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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Census Oversight Efficiency and
Management Reform Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE
              CENSUS.

    (a) In General.--Section 21 of the title 13, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 21. Director of the Census; Deputy Director of the Census;
              authority and duties
    ``(a) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            ``(1) `Director' means the Director of the Census;
            ``(2) `Deputy Director' means the Deputy Director of the
        Census; and
            ``(3) `function' includes any duty, obligation, power,
        authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or
        program.
    ``(b) Director of the Census.--
            ``(1) Appointment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Bureau shall be headed by a
                Director of the Census, appointed by the President, by
                and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
                    ``(B) Qualifications.--Such appointment shall be
                made from individuals who have a demonstrated ability
                in management and experience in the collection,
                analysis, and use of statistical data.
            ``(2) General authority and duties.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Director shall report
                directly to the Secretary without being required to
                report through any other official of the Department of
                Commerce.
                    ``(B) Duties.--The Director shall perform such
                duties as may be imposed upon the Director by law,
                regulations, or orders of the Secretary.
                    ``(C) Independence of director.--No officer or
                agency of the United States shall have any authority to
                require the Director to submit legislative
                recommendations, or testimony, or comments for review
                prior to the submission of such recommendations,
                testimony, or comments to Congress if such
                recommendations, testimony, or comments to Congress
                include a statement indicating that the views expressed
                therein are those of the Bureau and do not necessarily
                represent the views of the President.
            ``(3) Term of office.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term of office of the
                Director shall be 5 years, and shall begin on January
                1, 2012, and every fifth year thereafter. An individual
                may not serve more than 2 full terms as Director.
                    ``(B) Vacancies.--Any individual appointed to fill
                a vacancy in such position, occurring before the
                expiration of the term for which such individual's
                predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the
                remainder of that term. The Director may serve after
                the end of the Director's term until reappointed or
                until a successor has been appointed, but in no event
                longer than 1 year after the end of such term.
                    ``(C) Removal.--An individual serving as Director
                may be removed from office by the President. The
                President shall communicate in writing the reasons for
                any such removal to both Houses of Congress not later
                than 30 days before the removal.
            ``(4) Functions.--The Director shall be responsible for the
        exercise of all powers and the discharge of all duties of the
        Bureau, and shall have authority and control over all personnel
        and activities thereof.
            ``(5) Organization.--The Director may establish, alter,
        consolidate, or discontinue such organizational units or
        components within the Bureau as the Director considers
        necessary or appropriate, except that this paragraph shall not
        apply with respect to any unit or component provided for by
        law.
            ``(6) Advisory committees.--The Director may establish
        advisory committees to provide advice with respect to any
        function of the Director. Members of any such committee shall
        serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to
        transportation expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence in
        accordance with section 5703 of title 5.
            ``(7) Regulations.--The Director may, in consultation with
        the Secretary, prescribe such rules and regulations as the
        Director considers necessary or appropriate to carry out the
        functions of the Director.
            ``(8) Delegations, etc.--The Director may assign duties,
        and delegate, or authorize successive redelegations of,
        authority to act and to render decisions, to such officers and
        employees of the Bureau as the Director may find necessary.
        Within the limitations of such assignments, delegations, or
        redelegations, all official acts and decisions of such officers
        and employees shall have the same force and effect as though
        performed or rendered by the Director. An assignment,
        delegation, or redelegation under this paragraph may not take
        effect before the date on which notice of such assignment,
        delegation, or redelegation (as the case may be) is published
        in the Federal Register.
            ``(9) Budget requests.--At the time the Director submits a
        budget request to the Secretary for inclusion in the
        President's budget request for a fiscal year submitted under
        section 1105 of title 31, and prior to the submission of the
        Department of Commerce budget to the Office of Management and
        Budget, the Director shall provide that budget information to
        the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House
        of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
        the Senate, as well as the Committees on Appropriations of the
        House of Representatives and the Senate. All other budget
        requests from the Bureau to the Secretary shall be made
        available to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
        Representatives and the Senate.
            ``(10) Other authorities.--
                    ``(A) Personnel.--Subject to sections 23 and 24,
                but notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
                Director, in carrying out the functions of the Director
                or the Bureau, may use the services of officers and
                other personnel in other Federal agencies, including
                personnel of the Armed Forces, with the consent of the
                head of the agency concerned.
                    ``(B) Voluntary services.--Notwithstanding section
                1342 of title 31, or any other provision of law, the
                Director may accept and use voluntary and uncompensated
                services.
    ``(c) Deputy Director.--
            ``(1) In general.--There shall be in the Bureau a Deputy
        Director of the Census, who shall be appointed by and serve at
        the pleasure of the Director. The position of Deputy Director
        shall be a career reserved position within the meaning of
        section 3132(a)(8) of title 5.
            ``(2) Functions.--The Deputy Director shall perform such
        functions as the Director shall designate.
            ``(3) Temporary authority to perform functions of
        director.--The provisions of sections 3345 through 3349d of
        title 5 shall apply with respect to the office of Director. The
        first assistant to the office of Director is the Deputy
        Director for purposes of applying such provisions.''.
    (b) Transition Rules.--
            (1) Appointment of initial director.--The initial Director
        of the Bureau of the Census shall be appointed in accordance
        with the provisions of section 21(b) of title 13, United States
        Code, as amended by subsection (a).
            (2) Interim role of current director of the census after
        date of enactment.--If, as of January 1, 2012, the initial
        Director of the Bureau of the Census has not taken office, the
        officer serving on December 31, 2011, as Director of the Census
        (or Acting Director of the Census, if applicable) in the
        Department of Commerce--
                    (A) shall serve as the Director of the Bureau of
                the Census;
                    (B) shall assume the powers and duties of such
                Director, until the initial Director has taken office;
                and
                    (C) shall report directly to the Secretary of
                Commerce.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The item relating to section 21 in the
table of sections for chapter 1 of title 13, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:

``21. Director of the Census; Deputy Director of the Census; authority
                            and duties.''.
    (d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Not later than January 1,
2011, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of
the Census, shall submit to each House of the Congress draft
legislation containing any technical and conforming amendments to title
13, United States Code, and any other provisions which may be necessary
to carry out the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 3. INTERNET RESPONSE OPTION.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Director of the Census, shall provide a plan to Congress on
how the Bureau of the Census will test, develop, and implement an
Internet response option for the 2020 Census and the American Community
Survey. The plan shall include a description of how and when
feasibility will be tested, the stakeholders to be consulted, when and
what data will be collected, and how data will be protected.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 13, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 17. Annual reports
    ``(a) Not later than the date of the submission of the President's
budget request for a fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, the
Director of the Census shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a comprehensive status report on the next decennial census,
beginning with the 2020 decennial census. Each report shall include the
following information:
            ``(1) A description of the Bureau's performance goals for
        each significant decennial operation, including the performance
        measures for each operation.
            ``(2) An assessment of the risks associated with each
        significant decennial operation, including the
        interrelationships between the operations and a description of
        relevant mitigation plans.
            ``(3) Detailed milestone estimates for each significant
        decennial operation, including estimated testing dates, and
        justification for any changes to milestone estimates.
            ``(4) Updated cost estimates for the life cycle of the
        decennial census, including sensitivity analysis and an
        explanation of significant changes in the assumptions on which
        such cost estimates are based.
            ``(5) A detailed description of all contracts over
        $50,000,000 entered into for each significant decennial
        operation, including--
                    ``(A) any changes made to the contracts from the
                previous fiscal year;
                    ``(B) justification for the changes; and
                    ``(C) actions planned or taken to control growth in
                such contract costs.
    ``(b) For purposes of this section, the term `significant decennial
operation' includes any program or information technology related to--
            ``(1) the development of an accurate address list;
            ``(2) data collection, processing, and dissemination;
            ``(3) recruiting and hiring of temporary employees;
            ``(4) marketing, communications, and partnerships; and
            ``(5) coverage measurement.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 1 of
title 13, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 16 the following new item:

``17. Annual reports.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to budget requests for fiscal years beginning after September 30,
2010.

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Census Oversight Efficiency and Management Reform Act of 2010 - Requires the individual appointed as Director of the Census to have a demonstrated ability in management and experience in the collection, analysis, and use of statistical data.

Provides that: (1) the Director shall report directly to the Secretary of Commerce; and (2) no U.S. officer or agency shall have authority to require the Director to submit legislative recommendations, testimony, or comments for review prior to the submission to Congress if such submission includes a statement indicating that the views expressed are those of the Bureau of the Census and do not necessarily represent the views of the President.

Requires the term of office of the Director to be five years and to begin on January 1, 2012, and every fifth year thereafter. Prohibits an individual from serving more than two full terms as Director. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) vacancies in and removal from office; and (2) the authorities and duties of the Director. Establishes the position of Deputy Director of the Census.

Requires the Director to: (1) provide a plan to Congress on how the Bureau will test, develop, and implement an Internet response option for the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey; and (2) submit to the appropriate congressional committees, by the date of submission of the President's budget request for a fiscal year, a comprehensive status report on the next decennial census.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``North Korea Sanctions Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) North Korean negotiators in the Six-Party diplomatic
        process did not act in good faith by their refusal to agree to
        a transparent verification process for denuclearization
        consistent with ``international standards'', including
        provisions for nuclear sampling, following North Korea's
        removal on October 11, 2008, from the list of state sponsors of
        terrorism maintained by the Department of State.
            (2) International press reports indicate that North Korea
        has continued to provide support to Iran in the areas of
        missile technology and nuclear development and has provided
        Iran's surrogates, Hezbollah and Hamas, with both missile
        technology and training in tunneling techniques with which to
        attack Israel, an ally of the United States.
            (3) International press reports indicate that North Korea
        was engaged for a number of years in assistance to Syria in the
        construction of a nuclear reactor in the Syrian desert which
        was destroyed in a strike by Israeli forces on September 6,
        2007.
            (4) North Korean negotiators continue to refuse to address
        in a humane and sincere manner the issue of the abduction of
        civilians of Japan and the Republic of Korea, both allies of
        the United States, as well as the abductions of citizens from a
        number of other countries, including France, Lebanon, Romania,
        and Thailand.
            (5) Defectors coming out of North Korea have provided
        testimony that United States permanent resident, Reverend Kim
        Dong-shik, the spouse and father of United States citizens, was
        tortured and murdered inside North Korea after his abduction by
        Pyongyang's agents on the Chinese border in January 2000 and
        that his remains are currently being held at a military
        facility inside North Korea.
            (6) Congress authoritatively expressed its view, in section
        202(b)(2) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (Public
        Law 108-333; 22 U.S.C. 24 7832(b)(2)) that ``United States
        nonhumanitarian assistance to North Korea shall be contingent
        on North Korea's substantial progress'' on human rights
        improvements, release of and accounting for abductees, family
        reunification, reform of North Korea's labor camp system, and
        the decriminalization of political expression, none of which
        has occurred.
            (7) Congress further authoritatively expressed its view, in
        section 2 of the North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act
        of 2008 (Public Law 110-346) that ``human rights and
        humanitarian conditions inside North Korea are deplorable'' and
        that ``North Korean refugees remain acutely vulnerable''.
            (8) Congress has determined that any missile test or launch
        conducted by North Korea would be in direct violation of United
        Nations Security Council resolution 1695, adopted on July 16,
        2006, which ``condemns the multiple launches by the DPRK (North
        Korea) of ballistic missiles on July 5, 2006, local time'', and
        United Nations Security Council resolution 1718, adopted on
        October 9, 2006, which ``demands that the DPRK (North Korea)
        not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic
        missile'' and ``decides that the DPRK shall suspend all
        activities related to its ballistic missile programme and in
        this context re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a
        moratorium on missile launching'', and further determines that
        the resulting sanctions imposed under such resolution 1718
        would again come into full effect following a missile test or
        launch.
            (9) Congress has further determined that a return by North
        Korea to the Six-Party diplomatic process following any missile
        test or launch by Pyongyang must include a firm and transparent
        commitment to the complete, verifiable and irreversible
        dismantlement of all of North Korea's nuclear programs,
        including those derived both from plutonium as well as highly
        enriched uranium.
            (10) Japanese press reports have indicated that a
        delegation of approximately fifteen Iranian missile experts
        have arrived in North Korea in March 2009 ``to help Pyongyang
        prepare for a rocket launch'', including senior officials with
        the Iranian rocket and satellite producer Shahid Hemmat
        Industrial Group, and that they brought with them a letter from
        their President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to North Korean leader Kim
        Jong-Il stressing the importance of cooperating on space
        technology.

SEC. 3. LISTING OF NORTH KOREA AS STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided under subsection (b), the
Secretary of State shall designate the Democratic People's Republic of
North Korea as a country that has repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)); section 40 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); and section 620A of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
    (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirement to make the
designation under subsection (a) upon certifying to Congress that the
Government of North Korea--
            (1) has provided a full, complete, and accurate disclosure
        of all aspects of its nuclear program, including its uranium
        enrichment capabilities;
            (2)(A) has not, in the previous 5 years, engaged in the
        illegal transfer of missile or nuclear technology, particularly
        to the governments of Iran, Syria, or any other country, the
        government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for
        purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of
        1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International
        Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of the Arms Export
        Control Act, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of
        1961, or other provision of law, is a government that has
        repeatedly provided support for international acts of
        terrorism; and
            (B) has fully disclosed all proliferation activities in the
        past 10 years, which if occurring today, would violate United
        Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006);
            (3) has not, in the previous 5 years, engaged in training
        in combat operations or tunneling, or harboring, supplying,
        financing, or supporting in any way--
                    (A) Hamas, Hezbollah, the Japanese Red Army, or any
                member of such organizations;
                    (B) any organization designated by the Secretary of
                State as a foreign terrorist organization in accordance
                with section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
                Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); and
                    (C) any person included on the annex to Executive
                Order 13224 (September 21, 2001) and any other person
                identified under section 1 of that Executive Order
                whose property and interests are blocked by that
                section (commonly known as a ``specially designated
                global terrorist'');
            (4) has--
                    (A) released United States citizens Euna Lee and
                Laura Ling, who were working as journalists reporting
                on refugees on the North Korean border of China when
                they were detained by North Korean guards on March 17,
                2009; and
                    (B) returned the last remains of United States
                permanent resident, Reverend Kim Dong-shik, to his
                United States citizen widow, family, and church
                members, so that he may be provided with a proper
                Christian burial in Chicago;
            (5) has released the Japanese nationals recognized as
        abduction victims by the Government of Japan as well as
        abduction victims recognized by the Government of the Republic
        of Korea;
            (6) has released an estimated 600 surviving South Korean
        POWs, and any other surviving POWs from the Korean War, who
        have been held in North Korea against their will and in
        violation of the Armistice Agreement since hostilities ended in
        July 1953;
            (7) has opened the North Korean penal system, including the
        gulag of concentration camps holding an estimated 200,000
        political and religious prisoners, to unrestricted and regular
        visits by representatives of the International Committee of the
        Red Cross;
            (8) has made provision for unrestricted and regular access
        by representatives of the United National High Commissioner for
        Refugees to refugees forcibly repatriated to North Korea to
        determine their general health and welfare; and
            (9) has ceased threatening to commit terrorist acts in its
        public statements and state owned media and has issued public
        assurances that the Government will not sponsor or commit
        terrorism again.

SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA.

    Section 101 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C.
7811) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``sense of
        congress'' and inserting ``statement of policy''; and
            (2) by striking ``It is the sense of Congress'' and
        inserting ``It is the policy of the United States''.

SEC. 5. ROLE OF SPECIAL ENVOY FOR NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS IN
              NEGOTIATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA.

    It is the sense of Congress that the Special Envoy for Human Rights
in North Korea should be present at all negotiating sessions between
the United States Government and the Government of North Korea.

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North Korea Sanctions Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of State to designate the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea as a country that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism for specified purposes under the Export Administration Act of 1979, the Arms Export Control Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Authorizes the President to waive such requirement upon a certification to Congress that North Korea has taken certain actions regarding: (1) nuclear program and proliferation disclosures; (2) the illegal transfer of missile or nuclear technology; (3) support of international terrorist groups; and (4) prisoner release.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea should be present at all negotiating sessions between the governments of the United States and North Korea.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Officer
Appointment Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.

    (a) Appointment and Term of Service.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Architect of the Capitol shall be
        appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House of
        Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the
        Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate.
            (2) Term of service.--The Architect of the Capitol shall be
        appointed for a term of 10 years, and may be reappointed for
        additional terms.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 319 of the Legislative
        Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 1801) is repealed.
            (4) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply with
        respect to appointments made on or after the date of the
        enactment of this Act.
    (b) Limit on Total Annual Amount of Compensation.--
            (1) Limit.--Section 1(1) of Public Law 96-146 (2 U.S.C.
        1802) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) the compensation of the Architect of the Capitol
        shall be at an annual rate which is equal to the higher of the
        annual salary for the Sergeant at Arms of the House of
        Representatives or the annual salary for the Sergeant at Arms
        of the Senate, and the total amount of compensation paid to the
        Architect of the Capitol in any year, including salary and any
        other payments (but excluding the value of any retirement,
        health, or other benefits), may not exceed the annual rate of
        pay for a Member of Congress for the year, and''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
        shall apply with respect to compensation paid for any period
        beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. COMPTROLLER GENERAL.

    (a) Appointment and Term of Service.--
            (1) Appointment.--Section 703(a) of title 31, United States
        Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) The Comptroller General shall be appointed jointly by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the
Senate, and the Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and
Senate.''.
            (2) Term of service.--Section 703(b) of such title is
        amended by striking ``15 years'' and inserting ``10 years''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
        shall apply with respect to appointments made, and to
        individuals first appointed, on or after the date of the
        enactment of this Act.
    (b) Limit on Total Annual Amount of Compensation.--
            (1) Limit.--Section 703(f) of such title is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(f) The annual rate'' and
                inserting ``(f)(1) The annual rate'';
                    (B) by striking ``(1)'' and ``(2)'' and inserting
                ``(A)'' and ``(B)''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new
                paragraph:
            ``(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total
        amount of compensation paid to the Comptroller General in any
        year, including salary and any other payments (but excluding
        the value of any retirement, health, or other benefits), may
        not exceed the annual rate of pay for a Member of Congress for
        the year.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
        shall apply with respect to compensation paid for any period
        beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Equalization of Retirement Annuity.--
            (1) In general.--Section 772 of title 31, United States
        Code, is repealed.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Title 31, United States Code,
        is amended as follows:
                    (A) In section 735(a), by striking ``772, 775(a)
                and (d)'' and inserting ``or 775(b)''.
                    (B) In the second sentence of section 773(a), by
                striking ``or if an election is made'' and all that
                follows and inserting a period.
                    (C) In section 774(b)(2), by striking ``or while
                receiving an annuity under section 772 of this title''.
                    (D) In section 775--
                            (i) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and
                        redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as
                        subsections (a) through (d);
                            (ii) in subsection (a) (as so
                        redesignated)--
                                    (I) by striking ``sections 772 and
                                773'' and inserting ``section 773'',
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``subsection (d)''
                                and inserting ``subsection (b)'';
                            (iii) in subsection (c) (as so
                        redesignated), by striking ``subsection (c) or
                        (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (b)'';
                        and
                            (iv) in subsection (d) (as so
                        redesignated)--
                                    (I) by striking ``sections 772 and
                                773'' and inserting ``section 773'',
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``subsection (d)''
                                and inserting ``subsection (b)''.
                    (E) In section 776(d)(1), by striking ``section
                775(d)'' and inserting ``section 775(b)''.
                    (F) In section 777(b), by striking the first
                sentence.
            (3) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for
        subchapter V of chapter 7 of subtitle I of title 31, United
        States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to
        section 772.

SEC. 4. LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Appointment and Term of Service.--
            (1) Appointment; rules and regulations.--The Librarian of
        Congress shall be appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House
        of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the
        Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate.
        The Librarian shall make rules and regulations for the
        government of the Library of Congress.
            (2) Term of service.--The Librarian of Congress shall be
        appointed for a term of 10 years, and may be reappointed for
        additional terms.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--The first paragraph under the
        heading ``Library of Congress'' in the first section of the Act
        entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the legislative,
        executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for fiscal
        year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
        and for other purposes'', approved February 19, 1897 (29 Stat.
        546; 2 U.S.C. 136), is repealed.
            (4) Effective date.--This subsection and the amendments
        made by this subsection shall apply with respect to
        appointments made on or after the date of the enactment of this
        Act.
    (b) Limit on Total Annual Amount of Compensation.--
            (1) Limit.--Section 904 of the Supplemental Appropriations
        Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 136a-2) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph
                (1);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph
                (2) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new
                paragraph:
            ``(3) the total amount of compensation paid to the
        Librarian of Congress in any year, including salary and any
        other payments (but excluding the value of any retirement,
        health, or other benefits), may not exceed the annual rate of
        pay for a Member of Congress for the year.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
        shall apply with respect to compensation paid for any period
        beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Legislative Branch Officer Appointment Act of 2005 - Establishes a uniform appointment process and term of service for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), the Comptroller General, and the Librarian of Congress. Prohibits the annual compensation paid to such officers from exceeding the annual salary of a Member of Congress.

Reduces the term of service of the Comptroller General from 15 to 10 years.

Repeals federal law regarding the Comptroller General's retirement annuity.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Diabetes Self-Management Training
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in the
        United States. Over 17,000,000 Americans (6.2 percent of the
        population) currently are living with diabetes, a number that
        is estimated to increase to 29,000,000 by the year 2050. In
        2002, diabetes accounted for $132,000,000,000 in direct and
        indirect health care costs. Diabetes is widely recognized as
        one of the top public health threats facing our nation today.
            (2) Diabetes can occur in 2 forms--type 1 diabetes is
        caused by the body's inability to produce insulin, a hormone
        that allows glucose or sugar to enter and fuel cells, and type
        2 diabetes, which occurs when the body fails to make enough
        insulin, or fails to properly use it. People with type 1
        diabetes are required to take daily insulin injections to stay
        alive. While some people with type 2 diabetes need insulin
        shots, others with type 2 diabetes can control their diabetes
        through healthy diet, nutrition, and lifestyle changes. Type 2
        diabetes accounts for up to 95 percent of all diabetes cases
        affecting 8 percent of the population age 20 and older. The
        prevalence of type 2 diabetes has tripled in the last 30 years,
        with much of that increase due to an upsurge in obesity.
            (3) The Diabetes Prevention Program study in 2002 found
        that participants (all of whom were at increased risk of
        developing type 2 diabetes) who made lifestyle changes reduced
        their risk of getting type 2 diabetes by 58 percent.
            (4) Diabetes self-management training (DSMT) also called
        diabetes education, provides knowledge and skill training to
        patients with diabetes, helping them identify barriers,
        facilitate problem solving, and develop coping skills to
        effectively manage their diabetes. Unlike many other diseases,
        diabetes requires constant vigilance on the part of the patient
        and demands far more than just taking pills or insulin shots. A
        certified diabetes educator is a health care professional--
        often a nurse, dietitian, or pharmacist, who specializes in
        helping people with diabetes develop the self-management skills
        needed to stay healthy and avoid costly acute complications and
        emergency care, as well as debilitating secondary conditions
        caused by diabetes.
            (5) There are currently over 13,000 diabetes educators in
        the United States, most of whom are certified diabetes
        educators (CDEs). To earn a CDE designation, a health care
        professional must be licensed or have received a masters degree
        in a relevant public health concentration, have completed 2
        years of professional practice experience in diabetes self-
        management training, and have provided a minimum of 1000 hours
        of diabetes self-management training. Many other health care
        professionals that are able to bill for diabetes education
        through the medicare program have far less experience or
        ability to provide the skilled expertise to help people with
        diabetes self-manage the disease. CDEs are the best trained
        health care professionals to provide DSMT and their experience
        and background is in stark contrast to the 12 hours of
        continuing education that non-physician health care providers
        or suppliers must obtain every 2 years, as required by the
        Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
            (6) CDEs represent the only group of health care
        professionals who provide diabetes self-management training
        that have not been recognized as health care providers and are
        therefore precluded from directly billing the medicare program
        for DSMT. Adding CDEs as providers to that program would give
        diabetes patients access to the care they need.

SEC. 3. RECOGNITION OF CERTIFIED DIABETES EDUCATORS AS MEDICARE
              PROVIDERS FOR PURPOSES OF DIABETES OUTPATIENT SELF-
              MANAGEMENT TRAINING SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(qq) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(qq)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and
                includes a certified diabetes educator (as defined in
                paragraph (3)) who is recognized by the National
                Certification Board of Diabetes Educators and is
                working within a recognized diabetes education
                program'' before the semicolon at the end; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the
                period at the end the following: ``or is a certified
                diabetes educator (as so defined) who is recognized by
                the National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators
                and is working within a recognized diabetes education
                program''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) For purposes of paragraph (2), the term `certified diabetes
educator' means an individual who--
            ``(A) is a health care professional who specializes in
        helping individuals with diabetes develop the self-management
        skills needed to overcome the daily challenges and problems
        caused by the disease;
            ``(B) is a licensed nurse, occupational therapist,
        optometrist, pharmacist, physical therapist, physician
        assistant, podiatrist, a registered dietitian, or has an
        advanced degree in nutrition, social work, clinical psychology,
        exercise physiology, health education or a related public
        health area such as health education, health promotion, health
        and social behavior or health communication;
            ``(C) has at least 2 years of professional practice
        experience in diabetes self-management training;
            ``(D) has provided a minimum of 1000 hours of diabetes
        self-management training to patients within the most recent 5
        years; and
            ``(E) has passed a certification exam approved by the
        National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators.''.
    (b) GAO Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
        shall conduct a study to determine the barriers, if any, that
        exist in rural areas to successfully becoming a recognized
        diabetes education program, including the difficulty of rural
        health care professionals in becoming certified diabetes
        educators (as defined in section 1861(qq)(3) of the Social
        Security Act (as added by subsection (a)(2))), and whether
        individuals with diabetes who live in rural areas have barriers
        to accessing diabetes self-management training.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
        States shall submit a report to Congress regarding the study
        conducted under paragraph (2).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to
diabetes outpatient self-management training services furnished on or
after October 1, 2003.

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Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of certified diabetes educators as Medicare providers for purposes of diabetes outpatient self-management training services.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) the barriers, if any, that exist in rural areas to successfully becoming a recognized diabetes education program, including the difficulty of rural heath care professionals in becoming certified diabetes educators; and (2) whether individuals with diabetes who live in rural areas have barriers to accessing diabetes self-management training.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``America Realizing the Informational
Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2014'' or ``America
RISING Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2012
        the national unemployment rate for individuals ages 25 years
        and older with a bachelor's degree was 4.5 percent and 6.2
        percent for individuals with an associate's degree. For college
        graduates ages 18 to 25 the national unemployment rate in 2012
        was higher at 7.7 percent. Because the typical college
        graduates leaves college owing an average of $29,400 in student
        loan debt, a rate that has increased 6 percent every year since
        2008, the current job market offers exceedingly few
        opportunities for such graduates to obtain employment at a
        salary adequate to service their college loan debt.
            (2) There are more than 26 million small businesses in the
        United States. In the current economic climate, these small
        businesses are experiencing difficulty in finding the resources
        needed to increase sales, modernize operations, and hire new
        employees.
            (3) Recent college graduates need the experience that can
        be obtained only in the workplace to refine their skills and
        develop the entrepreneurial qualities that can lead to the
        creation of new businesses and jobs.
            (4) Existing small businesses, and companies will benefit
        from the information and technology skills possessed by many of
        the Nation's recent college graduates.
            (5) Enabling recent college graduates to obtain employment
        with small businesses benefits the national economy by
        providing such businesses the human capital and technical
        expertise needed to compete and win in the global economy of
        the 21st century.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICA RISING PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of
Education shall, jointly, establish a program under which--
            (1) grants are paid to eligible employers to defray the
        cost of compensation paid by such employers to recent college
        graduates; and
            (2) grants are paid to recent college graduates to enable
        such graduates to defray the cost of undertaking further
        postsecondary courses at an institution of higher education for
        up to 24 months in subjects relating to mathematics, science,
        engineering, or technology.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--
            (1) In general.--A grant under this section may be made on
        such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine.
            (2) Deferral of federal student loan obligations.--Each
        recent college graduate participating in the program under this
        section (by benefitting from a grant awarded under paragraph
        (1), or receiving a grant under paragraph (2), of subsection
        (a)) may defer payment on Federal student loans made to the
        graduate under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
        U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) for the period of the graduate's
        participation in the program.
            (3) Grants to eligible employers.--With respect to a grant
        awarded under subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) an eligible employer--
                            (i) may use the grant to defray the cost of
                        compensation for not more than 2 recent college
                        graduates; and
                            (ii) shall provide a compensation amount to
                        each recent college graduate participating in
                        the program that is equal to or greater than
                        the grant amount received by the employer for
                        the graduate; and
                    (B) the Secretary may not award an eligible
                employer more than $25,000 per recent college graduate.
            (4) Grants to recent college graduates.--With respect to a
        grant awarded under subsection (a)(2) to a recent college
        graduate, the graduate shall be eligible to receive Federal
        student aid under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
        (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) without regard to whether the graduate
        has been or is delinquent on any Federal student loans made to
        the graduate under such title IV (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible employer.--The term ``eligible employer''
        means an employer that--
                    (A) is a small business concern; or
                    (B) is a major corporation that has an operation
                located in--
                            (i) an enterprise zone; or
                            (ii) an area in which, according to the
                        most recent data available, the unemployment
                        rate exceeds the national average unemployment
                        rate by more than two percentage points.
            (2) Enterprise zone.--The term ``enterprise zone'' has the
        meaning given the term ``HUBzone'' in section 3 of the Small
        Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
            (3) Institution of higher education.--Except as provided in
        paragraph (3)(B), the term ``institution of higher education''
        has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
            (4) Major corporation.--The term ``major corporation''
        means an employer that earns an annual revenue of not less than
        $5,000,000 and employs not less than 50 employees.
            (5) Recent college graduate.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``recent college
                graduate'' means an individual who--
                            (i) who has received a baccalaureate or
                        associate degree from an institution of higher
                        education on or after the date that is 24
                        months before the grant benefitting the
                        graduate is awarded under this section; and
                            (ii) who has not previously received any
                        such baccalaureate or associate degree.
                    (B) Institution of higher education.--In
                subparagraph (A), the term ``institution of higher
                education'' has the meaning given such term in section
                102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
                1002).
            (6) Small business concern.--The term ``small business
        concern'' has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the
        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
        carry out this Act $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
        2015, 2016, and 2017.
            (2) Availability.--Funds appropriated under paragraph (1)
        shall remain available until expended.

Output: America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2014 or the America RISING Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to jointly establish a program providing grants to:    eligible employers to defray the cost of compensation they pay to recent graduates from institutions of higher education (IHEs); and   such graduates to enable them to defray the cost of undertaking further postsecondary education at an IHE for up to 24 months in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, or technology.  Defines an "eligible employer" as a small business concern or a major corporation that has an operation located in an enterprise zone or in an area in which the unemployment rate exceeds the national average unemployment rate by more than 2%. Allows college graduates who are participating in the program, either as grantees or beneficiaries of grants to their employers, to defer payment on their federal student loans under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 until their participation in the program ends. Requires graduates who are awarded a program grant to be eligible to receive federal student aid under title IV without regard to whether they have been or are delinquent on title IV loans.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This act may be cited as the ``National Park Service Winter Access
Act''.

SEC. 2. SNOWMOBILES.

    (a) Findings.--(1) Recreational snowmobile use within units of the
National Park System is an established, traditional, and legitimate
means of visitor use and enjoyment of these public lands when conducted
in a manner that does not adversely affect or impair park resources and
values.
    (2) The snowmobile manufacturers and the Environmental Protection
Agency will be working to establish emissions standards for a new
generation of snowmobiles. This new generation of machines will be
cleaner and quieter and should be available to the public within five
years.
    (3) Cleaner, quieter snowmobiles may provide the public with a
greater opportunity to enjoy the National Park System in a manner that
is consistent with park resources and values.
    (b) Interim Park Operations.--(1) As is consistent with the Act
entitled, ``An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other
purposes,'' approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in the
following units of the National Park System where snowmobile use
occurred or was authorized as of January 1, 2000, such use shall
continue restricted to levels of no less than the average wintertime
use and activity over the last three winters. This use can be subject
to other reasonable regulations governing such use existing as of
January 1, 2000, including emergency closure authority:
            Acadia National Park, Maine
            Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
            Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
            Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
            Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
            North Cascades National Park, Washington
            Olympic National Park, Washington
            Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
            Sequoia National Park, California
            Kings Canyon National Park, California
            Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
            Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
            Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
            Zion National Park, Utah
            Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Multi-States
            Saint Croix National Scenic River, Wisconsin, Minnesota
            Pictured Rocks National Seashore, Michigan
            Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah
            Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado, Utah
            Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota
            Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina, Virginia
            John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Parkway, Wyoming
            Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Iowa
            Perry's Victory National Historic Site, Ohio
            Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Montana, Wyoming
            Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado
            Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, New Jersey,
        Pennsylvania
            Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Washington
            Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington
    (2)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), and consistent with other
applicable laws, the Secretary has the authority, if necessary to
address or avert significant environmental impacts in a particular unit
or portion of a unit, to restrict snowmobile use the activity down to a
level that is no less that 50 percent below the three year average
level established under subsection (b)(1). The restrictions shall apply
to the smallest practical portion of the unit adequate to address the
impacts.
    (B) Before restricting use and activity in this manner, the
Secretary shall make a finding of significant environmental impact
based on on-the-ground study in the affected unit or portion of the
unit and sound, peer-reviewed scientific information applicable to that
unit or portion of the unit. Within at least 90 days before finalizing
such restrictions, the Secretary shall notify the Senate Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Resources of
its intent and provide the public with at least 30 days to comment on
the proposal.
    (3) Consistent with other applicable law, the National Park Service
may prohibit recreational snowmobile use within all units of the system
not listed in subsection (b)(1).
    (c) Long-Term Program and Operations.--(1) Within two years after
the enactment of this Act, the Environmental Protection Agency shall
promulgate final national standards governing emissions by snowmobiles.
    (2) The Environmental Protection Agency may engage in negotiated
rulemaking with the snowmobile manufacturers regarding this standard.
    (3) Taking into account noise reductions achieved in conjunction
with the emissions standard described in subsection (c)(1), not later
than five years following the date of enactment of this Act, the
National Park Service, in conjunction with the Society of Automotive
Engineers, shall set noise standards for snowmobile use in the National
Park System.
    (d) Management Plans and Studies.--(1) The National Park Service is
directed to prepare management plans to assure education and
enforcement of regulations governing recreational snowmobile use within
the system.
    (2) The National Park Service shall conduct new comprehensive
studies to assess the impacts of recreational snowmobile use within the
affected units of the system on park resources, visitor use and
enjoyment, and adjacent communities. Among other things, these studies
must include consideration of the EPA snowmobile emission standards,
snowmobiles that are produced in response to those standards, and
technological and other advances occurring or anticipated at that time.
The conclusions derived from such studies shall be the basis for any
proposed revised regulations and management plans to govern use of
recreational snowmobiles within the units listed in subsection (b)(1)
of this section.
    (3) Not later than four years following the date of enactment of
this Act, the National Park Service shall prepare a Report to Congress
concerning the proper use of snowmobiles for recreation in National
Park System units. Among other things, this Report shall consider the
impact of the snowmobiles compliant with the emission standards set in
subsection (c)(1) on wildlife, the environment, and other relevant
factors.
    (4) Not later than five years after the date of enactment of this
Act, and based upon the findings of the Report to Congress described in
subsection (d)(3) and other relevant information, the National Park
Service shall propose revised regulations and management plans to
govern use of recreational snowmobiles within the units listed in
subsection (b)(1) of this Act.
    (5) No management plan or regulation developed in accordance with
subsection (d)(4) shall permit the entry of snowmobiles that do not
meet the emission and noise standards described in subsections (c)(1)
and (c)(3), respectively, into the units of the National Park System
described in section (b)(1) of this Act.
    (e) Savings Clause.--Nothing herein is intended to affect the
provisions of Public Law 96-487, including but not limited to, Section
1110(a).

Output: National Park Service Winter Access Act - Continues the use of snowmobiles in specified National Park System (NPS) units where such activity occurred or was authorized as of January 1, 2000. Restricts the use to levels of no less than the average wintertime use and activity over the last three winters.Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior: (1) under certain conditions, to address or avert significant environmental impacts in a particular unit or portion thereof, to restrict such use down to a level that is no less than 50 percent below the three year average; and (2) to prohibit such use within all NPS units not listed in this Act.Requires: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate final national standards governing emissions by snowmobiles; (2) the National Park Service, in conjunction with the Society of Automotive Engineers, to set noise standards for snowmobile use in the NPS; and (3) the Service to propose revised regulations and management plans to govern such use, based on results of new comprehensive studies.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Peopling of America Museum Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The history of the United States is in large measure
        the history of how the United States was populated.
            (2) The evolution of the American population is broadly
        termed the ``peopling of America'' and is characterized by the
        movement of groups of people across external and internal
        boundaries of the United States as well as by the interactions
        of the groups with each other.
            (3) Each of the groups has made unique, important
        contributions to American history, culture, art, and life.
            (4) The spiritual, intellectual, cultural, political, and
        economic vitality of the United States is a result of the
        pluralism and diversity of the population.
            (5) The Smithsonian Institution operates 16 museums and
        galleries, a zoological park, and 5 major research facilities.
        None of these public entities is a national institution
        dedicated to presenting the history of the peopling of the
        United States, as described in paragraph (2).
            (6) The respective missions of the National Museum of
        American History of the Smithsonian Institution and the Ellis
        Island Immigration Museum of the National Park Service limit
        the ability of those museums to present fully and adequately
        the history of the diverse population and rich cultures of the
        United States.
            (7) The absence of a national facility dedicated solely to
        presenting the history of the peopling of the United States
        restricts the ability of the citizens of the United States to
        fully understand the rich and varied heritage of the United
        States derived from the unique histories of many peoples from
        many lands.
            (8) The establishment of a Peopling of America Museum to
        conduct educational and interpretive programs on the
        multiethnic and multiracial character of the history of the
        United States will assist in inspiring and better informing the
        citizens of the United States concerning the rich and diverse
        cultural heritage of the citizens.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Chairperson.--The term ``Chairperson'' means the
        Chairperson of the Committee.
            (2) Committee.--The term ``Committee'' means the Advisory
        Committee on American Cultural Heritage established under
        section 7(a).
            (3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
        the Museum.
            (4) Museum.--The term ``Museum'' means the National Museum
        for the Peopling of America established under section 4(a).

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE PEOPLING OF
              AMERICA.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established within the Smithsonian
Institution a facility that shall be known as the ``National Museum for
the Peopling of America''.
    (b) Purposes of the Museum.--The purposes of the Museum are--
            (1) to promote knowledge of the life, art, culture, and
        history of the many groups of people who comprise the citizens
        of the United States;
            (2) to illustrate how such groups cooperated, competed, or
        otherwise interacted with each other; and
            (3) to explain how the diverse, individual experiences of
        each group collectively helped forge a unified national
        experience.
    (c) Components of the Museum.--The Museum shall include--
            (1) a location for permanent and temporary exhibits
        depicting the historical process by which the United States was
        populated;
            (2) a center for research and scholarship relating to the
        life, art, culture, and history of the groups of people of the
        United States;
            (3) a repository for the collection, study, and
        preservation of artifacts, artworks, and documents relating to
        the diverse population of the United States;
            (4) a venue for public education programs designed to
        explicate the multicultural past and present of the United
        States;
            (5) a location for the development of a standardized index
        of documents, artifacts, and artworks in collections that are
        held by the Smithsonian Institution, classified in a manner
        consistent with the purposes of the Museum;
            (6) a clearinghouse for information on documents,
        artifacts, and artworks relating to the groups of people of the
        United States that may be available to researchers, scholars,
        or the general public through non-Smithsonian collections, such
        as documents, artifacts, and artworks relating to the groups
        that are held by--
                    (A) other Federal agencies;
                    (B) other museums;
                    (C) universities;
                    (D) individuals; and
                    (E) foreign institutions;
            (7) a folklife center committed to highlighting the
        cultural expressions of various groups of people within the
        United States;
            (8) a center to promote mutual understanding and tolerance
        among the groups of people of the United States through
        exhibits, films, brochures, and other appropriate means;
            (9) an oral history library developed through interviews
        with volunteers, including visitors;
            (10) a location for a visitor center that shall provide
        individually tailored orientation guides for visitors to all
        Smithsonian Institution facilities;
            (11) a location for the training of museum professionals
        and others in the arts, humanities, and sciences with respect
        to museum practices relating to the life, art, history, and
        culture of the various groups of people of the United States;
        and
            (12) a location for developing, testing, demonstrating,
        evaluating, and implementing new museum-related technologies
        that assist in fulfilling the purposes of the Museum, enhance
        the operation of the Museum, and improve the accessibility of
        the Museum.

SEC. 5. LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Location.--The Museum shall be located--
            (1) in a facility of the Smithsonian Institution that is,
        or is not, in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;
        and
            (2) on or near the National Mall located in the District of
        Columbia.
    (b) Construction.--The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution may plan, design, reconstruct, or construct appropriate
facilities to house the Museum.

SEC. 6. DIRECTOR AND STAFF.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Appointments.--The Secretary of the Smithsonian
        Institution shall appoint and fix the compensation and duties
        of--
                    (A) a Director, Assistant Director, Secretary, and
                Chief Curator of the Museum; and
                    (B) any other officers and employees that are
                necessary for the operation of the Museum.
            (2) Qualifications.--Each individual appointed under
        paragraph (1) shall be an individual who is qualified through
        experience and training to perform the duties of the office to
        which that individual is appointed.
    (b) Applicability of Certain Civil Service Laws.--The Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution may--
            (1) appoint the Director and 5 employees under subsection
        (a), without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States
        Code, governing appointments in the competitive service; and
            (2) fix the pay of the Director and the 5 employees,
        without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter
        III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification of
        positions and General Schedule pay rates.

SEC. 7. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE.

    (a) Establishment of Advisory Committee.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established an advisory
        committee to be known as the ``Advisory Committee on American
        Cultural Heritage''.
            (2) Membership.--
                    (A) Composition.--The Committee shall be composed
                of 15 members, who shall--
                            (i) be appointed by the Secretary of the
                        Smithsonian Institution;
                            (ii) have expertise in immigration history,
                        ethnic studies, museum science, or any other
                        academic or professional field that involves
                        matters relating to the cultural heritage of
                        the citizens of the United States; and
                            (iii) reflect the diversity of the citizens
                        of the United States.
                    (B) Initial appointments.--The initial appointments
                of the members of the Committee shall be made not later
                than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (3) Period of appointment; vacancies.--Members shall be
        appointed for the life of the Committee. Any vacancy in the
        Committee shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in
        the same manner as the original appointment.
            (4)  Initial meeting.--Not later than 30 days after the
        date on which all members of the Committee have been appointed,
        the Committee shall hold its first meeting.
            (5)  Meetings.--The Committee shall meet at the call of the
        Chairperson, but shall meet not less frequently than 2 times
        each fiscal year.
            (6)  Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Committee
        shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may
        hold hearings.
            (7) Chairperson and vice chairperson.--The Committee shall
        select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among its
        members.
    (b) Duties of the Committee.--The Committee shall advise the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the Director concerning
policies and programs affecting the Museum.
    (c) Committee Personnel Matters.--
            (1) Compensation of members.--
                    (A) Non-federal members.--Each member of the
                Committee who is not an officer or employee of the
                Federal Government shall be compensated at a rate equal
                to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay
                prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under
                section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each
                day (including travel time) during which such member is
                engaged in the performance of the duties of the
                Committee.
                    (B) Federal members.--Members of the Committee who
                are officers or employees of the United States shall
                serve without compensation in addition to that received
                for their services as officers or employees of the
                United States.
            (2) Travel expenses.--The members of the Committee shall be
        allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
        subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies
        under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States
        Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business
        in the performance of services for the Committee.
            (3) Staff.--
                    (A) In general.--The Chairperson may, without
                regard to the civil service laws and regulations,
                appoint and terminate an executive director and such
                other additional personnel as may be necessary to
                enable the Committee to perform its duties. The
                employment of an executive director shall be subject to
                confirmation by the Committee.
                    (B) Compensation.--The Chairperson may fix the
                compensation of the executive director and other
                personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter
                51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United
                States Code, relating to classification of positions
                and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of
                pay for the executive director and other personnel may
                not exceed the rate payable for level V of the
                Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
            (4) Detail of government employees.--Any Federal Government
        employee may be detailed to the Committee without
        reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or
        loss of civil service status or privilege.
            (5) Procurement of temporary and intermittent services.--
        The Chairperson may procure temporary and intermittent services
        under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates
        for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the
        annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the
        Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.

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Peopling of America Museum Act - Establishes the National Museum for the Peopling of America within the Smithsonian Institution, to be located in new or existing Smithsonian Institution facilities on or near the National Mall in the District of Columbia.
Establishes an Advisory Committee on American Cultural Heritage to advise the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who shall appoint its members, and the Museum Director on Museum policies and programs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Mickey Leland
Childhood Hunger Relief Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. References to Act.
               TITLE I--ENSURING ADEQUATE FOOD ASSISTANCE

Sec. 101. Families with high shelter expenses.
Sec. 102. Basic benefit level.
Sec. 103. Continuing benefits to eligible households.
Sec. 104. Homeless families in transitional housing.
Sec. 105. Improving the nutritional status of children in Puerto Rico.
Sec. 106. Households benefiting from general assistance vendor
                            payments.
Sec. 107. Helping low-income high school students.
                  TITLE II--PROMOTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Sec. 201. Child support disregard.
Sec. 202. Child support payments to non-household members.
Sec. 203. Vehicles needed to seek and continue employment and for
                            household transportation.
Sec. 204. Vehicles necessary to carry fuel or water.
Sec. 205. Improving access to employment and training activities.
        TITLE III--SIMPLIFYING THE PROVISION OF FOOD ASSISTANCE

Sec. 301. Simplifying the household definition for households with
                            children and others.
Sec. 302. Resources of households with disabled members.
Sec. 303. Assuring adequate funding for the food stamp program.
           TITLE IV--COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION TO NEEDY FAMILIES

Sec. 401. Commodity purchases.
              TITLE V--IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVE DATES

Sec. 501. Effective dates.
Sec. 502. Budget neutrality requirement.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACTS.

    Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, references to
``the Act'' and sections thereof shall be deemed to be references to
the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and the sections
thereof.

               TITLE I--ENSURING ADEQUATE FOOD ASSISTANCE

SEC. 101. FAMILIES WITH HIGH SHELTER EXPENSES.

    (a) Removal of Cap.--(1) The fourth sentence of section 5(e) of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') (7
U.S.C. 2014(e)) is amended by striking ``: Provided, That the amount''
and all that follows through ``June 30''.
    (2) The fifth sentence of section 5(e) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
2014(e)) is amended by striking ``under clause (2) of the preceding
sentence''.
    (b) Transitional Cap.--(1) Effective on the date of enactment of
this Act, section 5(e) of the Act is amended by inserting after the
fourth sentence the following: ``In the 12-month period ending
September 30, 1994, such excess shelter expense deduction shall not
exceed $230 a month in the forty-eight contiguous States and the
District of Columbia, and shall not exceed, in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam,
and the Virgin Islands of the United States, $400, $328, $279, and $170
a month, respectively; in the 12-month period ending September 30,
1995, shall not exceed $260 a month in the forty-eight contiguous
States and the District of Columbia, and shall not exceed, in Alaska,
Hawaii, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, $452, $371,
$315, and $192 a month, respectively; in the 12-month period ending
September 30, 1996, shall not exceed $300 a month in the forty-eight
contiguous States and the District of Columbia, and shall not exceed,
in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States,
$521, $420, $364, and $221 a month, respectively; and in the 12-month
period ending September 30, 1997, shall not exceed $360 a month in the
forty-eight contiguous States and the District of Columbia, and shall
not exceed, in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the
United States, $626, $514, $437, and $266 a month, respectively.''.
    (2) Effective October 1, 1997, section 5(e) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
2014(e)) is amended by striking the fifth sentence.

SEC. 102. BASIC BENEFIT LEVEL.

    Section 3(o) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)) is amended by striking
``(4) through'' and all that follows through the end of the subsection,
and inserting the following: ``(4) on October 1, 1993, adjust the cost
of such diet to reflect 103\1/3\ percent of the cost of thrifty food
plan in the preceding June (without regard to adjustments made under
clauses (9), (10), and (11) of this subsection as in effect before the
date of the enactment of the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief
Act), as determined by the Secretary, and round the result to the
nearest lower dollar increment for each household size, (5) on October
1, 1994, adjust the cost of such diet to reflect 103\2/3\ percent of
the cost of the thrifty food plan in the preceding June (without regard
to adjustments made under such clauses (9), (10), and (11) and under
clause (4)), as determined by the Secretary, and round the result to
the nearest lower dollar increment for each household size, (6) on
October 1, 1995, adjust the cost of such diet to reflect 104 percent of
the cost of the thrifty food plan in the preceding June (without regard
to adjustments made under such clauses (9), (10), and (11) and under
clauses (4) and (5)), as determined by the Secretary, and round the
result to the lowest dollar increment for each household size, (7) on
October 1, 1996, adjust the cost of such diet to reflect 104\1/3\
percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan in the preceding June
(without regard to adjustments made under such clauses (9), (10), and
(11) and under clauses (4), (5), and (6)), as determined by the
Secretary, and round the result to the nearest lower dollar increment
for each household size, (8) on October 1, 1997, adjust the cost of
such diet to reflect 104\2/3\ percent of the cost of the thrifty food
plan in the preceding June (without regard to adjustments made under
such clauses (9), (10), and (11) and under clauses (4), (5), (6), and
(7)), as determined by the Secretary, and round the result to the
nearest lower dollar increment for each household size, and (9) on
October 1, 1998, and on every October 1 thereafter, adjust the cost of
such diet to reflect 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan
in the preceding June (without regard to previous adjustments made
under such clauses (9), (10), and (11), under clauses (4), (5), (6),
(7), and (8), and under this clause), as determined by the Secretary,
and round the result to the nearest lower dollar increment for each
household size.''.

SEC. 103. CONTINUING BENEFITS TO ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.

    Section 8(c)(2)(B) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2017(c)(2)(B)) is amended
by inserting ``of more than one month in'' after ``following any
period''.

SEC. 104. HOMELESS FAMILIES IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

    Section 5(k)(2)(F) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(k)(2)(F)) is amended
to read as follows:
            ``(F) housing assistance payments made to a third party on
        behalf of a household residing in transitional housing for the
        homeless;''.

SEC. 105. IMPROVING THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN IN PUERTO RICO.

    Section 19(a)(1)(A) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(1)(A)) is amended:
            (1) by striking ``$1,091,000,000'' and inserting
        ``$1,111,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$1,133,000,000'' and inserting
        ``$1,158,000,000''.

SEC. 106. HOUSEHOLDS BENEFITING FROM GENERAL ASSISTANCE VENDOR
              PAYMENTS.

    Section 5(k)(1)(B) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(k)(1)(B)) is amended
to read as follows:
            ``(B) a benefit payable to the household for housing
        expenses, not including energy or utility-cost assistance,
        under--
                    ``(i) a State or local general assistance program;
                or
                    ``(ii) another basic assistance program comparable
                to general assistance (as determined by the
                Secretary).''.

SEC. 107. HELPING LOW-INCOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

    Section 5(d)(7) is amended by striking ``, who is a student, and
who has not attained his eighteenth birthday'' and inserting ``and who
is an elementary or secondary student''.

                  TITLE II--PROMOTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY

SEC. 201. CHILD SUPPORT DISREGARD.

    Section 5 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
            (1) in clause (13) of subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``at the option'' and all that
                follows through ``subsection (m),'' and inserting
                ``(A)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following: ``and (B)
                the first $50 of any child support payments for each
                month received in that month, and the first $50 of
                child support of each month received in that month if
                such payments were made by the absent parent in the
                month when due,''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (m).

SEC. 202. CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO NON-HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.

    Section 5(d)(6) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(d)(6)) is amended by
striking the comma at the end and inserting the following: ``:
Provided, That child support payments made by a household member to or
for a person who is not a member of the household shall be excluded
from the income of the household of the person making such payments if
such household member was legally obligated to make such payments,''.

SEC. 203. VEHICLES NEEDED TO SEEK AND CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT AND FOR
              HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORTATION.

    Section 5(g)(2) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(2)) is amended by
striking $4,500'' and inserting the following: ``a level set by the
Secretary, which shall be $4,500 through September 30, 1993, and which
shall be adjusted from $4,500 on October 1, 1993, and on each October 1
thereafter, to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for new
cars, for the 12-month period ending the preceding June 30, and rounded
to the nearest $50''.

SEC. 204. VEHICLES NECESSARY TO CARRY FUEL OR WATER.

    Section 5(g)(2) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(2)) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary shall exclude from
financial resources the value of a vehicle that a household depends
upon to carry fuel for heating or water for home use when such
transported fuel or water is the primary source of fuel or water for
the household.''.

SEC. 205. IMPROVING ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Dependent Care Deduction.--Section 5(e) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
2014(e)) is amended in clause (1) of the fourth sentence--
            (1) by striking ``$160 a month for each dependent'' and
        inserting ``$200 a month for a dependent child under age 2 and
        $175 a month for any other dependent''; and
            (2) by striking ``, regardless of the dependent's age,''.
    (b) Reimbursements to Participants.--(1) Section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(I)
of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)(I)(i)(I)) is amended by striking
``$25'' and inserting ``$75''.
    (2) Subclause (II) of section 6(d)(4)(I)(i) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
2015(d)(4)(I)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ``reimbursements exceed
$160'' and all that follows through the end of such subclause, and
inserting ``reimbursements exceed the applicable local market rate as
determined by procedures consistent with any such determination under
the Social Security Act. Individuals subject to the program under this
paragraph may not be required to participate if dependent care costs
exceed the limit established by the State agency under this paragraph
(which limit shall not be less than the limit for the dependent care
deduction under section 5(e)).''.
    (c) Reimbursements to State Agencies.--Section 16(h)(3) of the Act
(7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$25'' and all that follows through
        ``dependent care costs)'' and inserting ``the payment made
        under section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(I) but not more than $75 per
        participant per month''; and
            (2) by striking ``representing $160 per month per
        dependent'' and inserting ``equal to the payment made under
        section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II) but not more than the applicable
        local market rate''.

        TITLE III--SIMPLIFYING THE PROVISION OF FOOD ASSISTANCE

SEC. 301. SIMPLIFYING THE HOUSEHOLD DEFINITION FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH
              CHILDREN AND OTHERS.

    The first sentence of section 3(i) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2012(i)) is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(2)'' and inserting ``or (2)'';
            (2) by striking ``, or (3) a parent of minor children and
        that parent's children'' and all that follows through ``parents
        and children, or siblings,'' and inserting ``. Parents and
        their minor children who live together and spouses''; and
            (3) by striking ``, unless one of'' and all that follows
        through ``disabled member''.

SEC. 302. RESOURCES OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH DISABLED MEMBERS.

    Section 5(g)(1) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(1)) is amended by
striking ``a member who is 60 years of age or older,'' and inserting
``an elderly or disabled member,''.

SEC. 303. ASSURING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.

    Section 18 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2027) is amended by striking
subsections (b), (c), and (d) and redesignating subsections (e) and (f)
as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.

          TITLE IV--COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION TO NEEDY FAMILIES.

SEC. 401--COMMODITY PURCHASES.

    Section 214(e) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7
U.S.C. 612c note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$175,000,000'' and all that follows
        through ``1992, and'';
            (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following:
``During fiscal year 1994, the Secretary shall spend $220,000,000 to
purchase, process, and distribute additional commodities under this
section.''; and
            (3) in the last sentence by striking ``1991 through'' and
        inserting ``1993 and''.

              TITLE V--IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVE DATES

SEC. 501. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) General Effective Date.--Except as otherwise provided in this
Act, the provisions of this Act shall become effective and be
implemented on October 1, 1993.
    (b) Special Effective Date.--Sections 103, 106, 201, 202, 204, 205,
301, and 302 of this Act shall become effective and be implemented on
July 1, 1994.

SEC. 502. BUDGET NEUTRALITY REQUIREMENT.

    None of the provisions of this Act shall become effective unless
the costs are fully offset in each fiscal year through fiscal year
1998. No agriculture price or income support program administered
through the Commodity Credit Corporation under the Agricultural Act of
1949 may be reduced to achieve such offset.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
    Title I:  Ensuring Adequate Food Assistance
    Title II:  Promoting Self-Sufficiency
    Title III:  Simplifying the Provision of Food Assistance
    Title IV:  Commodity Distribution to Needy Families
    Title V:  Implementation and Effective Dates
Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act -
Title I:  Ensuring Adequate Food Assistance
 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to remove the excess shelter deduction cap for purposes of food stamp program (program) eligibility.
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan.
Eliminates food stamp reductions for certain reapplying households.
Excludes third party payments for transitional housing for the homeless from consideration as program income.
Increases funding for the nutrition assistance program in Puerto Rico.
Excludes general assistance vendor payments from consideration as program income.
Excludes the income of high school students from consideration as program income.
Title II:  Promoting Self-Sufficiency
 - Excludes from consideration as program income:  (1) the first $50 a month received as child support; and (2) child support payments to non-household members.
Increases annually the fair market value limit of vehicles that program recipients may own.
Excludes from financial resources the value of a vehicle a household depends upon to carry heating fuel or water for home use when transported fuel or water is the household's primary source of such item.
Increases dependent care deductions and participant and State agency reimbursements in connection with employment and training activities.
Title III:  Simplifying the Provision of Food Assistance
 - Permits related adults living in the same household to apply for separate program benefits under specified conditions.
Permits a participating family made up of, or including, an elderly or disabled member to own $3,000 in allowable financial resources.
Repeals provisions authorizing benefit reductions due to insufficient funding.
Title IV:  Commodity Distribution to Needy Families
 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 with respect to the Secretary of Agriculture's spending authority for the temporary emergency food assistance program.
Title V:  Implementation and Effective Dates
 - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.