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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Rape Kit Database Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL RAPE KIT DATABASE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a public
database on information on rape kits collected by Federal, State, and
local law enforcement agencies.
    (b) Participation and Required Information.--
            (1) Participation.--
                    (A) In general.--Each database-participating entity
                shall, in accordance with the requirements described in
                subsection (c), include in the database under
                subsection (a) all applicable information described in
                paragraph (2) on rape kits collected or tested by such
                entity.
                    (B) Database-participating entity defined.--For
                purposes of this section, the term ``database-
                participating entity'' means--
                            (i) a Federal law enforcement agency; and
                            (ii) for purposes of establishing
                        compliance under subsection (d)--
                                    (I) a State law enforcement agency;
                                    (II) a local law enforcement
                                agency; and
                                    (III) a State or local laboratory
                                owned by a State or unit of local
                                government.
            (2) Required information.--Information described in this
        paragraph, with respect to a rape kit, includes--
                    (A) in the case of a database-participating entity
                that is a law enforcement entity--
                            (i) the date of the action constituting the
                        basis for the collection of the rape kit;
                            (ii) the city (or other appropriate
                        geographic location) where such action
                        occurred;
                            (iii) the date of the entry into the
                        database;
                            (iv) the date evidence contained in the
                        rape kit was collected;
                            (v) the entity (including a law enforcement
                        agency, laboratory, or other entity) that has
                        possession of the rape kit;
                            (vi) the processing status of the rape kit;
                        and
                            (vii) in the case of a backlogged case,
                        whether the statute of limitations has expired;
                        and
                    (B) with respect to a database-participating entity
                that is a laboratory, updates on the processing status
                of the rape kit.
    (c) Required Terms for Inclusion of Information.--The requirements
described in this paragraph, with respect to information included in
the database under subsection (a) by a database-participating entity,
are the following:
            (1) Limitation on scope of information.--No personally
        identifiable information (such as the name of the victim
        involved and the address and other contact information of such
        victim) shall be included in the database.
            (2) Unique id number and timing for inclusion of
        information.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3) and
                subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) not later than 72 hours after the time
                        at which a rape kit is first processed as
                        evidence--
                                    (I) a unique identification number
                                shall be assigned to such rape kit; and
                                    (II) the database-participating
                                entity in possession of the rape kit
                                shall include in the database
                                information on such rape kit described
                                in subsection (b)(2) in a manner that
                                identifies such information by such
                                identification number; and
                            (ii) not later than 72 hours after testing
                        the rape kit, the database-participating entity
                        conducting such testing shall update within the
                        database the processing status of such rape
                        kit.
                Any information related to such rape kit that is
                included in such database shall be identifiable within
                such database by such unique identification number.
                    (B) Rape kits collected before establishment of
                database.--Subject to paragraph (3), in the case of a
                rape kit collected before the date of establishment of
                the database, a database-participating entity shall not
                be required to include in such database information on
                (or have a unique identification number assigned with
                respect to) such rape kit before such date that is 1
                year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Rape kits not included (or to follow a delayed
        inclusion) in registry.--With respect to a rape kit collected
        or tested by a database-participating entity, the following
        shall apply:
                    (A) In the case that the rape kit relates to a case
                that the entity determines to be unfounded, or to a
                case in which the victim withdraws the victim's
                report--
                            (i) if such determination or withdrawal
                        occurs--
                                    (I) before the 72-hour deadline
                                described in paragraph (2)(A)(i) (or
                                has not otherwise been included in the
                                database), information on such rape kit
                                shall not be included in the database;
                                or
                                    (II) after information on such rape
                                kit has been entered into the database,
                                such information shall be identified as
                                inactive; and
                            (ii) the entity shall include within the
                        database the total number of such rape kits
                        that were not so included in the database and
                        identified as inactive.
                    (B) In the case that the rape kit is collected from
                a victim who has not made to the law enforcement agency
                involved a police report on the action constituting the
                basis for the collection of the rape kit, the law
                enforcement agency shall not include information on
                such rape kit in the database until the date on which
                the victim makes such a report or, if sooner and
                allowed under applicable State law, until the date on
                which the agency commences an investigation related to
                such rape kit without such a victim report.
            (4) Method of inclusion of information.--The database-
        participating entity shall include information in the database
        through a secure Internet Web site.
    (d) Compliance.--
            (1) Funding under debbie smith and byrne grant programs
        contingent on compliance.--For any fiscal year beginning after
        the date of the establishment of the database under subsection
        (a), a State or unit of local government shall not be eligible
        for Federal funding under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog
        Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) or under subpart 1 of
        part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
        Act of 1968 unless such State or unit is in compliance with
        this section with respect to such fiscal year.
            (2) Determination of compliance.--
                    (A) In general.--A State or unit of local
                government is in compliance with this section with
                respect to a fiscal year if the State or unit provides
                to the Attorney General a certification described in
                subparagraph (B) for such fiscal year.
                    (B) Certification.--A certification described in
                this subparagraph for a fiscal year is--
                            (i) in the case of a State, a certification
                        that for such fiscal year--
                                    (I) at least 75 percent of the
                                State law enforcement agencies;
                                    (II) at least 75 percent of the
                                local law enforcement agencies within
                                the State;
                                    (III) 100 percent of the State
                                laboratories owned by the State; and
                                    (IV) 100 percent of the local
                                laboratories owned by units of local
                                government within the State,
                        included information, in accordance with this
                        section, in the database under subsection (a)
                        for substantially all rape kits collected or
                        tested by such agency or laboratory; and
                            (ii) in the case of a unit of local
                        government, a certification that for such
                        fiscal year the local law enforcement agency of
                        the unit and the local laboratory owned by the
                        unit, as applicable, included information, in
                        accordance with this section, in the database
                        under subsection (a) for substantially all rape
                        kits collected or tested by such agency or
                        laboratory.
    (e) Public Access.--The database established under subsection (a)
shall be made available to the public and shall be made available in a
manner that allows the comparison of information and processing of such
information to generate trends.
    (f) Technical Assistance.--The Attorney General shall provide for--
            (1) assistance to database-participating entities that do
        not have access to the Internet in order to enable such
        entities to participate under this section; and
            (2) a helpdesk and technical assistance for database-
        participating entities to participate under this section.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2011
through 2016 to carry out this section.
    (h) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Rape kit.--The term ``rape kit'' means a sexual assault
        forensics evidence collection kit.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means a State of the United
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
        Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,
        and the Northern Mariana Islands.
    (i) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Conditioning receipt of debbie smith dna backlog grant
        program funds on participation in national rape kit database.--
        Section 2(b) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of
        2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the
                end and inserting ``; and'' ; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) for grants for fiscal years beginning after the date
        of the establishment of the database established under
        subsection (a) of section 2 of the National Rape Kit Database
        Act, specify that the State or unit of local government is in
        compliance with such section, as determined under subsection
        (d)(2) of such section.''.
            (2) Conditioning receipt of edward byrne memorial justice
        assistance grant program funds on participation in national
        rape kit database.--Section 502 of the Omnibus Crime Control
        and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3752) is amended by
        adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) For grants for fiscal years beginning after the date
        of the establishment of the database established under
        subsection (a) of section 2 of the National Rape Kit Database
        Act, a certification under subsection (d)(2) of such section
        that the State or unit of local government is in compliance
        with such section.''.

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National Rape Kit Database Act - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish a publicly available database on information on rape kits collected by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; and (2) provide technical assistance to such agencies to enable participation in the database. Defines "rape kit" to mean a sexual assault forensics evidence collection kit.

Requires certain information to be included in such database by law enforcement agencies and laboratories with respect to a rape kit, including: (1) the date of the action constituting the basis for the collection of the rape kit; (2) the city or locality where such action occurred; (3) the date of the entry into the database; (4) the entity that has possession of the rape kit; and (5) the processing status of the rape kit and whether the statute of limitations has expired (for a backlogged case). Prohibits the disclosure in a rape kit of the personally identifiable information of a sexual assault victim (e.g., name, address, or contact information).

Denies grant funds under the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 and the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to states that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Biogas Production Incentive Act of
2008''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOGAS FROM CERTAIN RENEWABLE
              FEEDSTOCK.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after
section 45P the following new section:

``SEC. 45Q. BIOGAS PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCK.

    ``(a) Amount of Credit.--For purposes of section 38, the qualified
biogas production credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to the
product of--
            ``(1) $4.27, and
            ``(2) each million British thermal units (mmBtu) of
        biogas--
                    ``(A) produced by the taxpayer--
                            ``(i) from qualified energy feedstock, and
                            ``(ii) at a qualified facility during the
                        7-year period beginning on the date the
                        facility was originally placed in service, and
                    ``(B)(i) sold by the taxpayer to an unrelated
                person during the taxable year, or
                    ``(ii) used by the taxpayer as a fuel during the
                taxable year.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Biogas.--The term `biogas' means a gas which--
                    ``(A) is derived by processing a qualified energy
                feedstock, and
                    ``(B) contains--
                            ``(i) at least 60 percent methane, and
                            ``(ii) carbon dioxide and trace gases.
            ``(2) Qualified energy feedstock.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified energy
                feedstock' means--
                            ``(i) manure of livestock (including any
                        litter, wood shavings, straw, rice hulls,
                        bedding material, and other materials
                        incidentally collected with the manure),
                            ``(ii) any nonhazardous, organic
                        agricultural or food industry byproduct or
                        waste material (cellulosic or otherwise)
                        derived from--
                                    ``(I) renewable biomass,
                                    ``(II) harvesting residue,
                                    ``(III) any waste or byproduct from
                                fermentation processes, ethanol
                                production, biodiesel production,
                                slaughter of livestock, food
                                production, food processing, or food
                                service, or
                                    ``(IV) other organic wastes,
                                byproducts, or sources,
                            ``(iii) solid wood waste materials,
                        including waste pallets, crates, dunnage,
                        manufacturing and construction wood wastes, and
                        tree trimmings,
                            ``(iv) agricultural or forestry crops, or
                            ``(v) landfill waste, sewage waste
                        treatment materials, or other decaying organic
                        materials.
                    ``(B) Renewable biomass.--The term `renewable
                biomass' means materials from pre-commercial thinning
                or invasive species from National Forest System land
                and public lands (as defined in section 103 of the
                Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
                U.S.C. 1702)) that--
                            ``(i) are byproducts of preventive
                        treatments that are removed--
                                    ``(I) to reduce or contain disease
                                or insect infestation, or
                                    ``(II) to restore ecosystem health,
                            ``(ii) would not otherwise be used for
                        higher-value products, and
                            ``(iii) are harvested in accordance with
                        applicable law and land management plans and
                        the requirements for--
                                    ``(I) old-growth maintenance,
                                restoration, and management direction
                                of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of
                                subsection (e) of section 102 of the
                                Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003
                                (16 U.S.C. 6512), and
                                    ``(II) large tree retention of
                                subsection (f) of that section, or
                            ``(iv) any organic matter that is available
                        on a renewable or recurring basis from non-
                        Federal land or land belonging to an Indian or
                        Indian tribe that is held in trust by the
                        United States or subject to a restriction
                        against alienation imposed by the United
                        States, including--
                                    ``(I) renewable plant material
                                (such as feed grains, other
                                agricultural commodities, other plants
                                and trees, and algae), and
                                    ``(II) waste material (such as crop
                                residue, other vegetative waste
                                material (including wood waste and wood
                                residues), animal waste and byproducts
                                (including fats, oils, greases, and
                                manure), food waste, and yard waste).
                    ``(C) Livestock.--The term `livestock' includes
                poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules,
                and other equines.
            ``(3) Qualified facility.--The term `qualified facility'
        means a facility that--
                    ``(A) uses anaerobic digesters or other biological,
                chemical, or thermal processes to convert qualified
                energy feedstock into biogas,
                    ``(B) is owned by the taxpayer,
                    ``(C) is located in the United States,
                    ``(D) is originally placed in service after the
                date of the enactment of this section and before
                January 1, 2018, and
                    ``(E) the biogas output of which is--
                            ``(i) marketed through interconnection with
                        a gas distribution or transmission pipeline,
                            ``(ii) marketed as a gaseous or liquid fuel
                        such as hydrogen or natural gas and then used
                        as a fuel, or
                            ``(iii) reasonably expected to be used in a
                        quantity sufficient to offset the consumption
                        of at least 5,000 mmBtu annually of
                        commercially-marketed fuel derived from coal,
                        crude oil, natural gas, propane, or other
                        fossil fuel.
    ``(c) Special Rules.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Increased credit for qualified cellulosic energy
        feedstock.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of biogas is
                produced from qualified cellulosic energy feedstock,
                subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting the
                dollar amount in effect for the taxable year under
                subsection (a)(1) with an amount equal to 125 percent
                of such dollar amount.
                    ``(B) Qualified cellulosic energy feedstock.--For
                purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `qualified
                cellulosic energy feedstock' means an qualified energy
                feedstock that is composed of any lignocellulosic or
                hemicellulosic matter.
            ``(2) Production attributable to the taxpayer.--In the case
        of a facility in which more than 1 person has an ownership
        interest, except to the extent provided in regulations
        prescribed by the Secretary, production from the qualified
        facility shall be allocated among such persons in proportion to
        their respective ownership interests in the gross sales from
        such qualified facility.
            ``(3) Related persons.--Persons shall be treated as related
        to each other if such persons would be treated as a single
        employer under the regulations prescribed under section 52(b).
        In the case of a corporation which is a member of an affiliated
        group of corporations filing a consolidated return, such
        corporation shall be treated as selling biogas to an unrelated
        person if such biogas is sold to such a person by another
        member of such group.
            ``(4) Pass-thru in the case of estates and trusts.--Under
        regulations prescribed by the Secretary, rules similar to the
        rules of subsection (d) of section 52 shall apply.
            ``(5) Coordination with credit from producing fuel from a
        nonconventional source.--The amount of biogas produced and sold
        or used by the taxpayer during any taxable year which is taken
        into account under this section shall be reduced by the amount
        of biogas produced and sold by the taxpayer in such taxable
        year which is taken into account under section 45K.
            ``(6) Coordination with credit from producing electricity
        from renewable resources.--The amount of biogas produced and
        sold or used by the taxpayer during any taxable year which is
        taken into account under this section shall be reduced by the
        amount of biogas produced and sold by the taxpayer in such
        taxable year which is taken into account under section 45.
            ``(7) Credit eligibility in the case of government-owned
        facilities.--In the case of any facility producing biogas and
        that is owned by a governmental unit, subparagraph (B) of
        subsection (b)(3) shall be applied by substituting `is leased
        or operated by the taxpayer' for `is owned by the taxpayer'.
    ``(d) Transferability of Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--A taxpayer may transfer the credit under
        this section through an assignment to any person. Such transfer
        may be revoked only with the consent of the Secretary.
            ``(2) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such
        regulations as necessary to ensure that any credit transferred
        under paragraph (1) is claimed once and not reassigned by such
        other person.
    ``(e) Adjustment Based on Inflation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The dollar amount under subsection
        (a)(1) shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by the
        inflation adjustment factor for the calendar year in which the
        sale occurs. If any amount as increased under the preceding
        sentence is not a multiple of 1 cent, such amount shall be
        rounded to the nearest multiple of 1 cent.
            ``(2) Computation of inflation adjustment factor.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall, not later
                than April 1 of each calendar year, determine and
                publish in the Federal Register the inflation
                adjustment factor in accordance with this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Inflation adjustment factor.--The term
                `inflation adjustment factor' means, with respect to a
                calendar year, a fraction the numerator of which is the
                GDP implicit price deflator for the preceding calendar
                year and the denominator of which is the GDP implicit
                price deflator for calendar year 2007. The term `GDP
                implicit price deflator' means the most recent revision
                of the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic
                product as computed and published by the Department of
                Commerce before March 15 of the calendar year.''.
    (b) Credit Treated as Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``plus'' at the
end of paragraph (32), by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(33) and inserting ``, plus'', and by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
            ``(34) the qualified biogas production credit under section
        45Q(a).''.
    (c) Credit Allowed Against AMT.--Section 38(c)(4)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end
of clause (iii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iv) and
inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``(v) the credit determined under section 45Q.''.
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 45Q. Biogas produced from certain renewable feedstock.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to biogas produced and sold (or used) in taxable years beginning
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output: Biogas Production Incentive Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for the production and sale of biogas. Defines "biogas" as a gas that is derived by processing qualified energy feedstock (i.e., manure of agricultural livestock and other organic agricultural or food industry byproduct waste material) in an anaerobic digester and that contains at least 60% methane and carbon dioxide and trace gases. Provides an increased credit for biogas produced from qualified cellulosic energy feedstock.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Government
Management Reform Act of 1994''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.

                       TITLE I--LIMITATION ON PAY

Sec. 101. Limitation on certain annual pay adjustments.

                   TITLE II--HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Sec. 201. SES annual leave accumulation.

               TITLE III--STREAMLINING MANAGEMENT CONTROL

Sec. 301. Authority to increase efficiency in reporting to Congress.

                     TITLE IV--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Electronic payments.
Sec. 403. Franchise fund pilot programs.
Sec. 404. Simplification of management reporting process.
Sec. 405. Annual financial reports.

                       TITLE I--LIMITATION ON PAY

SEC. 101. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ANNUAL PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

    Effective as of December 31, 1994--
        (1) section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
    1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)) is amended--
            (A) by striking out ``(2) Effective'' and inserting in lieu
        thereof ``(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), effective''; and
            (B) by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(B) In no event shall the percentage adjustment taking effect
under subparagraph (A) in any calendar year (before rounding), in any
rate of pay, exceed the percentage adjustment taking effect in such
calendar year under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the
rates of pay under the General Schedule.'';
        (2) section 104 of title 3, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence by inserting ``(a)'' before
        ``The'';
            (B) in the second sentence by striking out ``Effective''
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``Subject to subsection (b),
        effective''; and
            (C) by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(b) In no event shall the percentage adjustment taking effect
under the second and third sentences of subsection (a) in any calendar
year (before rounding) exceed the percentage adjustment taking effect
in such calendar year under section 5303 of title 5 in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule.'';
        (3) section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence by striking out ``Effective'' and
        inserting in lieu thereof ``(a) Subject to subsection (b),
        effective''; and
            (B) by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(b) In no event shall the percentage adjustment taking effect
under subsection (a) in any calendar year (before rounding), in any
rate of pay, exceed the percentage adjustment taking effect in such
calendar year under section 5303 in the rates of pay under the General
Schedule.''; and
        (4) section 461(a) of title 28, United States Code, is
    amended--
            (A) by striking out ``(a) Effective'' and inserting in lieu
        thereof ``(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), effective''; and
            (B) by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(2) In no event shall the percentage adjustment taking effect
under paragraph (1) in any calendar year (before rounding), in any
salary rate, exceed the percentage adjustment taking effect in such
calendar year under section 5303 of title 5 in the rates of pay under
the General Schedule.''.

                  TITLE II--HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

SEC. 201. SES ANNUAL LEAVE ACCUMULATION.

    (a) In General.--Effective on the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act,
subsection (f) of section 6304 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
    ``(f)(1) This subsection applies with respect to annual leave
accrued by an individual while serving in a position in--
        ``(A) the Senior Executive Service;
        ``(B) the Senior Foreign Service;
        ``(C) the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service;
        ``(D) the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service; or
        ``(E) the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement
    Administration Senior Executive Service.
    ``(2) For purposes of applying any limitation on accumulation under
this section with respect to any annual leave described in paragraph
(1)--
        ``(A) `30 days' in subsection (a) shall be deemed to read `90
    days'; and
        ``(B) `45 days' in subsection (b) shall be deemed to read `90
    days'.''.
    (b) Use of Excess Leave.--Notwithstanding the amendment made by
subsection (a), in the case of an employee who, on the effective date
of subsection (a), is subject to subsection (f) of section 6304 of
title 5, United States Code, and who has to such employee's credit
annual leave in excess of the maximum accumulation otherwise permitted
by subsection (a) or (b) of section 6304 (determined applying the
amendment made by subsection (a)), such excess annual leave shall
remain to the credit of the employee and be subject to reduction, in
the same manner as provided in subsection (c) of section 6304.

               TITLE III--STREAMLINING MANAGEMENT CONTROL

SEC. 301. AUTHORITY TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN REPORTING TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this title is to improve the
efficiency of executive branch performance in implementing statutory
requirements for reports to Congress and committees of Congress such as
the elimination or consolidation of duplicative or obsolete reporting
requirements and adjustments to deadlines that shall provide for more
efficient workload distribution or improve the quality of reports.
    (b) Authority of the Director.--The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget may publish annually in the budget submitted by
the President to the Congress, recommendations for consolidation,
elimination, or adjustments in frequency and due dates of statutorily
required periodic reports to the Congress or committees of Congress.
For each recommendation, the Director shall provide an individualized
statement of the reasons that support the recommendation. In addition,
for each report for which a recommendation is made, the Director shall
state with specificity the exact consolidation, elimination, or
adjustment in frequency or due date that is recommended.
    (c) Recommendations.--The Director's recommendations shall be
consistent with the purpose stated in subsection (a).
    (d) Consultation.--Before the publication of the recommendations
under subsection (b), the Director or his designee shall consult with
the appropriate congressional committees concerning the
recommendations.

                     TITLE IV--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Federal Financial Management Act
of 1994''.

SEC. 402. ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3332 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 3332. Required direct deposit

    ``(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all Federal
wage, salary, and retirement payments shall be paid to recipients of
such payments by electronic funds transfer, unless another method has
been determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be appropriate.
    ``(2) Each recipient of Federal wage, salary, or retirement
payments shall designate one or more financial institutions or other
authorized payment agents and provide the payment certifying or
authorizing agency information necessary for the recipient to receive
electronic funds transfer payments through each institution so
designated.
    ``(b)(1) The head of each agency shall waive the requirements of
subsection (a) of this section for a recipient of Federal wage, salary,
or retirement payments authorized or certified by the agency upon
written request by such recipient.
    ``(2) Federal wage, salary, or retirement payments shall be paid to
any recipient granted a waiver under paragraph (1) of this subsection
by any method determined appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury.
    ``(c)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury may waive the requirements
of subsection (a) of this section for any group of recipients upon
request by the head of an agency under standards prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
    ``(2) Federal wage, salary, or retirement payments shall be paid to
any member of a group granted a waiver under paragraph (1) of this
subsection by any method determined appropriate by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
    ``(d) This section shall apply only to recipients of Federal wage
or salary payments who begin to receive such payments on or after
January 1, 1995, and recipients of Federal retirement payments who
begin to receive such payments on or after January 1, 1995.
    ``(e) The crediting of the amount of a payment to the appropriate
account on the books of a financial institution or other authorized
payment agent designated by a payment recipient under this section
shall constitute a full acquittance to the United States for the amount
of the payment.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by amending the
item for section 3332 to read:
``3332. Required direct deposit.''.

SEC. 403. FRANCHISE FUND PILOT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is authorized to be established on a
pilot program basis in each of six executive agencies a franchise fund.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after consultation
with the chairman and ranking members of the Committees on
Appropriations and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the
Committees on Appropriations and Government Operations of the House of
Representatives, shall designate the agencies.
    (b) Uses.--Each such fund may provide, consistent with guidelines
established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
such common administrative support services to the agency and to other
agencies as the head of such agency, with the concurrence of the
Director, determines can be provided more efficiently through such a
fund than by other means. To provide such services, each such fund is
authorized to acquire the capital equipment, automated data processing
systems, and financial management and management information systems
needed. Services shall be provided by such funds on a competitive
basis.
    (c) Funding.--(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
franchise fund of each agency designated under subsection (a) such
funds as are necessary to carry out the purposes of the fund, to remain
available until expended. To the extent that unexpended balances remain
available in other accounts for the purposes to be carried out by the
fund, the head of the agency may transfer such balances to the fund.
    (2) Fees for services shall be established by the head of the
agency at a level to cover the total estimated costs of providing such
services. Such fees shall be deposited in the agency's fund to remain
available until expended, and may be used to carry out the purposes of
the fund.
    (3) Existing inventories, including inventories on order,
equipment, and other assets or liabilities pertaining to the purposes
of the fund may be transferred to the fund.
    (d) Report on Pilot Programs.--Within 6 months after the end of
fiscal year 1997, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall forward a report on the results of the pilot programs to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of
Representatives, and to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Government Operations of the House of
Representatives. The report shall contain the financial and program
performance results of the pilot programs, including recommendations
for--
        (1) the structure of the fund;
        (2) the composition of the funding mechanism;
        (3) the capacity of the fund to promote competition; and
        (4) the desirability of extending the application and
    implementation of franchise funds to other Federal agencies.
    (e) Procurement.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as
relieving any agency of any duty under applicable procurement laws.
    (f) Termination.--The provisions of this section shall expire on
October 1, 1999.

SEC. 404. SIMPLIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT REPORTING PROCESS.

    (a) In General.--To improve the efficiency of executive branch
performance in implementing statutory requirements for financial
management reporting to the Congress and its committees, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget may adjust the frequency and due
dates of or consolidate any statutorily required reports of agencies to
the Office of Management and Budget or the President and of agencies or
the Office of Management and Budget to the Congress under any laws for
which the Office of Management and Budget has financial management
responsibility, including--
        (1) chapters 5, 9, 11, 33, 35, 37, 39, 75, and 91 of title 31,
    United States Code;
        (2) the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
    1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note; Public Law 101-410; 104 Stat. 890).
    (b) Application.--The authority provided in subsection (a) shall
apply only to reports of agencies to the Office of Management and
Budget or the President and of agencies or the Office of Management and
Budget to the Congress required by statute to be submitted between
January 1, 1995, and September 30, 1997.
    (c) Adjustments in Reporting.--The Director may consolidate or
adjust the frequency and due dates of any statutorily required reports
under subsections (a) and (b) only after--
        (1) consultation with the Chairman of the Senate Committee on
    Governmental Affairs and the Chairman of the House of
    Representatives Committee on Government Operations; and
        (2) written notification to the Congress, no later than
    February 8 of each fiscal year covered under subsection (b) for
    those reports required to be submitted during that fiscal year.

SEC. 405. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS.

    (a) Financial Statements.--Section 3515 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 3515. Financial statements of agencies

    ``(a) Not later than March 1 of 1997 and each year thereafter, the
head of each executive agency identified in section 901(b) of this
title shall prepare and submit to the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget an audited financial statement for the preceding
fiscal year, covering all accounts and associated activities of each
office, bureau, and activity of the agency.
    ``(b) Each audited financial statement of an executive agency under
this section shall reflect--
        ``(1) the overall financial position of the offices, bureaus,
    and activities covered by the statement, including assets and
    liabilities thereof; and
        ``(2) results of operations of those offices, bureaus, and
    activities.
    ``(c) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
identify components of executive agencies that shall be required to
have audited financial statements meeting the requirements of
subsection (b).
    ``(d) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
prescribe the form and content of the financial statements of executive
agencies under this section, consistent with applicable accounting and
financial reporting principles, standards, and requirements.
    ``(e) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may waive
the application of all or part of subsection (a) for financial
statements required for fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
    ``(f) Not later than March 1 of 1995 and 1996, the head of each
executive agency identified in section 901(b) of this title and
designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
prepare and submit to the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget an audited financial statement for the preceding fiscal year,
covering all accounts and associated activities of each office, bureau,
and activity of the agency.
    ``(g) Not later than March 31 of 1995 and 1996, for executive
agencies not designated by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget under subsection (f), the head of each executive agency
identified in section 901(b) of this title shall prepare and submit to
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a financial
statement for the preceding fiscal year, covering--
        ``(1) each revolving fund and trust fund of the agency; and
        ``(2) to the extent practicable, the accounts of each office,
    bureau, and activity of the agency which performed substantial
    commercial functions during the preceding fiscal year.
    ``(h) For purposes of subsection (g), the term `commercial
functions' includes buying and leasing of real estate, providing
insurance, making loans and loan guarantees, and other credit programs
and any activity involving the provision of a service or thing for
which a fee, royalty, rent, or other charge is imposed by an agency for
services and things of value it provides.''.
    (b) Audits by Agencies.--Subsection 3521(f) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f)(1) For each audited financial statement required under
subsections (a) and (f) of section 3515 of this title, the person who
audits the statement for purpose of subsection (e) of this section
shall submit a report on the audit to the head of the agency. A report
under this subsection shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted government auditing standards.
    ``(2) Not later than June 30 following the fiscal year for which a
financial statement is submitted under subsection (g) of section 3515
of this title, the person who audits the statement for purpose of
subsection (e) of this section shall submit a report on the audit to
the head of the agency. A report under this subsection shall be
prepared in accordance with generally accepted government auditing
standards.''.
    (c) Governmentwide Financial Statement.--Section 331 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
    ``(e)(1) Not later than March 31 of 1998 and each year thereafter,
the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, shall annually prepare and submit to
the President and the Congress an audited financial statement for the
preceding fiscal year, covering all accounts and associated activities
of the executive branch of the United States Government. The financial
statement shall reflect the overall financial position, including
assets and liabilities, and results of operations of the executive
branch of the United States Government, and shall be prepared in
accordance with the form and content requirements set forth by the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    ``(2) The Comptroller General of the United States shall audit the
financial statement required by this section.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and
                                               President of the Senate.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
     Title I:  Limitation on Pay
     Title II:  Human Resource Management
     Title III:  Streamlining Management Control
     Title IV:  Financial Management
Government Management Reform Act of 1994 -
Title I:  Limitation on Pay
 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and other Federal law to limit annual cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress, the Vice President, senior Government officials, and Federal judges.
Title II:  Human Resource Management
 - Amends Federal civil service law to eliminate unlimited accumulation of annual leave by members of the Senior Executive Service.  Sets a limit on excess leave of 90 days per year.
Title III:  Streamlining Management Control
 - Authorizes the Director of OMB to publish annually in the President's Budget any recommendations for the consolidation, elimination, or adjustment in frequency and due dates of statutorily required periodic reports to the Congress or its committees.
Title IV:  Financial Management
 - Federal Financial Management Act of 1994 - Amends Federal law to require direct deposit of Federal wage, salary, and retirement payments by electronic funds transfer for recipients who begin receiving such payments on or after January 1, 1995.
(Sec. 403) Authorizes the establishment of a franchise fund in each of six executive agencies for the equipment and computer systems necessary for the maintenance and operation of administrative support services that may be performed more advantageously on a centralized basis.  Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 404) Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to consolidate or adjust the frequency and due dates of statutorily required periodic agency reports to OMB or the President and agency or OMB reports to the Congress under any laws for which OMB has financial management responsibility.
(Sec. 405) Requires the annual financial statements of executive agencies to be audited prior to submission to OMB.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE RULES AND REGULATIONS.

    Section 7254 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) The Court may prescribe rules and regulations to carry out
this chapter.''.

SEC. 3. RECALL OF RETIRED JUDGES.

    (a) Authority To Recall Retired Judges.--Chapter 72 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7256 the
following new section:
``Sec. 7257. Recall of retired judges
    ``(a)(1) A retired judge of the Court may be recalled for further
service on the Court in accordance with this section. To be eligible to
be recalled for such service, a retired judge must at the time of the
judge's retirement provide to the chief judge of the Court (or, in the
case of the chief judge, to the clerk of the Court) notice in writing
that the retired judge is available for further service on the Court in
accordance with this section and is willing to be recalled under this
section. Such a notice provided by a retired judge is irrevocable.
    ``(2) For the purposes of this section--
            ``(A) a retired judge is a judge of the Court of Veterans
        Appeals who retires from the Court under section 7296 of this
        title or under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5; and
            ``(B) a recall-eligible retired judge is a retired judge
        who has provided a notice under paragraph (1).
    ``(b)(1) The chief judge may recall for further service on the
court a recall-eligible retired judge in accordance with this section.
Such a recall shall be made upon written certification by the chief
judge that substantial service is expected to be performed by the
retired judge for such period, not to exceed 90 days (or the
equivalent), as determined by the chief judge to be necessary to meet
the needs of the Court.
    ``(2) A recall-eligible retired judge may not be recalled for more
than 90 days (or the equivalent) during any calendar year without the
judge's consent or for more than a total of 180 days (or the
equivalent) during any calendar year.
    ``(3) If a recall-eligible retired judge is recalled by the chief
judge in accordance with this section and (other than in the case of a
judge who has previously during that calendar year served at least 90
days (or the equivalent) of recalled service on the court) declines
(other than by reason of disability) to perform the service to which
recalled, the chief judge shall remove that retired judge from the
status of a recall-eligible judge.
    ``(4) A recall-eligible retired judge who becomes permanently
disabled and as a result of that disability is unable to perform
further service on the court shall be removed from the status of a
recall-eligible judge. Determination of such a disability shall be made
in the same manner as is applicable to judges of the United States
under section 371 of title 28.
    ``(c) A retired judge who is recalled under this section may
exercise all of the powers and duties of the office of a judge in
active service.
    ``(d)(1) The pay of a recall-eligible retired judge who retired
under section 7296 of this title is specified in subsection (c) of that
section.
    ``(2) A judge who is recalled under this section who retired under
chapter 83 or 84 of title 5 shall be paid, during the period for which
the judge serves in recall status, pay at the rate of pay in effect
under section 7253(e) of this title for a judge performing active
service, less the amount of the judge's annuity under the applicable
provisions of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5.
    ``(e)(1) Except as provided in subsection (d), a judge who is
recalled under this section who retired under chapter 83 or 84 of title
5 shall be considered to be a reemployed annuitant under that chapter.
    ``(2) Nothing in this section affects the right of a judge who
retired under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5 to serve as a reemployed
annuitant in accordance with the provisions of title 5.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
7256 the following new item:

``7257. Recall of retired judges.''.

SEC. 4. CALCULATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE AS A JUDGE.

    Section 7296(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) For purposes of calculating the years of service of an
individual under this subsection and subsection (c), only those years
of service as a judge of the Court shall be credited. In determining
the number of years of such service, that portion of the aggregate
number of years of such service that is a fractional part of one year
shall be disregarded if less than 183 days and shall be credited as a
full year if 183 days or more.''.

SEC. 5. JUDGES' RETIRED PAY.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c)(1) of section 7296 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``at the rate of pay in
effect at the time of retirement.'' and inserting the following: ``as
follows:
            ``(A) In the case of a judge who is a recall-eligible
        retired judge under section 7257 of this title or who was a
        recall-eligible retired judge under that section and was
        removed from recall status under subsection (b)(4) of that
        section by reason of disability, the retired pay of the judge
        shall be the pay of a judge of the court (or of the chief
        judge, if the individual retired from service as chief judge).
            ``(B) In the case of a judge who at the time of retirement
        did not provide notice under section 7257 of this title of
        availability for service in a recalled status, the retired pay
        of the judge shall be the rate of pay applicable to that judge
        at the time of retirement.
            ``(C) In the case of a judge who was a recall-eligible
        retired judge under section 7257 of this title and was removed
        from recall status under subsection (b)(3) of that section, the
        retired pay of the judge shall be the pay of the judge at the
        time of the removal from recall status.''.
    (b) Cost-of-Living Adjustments.--Subsection (f) of such section is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3)(A) A cost-of-living adjustment provided by law in annuities
payable under civil service retirement laws shall apply to retired pay
under this section only in the case of retired pay computed under
paragraph (2) of subsection (c).
    ``(B)(i) If such a cost-of-living adjustment would (but for this
subparagraph) result in the retired pay of a retired chief judge being
in excess of the annual rate of pay in effect for the chief judge of
the court as provided in section 7253(e)(1) of this title, such
adjustment may be made in the retired pay of that retired chief judge
only in such amount as results in the retired pay of the retired chief
judge being equal to that annual rate of pay (as in effect on the
effective date of such adjustment).
    ``(ii) If such a cost-of-living adjustment would (but for this
subparagraph) result in the retired pay of a retired judge (other than
a retired chief judge) being in excess of the annual rate of pay in
effect for judges of the court as provided in section 7253(e)(2) of
this title, such adjustment may be made only in such amount as results
in the retired pay of the retired judge being equal to that annual rate
of pay (as in effect on the effective date of such adjustment).''.
    (c) Coordination With Military Retired Pay.--Subsection (f) of such
section is further amended by adding after paragraph (3), as added by
subsection (b), the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of section 5532 of title 5, if
a regular or reserve member of a uniformed service who is receiving
retired or retainer pay becomes a judge of the court, or becomes
eligible therefor while a judge of the court, such retired or retainer
pay shall not be paid during the judge's regular active service on the
court, but shall be resumed or commenced without reduction upon
retirement as a judge.''.

SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON ACTIVITIES OF RETIRED JUDGES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 72 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 7299. Limitation on activities of retired judges
    ``If a retired judge of the Court in the practice of law represents
(or supervises or directs the representation of) a client in making any
claim relating to veterans' benefits against the United States or any
agency thereof, the retired judge shall forfeit all rights to retired
pay under section 7296 of this title or under chapter 83 or 84 of title
5 for the period beginning on the date on which the representation
begins and ending one year after the date on which the representation
ends.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``7299. Limitation on activities of retired judges.''.

SEC. 7. EARLY RETIREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CURRENT JUDGES IN ORDER TO
              PROVIDE FOR STAGGERED TERMS OF JUDGES.

    (a) Retirement Authorized.--One eligible judge may retire in
accordance with this section with respect to each year beginning in
1999 and ending in 2003.
    (b) Eligible Judges.--For purposes of this section, an eligible
judge is an associate judge of the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims who--
            (1) has at least 10 years of service creditable under
        section 7296 of title 38, United States Code;
            (2) has made an election to receive retired pay under
        section 7296 of such title;
            (3) has at least 20 years of service described in section
        7297(l) of such title; and
            (4) is at least 55 years of age.
    (c) Multiple Eligible Judges.--If for any year specified in
subsection (a) more than one eligible judge provides notice in
accordance with subsection (d), the judge who has the greatest
seniority as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims shall be the judge who is eligible to retire in accordance with
this section in that year.
    (d) Notice.--An eligible judge who desires to retire in accordance
with this section with respect to any year covered by subsection (a)
shall provide to the President and the chief judge of the United States
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims written notice to that effect not
later than April 1 of that year, except that in the case of an eligible
judge desiring to retire with respect to 1999, such notice shall be
provided not later than November 1, 1999, or 15 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, whichever is later. Such a notice shall
specify the retirement date in accordance with subsection (e). Notice
provided under this subsection shall be irrevocable.
    (e) Date of Retirement.--A judge who is eligible to retire in
accordance with this section shall be retired during the fiscal year in
which notice is provided pursuant to subsection (d), but not earlier
than 90 days after the date on which that notice is provided, except
that a judge retired in accordance with this section with respect to
1999 shall be retired not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 120
days, after the date on which notice is provided pursuant to subsection
(d).
    (f) Applicable Provisions.--Except as provided in subsection (g), a
judge retired in accordance with this section shall be considered for
all purposes to be retired under section 7296(b)(1) of title 38, United
States Code.
    (g) Rate of Retired Pay.--The rate of retired pay for a judge
retiring in accordance with this section is--
            (1) the rate applicable to that judge under section
        7296(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, multiplied by
            (2) the fraction (not in excess of 1) in which--
                    (A) the numerator is the sum of: (i) the number of
                years of service of the judge as a judge of the United
                States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims creditable
                under section 7296 of such title; and (ii) the age of
                the judge; and
                    (B) the denominator is 80.
    (h) Adjustments in Retired Pay for Judges Available for Recall.--
Subject to section 7296(f)(3)(B) of title 38, United States Code, an
adjustment provided by law in annuities payable under civil service
retirement laws shall apply to retired pay under this section in the
case of a judge who is a recall-eligible retired judge under section
7257 of title 38, United States Code, or who was a recall-eligible
retired judge under that section and was removed from recall status
under subsection (b)(4) of that section by reason of disability.
    (i) Duty of Actuary.--Section 7298(e)(2) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
        subparagraph:
    ``(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term `present value'
includes a value determined by an actuary with respect to a payment
that may be made under subsection (b) from the retirement fund within
the contemplation of law.''.

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Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Act of 1999 - Amends Federal provisions relating to the authority and administration of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to authorize a retired judge to be recalled for further Court service if such judge, at the time of his or her retirement, provided written notice of his or her availability for further service.  Prohibits such a judge from being recalled for more than 90 days without the judge's consent or for more than 180 days during any calendar year.  Requires the removal of a judge from recall-eligible status if such judge declines to perform such further service.
(Sec. 4) Disregards, for purposes of the calculation of years of service as a judge, any fractional part of a year that is less than 183 days, but credits as a full year any fractional part consisting of 183 days or more.
(Sec. 5) Revises generally provisions concerning the calculation of retired pay of recall-eligible judges, judges who did not make themselves available for recall, and judges who are removed from the recall-eligible list.  Provides cost-of-living adjustments to such pay.
(Sec. 6) Requires a retired judge who represents a client in any claim against the United States relating to veterans' benefits to forfeit all retired pay rights for one year after such representation begins.
(Sec. 7) Provides early retirement authority for Court judges in order to provide for staggered terms of such judges.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Energy Environmental
Research Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to establish an integrated and
comprehensive ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric research,
prediction, and environmental information program to support renewable
energy.

SEC. 3. RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH PLAN.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall develop a plan--
            (1) to define requirements for a comprehensive and
        integrated ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmosphere science
        program to support renewable energy development in the United
        States based on the public hearings, public comments, and a
        review of scientific and industry information;
            (2) to identify and describe current climate, weather, and
        water data programs, products, services, and authorities within
        NOAA relevant to renewable energy development;
            (3) to provide targeted research, data, monitoring,
        observation, and other information, products, and services
        concerning climate, weather, and water in support of renewable
        energy and ``smart grid'' technology, including research to
        accurately quantify the downstream micro-climate impacts of
        wind-power turbines;
            (4) to provide research, data, monitoring, and other
        information, products, and services to inform renewable energy
        decisions concerning coastal and marine habitats, living marine
        resources and the ecosystems on which they depend and coastal
        and marine planning; and
            (5) to reduce duplication and leverage the resources of
        existing NOAA programs through coordination with--
                    (A) other offices and programs within NOAA,
                including the atmospheric, ocean, and coastal
                observation systems;
                    (B) Federal, State, tribal, and local observation
                systems; and
                    (C) other entities, including the private sector
                organizations and institutions of higher education; and
            (6) to facilitate public-private cooperation, including
        identification and assessment of current private sector
        capabilities.
    (b) Public Hearings.--In developing the plan, the Administrator
shall provide public notice and opportunity for 1 or more public
hearings and shall seek comments from Federal and State agencies,
tribes, local governments, representatives of the private sector, and
other parties interested in renewable energy observations, data, and
use in order to improve NOAA climate, weather, and water observation
data products and services to more effectively support renewable energy
development.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF RESEARCH, PREDICTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
              INFORMATION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Within 18 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall establish a program to develop and
implement an integrated and comprehensive ocean, coastal, Great Lakes
and atmosphere research and operations program, based on the plan
required by section 3, to support renewable energy development in the
United States.
    (b) Program Components.--At a minimum, the program shall include--
            (1) improvements in coordinated climate, weather, and water
        research, monitoring, and observations to support--
                    (A) renewable energy development; and
                    (B) the understanding and mitigation of the impact
                of renewable energy development on living marine
                resources, including protected species and the marine
                and coastal environment;
            (2) coordinated weather, water, and climate prediction
        capability focused on renewable energy and ``smart grid''
        technology to provide information and decision services in
        support of renewable energy development;
            (3) support for the transition to, and reliable delivery
        of, sustained operational weather, water, and climate products
        from research, observation, and prediction outputs;
            (4) means of identifying biological and ecological effects
        of marine renewable energy development on living marine
        resources, the marine and coastal environment, marine-dependent
        industries, and coastal communities;
            (5) baseline ecological characterization, including
        research, data collection, and mapping, of the coastal and
        marine environment and living marine resources for marine
        renewable energy development;
            (6) avoidance, minimization, and mitigation strategies to
        address the potential impacts of marine renewable energy on the
        marine, coastal, and Great Lakes environment, including
        developing effective monitoring protocols, use of adaptive
        management, informed engineering design and operating
        parameters, and the establishment of protocols for minimizing
        the environmental impacts of testing, developing, and deploying
        marine renewable energy devices;
            (7) support for the development of marine special area
        management plan by states as defined by the Coastal Zone
        Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) that would
        support renewable energy development consistent with natural
        resource protection and other coastal-dependent economic
        growth;
            (8) comprehensive digital mapping, modeling, and other
        geospatial information and services to support planning for
        renewable energy and stewardship of ecosystem and living marine
        ecosystems, including protected species, in ocean and coastal
        areas;
            (9) a coordinated approach for examining and quantifying
        the micro-climate impacts of wind-power farms on soil
        transpiration and drying; and
            (10) provision for outreach to the public and private
        sector about program research, information, and products,
        including making non-proprietary information and best
        management practices developed under this program available to
        the public.
    (c) Use in Agency Decisions.--The program established under
subsection (b) shall be designed to collect, synthesize, and distribute
data in a manner that can be used by marine resource managers
responsible for making decisions about marine renewable energy
projects. The Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Commerce, Minerals
Management Service, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and
Department of Energy shall consider this information when making
planning, siting, and permitting decisions for marine renewable energy.
    (d) Support for Public-Private Cooperation.--To the extent
practicable, in implementing the program established under this
section, the Administrator shall seek appropriate opportunities to
facilitate and expand cooperation with private sector entities to
develop and expand information services that serve the renewable energy
industry.

SEC. 5. BIENNIAL REPORTS.

    Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act
and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall prepare and
transmit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation, the House of Representatives Committee on Natural
Resources, and the House of Representatives Committee on Science and
Technology on progress made in implementing this Act, including--
            (1) a description of activities carried out under this Act;
            (2) recommendations for priority activities under this Act
        for fiscal years beginning after the date on which the report
        is submitted; and
            (3) funding levels for activities under this Act in those
        fiscal years.

SEC. 6. LIBRARY.

    Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator, in consultation with relevant Federal agencies, shall
establish a renewable energy information library and data portal. The
library shall include, at a minimum--
            (1) links to data and information products for use in
        renewable energy development;
            (2) links to planning and decision support tools for use in
        renewable energy development;
            (3) data about the baseline condition of ocean and coastal
        resources; and
            (4) links to digital mapping and geospatial information,
        products, and services described in section 4(b).

SEC. 7. FEDERAL COORDINATION.

    In carrying out activities under this Act, the Administrator shall
coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy,
the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department in which the Coast Guard
is operating, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies.

SEC. 8. AGREEMENTS.

    The Administrator may enter into and perform such contracts,
leases, grants, cooperative agreements, or other agreements and
transactions with any agency or instrumentality of the United States,
or with any State, local, tribal, territorial or foreign government, or
with any person, corporation, firm, partnership, educational
institution, nonprofit organization, or international organization as
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 9. AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE FUNDS.

    The Administrator may accept, retain, and use funds received from
any party pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 8 for
activities furthering the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 10. USE OF OCEAN OBSERVING OFFSHORE INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--Any offshore exploration and production facility,
at the discretion of the Administrator, may execute a memorandum of
understanding authorizing the use of offshore platforms and
infrastructure for the placement of meteorological and oceanographic
observation sensors of a type to be designated by the Administrator in
support of the Integrated Ocean Observing System.
    (b) Availability of Information.--All information collected by such
sensors will be managed by NOAA and be readily available for use in
spill response as well as available to the National Weather Service,
other NOAA programs, and the general public.

SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
        Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in the
        Under Secretary's capacity as Administrator of NOAA.
            (2) Marine renewable energy.--The term ``marine renewable
        energy'' means any form of renewable energy derived from the
        sea including wave energy, tidal energy, ocean current energy,
        offshore wind energy, salinity gradient energy, ocean thermal
        gradient energy, and ocean thermal energy conversion.
            (3) NOAA.--The term ``NOAA'' means the National Oceanic and
        Atmospheric Administration.

SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Implementation and Execution.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Administrator $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2010 through 2014 to carry out this Act.
    (b) Grants to Educational Institutions and Coastal States.--Of the
amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (b), the Administrator
shall make up to 50 percent available to educational institutions, and
to States with coastal zone management programs approved under the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), to carry
out activities that support the program established under section 4.

SEC. 13. SAVINGS PROVISION.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede or modify the
jurisdiction, responsibilities, or authority of any Federal or State
agency under any provision of law in effect on the date of enactment of
this Act.

Output:
Renewable Energy Environmental Research Act of 2009 - Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in the Under Secretary's capacity as Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a plan to: (1) define requirements for a comprehensive and integrated ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmosphere science program to support renewable energy development; (2) identify and describe current climate, weather, and water data programs, products, services, and authorities within NOAA relevant to such development; (3) provide targeted research, data, monitoring, observation, and other information, products, and services concerning climate, weather, and water in support of renewable energy and smart grid technology; (4) provide research, data, monitoring, and other information, products, and services to inform renewable energy decisions concerning coastal and marine habitats, living marine resources and the ecosystems on which they depend, and coastal and marine planning; (5) reduce duplication and leverage the resources of existing NOAA programs; and (6) facilitate public-private cooperation.

Requires the Administrator to establish a program to develop and implement an integrated and comprehensive ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmosphere research and operations program, based on such plan, to support renewable energy development. Enumerates program components.

Requires the program to be designed to collect, synthesize, and distribute data in a manner that can be used by marine resource managers responsible for making decisions about marine renewable energy projects. Requires the Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Commerce, Minerals Management Service, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and Department of Energy (DOE) to consider this information when making planning, siting, and permitting decisions for marine renewable energy.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) seek opportunities to facilitate and expand cooperation with private sector entities to develop and expand information services that serve the renewable energy industry; and (2) report to specified congressional committees every two years on activities carried out under this Act, recommendations for priority activities under this Act, and funding levels for activities.

Requires the Administrator, within a year of this Act's enactment, to establish a renewable energy information library and data portal, which shall include: (1) links to data and information products for use in renewable energy development; (2) links to planning and decision support tools for use in renewable energy development; (3) data about the baseline condition of ocean and coastal resources; and (4) links to digital mapping and geospatial information, products, and services.

Gives the Administrator the discretion to allow any offshore exploration and production facility to execute a memorandum of understanding authorizing the use of offshore platforms and infrastructure for the placement of meteorological and oceanographic observation sensors of a type to be designated by the Administrator in support of the Integrated Ocean Observing System. Requires information collected by such sensors to be readily available for use in spill response as well as available to the National Weather Service, other NOAA programs, and the general public.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2014.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting American Democracy Act of
2003''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING VERIFICATION FOR VOTERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 301(a)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Voter verification.--
                            ``(i) The voting system shall provide a
                        means by which each individual voter must be
                        able to verify his or her vote at the time the
                        vote is cast, and shall preserve each vote
                        within the polling place on the day of the
                        election in a manner that ensures the security
                        of the votes as verified for later use in any
                        audit.
                            ``(ii) The voting system shall provide the
                        voter with an opportunity to correct any error
                        made by the system before the permanent record
                        is preserved for use in any audit.
                            ``(iii) The verified vote produced under
                        this subparagraph shall be available as an
                        official record.
                            ``(iv) Any method used to permit the
                        individual voter to verify his or her vote at
                        the time the vote is cast and before a
                        permanent record is created--
                                    ``(I) shall use the most accurate
                                technology, which may include voter-
                                verifiable paper ballots, votemeters,
                                modular voting architecture, and
                                encrypted votes, in a uniform and
                                nondiscriminatory manner;
                                    ``(II) shall guarantee voters with
                                disabilities and other affected voters
                                the ability to cast a vote in private,
                                consistent with paragraph (3)(A); and
                                    ``(III) shall guarantee voters
                                alternative language accessibility
                                under the requirements of section 203
                                of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42
                                U.S.C. 1973aa-1a), consistent with
                                paragraph (4).''.

SEC. 3. REQUIRING INCREASED SECURITY FOR VOTING SYSTEMS.

    (a) Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C.
15481(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Increased security for voting systems.--
                    ``(A) Voting system security requirement.--The
                voting system shall adhere to security requirements for
                Federal computer systems or more stringent requirements
                adopted by the Election Assistance Commission after
                receiving recommendations from the Technical Guidelines
                Development Committee under sections 221 and 222. Such
                requirements shall provide that no voting system shall
                contain any wireless device. All software and hardware
                used in any electronic voting system shall be certified
                by laboratories accredited by the Commission as meeting
                the requirements of this subsection.
                    ``(B) Report to congress on security review.--The
                Commission, in consultation with the National Institute
                of Standards and Technology (NIST), shall report to
                Congress not later than 6 months after the date of
                enactment of the Protecting American Democracy Act of
                2003 regarding a proposed security review and
                certification process for all voting systems.
                    ``(C) General accounting office report.--Not later
                than 3 months after the date of enactment of the
                Protecting American Democracy Act of 2003, the
                Government Accounting Office, unless the Commission has
                previously completed such report, shall issue a report
                to Congress on the operational and management systems
                that should be employed to safeguard the security of
                voting systems, together with a schedule for how
                quickly each such system should be implemented.
                    ``(D) Provision of security consultation
                services.--
                            ``(i) In general.--On and after the date of
                        enactment of the Protecting American Democracy
                        Act of 2003, the National Institute of
                        Standards and Technology (NIST) shall provide
                        security consultation services to State and
                        local jurisdictions.
                            ``(ii) Authorization.--To carry out the
                        purposes of this subparagraph, $2,000,0000 is
                        authorized for each of fiscal years 2004
                        through 2006.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

Output: Protecting American Democracy Act of 2003 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voter verification and improved security for voting systems.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Jobs Creation Act of
2004''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR INCREASING EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 45G. CREDIT FOR INCREASING EMPLOYMENT.

    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 38, in the case of an
eligible employer, the increased employment credit for any taxable year
shall be an amount equal to 50 percent of the excess of--
            ``(1) the aggregate unemployment insurance wages paid
        during the calendar year ending during such taxable year, over
            ``(2) 102 percent of the aggregate unemployment insurance
        wages paid during the preceding calendar year.
    ``(b) Eligible Employer.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `eligible employer' means any
        employer having gross receipts for the taxable year of less
        than $25,000,000.
            ``(2) Gross receipts.--For purposes of this subsection,
        gross receipts for any taxable year shall be reduced by returns
        and allowances made during the taxable year.
    ``(c) Minimum Preceding Year Wages.--For purposes of determining
the amount of the credit under subsection (a) with respect to any
calendar year, the amount described in subsection (a)(2) shall be
deemed to be not less than 50 percent of the amount of such wages paid
during such preceding calendar year.
    ``(d) Total Wages Must Increase.--The amount of the credit
determined under this section for any taxable year shall not exceed the
amount which would be determined for such year under subsection (a)
(without regard to subsection (b)) if--
            ``(1) the aggregate amounts taken into account as
        unemployment insurance wages were determined without any dollar
        limitation, and
            ``(2) `105 percent' were substituted for `102 percent' in
        subsection (a).
    ``(e) $100,000 Per Year Limitation on Credit.--The amount of the
credit determined under this section for any employer with respect to
any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000.
    ``(f) Unemployment Insurance Wages.--For purposes of this section,
the term `unemployment insurance wages' has the meaning given to the
term `wages' by section 3306(b).
    ``(g) Special Rules.--Rules similar to the following rules shall
apply for purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Section 51(g) (relating to United States Employment
        Service to notify employers of availability of credit).
            ``(2) Section 51(h)(1) (relating to special rules for
        agricultural labor and railway labor).
            ``(3) Section 52 (relating to special rules for work
        opportunity credit).
            ``(4) Section 41(f) (relating to adjustments for certain
        acquisitions, etc.).
    ``(h) Other Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Change in status from self-employed to employee.--
        If--
                    ``(A) during any calendar year an individual has
                net earnings from self-employment (as defined in
                section 1402(a)) which are attributable to a trade or
                business, and
                    ``(B) for any portion of the succeeding calendar
                year such individual is an employee of such trade or
                business,
        then, for purposes of determining the credit allowable for a
        taxable year beginning in such succeeding calendar year, the
        employer's aggregate unemployment insurance wages for the
        calendar year preceding the calendar year referred to in
        subparagraph (A) shall be increased by an amount equal to so
        much of the net earnings referred to in subparagraph (A) as
        does not exceed $7,000.
            ``(2) $50,000 limitation in the case of married individuals
        filing separate returns.--In the case of a husband or wife who
        files a separate return, the limitation under subsection (e)
        shall be $50,000 in lieu of $100,000. This subsection shall not
        apply if the spouse of the taxpayer has no interest in a trade
        or business for the taxable year of such spouse which ends
        within or with the taxpayer's taxable year.
    ``(i) Termination.--This section shall not apply to any taxable
year beginning after 2009.''.
    (b) Denial of Double Benefit.--Subsection (a) of section 280C of
such Code is amended by inserting ``45G(a),'' after ``45A(a),''.
    (c) Credit Treated as Business Credit.--Subsection (b) of section
38 of such Code is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph
(14), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting
``, plus'', and by adding at the end the following:
            ``(16) the increased employment credit determined under
        section 45G(a).''.
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter I is amended by adding at the end
the following:

                              ``Sec. 45G. Credit for increasing
                                        employment.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

Output: Small Business Jobs Creation Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer with annual gross receipts of less than $25 million a business tax credit for 50 percent of the excess of unemployment insurance wages paid in the current year over 102 percent of such wages paid during the preceding calendar year. Limits the annual amount of such credit to $100,000. Terminates the credit after 2009.