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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Early Pest Detection and
Surveillance Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR COMMODITY INSPECTION EFFORTS TO PREVENT
              INTRODUCTION OR SPREAD OF PESTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Department of agriculture.--The term ``department of
        agriculture'' means an agency of a State or political
        subdivision of a State that has a legal responsibility to
        perform early pest detection and surveillance activities.
            (2) Early pest detection and surveillance.--The term
        ``early pest detection and surveillance'' means the full range
        of activities undertaken to find newly introduced pests,
        whether new to the United States or new to certain areas of the
        United States, before the pests become established, or before
        pest infestations become too large and costly to eradicate or
        control.
            (3) Pest.--The term ``pest'' has the meaning given the term
        ``plant pest'' in section 403(14) of the Plant Protection Act
        (7 U.S.C. 7702(14)).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Agriculture.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means--
                    (A) each of the several States;
                    (B) the District of Columbia;
                    (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
                    (D) Guam;
                    (E) American Samoa;
                    (F) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
                Islands;
                    (G) the Federated States of Micronesia;
                    (H) the Republic of the Marshall Islands;
                    (I) the Republic of Palau; and
                    (J) the United States Virgin Islands.
    (b) Cooperative Agreements Authorized.--Subject to the availability
of appropriated funds to carry out this section, the Secretary of
Agriculture may enter into a cooperative agreement with a department of
agriculture for the purpose of assisting early pest detection and
surveillance efforts by the department of agriculture through an array
of methods, including survey, pest trapping, sampling or surveillance
of domestic shipments, specimen collection, and modeling and mapping of
pest populations.
    (c) Application.--A department of agriculture seeking to enter into
a cooperative agreement under this section shall submit an application
to the Secretary containing such information as the Secretary may
require. The Secretary shall notify applicants of the following:
            (1) The requirements to be imposed on a department of
        agriculture for auditing of, and reporting on, the use of any
        funds provided by the Secretary under the cooperative
        agreement.
            (2) The criteria to be used to ensure that early pest
        detection and surveillance activities supported under the
        cooperative agreement are based on knowledge, experience, and
        capabilities.
            (3) The means of identifying pathways of pest
        introductions.
            (4) The methods to be used to determine the level of
        support for proposed early pest detection and surveillance
        activities by private and public interests adversely affected
        by pests.
    (d) Consultation.--The Secretary will consult with the National
Plant Board and the National Association of State Departments of
Agriculture in carrying out this section.
    (e) Special Considerations.--In determining whether to enter into a
cooperative agreement with a department of agriculture under this
section, and the amount of any funds to be provided under the
agreement, the Secretary shall consider the following factors:
            (1) The potential economic risk to the people, plants,
        livestock, property, economy, and environment of the State due
        to the introduction of a pest.
            (2) The likelihood that the early pest detection and
        surveillance activity to be supported will prevent the
        introduction of a pest or facilitate the eradication of a pest.
            (3) The extent to which the funds provided under the
        agreement will be used to leverage non-Federal funds.
            (4) The extent to which departments of agriculture in the
        State are conducting early pest detection and surveillance
        activities to prevent the introduction of pests or facilitate
        the eradication of a pest.
            (5) The extent to which the early pest detection and
        surveillance activity would provide a comprehensive approach
        that would compliment Federal exclusion activities.
            (6) Such other factors as the Secretary determines to be
        appropriate.
    (f) Use of Funds.--A department of agriculture that receives funds
under this section shall use the funds to carry out early pest
detection and surveillance activities to prevent the introduction of a
pest or facilitate the eradication of a pest. These funds are intended
to augment the funds otherwise available to a department of agriculture
to perform early pest detection and surveillance activities, and not to
replace such funds.
    (g) Cost-Sharing Requirements.--
            (1) Federal cost share.--Except as provided in paragraph
        (3), the Federal share of the cost of carrying out an
        authorized early pest detection and surveillance activity under
        this section shall not exceed 50 percent.
            (2) Form of non-federal cost share.--The non-Federal share
        of the cost of carrying out an authorized early pest detection
        and surveillance activity may be provided in cash or in kind.
            (3) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a early
        pest detection and surveillance activity in any case which--
                    (A) the Secretary establishes criteria that would
                apply in any situation in which, with respect to an
                early pest detection and surveillance activity, a
                Federal share of greater than 50 percent is necessary
                to meet the needs of an underserved area or to address
                a critical need that cannot be addressed by other
                means; and
                    (B) the activity meets those criteria, as
                determined by the Secretary.
    (h) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of completion of an early pest detection and surveillance activity
conducted by a department of agriculture using funds provided under
this section, the department of agriculture shall submit to the
Secretary a report that describes the purposes and results of the
activities.
    (i) Relationship to Other Programs.--Funds made available under
this section are intended to supplement, and not replace, assistance
made available to departments of agriculture under other laws to
support early pest detection and surveillance activities.
    (j) No Effect on PILT Payments.--The receipt of a funds by any
department of agriculture of a State under this section shall have no
effect on the amount of any payment received by the State under chapter
69 of title 31, United States Code.
    (k) Authorization of Appropriations.-- There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of
the fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this section. Not more
than five percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year may be
used by the Secretary for administrative costs.

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Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with any state department of agriculture for assisting early pest (plant pest) detection and surveillance efforts by such department through an array of methods, including survey, pest trapping, sampling or surveillance of domestic shipments, specimen collection, and modeling and mapping of pest populations.

Requires the Secretary, in determining whether to enter into such an agreement, to consider specified factors, including: (1) the potential economic risk to the state's people, plants, livestock, property, economy, and environment due to the introduction of a pest; and (2) the likelihood that the early pest detection and surveillance activity will prevent the introduction or facilitate the eradication of a pest.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Racial Justice Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN DISPROPORTIONATE PATTERN.

    (a) In General.--A government shall not impose or carry out the
penalty of death in criminal cases in a racially disproportionate
pattern. An individual shall not be put to death in execution of a
death sentence imposed under law administered in violation of this
subsection.
    (b) Disproportionate Pattern.--For purposes of subsection (a), a
racially disproportionate pattern occurs when the penalty of death is
imposed--
            (1) more frequently upon persons of one race than upon
        persons of other races convicted of crimes for which such
        penalty may be imposed; or
            (2) more frequently as punishment for crimes against
        persons of one race than as punishment for crimes against
        persons of another race;
and the greater frequency is not explained by relevant nonracial
circumstances.

SEC. 3. PROOF REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Establishing Pattern.--To establish that a racially
disproportionate pattern exists for the purposes of this Act--
            (1) ordinary methods of statistical proof suffice; and
            (2) it shall not be necessary to show discriminatory
        motive, intent, or purpose on the part of any individual or
        institution.
    (b) Prima Facie Case.--To establish a prima facie showing that a
racially disproportionate pattern exists for purposes of this Act, it
suffices to show that death sentences are being imposed or executed--
            (1) upon persons of one race with a frequency that is
        disproportioned to their representation among the total numbers
        of persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of, death
        eligible crimes; or
            (2) as punishment for crimes against persons of one race
        with a frequency that is disproportioned to their
        representation among the numbers of persons against whom death
        eligible crimes have been the subject of arrests, charges, or
        convictions.
    (c) Rebuttal of Prima Facie Case.--To rebut a prima facie showing
of a racially disproportionate pattern, a government must establish by
clear and convincing evidence that identifiable and pertinent
nondiscriminatory factors persuasively explain the observable racial
disparities comprising the disproportion.

SEC. 4. DATA ON DEATH PENALTY CASES.

    (a) Designation of Central Agency.--Any State or Federal entity
that provides by law for death to be imposed as a punishment for any
crime shall designate a central agency to collect and maintain
pertinent data on the charging, disposition, and sentencing patterns
for all cases of death-eligible crimes.
    (b) Form for Data.--The central agency so designated shall devise
and distribute to every local official or agency responsible for the
investigation or prosecution of death-eligible crimes a standard form
to collect pertinent data.
    (c) Preparation of Data by Local Officials.--Each local official
responsible for the investigation or prosecution of death-eligible
crimes shall complete a standard form on every case of death-eligible
crime and shall transmit it to the central agency no later than three
months after the disposition of each such case whether that disposition
is by dismissal of charges, reduction of charges, acceptance of a plea
of guilty to the death-eligible crime or to another crime, acquittal,
conviction, or any decision not to proceed with prosecution.
    (d) Police and Investigative Report.--In addition to the standard
form, the local official or agency shall transmit to the central agency
one copy of all police and investigative reports made in connection
with each case of death-eligible crime.
    (e) Other Duties of Central Agency.--The central agency shall
affirmatively monitor compliance with this section by local officials
and agencies. It shall maintain all standard forms, compile and index
all information contained in the forms, and make both the forms and the
compiled information publicly available. The compiled information shall
be made publicly available in machine readable form. The central agency
shall also maintain a centralized, alphabetically indexed file of all
police and investigative reports transmitted to it by local officials
or agencies in every case of death-eligible crime. It shall allow
access to its file of police and investigative reports to counsel of
record for any person charged with any death-eligible crime or
sentenced to death who has made, or intends to make, a claim under
section 2; and it may also allow access to this file to other persons.

SEC. 5. LEGAL COUNSEL.

    (a) Requirement.--In any action brought in a court of the United
States within the jurisdiction conferred by sections 2241, 2254, or
2255 of title 28, United States Code, in which any person raises a
claim under section 2--
            (1) the court shall appoint counsel for any such person who
        is financially unable to retain counsel; and
            (2) the court shall furnish investigative, expert or other
        services necessary for the adequate development of the claim to
        any such person who is financially unable to obtain such
        services.
    (b) Nonapplication of Presumption of Correctness.--Notwithstanding
section 2254 of title 28, United States Code, no determination on the
merits of a factual issue made by a State court pertinent to any claim
under section 2 shall be presumed to be correct unless--
            (1) the State is in compliance with section 4;
            (2) the determination was made in a proceeding in a State
        court in which the person asserting the claim was afforded
        rights to the appointment of counsel and to the furnishing of
        investigative, expert, and other services necessary for the
        adequate development of the claim which were substantially
        equivalent to those provided by subsection (a); and
            (3) the determination is one which is otherwise entitled to
        be presumed to be correct under the criteria specified in
        section 2254.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act--
            (1) the term ``pertinent data'' means the data to be
        collected in the standard form as designated by the central
        agency. Such term includes, at a minimum--
                    (A) pertinent demographic information on all
                persons charged with the crime and all victims
                (including race, sex, age, and national origin);
                    (B) information on the principal features of the
                crime;
                    (C) information on the aggravating and mitigating
                factors of the crime, and on the background and
                character of every person charged with the crime; and
                    (D) a narrative summary of the crime;
            (2) the term ``case of death-eligible crime'' means a case
        in which the complaint, indictment, information, or any other
        initial or later charging paper charges any person with a crime
        for which the punishment of death is authorized to be imposed
        under any circumstances upon conviction.

SEC. 7. CLAIMS BEFORE ENACTMENT NOT BARRED.

    A person is not barred from raising a claim under section 2 on the
ground of having failed to raise or to prosecute the same or a similar
claim before the date of enactment of this Act, not by reason of any
adjudication before this date.

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Racial Justice Act of 1993 - Prohibits:  (1) a government from imposing or carrying out the death penalty in a racially disproportionate pattern; and (2) an individual from being put to death in execution of a death sentence imposed under law administered in violation of such provision.
Specifies that ordinary methods of statistical proof suffice to establish that a racially disproportionate pattern exists and that it shall not be necessary to show discriminatory motive, intent, or purpose on the part of any individual or institution.
Establishes the requirements for a prima facie showing that a racially disproportionate pattern exists.  States that such a showing may be rebutted by establishing by clear and convincing evidence that identifiable and pertinent nondiscriminatory factors persuasively explain the observable racial disparities comprising the disproportion.
Requires any State or Federal entity that provides for the imposition of the death penalty to designate a central agency to collect and maintain pertinent data on the charging, disposition, and sentencing patterns for all cases of death-eligible crimes. Directs the central agency to affirmatively monitor compliance by local officials and agencies.
Provides for the appointment of counsel for all indigent clients (and the furnishing of investigative and other services) for habeas corpus actions arising under this Act.  Specifies that no determination on the merits of a factual issue made by a State court pertinent to any claim of racially disproportionate pattern shall be presumed to be correct unless:  (1) the State is in compliance with requirements of this Act concerning the collection and maintenance of death penalty data; (2) the determination was made in a proceeding in a State court in which the person asserting the claim was afforded rights to appointment of counsel and to the furnishing of investigative, expert, and other services necessary for the adequate development of the claim; and (3) the determination is one which is otherwise entitled to be presumed to be correct under specified criteria.
States that the failure to raise such a claim before the enactment of this Act shall not bar future claims.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State and Local Brownfields
Revitalization Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Brownfield site.--The term ``brownfield site'' means a
        parcel of real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
        of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence
        of a hazardous substance.
            (2) Hazardous substance.--The term ``hazardous substance''
        has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
        Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
            (3) Remediate.--The term ``remediate'' has the meaning
        given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive
        Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
        (42 U.S.C. 9601).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Army.

SEC. 3. BROWNFIELDS REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall implement a program to provide
assistance to State, regional, and local governments in the remediation
and restoration of brownfield sites in cases in which the remediation
and restoration would contribute to the quality, conservation, and
sustainable use of waterways and watershed ecosystems in the United
States.
    (b) Forms of Assistance.--Assistance provided under the program
under subsection (a) may be in the form of--
            (1) site characterization and planning;
            (2) site design and construction;
            (3) environmental restoration; and
            (4) preparation for site development.
    (c) Considerations; Consultation.--In determining whether to
provide assistance for a project to remediate a brownfield site under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
            (1) take into consideration--
                    (A) the manner and extent to which the project
                would improve public health and safety;
                    (B) the manner and extent to which the project
                would--
                            (i) encourage sustainable economic and
                        environmental redevelopment in an area serviced
                        by existing infrastructure; or
                            (ii) enable the creation of or addition to
                        parks, greenways, or other recreational
                        property; and
                    (C) any other expected beneficial results of the
                project; and
            (2) consult with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and
        local officials.
    (d) Public Ownership Requirement.--The Secretary shall provide
assistance for a project under this section only if the project site
(including any facilities on the site) is publicly owned.
    (e) Cost Sharing.--
            (1) Federal share.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph
                (3), the Federal share of the cost of any project under
                this section shall not exceed 65 percent.
                    (B) Agreement.--As a condition of receiving
                assistance for a project under this section, a non-
                Federal interest shall enter into a binding agreement
                with the Secretary that establishes the percentages of
                the costs of the project that are to be paid by--
                            (i) the Secretary; and
                            (ii) the non-Federal interest.
            (2) Credit toward non-Federal share.--In determining the
        non-Federal share of the cost of a project under this section,
        the Secretary shall provide credit to the non-Federal interest
        for--
                    (A) the value of land, easements, rights-of-way,
                and relocations (including direct costs associated with
                obtaining permits necessary for completing the site
                characterizations or remediation work), not to exceed
                35 percent of total project costs;
                    (B) any site characterization and site remediation
                services and other in-kind work that is carried out on
                or subsequent to, or within the period that is 5 years
                before, the date on which the non-Federal interest
                enters into a cost sharing agreement with the Secretary
                under paragraph (1)(B); and
                    (C) grants awarded, and the value of work performed
                on behalf of the non-Federal interest, by State and
                local agencies, as determined by the Secretary.
            (3) Operation and maintenance.--The non-Federal interest
        shall pay 100 percent of costs of operation and maintenance of
        a remediated site.
            (4) Limitation on federal expenditures.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
                (B), the Secretary shall award not more than $3,250,000
                for a project at any brownfield site.
                    (B) Exception.--If the Secretary determines that a
                project, due to the size or the level of contamination
                of the brownfield site, requires additional funds, the
                Secretary may provide to the project funding in the
                amount of the lesser of--
                            (i) $5,000,000; or
                            (ii) an amount not to exceed 65 percent of
                        the costs of the project.
    (f) Applicability of Laws.--Nothing in this section waives, limits,
or otherwise affects the applicability of any provision of Federal or
State law that would otherwise apply to a project to be carried out
with assistance provided under this section.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2001 through 2005.

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Permits assistance only for project sites that are publicly-owned. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 65 percent. Sets forth provisions regarding the non-Federal share of project costs. Requires the non-Federal interest to pay 100 percent of operation and maintenance costs of a remediated site. Limits the total amount of assistance for any one project.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nursing Education Opportunities
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The American Hospital Association reported in July 2007
        that United States hospitals need approximately 116,000
        registered nurses to fill vacant positions nationwide.
            (2) To address the shortage of qualified nurses, schools of
        nursing have developed accelerated, second-baccalaureate degree
        programs in nursing. In 2005, these programs graduated 3,769
        students. The number of accelerated degree graduates in 2006
        was 5,236. This is an additional 1,467 nursing graduates in 1
        year.
            (3) Despite the nurse shortage and efforts to increase the
        pool of qualified nurses, schools of nursing struggle to
        increase student capacity. According to the American
        Association of Colleges of Nursing (referred to in this Act as
        the ``AACN''), United States nursing schools turned away nearly
        43,000 qualified applicants in 2006 primarily due to an
        insufficient number of faculty.
            (4) The AACN reported in July 2006, a total of 637 faculty
        vacancies at 329 nursing schools with baccalaureate or graduate
        programs, or both, across the Nation. Besides the vacancies,
        schools cited the need to create an additional 55 faculty
        positions to accommodate student demand. Most of the vacancies
        (53.7 percent) were faculty positions requiring a doctoral
        degree.
            (5) In 2007, the Association of Academic Health Centers
        surveyed chief executive officers (CEOs) from academic health
        centers regarding faculty shortages across various health
        professions. The CEOs rated the nursing faculty shortage as the
        most severe of all health professions with 81 percent noting
        the nursing faculty shortage as a problem.
            (6) The average ages of doctorally-prepared nurse faculty
        holding the ranks of professor, associate professor, and
        assistant professor are 58.6, 55.8, and 51.6 years,
        respectively. Considering the average age of nurse faculty at
        retirement is 62.5 years, a wave of nurse faculty retirements
        is expected in the next decade.
            (7) Master's and doctoral programs in nursing are not
        producing a large enough pool of potential nurse educators to
        meet the demand. In 2006, the AACN found that graduations from
        doctoral nursing programs were up by only 1.4 percent from the
        previous academic year.
            (8) Nurses are vital to the Nation's health care delivery
        system. Due to the nurse shortage, patient safety and quality
        of care are at risk. Given the findings described in paragraphs
        (1) through (7), measures must be taken to address the nurse
        shortage and nursing faculty shortage.

SEC. 3. NURSING STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM.

    Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.)
is amended--
            (1) in section 835(b)(4), by inserting ``(including a
        student in an accelerated nursing degree program who is
        pursuing a second baccalaureate degree or a master's degree as
        an entry level nursing degree)'' after ``graduate degree in
        nursing''; and
            (2) in section 836--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``$2,500'' and inserting
                        ``$4,400'';
                            (ii) by striking ``$4,000'' and inserting
                        ``$7,000''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``$13,000'' and inserting
                        ``$22,900''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting
                        ``(including a student in an accelerated
                        nursing degree program who is pursuing a second
                        baccalaureate degree or a master's degree as an
                        entry level nursing degree)'' after ``graduate
                        degree in nursing''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting
                        ``(including a student in an accelerated
                        nursing degree program who is pursuing a second
                        baccalaureate degree)'' after ``equivalent
                        degree''.

SEC. 4. ACCELERATED NURSING DEGREE PROGRAMS.

    Section 801(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296(3))
is amended by inserting ``(including an accelerated nursing degree
program)'' before ``and including''.

SEC. 5. ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING GRANTS.

    Section 811(f)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
296j(f)(2)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting
``, except in the case of a nurse faculty shortage, the Secretary may,
in the Secretary's discretion, obligate more than 10 percent of such
traineeships for individuals in doctoral degree programs.''.

SEC. 6. GRANT PROGRAM FOR DOCTORAL NURSING PROGRAMS.

    Part D of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
296p et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 832. GRANT PROGRAM FOR DOCTORAL NURSING PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants to eligible
entities to enable the eligible entities to establish doctoral nursing
degree programs.
    ``(b) Eligible Entity.--In this section, the term `eligible entity'
means an entity that is 1 of the `eligible entities' as such term is
defined in section 801.
    ``(c) Application.--An eligible entity that desires a grant under
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary
may require.
    ``(d) Selection of Grant Recipients.--Not later than 6 months after
the date of enactment of the Nursing Education Opportunities Act, the
Secretary shall establish requirements and procedures for the
administration of grants under this section and procedures for
selecting grant recipients. In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall consider the following:
            ``(1) Doctoral nursing program distribution.--Providing
        priority to eligible entities located in States in which there
        are no doctoral nursing degree programs.
            ``(2) Geographic distribution.--Providing an equitable
        geographic distribution of such grants.
            ``(3) Rural and urban areas.--Distributing such grants to
        rural and urban areas.
            ``(4) Prior experience or exceptional programs.--Whether
        the eligible entity has demonstrated--
                    ``(A) prior experience in, or exceptional programs
                for, the preparation of baccalaureate prepared nurses
                or master's prepared nurses; and
                    ``(B) an interest in establishing a doctoral
                nursing degree program.
    ``(e) Grant Amount.--Each grant awarded under this section shall be
equal to not more than $2,000,000.
    ``(f) Grant Duration.--A grant awarded under this section shall be
for a period of not more than 5 years.
    ``(g) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a grant under
this section shall use the grant funds to establish a doctoral nursing
degree program, including--
            ``(1) hiring administrators, faculty, and staff;
            ``(2) retaining current faculty;
            ``(3) developing doctoral curriculum;
            ``(4) repairing and expanding infrastructures;
            ``(5) purchasing educational equipment;
            ``(6) developing and enhancing clinical laboratories;
            ``(7) recruiting students;
            ``(8) establishing technology infrastructures; and
            ``(9) other investments determined necessary by the
        eligible entity for the development of a doctoral nursing
        degree program.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section not more than $40,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4
succeeding fiscal years.''.

SEC. 7. DOCTORAL NURSING CONSORTIA PILOT PROJECT.

    Part D of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
296p et seq.), as amended by section 6, is further amended by adding at
the end the following:

``SEC. 833. DOCTORAL NURSING CONSORTIA PILOT PROJECT.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of the pilot project under this section
is to provide grants to partnerships of eligible entities to establish
consortia to enhance and expand the availability of doctoral nurse
faculty and education by enabling the partners involved to share
doctoral faculty and programmatic resources so that the nursing faculty
shortage does not further inhibit the preparation of future nurses or
nurse faculty.
    ``(b) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants to partnerships
of eligible entities to enable the partnerships to establish doctoral
nursing consortia.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Doctoral nursing consortium.--The term `doctoral
        nursing consortium' means a partnership that includes 2 or more
        of--
                    ``(A) eligible entities within the same State;
                    ``(B) eligible entities within different States; or
                    ``(C) eligible entities establishing a doctoral
                nursing program.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' has the
        meaning given the term in section 832(b).
    ``(d) Application.--A partnership of eligible entities that desires
a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as
the Secretary may require. Such partnership may apply for a grant under
this section each year of the pilot project.
    ``(e) Selection.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of the Nursing Education Opportunities Act, the Secretary
shall establish requirements and procedures for the administration of
grants under this section and procedures for selecting grant
recipients.
    ``(f) Consideration in Making Awards.--In awarding grants under
this section, the Secretary shall consider the following:
            ``(1) Prior experience or exceptional programs.--Eligible
        entities that have demonstrated prior experience in, or
        exceptional programs for, the preparation of--
                    ``(A) doctorally prepared nursing faculty and
                nursing researchers; and
                    ``(B) baccalaureate prepared nurses or master's
                prepared nurses.
            ``(2) Geographic distribution.--Providing an equitable
        geographic distribution of such grants.
            ``(3) Rural and urban areas.--Distributing such grants to
        rural and urban areas.
            ``(4) New grantees.--Awarding grants to eligible entities
        that have not previously received a grant under this section.
    ``(g) Grant Amount.--The Secretary shall determine the amount of
each grant awarded under this section based on the purpose of this
section, which amount shall not be more than $500,000.
    ``(h) Use of Funds.--A partnership of eligible entities that
receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to
establish a doctoral nursing consortium that shall share doctoral
faculty and programmatic resources, such as--
            ``(1) establishing technology infrastructures;
            ``(2) developing shared doctoral curriculum;
            ``(3) hiring faculty and staff;
            ``(4) retaining current faculty;
            ``(5) providing travel stipends for nursing faculty who
        agree to teach nursing courses at another eligible entity
        within the doctoral nursing consortium;
            ``(6) providing scholarships for post-doctoral fellows who
        agree to teach a nursing course within the nursing doctoral
        consortium;
            ``(7) providing collaborative networks for nursing
        research; and
            ``(8) other investments determined necessary by the
        eligible entities for use within the doctoral nursing
        consortium.
    ``(i) Grant Duration.--The pilot project under this section shall
be for a period of not more than 5 years.
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section not more than $10,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4
succeeding fiscal years.''.

SEC. 8. NURSE FACULTY PILOT PROJECT.

    Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1133 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                 ``PART F--NURSE FACULTY PILOT PROJECT

``SEC. 781. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part are to create a pilot program--
            ``(1) to provide scholarships to qualified nurses in
        pursuit of an advanced degree with the goal of becoming faculty
        members in an accredited nursing program; and
            ``(2) to provide grants to partnerships between accredited
        schools of nursing and hospitals or health facilities to fund
        release time for qualified nurse employees, so that those
        employees can earn a salary while obtaining an advanced degree
        in nursing with the goal of becoming nurse faculty.

``SEC. 782. ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Competitive Grants Authorized.--The Secretary may, on a
competitive basis, award grants to, and enter into contracts and
cooperative agreements with, partnerships composed of an accredited
school of nursing at an institution of higher education and a hospital
or health facility to establish not more than 5 pilot projects to
enable such hospital or health facility to retain its staff of
experienced nurses while providing a mechanism to have these
individuals become, through an accelerated nursing education program,
faculty members of an accredited school of nursing.
    ``(b) Duration; Evaluation and Dissemination.--
            ``(1) Duration.--Grants under this part shall be awarded
        for a period of 3 to 5 years.
            ``(2) Mandatory evaluation and dissemination.--Grants under
        this part shall be primarily used for evaluation, and
        dissemination to other institutions of higher education, of the
        information obtained through the activities described in
        section 781(2).
    ``(c) Considerations in Making Awards.--In awarding grants and
entering into contracts and cooperative agreements under this section,
the Secretary shall consider the following:
            ``(1) Geographic distribution.--Providing an equitable
        geographic distribution of such grants.
            ``(2) Rural and urban areas.--Distributing such grants to
        urban and rural areas.
            ``(3) Range and type of institution.--Ensuring that the
        activities to be assisted are developed for a range of types
        and sizes of institutions of higher education.
            ``(4) Prior experience or exceptional programs.--
        Institutions of higher education with demonstrated prior
        experience in providing advanced nursing education programs to
        prepare nurses interested in pursuing a faculty role.
    ``(d) Uses of Funds.--Funds made available by grant, contract, or
cooperative agreement under this part may be used--
            ``(1) to develop a new national demonstration initiative to
        align nursing education with the emerging challenges of
        healthcare delivery; and
            ``(2) for any 1 or more of the following innovations in
        educational programs:
                    ``(A) To develop a clinical simulation laboratory
                in a hospital, health facility, or accredited school of
                nursing.
                    ``(B) To purchase distance learning technologies.
                    ``(C) To fund release time for qualified nurses
                enrolled in the graduate nursing program.
                    ``(D) To provide for faculty salaries.
                    ``(E) To collect and analyze data on educational
                outcomes.

``SEC. 783. APPLICATIONS.

    ``Each partnership desiring to receive a grant, contract, or
cooperative agreement under this part shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the Secretary may require. Each application shall
include assurances that--
            ``(1) the individuals enrolled in the program will be
        qualified nurses in pursuit of a master's or doctoral degree in
        nursing and have a contractual obligation with the hospital or
        health facility that is in partnership with the institution of
        higher education;
            ``(2) the hospital or health facility of employment would
        be the clinical site for the accredited school of nursing
        program;
            ``(3) individuals will also maintain their employment on a
        part time basis to the hospital or health facility that allowed
        them to participate in the program, and will receive an income
        from the hospital or health facility, as a part time employee,
        and release times or flexible schedules to accommodate the
        individuals' class schedules; and
            ``(4) upon completion of the program, an individual agrees
        to teach for 2 years in an accredited school of nursing for
        each year of support the individual received under this
        program.

``SEC. 784. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated for this part not more
than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary
for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.

``SEC. 785. DEFINITION.

    ``For purposes of this part, the term `health facility' means an
Indian Health Service health service center, a Native Hawaiian health
center, a hospital, a Federally qualified health center, a rural health
clinic, a nursing home, a home health agency, a hospice program, a
public health clinic, a State or local department of public health, a
skilled nursing facility, or ambulatory surgical center.''.

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Nursing Education Opportunities Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include accelerated degree nursing students who pursue a second baccalaureate degree or a master's degree as an entry level nursing degree as eligible for financial assistance through nursing programs in the Act, including the Nursing Student Loan Program. Raises the yearly loan amounts available to all nursing students through that Program. Modifies the definition of "collegiate school of nursing" to include accelerated nursing degree programs.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of a nurse faculty shortage, to obligate more than 10% of traineeships for individuals in doctoral degree programs.

Directs the Secretary to award grants to: (1) eligible entities to establish doctoral nursing degree programs, giving priority to such entities located in states in which there are no such programs; and (2) partnerships of eligible entities to establish doctoral nursing consortia to enhance and expand the availability of doctoral nurse faculty and education by enabling the partners to share doctoral faculty and programmatic resources.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to award grants to partnerships composed of an accredited nursing school at an institution of higher education and a hospital or health facility to establish up to five pilot projects to enable such hospital or facility to retain its staff of experienced nurses while providing a mechanism to have these individuals become, through an accelerated nursing education program, faculty members of an accredited nursing school.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Opportunity Protection and
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the Federal
Government nor any officer, employee, or agent of the Federal
Government shall--
            (1) intentionally discriminate against, or grant a
        preference to, any person or group based in whole or in part on
        race, color, national origin, or sex, in connection with--
                    (A) a Federal contract or subcontract;
                    (B) Federal employment; or
                    (C) any other federally conducted program or
                activity; or
            (2) require or encourage a Federal contractor or
        subcontractor, or the recipient of a license or financial
        assistance, to discriminate intentionally against, or grant a
        preference to, any person or group based in whole or in part on
        race, color, national origin, or sex, in connection with any
        Federal contract or subcontract or Federal license or financial
        assistance.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION RELATING TO RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL AID.

    A State or private entity that receives Federal financial
assistance may not discriminate against, or grant a preference to, any
person or group based in whole or in part on race, color, national
origin, or sex, in connection with--
            (1) any contract or subcontract;
            (2) employment; or
            (3) admission to any educational institution.

SEC. 4. CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Historically Black Colleges and Universities.--Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to prohibit or limit any act that is designed to
benefit an institution that is an historically Black college or
university on the basis that the institution is an historically Black
college or university.
    (b) Indian Tribes.--This Act does not prohibit any action taken--
            (1) pursuant to a law enacted under the constitutional
        powers of Congress relating to the Indian tribes; or
            (2) under a treaty between an Indian tribe and the United
        States.
    (c) Certain Sex-Based Classifications.--This Act does not prohibit
or limit any classification based on sex if--
            (1) the classification is applied with respect to
        employment and the classification would be exempt from the
        prohibitions of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by
        reason of section 703(e)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e-
        2(e)(1)); or
            (2) the classification is applied with respect to a member
        of the Armed Forces pursuant to statute, direction of the
        President or Secretary of Defense, or Department of Defense
        policy.
    (d) Immigration and Nationality Laws.--This Act does not affect any
law governing immigration or nationality, or the administration of any
such law.

SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE REVIEW OF POLICIES AND REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the head of each department or agency of the Federal Government, in
consultation with the Attorney General, shall review all existing
policies and regulations that such department or agency head is charged
with administering, modify such policies and regulations to conform to
the requirements of this Act, and report to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate the results of the review and any modifications
to the policies and regulations.

SEC. 6. REMEDIES.

    (a) In General.--Any person aggrieved by a violation of section 2
or 3 may, in a civil action against the violator (including a violator
that is a governmental entity), obtain appropriate relief (which may
include back pay). A prevailing plaintiff in a civil action under this
section shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the
costs.
    (b) Construction.--This section does not affect any remedy
available under any other law.

SEC. 7. EFFECT ON PENDING MATTERS.

    (a) Pending Cases.--This Act does not affect any case pending on
the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Pending Contracts and Subcontracts.--This Act does not affect
any contract or subcontract in effect on the date of enactment of this
Act, including any option exercised under such contract or subcontract
before or after such date of enactment.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Federal government.--The term ``Federal Government''
        means executive and legislative branches of the Government of
        the United States.
            (2) Preference.--The term ``preference'' means an advantage
        of any kind, and includes a quota, set-aside, numerical goal,
        timetable, or other numerical objective.
            (3) Historically black college or university.--The term
        ``historically Black college or university'' means a part B
        institution, as defined in section 322(2) of the Higher
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)).

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Equal Opportunity Protection and Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2007 - Prohibits discrimination or preferences in federal employment and contracting and other federal programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex. Prohibits requiring or encouraging any federal contractor or subcontractor to so discriminate or grant a preference.

 Prohibits states and private entities that receive federal financial assistance from so discriminating or granting a preference in connection with any contract or subcontract, employment, or admission to any educational institution.

Prohibits construing this Act to prohibit or limit: (1) any act designed to benefit historically Black colleges or universities; or (2) any action under a federal law or treaty relating to the Indian tribes. Declares that this Act does not prohibit or limit employment classifications based on sex if sex is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to normal operation or the classification is applied regarding an armed forces member. Allows any aggrieved person to obtain, in a civil action, appropriate relief (including back pay) from the violator, including from a government entity. Requires awarding a prevailing plaintiff attorney's fees as part of the costs.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hunger Relief Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF FOOD STAMP BENEFITS FOR ALIENS.

    (a) Limited Eligibility of Qualified Aliens for Certain Federal
Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Section 402(a) of the Personal
        Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
        (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
                        ``Federal programs'' and inserting ``Federal
                        program'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D)--
                                    (I) by striking clause (ii); and
                                    (II) in clause (i)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``(i)
                                        SSI.--'' and all that follows
                                        through ``paragraph (3)(A)''
                                        and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) In general.--With respect to the
                        specified Federal program described in
                        paragraph (3)'';
                                            (bb) by redesignating
                                        subclauses (II) through (IV) as
                                        clauses (ii) through (iv) and
                                        indenting appropriately;
                                            (cc) by striking
                                        ``subclause (I)'' each place it
                                        appears and inserting ``clause
                                        (i)''; and
                                            (dd) in clause (iv) (as
                                        redesignated by item (bb)), by
                                        striking ``this clause'' and
                                        inserting ``this
                                        subparagraph'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking
                        ``paragraph (3)(A) (relating to the
                        supplemental security income program)'' and
                        inserting ``paragraph (3)'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (F);
                                    (I) by striking ``Federal
                                programs'' and inserting ``Federal
                                program'';
                                    (II) in clause (ii)(I)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``(I) in
                                        the case of the specified
                                        Federal program described in
                                        paragraph (3)(A),''; and
                                            (bb) by striking ``; and''
                                        and inserting a period; and
                                    (III) by striking subclause (II);
                            (v) in subparagraph (G), by striking
                        ``Federal programs'' and inserting ``Federal
                        program'';
                            (vi) in subparagraph (H), by striking
                        ``paragraph (3)(A) (relating to the
                        supplemental security income program)'' and
                        inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
                            (vii) by striking subparagraphs (I), (J),
                        and (K); and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``means any'' and all that
                        follows through ``The supplemental'' and
                        inserting ``means the supplemental''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B).
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 402(b)(2)(F) of the
        Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
        of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(2)(F)) is amended by striking
        ``subsection (a)(3)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)''.
    (b) Five-Year Limited Eligibility of Qualified Aliens for Federal
Means-Tested Public Benefit.--Section 403 of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1613) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the
        following:
                    ``(L) Assistance or benefits under the Food Stamp
                Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``not apply'' and all that follows
                through ``(1) an individual'' and inserting ``not apply
                to an individual''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; or'' and all that follows
                through ``402(a)(3)(B)''.
    (c) Authority for States To Provide for Attribution of Sponsor's
Income and Resources to the Alien With Respect to State Programs.--
Section 422(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1632(b)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
            ``(8) Programs comparable to assistance or benefits under
        the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).''.
    (d) Requirements for Sponsor's Affidavit of Support.--Section
423(d) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1183a note; Public Law 104-193) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) Benefits under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
        2011 et seq.), if a sponsor is unable to make the reimbursement
        because the sponsor experiences hardship (including bankruptcy,
        disability, and indigence) or if the sponsor experiences severe
        circumstances beyond the control of the sponsor, as determined
        by the Secretary of Agriculture.''.
    (e) Derivative Eligibility for Benefits.--Section 436 of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. 1646) is repealed.
    (f) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), this
        section and the amendments made by this section shall apply to
        assistance or benefits provided under the Food Stamp Act of
        1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for months beginning on or after
        October 1, 2001.
            (2) Refugees and asylees.--In the case of an alien
        described in section 402(a)(2)(A) of the Personal
        Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
        (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(A)), this section and the amendments made
        by this section shall apply to assistance or benefits provided
        under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for
        months beginning on or after April 1, 2000.

SEC. 3. VEHICLE ALLOWANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 5(g)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2014(g)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(iv)--
                    (A) by striking ``subparagraph (C)'' and inserting
                ``subparagraphs (C) and (D)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``to the extent that'' and all that
                follows through the end of the clause and inserting
                ``to the extent that the fair market value of the
                vehicle exceeds $4,650; and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Alternative vehicle allowance.--If the
                vehicle allowance standards that a State agency uses to
                determine eligibility for assistance under the State
                program funded under part A of title IV of the Social
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) would result in a
                lower attribution of resources to certain households
                than under subparagraph (B)(iv), in lieu of applying
                subparagraph (B)(iv), the State agency may elect to
                apply the State vehicle allowance standards to all
                households that would incur a lower attribution of
                resources under the State vehicle allowance
                standards.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take
effect on July 1, 2000.

SEC. 4. MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF EXCESS SHELTER EXPENSE DEDUCTION.

    Section 5(e)(7)(B) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2014(e)(7)(B)) is amended by striking clauses (iii) and (iv) and
inserting the following:
                            ``(iii) for fiscal year 1999, $275, $478,
                        $393, $334, and $203 per month, respectively;
                            ``(iv) for fiscal year 2000, $280, $483,
                        $398, $339, and $208 per month, respectively;
                            ``(v) for fiscal year 2001, $340, $543,
                        $458, $399, and $268 per month, respectively;
                        and
                            ``(vi) for fiscal year 2002 and each
                        subsequent fiscal year, the applicable amount
                        during the preceding fiscal year, as adjusted
                        to reflect changes for the 12-month period
                        ending the preceding November 30 in the
                        Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
                        published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
                        the Department of Labor.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL COMMODITIES
              UNDER EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 214 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C.
7515) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--In addition to any other funds that are
        made available to carry out this section, there are authorized
        to be appropriated to purchase and make available additional
        commodities under this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal
        years 2001 through 2005.
            ``(2) Direct expenses.--Not less than 15 percent of the
        amount made available under paragraph (1) shall be used to pay
        direct expenses (as defined in section 204(a)(2)) incurred by
        emergency feeding organizations to distribute additional
        commodities to needy persons.''.

Output:
Exempts food stamp provisions respecting aliens from: (1) the five-year waiting period for Federal means-tested public benefits eligibility; (2) inclusion of sponsor income and resources to an alien for State benefits eligibility; and (3) sponsor reimbursement requirements in cases of hardship.
Sets forth effective dates for: (1) aliens; and (2) refugees and asylees.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize a State to use an alternative State auto valuation rather than the Federal one in order to provide a lower household resource attribution for food stamp program purposes.
(Sec. 4) Increases, and indexes for inflation, the food stamp excess shelter deduction.
(Sec. 5) Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to authorize additional appropriations for commodity purchases under the emergency food assistance program.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Media Marketing Accountability Act
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Children have easy access to a variety of media and
        entertainment options without leaving their own homes. The vast
        majority of homes with children have a VCR, a CD player, and
        either a video game console or a personal computer.
            (2) Children, and especially teenagers, spend a large
        amount of time listening to music, seeing movies, and playing
        video games. Specifically:
                    (A) Children ages 8 through 13 spend approximately
                3 hours per week in a movie theater, on average. In
                addition, 62 percent of children ages 9 through 17
                spent an average of 52 minutes per day watching video
                tapes.
                    (B) 82 percent of children play video games, and do
                so for 33 minutes per day, on average.
                    (C) Children ages 14 through 18 listen to music
                approximately 2\1/2\ hours per day on average.
            (3) Teenagers spend tens of millions of dollars annually on
        movies, music, and video games, making them a highly valuable
        demographic group to the producers and distributors of
        entertainment products.
            (4) Media violence can be harmful to children. Most
        scholarly studies on the impact of media violence find a high
        correlation between exposure to violent content and aggressive
        or violent behavior. Additional studies find a high correlation
        between exposure to violent content and a desensitization to
        and acceptance of violence in society.
            (5) On September 11, 2000, the Federal Trade Commission
        reported that companies in the music, movie, and video game
        industries routinely target children under age 17 in the
        advertisement of adult-rated products. Specifically:
                    (A) The Commission found that 80 percent of the R-
                rated movies studied had been targeted to children. In
                addition, marketing plans for 64 percent of the R-rated
                movies studied explicitly mentioned children under age
                17 as part of the target audience.
                    (B) The Commission found that all marketing plans
                for music recordings with explicit content labels
                either explicitly mentioned children under age 17 as
                part of the target audience or called for ad placement
                in media that would reach a majority or substantial
                percentage of children under age 17.
                    (C) The Commission found that 70 percent of Mature-
                rated video games studied were targeted to children
                under age 17, and 51 percent explicitly mentioned
                children under age 17 as part of the target audience.
                Additionally, the Commission found that 91 percent of
                the video game manufacturers studied had at one time
                expressly identified children under age 17 as the core,
                primary, or secondary audience of an M-rated game.
            (6) To correct this problem, the Commission called on these
        industries to adopt voluntary, uniform policies expressly
        prohibiting these practices and to enforce these policies with
        real sanctions for violations.
            (7) To date, as the Commission noted in a follow-up report
        released on April 24, 2001, only the video game industry has
        agreed to adopt such a marketing code. The Commission also
        noted that, despite some encouraging changes in behavior since
        the release of the Commission's original report in 2000, a
        number of companies in all three industries have nevertheless
        continued to market adult-rated products in venues popular with
        children.
            (8) Because the entertainment industry continues to target
        its advertising of adult-rated products to children, there is
        need for narrowly targeted legislation to prohibit, as a false
        and deceptive trade practice, the targeting of children in the
        advertisement and other marketing of products rated for adults,
        and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to stop these
        practices.

      TITLE I--TARGETED MARKETING OF ADULT-RATED MEDIA TO CHILDREN

SEC. 101. PROHIBITION ON TARGETED MARKETING TO MINORS OF ADULT-RATED
              MEDIA AS UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE PRACTICE.

    (a) In General.--The targeted advertising or other marketing to
minors of an adult-rated motion picture, music recording, or electronic
game, in or affecting commerce, shall be treated as a deceptive act or
practice within the meaning of section 5 of the Federal Trade
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45), and is hereby declared unlawful.
    (b) Treatment as Targeted Advertising or Marketing to Minors.--For
purposes of this section, the advertising or other marketing of an
adult-rated motion picture, music recording, or electronic game shall
be treated as targeted advertising or other marketing of such product
to minors if--
            (1) the advertising or marketing--
                    (A) is intentionally directed to minors; or
                    (B) is presented to an audience of which a
                substantial proportion is minors; or
            (2) the Commission determines that the advertising or
        marketing is otherwise directed or targeted to minors.

SEC. 102. SAFE HARBOR.

    (a) In General.--The advertising or other marketing to minors of an
adult-rated motion picture, music recording, or electronic game shall
not be treated as targeted advertising or other marketing to minors,
for purposes of section 101, if the producer or distributor responsible
for the advertising or marketing adheres to a voluntary self-regulatory
system with respect to such product that satisfies the criteria under
subsection (b) and is subject to the sanctions referred to in
subsection (b)(3).
    (b) Criteria.--The Federal Trade Commission shall, by rule,
establish the criteria referred to in subsection (a). Under such
criteria, a voluntary self-regulatory system shall include the
following elements:
            (1) An age-based rating or labeling system for the product
        in question.
            (2) For all products that are rated or labeled as adult-
        rated under such system--
                    (A) prohibitions on the targeted advertising or
                other marketing to minors of such products; and
                    (B) other policies to restrict, to the extent
                feasible, the sale, rental, or viewing to or by minors
                of such products.
            (3) Procedures, including sanctions for non-complying
        producers and distributors, meeting such requirements as the
        Commission includes in such criteria in order to assure
        compliance with the prohibitions and other policies referred to
        in paragraph (2).

SEC. 103. REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Trade Commission shall prescribe rules
that define with specificity the acts or practices that are deceptive
acts or practices under section 101.
    (b) In Particular.--The rules under subsection (a)--
            (1) shall specify criteria for determining whether or not
        an audience is comprised of a substantial proportion of minors
        for purposes of section 101(b)(1)(B); and
            (2) may include requirements for the purpose of preventing
        acts or practices that are deceptive acts or practices under
        section 101.

SEC. 104. MATTERS RELATING TO REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Trade Commission shall prescribe rules
under sections 102 and 103 in accordance with the provisions of section
553 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Time Limit.--The Commission shall prescribe the regulations
required under sections 102 and 103(b)(1) not later than 12 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 105. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--This title shall be enforced by the Federal Trade
Commission under the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15
U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
    (b) Actions by Commission.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall prevent any person
        from violating section 101, or a rule of the Commission under
        section 103, in the same manner, by the same means, and with
        the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all
        applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission
        Act were incorporated into and made a part of this title.
            (2) Particular rules.--A rule prescribed under section
        103(b)(1) shall be treated as a rule prescribed under section
        18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C.
        57a(a)(1)(B)), and any violation of a rule prescribed under
        such section 103 shall be treated as a violation of a rule
        respecting unfair or deceptive acts or practices under section
        5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45).
            (3) Rights and liabilities of parties.--Any person or
        entity that violates section 101, or a rule of the Commission
        under section 103, shall be subject to the penalties, and
        entitled to the privileges and immunities, provided in the
        Federal Trade Commission Act in the same manner, by the same
        means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as
        though all applicable terms and provisions of that Act were
        incorporated into and made a part of this title.
    (c) Effect on Other Laws.--Nothing in this title shall be construed
to limit the authority of the Commission under any other provision of
law.

SEC. 106. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Adult-rated.--The term ``adult-rated'', in the case of
        a motion picture, music recording, or electronic game, means a
        rating or label voluntarily assigned by the producer or
        distributor of such product, including a rating or label
        assigned pursuant to an industry-wide rating or labeling
        system, which rating or label--
                    (A) indicates or signifies that--
                            (i) such product is or may be appropriate
                        or suitable only for adults; or
                            (ii) access to such product by minors
                        should be restricted; or
                    (B) in the case of a music recording, advises or
                signifies that such product may contain explicit
                content, including strong language or expressions of
                violence, sex, or substance abuse.
            (2) Minor.--The term ``minor'' means an individual below
        the age established under the rating or labeling system in
        question to be an appropriate audience for adult-oriented
        material, but in no event includes an individual 17 years of
        age or older. If no specific age is so established under the
        rating or labeling system in question, the term means an
        individual less than 17 years of age.
            (3) Adult.--The term ``adult'' means an individual who is
        no longer a minor.
            (4) Electronic game.--The term ``electronic game'' means
        any interactive entertainment software, including any computer
        game, video game, or on-line game, sold or rented on any
        tangible medium or by any electronic or on-line medium by which
the right to play a specified interactive-entertainment-software
product is purchased.
            (5) Motion picture.--The term ``motion picture'' means any
        theatrical motion picture shown in a commercial theater or sold
        or rented by videotape, digital recording, or other tangible
        medium or by any electronic or on-line medium by which the
        right to play an individual theatrical motion picture is
        purchased, except that such term shall not include anything
        shown on broadcast television or cable television.
            (6) Music recording.--The term ``music recording'' means
        any recording of music sold or rented on compact disk, tape
        cassette, vinyl record, music video, or other tangible medium
        or by any electronic or on-line medium by which the right to
        hear a specified work of music is purchased, except that such
        term shall not include anything shown on broadcast television
        or cable television.

SEC. 107. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This title shall take effect 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

                        TITLE II--OTHER MATTERS

SEC. 201. STUDY OF MARKETING PRACTICES OF ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES
              REGARDING ADULT-RATED MATERIALS.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Trade Commission shall conduct a study
of the advertising and other marketing practices of the motion picture
industry, music recording industry, and electronic game industry
regarding adult-rated motion pictures, music recordings, and electronic
games.
    (b) Matters To Be Studied.--In conducting the study under
subsection (a), the Commission may examine--
            (1) whether and to what extent the industries referred to
        in that subsection direct to minors the advertising and
        marketing of adult-rated materials, including--
                    (A) whether such materials are advertised or
                promoted in media outlets in which minors are present
                in substantial numbers or comprise a substantial
                percentage of the audience; and
                    (B) whether such industries use other marketing
                practices designed to attract minors to such materials;
            (2) whether and to what extent retail merchants, movie
        theaters, or others who engage in the sale or rental for a fee
        of products of such industries--
                    (A) have policies to restrict the sale, rental, or
                viewing to or by minors of adult-rated materials; and
                    (B) have procedures to ensure compliance with such
                policies;
            (3) whether and to what extent such industries require,
        monitor, or encourage the enforcement of their voluntary rating
        or labeling systems by industry members, retail merchants,
        movie theaters, or others who engage in the sale or rental for
        a fee of the products of such industries;
            (4) whether and to what extent such industries engage in
        activities to educate the public in the existence, use, or
        efficacy of their voluntary rating or labeling systems; and
            (5) whether and to what extent the policies and procedures
        referred to in paragraph (2), any activities referred to in
        paragraphs (3) and (4), and any other activities of such
        industries are effective in restricting the access of minors to
        adult-rated materials.
    (c) Factors in Determination.--In determining whether the products
of an industry are adult-rated for purposes of subsection (b), the
Commission shall use the voluntary industry rating or labeling system
of the industry, both as in effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act and as modified after that date.
    (d) Authorities.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), the
Commission may use its authority under section 6(b) of the Federal
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 46(b)) to require the filing of reports
or answers in writing to specific questions, as well as to obtain
information, oral testimony, documentary material, or tangible things.
    (e) Reports.--
            (1) Requirement.--The Commission shall submit to Congress
        and the public two reports on the study under subsection (a),
        as follows:
                    (A) An initial report, not later than two years
                after the date of the enactment of this Act.
                    (B) A final report, not later than six years after
                that date.
            (2) Elements.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall
        include--
                    (A) a description of the study conducted under
                subsection (a) during the period covered by the report;
                    (B) any findings and recommendations of the
                Commission arising out of the study as of the end of
                that period; and
                    (C) the identification of the particular producers
                and distributors, if any, engaged in advertising or
                other marketing practices relevant to such findings and
                recommendations.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``adult-rated'',
``electronic game'', ``motion picture'', ``music recording'', and
``minor'' have the meanings given those terms in section 106.

SEC. 202. SEPARABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision
to any person, partnership, corporation, or circumstance, is held
invalid, the remainder of this Act, and the application of such
provision to any other person, partnership, corporation, or
circumstance, shall not be affected thereby.

Output: Media Marketing Accountability Act of 2001 - Declares that targeted marketing to minors of an adult-rated motion picture, music recording, or electronic game shall be treated as a deceptive act or practice within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and considered unlawful unless the producer or distributor responsible for advertising or marketing adheres to a voluntary self-regulatory system that comports with criteria established by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).Grants the FTC enforcement powers. Directs the FTC to study and report to Congress on marketing practices of the motion picture, music recording and electronic game industries with respect to adult-rated products, including the identification of particular producers and distributors engaged in such practices.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Community
Mobilization Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) There has been a substantial increase in poverty within
        the United States during the past five years. The greatest
        concentration of poverty exists in large metropolitan areas.
            (2) The plight of the poor in New Orleans, Louisiana, as
        revealed during the Katrina hurricane and the flood it caused
        poses a considerable threat to health and life and creates
        conditions that foster a total breakdown of civil society.
            (3) The rescue and survival effort during the Katrina
        disaster was greatly impeded by the lack of engagement and
        contact with institutions and procedures of the mainstream
        world.
            (4) The lack of employment is at the center of problems
        impacting on the poor and the primary antidote to alleviation
        would be jobs.
            (5) Within the Community Service Agency (CSA) there is a
        structure in place presently capable of rapidly implementing
        programs geared to help the poor. Through this Act, in
        alignment with the Community Services Block Grant's purpose to
        provide members of the community with meaningful employment,
        low-income residents of metropolitan areas can be engaged in a
        beneficially meaningful way while providing a vital service to
        their communities.
            (6) The structure established to implement the Faith Based
        Initiative project is also immediately adoptable for the
        implementation of programs to employ, train, counsel and place
        low-income residents in permanent jobs.
            (7) The shamefully slow pace of disaster recovery in New
        Orleans and the Gulf Coast area demonstrates a need for
        emergency action by the Congress.
            (8) Circumstances require the launching of pilot projects
        in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans and at least nine other at-risk
        cities where recently released surveys and studies have shown
        significant increases in poverty.

SEC. 3. HOMELAND SECURITY COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--There is hereby established the
Homeland Security Community Mobilization Program (hereafter in this Act
referred to as the ``Program'', which shall be administered under the
authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'').
    (b) Pilot Projects.--To implement the Program, the Secretary may
make grants to local entities in 10 metropolitan areas (including the
city of New Orleans, Louisiana) to carry out pilot projects that--
            (1) provide emergency response training to low-income
        adults and youth to prepare them to provide emergency
        assistance in metropolitan areas during disasters (These
        individuals will provide neighborhood response to natural
        disasters and terrorist attacks and shall be trained to work as
        Neighborhood Emergency Response Operators.),
            (2) provide job training and financial assistance to
        families with children in school. Families with incomes under
        the poverty line with children in school shall receive priority
        for support (Stipends shall be made available for travel costs
        and other expenses incurred for attendance in school-related
        meetings. Cash award incentives shall also be made available
        for improved student performance. Participants shall be trained
        to work as Informed Parent Program Specialists.),
            (3) provide community education and school support
        (Programs shall be established that organize parents and
        volunteers to assist schools in such areas as school safety,
        student discipline, after-school and weekend extracurricular
        activities, physical education and sports activities, and
        assistance with truant and delinquent children. Entry level job
        training shall be developed for School Community
        Coordinators.),
            (4) provide juvenile delinquency prevention programs and
        youth counseling (Programs shall be established which focus on
        at-risk youth and are geared primarily to youth with identified
        problems. Such programs shall work with family courts and
        juvenile detention centers as well as work with school
        counselors. Individuals shall be trained to work as Youth
        Ombudsman and Child Advocates.),
            (5) provide entrepreneurial business development training
        for youth (Programs shall be established which place low-income
        youth in local business internship positions for the purpose of
        teaching them the fundamentals of small business operations and
        preparing them to establish and operate small concessions and
        other entrepreneurial enterprises. Individuals shall be trained
        to work as Young Community Leader Trainees.), and
            (6) provide family health care information and solutions
        (Programs shall be established to train citizens to monitor
        areas of potential terrorist attacks and low-level germ warfare
        and to be first responders to such situations. Trainees shall
        also make available to citizens of the community greater
        amounts of detailed information diseases such as AIDS as well
        as the sudden dangers of maladies such as West Nile Virus or
        possible epidemics like Avian Flu. Individuals shall be trained
        to work as Health Care Information Specialists.).

SEC. 4. APPLICATION AND EVALUATION.

    (a) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under the
Program, a local entity in a metropolitan area shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time and containing such
information as the Secretary shall require by rule.
    (b) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall issue such rules, and shall
carry out such activities, as may be necessary to ensure that
recipients of grants made under this Act--
            (1) keep records to account for the expenditure of funds
        received under such grants,
            (2) evaluate the activities such recipients carry out with
        such funds, and
            (3) submit to the Secretary such reports regarding such
        activities as the Secretary may require to evaluate the
        performance of such recipients and the efficacy of such
        activities.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$2,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and
2011.

Output: Homeland Security Community Mobilization Act of 2006 - Establishes the Homeland Security Community Mobilization Program, under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make grants to local entities in 10 metropolitan areas (including New Orleans, Louisiana) to carry out pilot projects that provide: (1) emergency response training to prepare low-income adults and youth to provide emergency assistance in metropolitan areas during disasters; (2) job training and financial assistance to families with children in school, awarding priority to families with incomes under the poverty line; (3) community education and school support; (4) juvenile delinquency prevention programs and youth counseling; (5) entrepreneurial business development training for youth; and (6) family health care information and solutions.


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SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) since the late 18th century, the United States textile
        machinery industry has played an important role in the
        development of the world textile industry;
            (2) the United States textile machinery industry currently
        consists of approximately 500 companies, primarily small
        businesses, producing machinery, parts and accessories used in
        the production of textile mill products for apparel, defense,
        furniture and industrial application;
            (3) the textile machinery industry is overwhelmingly
        comprised of firms with 50 or fewer employees;
            (4) the textile machinery industry is one of 92 industries
        in the United States considered essential to our defense needs;
            (5) during the last decade, the textile machinery industry
        has been among those industries most weakened due to a dramatic
        rise in imports and foreign trade barriers which thwart United
        States exports;
            (6) further erosion of the textile machinery industry will
        expose the United States textile and apparel complex to
        offshore pricing, delivery and service resulting in less
        competition and limited choice;
            (7) shipments of textile machinery, parts and accessories
        were approximately 26 percent lower in 1988 than in 1980, while
        imports rose by an astounding 100 percent during this same
        period;
            (8) such erosion of the textile machinery industry will
        result in loss of tariff revenue to the Treasury of the United
        States;
            (9) the textile industry is among the largest five
        employers in the country;
            (10) there are many economic benefits of the textile
        machinery industry, including tariffs on imports, corporate and
        employee taxes, preservation of jobs and small businesses,
        industrial growth, manufacturing skills, maintenance of basic
        industries, increased exports, and a lower trade deficit;
            (11) over the last two decades, employment in the textile
        machinery industry has shrunk from 28,500 individuals to
        17,800;
            (12) recapturing the textile machinery market will be a
        positive contribution to the balance of trade;
            (13) trade impacted businesses should have direct access to
        capital from the source of subsidized competition; and
            (14) government studies recommend that research and
        development programs be developed to help sustain and expand
        the textile machinery industry.

SEC. 2. TEXTILE MACHINERY MODERNIZATION FUND.

    Part I of title III of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1303-1323)
is amended by inserting after section 323 the following new section:

``SEC. 324. TEXTILE MACHINERY MODERNIZATION FUND.

    ``(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `Fund' means the Textile Machinery
        Modernization Fund established under subsection (b).
            ``(2) The term `qualified organization' means any entity
        organized under the laws of the United States with principal
        manufacturing facilities located in the United States that
        manufactures and markets any of the following for utilization
        by the textile industry worldwide:
                    ``(A) Machinery.
                    ``(B) Parts.
                    ``(C) Accessories.
                    ``(D) Related systems.
            ``(3) The term `qualified research project' means a
        research project, conducted within the United States, for
        machinery and equipment used predominantly, if not exclusively,
        by the textile industry, or for major capital expenditure items
        of the textile industry.
            ``(4) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Commerce.
            ``(5) The term `textile machinery and parts thereof'
        includes all articles provided for in subheadings 8420.10.10,
        8420.91.10, 8420.99.10, 8443.50.10, and 8443.90.10 and in
        headings 8444 through 8449 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
        the United States and all textile machinery and parts thereof
        provided for in headings 8450 through 8452 of such Schedule.
    ``(b) Establishment of Fund.--There is established in the Treasury
of the United States the Textile Machinery Modernization Fund. The Fund
consists of such amounts as may be appropriated to it.
    ``(c) Purposes of Fund.--Monies in the Fund shall be available, as
provided for in advance in appropriation Acts, for--
            ``(1) grants made in accordance with subsection (d) to
        qualified organizations to assist such organizations to carry
        out qualified research projects; and
            ``(2) the administration of this section, and the carrying
        out of textile machine industry-wide research and promotion, by
        the Secretary.
    ``(d) Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and to
        such terms and conditions (including those necessary to protect
        the interests of the United States) as the Secretary shall by
        regulation prescribe, the Secretary may make one or more grants
        to any qualified organization for the purpose of reimbursing
        that organization for costs incurred by it in carrying out one
        or more qualified research projects.
            ``(2) Statements of intent.--The Secretary may in advance
        of any qualified organization commencing a qualified research
        project, provide to such organization a statement indicating
        the Secretary's intent to make one or more grants to such
        organization for the purpose of funding one or more qualified
        research projects.
            ``(3) Consultation and determinations regarding
        applications.--The Secretary must--
                    ``(A) make grants under this section in
                consultation with appropriate representatives from the
                textile and textile machinery industries and the
                public; and
                    ``(B) make a determination whether or not to award
                any grant under this section within 12 months after the
                grant is applied for.
            ``(4) Limitations.--(A) No grant made under this section
        with respect to a qualified research project may exceed 60
        percent of the cost of the project.
            ``(B) The aggregate amount of the grant or grants made to a
        qualified organization under this section during any fiscal
        year is limited to expenditures above that organization's base
        line average of annual expenditures during the 3 previous
        fiscal years for qualifying textile machinery research,
        development, and product engineering, as defined in section 174
        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Grants awarded under this
        section shall be excluded from baseline calculations.
            ``(C) If the total amount of monies available in the Fund
        for the payment of grants for a fiscal year is less than the
        total amount of the grants approved for disbursement under this
        section for that fiscal year, the amount of the grants paid
        during such year shall be equitably prorated.
    ``(e) Appropriations to Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is appropriated to the Fund for
        each fiscal year after fiscal year 1993, from the revenues
        attributable to the customs duties imposed on textile machinery
        and parts thereof imported into the United States during the
        preceding fiscal year, the greater of--
                    ``(A) an amount equal to 10 percent of such
                revenues; or
                    ``(B) $10,000,000;
        of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for the
        purposes specified in subsection (c)(2).
            ``(2) Limitation.--The aggregate amount of monies in the
        Fund during any fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000.''.

Output: Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish in the Treasury the Textile Machinery Modernization Fund.  Appropriates to such fund revenues from customs duties imposed on textile machinery and parts imported into the United States in order to provide grants for research projects for the modernization of the U.S. textile machinery industry.