SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Launch Services Corporation Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act-- (1) the term ``Corporation'' means the Launch Services Corporation created under section 4 of this Act; and (2) the terms ``launch'', ``launch property'', ``launch services'', ``launch site'', and ``launch vehicle'' have the meaning given such terms under section 4 of the Commercial Space Launch Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2603), except that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to activities relating to suborbital trajectories. SEC. 3. FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) President.--The President shall-- (1) coordinate the activities of Federal agencies with space launch responsibilities, so as to ensure that there is full and effective compliance at all times with this Act; (2) ensure that timely treaties, trade agreements, and other appropriate arrangements are made, and appropriate regulations are issued, to enable foreign customers to obtain launch services from the Corporation and to otherwise participate in the launch services system established pursuant to this Act; and (3) after consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, issue a statement of the technical requirements of the Federal Government for the system referred to in paragraph (2). (b) Research and Development.--The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Defense shall cooperate with the Corporation on research and development related to the purposes of the Corporation. (c) Federal Agencies in General.--The Federal Government shall-- (1) procure, to the maximum extent feasible, needed launch services from the Corporation; (2) pay fair market value for services provided to the Federal Government by the Corporation; (3) extend to the Corporation first priority for access to launch property and launch sites in a mutually agreeable manner; (4) furnish range safety for launches from Government-owned facilities; and (5) to the extent feasible, furnish other services to the Corporation as may be required in connection with the establishment and operation of the Corporation. SEC. 4. LAUNCH SERVICES CORPORATION. (a) Creation.--There is authorized to be created a Launch Services Corporation, a for-profit corporation which shall not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government and which shall be incorporated under the laws of a State of the United States. (b) Purposes.--(1) The purposes of the Corporation shall be-- (A) to broaden and speed the economic use of space; (B) to enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States launch services industry and all industrial, commercial, and financial businesses related thereto; (C) to enhance national security; (D) to serve the launch needs of-- (i) the Federal Government; (ii) private sector customers in the United States; and (iii) appropriate foreign customers; and (E) to remain a viable and competitive corporation. (2) It shall not be a purpose of the Corporation to construct launch vehicles. (c) Process of Organization.--The President shall, as expeditiously as possible, appoint incorporators, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve as the initial board of directors of the Corporation until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and appointed under subsection (d) and qualified. Such incorporators shall arrange for an initial stock offering and shall take whatever other actions are necessary to establish the Corporation, including the filing of articles of incorporation, subject to the approval of the President. (d) Directors and Officers.-- (1) Directors.--The Corporation shall have a board of directors consisting of 15 individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the board to serve as chairman. Three members of the board shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of three years or until their successors have been appointed and qualified, except that one of the members first appointed under this sentence shall be appointed to a term of one year, and one of such members shall be appointed to a term of two years. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the director being replaced. The remaining 12 members of the board shall be elected annually by the stockholders. (2) Officers.--The Corporation shall have such officers as may be named and appointed by the board, at rates of compensation fixed by the board, and serving at the pleasure of the board. No individual other than a citizen of the United States may be an officer of the Corporation. No officer of the Corporation shall receive any salary from any source other than the Corporation while employed by the Corporation. (e) Financing.-- (1) Stock.--The Corporation may issue and have outstanding, in such amounts as it shall determine, shares of capital stock, without par value, which shall carry voting rights and be eligible for dividends. The stock shall be sold in a manner to encourage the widest distribution to the public. No company, including any company controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such company, may hold more than 15 percent of the capital stock of the Corporation. (2) Additional instruments.--The Corporation may issue, in addition to the stock authorized by paragraph (1), nonvoting securities, bonds, debentures, and other certificates of indebtedness. (f) Powers.--In order to achieve its purposes, the Corporation may-- (1) plan, initiate, own, manage, and operate itself, or in conjunction with other business entities, a commercial launch services system; (2) furnish, for hire, launch services to public and private entities of the United States and, except as otherwise prohibited by law, to foreign customers; (3) own and operate launch property, launch sites, and one or more types of launch vehicle, provide or contract for range safety operations at those launch sites, and provide or contract for any other such services as may be required to carry out its purposes; and (4) conduct appropriate research and development. (g) Recoupment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish procedures for the repayment by the Corporation to the Federal Government of an amount equal to the amount of Federal funding that has been provided to the Corporation. SEC. 5. FOREIGN BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS. Whenever the Corporation shall enter into business negotiations with respect to launch property, operations, or services authorized by this Act with any international or foreign entity, it shall notify the Department of State of the negotiations, and the Department of State shall advise the Corporation of relevant foreign policy considerations. Throughout such negotiations the Corporation shall keep the Department of State informed with respect to such considerations. The Corporation may request the Department of State to assist in the negotiations, and that Department shall render such assistance as may be appropriate. SEC. 6. REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS. (a) President's Report.--The President shall transmit to the Congress in January of each year a report which shall include a comprehensive description of the activities and accomplishments of the Federal Government and the Corporation during the preceding calendar year under this Act, together with an evaluation of such activities and accomplishments in terms of the purposes of the Corporation and any recommendations for additional legislative or other action which the President may consider necessary for such purposes. (b) Corporation's Report.--The Corporation shall transmit to the President and Congress, annually and at such other times as it considers appropriate, a comprehensive and detailed report of its operations, activities, and accomplishments under this Act. SEC. 7. SUNSET. No Federal funding shall be provided to the Corporation after December 31, 2000, except as payment for services provided to the Federal Government by the Corporation.

Summary: Launch Services Corporation Act of 1994 - Authorizes the creation of a non-Federal, for profit Launch Services Corporation to provide space launch services to the Federal Government and other domestic and foreign customers. Ends Federal funding (except for payment of services) for the Corporation after the year 2000.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Adopted Children Equality Act'' or the ``FACE Act''. SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN ADOPTED FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. (a) In General.--Section 320(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431(b)) is amended to read as follows: ``(b) Citizenship for Children Adopted From Outside the United States.-- ``(1) In general.--A child born outside the United States automatically becomes a citizen of the United States if the Secretary of State is satisfied that all of the following conditions are met: ``(A) The child is adopted by a parent who is a citizen of the United States. ``(B) The child is younger than 18 years of age. ``(C) It is determined that each adopting parent is eligible and suitable to adopt the child, including determining that the parent is able to support the child and has undergone an appropriate criminal background check. ``(D) Prior to the adoption, the child was an unmarried individual younger than 18 years of age-- ``(i)(I) whose biological parents (or parent, in the case of an individual who has 1 sole or surviving parent) or other person or institution that retains legal custody of the individual-- ``(aa) have freely given their written irrevocable consent to the termination of their legal relationship with the individual, and to the individual's emigration and adoption and that such consent has not been induced by payment or compensation of any kind and has not been given prior to the birth of the individual; ``(bb) are unable to provide proper care for the individual, as determined by the competent authority of the individual's residence; or ``(cc) have voluntarily relinquished the individual to the competent authorities pursuant to the law of the individual's residence; or ``(II) who, as determined by the competent authority of the individual's residence-- ``(aa) has been abandoned or deserted by the individual's biological parents or legal guardian; or ``(bb) has been orphaned due to the death or disappearance of the individual's biological parents or legal guardian; and ``(ii) with respect to whom the Secretary of State-- ``(I) is satisfied that the proper care will be furnished the individual if admitted to the United States; ``(II) is satisfied that the purpose of the adoption is to form a bona fide parent-child relationship and that the parent-child relationship of the individual and the biological parents has been terminated (and in carrying out both obligations under this subparagraph, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may consider whether there is a petition pending to confer immigrant status on 1 or both of the biological parents); ``(III) is satisfied that there has been no inducement, financial or otherwise, offered to obtain the consent nor was it given before the birth of the individual; and ``(IV) in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, is satisfied that the individual is not a security risk. ``(2) Citizenship from birth.--An individual who becomes a citizen of the United States pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be deemed to have been a citizen of the United States at birth and shall be issued a United States Consular Report of Birth. ``(3) Special rule for adoptees who are older than 18 years of age.-- ``(A) In general.--A person described in subparagraph (B) shall be deemed to have been a citizen of the United States at birth after the approval of an application filed within the United States or with a United States Embassy. ``(B) Person described.--A person described in this clause is a person who-- ``(i) is older than 18 years of age; ``(ii) was born outside the United States and was adopted by a parent who is a citizen of the United States before the date on which the person reached 18 years of age; and ``(iii) was described in subparagraph (E), (F), or (G) of section 101(b)(1). ``(4) No liability for prior taxes.--An individual who becomes a citizen of the United States pursuant to paragraph (1) or (3) may not be liable for any taxes that the individual would have paid to the United States as a citizen of the United States before the date on which the individual becomes such a citizen.''. (b) Conforming Amendments.-- (1) Heading.--The heading of section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431) is amended to read as follows: ``children born outside the united states; conditions under which citizenship is acquired''. (2) Section 301 of the immigration and nationality act.-- Section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended-- (A) in subsection (g), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) in subsection (h), by striking the period at the end, inserting a semicolon and ``and''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(i) a person deemed a citizen at birth pursuant to section 320(b).''. (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 320 and inserting the following: ``Sec. 320. Children born outside the United States; conditions under which citizenship acquired.''. SEC. 3. NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CHILDREN BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES TO BE ADOPTED. Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (U), by striking ``or'' at the end; (2) in subparagraph (V), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(W) an individual brought to the United States as a child to be adopted by a citizen of the United States.''. SEC. 4. APPEAL OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO DENY AN ADOPTION. (a) Requirement To Provide Opportunity To Appeal.--If the Secretary of State determines that a covered individual is not eligible to be adopted by a citizen or national of the United States on the basis that the conditions described in subsection (c) are not met, the Secretary shall provide-- (1) a notice of intent to deny the adoption of the child to such citizen or national of the United States; and (2) an opportunity for such citizen or national to appeal the determination. (b) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered individual'' means an individual who-- (1) is younger than 18 years of age; (2) was born in a foreign country; and (3) is seeking to be adopted by a parent who is a citizen or national of the United States. (c) Conditions for Adoption.--The conditions described in this subsection are met if-- (1) the covered individual's biological parents (or parent, in the case of an individual who has 1 sole or surviving parent) or other person or institution that retains legal custody of the covered individual-- (A) have freely given their written irrevocable consent to the termination of their legal relationship with the individual, and to the individual's emigration and adoption and that such consent has not been induced by payment or compensation of any kind and has not been given prior to the birth of the individual; (B) are unable to provide proper care for the individual, as determined by the competent authority in the country of the individual's residence; or (C) have voluntarily relinquished the individual to the competent authorities pursuant to the law of the country of the individual's residence; or (2) the covered individual, as determined by the competent authority in the country of the individual's residence-- (A) has been abandoned or deserted by the individual's biological parents or legal guardian; or (B) has been orphaned due to the death or disappearance of the individual's biological parents or legal guardian. SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this Act, or in any amendment made by this Act, may be construed to-- (1) abrogate any citizenship rights provided to an adoptee by the adoptee's country of origin; or (2) nullify the facts of the adoptee's birth history. SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that the government of each foreign country from which children are adopted by citizens of the United States should provide documentation of the adopted children's original birth history to the adoptive family in accordance with the laws of such country.

Summary: Foreign Adopted Children Equality Act or the FACE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth automatic citizenship criteria for a child adopted outside the United States by a U.S. citizen parent. Deems such an adopted child to be a U.S. citizen at birth. Deems to be a U.S. citizen at birth, after the approval of an application filed within the United States or with a U.S. Embassy, a person who: (1) is older than 18 years of age; (2) was born outside the United States and was adopted by a U.S. citizen parent before such person reached 18 years of age; and (3) was adopted under 16 years of age and has lived with the adoptive parents for at least two years, was abused, or is an orphan who was under 16 years of age at the time an immediate relative status petition was filed on his or her behalf. Includes within the definition of nonimmigrant an individual brought to the United States as a child to be adopted by a U.S. citizen. Expresses the sense of Congress that the government of each foreign country from which children are adopted by U.S. citizens should provide the adoptive family with birth history documentation.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices and Principles of Economic Justice Act of 1997''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Currently, overall unemployment in Northern Ireland is approximately 13 percent, as compared to 9 percent in the rest of the United Kingdom. (2) Unemployment in the minority community in Northern Ireland is 16 percent (22 percent for males and 8 percent for females), and in some portions of the minority community unemployment has historically exceeded 70 percent. (3) The British Government Fair Employment Commission (F.E.C.), formerly the Fair Employment Agency (F.E.A.), has consistently reported that a member of the minority community is two times more likely to be unemployed than a member of the majority community. (4) The Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), Washington, District of Columbia, lists more than 90 United States companies doing business in Northern Ireland, which employ approximately 11,000 individuals. (5) The religious minority population of Northern Ireland is subject to discriminatory hiring practices by some United States businesses. (6) The MacBride Principles are a nine point set of guidelines for fair employment in Northern Ireland which establishes a corporate code of conduct to promote equal access to regional employment but does not require disinvestment, quotas, or reverse discrimination. SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS. An article from Northern Ireland may not be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States unless there is presented at the time of entry to the customs officer concerned documentation indicating that the enterprise which manufactured or assembled such article was in compliance at the time of manufacture with the principles described in section 5. SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRINCIPLES. (a) Compliance.--Any United States person who-- (1) has a branch or office in Northern Ireland, or (2) controls a corporation, partnership, or other enterprise in Northern Ireland, in which more than ten people are employed shall take the necessary steps to ensure that, in operating such branch, office, corporation, partnership, or enterprise, those principles relating to employment practices set forth in section 5 are implemented and this Act is complied with. (b) Report.--Each United States person referred to in subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary-- (1) a detailed and fully documented annual report, signed under oath, on showing compliance with the provisions of this Act; and (2) such other information as the Secretary determines is necessary. SEC. 5. MACBRIDE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE. The principles referred to in section 4 are the MacBride Principles of Economic Justice, which are as follows: (1) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the workforce, including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs. (2) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees at the workplace. (3) Banning provocative sectarian or political emblems from the workplace. (4) Providing that all job openings be advertised publicly and providing that special recruitment efforts be made to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups. (5) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures do not favor a particular religious group. (6) Abolishing job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion. (7) Providing for the development of training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of minority employees. (8) Establishing procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with the potential for further advancement. (9) Providing for the appointment of a senior management staff member to be responsible for the employment efforts of the entity and, within a reasonable period of time, the implementation of the principles described in paragraphs (1) through (8). SEC. 6. PROHIBITION. Nothing in this Act shall require quotas or reverse discrimination or mandate their use. SEC. 7. WAIVER OF PROVISIONS. (a) Waiver of Provisions.--In any case in which the President determines that compliance by a United States person with the provisions of this Act would harm the national security of the United States, the President may waive those provisions with respect to that United States person. The President shall publish in the Federal Register each waiver granted under this section and shall submit to the Congress a justification for granting each such waiver. Any such waiver shall become effective at the end of ninety days after the date on which the justification is submitted to the Congress unless the Congress, within that ninety-day period, adopts a joint resolution disapproving the waiver. In the computation of such ninety-day period, there shall be excluded the days on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain or because of an adjournment of the Congress sine die. (b) Consideration of Resolutions.-- (1) Any resolution described in subsection (a) shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. (2) For the purpose of expediting the consideration and adoption of a resolution under subsection (a) in the House of Representatives, a motion to proceed to the consideration of such resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the House of Representatives. SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS AND PRESUMPTIONS. (a) Definitions.--For the purpose of this Act-- (1) the term ``United States person'' means any United States resident or national and any domestic concern (including any permanent domestic establishment of any foreign concern); (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce; and (3) the term ``Northern Ireland'' includes the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Tyrone, and Fermanagh. (b) Presumption.--A United States person shall be presumed to control a corporation, partnership, or other enterprise in Northern Ireland if-- (1) the United States person beneficially owns or controls (whether directly or indirectly) more than 50 percent of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation, partnership, or enterprise; (2) the United States person beneficially owns or controls (whether directly or indirectly) 25 percent or more of the voting securities of the corporation, partnership, or enterprise, if no other person owns or controls (whether directly or indirectly) an equal or larger percentage; (3) the corporation, partnership, or enterprise is operated by the United States person pursuant to the provisions of an exclusive management contract; (4) a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation, partnership, or enterprise are also members of the comparable governing body of the United States person; (5) the United States person has authority to appoint the majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation, partnership, or enterprise; or (6) the United States person has authority to appoint the chief operating officer of the corporation, partnership, or enterprise. SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices and Principles of Economic Justice Act of 1997 - Prohibits the importation into the United States of an article from Northern Ireland unless documentation is presented at the time of entry indicating that the enterprise which manufactured or assembled such article complied at the time of manufacture with the MacBride Principles of Economic Justice, a nine-point set of guidelines (such as freedom from religious discrimination) for fair employment in Northern Ireland. Requires any U.S. person who has a branch or office in Northern Ireland or who controls an enterprise in Northern Ireland in which more than ten people are employed to insure implementation of such employment principles and compliance with this Act. Declares that nothing in this Act shall require quotas or reverse discrimination or mandate their use. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act in the interest of U.S. national security.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. CULTURE OF SAFETY HOSPITAL ACCOUNTABILITY STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) Study.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a study that-- (A) examines existing activities and programs in hospitals for quality assurance, patient safety, and performance improvement and provides an analysis regarding best practices with respect to such activities and programs; and (B) identifies best practices that should be replicated in hospitals to improve patient safety and quality of care, consistent with the provisions included under the quality assessment and performance improvement program, as required under the conditions of participation for hospitals under Medicare. (2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1). Such report shall be made available on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (b) Demonstration Program.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish the Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability demonstration program to provide support for establishing partnerships and other cooperative approaches between hospitals, State health care agencies, and the Department of Health and Human Services to promote and implement the best practices identified under subsection (a), with the goal of improving the safety and quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries and enhance compliance with the conditions of participation for hospitals under Medicare. (2) Duration.--The demonstration program shall operate during a period of 3 years, beginning not later than 12 months after completion of the report described in subsection (a)(2). (3) Scope.-- (A) States.--The Secretary shall select not less than 4 States, but not more than 6 States, to participate in the demonstration program. (B) Hospitals.--The Secretary shall select not more than 24 hospitals, within the States selected under subparagraph (A), to participate in the demonstration program. The hospitals selected under this subparagraph shall satisfy criteria, as developed by the Secretary, relating to compliance with the conditions of participation for hospitals under Medicare. (4) Application.--A State or hospital that desires to participate in the demonstration program shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. (5) Implementation.-- (A) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall provide participating hospitals with technical assistance in implementation of the best practices identified through the study under subsection (a). (B) Hospital surveyors.--For each State participating in the demonstration program, the Secretary shall provide training to State surveyors that is designed to-- (i) enhance knowledge of the disciplines of patient safety, quality assessment, and performance improvement; (ii) increase skill in evaluating compliance with quality assessment and performance improvement programs required under the conditions of participation for hospitals under Medicare; and (iii) focus investigations of complaints regarding hospital care on the hospital's quality assessment and performance improvement program. (6) Evaluation.--For each State and hospital participating in the demonstration program, the Secretary shall evaluate the following: (A) The level of implementation of the best practices identified under subsection (a) by the participating hospitals and whether adoption of such practices-- (i) improved quality and patient safety (including an analysis of changes in quality measures and other indicators of outcome and performance); and (ii) resulted in a decrease in the seriousness or number of citations for deficiencies under the conditions of participation for hospitals under Medicare. (B) The training provided to State surveyors and whether such training resulted in enhanced proficiency in evaluations of hospital quality assessment and performance improvement programs. (7) Report.--Not later than 12 months after completion of the demonstration program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing an evaluation of such program, including-- (A) the findings of the evaluation under paragraph (6); and (B) recommendations-- (i) in regard to whether the best practices identified under the demonstration program should be adopted by other hospitals, and how the Secretary can best promote adoption of such best practices; (ii) in regard to whether the training for State surveyors developed under the demonstration program should be provided to all State surveyors; and (iii) for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate. (8) Waiver authority.--The Secretary may waive such requirements under titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act as may be necessary to carry out the demonstration program. (c) Funding.--For purposes of carrying out this Act, the Secretary shall provide for the transfer from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1817 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) of $25,000,000, to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program Management Account for the period of fiscal years 2010 through 2017. Amounts transferred under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended. (d) Alternative Remedies.--Section 1866(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(5)(A) The Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations that establish enforcement remedies that are in addition to, or in lieu of, termination of an agreement under this section for hospitals or critical access hospitals for violations of health and safety requirements under this title. Such remedies may include directed plans of correction that are designed to-- ``(i) ensure compliance with requirements under this title (including conditions of participation for hospitals or critical access hospitals); ``(ii) prevent recurrence of non-compliance with such requirements; and ``(iii) improve the internal structures and processes within the hospital or critical access hospital for provision of continuous quality and safety enhancement. ``(B) The regulations described under subparagraph (A) may be promulgated by the Secretary before, during, or after the evaluation described under section 2(b)(6) of the Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Act of 2010.''. (e) Non-Application of Paperwork Reduction Act.--Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the `Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995') shall not apply to this Act. (f) Definitions.--In this Act: (1) Demonstration program.--The term ``demonstration program'' means the Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability demonstration program conducted under this Act. (2) Hospital.--The term ``hospital'' means-- (A) an institution described under section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e)); or (B) a critical access hospital (as described under section 1861(mm)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(1)). (3) Medicare.--The term ``Medicare'' means the program established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.). (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Summary: Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Heatlh and Human Services (HHS) to study for a report made available on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: (1) existing activities and programs in hospitals for quality assurance, patient safety, and performance improvement; and (2) any best practices that should be replicated in hospitals to improve patient safety and quality of care, consistent with the quality assessment and performance improvement program, as required by the conditions of participation for hospitals under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary to establish the Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability demonstration program to support establishing partnerships and other cooperative approaches among hospitals, state health care agencies, and HHS to promote and implement the best practices.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Child Care Act''. SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a program to award grants to States, on a competitive basis, to assist States in providing funds to encourage the establishment and operation of employer-operated child care programs. (b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including an assurance that the funds required under subsection (e) will be provided. (c) Amount and Period of Grant.--The Secretary shall determine the amount of a grant to a State under this section based on the population of the State as compared to the population of all States receiving grants under this section. The Secretary shall make the grant for a period of 3 years. (d) Use of Funds.-- (1) In general.--A State shall use amounts provided under a grant awarded under this section to provide assistance to small businesses (or consortia formed in accordance with paragraph (3)) located in the State to enable the small businesses (or consortia) to establish and operate child care programs. Such assistance may include-- (A) technical assistance in the establishment of a child care program; (B) assistance for the startup costs related to a child care program; (C) assistance for the training of child care providers; (D) scholarships for low-income wage earners; (E) the provision of services to care for sick children or to provide care to school-aged children; (F) the entering into of contracts with local resource and referral organizations or local health departments; (G) assistance for care for children with disabilities; (H) payment of expenses for renovation or operation of a child care facility; or (I) assistance for any other activity determined appropriate by the State. (2) Application.--In order for a small business or consortium to be eligible to receive assistance from a State under this section, the small business involved shall prepare and submit to the State an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State may require. (3) Preference.-- (A) In general.--In providing assistance under this section, a State shall give priority to an applicant that desires to form a consortium to provide child care in a geographic area within the State where such care is not generally available or accessible. (B) Consortium.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), a consortium shall be made up of 2 or more entities that shall include small businesses and that may include large businesses, nonprofit agencies or organizations, local governments, or other appropriate entities. (4) Limitations.--With respect to grant funds received under this section, a State may not provide in excess of $500,000 in assistance from such funds to any single applicant. (e) Matching Requirement.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall provide assurances to the Secretary that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by a covered entity receiving assistance in carrying out activities under this section, the covered entity will make available (directly or through donations from public or private entities) non-Federal contributions to such costs in an amount equal to-- (1) for the first fiscal year in which the covered entity receives such assistance, not less than 50 percent of such costs ($1 for each $1 of assistance provided to the covered entity under the grant); (2) for the second fiscal year in which the covered entity receives such assistance, not less than 66\2/3\ percent of such costs ($2 for each $1 of assistance provided to the covered entity under the grant); and (3) for the third fiscal year in which the covered entity receives such assistance, not less than 75 percent of such costs ($3 for each $1 of assistance provided to the covered entity under the grant). (f) Requirements of Providers.--To be eligible to receive assistance under a grant awarded under this section, a child care provider-- (1) who receives assistance from a State shall comply with all applicable State and local licensing and regulatory requirements and all applicable health and safety standards in effect in the State; and (2) who receives assistance from an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall comply with all applicable regulatory standards. (g) State-Level Activities.--A State may not retain more than 3 percent of the amount described in subsection (c) for State administration and other State-level activities. (h) Administration.-- (1) State responsibility.--A State shall have responsibility for administering a grant awarded for the State under this section and for monitoring covered entities that receive assistance under such grant. (2) Audits.--A State shall require each covered entity receiving assistance under the grant awarded under this section to conduct an annual audit with respect to the activities of the covered entity. Such audits shall be submitted to the State. (3) Misuse of funds.-- (A) Repayment.--If the State determines, through an audit or otherwise, that a covered entity receiving assistance under a grant awarded under this section has misused the assistance, the State shall notify the Secretary of the misuse. The Secretary, upon such a notification, may seek from such a covered entity the repayment of an amount equal to the amount of any such misused assistance plus interest. (B) Appeals process.--The Secretary shall by regulation provide for an appeals process with respect to repayments under this paragraph. (i) Reporting Requirements.-- (1) 2-year study.-- (A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Secretary first awards grants under this section, the Secretary shall conduct a study to determine-- (i) the capacity of covered entities to meet the child care needs of communities within States; (ii) the kinds of consortia that are being formed with respect to child care at the local level to carry out programs funded under this section; and (iii) who is using the programs funded under this section and the income levels of such individuals. (B) Report.--Not later than 28 months after the date on which the Secretary first awards grants under this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the study conducted in accordance with subparagraph (A). (2) 4-year study.-- (A) In general.--Not later than 4 years after the date on which the Secretary first awards grants under this section, the Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the number of child care facilities that are funded through covered entities that received assistance through a grant awarded under this section and that remain in operation, and the extent to which such facilities are meeting the child care needs of the individuals served by such facilities. (B) Report.--Not later than 52 months after the date on which the Secretary first awards grants under this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the study conducted in accordance with subparagraph (A). (j) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means a small business or a consortium formed in accordance with subsection (d)(3). (2) Indian community.--The term ``Indian community'' means a community served by an Indian tribe or tribal organization. (3) Indian tribe; tribal organization.--The terms ``Indian tribe'' and ``tribal organization'' have the meanings given the terms in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). (4) Small business.--The term ``small business'' means an employer who employed an average of at least 2 but not more than 50 employees on the business days during the preceding calendar year. (5) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the term in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). (k) Application to Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations.--In this section: (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (f)(1), and in paragraphs (2) and (3), the term ``State'' includes an Indian tribe or tribal organization. (2) Geographic references.--The term ``State'' includes an Indian community in subsections (c) (the second and third place the term appears), (d)(1) (the second place the term appears), (d)(3)(A) (the second place the term appears), and (i)(1)(A)(i). (3) State-level activities.--The term ``State-level activities'' includes activities at the tribal level. (l) Authorization of Appropriations.-- (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. (2) Studies and administration.--With respect to the total amount appropriated for such period in accordance with this subsection, not more than $2,500,000 of that amount may be used for expenditures related to conducting studies required under, and the administration of, this section. (m) Termination of Program.--The program established under subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2012.

Summary: Small Business Child Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to assist states in providing funds to encourage the establishment and operation of employer-operated child care programs.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) by enacting the Act of December 22, 1944, commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of 1944'' (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665; 33 U.S.C. 701-1 et seq.) Congress approved the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program (referred to in this section as the ``Pick-Sloan program'')-- (A) to promote the general economic development of the United States; (B) to provide for irrigation above Sioux City, Iowa; (C) to protect urban and rural areas from devastating floods of the Missouri River; and (D) for other purposes; (2) the waters impounded for the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects of the Pick-Sloan program have inundated the fertile, wooded bottom lands along the Missouri River that constituted the most productive agricultural and pastoral lands of, and the homeland of, the members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe; (3) the Fort Randall project (including the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir) overlies the western boundary of the Yankton Sioux Tribe Indian Reservation; (4) the Gavins Point project (including the Gavins Point Dam and Reservoir) overlies the eastern boundary of the Santee Sioux Tribe; (5) although the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects are major components of the Pick-Sloan program, and contribute to the economy of the United States by generating a substantial amount of hydropower and impounding a substantial quantity of water, the reservations of the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe remain undeveloped; (6) the United States Army Corps of Engineers took the Indian lands used for the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects by condemnation proceedings; (7) the Federal Government did not give the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe an opportunity to receive compensation for direct damages from the Pick-Sloan program, even though the Federal Government gave 5 Indian reservations upstream from the reservations of those Indian tribes such an opportunity; (8) the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe did not receive just compensation for the taking of productive agricultural Indian lands through the condemnation referred to in paragraph (6); (9) the settlement agreement that the United States entered into with the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe to provide compensation for the taking by condemnation referred to in paragraph (6) did not take into account the increase in property values over the years between the date of taking and the date of settlement; and (10) in addition to the financial compensation provided under the settlement agreements referred to in paragraph (9)-- (A) the Yankton Sioux Tribe should receive an aggregate amount equal to $23,023,743 for the loss value of 2,851.40 acres of Indian land taken for the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir of the Pick-Sloan program; and (B) the Santee Sioux Tribe should receive an aggregate amount equal to $4,789,010 for the loss value of 593.10 acres of Indian land located near the Santee village. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)). (2) Santee sioux tribe.--The term ``Santee Sioux Tribe'' means the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska. (3) Yankton sioux tribe.--The term ``Yankton Sioux Tribe'' means the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. SEC. 4. YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND. (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ``Yankton Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund'' (referred to in this section as the ``Fund''). The Fund shall consist of any amounts deposited in the Fund under this Act. (b) Funding.--On the first day of the 11th fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, from the General Fund of the Treasury, deposit into the Fund established under subsection (a)-- (1) $23,023,743; and (2) an additional amount that equals the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount described in paragraph (1) if such amount had been invested in interest-bearing obligations of the United States, or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States, on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act and compounded annually thereafter. (c) Investment of Trust Fund.--It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of the Fund as is not, in the Secretary of Treasury's judgment, required to meet current withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit interest resulting from such investments into the Fund. (d) Payment of Interest to Tribe.-- (1) Withdrawal of interest.--Beginning on the first day of the 11th fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act and, on the first day of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall withdraw the aggregate amount of interest deposited into the Fund for that fiscal year and transfer that amount to the Secretary of the Interior for use in accordance with paragraph (2). Each amount so transferred shall be available without fiscal year limitation. (2) Payments to yankton sioux tribe.-- (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall use the amounts transferred under paragraph (1) only for the purpose of making payments to the Yankton Sioux Tribe, as such payments are requested by that Indian tribe pursuant to tribal resolution. (B) Limitation.--Payments may be made by the Secretary of the Interior under subparagraph (A) only after the Yankton Sioux Tribe has adopted a tribal plan under section 6. (C) Use of payments by yankton sioux tribe.--The Yankton Sioux Tribe shall use the payments made under subparagraph (A) only for carrying out projects and programs under the tribal plan prepared under section 6. (e) Transfers and Withdrawals.--Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d)(1), the Secretary of the Treasury may not transfer or withdraw any amount deposited under subsection (b). SEC. 5. SANTEE SIOUX TRIBE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND. (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ``Santee Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund'' (referred to in this section as the ``Fund''). The Fund shall consist of any amounts deposited in the Fund under this Act. (b) Funding.--On the first day of the 11th fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, from the General Fund of the Treasury, deposit into the Fund established under subsection (a)-- (1) $4,789,010; and (2) an additional amount that equals the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount described in paragraph (1) if such amount had been invested in interest-bearing obligations of the United States, or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States, on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act and compounded annually thereafter. (c) Investment of Trust Fund.--It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of the Fund as is not, in the Secretary of Treasury's judgment, required to meet current withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit interest resulting from such investments into the Fund. (d) Payment of Interest to Tribe.-- (1) Withdrawal of interest.--Beginning on the first day of the 11th fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act and, on the first day of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall withdraw the aggregate amount of interest deposited into the Fund for that fiscal year and transfer that amount to the Secretary of the Interior for use in accordance with paragraph (2). Each amount so transferred shall be available without fiscal year limitation. (2) Payments to santee sioux tribe.-- (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall use the amounts transferred under paragraph (1) only for the purpose of making payments to the Santee Sioux Tribe, as such payments are requested by that Indian tribe pursuant to tribal resolution. (B) Limitation.--Payments may be made by the Secretary of the Interior under subparagraph (A) only after the Santee Sioux Tribe has adopted a tribal plan under section 6. (C) Use of payments by santee sioux tribe.--The Santee Sioux Tribe shall use the payments made under subparagraph (A) only for carrying out projects and programs under the tribal plan prepared under section 6. (e) Transfers and Withdrawals.--Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d)(1), the Secretary of the Treasury may not transfer or withdraw any amount deposited under subsection (b). SEC. 6. TRIBAL PLANS. (a) In General.--Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the tribal council of each of the Yankton Sioux and Santee Sioux Tribes shall prepare a plan for the use of the payments to the tribe under section 4(d) or 5(d) (referred to in this subsection as a ``tribal plan''). (b) Contents of Tribal Plan.--Each tribal plan shall provide for the manner in which the tribe covered under the tribal plan shall expend payments to the tribe under section 4(d) or 5(d) to promote-- (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; (3) the educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the tribe and its members; or (4) any combination of the activities described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). (c) Tribal Plan Review and Revision.-- (1) In general.--Each tribal council referred to in subsection (a) shall make available for review and comment by the members of the tribe a copy of the tribal plan for the Indian tribe before the tribal plan becomes final, in accordance with procedures established by the tribal council. (2) Updating of tribal plan.--Each tribal council referred to in subsection (a) may, on an annual basis, revise the tribal plan prepared by that tribal council to update the tribal plan. In revising the tribal plan under this paragraph, the tribal council shall provide the members of the tribe opportunity to review and comment on any proposed revision to the tribal plan. (3) Consultation.--In preparing the tribal plan and any revisions to update the plan, each tribal council shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (4) Audit.-- (A) In general.--The activities of the tribes in carrying out the tribal plans shall be audited as part of the annual single-agency audit that the tribes are required to prepare pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget circular numbered A-133. (B) Determination by auditors.--The auditors that conduct the audit described in subparagraph (A) shall-- (i) determine whether funds received by each tribe under this section for the period covered by the audits were expended to carry out the respective tribal plans in a manner consistent with this section; and (ii) include in the written findings of the audits the determinations made under clause (i). (C) Inclusion of findings with publication of proceedings of tribal council.--A copy of the written findings of the audits described in subparagraph (A) shall be inserted in the published minutes of each tribal council's proceedings for the session at which the audit is presented to the tribal councils. (d) Prohibition on Per Capita Payments.--No portion of any payment made under this Act may be distributed to any member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe or the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska on a per capita basis. SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY OF TRIBE FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. (a) In General.--No payment made to the Yankton Sioux Tribe or Santee Sioux Tribe pursuant to this Act shall result in the reduction or denial of any service or program to which, pursuant to Federal law-- (1) the Yankton Sioux Tribe or Santee Sioux Tribe is otherwise entitled because of the status of the tribe as a federally recognized Indian tribe; or (2) any individual who is a member of a tribe under paragraph (1) is entitled because of the status of the individual as a member of the tribe. (b) Exemptions From Taxation.--No payment made pursuant to this Act shall be subject to any Federal or State income tax. (c) Power Rates.--No payment made pursuant to this Act shall affect Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin power rates. SEC. 8. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this Act may be construed as diminishing or affecting any water right of an Indian tribe, except as specifically provided in another provision of this Act, any treaty right that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, or any authority of the Secretary of the Interior or the head of any other Federal agency under a law in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act, including such sums as may be necessary for the administration of the Yankton Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund under section 4 and the Santee Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund under section 5. SEC. 10. EXTINGUISHMENT OF CLAIMS. Upon the deposit of funds under sections 4(b) and 5(b), all monetary claims that the Yankton Sioux Tribe or the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska has or may have against the United States for loss of value or use of land related to lands described in section 2(a)(10) resulting from the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program shall be extinguished. Passed the Senate July 24, 2002. Attest: JERI THOMSON, Secretary.

Summary: Title I: Yankton Sioux and Santee Sioux Tribes Equitable Compensation - Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act - (Sec. 104) Establishes in the Treasury the Yankton Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund and the Santee Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary), on the first day of the 11th fiscal year beginning after enactment of this Act, to transfer from the General Fund into such Funds specified amounts plus the equivalent of the annually compounded interest that would have accrued on such amounts if they had been invested in interest-bearing U.S. obligations or in obligations guaranteed by the United States. Requires the Secretary to invest in such obligations the portion of such Funds not required to meet current withdrawals.Directs the Secretary, beginning the same day as such transfer, to withdraw the aggregate amount of interest deposited into the Funds each fiscal year and transfer it to the Secretary of the Interior for making payments to the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe for carrying out projects and programs under their respective Tribal Plan.(Sec. 106) Directs the tribal council of each Tribe to prepare a Tribal Plan for using payments to carry out projects and programs to promote: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) the educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the Tribe and its members. Prohibits per capita distributions to Tribe members.(Sec. 107) States that payments under this Act shall not affect other Federal services or programs to which the Tribes are otherwise entitled, or the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin power rates, nor be subject to Federal or State income tax.(Sec. 109) Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 110) Extinguishes all monetary claims of the Tribes against the United States for loss of value or use of land resulting from the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program upon the Secretary's transfers to the tribal Funds established by this Act.Title II: Martin's Cove Land Transfer - Martin's Cove Land Transfer Act - (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer to convey to the Corporation of the Presiding Bishop specified public lands (Martin's Cove in Natrona County, Wyoming) for the purposes of public education, historic preservation, and enhanced recreational enjoyment of the public. Requires the Corporation to pay the United States the historic fair market value of the property conveyed, including any improvements.Directs the Secretary and the Corporation to enter into an agreement, binding on any successor or assignee, that ensures that the property conveyed shall, consistent with the site's historic purposes: (1) be available in perpetuity for public education and historic preservation; and (2) provide to the public, in perpetuity and without charge, access to the property.Directs the Secretary to require that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and its current or future affiliated corporations grant the United States a right of first refusal to acquire the property at historic fair market value if the Church or any of its corporations seeks to dispose of it.Requires that the proceeds of this conveyance be used exclusively by the National Trails Interpretive Center Foundation, Inc. of Casper, Wyoming, to advance the public understanding and enjoyment of the National Historic Trails System. Requires the Foundation to use such proceeds only to: (1) complete construction of the exhibits connected with the opening of the National Historic Trails Center; and (2) maintain, acquire, and further enhance the Center's exhibits, artistic representations, historic artifacts, and grounds.States that this title does not set a precedent for the resolution of land sales between or among private entities and the United States.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Repeal of Obamacare Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following with respect to the impact of Public Law 111-148 and related provisions of Public Law 111-152 (collectively referred to in this section as ``the law''): (1) President Obama promised the American people that if they liked their current health coverage, they could keep it. But even the Obama Administration admits that tens of millions of Americans are at risk of losing their health care coverage, including as many as 8 in 10 plans offered by small businesses. (2) Despite projected spending of more than two trillion dollars over the next 10 years, cutting Medicare by more than one-half trillion dollars over that period, and increasing taxes by over $800 billion dollars over that period, the law does not lower health care costs. In fact, the law actually makes coverage more expensive for millions of Americans. The average American family already paid a premium increase of approximately $1,200 in the year following passage of the law. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that health insurance premiums for individuals buying private health coverage on their own will increase by $2,100 in 2016 compared to what the premiums would have been in 2016 if the law had not passed. (3) The law cuts more than one-half trillion dollars in Medicare and uses the funds to create a new entitlement program rather than to protect and strengthen the Medicare program. Actuaries at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) warn that the Medicare cuts contained in the law are so drastic that ``providers might end their participation in the program (possibly jeopardizing access to care for beneficiaries)''. CBO cautioned that the Medicare cuts ``might be difficult to sustain over a long period of time''. According to the CMS actuaries, 7.4 million Medicare beneficiaries who would have been enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan in 2017 will lose access to their plan because the law cuts $206 billion in payments to Medicare Advantage plans. The Trustees of the Medicare Trust Funds predict that the law will result in a substantial decline in employer-sponsored retiree drug coverage, and 90 percent of seniors will no longer have access to retiree drug coverage by 2016 as a result of the law. (4) The law creates a 15-member, unelected Independent Payment Advisory Board that is empowered to make binding decisions regarding what treatments Medicare will cover and how much Medicare will pay for treatments solely to cut spending, restricting access to health care for seniors. (5) The law and the more than 13,000 pages of related regulations issued before July 11, 2012, are causing great uncertainty, slowing economic growth, and limiting hiring opportunities for the approximately 13 million Americans searching for work. Imposing higher costs on businesses will lead to lower wages, fewer workers, or both. (6) The law imposes 21 new or higher taxes on American families and businesses, including 12 taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year. (7) While President Obama promised that nothing in the law would fund elective abortion, the law expands the role of the Federal Government in funding and facilitating abortion and plans that cover abortion. The law appropriates billions of dollars in new funding without explicitly prohibiting the use of these funds for abortion, and it provides Federal subsidies for health plans covering elective abortions. Moreover, the law effectively forces millions of individuals to personally pay a separate abortion premium in violation of their sincerely held religious, ethical, or moral beliefs. (8) Until enactment of the law, the Federal Government has not sought to impose specific coverage or care requirements that infringe on the rights of conscience of insurers, purchasers of insurance, plan sponsors, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders, such as individual or institutional health care providers. The law creates a new nationwide requirement for health plans to cover ``essential health benefits'' and ``preventive services'', but does not allow stakeholders to opt out of covering items or services to which they have a religious or moral objection, in violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Public Law 103-141). By creating new barriers to health insurance and causing the loss of existing insurance arrangements, these inflexible mandates jeopardize the ability of institutions and individuals to exercise their rights of conscience and their ability to freely participate in the health insurance and health care marketplace. (9) The law expands Government control over health care, adds trillions of dollars to existing liabilities, drives costs up even further, and too often puts Federal bureaucrats, instead of doctors and patients, in charge of health care decisionmaking. (10) The path to patient-centered care and lower costs for all Americans must begin with a full repeal of the law. SEC. 3. REPEAL OF OBAMACARE. (a) PPACA.--Effective as of the enactment of Public Law 111-148, such Act (other than subsection (d) of section 1899A of the Social Security Act, as added and amended by sections 3403 and 10320 of such Public Law) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act (other than such subsection (d)) are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted. (b) Health Care-Related Provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.--Effective as of the enactment of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111- 152), title I and subtitle B of title II of such Act are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such title or subtitle, respectively, are restored or revived as if such title and subtitle had not been enacted. SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT. The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, as long as such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage of this Act. Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2012. Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, Clerk.

Summary: Repeal of Obamacare Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be referred to as the ``Sweetgrass Hills Protection Act of 1995''. SEC. 2. SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. (a) In General.--For the purpose of conserving, protecting, and enhancing the exceptional scenic, wildlife, water quality, and cultural characteristics of lands along the Sweetgrass Hills in north central Montana, there is hereby established the Sweetgrass Hills Natural Area within the Bureau of Land Management's Sweetgrass Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) as identified in the West HiLine Resource Management Plan in the State of Montana (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``natural area''). (b) Area Included.--The natural area shall consist of the lands, waters, and interests therein within the area generally depicted on the map entitled ``Boundary Map, . . .'', numbered ________, and Dated __________. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') may from time to time make minor revisions in the boundary of the natural area to promote management effectiveness and efficiency in the furtherance of this Act. SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION. (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the natural area in accordance with this Act and with the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the Bureau of Land Management. In the administration of such natural area, the Secretary may utilize such statutory authority as may be available to him for the conservation of wildlife, natural and cultural resources, and water quality as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (b) Hunting and Fishing.--The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters within the natural area in accordance with applicable Federal and State law. SEC. 4. ACQUISITION OF LANDS. The Secretary is directed to acquire lands or interests in lands within the boundaries of the natural area that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act by donation, purchase with donation or appropriated funds, or exchange. Lands within the boundaries of the natural area owned by the State of Montana or any political subdivision thereof may only be acquired by donation or exchange. SEC. 5. MINERALS AND MINING. (a) Withdrawals.--After the enactment of this Act: (1) Lands within the natural area shall not be open to location of mining claims under the mining laws of the United States. (2) The Secretary shall not issue any lease under the mineral leasing or geothermal leasing laws of the United States for lands within the natural area. (3) Lands within the natural area shall not be available for disposal of mineral materials under the Act of July 31, 1947, commonly known as the Materials Act of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 601 and following). (b) Limitation on Patent Issuance.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no patents shall be issued after July 19, 1995, for any location or claim made in the natural area under the mining laws of the United States. (2) Notwithstanding any statute of limitations or similar restriction otherwise applicable, any party claiming to have been deprived of any property right enactment of paragraph (1) may file in the United States Claims Court a claim against the United States within one year after the date of enactment of this Act seeking compensation for such property right. The United States Claims Court shall have jurisdiction to render judgement on such claim in accordance with section 1491 of title 28, United States Code. (c) Prohibition.--No Federal lands may be used in connection with any mining or mining related activities within the Natural Area. (d) Reclamation.--No mining or mining related activities involving any surface disturbance of lands or waters within such area, including disturbances through subsistence, shall be permitted except in accordance with requirements imposed by the Secretary, including requirements for reasonable reclamation of disturbed lands to a visual and hydrological condition as close as practicable to their premining condition. (e) Mining Claim Validity Review.--The Secretary shall undertake and complete within three years after the enactment of this Act an expedited program to examine all unpatented mining claims, including those for which a patent application has been filed, within the natural area. Upon determination by the Secretary that the elements of contest are present, the Secretary shall immediately determine the validity of such claims. If a claim is determined to be invalid, the Secretary shall declare the claim null and void. SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Summary: Sweetgrass Hills Protection Act of 1995 - Establishes the Sweetgrass Hills Natural Area within the Bureau of Land Management's Sweetgrass Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern in north central Montana for the purpose of conserving, protecting, and enhancing the exceptional scenic, wildlife, water quality, and cultural characteristics of such Area. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to administer the area in accordance with this Act and with the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the Bureau of Land Management. Authorizes appropriations.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hiring Heroes Tax Incentive Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS WHO EMPLOY MEMBERS OF THE READY RESERVE AND NATIONAL GUARD AND VETERANS RECENTLY SEPARATED FROM THE ARMED FORCES. (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related credits) is amended by inserting after section 45Q the following new section: ``SEC. 45R. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS WHO EMPLOY MEMBERS OF THE READY RESERVE AND NATIONAL GUARD AND VETERANS RECENTLY SEPARATED FROM THE ARMED FORCES. ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--For purposes of section 38, the amount of the military employment credit determined under this section with respect to any employer for any taxable year is 15 percent of the qualified wages paid or incurred during the calendar year which ends with or within such taxable year. ``(b) Qualified Wages.-- ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term `qualified wages' means any wages paid or incurred by an employer for services performed by a qualified employee. ``(2) Only first $10,000 of wages per year taken into account.--With respect to each employee, the amount of qualified wages which may be taken into account for a calendar year shall not exceed $10,000. ``(3) Coordination with other credits.--The $10,000 amount in paragraph (2) shall be reduced for any calendar year by the amount of wages paid or incurred during such year which are taken into account in determining the credit under section 45A(a), 45P(a), 51(a), 1396(a), 1400P(b), or 1400R. ``(c) Qualified Employee.--For purposes of this section-- ``(1) Qualified employee.--The term `qualified employee' means, with respect to any period, any employee of an employer if during such period-- ``(A) substantially all of the services performed by such employee for such employer are performed in a trade or business of the employer, and ``(B) such employee is-- ``(i) a Ready Reserve-National Guard employee, or ``(ii) a recently-separated veteran. ``(2) Certain individuals not eligible.--The term `qualified employee' shall not include any individual described in a subparagraph of section 1396(d)(2) (relating to certain individuals not eligible to be qualified zone employees). ``(3) Ready reserve-national guard employee.--The term `Ready Reserve-National Guard employee' means an employee who is a member of the Ready Reserve (as defined in section 10142 of title 10, United States Code) or the National Guard (as defined in section 101(c)(1) of such title 10). ``(4) Recently-separated veteran.--The term `recently- separated veteran' means an individual who served on active duty (other than active duty for training) in the Armed Forces of the United States and was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions within the 5-year period ending on the date of the performance of services. ``(d) Other Definitions and Special Rules.-- ``(1) Wages.--For purposes of this section, the term `wages' has the meaning given to such term by section 1397(a). ``(2) Controlled groups, etc.--Rules similar to the rules of subsections (b) and (c) of section 1397 shall apply for purposes of this section. ``(e) Termination.--The term `wages' shall not include any amount paid or incurred to an individual who begins work for the employer after December 31, 2012.''. (b) Denial of Double Benefit.--Subsection (a) of section 280C of such Code (relating to denial of deduction for certain expenses for which credits are allowable) is amended by inserting ``45R,'' after ``45P(a),''. (c) Credit To Be Part of General Business Credit.--Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (34), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (35) and inserting ``, plus'', and by inserting after paragraph (35) the following new paragraph: ``(36) the military employment credit determined under section 45R(a).''. (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``Sec. 45R. Credit for employers who employ members of the Ready Reserve and National Guard and veterans recently separated from the Armed Forces.''. (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Hiring Heroes Tax Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a tax credit for up to 15% of the first $10,000 of wages paid to a Ready Reserve-National Guard employee or a recently-separated veteran (i.e., honorably discharged within the past five years). Terminates such credit after 2012.


SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings: (1) Although a 1991 Sudanese criminal law prohibited abduction, kidnapping, forced labor, unlawful confinement, and unlawful detention, and although Sudan categorically denies the practice of slavery in Sudan, slavery continues unabated in Sudan. (2) The United States Department of State's Country Human Rights Report for 1995 noted that ``government forces carried out massacres, extrajudicial kidnapping, forced labor, and slavery'' in Sudan. (3) Amnesty International reports that the Government of Sudan abducted women and children from Northern Bahr al-Ghazal and the Nuba Mountains and during one of the raids of April and May of 1995 in the Babanusa to Wau area, 500 women and 150 children were taken as slaves. (4) In April 1996, a report by the United Nations Special Representative for Sudan, Gaspar Biro, reported ``an alarming increase in cases of slavery, servitude, slave trade and forced labor''. The taking of slaves, particularly in war zones, and their export to parts of central and northern Sudan, continues in Sudan. (5) Amnesty International reports that Sudan is party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the African Charter on Human and People's Rights, the Slavery Convention, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet, despite being a party to these agreements, slavery still exists in Sudan. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, MILITARY ASSISTANCE, OR ARMS TRANSFERS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF CERTAIN OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (a) Prohibition on Assistance to Government of Sudan.--The President may not provide economic assistance, military assistance, or arms transfers to the Government of Sudan unless the President certifies to the Congress that such Government has taken appropriate action to eliminate chattel slavery in Sudan, including-- (1) the enactment of antislavery laws that provide appropriate punishment for violators of such laws; and (2) the rigorous enforcement of such laws. (b) Prohibition on Assistance to Governments of Certain Other Foreign Countries.--The President may not provide economic assistance, military assistance, or arms transfers to the government of any foreign country that participates, or is otherwise involved, in the establishment or conduct of slavery originating from Sudan, directly or indirectly. (c) Definitions.--As used in this section: (1) Economic assistance.--The term ``economic assistance'' means any assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and any assistance under chapter 4 of part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.) (relating to economic support fund), except that such term does not include humanitarian assistance. (2) Military assistance or arms transfers.--The term ``military assistance or arms transfers'' means-- (A) assistance under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.) (relating to military assistance), including the transfer of excess defense articles under sections 516 through 519 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2321j through 2321m); (B) assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) (relating to international military education and training); (C) assistance under the ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763); or (D) the transfer of defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), including defense articles and defense services licensed or approved for export under section 38 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2778). SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF SLAVERY MONITOR IN SUDAN. The Secretary of State shall designate an individual who is assigned to the diplomatic mission in Khartoum, Sudan, to be responsible for monitoring slavery in Sudan, when such diplomatic mission is reestablished. SEC. 4. REPORT ON SLAVERY IN SUDAN. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report that describes all forms of covert and overt forms of slavery in Sudan. SEC. 5. MULTILATERAL MEASURES TO ELIMINATE SLAVERY IN SUDAN. (a) Requirement To Oppose Assistance to Sudan From Certain International Financial Institutions.--The President shall instruct the United States representative to each international financial institution to which the United States is a member to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance from that financial institution to Sudan until the Government of Sudan has taken the actions described in section 2(a) to eliminate chattel slavery in Sudan. (b) Cooperation With Other Countries To Apply United States Sanctions Against Sudan.--The President shall instruct the United States permanent representative to the United Nations to actively pursue the passage of any resolution by the United Nations Security Council that enhances the cooperation of other countries in the application of the spirit and intent of the sanctions against Sudan described in this Act and in any other Act. (c) Sense of the Congress Relating to Access by Humanitarian Assistance Organizations Within Sudan.--It is the sense of the Congress that the President should work with foreign countries and appropriate international organizations to ensure that humanitarian assistance organizations have access to all parts of Sudan for the purpose of assisting individuals who have been enslaved to resettle in Sudan.

Summary: Prohibits the President from providing economic assistance, military assistance, or arms transfers to Sudan (or to any foreign country involved in chattel slavery in Sudan) unless he certifies to the Congress that Sudan has taken action to eliminate chattel slavery, including: (1) enactment of antislavery laws that punish violators; and (2) rigorous enforcement of such laws. Directs the Secretary of State to designate an individual from the diplomatic mission in Khartoum, Sudan, for monitoring slavery there. Requires the President to report to the Congress on all forms of covert and overt forms of slavery in Sudan. Directs the President to instruct: (1) the U.S. representative to each international financial institution to oppose any assistance to Sudan until it has taken action to eliminate chattel slavery; and (2) the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations to pursue passage of any U.N. Security Council resolution that enhances cooperation of other countries in applying sanctions against Sudan. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should work with foreign countries and appropriate international organizations to ensure that humanitarian assistance organizations have access to all parts of Sudan for the purpose of assisting individuals who have been enslaved to resettle in Sudan.


SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF GAIN ON SALE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE. (a) In General.--Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 121. EXCLUSION OF GAIN ON SALE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE. ``(a) General Rule.--Gross income does not include gain from the sale or exchange of property if during the 5-year period ending on the date of the sale or exchange, such property has been owned and used by the taxpayer as his principal residence for periods aggregating 2 years or more. ``(b) Dollar Limitation.-- ``(1) In general.--The amount of the gain excluded from gross income under subsection (a) shall not exceed $250,000 ($500,000 in the case of a joint return where both spouses meet the holding and use requirements of subsection (a)). ``(2) Inflation adjustment.-- ``(A) In general.--In the case of a taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 1997, the $250,000 and $500,000 amounts contained in paragraph (1) shall each be increased by an amount equal to-- ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting `calendar year 1996' for `calendar year 1992' in subparagraph (B) thereof. ``(B) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted under subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. ``(c) Special Rules.-- ``(1) Property held jointly by husband and wife.--For purposes of this section, if-- ``(A) property is held by a husband and wife as joint tenants, tenants by the entirety, or community property, ``(B) such husband and wife make a joint return under section 6013 for the taxable year of the sale or exchange, and ``(C) one spouse satisfies the holding and use requirements of subsection (a) with respect to such property, then both husband and wife shall be treated as satisfying the holding and use requirements of subsection (a) with respect to such property. ``(2) Property of deceased spouse.--For purposes of this section, in the case of an unmarried individual whose spouse is deceased on the date of the sale or exchange of property, if the deceased spouse (during the 5-year period ending on the date of the sale or exchange) satisfied the holding and use requirements of subsection (a) with respect to such property, then such individual shall be treated as satisfying the holding and use requirements of subsection (a) with respect to such property. ``(3) Tenant-stockholder in cooperative housing corporation.--For purposes of this section, if the taxpayer holds stock as a tenant-stockholder (as defined in section 216) in a cooperative housing corporation (as defined in such section), then-- ``(A) the holding requirements of subsection (a) shall be applied to the holding of such stock, and ``(B) the use requirements of subsection (a) shall be applied to the house or apartment which the taxpayer was entitled to occupy as such stockholder. ``(4) Involuntary conversions.--For purposes of this section, the destruction, theft, seizure, requisition, or condemnation of property shall be treated as the sale of such property. ``(5) Property used in part as principal residence.--In the case of property only a portion of which, during the 5-year period ending on the date of the sale or exchange, has been owned and used by the taxpayer as his principal residence for periods aggregating 2 years or more, this section shall apply with respect to so much of the gain from the sale or exchange of such property as is determined, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to be attributable to the portion of the property so owned and used by the taxpayer. ``(6) Determination of marital status.--In the case of any sale or exchange, for purposes of this section-- ``(A) the determination of whether an individual is married shall be made as of the date of the sale or exchange; and ``(B) an individual legally separated from his spouse under a decree of divorce or of separate maintenance shall not be considered as married. ``(7) Application of sections 1033 and 1034.---In applying sections 1033 (relating to involuntary conversions) and 1034 (relating to sale or exchange of residence), the amount realized from the sale or exchange of property shall be treated as being the amount determined without regard to this section. ``(8) Property acquired after involuntary conversion.--If the basis of the property sold or exchanged is determined (in whole or in part) under subsection (b) of section 1033 (relating to basis of property acquired through involuntary conversion), then the holding and use by the taxpayer of the converted property shall be treated as holding and use by the taxpayer of the property sold or exchanged. ``(9) Determination of use during periods of out-of- residence care.--In the case of a taxpayer who-- ``(A) becomes physically or mentally incapable of self-care, and ``(B) owns property and uses such property as the taxpayer's principal residence during the 5-year period described in subsection (a) for periods aggregating at least 1 year, then the taxpayer shall be treated as using such property as the taxpayer's principal residence during any time during such 5-year period in which the taxpayer owns the property and resides in any facility (including a nursing home) licensed by a State or political subdivision to care for an individual in the taxpayer's condition. ``(d) Election To Have Section Not Apply.--At the election of the taxpayer with respect to any sale or exchange of a principal residence, this section shall not apply to such sale or exchange.'' (b) Conforming Amendments.-- (1) Paragraph (3) of section 1033(k) is amended to read as follows: ``(3) For exclusion from gross income of gain from involuntary conversion of principal residence, see section 121.'' (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 1038(e)(1) is amended by striking ``(relating to one-time exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence by individual who has attained age 55)'' and inserting the following: ``(relating to gain on sale of principal residence)''. (3) subparagraph (B) of section 1250(d)(7) is amended to read as follows: ``(B) property in respect of which the taxpayer meets the ownership requirements of section 121, but only to the extent that the taxpayer meets the use requirements of such section in respect of such property.'' (4) Subsection (c) of section 6012 is amended by striking ``(relating to one-time exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence by individual who has attained age 55)'' and inserting ``(relating to gain from sale of principal residence)''. (5) The item relating to section 121 in the table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended to read as follows: ``Sec. 121. Exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence.'' (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to sales and exchanges on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude up to $250,000 ($500,000 jointly) of gain on the sale of a principal residence if owned and used as the principal residence for periods aggregating at least two years during the five-year period prior to sale or exchange. Sets forth special rules relating to: (1) jointly held property; (2) a deceased spouse; (3) a cooperative housing tenant-stockholder; (4) partial principal residence use; (5) determination of marital status; (6) acquisition after involuntary conversion; and (6) periods of out-of-residence health care.