Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency II Act or SAVE II Act - Requires the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Task Force to conduct an examination of the entire UAS portfolio of the Department of Defense (DOD), including UAS requirements, platforms, payloads, and ground control stations, to develop strategies for improved interoperability of existing systems.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) identify areas in which commonality with other unmanned aircraft systems across the UAS portfolio will be achieved, (2) request a federally-funded research and development center to conduct an independent study on UAS interoperability and overlap issues, (3) report to Congress on the examination of the UAS portfolio and the UAS independent study, and (4) issue revised excess inventory management guidance and report to Congress on such guidance.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport or passport card for individuals with a seriously delinquent tax debt in excess of $50,000. Prohibits the Secretary of State from issuing a passport to an individual with a seriously delinquent tax debt and requires the Secretary to revoke the passport of such an individual, with an exception for emergency circumstances or humanitarian reasons. Allows disclosure of tax return information to the Secretary for purposes of processing passports of individuals with a seriously delinquent tax debt.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report on the merits and feasibility of converting from a retrospective antidumping and countervailing duty collection system to a prospective one, including an estimate of costs and cost savings resulting from such a conversion.
Requires the Inspector General of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to report on the effectiveness of each USAID foreign assistance program and project.
Directs the Attorney General to convert by 2015 all X-ray systems in federal prisons from analog, film-based systems to digital, filmless systems.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from minting or issuing any coin, or engraving or printing any U.S. currency, that costs more to produce than the denomination of such coin or currency.
Requires the Public Printer of the Government Printing Office (GPO) to make any document of the House of Representatives or Senate available only in an electronic format accessible through the Internet and prohibits the printing or distribution of a printed copy of any such document, with a limited exception for requests by any person for whom the Public Printer would have been required to provide a printed copy.
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[H.R. 3146 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3146
To take steps to reduce the deficit of the Federal Government.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 19, 2013
Mr. Murphy of Florida (for himself, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Peters of
California, and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the
Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Financial
Services, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To take steps to reduce the deficit of the Federal Government.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Savings,
Accountability, Value, and Efficiency II Act'' or ``SAVE II Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Department of Defense unmanned aircraft systems.
Sec. 3. Finalizing Department of Defense inventory management guidance.
Sec. 4. Revocation or denial of passport and passport card in case of
certain unpaid taxes.
Sec. 5. Consideration of prospective antidumping and countervailing
duty collection system.
Sec. 6. Report on effectiveness of foreign assistance programs and
projects.
Sec. 7. Conversion of prison X-ray systems.
Sec. 8. Prohibition on non-cost effective minting and printing of coins
and currency.
Sec. 9. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies of
Congressional documents.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
(a) Examination To Improve Interoperability.--The UAS Task Force
established by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics shall conduct an examination of the entire
unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) portfolio of the Department of Defense,
including UAS requirements, platforms, payloads, and ground control
stations, for the purpose of developing strategies for improved
interoperability of existing systems.
(b) Incorporation in Acquisition Strategies.--In the acquisition
strategies for each unmanned aircraft program commenced after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall identify,
prior to milestone B, areas in which commonality with other unmanned
aircraft systems across the UAS portfolio will be achieved.
(c) Independent Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall request a
federally funded research and development center to conduct an
independent study--
(1) to analyze the effectiveness of the UAS Task Force in
addressing UAS interoperability and overlap issues;
(2) to provide solutions, if needed, to existing
interoperability and overlap issues; and
(3) to determine whether a single entity would be better
positioned than the UAS Task Force to integrate all
crosscutting efforts to improve the management and operation of
the UAS portfolio.
(d) Report.--Not later than March 3, 2014, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report containing the--
(1) the results of the examination required by subsection
(a); and
(2) the results of the independent study required by
subsection (c).
SEC. 3. FINALIZING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE.
(a) Department of Defense Inventory Management Guidance.--As part
of the implementation of the Department of Defense Comprehensive
Inventory Management Improvement Plan, the Secretary of Defense shall
issue revised inventory management guidance that--
(1) strengthens demand forecasting, visibility of on-hand
inventory, reviews of on-order excess inventory, and management
of inventory held for economic and contingency reasons in order
to prevent on-order and on-hand excess inventory;
(2) establishes a comprehensive, standardized set of
department-wide supply chain and inventory management metrics,
including standardized definitions, to measure five key
attributes (materiel readiness, responsiveness, reliability,
cost, and planning and precision) of supply chain management
operations; and
(3) establishes procedures for measuring and reporting
these metrics on a regular basis to ensure the effectiveness
and cost-efficiency of supply chain and inventory management
operations.
(b) Completion and Submission.--Not later than 270 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
complete the revision of inventory management guidance required by
subsection (a) and submit the revised guidance to Congress.
SEC. 4. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT AND PASSPORT CARD IN CASE OF
CERTAIN UNPAID TAXES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 7345. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT AND PASSPORT CARD IN CASE
OF CERTAIN TAX DELINQUENCIES.
``(a) In General.--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 or
passport card pursuant to section 4 of the Act entitled `An Act to
regulate the issue and validity of passports, and for other purposes',
approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known as the
`Passport Act of 1926'.
``(b) Seriously Delinquent Tax Debt.--For 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) Adjustment for Inflation.--In the case of a calendar year
beginning after 2013, 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 2012' 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) Clerical Amendment.--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 and passport card in case
of certain tax delinquencies.''.
(c) Authority for Information Sharing.--
(1) In general.--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 and passport card revocation
under section 7345.--
``(A) In general.--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 disclosure.--Return
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 4 of the
Act entitled `An Act to regulate the issue and validity
of passports, and for other purposes', approved July 3,
1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known as the
`Passport Act of 1926'.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--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) Revocation Authorization.--The Act entitled ``An Act to
regulate the issue and validity of passports, and for other purposes'',
approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known as the
``Passport Act of 1926'', is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT AND PASSPORT CARD.
``(a) Ineligibility.--
``(1) Issuance.--Except as provided under subsection (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 or
passport card to any individual who has a seriously delinquent
tax debt described in such section.
``(2) Revocation.--The Secretary of State shall revoke a
passport or passport card previously issued to any individual
described in paragraph (1).
``(b) Exceptions.--
``(1) Emergency and humanitarian situations.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of State may
issue a passport or passport card, in emergency circumstances
or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual described in
paragraph (1) of such subsection.
``(2) Limitation for return to united states.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of State,
before revocation, may--
``(A) limit a previously issued passport or
passport card only for return travel to the United
States; or
``(B) issue a limited passport or passport card
that only permits return travel to the United
States.''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on January 1, 2014.
SEC. 5. CONSIDERATION OF PROSPECTIVE ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING
DUTY COLLECTION SYSTEM.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to
Congress a report containing an evaluation of the merits and
feasibility of converting from a retrospective antidumping and
countervailing duty collection system to a prospective antidumping and
countervailing duty collection system. If the Secretary recommends
conversion to a particular prospective system, the Secretary shall
include in the report an estimate of the costs to be incurred and cost
savings to be achieved as a result of converting to such prospective
system.
(b) Consultation.--The Secretary of Commerce shall prepare the
report under subsection (a) in consultation with the Secretary of
Homeland Security and Secretary of the Treasury.
SEC. 6. REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the United States
Agency for International Development shall submit to Congress a report
on the effectiveness of each foreign assistance program and project of
the United States Agency for International Development.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall, with respect to each such program and project, include a
description of the following:
(1) How funds and other resources provided to a foreign
entity under the program or project are spent or used.
(2) The extent to which such funds and other resources are
spent or used in accordance with the purposes of the program or
project.
(3) The extent to which such funds and other resources
assist in achieving the results intended for the program or
project.
(4) The extent to which there is a correlation between the
program or project and a change in the policies or popular
attitudes towards the United States in the foreign country in
which the program or project is carried out.
SEC. 7. CONVERSION OF PRISON X-RAY SYSTEMS.
The Attorney General, in order to reduce the cost and improve the
efficacy of Federal prison health care, shall, to the extent
practicable and cost effective, convert by 2015 all X-ray systems in
Federal prisons from analog, film-based systems to digital, filmless
systems.
SEC. 8. PROHIBITION ON NON-COST EFFECTIVE MINTING AND PRINTING OF COINS
AND CURRENCY.
(a) Prohibition With Respect to Coins.--Section 5111 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Prohibition on Certain Minting.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subchapter, the Secretary may not mint or issue any
coin that costs more to produce than the denomination of the coin
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses,
marketing, and shipping).''.
(b) Prohibition With Respect to Currency.--Section 5114(a) of title
31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Prohibition on certain printing.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subchapter, the Secretary may not
engrave or print any United States currency that costs more to
produce than the denomination of the currency (including labor,
materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses,
marketing, and shipping).''.
SEC. 9. RESTRICTIONS ON PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF PAPER COPIES OF
CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS.
(a) Printing and Distribution of Documents by Public Printer.--
(1) Restrictions.--Chapter 7 of title 44, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``Sec. 742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies
``(a) Mandatory Use of Electronic Format for Distribution of
Congressional Documents.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, the Public Printer shall make any document of the House of
Representatives or Senate which is subject to any of the provisions of
this chapter available only in an electronic format which is accessible
through the Internet, and may not print or distribute a printed copy of
the document except as provided in subsection (b).
``(b) Permitting Printing and Distribution of Printed Copies Upon
Request.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), at the request of any person
to whom the Public Printer would have been required to provide a
printed copy of a document under this chapter had subsection (a) not
been in effect, the Public Printer may print and distribute a copy of a
document or report for the use of that person, except that--
``(1) the number of printed copies the Public Printer may
provide to the person may not exceed the number of printed
copies the Public Printer would have provided to the person had
subsection (a) not been in effect; and
``(2) the Public Printer may print and distribute copies to
the person only upon payment by the person of the costs of
printing and distributing the copies, except that this
paragraph shall not apply to an office of the House of
Representatives or Senate (including the office of a Member of
Congress).''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections of chapter 7
of such title is amended by adding at the end following new
item:
``742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies.''.
(b) Provision of Documents in Electronic Format Deemed To Meet
Requirements of House and Senate Rules Regarding Distribution of
Printed Copies.--
(1) In general.--If any rule or regulation of the House of
Representatives or Senate requires a Member or committee to
provide printed copies of any document (including any bill or
resolution) for the use of the House or Senate or for the use
of any office of the House or Senate, the Member or committee
shall be considered to have met the requirement of the rule or
regulation if the Member or committee makes the document
available to the recipient in an electronic format.
(2) Exercise of rulemaking authority of senate and house.--
This subsection is enacted by Congress--
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the
Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and
as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House,
respectively, and it supersedes other rules only to the
extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
(B) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change the rules (so far as
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time,
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the
case of any other rule of that House.
(c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall apply with respect to documents produced on or after
January 1, 2015.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Financial Services, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Financial Services, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Financial Services, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Financial Services, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Financial Services, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Financial Services, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Financial Services, House Administration, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.