SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act of 2003''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) there is substantial evidence that many Americans do not have an adequate basis for making sound decisions about personal and household finances; (2) financial education could play a critical role in equipping consumers with the knowledge to make wise decisions, especially for lower income consumers and those underserved by the mainstream financial system; (3) an increased awareness of the availability of credit scores and credit reports, the process of accessing them, their significance in obtaining credit, and their effects on credit terms, are of paramount importance to consumers; (4) easily accessible and affordable resources which inform and educate investors as to their rights and avenues of recourse should be provided when an investor believes his or her rights have been violated by unprofessional conduct of market intermediaries; (5) a basic understanding of the operation of the financial services industry would help consumers and their families to make more informed choices about how best to progress economically, avoid harmful personal debt, avoid discriminatory and predatory practices, invest wisely, develop financial planning skills necessary for maximizing short- and long-term financial well being, and better prepare for retirement; (6) comprehensive financial education would help to provide individuals with the necessary tools to create household budgets, initiate savings plans, manage debt, and make strategic investment decisions for education, retirement, home ownership, or other savings goals; and (7) improved financial decision making, not simply more knowledge, should be the primary financial education goal. SEC. 3. FINANCIAL LITERACY AND EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE. (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish within the Office of Financial Education of the Department of the Treasury, the Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Committee (in this Act referred to as the ``Committee''). (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Committee shall be-- (1) to coordinate financial literacy and education efforts among Federal departments and agencies; (2) to develop and implement a national strategy to promote basic financial literacy and education among all Americans; (3) to reduce overlap and duplication in Federal financial literacy and education activities; (4) to identify the most effective types of public sector financial literacy programs and techniques, as measured by improved consumer decision making; (5) to coordinate and promote financial literacy efforts at the State and local level, including partnerships among Federal, State, and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private enterprises; and (6) to carry out such other duties as are deemed to be appropriate, consistent with this Act. SEC. 4. COMMITTEE DUTIES. (a) In General.--The Committee shall-- (1) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, develop a national strategy to promote basic financial literacy among all American consumers; (2) coordinate Federal efforts to implement the strategy developed under paragraph (1); (3) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, submit a report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives regarding actions taken and progress made by the Committee in carrying out this Act during the reporting period, and any challenges remaining to implementation of such purposes; and (4) provide testimony by the chairperson of the Committee to either Committee referred to in paragraph (3), upon request. (b) Strategy.--The strategy to promote basic financial literacy required to be developed under subsection (a)(1) shall provide for-- (1) participation by State and local governments and private, nonprofit, and public institutions in the creation and implementation of such strategy; (2) the development of methods-- (A) to increase the general financial education level of current and future consumers of financial services and products; and (B) to enhance the general understanding of financial services and products; (3) review of Federal activities designed to promote financial literacy and education and development of a plan to improve coordination of such activities; (4) the identification of areas of overlap and duplication among Federal financial literacy and education activities and proposed means of eliminating any such overlap and duplication; and (5) a proposal to the President of a Federal financial literacy and education budget that supports such strategy and eliminates funding for such areas of overlap and duplication. SEC. 5. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. (a) Composition.--The Committee shall be comprised of-- (1) the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee; and (2) a representative from-- (A) each Federal banking agency (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act), the National Credit Union Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission, each of the Departments of Education, Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Veterans Affairs, the Social Security Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Office of Personnel Management; and (B) a representative from any other department or agency that the Secretary determines to be engaged in a serious effort to improve financial literacy and education. (b) Assistance.--The Director of the Office of Financial Education of the Department of the Treasury shall provide to the Committee, upon request, such assistance as may be necessary. (c) Member Qualifications.--Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the heads of their respective departments or agencies. Each member and each alternate designated by any member unable to attend a meeting of the Committee, shall be an individual who exercises significant decisionmaking authority. (d) Meetings.--Meetings of the Committee shall occur not less frequently than quarterly, and at the call of the chairperson. (e) Consultation.--The Committee shall consult with private and nonprofit organizations and State and local agencies, as determined appropriate by the chairperson and the Committee.

Summary: Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish within the Office of Financial Education of the Department of the Treasury, the Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Committee to: (1) coordinate Federal financial literacy and education efforts; (2) develop and implement a national strategy to promote basic financial literacy and education among all Americans; (3) reduce overlap and duplication in Federal financial literacy and education activities; (4) identify the most effective types of public sector financial literacy programs and techniques, as measured by improved consumer decision making; and (5) coordinate and promote financial literacy efforts at the State and local level, including partnerships among Federal, State, and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private enterprises.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR GUIDANCE. (a) Office of Management and Budget Policy Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to assist the heads of executive agencies in improving the management of the use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card for making micropurchases. The Director shall include guidelines on the following matters: (1) Analysis of purchase card expenditures to identify opportunities for achieving savings through micropurchases made in economical volumes. (2) Negotiation of discount agreements with major vendors accepting the purchase card. (3) Establishment of communication programs to ensure that purchase card holders receive information pertaining to the availability of discounts, including programs for the training of purchase card holders on the availability of discounts. (4) Assessment of cardholder purchasing practices, including use of discount agreements. (5) Collection and dissemination of best practices and successful strategies for achieving savings in micropurchases. (6) Analysis of purchase card expenditures to identify opportunities for achieving and accurately measuring fair participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases consistent with the national policy on small business participation in Federal procurements set forth in sections 2(a) and 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631(a) and 644(g)), and dissemination of best practices for participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases. (b) General Services Administration.--The Administrator of General Services shall-- (1) continue efforts to improve reporting by financial institutions that issue the Governmentwide commercial purchase card so that the General Services Administration has the data needed to identify opportunities for achieving savings; and (2) actively pursue point-of-sale discounts with major vendors accepting the purchase card so that any Federal Government purchaser using the purchase card can benefit from such point-of-sale discounts. (c) Agency Reporting Requirement.--The senior procurement executive for each executive agency shall, as directed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submit to the Director periodic reports on the actions taken in such executive agency pursuant to the guidelines issued under subsection (a). (d) Congressional Oversight.--Not later than December 31 of the year following the year in which this Act is enacted, and December 31 of each of the ensuing three years, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report summarizing the progress made during the fiscal year ending in the year in which such report is due-- (1) in improving the management of the use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card for making micropurchases; and (2) in achieving savings in micropurchases made with such card, expressed in terms of average savings achieved by each executive agency in the use of discount agreements identified in subsection (a) and the total savings achieved Governmentwide. (e) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403). (2) The term ``micropurchase'' means a purchase in an amount not in excess of the micropurchase threshold, as defined in section 32 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 428). SEC. 3. PAYMENTS TO FEDERAL CONTRACTORS WITH FEDERAL TAX DEBT. The General Services Administration, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service and the Financial Management Service, shall develop procedures to subject purchase card payments to Federal contractors to the Federal Payment Levy program. SEC. 4. REPORTING OF AIR TRAVEL BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. (a) Annual Reports Required.--The Administrator of the General Services shall submit annually to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on all first class and business class travel by employees of each executive agency undertaken at the expense of the Federal Government. (b) Content.--The reports submitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, with respect to each travel by first class or business class-- (1) the names of each traveler; (2) the date of travel; (3) the points of origination and destination; (4) the cost of the first class or business class travel; and (5) the cost difference between such travel and travel by coach class. (c) Executive Agency Defined.--In this section, the term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403). Passed the Senate June 6, 2006. Attest: Secretary. 109th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 457 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance for, and provide oversight of, the management of micropurchases made with Governmentwide commercial purchase cards, and for other purposes.

Summary: Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidelines to assist executive agencies in improving the management of the use of the governmentwide commercial purchase card for making micropurchases. Requires such guidelines to cover an analysis of purchase card expenditures to identify opportunities for achieving and accurately measuring: (1) fair participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases, consistent with the national policy on small business participation in federal procurements set forth in the Small Business Act; and (2) dissemination of best practices for participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases. Requires the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to continue efforts to improve reporting by financial institutions that issue such a card so that GSA has the data needed to: (1) identify opportunities for achieving savings; and (2) actively pursue point-of-sale discounts with major vendors accepting it so that any federal government purchaser using it can benefit from such discounts. Requires the senior procurement executive for each executive agency, as directed by OMB, to report periodically to OMB on the actions taken in the agency pursuant to the guidelines. Requires OMB to report annually to specified congressional committees on the progress made in: (1) improving management of the use of the purchase card; and (2) achieving certain savings in micropurchases made with it. Requires GSA, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Financial Management Service, to develop procedures to subject to the Federal Payment Levy program any purchase card payments to federal contractors. Requires GSA to report annually to specified congressional committees on all first class and business class travel by executive agency employees undertaken at federal expense.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008''. SEC. 2. YOUTH COMPLIANCE TARGET AND ENFORCEMENT. (a) Amendment.--Section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 1926. STRENGTHENING STATE LAWS RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCT SALES TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 18. ``(a) Relevant Law.-- ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), for fiscal year 2010 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary may make a grant under section 1921 only if the State involved has in effect a law providing that-- ``(A) it is unlawful for any manufacturer, retailer, or distributor of tobacco products to sell or distribute any such product to any individual under 18 years of age; ``(B) it is unlawful for an individual under 18 years of age-- ``(i) to purchase or attempt to purchase, or receive or attempt to receive, a tobacco product; or ``(ii) to possess or attempt to possess a tobacco product in a public place; ``(C) a law enforcement agency, upon determining that an individual under 18 years of age allegedly purchased or received a tobacco product, or allegedly possessed a tobacco product in a public place, shall notify the individual's parent or parents, custodian, or guardian (if the name and address of a parent, guardian, or custodian is reasonably ascertainable); ``(D) within 180 days after the effective date of such State law, any person engaged in the business of distributing tobacco products at retail shall implement a program-- ``(i) to notify each employee employed by that person who distributes tobacco products that State law prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products to any individual under 18 years of age and the purchase or receipt, or possession in a public place, of tobacco products by any such individual; and ``(ii) to ensure compliance with such law; ``(E) an employer shall not be in violation of the prohibition described in subparagraph (A) if such employer-- ``(i) relies upon proof of age that appeared on its face to be valid; or ``(ii) implements a program in accordance with subparagraph (D); and ``(F) an individual who violates the prohibition described in subparagraph (B) may be liable for a civil monetary penalty and may be required to perform community service. ``(2) Delayed applicability for certain states.--In the case of a State whose legislature does not convene a regular session in fiscal year 2010, and in the case of a State whose legislature does not convene a regular session in fiscal year 2011, the requirement described in paragraph (1) as a condition of a receipt of a grant under section 1921 shall apply only for fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal years. ``(b) State Goals for Noncompliance.--Beginning with respect to the first applicable fiscal year, a funding agreement for a grant under section 1921 is that the State involved has established goals for reducing the rate of retailer violations of the law described in subsection (a), as determined through annual, random, unannounced inspections described in subsection (c)(2)(A), so that the rate of such violations relative to the number of inspections does not exceed the following: ``(1) 20 percent during fiscal year 2010. ``(2) 19 percent during fiscal year 2011. ``(3) 18 percent during fiscal year 2012. ``(4) 17 percent during fiscal year 2013. ``(5) 16 percent during fiscal year 2014. ``(6) 15 percent during fiscal year 2015. ``(7) 14 percent during fiscal year 2016. ``(8) 13 percent during fiscal year 2017. ``(9) 12 percent during fiscal year 2018. ``(10) 11 percent during fiscal year 2019. ``(11) 10 percent during fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent year. ``(c) Enforcement.-- ``(1) In general.--A funding agreement for a grant under section 1921 is that the State involved will enforce the law described in subsection (a) in a manner that can reasonably be expected to achieve the goals established pursuant to subsection (b) and reduce the extent to which tobacco products are available to individuals under 18 years of age. ``(2) Activities and reports regarding enforcement.--A funding agreement for a grant under section 1921 is that the State involved will-- ``(A) annually conduct random, unannounced inspections to ensure compliance with the law described in subsection (a); and ``(B) annually submit to the Secretary a report describing-- ``(i) the activities carried out by the State to enforce such law during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the State is seeking the grant; ``(ii) the extent of success the State has achieved in meeting the goals established pursuant to subsection (b) and in reducing the availability of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age; and ``(iii) the strategies to be utilized by the State for enforcing such law during the fiscal year for which the grant is sought. ``(3) Use of individuals under 18 years of age in inspections.--A funding agreement for a grant under section 1921 is that the State may engage an individual under 18 years of age to test compliance with the law described in subsection (a) only if-- ``(A) the testing is conducted with the written consent of a parent or legal guardian of such individual; and ``(B) such individual acts under the direct supervision of the State during a random, unannounced inspection. ``(d) Use of State Settlement Proceeds.--A funding agreement for a grant under section 1921 is that the State involved certifies to the Secretary that, with respect to the calendar year preceding the year in which the State is applying for such a grant, the State expended more than 10 percent of the funds paid to the State for such calendar year as part of the comprehensive settlement of November 1998 (as referred to in section 1903(d)(3)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act) on health programs, tobacco control and cessation activities, or economic development for tobacco regions. ``(e) Noncompliance of State.-- ``(1) Determination by secretary.--Before making a grant under section 1921 to a State for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall make a determination of whether the State has maintained compliance with subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d). ``(2) Reduction of allotment.--Beginning with respect to the first applicable fiscal year, if, after notice to the State and an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary determines that the State is not in compliance with any of subsections (a), (b), or (c), the Secretary shall reduce the amount of the allotment under section 1921 for the State for the fiscal year involved by an amount equal to-- ``(A) in the case of fiscal year 2010, 10 percent of the amount determined under section 1933 for the State for the fiscal year; ``(B) in the case of fiscal year 2011, 20 percent of the amount determined under section 1933 for the State for the fiscal year; ``(C) in the case of fiscal year 2012, 30 percent of the amount determined under section 1933 for the State for the fiscal year; and ``(D) in the case of fiscal year 2013 or any subsequent fiscal year, 40 percent of the amount determined under section 1933 for the State for the fiscal year. ``(3) Additional reduction.--Beginning with respect to the first applicable fiscal year, if the Secretary determines under paragraph (1) that the State is not in compliance with any of subsections (a), (b), or (c), and is not in compliance with subsection (d), the Secretary may reduce the amount of the allotment under section 1921 for the State for the fiscal year involved by an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount determined under section 1933 for the State for such fiscal year. Such reduction shall be in addition to the reduction under paragraph (2). ``(f) Assistance in Implementing Programs.--In order to assist States in establishing and implementing State laws described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall-- ``(1) develop not later than January 1, 2009, and subsequently revise as appropriate, model legislative language; and ``(2) provide technical assistance and guidance in developing, enacting, and implementing such laws and in setting goals pursuant to subsection (b). ``(g) Definition.--In this section, the term `first applicable fiscal year' means-- ``(1) fiscal year 2012, in the case of any State described in subsection (a)(2); and ``(2) fiscal year 2010, in the case of any other State.''. (b) Effective Date.-- (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the first applicable fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year. The provisions of section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall apply with respect to fiscal years preceding the first applicable fiscal year. (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``first applicable fiscal year'' has the meaning given such term in subsection (g) of section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26), as amended by subsection (a) of this section. SEC. 3. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INGREDIENTS. Section 7 of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15 U.S.C. 1335a) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``the company which uses the ingredients or''; and (2) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as follows: ``(2) The Secretary shall make any information provided under this section accessible to the public on the Internet not later than 48 hours after receipt by the Secretary.''.

Summary: Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth conditions for the receipt by states of federal substance abuse prevention and treatment grants. Requires such states to: (1) prohibit a minor from purchasing or receiving a tobacco product or possessing a tobacco product in a public place; and (2) require law enforcement agencies to notify a minor's parent, custodian, or guardian whose name and address is reasonably ascertainable of any such violation. Requires such states to require any person engaged in the business of distributing tobacco products at retail to implement a program to: (1) notify its employees that state law prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors and the purchase, receipt, or possession in a public place of a tobacco product by a minor; and (2) ensure compliance with such law. Directs such states to provide for a civil monetary penalty or community service for violations. Requires such states to have established goals for reducing the rate of retailer violations. Allows states to use minors to test compliance under certain conditions. Directs such states to certify expenditure of more than 10% of the funds paid to the state as part of the comprehensive settlement of November 1998 against tobacco manufacturers on health programs, tobacco control and cessation activities, or economic development for tobacco regions. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide assistance to states in developing, enacting, and implementing such laws and in setting goals, including by developing model legislative language.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. TRANSFORMATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Establishment.--Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program. (b) Grant Authority.--In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the Secretary may make a grant, on a competitive basis, to any of the following: (1) A State government. (2) A local government. (3) A transit agency. (4) A port authority. (c) Eligible Projects.-- (1) In general.--A grant made under subsection (b) may be used for any of the following, if the Secretary determines that the project will significantly impact a metropolitan area, a region, or all of the United States: (A) A highway or bridge project eligible under title 23, United States Code, including interstate rehabilitation, improvements to the rural collector road system, the reconstruction of overpasses and interchanges, bridge replacements, bridge painting, seismic retrofit projects for bridges, and road realignments. (B) A public transportation project eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, including investment in a project participating in the New Starts or Small Starts programs that will expedite the completion of that project and its entry into revenue service. (C) A passenger or freight rail transportation project. (D) A port infrastructure investment, including a project that connects ports to other modes of transportation and improves the efficiency of freight movement. (E) An aviation infrastructure project. (F) A water infrastructure project. (2) Coordination.--With respect to a project described in paragraph (1)(F), the Secretary shall coordinate any grant for such a project with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers). (d) Applications and Criteria for Grant Awards.-- (1) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant made under subsection (b), an entity described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of that subsection shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary determines appropriate. (2) Criteria for grant awards.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations specifying the criteria that the Secretary will use to make grants on a competitive basis under subsection (b). (3) Financial commitments.--The criteria specified by the Secretary under paragraph (2) shall include criteria for the consideration of-- (A) whether there are financial commitments in place with respect to a proposed project; (B) the degree of certainty with respect to such financial commitments; and (C) whether such financial commitments are from non-Federal sources. (e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project assisted with a grant made under subsection (b) may not exceed 100 percent of that cost. (f) Considerations.--In making grants under subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the grants-- (1) are distributed geographically in an equitable manner; (2) address the needs of both urban and rural areas appropriately; (3) promote the training and employment of veterans, including by having applicable contractors provide to veterans a preference during the hiring and referral of laborers; (4) are utilized in a manner that ensures an appropriate percentage of grant amounts are expended through small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (as determined by the Secretary); and (5) promote the utilization of participants in a registered apprenticeship program, including by providing a preference to proposed projects that incorporate such utilization. (g) Applicability of Title 40.--Each project conducted using funds provided with a grant made under subsection (b) shall comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. (h) Buy America.-- (1) In general.--None of the funds made available for a project under this Act may be used for the project unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States. (2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any case or category of cases in which the Secretary finds that-- (A) applying paragraph (1) would be inconsistent with the public interest; (B) iron, steel, or the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or to a satisfactory quality; or (C) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent. (3) Justifications.--If the Secretary determines that it is necessary to waive the application of paragraph (1) based on a finding under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed justification for the waiver. (4) International agreements.--This subsection shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements. (i) Transparency and Accountability.--In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall-- (1) take actions to ensure that grants made under subsection (b) are utilized as expeditiously and efficiently as possible; (2) make available to the public, on an appropriate Web site of the Department of Transportation, information on each grant made under subsection (b); and (3) submit to Congress, not later than 1 year after the first grant is made under subsection (b), and annually thereafter, information on grants made under subsection (b), including the progress made on projects funded by such grants. (j) Environmental Streamlining.--The Secretary shall coordinate, to the maximum extent practicable, with relevant Federal departments and agencies to ensure that environmental reviews are conducted in a manner that facilitates the accelerated delivery of projects for which a grant is made under this section. (k) Authorization of Appropriations.-- (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to make grants under the program established under subsection (a) $1,263,000,000,000, in the aggregate, for fiscal years 2018 through 2022. (2) Eligible project use.--From the amounts made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use-- (A) 85 percent of the amounts to make grants for projects described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (c)(1); (B) 2 percent of the amounts to make grants for projects described in subparagraph (D) of subsection (c)(1); (C) 4 percent of the amounts to make grants for projects described in subparagraph (E) of subsection (c)(1); and (D) 9 percent of the amounts to make grants for projects described in subparagraph (F) of subsection (c)(1). SEC. 3. NATION BUILDING HERE AT HOME FINANCING INITIATIVE. (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a Nation Building Here at Home Financing Initiative in accordance with this section. (b) Authority To Issue Bonds.--In carrying out the initiative established under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury may issue bonds. The aggregate face amount of bonds issued under this subsection may not exceed $300,000,000,000. (c) Characteristics of Bonds.--Bonds issued under subsection (b) shall be issued in such amounts, bear such rates of interest, and be subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. (d) Use of Bond Proceeds.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of Transportation the proceeds resulting from bonds issued under subsection (b). The Secretary of Transportation may use such proceeds only to carry out the program established under section 2(a) of this Act. SEC. 4. REPORT. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report describing the transportation needs of the United States for each of the following: (1) The 20-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. (2) The 30-year period beginning after the period described in paragraph (1). (3) The 50-year period beginning after the period described in paragraph (2).

Summary: Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program to award grants to state and local governments, transit agencies, and port authorities for certain public transportation projects (including water infrastructure projects) that will significantly impact a metropolitan area, a region, or all of the United States. The federal share of project costs is 100%. The iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in projects funded under this bill must have been produced in the United States, except in specified circumstances. DOT shall coordinate with relevant federal departments and agencies to ensure that environmental reviews are made in a manner that accelerates delivery of such projects. The Department of the Treasury shall establish a Nation Building Here at Home Financing Initiative.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The 2011-2012 drought in East Africa, part of a persistent weather trend in the region, was exacerbated by stagnating agricultural development and unsustainable forms of livelihood. Moreover, in Somalia, the hardest hit country in the region, the terrorist group al-Shabaab obstructed the delivery of humanitarian assistance and directly threatened aid agencies. Thus, the famine was a foreseeable and, with unimpeded delivery of aid, a preventable event. (2) It is estimated that 4 million Somalis were affected by the drought and famine in the region and several million remain vulnerable to this day. According to the May 2013 report issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Famine Early Warning System Network, the Somalia famine resulted in 258,000 deaths between October 2010 and April 2012. More than half of those deaths were children under the age of five. (3) Because of laws prohibiting activities that may directly or indirectly support terrorist organizations, a general or specific license issued by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is needed to enable United States humanitarian organizations to legally provide assistance in al-Shabaab-controlled areas of Somalia particularly with respect to activities that require interactions or dealings with al-Shabaab. (4) The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has an OFAC-specific license to operate in these conditions in Somalia that covers the organizations that USAID funds, but not organizations that operate with their own funding or funding solely from non-United States Government sources, and also not the non-United States Government funding of organizations that operate with both United States Government and non-United States Government funding, unless USAID authorizes both types of funding to be covered under such OFAC-specific license. Organizations that operate in al- Shabaab-controlled areas without such a license can be subject to prosecution for violating United States law, at least with respect to activities or transactions that involve al-Shabaab, even incidentally. (5) Prior to OFAC issuing USAID its license, no licenses for humanitarian assistance to the people of Somalia were issued before the United Nations declared a famine in al- Shabaab-controlled areas of Somalia. (6) In pursuit of eliminating aid in any form to terrorist organizations, Executive orders have had the effect of undoing protections for humanitarian operations in areas controlled by such organizations previously contained in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.1701 et seq.) and sections 2339A and 2339B of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Material Support Statutes''). Furthermore, the prohibitions contained in such Executive orders and the Material Support Statutes discouraged and, in some instances, prohibited donors from contributing to aid efforts for all of Somalia. In some cases, the unintended consequences included preventing humanitarian organizations from establishing access to civilians and providing them with life-saving aid, while empowering terrorist organizations that became the sole conduit of aid. SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that humanitarian organizations, acting in good faith and with the appropriate restrictions and controls in place, should not be prevented, directly or indirectly by Executive orders or counterterrorism laws, from accessing and providing aid to civilian populations before or early on in humanitarian crises, such as in the famine in al-Shabaab-controlled areas of Somalia. SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 203 OF THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT. (a) Additional Exception.-- (1) In general.--Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended-- (A) in subsection (b)(2)-- (i) by inserting after ``to relieve human suffering'' the following: ``including donations to foreign persons subject to sanctions under this Act in order to achieve such purposes,''; and (ii) by striking ``or'' at the end; (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (C) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ``(c) Additional Exception.-- ``(1) In general.--The authority granted to the President by this section does not include the authority to further restrict, by regulation or otherwise, directly or indirectly-- ``(A) transactions, by a person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with a foreign person that is subject to sanctions under this Act that are customary, necessary, and incidental to the donation or provision of goods or services by the person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or its foreign representatives to civilian populations to prevent or alleviate the suffering of such civilian populations, if-- ``(i) the person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States has acted in good faith without intent to further the aims or objectives of the foreign person and has used its best efforts to minimize any such transactions; ``(ii) the goods or services provided to the civilian population-- ``(I) are limited to articles such as food, clothing, and medicine; and ``(II) are not capable of being used to carry out any terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(iii))); ``(iii) the person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States-- ``(I) prior to, or not later than 10 business days after, the first instance of entering into any transaction described in this subparagraph, provides to the Secretary of State initial notice summarizing the nature and extent of its operations in connection with providing such goods or services; and ``(II) at least once each year during which the person enters into any transaction described in this subparagraph, provides to the Secretary of State subsequent notice summarizing the nature and extent of its operations in connection with donating or providing such goods or services; and ``(iv) the person, including any director, officer, or employee of the person, is not the subject of or directly named in any publicly- available debarment, suspension, or Executive order that prohibits receipt of funding from the United States Government; and ``(B) engaging in any speech or communication with a foreign person that is subject to sanctions under this Act to prevent or alleviate the suffering of a civilian population, including speech or communication to reduce or eliminate the frequency and severity of violent conflict and reducing its impact on the civilian population. ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing contained in paragraph (1) shall be construed to authorize the President to prohibit the export of standard, commercially-available goods or services, including communications equipment, software and computers, that are necessary to carry out operations related to the provision of goods or services to prevent or alleviate the suffering of civilian populations that are under the control of a foreign person subject to sanctions under this Act.''. (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and apply with respect to transactions described in section 203(c)(1) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as added by paragraph (1), entered into on or after such date of enactment. (b) Advisory Council To Prevent and Alleviate Human Suffering in Areas Under the Control of Certain Sanctioned Foreign Persons.--Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.1702), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following: ``(e) Advisory Council To Prevent and Respond to Human Suffering in Areas Affected by Certain Sanctioned Foreign Persons.-- ``(1) Establishment.--No later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013, the Secretary of State shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce, establish an Advisory Council on United States Policy Related to Non-Governmental Activities to Prevent and Respond to Human Suffering in Areas Affected By Certain Sanctioned Foreign Persons (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the `Advisory Council'). ``(2) Membership.--The Advisory Council shall be composed of not less than 15 members appointed by the Secretary of State from among individuals who are experts in the fields of peace- building, humanitarian aid in areas of armed conflict, representatives from organizations directly involved in the delivery of aid in areas of armed conflict, and other experts with relevant expertise as determined by the Secretary of State. ``(3) Duties.--The Advisory Council shall-- ``(A) review existing laws, regulations, Executive orders, and administrative actions regulating or prohibiting, directly or indirectly, peacebuilding activities and the provision of humanitarian aid and development assistance in areas under the control of foreign persons that are subject to sanctions under United States law; ``(B) conduct additional research and study as necessary on the subjects of counter-terrorism and security measures in relation to the delivery of humanitarian aid and development assistance; ``(C) report to the Secretary of State on its findings; and ``(D) make recommendations to the Secretary of State and other officials described in paragraph (1) (as appropriate) on the most efficient and effective means of limiting diversion of humanitarian aid and development assistance while also preserving the impartiality of humanitarian aid and development assistance and the ability of humanitarian organizations to prevent and relieve human suffering of civilian populations. ``(4) Termination.--Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) (relating to termination of advisory committees) shall not apply to the Advisory Council.''. SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2339B OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE. (a) Definition of Material Support or Resources.--Section 2339B(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: ``, except that such term does not include engaging in speech or communication with a terrorist organization to prevent or alleviate the suffering of a civilian population, including speech or communication to reduce or eliminate the frequency and severity of violent conflict and reducing its impact on the civilian population''. (b) Additional Exception.--Section 2339B(j) of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking ``No person'' and inserting the following: ``(1) In general.--No person''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) Additional exception.--No person may be prosecuted under this section in connection with knowingly providing `material support or resources' to a foreign terrorist organization, or attempting or conspiring to do so, if-- ``(A) the material support or resources consists only of transactions that are customary, necessary, and incidental to the donation or provision of goods or services by persons who are not controlled by the foreign terrorist organization to civilian populations, if-- ``(i) the goods or services are limited articles such as food, clothing, and medicine intended to be used to relieve human suffering; and ``(ii) the goods or services are not capable of being used to carry out any terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(iii))); ``(B) the person, in donating or providing such goods or services to the civilian population, acts in good faith without intent to further the aims or objectives of the foreign terrorist organization and uses its best efforts to minimize any transaction with a foreign terrorist organization; ``(C) the person-- ``(i) prior to, or not later than 10 business days after, the first instance of entering into any transaction described in subparagraph (A), provides to the Secretary of State notice summarizing the nature and extent of its operations in connection with providing such goods or services; and ``(ii) at least once each year during which the person enters into any transaction described in subparagraph (A), provides to the Secretary of State notice summarizing the nature and extent of its operations in connection with providing such goods or services; and ``(D) the person donating or providing such goods or services, including any director, officer, or employee of the person is not the subject of or directly named in any publicly-available debarment, suspension, or Executive order that prohibits receipt of funding from the Federal Government.''. (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and apply with respect to transactions described in section 2339B(j)(2) of title 18, United States Code, as added by paragraph (2), entered into on or after such date of enactment.

Summary: Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that humanitarian organizations acting in good faith and with the appropriate restrictions and controls in place should not be prevented from providing aid to civilian populations before or early on in humanitarian crises, such as in the famine in al-Shabaab-controlled areas of Somalia. Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to permit under specified conditions persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction to enter into transactions with certain sanctioned foreign persons that are customary, necessary, and incidental to the donation or provision of goods or services to prevent or alleviate the suffering of civilian populations. Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Advisory Council on United States Policy Related to Non-Governmental Activities to Prevent and Respond to Human Suffering in Areas Affected By Certain Sanctioned Foreign Persons. Amends the federal criminal code to exclude from the definition of "material support or resources" (regarding foreign terrorist organizations) engaging in speech or communication with a terrorist organization to prevent or alleviate the suffering of a civilian population, including speech or communication to reduce or eliminate the frequency and severity of violent conflict and reducing its impact on the civilian population.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as ``Child Protection Compact Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) The use of children for commercial sexual exploitation is a global phenomenon. Human trafficking affects millions of children worldwide. (2) Many countries with a high prevalence of trafficking in children lack financial resources, legal expertise, technical capacity, and other resources to appropriately protect and rescue these children, despite a demonstrated political will to do so. (3) The Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed 132 countries, out of 175 countries ranked, on Tier 2 or Tier 2 Watch List in its 2010 Trafficking in Persons report. (4) As a party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (the ``Palermo Protocol''), the United States has pledged to establish policies and programs to prevent and combat trafficking in persons and to protect victims of trafficking from revictimization and to share information, as appropriate, with law enforcement, immigration and other relevant authorities of other states parties with a view to combating trafficking in persons. (b) Declaration of Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide incentives to Tier 2 countries and Tier 2 Watch List countries to protect and rescue children subjected to severe forms of trafficking in persons through the establishment of Child Protection Compacts between the United States and select, eligible countries with a significant prevalence of trafficking in children, in order to-- (1) address institutional weaknesses within the government that result in the failure to protect vulnerable children and to rescue and properly rehabilitate victims; (2) increase local government capacity to apprehend perpetrators who engage in severe forms of trafficking in children and bring perpetrators to justice in national courts of law; and (3) ensure transparency and accountability in achieving the goals stipulated in the Compact over the course of its three- year implementation. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Ambassador.--The term ``Ambassador'' means the Ambassador-at-Large of the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--Except as otherwise provided, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (3) Child protection.--The term ``child protection'' means efforts to prevent and respond to violence, exploitation, and abuse against children. (4) Compact.--The term ``Child Protection Compact'' or ``Compact'' means a Child Protection Compact described in section 6. (5) Minor.--The term ``minor'' means an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years. (6) National action plan for trafficking.--The term ``national action plan for trafficking'' means any strategy or long-term plan created by a national government that defines specific goals to-- (A) reduce the number of trafficking victims; (B) increase the number of prosecutions of traffickers; and (C) ensure proper mechanisms to rehabilitate and reintegrate survivors of human trafficking. (7) National child protection strategy.--The term ``national child protection strategy'' means any plan developed by a national government in consultation with multilateral bodies or nongovernmental organizations, including a plan derived from a preexisting process or created as part of a Child Protection Compact, that outlines-- (A) short-term and long-term goals for improving child protection and preventing child exploitation within a country; (B) the government ministries responsible for implementation of the plan; and (C) how coordination will take place between implementing ministries. (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of State. (9) Severe forms of trafficking.--The term ``severe forms of trafficking in persons'' means-- (A) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or (B) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. (10) Tier 2 countries and tier 2 watch list countries.--The terms ``Tier 2 countries'' and ``Tier 2 Watch List countries'' mean those countries that the Secretary of State has listed pursuant to section 110(b)(1)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)(B)) as countries to which the minimum standards set forth in section 108 of that Act are applicable and whose governments do not fully comply with such standards but are making significant efforts to do so. SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. (a) Assistance.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary is authorized to provide assistance under this section for each country that enters into a Compact with the United States pursuant to section 6 to support policies and programs that assist the country to eradicate severe forms of trafficking of children and are in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. (b) Avoidance of Duplication of Efforts.--To avoid duplication of efforts, the Secretary shall exercise the authority of subsection (a) only in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Labor. (c) Form of Assistance.--Assistance under this section may be provided in the form of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to or with eligible entities described in subsection (d). Assistance under this section may not be provided in the form of loans. (d) Eligible Entities.--An eligible entity referred to in subsection (c) is-- (1) the national government of the eligible country; (2) regional or local governmental units of the country; or (3) a nongovernmental organization or a private entity with expertise in the protection of vulnerable children, the investigation and prosecution of those who engage in or benefit from child trafficking, or rescue of child victims of trafficking. (e) Number and Amount of Compacts.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall determine the number of Compacts based on the established need of the countries determined to be most eligible based on the criteria described in section 5. The amount of any single Compact shall not exceed a total of $15,000,000. (f) Annual Disbursements.--Disbursements shall be made to the eligible entities on an annual basis pursuant to the terms of the respective Compacts. SEC. 5. ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES. (a) Determination by the Secretary.--The Secretary, acting through the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, shall work in consultation with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, and the relevant offices at the Department of Justice and the United States Agency for International Development, to select a country for purposes of entering into a Compact based on whether the country meets the initial criteria listed in subsection (b) and the selection criteria listed in subsection (c). The determination pursuant to subsection (c) shall be based, to the maximum extent possible, upon objective, documented, and quantifiable indicators. (b) Initial Criteria.-- (1) In general.--A country may be considered for a Compact if-- (A) the country is eligible for assistance from the International Development Association, and the per capita income of the country is equal to or less than the historical ceiling of the International Development Association; (B) subject to paragraph (2), the country is not ineligible to receive United States economic assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) by reason of the application of any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law; and (C) the country is a Tier 2 country or Tier 2 Watch List country. (2) Rule of construction.--For the purposes of determining whether a country is eligible for receiving assistance under paragraph (1), the exercise by the President, the Secretary of State, or any other officer or employee of the United States of any waiver or suspension of any provision of law referred to in such paragraph, and notification to the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with such provision of law, shall be construed as satisfying the requirement of such paragraph. (c) Selection Criteria.--A country should be selected for purposes of entering into a Compact on the basis of-- (1) a documented high prevalence of trafficking of children within the country; and (2) demonstrated political will and sustained commitment by the government to undertake meaningful measures to address severe forms of trafficking of children, including-- (A) enactment and enforcement of laws criminalizing trafficking in children with punishments commensurate with the crime, including, when necessary, against complicit government officials; (B) cooperation with local and international non- governmental organizations with demonstrated expertise in combating trafficking in children; and (C) the treatment of child trafficking victims in accordance with Article 6(3) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime. SEC. 6. CHILD PROTECTION COMPACTS. (a) Compact.--The Secretary, acting through the Ambassador, may provide assistance for a country under this Act only if the country enters into an agreement with the United States, to be known as a ``Child Protection Compact'', that establishes a 3-year plan for achieving shared objectives in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. (b) Elements.--The Compact should take into account, if applicable, existing national child protection strategies and national action plans for human trafficking of the country and shall contain-- (1) the specific objectives that the country and the United States expect to achieve during the term of the Compact; (2) the responsibilities of the country and the United States in the achievement of such objectives; (3) the particular programs or initiatives to be undertaken in the achievement of such objectives and the amount of funding to be allocated to each program or initiative; (4) regular outcome indicators to monitor and measure progress toward achieving such objectives, including indicators for each program or initiative; (5) a multi-year financial plan, including the estimated amount of contributions by the United States and the country, if any, and proposed mechanisms to implement the plan and provide oversight, that describes how the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (4) will be met, including identifying the role of civil society in the achievement of such requirements; (6) where appropriate, a process or processes for consideration of solicited proposals under the Compact as well as a process for consideration of unsolicited proposals by the Secretary and national, regional, or local units of government; (7) the strategy of the country to sustain progress made toward achieving such objectives after expiration of the Compact; and (8) a list of civil society and nonprofit organizations that the government will partner or consult with to develop and sustain the child protection and prosecution capacity in the country. (c) Assistance for Development of Compact.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into contracts or make grants for any eligible country for the purpose of facilitating the development and implementation of the Compact between the United States and the country. (d) Definition of Program or Initiative.--In this section, the term ``program or initiative'' may include the following: (1) Evaluation of legal standards and practices and recommendations for improvements that will increase the likelihood of successful prosecutions. (2) Training anti-trafficking police and investigators. (3) Building the capacity of domestic non-governmental organizations to educate vulnerable populations about the danger of severe forms of trafficking and to work with law enforcement to identify and rescue victims. (4) Creation of victim-friendly courts. (5) Development of appropriate after-care facilities for rescued victims or other rehabilitation and reintegration services for children, which may include education, vocational training, and psychosocial counseling, as appropriate. (6) Development and maintenance of data collection systems to monitor victims. (7) Development of regional cooperative plans with neighboring countries to prevent cross-border trafficking of children and child sex tourism. (8) Development of programs and practices that address demand, including educational curricula, social marketing campaigns, and specific law enforcement activities targeting demand. SEC. 7. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE. (a) Suspension and Termination of Assistance.--The Secretary may suspend or terminate assistance in whole or in part for a country or entity under section 4 if the Secretary determines that-- (1) the country or entity is engaged in activities which are contrary to the national security interests of the United States; (2) the country or entity has engaged in a pattern of actions inconsistent with the criteria used to determine the eligibility of the country or entity, as the case may be; or (3) the country or entity has failed to adhere to its responsibilities under the Compact. (b) Reinstatement.--The Secretary may reinstate assistance for a country or entity under section 4 only if the Secretary determines that the country or entity has demonstrated a commitment to correcting each condition for which assistance was suspended or terminated under subsection (a). (c) Congressional Notification.--Not later than 3 days after the date on which the Secretary suspends or terminates assistance under subsection (a) for a country or entity, or reinstates assistance under subsection (b) for a country or entity, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the determination of the Secretary under subsection (a) or subsection (b), as the case may be. SEC. 8. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Congressional Consultation Prior to Compact Negotiations.--Not later than 15 days prior to the start of negotiations of a Compact with a country, the Secretary-- (1) shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees with respect to the proposed Compact negotiation; and (2) shall identify the objectives and mechanisms to be used for the negotiation of the Compact. (b) Congressional Notification After Entering Into a Compact.--Not later than 10 days after entry into force of a Compact with a country, the Secretary shall provide notification of the Compact to the appropriate congressional committees, including a detailed summary of the Compact and a copy of the text of the Compact. (c) Annual Report.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the next 5 years, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the assistance provided under section 4 during the prior fiscal year. (2) Matters to be included.--The report shall include the following: (A) The amount of obligations and expenditures for assistance provided to each eligible country during the prior fiscal year. (B) For each country, an assessment of-- (i) the progress made during each year by the country toward achieving the objectives set out in the Compact entered into by the country; and (ii) the extent to which assistance provided under section 4 has been effective in helping the country to achieve such objectives. SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that, of the total amounts to be appropriated for fiscal years 2012 through 2014 for the Department of State and foreign operations, up to $30,000,000 should be used to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Summary: Child Protection Compact Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of State, through the Ambassador-at-Large of the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, to provide assistance (grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts) for an eligible country with a significant prevalence of trafficking in children that enters into a Child Protection Compact with the United States to support policies and programs to eradicate the trafficking of children.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Alisa's Law of 2014''. SEC. 2. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES TO PREVENT REPEAT INTOXICATED DRIVING. (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Alcohol concentration.--The term `alcohol concentration' means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. ``(2) Driving while intoxicated; driving under the influence.--The terms `driving while intoxicated' and `driving under the influence' mean driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle in a State while having a blood alcohol concentration that is greater than or equal to the lesser of-- ``(A) the blood alcohol concentration limit of the State in which the individual is driving; and ``(B) 0.08 percent. ``(3) Ignition interlock device.--The term `ignition interlock device' means an in-vehicle device that-- ``(A) requires a driver to provide a breath sample prior to the motor vehicle starting; and ``(B) prevents a motor vehicle from starting if the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal limit. ``(4) Motor vehicle.-- ``(A) In general.--The term `motor vehicle' means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured primarily for use on public highways. ``(B) Exclusions.--The term `motor vehicle' does not include-- ``(i) a vehicle operated solely on a rail line; or ``(ii) a commercial vehicle. ``(b) Laws Requiring Ignition Interlock Devices.--A State meets the requirements of this subsection if the State has enacted and is enforcing a law that requires throughout the State the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual who is convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence. ``(c) Withholding of Funds for Noncompliance.-- ``(1) Fiscal year 2015.--On October 1, 2014, the Secretary shall withhold 1 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). ``(2) Fiscal year 2016.--On October 1, 2015, the Secretary shall withhold 3 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). ``(3) Fiscal year 2017 and thereafter.--On October 1, 2016, and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). ``(d) Period of Availability of Withheld Funds; Effect of Compliance and Noncompliance.-- ``(1) Period of availability of withheld funds.--Any funds withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment to a State shall remain available for apportionment to the State until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized to be appropriated. ``(2) Apportionment of withheld funds after compliance.-- If, before the last day of the period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment are to remain available for apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State meets the requirements of subsection (b), the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State meets the requirements of subsection (b), apportion to the State the funds withheld under subsection (c) that remain available for apportionment to the State. ``(3) Period of availability of subsequently apportioned funds.--Any funds apportioned pursuant to paragraph (2)-- ``(A) shall remain available for expenditure until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds are so apportioned; and ``(B) if not apportioned at the end of that period, shall lapse. ``(4) Effect of noncompliance.--If, at the end of the period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment are available for apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b), the funds shall lapse.''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving.''.

Summary: Alisa's Law of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2015-FY2017 if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence. Defines "driving while intoxicated" and "driving under the influence" as driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol concentration greater than or equal to the lesser of: (1) the blood alcohol concentration limit of the state in which the individual is driving, or (2) 0.08%. Requires an ignition interlock device to: (1) require a driver to provide a breath sample before the motor vehicle starts, and (2) prevent a motor vehicle from starting if the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal limit.


SECTION 1. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The volume of crude oil transported by rail has significantly increased from-- (A) 21,000 barrels a day in 2009 to 1.1 million barrels a day in 2014; and (B) 9,500 rail-carloads in 2008 to 415,000 rail- carloads in 2013. (2) At any given time, more than 2.5 million gallons of crude oil is being transported across the country to refineries totaling a distance of more than 1,000 miles. (3) More oil was spilled in 2013 from freight traffic than in the previous 4 decades combined. (4) Increased spills result in catastrophes that have significantly and adversely impacted the following communities: (A) Minnesota, in March 2013, when 30,000 gallons of crude oil spilled because of derailed cars. (B) Lac-Meegantic, Canada, in July 2013, when 1.6 million gallons of crude oil spilled, igniting a fire and exploding, killing 47 people and forcing 2,000 people from their homes. (C) North Dakota, in December 2013, when 400,000 million gallons of crude oil spilled, igniting a fire and forcing 65 percent of residents from their homes. (D) Virginia, in March 2014, when thousands of gallons of oil spilled, contaminating the James River and requiring the evacuation of 78,000 people in the downtown of the city. (E) West Virginia, in February 2015, when 26 cars containing oil that exceeded volatility standards for transport derailed, igniting fires and explosions, threatening the water supply, and forcing hundreds of people from their homes. (5) Hazardous materials must be properly classified for transportation, according to requirements from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). (6) Crude oil is categorized as a Class 3 flammable liquid in either Packing Group (PG) I or II. (7) Due to serious mislabeling practices, the Department of Transportation's Emergency Order (Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-0025) from February 2014 has forbidden the labeling of crude oil as PG III for transport and handling until further notice; shipments must be labeled as either PG I (most serious hazard) or PG II (moderate hazard) for proper handling and transport of crude oil. (8) PHMSA has found that crude oil from the Bakken region (in North Dakota, Montana, and Canada) is ``more volatile than most other types of crude,'' and subsequently, more flammable. (9) The samples that PHMSA tested from the Bakken region ``displayed characteristics consistent with those of a Class 3 flammable liquid, PG I or II, with a predominance to PG I, the most dangerous class of Class 3 flammable liquids''. (10) The oil industry group North Dakota Petroleum Council has recommended that Bakken crude oil be labeled as PG I hazardous materials for transportation. (11) Oil from the Bakken region accounts for about 12 percent of total domestic production. (12) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has expressed concern ``that major loss of life, property damage and environmental consequences can occur when large volumes of crude oil or other flammable liquids are transported on a single train involved in an accident''. (13) The NTSB has recommended that routes transporting hazardous materials present the fewest overall safety and security risks by avoiding populated areas. SEC. 2. STUDY ON IMPACT OF DIVERTING CERTAIN FREIGHT RAIL TO AVOID URBAN AREAS. (a) In General.--Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall make appropriate arrangements with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies under which the Board shall conduct a study on the cost and impact of rerouting freight rail traffic containing hazardous material to avoid transportation of such hazardous material through urban areas. (b) Contents of Study.--The study described under subsection (a) shall include-- (1) the benefits of rerouting freight rail traffic containing hazardous material to alternate railroad routes that avoid urban areas, including benefits to the health and safety of the individuals living in such urban areas; (2) the benefits of construction of alternative railroad routes that avoid urban areas for transportation of freight rail containing hazardous material; (3) the logistical feasibility of the actions described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and (4) the costs of taking the actions described in paragraphs (1) and (2). (c) Report.--In entering into an arrangement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall request that the Board transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study not later than 21 months after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Definitions.-- (1) Hazardous material.--The term ``hazardous material'' has the meaning given such term in section 5102 of title 49, United States Code. (2) Urban area.--The term ``urban area'' means an urban area, as designated by the Bureau of the Census, with a population of greater than 30,000. (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated $850,000 to carry out this Act.

Summary: Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make appropriate arrangements with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council to study the cost and impact of rerouting freight rail traffic of hazardous material to avoid its transportation through urban areas.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Food and Medicine for the World Act of 1999''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF ANY NEW UNILATERAL AGRICULTURAL SANCTION. (a) Definitions.-- (1) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural commodity'' has the meaning given the term in section 402 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1732). (2) Agricultural program.--The term ``agricultural program'' means-- (A) any program administered through the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480; 7 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); (B) any program administered through section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431); (C) any commercial sale of agricultural commodities or agricultural products, including plant nutrient materials; or (D) any export financing (including credits or credit guarantees) for agricultural commodities or agricultural products. (3) New unilateral agricultural sanction.--The term ``new unilateral agricultural sanction'' means any prohibition, restriction, or condition on carrying out an agricultural program with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the United States on or after the date of enactment of this Act for reasons of foreign policy or national security, except in a case in which the United States imposes the measure pursuant to a multilateral regime and the other member countries of that regime have agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures. (4) New unilateral sanction with respect to medicine, medical supplies, or medical equipment.--The term ``new unilateral sanction with respect to medicine, medical supplies, or medical equipment'' means any prohibition, restriction, or condition on trade in, or the provision of assistance consisting of, medicine, medical supplies, or medical equipment with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the United States on or after the date of enactment of this Act for reasons of foreign policy or national security, except in a case in which the United States imposes the measure pursuant to a multilateral regime and the other member countries of that regime have agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures. (5) Session day of congress.--The term ``session day of Congress'' means any day on which a House of Congress is in session. (b) Restriction.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to subsection (c), the President may not impose a new unilateral agricultural sanction against a foreign country, or a new unilateral sanction with respect to medicine, medical supplies, or medical equipment against a foreign country, unless-- (1) not less than 60 days before the sanction is proposed to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress that-- (A) describes the activity proposed to be prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and (B) describes the actions by the foreign country that justify the sanction; and (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution stating the approval of Congress for the report submitted under paragraph (1). (c) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (b), the President may impose a sanction described in that subsection-- (1) against a foreign country with respect to which-- (A) Congress has enacted a declaration of war; or (B) the President has proclaimed a state of national emergency; or (2) to the extent that the sanction would prohibit, restrict, or condition the provision or use of any commodity, product, medicine, supply, or equipment that is controlled on the United States Munitions List under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act or the Commerce Control List under the Export Administration Act of 1979. (d) Congressional Priority Procedures.-- (1) Joint resolution defined.--For the purpose of subsection (b)(2), ``joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution introduced within 10 session days of Congress after the date on which the report of the President under subsection (b)(1) is received by Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress approves the report of the President pursuant to section 2(b)(1) of the Food and Medicine for the World Act of 1999, transmitted on ______________.'', with the blank completed with the appropriate date. (2) Referral of report.--The report described in subsection (b)(1) shall be referred to the appropriate committee or committees of the House of Representatives and to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate. (3) Referral of joint resolution to committee.--A joint resolution introduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. A joint resolution introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. Such a joint resolution may not be reported before the eighth session day of Congress after its introduction. (4) Discharge from committee.--If the committee of either House to which a joint resolution is referred has not reported the joint resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the end of 30 session days of Congress after its introduction, the committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House in which it was introduced. (5) Floor consideration.-- (A) Motion to proceed.--When the committee to which a joint resolution is referred has reported, or has been deemed to be discharged (under paragraph (4)) from further consideration of, a joint resolution, notwithstanding any rule or precedent of the Senate, including Rule 22, it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective House to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the respective House until disposed of. (B) Debate on the joint resolution.--Debate on the joint resolution, and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than ten hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order. (C) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall occur. (D) Appeals of rulings.--Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution described in paragraph (1) shall be decided without debate. (6) Treatment of other house's joint resolution.--If, before the passage by one House of Congress of a joint resolution of that House, that House receives from the other House a joint resolution, then the following procedures shall apply: (A) Referral of joint resolutions of sending house.--The joint resolution of the sending House shall not be referred to a committee in the receiving House. (B) Procedures in receiving house.--With respect to a joint resolution of the House receiving the joint resolution-- (i) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the sending House; but (ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint resolution of the sending House. (C) Disposition of joint resolutions of receiving house.--Upon disposition of the joint resolution received from the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the joint resolution originated in the receiving House. (7) Procedures after action by both the house and senate.-- If the House receiving a joint resolution from the other House after the receiving House has disposed of a joint resolution originated in that House, the action of the receiving House with regard to the disposition of the joint resolution originated in that House shall be deemed to be the action of the receiving House with regard to the joint resolution originated in the other House. (8) Status of procedures.--This subsection is enacted by Congress-- (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution described in paragraph (1), and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and (B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

Summary: Food and Medicine for the World Act of 1999 - Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the President from imposing a new unilateral agricultural sanction, or a new unilateral sanction with respect to medicine, medical supplies, or medical equipment, against a foreign country, unless: (1) not less than 60 days before the sanction is proposed to be imposed, the President makes a specified report to Congress; and (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the report.


SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF TANF EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY FUND. (a) In General.--Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(c) Emergency Fund.-- ``(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as the `Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs' (in this subsection referred to as the `Emergency Fund'). ``(2) Deposits into fund.-- ``(A) In general.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2012, $10,000,000,000 for payment to the Emergency Fund. ``(B) Availability and use of funds.--The amounts appropriated to the Emergency Fund under subparagraph (A) shall remain available through fiscal year 2013 and shall be used to make grants to States in each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013 in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (3). ``(C) Limitation.--In no case may the Secretary make a grant from the Emergency Fund for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2013. ``(3) Grants.-- ``(A) Grant related to caseload increases.-- ``(i) In general.--For each calendar quarter in fiscal year 2012 or 2013, the Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency Fund to each State that-- ``(I) requests a grant under this subparagraph for the quarter; and ``(II) meets the requirement of clause (ii) for the quarter. ``(ii) Caseload increase requirement.--A State meets the requirement of this clause for a quarter if the average monthly assistance caseload of the State for the quarter exceeds the average monthly assistance caseload of the State for the corresponding quarter in the emergency fund base year of the State. ``(iii) Amount of grant.--Subject to paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be made to a State under this subparagraph for a quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent of the amount (if any) by which the total expenditures of the State for basic assistance (as defined by the Secretary) in the quarter, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures, exceeds the total expenditures of the State for such assistance for the corresponding quarter in the emergency fund base year of the State. ``(B) Grant related to increased expenditures for non-recurrent short term benefits.-- ``(i) In general.--For each calendar quarter in fiscal year 2012 or 2013, the Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency Fund to each State that-- ``(I) requests a grant under this subparagraph for the quarter; and ``(II) meets the requirement of clause (ii) for the quarter. ``(ii) Non-recurrent short term expenditure requirement.--A State meets the requirement of this clause for a quarter if the total expenditures of the State for non-recurrent short term benefits in the quarter, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures, exceeds the total expenditures of the State for non- recurrent short term benefits in the corresponding quarter in the emergency fund base year of the State. ``(iii) Amount of grant.--Subject to paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be made to a State under this subparagraph for a quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent of the excess described in clause (ii). ``(C) Grant related to increased expenditures for subsidized employment.-- ``(i) In general.--For each calendar quarter in fiscal year 2012 or 2013, the Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency Fund to each State that-- ``(I) requests a grant under this subparagraph for the quarter; and ``(II) meets the requirement of clause (ii) for the quarter. ``(ii) Subsidized employment expenditure requirement.--A State meets the requirement of this clause for a quarter if the total expenditures of the State for subsidized employment in the quarter, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures, exceeds the total such expenditures of the State in the corresponding quarter in the emergency fund base year of the State. ``(iii) Amount of grant.--Subject to paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be made to a State under this subparagraph for a quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent of the excess described in clause (ii). ``(4) Authority to make necessary adjustments to data and collect needed data.--In determining the size of the caseload of a State and the expenditures of a State for basic assistance, non-recurrent short term benefits, and subsidized employment, during any period for which the State requests funds under this subsection, and during the emergency fund base year of the State, the Secretary may make appropriate adjustments to the data, on a State-by-State basis, to ensure that the data are comparable with respect to the groups of families served and the types of aid provided. The Secretary may develop a mechanism for collecting expenditure data, including procedures which allow States to make reasonable estimates, and may set deadlines for making revisions to the data. ``(5) Limitation.--The total amount payable to a single State under subsection (b) and this subsection for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 combined shall not exceed 50 percent of the annual State family assistance grant. ``(6) Limitations on use of funds.--A State to which an amount is paid under this subsection may use the amount only as authorized by section 404. ``(7) Timing of implementation.--The Secretary shall implement this subsection as quickly as reasonably possible, pursuant to appropriate guidance to States. ``(8) Application to indian tribes.--This subsection shall apply to an Indian tribe with an approved tribal family assistance plan under section 412 in the same manner as this subsection applies to a State. ``(9) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Average monthly assistance caseload defined.--The term `average monthly assistance caseload' means, with respect to a State and a quarter, the number of families receiving assistance during the quarter under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures, subject to adjustment under paragraph (4). ``(B) Emergency fund base year.-- ``(i) In general.--The term `emergency fund base year' means, with respect to a State and a category described in clause (ii), whichever of fiscal year 2009 or 2010 is the fiscal year in which the amount described by the category with respect to the State is the lesser. ``(ii) Categories described.--The categories described in this clause are the following: ``(I) The average monthly assistance caseload of the State. ``(II) The total expenditures of the State for non-recurrent short term benefits, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures. ``(III) The total expenditures of the State for subsidized employment, whether under the State program funded under this part or as qualified State expenditures. ``(C) Qualified state expenditures.--The term `qualified State expenditures' has the meaning given the term in section 409(a)(7).''. (b) Modification of Caseload Reduction Credit.--Section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ``(or if the immediately preceding fiscal year is fiscal year 2011 or 2012, then, at State option, during the emergency fund base year of the State with respect to the average monthly assistance caseload of the State (within the meaning of section 403(c)(9)), except that, if a State elects such option for fiscal year 2011, the emergency fund base year of the State with respect to such caseload shall be fiscal year 2009))'' before ``under the State''. (c) Disregard From Limitation on Total Payments to Territories.-- Section 1108(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ``403(c)(3),'' after ``403(a)(5),''.

Summary: Amends title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to reestablish for FY2012-FY2013 the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs for the purpose of grants to states by the Secretary of the Treasury related to: (1) increases in TANF caseloads, (2) increased expenditures for non-recurrent short term benefits, and (3) increased expenditures for subsidized employment. Modifies for FY2011-FY2012 the formula for the pro rata reduction credit in the calculation of the minimum participation rate of all families of a state receiving TANF assistance for any reduction in such rate owing to caseload reductions not required by federal law and not resulting from changes in state eligibility criteria.