Summary: Michelle Obama Nutritional Act - Requires the nutrition and calorie standards for food purchased under the National School Lunch Program to be the same as the nutrition and calorie standards for food purchased under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program).

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Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish a per farm cap of $50,000 on commodity program benefits and $75,000 on marketing loan program benefits ($125,000 total). Increases such limit to $250,000 for married couples.

Limits benefits eligibility to active producers.

Establishes criteria for determining whether a person acting as a farm manager is actively engaged in farming for such purposes. (Permits only one such eligibility per farm operation.)

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Summary: Sensible School Lunch Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from promulgating rules and regulations applicable to the school lunch and breakfast programs that establish a maximum quantity of grains, meat, or meat alternates that may be served in any meal or during any period of time of any school year.

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Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) households in which each member receives cash assistance under the temporary assistance to needy families program (TANF), cash assistance under the supplemental security income program (SSI), or aid to the aged, blind, or disabled program (AABD). (Current law bases categorical SNAP eligibility upon state benefits received rather than such assistance.)

Requires an eligible household that previously received SNAP benefits and applies for program reenrollment to complete a new application and verify that household income and assets are in program compliance.

Limits the employment requirement waiver to areas with an unemployment rate over 10%.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a centralized database to facilitate USDA-state agency cooperation in order to ensure that individuals do not enroll for benefits in more than one state.

Requires states that are sanctioned for three consecutive years of improper payments to pay the entire liability amount, with no alternative payment option available.

Eliminates: (1) the exclusion of low-income home energy assistance from SNAP household income determinations, (2) funding of employment and training programs, and (3) bonuses for states with low SNAP allocation error rates.

Provides funding for state nutrition and obesity prevention grant programs.

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Summary:
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat.

Defines "qualified wild game meat" as the meat of any animal typically used for human consumption but only if: (1) such animal is killed in the wild by the individual making the charitable contribution and is hunted or taken in accordance with all state and local laws, (2) the meat is processed for human consumption by a licensed processor, and (3) the meat is apparently wholesome as determined by regulations under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.

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School Food Modernization Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs) or school food authorities administering or operating a school lunch program, tribal organizations, or consortia of such entities to finance the construction, remodeling, or expansion of infrastructure or the purchase of durable equipment that will facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school lunch program.

 Requires the Secretary to give a preference to applicants that demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure or durable equipment. Prohibits a loan guarantee from covering more than 80% of a loan's principal.

Requires the Secretary to establish fees for the loan guarantee program that: (1) are sufficient to cover the federal government's administrative costs in operating the program, and (2) may be based on the risk premium associated with the particular loan or loan guarantee.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to assist LEAs or school food authorities administering or operating a school lunch program, tribal organizations, or consortia of such entities in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety.

Requires the Secretary to give grant priority to applicants that: (1) have identified and are reasonably expected to meet an unmet local or community need, and (2) are located in states that have enacted funding measures to assist them with such purchases.

Prohibits such a grant from covering more than 80% of the total cost of the durable equipment and infrastructure.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to experienced third-party training institutions to provide school food service personnel with the training and technical assistance they need to meet updated school lunch program nutrition standards.

Prohibits such a grant from covering more than 80% of the total cost of the training and technical assistance.

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Expand School Meals Act of 2014 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to gradually expand eligibility for free meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs to children whose family income falls at or below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. (This makes children who are currently eligible for reduced price meals eligible for free meals.)

Requires the Secretary to: (1) begin this expansion in the school year beginning July 1, 2014, in states that have enacted a law under which school food authorities provide free breakfasts or lunches in lieu of reduced price breakfasts or lunches in schools statewide; and (2) continue such expansion in up to five additional states in each subsequent school through the school year beginning on July 1, 2019. Makes the new income eligibility guidelines effective on such date.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny a tax deduction for any amount paid or incurred for punitive damages in connection with any judgment in, or settlement of, any action; and (2) include in gross income any amount paid as insurance or otherwise due to liability for punitive damages.

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Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2014 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards that give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status.

Defines an "eligible household" as a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.

Sets the amount on each summer EBT card at $150 per child in 2016, with adjustments thereafter reflecting changes in reimbursement rates for school meals under the school lunch program.

Requires children to be enrolled in the program without further application if they are enrolled to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.

Requires summer EBT cards to be used only to purchase food from retail food stores that have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the amount of a taxpayer's foreign-related interest expense that is allowed as a deduction for any taxable year. Sets that limit pursuant to a formula that takes into account a domestic corporation's undistributed foreign earnings.

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Summer Meals Act of 2014 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to redefine "areas in which poor economic conditions exist," where the summer food service program for children may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children have been determined to be eligible for free or reduced price school meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.

Reimburses service institutions (other than school food authorities) for up to one meal and one snack per child each day during after-school hours, weekends, and school holidays during the regular school calendar. (Currently, such institutions are reimbursed for meals and snacks served to children over the summer months or to children who are on vacation under a continuous school calendar.)

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation in the summer food service program for children at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation and mobile meal trucks.

Allows service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children to serve up to three meals, or two meals and one snack, during each day of operation. (Currently, this option is reserved for camps and service institutions that serve meals primarily to migrant children.)

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Wild Game Donation Act of 2015

 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat.

Defines "qualified wild game meat" as the meat of any animal typically used for human consumption but only if: (1) such animal is killed in the wild by the individual making the charitable contribution and is hunted or taken in accordance with all state and local laws, (2) the meat is processed for human consumption by a licensed processor, and (3) the meat is apparently wholesome as determined by regulations under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on December 9, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

TITLE I--TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT

(Sec. 101) This bill directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that CBP partnership programs, such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, provide trade benefits to importers, exporters, and certain other private sector entities that meet program requirements.

(Sec. 102) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of CBP enforcement of U.S. customs and trade laws (trade enforcement).

(Sec. 103) CBP shall establish priorities and performance standards to measure levels of achievement of customs modernization, the movement of merchandise into and out of the United States (trade facilitation), and trade enforcement functions and programs.

(Sec. 104) The CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shall:

 establish educational seminars to improve CBP classification and appraisal of imported articles, trade enforcement, and facilitation of international trade; and develop biennially a joint strategic plan for improving trade enforcement and trade facilitation. (Sec. 106) This bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) to authorize appropriations for FY2016-FY2018 from the Customs Commercial and Homeland Security Automation Account to complete the development and implementation of the Automated Commercial Environment computer system.

The CBP shall report to Congress on:

 its incorporation of all core trade processing capabilities into the Automated Commercial Environment computer system to conform with admissibility criteria of federal agencies participating in the International Trade Data System (ITDS); the components of the National Customs Automation Program that have not been implemented; and any additional Program components it has initiated to complete the development, establishment, and implementation of the computer system. The CBP must update the report as well as:

 evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the computer system, and detail monthly the percentage of trade processed in the Automated Commercial Environment since September 30, 2016. The GAO must report to Congress on:

 the progress of other federal agencies in accessing and utilizing the Automated Commercial Environment, and the potential cost savings to the government and importers and exporters and the potential benefits to trade enforcement if the identified elements are implemented. (Sec. 107) This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to work with the head of each agency participating in the ITDS and the Interagency Steering Committee to ensure that, among other duties, it:

 develops and maintains the necessary information technology infrastructure to support the operation of the ITDS, submits all data to the ITDS electronically, and arranges to share information between each agency and the CBP. (Sec. 108) It shall be a U.S. negotiating objective in any negotiation for a mutual recognition arrangement or similar agreement with a foreign country on partnership programs to seek to ensure the compatibility of that country's partnership programs with CBP partnership programs to enhance security, trade facilitation, and trade enforcement.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall consult with specified congressional committees within 30 days before initiating negotiations and within 30 days before entering into an agreement.

(Sec. 109) Treasury and DHS shall jointly establish a Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee.

(Sec. 110) CBP shall develop and implement CBP-wide Centers of Excellence and Expertise to enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States.

(Sec. 111) The National Targeting Center (established in the CBP Office of Field Operations under section 802 of this Act), in coordination with the CBP Office of Trade (established under that same section), shall conduct commercial risk assessment targeting and, when appropriate, issue Trade Alerts with respect to cargo destined for the United States.

(Sec. 112) The Treasury Inspector General shall report biennially to Congress on oversight of revenue protection and enforcement measures.

(Sec. 113) DHS and Treasury shall report jointly to Congress on security and revenue measures with respect to merchandise transported in bond.

(Sec. 114) DHS shall establish a program to assign importer of record numbers.

(Sec. 115) CBP shall establish an importer program that adjusts bond amounts for new importers and nonresident importers based on their assessed risk for the protection of federal revenue.

(Sec. 116) The Tariff Act of 1930 is amended to direct Treasury to prescribe minimum standards to identify information that importers (including nonresident importers) are required to submit to customs brokers as well as reasonable procedures for such brokers to collect and verify the authenticity of such information.

The CBP shall report to Congress recommendations for:

 determining the most timely and effective way to require foreign nationals to provide customs brokers with accurate information, comparable to that required of U.S. nationals, on the identity of foreign nationals seeking to import merchandise into the United States; and establishing a system for such brokers to review information maintained by relevant federal agencies to verify the identity of importers, including nonresident importers, seeking to import merchandise into the United States. (Sec. 117) The CBP shall establish specified priority trade issues and, when necessary, eliminate, consolidate, or modify them and establish new priority trade issues.

The priority trade issues shall be:

 agriculture programs, antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duties, import safety, intellectual property rights, revenue, textiles and wearing apparel, and trade agreements and preference programs. TITLE II--IMPORT HEALTH AND SAFETY

(Sec. 201) The bill establishes an interagency Import Safety Working Group.

(Sec. 202) DHS shall develop, and appropriately update, a joint import safety rapid response plan that sets forth protocols for the CBP to:

 coordinate federal responses to cargo entering the United States that poses a threat to the health or safety of U.S. consumers, and use in recovering from or mitigating the effects of actions and responses to such an incident. (Sec. 203) CBP shall ensure that CBP personnel assigned to U.S. ports of entry are effectively trained to ensure the safety and expeditious entry of merchandise into the United States.

TITLE III--IMPORT-RELATED PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

(Sec. 302) The Tariff Act of 1930 is amended to declare that, upon suspicion that merchandise is being imported into the United States in violation of U.S. trademark or copyright infringement laws, the CBP shall provide the trademark or copyright owner any information appearing on the merchandise and its packaging and labels, including any unredacted images of them, if testing by the owner would assist in determining a violation. The CBP shall not provide such information if it would compromise an ongoing law enforcement investigation or national security.

(Sec. 303) A technology, product, service, device, or its component that is imported into the United States to circumvent U.S. copyright laws may be seized by the CBP and forfeited.

(Sec. 304) DHS shall authorize a process for the enforcement of a copyright of an owner who has applied for registration of merchandise with the U.S. Copyright Office to the same extent as if the copyright were registered with the Office, including by sharing information, images, samples of the suspected infringing merchandise.

(Sec. 305) DHS shall establish within ICE a National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center to coordinate U.S. activities to prevent the import and export of goods that infringe intellectual property rights.

(Sec. 306) The CBP and ICE shall:

 add specified information to the joint strategic plan for enforcement of intellectual property rights; and assign sufficient personnel throughout the CBP and ICE to prevent the importation of merchandise infringing intellectual property rights, including three full-time ICE employees to the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. (Sec. 308) The CBP shall ensure that CBP officers are trained effectively to detect and identify merchandise destined for the United States that infringes intellectual property rights, including through use of donated hardware, software, equipment, and similar technologies.

(Sec. 309) DHS shall coordinate with competent law enforcement and customs authorities of foreign countries, particularly by information-sharing, to enhance their efforts and U.S. efforts to enforce intellectual property rights.

(Sec. 310) The CBP and ICE shall report annually to Congress on intellectual property rights enforcement.

(Sec. 311) DHS shall carry out an educational campaign to inform travelers entering or leaving the United States about the legal, economic, and public health and safety implications of acquiring merchandise that infringes intellectual property rights outside the United States and importing it into the United States in violation of U.S. law.

 TITLE IV--PREVENTION OF EVASION OF ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS

Enforce and Protect Act of 2015

(Sec. 403) This title applies to goods from Mexico and Canada as well as goods from elsewhere.

Subtitle A--Actions Relating to Enforcement of Trade Remedy Laws

(Sec. 411) DHS shall establish within the CBP Office of Trade (established under section 802 of this Act) a Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Division (including a National Targeting and Analysis Group) to prevent and counter evasion of AD or CV duty orders with respect to covered merchandise entered into the United States.

The Group shall establish targeted risk assessment methodologies and standards for:

 evaluating the risk that cargo destined for the United States may constitute evading covered merchandise, and issuing Trade Alerts to U.S. ports of entry directing further inspection of specific merchandise to ensure compliance with U.S. trade remedy laws. (Sec. 412) Treasury, acting through the CBP, shall exercise all authorities to collect information needed to determine whether merchandise is entered into the United States through evasion.

In cases where a person who filed an allegation concerning covered merchandise, a person alleged to have entered covered merchandise into the United States through evasion, or a foreign producer or exporter of such merchandise has failed to comply with a request for information, Treasury shall make an inference adverse to the interests of that person when determining whether the merchandise has entered the United States through evasion.

(Sec. 413) Proprietary information submitted to the administering authority or the CBP may be disclosed without the submitter's consent to any CBP officer or employee directly investigating negligence, gross negligence, or fraud (currently, only fraud) relating to customs duties.

Treasury may give the Department of Commerce or the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) any information necessary to enable it to assist Treasury to identify, through risk assessment targeting or otherwise, covered merchandise entered into the U.S. customs territory through evasion.

(Sec. 414) Treasury shall negotiate and enter into bilateral agreements with customs authorities of foreign countries to prevent evasion of U.S. and foreign trade remedy laws.

(Sec. 415) The principal U.S. negotiating objectives shall include obtaining the objectives of such bilateral agreements for any trade agreements under negotiation as of the enactment of this Act or in the future.

Subtitle B--Investigation of Evasion of Trade Remedy Laws

(Sec. 421) The Tariff Act of 1930 is amended to prescribe procedures for the CBP to initiate an AD or CV duty investigation with respect to covered merchandise imported into the United States upon:

 the filing of an allegation of evasion by an interested party of covered merchandise entering into the customs territory of the United States; or referral by any other federal agency, including Commerce or the USITC. The CBP, in cases of an affirmative final determination, shall:

 suspend the liquidation of unliquidated entries of covered merchandise, and require posting of a cash deposit. Subtitle C--Other Matters

(Sec. 431) The CBP shall employ sufficient personnel with expertise and adequate training in and responsibility for preventing and investigating the entry of covered merchandise into the United States through evasion.

(Sec. 432) The CBP shall report annually to Congress on its efforts to prevent and investigate the evasion of AD and CV duty orders with respect to covered merchandise entered into the U.S. customs territory.

(Sec. 433) The bill repeals the requirement that the administering authority direct the CBP to allow an importer to opt to post a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of merchandise exported into the United States until completion of the administering authority's review as to whether AD or CV duties shall be imposed on the merchandise.

The weighted average dumping margin or individual CV duty rate determined for a new exporter (shipper) or producer of merchandise in a review shall be based solely on the bona fide U.S. sales made by the exporter or producer during the period of review.

TITLE V--SMALL BUSINESS TRADE ISSUES AND STATE TRADE COORDINATION

Small Business Trade Enhancement Act of 2015 or State Trade Coordination Act

(Sec. 502) This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to convene an Interagency Working Group within 30 days after the President notifies Congress of the intention to enter into negotiations with foreign countries with respect to trade agreements for the reduction or elimination of tariff or nontariff barriers.

The SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall by certain deadlines after convening the Group:

 identify diverse groups of small businesses to provide to the Group the views of small businesses in the manufacturing, services, and agriculture industries on the potential economic effects of the agreements; and report to Congress on the economic impacts of such agreements on small businesses. (Sec. 503) The SBA's Office of International Trade shall establish the State Trade Expansion Program to make grants to states for trade expansion programs for eligible small business concerns. The Office may, in carrying out the program, make competitive grants to states to increase the number of small business concerns exploring significant new trade opportunities.

Appropriations are authorized for FY2016-FY2020.

(Sec. 504) This bill amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to direct the President to establish a State and Federal Export Promotion Coordination Working Group as a subcommittee of the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee (TPCC) to develop a strategy for improving coordination of federal and state resources for small business export promotion and export financing activities.

The Office of International Trade shall report to Congress on recommendations for improving the experience of the Export.gov (or a successor) website as a comprehensive export information resource and a single website for exporters to submit all federally required information on the exportation of articles from the United States.

Commerce shall make available on the website state information on export promotion and export financing resources, including information on state export promotion and export financing agencies and district export councils and trade associations.

(Sec. 505) The membership of the TPCC shall include one or more presidential appointees representing state trade promotion agencies.

Acting through the TPCC and in coordination with representatives of state trade promotion agencies, Commerce shall develop a plan to integrate resources and strategies of state trade promotion agencies into the overall federal trade promotion program.

Acting through the U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service, Commerce shall develop an annual federal-state export strategy for goods and services for each state that submits to Commerce its export strategy for the upcoming year.

In coordination with representatives of state trade promotion agencies, Commerce shall develop a framework to share export success information, and develop a coordinated set of reporting metrics.

The strategic plan for federal trade promotion efforts shall include an annual survey and analysis of the overall effectiveness of federal-state coordination and export promotion goals, as well as best practices, recommendations to better assist small businesses, and other relevant matters.

TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

(Sec. 601) This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements for the identification of U.S. trade expansion priorities.

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) shall consult with Congress to prioritize, investigate, and resolve acts, policies, or practices of foreign countries that raise concerns with respect to obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party, or that otherwise creates barriers to U.S. goods, services, or investment.

(Sec. 602) The USTR may take action to suspend concessions or other obligations under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act if:

 enforcement action has terminated that was taken by the USTR to protect U.S. rights under any trade agreement or to eliminate an act, policy, or practice of a foreign country that violates that agreement or burdens or restricts U.S. commerce; the petitioner or any representative of the domestic industry that would benefit from reinstatement of such action requests the USTR for reinstatement; and the USTR meets certain consultation requirements. (Sec. 603) The USITC shall make an import monitoring tool available on a website to allow public access to data on the volume and value of imported goods to assess whether that data has changed over time.

(Sec. 604) The bill establishes within the Office of the USTR an Interagency Center on Trade Implementation, Monitoring, and Enforcement to investigate disputes under the WTO as well as bilateral and regional trade agreements to which the United States is a party.

(Sec. 605) DHS shall deposit into a special account certain interest earned on amounts realized by CBP on AD or CV duties through payments received by CBP on or after October 1, 2014. The interest shall be included in any CBP duty distributions to affected domestic producers for qualifying expenses.

(Sec. 606) CBP shall ensure that appropriate resources address concerns that honey as well as illicit cultural property, archaeological or ethnological materials, and fish, wildlife, and plants are being imported into the United States in violation of U.S. customs laws.

(Sec. 607) The USTR may take certain discretionary trade action against foreign countries that engage in unreasonable acts, policies, or practices that fail to enforce their commitments under trade agreements with the United States, including with respect to trade in goods and services, agriculture, foreign investment, intellectual property, and the environment.

(Sec. 608) The CBP shall direct appropriate personnel and the use of its resources, including a database of the individual characteristics of honey produced in foreign countries, to address concerns that honey is being imported into the United States in violation of U.S. customs and trade laws.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Food and Drug Administration should establish promptly a national standard of identity for honey for the CBP to use to ensure that imports of honey are: (1) classified accurately for purposes of assessing duties, and (2) denied entry into the United States if such imports pose a threat to the health or safety of U.S. consumers.

(Sec. 609) The Office of the USTR shall now include one presidentially appointed Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator, who shall conduct trade negotiations and enforce trade agreements with respect to U.S. intellectual property as well as take appropriate actions to address foreign acts, policies, and practices with a significant adverse impact on the value of U.S. innovation.

(Sec. 610) The USTR shall develop, within 90 days after submission of the National Trade Estimate, an action plan of certain benchmarks for achieving adequate protection of intellectual property rights, including trade secrets, for each foreign country placed and remaining on a priority watch list for at least one year.

Amounts from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund (established under section 611 of this title) may be expended by the USTR, but only as provided by appropriations Acts, to provide assistance to any developing country on the priority watch list to comply with the benchmarks in the action plan.

(Sec. 611) The bill establishes a Trade Enforcement Trust Fund for deposit of amounts equivalent to AD and CV duty receipts, which the USTR shall use to seek to enforce obligations under the WTO Agreements and free trade agreements, monitor and ensure foreign country implementation of similar obligations, investigate and respond to complaint petitions, and support U.S. capacity-building efforts pursuant to any free trade agreement to which the United States is a party.

The GAO shall:

 analyze the trade enforcement expenditures of each federal agency with trade responsibilities, and recommend additional employees and resources each agency may need to enforce effectively free trade agreements to which the United States is a party. TITLE VII--ENGAGEMENT ON CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE AND ECONOMIC POLICIES

(Sec. 701) Treasury shall report to Congress on the macroeconomic and currency exchange rate policies of each major U.S. trading partner.

The President, through Treasury, shall take specified remedial action against any such countries that fail to adopt policies to correct the undervaluation of their currency and trade surplus with the United States. The President may waive this requirement, however, if it would have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy or would cause serious harm to U.S. national security.

(Sec. 702) The bill establishes an Advisory Committee on International Exchange Rate Policy to advise Treasury on the impact of international exchange rates and financial policies on the U.S. economy.

Appropriations are authorized.

TITLE VIII--MATTERS RELATING TO U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

Subtitle A--Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act

(Sec. 802) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish formally, in DHS, the CBP (formerly the U.S. Customs Service), headed by the Commissioner of CBP.

There is established in the CBP:

 a Deputy Commissioner; the U.S. Border Patrol; an Office of Air and Marine Operations, including an Air and Marine Operations Center; an Office of Field Operations, including a National Targeting Center; an Office of Intelligence ; an Office of International Affairs; and an Office of Professional Responsibility. The CBP shall establish, and update triennially, certain standard operating procedures for CBP personnel.

The CBP shall report annually to Congress on whether use of unmanned aerial systems (drones) conforms to such procedures.

The CBP shall require all CBP agents and officers to participate in a specified amount of continuing education to maintain an understanding of federal legal rulings, court decisions, and departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines.

The CBP shall ensure that:

 adequate access to food and water is provided as soon as possible to individuals apprehended and detained at or between a U.S. port of entry, and detainee rights are provided at CBP processing centers. The CBP shall publish wait times for travelers entering at the 20 U.S. airports with the highest volume of international travel and make this information available to the public on the CBP website.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shall be maintained as a distinct entity within DHS.

The Office for Domestic Preparedness is removed from within the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security and establishes it simply within DHS.

The functions of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security shall be transferred to the DHS Secretary. The DHS Secretary (currently, the Under Secretary) may impose disciplinary action on any employee of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP who willfully deceives Congress or agency leadership on any matter.

The bill establishes in the CBP an Office of Trade. The CBP shall transfer all functions of the Office of International Trade to the Office of Trade. The Office of International Trade shall be abolished.

The CBP shall report to Congress on:

 the CBP Business Transformation Initiative, and supervisor-approved personal searches conducted in the previous year by CBP personnel. The CBP shall assess CBP's physical infrastructure and technology needs at the 20 busiest land ports of entry.

DHS shall not enter into or renew an agreement with a foreign country government for a CBP-administered trusted traveler program unless that government certifies that it:

 routinely submits information about lost and stolen passports of its citizens and nationals to INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Document database, or makes such information available to the United States through another comparable means of reporting. The DHS shall submit to Congress a plan to create an agricultural specialist career track within CBP.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Foreign Language Award Program incentivizes CBP officers to attain and maintain competency in a foreign language.

Subtitle B--Preclearance Operations

Preclearance Authorization Act of 2015

 (Sec. 813) Provided there is a valid aviation security preclearance agreement, DHS may establish CBP preclearance operations in a foreign country to:

 prevent terrorists, instruments of terrorism, and other security threats from entering the United States; prevent inadmissible persons from entering the United States; ensure merchandise destined for the United States complies with applicable U.S. customs laws; and ensure the prompt processing of persons eligible to travel to the United States. (Sec. 814) At least 60 days before an agreement to establish CBP preclearance operations in a foreign country becomes valid, DHS shall provide Congress with a copy of the agreement as well as other information on CBP preclearance operations.

The establishment of preclearance operations at an airport in a foreign country under an agreement shall be conditioned on the requirements that:

 at least one U.S. passenger carrier operates at the airport, and the access of all U.S. passenger carriers to those preclearance operations is the same as the access of any non-U.S. passenger carrier. The CBP shall report quarterly to Congress on:

 the number of CBP officers assigned from U.S. ports of entry to preclearance operations; and the number of positions at U.S. ports of entry vacated by CBP officers that have been filled by other hired, trained, and equipped CBP officers. At least 60 days after a determination that CBP processing times have significantly increased at U.S. ports of entry from which CBP officers were reassigned to preclearance operations, if the vacated positions have not been filled, the CBP shall submit to Congress an implementation plan for reducing processing times at such U.S. ports.

(Sec. 815) The TSA shall rescreen in the United States passengers and their property before they are permitted into sterile areas of U.S. airports if they have come from an airport in a foreign country that has failed to maintain security and protocols comparable to those of the United States.

(Sec. 816) DHS may not enter into an agreement with a foreign country to establish or maintain CBP preclearance operations at an airport in that country unless it certifies that the foreign government:

 routinely submits information about lost and stolen passports of its citizens and nationals to INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Document database, or makes such information available to the United States through another comparable means of reporting. (Sec. 817) The CBP may enter into cost-sharing agreements with airports in foreign countries where preclearance operations have been established if:

 an executive agreement establishing such operations has been signed but not yet entered into force; and CBP has incurred, or expects to incur, initial preclearance operations costs. (Sec. 818) The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to authorize the Department of Justice to receive in advance reimbursement for the costs of immigration inspection services provided at an airport.

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended similarly to authorize the Department of Agriculture to collect in advance the costs for preclearance operations with respect to animals or articles entering into the United States.

TITLE IX--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(Sec. 901) The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the USTR should encourage other countries to establish commercially meaningful de minimis values for express and postal shipments exempt from customs duties and taxes and from certain other entry documentation requirements.

This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $800 the general de minimis aggregate fair retail value in the country of shipment of duty-free articles imported by one person on one day.

(Sec. 902) Specified deadlines shall now apply for DHS to trade and customs revenue consultation requirements of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006.

(Sec. 903) This bill also prescribes or revises requirements under the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for:

 certain penalties for customs brokers convicted of an act of terrorism; duty-free treatment of certain federal property exported and reimported without an advance in value or improvement in condition; duties on warranty repairs or alterations of articles exported from and then returned to the United States; exemption from duty treatment of the residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the United States; drawback (refund of paid customs duties) on eligible merchandise imported into the United States and later exported or destroyed; assignment of CBP employees to perform customs services for charter flight passengers and their baggage; country of origin marking of certain castings imported into the United States; and elimination of the consumptive demand exception to the prohibition on the importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor. (Sec. 906) The GAO shall report to Congress on the modernization of drawback and refunds.

(Sec. 907) The CBP shall report to Congress within one year after entering into any agreement under:

 the program for entering into reimbursable fee agreements for the provision of CBP services, upon the request of any persons, at existing CBP-serviced facilities, at new facilities, and at land border facilities; the pilot program authorizing the CBP to enter into partnerships with private sector and government entities at ports of entry for certain services and to accept certain donations; the program where CBP collects a customs user fee at designated small airports and other facilities; or the program authorizing CBP to establish preclearance operations in foreign countries. (Sec. 909) The bill states certain trade policies regarding Israel, and principal U.S. trade negotiating objectives relating to Israel for proposed trade agreements with foreign countries regarding commercial partnerships.

The President shall report to Congress on politically motivated boycotts of, divestment from, and sanctions against Israel.

No federal or state court shall recognize or enforce any foreign judgment entered against a U.S. person that conducts business operations in Israel, or any Israel-controlled territory, if the court determines that the foreign judgment is based, in whole or in part, on a foreign court determination that the U.S. person's conducting business operations in Israel or any Israel-controlled territory or with Israeli entities constitutes a violation of law.

(Sec. 912) The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended to prescribe the duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear as well as of certain protective active footwear. (The Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 is amended to repeal similar provisions with respect to such articles.)

(Sec. 914) This bill amends the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to revise the overall U.S. negotiating objectives for trade agreements with foreign countries for the reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers to ensure that such agreements do not require changes to U.S. immigration laws nor obligate the United States to greenhouse gas emissions measures.

A new principal U.S. trade negotiating objective shall be to obtain competitive opportunities for U.S. exports of fish, seafood, and shellfish products in foreign markets equivalent to those opportunities afforded those foreign export items in U.S. markets.

The bill revises the prohibition against applying trade authorities (fast track) procedures to congressional implementing bills for trade agreements with foreign countries that fail to make significant efforts to comply with minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking ("tier 3" country). The prohibition itself shall not apply, however, if the President submits to Congress a letter stating the country has taken concrete actions to implement the principal recommendations in the most recent annual report on trafficking in persons.

(Sec. 915) The President may give preferential treatment to certain articles imported directly from Nepal into the U.S. customs territory if that country meets certain requirements under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, including a market-based economy and the rule of law, the protection of human rights and internationally-recognized worker rights, elimination of trade barriers to the United States, and non-engagement in activities that undermine U.S. national security or foreign policy interests or support acts of international terrorism. Nepal must also meet certain eligibility criteria for designation as a beneficiary developing country under the Trade Act of 1974.

Certain leather articles (trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers) and textile or apparel articles imported directly from Nepal may enter the U.S. customs territory duty-free if:

 the article is the growth, product, or manufacture of Nepal, or Nepal is a textile or apparel article's country of origin; the President determines, after receiving advice from the U.S. International Trade Commission, that the article is not import-sensitive; and the sum of the cost or value of the materials produced in, and the manufacturing costs performed in, Nepal or the U.S. customs territory is at least 35% of the appraised value of the article at the time it is entered. Limits to 15% of the appraised value of an article at the time it is entered the cost or value of the materials produced in, and the manufacturing costs performed in, the U.S. customs territory and attributed to the 35% requirement.

The CBP must verify annually that textile and apparel articles imported duty-free into the United States from Nepal are not being unlawfully transshipped into the United States.

The President shall establish a trade facilitation and capacity building program to assist Nepal in the export of goods.

The extension of preferential treatment to Nepal shall terminate after December 31, 2025.

(Sec. 916) The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 is amended to authorize the President to implement an agreement by members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation to reduce any rate of duty on certain environmental goods only if Congress is notified of agreement negotiations as well as U.S. objectives in those negotiations.

(Sec. 917) The Tariff Act of 1930 is amended to require country of origin marking of certain castings, including inlet frames, tree and trench grates, lampposts, lamppost bases, cast utility poles, bollards, hydrants, and utility boxes.

(Sec. 918) When the President submits to the Senate, under the Trade Act of 1974, a nomination for appointment as a Deputy USTR, the submission shall include information on the country, regional offices, and functions of the Office of the USTR with respect to which that individual will have responsibility.

(Sec. 919) The bill expresses the sense of Congress urging specified congressional committees to advance, as soon as possible, a regular and predictable legislative process for the temporary suspension and reduction of duties on goods imported into the United States.

(Sec. 920) The COBRA is amended to extend through September 30, 2025, the authority for customs user fees for the processing of merchandise formally entered or released into the United States.

The United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act is also amended to extend through September 30, 2025, the increase from 0.21% ad valorem to 0.3464% ad valorem in the customs user fees for the processing of merchandise formally entered or released into the United States which is scheduled to begin on December 1, 2015.

(Sec. 921) The Internal Revenue Code is amended to increase from $135 to $205 the maximum civil penalty, adjusted annually for inflation, for failure to file a tax return within 60 days of the deadline, except for reasonable cause and not the willful neglect of the taxpayer.

(Sec. 922) This bill amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state and local: (1) taxation of Internet access, and (2) multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.

measure amended conference report filed house december summary version repeated trade facilitation trade enforcement act title trade facilitation trade enforcement sec bill directs customs border_protection cbp ensure cbp partnership programs customs-trade_partnership_against_terrorism provide trade benefits importers exporters certain private sector entities meet program requirements sec government_accountability_office gao shall report congress effectiveness cbp enforcement customs trade laws trade enforcement sec cbp shall establish priorities performance standards measure levels achievement customs modernization movement merchandise united_states trade facilitation trade enforcement functions programs sec cbp immigration customs enforcement ice shall establish educational seminars improve cbp classification appraisal imported articles trade enforcement facilitation international_trade develop biennially joint strategic plan improving trade enforcement trade facilitation sec bill amends consolidated_omnibus_budget_reconciliation_act cobra authorize appropriations fy2016 fy2018 customs commercial homeland_security automation account complete development implementation automated commercial environment computer system cbp shall report congress incorporation core trade processing capabilities automated commercial environment computer system conform admissibility criteria federal agencies participating international_trade_data_system components national customs automation program implemented additional program components initiated complete development establishment implementation computer system cbp update report evaluate effectiveness implementation computer system detail monthly percentage trade processed automated commercial environment september gao report congress progress federal agencies accessing utilizing automated commercial environment potential cost savings government importers exporters potential benefits trade enforcement identified elements implemented sec bill amends tariff act require department_of_the_treasury treasury work head agency participating interagency steering committee ensure duties develops maintains necessary information technology infrastructure support operation submits data electronically arranges share information agency cbp sec shall negotiating objective negotiation mutual recognition arrangement similar agreement foreign country partnership programs seek ensure compatibility country partnership programs cbp partnership programs enhance security trade facilitation trade enforcement department_of_homeland_security dhs shall consult specified congressional committees days initiating negotiations days entering agreement sec treasury dhs shall jointly establish commercial customs operations advisory_committee sec cbp shall develop implement cbp wide centers_of_excellence expertise enhance economic competitiveness united_states sec national targeting center established cbp office field operations section act coordination cbp office trade established section shall conduct commercial risk assessment targeting appropriate issue trade alerts respect cargo destined united_states sec treasury inspector_general shall report biennially congress oversight revenue protection enforcement measures sec dhs treasury shall report jointly congress security revenue measures respect merchandise transported bond sec dhs shall establish program assign importer record numbers sec cbp shall establish importer program adjusts bond amounts new importers nonresident importers based assessed risk protection federal revenue sec tariff act amended direct treasury prescribe minimum standards identify information importers including nonresident importers required submit customs brokers reasonable procedures brokers collect verify information cbp shall report congress recommendations determining timely effective way require foreign nationals provide customs brokers accurate information comparable required nationals identity foreign nationals seeking import merchandise united_states establishing system brokers review information maintained relevant federal agencies verify identity importers including nonresident importers seeking import merchandise united_states sec cbp shall establish specified priority trade issues necessary eliminate consolidate modify establish new priority trade issues priority trade issues shall agriculture programs antidumping countervailing duties import safety intellectual property rights revenue textiles wearing apparel trade agreements preference programs title import health safety sec bill establishes interagency import safety working_group sec dhs shall develop appropriately update joint import safety rapid response plan sets forth protocols cbp coordinate federal responses cargo entering united_states poses threat health safety consumers use recovering mitigating effects actions responses incident sec cbp shall ensure cbp personnel assigned ports entry effectively trained ensure safety expeditious entry merchandise united_states title iii import related protection intellectual property rights sec tariff act amended declare suspicion merchandise imported united_states violation trademark copyright infringement laws cbp shall provide trademark copyright owner information appearing merchandise packaging labels including images testing owner assist determining violation cbp shall provide information compromise ongoing law enforcement investigation national security sec technology product service device component imported united_states circumvent copyright laws seized cbp forfeited sec dhs shall authorize process enforcement copyright owner applied registration merchandise copyright office extent copyright registered office including sharing information images samples suspected infringing merchandise sec dhs shall establish ice national intellectual property rights coordination center coordinate activities prevent import export goods infringe intellectual property rights sec cbp ice shall add specified information joint strategic plan enforcement intellectual property rights assign sufficient personnel cbp ice prevent importation merchandise infringing intellectual property rights including time ice employees national intellectual property rights coordination center sec cbp shall ensure cbp officers trained effectively detect identify merchandise destined united_states infringes intellectual property rights including use donated hardware software equipment similar technologies sec dhs shall coordinate competent law enforcement customs authorities foreign countries particularly information sharing enhance efforts efforts enforce intellectual property rights sec cbp ice shall report annually congress intellectual property rights enforcement sec dhs shall carry educational campaign inform travelers entering leaving united_states legal economic public health safety implications acquiring merchandise infringes intellectual property rights outside united_states importing united_states violation law title prevention evasion antidumping countervailing duty orders enforce protect act sec title applies goods mexico canada goods subtitle actions relating enforcement trade remedy laws sec dhs shall establish cbp office trade established section act trade remedy law enforcement division including national_targeting_and_analysis_group prevent counter evasion duty orders respect covered merchandise entered united_states group shall establish targeted risk assessment methodologies standards evaluating risk cargo destined united_states constitute evading covered merchandise issuing trade alerts ports entry directing inspection specific merchandise ensure compliance trade remedy laws sec treasury acting cbp shall exercise authorities collect information needed determine merchandise entered united_states evasion cases person filed allegation concerning covered merchandise person alleged entered covered merchandise united_states evasion foreign producer exporter merchandise failed comply request information treasury shall inference adverse interests person determining merchandise entered united_states evasion sec proprietary information submitted administering authority cbp disclosed consent cbp officer employee directly investigating negligence gross negligence fraud currently fraud relating customs duties treasury department_of_commerce international_trade_commission usitc information necessary enable assist treasury identify risk assessment targeting covered merchandise entered customs territory evasion sec treasury shall negotiate enter bilateral agreements customs authorities foreign countries prevent evasion foreign trade remedy laws sec principal negotiating objectives shall include obtaining objectives bilateral agreements trade agreements negotiation enactment act future subtitle investigation evasion trade remedy laws sec tariff act amended prescribe procedures cbp initiate duty investigation respect covered merchandise imported united_states filing allegation evasion interested party covered merchandise entering customs territory united_states referral federal agency including commerce usitc cbp cases affirmative final determination shall suspend liquidation unliquidated entries covered merchandise require posting cash deposit subtitle matters sec cbp shall employ sufficient personnel expertise adequate training responsibility preventing investigating entry covered merchandise united_states evasion sec cbp shall report annually congress efforts prevent investigate evasion duty orders respect covered merchandise entered customs territory sec bill repeals requirement administering authority direct cbp allow importer opt post bond security lieu cash deposit entry merchandise exported united_states completion administering authority review duties shall imposed merchandise weighted average dumping margin individual duty rate determined new exporter shipper producer merchandise review shall based solely bona fide sales exporter producer period review title small business trade issues state trade coordination small business trade enhancement_act state trade coordination act sec bill amends small_business_act require chief counsel advocacy small_business_administration sba convene interagency_working_group days president notifies congress intention enter negotiations foreign countries respect trade agreements reduction elimination tariff nontariff barriers sba chief counsel advocacy shall certain deadlines convening group identify diverse groups small businesses provide group views small businesses manufacturing services agriculture industries potential economic effects agreements report congress economic impacts agreements small businesses sec sba office_of_international_trade shall establish state trade expansion program grants states trade expansion programs eligible small business concerns office carrying program competitive grants states increase number small business concerns exploring significant new trade opportunities appropriations authorized fy2016-fy2020 sec bill amends export enhancement_act direct president establish state federal export promotion coordination working_group subcommittee trade promotion coordination committee develop strategy improving coordination federal state resources small business export promotion export financing activities office_of_international_trade shall report congress recommendations improving experience successor website comprehensive export information resource single website exporters submit federally required information exportation articles united_states commerce shall available website state information export promotion export financing resources including information state export promotion export financing agencies district export councils trade associations sec membership shall include presidential appointees representing state trade promotion agencies acting coordination representatives state trade promotion agencies commerce shall develop plan integrate resources strategies state trade promotion agencies overall federal trade promotion program acting foreign commercial service commerce shall develop annual federal state export strategy goods services state submits commerce export strategy upcoming year coordination representatives state trade promotion agencies commerce shall develop framework share export success information develop coordinated set reporting metrics strategic plan federal trade promotion efforts shall include annual survey analysis overall effectiveness federal state coordination export promotion goals best practices recommendations better assist small businesses relevant matters title additional enforcement provisions sec bill amends trade act revise requirements identification trade expansion priorities united_states_trade_representative ustr shall consult congress prioritize investigate resolve acts policies practices foreign countries raise concerns respect obligations world_trade_organization wto agreements trade agreement united_states party creates barriers goods services investment sec ustr action suspend concessions obligations uruguay round agreements act enforcement action terminated taken ustr protect rights trade agreement eliminate act policy practice foreign country violates agreement burdens restricts commerce petitioner representative domestic industry benefit reinstatement action requests ustr reinstatement ustr meets certain consultation requirements sec usitc shall import monitoring tool available website allow public access data volume value imported goods assess data changed time sec bill establishes office ustr interagency center trade implementation monitoring enforcement investigate disputes wto bilateral regional trade agreements united_states party sec dhs shall deposit special account certain interest earned amounts realized cbp duties payments received cbp october interest shall included cbp duty distributions affected domestic producers qualifying expenses sec cbp shall ensure appropriate resources address concerns honey illicit cultural property archaeological materials fish wildlife plants imported united_states violation customs laws sec ustr certain discretionary trade action foreign countries engage unreasonable acts policies practices fail enforce commitments trade agreements united_states including respect trade goods services agriculture foreign investment intellectual property environment sec cbp shall direct appropriate personnel use resources including database individual characteristics honey produced foreign countries address concerns honey imported united_states violation customs trade laws bill expresses sense congress food_and_drug_administration establish promptly national standard identity honey cbp use ensure imports honey classified accurately purposes assessing duties denied entry united_states imports pose threat health safety consumers sec office ustr shall include presidentially appointed chief innovation intellectual property shall conduct trade negotiations enforce trade agreements respect intellectual property appropriate actions address foreign acts policies practices significant adverse impact value innovation sec ustr shall develop days submission national trade estimate action plan certain benchmarks achieving adequate protection intellectual property rights including trade secrets foreign country placed remaining priority watch list year amounts trade enforcement trust_fund established section title expended ustr provided appropriations acts provide assistance developing country priority watch list comply benchmarks action plan sec bill establishes trade enforcement trust_fund deposit amounts equivalent duty receipts ustr shall use seek enforce obligations wto agreements free trade agreements monitor ensure foreign country implementation similar obligations investigate respond complaint petitions support capacity building efforts pursuant free trade agreement united_states party gao shall analyze trade enforcement expenditures federal agency trade responsibilities recommend additional employees resources agency need enforce effectively free trade agreements united_states party title vii engagement currency exchange rate economic policies sec treasury shall report congress macroeconomic currency exchange rate policies major trading partner president treasury shall specified remedial action countries fail adopt policies correct undervaluation currency trade surplus united_states president waive requirement adverse impact economy cause harm national security sec bill establishes advisory_committee international exchange rate policy advise treasury impact international exchange rates financial policies economy appropriations authorized title viii matters relating customs border_protection subtitle establishment customs border_protection customs border_protection authorization act sec bill amends homeland_security act establish formally dhs cbp customs service headed commissioner cbp established cbp deputy commissioner border_patrol office air marine operations including air marine operations center office field operations including national targeting center office intelligence office international affairs office professional responsibility cbp shall establish update triennially certain standard operating procedures cbp personnel cbp shall report annually congress use unmanned aerial systems drones conforms procedures cbp shall require cbp agents officers participate specified continuing education maintain understanding federal legal rulings court decisions departmental policies procedures guidelines cbp shall ensure adequate access food water provided soon possible individuals apprehended detained port entry detainee rights provided cbp processing centers cbp shall publish wait times travelers entering airports highest volume international travel information available public cbp website transportation_security_administration tsa shall maintained distinct entity dhs office domestic preparedness removed directorate border transportation security establishes simply dhs functions secretary border transportation security shall transferred dhs secretary dhs secretary currently secretary impose disciplinary action employee immigration customs enforcement cbp willfully congress agency leadership matter bill establishes cbp office trade cbp shall transfer functions office_of_international_trade office trade office_of_international_trade shall abolished cbp shall report congress cbp business transformation initiative supervisor approved personal searches conducted previous year cbp personnel cbp shall assess cbp physical infrastructure technology needs land ports entry dhs shall enter renew agreement foreign country government cbp administered trusted traveler program government certifies routinely submits information lost stolen passports citizens nationals interpol stolen lost travel document database makes information available united_states comparable means reporting dhs shall submit congress plan create agricultural specialist career track cbp bill expresses sense congress foreign language award program cbp officers attain maintain competency foreign language subtitle preclearance operations preclearance authorization act sec provided valid aviation security preclearance agreement dhs establish cbp preclearance operations foreign country prevent terrorists instruments terrorism security threats entering united_states prevent inadmissible persons entering united_states ensure merchandise destined united_states complies applicable customs laws ensure prompt processing persons eligible travel united_states sec days agreement establish cbp preclearance operations foreign country valid dhs shall provide congress copy agreement information cbp preclearance operations establishment preclearance operations airport foreign country agreement shall conditioned requirements passenger carrier operates airport access passenger carriers preclearance operations access non passenger carrier cbp shall report quarterly congress number cbp officers assigned ports entry preclearance operations number positions ports entry vacated cbp officers filled hired trained equipped cbp officers days determination cbp processing times significantly increased ports entry cbp officers reassigned preclearance operations vacated positions filled cbp shall submit congress implementation plan reducing processing times ports sec tsa shall united_states passengers property permitted sterile areas airports come airport foreign country failed maintain security protocols comparable united_states sec dhs enter agreement foreign country establish maintain cbp preclearance operations airport country certifies foreign government routinely submits information lost stolen passports citizens nationals interpol stolen lost travel document database makes information available united_states comparable means reporting sec cbp enter cost sharing agreements airports foreign countries preclearance operations established executive agreement establishing operations signed entered force cbp incurred expects incur initial preclearance operations costs sec immigration_and_nationality_act amended authorize department_of_justice receive advance reimbursement costs immigration inspection services provided airport farm_security rural investment act amended similarly authorize department_of_agriculture collect advance costs preclearance operations respect animals articles entering united_states title miscellaneous provisions sec bill expresses sense congress ustr encourage countries establish commercially meaningful minimis values express postal shipments exempt customs duties taxes certain entry documentation requirements bill amends tariff act increase general minimis aggregate fair retail value country shipment duty free articles imported person day sec specified deadlines shall apply dhs trade customs revenue consultation requirements security accountability port act sec bill prescribes revises requirements tariff act harmonized_tariff schedule united_states certain penalties customs brokers convicted act terrorism duty free treatment certain federal property exported advance value improvement condition duties warranty repairs alterations articles exported returned united_states exemption duty treatment residue bulk cargo contained instruments international traffic previously exported united_states drawback refund paid customs duties eligible merchandise imported united_states later exported destroyed assignment cbp employees perform customs services charter flight passengers baggage country origin marking certain imported united_states elimination consumptive demand exception prohibition importation goods convict labor forced labor labor sec gao shall report congress modernization drawback refunds sec cbp shall report congress year entering agreement program entering reimbursable fee agreements provision cbp services request persons existing cbp serviced facilities new facilities land border facilities pilot program authorizing cbp enter partnerships private sector government entities ports entry certain services accept certain donations program cbp collects customs user fee designated small airports facilities program authorizing cbp establish preclearance operations foreign countries sec bill states certain trade policies israel principal trade negotiating objectives relating israel proposed trade agreements foreign countries commercial partnerships president shall report congress politically motivated boycotts divestment sanctions israel federal state court shall recognize enforce foreign judgment entered person conducts business operations israel israel controlled territory court determines foreign judgment based foreign court determination person conducting business operations israel israel controlled territory israeli entities constitutes violation law sec harmonized_tariff schedule united_states amended prescribe duty free treatment certain recreational performance outerwear certain protective active footwear trade preferences extension act amended repeal similar provisions respect articles sec bill amends bipartisan congressional trade priorities accountability_act revise overall negotiating objectives trade agreements foreign countries reduction elimination tariff nontariff barriers ensure agreements require changes immigration laws obligate united_states greenhouse gas emissions measures new principal trade negotiating objective shall obtain competitive opportunities exports fish seafood shellfish products foreign markets equivalent opportunities afforded foreign export items markets bill revises prohibition applying trade authorities fast track procedures congressional implementing bills trade agreements foreign countries fail significant efforts comply minimum standards elimination human trafficking tier country prohibition shall apply president submits congress letter stating country taken concrete actions implement principal recommendations recent annual report trafficking persons sec president preferential treatment certain articles imported directly nepal customs territory country meets certain requirements african_growth opportunity act including market based economy rule law protection human rights internationally recognized worker rights elimination trade barriers united_states non engagement activities undermine national security foreign policy interests support acts international terrorism nepal meet certain eligibility criteria designation beneficiary developing country trade act certain leather articles cases cases school similar containers textile apparel articles imported directly nepal enter customs territory duty free article growth product manufacture nepal nepal textile apparel article country origin president determines receiving advice international_trade_commission article import sensitive sum cost value materials produced manufacturing costs performed nepal customs territory appraised value article time entered limits appraised value article time entered cost value materials produced manufacturing costs performed customs territory attributed requirement cbp verify annually textile apparel articles imported duty free united_states nepal unlawfully transshipped united_states president shall establish trade facilitation capacity building program assist nepal export goods extension preferential treatment nepal shall terminate december sec bipartisan congressional trade priorities accountability_act amended authorize president implement agreement members asia-pacific_economic_cooperation reduce rate duty certain environmental goods congress notified agreement negotiations objectives negotiations sec tariff act amended require country origin marking certain including inlet frames tree bases cast utility poles utility boxes sec president submits senate trade act nomination appointment deputy ustr submission shall include information country regional offices functions office ustr respect individual responsibility sec bill expresses sense congress urging specified congressional committees advance soon possible regular legislative process temporary suspension reduction duties goods imported united_states sec cobra amended extend september authority customs user fees processing merchandise formally entered released united_states united_states korea free trade agreement implementation act amended extend september increase valorem valorem customs user fees processing merchandise formally entered released united_states scheduled begin december sec internal_revenue_code amended increase maximum civil penalty adjusted annually inflation failure file tax return days deadline reasonable cause willful neglect taxpayer sec bill amends internet tax freedom act permanent ban state local taxation internet access multiple discriminatory taxes electronic commerce


Summary:
SNAP Verify Act of 2015

This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require households to present photographic identification when using an electronic benefit card for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) transactions.

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Summary:
SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2015

This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) beneficiaries from work requirements if they are not offered a position in a state job training or workfare program.

snap work opportunities act bill amends food_and_nutrition_act_of_2008 exempt supplemental nutrition assistance program snap known food stamp program beneficiaries work requirements offered position state job training program


Summary:
Farm to School Act of 2015

This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reauthorize the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Farm to School Program through FY2021 and modify the program. The program currently provides grants and technical assistance to schools, state and local agencies, Indian tribal organizations, agricultural producers, and nonprofit entities to improve access to local foods in schools.

The bill makes schools participating in the Summer Food Service Program for children, the early care and afterschool portions of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the School Breakfast Program eligible to participate in the program. It also permits USDA to provide land-grant colleges and universities with grants, research, and technical assistance under the program.

The purposes for grants awarded under the program are expanded to include agricultural literacy and nutrition education. The bill requires USDA to provide technical assistance, research, and information to increase awareness of and participation in farm to school programs among agricultural producers.

In awarding grants, USDA must improve local food procurement and distribution options for agricultural producers and eligible schools. USDA is permitted to fund projects that include innovative approaches to aggregation, processing, transportation, and distribution.

The bill establishes new limitations on the amount and duration of grants.

The bill also establishes reporting requirements and limits funds that may be used for administrative costs.

farm school act bill amends richard national school lunch act reauthorize department_of_agriculture usda farm school program fy2021 modify program program currently provides grants technical assistance schools state local agencies indian tribal organizations agricultural producers nonprofit entities improve access local foods schools bill makes schools participating summer food service program children early care afterschool portions child adult care food program school breakfast program eligible participate program permits usda provide land grant colleges universities grants research technical assistance program purposes grants awarded program expanded include agricultural literacy nutrition education bill requires usda provide technical assistance research information increase awareness participation farm school programs agricultural producers awarding grants usda improve local food procurement distribution options agricultural producers eligible schools usda permitted fund projects include innovative approaches aggregation processing transportation distribution bill establishes new limitations duration grants bill establishes reporting requirements limits funds administrative costs


Summary:
No Hungry Kids Act

Nullifies the rule published by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 26, 2012, establishing nutrition standards for the school lunch and breakfast programs. (This rule is summarized as requiring most schools to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free and low-fat fluid milk in school meals; reduce the levels of sodium, saturated fat and trans fat in meals; and meet the nutrition needs of school children within their calorie requirements.)

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit USDA's minimum nutritional requirements for school lunches from being construed as establishing a calorie maximum for individual school lunches or prohibiting a child from eating a lunch provided by the child's parent or legal guardian.

kids act nullifies rule published department_of_agriculture usda january establishing nutrition standards school lunch breakfast programs rule requiring schools increase availability fruits vegetables grains fat free low fat fluid milk school meals reduce levels sodium saturated fat trans fat meals meet nutrition needs school children requirements amends richard national school lunch act prohibit usda minimum nutritional requirements school lunches construed establishing maximum individual school lunches prohibiting child eating lunch provided child parent legal guardian


Summary:
Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing, administering, or enforcing a specified regulation, or promulgating or enforcing any new rule or regulation, establishing a maximum calorie limit or quantity of grains, meat, or meat alternatives for the school lunch program.

USDA may not implement, administer, or enforce specified rules and regulations with respect to any school food authority that certifies to its state that it: (1) has calculated the costs of complying with such rules and regulations; and (2) has determined, in a manner consistent with school district operational procedures, that it cannot operate a food service program without incurring increased costs for complying with those rules and regulations.

Those rules and regulations are:

 the rule entitled "National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010"; any new rule regarding foods sold in schools that are not foods provided under the school lunch or breakfast programs; a specified regulation and any new rule or regulation regarding school lunch price increases; and a specified regulation and any new rule or regulation which establishes new food-based meal patterns, nutrition standards, or meal planning approaches for the school breakfast program. USDA may not define the phrase "costs of complying" or establish or suggest how a school food authority is to calculate those costs or increased costs for complying.

The prohibitions will remain in effect until a law is enacted that extends by at least five fiscal years the authorization or duration of one or more school lunch or breakfast programs.

 The bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit USDA from implementing any regulation that would require a reduction in the quantity of sodium contained in federally reimbursed meals, foods, and snacks sold in schools below specified July 2014 maximum levels allowed in school breakfasts for school year 2014-2015.

With respect to grain contents, USDA shall only require that half of all grains in such food items are whole grain-rich. School food authorities must comply with the applicable grain component or standard with respect to the school lunch or school breakfast program in effect before July 1, 2014.

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Summary:
Weekends Without Hunger Act

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to the availability of appropriations, to implement a pilot program providing commodities, on a competitive basis, to nonprofits for the provision of nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year. (At-risk school children are those who participate in the school lunch program and reside in an area served by a school in which at least 50% of the students receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.)

Includes elementary and secondary schools, school food authorities, food banks or pantries, homeless shelters, and other Secretary-approved emergency feeding agencies as eligible nonprofit recipients of such commodities.

Requires commodity recipients to satisfy safe food storage, handling, and delivery standards established by the Secretary.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) complete an interim evaluation of the pilot program by November 30, 2018, and (2) submit a final report to Congress by December 31, 2020, that contains an evaluation of such program and any recommendations the Secretary may have for legislative action.

Authorizes appropriations for the pilot program.

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Summary:
Summer Meals Act of 2015

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to redefine "areas in which poor economic conditions exist," where the summer food service program for children may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children have been determined to be eligible for free or reduced price school meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.

Reimburses service institutions (other than school food authorities) for up to one meal and one snack per child each day during after-school hours, weekends, and school holidays during the regular school calendar. (Currently, such institutions are reimbursed for meals and snacks served to children over the summer months or to children who are on vacation under a continuous school calendar.)

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation in the summer food service program for children at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation and mobile meal trucks.

Allows service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children to serve up to three meals, or two meals and one snack, during each day of operation. (Currently, this option is reserved for camps and service institutions that serve meals primarily to migrant children.)

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