[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 119 (Monday, July 28, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5000-S5003]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3691. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Blunt) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. __. PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS FOR 
                   DEFENSE MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.

       (a) Establishment of Program.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
     program (referred to in this section as the ``Program'') for 
     the purposes set forth in paragraph (2).
       (2) Purposes of program.--The purposes of the Program are 
     as follows:
       (A) To improve measurably the competitiveness of United 
     States manufacturing relating to national security and 
     defense and to increase domestic production.
       (B) To help the United States meet national security and 
     emergency preparedness needs by minimizing the risk of 
     dependence on foreign sources for critical components.
       (C) To stimulate United States leadership in advanced 
     defense manufacturing research, innovation, and technology 
     that has a strong potential to generate substantial benefits 
     to the United States that extend significantly beyond the 
     direct return to participants in the Program.
       (D) To facilitate the transition of innovative and 
     transformative technologies into scalable, cost-effective, 
     and high-performing manufacturing capabilities.
       (E) To facilitate access by manufacturing enterprises to 
     capital-intensive infrastructure, including high-performance 
     computing, in order to improve the speed with which such 
     enterprises commercialize new processes and technologies.
       (F) To accelerate measurably the development of an advanced 
     manufacturing workforce.
       (G) To leverage non-Federal sources of support to promote a 
     stable and sustainable business model without the need for 
     long-term Federal funding.
       (3) Support.--The Secretary shall carry out the purposes 
     set forth in paragraph (2) by supporting the establishment of 
     centers for defense manufacturing innovation.
       (b) Centers for Defense Manufacturing Innovation.--
       (1) In general.--For purposes of the Program, a center for 
     defense manufacturing innovation is a center that--
       (A) has been established by a person or group of persons to 
     address challenges in advanced defense manufacturing and to 
     assist manufacturers in retaining or expanding industrial 
     production and jobs in the United States;
       (B) has a predominant focus on a manufacturing process, 
     novel material, enabling technology, supply chain integration 
     methodology, or another relevant aspect of advanced 
     manufacturing, as determined by the Secretary, with the 
     potential--
       (i) to ensure domestic sources for critical defense 
     material;
       (ii) to maintain a qualitative technical military 
     advantage;
       (iii) to improve the competitiveness of United States 
     manufacturing;
       (iv) to accelerate non-Federal investment in advanced 
     manufacturing production capacity in the United States;
       (v) to increase measurably the non-Federal investment in 
     advanced manufacturing research; and
       (vi) to enable the commercial application of new 
     technologies or industry-wide manufacturing processes; and
       (C) includes active participation among representatives 
     from multiple industrial entities, research universities, 
     community colleges, and such other entities as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate, which may include industry-led 
     consortia, career and technical education schools, Federal 
     laboratories, State, local, and tribal governments, 
     businesses, educational institutions, and nonprofit 
     organizations.
       (2) Activities.--Activities of a center for defense 
     manufacturing innovation may include the following:
       (A) Research, development, and demonstration projects, 
     including proof-of-concept development and prototyping, to 
     reduce the cost, time, and risk of commercializing new 
     technologies and improvements in existing technologies, 
     processes, products, and research and development of 
     materials to solve pre-competitive industrial problems with 
     economic or national security implications.
       (B) Development and implementation of education and 
     training courses, materials, and programs.
       (C) Development of workforce recruitment programs and 
     initiatives.
       (D) Development of innovative methodologies and practices 
     for supply chain integration and introduction of new 
     technologies into supply chains.
       (E) Development or updating of industry-led, shared-vision 
     technology roadmaps for the development of technologies 
     underpinning next-generation or transformational innovations.
       (F) Outreach and engagement with small- and medium-sized 
     manufacturing enterprises, in addition to large manufacturing 
     enterprises.
       (G) Coordinate with the Defense Production Act Committee to 
     determine which technologies produced by the centers for 
     defense manufacturing innovation warrant support for 
     commercialization.
       (H) Such other activities as the Secretary, in consultation 
     with Federal departments and agencies whose missions 
     contribute to or are affected by advanced defense 
     manufacturing, considers consistent with the purposes 
     described in subsection (a)(2).
       (3) Additional centers for manufacturing innovation.--For 
     purposes of the Program, the National Additive Manufacturing 
     Innovation Institute and manufacturing centers formally 
     recognized or under pending interagency review on the date of 
     enactment of the this Act shall be considered centers for 
     defense manufacturing innovation, but such centers shall not 
     receive any preference for financial assistance under 
     subsection (c) solely on the basis of being considered 
     centers for defense manufacturing innovation under this 
     paragraph.
       (c) Financial Assistance to Establish and Support Centers 
     for Defense Manufacturing Innovation.--
       (1) In general.--In carrying out the Program, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall award financial assistance to a person to 
     assist the person in planning, establishing, or supporting a 
     center for defense manufacturing innovation.
       (2) Application.--A person seeking financial assistance 
     under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary an 
     application therefor at such time, in such manner, and 
     containing such information as the Secretary may require. The 
     application shall, at a minimum, describe the specific 
     sources and amounts of non-Federal financial support for the 
     center on the date financial assistance is sought, as well as 
     the anticipated sources and amounts of non-Federal financial 
     support during the period for which the center could be 
     eligible for continued Federal financial assistance under 
     this section.
       (3) Open process.--In soliciting applications for financial 
     assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure an 
     open process that will allow for the consideration of all 
     applications relevant to advanced defense manufacturing 
     regardless of technology area.
       (4) Selection.--
       (A) Competitive, merit review.--In awarding financial 
     assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use a 
     competitive, merit review process that includes peer review 
     by a diverse group of individuals with relevant expertise.
       (B) Performance measurement, transparency, and 
     accountability.--For each award of financial assistance under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
       (i) make publicly available at the time of the award a 
     description of the bases for the award, including an 
     explanation of the relative merits of the winning applicant 
     as compared to other applications received, if applicable; 
     and
       (ii) develop and implement metrics-based performance 
     measures to assess the effectiveness of the activities 
     funded.
       (C) Collaboration.--In awarding financial assistance under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall collaborate with Federal 
     departments and agencies whose missions contribute to or are 
     affected by advanced defense manufacturing.
       (D) Considerations.--In selecting a person who submitted an 
     application under paragraph (2) for an award of financial 
     assistance under paragraph (1) to plan, establish, or support 
     a center for defense manufacturing innovation, the Secretary 
     shall consider, at a minimum, the following:
       (i) The potential of the center for defense manufacturing 
     innovation to advance domestic manufacturing and the 
     likelihood of economic impact in the predominant focus areas 
     of the center for defense manufacturing innovation.
       (ii) The commitment of continued financial support, advice, 
     participation, and other contributions from non-Federal 
     sources, to provide leverage and resources to promote a 
     stable and sustainable business model without the need for 
     long-term Federal funding.
       (iii) Whether the financial support provided to the center 
     from non-Federal sources

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     significantly outweighs the requested Federal financial 
     assistance.
       (iv) How the center will support core Department of Defense 
     missions and address key technology priorities.
       (v) How the center for defense manufacturing innovation 
     will increase the non-Federal investment in advanced 
     manufacturing research in the United States.
       (vi) How the center for defense manufacturing innovation 
     will engage with small- and medium-sized manufacturing 
     enterprises, to improve the capacity of such enterprises to 
     commercialize new processes and technologies.
       (vii) How the center for defense manufacturing innovation 
     will carry out educational and workforce activities to 
     support the defense supply chian workforce in the United 
     States.
       (viii) Whether the predominant focus of the center for 
     defense manufacturing innovation is a manufacturing process, 
     novel material, enabling technology, supply chain integration 
     methodology, or other relevant aspect of advanced 
     manufacturing that has not already been commercialized, 
     marketed, distributed, or sold by another entity.
       (5) Matching funds and weighted preferences.--The total 
     Federal financial assistance awarded to a person, including 
     the financial assistance under paragraph (1), in a given year 
     shall not exceed 50 percent of the total funding of the 
     center in that year. The Secretary may give a weighted 
     preference to applicants seeking less than the maximum amount 
     of funding allowed under this paragraph.
       (d) Additional Authorities.--
       (1) Appointment of personnel and contracts.--The Secretary 
     may appoint such personnel and enter into such contracts, 
     financial assistance agreements, and other agreements as the 
     Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to carry out the 
     Program, including support for research and development 
     activities involving a center for defense manufacturing 
     innovation.
       (2) Transfer of funds.--The Secretary may transfer to other 
     Federal agencies such sums as the Secretary considers 
     necessary or appropriate to carry out the Program. No funds 
     so transferred may be used to reimburse or otherwise pay for 
     the costs of financial assistance incurred or commitments of 
     financial assistance made prior to the date of enactment of 
     the this Act.
       (3) Authority of other agencies.--In the event that the 
     Secretary exercises the authority to transfer funds to 
     another agency under paragraph (2), such agency may award and 
     administer, under the same conditions and constraints 
     applicable to the Secretary, all aspects of financial 
     assistance awards under this section.
       (4) Use of resources.--In furtherance of the purposes of 
     the Program, the Secretary may use, with the consent of a 
     covered entity and with or without reimbursement, the land, 
     services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of such 
     covered entity.
       (5) Acceptance of resources.--In addition to amounts 
     appropriated to carry out the Program, the Secretary may 
     accept funds, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities 
     from any covered entity to carry out the Program, subject to 
     the same conditions and constraints otherwise applicable to 
     the Secretary under this section.
       (6) Covered entity.--For purposes of this subsection, a 
     covered entity is any Federal department, Federal agency, 
     instrumentality of the United States, State, local 
     government, tribal government, Territory or possession of the 
     United States, or of any political subdivision thereof, or 
     international organization, or any public or private entity 
     or individual.
       (e) Patents.--Chapter 18 of title 35, United States Code, 
     shall apply to any funding agreement (as defined in section 
     201 of that title) awarded to new or existing centers for 
     defense manufacturing innovation.
       (f) Sunset.--The authority to provide financial assistance 
     to plan for, establish, or support a center for defense 
     manufacturing innovation under subsection (c) terminates 
     effective December 31, 2015.
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  SA 3692. Ms. MIKULSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title XXVI, add the following:

     SEC. 2614. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 
                   FISCAL YEAR 2014 PROJECT.

       The table in section 2604 of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2014 (division B of Public 
     Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 1002) is amended in the item relating 
     to Martin State Airport, Maryland, for construction of a 
     CYBER/ISR Facility by striking ``$8,000,000'' in the amount 
     column and inserting ``$12,900,000''.
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  SA 3693. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2569, to 
provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to America; as 
follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       This Act shall become effective 1 day after enactment.
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  SA 3694. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3693 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 2569, to provide an incentive for businesses 
to bring jobs back to America; as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``1 day'' and insert ``2 days''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3695. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2569, to 
provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to America; as 
follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       This Act shall become effective 3 days after enactment.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3696. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3695 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 2569, to provide an incentive for businesses 
to bring jobs back to America; as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``3 days'' and insert ``4 days''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3697. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3696 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill 
S. 2569, to provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to 
America; as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``4'' and insert ``5''.
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  SA 3698. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Alexander, Ms. 
Heitkamp, Mr. Pryor, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Reed, Mr. Johnson of South 
Dakota, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Cardin) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2569, to provide an incentive for 
businesses to bring jobs back to America; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

          TITLE II--MARKETPLACE AND INTERNET TAX FAIRNESS ACT

     SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Marketplace and Internet 
     Tax Fairness Act''.

                    Subtitle A--Marketplace Fairness

     SEC. 211. AUTHORIZATION TO REQUIRE COLLECTION OF SALES AND 
                   USE TAXES.

       (a) Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.--Each Member 
     State under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement is 
     authorized to require all sellers not qualifying for the 
     small seller exception described in subsection (c) to collect 
     and remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote sales 
     sourced to that Member State pursuant to the provisions of 
     the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, but only if any 
     changes to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement made 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act are not in 
     conflict with the minimum simplification requirements in 
     subsection (b)(2). Subject to section 212(h), a State may 
     exercise authority under this subtitle beginning 180 days 
     after the State publishes notice of the State's intent to 
     exercise the authority under this subtitle.
       (b) Alternative.--A State that is not a Member State under 
     the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement is authorized 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law to require all 
     sellers not qualifying for the small seller exception 
     described in subsection (c) to collect and remit sales and 
     use taxes with respect to remote sales sourced to that State, 
     but only if the State adopts and implements the minimum 
     simplification requirements in paragraph (2). Subject to 
     section 212(h), such authority shall commence beginning no 
     earlier than the first day of the calendar quarter that is at 
     least 6 months after the date that the State--
       (1) enacts legislation to exercise the authority granted by 
     this subtitle--
       (A) specifying the tax or taxes to which such authority and 
     the minimum simplification requirements in paragraph (2) 
     shall apply; and
       (B) specifying the products and services otherwise subject 
     to the tax or taxes identified by the State under 
     subparagraph (A) to which the authority of this subtitle 
     shall not apply; and
       (2) implements each of the following minimum simplification 
     requirements:
       (A) Provide, with respect to all remote sales sourced to 
     the State--
       (i) a single entity within the State responsible for all 
     State and local sales and use tax administration, return 
     processing, and audits;
       (ii) a single audit of a remote seller for all State and 
     local taxing jurisdictions within that State; and
       (iii) a single sales and use tax return to be used by 
     remote sellers to be filed with the single entity responsible 
     for tax administration.
     A State may not require a remote seller to file sales and use 
     tax returns any more frequently than returns are required for 
     nonremote sellers or impose requirements on remote sellers 
     that the State does not impose

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     on nonremote sellers with respect to the collection of sales 
     and use taxes under this subtitle. No local jurisdiction may 
     require a remote seller to submit a sales and use tax return 
     or to collect sales and use taxes other than as provided by 
     this paragraph.
       (B) Provide a uniform sales and use tax base among the 
     State and the local taxing jurisdictions within the State 
     with respect to products and services to which paragraph 
     (1)(B) does not apply.
       (C) Source all remote sales in compliance with the sourcing 
     definition set forth in section 213(7).
       (D)(i) Make publicly available information indicating the 
     taxability of products and services along with any product 
     and service exemptions from sales and use tax in the State 
     and a rates and boundary database.
       (ii) Provide software free of charge for remote sellers 
     that calculates sales and use taxes due on each transaction 
     at the time the transaction is completed, that files sales 
     and use tax returns, and that is updated to reflect any rate 
     changes and any changes to the products and services 
     specified under paragraph (1)(B), as described in 
     subparagraph (H); and
       (iii) Establish certification procedures for persons to be 
     approved as certified software providers, with any software 
     provided by such providers to be capable of calculating and 
     filing sales and use taxes in all States qualified under this 
     subtitle.
       (E) Relieve remote sellers from liability to the State or 
     locality for the incorrect collection, remittance, or 
     noncollection of sales and use taxes, including any penalties 
     or interest, if the liability is the result of an error or 
     omission made by a certified software provider.
       (F) Relieve certified software providers from liability to 
     the State or locality for the incorrect collection, 
     remittance, or noncollection of sales and use taxes, 
     including any penalties or interest, if the liability is the 
     result of misleading or inaccurate information provided by a 
     remote seller.
       (G) Relieve remote sellers and certified software providers 
     from liability to the State or locality for incorrect 
     collection, remittance, or noncollection of sales and use 
     taxes, including any penalties or interest, if the liability 
     is the result of incorrect information or software provided 
     by the State.
       (H) Provide remote sellers and certified software providers 
     with 90 days notice of any rate change or any change to the 
     products and services specified under paragraph (1)(B) by the 
     State or any locality in the State and update the information 
     described in subparagraph (D)(i) accordingly and relieve any 
     remote seller or certified software provider from liability 
     for collecting sales and use taxes at the immediately 
     preceding effective rate during the 90-day notice period if 
     the required notice is not provided.
       (c) Small Seller Exception.--A State is authorized to 
     require a remote seller to collect sales and use taxes under 
     this subtitle only if the remote seller has gross annual 
     receipts in total remote sales in the United States in the 
     preceding calendar year exceeding $1,000,000. For purposes of 
     determining whether the threshold in this section is met, the 
     gross annual receipts from remote sales of 2 or more persons 
     shall be aggregated if--
       (1) such persons are related to the remote seller within 
     the meaning of subsections (b) and (c) of section 267 or 
     section 707(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
       (2) such persons have 1 or more ownership relationships and 
     such relationships were designed with a principal purpose of 
     avoiding the application of these rules.

     SEC. 212. LIMITATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
     construed as--
       (1) subjecting a seller or any other person to franchise, 
     income, occupation, or any other type of taxes, other than 
     sales and use taxes;
       (2) affecting the application of such taxes; or
       (3) enlarging or reducing State authority to impose such 
     taxes.
       (b) No Effect on Nexus.--This subtitle shall not be 
     construed to create any nexus or alter the standards for 
     determining nexus between a person and a State or locality.
       (c) No Effect on Seller Choice.--Nothing in this subtitle 
     shall be construed to deny the ability of a remote seller to 
     deploy and utilize a certified software provider of the 
     seller's choice.
       (d) Licensing and Regulatory Requirements.--Nothing in this 
     subtitle shall be construed as permitting or prohibiting a 
     State from--
       (1) licensing or regulating any person;
       (2) requiring any person to qualify to transact intrastate 
     business;
       (3) subjecting any person to State or local taxes not 
     related to the sale of products or services; or
       (4) exercising authority over matters of interstate 
     commerce.
       (e) No New Taxes.--Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
     construed as encouraging a State to impose sales and use 
     taxes on any products or services not subject to taxation 
     prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (f) No Effect on Intrastate Sales.--The provisions of this 
     subtitle shall apply only to remote sales and shall not apply 
     to intrastate sales or intrastate sourcing rules. States 
     granted authority under section 211(a) shall comply with all 
     intrastate provisions of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax 
     Agreement.
       (g) No Effect on Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act.--
     Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed as altering in 
     any manner or preempting the Mobile Telecommunications 
     Sourcing Act (4 U.S.C. 116-126).
       (h) Limitation on Initial Collection of Sales and Use Taxes 
     From Remote Sales.--A State may not begin to exercise the 
     authority under this subtitle--
       (1) before the date that is 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (2) during the period beginning October 1 and ending on 
     December 31 of the first calendar year beginning after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 213. DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Certified software provider.--The term ``certified 
     software provider'' means a person that--
       (A) provides software to remote sellers to facilitate State 
     and local sales and use tax compliance pursuant to section 
     211(b)(2)(D)(ii); and
       (B) is certified by a State to so provide such software.
       (2) Locality; local.--The terms ``locality'' and ``local'' 
     refer to any political subdivision of a State.
       (3) Member state.--The term ``Member State''--
       (A) means a Member State as that term is used under the 
     Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement as in effect on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act; and
       (B) does not include any associate member under the 
     Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.
       (4) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual, 
     trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, corporation, limited 
     liability company, or other legal entity, and a State or 
     local government.
       (5) Remote sale.--The term ``remote sale'' means a sale 
     into a State, as determined under the sourcing rules under 
     paragraph (7), in which the seller would not legally be 
     required to pay, collect, or remit State or local sales and 
     use taxes unless provided by this subtitle.
       (6) Remote seller.--The term ``remote seller'' means a 
     person that makes remote sales in the State.
       (7) Sourced.--For purposes of a State granted authority 
     under section 211(b), the location to which a remote sale is 
     sourced refers to the location where the product or service 
     sold is received by the purchaser, based on the location 
     indicated by instructions for delivery that the purchaser 
     furnishes to the seller. When no delivery location is 
     specified, the remote sale is sourced to the customer's 
     address that is either known to the seller or, if not known, 
     obtained by the seller during the consummation of the 
     transaction, including the address of the customer's payment 
     instrument if no other address is available. If an address is 
     unknown and a billing address cannot be obtained, the remote 
     sale is sourced to the address of the seller from which the 
     remote sale was made. A State granted authority under section 
     211(a) shall comply with the sourcing provisions of the 
     Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.
       (8) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, 
     the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any 
     other territory or possession of the United States, and any 
     tribal organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450b)).
       (9) Streamlined sales and use tax agreement.--The term 
     ``Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement'' means the multi-
     State agreement with that title adopted on November 12, 2002, 
     as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and as 
     further amended from time to time.

     SEC. 214. SEVERABILITY.

       If any provision of this subtitle or the application of 
     such provision to any person or circumstance is held to be 
     unconstitutional, the remainder of this subtitle and the 
     application of the provisions of such to any person or 
     circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

     SEC. 215. PREEMPTION.

       Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, this 
     subtitle shall not be construed to preempt or limit any power 
     exercised or to be exercised by a State or local jurisdiction 
     under the law of such State or local jurisdiction or under 
     any other Federal law.

                  Subtitle B--Internet Tax Freedom Act

     SEC. 221. EXTENSION OF INTERNET TAX FREEDOM ACT.

       (a) In General.--Section 1101(a) of the Internet Tax 
     Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended by striking 
     ``November 1, 2014'' and inserting ``November 1, 2024''.
       (b) Grandfathering of States That Tax Internet Access.--
     Section 1104(a)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by striking 
     ``November 1, 2014'' and inserting ``November 1, 2024''.
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  SA 3699. Mr. REID (for Mr. Schatz) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by Mr. Reid of Nevada to the bill S. 2410, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and

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for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 725. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE IN 
                   MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR CIVILIAN 
                   INDIVIDUALS WITH CERTAIN DISEASES NOT OTHERWISE 
                   ELIGIBLE FOR CARE IN SUCH FACILITIES.

       (a) Pilot Program Authorized.--Under regulations prescribed 
     by the Secretary of Defense and subject to the provisions of 
     this section, the Secretary may carry out a pilot program to 
     assess the feasibility and advisability of providing 
     specialized health care or treatment at military treatment 
     facilities for civilian individuals described in subsection 
     (b) who are not otherwise eligible for care in such 
     facilities under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 
     or any other provision of law, for the disease or condition 
     of such individuals as specified in that subsection.
       (b) Covered Individuals.--Civilian individuals described in 
     this subsection are civilian individuals who--
       (1) have a disease or condition that, under commonly 
     accepted medical guidelines, requires specialized care or 
     treatment in or through a civilian care center capable of 
     providing care or treatment specifically tailored to such 
     disease or condition; and
       (2) reside more than 100 miles from the nearest civilian 
     care center capable of providing care or treatment 
     specifically tailored to such disease or condition.
       (c) Locations.--
       (1) In general.--The pilot program may be carried out at 
     not more than three military treatment facilities selected by 
     the Secretary for purposes of the pilot program.
       (2) Location of facilities.--The military treatment 
     facilities selected by the Secretary shall be in remote areas 
     or areas that are underserved in access to the specialized 
     care or treatment to be provided under the pilot program.
       (d) Duration.--The authority of the Secretary to carry out 
     the pilot program shall cease three years after the 
     commencement of the pilot program.
       (e) Care and Treatment Available.--
       (1) In general.--A military treatment facility providing 
     specialized care and treatment for an individual under the 
     pilot program may provide the following:
       (A) Specialized care and treatment for the disease or 
     condition of the individual as specified in subsection (b).
       (B) Such other care and treatment as may be medically 
     necessary (as determined pursuant to the regulations under 
     this section) in connection with the provision of care and 
     treatment under subparagraph (A).
       (2) Care and treatment only on space-available basis.--A 
     military treatment facility may not provide specialized care 
     and treatment under the pilot program if the provision of 
     such care and treatment would prevent or limit the 
     availability of health care services at the facility for 
     members of the Armed Forces on active duty or any other 
     covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program who are 
     eligible for care and services in or through the facility.
       (f) Payment for Care.--
       (1) In general.--An individual may not be provided any care 
     or treatment under the pilot program unless the individual 
     reimburses the Department of Defense for the full cost of 
     providing such care or treatment.
       (2) Payment in advance.--A military treatment facility may 
     require payment under this subsection before providing any 
     care or treatment under the pilot program.
       (g) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the completion 
     of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report setting forth the following:
       (1) A list of the military treatment facilities at which 
     care and treatment were provided under the pilot program.
       (2) A description of the specialized care and treatment 
     provided under the pilot program.
       (3) A description of the number of individuals provided 
     care and treatment under the pilot program, by aggregate and 
     by military treatment facility at which provided.
       (4) A description of the total amount paid or reimbursed to 
     the Department of Defense under subsection (f).
       (5) Such recommendations as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate in light of the pilot program for the provision 
     of specialized care and treatment through military treatment 
     facilities to individuals not otherwise eligible for such 
     care and treatment through such facilities.
       (h) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``TRICARE 
     program'' and ``covered beneficiary'' have the meaning given 
     such terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.

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