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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of
2010''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to identify and
        declare wildlife disease emergencies;
            (2) establish a fund through which the Secretary may
        coordinate rapid response to these emergencies; and
            (3) prepare for, identify, and address diseases adversely
        affecting wildlife populations and biodiversity through
        strategic and coordinated actions between the Federal agencies
        and State and local agencies, Indian tribes, and
        nongovernmental organizations.

SEC. 3. DECLARATION OF WILDLIFE DISEASE EMERGENCY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation
with the Governor of a potentially affected State or States, may
declare within such State or States a wildlife disease emergency for
disease that is--
            (1) occurring within the United States; or
            (2) occurring outside the United States with the potential
        to enter the United States.
    (b) Considerations.--In making a declaration under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall consider--
            (1) the level of threat the disease poses to affected
        wildlife populations, based on the--
                    (A) relative threat to population levels;
                    (B) relative strength of the contagion and spread
                of the disease;
                    (C) observed rate of morbidity or mortality of the
                disease; and
                    (D) priority of affected species or ecosystems,
                including--
                            (i) species listed under the Endangered
                        Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);
                            (ii) species protected by the Migratory
                        Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.), Marine
                        Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361
                        et seq.), or other Federal statutes;
                            (iii) species and habitats identified as
                        priorities through the National Fish and
                        Wildlife Climate Adaptation Plan or other
                        Federal, State or local laws, regulations, and
                        conservation plans; and
                            (iv) wildlife located on Federal lands;
            (2) the sufficiency of resources available in the Wildlife
        Disease Emergency Fund established under section 4;
            (3) the ability of the Department of the Interior and other
        Federal, State, and local agencies, tribal governments, and
        other stakeholders to address and coordinate response to the
        disease through other authorities; and
            (4) the request of any State Governor to make such a
        declaration.
    (c) Response Coordination.--
            (1) In general.--Upon a declaration of a wildlife disease
        emergency by the Secretary, the Secretary shall lead a
        coordinated response to the emergency that shall include
        appropriate Federal agencies, State and local governments,
        Indian tribes, nongovernmental organizations, or other
        stakeholders.
            (2) Grant program.--The Secretary shall develop and
        implement a grant program to provide funding to State wildlife
        agencies and Indian tribes to address wildlife disease
        emergencies.

SEC. 4. WILDLIFE DISEASE EMERGENCY FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a separate account, which shall be known as the
``Wildlife Disease Emergency Fund'' and shall consist of--
            (1) such amounts as are appropriated to the Secretary for
        activities to address wildlife disease emergencies authorized
        by this Act; and
            (2) any amounts received by the Secretary as donations,
        gifts, or contributions identified for use to address wildlife
        disease emergencies.
    (b) Expenditures From Fund.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations, amounts in the fund shall be available to the Secretary
for use in carrying out activities authorized by this Act.

SEC. 5. WILDLIFE DISEASE COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary may establish a Wildlife Disease
Committee. The purpose of the Committee shall be to assist the
Secretary in increasing the level of preparedness of the United States
to address emerging wildlife diseases.
    (b) Purpose.--The Committee shall--
            (1) advise the Secretary on risk assessment, preparation,
        monitoring, research, and response to wildlife diseases that
        may significantly impact the health and sustainability of
        wildlife populations; and
            (2) draft reports, recommendations, plans, or other
        documents toward accomplishment of these purposes as
        appropriate.
    (c) Membership.--Members of the Committee--
            (1) shall be appointed by the Secretary from among
        individuals who are qualified by education, training, and
        experience; and
            (2) shall include--
                    (A) individuals employed by Federal and State
                agencies and tribal entities who have expertise in
                wildlife health, biology, ecology, wildlife
                conservation, and natural resource management; and
                    (B) representatives of public and private
                organizations who have such expertise.
    (d) Committee Chair.--The Committee shall be chaired by the
Secretary or a designee of the Secretary.
    (e) Staffing and Assistance.--The Secretary shall make available to
the Committee any staff, information, administrative services, or
assistance the Secretary determines is reasonably required to enable
the Committee to carry out its functions.
    (f) Renewal.--Notwithstanding the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. 5 et al.), the Secretary may renew the Committee beyond the date
it would otherwise terminate under that Act.

SEC. 6. RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS.

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Committee as appropriate,
may convene rapid response teams to address any particular wildlife
disease emergency.

SEC. 7. SAVINGS CLAUSE.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to--
            (1) limit the Secretary's authority to respond to wildlife
        disease events that are not declared wildlife disease
        emergencies under this Act; or
            (2) limit, repeal, supersede, or modify any provision of
        Federal, State, local, or tribal laws and regulations.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Disease.--The term ``disease'' means an infectious or
        noninfectious, pathological condition occurring in a
        susceptible population of wildlife, and that is not zoonotic.
            (2) Fund.--The term ``fund'' means the Wildlife Disease
        Emergency Fund as established by section 4.
            (3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the
        meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means any State, the
        District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of
        the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United
        States Virgin Islands.
            (6) United states.--The term ``United States'' includes the
        States and the territories and possessions of the United
        States.
            (7) Wildlife.--The term ``wildlife'' means any species
        native to the United States including nondomesticated mammals,
        fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, mollusks, and arthropods.
            (8) Wildlife disease emergency.--The term ``wildlife
        disease emergency'' means a disease that is--
                    (A) infectious and caused by a newly discovered
                pathogen or a known infectious disease that is
                expanding its geographic range, species impacted, or
                other recognized impacts;
                    (B) posing significant threats to the
                sustainability of a wildlife species;
                    (C) spreading rapidly; or
                    (D) posing a significant threat to the health of a
                functioning ecosystem in a priority landscape
                identified as part of the National Fish and Wildlife
                Climate Change Adaptation Plan or another Federal,
                State, local, or tribal law, regulation, or
                conservation plan.

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Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) declare a wildlife disease emergency in one or more states for a disease that is occurring either within the United States or outside the United States with the potential to enter the United States, (2) lead a coordinated response to the emergency, and (3) implement a grant program to provide funding to state wildlife agencies and Indian tribes to address such emergencies.

Directs the Secretary, in making such a declaration, to consider: (1) the level of threat the disease poses to affected wildlife populations; (2) the sufficiency of resources available in the Wildlife Disease Emergency Fund; (3) the ability of the Department of the Interior and other federal, state, and local agencies, tribal governments, and other stakeholders to address and coordinate a response to the disease through other authorities; and (4) any state governor's request for such a declaration.

Establishes in the Treasury a Wildlife Disease Emergency Fund, which shall be available to the Secretary for activities authorized by this Act.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Wildlife Disease Committee to assist the Secretary in increasing the level of preparedness of the United States to address emerging wildlife diseases.

Authorizes the Secretary to convene rapid response teams to address a wildlife disease emergency.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Temporary Worker Registration and
Visa Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY WORKER VISA FOR CERTAIN UNDOCUMENTED
              WORKER REGISTRANTS.

    (a) In General.--The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by
inserting after section 245A (8 U.S.C. 1255a) the following new
section:

``SEC. 245B. ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY WORKER VISA FOR CERTAIN UNDOCUMENTED
              WORKER REGISTRANTS.

    ``(a) Registration Process for Certain Undocumented Workers.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
        register under this subsection an alien if the alien
        demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the
        alien meets the following requirements:
                    ``(A) Application.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The alien applies for
                        such registration in a form and manner
                        specified by the Secretary during the
                        registration period under clause (ii).
                            ``(ii) Registration period.--The
                        registration period under this clause shall be
                        a 12-month period beginning on a date (not
                        later than 180 days after the enactment of this
                        section) designated by the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Continuous unlawful presence.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The alien has been
                        continuously unlawfully present in the United
                        States from January 1, 2005, through the date
                        the application under subparagraph (A) is
                        filed.
                            ``(ii) Unlawful presence not known.--The
                        alien's unlawful presence in the United States
                        is not known to officials of the Bureau of
                        Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the
                        Department of Homeland Security (as evidenced
                        by documentary records) at any time prior to
                        the alien's application for registration under
                        this subsection.
                            ``(iii) Treatment of brief, casual, and
                        innocent absences.--An alien shall not be
                        considered to have failed to have maintained
                        continuous physical presence in the United
                        States for purposes of clause (i) by virtue of
                        brief, casual, and innocent absences from the
                        United States or a brief, temporary trip abroad
                        required by emergency or extenuating
                        circumstances outside the control of the alien
                            ``(iv) No authorization of admission.--
                        Nothing in this section shall be construed as
                        authorizing an alien to apply for admission to,
                        or to be admitted to, the United States in
                        order to register under this subsection.
                    ``(C) Nonimmigrants.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of an alien
                        who entered the United States as a nonimmigrant
                        before the date specified in subparagraph
                        (B)(i), the alien's period of authorized stay
                        as a nonimmigrant expired through the passage
                        of time before such date.
                            ``(ii) Exchange visitors.--If the alien was
                        at any time a nonimmigrant exchange alien (as
                        described in section 101(a)(15)(J)), the alien
                        was not subject to the two-year foreign
                        residence requirement of section 212(e) or has
                        fulfilled that requirement or received a waiver
                        thereof.
                    ``(D) Admissible as temporary worker.--The alien--
                            ``(i) is admissible to the United States as
                        an immigrant, except as otherwise provided
                        under paragraph (3), and is not inadmissible
                        under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 212(a) or
                        deportable under paragraph (2)(A)(iii) or (4)
                        of section 237(a);
                            ``(ii) has not been convicted of any felony
                        or of three or more misdemeanors committed in
                        the United States; and
                            ``(iii) has not assisted in the persecution
                        of any person or persons on account of race,
                        religion, nationality, membership in a
                        particular social group, or political opinion.
                    ``(E) Biometric identifiers.--The alien provides
                the Secretary with such biometric identifiers as the
                Secretary may require for the issuance of a visa, in
                accordance with section 303(b)(1) of the Enhanced
                Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8
                U.S.C. 1732(b)(1)).
                    ``(F) Registration fee.--The alien has paid such
                registration fee as the Secretary shall specify.
                    ``(G) Abandonment of other applications for
                relief.--The alien has withdrawn or has otherwise
                abandoned or terminated any other application for
                relief from removal under any law, which may have been
                pending prior to the submission of the application
                under subparagraph (A), and the alien has permanently
                relinquished the opportunity subsequently to submit any
                other such application for relief.
                    ``(H) Employment in the united states.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in
                        clause (ii), the alien was employed on a full-
                        time basis in the United States since the date
                        specified in subparagraph (B)(i).
                            ``(ii) Exception for spouses and minor
                        children of registrants.--Clause (i) shall not
                        apply in the case of an alien who is the spouse
                        or minor child of an alien who is registered
                        (or in the process of registering) under this
                        subsection.
            ``(2) Benefits of registration.--
                    ``(A) Work authorization.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall
                        authorize an alien who is registered under this
                        subsection to engage in employment in the
                        United States during the term of the alien's
                        registration and shall provide the alien with
                        an `employment authorized' endorsement or other
                        appropriate document signifying authorization
                        of employment.
                            ``(ii) Granting upon prima facie showing of
                        eligibility.--In the case of an alien who
                        applies for registration under this subsection
                        and who establishes a prima facie case of
                        eligibility to be so registered, the Secretary
                        shall provide such alien with the employment
                        authorization described in clause (i) during
                        the pendency of such application.
            ``(3) Waiver of certain grounds for removal.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in this
                paragraph, the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B)
                of subsection (d)(2) of section 245A shall apply to
                determinations of eligibility for registration under
                this subsection in the same manner as they apply to
                determinations of admissibility for purposes of such
                section.
                    ``(B) Modification of reference.--In applying
                subparagraph (A), any reference in section
                245A(d)(2)(A) to section 212(a)(7)(A) is deemed a
                reference to section 212(a)(7)(B).
                    ``(C) Inapplicability of certain grounds for
                subsequent removal.--For purposes of obtaining the
                benefits described in this subsection, and for purposes
                of any other determination under the immigration laws
                of the United States, any ground for removal or denial
                of admission (including grounds under sections
                212(a)(6)(A) and 212(a)(9)(B)) applicable to an alien
                registered under this subsection shall be disregarded
                if the ground is reflected in the records of the
                Department of Homeland Security or the Department of
                State on the date on which the alien first applied for
                such registration and if such ground is waived under
                this paragraph.
            ``(4) Termination of registration.--
                    ``(A) Expiration.--Except as provided in
                subparagraph (B), the period of registration of an
                alien under this section shall expire at the end of the
                6-month period beginning on the date of the approval of
                such registration.
                    ``(B) Termination of registration.--The Secretary
                of Homeland Security shall provide for the termination
                of registration of an alien under this subsection--
                            ``(i) if it appears to the Secretary that
                        the alien was in fact not eligible for such
                        registration; or
                            ``(ii) if the alien commits an act that
                        makes the alien inadmissible to the United
                        States as a nonimmigrant under section
                        101(a)(15)(W).
    ``(b) Provision of Temporary Worker Visa.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
        approve the issuance of a visa to an alien as a nonimmigrant
        described in section 101(a)(15)(W) if the alien--
                    ``(A) is registered under subsection (a); and
                    ``(B) makes application for such visa at an
                appropriate consular office outside the United States
                in the alien's country of nationality or, in the case
                of an alien having no nationality, in the alien's
                country of last habitual residence outside the United
                States, not later than 6 months after the date of
                approval of such registration.
            ``(2) Period of authorized admission.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                initial period of authorized admission as a
                nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(W) shall
                be 3 years.
                    ``(B) Employment required to maintain status.--
                            ``(i) In general.--An alien's admission as
                        a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(W),
                        other than as the spouse or child of such a
                        nonimmigrant, is conditioned upon continuous
                        employment in the United States.
                            ``(ii) Short breaks in employment permitted
                        with notice.-- An alien does not violate clause
                        (i) if--
                                    ``(I) the break in employment does
                                not exceed 30 days (or such longer
                                period as the Secretary may provide
                                based on extraordinary circumstances);
                                and
                                    ``(II) the Secretary is provided
                                notice in a timely manner of the break
                                in employment and of the resumption of
                                employment.
                    ``(C) Extension.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The period of authorized
                        admission as a nonimmigrant under section
                        101(a)(15)(W) may be extended by the Secretary
                        in 3-year increments. The Secretary may not
                        authorize such extension for an alien if the
                        alien violated subparagraph (B) for the
                        previous period of authorized admission.
                            ``(ii) Extension fee.-- The Secretary shall
                        impose a fee on applicants for an extension
                        under clause (i).
                    ``(D) Termination of nonimmigrant status.--The
                Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for the
                termination of nonimmigrant status granted an alien
                under this subsection if it appears to the Secretary
                that the alien was in fact not eligible for
                registration under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Application of Certain Provisions.--
            ``(1) Confidentiality and false statement.--The provisions
        of paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (c) of section 245A
        shall apply to applications for registration under subsection
        (a) in the same manner as they applied to applications for
        adjustment under section 245A.
            ``(2) Temporary stay of deportation.--The provisions of
        subsection (e)(1) of section 245A shall apply to aliens with
        respect to the application period and registration under
        subsection (a) in the same manner as they applied to the
        application period and applications for adjustment under
        subsection (a) of such section.
    ``(d) Construction.--
            ``(1) Limited follow-to-join authority for family
        members.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as
        authorizing, in the case of an alien registered under
        subsection (a)--
                    ``(A) the registration of any family member of such
                alien unless such family member meets the requirements
                for such registration; or
                    ``(B) the issuance of a nonimmigrant visa under
                section 101(a)(15)(W) to such family member unless such
                family member qualifies for such a visa.
            ``(2) Change in nonimmigrant classification; adjustment of
        status.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as
        prohibiting the change of nonimmigrant classification, or
        adjustment to lawful permanent resident status, of an alien who

        is a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(W).''.
    (b) New Nonimmigrant Visa Category.--Section 101(a)(15) of such Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (U), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (V), by striking the period at the end
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(W) an alien who is coming temporarily to the United
        States to be employed in accordance with subsection (b) of
        section 245B, and the spouse and minor children of such alien
        if accompanying or following to join the alien and qualified
        under paragraph (1) of such subsection to be provided
        nonimmigrant status under this subparagraph.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for such Act is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 245A the
following:

``Sec. 245B. Issuance of temporary worker visa for certain undocumented
                            worker registrants.''.

Output:
Temporary Worker Registration and Visa Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for issuance of a temporary (initial three-year period with three-year extensions) worker visa (W-visa) for qualifying aliens who have been continuously unlawfully present and working full-time in the United States from January 1, 2005 through the application date provided for under this Act.

Conditions such admission on the alien worker's continuous employment.

Limits family member follow-to-join admissions to situations where the family member meets registration or W-visa requirements.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Cures Act''.

SEC. 2. CAP ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C), the following:
                    ``(D) Biomedical research.--
                            ``(i) National institutes of health.--If a
                        bill or joint resolution making appropriations
                        for a fiscal year is enacted that specifies
                        amounts for the National Institutes of Health
                        at the Department of Health and Human Services,
                        then the adjustments for that fiscal year shall
                        be the amount of additional new budget
                        authority provided in that Act for such
                        programs for that fiscal year, but shall not
                        exceed--
                                    ``(I) for fiscal year 2016,
                                $1,741,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(II) for fiscal year 2017,
                                $3,422,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(III) for fiscal year 2018,
                                $5,167,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(IV) for fiscal year 2019,
                                $7,085,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(V) for fiscal year 2020,
                                $9,149,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority; and
                                    ``(VI) for fiscal year 2021,
                                $11,435,000,000 in additional new
                                budget authority.
                            ``(ii) Centers for disease control and
                        prevention.--If a bill or joint resolution
                        making appropriations for a fiscal year is
                        enacted that specifies amounts for the Centers
                        for Disease Control and Prevention at the
                        Department of Health and Human Services, then
                        the adjustments for that fiscal year shall be
                        the amount of additional new budget authority
                        provided in that Act for such programs for that
                        fiscal year, but shall not exceed--
                                    ``(I) for fiscal year 2016,
                                $716,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(II) for fiscal year 2017,
                                $1,287,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(III) for fiscal year 2018,
                                $1,503,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(IV) for fiscal year 2019,
                                $1,980,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(V) for fiscal year 2020,
                                $2,298,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority; and
                                    ``(VI) for fiscal year 2021,
                                $2,884,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority.
                            ``(iii) Department of defense health
                        program.--If a bill or joint resolution making
                        appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted
                        that specifies amounts for the Department of
                        Defense health program, then the adjustments
                        for that fiscal year shall be the amount of
                        additional new budget authority provided in
                        that Act for such programs for that fiscal
                        year, but shall not exceed--
                                    ``(I) for fiscal year 2016,
                                $57,402,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(II) for fiscal year 2017,
                                $139,213,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(III) for fiscal year 2018,
                                $226,460,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(IV) for fiscal year 2019,
                                $322,742,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(V) for fiscal year 2020,
                                $425,700,000 in additional new budget
                                authority; and
                                    ``(VI) for fiscal year 2021,
                                $540,000,000 in additional new budget
                                authority.
                            ``(iv) Medical and prosthetics research
                        program of the department of veterans
                        affairs.--If a bill or joint resolution making
                        appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted
                        that specifies amounts for the medical and
                        prosthetics research program of the Department
                        of Veterans Affairs, then the adjustments for
                        that fiscal year shall be the amount of
                        additional new budget authority provided in
                        that Act for such programs for that fiscal
                        year, but shall not exceed--
                                    ``(I) for fiscal year 2016,
                                $25,201,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(II) for fiscal year 2017,
                                $52,945,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(III) for fiscal year 2018,
                                $80,866,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(IV) for fiscal year 2019,
                                $112,189,000 in additional new budget
                                authority;
                                    ``(V) for fiscal year 2020,
                                $146,157,000 in additional new budget
                                authority; and
                                    ``(VI) for fiscal year 2021,
                                $184,027,000 in additional new budget
                                authority.
                            ``(v) Definitions.--As used in this
                        subparagraph:
                                    ``(I) Additional new budget
                                authority.--The term `additional new
                                budget authority' means--
                                            ``(aa) with respect to the
                                        National Institutes of Health,
                                        the amount provided for a
                                        fiscal year, in excess of the
                                        amount provided in fiscal year
                                        2015, in an appropriation Act
                                        and specified to support the
                                        National Institutes of Health;
                                            ``(bb) with respect to the
                                        Centers for Disease Control and
                                        Prevention, the amount provided
                                        for a fiscal year, in excess of
                                        the amount provided in fiscal
                                        year 2015, in an appropriation
                                        Act and specified to support
                                        the Centers for Disease Control
                                        and Prevention;
                                            ``(cc) with respect to the
                                        Department of Defense health
                                        program, the amount provided
                                        for a fiscal year, in excess of
                                        the amount provided in fiscal
                                        year 2015, in an appropriation
                                        Act and specified to support
                                        the Department of Defense
                                        health program; and
                                            ``(dd) with respect to the
                                        medical and prosthetics
                                        research program of the
                                        Department of Veterans Affairs,
                                        the amount provided for a
                                        fiscal year, in excess of the
                                        amount provided in fiscal year
                                        2015, in an appropriation Act
                                        and specified to support the
                                        medical and prosthetics
                                        research program of the
                                        Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                    ``(II) Centers for disease control
                                and prevention.--The term `Centers for
                                Disease Control and Prevention' means
                                the appropriations accounts that
                                support the various institutes,
                                offices, and centers that make up the
                                Centers for Disease Control and
                                Prevention.
                                    ``(III) Department of defense
                                health program.--The term `Department
                                of Defense health program' means the
                                appropriations accounts that support
                                the various institutes, offices, and
                                centers that make up the Department of
                                Defense health program.
                                    ``(IV) Medical and prosthetics
                                research program of the department of
                                veterans affairs.--The term `medical
                                and prosthetics research program of the
                                Department of Veterans Affairs' means
                                the appropriations accounts that
                                support the various institutes,
                                offices, and centers that make up the
                                medical and prosthetics research
                                program of the Department of Veterans
                                Affairs.
                                    ``(V) National institutes of
                                health.--The term `National Institutes
                                of Health' means the appropriations
                                accounts that support the various
                                institutes, offices, and centers that
                                make up the National Institutes of
                                Health.''.
    (b) Funding.--There are hereby authorized to be appropriated--
            (1) for the National Institutes of Health, the amounts
        provided for under clause (i) of such section 251(b)(2)(D) in
        each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, and such sums as may be
        necessary for each subsequent fiscal year;
            (2) for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting
        through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the
        amounts provided for under clause (ii) of such section
        251(b)(2)(D) in each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, and
        such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year;
            (3) for the Department of Defense health program, the
        amounts provided for under clause (iii) of such section
        251(b)(2)(D) in each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, and
        such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year;
        and
            (4) for the Medical and prosthetics research program of the
        Department of Veterans Affairs, the amounts provided for under
        clause (iv) of such section 251(b)(2)(D) in each of fiscal
        years 2016 through 2021, and such sums as may be necessary for
        each subsequent fiscal year.
    (c) Minimum Continued Funding Requirement.--Amounts appropriated
for each of the programs and agencies described in section 251(b)(2)(D)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as
added by subsection (a)) for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021,
and each subsequent fiscal year, shall not be less than the amounts
appropriated for such programs and agencies for fiscal year 2015.
    (d) Exemption of Certain Appropriations From Sequestration.--
            (1) In general.--Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced
        Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (2 U.S.C.
        905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting after ``Advances to the
        Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds (16-0327-0-1-600).''
        the following:
                            ``Appropriations under the American Cures
                        Act.''.
            (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by this section
        shall apply to any sequestration order issued under the
        Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
        U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on or after the date of enactment of this
        Act.

Output: American Cures Act  This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2016-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program.  The bill also requires annual appropriations for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated in FY2015.  The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Israel Strategic
Partnership Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The people and the Governments of the United States and
        Israel share a deep and unbreakable bond, forged by over 60
        years of shared interests and shared values.
            (2) Today, the people and Governments of the United States
        and Israel are facing a dynamic and rapidly changing security
        environment in the Middle East and North Africa, necessitating
        deeper cooperation on a range of defense, security, and
        intelligence matters.
            (3) From Gaza, Hamas continues to deny Israel's right to
        exist and persists in firing rockets indiscriminately at
        population centers in Israel.
            (4) Hezbollah--with support from Iran--continues to
        stockpile rockets and may be seeking to exploit the tragic and
        volatile security situation within Syria.
            (5) The Government of Iran continues to pose a grave threat
        to the region and the world at large with its reckless uranium
        enrichment program and defiance of multiple United Nations
        Security Council resolutions.
            (6) The civil war in Syria is threatening the security of
        Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, which could be deployed
        against its own people or fall into the hands of terrorists.
            (7) Given these challenges, it is imperative that the
        United States continue to deepen cooperation with allies like
        Israel in pursuit of shared policy objectives.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States--
            (1) to reaffirm the unwavering support of the United States
        for the security of Israel as a Jewish state;
            (2) to reaffirm the principals and objectives enshrined in
        the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of
        2012 (Public Law 112-150) and ensure its implementation to the
        fullest extent;
            (3) to reaffirm the importance of the 2007 United States-
        Israel Memorandum of Understanding on United States assistance
        to Israel and the semi-annual Strategic Dialogue between the
        United States and Israel;
            (4) to pursue every opportunity to deepen cooperation with
        Israel on a range of critical issues including defense,
        homeland, energy, and cyber security;
            (5) to continue to provide Israel with robust security
        assistance, including for the development, procurement, and
        maintenance of the Iron Dome Missile Defense System; and
            (6) to support the Government of Israel in its ongoing
        efforts to reach a negotiated political settlement with the
        Palestinian people that results in two states living side-by-
        side in peace and security.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ISRAEL AS A MAJOR STRATEGIC PARTNER.

    It is the sense of Congress that Israel is a Major Strategic
Partner.

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AUTHORITY.

    (a) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005.--Section
12001(d) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public
Law 108-287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking ``more than 10
years after'' and inserting ``more than 11 years after''.
    (b) Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by
striking ``and 2014'' and inserting ``, 2014, and 2015''.

SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY OF ISRAEL FOR THE STRATEGIC TRADE AUTHORIZATION
              EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN EXPORT CONTROL LICENSING
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that Israel--
            (1) has declared its unilateral adherence to the Missile
        Technology Control Regime and the Wassenaar Arrangement on
        Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and
        Technologies;
            (2) is a party to--
                    (A) the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions
                on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be
                Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have
                Indiscriminate Effects, signed at Geneva October 10,
                1980;
                    (B) the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in
                War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of
                Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva
                June 17, 1925; and
                    (C) the Convention on the Physical Protection of
                Nuclear Material, adopted at Vienna on October 26,
                1979; and
            (3) is a country with a low risk of diversion of items
        subject to export controls.
    (b) Eligibility for Strategic Trade Authorization Exception.--The
Secretary of Commerce shall take steps to include Israel in the list of
countries eligible for the strategic trade authorization exception
under section 740.20(c)(1) of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, to
the requirement for a license for the export, reexport, or in-country
transfer of an item subject to controls under the Export Administration
Regulations, consistent with the obligations of the United States
pursuant to international agreements.

SEC. 7. ENERGY, WATER, HOMELAND SECURITY, AGRICULTURE, AND ALTERNATIVE
              FUEL TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) In General.--The President is authorized to carry out United
States-Israel cooperative activities and to provide assistance
promoting cooperation in the fields of energy, water, homeland
security, agriculture, and alternative fuel technologies.
    (b) Requirements.--In carrying out subsection (a), the President is
authorized to share and exchange with Israel research, technology,
intelligence, information, equipment, and personnel that the President
determines will advance the national security interests of the United
States and is consistent with the Strategic Dialogue and pertinent
provisions of law--
            (1) by enhancing scientific cooperation between Israel and
        the United States; or
            (2) by the sale, lease, exchange in kind, or other
        techniques the President determines to be suitable.

SEC. 8. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CENTER OF
              EXCELLENCE ON CYBER SECURITY.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the feasibility
and advisability of establishing a joint United States-Israel Cyber
Security Center for the purposes of sharing and advancing technologies
related to the prevention of cybercrimes.

SEC. 9. DESIGNATION OF ISRAEL AS VISA WAIVER PROGRAM COUNTRY.

    Section 217(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1187(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
        ``subparagraph (G) and'' after ``Except as provided in''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Israel.--The State of Israel shall be
                designated as a program country on the date on which
                the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation
                with the Secretary of State, certifies that the
                Government of Israel--
                            ``(i) has complied with all of the
                        requirements set forth in subparagraphs (B)
                        through (F); and
                            ``(ii) has made every reasonable effort,
                        without jeopardizing the security of the State
                        of Israel, to ensure that reciprocal travel
                        privileges are extended to all United States
                        citizens.''.

SEC. 10. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 4 OF THE UNITED STATES-
              ISRAEL ENHANCED SECURITY COOPERATION ACT OF 2012.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives, and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a comprehensive report on current and
future efforts undertaken by the President to fulfill the objectives of
section 4 of the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act
(22 U.S.C. 8603).

Output: United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 - Declares that Israel is a Major Strategic Partner of the United States.  Amends the Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 to extend authority to: (1) make additions to foreign-based defense stockpiles, and (2) transfer certain obsolete or surplus Department of Defense (DOD) items to Israel.  Directs the Secretary of Commerce to take steps to make Israel eligible for the strategic trade authorization exception to the requirement for a license for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of an item subject to certain export controls.  Authorizes the President to carry out U.S.-Israel cooperative activities and to provide assistance for cooperation in the fields of energy, water, homeland security, agriculture, and alternative fuel technologies.  Directs the President to report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a joint United States-Israel Cyber Security Center.  Includes Israel in the visa waiver program when Israel satisfies such program's inclusion requirements and provides, subject to security concerns, reciprocal travel privileges for U.S. citizens.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Livestock Protection and
Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the overwhelming majority of consumers in the United
        States want to know where animals used to produce the meat
        eaten by the consumers is born, raised, and slaughtered;
            (2) country-of-origin labeling provides information that
        consumers in the United States have a right to know; and
            (3) country-of-origin labeling facilitates supply chain
        information critical for food safety.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF FRESH MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS FROM
              COUNTRIES WITH FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE.

    Section 10404 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8303)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Prohibition on Importation of Fresh Meat and Meat Products
From Countries With Foot-and-Mouth Disease.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, until the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture
certifies to Congress that a country is free of foot-and-mouth disease
without vaccination, the Secretary may not--
            ``(1) allow the importation of fresh meat or meat products
        from that country; or
            ``(2) initiate, administer, finalize, or enforce any
        rulemaking allowing for the new importation of any fresh meat
        or meat product from that country.''.

SEC. 4. BRUCELLOSIS RESEARCH AND COMPENSATION.

    (a) Livestock Disease Initiative.--Title IV of the Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after the title heading the following:

``SEC. 401. LIVESTOCK DISEASE INITIATIVE.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established in the Department a
livestock disease initiative under which the Secretary shall provide to
eligible entities competitive grants for research and development
described in subsection (d).
    ``(b) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, an entity shall be--
            ``(1) a Federal agency;
            ``(2) a National Laboratory;
            ``(3) an institution of higher education;
            ``(4) a research institution; or
            ``(5) a State agricultural experiment station.
    ``(c) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall give priority to research and development relating to
bovine brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis, and other zoonotic diseases in
livestock that are covered by a high-priority research and extension
initiative authorized under section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925).
    ``(d) Use of Grants.--An entity that receives a grant under this
section shall use the grant to conduct research and development
relating to surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery
systems, or diagnostic tests for diseases in domestic livestock that
present a potential concern to public health and safety, as determined
by the Secretary.
    ``(e) Matching Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--In awarding grants under this section,
        the Secretary may give priority to proposals from eligible
        entities that provide matching funds for the grants in a manner
        as determined by the Secretary, but shall not require eligible
        entities to have matching funds as a requirement of being
        awarded a grant.
            ``(2) Exemption.--The matching funds requirement under
        section 1492 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
        and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3371) shall not apply
        in the case of a grant awarded under this section.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2018.''.
    (b) Assistance for Losses Due to Brucellosis.--Section 1501(c) of
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``or brucellosis''
        after ``fire condition'' both places it appears;
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) brucellosis, as described in paragraph
                (6).''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Assistance for losses due to brucellosis.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An eligible livestock producer
                may receive assistance under this paragraph only if the
                grazing losses occur due to quarantine of livestock
                under section 10407 of the Farm Security and Rural
                Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8306) due to
                brucellosis infection in the Greater Yellowstone
                Designated Surveillance Area, as determined by the
                Secretary.
                    ``(B) Payment rate.--The payment rate for
                assistance under this paragraph shall be equal to 60
                percent of the monthly feed cost (as determined under
                paragraph (3)(C)) for the total number of livestock of
                the eligible livestock producer subject to
                quarantine.''.

SEC. 5. LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.

    Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(b))
is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Payment rates.--Indemnity payments to an eligible
        producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be made at a rate
        of 75 percent of the higher of, as determined by the
        Secretary--
                    ``(A) the market value of the applicable livestock
                on the earliest day that information is available to
                the Secretary; or
                    ``(B) the applicable nationwide price of the
                applicable livestock for the previous calendar year.''.

SEC. 6. LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM.

    Section 1501(c)(3)(C) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C.
9081(c)(3)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) High-value forage.--The Secretary
                        may provide for a price adjustment in the
                        monthly feed cost in the case of high-value
                        forage, as determined by the Secretary.''.

Output: American Livestock Protection and Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: the majority of consumers in the United States want to know where animals used to produce the meat eaten are born, raised, and slaughtered; country-of-origin labeling provides information that consumers have a right to know; and country-of-origin labeling facilitates supply chain information critical for food safety. Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from allowing or advancing regulations that allow the importation of fresh meat and meat products from a country until the Secretary certifies to Congress that a country is free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination. Amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish a USDA livestock disease initiative to provide competitive grants for research and development related to surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery systems, or diagnostic tests for diseases in domestic livestock that present a potential concern to public health and safety. Makes federal agencies, national laboratories, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and state agricultural experiment stations eligible for grants.  Amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide eligible livestock producers with assistance for losses due to brucellosis and to alter the payment rates USDA uses to provide agricultural disaster assistance under the Livestock Indemnity Program and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Survivors' and Dependents'
Educational Assistance Adjustment Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN RATES OF SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS'
              EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance.--Section
3532 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``at the monthly
                rate of'' and all that follows and inserting ``at the
                monthly rate of--
            ``(A) for months occurring during fiscal year 2003, $900
        for full-time, $676 for three-quarter-time, or $450 for half-
        time pursuit; and
            ``(B) for months occurring during a subsequent fiscal year,
        $985 for full-time, $740 for three-quarter-time, or $492 for
        half-time pursuit.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``at the rate
                of'' and all that follows and inserting ``at the rate
                of the lesser of--
            ``(A) the established charges for tuition and fees that the
        educational institution involved requires similarly
        circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same program to pay;
        or
            ``(B)(i) for months occurring during fiscal year 2003, $900
        per month for a full-time course; or (ii) for months occurring
        during a subsequent fiscal year, $985 per month for a full-time
        course.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``at the rate of'' and
        all that follows and inserting ``at the rate of--
            ``(1) for months occurring during fiscal year 2003, $900
        per month; and
            ``(2) for months occurring during a subsequent fiscal year,
        $985 per month.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``shall be'' and all
        that follows and inserting ``shall be--
            ``(A) for months occurring during fiscal year 2003, $727
        for full-time, $545 for three-quarter-time, or $364 for half-
        time pursuit; and
            ``(B) for months occurring during a subsequent fiscal year,
        $795 for full-time, $596 for three-quarter-time, or $398 for
        half-time pursuit.''.
    (b) Correspondence Courses.--Section 3534(b) of that title is
amended by striking ``for each $670'' and all that follows and
inserting ``for each amount which is paid to the spouse as an
educational assistance allowance for such course as follows:
            ``(1) For amounts paid during fiscal year 2003, $900.
            ``(2) For amounts paid during a subsequent fiscal year,
        $985.''.
    (c) Special Restorative Training.--Section 3542(a) of that title is
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)'';
            (2) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2) and
        indenting such paragraph, as so designated, two ems from the
        left margin;
            (3) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking ``the
        basic rate of $670 per month.'' and inserting ``the basic rate
        of--
            ``(A) for months occurring during fiscal year 2003, $900
        per month; and
            ``(B) for months occurring during a subsequent fiscal year,
        $985 per month.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (2), as so designated--
                    (A) by striking ``$184 per calendar month'' and
                inserting ``$282 per calendar month for months
                occurring during fiscal year 2003, or $307 per calendar
                months for months occurring during a subsequent fiscal
                year''; and
                    (B) by striking ``$184 a month'' and inserting
                ``$282 a month for months occurring during fiscal year
                2003, or $307 a month for months occurring during a
                subsequent fiscal year''.
    (d) Apprenticeship Training.--Section 3687(b)(2) of that title is
amended by striking ``shall be $488 for the first six months'' and all
that follows and inserting ``shall be--
            ``(A) $655 for the first six months, $490 for the second
        six months, $325 for the third six months, and $164 for the
        fourth and any succeeding six-month period of training, if such
        six-month period of training begins during fiscal year 2003;
        and
            ``(B) $717 for the first six months, $536 for the second
        six months, $356 for the third six months, and $179 for the
        fourth and any succeeding six-month period of training, if such
        six-month period of training begins during a subsequent fiscal
        year.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--(1) The amendments made by this section shall
take effect as of October 1, 2003, and shall apply with respect to
educational assistance allowances payable under chapter 35 and section
3687(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, for months beginning on or
after that date.
    (2) No adjustment in rates of monthly training allowances shall be
made under section 3687(d) of title 38, United States Code, for fiscal
years 2003 and 2004.

SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF DURATION OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 3511(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``45 months'' and all that follows and inserting ``45 months,
or 36 months in the case of a person who first files a claim for
educational assistance under this chapter after the date of the
enactment of the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance
Adjustment Act of 2002, or to the equivalent thereof in part-time
training.''.

SEC. 4. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE ANNUAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR STATE
              APPROVING AGENCIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    (a) Increase in Amount.--Section 3674(a)(4) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended in the first sentence by striking ``may not
exceed $13,000,000'' and all that follows through the end and inserting
``may not exceed $18,000,000.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on October 1, 2002.

Output: Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Adjustment Act of 2002 - Provides incremental increases in the rates of educational assistance provided to veterans' survivors and dependents, including for full- and part-time courses, correspondence courses, special restorative training, and apprenticeship training.Entitles an eligible person who first files a claim for such assistance after enactment of this Act to assistance for up to 36 (currently 45) months.Increases the annual aggregate amount available to State educational approving agencies for the reimbursement of administrative expenses.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Entrepreneurs'
Economic Development Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DIRECT LENDING PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Administrator of the Small Business
Administration shall--
            (1) establish and carry out a loan program (in this Act
        referred to as the ``program''); and
            (2) establish a process under which an eligible small
        business concern may submit an application to the Administrator
        for the purpose of securing a loan under the program.
    (b) Loan Amount.--Each loan made to an eligible small business
concern under the program shall be in an amount not to exceed $150,000.
    (c) Repayment Period.--An eligible small business concern that
receives a loan under the program shall repay the loan not later than 6
years after the date on which such loan is disbursed.
    (d) No Prepayment Penalty.--There shall be no prepayment penalty on
a loan made under the program.
    (e) Interest Rate.--The maximum legal rate of interest on any loan
made under the program shall not exceed the sum of the rate prescribed
by the Administrator pursuant to section 7(a)(4)(A) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(4)(A)) for direct loans plus 5 percent.
    (f) Borrower Fees.--With respect to each loan made to an eligible
small business concern under the program, the Administrator may collect
a fee from the borrower using the formula established under section
7(a)(18) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18)).
    (g) Underwriting Standards.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue guidance
regarding prudent underwriting standards that must be used for loans
made under the program.
    (h) Lender Participation.--
            (1) Lenders.--
                    (A) In general.--The Administrator shall establish
                a process under which the Administrator makes available
                to lenders each loan application submitted for the
                purpose of such lenders originating, underwriting,
                closing, and servicing the loan for which the applicant
                applied.
                    (B) Eligibility.--Lenders are eligible to receive a
                loan application described in subparagraph (A) if they
                participate in the program.
                    (C) Local lenders.--The Administrator shall first
                make available a loan application described in
                subparagraph (A) to lenders within 50 miles of the
                principal office of the loan applicant.
                    (D) Preferred lenders.--If a lender described in
                subparagraph (C) does not agree to originate,
                underwrite, close, and service the loan applied for
                within 5 business days of receiving a loan application
                described in subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall
                subsequently make available such loan application to
                lenders in the Preferred Lenders Program under section
                7(a)(2)(C)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
                636(a)(2)(C)(ii)).
                    (E) Authority of administration to lend.--If a
                lender described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) does not
                agree to originate, underwrite, close, and service the
                loan applied for within 10 business days of receiving a
                loan application described in subparagraph (A), the
                Administrator shall, in accordance with the
                underwriting standards promulgated under subsection
                (g), consider such loan for origination, underwriting,
                closing, and servicing by the Administration within 10
                business days.
            (2) Asset sales.--The Administrator shall offer to sell
        loans made by the Administrator under the program. Such sales
        shall be made through the semi-annual public solicitation (in
        the Federal Register and in other media) of offers to purchase.
        The Administrator may contract with vendors for due diligence,
        asset valuation, and other services related to such sales. The
        Administrator may not sell any loan under the program for less
        than 90 percent of the net present value of the loan, as
        determined and certified by a qualified third party.
            (3) Loans not sold.--The Administrator shall maintain and
        service loans made by the Administrator under this paragraph
        that are not sold through the asset sales under this
        subsection.
    (i) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
            (2) Eligible small business concern.--The term ``eligible
        small business concern'' means a small business concern that
        has less than 20 employees.
            (3) Small business concern.--The term ``small business
        concern'' has the same meaning given such term under section 3
        of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).

SEC. 3. FEE FOR HIGH-DOLLAR 7(A) LOANS.

    Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (31) through (35) as
        paragraphs (32) through (36); and
            (2) by inserting the following new paragraph:
            ``(31) Fee for high-dollar loans.--With respect to each
        loan in excess of $2,000,000 approved under this subsection,
        the Administration shall assess, collect, and retain a fee not
        to exceed a certain percentage, as determined by the
        Administrator, of the outstanding balance of the deferred
        participation share of the loan, as necessary to reduce to zero
        the cost to the Administration of making loans under this
        subsection. As used in the paragraph, the term `cost' has the
        meaning given that term in section 502 of the Federal Credit
        Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a).''.

Output: Strengthening Entrepreneurs' Economic Development Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a direct lending program for small businesses (businesses with fewer than 20 employees). Sets forth provisions governing the amount and repayment period of, and interest rate on, such a loan. Authorizes the Administrator to collect a fee from the borrower. Directs the Administrator to: (1) issue guidance regarding prudent underwriting standards for such loans; (2) establish a process of making each loan application available to lenders for the purpose of originating, underwriting, closing, and servicing the loan; (3) first give priority to lenders within 50 miles of the principal office of the applicant, then make such applications available to lenders in the Preferred Lenders Program, and then consider such a loan for origination, underwriting, closing, and servicing by the Administrator; (4) offer to sell loans made under the program through the semi-annual public solicitation of offers to purchase; and (5) maintain and service loans that are not sold through asset sales. Amends the Small Business Act to require the SBA, for each small business loan in excess of $2 million that is approved under such Act, to collect a fee not to exceed a certain percentage of the outstanding balance of the deferred participation share of the loan as necessary to reduce to zero the cost to the SBA of making such loan.


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SECTION 1. ADJUSTED DIFFERENTIALS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 404(b) of the Federal Law
Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 5305 note) is amended by
striking the matter after ``follows:'' and inserting the following:

          ``Area                                           Differential
        Atlanta Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.     16.82%
        Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT-RI               24.42%
            Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Consolidated             25.68%
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Consolidated              21.47%
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Cleveland Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical         17.83%
            Area.
        Columbus Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area     16.90%
        Dallas Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area..     18.51%
        Dayton Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area..     15.97%
        Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Consolidated                 22.78%
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Consolidated                25.61%
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Hartford, CT Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical      24.47%
            Area.
        Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Consolidated             30.39%
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Huntsville Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical        13.29%
            Area.
        Indianapolis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical      13.38%
            Area.
        Kansas City Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical       14.11%
            Area.
        Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA                 27.25%
            Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Consolidated Metropolitan     21.75%
            Statistical Area.
        Milwaukee Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical         17.45%
            Area.
        Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Consolidated                20.27%
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-     27.11%
            PA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Orlando, FL Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical       14.22%
            Area.
        Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD      21.03%
            Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Pittsburgh Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical        14.89%
            Area.
        Portland-Salem, OR-WA Consolidated Metropolitan         20.96%
            Statistical Area.
        Richmond Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area     16.46%
        Sacramento-Yolo, CA Consolidated Metropolitan           20.77%
            Statistical Area.
        San Diego, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical     22.13%
            Area.
        San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Consolidated         32.98%
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Consolidated               21.18%
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        St. Louis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical         14.69%
            Area.
        Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Consolidated          19.48%
            Metropolitan Statistical Area.
        Rest of United States Consolidated Metropolitan       14.19%''.
            Statistical Area.
    (b) Special Rules.--For purposes of the provision of law amended by
subsection (a)--
            (1) the counties of Providence, Kent, Washington, Bristol,
        and Newport, RI, the counties of York and Cumberland, ME, and
        the city of Concord, NH, shall be treated as if located in the
        Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT-RI Consolidated
        Metropolitan Statistical Area; and
            (2) members of the Capitol Police shall be considered to be
        law enforcement officers within the meaning of section 402 of
        the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)--
            (1) shall take effect as if included in the Federal Law
        Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 on the date of the enactment
        of such Act; and
            (2) shall be effective only with respect to pay for service
        performed in pay periods beginning on or after the date of the
        enactment of this Act.
Subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner consistent with the
preceding sentence.

SEC. 2. SEPARATE PAY, EVALUATION, AND PROMOTION SYSTEM FOR FEDERAL LAW
              ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Office of Personnel Management shall study and submit
to Congress a report which shall contain its findings and
recommendations regarding the need for, and the potential benefits to
be derived from, the establishment of a separate pay, evaluation, and
promotion system for Federal law enforcement officers. In carrying out
this subsection, the Office of Personnel Management shall take into
account the findings and recommendations contained in the September
1993 report of the Office entitled ``A Plan to Establish a New Pay and
Job Evaluation System for Federal Law Enforcement Officers''.
    (b) Demonstration Project.--
            (1) In general.--If, after completing its report under
        subsection (a), the Office of Personnel Management considers it
        to be appropriate, the Office shall implement, within 12 months
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, a demonstration
        project to determine whether a separate system for Federal law
        enforcement officers (as described in subsection (a)) would
        result in improved Federal personnel management.
            (2) Applicable provisions.--Any demonstration project under
        this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the
        provisions of chapter 47 of title 5, United States Code, except
        that a project under this subsection shall not be taken into
        account for purposes of the numerical limitation under section
        4703(d)(2) of such title.
            (3) Permanent changes.--Not later than 6 months before the
        demonstration project's scheduled termination date, the Office
        of Personnel Management shall submit to Congress--
                    (A) its evaluation of the system tested under the
                demonstration project; and
                    (B) recommendations as to whether or not that
                system (or any aspects of that system) should be
                continued or extended to other Federal law enforcement
                officers.
    (c) Federal Law Enforcement Officer Defined.--In this section, the
term ``Federal law enforcement officer'' means a law enforcement
officer as defined under section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5,
United States Code.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY.

    (a) In General.--Section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``5545a,'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``or 5545a''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking the period and inserting
        ``or a criminal investigator who is paid availability pay under
        section 5545a.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of section 1114 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107; 115
Stat. 1239).

Output: Amends the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to revise the special pay adjustments for (percentage differentials payable to) Federal law enforcement officers in specified consolidated metropolitan statistical areas. Includes Capitol Police as law enforcement officers under such Act.Directs the Office of Personnel Management: (1) to study and report to Congress on the need for, and the potential benefits to be derived from, the establishment of a separate pay, evaluation, and promotion system for Federal law enforcement officers; (2) if it considers it to be appropriate, to implement a demonstration project to determine whether a separate system for such officers would result in improved Federal personnel management; and (3) to submit to Congress its evaluation of the system tested under the demonstration project and recommendations as to whether that system should be continued or extended to other Federal law enforcement officers.Eliminates the limitation on the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay with respect to availability pay for Federal criminal investigators.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Durham Woods Natural Gas Pipeline
Safety Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS IN HIGH-DENSITY POPULATION
              AREAS.

    (a) Instrumented Internal Inspection Devices.--Section 60102(f)(2)
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``In the case
of gas pipelines, such inspection shall be required not less than once
every 7 years.'' after ``60109 of this title.''.
    (b) Additional Inspections.--Section 60108 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
    ``(e) Additional Inspection Requirements for Gas Transmission
Pipeline Facilities.--Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations requiring
that each owner or operator of a gas transmission pipeline facility--
            ``(1) establish a program for observing from the air, or
        inspecting from the ground, or both, at least once every month,
        the surface conditions on and adjacent to the right-of-way of
        all of such owner or operator's gas transmission pipeline
        facilities identified under section 60109 of this title for
        indications of leaks, construction, and other circumstances
        affecting safety or operation; and
            ``(2) place line markers at suitable intervals along the
        rights-of-way of all of such owner or operator's gas
        transmission pipeline facilities identified under section 60109
        of this title, unless such placement is impractical.''.

SEC. 3. DAMAGE REPORTING.

    Section 60123(d)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new
        subparagraph:
                    ``(B) a pipeline facility and does not report the
                damage promptly to the operator of the pipeline
                facility and other appropriate authorities; or''.

SEC. 4. INCREASED PENALTIES.

    (a) Criminal Penalties.--Section 60123 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``5 years'' and
        inserting in lieu thereof ``10 years'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``15 years'' and
        inserting in lieu thereof ``30 years'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``one year'' and
        inserting in lieu thereof ``5 years''; and
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``5 years'' and
        inserting in lieu thereof ``10 years''.
    (b) Civil Penalties.--Section 60122(a) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``or 60118(a)'' and inserting in
                lieu thereof ``, 60102(l), or 60118(a)'';
                    (B) by striking ``$25,000'' and inserting in lieu
                thereof ``$50,000''; and
                    (C) by striking ``$500,000'' and inserting in lieu
                thereof ``$1,000,000''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting
        in lieu thereof ``$100,000''.

SEC. 5. PUBLIC AWARENESS.

    Section 60116 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) Requirement.--'' before ``Under
        regulations the Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) State Programs.--The Secretary shall, to the extent provided
in advance in appropriations Acts, make grants to States for the
promotion of public awareness of the dangers of excavating near
pipeline facilities by advertising in the media and other means.''.

SEC. 6. PIPELINE SAFETY STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a
comprehensive study on the safety of all gas transmission pipeline
facilities in the State of New Jersey. Such study shall address, at a
minimum--
            (1) increasing population encroachment on pipeline rights-
        of-way;
            (2) environmental concerns;
            (3) financial pressures on the pipeline industry to control
        their costs; and
            (4) the feasibility of utilizing remotely operated or
        automatic shut-off valves, and their appropriate spacing.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a report containing the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a).

SEC. 7. RISK ASSESSMENT.

    (a) Assessment.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct an
assessment of the risks to public safety and the environment posed by
the transportation of gas by pipeline. Such assessment shall--
            (1) rank the risks identified by the Secretary in terms of
        their probability of occurrence and the severity of their
        likely consequences, and in terms of any other factors the
        Secretary considers relevant;
            (2) identify and prioritize technically feasible and
        economically justified actions that should be taken to lessen
        the risks identified; and
            (3) address, at a minimum--
                    (A) inspection by instrumented internal inspection
                devices;
                    (B) installation of state-of-the-art leak detection
                systems, including automatic and remotely controlled
                valves;
                    (C) inspection and burial of underwater pipelines;
                and
                    (D) inspection and replacement of cast iron
                pipelines.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a report including the assessment required
under subsection (a) and a plan for actions proposed by the Secretary
to address each risk identified in the assessment.

SEC. 8. MAPPING.

    Section 60102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Mapping of Pipeline Facilities.--(1) The owner or operator of
a gas transmission or hazardous liquid pipeline facility, or a
regulated gathering line, shall inform the Secretary of the specific
location of such pipeline facility or gathering line.
    ``(2) The Secretary, using the information received under paragraph
(1) and any other information available to the Secretary, shall develop
a comprehensive mapping program to identify the specific location of
all gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities, and
regulated gathering lines. The program shall include information on the
proximity of such pipeline facilities and gathering lines to high-
density population areas, environmentally sensitive areas, water
intakes, and other appropriate areas or facilities. The Secretary shall
establish an electronic data base for the comprehensive mapping
program, and shall ensure that such data base is available to State and
local governments and the public in an appropriate manner.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall ensure the security of the program
developed under paragraph (2) against terrorism, sabotage, and other
threats.''.

SEC. 9. TECHNICAL SAFETY STANDARDS COMMITTEE.

    Section 60115(f) is amended--
            (1) by striking the first 2 sentences thereof; and
            (2) by inserting ``of a committee under this section''
        after ``A member''.

SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

    Terms used in this Act shall have the same definitions given such
terms in section 60101 of title 49, United States Code.

Output:
Durham Woods Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1995 - Amends Federal pipeline safety law to instruct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring:  (1) periodic inspections of gas pipeline facilities with the use of instrumented internal inspection devices at least once every seven years in high-density population areas; and (2) transmission pipeline operators to institute a monthly inspection program for leaks and other specified hazards and line markers along pipeline rights-of-way.
(Sec. 3) Declares it is a criminal offense to fail to report damage to a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility after knowingly and willfully engaging in excavation activities without taking specified steps to establish the location of underground facilities.
(Sec. 4) Increases the civil and criminal penalties for violations of such law.
(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to:  (1) make grants to the States to promote public awareness programs regarding the dangers of excavating near gas pipelines; (2) study and report to the Congress on the safety of all gas transmission pipelines in the State of New Jersey and on an assessment of the risks to public safety and the environment posed by gas pipeline transportation; and (3) develop a comprehensive mapping program to identify the specific location of all gas and hazardous liquid transmission pipelines , and gathering lines, in the country.