strategy
to combat the problem of methamphetamine production and abuse in the
United States.
    (b) Initial Report.--The first report submitted under this section
shall include the following:
            (1) An assessment of the progress made in achieving the
        goals first outlined in the April 1996 document entitled
        ``National Methamphetamine Strategy'', including a description
        of any successes and failures in achieving such goals.
            (2) A description of the progress made in controlling
        methamphetamine in light of the goals established by the
        Performance Measures of Effectiveness established by the
        National Drug Control Strategy.
            (3) Any recommendations for legislative action that the
        Attorney General considers necessary to implement the strategy
        under subsection (a).
    (c) Subsequent Reports.--Each report submitted under this section
after the first such report shall include the following:
            (1) An evaluation by the Attorney General of the progress
        made in implementing the strategy.
            (2) A description of the successes and failures associated
        with implementing the strategy contained in the report.
            (3) Any recommendations for legislative action that the
        Attorney General considers appropriate to facilitate the
        continuing implementation of the strategy.

SEC. 8. THEFT AND TRANSPORTATION OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA.

    (a) In General.--Part D of the Controlled Substances Act (title II
of Public Law 91-513; 21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following:

                          ``anhydrous ammonia

    ``Sec. 423 (a) It is unlawful for any person--
            ``(1) to steal anhydrous ammonia; or
            ``(2) to transport stolen anhydrous ammonia across State
        lines.
    ``(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be imprisoned or
fined, or both, in accordance with section 403(d) as if such violation
were a violation of a provision of section 403.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for that Act is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 421 the
following new items:

``Sec. 422. Drug paraphernalia.
``Sec. 423. Anhydrous ammonia.''.
    (c) Assistance for Certain Research.--
            (1) Agreement.--The Administrator shall seek to enter into
        an agreement with Iowa State University in order to permit the
        University to continue and expand its current research into the
        development of inert agents that, when added to anhydrous
        ammonia, eliminate the usefulness of anhydrous ammonia as an
        ingredient in the production of methamphetamine.
            (2) Reimbursable provision of funds.--The agreement under
        paragraph (1) may provide for the provision to Iowa State
        University, on a reimbursable basis, of $500,000 for purposes
        the activities specified in that paragraph.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is hereby
        authorized to be appropriated for the Drug Enforcement Agency
        for fiscal year 2000, $500,000 for purposes of carrying out the
        agreement under this subsection.

Summary: Rural Methamphetamine Use Response Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report on the problems caused by methamphetamine consumption in rural areas, small cities, and mid-size cities. Authorizes appropriations for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for each fiscal year after FY 1999. Makes sums appropriated available to the DEA for activities to alleviate the growing financial burden on rural communities, small cities, mid-size cities, and other communities resulting from the cleanup of clandestine laboratories and other drug related hazardous waste. Requires the Administrator of the DEA to establish within the DEA a select cadre of special agents with Spanish language capabilities who show work with State and local law enforcement agencies across the United States on matters relating to the combating of methamphetamine related drug trafficking. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to establish within the DEA four regional satellite training centers for purposes of providing clandestine laboratory training to Federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel, to establish such centers at appropriate locations throughout the United States, and to assign to such centers 12 special agents, four drug prevention specialists, and eight support personnel, as appropriate. Requires the drug prevention specialists to work with communities that have been previously assisted by the DEA's Mobile Enforcement and Regional Enforcement Teams to assist such communities in the development of drug prevention programs and coalitions and provide a solid foundation for the long-term elimination of drug trafficking, abuse, and violence in such communities. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to establish: (1) Advanced Clandestine Laboratory Investigations schools for State and local law enforcement personnel. (2) Additional Basic Clandestine Laboratory Certification schools for both DEA and State and local law enforcement personnel. And (3) a Train the Trainer program to provide State and local law enforcement personnel with the skills necessary to provide clandestine laboratory re-certification and awareness training to other law enforcement personnel within their jurisdictions. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Attorney General to submit to the Committees annually a report containing a detailed strategy to combat the problem of methamphetamine production and abuse in the United States. Amends of the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the theft and transportation across State lines of stolen anhydrous ammonia. Directs the Administrator to seek to enter into an agreement with Iowa State University to permit the University to continue and expand its current research into the development of inert agents that, when added to anhydrous ammonia, eliminate the usefulness of anhydrous ammonia as an ingredient in the production of methamphetamine. Allows such agreement to provide for the provision to such University, on a reimbursable basis, of $500,000. Authorizes appropriations for the DEA for FY 2000.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Open Fuel Standard Act of 2009'' or
the ``OFS Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The status of oil as a strategic commodity, which
        derives from its domination of the transportation sector,
        presents a clear and present danger to the United States;
            (2) in a prior era, when salt was a strategic commodity,
        salt mines conferred national power and wars were fought over
        the control of such mines;
            (3) technology, in the form of electricity and
        refrigeration, decisively ended salt's monopoly of meat
        preservation and greatly reduced its strategic importance;
            (4) fuel competition and consumer choice would similarly
        serve to end oil's monopoly in the transportation sector and
        strip oil of its strategic status;
            (5) the current closed fuel market has allowed a cartel of
        petroleum exporting countries to inflate fuel prices,
        effectively imposing a harmful tax on the economy of the United
        States;
            (6) much of the inflated petroleum revenues the oil cartel
        earns at the expense of the people of the United States are
        used for purposes antithetical to the interests of the United
        States and its allies;
            (7) alcohol fuels, including ethanol and methanol, could
        potentially provide significant supplies of additional fuels
        that could be produced in the United States and in many other
        countries in the Western Hemisphere that are friendly to the
        United States;
            (8) alcohol fuels can only play a major role in securing
        the energy independence of the United States if a substantial
        portion of vehicles in the United States are capable of
        operating on such fuels;
            (9) it is not in the best interest of United States
        consumers or the United States Government to be constrained to
        depend solely upon petroleum resources for vehicle fuels if
        alcohol fuels are potentially available;
            (10) existing technology, in the form of flexible fuel
        vehicles, allows internal combustion engine cars and trucks to
        be produced at little or no additional cost, which are capable
        of operating on conventional gasoline, alcohol fuels, or any
        combination of such fuels, as availability or cost advantage
        dictates, providing a platform on which fuels can compete;
            (11) the necessary distribution system for such alcohol
        fuels will not be developed in the United States until a
        substantial fraction of the vehicles in the United States are
        capable of operating on such fuels;
            (12) the establishment of such a vehicle fleet and
        distribution system would provide a large market that would
        mobilize private resources to substantially advance the
        technology and expand the production of alcohol fuels in the
        United States and abroad;
            (13) the United States has an urgent national security
        interest to develop alcohol fuels technology, production, and
        distribution systems as rapidly as possible;
            (14) new cars sold in the United States that are equipped
        with an internal combustion engine should allow for fuel
        competition by being flexible fuel vehicles, and new diesel
        cars should be capable of operating on biodiesel; and
            (15) such an open fuel standard would help to protect the
        United States economy from high and volatile oil prices and
        from the threats caused by global instability, terrorism, and
        natural disaster.

SEC. 3. OPEN FUEL STANDARD FOR TRANSPORTATION.

    Chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:

``SEC. 32920. OPEN FUEL STANDARD FOR TRANSPORTATION.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) E85.--The term `E85' means a fuel mixture containing
        85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline by volume.
            ``(2) Flexible fuel automobile.--The term `flexible fuel
        automobile' means an automobile that has been warranted by its
        manufacturer to operate on gasoline, E85, and M85.
            ``(3) Fuel choice-enabling automobile.--The term `fuel
        choice-enabling automobile' means--
                    ``(A) a flexible fuel automobile; or
                    ``(B) an automobile that has been warranted by its
                manufacturer to operate on biodiesel.
            ``(4) Light-duty automobile.--The term `light-duty
        automobile' means--
                    ``(A) a passenger automobile; or
                    ``(B) a non-passenger automobile.
            ``(5) Light-duty automobile manufacturer's annual covered
        inventory.--The term `light-duty automobile manufacturer's
        annual covered inventory' means the number of light-duty
        automobiles powered by an internal combustion engine that a
        manufacturer, during a given calendar year, manufactures in the
        United States or imports from outside of the United States for
        sale in the United States.
            ``(6) M85.--The term `M85' means a fuel mixture containing
        85 percent methanol and 15 percent gasoline by volume.
    ``(b) Open Fuel Standard for Transportation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
        each light-duty automobile manufacturer's annual covered
        inventory shall be comprised of--
                    ``(A) not less than 50 percent fuel choice-enabling
                automobiles in 2012, 2013, and 2014; and
                    ``(B) not less than 80 percent fuel choice-enabling
                automobiles in 2015, and in each subsequent year.
            ``(2) Temporary exemption from requirements.--
                    ``(A) Application.--A manufacturer may request an
                exemption from the requirement described in paragraph
                (1) by submitting an application to the Secretary, at
                such time, in such manner, and containing such
                information as the Secretary may require by regulation.
                Each such application shall specify the models, lines,
                and types of automobiles affected.
                    ``(B) Evaluation.--After evaluating an application
                received from a manufacturer, the Secretary may at any
                time, under such terms and conditions, and to such
                extent as the Secretary considers appropriate,
                temporarily exempt, or renew the exemption of, a light-
                duty automobile from the requirement described in
                paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that
                unavoidable events that are not under the control of
                the manufacturer prevent the manufacturer of such
                automobile from meeting its required production volume
                of fuel choice-enabling automobiles, including--
                            ``(i) a disruption in the supply of any
                        component required for compliance with the
                        regulations;
                            ``(ii) a disruption in the use and
                        installation by the manufacturer of such
                        component; or
                            ``(iii) the failure for plug-in hybrid
                        electric automobiles to meet State air quality
                        requirements as a result of the requirement
                        described in paragraph (1).
                    ``(C) Consolidation.--The Secretary may consolidate
                applications received from multiple manufactures under
                subparagraph (A) if they are of a similar nature.
                    ``(D) Conditions.--Any exemption granted under
                subparagraph (B) shall be conditioned upon the
                manufacturer's commitment to recall the exempted
                automobiles for installation of the omitted components
                within a reasonable time proposed by the manufacturer
                and approved by the Secretary after such components
                become available in sufficient quantities to satisfy
                both anticipated production and recall volume
                requirements.
                    ``(E) Notice.--The Secretary shall publish in the
                Federal Register--
                            ``(i) notice of each application received
                        from a manufacturer;
                            ``(ii) notice of each decision to grant or
                        deny a temporary exemption; and
                            ``(iii) the reasons for granting or denying
                        such exemptions.
    ``(c) Limited Liability Protection for Renewable Fuel and Ethanol
Manufacture, Use, or Distribution.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
        Federal or State law, any fuel containing ethanol or a
        renewable fuel (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean
        Air Act) that is used or intended to be used to operate an
        internal combustion engine shall not be deemed to be a
        defective product or subject to a failure to warn due to such
        ethanol or renewable fuel content unless such fuel violates a
        control or prohibition imposed by the Administrator under
        section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545).
            ``(2) Savings provision.--Nothing in this subsection may be
        construed to affect the liability of any person other than
        liability based upon a claim of defective product and failure
        to warn described in paragraph (1).
    ``(d) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall
promulgate regulations to carry out this section.''.

Summary: Open Fuel Standard Act of 2009 or the OFS Act - Requires each light-duty automobile manufacturer's annual covered inventory to comprise at least: (1) 50 fuel choice-enabling automobiles in years 2012-2014. And (2) 80 fuel choice-enabling automobiles in 2015, and in each subsequent year. Defines fuel choice-enabling automobile as: (1) a flexible fuel automobile capable of operating on gasoline, E85, and M85. Or (2) an automobile capable of operating on biodiesel fuel. Authorizes a manufacturer to request an exemption from such requirement from the Secretary of Transportation. Extends limited liability protection to the use of fuel containing ethanol or renewable fuel in the operation of internal combustion engines by declaring that such fuel shall not be deemed to be a defective product or subject to a failure to warn due to such ethanol or renewable fuel content, unless it violates a control or prohibition imposed under the Clean Air Act.

A bill to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanol, or biodiesel.