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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Tracts Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY REGARDING SMALL PARCELS OF
              NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND AND PUBLIC LANDS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Adjacent landholder.--The term ``adjacent landholder''
        means any holder of non-Federal land (including a holder that
        is a State, county, or local government or any agency thereof,
        or an Indian tribe) that shares one or more boundaries with an
        eligible Federal lands parcel and who makes a request to
        purchase an eligible Federal lands parcel.
            (2) Director concerned.--The term ``Director concerned''
        means the Director of the Bureau of Land Management for a
        State.
            (3) Eligible federal lands parcel.--The term ``eligible
        Federal lands parcel'' means a parcel of National Forest System
        land or the public lands that--
                    (A) shares one or more boundaries with non-Federal
                land;
                    (B) is located within the boundaries of an
                incorporated or unincorporated area with a population
                of at least 500 residents;
                    (C) is not subject to existing rights held by a
                non-Federal entity;
                    (D) does not contain an exceptional resource; and
                    (E) is not habitat for an endangered species or a
                threatened species determined under section 4 of the
                Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533).
            (4) Exceptional resource.--The term ``exceptional
        resource'' means a resource of scientific, historic, cultural,
        or recreational value on a parcel of public lands that the
        Director concerned or Regional Forester concerned determines,
        on the record and after an opportunity for a hearing--
                    (A) is documented by a Federal, State, or local
                governmental authority; and
                    (B) requires extraordinary conservation and
                protection to maintain the resource for the benefit of
                the public.
            (5) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the
        meaning given that term in section 102 of the Federally
        Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a).
            (6) National forest system land.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``National Forest System
                land'' means land within the National Forest System, as
                defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland
                Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C.
                1609(a)), including the National Grasslands and land
                utilization projects designated as National Grasslands
                administered pursuant to the Act of July 22, 1937 (7
                U.S.C. 1010-1012).
                    (B) Exclusions.--The term does not include any land
                managed by the Forest Service that is included in a
                national monument, an area of critical environmental
                concern, a national conservation area, a national
                riparian conservation area, a national recreation area,
                a national scenic area, a research natural area, a
                national outstanding natural area, a national natural
                landmark, a wilderness area, a wilderness study area,
                the national wild and scenic rivers system, the
                national system of trails, or land held in trust by the
                United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe.
            (7) Public lands.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``public lands'' has the
                meaning given that term in section 103(e) of the
                Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
                U.S.C. 1702(e)).
                    (B) Exclusions.--The term does not include any land
                managed by the Bureau of Land Management that is
                included in a national monument, an area of critical
                environmental concern, a national conservation area, a
                national riparian conservation area, a national
                recreation area, a national scenic area, a research
                natural area, a national outstanding natural area, a
                national natural landmark, a wilderness area, a
                wilderness study area, the national wild and scenic
                rivers system, the national system of trails, or land
                held in trust by the United States for the benefit of
                any Indian tribe.
            (8) Regional forester concerned.--The term ``Regional
        Forester concerned'' means the Regional Forester with
        jurisdiction over the National Forest System land of a specific
        Forest Service Region.
    (b) Selection of Parcels for Conveyance.--
            (1) Two selection methods.--The Director concerned or the
        Regional Forester concerned shall select an eligible Federal
        lands parcel for conveyance under this section--
                    (A) in response to a request submitted by an
                adjacent landholder; or
                    (B) upon the recommendation of the District Office
                of the Bureau of Land Management or unit of the
                National Forest System exercising administration over
                the parcel.
            (2) Adjacent landholder request.--
                    (A) Process required.--The Secretary of Agriculture
                and the Secretary of the Interior each shall create a
                process by which an adjacent landholder may request to
                purchase an eligible Federal lands parcel.
                    (B) Guidelines.--To the maximum extent practicable,
                the process shall be consistent with other public
                purchase request processes used by the Forest Service
                and the Bureau of Land Management to convey Federal
                land under their respective statutory and regulatory
                authority.
                    (C) Public accessibility.--The process shall be
                open to the public and available on the Internet.
                    (D) Deadline.--The process shall be available to
                the public within 90 days of the date of the enactment
                of this Act.
            (3) Review of adjacent landholder request.--When an
        adjacent landholder submits a request under paragraph (1)(A)
        for conveyance of a parcel of National Forest System land or
        public lands, the Director concerned or the Regional Forester
        concerned shall review the parcel and determine, within 30 days
        after receipt of the request, whether the parcel satisfies the
        definition of eligible Federal lands parcel for conveyance.
            (4) Rejection of adjacent landholder request.--If the
        Director concerned or the Regional Forester concerned
        determines under paragraph (2) that all or a portion of the
        parcel of National Forest System land or public lands covered
        by an adjacent landholder request under paragraph (1)(A) fails
        to satisfy the definition of eligible Federal lands parcel, the
        Director concerned or the Regional Forester concerned shall
        give the landowner--
                    (A) a written explanation of the reasons for the
                rejection, which specifies--
                            (i) which of the elements of the definition
                        of eligible Federal lands parcel the parcel
                        fails to satisfy and how and why the parcel
                        fails to satisfy that element;
                            (ii) how the continued administration of
                        the parcel by the Bureau of Land Management or
                        the Forest Service would impact the parcel and
                        surrounding economy; and
                            (iii) why the Federal Government needs to
                        maintain ownership of the parcel and would be
                        the best land ownership steward of the parcel;
                        and
                    (B) an opportunity to appeal the rejection under
                subsection (e).
    (c) Parcel and Acreage Limitations.--
            (1) Acreage.--An eligible Federal lands parcel conveyed
        under this section may not exceed 160 acres unless a request
        for additional acreage is approved by the Director concerned or
        the Regional Forester concerned.
            (2) Number of parcels.--An adjacent landholder may only
        acquire one eligible Federal lands parcel under this section
        per year, except that, if the parcel is less than 160 acres in
        size, the adjacent landholder may acquire additional eligible
        Federal lands parcels during that year so long as the total
        acreage acquired does not exceed 160 acres unless a request for
        additional acreage is approved by the Director concerned or the
        Regional Forester concerned.
    (d) Conveyance Process.--
            (1) Public notice.--The Director concerned or the Regional
        Forester concerned shall provide public notice of the
        availability of an eligible Federal lands parcel, even in cases
        in which the parcel shares a boundary with only a single parcel
        of non-Federal land or with multiple parcels owned by the same
        adjacent landholder. The notice shall state that the parcel
        satisfies the definition of eligible Federal lands parcel for
        conveyance.
            (2) Single adjacent landholder.--If the eligible Federal
        lands parcel shares a boundary with only a single parcel of
        non-Federal land or with multiple parcels owned by the same
        adjacent landholder, the Director concerned or the Regional
        Forester concerned shall carry out a negotiated sale of the
        eligible Federal lands parcel with the adjacent landholder.
            (3) Multiple adjacent landholders.--If multiple parcels of
        non-Federal land, owned by different adjacent landholders,
        share a boundary with an eligible public lands parcel, the sale
        of the eligible public lands parcel under this section shall be
        conducted using competitive bidding procedures established
        under section 203(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management
        Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713(f)).
            (4) Rejection of offers.--The Director concerned or the
        Regional Forester concerned may reject any offer made under
        this subsection that does not offer the minimum consideration
        required by subsection (f). The adjacent landholder shall be
        given an opportunity to appeal the rejection under subsection
        (e).
            (5) Compliance with local planning and zoning.--As a
        condition of the conveyance of an eligible public lands parcel
        under this section, the Director concerned or the Regional
        Forester concerned shall require the purchaser of the parcel to
        agree to comply with all local land use ordinances and any
        master zoning plan applicable to the parcel or the adjacent
        non-Federal land of the purchaser.
            (6) Form of conveyance.--When an eligible Federal lands
        parcel is to be sold under this section, the Director concerned
        or the Regional Forester concerned shall convey, by quitclaim
        deed, all right, title, and interest, including the mineral
        estate, of the United States in and to the parcel.
    (e) Appeals Process.--
            (1) Availability of appeal.--If the Director concerned or
        the Regional Forester concerned rejects an adjacent landholder
        request under subsection (b)(1)(A) for selection of a parcel of
        National Forest System land or public lands for conveyance
        under this section or rejects an adjacent landholder offer for
        purchase of an eligible Federal lands parcel under subsection
        (d), the Director concerned or the Regional Forester concerned
        shall provide an appeals process for reconsideration of the
        rejection using the expedited Forest Service appeals process
        formerly available under section 322(d) of Public Law 102-381
        (106 Stat. 1419; 16 U.S.C. 1612 note), before its repeal by
        section 8006(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law
        113-79; 128 Stat. 913).
            (2) Administering official.--For purposes of applying the
        expedited appeals process required by paragraph (1), references
        to the Chief of the Forest Service or the Secretary of
        Agriculture shall be deemed to mean the Director concerned or
        the Regional Forester concerned.
    (f) Consideration.--
            (1) Fair market value.--As consideration for the sale of an
        eligible Federal lands parcel under this section, the Director
        concerned or the Regional Forester concerned shall require a
        cash payment in an amount that is equal to not less than the
        fair market value of the parcel, including the mineral estate,
        being conveyed by the Director concerned or the Regional
        Forester concerned.
            (2) Establishment.--The fair market value of an eligible
        Federal lands parcel shall be established by an appraisal
        submitted by the adjacent landholder seeking to purchase the
        parcel, unless the Director concerned or the Regional Forester
        concerned rejects such appraisal within 45 days after
        submission. In the case of the rejection of the appraisal, the
        Director concerned or the Regional Forester concerned shall
        cause another appraisal to be conducted, within 30 days, in
        accordance with the regulations regarding appraisals issued
        under section 206(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management
        Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(f)).
    (g) Treatment of Proceeds.--
            (1) Establishment of fund.--The Secretary of the Treasury
        shall establish in the Treasury of the United States a special
        fund to provide for the collection and distribution of funds
        under this subsection.
            (2) Collection.--Funds collected from the conveyance of an
        eligible Federal lands parcel under this section shall be
        deposited into the Treasury fund created under paragraph (1).
            (3) Distribution.--Funds collected under this subsection
        shall be distributed annually to those States in which the
        Federal Government owns more than 33 percent of the land area
        of that State according to the calculation provided in
        paragraph (4).
            (4) Calculation of distribution.--From amounts collected
        and deposited under this section--
                    (A) 50 percent of the amount collected from a
                conveyance shall be distributed to the State in which
                the conveyance took place; and
                    (B) the remaining 50 percent shall be distributed
                equally between the remaining States identified under
                paragraph (3).
            (5) Limitation of use.--As a condition of receipt of funds
        under this subsection, a State receiving such funds shall agree
        to use the funds only for the following purposes:
                    (A) Purchase.--To purchase additional eligible
                Federal lands parcels, that are consistent with land
                use management under the Federal Land Policy and
                Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701).
                    (B) Compliance.--To comply with a Federal
                requirement under--
                            (i) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
                        U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);
                            (ii) the Federal Water Pollution Control
                        Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); or
                            (iii) the National Environmental Policy Act
                        of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
    (h) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--
            (1) Payment of costs required.--The Director concerned or
        the Regional Forester concerned shall require the purchaser to
        cover the costs to be incurred, or to reimburse the Director
        concerned or the Regional Forester concerned for costs
        incurred, to carry out the conveyance, including survey and
        appraisal costs, costs for environmental documentation, and any
        other administrative costs related to the conveyance.
            (2) Refund of excess.--If amounts are collected from the
        purchaser in advance of the Director concerned or the Regional
        Forester concerned incurring the actual costs, and the amount
        collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Director
        concerned or the Regional Forester concerned to carry out the
        conveyance, the Director concerned or the Regional Forester
        concerned shall refund the excess amount to the purchaser.
            (3) Treatment of amounts received.--Amounts received as
        reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the fund
        or account that was used to cover those costs in carrying out
        the conveyance. Amounts so credited shall be merged with
        amounts in such fund or account, and shall be available for the
        same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and
        limitations, as amounts in such fund or account.
    (i) Time for Conveyance.--It is the intent of the Congress that the
conveyance of an eligible Federal lands parcel under this section, from
selection of the parcel for conveyance through completion of the sale,
should take no more than 18 months.
    (j) Categorical Exclusion.--Because the scope of a conveyance is
limited and excluded from any exceptional resource, a conveyance of an
eligible Federal lands parcel under this section is categorically
excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or
an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
    (k) Additional Authority.--The conveyance authority provided by
this section is in addition to the sale authority provided by section
203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1713) or any other provision of law.

Output: Small Tracts Conveyance Act  This bill requires the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a state (respecting certain public lands) or the Regional Forester with jurisdiction over the National Forest System (NFS) land of a specific Forest Service Region (respecting certain NFS lands) to select an eligible federal lands parcel for conveyance: (1) in response to a request by an adjacent landholder (any holder of non-federal land that shares one or more boundaries with such a parcel and who requests to purchase such a parcel), or (2) upon the recommendation of the BLM District Office or NFS unit that exercises administration over such parcel.   The Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior shall each create a process by which an adjacent landholder may request to purchase an eligible parcel.   A conveyed eligible parcel may not exceed 160 acres unless the BLM or the Forest Service approves a request for additional acreage. An adjacent landholder may only acquire one eligible parcel a year, subject to an exception.   The BLM or the Forest Service, as consideration for the sale of an eligible parcel, shall require a cash payment that is equal to at least the fair market value of such parcel, including the mineral estate, being conveyed.   The purchaser of an eligible federal lands parcel under this bill shall cover the costs to be incurred, or to reimburse the BLM or the Forest Service for the costs incurred, in carrying out the conveyance.   A conveyance of an eligible federal lands parcel under this bill is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nanomanufacturing Investment Act of
2004''.

SEC. 2. NANOMANUFACTURING INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.

    (a) Establishment.--If $250,000,000 is made available for such
purposes from the private sector within 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish the
Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership, in partnership with such
private sector investors.
    (b) Purpose.--The Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership shall
provide funding for precommercial nanomanufacturing research and
development projects, but not for basic research projects, through
funding mechanisms described in subsection (c) in a manner so as to
advance the commercialization of nanomanufacturing technologies to
address critical scientific and engineering needs of national
importance, especially with respect to projects that would not be
adequately funded or pursued by the private sector or pursuant to the
21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act or other law,
and to increase the commercial application of federally supported
research results. To the extent that a sufficient number of viable
applications have been submitted, at least 85 percent of the funding
provided by the Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership under this
section shall be provided to startup companies.
    (c) Funding Mechanisms.--The Nanomanufacturing Investment
Partnership may provide funding through direct investment in
nanomanufacturing firms, contracts, loans or loan guarantees, unsecured
subordinated debt, or any other mechanism designed to advance
nanomanufacturing technologies.
    (d) Return on Investment.--
            (1) Requirement.--Each transaction through which the
        Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership provides funding under
        subsection (c) shall provide for the return to the
        Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership of fair and reasonable
        amounts resulting from the commercialization of technologies
        developed with the funding provided by the Nanomanufacturing
        Investment Partnership.
            (2) Distribution.--Amounts received by the
        Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership pursuant to paragraph
        (1) shall be distributed as follows:
                    (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), amounts
                shall be distributed to all investors in the
                Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership, including the
                Federal Government, in proportion to their monetary
                contribution to the Nanomanufacturing Investment
                Partnership.
                    (B) After the total monetary investment of the
                Federal Government has been recovered under
                subparagraph (A), the Federal share of distributions
                under this paragraph shall be reduced to 7 percent of
                the proportional distribution under subparagraph (A),
                and the remaining amounts shall be distributed
                proportionately to all non-Federal investors.
    (e) Cost Sharing.--Each applicant for funding assistance from the
Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership for a project shall be
required to provide a portion of the cost of the project.
    (f) Peer Review.--Each application for funding assistance for a
project from the Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership shall be peer
reviewed.
    (g) Administration.--The Secretary of Commerce, based on guidance
from the Advisory Board established under section 3 and on the results
of peer review under subsection (f), shall make awards of funding under
this Act.
    (h) Progress Reports.--The Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership
shall require periodic project progress reports from recipients of
funding under this Act.

SEC. 3. ADVISORY BOARD.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Commerce shall establish an
Advisory Board to assist the Secretary in carrying out this Act,
including by establishing requirements for progress reports under
section 2(h). The Advisory Board shall consist of--
            (1) representatives of each investor providing more than
        $10,000,000 to the Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership,
        whose votes shall--
                    (A) be distributed proportional to the size of
                their investment in the Nanomanufacturing Investment
                Partnership; and
                    (B) collectively amount to 40 percent of the votes
                on the Advisory Board; and
            (2) independent experts on nanomanufacturing and finance
        appointed by the President from among representatives of
        government, industry, and academia, whose votes shall
        collectively amount to 60 percent of the votes on the Advisory
        Board.
    (b) Terms.--Members of the Advisory Board appointed under
subsection (a)(2) shall be appointed for 3 year terms, except that the
President shall make some initial appointments for terms of 1 year and
some for terms of 2 years, in order to ensure continuity of membership
on the Advisory Board.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Commerce for the Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership $750,000,000,
to remain available until expended.

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Nanomanufacturing Investment Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish: (1) the Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership, in partnership with private sector investors, if $250 million is made available for such purposes from the private sector within two years after this Act's enactment; and (2) an advisory board.

 Directs that: (1) the Partnership provide funding for precommercial nanomanufacturing research and development (but not for basic research) projects, through specified funding mechanisms in a manner that advances the commercialization of nanomanufacturing technologies to address critical scientific and engineering needs of national importance, especially regarding projects that would not be adequately funded or pursued by the private sector or pursuant to other law, and to increase the commercial application of federally supported research results; and (2) to the extent that a sufficient number of viable applications have been submitted, at least 85 percent of the funding provided by the Partnership be provided to startup companies.

Authorizes the Partnership to provide funding through direct investment in nanomanufacturing firms, contracts, loans or loan guarantees, unsecured subordinated debt, or any other mechanism designed to advance nanomanufacuring technologies. Requires that each transaction through which the Partnership provides such funding provide for the return of fair and reasonable amounts resulting from the commercialization of technologies developed with the funding provided by the Partnership, and be distributed as specified. Directs that: (1) each applicant for funding assistance be required to provide a portion of the cost; and (2) each application be peer reviewed.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``South Carolina Offshore Drilling
Act''.

SEC. 2. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING OFF THE COAST OF
              SOUTH CAROLINA.

    Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1344) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Leasing Off the Coast of South Carolina.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Qualified revenues.--The term `qualified
                revenues' means all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and
                other sums due and payable to the United States under a
                lease sale conducted under this subsection.
                    ``(B) State.--The term `State' means the State of
                South Carolina.
            ``(2) Authorization of lease sales.--The Secretary shall
        include in the schedule of proposed lease sales under the outer
        Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012 through
        2017 prepared under this section any areas located within the
        administrative boundaries of the State that are more than 50
        miles off the coast of the State.
            ``(3) Leasing of additional areas.--
                    ``(A) Petition.--The Governor of South Carolina,
                with the concurrence of the State legislature, may
                submit to the Secretary a petition requesting that the
                Secretary make available for leasing any portion of the
                area within the administrative boundaries of the State
                that is more than 10, but less than 50, miles off the
                coast of the State.
                    ``(B) Action by secretary.--Notwithstanding any
                other provision of law, the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) not later than 90 days after the date
                        of receipt of a petition under subparagraph
                        (A), approve the petition; and
                            ``(ii) on approval of the petition, make
                        the area available for leasing in accordance
                        with this subsection and any other applicable
                        provision of law.
                    ``(C) Failure to act.--If the Secretary fails to
                approve a petition in accordance with subparagraph (B),
                the petition shall be considered to be approved as of
                the date that is 90 days after the date of receipt of
                the petition.
                    ``(D) Treatment.--Not later than 180 days after the
                date on which a petition is approved, or considered to
                be approved, under subparagraph (A) or (B), the
                Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) treat the petition as a proposed
                        revision to a leasing program under this
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) except as provided in subparagraph
                        (E), initiate a new 5-year outer Continental
                        Shelf oil and gas leasing program to replace
                        the outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing
                        program in effect as of that date, which shall
                        include any lease sale for any area covered by
                        the petition.
                    ``(E) Inclusion in subsequent plans.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If there are less than
                        18 months remaining in the 5-year outer
                        Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program
                        described in subparagraph (D)(ii), the
                        Secretary, without consultation with any State,
                        shall include the areas covered by the petition
                        in lease sales under the proposed 5-year outer
                        Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program.
                            ``(ii) Environmental assessment.--Before
                        modifying a 5-year outer Continental Shelf oil
                        and gas leasing program for the next 5-year
                        period, the Secretary shall complete an
                        environmental assessment that describes any
                        anticipated environmental effect of leasing in
                        the area covered by the petition.
            ``(4) Prohibition on leasing certain areas.--
                    ``(A) Petition.--The Governor of the State, with
                the concurrence of the State legislature, may submit to
                the Secretary a petition requesting that the Secretary
                prohibit the leasing of areas within the administrative
                boundaries of the State that are more than 50, but less
                than 100, miles off the coast of the State.
                    ``(B) Action by secretary.--Not later than 90 days
                after the date of receipt of a petition under
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve the
                petition.''.

SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF QUALIFIED OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REVENUES.

    Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1344) (as amended by section 2) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(j) Revenue Sharing for Additional Areas.--
            ``(1) Bonus bids.--If the Governor or legislature of a
        coastal State requests the Secretary to allow leasing in an
        outer Continental Shelf area and the Secretary allows the
        leasing, the coastal State shall, without further appropriation
        or action, receive 37.5 percent of any bonus bid paid for
        leasing rights in the area.
            ``(2) Post leasing revenues.--In addition to bonus bids
        under paragraph (1), a State described in paragraph (1) shall
        receive, from leasing of the area, 37.5 percent of--
                    ``(A) any lease rental payments;
                    ``(B) any lease royalty payments;
                    ``(C) any royalty proceeds from a sale of royalties
                taken in kind by the Secretary; and
                    ``(D) any other revenues from a bidding system
                under section 8.
            ``(3) Allocation among coastal political subdivisions of
        states.--The Secretary shall pay 20 percent of the allocable
        share of each coastal State, as determined under this
        subsection, directly to certain coastal political subdivisions
        of the coastal State.
            ``(4) Conservation royalties.--After making distributions
        in accordance with paragraphs (1) through (3), the Secretary
        shall, without further appropriation or action, distribute a
        conservation royalty equal to 12.5 percent of Federal royalty
        revenues derived from an area leased under this section from
        all areas leased under this section for any year, into the land
        and water conservation fund established under section 2 of the
        Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-5)
        to provide financial assistance to States under section 6 of
        that Act (16 U.S.C. 460l-8).
            ``(5) Deficit reduction.--After making distributions in
        accordance with paragraphs (1) through (4), the Secretary
        shall, without further appropriation or action, distribute an
        amount equal to 50 percent of Federal royalty revenues derived
        from all areas leased under this section for any year, into
        direct Federal deficit reduction.''.

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South Carolina Offshore Drilling Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to include in a specified schedule of proposed lease sales under the outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing program for FY2012-FY2017 any areas located within the administrative boundaries of South Carolina that lie more than 50 miles off its coast.

Authorizes the governor of South Carolina to petition the Secretary to make available for leasing any portion of the area within the state's administrative boundaries that is between 10 and 50 miles off the coast.

Instructs the Secretary to: (1) approve such a petition within 90 days after receipt, and (2) initiate a new five-year OCS oil and gas leasing program to replace the OCS oil and gas leasing program in effect on the approval date.

Authorizes such governor to petition the Secretary to prohibit the leasing of areas within the administrative boundaries of the state that are between 50 and 100 miles off the coast.

Allocates to a coastal state 37.5% of: (1) any bonus bid paid for leasing rights in an OCS area if the Secretary has approved the state's request to allow leasing in that area; (2) lease rental payments, lease royalty payments, and royalty proceeds from a sale of royalties taken in kind by the Secretary; and (3) any other revenues from a specified bidding system.

Instructs the Secretary to: (1) pay 20% of the allocable share of each coastal state directly to certain of its coastal political subdivisions, (2) distribute a certain conservation royalty into the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and (3) distribute 50% of federal royalty revenues from areas leased under this Act into direct federal deficit reduction.


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SECTION 1. LIQUIDATION OR RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN TOMATO SAUCE
              PREPARATION ENTERED IN MAY 9, 1992 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 18,
              1993.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law and subject to the
provisions of subsection (b), the United States Customs Service shall,
not later than 180 days after the receipt of the request described in
subsection (b), liquidate or reliquidate each entry described in
subsection (d) containing any merchandise which, at the time of the
original liquidation, was classified under subheading 2002.10.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to tomatoes,
prepared or preserved) at the rate of duty that would have been
applicable to such merchandise if the merchandise had been liquidated
or reliquidated under subheading 2103.90.60 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (relating to tomato sauce preparation) on
the date of entry.
    (b) Requests.--Reliquidation may be made under subsection (a) with
respect to an entry described in subsection (d) only if a request
therefor is filed with the Customs Service within 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act and the request contains sufficient
information to enable the Customs Service to locate the entry or
reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located and to confirm that the
entry consists of tomato sauce preparations properly classifiable under
subheading 2103.90.60 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States.
    (c) Payment of Amounts Owed.--Any amounts owed by the United States
pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry under
subsection (a) shall be paid not later than 180 days after the date of
such liquidation or reliquidation.
    (d) Affected Entries.--The entries referred to in subsection (a)
are as follows:

                          Entry number                                             Date of entry

084-0532527-8                                                                                05-09-92
084-0532938-7                                                                                06-13-92
084-0532939-5                                                                                06-13-92
084-0533381-9                                                                                07-29-92
084-0533382-7                                                                                07-29-92
084-0533383-5                                                                                07-29-92
084-0533384-3                                                                                07-29-92
084-0533732-3                                                                                09-01-92
084-0533823-0                                                                                09-01-92
084-0533824-8                                                                                09-01-92
084-0534010-3                                                                                09-19-92
084-0534052-5                                                                                09-26-92
084-0534199-4                                                                                10-06-92
084-0534205-9                                                                                10-14-92
084-0534206-7                                                                                10-14-92
084-0534207-5                                                                                10-14-92
084-0534669-6                                                                                11-18-92
084-0534670-4                                                                                11-18-92
084-0534930-2                                                                                11-28-92
084-0535157-1                                                                                12-23-92
084-0535311-4                                                                                01-09-93
084-0535312-2                                                                                01-02-93
084-0535441-9                                                                                01-09-93
084-0535578-8                                                                                01-27-93
084-0535694-3                                                                                02-07-93
084-0535695-0                                                                                02-07-93
084-0535854-3                                                                                02-24-93
084-0535855-0                                                                                02-24-93
084-0535857-6                                                                                02-24-93
084-0535858-4                                                                                02-24-93
084-0535859-2                                                                                02-24-93
084-0536160-4                                                                                03-28-93
084-0536291-7                                                                                04-07-93
084-0536292-5                                                                                04-07-93
084-0536357-6                                                                                04-11-93
084-0536361-8                                                                                04-11-93
084-0536362-6                                                                                04-11-93
084-0536424-4                                                                                05-02-93
084-0536518-3                                                                                05-02-93
084-0536519-1                                                                                05-02-93
084-0536727-0                                                                                05-23-93
084-0536839-3                                                                                05-29-93
084-0536840-1                                                                                05-29-93
084-0536841-9                                                                                05-29-93
084-0536842-7                                                                                05-29-93
084-0537443-3                                                                                07-31-93
084-0537444-1                                                                                07-31-93
084-0538038-0                                                                                09-18-93
084-0538039-8                                                                                09-18-93
084-0538040-6                                                                                09-18-93

Output: Directs the Customs Service, upon request, to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries of tomato sauce preparation.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Hero's Card Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE TO VETERANS RESIDING
              IN ALASKA AT NON-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL
              FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish
a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of carrying
out a program by which a covered veteran can, except as provided in
subsection (f), receive necessary hospital care or medical services for
any condition at any hospital or medical facility or from any medical
provider eligible to receive payments under--
            (1) the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.);
            (2) the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act (42
        U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);
            (3) the TRICARE program; or
            (4) the Indian health program.
    (b) Covered Veteran.--For purposes of this section, a covered
veteran is any veteran who--
            (1) is entitled to hospital care or medical services under
        laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
            (2) is located in the State of Alaska; and
            (3) resides at a location that is located in--
                    (A) such State; and
                    (B) a town, village, or other community that is not
                accessible by motor vehicle (as defined in section
                30102 of title 49, United States Code).
    (c) Duration of Pilot.--The pilot program shall be carried out
during the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
    (d) Cost of Care and Service.--
            (1) In general.--The cost of any hospital care or medical
        service provided under the pilot program shall be borne by the
        United States from amounts other than amounts appropriated or
        otherwise made available for an Indian health program.
            (2) No billing of veterans.--The Secretary shall take
        measures to ensure that covered veterans are not billed for the
        hospital care and medical services they receive under the pilot
        program.
    (e) Alaska Hero Card.--In carrying out the pilot program, the
Secretary shall issue to each covered veteran a card to be known as an
``Alaska Hero Card'' that such veteran may present to an authorized
provider to establish the covered veteran's eligibility for hospital
care and medical services under the pilot program.
    (f) Authorized Providers.--The Secretary may establish a list of
authorized providers from whom a covered veteran may receive hospital
care and medical services under the pilot program.
    (g) Measures To Ensure Quality and Safety of Care.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall take such measures as
        may be necessary to ensure that the quality and safety of care
        provided to veterans under the pilot program is equal to or
        better than the quality and safety of care otherwise provided
        by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Specific measures.--The measures described in paragraph
        (1) may include requirements relating to the following:
                    (A) Credentialing and accreditation of providers of
                hospital care or medical services.
                    (B) Timely reporting of access to care.
                    (C) Timely reporting of clinical information to the
                Secretary.
                    (D) Reporting safety issues, patient complaints,
                and patient satisfaction.
                    (E) Robust quality programs, including peer review
                and compliance with industry standards and
                requirements.
            (3) Providers certified by indian health service.--For
        purposes of the pilot program, the Secretary shall consider the
        equality and safety of care provided by a provider described in
        subsection (a)(2) who is certified by the Indian Health Service
        as a community health aide pursuant to section 119 of the
        Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1616l) and who is
        providing services within the scope of such certification as
        being equal to or better than the quality and safety of care
        otherwise provided by the Department.
    (h) Savings.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit
any right of recovery available to an Indian health program under the
provisions of section 206 or 405(c) of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1621e and 1645(c)), or any other Federal or
State law.
    (i) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Hospital care and medical services.--The terms
        ``hospital care'' and ``medical services'' have the meanings
        given such terms in section 1701 of title 38, United States
        Code.
            (2) Indian health program.--The term ``Indian health
        program'' has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the
        Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603).
            (3) Service-connected.--The term ``service-connected'' has
        the meaning given such term in section 101 of such title.
            (4) TRICARE program.--The term ``TRICARE program'' has the
        meaning given such term in section 1072 of title 10, United
        States Code.

Output:
Alaska Hero's Card Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a two-year pilot program assessing the feasibility and advisability of carrying out a program by which certain veterans entitled to VA services residing in communities in the state of Alaska that are inaccessible by motor vehicle can, subject to exceptions, receive necessary hospital care or medical services at any hospital or medical facility or from any medical provider eligible to receive payments under: (1) titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, (2) the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program), or (3) the Indian health program.

Requires the cost of any hospital care or medical service provided under the pilot program to be borne by the United States from amounts other than amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for an Indian health program. Directs the Secretary to take measures ensuring that covered veterans are not billed for hospital care and medical services received under the pilot program.

Requires the Secretary, in carrying out the pilot program, to issue to each covered veteran a card to be known as an "Alaska Hero Card" that such veteran may present to an authorized provider to establish the covered veteran's eligibility for hospital care and medical services under the pilot program.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish a list of authorized providers from whom a covered veteran may receive hospital care and medical services under the pilot program.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Educational Grants for Great Starts
Act''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROJECTS TO SUPPORT AND EVALUATE BEFORE-SCHOOL
              ACTIVITIES.

    Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Pilot Projects to Support and Evaluate Before-School
Activities.--
            ``(1) Grants to state agencies.--
                    ``(A) Grants.--(i) Subject to funds made available
                under paragraph (5), the Secretary, in coordination
                with the Secretary of Education, shall make grants to 7
                State agencies to conduct pilot projects in 17
                elementary schools in each such State to--
                            ``(I) support the provision of before-
                        school activities that advance student academic
                        achievement and encourage the establishment of,
                        or increase participation in, school breakfast
                        programs; and
                            ``(II) evaluate the effect of providing
                        before-school activities on participation in
                        school breakfast programs.
                    ``(ii) In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary
                shall make grants to 1 State in each of the 7
                geographic regions of the United States (as determined
                for purposes of programs of the Food and Nutrition
                Service).
                    ``(B) Application.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary may make a
                        grant to a State agency under subparagraph (A)
                        only if the State agency submits to the
                        Secretary an application that contains, at a
                        minimum, the information described in clause
                        (ii).
                            ``(ii) Information.--The information
                        described in this clause is the following:
                                    ``(I) A description of how the
                                State agency will provide oversight of
                                pilot projects to be conducted in
                                selected elementary schools in the
                                State to ensure that before-school
                                activities under the projects will
                                increase participation in the school
                                breakfast program.
                                    ``(II) A description of the methods
                                to be used by the State agency to
                                promote and make available all
                                appropriate information concerning
                                subgrants to be made under paragraph
                                (2) for the conduct of pilot projects
                                in selected elementary schools in the
                                State.
                                    ``(III) A description of the
                                methods to be used by the State agency
                                to collect data for the evaluation of
                                the pilot projects in accordance with
                                paragraph (4)(A).
                    ``(C) Selection criteria.--In making grants to
                State agencies under subparagraph (A), the Secretary
                shall ensure that the pilot projects to be conducted in
                elementary schools under the jurisdiction of the local
                educational agencies are selected so as to--
                            ``(i)(I) ensure the likelihood that
                        proposed before-school activities under the
                        pilot projects will increase participation in
                        school breakfast programs; and
                            ``(II) ensure coordination of the pilot
                        projects with other programs and activities
                        offered by the elementary schools;
                            ``(ii)(I) provide for an equitable
                        distribution of pilot projects among urban and
                        rural elementary schools; and
                            ``(II) provide for an equitable
                        distribution of pilot projects among elementary
                        schools with and without school breakfast
                        programs; and
                            ``(iii) provide for an equitable
                        distribution of pilot projects among schools of
                        varying family income levels.
                    ``(D) Limitation.--Not more than 1.5 percent of the
                amount of a grant received by a State agency under
                subparagraph (A) may be used by the State agency for
                administrative expenses of the pilot projects under
                this subsection.
            ``(2) Subgrants to local educational agencies.--
                    ``(A) Subgrants.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A State agency that
                        receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall use
                        amounts from the grant to make subgrants to
                        local educational agencies to conduct pilot
                        projects in accordance with this subsection to
                        support the provision of before-school
                        activities, including the activities described
                        in clause (ii), that advance student academic
                        achievement and encourage the establishment of,
                        or increase participation in, school breakfast
                        programs.
                            ``(ii) Activities.--The activities
                        described in this clause are the following:
                                    ``(I) Remedial education activities
                                and academic enrichment learning
                                programs.
                                    ``(II) Mathematics and science
                                education activities.
                                    ``(III) Arts and music appreciation
                                activities.
                                    ``(IV) Entrepreneurial education
                                activities.
                                    ``(V) Tutoring services and
                                mentoring programs.
                                    ``(VI) Telecommunications and
                                technology education programs.
                                    ``(VII) Expanded library service
                                hours.
                                    ``(VIII) Programs that provide
                                assistance to students who have been
                                truant or suspended to allow the
                                students to improve their academic
                                achievement.
                                    ``(IX) Drug and violence prevention
                                programs, counseling programs, and
                                character education programs.
                    ``(B) Application.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The State agency may
                        make a subgrant to a local educational agency
                        under subparagraph (A) only if the local
                        educational agency submits to the State agency
                        an application that contains, at a minimum, the
                        information described in clause (ii).
                            ``(ii) Information.--The information
                        described in this clause is the following:
                                    ``(I)(aa) Except as provided in
                                item (bb), a description of the
                                breakfast program of each elementary
                                school under the jurisdiction of the
                                local educational agency within which a
                                pilot project will be conducted,
                                including the number of students who
                                participate in the program and the
                                percentage of students who participate
                                in the program in rural versus urban
                                schools.
                                    ``(bb) In the case of an elementary
                                school without a breakfast program and
                                within which a pilot project will be
                                conducted, a description of a plan that
                                outlines how the school will establish
                                and operate a breakfast program in
                                coordination with the pilot project.
                                    ``(II) A description of how the
                                local educational agency, in
                                conjunction with the school food
                                authority, will carry out the pilot
                                projects in accordance with this
                                subsection, including a description of
                                (aa) the specific activities that will
                                be carried out by the local educational
                                agency to remove any perceived stigma
                                associated with participation in the
                                breakfast program and to increase
                                participation in the program, and (bb)
                                all other specific activities that will
                                be carried out under the projects.
                                    ``(III) A description of a proposed
                                budget to carry out the pilot projects.
                    ``(C) Selection criteria.--In making subgrants to
                local educational agencies under subparagraph (A), the
                State agency shall ensure that the local educational
                agencies have under their jurisdiction a sufficient
                number of elementary schools that are not participating
                in the pilot projects to permit a valid evaluation of
                the results of the pilot projects.
                    ``(D) Duration of pilot projects.--A local
                educational agency that receives a subgrant under
                subparagraph (A) to conduct a pilot project in
                accordance with this subsection shall conduct the
                project during a period of not less than 3 successive
                school years.
                    ``(E) Minimum amount of awards to elementary
                schools.--Subject to the availability of funds of a
                subgrant provided to a local educational agency under
                subparagraph (A) to conduct a pilot project in
                accordance with this subsection, the minimum amount
                provided to an elementary school under the pilot.
            ``(3) Prohibition.--Amounts provided under a grant or
        subgrant made under this subsection may not be used to provide
        a Federal reimbursement for school breakfasts under the school
        breakfast program.
            ``(4) Evaluation; report.--
                    ``(A) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall conduct an
                evaluation of the pilot projects conducted by local
                educational agencies under this subsection with respect
                to the establishment of, and increased participation
                in, school breakfast programs.
                    ``(B) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2006,
                the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress a
                report that contains the results of the evaluation
                conducted under subparagraph (A).
            ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--
                    ``(A) General authorization.--There is authorized
                to be appropriated to carry out this subsection (other
                than paragraph (4)) $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal
                years 2005 through 2007.
                    ``(B) Evaluation.--There is authorized to be
                appropriated to carry out paragraph (4) $2,000,000 for
                fiscal year 2007.''.

Output: Educational Grants for Great Starts Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a pilot program to: (1) support before-school activities that advance student academic achievement and that encourage establishing of, or increasing participation in, school breakfast programs; and (2) evaluate the effect before-school activities have on school breakfast program participation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, to make such program grants to seven State agencies to conduct pilot projects in 17 elementary schools in each such State through subgrants to local educational agencies.


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SECTION 1. OFFSET OF PAST-DUE, LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE STATE TAX
              OBLIGATIONS AGAINST OVERPAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) as subsections
(f) through (j), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (d)
the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Collection of Past-Due, Legally Enforceable State Tax
Obligations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Upon receiving notice from any State
        that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable State
        tax obligation to such State, the Secretary shall, under such
        conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary--
                    ``(A) reduce the amount of any overpayment payable
                to such person by the amount of such State tax
                obligation;
                    ``(B) pay the amount by which such overpayment is
                reduced under subparagraph (A) to such State and notify
                such State of such person's name, taxpayer
                identification number, address, and the amount
                collected; and
                    ``(C) notify the person making such overpayment
                that the overpayment has been reduced by an amount
                necessary to satisfy a past-due, legally enforceable
                State tax obligation.
        If an offset is made pursuant to a joint return, the notice
        under subparagraph (B) shall include the names, taxpayer
        identification numbers and addresses of each person filing such
        return.
            ``(2) Priorities for offset.--Any overpayment by a person
        shall be reduced pursuant to this subsection--
                    ``(A) after such overpayment is reduced pursuant
                to--
                            ``(i) subsection (a) with respect to any
                        liability for any internal revenue tax on the
                        part of the person who made the overpayment,
                            ``(ii) subsection (c) with respect to past-
                        due support, and
                            ``(iii) subsection (d) with respect to any
                        past-due, legally enforceable debt owed to a
                        Federal agency, and
                    ``(B) before such overpayment is credited to the
                future liability for any Federal internal revenue tax
                of such person pursuant to subsection (b).
        If the Secretary receives notice from one or more State
        agencies of more than one debt subject to paragraph (1) that is
        owed by such person to such an agency, any overpayment by such
        person shall be applied against such debts in the order in
        which such debts accrued.
            ``(3) Notice; consideration of evidence.--No State may take
        action under this subsection until such State--
                    ``(A) notifies the person owing the past-due State
                tax liability that the State proposes to take action
                pursuant to this section,
                    ``(B) gives such person at least 60 days to present
                evidence that all or part of such liability is not
                past-due or not legally enforceable,
                    ``(C) considers any evidence presented by such
                person and determines that an amount of such debt is
                past-due and legally enforceable, and
                    ``(D) satisfies such other conditions as the
                Secretary may prescribe to ensure that the
                determination made under subparagraph (C) is valid and
                that the State has made reasonable efforts to obtain
                payment of such State tax obligation.
            ``(4) Past-due, legally enforceable state tax obligation.--
        For purposes of this subsection, the term `past-due, legally
        enforceable State tax obligation' means a debt--
                    ``(A)(i) which resulted from--
                            ``(I) a judgment rendered by a court of
                        competent jurisdiction which has determined an
                        amount of State tax to be due, or
                            ``(II) a determination after an
                        administrative hearing which has determined an
                        amount of State tax to be due, and
                    ``(ii) which is no longer subject to judicial
                review, or
                    ``(B) which resulted from a State tax which has
                been assessed but not collected, the time for
                redetermination of which has expired, and which has not
                been delinquent for more than 10 years.
        For purposes of this paragraph, the term `State tax' includes
        any local tax administered by the chief tax administration
        agency of the State.
            ``(5) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue regulations
        prescribing the time and manner in which States must submit
        notices of past-due, legally enforceable State tax obligations
        and the necessary information that must be contained in or
        accompany such notices. The regulations shall specify the types
        of State taxes and the minimum amount of debt to which the
        reduction procedure established by paragraph (1) may be
        applied. The regulations may require States to pay a fee to
        reimburse the Secretary for the cost of applying such
        procedure. Any fee paid to the Secretary pursuant to the
        preceding sentence shall be used to reimburse appropriations
        which bore all or part of the cost of applying such procedure.
            ``(6) Erroneous payment to state.--Any State receiving
        notice from the Secretary that an erroneous payment has been
        made to such State under paragraph (1) shall pay promptly to
        the Secretary, in accordance with such regulations as the
        Secretary may prescribe, an amount equal to the amount of such
        erroneous payment (without regard to whether any other amounts
        payable to such State under such paragraph have been paid to
        such State).''
    (b) Disclosure of Certain Information to States Requesting Refund
Offsets for Past-Due, Legally Enforceable State Tax Obligations.--
            (1) Paragraph (10) of section 6103(l) of the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``(c) or (d)'' and
        inserting ``(c), (d), or (e)''.
            (2) The paragraph heading for such paragraph (10) is
        amended by striking ``section 6402(c) or 6402(d)'' and
        inserting ``subsection (c), (d), or (e) of section 6402''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (a) of section 6402 of the Internal Revenue
        Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``(c) and (d)'' and
        inserting ``(c), (d), and (e)''.
            (2) Paragraph (2) of section 6402(d) of such Code is
        amended by striking ``and before such overpayment'' and
        inserting ``and before such overpayment is reduced pursuant to
        subsection (e) and before such overpayment''.
            (3) Subsection (f) of section 6402 of such Code, as
        redesignated by subsection (a), is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(c) or (d)'' and inserting ``(c),
                (d), or (e)'', and
                    (B) by striking ``Federal agency'' and inserting
                ``Federal agency or State''.
            (4) Subsection (h) of section 6402 of such Code, as
        redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking
        ``subsection (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (c) or (e)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to refunds payable under section 6402 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 after December 31, 1996.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the reduction of any overpayment to pay past-due, legally enforceable State tax obligations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Witness Protection Act of
2010''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF STATE AND LOCAL WITNESSES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1522. State and local witness tampering and retaliation
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `State official proceeding' means a
        proceeding before a judge or court of a State or political
        subdivision thereof; and
            ``(2) the term `physical force' has the meaning given the
        term in section 1515.
    ``(b) Tampering and Retaliation.--It shall be unlawful, in a
circumstance described in subsection (c), for a person to kill, attempt
to kill, use physical force or the threat of physical force against,
harass, intimidate or attempt to intimidate, or offer anything of value
to, another individual, with the intent to--
            ``(1) influence, delay, or prevent the testimony or
        attendance of any person in a State official proceeding;
            ``(2) prevent the production of a record, document, or
        other object, in a State official proceeding;
            ``(3) cause or induce any person to--
                    ``(A) withhold testimony, or withhold a record,
                document, or other object from a State official
                proceeding;
                    ``(B) alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal an
                object with intent to impair the integrity or
                availability of the object for use in a State official
                proceeding;
                    ``(C) evade legal process summoning that person to
                appear as a witness, or to produce a record, document
                or other object in a State official proceeding; or
                    ``(D) be absent from a State official proceeding to
                which that person has been summoned by legal process;
            ``(4) hinder, delay, or prevent the communication by any
        person to a law enforcement officer or judge of a State, or
        political subdivision thereof, of information relating to the
        violation or possible violation of a law of a State or
        political subdivision thereof, or a violation of conditions of
        probation, parole, or release pending judicial proceedings; or
            ``(5) retaliate against any person for--
                    ``(A) the attendance of a witness or party at a
                State official proceeding, or any testimony given or
                any record, document, or other object produced by a
                witness in a State official proceeding; or
                    ``(B) providing to a law enforcement officer any
                information relating to the violation or possible
                violation of a law of a State or political subdivision
                thereof, or a violation of conditions of probation,
                supervised release, parole, or release pending judicial
                proceedings.
    ``(c) Circumstances.--A circumstance described in this subsection
is that--
            ``(1) any communication involved in or made in furtherance
        of the offense is communicated or transported by the mail, or
        in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by
        computer, or any means or instrumentality of interstate or
        foreign commerce is otherwise used in committing or in
        furtherance of the commission of the offense;
            ``(2) any person travels or is transported in interstate or
        foreign commerce in the course of the commission of or in
        furtherance of the commission of the offense; or
            ``(3) any weapon, including a firearm, shipped or
        transported across State lines or in interstate or foreign
        commerce is used in committing or in furtherance of the
        commission of the offense.
    ``(d) Penalties.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any person that violates this section--
                    ``(A) in the case of a killing, shall be punished
                as provided under sections 1111 and 1112;
                    ``(B) in the case of an attempt to murder, or the
                use or attempted use of physical force against any
                person, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned
                for not more than 30 years, or both; and
                    ``(C) in the case of any other violation of this
                section, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned
                for not more than 20 years, or both.
            ``(2) Exception.--If the offense under this section occurs
        in connection with a trial of a criminal case, the maximum term
        of imprisonment that may be imposed for the offense shall be
        the higher of--
                    ``(A) the penalty described in paragraph (1); or
                    ``(B) the maximum term that could have been imposed
                for any offense charged in the criminal case.
            ``(3) Attempt and conspiracy.--Any person who attempts or
        conspires to commit any offense under this section shall be
        subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the
        offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt
        or conspiracy.
    ``(e) Affirmative Defense.--It is an affirmative defense to a
prosecution under this section, which the defendant shall prove by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the conduct committed by the
defendant--
            ``(1) consisted solely of lawful conduct; and
            ``(2) that the sole intention of the defendant was to
        encourage, induce, or cause the other person to testify
        truthfully.
    ``(f) Pending Proceeding; Evidentiary Value.--For the purposes of
this section--
            ``(1) a State official proceeding need not be pending or
        about to be instituted at the time of the offense; and
            ``(2) the testimony, or the record, document, or other
        object obstructed, tampered, or retaliated against by the
        defendant need not be admissible in evidence or free of a claim
        of privilege.
    ``(g) Intent.--In a prosecution for an offense under this section,
the state of mind need not be proved with respect to--
            ``(1) a State official proceeding before a judge, court,
        magistrate judge, or grand jury being before a judge or court
        of a State or political subdivision thereof;
            ``(2) a judge being a judge of a State or political
        subdivision thereof; or
            ``(3) a law enforcement officer being an officer or
        employee of the State or political subdivision thereof.
    ``(h) Venue.--A prosecution brought under this section may be
brought--
            ``(1) in the district in which the State official
        proceeding (whether or not pending or about to be instituted)
        was intended to be affected; or
            ``(2) in the district which the conduct constituting the
        alleged offense occurred.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for
chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:

``1522. State and local witness tampering and retaliation.''.

SEC. 3. SENTENCING GUIDELINES ENHANCEMENT.

    Pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title 28, United
States Code, and in accordance with this section, the United States
Sentencing Commission shall amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to
increase the guideline range for Obstruction of Justice, Sec. 2J1.2, as
follows--
            (1) by 2 levels if the defendant threatened or harmed 1 or
        more individuals on more than 1 occasion;
            (2) by 2 levels if the defendant accepted or paid a bribe
        or payoff as part of a scheme to obstruct justice;
            (3) by 2 levels if the defendant destroyed or caused the
        destruction of documents on a computer; and
            (4) by 6 levels if the offense resulted in substantial
        interference with the administration of justice.

Output:
State Witness Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties on any person who kills, or attempts to kill, a witness in a state or local judicial proceeding, who uses physical force or the threat of force against such a witness, or who offers such witness anything of value with the intent to: (1) influence, delay, or prevent the testimony or attendance of such witness at a state or local judicial proceeding; (2) prevent the production of a record or document in a state or local judicial proceeding, (3) cause or induce any person to withhold testimony or evidence, destroy evidence, evade legal process, or be absent from a state or local judicial proceeding; (4) hinder, delay, or prevent any person from providing information to a state or local law enforcement officer or judge; or (5) retaliate against any person for attending a state or local judicial proceeding or providing information to a law enforcement officer.

Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend guidelines to increase the sentencing range for obstruction of justice if such crime involved threatening, harming, or bribing a witness or the destruction of evidence.