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[H.J. Res. 115 Public Print (PP)]

  1st Session
H. J. RES. 115


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 1995

    Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are 
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 
corporations, and other organizational units of Government for the 
fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                       CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS

    Sec. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary under the authority 
and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the 
fiscal year 1995 for continuing projects or activities including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically 
provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the 
fiscal year 1995 and for which appropriations, funds, or other 
authority would be available in the following appropriations Acts:
            The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
        Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, 
        notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic 
        Authorities Act of 1956, section 701 of the United States 
        Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, (1)section 
        313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
        1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), and section 53 of the Arms 
        Control and Disarmament Act;
            The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1996, 
        notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 
        of 1947;
            The District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996;
            The Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1996;
            The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
        Programs Appropriations Act, 1996, notwithstanding section 10 
        of Public Law 91-672 and section 15(a) of the State Department 
        Basic Authorities Act of 1956;
            The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 1996;
            The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
        Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996;
            The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, H.R. 2492;
            The Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 1996;
            The Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
        Appropriations Act, 1996;
            The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
        Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996:
Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made available or the 
authority which would be granted in these Acts is greater than that 
which would be available or granted under current operations, the 
pertinent project or activity shall be continued at a rate for 
operations not exceeding the current rate.
    (b) Whenever the amount which would be made available or the 
authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this section as 
passed by the House as of the date of enactment of this joint 
resolution, is different from that which would be available or granted 
under such Act as passed by the Senate as of the date of enactment of 
this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall be 
continued at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or 
the rate permitted by the action of the House or the Senate, whichever 
is lower, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That where an 
item is not included in either version or where an item is included in 
only one version of the Act as passed by both Houses as of the date of 
enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity 
shall not be continued except as provided for in section 111 or 112 
under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the applicable 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and under the authority and 
conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 1995.
    (c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has been passed by only 
the House or only the Senate as of the date of enactment of this joint 
resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under 
the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House at a 
rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate 
permitted by the action of the one House, whichever is lower, and under 
the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations 
Act for the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That where an item is funded in 
the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and not 
included in the version passed by the one House as of the date of 
enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity 
shall not be continued except as provided for in section 111 or 112 
under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the applicable 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and under the authority and 
conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 1995.
    Sec. 102. No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be 
used for new production of items not funded for production in fiscal 
year 1995 or prior years, for the increase in production rates above 
those sustained with fiscal year 1995 funds, or to initiate, resume, or 
continue any project, activity, operation, or organization which are 
defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program 
element, and subprogram within a program element and for investment 
items are further defined as a P-1 line item in a budget activity 
within an appropriation account and an R-1 line item which includes a 
program element and subprogram element within an appropriation account, 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available 
during the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That no appropriation or funds 
made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 
Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements 
utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity 
procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
    Sec. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to 
the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent 
appropriations Act.
    Sec. 104. No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any 
project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
were not available during the fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 105. No provision which is included in an appropriations Act 
enumerated in section 101 but which was not included in the applicable 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 and which by its terms is 
applicable to more than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be 
applicable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in this 
joint resolution.
    Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution or 
in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds made 
available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 
be available until (a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this joint resolution, or (b) the 
enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses 
without any provision for such project or activity, or (c) December 1, 
1995, whichever first occurs.
    Sec. 107. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to 
this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 
incurred for any program, project, or activity during the period for 
which funds or authority for such project or activity are available 
under this joint resolution.
    Sec. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall 
be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law.
    Sec. 109. No provision in the appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this joint resolution that 
makes the availability of any appropriation provided therein dependent 
upon the enactment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall 
be effective before the date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint 
resolution.
    Sec. 110. Appropriations and funds made available by or authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without regard to 
the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set 
forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing 
herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of law governing 
the apportionment of funds.
    Sec. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, whenever an Act listed in section 101 
as passed by both the House and Senate as of the date of enactment of 
this joint resolution, does not include funding for an ongoing project 
or activity for which there is a budget request, or whenever an Act 
listed in section 101 has been passed by only the House or only the 
Senate as of the date of enactment of this joint resolution, and an 
item funded in fiscal year 1995 is not included in the version passed 
by the one House, or whenever the rate for operations for an ongoing 
project or activity provided by section 101 for which there is a budget 
request would result in the project or activity being significantly 
reduced, the pertinent project or activity may be continued under the 
authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act 
for the fiscal year 1995 by increasing the rate for operations provided 
by section 101 to a rate for operations not to exceed one that provides 
the minimal level that would enable existing activities to continue. No 
new contracts or grants shall be awarded in excess of an amount that 
bears the same ratio to the rate for operations provided by this 
section as the number of days covered by this resolution bears to 366. 
For the purposes of the Act, the minimal level means a rate for 
operations that is reduced from the current rate by 40 percent.
    Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, whenever the rate for operations for 
any continuing project or activity provided by section 101 or section 
111 for which there is a budget request would result in a furlough of 
Government employees, that rate for operations may be increased to the 
minimum level that would enable the furlough to be avoided. No new 
contracts or grants shall be awarded in excess of an amount that bears 
the same ratio to the rate for operations provided by this section as 
the number of days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
    Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except sections 106, 111, and 112, for those programs that 
had high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of funding 
at the beginning of the fiscal year in fiscal year 1995 because of 
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or 
others, similar distributions of funds for fiscal year 1996 shall not 
be made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this 
resolution that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
    Sec. 114. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only 
the most limited funding action of that permitted in the resolution 
shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and 
activities.
    Sec. 115. The provisions of section 132 of the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law 100-202, shall not apply for this 
joint resolution. (2)Included in the apportionment for the Federal 
Payment to the District of Columbia shall be an additional $15,000,000 
above the amount otherwise made available by this joint resolution, for 
purposes of certain capital construction loan repayments pursuant to 
Public Law 85-451, as amended.
    Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the authority and conditions for the 
application of appropriations for the Office of Technology Assessment 
as contained in the Conference Report on the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1996, House Report 104-212, shall be followed when 
applying the funding made available by this joint resolution.
    Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, any distribution of funding under the 
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research account in the 
Department of Education may be made up to an amount that bears the same 
ratio to the rate for operation for this account provided by this joint 
resolution as the number of days covered by this resolution bears to 
366.
    Sec. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the authorities provided under 
subsection (a) of section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) shall remain in 
effect during the period of this joint resolution, notwithstanding 
paragraph (3) of said subsection.
    Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the amount made available to the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the heading Salaries and 
Expenses, shall include, in addition to direct appropriations, the 
amount it collects under the fee rate and offsetting collection 
authority contained in Public Law 103-352, which fee rate and 
offsetting collection authority shall remain in effect during the 
period of this joint resolution.
    Sec. 120. Until enactment of legislation providing funding for the 
entire fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, for the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies, funds available for necessary expenses 
of the Bureau of Mines are for continuing limited health and safety and 
related research, materials partnerships, and minerals information 
activities; for mineral assessments in Alaska; and for terminating all 
other activities of the Bureau of Mines.
    Sec. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, funds for the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall be made available in the appropriation accounts which are 
provided in H.R. 2099 as reported on September 13, 1995.
    Sec. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations for projects 
and activities that would be funded under the heading ``International 
Organizations and Conferences, Contributions to International 
Organizations'' in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, shall be the 
amount provided by the provisions of sections 101, 111, and 112 
multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered by this 
resolution to 366 and multiplied further by 1.27.
    Sec. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations of the 
following projects or activities shall be only the minimum necessary to 
accomplish orderly termination:
            Administrative Conference of the United States;
            Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (except 
        that activities to carry out the provisions of Public Law 104-4 
        may continue);
            Interstate Commerce Commission;
            Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation;
            Land and Water Conservation Fund, State Assistance; and
            Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Rural 
        Abandoned Mine Program.

                                TITLE II

SEC. 201. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT PRINTING.

    (a) Waiver.--The provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1, 
United States Code, are waived with respect to the printing (on 
parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of any of the following 
measures of the first session of the One Hundred Fourth Congress 
presented to the President after the enactment of this joint 
resolution:
            (1) A continuing resolution.
            (2) A debt limit extension measure.
            (3) A reconciliation bill.
    (b) Certification by Committee on House Oversight.--The enrollment 
of a measure to which subsection (a) applies shall be in such form as 
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives 
certifies to be a true enrollment.

SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this joint resolution:
            (1) Continuing resolution.--The term ``continuing 
        resolution'' means a bill or joint resolution that includes 
        provisions making further continuing appropriations for fiscal 
        year 1996.
            (2) Debt limit extension measure.--The term ``debt limit 
        extension measure'' means a bill or joint resolution that 
        includes provisions increasing or waiving (for a temporary 
        period or otherwise) the public debt limit under section 
        3101(b) of title 31, United States Code.
            (3) Reconciliation bill.--The term ``reconciliation bill'' 
        means a bill that is a reconciliation bill within the meaning 
        of section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                         (3)<DELETED>TITLE III

       <DELETED>TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED POLITICAL ADVOCACY</DELETED>

 <DELETED>prohibition on subsidizing political advocacy with taxpayer 
                            funds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 301. (a) Limitations.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the following limitations shall apply to any taxpayer 
subsidized grant that is made from funds appropriated under this or any 
other Act or controlled under any congressional authorization, until 
the enactment of specific exceptions in subsequent Acts:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) No taxpayer subsidized grantee may use funds 
        from any taxpayer subsidized grant to engage in political 
        advocacy.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) No person or organization may transfer funds 
        from any taxpayer subsidized grant, in whole or in part, in the 
        form of a taxpayer subsidized grant, to any person or 
        organization that under this subsection would not be eligible 
        to receive such funds directly from the Federal 
        Government.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) No taxpayer subsidized grantee may use funds 
        from any taxpayer subsidized grant for any purpose (including 
        but not limited to extending subsequent taxpayer subsidized 
        grants to any other individual or organization) other than to 
        purchase or secure goods or services, except as permitted by 
        Congress in the law authorizing the taxpayer subsidized 
        grant.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) No restrictions are placed upon the use of an 
        individual's non-Federal funds by this title.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) An organization described in section 501(c)(4) 
        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying 
        activities during the organization's previous taxable year 
        shall not be eligible for the receipt of Federal funds 
        constituting a taxpayer subsidized grant. This paragraph shall 
        not apply to organizations described in such section 501(c)(4) 
        with gross annual revenues of less than $3,000,000 in such 
        previous taxable year, including the amounts of Federal funds 
        received as a taxpayer subsidized grant.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) An organization shall not be eligible for the 
        receipt of Federal funds constituting a taxpayer subsidized 
        grant if, in the previous Federal fiscal year, such 
        organization--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) received more than one-third of its 
                annual revenue in the form of taxpayer subsidized 
                grants; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) expended on lobbying activities an 
                amount equal to or exceeding whichever of the following 
                amounts is less:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) $100,000; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the amount determined by the 
                        formula set forth in paragraph 
                        (7)(B).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) No taxpayer subsidized grant applicant or 
        taxpayer subsidized grantee, except an individual person, may 
        receive any taxpayer subsidized grant if its expenditures for 
        political advocacy for any one of the previous five Federal 
        fiscal years exceeded its substantial political advocacy 
        threshold. For purposes of the application of this paragraph in 
        the five-year period following the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, only the previous Federal fiscal years beginning 
        after September 30, 1995, shall be considered. For purposes of 
        this title, the substantial political advocacy threshold for a 
        given Federal fiscal year shall be whichever of the following 
        amounts is less:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) $1,000,000.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) The amount determined by the following 
                formula:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Calculate the difference 
                        between the taxpayer subsidized grant 
                        applicant's total expenditures made in a given 
                        Federal fiscal year and the total taxpayer 
                        subsidized grants it received in that Federal 
                        fiscal year.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) For the first $500,000 of the 
                        amount calculated under clause (i), multiply by 
                        0.20.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) For the portion of the 
                        amount calculated under clause (i) that is more 
                        than $500,000, but not more than $1,000,000, 
                        multiply by 0.15.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) For the portion of the amount 
                        calculated under clause (i) that is more than 
                        $1,000,000, but not more than $1,500,000, 
                        multiply by 0.10.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) For the portion of the amount 
                        calculated under clause (i) that is more than 
                        $1,500,000, but not more than $17,000,000, 
                        multiply by 0.05.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) Calculate the sum of the 
                        products described in clauses (ii) through 
                        (v).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) During any one Federal fiscal year in which a 
        taxpayer subsidized grantee, except an individual person, has 
        possession, custody or control of taxpayer subsidized grant 
        funds, such taxpayer subsidized grantee shall not use any funds 
        (whether derived from taxpayer subsidized grants or otherwise) 
        to engage in political advocacy in excess of its substantial 
        political advocacy threshold for the prior Federal fiscal 
        year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) No taxpayer subsidized grantee may use funds 
        from any taxpayer subsidized grant to purchase or secure any 
        goods or services (including dues and membership fees) from any 
        other organization whose expenditures for political advocacy 
        for the previous Federal fiscal year exceeded whichever of the 
        following amounts is greater:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) $25,000.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) 15 percent of such other 
                organization's total expenditures for such previous 
                Federal fiscal year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) The limitations imposed by paragraphs (5), 
        (7), and (8) shall not apply to any taxpayer subsidized grant 
        applicant or taxpayer subsidized grantee for any Federal fiscal 
        year if, during the preceding Federal fiscal year, its total 
        expenditures for political advocacy were less than 
        $25,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) For purposes of applying the limitations 
        imposed by this subsection (other than paragraph (4)), the 
        members of an affiliated group of organizations (other than any 
        member that does not receive a taxpayer subsidized grant) shall 
be treated as one organization.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Enforcement of Taxpayer Protections.--The following 
enforcement provisions apply with respect to the limitations imposed 
under subsection (a):</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Each taxpayer subsidized grantee shall be 
        subject to audit from time to time as follows:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Audits may be requested and conducted 
                by the General Accounting Office or other auditing 
                entity authorized by Congress, including the Inspector 
                General of the Federal entity awarding or administering 
                the taxpayer subsidized grant.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Taxpayer subsidized grantees shall 
                follow generally accepted accounting principles in 
                keeping books and records relating to each taxpayer 
                subsidized grant and no Federal entity may impose more 
                burdensome accounting requirements for purposes of 
                enforcing this title.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) A taxpayer subsidized grantee that 
                engages in political advocacy shall have the burden of 
                proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that it is 
                in compliance with the limitations of this 
                title.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Audits pursuant to this subsection 
                shall be limited to the utilization, transfer, and 
                expenditure of Federal funds and the utilization, 
                transfer, and expenditure of any funds for political 
                advocacy.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Violations by a taxpayer subsidized grantee of 
        the limitations contained in subsection (a) may be enforced and 
        the taxpayer subsidized grant may be recovered in the same 
        manner and to the same extent as a false or fraudulent claim 
        for payment or approval made to the Federal Government pursuant 
        to sections 3729 through 3812 of title 31, United States 
        Code.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Any officer or employee of the Federal 
        Government who awards or administers funds from any taxpayer 
        subsidized grant to a taxpayer subsidized grantee who is not in 
        compliance with this section shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) for knowing or negligent noncompliance 
                with this section, be subjected to appropriate 
                administrative discipline, including, when 
                circumstances warrant, suspension from duty without pay 
                or removal from office; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) for knowing noncompliance with this 
                section, pay a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 
                for each improper disbursement of funds.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Duties of Taxpayer Subsidized Grantees.--Any 
individual or organization that awards or administers a taxpayer 
subsidized grant shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the 
taxpayer subsidized grantee complies with the requirements of this 
title. Reasonable steps to ensure compliance shall include written 
notice to a taxpayer subsidized grantee that it is receiving a taxpayer 
subsidized grant, and that the provisions of this title apply to the 
taxpayer subsidized grantee.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this title:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Affiliated Organizations.--Any two 
        organizations shall be considered to be members of an 
        affiliated group of organizations if the organizations meet any 
        one or more of the following criteria:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) The governing instrument of one such 
                organization requires it to be bound by decisions of 
                the other organization on legislative issues.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) The governing board of one such 
                organization includes persons who--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) are specifically designated 
                        representatives of the other such organization 
                        or are members of the governing board, 
                        officers, or paid executive staff members of 
                        such other organization; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by aggregating their votes, 
                        have sufficient voting power to cause or 
                        prevent action on political advocacy issues by 
                        the other such organization.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) The organizations--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) either use the same name or 
                        trademark, or represent themselves as being 
                        affiliated; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) coordinate their lobbying 
                        activities or political advocacy.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Agency action.--The term ``agency action'' 
        includes the definition contained in section 551 of title 5, 
        United States Code, and includes action by State, local, or 
        tribal government agencies. Such term does not include any 
        agency's action that grants an approval, license, permit, 
        registration, or similar authority, or that grants or 
        recognizes an exemption or relieves a restriction, on a case-
        by-case basis.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Agency proceeding.--The term ``agency 
        proceeding'' includes the definition contained in section 551 
        of title 5, United States Code, and includes proceedings by 
State, local, or tribal government agencies.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Influence legislation or agency action.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) General rule.--Except as otherwise 
                provided in subparagraph (B), the term ``influence 
                legislation or agency action'' includes--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) any attempt to influence any 
                        legislation or agency action through an attempt 
                        to affect the opinions of the general public or 
                        any segment thereof; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) any attempt to influence any 
                        legislation or agency action through 
                        communication with any member or employee of a 
                        legislative body or agency, or with any 
                        government official or employee who may 
                        participate in the formulation of the 
                        legislation or agency action.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Exceptions.--The term ``influence 
                legislation or agency action'' does not include--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) making available the results 
                        of nonpartisan analysis, study, research, or 
                        debate;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) providing technical advice or 
                        assistance (where such advice would otherwise 
                        constitute the influencing of legislation or 
                        agency action) to a governmental body or to a 
                        committee or other subdivision thereof in 
                        response to a request by such body or 
                        subdivision, as the case may be;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) communications between the 
                        taxpayer subsidized grantee and its bona fide 
                        members with respect to legislation, proposed 
                        legislation, agency action, or proposed agency 
                        action of direct interest to the taxpayer 
                        subsidized grantee and such members, other than 
                        communications described in subparagraph 
                        (C);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) any communication with a 
                        governmental official or employee, including 
                        any such communication required to apply for, 
                        administer, or execute a taxpayer subsidized 
                        grant; other than--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) a communication with a 
                                member or employee of a legislative 
                                body or agency (where such 
                                communication would otherwise 
                                constitute the influencing of 
                                legislation or agency action); 
                                or</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) a communication the 
                                principal purpose of which is to 
                                influence legislation or agency 
                                action;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) official communications by 
                        employees of State, local, or tribal 
                        governments, or by organizations whose 
                        membership consists exclusively of State, 
                        local, or tribal governments; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) participating in a particular 
                        activity that is specifically and explicitly 
                        directed and sanctioned by an Act of Congress, 
                        and is specifically and explicitly approved in 
                        the contract or other agreement under which the 
                        taxpayer subsidized grant is made, except that 
                        such exception shall not apply to any such 
                        contract or other agreement that is first 
                        entered into after the date of the enactment of 
                        this Act, is renewed after such date, or is 
                        terminable or amendable after such date at the 
                        option of the government entity awarding or 
                        administering such grant, unless such activity 
                        is specifically and explicitly directed and 
                        sanctioned by an Act of Congress enacted after 
                        January 1, 1995.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Communications with members.--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) A communication between a 
                        taxpayer subsidized grantee and any bona fide 
                        member of such organization to directly 
                        encourage such member to communicate as 
                        provided in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be 
                        treated as a subparagraph (A)(ii) communication 
                        by the taxpayer subsidized grantee 
                        itself.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) A communication between a 
                        taxpayer subsidized grantee and any bona fide 
                        member of such organization to directly 
                        encourage such member to urge persons other 
                        than members to communicate as provided in 
                        either clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) 
                        shall be treated as a communication described 
                        in subparagraph (A)(i).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Legislation.--The term ``legislation'' 
        includes the introduction, amendment, enactment, passage, 
        defeat, ratification, or repeal of Acts, bills, resolutions, 
        treaties, declarations, confirmations, articles of impeachment, 
        or similar items by the Congress, any State legislature, any 
        local or tribal council or similar governing body, or by the 
        public in a referendum, initiative, constitutional amendment, 
        recall, confirmation, or similar procedure.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Lobbying activities.--The term ``lobbying 
        activities'' means political advocacy (as defined in paragraph 
        (8)), other than political advocacy relating to any judicial 
        litigation or agency proceeding described in subparagraph (C) 
        of such paragraph.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Organization.--The term ``organization'' means 
        a legal entity, other than a government, established or 
        organized for any purpose, and includes a corporation, company, 
        association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, 
        foundation, institution, society, union, or any other 
        association of persons that operates in or the activities of 
        which affect interstate or foreign commerce.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Political advocacy.--Except as otherwise 
        provided in paragraph (4)(B), the term ``political advocacy'' 
        includes--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) carrying on propaganda, or otherwise 
                attempting to influence legislation or agency action, 
                including, but not limited to, monetary or in-kind 
                contributions, preparation and planning activities, 
                research and other background work, endorsements, 
                publicity, coordination with such activities of others, 
                and similar activities;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) participating or intervening in 
                (including the publishing or distributing of 
                statements) any political campaign on behalf of (or in 
                opposition to) any candidate for public office, 
                including, but not limited to, monetary or in-kind 
                contributions, preparation and planning activities, 
                research and other background work, endorsements, 
                publicity, coordination with such activities of others, 
                and similar activities;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) participating in any judicial 
                litigation or agency proceeding (including as an amicus 
                curiae) in which agents or instrumentalities of 
                Federal, State, local, or tribal governments are 
                parties, other than litigation in which the taxpayer 
                subsidized grantee or taxpayer subsidized grant 
                applicant is a defendant appearing in its own behalf; 
                is defending its tax-exempt status; or is challenging a 
                government decision or action directed specifically at 
                the powers, rights, or duties of that taxpayer 
                subsidized grantee or taxpayer subsidized grant 
                applicant; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) allocating, disbursing, or 
                contributing any monetary or in-kind support to any 
                organization whose expenditures for political advocacy 
                for the previous Federal fiscal year exceeded 15 
                percent of its total expenditures for that Federal 
                fiscal year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) Taxpayer subsidized grant.--The term 
        ``taxpayer subsidized grant'' includes the provision of any 
        Federal funds, appropriated under this or any other Act, or 
        other thing of value to carry out a public purpose of the 
        United States, except the following: the provision of funds for 
        acquisition (by purchase, lease or barter) of property or 
        services for the direct benefit or use of the United States; 
        the payments of loans, debts, or entitlements; the provision of 
        funds to or distribution of funds by an Article I or III court; 
        nonmonetary assistance provided by the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs to organizations approved or recognized under section 
        5902 of title 38, United States Code; and the provision of 
        grant and scholarship funds to students for educational 
        purposes.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) Taxpayer subsidized grantee.--The term 
        ``taxpayer subsidized grantee'' includes any recipient of any 
        taxpayer subsidized grant. The term shall not include any 
        State, local, or tribal government, but shall include any 
        recipient receiving a taxpayer subsidized grant from a State, 
        local, or tribal government.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>disclosure requirements</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 302. (a) In General.--Not later than December 31 of 
each year, each taxpayer subsidized grantee, except an individual 
person, shall provide (via either electronic or paper medium) to each 
Federal entity that awarded or administered its taxpayer subsidized 
grant an annual report for the prior Federal fiscal year, certified by 
the taxpayer subsidized grantee's chief executive officer or equivalent 
person of authority, and setting forth--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the taxpayer subsidized grantee's name and 
        grantee identification number;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a statement that the taxpayer subsidized 
        grantee agrees that it is, and shall continue to be, 
        contractually bound by the terms of this title as a condition 
        of the continued receipt and use of Federal funds; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) either--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) a statement that the taxpayer 
                subsidized grantee did not engage in political 
                advocacy; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) a statement that the taxpayer 
                subsidized grantee did engage in political advocacy, 
                and setting forth for each taxpayer subsidized grant--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the taxpayer subsidized grant 
                        identification number;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the amount or value of the 
                        taxpayer subsidized grant (including all 
                        administrative and overhead costs 
                        awarded);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) a brief description of the 
                        purpose or purposes for which the taxpayer 
                        subsidized grant was awarded;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) the identity of each Federal, 
                        State, local, and tribal government entity 
                        awarding or administering the taxpayer 
                        subsidized grant, and program 
                        thereunder;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) the name and taxpayer 
                        subsidized grantee identification number of 
                        each individual or organization to which the 
                        taxpayer subsidized grantee made a taxpayer 
                        subsidized grant;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) a brief description of the 
                        taxpayer subsidized grantee's political 
                        advocacy, and a good faith estimate of the 
                        taxpayer subsidized grantee's expenditures on 
                        political advocacy; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vii) a good faith estimate of the 
                        taxpayer subsidized grantee's substantial 
                        political advocacy threshold.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) OMB Coordination.--The Office of Management and Budget 
shall develop by regulation one standardized form for the annual report 
that shall be accepted by every Federal entity, and a uniform procedure 
by which each taxpayer subsidized grantee is assigned one permanent and 
unique taxpayer subsidized grantee identification number.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>federal entity report</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 303. Not later than May 1 of each calendar year, each 
Federal entity awarding or administering a taxpayer subsidized grant 
shall submit to the Bureau of the Census a report (standardized by the 
Office of Management and Budget) setting forth the information provided 
to such Federal entity by each taxpayer subsidized grantee during the 
preceding Federal fiscal year, and the name and taxpayer subsidized 
grantee identification number of each taxpayer subsidized grantee to 
which it provided written notice under section 301(c). The Bureau of 
the Census shall make this database available to the public through the 
Internet.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>public accountability</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 304. (a) Public Availability of Taxpayer Subsidized 
Grant Documents.--Any Federal entity awarding a taxpayer subsidized 
grant shall make publicly available any taxpayer subsidized grant 
application, audit of a taxpayer subsidized grantee, list of taxpayer 
subsidized grantees to which notice was provided under section 301(c), 
annual report of a taxpayer subsidized grantee, and that Federal 
entity's annual report to the Bureau of the Census.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Accessibility to Public.--The public's access to the 
documents identified in subsection (a) shall be facilitated by 
placement of such documents in the Federal entity's public document 
reading room and also by expediting any requests under section 552 of 
title 5, United States Code, the Freedom of Information Act as amended, 
ahead of any requests for other information pending at such Federal 
entity.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Withholding Prohibited.--Records described in 
subsection (a) shall not be subject to withholding, except under the 
exemption set forth in subsection (b)(7)(A) of section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Fees Prohibited.--No fees for searching for or copying 
such documents shall be charged to the public.</DELETED>

                    <DELETED>severability</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 305. If any provision of this title or the 
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the 
remainder of this title and the application of such provision to other 
persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>first amendment rights preserved</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 306. Nothing in this title shall be deemed to abridge 
any rights guaranteed under the First Amendment of the United States 
Constitution, including freedom of speech, or of the press; or the 
right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the 
Government for a redress of grievances.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>expedited consideration and appeal of certain 
                           actions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 307. (a) District Court Consideration.--Any action 
challenging the constitutionality of this title shall be heard and 
determined by a panel of three judges in accordance with section 2284 
of title 28, United States Code. The United States District Court for 
the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such 
action, without regard to the sum or value of the matter in 
controversy. It shall be the duty of the district court to advance on 
the docket, and to expedite the disposition of, any action brought 
under this subsection.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Appeal to Supreme Court.--An appeal may be taken 
directly to the Supreme Court of the United States from any 
interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order entered in any action 
brought under subsection (a). Any such appeal shall be taken by a 
notice of appeal filed within 20 days after such judgment, decree, or 
order is entered. The Supreme Court shall, if it has not previously 
ruled on the question presented by such appeal, accept jurisdiction 
over the appeal, advance the appeal on the docket, and expedite the 
appeal.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>construction and effect</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 308. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
affect the application of the internal revenue laws of the United 
States.</DELETED>

                               TITLE III

 prohibition on subsidizing political organizations with taxpayer funds

    Sec. 301. (a) Limitations.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any organization receiving Federal grants in an amount that, in 
the aggregate, is greater than $125,000 in the most recent Federal 
fiscal year, shall be subject to the limitations on lobbying activity 
expenditures under section 4911(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, except that, if exempt purpose expenditures are over 
$17,000,000 then the organization shall also be subject to a limitation 
on lobbying of 1 percent of the excess of the exempt purpose 
expenditures over $17,000,000 unless otherwise subject to section 
4911(c)(2)(A) based on an election made under section 501(h) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (2) An organization described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities during the 
organization's previous taxable year shall not be eligible to receive 
Federal funds constituting a taxpayer subsidized grant. This paragraph 
shall not apply to organizations described in section 501(c)(4) with 
gross annual revenues of less than $3,000,000 in such previous taxable 
year, including Federal funds received as a taxpayer subsidized grant.
    (b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this title:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Client.--The term ``client'' means any person or entity 
        that employs or retains another person for financial or other 
        compensation to conduct lobbying activities on behalf of that 
        person or entity. A person or entity whose employees act as 
        lobbyists on its own behalf is both a client and an employer of 
        such employees. In the case of a coalition or association that 
        employs or retains other persons to conduct lobbying 
        activities, the client is the coalition or association and not 
        its individual members.
            (3) Covered executive branch official.--The term ``covered 
        executive branch official'' means--
                    (A) the President;
                    (B) the Vice President;
                    (C) any officer or employee, or any other 
                individual functioning in the capacity of such an 
                officer or employee, in the Executive Office of the 
                President;
                    (D) any officer or employee serving in a position 
                in level I, II, III, IV, or V of the Executive 
                Schedule, as designated by statute or Executive order;
                    (E) any member of the uniformed services whose pay 
                grade is at or above O-7 under section 201 of title 37, 
                United States Code; and
                    (F) any officer or employee serving in a position 
                of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, 
                or policy-advocating character described in section 
                7511(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code.
            (4) Covered legislative branch official.--The term 
        ``covered legislative branch official'' means--
                    (A) a Member of Congress;
                    (B) an elected officer of either House of Congress;
                    (C) any employee of, or any other individual 
                functioning in the capacity of an employee of--
                            (i) a Member of Congress;
                            (ii) a committee of either House of 
                        Congress;
                            (iii) the leadership staff of the House of 
                        Representatives or the leadership staff of the 
                        Senate;
                            (iv) a joint committee of Congress; and
                            (v) a working group or caucus organized to 
                        provide legislative services or other 
                        assistance to Members of Congress; and
                    (D) any other legislative branch employee serving 
                in a position described under section 109(13) of the 
                Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
            (5) Employee.--The term ``employee'' means any individual 
        who is an officer, employee, partner, director, or proprietor 
        of a person or entity, but does not include--
                    (A) independent contractors; or
                    (B) volunteers who receive no financial or other 
                compensation from the person or entity for their 
                services.
            (6) Foreign entity.--The term ``foreign entity'' means a 
        foreign principal (as defined in section 1(b) of the Foreign 
        Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(b)).
            (7) Grant.--The term ``grant'' means the provision of any 
        Federal funds, appropriated under this or any other Act, to 
        carry out a public purpose of the United States, except--
                    (A) the provision of funds for acquisition (by 
                purchase, lease, or barter) of property or services for 
                the direct benefit or use of the United States;
                    (B) the payments of loans, debts, or entitlements;
                    (C) the provision of funds to, or distribution of 
                funds by, a Federal court established under Article I 
                or III of the Constitution of the United States;
                    (D) nonmonetary assistance provided by the 
                Department of Veterans Affairs to organizations 
                approved or recognized under section 5902 of title 38, 
                United States Code; and
                    (E) the provision of grant and scholarship funds to 
                students for educational purposes.
            (8) Lobbying activities.--The term ``lobbying activities'' 
        means lobbying contacts and efforts in support of such 
        contacts, including preparation and planning activities, 
        research and other background work that is intended, at the 
        time it is performed, for use in contacts, and coordination 
        with the lobbying activities of others.
            (9) Lobbying contact.--
                    (A) Definition.--The term ``lobbying contact'' 
                means any oral or written communication (including an 
                electronic communication) to a covered executive branch 
                official or a covered legislative branch official that 
                is made on behalf of a client with regard to--
                            (i) the formulation, modification, or 
                        adoption of Federal legislation (including 
                        legislative proposals);
                            (ii) the formulation, modification, or 
                        adoption of a Federal rule, regulation, 
                        Executive order, or any other program, policy, 
                        or position of the United States Government;
                            (iii) the administration or execution of a 
                        Federal program or policy (including the 
                        negotiation, award, or administration of a 
                        Federal contract, grant, loan, permit, or 
                        license); or
                            (iv) the nomination or confirmation of a 
                        person for a position subject to confirmation 
                        by the Senate.
                    (B) Exceptions.--The term ``lobbying contact'' does 
                not include a communication that is--
                            (i) made by a public official acting in the 
                        public official's official capacity;
                            (ii) made by a representative of a media 
                        organization if the purpose of the 
                        communication is gathering and disseminating 
                        news and information to the public;
                            (iii) made in a speech, article, 
                        publication or other material that is 
                        distributed and made available to the public, 
                        or through radio, television, cable television, 
                        or other medium of mass communication;
                            (iv) made on behalf of a government of a 
                        foreign country or a foreign political party 
                        and disclosed under the Foreign Agents 
                        Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et 
                        seq.);
                            (v) a request for a meeting, a request for 
                        the status of an action, or any other similar 
                        administrative request, if the request does not 
                        include an attempt to influence a covered 
                        executive branch official or a covered 
                        legislative branch official;
                            (vi) made in the course of participation in 
                        an advisory committee subject to the Federal 
                        Advisory Committee Act;
                            (vii) testimony given before a committee, 
                        subcommittee, or task force of the Congress, or 
                        submitted for inclusion in the public record of 
                        a hearing conducted by such committee, 
                        subcommittee, or task force;
                            (viii) information provided in writing in 
                        response to an oral or written request by a 
                        covered executive branch official or a covered 
                        legislative branch official for specific 
                        information;
                            (ix) required by subpoena, civil 
                        investigative demand, or otherwise compelled by 
                        statute, regulation, or other action of the 
                        Congress or an agency;
                            (x) made in response to a notice in the 
                        Federal Register, Commerce Business Daily, or 
                        other similar publication soliciting 
                        communications from the public and directed to 
                        the agency official specifically designated in 
                        the notice to receive such communications;
                            (xi) not possible to report without 
                        disclosing information, the unauthorized 
                        disclosure of which is prohibited by law;
                            (xii) made to an official in an agency with 
                        regard to--
                                    (I) a judicial proceeding or a 
                                criminal or civil law enforcement 
                                inquiry, investigation, or proceeding; 
                                or
                                    (II) a filing or proceeding that 
                                the Government is specifically required 
                                by statute or regulation to maintain or 
                                conduct on a confidential basis,
                        if that agency is charged with responsibility 
                        for such proceeding, inquiry, investigation, or 
                        filing;
                            (xiii) made in compliance with written 
                        agency procedures regarding an adjudication 
                        conducted by the agency under section 554 of 
                        title 5, United States Code, or substantially 
                        similar provisions;
                            (xiv) a written comment filed in the course 
                        of a public proceeding or any other 
                        communication that is made on the record in a 
                        public proceeding;
                            (xv) a petition for agency action made in 
                        writing and required to be a matter of public 
                        record pursuant to established agency 
                        procedures;
                            (xvi) made on behalf of an individual with 
                        regard to that individual's benefits, 
                        employment, or other personal matters involving 
                        only that individual, except that this clause 
                        does not apply to any communication with--
                                    (I) a covered executive branch 
                                official, or
                                    (II) a covered legislative branch 
                                official (other than the individual's 
                                elected Members of Congress or 
                                employees who work under such Members' 
                                direct supervision),
                        with respect to the formulation, modification, 
                        or adoption of private legislation for the 
                        relief of that individual;
                            (xvii) a disclosure by an individual that 
                        is protected under the amendments made by the 
                        Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, under the 
                        Inspector General Act of 1978, or under another 
                        provision of law;
                            (xviii) made by--
                                    (I) a church, its integrated 
                                auxiliary, or a convention or 
                                association of churches that is exempt 
                                from filing a Federal income tax return 
                                under paragraph 2(A)(i) of section 
                                6033(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                                1986, or
                                    (II) a religious order that is 
                                exempt from filing a Federal income tax 
                                return under paragraph (2)(A)(iii) of 
                                such section 6033(a); and
                            (xix) between--
                                    (I) officials of a self-regulatory 
                                organization (as defined in section 
                                3(a)(26) of the Securities Exchange 
                                Act) that is registered with or 
                                established by the Securities and 
                                Exchange Commission as required by that 
                                Act or a similar organization that is 
                                designated by or registered with the 
                                Commodities Future Trading Commission 
                                as provided under the Commodity 
                                Exchange Act; and
                                    (II) the Securities and Exchange 
                                Commission or the Commodities Future 
                                Trading Commission, respectively;
                        relating to the regulatory responsibilities of 
                        such organization under that Act.
            (10) Lobbying firm.--The term ``lobbying firm'' means a 
        person or entity that has 1 or more employees who are lobbyists 
        on behalf of a client other than that person or entity. The 
        term also includes a self-employed individual who is a 
        lobbyist.
            (11) Lobbyist.--The term ``lobbyist'' means any individual 
        who is employed or retained by a client for financial or other 
        compensation for services that include more than one lobbying 
        contact, other than an individual whose lobbying activities 
        constitute less than 20 percent of the time engaged in the 
        services provided by such individual to that client over a six 
        month period.
            (12) Media organization.--The term ``media organization'' 
        means a person or entity engaged in disseminating information 
        to the general public through a newspaper, magazine, other 
        publication, radio, television, cable television, or other 
        medium of mass communication.
            (13) Member of congress.--The term ``Member of Congress'' 
        means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to, the Congress.
            (14) Organization.--The term ``organization'' means a 
        person or entity other than an individual.
            (15) Person or entity.--The term ``person or entity'' means 
        any individual, corporation, company, foundation, association, 
        labor organization, firm, partnership, society, joint stock 
        company, group of organizations, or State or local government.
            (16) Public official.--The term ``public official'' means 
        any elected official, appointed official, or employee of--
                    (A) a Federal, State, or local unit of government 
                in the United States other than--
                            (i) a college or university;
                            (ii) a government-sponsored enterprise (as 
                        defined in section 3(8) of the Congressional 
                        Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974);
                            (iii) a public utility that provides gas, 
                        electricity, water, or communications;
                            (iv) a guaranty agency (as defined in 
                        section 435(j) of the Higher Education Act of 
                        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085(j))), including any 
                        affiliate of such an agency; or
                            (v) an agency of any State functioning as a 
                        student loan secondary market pursuant to 
                        section 435(d)(1)(F) of the Higher Education 
                        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085(d)(1)(F));
                    (B) a Government corporation (as defined in section 
                9101 of title 31, United States Code);
                    (C) an organization of State or local elected or 
                appointed officials other than officials of an entity 
                described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of 
                subparagraph (A);
                    (D) an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4(e) of 
                the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
                Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e));
                    (E) a national or State political party or any 
                organizational unit thereof; or
                    (F) a national, regional, or local unit of any 
                foreign government.
            (17) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States.

                        disclosure requirements

    Sec. 302. (a) In General.--Not later than December 31 of each year, 
each taxpayer subsidized grantee, except an individual person, shall 
provide (via either electronic or paper medium) to each Federal entity 
that awarded or administered its taxpayer subsidized grant an annual 
report for the previous Federal fiscal year, certified by the taxpayer 
subsidized grantee's chief executive officer or equivalent person of 
authority, setting forth--
            (1) the taxpayer subsidized grantee's name and grantee 
        identification number;
            (2) a statement that the taxpayer subsidized grantee agrees 
        that it is, and shall continue to be, contractually bound by 
        the terms of this title as a condition of the continued receipt 
        and use of Federal funds; and
            (3)(A) a statement that the taxpayer subsidized grantee 
        spent less than $25,000 on lobbying activities in the grantee's 
        most recent taxable year; or
            (B)(i) the amount or value of the taxpayer subsidized grant 
        (including all administrative and overhead costs awarded);
            (ii) a good faith estimate of the grantee's actual expenses 
        on lobbying activities in the most recent taxable year; and
            (iii) a good faith estimate of the grantee's allowed 
        expenses on lobbying activities under section 301 of this Act.

                         public accountability

    Sec. 303. (a) Public Availability of Lobbying Disclosure Forms.--
Any Federal entity awarding a taxpayer subsidized grant shall make 
publicly available any taxpayer subsidized grant application, and the 
annual report of a taxpayer subsidized grantee provided under section 
302 of this Act.
    (b) Accessibility to Public.--The public's access to the documents 
identified in subsection (a) shall be facilitated by placement of such 
documents in the Federal entity's public document reading room and also 
by expediting any requests under section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code, the Freedom of Information Act as amended, ahead of any requests 
for other information pending at such Federal entity.
    (c) Withholding Prohibited.--Records described in subsection (a) 
shall not be subject to withholding, except under the exemption set 
forth in subsection (b)(7)(A) of section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    (d) Fees Prohibited.--No fees for searching for or copying such 
documents shall be charged to the public.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this title shall become 
effective January 4, 1996.

                           TITLE IV--MEDICARE

SEC. 401. DETERMINATION OF MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM.

    (a) Any percentage reference in subsection (e)(1)(A) of section 
1839 of the Social Security Act for months in 1996 is deemed a 
reference to the amount described in subsection (e)(1)(B)(v) of such 
section, expressed as a percentage of the monthly actuarial rate under 
subsection (a)(1) of such section for months in 1995.

SEC. 402. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF CERTAIN ANTI-CANCER DRUG TREATMENTS.

    (a) Coverage of Certain Self-Administered Anticancer Drugs.--
Section 1861(s)(2)(Q) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(s)(2)(Q)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(Q)'' and inserting ``(Q)(i)''; and
            (2) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ``, 
        and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(ii) an oral drug (which is approved by the Federal Food and Drug 
Administration) prescribed for use as an anticancer nonsteroidal 
antiestrogen or nonsteroidal antiandrogen agent for a given 
indication;''.
    (b) Uniform Coverage of Anticancer Drugs in All Settings.--Section 
1861(t)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(t)(2)(A)) is amended by 
adding (including a nonsteroidal antiestrogen or nonsteroidal 
antiandrogen regimen)'' after ``regimen''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1834 (j)(5)(F)(iv) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395m(j)(5)(F)(iv)) is amended by striking ``prescribed for 
use'' and all that follows through ``1861 (s)(2)(Q))'' and inserting 
``described in section 1861(s)(2)(Q)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to drugs furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 8, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

            Passed the Senate November 9, 1995.

            Attest:

                                             KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

                                                             Secretary.

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