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SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Immigrant Labor Policy Review Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The unemployment rate in the United States is at a
        record low.
            (2) Many industries in the United States, including
        agriculture, tourism, construction, nursing, information
        technology, and other portions of the service sector, are
        experiencing labor shortages.
            (3) The inability to secure sufficient workers is having a
        detrimental impact on the economy of the United States and the
        standard of living for all people in the United States.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established a commission to be known as the High Level
Commission on Immigrant Labor Policy (hereinafter in this Act referred
to as the ``Commission'').

SEC. 4. DUTIES.

    (a) In General.--The Commission shall study the interactions
between Federal immigration policy and the labor markets for aliens in
the United States, including the following subjects:
            (1) The adequacy of the supply of labor in the United
        States and whether this supply needs to be further supplemented
        with alien workers.
            (2) The extent to which employers in the United States rely
        upon the employment of a temporary workforce.
            (3) The economic impact and desirability of maintaining
        statutory caps on nonimmigrant workers.
            (4) The extent to which employers in the United States rely
        upon the employment of a workforce that includes or consists of
        aliens who unlawfully enter or remain in the United States.
            (5) The extent of unemployment and underemployment of
        workers who are United States citizens or aliens lawfully
        admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
            (6) The effectiveness of United States labor policies in
        stopping the flow into the United States of illegal immigrants.
            (7) Any other subject necessary to permit the Commission to
        prepare the reports required under section 8.
    (b) Consultation.--In conducting the study, the Commission shall
consult with migrant labor groups, nonprofit organizations, labor
unions, pertinent business and agriculture associations and
organizations, State Governors, law enforcement associations and
organizations, and relevant executive branch agencies and congressional
committees.

SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall consist of 10
members, to be appointed as follows:
            (1) 4 to be appointed by the President.
            (2) 2 to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
        Representatives.
            (3) 1 to be appointed by the minority leader of the House
        of Representatives.
            (4) 2 to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the
        Senate.
            (5) 1 to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.
    (b) Consultations.--In making appointments under subsection (a)(1),
the President shall consult with--
            (1) the Attorney General in appointing 1 member;
            (2) the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in appointing
        1 member;
            (3) the Secretary of Commerce in appointing 1 member; and
            (4) the Secretary of Agriculture in appointing 1 member.
    (c) Terms.--Each member of the Commission shall be appointed for
the life of the Commission.
    (d) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the
manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (e) Chairperson.--The Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (or the
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board's designee) shall serve as the
chairperson of the Commission until such time as the members of the
Commission can elect a chairperson.
    (f) Basic Pay.--Each member shall serve without pay. Each member
shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5,
United States Code.
    (g) Quorum.--A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business.
    (h) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the
chairperson.

SEC. 6. DIRECTOR AND STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.

    (a) Director.--The Commission shall have a director who shall be
appointed by the chairperson subject to rules prescribed by the
Commission.
    (b) Staff.--Subject to rules prescribed by the Commission, the
chairperson may appoint and fix the pay of such additional personnel as
the chairperson considers appropriate.
    (c) Applicability of Certain Civil Service Laws.--The director and
staff of the Commission may be appointed without regard to title 5,
United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service,
and may be paid without regard to the requirements of chapter 51 and
subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification
and General Schedule pay rates, except that an individual so appointed
may not receive pay in excess of the maximum annual rate of basic pay
payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule.
    (d) Experts and Consultants.--The chairperson may procure temporary
and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United
States Code, at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily
equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of
the General Schedule.
    (e) Staff of Federal Agencies.--Upon request of the chairperson,
the head of any Federal agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any
of the personnel of the agency to the Commission to assist the
Commission in carrying out its duties.

SEC. 7. POWERS.

    (a) Obtaining Official Data.--The chairperson may secure directly
from any Federal agency information necessary to enable the Commission
to carry out its duties. Upon request of the chairperson, the head of
the agency shall furnish such information to the Commission to the
extent such information is not prohibited from disclosure by law.
    (b) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in the
same manner and under the same conditions as other Federal agencies.
    (c) Administrative Support Services.--Upon the request of the
chairperson, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to the
Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support
services necessary for the Commission to carry out its duties.
    (d) Contract Authority.--The chairperson may contract with and
compensate government and private agencies or persons for the purpose
of conducting research, surveys, and other services necessary to enable
the Commission to carry out its duties.

SEC. 8. REPORTS.

    (a) Interim Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall prepare and submit to the
President and the Congress an interim report on the following:
            (1) The overall effectiveness of Federal immigration and
        labor laws and policies in--
                    (A) protecting jobs held by citizens and nationals
                of the United States, aliens who are lawfully admitted
                to the United States for permanent residence, aliens
                who are admitted as refugees or are granted asylum, and
                other immigrants otherwise authorized to be employed in
                the United States;
                    (B) preventing exploitation of alien immigrant and
                nonimmigrant workers;
                    (C) reducing the number of illegal border crossings
                into the United States; and
                    (D) reducing the numbers of aliens unlawfully
                employed in the United States.
            (2) The impact of statutory numerical limitations on the
        entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants into the United States on
        the achievement of the goals described in subparagraphs (A)
        through (D) of paragraph (1).
            (3) The impact of recent measures undertaken in border
        areas to deter illegal border crossings on the achievement of
        such goals.
            (4) The impact of Federal alien labor laws and policies on
        the overall economic performance within the United States and
        economic performance within the following sectors:
                    (A) Agriculture.
                    (B) Tourism and service.
                    (C) Construction.
                    (D) Nursing and health care.
                    (E) Apparel.
                    (F) Information technology.
    (b) Final Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall prepare and submit to the
President and the Congress a final report that contains at least the
following:
            (1) Information that updates the findings reported in the
        interim report on each of the issues described in paragraphs
        (1) through (4) of subsection (a).
            (2) Recommendations for actions that the Commission
        considers necessary--
                    (A) to curb illegal border crossings into the
                United States;
                    (B) to curb unlawful employment of aliens in the
                United States;
                    (C) to ensure adequate protection of the workers
                described in subsection (a)(1)(A); and
                    (D) to ensure a stable and steady workforce for
                industry in the United States.
            (3) The viability of expanding the agricultural guest
        worker program established under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
        1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) and section 218 of such Act (8 U.S.C.
        1188) to any or all of the following United States industries:
                    (A) Tourism and service.
                    (B) Construction.
                    (C) Nursing and health care.
                    (D) Apparel.
                    (E) Information technology.
            (4) Recommendations for any additional actions that the
        Commission determines would improve Federal immigration or
        labor laws or policies.
            (5) Any other related information that the Commission
        considers to be appropriate.

SEC. 9. TERMINATION.

    The Commission shall terminate 6 months after the date on which the
Commission submits its final report under section 8(b).

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this Act, which sums shall remain available
until expended.

Output: Immigrant Labor Policy Review Act - Establishes the High Level Commission on Immigrant Labor Policy. Directs the Commission to study the interactions between Federal immigration policy and the labor markets for aliens in the United States.Terminates the Commission six months after submission of its final report.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Shutdown Prevention
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1310 the following new section:
``Sec. 1311. Continuing appropriations
    ``(a)(1) If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year (or,
if applicable, for each fiscal year in a biennium) does not become law
before the beginning of such fiscal year or a joint resolution making
continuing appropriations is not in effect, there are appropriated, out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of
applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, such sums
as may be necessary to continue any project or activity for which funds
were provided in the preceding fiscal year--
            ``(A) in the corresponding regular appropriation Act for
        such preceding fiscal year; or
            ``(B) if the corresponding regular appropriation bill for
        such preceding fiscal year did not become law, then in a joint
        resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding
        fiscal year.
    ``(2) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this
section shall be at a rate of operations not in excess of the lower
of--
            ``(A) the rate of operations provided for in the regular
        appropriation Act providing for such project or activity for
        the preceding fiscal year;
            ``(B) in the absence of such an Act, the rate of operations
        provided for such project or activity pursuant to a joint
        resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding
        fiscal year;
            ``(C) the rate of operations provided for in the regular
        appropriation bill as passed by the House of Representatives or
        the Senate for the fiscal year in question, except that the
        lower of these two versions shall be ignored for any project or
        activity for which there is a budget request if no funding is
        provided for that project or activity in either version; or
            ``(D) the annualized rate of operations provided for in the
        most recently enacted joint resolution making continuing
        appropriations for part of that fiscal year or any funding
        levels established under the provisions of this Act.
    ``(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section for a project or
activity shall be available for the period beginning with the first day
of a lapse in appropriations and ending with the earlier of--
            ``(A) the date on which the applicable regular
        appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law (whether or
        not such law provides for such project or activity) or a
        continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law, as the
        case may be; or
            ``(B) the last day of such fiscal year.
    ``(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or authority
granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this
section shall be subject to the terms and conditions imposed with
respect to the appropriation made or funds made available for the
preceding fiscal year, or authority granted for such project or
activity under current law.
    ``(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for any project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to
this section shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for
such project or activity during the portion of such fiscal year for
which this section applies to such project or activity.
    ``(d) Expenditures made for a project or activity for any fiscal
year pursuant to this section shall be charged to the applicable
appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a regular appropriation
bill or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations until the
end of a fiscal year providing for such project or activity for such
period becomes law.
    ``(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during
a fiscal year if any other provision of law (other than an
authorization of appropriations)--
            ``(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or
        grants authority for such project or activity to continue for
        such period; or
            ``(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be
        made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall
        be granted for such project or activity to continue for such
        period.
    ``(f) For purposes of this section, the term `regular appropriation
bill' means any annual appropriation bill making appropriations,
otherwise making funds available, or granting authority, for any of the
following categories of projects and activities:
            ``(1) Agriculture, rural development, Food and Drug
        Administration, and related agencies programs.
            ``(2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, Science, and
        related agencies.
            ``(3) The Department of Defense.
            ``(4) Energy and water development, and related agencies.
            ``(5) Financial services and general government.
            ``(6) The Department of Homeland Security.
            ``(7) The Department of Interior, environment, and related
        agencies.
            ``(8) The Department of Labor, Health and Human Services,
        and Education, and related agencies.
            ``(9) The legislative branch.
            ``(10) Military construction and veterans affairs.
            ``(11) The Department of State, foreign operations, and
        related programs.
            ``(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development,
        and related agencies.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis of chapter 13 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 1310 the following new item:

``1311. Continuing appropriations.''.

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Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Provides for automatic continuing appropriations if any regular appropriation for a fiscal year (or, if applicable, for each fiscal year in a biennium) does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect.

Appropriates amounts necessary to continue any project or activity for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year: (1) in the corresponding regular appropriation Act for such preceding fiscal year; or (2) if such legislation did not become law, then in the joint resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal year.

Requires the appropriations and funds made available, and authority granted, for any fiscal year for a project or activity to be available for the period beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropriations and ending with the earlier of: (1) the date on which the applicable regular appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law (whether or not such law provides for such project or activity) or a continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law, as the case may be; or (2) the last day of such fiscal year.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``International
Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Angel Watch Center.
Sec. 5. Sense of Congress provisions.
Sec. 6. Enhancing the minimum standards for the elimination of
                            trafficking.
Sec. 7. Assistance to foreign countries to meet minimum standards for
                            the elimination of trafficking.
Sec. 8. Rules of Construction.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Megan Nicole Kanka, who was 7 years old, was abducted,
        sexually assaulted, and murdered in 1994, in the State of New
        Jersey by a violent predator living across the street from her
        home. Unbeknownst to Megan Kanka and her family, he had been
        convicted previously of a sex offense against a child.
            (2) In 1996, Congress adopted Megan's Law (Public Law 104-
        145) as a means to encourage States to protect children by
        identifying the whereabouts of sex offenders and providing the
        means to monitor their activities.
            (3) In 2006, Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child
        Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) to
        protect children and the public at large by establishing a
        comprehensive national system for the registration and
        notification to the public and law enforcement officers of
        convicted sex offenders.
            (4) Law enforcement reports indicate that known child-sex
        offenders are traveling internationally, and that the criminal
        background of such individuals may not be known to local law
        enforcement prior to their arrival.
            (5) The commercial sexual exploitation of minors in child
        sex trafficking and pornography is a global phenomenon. The
        International Labour Organization has estimated that 1.8
        million children worldwide are victims of child sex trafficking
        and pornography each year.
            (6) Child sex tourism, where an individual travels to a
        foreign country and engages in sexual activity with a child in
        that country, is a form of child exploitation and, where
        commercial, child sex trafficking.
            (7) According to research conducted by The Protection
        Project of The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of
        Advanced International Studies, sex tourists from the United
        States who target children form a significant percentage of
        child sex tourists in some of the most significant destination
        countries for child sex tourism.
            (8) In order to protect children, it is essential that
        United States law enforcement be able to identify child-sex
        offenders in the United States who are traveling abroad and
        child-sex offenders from other countries entering the United
        States. Such identification requires cooperative efforts
        between the United States and foreign governments. In exchange
        for providing notice of child-sex offenders traveling to the
        United States, foreign authorities will expect United States
        authorities to provide reciprocal notice of child-sex offenders
        traveling to their countries.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Center.--The term ``Center'' means the Angel Watch
        Center established pursuant to section 4(a).
            (2) Child-sex offender.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``child-sex offender''
                means an individual who is a sex offender described in
                paragraph (3) or (4) of section 111 of the Adam Walsh
                Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C.
                16911) by reason of being convicted of a child-sex
                offense.
                    (B) Definition of convicted.--In this paragraph,
                the term ``convicted'' has the meaning given the term
                in paragraph (8) of section 111 of such Act.
            (3) Child-sex offense.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``child-sex offense''
                means a specified offense against a minor, as defined
                in paragraph (7) of section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child
                Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911),
                including--
                            (i) an offense (unless committed by a
                        parent or guardian) involving kidnapping;
                            (ii) an offense (unless committed by a
                        parent or guardian) involving false
                        imprisonment;
                            (iii) solicitation to engage in sexual
                        conduct;
                            (iv) use in a sexual performance;
                            (v) solicitation to practice prostitution;
                            (vi) video voyeurism as described in
                        section 1801 of title 18, United States Code;
                            (vii) possession, production, or
                        distribution of child pornography;
                            (viii) criminal sexual conduct involving a
                        minor, or the use of the Internet to facilitate
                        or attempt such conduct; and
                            (ix) any conduct that by its nature is a
                        sex offense against a minor.
                    (B) Other offenses.--The term ``child-sex offense''
                includes a sex offense described in paragraph (5)(A) of
                section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and
                Safety Act of 2006 that is a specified offense against
                a minor, as defined in paragraph (7) of such section.
                    (C) Foreign convictions; offenses involving
                consensual sexual conduct.--The limitations contained
                in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 111(5) of the
                Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
                shall apply with respect to a child-sex offense for
                purposes of this Act to the same extent and in the same
                manner as such limitations apply with respect to a sex
                offense for purposes of the Adam Walsh Child Protection
                and Safety Act of 2006.
            (4) Jurisdiction.--The term ``jurisdiction'' means any of
        the following:
                    (A) A State.
                    (B) The District of Columbia.
                    (C) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
                    (D) Guam.
                    (E) American Samoa.
                    (F) The Northern Mariana Islands.
                    (G) The United States Virgin Islands.
                    (H) To the extent provided in, and subject to the
                requirements of, section 127 of the Adam Walsh Child
                Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16927), a
                federally recognized Indian tribe.
            (5) Minor.--The term ``minor'' means an individual who has
        not attained the age of 18 years.

SEC. 4. ANGEL WATCH CENTER.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
establish within the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of United
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the Department of
Homeland Security a Center, to be known as the ``Angel Watch Center'',
to carry out the activities specified in subsection (d).
    (b) Leadership.--The Center shall be headed by the Director of ICE,
in collaboration with the Commissioner of United States Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) and in consultation with the Attorney General.
    (c) Members.--The Center shall consist of the following:
            (1) The Director of ICE.
            (2) The Commissioner of CBP.
            (3) Individuals who are designated as analysts in ICE or
        CBP.
            (4) Individuals who are designated as program managers in
        ICE or CBP.
    (d) Activities.--
            (1) In general.--The Center shall carry out the following
        activities:
                    (A) Receive information on travel by child-sex
                offenders.
                    (B) Establish a system to maintain and archive all
                relevant information, including the response of
                destination countries to notifications under subsection
                (e) where available, and decisions not to transmit
                notification abroad.
                    (C) Establish an annual review process to ensure
                that the Center is consistent in procedures to provide
                notification to destination countries or not to provide
                notification to destination countries, as appropriate.
            (2) Information required.--The United States Marshals
        Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Office shall make
        available to the Center information on travel by child-sex
        offenders in a timely manner for purposes of carrying out the
        activities described in paragraph (1) and (e).
    (e) Notification.--
            (1) To countries of destination.--
                    (A) In general.--The Center may transmit notice of
                impending or current international travel of a child-
                sex offender to the country or countries of destination
                of the child-sex offender, including to the visa-
                issuing agent or agents in the United States of the
                country or countries.
                    (B) Form.--The notice under this paragraph may be
                transmitted through such means as determined
                appropriate by the Center, including through an ICE
                attache.
            (2) To offenders.--
                    (A) General notification.--
                            (i) In general.--If the Center transmits
                        notice under paragraph (1) of impending
                        international travel of a child-sex offender to
                        the country or countries of destination of the
                        child-sex offender, the Secretary of Homeland
                        Security, in conjunction with any appropriate
                        agency, shall make reasonable efforts to
                        provide constructive notice through electronic
                        or telephonic communication to the child-sex
                        offender prior to the child-sex offender's
                        arrival in the country or countries.
                            (ii) Exception.--The requirement to provide
                        constructive notice under clause (i) shall not
                        apply in the case of impending international
                        travel of a child-sex offender to the country
                        or countries of destination of the child-sex
                        offender if such constructive notice would
                        conflict with an existing investigation
                        involving the child-sex offender.
                    (B) Specific notification regarding risk to life or
                well-being of offender.--If the Center has reason to
                believe that to transmit notice under paragraph (1)
                poses a risk to the life or well-being of the child-sex
                offender, the Center shall make reasonable efforts to
                provide constructive notice through electronic or
                telephonic communication to the child-sex offender of
                such risk.
                    (C) Specific notification regarding probable denial
                of entry to offender.--If the Center has reason to
                believe that a country of destination of the child-sex
                offender is highly likely to deny entry to the child-
                sex offender due to transmission of notice under
                paragraph (1), the Center shall make reasonable efforts
                to provide constructive notice through electronic or
                telephonic communication to the child-sex offender of
                such probable denial.
            (3) Sunset.--The authority of paragraph (1) shall terminate
        with respect to a child-sex offender beginning as of the close
        of the last day of the registration period of such child-sex
        offender under section 115 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection
        and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16915).
    (f) Complaint Review.--The Center shall establish a mechanism to
receive complaints from child-sex offenders affected by notifications
of destination countries of such child-sex offenders under subsection
(e).
    (g) Consultations.--The Center shall seek to engage in ongoing
consultations with--
            (1) nongovernmental organizations, including faith-based
        organizations, that have experience and expertise in
        identifying and preventing child sex tourism and rescuing and
        rehabilitating minor victims of international sexual
        exploitation and trafficking;
            (2) the governments of countries interested in cooperating
        in the creation of an international sex offender travel
        notification system or that are primary destination or source
        countries for international sex tourism; and
            (3) Internet service and software providers regarding
        available and potential technology to facilitate the
        implementation of an international sex offender travel
        notification system, both in the United States and in other
        countries.
    (h) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and
the Secretary of State may provide technical assistance to foreign
authorities in order to enable such authorities to participate more
effectively in the notification program system established under this
section.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS PROVISIONS.

    (a) Bilateral Agreements.--It is the sense of Congress that the
President should negotiate memoranda of understanding or other
bilateral agreements with foreign governments to further the purposes
of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, including by--
            (1) establishing systems to receive and transmit notices as
        required by title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and
        Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); and
            (2) establishing mechanisms for private companies and
        nongovernmental organizations to report on a voluntary basis
        suspected child pornography or exploitation to foreign
        governments, the nearest United States embassy in cases in
        which a possible United States citizen may be involved, or
        other appropriate entities.
    (b) Notification to the United States of Child-sex Offenses
Committed Abroad.--It is the sense of Congress that the President
should formally request foreign governments to notify the United States
when a United States citizen has been arrested, convicted, sentenced,
or completed a prison sentence for a child-sex offense in the foreign
country.

SEC. 6. ENHANCING THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF
              TRAFFICKING.

    Section 108(b)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
(22 U.S.C. 7106(b)(4)) is amended by adding at the end before the
period the following: ``, including severe forms of trafficking in
persons related to sex tourism''.

SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR
              THE ELIMINATION OF TRAFFICKING.

    The President is strongly encouraged to exercise the authorities of
section 134 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152d) to
provide assistance to foreign countries directly, or through
nongovernmental and multilateral organizations, for programs, projects,
and activities, including training of law enforcement entities and
officials, designed to establish systems to identify sex offenders and
provide and receive notification of child sex offender international
travel.

SEC. 8. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Department of Justice.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed
to preclude or alter the jurisdiction or authority of the Department of
Justice under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
(42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.), including section 113(d) of such Act, or any
other provision law, or to affect the work of the United States
Marshals Service with INTERPOL.
    (b) Angel Watch Center.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
preclude the Angel Watch Center from transmitting notice with respect
to any sex offender described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 111 of
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C.
16911) or with respect to any sex offense described in paragraph (5) of
such section.

Output: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 20, 2014.  International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish within the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the Angel Watch Center, which shall: (1) receive information on travel by child-sex offenders; (2) establish a system to maintain and archive all relevant information, including decisions not to transmit notification abroad and responses of destination countries to notifications; (3) establish an annual review process to ensure that the Center is consistent in procedures regarding providing notification to destination countries; and (4) establish a mechanism to receive complaints from child-sex offenders affected by notifications of destination countries.  Authorizes the Center to transmit notice to a destination country (including to such country's visa-issuing agents in the United States) of impending or current international travel of a child-sex offender to such country. Requires the Secretary, in conjunction with any appropriate agency, if the Center transmits such notice to a destination country, to make reasonable efforts to provide constructive notice through electronic or telephonic communication to the child-sex offender prior to such offender's arrival in such country, except when such constructive notice would conflict with an existing investigation involving the offender. Requires the Center to make reasonable efforts to provide constructive notice to such offender if the Center has reason to believe that transmitting notice to a destination country: (1) poses a risk to the life or well-being of the offender, or (2) is highly likely to result in the destination country denying entry to the offender. Terminates the authority of the Center to transmit such notice of international travel of a child-sex offender as of the close of the last day of the registration period of such offender under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Walsh Act). Directs the Center to establish a mechanism to receive complaints from child-sex offenders affected by notifications of destination countries.  Requires the Center to engage in ongoing consultations with: (1) nongovernmental organizations that have experience in identifying and preventing child sex tourism and rescuing and rehabilitating minor victims of international sexual exploitation and trafficking, (2) the governments of countries interested in cooperating in the creation of an international sex offender travel notification system or that are primary destination or source countries for international sex tourism, and (3) Internet service and software providers regarding technology to facilitate the implementation of an international sex offender travel notification system in the United States and in other countries.  Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to provide technical assistance to enable foreign authorities to participate more effectively in the notification program system. (Sec. 5) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) negotiate bilateral agreements with foreign governments to further the purposes of this Act; and (2) formally request foreign governments to notify the United States when a U.S. citizen has been arrested, convicted, or sentenced or has completed a prison sentence for a child-sex offense in the foreign country.  (Sec. 6) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to include, as indicia of serious and sustained efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons, a country's cooperation with other governments in the investigation and prosecution of such trafficking, including trafficking related to sex tourism. (Sec. 7) Encourages the President to use authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist foreign countries in identifying sex offenders and providing and receiving notification of child sex offender international travel.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Credit Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR FARM LOANS.

    (a) Farm Ownership Loans.--Section 302(a) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) In General.--The'' and inserting the
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Eligibility requirements.--The'';
            (2) in paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph (1))--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``and
                limited liability companies'' and inserting ``limited
                liability companies, and such other legal entities that
                the Secretary determines to be appropriate,''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``and limited liability
                        companies'' each place it appears and inserting
                        ``limited liability companies, and such other
                        legal entities that the Secretary determines to
                        be appropriate'';
                            (ii) by striking ``(1)'' and inserting
                        ``(A)'';
                            (iii) by striking ``(2)'' and inserting
                        ``(B)'';
                            (iv) by striking ``(3)'' and inserting
                        ``(C)''; and
                            (v) by striking ``(4)'' and inserting
                        ``(D)'';
            (3) in the third sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``and limited liability companies''
                each place it appears and inserting ``limited liability
                companies, and such other legal entities that the
                Secretary determines to be appropriate'';
                    (B) by striking ``(3)'' and inserting ``(C)''; and
                    (C) by striking ``(4)'' and inserting ``(D)''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Special rules regarding determinations.--
                    ``(A) Eligibility of certain operating-only
                entities.--An entity that is, or will become, only the
                operator of a family farm shall be determined by the
                Secretary to meet each owner-operator requirement
                described in paragraph (1) if the 1 or more individuals
                who are the owners of the family farm own--
                            ``(i) a percentage of the family farm that
                        exceeds 50 percent; or
                            ``(ii) such other percentage that the
                        Secretary determines to be appropriate.
                    ``(B) Eligibility of certain embedded entities.--An
                entity that is an owner-operator described in paragraph
                (1), or an operator described in subparagraph (A), that
                is owned, in whole or in part, by 1 or more other
                entities, shall be determined by the Secretary to meet
                the direct ownership requirement described in paragraph
                (1) if not less than 75 percent of the ownership
                interests of each embedded entity of the entity is
                owned directly or indirectly by the 1 or more
                individuals who own the family farm.''.
    (b) Conservation Loans.--Section 304(c)(1) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(c)(1)) is amended by striking
``or limited liability companies'' and inserting ``limited liability
companies, or such other legal entities that the Secretary determines
to be appropriate,''.
    (c) Farm Operating Loans.--Section 311(a) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1941(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) In General.--The'' and inserting the
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Eligibility requirements.--The'';
            (2) in paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph (1))--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``and
                limited liability companies'' and inserting ``limited
                liability companies, and such other legal entities that
                the Secretary determines to be appropriate,''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``and limited liability
                        companies'' each place it appears and inserting
                        ``limited liability companies, and such other
                        legal entities that the Secretary determines to
                        be appropriate'';
                            (ii) by striking ``(1)'' and inserting
                        ``(A)'';
                            (iii) by striking ``(2)'' and inserting
                        ``(B)'';
                            (iv) by striking ``(3)'' and inserting
                        ``(C)''; and
                            (v) by striking ``(4)'' and inserting
                        ``(D)'';
            (3) in the third sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``and limited liability companies''
                each place it appears and inserting ``limited liability
                companies, and such other legal entities that the
                Secretary determines to be appropriate'';
                    (B) by striking ``(3)'' and inserting ``(C)''; and
                    (C) by striking ``(4)'' and inserting ``(D)''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Special rules regarding determinations.--An entity
        that is an operator described in paragraph (1) that is owned,
        in whole or in part, by 1 or more other entities, shall be
        determined by the Secretary to meet the direct ownership
        requirement described in paragraph (1) if not less than 75
        percent of the ownership interests of each embedded entity of
        the entity is owned directly or indirectly by the 1 or more
        individuals who own the family farm.''.
    (d) Emergency Loans.--Section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, in the matter preceding the
        proviso--
                    (A) by striking ``owner-operators (in the case of
                loans for a purpose under subtitle A) or operators (in
                the case of loans for a purpose under subtitle B)''
                each place it appears and inserting ``(in the case of
                farm ownership loans in accordance with subtitle A)
                owner-operators or operators, or (in the case of loans
                for a purpose under subtitle B) operators'';
                    (B) by striking ``or limited liability companies''
                the first place it appears and inserting ``limited
                liability companies, or such other legal entities that
                the Secretary determines to be appropriate''; and
                    (C) by striking ``or limited liability companies''
                the second place it appears and inserting ``limited
                liability companies, or such other legal entities'';
            (2) in the second sentence of the proviso--
                    (A) by striking ``and limited liability companies''
                and inserting ``limited liability companies, and such
                other legal entities''; and
                    (B) by striking ``ownership and operator'' and
                inserting ``ownership or operator''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following: ``An entity that is
        an owner-operator or operator described in this subsection
        shall be determined by the Secretary to meet the direct
        ownership requirement described in this subsection if the
        entity is owned, in whole or in part, by 1 or more other
        entities and each individual who is an owner of the family farm
        involved has a direct or indirect ownership interest in each of
        the other entities.''.
    (e) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 304(c)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(c)(2)) is amended by striking
        ``paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 302(a)'' and inserting
        ``clauses (A) and (B) of section 302(a)(1)''.
            (2) Section 310D(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1934(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``paragraphs
                (2) through (4) of section 302'' and inserting
                ``clauses (B) through (D) of section 302(a)(1)''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``farm cooperative or
                        private domestic corporation or partnership''
                        and inserting ``farm cooperative, private
                        domestic corporation, partnership, or such
                        other legal entity that the Secretary
                        determines to be appropriate,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``or partners'' and
                        inserting ``partners, or owners''.
            (3) Section 343(a)(11) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(11)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``or joint operation'' and
                        inserting ``joint operation, or such other
                        legal entity that the Secretary determines to
                        be appropriate''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``or joint operators'' and
                        inserting ``joint operators, or owners''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (D)--
                            (i) in clause (i)(II)(aa)--
                                    (I) by striking ``or joint
                                operation'' and inserting ``joint
                                operation, or such other legal
                                entity''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``or joint
                                operators'' and inserting ``joint
                                operators, or owners''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii)(II)(aa)--
                                    (I) by striking ``or joint
                                operation'' and inserting ``joint
                                operation, or such other legal
                                entity''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``or joint
                                operators'' and inserting ``joint
                                operators, or owners''.
            (4) Section 359(c)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2006a(c)(2)) is amended by striking
        ``section 302(a)(2) or 311(a)(2)'' and inserting ``clause (B)
        of section 302(a)(1) or clause (B) of section 311(a)(1)''.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF CERTAIN DIRECT LOANS.

    Section 303(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 1923(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the period at the
        end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) refinancing 1 or more loans made or
                guaranteed under this subtitle.''.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF CERTAIN LOAN TERM LIMITS.

    (a) Direct Loans.--Section 311 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1941) is amended by striking subsection (c).
    (b) Limitation on Period Borrowers Are Eligible for Guaranteed
Assistance.--Section 319 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 1949) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) Graduation Plan.--The Secretary'' and
        inserting ``The Secretary''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).

Output:
Agricultural Credit Expansion Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for Farm Service Agency operating loans, farm ownership loans, conservation loans, and emergency loans.

Deems specified embedded entities (an entity owned wholly or in part by another entity) eligible for farm ownership and operating loans.

Deems specified operating-only entities eligible for farm ownership loans.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to determine that an entity that is an owner-operator or operator meets the direct ownership loan requirement if it is owned in whole or in part by other entities and each individual that is an owner of the family farm involved has an ownership interest in each of the other entities.

Permits direct loans to be used to refinance Farm Service Agency loans or guaranteed loans.

Eliminates the 15-year limitation on the period operating loan borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Violence Prevention,
Education, and Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Nearly one-third of American women report being
        physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some
        point in their lives.
            (2) Family violence costs the nation between $5,000,000,000
        and $10,000,000,000 each year in medical expenses, police and
        court costs, shelters and foster care, sick leave, absenteeism,
        and nonproductivity.
            (3) The United States is becoming increasingly
        multicultural, and racial and ethnic minorities are expected to
        constitute approximately 50 percent of the United States
        population by 2050.
            (4) Two-thirds of female immigrants to the United States
        originate from Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the
        Middle East, and they migrate here to seek economic security,
        reunify their families, or escape prosecution.
            (5) Racial and ethnic minority women and immigrant women
        face unique challenges to reporting and getting help for
        domestic violence.
            (6) Structural inequalities experienced by racial and
        ethnic minority communities and immigrant communities,
        including poverty and discrimination, may contribute to higher
        rates of violence.
            (7) Problems of domestic violence are exacerbated for
        immigrants when spouses control the immigration status of their
        family members, and abusers use threats of refusal to file
        immigration papers and threats to deport spouses and children
        as powerful tools to prevent battered immigrant women from
        seeking help, trapping battered immigrant women in violent
        homes because of fear of deportation.
            (8) Many racial and ethnic minority women and immigrant
        women face cultural barriers to reporting abuse or seeking help
        for domestic violence, including but not limited to strong
        religious beliefs that stress the importance of keeping family
        intact, fear of dishonor, or a belief that negative events
        occur regardless of attempts to prevent them.
            (9) Many racial and ethnic minority women and immigrant
        women also face institutional barriers to reporting abuse or
        seeking help for domestic violence, including but not limited
        to restrictions on public assistance, limited access to
        immigration relief, lack of translators or bilingual
        professionals, little educational material in the woman's
        native language, treatment programs that do not take into
        account ethnic and cultural differences, prohibitive fee
        structures, and inflexible or inconvenient hours of operation.

SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS TO EDUCATE RACIAL AND
              ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
              ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

    (a) In General.--From amounts made available to carry out this
section, the Attorney General, acting through the Violence Against
Women Office, shall make grants to public or private nonprofit
entities, States, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations to carry
out public information campaigns for the purpose of educating racial
and ethnic minority communities and immigrant communities about
domestic violence, including the effects of domestic violence, methods
of preventing or reducing domestic violence, and services available to
victims of domestic violence.
    (b) Use of Grant Amounts.--Grant amounts under this section may be
used only to carry out public information campaigns for the purpose
specified in subsection (a) and to provide staffing appropriate to
carrying out the campaigns.
    (c) Elements of Campaigns.--Each public information campaign
carried out under this section shall consist of one or more of the
following elements:
            (1) Public service announcements.
            (2) Paid educational messages for print media.
            (3) Public transit advertising.
            (4) Electronic broadcast media.
            (5) Any other mode of conveying information that the
        Attorney General determines to be appropriate.
    (d) Requirements for Grant.--The Attorney General may award a grant
under this section to an applicant only if the Attorney General
determines that--
            (1) the campaign will be carried out in consultation with
        local domestic violence advocates or State domestic violence
        coalitions;
            (2) the campaign is designed to be conducted in a
        culturally sensitive manner using one or more culturally
        appropriate languages;
            (3) the applicant has an adequate plan to test-market the
        campaign with a relevant community or group in the relevant
        geographic area, and will carry out that plan; and
            (4) the applicant will use effectiveness criteria in
        carrying out the campaign and an evaluation component to
        measure the effectiveness of the campaign.
    (e) Award Criteria.--In awarding grants under this section, the
Attorney General shall consider the following criteria:
            (1) Whether the applicant has, or will be partnering with
        an entity that has, a record of high quality campaigns of a
        comparable type.
            (2) Whether the applicant has, or will be partnering with
        an entity that has, a record of high quality campaigns that
        educate the communities and groups at greatest risk of domestic
        violence.
    (f) Application.--
            (1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
        this section, a State or entity must submit to the Attorney
        General an application that meets the requirements of paragraph
        (2).
            (2) Requirements.--An application submitted under this
        subsection shall be in such form, and submitted in such manner,
        as the Attorney General may prescribe, and shall include the
        following matters:
                    (A) A complete description of applicant's plan for
                the proposed public information campaign.
                    (B) An identification of the specific communities
                and groups to be educated by the campaign, and a
                description of how the campaign will educate the
                communities and groups at greatest risk of domestic
                violence.
                    (C) The plans of the applicant with respect to
                working with organizations that have expertise in
                developing culturally appropriate informational
                messages.
                    (D) A description of the geographic distribution of
                the campaign.
                    (E) An identification of the media organizations
                and other groups through which the campaign will be
                carried out and any memorandum of understanding or
                other agreement under which the campaign will be
                carried out.
                    (F) A description of the nature, amount,
                distribution, and timing of informational messages to
                be used in the campaign.
                    (G) Such information and assurances as the Attorney
                General may require to determine whether the
                requirements specified in subsection (d) will be
                satisfied, and whether the criteria specified in
                subsection (e) apply.
                    (H) Such other information and assurances as the
                Attorney General may require.
    (g) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``State''
includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and any other territory or
possession of the United States.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.

Output: Domestic Violence Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act - Requires the Attorney General, acting through the Violence Against Women Office, to make grants to public or private nonprofit entities, States, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations to carry out public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minority communities and immigrant communities about domestic violence, including its effects, methods of preventing or reducing it, and available services to such victims.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy High Energy and
Nuclear Physics Authorization Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``CERN'' means the European Organization for
        Nuclear Research;
            (2) the term ``construction'' means all activities
        necessary for completion of a project and its supporting
        infrastructure, and includes conventional construction and the
        research, development, design, fabrication, installation,
        testing, and preoperation of technical sytems;
            (3) the term ``conventional construction'' means the design
        and construction of civil works, facilities, and other
        infrastructure necessary to construct a project, including
        tunnels, buildings, and roads, necessary to house and support
        the technical systems, and utilities as necessary for the
        direct support of elements of a project;
            (4) the term ``Department'' means the Department of Energy;
            (5) the term ``Large Hadron Collider project'' means the
        Large Hadron Collider project at CERN; and
            (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) High Energy Physics.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary for high energy physics activities of the Department--
            (1) $695,400,000 for fiscal year 1996;
            (2) $719,700,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            (3) $744,900,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
            (4) $713,600,000 for fiscal year 1999.
Funds authorized under paragraphs (1) through (4) may be expended for
the B-factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and the
Fermilab Main Injector. No funds are authorized for United States
participation in the planning and construction of the Large Hadron
Collider project until the Secretary certifies to the Congress that
there is an international agreement that includes the provisions
described in section 4(a).
    (b) Nuclear Physics.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary for nuclear physics activities of the Department--
            (1) $337,100,000 for fiscal year 1996, of which not more
        than $15,000,000 shall be used for preparation for
        decontamination and decommissioning of the Los Alamos Meson
        Physics Facility;
            (2) $348,900,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            (3) $361,100,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
            (4) $373,700,000 for fiscal year 1999.
None of the funds authorized under paragraph (2), (3), or (4) are
authorized to be appropriated for the operation of the Los Alamos Meson
Physics Facility. Funds authorized under paragraphs (1) through (4) may
be expended for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven
National Laboratory.
    (c) Limitation on Major Construction Projects.--No funds may be
expended for any high energy and nuclear physics facility construction
project of the Department, with total project expenditures projected to
be in excess of $100,000,000, unless funds are specifically authorized
for such purposes in an Act that is not an appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER PROJECT.

    (a) Negotiations.--The Secretary shall enter into negotiations with
CERN concerning United States participation in the planning and
construction of the Large Hadron Collider project, and shall seek to
ensure that any agreement incorporates provisions to protect the United
States investment in the project, including provisions for--
            (1) fair allocation of costs and benefits among project
        participants;
            (2) a limitation on the amount of United States
        contribution to project construction and subsequent operating
        costs;
            (3) a cost and schedule control system for the total
        project;
            (4) the projected cost and schedule for all component
        design, testing, and fabrication, including technical goals and
        milestones;
            (5) the projected cost and schedule for total project
        construction and operation, including technical goals and
        milestones;
            (6) reconsideration of the extent of United States
        participation if technical or operational milestones described
        in paragraphs (4) and (5) are not met, or if the project falls
        significantly behind schedule; and
            (7) conditions of access for United States and other
        scientists to the facility.
    (b) Other International Negotiations.--Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to preclude the President from entering into negotiations
with respect to international science agreements.

SEC. 5. OPERATING PLAN.

    Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of any Act
appropriating funds for the high energy or nuclear physics activities
of the Department, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a plan for the
operations of the high energy and nuclear physics activities of the
Department, as adjusted to reflect the amounts appropriated for such
purposes by such Act.

SEC. 6. LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE.

    (a) Program Governance Review.--
            (1) Requirement.--The Secretary shall contract with an
        appropriate independent organization to review the governance
        of all elements of the Department's high energy and nuclear
        physics programs. Such review shall include--
                    (A) a performance review of the effectiveness of
                the Department's management policies and procedures,
                including an evaluation of departmental staff
                allocation and the staff allocation and funding balance
                among facility operations, construction, and research
                support;
                    (B) an evaluation of the appropriateness of the
                current application of administrative, environmental,
                health, and safety regulations to the high energy and
                nuclear physics laboratories of the Department; and
                    (C) an analysis of the extent to which the
                Department's high energy and nuclear physics advisory
                groups represent the diversity of, and the full range
                of interests among, high energy and nuclear physics
                researchers.
            (2) Report to congress.--The Secretary shall submit a
        report to Congress within 9 months after the date of enactment
        of this Act detailing the results of the review required by
        this section, including recommendations for implementing the
        results and schedules for such implementation.
    (b) Long-Range Plan.--
            (1) Requirement.--The Secretary and the Director of the
        National Science Foundation shall jointly prepare, in
        consultation with the high energy physics and nuclear physics
        communities, a long-range plan for Federal high energy and
        nuclear physics programs based on current and projected program
        funding levels. The plan shall be modified every two years. The
        long-range plan shall include--
                    (A) a list of research opportunities to be pursued,
                including both ongoing and proposed activities, listed
                in order of priority;
                    (B) an analysis of the relevance of each research
                facility to the research opportunities listed under
                subparagraph (A);
                    (C) a statement of the optimal balance among
                facility operations, construction, and research support
                and the optimal balance between university and
                laboratory research programs;
                    (D) schedules for continuation, consolidation, or
                termination of each research program, and continuation,
                upgrade, transfer, or closure of each research
                facility;
                    (E) a statement by project of efforts to coordinate
                research projects with the international community to
                maximize the use of limited resources and avoid
                unproductive duplication of efforts; and
                    (F) a description of the extent to which the
                biennial plan modifications differ from previous plans
                submitted under this subsection, along with an
                explanation for such differences.
            (2) Reports to congress.--(A) The Secretary shall transmit
        a copy of the original long-range plan with the President's
        annual budget request to Congress for fiscal year 1997. The
        plan as modified shall be submitted with the President's budget
        request to Congress for each subsequent fiscal year ending in
        an odd number.
            (B) The Secretary shall transmit with the President's
        budget request to Congress each year a report demonstrating the
        consistency of the current long-range plan with the budget
        being requested for the Department's high energy and nuclear
        physics programs.
    (c) Capital Budget Account.--Each of the President's annual budget
requests to the Congress for high energy physics activities of the
Department, and for nuclear physics activities of the Department, shall
distinguish between the budget for capital expenditures, including all
ongoing and planned major construction and capital equipment items, and
other activities.

Output:
Department of Energy High Energy and Nuclear Physics Authorization Act of 1994 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1996 through 1999 for high energy physics and nuclear physics activities of the Department of Energy (DOE).
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to:  (1) enter into negotiations with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) regarding U.S. participation in the planning and construction of the Large Hadron Collider project; (2) submit an operations plan to certain congressional committees subsequent to enactment of appropriations for DOE high energy or nuclear activities; (3) contract with an independent organization to review the governance of DOE high energy and nuclear physics programs; and (4) report to the Congress on a mandated long-range plan prepared jointly with the Director of the National Science Foundation regarding Federal high energy and nuclear physics programs based on current and projected funding levels.
Mandates that each of the President's annual budget requests for DOE high energy and nuclear physics activities distinguish between the budget for capital expenditures and other activities.


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SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF 18 OR 36 MONTH LIMITATION ON COBRA CONTINUATION
              COVERAGE.

    (a) Under ERISA.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 602(2) of the
        Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
        1162(2)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) No specified maximum required period.--Except
                as otherwise provided, there is no specified deadline
                for the continuation coverage provided under this
                part.''.
            (2) Increased premium permitted for additional coverage.--
        The last sentence of section 602(3) of such Act is amended to
        read as follows: ``In the case of an individual who was
        described in the last sentence of paragraph (2)(A), as in
        effect before the amendment made by section 2(a)(1) of the
        Health Insurance For Life Act of 2006, for any month after the
        18th month of continuation coverage described in clause (i) or
        (ii) of such paragraph and in the case of an individual whose
        continuation coverage is only required under this part due to
        such amendment, any reference in subparagraph (A) of this
        paragraph to `102 percent' is deemed a reference to such
        percentage as the Secretary of Health and Human Services
        determines (from time to time and after consultation with the
        Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of the Treasury) that if
        were applied during the period of the first 18 months of
        continuation coverage under this part would have resulted in a
        premium equal to the average monthly actuarial cost of such
        continuation coverage.''.
    (b) Under IRC.--
            (1) In general.--Clause (i) of section 4980B(f)(2)(B) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to maximum required
        period of continuation coverage) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(i) No specified maximum required
                        period.--Except as otherwise provided, there is
                        no specified deadline for the continuation
                        coverage provided under this section.''.
            (2) Increased premium permitted for additional coverage.--
        The last sentence of section 4980B(f)(2)(C) of such Code is
        amended to read as follows: ``In the case of an individual who
        was described in the last sentence of subparagraph (B)(i), as
        in effect before the amendment made by section 2(b)(1) of the
        Health Insurance For Life Act of 2006, for any month after the
        18th month of continuation coverage described in subclause (I)
        or (II) of such subparagraph and in the case of an individual
        whose continuation coverage is only required under this section
        due to such amendment, any reference in clause (i) of this
        subparagraph to `102 percent' is deemed a reference to such
        percentage as the Secretary of Health and Human Services
        determines from time to time under the last sentence of section
        602(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
        1974.''.
    (c) Under PHSA.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 2202(2) of the
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-2(2)) is amended to
        read as follows:
                    ``(A) No specified maximum required period.--Except
                as otherwise provided, there is no specified deadline
                for the continuation coverage provided under this
                part.''.
            (2) Increased premium permitted for additional coverage.--
        The last sentence of section 2202(3) of such Act is amended to
        read as follows: ``In the case of an individual who was
        described in the last sentence of paragraph (2)(A), as in
        effect before the amendment made by section 2(c)(1) of the
        Health Insurance For Life Act of 2006, for any month after the
        18th month of continuation coverage described in clause (i) or
        (ii) of such paragraph and in the case of an individual whose
        continuation coverage is only required under this part due to
        such amendment, any reference in subparagraph (A) of this
        paragraph to `102 percent' is deemed a reference to such
        percentage as the Secretary of Health and Human Services
        determines from time to time under the last sentence of section
        602(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
        1974.''.
    (d) FEHBP.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (e) of section 8905a of title
        5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Continuation coverage under this section shall not extend
beyond the period of continuation required under section 602(2) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 for a group health plan
covered under such section.''.
            (2) Increased premium permitted for additional coverage.--
        Section 8905a(d) of such title is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``and (5)''
                and inserting ``, (5), and (6)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(A), in the matter before
                clause (i), by inserting ``for periods of continuation
                coverage not resulting from the amendment made by
                section 2(d)(1) of the Health Insurance For Life Act of
                2006'' after ``National Nuclear Security
                Administration'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5)(A), in the matter before
                clause (i), by inserting ``for periods of continuation
                coverage not resulting from the amendment made by
                section 2(d)(1) of the Health Insurance For Life Act of
                2006'' after ``Atomic Energy Defense Act''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new
                paragraph:
    ``(6) In the case of any period of continuation coverage under this
section resulting from the amendment made by section 2(d)(1) of the
Health Insurance For Life Act of 2006, the amount required to be paid
under this subsection shall be equal to a percentage (equal to such
percentage as the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines
from time to time under the last sentence of section 602(e) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) applied to the amount
described in paragraph (1)(A)(i).''.
    (e) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments
        made by subsections (a) through (c) shall apply with respect to
        group health plans, and health insurance coverage offered in
        connection with group health plans, for plan years beginning
        after the date of the enactment of this Act and the amendments
        made by subsection (d) shall apply to contract years beginning
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2)  Treatment of collective bargaining agreements.--In the
        case of a group health plan maintained pursuant to 1 or more
        collective bargaining agreements between employee
        representatives and 1 or more employers ratified before the
        date of enactment of this Act, the amendments made by
        subsections (a) through (c) shall not apply to plan years
        beginning before the later of--
                    (A) the date on which the last collective
                bargaining agreements relating to the plan terminates
                (determined without regard to any extension thereof
                agreed to after the date of enactment of this Act); or
                    (B) 2 years after the date of the enactment of this
                Act.
        For purposes of subparagraph (A), any plan amendment made
        pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement relating to the
        plan which amends the plan solely to conform to any requirement
        added by this section shall not be treated as a termination of
        such collective bargaining agreement.

Output:
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to remove all limitations on Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage that establish a period by which such coverage must end, and instead provides no deadline for discontinuing such coverage. Sets forth a formula to determine the maximum allowable premium that certain qualified disabled beneficiaries and individuals receiving extended coverage provided pursuant to this Act may be charged based on the average monthly actuarial cost of such continuation coverage.

Applies such provisions to continuation coverage provided pursuant to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alternative Fuel Vehicles Intermodal
Transportation Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Alternative fuel vehicle.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``alternative fuel
                vehicle'' means a motor vehicle that is powered by--
                            (i) in whole or in part, electricity,
                        including that supplied by a fuel cell that is
                        not powered by gasoline or diesel;
                            (ii) liquefied natural gas;
                            (iii) compressed natural gas;
                            (iv) liquefied petroleum gas;
                            (v) hydrogen; or
                            (vi) methanol at no less than 85 percent by
                        volume.
                    (B) Exclusions.--The term ``alternative fuel
                vehicle'' shall not include any vehicle capable of
                operating solely on gasoline or diesel.
            (2) Pilot program.--The term ``pilot program'' means the
        grant program established under section 4(a).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Transportation.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is--
            (1) to establish a pilot program to demonstrate the use of
        alternative fuel vehicles in linked systems of transportation,
        enhance the usefulness of public transportation systems,
        protect the environment, and speed the deployment of
        alternative fuel vehicle technology; and
            (2) to encourage partnerships between the public and
        private sectors.

SEC. 4. ALTERNATIVE FUELS INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a competitive grant
program to assist States, localities, and governmental authorities to
purchase, operate, and facilitate the use of alternative fuel vehicles
in linked transportation systems.
    (b) Eligible Projects.--To receive Federal assistance under the
pilot program, a proposal shall--
            (1) have been made in accordance with the application
        requirements of subsection (e);
            (2) include only projects that provide new options in a
        locality for moving passengers or goods in alternative fuel
        vehicles; and
            (3) include at least one project to enable passengers or
        goods to be transferred directly from one alternative fuel
        vehicle to another in a linked transportation system.
    (c) Funding Limitations.--
            (1) Maximum number of grants.--The Secretary shall not
        provide grants to more than 15 applicants under the pilot
        program.
            (2) Maximum amount.--The Secretary shall not provide more
        than $20,000,000 in Federal assistance under the pilot program
        to any applicant.
            (3) Cost sharing.--
                    (A) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost
                of any project under the pilot program shall not exceed
                50 percent of the eligible costs of the project.
                    (B) Non-federal share.--Funds apportioned to a
                State under section 104(b)(2) of title 23, United
                States Code, for the congestion mitigation and air
                quality improvement program may be used by the State to
                pay for the non-Federal share of the cost of any
                project under the pilot program.
            (4) Maximum period of grants.--No applicant may receive
        Federal assistance under the pilot program for more than 5
        years.
    (d) Allowable Project Costs.--The cost of a project eligible for
Federal assistance under the pilot program may include only the
following:
            (1) The purchase of alternative fuel vehicles, including--
                    (A) passenger vehicles;
                    (B) buses used for public transportation or
                transportation to and from schools;
                    (C) delivery vehicles for goods or services;
                    (D) ground support vehicles at public airports,
                including vehicles to carry baggage or push airplanes
                away from terminal gates; and
                    (E) two-wheel bikes, scooters, or other vehicles
                for use by law enforcement personnel or other State or
                local government employees.
            (2) Infrastructure necessary to directly support a project,
        including fueling and other support equipment.
            (3) Operation and maintenance of vehicles, infrastructure,
        and equipment purchased as part of a project with Federal
        assistance under the pilot program.
    (e) Proposals.--The Secretary shall issue requirements for applying
for grants under the pilot program. At a minimum, the Secretary shall
require that applications be submitted by the head of a State or local
government or a metropolitan transportation authority, or any
combination thereof, and include--
            (1) an estimate of the ridership or degree of use of the
        projects proposed in the application;
            (2) an estimate of the air pollution emissions reduced and
        fossil fuel displaced as a result of the projects and a plan to
        collect and disseminate environmental data over the life of the
        projects;
            (3) a description of other existing modes of transportation
        to which the projects will connect or the degree to which
        proposed modes of transportation will be linked;
            (4) a description of how the projects will be sustainable
        without Federal assistance after the completion of the term of
        the demonstration;
            (5) a complete description of the costs of the project,
        including acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance
        costs over the expected life of the project; and
            (6) a description of which costs will be supported by
        Federal assistance and which by assistance from non-Federal
        partners, including State and local governments and private
        entities.
    (f) Criteria.--In evaluating applications under the pilot program,
the Secretary shall consider each applicant's previous experience
involving alternative fuel vehicles and shall approve the proposals
that--
            (1) are most likely to maximize--
                    (A) protection of the environment, including
                reductions in air pollution emissions and the ability
                of the proposal to help achieve national, State, or
                local air quality goals;
                    (B) enhancement of the local or national public
                transportation system, especially the degree to which
                the proposal connects various modes of transportation;
                    (C) nationwide deployment of innovative
                transportation technology or important new
                configurations of intermodal transportation systems
                that increase the use of alternative fuel vehicles;
                    (D) the amount of goods transported or number of
                riders served; and
                    (E) stimulation of the national or regional
                economy;
            (2) demonstrate the greatest commitment on the part of the
        applicant to fund the proposal and the greatest likelihood that
        each project in the proposal will be maintained and expanded
        after Federal assistance is exhausted; and
            (3) assure a broad geographic distribution of project
        sites.
    (g) Schedule.--
            (1) Publication.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the
        Federal Register, and elsewhere as appropriate, a request for
        proposals to undertake projects under the pilot program.
        Applications for such proposals shall be due within 180 days of
        the publication of the notice.
            (2) Selection.--Not later than 180 days after the date by
        which applications for grants are due, the Secretary shall
        select all proposals to be carried out under the pilot program.

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Not later than 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report
containing--
            (1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the pilot program
        including an assessment of the benefits to the environment
        derived from the projects included in the pilot program as well
        as an estimate of the potential benefits to the environment to
        be derived from widespread application of such intermodal
        transportation activities;
            (2) an identification of other applicants that submitted
        project applications for the pilot program; and
            (3) a description of the mechanisms used by the Secretary
        to ensure that the information and know-how gained by
        participants in the pilot program is transferred among the
        pilot program participants and to other interested parties,
        including other applicants that submitted project applications.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$200,000,000 to carry out this Act.
    (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts appropriated to carry out
this Act shall remain available until expended.

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Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the effectiveness of the pilot program, including an assessment of the benefits to the environment derived from the projects included in the program as well as an estimate of the potential benefits to the environment to be derived from widespread application of such intermodal transportation activities; and (2) the mechanisms used by the Secretary to ensure that the information and knowhow gained by program participants is transferred among them and to other interested parties, including other project applicants.
Authorizes appropriations.