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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``USEC Privatization Amendments Act of
2009''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS FOR AFFECTED
              PARTICIPANTS.

    (a) Authorization for Payment to Affected Participants.--To the
extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary of
Energy (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'')--
            (1) shall establish a program under which the Secretary
        shall pay any affected participant described in subsection (b)
        a one-time lump sum payment in an amount to be determined by
        the Secretary under subsection (c); and
            (2) may contract for the procurement of information
        necessary to enable the Secretary to effectively carry out the
        provisions of this Act.
    (b) Affected Participant.--For the purposes of this Act, an
affected participant is a person described under section 3110(a)(6)(B)
of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h-8(a)(6)(B)).
    (c) Determination of Payment for Affected Participants.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall pay an affected
        participant, pursuant to an application timely filed by such
        participant, a one-time lump sum payment equal to an amount
        which bears the same ratio to the total recoverable amount
        described in paragraph (2) as the actuarial present value of
        the accrued benefits of the affected participant under the
        pension plan from which a transfer of plan assets and
        liabilities required under section 3110(a)(2) of the USEC
        Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h-8(a)(2)) was made (as of
        immediately before the transfer) bears to the actuarial present
        value of the accrued benefits of all affected participants
        under the pension plan from which the transfer under such
        section was made (as of immediately before the transfer).
            (2) Total recoverable amount.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the total recoverable amount is an amount equal to
        the excess of--
                    (A) the present value of benefits that would have
                been accrued or accruable by all affected participants
                under the pension plan from which the transfer under
                section 3110(a)(2) of the USEC Privatization Act (42
                U.S.C. 2297h-8(a)(2)) was made if such transfer had not
                occurred and if benefit increases had occurred, in
                connection with the transferred liabilities, under such
                plan equivalent to benefit increases that have occurred
                under such plan in connection with the other
                liabilities under such plan, over
                    (B) the present value of benefits accrued or
                accruable by all such affected participants under the
                pension plan to which the transfer under section
                3110(a)(2) of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C.
                2297h-8(a)(2)) was made.
            (3) Considerations.--In determining a payment under this
        section, the Secretary shall consider, with respect to the
        pension plan from which the transfer under section 3110(a)(2)
        of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h-8(a)(2)) was
        made and the pension plan to which such transfer was made,
        benefits accrued as of the date of enactment of this Act and
        accruable through attainment of normal retirement age, assuming
        continued service under the plan until attainment of such age
        and the same rate of basic pay subject to increases reflective
        of reasonably anticipated increases in the cost of living.
            (4) Successor plans.--For the purposes of paragraphs (2)
        and (3), any reference to the pension plan from which the
        transfer under section 3110(a)(2) of the USEC Privatization Act
        (42 U.S.C. 2297h-8(a)(2)) was made shall include a reference to
        any successor to such plan (other than the pension plan to
        which the transfer required by such section was made) if such
        successor plan received assets in excess of the actuarial
        present value of accrued benefits under such plan upon
        succession.
    (d) Pro Rata Reduction of Payment.--The Secretary shall provide for
pro rata reductions in payment amounts determined by the Secretary
under subsection (c) to affected participants described in subsection
(b) to the extent necessary to adjust for amounts provided in
appropriation Acts for purposes of the program under subsection (a).
    (e) Determination of Findings of Fact.--The Secretary may make
findings of facts and decisions as to the rights of any affected
participant applying for a payment under this Act.
    (f) Rulemaking.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this
Act. Such regulations shall provide a requirement for applicants for
payments under this Act to consent to the release of any information
requested by the Secretary.
    (g) Public Notice.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall
provide notice to individuals who may be eligible to receive a payment
under this Act.
    (h) Application for Payment.--To be eligible for a payment under
this Act, an affected participant shall prepare and submit to the
Secretary an application--
            (1) not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of
        this Act;
            (2) in such manner; and
            (3) containing such information as the Secretary requires.
    (i) Timely Payments.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary
shall determine and make a payment to an affected participant not later
than 180 days after such participant's submission of an application for
payment under subsection (h).
    (j) Election To Treat Payment as Rollover Contribution to IRA.--
            (1) In general.--Any affected participant who receives a
        payment under this Act may, at any time during the 1-year
        period beginning on the day after the date on which such
        payment was received, make one or more contributions in an
        aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such payment to an
        individual retirement plan (as defined by section 7701(a)(37)
        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
            (2) Treatment of contributions to iras.--For purposes of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a contribution is made to
        an individual retirement plan pursuant to paragraph (1), then--
                    (A) except as provided in paragraph (3), such
                contribution shall not be included in gross income, and
                    (B) to the extent of the amount of such
                contribution, such contribution shall be treated--
                            (i) as a distribution described in section
                        408(d)(3) of such Code, and
                            (ii) as having been transferred to the
                        individual retirement account in a direct
                        trustee to trustee transfer within 60 days of
                        the distribution.
            (3) Special rule for roth iras.--If a contribution is made
        under paragraph (1) to a Roth IRA, such contribution shall be
        includible in gross income and, unless the taxpayer elects not
        to have this clause apply, such contribution shall be so
        included ratably over the 2-taxable-year period beginning with
        the first taxable year in which such contribution is made.
    (k) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such amounts as necessary to carry out
this Act.
    (l) Hearing and Judicial Review.--
            (1) Hearing.--
                    (A) In general.--Upon request by any affected
                participant applying for a payment under this Act, who
                makes a showing in writing that such participant's
                rights may have been prejudiced by any decision the
                Secretary has rendered, the Secretary shall give such
                participant reasonable notice and opportunity for a
                hearing with respect to such decision, and, if a
                hearing is held, shall, on the basis of evidence
                adduced at the hearing, affirm, modify, or reverse the
                Secretary's findings of fact and such decision.
                    (B) Request for hearing.--Any request for a hearing
                under this subsection must be filed within 60 days
                after notice of a decision by the Secretary is received
                by the affected participant making such a request.
                    (C) Secretary.--The Secretary is further
                authorized, on the Secretary's own motion, to hold such
                hearings and to conduct such investigations and other
                proceedings as the Secretary may deem necessary or
                proper for the administration of this Act.
            (2) Judicial review.--
                    (A) In general.--Any affected participant, after
                any final decision of the Secretary made after a
                hearing to which such participant was a party,
                irrespective of the amount in controversy, may obtain a
                review of such decision by a civil action commenced
                within 60 days after the mailing to such participant of
                notice of such decision or within such further time as
                the Secretary may allow.
                    (B) Jurisdiction and venue.--An action under this
                Act shall be brought in the district court of the
                United States for the judicial district in which the
                affected participant plaintiff resides, or where such
                plaintiff has a principal place of business, or, if
                such plaintiff does not reside or have a principal
                place of business within any such judicial district, in
                the United States District Court for the District of
                Columbia.
                    (C) Judicial determination.--The court shall have
                power to enter, upon the pleadings and transcript of
                the record, a judgment affirming, modifying, or
                reversing the decision of the Secretary, with or
                without remanding the cause for a rehearing.
                    (D) Final judgment.--The judgment of the court
                shall be final, except that it shall be subject to
                review in the same manner as a judgment in other civil
                actions.
                    (E) Change in secretary.--Any action instituted in
                accordance with this Act shall survive notwithstanding
                any change in the person occupying the office of
                Secretary or any vacancy in such office.
    (m) Secretary's Responsibility; No Third Party Liability.--
            (1) Secretary's responsibility.--The Secretary shall be
        responsible for all payments and costs under this Act, for
        reporting payments to affected participants and the Internal
        Revenue Service on Form number 1099R (or such other form as
        required by the Internal Revenue Service) for income tax
        purposes, and for answering questions relating to the
        implementation of this Act for affected participants and
        applicants for payment. In no event shall the current or former
        employer of an affected participant or applicant be responsible
        for providing communication, making payments, reporting
        payments, answering questions, or providing calculations.
            (2) No third party liability.--Nothing in this Act shall be
        deemed to impose any liability or cost, or authorize any claim
        against the operator of the Department of Energy's uranium
        enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky, or against any person
        or entity other than the Secretary.

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USEC Privatization Amendments Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program for paying certain affected participants a one-time lump sum payment.

Defines affected participants as persons who retired from active employment at one of the gaseous diffusion plants of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), or are employed by USEC's operating contractor, on or before its privatization date as vested participants in a pension plan maintained either by USEC's operating contractor or by a contractor employed prior to July 1, 1993, by the Department of Energy to operate a gaseous diffusion plant.

Prescribes a formula for the determination of such payments, based on the total recoverable amount of accrued pension benefits.

Authorizes any affected participant who receives such a payment to make one or more rollover contributions up to the payment amount to a regular (non-Roth) individual retirement account (IRA), which shall be excluded from gross income for tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code. Includes in gross income any such rollover into a Roth IRA.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Department of Energy University Nuclear
Science and Engineering Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) U.S. university nuclear science and engineering
        programs are in a state of serious decline. The supply of
        bachelor degree nuclear science and engineering personnel in
        the United States is at a 35-year low. The number of four year
        degree nuclear engineering programs has declined 50 percent to
        approximately 25 programs nationwide. Over two-thirds of the
        faculty in these programs are 45 years or older.
            (2) Universities cannot afford to support their research
        and training reactors. Since 1980, the number of small training
        reactors in the United States have declined by over 50 percent
        to 28 reactors. Most of these reactors were built in the late
        1950s and 1960s with 30- to 40-year operating licenses, and
        will require re-licensing in the next several years.
            (3) The neglect in human investment and training
        infrastructure is affecting 50 years of national R&D
        investment. The decline in a competent nuclear workforce, and
        the lack of adequately trained nuclear scientists and
        engineers, will affect the ability of the United States to
        solve future waste storage issues, maintain basic nuclear
        health physics programs, operate existing fission reactors in
        the United States, respond to future nuclear events worldwide,
        help stem the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and design and
        operate naval nuclear reactors.
            (4) Further neglect in the nation's investment in human
        resources for the nuclear sciences will lead to a downward
        spiral. As the number of nuclear science departments shrink,
        faculties age, and training reactors close, the appeal of
        nuclear science will be lost to future generations of students.
          (5) The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Science and
        Technology is well suited to help maintain tomorrow's human
        resource and training investment in the nuclear sciences.
        Through its support of research and development pursuant to the
        Department's statutory authorities, the Office of Nuclear
        Science and Technology is the principal Federal agent for
        civilian research in the nuclear sciences for the United
        States. The Office maintains the Nuclear Engineering and
        Education Research Program which funds basic nuclear science
        and engineering. The Office funds the Nuclear Energy and
        Research Initiative which funds applied collaborative research
        among universities, industry and national laboratories in the
        areas of proliferation resistant fuel cycles and future fission
        power systems. The Office funds Universities to refuel training
        reactors from highly enriched to low enriched proliferation
        tolerant fuels, performs instrumentation upgrades and maintains
        a program of student fellowships for nuclear science,
        engineering and health physics.

SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Energy, through the Office of
Nuclear Science and Technology, shall support a program to maintain the
Nation's human resource investment and infrastructure in the nuclear
sciences and engineering consistent with the Department's statutory
authorities related to civilian nuclear research and development.
    (b) Duties of the Office of Nuclear Science and Technology.--In
carrying out the program under this Act, the Director of the Office of
Nuclear Science and Technology shall--
            (1) develop a robust graduate and undergraduate fellowship
        program to attract new and talented students;
            (2) assist universities in recruiting and retaining new
        faculty in the nuclear sciences and engineering through a
        Junior Faculty Research Initiation Grant Program;
            (3) maintain a robust investment in the fundamental nuclear
        sciences and engineering through the Nuclear Engineering
        Education Research Program;
            (4) encourage collaborative nuclear research between
        industry, national laboratories and universities through the
        Nuclear Energy Research Initiative; and
            (5) support communication and outreach related to nuclear
        science and engineering.
    (c) Maintaining University Research and Training Reactors and
Associated Infrastructure.--Within the funds authorized to be
appropriated pursuant to this Act, the amounts specified under section
4(b) shall, subject to appropriations, be available for the following
research and training reactor infrastructure maintenance and research:
            (1) Refueling of research reactors with low enriched fuels,
        upgrade of operational instrumentation, and sharing of reactors
        among universities.
            (2) In collaboration with the U.S. nuclear industry,
        assistance, where necessary, in re-licensing and upgrading
        training reactors as part of a student training program.
            (3) A reactor research and training award program that
        provides for reactor improvements as part of a focused effort
        that emphasizes research, training, and education.
    (d) University-DOE Laboratory Interactions.--The Secretary of
Energy, through the Office of Nuclear Science and Technology, shall
develop--
            (1) a sabbatical fellowship program for university
        professors to spend extended periods of time at Department of
        Energy laboratories in the areas of nuclear science; and
            (2) a visiting scientist program in which laboratory staff
        can spend time in academic nuclear science and engineering
        departments.
The Secretary shall also provide for fellowships for students to spend
time at Department of Energy laboratories in the area of nuclear
science.
    (e) Merit Review Required.--All grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, or other financial assistance awards under this Act shall
be made only after independent merit review.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Total Authorization.--The following sums are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Energy, to remain available until
expended, for the purposes of carrying out this Act:
            (1) $44,200,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $56,450,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $63,100,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $61,100,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $71,700,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (b) Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowships.--Of the funds under
subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 3(b)(1):
            (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $5,100,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $5,200,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $5,200,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $5,200,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (c) Junior Faculty Research Initiation Grant Program.--Of the funds
under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 3(b)(2):
            (1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $11,500,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $11,500,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $11,500,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (d) Nuclear Engineering and Education Research Program.--Of the
funds under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 3(b)(3):
            (1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (e) Communication and Outreach Related to Nuclear Science and
Engineering.--Of the funds under subsection (a), the following sums are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 3(b)(5):
            (1) $200,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $250,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $300,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $300,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $300,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (f) Refueling of Research Reactors and Instrumentation Upgrades.--
Of the funds under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out section 3(c)(1):
            (1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $6,500,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (g) Re-Licensing Assistance.--Of the funds under subsection (a),
the following sums are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
section 3(c)(2):
            (1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (h) Reactor Research and Training Award Program.--Of the funds
under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 3(c)(3):
            (1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (i) University--DOE Laboratory Interactions.--Of the funds under
subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 3(d):
            (1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            (2) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2003.
            (3) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (4) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (5) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2006.

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Sets forth the duties of such Office in implementing the program. Targets university research and training reactors and associated infrastructure as recipients of authorized appropriations.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) promote interactions between university and Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories; and (2) provide student fellowships at DOE nuclear science laboratories.
Authorizes appropriations through FY2005 that target: (1) graduate and undergraduate fellowships; (2) junior faculty research initiation grant programs; (3) nuclear engineering and education research programs; (4) refueling research reactors and instrumentation upgrades; (5) re-licensing assistance; (6) reactor research and training award program; and (7) university-DOE laboratory interactions.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Individuals From Mass
Aerial Surveillance Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Mobile aerial-view device, or mavd.--The terms ``mobile
        aerial-view device'' and ``MAVD'' mean any device that through
        flight or aerial lift obtains an aerial view of property,
        persons or their effects, including an unmanned aircraft (as
        defined in section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act
        of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note)).
            (2) Law enforcement official or agency.--The term ``law
        enforcement official or agency'' means a person or entity
        authorized by law, or funded by the Government of the United
        States, to investigate or prosecute offenses against the United
        States.
            (3) Federal entity.--The term ``Federal entity'' means any
        person or entity acting under the authority of, or funded in
        whole or in part by, the Government, including a Federal law
        enforcement official or agency, but excluding State, tribal, or
        local government agencies or departments.
            (4) National borders.--The term ``national border'' means
        an area that shares not more than 5 miles of an external land
        boundary of the United States.
            (5) Non-federal entity.--The term ``non-Federal entity''
        means any person or entity that is not a Federal entity.
            (6) Surveil.--The term ``surveil'' means to photograph,
        record, or observe using a sensing device, regardless of
        whether the photographs, observations, or recordings are
        stored, and excludes using a sensing device for the purposes of
        testing or training operations of MAVDs.
            (7) Sensing device.--
                            (A) Meaning.--The term ``sensing device''
                        means a device capable of remotely acquiring
                        personal information from its surroundings
                        using any frequency of the electromagnetic
                        spectrum, or a sound detecting system, or a
                        system that detects chemicals in the
                        atmosphere.
                            (B) Specific equipment not included.--The
                        term ``sensing device'' does not include
                        equipment for which the sole function is to
                        provide information directly necessary for safe
                        air navigation or operation of a MAVD.
            (8) Public lands.--The term ``public lands'' means lands
        owned by the Government of the United States.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITED USE OF MAVDS.

    A Federal entity shall not use a MAVD to surveil property, persons
or their effects, or gather evidence or other information pertaining to
known or suspected criminal conduct, or conduct that is in violation of
a law or regulation.

SEC. 4. EXCEPTIONS.

    This Act shall not prohibit any of the following:
            (1) Patrol of borders and national waters.--The use of a
        MAVD by a Federal entity to surveil national borders or
        national waters of the United States to prevent or deter
        illegal entry of any person or illegal substance at the borders
        or in national waters of the United States.
            (2) Exigent circumstances.--
                    (A) Action necessary.--The use of a MAVD by a
                Federal entity when exigent circumstances exist. For
                the purposes of this paragraph, exigent circumstances
                exist when the Federal entity possesses reasonable
                suspicion that under particular circumstances, swift
                action is necessary--
                            (i) to prevent imminent danger of death or
                        serious bodily harm to a specific individual;
                            (ii) to counter an imminent risk of a
                        terrorist attack by a specific individual or
                        organization;
                            (iii) to prevent imminent destruction of
                        evidence; or
                            (iv) to counter an imminent or actual
                        escape of a criminal or terrorist suspect.
                    (B) Records.--A Federal entity using a MAVD
                pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) shall maintain a
                retrievable record of the facts giving rise to the
                reasonable suspicion that an exigent circumstance
                existed.
            (3) Public safety and research.--The use of a MAVD by a
        Federal entity--
                    (A) to discover, locate, observe, gather evidence
                in connection to, or prevent forest fires;
                    (B) to monitor environmental, geologic, or weather-
                related catastrophe or damage from such an event;
                    (C) to research or survey for wildlife management,
                habitat preservation, or geologic, atmospheric, or
                environmental damage or conditions;
                    (D) to survey for the assessment and evaluation of
                environmental, geologic or weather-related damage,
                erosion, flood, or contamination; and
                    (E) to survey public lands for illegal vegetation.
            (4) Consent.--The use of a MAVD by a Federal entity for the
        purpose of acquiring information about an individual, or about
        an individual's property or effects, if such individual has
        given written consent to the use of a MAVD for such purposes.
            (5) Warrant.--Law enforcement using a MAVD, pursuant to,
        and in accordance with, a Rule 41 warrant, to surveil specific
        property, persons, or their effects.

SEC. 5. BAN ON IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Confidential Information.--No Federal entity actor may make any
intentional effort to identify an individual from, or associate an
individual with, the information collected by operations authorized by
paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 4, nor shall the collected
information be disclosed to any entity except another Federal entity or
State, tribal, or local government agency or department, or political
subdivision thereof, that agrees to be bound by the restrictions in
this Act.
    (b) Probable Cause.--The restrictions described in subsection (a)
shall not apply if there is probable cause that the information
collected is evidence of specific criminal activity and a warrant is
obtained.

SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON USE OF EVIDENCE.

    No evidence obtained or collected in violation of this Act may be
admissible as evidence against an individual in any trial, hearing, or
other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department,
officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other
authority of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision
thereof.

SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON SOLICITATION AND PURCHASE.

    (a) Existing Authority.--A Federal entity shall not solicit to or
award contracts to any entity for such entity to surveil by MAVD for
the Federal entity, unless the Federal entity has existing authority to
surveil the particular property, persons or their effects, or interest.
    (b) Permission Granted.--A Federal entity shall not purchase any
information obtained from MAVD surveillance by a non-Federal entity if
such information contains personal information, except pursuant to the
express consent of all persons whose personal information is to be
sold.

SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt any State law
regarding the use of MAVDs exclusively within the borders of that
State.

Output: Protecting Individuals From Mass Aerial Surveillance Act of 2015 This bill prohibits a federal entity from using unmanned aircraft or other mobile aerial-view devices (MAVDs) to: (1) surveil property, persons, or their effects; or (2) gather evidence pertaining to known or suspected criminal conduct, or conduct that violates a law or regulation. Exceptions allow MAVDs to be used by federal entities to:  surveil national borders or national waters to prevent or deter illegal entry of persons or illegal substances;  prevent imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm to a specific individual, counter an imminent risk of a terrorist attack by a specific individual or organization, prevent imminent destruction of evidence, or counter an imminent or actual escape of a criminal or terrorist suspect;  monitor or research environmental, geologic, or weather-related damage and events, including forest fires, erosion, floods, wildlife, habitats, or illegal vegetation on public lands; or  acquire information about an individual who consents to the use of an MAVD.  Law enforcement officials or agencies may use an MAVD to surveil specific property, persons, or their effects pursuant to a search and seizure warrant.  The bill: (1) prohibits a federal entity actor from making an intentional effort to identify an individual from, or associate an individual with, the information collected under certain exceptions to the prohibition on the use of MAVDs; and (2) bars disclosure of collected information except to another federal entity or state, tribal, or local government agency that agrees to be bound by the restrictions in this Act. Such identification and disclosure restrictions shall not apply if there is probable cause that the information collected is evidence of specific criminal activity and a warrant is obtained. Federal entities are prohibited from: (1) soliciting or awarding contracts to surveil by MAVD for a federal entity, unless the federal entity has existing authority for such surveillance; or (2) purchasing information obtained from MAVD surveillance by a nonfederal entity if such information contains personal information, except with the consent of the affected persons. This Act shall not be construed to preempt any state law regarding the use of MAVDs exclusively within the borders of that state.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Western Shoshone Claims Distribution
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF DOCKET 326-K FUNDS.

    The funds appropriated on December 19, 1979, in satisfaction of an
award granted to the Western Shoshone Indians in Docket Number 326-K
before the Indian Claims Commission, including all earned interest
shall be distributed as follows:
            (1) The Secretary shall establish a Western Shoshone
        Judgment Roll consisting of all Western Shoshones who--
                    (A) have at least \1/4\ degree of Western Shoshone
                Blood;
                    (B) are citizens of the United States; and
                    (C) are living on the date of enactment of this
                Act.
            (2) Any individual determined or certified as eligible by
        the Secretary to receive a per capita payment from any other
        judgment fund awarded by the Indian Claims Commission, the
        United States Claims Court, or the United States Court of
        Federal Claims, that was appropriated on or before the date of
        enactment of this Act, shall not be eligible for enrollment
        under this Act.
            (3) The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register
        rules and regulations governing the establishment of the
        Western Shoshone Judgment Roll and shall utilize any documents
        acceptable to the Secretary in establishing proof of
        eligibility. The Secretary's determination on all applications
        for enrollment under this paragraph shall be final.
            (4) Upon completing the Western Shoshone Judgment Roll
        under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make a per capita
        distribution of 100 percent of the funds described in this
        section, in a sum as equal as possible, to each person listed
        on the Roll.
            (5)(A) With respect to the distribution of funds under this
        section, the per capita shares of living competent adults who
        have reached the age of 19 years on the date of the
        distribution provided for under paragraph (4), shall be paid
        directly to them.
            (B) The per capita shares of deceased individuals shall be
        distributed to their heirs and legatees in accordance with
        regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
            (C) The shares of legally incompetent individuals shall be
        administered pursuant to regulations and procedures established
        by the Secretary under section 3(b)(3) of Public Law 93-134 (25
        U.S.C. 1403(b)(3)).
            (D) The shares of minors and individuals who are under the
        age of 19 years on the date of the distribution provided for
        under paragraph (4) shall be held by the Secretary in
        supervised individual Indian money accounts. The funds from
        such accounts shall be disbursed over a period of 4 years in
        payments equaling 25 percent of the principal, plus the
        interest earned on that portion of the per capita share. The
        first payment shall be disbursed to individuals who have
        reached the age of 18 years if such individuals are deemed
        legally competent. Subsequent payments shall be disbursed
        within 90 days of the individual's following 3 birthdays.
            (6) All funds distributed under this Act are subject to the
        provisions of section 7 of Public Law 93-134 (25 U.S.C. 1407).
            (7) All residual principal and interest funds remaining
        after the distribution under paragraph (4) is complete shall be
        added to the principal funds that are held and invested under
        section 3(1).
            (8) All per capita shares belonging to living competent
        adults certified as eligible to share in the judgment fund
        distribution under this section, and the interest earned on
        those shares, that remain unpaid for a period of 6-years shall
        be added to the principal funds that are held and invested
        under section 3(1), except that in the case of a minor, such 6-
        year period shall not begin to run until the minor reaches the
        age of majority.
            (9) Receipt of a share of the judgment funds under this
        section shall not be construed as a waiver of any existing
        treaty rights pursuant to the ``1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley''
        inclusive of all articles I through VIII and shall not prevent
        any Western Shoshone Tribe or Band or individual Shoshone
        Indian from pursuing other rights guaranteed by law.

SEC. 3. DISTRIBUTION OF DOCKETS 326-A-1 AND 326-A-3.

    The funds appropriated on March 23, 1992, and August 21, 1995, in
satisfaction of the awards granted to the Western Shoshone Indians in
Docket Numbers 326-A-1 and 326-A-2 before the United States Court of
Claims, and the funds referred to under section 2, together with all
earned interest, shall be distributed as follows:
            (1)(A) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment
        of this Act, the Secretary shall establish in the Treasury of
        the United States a trust fund to be known as the ``Western
        Shoshone Educational Trust Fund'' for the benefit of the
        Western Shoshone members. There shall be credited to the Trust
        Fund the amount described in the matter preceding this
        paragraph.
            (B) The principal amount in the Trust Fund shall not be
        expended or disbursed. Other amounts in the Trust Fund shall be
        invested as provided for in section 1 of the Act of June 24,
1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a).
            (C) All accumulated and future interest and income from the
        Trust Fund shall be distributed as educational and other
        grants, and as other forms of assistance determined
        appropriate, to individual Western Shoshone members as required
        under this Act and to pay the reasonable and necessary expenses
        of the Administrative Committee established under paragraph (2)
        (as defined in the written rules and procedures of such
        Committee). Funds under this paragraph shall not be distributed
        on a per capita basis.
            (2)(A) An Administrative Committee to oversee the
        distribution of the education grants authorized under paragraph
        (1) shall be established as provided for in this paragraph.
            (B) The Administrative Committee shall consist of 1
        representative from each of the following organizations:
                    (i) The Western Shoshone Te-Moak Tribe.
                    (ii) The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe.
                    (iii) The Yomba Shoshone Tribe.
                    (iv) The Ely Shoshone Tribe.
                    (v) The Western Shoshone Business Council of the
                Duck Valley Reservation, Fallon Band of Western
                Shoshone.
                    (vi) The at large community.
            (C) Each member of the Committee shall serve for a term of
        4-years. If a vacancy remains unfilled in the membership of the
        Committee for a period in excess of 60 days, the Committee
        shall appoint a replacement from among qualified members of the
        organization for which the replacement is being made and such
        member shall serve until the organization to be represented
        designates a replacement.
            (D) The Secretary shall consult with the Committee on the
        management and investment of the funds subject to distribution
        under this section.
            (E) The Committee shall have the authority to disburse the
        accumulated interest fund under this Act in accordance with the
        terms of this Act. The Committee shall be responsible for
        ensuring that the funds provided through grants under paragraph
        (1) are utilized in a manner consistent with the terms of this
        Act. In accordance with paragraph (1)(C), the Committee may use
        a portion of the interest funds to pay all of the reasonable
        and necessary expenses of the Committee, including per diem
        rates for attendance at meetings that are the same as for those
        paid to Federal employees in the same geographic location.
            (F) The Committee shall develop written rules and
        procedures that include such matters as operating procedures,
        rules of conduct, scholarship fund eligibility criteria (such
        criteria to be consistent with this Act), application selection
        procedures, appeals procedures, fund disbursement procedures,
        and fund recoupment procedures. Such rules and procedures shall
        be subject to the approval of the Secretary. A portion of the
        interest funds, not to exceed $100,000, under this Act may be
        used by the Committee to pay the expenses associated with
        developing such rules and procedures. At the discretion of the
        Committee, and with the approval of the appropriate tribal
        governing body, jurisdiction to hear appeals of the Committee's
        decisions may be exercised by a tribal court, or a court of
        Indian offenses operated under section 11 of title 25, Code of
        Federal Regulations.
            (G) The Committee shall employ an independent certified
        public accountant to prepare an annual financial statement that
        includes the operating expenses of the Committee and the total
        amount of scholarship fund disbursements for the fiscal year
        for which the statement is being prepared under this section.
        The Committee shall compile a list of names of all individuals
        approved to receive scholarship funds during such fiscal year.
        The financial statement and the list shall be distributed to
        each organization referred to in this section and copies shall
        be made available to the Western Shoshone members upon request.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (2) Trust fund.--The term ``Trust Fund'' means the Western
        Shoshone Educational Trust Fund established under section 3(1).
            (3) Western shoshone members.--The term ``Western Shoshone
        members'' means an individual who appears on the Western
        Shoshone Judgment Roll established under section 2(1), or an
        individual who is the lineal descendant of an individual
        appearing on the roll, and who--
                    (A) satisfies all eligibility criteria established
                by the Administrative Committee under section 3;
                    (B) fulfills all application requirements
                established by the Administrative Committee; and
                    (C) agrees to utilize tile funds in a manner
                approved by the Administrative Committee for
                educational or vocational training purposes.

SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary shall prescribe the enrollment regulations necessary
to carry out this Act.

Output: Requires that such funds and specified funds appropriated in satisfaction of the awards granted to such Indians in Docket Numbers 326-A-1 and 326-A-3 before the U.S. Court of Claims be credited to and distributed from a Western Shoshone Educational Trust Fund to be established by the Secretary for educational and other grants and other forms of assistance to individual Western Shoshone members and to pay reasonable and necessary expenses of an Administrative Committee established by this Act to oversee the distribution of such education grants.


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of Disapproval.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
        this section, a certification described in subsection (a) shall
        not have any effect if, within 15 calendar days after the date
        on which Congress receives the certification, there is enacted
        into law a joint resolution disapproving the certification.
            (2) Contents of joint resolution.--For the purpose of this
        subsection, the term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint
        resolution--
                    (A) that is introduced not later than 3 calendar
                days after the date on which a certification described
                in subsection (a) is received by Congress;
                    (B) which does not have a preamble;
                    (C) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint
                resolution disapproving the certification of the
                President described in section 3(a) of the Syrian
                Refugee Verification and Safety Act''; and
                    (D) the matter after the resolving clause of which
                is as follows: ``That Congress disapproves the
                certification of the President described in section
                3(a) of the Syrian Refugee Verification and Safety
                Act.''.
            (3) Fast track consideration in house of representatives.--
                    (A) Reconvening.--Upon receipt of a certification
                described in subsection (a), the Speaker of the House
                of Representatives, if the House of Representatives
                would otherwise be adjourned, shall notify the Members
                of the House that, pursuant to this subsection, the
                House shall convene not later than the second calendar
                day after receipt of such certification.
                    (B) Reporting and discharge.--Any committee of the
                House of Representatives to which a joint resolution
                described in paragraph (2) is referred shall report it
                to the House not later than 5 calendar days after the
                date of receipt of the certification described in
                subsection (a). If a committee fails to report the
                joint resolution within that period, the committee
                shall be discharged from further consideration of the
                joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be
                referred to the appropriate calendar.
                    (C) Proceeding to consideration.--After each
                committee authorized to consider a joint resolution
                reports it to the House or has been discharged from its
                consideration, it shall be in order, not later than the
                sixth day after Congress receives the certification
                described in subsection (a), to move to proceed to
                consider the joint resolution in the House. All points
                of order against the motion are waived. Such a motion
                shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a
                motion to proceed on the joint resolution. The previous
                question shall be considered as ordered on the motion
                to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion
                shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote
                by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in
                order.
                    (D) Consideration.--The joint resolution shall be
                considered as read. All points of order against the
                joint resolution and against its consideration are
                waived. The previous question shall be considered as
                ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without
                intervening motion except two hours of debate equally
                divided and controlled by the proponent and an
                opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of
                the joint resolution shall not be in order.
            (4) Fast track consideration in senate.--
                    (A) Reconvening.--Upon receipt of a certification
                described in subsection (a), if the Senate has
                adjourned or recessed for more than 2 days, the
                majority leader of the Senate, after consultation with
                the minority leader of the Senate, shall notify the
                Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this
                subsection, the Senate shall convene not later than the
                second calendar day after receipt of the certification.
                    (B) Placement on calendar.--Upon introduction in
                the Senate, the joint resolution shall be placed
                immediately on the calendar.
                    (C) Floor consideration.--
                            (i) In general.--Notwithstanding Rule XXII
                        of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in
                        order at any time during the period beginning
                        on the 4th day after the date on which Congress
                        receives a certification described in
                        subsection (a) and ending on the 6th day after
                        the date on which Congress receives a
                        certification described in subsection (a) (even
                        though a previous motion to the same effect has
                        been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the
                        consideration of the joint resolution, and all
                        points of order against the joint resolution
                        (and against consideration of the joint
                        resolution) are waived. The motion to proceed
                        is not debatable. The motion is not subject to
                        a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider
                        the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
                        disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion
                        to proceed to the consideration of the
                        resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution
                        shall remain the unfinished business until
                        disposed of.
                    (D) Debate.--Debate on the joint resolution, and on
                all debatable motions and appeals in connection
                therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours,
                which shall be divided equally between the majority and
                minority leaders or their designees. A motion further
                to limit debate is in order and not debatable. An
                amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to
                proceed to the consideration of other business, or a
                motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in
                order.
                    (E) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall
                occur immediately following the conclusion of the
                debate on a joint resolution, and a single quorum call
                at the conclusion of the debate if requested in
                accordance with the rules of the Senate.
                    (F) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals
                from the decisions of the Chair relating to the
                application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may
                be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution
                shall be decided without debate.
            (5) Rules relating to senate and house of
        representatives.--
                    (A) Coordination with action by other house.--If,
                before the passage by one House of a joint resolution
                of that House, that House receives from the other House
                a joint resolution, then the following procedures shall
                apply:
                            (i) The joint resolution of the other House
                        shall not be referred to a committee.
                            (ii) With respect to a joint resolution of
                        the House receiving the resolution--
                                    (I) the procedure in that House
                                shall be the same as if no joint
                                resolution had been received from the
                                other House; but
                                    (II) the vote on passage shall be
                                on the joint resolution of the other
                                House.
                    (B) Treatment of joint resolution of other house.--
                If one House fails to introduce or consider a joint
                resolution under this subsection, the joint resolution
                of the other House shall be entitled to expedited floor
                procedures under this subsection.
                    (C) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following
                passage of the joint resolution in the Senate, the
                Senate then receives the companion measure from the
                House of Representatives, the companion measure shall
                not be debatable.
                    (D) Veto debate and duration.--If the President
                vetoes the joint resolution, debate on a veto message
                in the Senate under this subsection shall be 1 hour
                equally divided between the majority and minority
                leaders or their designees.
            (6) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This
        paragraph and paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) are enacted by
        Congress--
                    (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the
                Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and
                as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House,
                respectively, but applicable only with respect to the
                procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a
                joint resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to
                the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
                    (B) with full recognition of the constitutional
                right of either House to change the rules (so far as
                relating to the procedure of that House) at any time,
                in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the
                case of any other rule of that House.

Output: Syrian Refugee Verification and Safety Act This bill declares that: (1) no alien who is a refugee because of the conflict in Syria (covered alien) may be admitted to the United States as a refugee, (2) no funds may be expended to process refugee applications for covered aliens, and (3) no funds may be expended by the Department of State or the Department of Health and Human Services to resettle covered aliens in the United States. These restrictions shall remain in effect until 30 days after the President certifies to Congress regarding:   protocols and interagency coordination to adjudicate such U.S. admissions and resettlement;  evaluation and review of such protocols and coordination by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community;  State Department submission to Congress of an updated Congressional Presentation Document of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration for Fiscal Year 2016 that reflects security or other risks posed by covered aliens; and  a State Department briefing to Congress on the increase in covered aliens seeking refugee admission and so admitted, including information on any terrorist conduct.   This certification: (1) may not be submitted to Congress before 270 days, and (2) shall not have any effect if Congress enacts into law a joint resolution of disapproval within 15 days.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Of the 400,000 square miles of tallgrass prairie that
        once covered the North American Continent, less than 1 percent
        remains, primarily in the Flint Hills of Kansas.
            (2) In 1991, the National Park Service conducted a special
        resource study of the Spring Hill Ranch, located in the Flint
        Hills of Kansas.
            (3) Such study concludes that the Spring Hill Ranch--
                    (A) is a nationally significant example of the once
                vast tallgrass ecosystem, and includes buildings listed
                on the National Register of Historic Places pursuant to
                section 101 of the National Historic Preservation Act
                (16 U.S.C. 470a) which represent outstanding examples
                of Second Empire and other 19th Century architectural
                styles; and
                    (B) is suitable and feasible as a potential
                addition to the National Park System.
            (4) The National Park Trust, which owns the Spring Hill
        Ranch, has agreed to permit the National Park Service--
                    (A) to purchase a portion of the ranch, as
                specified in this Act; and
                    (B) to manage the ranch in order to--
                            (i) conserve the scenery, natural and
                        historic objects, and wildlife of the ranch;
                        and
                            (ii) provide for the enjoyment of the ranch
                        in such manner, and by such means, as will
                        leave such scenery, natural and historic
                        objects, and wildlife unimpaired for the
                        enjoyment of future generations.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To preserve, protect, and interpret for the public an
        example of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem on the Spring Hill
        Ranch, located in the Flint Hills of Kansas.
            (2) To preserve and interpret for the public the historic
        and cultural values represented on the Spring Hill Ranch.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Advisory committee.--The term ``Advisory Committee''
        means the Advisory Committee established under section 7.
            (2) Preserve.--The term ``Preserve'' means the Tallgrass
        Prairie National Preserve established under section 4.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (4) Trust.--The term ``Trust'' means the National Park
        Trust, Inc. (which is a District of Columbia nonprofit
        corporation), or any successor-in-interest, subsidiary,
        affiliate, trustee, or legal representative of the National
        Park Trust, Inc. that possesses legal or equitable ownership or
        management rights with respect to land and improvements on land
        that constitutes any portion of the Preserve.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE.

    (a) In General.--In order to provide for the preservation,
restoration, and interpretation of the Spring Hill Ranch area of the
Flint Hills of Kansas, for the benefit and enjoyment of present and
future generations, there is hereby established the Tallgrass Prairie
National Preserve.
    (b) Description.--The Preserve shall consist of the lands, waters,
and interests therein, including approximately 10,894 acres, generally
depicted on the map entitled ``Boundary Map, Flint Hills Prairie
National Monument'' numbered NM-TGP 80,000 and dated June 1994, more
particularly described in the deed filed at 8:22 a.m. of June 3, 1994,
with the Office of the Register of Deeds in Chase County, Kansas, and
recorded in Book L-106 at pages 328 through 339, inclusive. In the case
of any difference between such map and legal description, such legal
description shall govern. The map shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service of the Department of the Interior.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL PRESERVE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the Preserve in
accordance with this Act, the cooperative agreement described in
subsection (f)(1), and the provisions of law generally applicable to
units of the National Park System, including the Act entitled ``An Act
to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes'',
approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1, 2 through 4) and the Act of
August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
    (b) Application of Regulations.--The regulations issued by the
Secretary concerning the National Park Service that provide for the
proper use, management, and protection of persons, property, and
natural and cultural resources shall apply within the boundaries of the
Preserve.
    (c) Facilities.--For purposes of carrying out the duties of the
Secretary under this Act relating to the Preserve, the Secretary may--
            (1) directly or by contract, construct, reconstruct,
        rehabilitate, or develop essential buildings, structures, and
        related facilities including roads, trails, and other
        interpretive facilities on real property that is not owned by
        the Federal Government and is located within the Preserve; and
            (2) maintain and operate programs in connection with the
        Preserve with the consent of the landowners.
    (d) Liability.--
            (1) Landowners.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
        law, no person who owns any land or interest in land within the
        Preserve shall be liable for injury to, or damages suffered by,
        any other person if--
                    (A) such injury or damages result from any act or
                omission of the Secretary or any officer, employee, or
                agent of the Secretary; or
                    (B) such liability would arise solely by reason of
                the ownership by the defendant of such land or interest
                in land and such injury or damages are not proximately
                caused by the wanton or willful misconduct of the
                defendant.
            (2) Liability of united states and officers and employees
        of the united states.--(A) Nothing in this subsection or in any
        other provision of this Act may be construed to exempt the
        Federal Government, or any officer or employee of the Federal
        Government, from any liability for any act or omission for
        which the Federal Government, or such officer or employee, as
        the case may be, would otherwise be liable under any applicable
        provision of law.
            (B) Nothing in this subsection or in any other provision of
        this Act may be construed to impose on the Federal Government,
        or any officer or employee of the Federal Government, any
        liability for any act or omission of any other person or entity
        for any act or omission of such other person or entity for
        which the Federal Government, or such officer or employee, as
        the case may be, would otherwise not be liable under any
        applicable provision of law.
    (e) Fees.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Preserve
shall be considered a designated unit of the National Park System,
including for the purposes of charging entrance and admission fees
under section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 460l-6a).
    (f) Agreements and Donations.--
            (1) Agreements.--The Secretary is authorized to expend
        Federal funds for the cooperative management of private
        property within the Preserve for research, resource management,
        and visitor protection and use. The Secretary may enter into
        cooperative agreements with public or private agencies,
        organizations, and institutions to further the purposes of this
        Act (as specified in section 2(b)).
            (2) Donations.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
        the Secretary may solicit, accept, retain, and expend donations
        of funds, property (other than real property), or services from
        individuals, foundations, corporations, or public entities for
        the purposes of providing programs, services, facilities, or
        technical assistance that further the purposes of this Act.
    (g) General Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than the termination date of the
        third full fiscal year beginning after the date of
        establishment of the Preserve, the Secretary shall prepare and
        submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
        Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
        Representatives a general management plan for the Preserve.
            (2) Consultation.--In preparing the general management
        plan, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the
        National Park Service, shall consult with--
                    (A)(i) appropriate officials of the Trust; and
                    (ii) the Advisory Committee established under
                section 8; and
                    (B) adjacent landowners, appropriate officials of
                nearby communities, and other interested parties.
            (3) Content of plan.--The general management plan shall
        provide for the following:
                    (A) Maintaining and enhancing the tallgrass prairie
                ecosystem.
                    (B) Public access and enjoyment of the property
                that is consistent with protection and management of
                the historical, cultural, and natural resources of the
                ranch, lands of adjoining landowners, and surrounding
                communities.
                    (C) Interpretive and educational programs covering
                the natural history of the prairie, the cultural
                history of Native Americans, and the legacy of ranching
                in the Flint Hills region.
                    (D) Provisions requiring the maintenance of
                adequate fences to contain domestic and wild animals
                within the boundaries of the Preserve and provisions
                requiring that disputes with adjacent landowners
                regarding the maintenance of such fences shall be
                resolved by the county commissioners for the county in
                which the disputed area of fence is located.
                    (E) Provisions requiring the Secretary to comply
                with applicable State noxious weed, pesticide, and
                animal health laws.
                    (F) Provisions requiring compliance with applicable
                Federal and State water laws and waste disposal laws
                (including regulations).
                    (G) Provisions requiring the Secretary to honor
                each valid existing oil and gas lease for lands within
                the boundaries of the Preserve (as described in section
                4(b)) that is in effect on the date of enactment of
                this Act.
                    (H) Provisions requiring the Secretary to offer to
                enter into an agreement with each individual who, as of
                the date of enactment of this Act, holds rights for
                cattle grazing within the boundaries of the Preserve
                (as described in section 4(b)).

SEC. 6. LIMITED AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized and directed to
acquire, by donation or purchase with donated or appropriated funds, at
fair market value--
            (1) not more than 180 acres of real property within the
        boundaries of the Preserve (as described in section 4(b)) and
        the improvements thereon; and
            (2) rights-of-way on roads that are not owned by the State
        of Kansas within the boundaries of the Preserve.
    (b) Payments in Lieu of Taxes.--For the purposes of payments made
pursuant to chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, the real
property described in subsection (a)(1) shall be deemed to have been
acquired for the purposes specified in section 6904(a) of such title
31.
    (c) Prohibitions.--No property may be acquired under this section
without the consent of the owner of the property. The United States may
not acquire fee ownership of any lands within the Preserve other than
lands described in this section.

SEC. 7. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an advisory committee to
be known as the ``Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Advisory
Committee''.
    (b) Duties.--The Advisory Committee shall advise the Secretary and
the Director of the National Park Service concerning the development,
management, and interpretation of the Preserve. In carrying out such
duties, the Advisory Committee shall provide timely advice to the
Secretary and the Director during the preparation of the general
management plan required by section 5(g).
    (c) Membership.--The Advisory Committee shall consist of the
following 11 members, who shall be appointed by the Secretary as
follows:
            (1) Three members shall be representatives of the Trust.
            (2) Three members shall be representatives of local
        landowners, cattle ranchers, or other agricultural interests.
            (3) Three members shall be representatives of conservation
        or historic preservation interests.
            (4) One member shall represent the State of Kansas or a
        political subdivision of the State.
            (5) One member shall represent institutions of higher
        education (as defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a))) in the State of
        Kansas.
    (d) Terms.--
            (1) In general.--Each member of the Advisory Committee
        shall be appointed to serve for a term of 3 years, except that
        the initial members shall be appointed as follows:
                    (A) Three members shall be appointed, one each from
                paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c), to
                serve for a term of 3 years.
                    (B) Four members shall be appointed, one each from
                paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (c), to
                serve for a term of 4 years.
                    (C) Four members shall be appointed, one each from
                paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) of subsection (c), to
                serve for a term of 5 years.
            (2) Reappointment.--Each member may be reappointed to serve
        for a subsequent term.
            (3) Expiration.--Each member shall continue to serve after
        the expiration of the term of the member until a successor is
        appointed.
            (4) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Advisory Committee shall
        be filled in the same manner as an original appointment is
        made. The member appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve
        until the expiration of the term in which the vacancy occurred.
    (e) Chairperson.--The Secretary shall appoint one of the members
who is a representative from the Trust appointed under subsection
(c)(1) to serve as Chairperson.
    (f) Meetings.--Meetings of the Advisory Committee shall be held at
the call of the Chairperson or the majority of the Advisory Committee.
Meetings shall be held at such locations and in such manner as to
ensure adequate opportunity for public involvement. In compliance with
the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.),
the Advisory Committee shall choose an appropriate means of providing
interested members of the public advance notice of scheduled meetings.
    (g) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Advisory Committee
shall constitute a quorum.
    (h) Compensation.--Each member of the Advisory Committee shall
serve without compensation, except that while engaged in official
business of the Advisory Committee, the member shall be entitled to
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence in the same
manner as persons employed intermittently in Government service under
section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
    (i) Charter.--The rechartering provisions of section 14(b) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) are hereby waived with
respect to the Advisory Committee.

SEC. 8. RESTRICTION ON AUTHORITY.

    Nothing in this Act shall give the Secretary authority to regulate
lands outside the boundaries of the Preserve.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the
Interior such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.

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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Act of 1994 - Establishes the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve to provide for the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Spring Hill Ranch area of the Flint Hills of Kansas.
Considers the Preserve a designated unit of the National Park System, including for purposes of charging entrance and admission fees under specified provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Preserve.
Authorizes the acquisition of real property and improvements thereon, and rights-of-way on roads that are not owned by Kansas, within the boundaries of the Preserve.  Sets forth provisions regarding payments to local governments in lieu of taxes for such real property.  Prohibits:  (1) such property from being acquired without the owner's consent; and (2) U.S. acquisition of fee ownership of any lands within the Preserve other than these lands.
Establishes the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary and the Director of the National Park Service on the development, management, and interpretation of the Preserve.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pups for Patriots Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) According to the Department of Veterans Affairs about
        11 to 20 of every 100 veterans (11 to 20 percent) who served in
        Operation Iraqi Freedom or in Operation Enduring Freedom are
        diagnosed with post-traumatic stress.
            (2) The invisible wounds of war, including post-traumatic
        stress, can cause debilitating symptoms in veterans leading to
        depression, social isolation, and suicide.
            (3) Studies and first-hand accounts demonstrate that
        service dogs provide support to veterans by mitigating their
        disability, allowing for professional and social reintegration.
            (4) Service dogs reduce stress and anxiety levels, ease
        depression, provide comfort, and restore confidence in affected
        veterans.
            (5) Currently, waiting lists for service dogs average
        between 18 and 24 months, with intensive compulsory training
        costing an average of $25,000 per service dog.
            (6) The estimated cost of owning a service dog once adopted
        is $1,200 to $1,600 per year for food, supplies, and general
        veterinary health care.

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out
a pilot program under which the Secretary shall--
            (1) enter into contracts with qualified nonprofit
        organizations for the provision of service dogs to eligible
        veterans, including the procurement, training, and evaluation
        of each such service dog;
            (2) ensure that each dog provided as a service dog under
        the program meets the standards described in section 4(b); and
            (3) provide veterinary insurance for each service dog
        provided to an eligible veteran pursuant to such a contract.
    (b) Eligible Veterans.--In this section, an eligible veteran is a
veteran who--
            (1) served on active duty in the Armed Forces on or after
        September 11, 2001;
            (2) has been diagnosed with severe or extreme post-
        traumatic stress or with a severe traumatic brain injury by a
        Department of Veterans Affairs doctor or clinical social worker
        who has treated the veteran;
            (3) has received evidence-based treatment and remains
        symptomatic of severe or extreme post-traumatic stress or
        severe traumatic brain injury, as determined by the Secretary
        or a Department doctor or clinical social worker; and
            (4) commits to an evaluation by a Department doctor or
        clinical social worker at a minimum of two times per year.
    (c) Relationship to Other Benefits.--A service dog provided to a
veteran pursuant to a contract under the pilot program shall be in
addition to all other benefits and services for which the veteran is
eligible under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs.
    (d) Qualified Nonprofit Organizations.--For purposes of the pilot
program under this section, a qualified nonprofit organization is a
nonprofit organization that the Secretary determines adheres to the
national standards for the selection, training, and assessment of
service dogs for veterans described in section 4(b).
    (e) Annual Reports to Congress.--Not later than one year after the
date on which the pilot program commences, and annually thereafter
until the termination of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit
to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of
Representatives a report on the pilot program. Each such report shall
include an evaluation of the pilot program based on--
            (1) an update on the nonprofit organizations with which the
        Secretary has entered into a contract;
            (2) summaries from the Department doctors and clinical
        social workers who are evaluating the eligible veterans who
        receive service dogs under the pilot program; and
            (3) an analysis of each eligible veteran's ability to
        professionally and socially reintegrate, to reduce dependence
        on prescriptive medications, and on relevant metrics pertaining
        to the veteran's diagnosis of a mental health mobility disorder
        related to post-traumatic stress or a traumatic brain injury.
    (f) Limitation on Payment of Expenses.--The contract between the
Secretary and a qualified nonprofit organization under this section
shall not provide for a payment to the organization in an amount in
excess of $25,000 for each service dog provided under the contract,
including the procurement, training, and evaluation of the service dog.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2023 $7,500,000 to
carry out the pilot program.
    (h) Offset.--The amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated
for the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Human Resources and
Administration for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2023 shall be
reduced by $7,500,000.
    (i) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary to enter into a
contract under this section shall terminate on the date that is five
years after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SELECTION, TRAINING, AND ASSESSMENT OF
              SERVICE DOGS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) At a convening facilitated by the National Association
        of Veteran-Serving Organizations, a scientific advisory
        committee was formed and developed national standards on the
        selection, training, and assessment of service dogs to enhance
        public safety, the humane treatment of service dogs, and
        reliable task performance for veterans.
            (2) The national standards are publically available and may
        be subject to revision following a sample study and an annual
        review by the scientific advisory committee.
    (b) Standards.--The national standards for selection, training, and
assessment of service dogs described in this section are the following:
            (1) With respect to canine breed and size, service dogs
        should not be restricted by breed or size as the needs of
        individual veterans vary according to mobility and lifestyle.
            (2) With respect to canine selection and health--
                    (A) breeds and lines within the breed should be
                evaluated to ensure a long service life for a working
                animal;
                    (B) service dog candidates should have a thorough
                examination performed by a veterinarian;
                    (C) examinations should include radiography of the
                hips and elbows as a predictor of future joint and
                arthritic issues, and vision and hearing tests;
                    (D) service dogs should receive regular wellness
                exams and vaccinations as recommended by a
                veterinarian, be on year-round internal and external
                parasite control; and be spayed or neutered; and
                    (E) service dog candidates should have a stable,
                calm temperament.
            (3) With respect to canine training tasks, service dogs
        should be able to perform a minimum of two tasks that directly
        relate to the veteran's disability.
            (4) With respect to canine training methods and equipment--
                    (A) service dogs should perform tasks with alacrity
                and show a desire to work;
                    (B) training equipment used must be appropriate for
                the breed and dog, fitted, and used correctly; and
                    (C) electronic collars are not acceptable as a
                humane training tool.
            (5) With respect to handler training--
                    (A) handlers should be educated on the fundamentals
                of dog care and the humane treatment of animals,
                including health care, nutritious diet, regular
                exercise, and the absence of physical pain and stress;
                and
                    (B) handlers must be educated on legal rights
                according to the Americans with Disabilities Act, Air
                Carrier Access Act, and Fair Housing Act, among others.
            (6) With respect to service dog assessments, service dogs
        and their respective veterans should be observed in action in a
        public settings that provide common distractions such as food,
        noise, crowds, and other animals.
            (7) With respect to the background and role of an
        assessor--
                    (A) an assessor should support and coach the
                veteran to successfully partner with the veteran's
                service dog;
                    (B) an assessor should have a background in service
                dog training and evaluation and be experienced in
                working with persons with post-traumatic stress; and
                    (C) an assessor should evaluate whether the service
                dog is temperamentally suitable for the work as a
                service dog.
    (c) Service Dog Credential.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall issue to an eligible veteran who is provided a service dog under
the pilot program under section 3 with a national service dog
credential if the veteran provides to the Secretary each of the
following:
            (1) A certificate that the veteran has successfully
        completed an assessment that meets the criteria under
        subsection (b)(6).
            (2) Proof of a diagnosis, as described in section 3(b)(2),
        from a Department doctor or clinical social worker.
            (3) A note from a Department doctor or clinical social
        worker that includes a recommendation that the veteran have a
        service dog.
            (4) A copy of the vaccination records of the veteran's
        service dog and a note from the veterinarian who has treated
        the service dog affirming that the dog is healthy enough to be
        a service dog.
            (5) A list of tasks prepared by whom that the service dog
        is able to perform that are directly related to the veteran's
        diagnosis as determined by the Department doctor or clinical
        social worker who made the veteran's diagnosis.

Output: Pups for Patriots Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program under which it shall enter into contracts with qualified nonprofit organizations to provide service dogs to eligible veterans who:   served on active duty in the Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001, have been diagnosed with severe or extreme post-traumatic stress or with a severe traumatic brain injury by a VA doctor or clinical social worker, have received evidence-based treatment and remains symptomatic of severe or extreme post-traumatic stress or severe traumatic brain injury, and  commit to an evaluation by a VA doctor or social worker at least twice a year.   A qualified nonprofit organization is a nonprofit organization that adheres to prescribed national standards for the selection, training, and assessment of service dogs for veterans. Such program must also furnish veterinary insurance for each such service dog.  The VA shall issue to a veteran to whom a service dog is provided a national service dog credential if the veteran furnishes certain documents to the VA.