1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Veterans Jobs Corps Act of
2012
.
(b)The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Veterans Jobs Corps.
Sec. 3. Employment of veterans with the Federal
Government.
Sec. 4. Requirement that States recognize military experience
of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans.
Sec. 5. Support for job searches of veterans through one-stop
centers.
Sec. 6. State consideration of military training in granting
certain State certifications and licenses as a condition on the receipt of
funds for veterans employment and training.
Sec. 7. Study on value and utility of a skill credential
registry.
Sec. 8. Minimum funding levels for disabled veterans' outreach
program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives.
Sec. 9. Off-base transition training.
Sec. 10. Expansion of contracting goals and preferences of
Department of Veterans Affairs to include small business concerns 100 percent
but conditionally owned by veterans.
Sec. 11. Modification of treatment under contracting goals and
preferences of Department of Veterans Affairs for small businesses owned by
veterans of small businesses after death of disabled veteran
owners.
Sec. 12. Treatment of businesses after deaths of
servicemember-owners for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs contracting
goals and preferences.
Sec. 13. Special rule for treatment under contracting goals and
preferences of Department of Veterans Affairs of small business concerns
licensed in community property States.
Sec. 14. 100 percent continuous levy on payment to medicare
providers and suppliers.
Sec. 15. Extension of modified pension for certain veterans
covered by medicaid plans for services furnished by nursing
facilities.
Sec. 16. Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain
unpaid taxes.
Sec. 17. Time for payment of corporate estimated
taxes.
Sec. 18. Scoring of budgetary effects.
2.
(a)
(1)The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in cooperation
with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Interior,
and the Commanding General of the United States Army Corps of Engineers,
establish a veterans jobs corps to employ veterans—
(A)in conservation,
resource management, and historic preservation projects on public lands and
maintenance and improvement projects for cemeteries under the jurisdiction of
the National Cemetery Administration; and
(B)as firefighters
and law enforcement officers.
(2)The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor may
provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with advice regarding the
establishment of the veterans jobs corps.
(b)Conservation,
resource management, historic preservation, and cemetery maintenance and
improvement projects
(1)As part of the veterans jobs corps, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the
Secretary of the Interior, and the Commanding General of the United States Army
Corps of Engineers shall—
(A)employ veterans to
carry out projects described in subsection (a)(1); or
(B)award grants to,
or enter into contracts with, State governments, local governments, tribal
governments, or nongovernmental entities to employ veterans to carry out
projects described in subsection (a)(1).
(2)In
employing or awarding grants or contracts to employ veterans under this
subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Agriculture,
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Commanding
General of the United States Army Corps of Engineers shall give priority
towards the employment of veterans who served on active duty in the Armed
Forces on or after September 11, 2001.
(3)The
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall coordinate the activities of the Attorney
General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary
of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Commanding General
of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to employ veterans as part of the
veterans job corps.
(4)The secretaries referred to in paragraph (1) and the
Commanding General of the United States Army Corps of Engineers shall each
provide oversight of the projects for which they employ veterans under
subparagraph (A) of such paragraph or award grants or enter into contracts
under subparagraph (B) of such paragraph.
(c)
(1)As
part of the veterans jobs corps, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall award
grants under section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974
(15 U.S.C. 2229a) to hire veterans as firefighters.
(2)As part of the veterans jobs corps, the Attorney General
shall award grants under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) to hire veterans as law
enforcement officers.
(3)In
awarding grants under this subsection to hire veterans, the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the Attorney General shall give priority to the hiring of
veterans who served on active duty in the Armed Forces on or after September
11, 2001.
(d)
(1)The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may provide assistance
to the secretaries described in subsection (a), the Attorney General, and the
Commanding General of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to carry out
the veterans jobs corps. Such assistance may take the form of a transfer under
paragraph (2).
(2)Except
as otherwise provided in this subsection, of amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out this section,
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer such amounts as the Secretary
considers appropriate to carry out the veterans jobs corps to the
following:
(A)The Attorney
General.
(B)The Secretary of
Agriculture.
(C)The Secretary of
Commerce.
(D)The Secretary of
Homeland Security.
(E)The Secretary of
the Interior.
(F)The Commanding
General of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
(3)Assistance for
conservation, resource management, historic preservation, and cemetery
maintenance and improvement projects
(A)If
a secretary referred to in subsection (b)(1) or the Commanding General of the
United States Army Corps of Engineers seeks assistance under paragraph (1) to
employ a veteran to carry out a project under subparagraph (A) of subsection
(b)(1) or to award a grant or contract to carry out a project under
subparagraph (B) of such subsection, such secretary or the Commanding General
shall submit to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs an application therefor at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs may require.
(B)The
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in consultation with the steering
committee established under subparagraph (C), award assistance under this
paragraph in accordance with such criteria as the steering committee
establishes.
(C)
(i)The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a
steering committee—
(I)to establish
selection criteria for the awarding of assistance under paragraph (1) to employ
a veteran to carry out a project under subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) or
to award a grant or contract to carry out a project under subparagraph (B) of
such subsection; and
(II)to provide the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs with advice on awarding assistance under this
subsection with respect to projects described in subsection (a)(1) and carrying
out the veterans jobs corps under subsection (b).
(ii)The
steering committee shall be composed of the following:
(I)The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.
(II)The Secretary of
Agriculture.
(III)The Secretary of
Commerce.
(IV)The Secretary of
the Interior.
(V)The Commanding
General of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
(iii)The
chairperson of the steering committee shall be the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs.
(iv)The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor may
provide advice to the steering committee.
(4)Assistance for
first respondersNot more than 10 percent of amounts appropriated
or otherwise made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out
this section may be transferred to the Attorney General and the Secretary of
Homeland Security to employ veterans under subsection (c).
(e)The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a
reporting framework to regularly monitor and evaluate the veterans jobs corps
to ensure proper oversight and accountability of the veterans jobs
corps.
(f)The
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in consultation with the Secretary of
Labor, ensure that veterans employed under the veterans jobs corps are aware of
benefits and assistance available to them under laws administered by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and benefits and assistance available to them
under laws administered by the Secretary of Labor, particularly with respect to
education, training, and related benefits that might complement their
employment under the veterans jobs corps.
(g)Authorization of
appropriations
(1)There is available without further appropriation to the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out this section, $1,000,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2012 through 2017.
(2)Of
amounts made appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out this
section, not more than five percent may be spent to administer the veterans
jobs corps.
(h)In this section, the term veteran has the
meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
3.Employment of
veterans with the Federal Government
(a)Section 4214 of title
38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)in subsection (b),
by adding at the end the following:
(4)(A)The requirement under
this section is in addition to the appointment of qualified covered veterans
under the authority under paragraph (1) by the Department of Veterans Affairs
and the Department of Defense.
(B)The head of each agency, in
consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall
develop a plan for exercising the authority under paragraph (1) during the
five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the
Careers for Veterans Act of
2012.
(C)The Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall ensure that under the plans developed under
subparagraph (B) agencies shall appoint to existing vacancies not fewer than
10,000 qualified covered veterans during the five-year period beginning on the
date of enactment of the Careers for Veterans
Act of
2012.
;
(2)in subsection (d),
in the third sentence, by inserting (including, during the 5-year period
beginning on the date of enactment of the Careers for Veterans Act of 2012, the
development and implementation by each agency of the plan required under
subsection (b)(4), which shall include information regarding the grade or pay
level of appointments by the agency under the plan and whether the appointments
are, or are converted to, career or career-conditional appointments)
after subsection (b) of this section
; and
(3)in subsection
(e)—
(A)in paragraph
(1)—
(i)in
the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking to the Congress
and inserting to the appropriate committees of Congress
;
and
(ii)in
subparagraph (A), by inserting (including, during the 5-year period
beginning on the date of enactment of the Careers for Veterans Act of 2012, the
development and implementation by the agency of the plan required under
subsection (b)(4), which shall include information regarding the grade or pay
level of appointments by the agency under the plan and whether the appointments
are, or are converted to, permanent appointments)
before the period;
and
(B)by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(3)In this subsection, the term
appropriate committees of Congress means—
(A)the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
and
(B)the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives.
.
(b)Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress (as defined under section 4214(e)(3) of title 38, United States
Code, as amended by subsection (a)) regarding the development of a plan to
carry out the amendments made by subsection (a).
4.Requirement that
States recognize military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and
credentials to veterans
(a)Section 4102A(c) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
(9)(A)As a condition of a grant or contract under
which funds are made available to a State under subsection (b)(5) in order to
carry out section 4103A or 4104 of this title, the State shall—
(i)establish a program under which the State
administers an examination to each veteran seeking a license or credential
issued by the State and issues such license or credential to such veteran
without requiring such veteran to undergo any training or apprenticeship if the
veteran—
(I)receives a satisfactory score on completion
of such examination, as determined by the State; and
(II)has not less than 10 years of
experience in a military occupational specialty that, as determined by the
State, is similar to a civilian occupation for which such license or credential
is required by the State; and
(ii)submit each year to the Secretary a
report on the exams administered under clause (i) during the most recently
completed 12-month period that includes, for the period covered by the report
the number of veterans who completed an exam administered by the State under
clause (i) and a description of the results of such exams, disaggregated by
occupational field.
(B)Not less frequently than once each year,
the Secretary shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of Defense a report
summarizing the information received by the Secretary under subparagraph
(A)(ii).
.
(b)
(1)Subparagraph
(A) of section 4102A(c)(9) of such title, as added by subsection (a), shall
take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act and shall apply with respect to grants and contracts described in such
subparagraph awarded after such date.
(2)Subparagraph
(B) of section 4102A(c)(9), as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on
the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and the
Secretary of Labor shall submit the first report under such subparagraph not
later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
5.Support for job
searches of veterans through one-stop centers
(a)Furnishing of
list of Internet resourcesNot later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall furnish each
one-stop center with a list of all Internet websites and applications that the
Secretary has identified as beneficial for veterans in pursuit of employment to
their pursuit.
(b)Identification
of additional resourcesThe Secretary shall coordinate with
public and private sector entities to identify Internet websites and
applications not already included in a list furnished under subsection (a)
that—
(1)match veterans
seeking employment with available jobs based on the skills the veterans
acquired as members of the Armed Forces; and
(2)allow employers to
post information about available jobs.
(c)The
Secretary of Labor shall furnish each one-stop center with a list of Internet
websites and applications identified under subsection (b).
(d)Not
later than 455 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Labor shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
use of the Internet websites and applications identified under subsection (b)
for the benefit of veterans in pursuit of employment.
(e)In
this section:
(1)Appropriate
committees of CongressThe term appropriate committees of
Congress means—
(A)the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House
of Representatives.
(2)The term one-stop center means a center
described in section 134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2864(c)).
6.State
consideration of military training in granting certain State certifications and
licenses as a condition on the receipt of funds for veterans employment and
training
(a)Section 4102A(c) of
title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 4, is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
(10)(A)As a condition of a
grant or contract under which funds are made available to a State in order to
carry out section 4103A or 4104 of this title for any program year, the
Secretary shall require the State—
(i)to demonstrate that when the State
approves or denies a certification or license described in subparagraph (B) for
a veteran the State takes into consideration any training received or
experience gained by the veteran while serving on active duty in the Armed
Forces; and
(ii)to disclose to the Secretary in
writing the following:
(I)Criteria applicants must satisfy to
receive a certification or license described in subparagraph (B) by the
State.
(II)A description of the standard
practices of the State for evaluating training received by veterans while
serving on active duty in the Armed Forces and evaluating the documented work
experience of such veterans during such service for purposes of approving or
denying a certification or license described in subparagraph (B).
(III)Identification of areas in which
training and experience described in subclause (II) fails to meet criteria
described in subclause (I).”
(B)A
certification or license described in this subparagraph is any of the following
that is issued or awarded by a State:
(i)A license to be a State tested nursing
assistant or a certified nursing assistant.
(ii)A commercial driver’s license.
(iii)An emergency medical technician
license EMT–B or EMT–I.
(iv)An emergency medical
technician–paramedic license.
(C)The Secretary shall share the
information the Secretary receives under subparagraph (A)(ii) with the
Secretary of Defense to help the Secretary of Defense improve training for
military occupational specialties so that individuals who receive such training
are able to receive a certification or license described in subparagraph (B)
from a State.
(D)The Secretary of Defense shall provide
technical assistance and guidance to States on the training members of the
Armed Forces receive for military occupational specialties so that States can
make informed decisions with respect to certifying and licensing
veterans.
.
(b)The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to the first program year that begins on or after the date that is one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act and each program year
thereafter.
(c)Modification of
training programs for military occupational specialtiesThe
Secretary of Defense shall work with certification and licensing organizations
and the Secretary of Labor to identify commonalities between military
occupational specialties and civilian occupations and may revise the training
programs for military occupational specialties so that members of the Armed
Forces who complete such training programs develop the skills required for
certification or licensing in civilian occupations that are similar to the
military occupational specialties for which they were trained in the Armed
Forces.
7.Study on value
and utility of a skill credential registry
(a)The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education, in
consultation with Secretary of Commerce, shall jointly conduct a study to
determine the value and utility of a registry of recognized postsecondary
credentials valued by employers, individuals, providers of education and
training, economic development professionals, State and local officials, and
other relevant stakeholders.
(b)The
study in subsection (a) shall address, at a minimum, the following:
(1)The type of
organization, or consortium of organizations, that should manage or operate
such a registry.
(2)The administration
of such a registry, especially how such administration would be supported with
non-Federal funds.
(3)How such a
registry would be maintained and kept current so as to be of greatest
value.
(4)How the quality
and integrity of the credentials cataloged in such a registry would be ensured,
so as to be of the greatest value.
(5)How the contents
of such a registry could inform the provision of education and training
services through Federal education and workforce development programs.
(6)How such a
registry would be marketed and utilized so as to be of greatest value.
(c)Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall jointly submit to the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a report on the
results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
(d)Authorization of
appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education $250,000 to conduct the study
required by subsection (a).
(e)In
this section:
(1)The
term industry-recognized, used with respect to a credential, means
a credential that—
(A)is sought or
accepted by employers within the industry sector involved as recognized,
preferred, or required for recruitment, screening, hiring, or
advancement;
(B)is endorsed by a
recognized trade or professional association or organization, representing a
significant part of the industry sector; and
(C)is a nationally
portable credential, meaning a credential that is sought or accepted, across
multiple States, as described in subparagraph (A).
(2)Recognized
postsecondary credentialThe term recognized postsecondary
credential means a credential consisting of an industry-recognized
credential for postsecondary training, a certificate that meets the
requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (1) for postsecondary
training, a certificate of completion of a postsecondary apprenticeship through
a program described in Section 122(a)(2)(B) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2842(a)(2)(B)), or an associate degree or baccalaureate degree
awarded by an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 (a))).
8.Minimum funding levels
for disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans'
employment representatives
(a)Clause (iii) of
section 4102A(c)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(iii)(I)In carrying out this paragraph, the
Secretary shall establish minimum funding levels and hold-harmless criteria for
States.
(II)Except as provided in subclause (III), at a
minimum, the minimum funding levels established under subclause (I) shall
ensure that each State receives sufficient funding to support at least one
disabled veterans' outreach program specialist appointed under section
4103A(a)(1) of this title and one local veterans' employment representative
assigned under section 4104(b) of this title per 5,000 square miles of service
delivery area within the State.
(III)In determining minimum funding levels under
subclause (II), the Secretary may exclude consideration of counties with a
population density of less than one person per square
mile.
.
(b)
(1)Not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress a report on the
effect of the amendment made by subsection (a) on veterans who reside in highly
rural areas.
(2)The
report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A)A description of
the effect of the amendment made by subsection (a) on veterans who reside in
highly rural areas.
(B)Such
recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Secretary
considers appropriate to improve the provision of contracts and grants under
section 4102A(b)(5) of such title to meet the needs of veterans who reside in
highly rural areas and are eligible for services furnished under chapter 41 of
such title.
(3)In this subsection, the term highly rural,
in the case of an area, means that the area consists of a county or counties
having a population of less than seven persons per square mile.
9.Off-base
transition training
(a)Provision of
off-Base transition trainingDuring the three-year period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall provide the
Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 of title 10, United States
Code, to eligible individuals at locations other than military installations in
not less than three and not more than five States selected by the
Secretary.
(b)In selecting States in which to carry out the training
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall select the States with the highest
rates of veteran unemployment. The Secretary shall provide such training to
veterans at a sufficient number of locations within the selected States to meet
the need. The Secretary shall select such locations to facilitate access by
participants and may not select any location on a military installation other
than a National Guard or reserve facility that is not located on an active duty
military installation.
(c)For purposes of this section, an eligible individual
is a veteran or the spouse of a veteran.
(d)Inclusion of
information about veterans benefitsThe Secretary shall ensure
that the training provided under subsection (a) generally follows the content
of the Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 of title 10, United
States Code.
(e)Integrating
subject matter expertsThe
Secretary of Labor shall include in any contract entered into pursuant to
section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, or section 4113 of title 38,
United States Code, a requirement to include experts in subject matters
relating to human resources practices, including resume writing, interviewing
and job searching skills, and the provision of information about post-secondary
education.
(f)Not later than March 1 of any year during which the
Secretary provides training under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report on the provision of such training.
(g)Comptroller
General reportNot later than 180 days after the termination of
the three-year period described in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the training provided
under such subsection. The report shall include the evaluation of the
Comptroller General regarding the feasibility of carrying out off-base
transition training at locations nationwide.
10.Expansion of
contracting goals and preferences of Department of Veterans Affairs to include
small business concerns 100 percent but conditionally owned by
veteransSection 8127(l) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)in paragraph (2),
by inserting unconditionally
before owned by
each
place it appears; and
(2)by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(3)The term
unconditionally owned includes, with respect to ownership of a
small business concern, conditional ownership of such small business concern if
such business concern is 100 percent owned by one or more
veterans.
.
11.Modification of
treatment under contracting goals and preferences of Department of Veterans
Affairs for small businesses owned by veterans of small businesses after death
of disabled veteran owners
(a)Section 8127(h) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)in paragraph (3),
by striking rated as
and all that follows through
disability.
and inserting a period; and
(2)in paragraph (2),
by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
(C)The date that—
(i)in the case of a surviving spouse
of a veteran with a service-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling
or who dies as a result of a service-connected disability, is 10 years after
the date of the veteran's death; or
(ii)in the case of a surviving spouse
of a veteran with a service-connected disability rated as less than 100 percent
disabling who does not die as a result of a service-connected disability, is
three years after the date of the veteran's
death.
.
(b)The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall
apply with respect to contracts awarded on or after such date.
12.Treatment of
businesses after deaths of servicemember-owners for purposes of Department of
Veterans Affairs contracting goals and preferences
(a)Section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended—
(1)by redesignating
subsections (i) through (l) as subsections (j) through (m), respectively;
and
(2)by inserting after
subsection (h) the following new subsection (i):
(i)Treatment of
businesses after death of servicemember-Owner(1)If a member of the Armed
Forces owns at least 51 percent of a small business concern and such member is
killed in line of duty in the active military, naval, or air service, the
surviving spouse or dependent of such member who acquires such ownership rights
in such small business concern shall, for the period described in paragraph
(2), be treated as if the surviving spouse or dependent were a veteran with a
service-connected disability for purposes of determining the status of the
small business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by
veterans for purposes of contracting goals and preferences under this
section.
(2)The period referred to in paragraph
(1) is the period beginning on the date on which the member of the Armed Forces
dies and ending on the date as follows:
(A)In the case of a surviving spouse, the
earliest of the following dates:
(i)The date on which the surviving
spouse remarries.
(ii)The date on which the surviving
spouse relinquishes an ownership interest in the small business concern and no
longer owns at least 51 percent of such small business concern.
(iii)The date that is ten years after
the date of the member's death.
(B)In the case of a dependent who is not
a spouse, the earliest of the following dates:
(i)The date on which the surviving
dependant relinquishes an ownership interest in the small business concern and
no longer owns at least 51 percent of such small business concern.
(ii)The date that is ten years after
the date of the member's
death.
.
(b)Subsection (i) of section 8127 of such title, as added by
subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall apply with respect to the deaths of members of the Armed Forces occurring
on or after such date.
13.Special rule for
treatment under contracting goals and preferences of Department of Veterans
Affairs of small business concerns licensed in community property
StatesSection 8127 of title
38, United States Code, as amended by section 12, is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
(n)Special rule for
community property StatesWhenever the Secretary assesses, for
purposes of this section, the degree of ownership by an individual of a small
business concern licensed in a community property State, the Secretary shall
also assess what that degree of ownership would be if such small business
concern had been licensed in a State other than a community property State. If
the Secretary determines that such individual would have had a greater degree
of ownership of the small business concern had such small business concern been
licensed in a State other than a community property State, the Secretary shall
treat, for purposes of this section, such small business concern as if it had
been licensed in a State other than a community property
State.
.
14.100 percent
continuous levy on payment to medicare providers and suppliersParagraph (3) of section 6331(h) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the period at the end and
inserting , or, with respect to payments made on or after the date which
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of the
Veterans Jobs Corps Act of
2012, to a Medicare provider or supplier under title XVIII of the
Social Security Act.
.
15.Extension of
modified pension for certain veterans covered by medicaid plans for services
furnished by nursing facilitiesSection 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2016
and
inserting March 31, 2017
.
16.Revocation or denial of passport in case of
certain unpaid taxes
(a)Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
7345.Revocation or denial of passport in case of
certain tax delinquencies
(a)If the Secretary receives certification by
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that any individual has a seriously
delinquent tax debt in an amount in excess of $50,000, the Secretary shall
transmit such certification to the Secretary of State for action with respect
to denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport pursuant to section 16(d) of
the Veterans Jobs Corps Act of
2012.
(b)Seriously delinquent tax debtFor purposes of this section, the term
seriously delinquent tax debt means an outstanding debt under this
title for which a notice of lien has been filed in public records pursuant to
section 6323 or a notice of levy has been filed pursuant to section 6331,
except that such term does not include—
(1)a debt that is being paid in a timely
manner pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or 7122, and
(2)a debt with respect to which collection is
suspended because a collection due process hearing under section 6330, or
relief under subsection (b), (c), or (f) of section 6015, is requested or
pending.
(c)In the case of a calendar year beginning
after 2012, the dollar amount in subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount
equal to—
(1)such dollar amount, multiplied by
(2)the cost-of-living adjustment determined
under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, determined by substituting
calendar year 2011
for calendar year 1992
in
subparagraph (B) thereof.
If any amount as adjusted under the
preceding sentence is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount shall be rounded to
the next highest multiple of
$1,000..
(b)The table of sections for subchapter D of
chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:
Sec. 7345. Revocation
or denial of passport in case of certain tax
delinquencies.
.
(c)Authority for information sharing
(1)Subsection (l) of section 6103 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
(23)Disclosure of return information to
Department of State for purposes of passport revocation under section
7345
(A)The Secretary shall, upon receiving a
certification described in section 7345, disclose to the Secretary of State
return information with respect to a taxpayer who has a seriously delinquent
tax debt described in such section. Such return information shall be limited
to—
(i)the taxpayer identity information with
respect to such taxpayer, and
(ii)the amount of such seriously delinquent tax
debt.
(B)Restriction on disclosureReturn information disclosed under
subparagraph (A) may be used by officers and employees of the Department of
State for the purposes of, and to the extent necessary in, carrying out the
requirements of section 16(d) of the Veterans
Jobs Corps Act of
2012.
.
(2)Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p) of such
Code is amended by striking or (22)
each place it appears in
subparagraph (F)(ii) and in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting
(22), or (23)
.
(d)Authority To deny or revoke
passport
(1)
(A)Except as provided under subparagraph (B),
upon receiving a certification described in section 7345 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State
may not issue a passport to any individual who has a seriously delinquent tax
debt described in such section.
(B)Emergency and humanitarian
situationsNotwithstanding
subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State may issue a passport, in emergency
circumstances or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual described in
subparagraph (A).
(2)
(A)The Secretary of State may revoke a
passport previously issued to any individual described in paragraph
(1)(A).
(B)Limitation for return to united
statesIf the Secretary of
State decides to revoke a passport under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of
State, before revocation, may—
(i)limit a previously issued passport only for
return travel to the United States; or
(ii)issue a limited passport that only permits
return travel to the United States.
(3)The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State
shall not be liable to an individual for any action with respect to a
certification by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue under section 7345 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(e)Revocation or denial of passport in case of
individual without social security account number
(1)
(A)Except as provided under subparagraph (B),
upon receiving an application for a passport from an individual that
either—
(i)does not include the social security
account number issued to that individual, or
(ii)includes an incorrect or invalid social
security number willfully, intentionally, negligently, or recklessly provided
by such individual,
the
Secretary of State is authorized to deny such application and is authorized to
not issue a passport to the individual.(B)Emergency and humanitarian
situationsNotwithstanding
subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State may issue a passport, in emergency
circumstances or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual described in
subparagraph (A).
(2)
(A)The Secretary of State may revoke a
passport previously issued to any individual described in paragraph
(1)(A).
(B)Limitation for return to United
StatesIf the Secretary of
State decides to revoke a passport under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of
State, before revocation, may—
(i)limit a previously issued passport only for
return travel to the United States; or
(ii)issue a limited passport that only permits
return travel to the United States.
(f)The provisions of, and
amendments made by, this section shall take effect on January 1, 2013.
17.Time for payment
of corporate estimated taxesNotwithstanding section 6655 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of a corporation with assets of not less than
$1,000,000,000 (determined as of the end of the preceding taxable year)—
(1)the amount of any
required installment of corporate estimated tax which is otherwise due in July,
August, or September of 2013 shall be increased by 0.25 percent of such amount
(determined without regard to any increase in such amount not contained in such
Code);
(2)the amount of any
required installment of corporate estimated tax which is otherwise due in July,
August, or September of 2017 shall be increased by 0.50 percent of such amount
(determined without regard to any increase in such amount not contained in such
Code); and
(3)the amount of the
next required installment after an installment referred to in paragraph (1) or
(2) shall be appropriately reduced to reflect the amount of the increase by
reason of such paragraph.
18.Scoring of
budgetary effectsThe
budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest
statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation
for this
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the
Senate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior
to the vote on passage.