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108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 396
To provide assistance to the unemployed, tax relief for average
Americans, fiscal assistance to state and local governments, and jobs
and security through infrastructure investment, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2003
Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on
Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Energy
and Commerce, Agriculture, Financial Services, and Armed Services, 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 provide assistance to the unemployed, tax relief for average
Americans, fiscal assistance to state and local governments, and jobs
and security through infrastructure investment, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Anti-
Recession Act of 2003''.
(b) Table of Contents.--
Sec. 1. Short title.
TITLE I--ASSISTANCE TO THE UNEMPLOYED
Sec. 101. Entitlement to additional weeks of temporary extended
unemployment compensation.
TITLE II--PAYROLL TAX RELIEF
Sec. 201. Payroll tax holiday.
TITLE III--FISCAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Sec. 301. Findings.
Sec. 302. Financial assistance authorized.
Sec. 303. Allocation.
Sec. 304. Use of funds by State and local governments.
TITLE IV--TRANSPORTATION AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
Subtitle A--Rail Infrastructure Investment
Part I--Credit for Amtrak Bonds
Sec. 401. Credit to holders of qualified Amtrak bonds.
Part II--High-speed Rail Provisions
Sec. 403. Department of transportation approval for qualified Amtrak
projects.
Sec. 404. Multiyear capital spending plan and oversight.
Sec. 405. Issuance of regulations.
Sec. 406. Sense of Congress regarding effect on Amtrak funding.
Sec. 407. Effective date.
Part III--Amtrak Capital Investment
Sec. 411. Authorization of appropriations.
Part IV--Capital Investment for Railroad Rehabilitation
Sec. 416. Capital grants for railroad track.
Sec. 417. Regulatory procedure amendments.
Subtitle B--Environmental Infrastructure Investment
Sec. 421. General authority for capitalization grants.
Sec. 422. Capitalization grants agreements.
Sec. 423. Water pollution control revolving funds.
Sec. 424. Authorization of appropriations for clean water State
revolving funds.
Sec. 425. Wet weather.
Sec. 426. Safe drinking water State revolving funds.
Subtitle C--Highway Infrastructure Investment
Sec. 431. Federal-aid highway program obligation ceiling.
Sec. 432. Limitations on credit amounts.
Subtitle D--Transit Infrastructure Investment
Sec. 441. Additional authorizations for formula grants.
Sec. 442. Federal transit program obligation ceiling.
Sec. 443. Uniform dollar limitation for all types of transportation
fringe benefits.
Subtitle E--Aviation Infrastructure Investment
Sec. 451. Increased funding for airport planning and development.
Sec. 452. Increased funding for airway facilities improvement.
Subtitle F--Maritime Infrastructure Investment
Sec. 461. Marine transportation system infrastructure.
Subtitle G--Economic Development Infrastructure Investment
Sec. 471. Public works and economic development.
Sec. 472. Appalachian regional development.
Sec. 473. Delta regional development.
Subtitle H--Water Resources Infrastructure Investment
Sec. 481. Increased funding for corps of engineers projects.
Subtitle I--Public Buildings Infrastructure Investment
Sec. 491. Security enhancements for GSA properties.
Sec. 492. Security enhancements for John F. Kennedy center.
Sec. 493. Security enhancements for Smithsonian Institution.
Subtitle J--General Provisions
Sec. 495. Priority consideration for security projects.
Sec. 496. Temporary waiver of non-Federal share.
Sec. 497. Maintenance of effort.
Sec. 498. Labor standards.
Sec. 499. Buy America.
TITLE V--ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Sec. 501. Elementary and secondary education infrastructure.
Sec. 502. Labor standards.
TITLE VI--REVENUE OFFSETS
Sec. 601. Top individual income tax marginal rate not reduced below
2003 level.
Sec. 602. Reinstatement of estate tax for estate over $5,000,000;
repeal of carryover basis.
TITLE I--ASSISTANCE TO THE UNEMPLOYED
SEC. 101. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEMPORARY EXTENDED
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 203(b) of the Temporary
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``50'' and inserting
``100''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``13'' and inserting
``26''.
(b) Program Extension.--Paragraph (3) of section 208(b) of such Act
is amended by striking ``August 30'' and inserting ``November 29''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (1) of section 203(c) of such
Act is amended by inserting ``50 percent of'' before ``the amount
originally established in such account''.
SEC. 102. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) In General.--The amendments made by this title--
(1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of
Public Law 107-147; but
(2) shall apply only with respect to weeks of unemployment
beginning on or after the date of enactment this Act, subject
to subsection (b).
(b) Special Rules.--In the case of an individual for whom a
temporary extended unemployment account was established before the date
of enactment of this Act, the Temporary Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2002 (as amended by this title) shall be applied
subject to the following:
(1) Any amounts deposited in the individual's temporary
extended unemployment compensation account by reason of section
203(c) of such Act (commonly known as ``TEUC-X amounts'')
before the date of enactment of this Act shall be treated as
amounts deposited by reason of section 203(b) of such Act
(commonly known as ``TEUC amounts''), as amended by section
101(a).
(2) For purposes of determining whether the individual is
eligible for any TEUC-X amounts under such Act, as amended by
this title--
(A) any determination made under section 203(c) of
such Act before the application of the amendments made
by this title shall be disregarded; and
(B) any such determination shall instead be made by
applying section 203(c) of such Act, as amended by this
title--
(i) as of the time that all amounts
established in such account in accordance with
section 203(b) of such Act (as amended by this
title, and including any amounts described in
paragraph (1)) are in fact exhausted, except
that
(ii) if such individual's account was both
augmented by and exhausted of all TEUC-X
amounts before the date of enactment of this
Act, such determination shall be made as if
exhaustion (as described in section 203(c)(1)
of such Act) had not occurred until such date
of enactment.
TITLE II--PAYROLL TAX RELIEF
SEC. 201. PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
rate of tax with respect to the first $10,000 of remuneration received
during the payroll tax holiday period shall be zero under sections
1401(a), 3101(a), and 3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
for purposes of determining the applicable percentage under section
3201(a), 3211(a)(1), and 3221(a) of such Code.
(b) Payroll Tax Holiday Period.--The term ``payroll tax holiday
period'' means the 1-year period beginning on the 1st day of the 1st
calendar month which begins more than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) Employer Notification.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
notify employers of the payroll tax holiday period in any manner the
Secretary deems appropriate.
(d) Transfer of Funds.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer from the general revenues of the Federal Government an amount
sufficient so as to ensure that the income and balances of the trust
funds under section 201 of the Social Security Act and the Social
Security Equivalent Benefit Account under section 15A of the Railroad
Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n-1) are not reduced as a result
of the application of subsection (a).
(e) Determination of Benefits.--In making any determination of
benefits under title II of the Social Security Act, the Commissioner of
Social Security shall disregard the effect of the payroll tax holiday
period on any individual's earnings record.
TITLE III--FISCAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
SEC. 301. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that:
(1) State and local governments represent a significant
segment of the national economy whose economic health is
essential to national economic prosperity;
(2) present national economic problems have imposed
considerable hardships on State and local government budgets;
(3) those governments, because of their own fiscal
difficulties, are being forced to take budget-related actions
which tend to undermine Federal government efforts to stimulate
the economy;
(4) efforts to stimulate the economy through reductions in
Federal government tax obligations or increased spending on
federal programs are weakened when State and local governments
are forced to increase taxes or cut spending;
(5) efforts by the Federal government to stimulate the
economic recovery will be substantially enhanced by a program
of emergency Federal government assistance to State and local
governments to help prevent those governments from taking
budget-related actions which undermine the Federal government
efforts to stimulate economic recovery.
SEC. 302. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.
(a) Payments to State and Local Governments.--The Secretary of the
Treasury shall, in accordance with the provisions in this title, make
payments to states to coordinate budget related actions by such
governments with federal government efforts to stimulate economic
recovery.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $50,000,000,000 to be made available through fiscal year
2004 for the purpose of payments under this title.
(c) Reservations.--Not less than one-third of the money authorized
to be appropriated under section 302(b) shall be made available to
local governments under the applicable laws of a given State.
SEC. 303. ALLOCATION.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a formula for
determining each State's allocation under section 302(b). The formula
shall give priority weight to the following factors:
(1) The State unemployment rate in relation to the national
average unemployment rate.
(2) The duration of a State unemployment rate above such
average.
(3) Median income.
(4) Population.
SEC. 304. USE OF FUNDS BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
(a) In General.--Funds received under this title may be used only
for priority expenditures. For purposes of this title, the term
``priority expenditures'' means only--
(1) ordinary and necessary maintenance and operating
expenses for--
(A) primary, secondary, or higher education,
(B) worker retraining,
(C) public safety,
(D) public health,
(E) social services for the poor or aged,
(F) public transportation,
(G) environmental protection, and
(H) libraries; and
(2) ordinary and necessary capital expenditures authorized
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