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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) interstate public offerings of debt securities by
        corporations and other entities that are registered under
        Federal securities laws are required to be covered by a trust
        indenture meeting the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act
        of 1939 (``1939 Act'');
            (2) a trust indenture is a contractual agreement between
        the issuer of the debt securities and a financial institution
        as trustee for the benefit and protection of public
        debtholders;
            (3) a trust indenture under the 1939 Act sets forth certain
        responsibilities and rights of the issuer and the trustee,
        including the obligation of the issuer to make payment of
        interest and principal on the debt securities to debtholders,
        and it sets forth events of default which can trigger actions
        by the trustee on behalf of the debtholders to have the default
        cured or to otherwise obtain payment for debtholders;
            (4) the 1939 Act does not, however, contain provisions that
        would require a successor corporation to the issuer resulting
        from a merger, consolidation, sale of substantially all of its
        assets, share exchange or other transaction having
        substantially equivalent effect, to assume payment
        responsibility for the predecessor/issuer's debt securities;
            (5) sample trust indenture provisions set forth in sections
        801 and 802 of the American Bar Foundation's Model Debenture
        Indenture Provisions (``ABF Model Indenture'', approved and
        adopted in 1967) for registered public offerings of debt
        securities attempt to deal with the ``successor responsibility
        for payment'' situation, but fail to specifically cover ``share
        exchanges'' (which are types of corporate reorganization
        transactions developed subsequent to 1967) or ``equivalent
        effect'' transactions;
            (6) issuers of debt securities are not currently required
        to include in their trust indentures any section dealing with
        the ``successor liability for payment'' situation, inasmuch as
        inclusion of the ABF Model Indenture provisions on that
        subject, in whole or in part, is voluntary by the issuer;
            (7) certain issuers of debt securities to the public in
        registered offerings have engaged in share exchange
        transactions (that are substantially equivalent to mergers),
        with successor corporations, where such issuers have sought to
        avoid successor payment responsibility on the debt securities
        on the premise that the language of their trust indenture
        provisions regarding successor payment responsibility does not
        specifically cover share exchanges nor state that such sections
        would be applicable to any other transactions having effects
        substantially equivalent to a merger, combination, or sale of
        substantially all the issuer's assets; and
            (8) it is appropriate and necessary for the protection of
        public purchasers of debt securities in publicly registered
        offerings under the Federal securities laws that trust
        indentures relating to such debt securities be required under
        the 1939 Act to have successor payment responsibility
        provisions, and that such provisions be drafted with language
        that is both complete and flexible in order to assure that a
        successor to an issuer of debt securities resulting from a
        merger or equivalent transaction cannot avoid payment
        responsibility that would disastrously injure public
        debtholders.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939.

    The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended by adding after section
328 (15 U.S.C. 77bbbb) the following new section:

           ``merger, consolidation, conveyance, or transfer.

    ``Sec. 329. (a) Conditions on Transaction.--An issuer of any
security subject to this title shall not consolidate with or merge into
any other corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any person, or engage in any equity or
share exchange transaction with any other person or with the security
holders of any other person which results in a reduction of the assets
available to the issuer, or engage in any other transaction having a
substantially equivalent effect, unless--
            ``(1) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into
        which the issuer is merged or the person which acquires by
        conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the issuer
        substantially as an entirety, or the person which acquires the
        shares of the issuer or whose equity holders acquire such
        shares, in a transaction which results in a reduction of the
        assets available to the issuer, shall be a corporation
        organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
        America or any State or the District of Columbia, and shall
        expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed
        and delivered to the trustee, in form satisfactory to the
        trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and
        premium, if any) and interest on all the securities and the
        performance of every covenant of the indenture on the part of
        the issuer to be performed or observed;
            ``(2) immediately after giving effect to such transition,
        no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse
        of time, or both, would become an event of default, shall have
        happened and be continuing; and
            ``(3) the issuer has delivered to the trustee an officers'
        certificate and an opinion of counsel each stating that such
        consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, equity or share
        exchange transaction, or transaction having a substantially
        equivalent effect, and such supplemental indenture comply with
        this article and that all conditions precedent herein provided
        for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
    ``(b) Rights and Obligations Under Indenture of Successor
Corporation.--Upon any consolidation or merger, or any conveyance or
transfer of the properties and assets of the issuer substantially as an
entirety, or equity or share exchange transaction described in
subsection (a), or any transaction having a substantially equivalent
effect, in accordance with subsection (a), the person subject to
subsection (a)(1) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the issuer under the indenture with
the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the
issuer: Provided, however, That no such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer, or equity or share exchange or other transaction
shall have the effect of releasing the issuer, or any successor
corporation which shall have become a successor by operation of this
section from its liability as obligor and maker on any of the
securities.''.

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Amends the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to prohibit certain corporate mergers, consolidations, conveyances, or transfer transactions by the issuer of federally registered debt securities in which the assets available to the issuer are reduced, unless the successor entity expressly assumes, by a supplement to the original trust indenture, the payment of interest and principal of all the securities involved and the performance of every covenant of the predecessor's indenture.
Declares that subsequent to such transactions:  (1) the successor corporation shall succeed to, and exercise every right and power of, the original issue under the indenture; and (2) neither the predecessor corporation, nor its successor, shall be released from its liabilities as obligor or maker on its respective securities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Universal National
Service Act of 2007''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                       TITLE I--NATIONAL SERVICE

Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. National service obligation.
Sec. 103. Induction to perform national service.
Sec. 104. Two-year period of national service.
Sec. 105. Implementation by the President.
Sec. 106. Examination and classification of persons.
Sec. 107. Deferments and postponements.
Sec. 108. Induction exemptions.
Sec. 109. Conscientious objection.
Sec. 110. Discharge following national service.
Sec. 111. Registration of females under the Military Selective Service
                            Act.
Sec. 112. Relation of title to registration and induction authority of
                            Military Selective Service Act.
  TITLE II--FAVORABLE TREATMENT OF COMBAT PAY UNDER EARNED INCOME TAX
                         CREDIT MADE PERMANENT

Sec. 201. Favorable treatment of combat pay under earned income tax
                            credit made permanent.

                       TITLE I--NATIONAL SERVICE

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) The term ``contingency operation'' has the meaning
        given that term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United
        States Code.
            (2) The term ``military service'' means service performed
        as a member of an active or reserve component of the uniformed
        services.
            (3) The term ``national service'' means military service or
        service in a civilian capacity that, as determined by the
        President, promotes the national defense, including national or
        community service and service related to homeland security.
            (4) The term ``Secretary concerned'' means the Secretary of
        Defense with respect to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine
        Corps, the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the
        Coast Guard, the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to the
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the
        Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to the
        Public Health Service.
            (5) The term ``United States'', when used in a geographical
        sense, means the several States, the District of Columbia,
        Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
            (6) The term ``uniformed services'' means the Army, Navy,
        Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, commissioned corps of the
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and
        commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.

SEC. 102. NATIONAL SERVICE OBLIGATION.

    (a) Obligation for Service.--It is the obligation of every citizen
of the United States, and every other person residing in the United
States, who is between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of
national service as prescribed in this title unless exempted under the
provisions of this title.
    (b) Forms of National Service.--The national service obligation
under this title shall be performed either--
            (1) as a member of an active or reserve component of the
        uniformed services; or
            (2) in a civilian capacity that, as determined by the
        President, promotes the national defense, including national or
        community service and service related to homeland security.
    (c) Age Limits.--A person may be inducted under this title only if
the person has attained the age of 18 and has not attained the age of
42.

SEC. 103. INDUCTION TO PERFORM NATIONAL SERVICE.

    (a) Induction Requirements.--The President shall provide for the
induction of persons described in section 102(a) to perform their
national service obligation.
    (b) Limitation on Induction for Military Service.--Persons
described in section 102(a) may be inducted to perform military service
only if--
            (1) a declaration of war is in effect;
            (2) the President declares a national emergency, which the
        President determines necessitates the induction of persons to
        perform military service, and immediately informs Congress of
        the reasons for the declaration and the need to induct persons
        for military service; or
            (3) members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps
        are engaged in a contingency operation pursuant to a
        congressional authorization for the use of military force.
    (c) Limitation on Number of Persons Inducted for Military
Service.--When the induction of persons for military service is
authorized by subsection (b), the President shall determine the number
of persons described in section 102(a) whose national service
obligation is to be satisfied through military service based on--
            (1) the authorized end strengths of the uniformed services;
        and
            (2) the feasibility of the uniformed services to recruit
        sufficient volunteers to achieve such end-strength levels.
            (3) provide a mechanism for the random selection of persons
        to be inducted to perform military service.
    (d) Selection for Induction.--
            (1) Random selection for military service.--When the
        induction of persons for military service is authorized by
        subsection (b), the President shall utilize a mechanism for the
        random selection of persons to be inducted to perform military
        service.
            (2) Civilian service.--Persons described in section 102(a)
        who do not volunteer to perform military service or are not
        inducted for military service shall perform their national
        service obligation in a civilian capacity pursuant to section
        102(b)(2).
    (e) Voluntary Service.--A person subject to induction under this
title may--
            (1) volunteer to perform national service in lieu of being
        inducted; or
            (2) request permission to be inducted at a time other than
        the time at which the person is otherwise called for induction.

SEC. 104. TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF NATIONAL SERVICE.

    (a) General Rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this section,
the period of national service performed by a person under this title
shall be two years.
    (b) Grounds for Extension.--At the discretion of the President, the
period of military service for a member of the uniformed services under
this title may be extended--
            (1) with the consent of the member, for the purpose of
        furnishing hospitalization, medical, or surgical care for
        injury or illness incurred in line of duty; or
            (2) for the purpose of requiring the member to compensate
        for any time lost to training for any cause.
    (c) Early Termination.--The period of national service for a person
under this title shall be terminated before the end of such period
under the following circumstances:
            (1) The voluntary enlistment and active service of the
        person in an active or reserve component of the uniformed
        services for a period of at least two years, in which case the
        period of basic military training and education actually served
        by the person shall be counted toward the term of enlistment.
            (2) The admission and service of the person as a cadet or
        midshipman at the United States Military Academy, the United
        States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the
        Coast Guard Academy, or the United States Merchant Marine
        Academy.
            (3) The enrollment and service of the person in an officer
        candidate program, if the person has signed an agreement to
        accept a Reserve commission in the appropriate service with an
        obligation to serve on active duty if such a commission is
        offered upon completion of the program.
            (4) Such other grounds as the President may establish.

SEC. 105. IMPLEMENTATION BY THE PRESIDENT.

    (a) In General.--The President shall prescribe such regulations as
are necessary to carry out this title.
    (b) Matter to Be Covered by Regulations.--Such regulations shall
include specification of the following:
            (1) The types of civilian service that may be performed in
        order for a person to satisfy the person's national service
        obligation under this title.
            (2) Standards for satisfactory performance of civilian
        service and of penalties for failure to perform civilian
        service satisfactorily.
            (3) The manner in which persons shall be selected for
        induction under this title, including the manner in which those
        selected will be notified of such selection.
            (4) All other administrative matters in connection with the
        induction of persons under this title and the registration,
        examination, and classification of such persons.
            (5) A means to determine questions or claims with respect
        to inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from induction
        under this title, including questions of conscientious
        objection.
            (6) Standards for compensation and benefits for persons
        performing their national service obligation under this title
        through civilian service.
            (7) Such other matters as the President determines
        necessary to carry out this title.
    (c) Use of Prior Act.--To the extent determined appropriate by the
President, the President may use for purposes of this title the
procedures provided in the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C.
App. 451 et seq.), including procedures for registration, selection,
and induction.

SEC. 106. EXAMINATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF PERSONS.

    (a) Examination.--Every person subject to induction under this
title shall, before induction, be physically and mentally examined and
shall be classified as to fitness to perform national service.
    (b) Different Classification Standards.--The President may apply
different classification standards for fitness for military service and
fitness for civilian service.

SEC. 107. DEFERMENTS AND POSTPONEMENTS.

    (a) High School Students.--A person who is pursuing a standard
course of study, on a full-time basis, in a secondary school or similar
institution of learning shall be entitled to have induction under this
title postponed until the person--
            (1) obtains a high school diploma;
            (2) ceases to pursue satisfactorily such course of study;
        or
            (3) attains the age of 20.
    (b) Hardship and Disability.--Deferments from national service
under this title may be made for--
            (1) extreme hardship; or
            (2) physical or mental disability.
    (c) Training Capacity.--The President may postpone or suspend the
induction of persons for military service under this title as necessary
to limit the number of persons receiving basic military training and
education to the maximum number that can be adequately trained.
    (d) Termination.--No deferment or postponement of induction under
this title shall continue after the cause of such deferment or
postponement ceases.

SEC. 108. INDUCTION EXEMPTIONS.

    (a) Qualifications.--No person may be inducted for military service
under this title unless the person is acceptable to the Secretary
concerned for training and meets the same health and physical
qualifications applicable under section 505 of title 10, United States
Code, to persons seeking original enlistment in a regular component of
the Armed Forces.
    (b) Other Military Service.--No person shall be liable for
induction under this title who--
            (1) is serving, or has served honorably for at least six
        months, in any component of the uniformed services on active
        duty; or
            (2) is or becomes a cadet or midshipman at the United
        States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the
        United States Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, the
        United States Merchant Marine Academy, a midshipman of a Navy
        accredited State maritime academy, a member of the Senior
        Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or the naval aviation college
        program, so long as that person satisfactorily continues in and
        completes at least two years training therein.

SEC. 109. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION.

    (a) Claims as Conscientious Objector.--Nothing in this title shall
be construed to require a person to be subject to combatant training
and service in the uniformed services, if that person, by reason of
sincerely held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs, is conscientiously
opposed to participation in war in any form.
    (b) Alternative Noncombatant or Civilian Service.--A person who
claims exemption from combatant training and service under subsection
(a) and whose claim is sustained by the local board shall--
            (1) be assigned to noncombatant service (as defined by the
        President), if the person is inducted into the uniformed
        services; or
            (2) be ordered by the local board, if found to be
        conscientiously opposed to participation in such noncombatant
        service, to perform national civilian service for the period
        specified in section 104(a) and subject to such regulations as
        the President may prescribe.

SEC. 110. DISCHARGE FOLLOWING NATIONAL SERVICE.

    (a) Discharge.--Upon completion or termination of the obligation to
perform national service under this title, a person shall be discharged
from the uniformed services or from civilian service, as the case may
be, and shall not be subject to any further service under this title.
    (b) Coordination With Other Authorities.--Nothing in this section
shall limit or prohibit the call to active service in the uniformed
services of any person who is a member of a regular or reserve
component of the uniformed services.

SEC. 111. REGISTRATION OF FEMALES UNDER THE MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE
              ACT.

    (a) Registration Required.--Section 3(a) of the Military Selective
Service Act (50 U.S.C. 453(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``male'' both places it appears;
            (2) by inserting ``or herself'' after ``himself''; and
            (3) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``the person''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 16(a) of the Military Selective
Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 466(a)) is amended by striking ``men'' and
inserting ``persons''.

SEC. 112. RELATION OF TITLE TO REGISTRATION AND INDUCTION AUTHORITY OF
              MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.

    (a) Registration.--Section 4 of the Military Selective Service Act
(50 U.S.C. App. 454) is amended by inserting after subsection (g) the
following new subsection:
    ``(h) This section does not apply with respect to the induction of
persons into the Armed Forces pursuant to the Universal National
Service Act of 2007.''.
    (b) Induction.--Section 17(c) of the Military Selective Service Act
(50 U.S.C. App. 467(c)) is amended by striking ``now or hereafter'' and
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ``inducted
pursuant to the Universal National Service Act of 2007.''.

  TITLE II--FAVORABLE TREATMENT OF COMBAT PAY UNDER EARNED INCOME TAX
                         CREDIT MADE PERMANENT

SEC. 201. FAVORABLE TREATMENT OF COMBAT PAY UNDER EARNED INCOME TAX
              CREDIT MADE PERMANENT.

    (a) In General.--Clause (vi) of section 32(c)(2)(B) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (defining earned income) is amended to read as
follows:
                            ``(vi) a taxpayer may elect for any taxable
                        year to treat amounts excluded from gross
                        income by reason of section 112 as earned
                        income.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 2006.

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Universal National Service Act of 2007 - Declares that it is the obligation of every U.S. citizen, and every other person residing in the United States, between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a two-year period of national service, unless exempted, either as a member of an active or reserve component of the armed forces or in a civilian capacity that promotes national defense. Requires induction into national service by the President. Allows persons to be inducted only: (1) under a declaration of war or national emergency; or (2) when members of the Armed Forces are engaged in a contingency operation. Requires each person, before induction, to be examined physically and mentally for classification for fitness to perform. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) induction deferments, postponements, and exemptions, including exemption of a conscientious objector from combatant training and military service; and (2) discharge following national service.

Amends the Military Selective Service Act to authorize the military registration of females.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit combat pay otherwise excluded from gross income to be treated as earned income for purposes of the earned income tax credit.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Ia Drang Valley (Pleiku) campaign, carried out by
        the Armed Forces of the United States in the Ia Drang Valley of
        Vietnam from October 23, 1965, to November 26, 1965, pitted
        forces of the United States Army against North Vietnamese Army
        regulars in vicious battles in which many United States
        soldiers displayed extraordinary heroism, sacrifice, and
        bravery which has not yet been officially recognized through
        award of appropriate decorations.
            (2) One of those battles, a running 4-day battle fought
        from November 14 to November 18, 1965, encompassed the first
        battalion-sized Army engagement with North Vietnamese Army
        regulars.
            (3) The soldiers of the United States Army units engaged in
        the battle encountered and fought valiantly against an
        overwhelming force of more than 2,000 North Vietnamese Army
        regulars for an extended period under notably difficult
        conditions.
            (4) Historical literature published in the early 1990s
        authoritatively documents repeated acts of extraordinary
        heroism, sacrifice, and bravery on the part of many of the
        United States Army soldiers who were engaged in the battles of
        the Ia Drang Valley (Pleiku) campaign, many of whom have never
        been officially recognized for those acts.
            (5) United States Army units involved in combat in the Ia
        Drang Valley (Pleiku) campaign suffered substantial losses,
        including casualties in excess of 90 percent of strength in the
        case of some companies.
            (6) The incidence of heavy casualties throughout the
        campaign has inhibited the timely collection of comprehensive
        and detailed information to support recommendations for awards
        for the acts of heroism, sacrifice, and bravery performed in
        the Ia Drang Valley (Pleiku) campaign engagements.
            (7) Requests to the Secretary of the Army for review of
        award recommendations for those acts have been denied because
        of restrictions in law and Army regulations that relate to
        timely filing of recommendations and requirements for
        documented justification.
            (8) Acts of heroism, sacrifice, and bravery performed in
        combat by members of the Armed Forces of the United States
        deserve appropriate and timely recognition by the people of the
        United States.
            (9) It is inappropriate for United States policy to
        restrict recognition of military personnel for acts of
        extraordinary heroism, sacrifice, or bravery that are
        belatedly, but properly, documented by persons who witnessed
        those acts.

SEC. 2. IA DRANG VALLEY (PLEIKU) CAMPAIGN DEFINED.

    For the purposes of this Act, the Ia Drang Valley (Pleiku) campaign
is the campaign of military operations carried out by the Armed Forces
of the United States in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam during the
period beginning on October 23, 1965, and ending on November 26, 1965,
and includes the activities of Army units and Army personnel in
providing direct support in or for such operations during that period.

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) Award Authorized.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Army may award a
decoration to any person for an act, an achievement, or service that
the person performed in the Ia Drang Valley (Pleiku) campaign while
serving on active duty in the Army.
    (b) Decorations Covered.--Subsection (a) applies to any decoration
(including any device in lieu of a decoration) that, during or after
the period of the Ia Drang Valley (Pleiku) campaign and before the date
of the enactment of this Act, was authorized by Congress or under
regulations of the Department of Defense or the Department of the Army
to be awarded to a person for an act, an achievement, or service
performed by that person while serving on active duty in the Army.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``active duty'' has the
meaning given such term in section 101(d)(1) of title 10, United States
Code.

SEC. 4. REVIEW OF AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Review Required.--The Secretary of the Army shall review all
recommendations for awards for acts, achievements, or service described
in section 3(a) that have been received by the Secretary before the end
of the period of the review, including recommendations received before
the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Period of Review.--The Secretary shall begin the review within
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall complete
the review within one year after such date.
    (c) Process.--The Secretary may use the same process for carrying
out the review as the Secretary uses for reviewing other
recommendations for awarding decorations to members of the Army for
acts, achievements, or service.
    (d) Report to Congress.--(1) Upon completing the review, the
Secretary shall submit a report on the review to the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the
House of Representatives.
    (2) The report shall contain the following information on each
recommendation for award reviewed:
            (A) A summary of the recommendation.
            (B) The findings resulting from the review.
            (C) The final action taken on the recommendation.

Output: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense or the Army to award a military decoration to any person for an act, achievement, or service performed in the Ia Drang Valley (Pleiku) campaign in Vietnam during the Vietnam War while serving on active Army duty.  Directs the Secretary of the Army to:  (1) review all recommendations for such awards received within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, including those received before such enactment; and (2) report to specified congressional committees concerning review findings, recommendations, and any final actions taken with respect to such awards.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Marijuana Research Act of
2016''.

SEC. 2. PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services--
            (1) until the date on which the Secretary determines that
        manufacturers and distributors (other than the Federal
        Government) can ensure a sufficient supply of marijuana for
        qualified medical marijuana researchers, shall--
                    (A) continue to produce marijuana through the
                National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Drug Supply
                Program; and
                    (B) offer for sale immature marijuana plants and
                the seeds of marijuana--
                            (i) to all qualified medical marijuana
                        researchers who submit a request for such
                        plants or seeds to engage in research pursuant
                        to the section 303(f)(3) of the Controlled
                        Substances Act, as amended by section 3; and
                            (ii) in quantities sufficient to produce an
                        adequate supply of marijuana for such research;
                        and
            (2) beyond the date specified in paragraph (1), may, at the
        Secretary's discretion, continue to so produce and supply
        marijuana.
    (b) Requirement To Verify Registration.--Before supplying marijuana
to any person through the National Institute on Drug Abuse Drug Supply
Program, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall--
            (1) require the person to submit documentation
        demonstrating that the person is a qualified medical marijuana
        researcher seeking to conduct research pursuant to the section
        303(f)(3) of the Controlled Substances Act, as amended by
        section 3; and
            (2) not later than 30 days after receipt of such
        documentation, review such documentation and verify that the
        marijuana will be used for such research.
    (c) Guidelines on Production.--The Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
in consultation with the Director of the National Institute on Drug
Abuse, shall--
            (1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
        this Act, issue guidelines on the production of marijuana by
        qualified medical marijuana researchers pursuant to subsection
        (a)(1)(B); and
            (2) encourage researchers and manufacturers that are
        authorized to produce or manufacture marijuana pursuant to
        section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823),
        as amended by this Act, to comply with such guidelines to the
        extent applicable.
    (d) Definition.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``immature marijuana plant'' means a marijuana
        plant with no observable flowers or buds.
            (2) The term ``qualified medical marijuana researcher''
        means a researcher who is registered to conduct research with
        marijuana under section 303(f)(3) of the Controlled Substances
        Act, as amended by section 3.

SEC. 3. FACILITATING MARIJUANA RESEARCH.

    (a) In General.--Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 823(f)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as
        subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively;
            (2) by striking ``(f) The Attorney General'' and inserting
        ``(f)(1) The Attorney General'';
            (3) by striking ``Registration applications'' and inserting
        the following:
    ``(2) Registration applications'';
            (4) in paragraph (2), as so designated, by striking
        ``schedule I'' each place that term appears and inserting
        ``schedule I, except marijuana,'';
            (5) by striking ``Article 7'' and inserting the following:
    ``(4) Article 7''; and
            (6) by inserting before paragraph (4), as so designated,
        the following:
    ``(3)(A) The Attorney General shall register a practitioner to
conduct research with marijuana if--
            ``(i) the applicant is authorized to dispense, or conduct
        research with respect to, controlled substances in schedules
        II, III, IV, and V under the laws of the State in which the
        applicant practices;
            ``(ii) the applicant's research protocol--
                    ``(I) has been reviewed and allowed by--
                            ``(aa) the Secretary under section 505(i)
                        of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
                        U.S.C. 355(i)); or
                            ``(bb) the National Institutes of Health or
                        another Federal agency that funds scientific
                        research; or
                    ``(II) in the case of nonhuman research that is not
                federally funded, has been voluntarily submitted by the
                applicant to, and approved by, the National Institutes
                of Health; and
            ``(iii) the applicant has demonstrated that there are
        effective procedures in place to adequately safeguard against
        diversion of the marijuana from legitimate medical or
        scientific use, in accordance with subparagraph (E).
    ``(B) The Attorney General shall grant an application for
registration under this paragraph unless the Attorney General
determines that the issuance of the registration would be inconsistent
with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the
following factors shall be considered:
            ``(i) The applicant's experience in dispensing, or
        conducting research with respect to, controlled substances.
            ``(ii) The applicant's conviction record under Federal or
        State laws relating to the manufacture, distribution, or
        dispensing of controlled substances.
            ``(iii) Compliance with applicable State, Federal, or local
        laws relating to controlled substances.
            ``(iv) Such other conduct by the applicant that may
        threaten the public health and safety.
    ``(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the
Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016, for purposes of subparagraph
(A)(ii)(II), the National Institutes of Health shall establish a
process that--
            ``(i) allows a researcher to voluntarily submit the
        research protocol of the researcher for review and approval;
        and
            ``(ii) provides a researcher described in clause (i) with a
        decision not less than 30 days after the date on which the
        research protocol is submitted.
    ``(D)(i) Not later than 60 days after the date on which the
Attorney General receives a complete application for registration under
this paragraph, the Attorney General shall approve or deny the
application.
    ``(ii) For purposes of clause (i), an application shall be deemed
complete when the applicant has submitted documentation showing that
the requirements under subparagraph (A) are satisfied.
    ``(E)(i) A researcher registered under this paragraph shall store
marijuana to be used in research in a securely locked, substantially
constructed cabinet.
    ``(ii) Except as provided in clause (i), any security measures
required by the Attorney General for practitioners conducting research
with marijuana pursuant to a registration under this paragraph shall be
consistent with the security measures for practitioners conducting
research on other controlled substances in schedule II that have a
similar risk of diversion and abuse.
    ``(F)(i) If the Attorney General grants an application for
registration under this paragraph, the applicant may amend or
supplement the research protocol without reapplying if the applicant
does not--
            ``(I) change the type of drug, the source of the drug, or
        the conditions under which the drug is stored, tracked, or
        administered; or
            ``(II) otherwise increase the risk of diversion.
    ``(ii) If an applicant amends or supplements the research protocol
or initiates research on a new research protocol under clause (i), the
applicant shall, in order to renew the registration under this
paragraph, provide notice to the Attorney General of the amended or
supplemented research protocol or any new research protocol in the
applicant's renewal materials.
    ``(iii)(I) If an applicant amends or supplements a research
protocol and the amendment or supplement involves a change to the type
of drug, the source of the drug, or conditions under which the drug is
stored, tracked, or administered or otherwise increases the risk of
diversion, the applicant shall provide notice to the Attorney General
not later than 30 days before proceeding on such amended or
supplemental research or new research protocol, as the case may be.
    ``(II) If the Attorney General does not object during the 30-day
period following a notification under subclause (I), the applicant may
proceed with the amended or supplemental research or new research
protocol.
    ``(iv) The Attorney General may object to an amended or
supplemental protocol or a new research protocol under clause (i) or
(iii) only if additional security measures are needed to safeguard
against diversion or abuse.
    ``(G) If marijuana or a compound of marijuana is listed on a
schedule other than schedule I, the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2),
and (4) that apply to research with a controlled substance in the
applicable schedule shall apply to research with marijuana or that
compound, as applicable, in lieu of the provisions of subparagraphs (A)
through (G) of this paragraph.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 102(16) of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(16)) is amended by inserting ``or
`marijuana''' after ``The term `marihuana'''.

SEC. 4. MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARIJUANA FOR USE IN
              LEGITIMATE, MEDICAL RESEARCH.

    Section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823), as
amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(k) Registration of Persons To Manufacture and Distribute
Marijuana for Use in Legitimate, Medical Research.--
            ``(1) Registration of manufacturers.--Beginning not later
        than the day that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the
        Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016, the Attorney General
        shall register an applicant to manufacture marijuana to the
        extent the marijuana will be used exclusively by qualified
        medical marijuana researchers for research pursuant to
        subsection (f)(3), unless the Attorney General determines that
        the issuance of such registration is inconsistent with the
        public interest. In determining the public interest, the
        Attorney General shall--
                    ``(A) take into consideration--
                            ``(i) maintenance of effective controls
                        against diversion of marijuana and any
                        controlled substance compounded therefrom into
                        other than legitimate medical, scientific, or
                        research channels;
                            ``(ii) compliance with applicable State and
                        local law; and
                            ``(iii) prior conviction record of the
                        applicant under Federal or State laws relating
                        to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing
                        of such substances; and
                    ``(B) not take into consideration any factors other
                than the factors listed in subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Registration of distributors.--Beginning not later
        than the day that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the
        Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016, the Attorney General
        shall register an applicant to distribute marijuana that is
        intended to be used exclusively by qualified medical marijuana
        researchers for research pursuant to subsection (f)(3), unless
        the Attorney General determines that the issuance of such
        registration is inconsistent with the public interest. In
        determining the public interest, the Attorney General shall--
                    ``(A) take into consideration--
                            ``(i) maintenance of effective controls
                        against diversion of marijuana and any
                        controlled substance compounded therefrom into
                        other than legitimate medical, scientific, or
                        research channels;
                            ``(ii) compliance with applicable State and
                        local law;
                            ``(iii) prior conviction record of the
                        applicant under Federal or State laws relating
                        to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing
                        of such substances; and
                            ``(iv) past experience in the distribution
                        of controlled substances, and the existence in
                        the establishment of effective controls against
                        diversion; and
                    ``(B) not take into consideration any factors other
                than the factors listed in subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) No limit on number of manufacturers and
        distributors.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
        Attorney General shall not impose or implement any limit on the
        number of persons eligible to be registered to manufacture or
        distribute marijuana pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2).
            ``(4) Requirement to verify use for legitimate, medical
        research.--As a condition on registration under this section to
        manufacture or distribute marijuana, the Attorney General shall
        require the registrant--
                    ``(A) to require any person to whom the marijuana
                will be supplied to submit documentation demonstrating
                that the marijuana will be used exclusively by
                qualified medical marijuana researchers for research
                pursuant to subsection (f)(3); and
                    ``(B) not later than 30 days after receipt of such
                documentation, and before supplying the marijuana to
                such person, to review such documentation and verify
                that the marijuana will be so used.
            ``(5) Timing.--Not later than 30 days after receipt of a
        request for registration under this subsection to manufacture
        or distribute marijuana, the Attorney General shall--
                    ``(A) grant or deny the request; and
                    ``(B) in the case of a denial, provide a written
                explanation of the basis for the denial.
            ``(6) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the
        term `qualified medical marijuana researcher' means a
        researcher who is registered to conduct research with marijuana
        under subsection (f)(3).''.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEW PROCESS FOR NON-NIH-
              FUNDED RESEARCHERS.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not--
            (1) reinstate the Public Health Service interdisciplinary
        review process described in the guidance entitled ``Guidance on
        Procedures for the Provision of Marijuana for Medical
        Research'' (issued on May 21, 1999); or
            (2) create an additional review of scientific protocols
        that is only conducted for research on marijuana other than the
        review of research protocols performed at the request of a
        researcher conducting nonhuman research that is not federally
        funded, in accordance with section 303(f)(3)(A)(ii)(II) of the
        Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)(3)(A)(ii)(II)), as
        amended by section 3.

SEC. 6. CONSIDERATION OF RESULTS OF RESEARCH.

    Immediately upon the approval by the Food and Drug Administration
of an application for a marijuana-based drug under section 505 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355), and (irrespective
of whether any such approval is granted) not later than the date that
is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall--
            (1) conduct a review of existing medical and other research
        with respect to marijuana;
            (2) submit a report to the Congress on the results of such
        review; and
            (3) include in such report whether, taking into
        consideration the factors listed in section 201(c) of the
        Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811(c)), as well as any
        potential for medical benefits, any gaps in research, and any
        impacts of Federal restrictions and policy on research,
        marijuana should be transferred to a schedule other than
        schedule I (if marijuana has not been so transferred already).

SEC. 7. NO PRODUCTION QUOTAS FOR MARIJUANA GROWN FOR LEGITIMATE,
              MEDICAL RESEARCH.

    Section 306 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 826) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) The Attorney General may only establish a quota for
production of marijuana that is manufactured and distributed in
accordance with the Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016 that meets
the changing medical, scientific, and industrial needs for
marijuana.''.

SEC. 8. ARTICLE 28 OF THE SINGLE CONVENTION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS.

    Article 28 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs shall not be
construed to prohibit, or impose additional restrictions upon, research
involving marijuana, or the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of
marijuana, that is conducted in accordance with the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), this Act, and the amendments
made by this Act.

SEC. 9. NO INTERFERENCE BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

    The Attorney General of the United States, and any officer or
employee of the Department of Justice, shall not interfere with the
production, distribution, and sale of marijuana in accordance with this
Act and the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 10. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``marijuana'' has the meaning given to that
term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).

Output: Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to:  modify requirements regarding the production of marijuana through the National Institute on Drug Abuse Drug Supply Program;  establish, with respect to marijuana research, a new federal registration process that is separate from the process for research involving other schedule I drugs;  establish a process for registering persons to manufacture or distribute marijuana for medical research purposes; and  modify other requirements related to marijuana research and production.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pay for Your Stay Act''.

SEC. 2. WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR PRISONERS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 4014. Work requirement for prisoners
    ``(a) The Attorney General shall establish by rule--
            ``(1) the requirement that Federal prisoners that are able
        to do so engage in work and that such prisoners work at least
        48 hours each week;
            ``(2) the requirement that Federal prisoners engage in
        educational study for at least 12 hours each week;
            ``(3) that no television viewing will be provided to
        Federal prisoners, except educational programs; and
            ``(4) that a 25 percent assessment be levied on all wages
        earned by Federal prisoners, with 5 percent returned to the
        prosecuting agency to help reimburse the cost of the
        prosecution, 10 percent set aside for victim restitution, and
        10 percent placed in the Fund created by subsection (b).
    ``(b) There is established in the Treasury the James Wilson, Jr.
Fund (referred to in this section as the `Fund'). The Fund shall
consist of moneys placed in it under subsection (a). The Attorney
General shall distribute the money in the fund equally between--
            ``(1) State and local programs whose primary purpose is to
        provide training and purchase equipment designed to protect
        peace officers from personal injury in the line of duty
        resulting from the criminal acts of third parties; and
            ``(2) to families of local, State, and Federal peace
        officers killed in the line of duty;
according to such procedures, and in such amounts, as the Attorney
General shall by rule establish.
    ``(c) The Attorney General, in consultation with the appropriate
authorities of States, the District of Columbia, and other territories
and possessions of the United States, shall establish a system whereby
inmate labor may be utilized, with or without compensation, to
undertake activities to mediate the damage caused by an impending
natural disaster or to remediate the damage done by such a disaster.''.
    (b) No Adverse Impact on Business Concerns and Their Law-Abiding
Employees.--Chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by
subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 4015. Protection from unfair competition by prison labor
    ``(a) Work Opportunities Within Federal Correctional
Institutions.--In implementing the requirements of section 4014(a), the
Attorney General shall--
            ``(1) maximize the employment of inmates with respect to
        the operation and maintenance of Federal corrections
        institutions; and
            ``(2) maximize the employment of inmates in work-based
        vocational education and skill training activities designed to
        prepare participating inmates for gainful employment after
        release, while avoiding, to the maximum extent practicable,
        expanding sales of any resulting products or services pursuant
        to section 4124.
    ``(b) Minimizing Unfair Competition With the Private Sector.--Any
expansion in the inmate production of products or services to be
offered for sale resulting from the implementation of section 4014(a)--
            ``(1) may be sold only through Federal Prison Industries to
        Federal agencies on a competitive basis pursuant to either
        section 303 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
        Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253) or section 2304 of title 10, United
        States Code, and their implementing regulations; and
            ``(2) shall be approved for sale by the Board of Directors
        of Federal Prison Industries pursuant to section 4122(b), after
        determining that the proposed volume of sales is not expected
        to have an adverse impact on sales to the Government by a
        private sector contractor offering the same specific product or
        service.
    ``(c) Disaster Remediation Activities by Inmates.--In implementing
section 4014(c), the Attorney General shall--
            ``(1) maximize the use of inmate labor to augment
        governmental personnel and community volunteers in preparing
        for a natural disaster or in conducting remediation activities
        during the period immediately after such a disaster; and
            ``(2) assure that inmate labor does not supplant post-
        disaster remediation activities that would otherwise be
        performed under contract by private sector firms employed by an
        affected individual or governmental entity.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new items:

``4014. Work requirement for prisoners.
``4015. Protection from unfair competition by prison labor.''.

SEC. 3. REQUIRED STATEMENT OF ASSETS.

    Section 1915(a)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``Such prisoner shall also submit a
statement of all other assets such prisoner possesses.''.

Output:
Pay for Your Stay Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to direct the Attorney General to establish by rule:  (1) the requirement that Federal prisoners work at least 48 hours each week if able to do so and engage in educational study at least 12 hours each week; (2) that no television viewing will be provided to such prisoners, except educational programs; and (3) that a 25 percent assessment will be levied on prisoner wages, with five percent returned to the prosecuting agency, ten percent set aside for victim restitution, and ten percent placed in the fund created by this Act.
Establishes in the U.S. Treasury the James Wilson, Jr. Fund. Requires the Attorney General to distribute money in the Fund equally between:  (1) State and local programs whose primary purpose is to provide training and purchase equipment designed to protect peace officers; and (2) families of local, State, and Federal peace officers killed in the line of duty.
Directs the Attorney General to establish a system whereby inmate labor may be utilized to mediate the damage caused by an impending natural disaster or to remediate the damage done by such a disaster.
Requires the Attorney General, in implementing requirements of this Act, to:  (1) maximize the employment of inmates regarding the operation and maintenance of Federal corrections institutions, and in certain work-based vocational education and skill training activities, and to augment governmental personnel and community volunteers in preparing for a natural disaster or in conducting remediation activities immediately after such a disaster; and (2) assure that inmate labor does not supplant post-disaster remediation activities that would otherwise be performed under contract by private sector firms employed by an affected individual or governmental entity.
Provides that any expansion in the inmate production of products or services to be offered for sale resulting from such implementation: (1) may be sold only through Federal Prison Industries (FPI) to Federal agencies on a competitive basis; and (2) shall be approved for sale by the Board of Directors of FPI after determining that the proposed volume of sales is not expected to have an adverse impact on sales to the Government by a private sector contractor offering the same specific product or service.
Amends the Federal judicial code to require a prisoner seeking to bring a civil action or appeal a judgment in a civil action or proceeding without prepayment of fees or security (i.e., proceeding in forma pauperis) to submit a statement of all assets the prisoner possesses.


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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Article I, section 8 of the Constitution vests solely
        in Congress the power to declare war.
            (2) The Constitution provides the President with the power
        to act as Commander-in-Chief and with the limited power to
        utilize the United States Armed Forces to ``repel sudden
        attacks''.
            (3) The constitutional authority of Congress to declare
        war, and the requirement that the President seek Congress'
        express prior statutory authorization to deploy United States
        Armed Forces are necessary to ensure the collective judgment of
        both Congress and the executive branch in making the decision
        to deploy United States Armed Forces abroad.
            (4) In a May 21, 2011, letter, President Obama notified
        congressional leaders that United States military forces had
        been deployed to Libya at his direction ``to assist an
        international effort authorized by the United Nations Security
        Council'', and that ``United Nations Security Council
        Resolution 1973 authorized Member States, under Chapter VII of
        the U.N. Charter, to take all necessary measures to protect
        civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack
        in Libya, including the establishment and enforcement of a `no-
        fly zone' in the airspace of Libya.''.
            (5) In a May 20, 2011, letter to congressional leaders,
        President Obama wrote that he ``reported to the Congress that
        the United States, pursuant to a request from the Arab League
        and authorization by the United Nations Security Council, had
        acted 2 days earlier to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe by
        deploying U.S. forces to protect the people of Libya from the
        Qaddafi regime.''.
            (6) Section 8(a)(2) of the War Powers Resolution
        specifically states that the authority to introduce United
        States Armed Forces into hostilities ``shall not be inferred .
        . . from any treaty heretofore or hereafter ratified unless
        such treaty is implemented by legislation specifically
        authorizing the introduction of United States Armed Forces into
        hostilities or into such situations and stating that it is
        intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within
        the meaning of this joint resolution.''.
            (7) Section 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution acknowledged
        the constitutional powers of President as Commander-in-Chief to
        introduce forces into hostilities or imminent hostilities as
        ``exercised only pursuant to a declaration of war, specific
        statutory authorization, or a national emergency created by
        attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions,
        or its armed forces.''.
            (8) The War Powers Resolution was passed by Congress over a
        presidential veto in the aftermath of the Vietnam war, to
        ensure that Congress had a direct role in the decision to
        introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities.
            (9) The introduction of United States Armed Forces into
        hostilities authorized by the United Nations or any other
        international body aside from the United States Congress is no
        substitute for a congressional declaration of war or
        authorization for the use of force.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It should be the policy of the United States--
            (1) to protect the role of Congress as a coequal branch of
        government and ensure the protection of its constitutional
        authority to declare war and support the Armed Forces;
            (2) to prevent the need for United States and international
        military intervention abroad through the utilization of
        diplomacy to resolve issues of concern to the United States and
        the international community; and
            (3) that no funds appropriated or otherwise made available
        to any executive agency of the United States Government may be
        used to carry out any North Atlantic Treaty Organization
        military operation or deploy a unit or individual of the United
        States Armed Forces or an element of the intelligence community
        in support of a NATO military operation unless the President
        determines that such military operation is warranted and seeks
        express prior authorization by Congress, as required under
        article I, section 8 of the Constitution, except that this
        requirement shall not apply to a military operation--
                    (A) to directly repel an offensive military action
                launched against the United States or an ally with whom
                the United States has a mutual defense assistance
                agreement; or
                    (B) to directly thwart an imminent offensive
                military action to be launched against the United
                States or an ally with whom the United States has a
                mutual defense assistance agreement.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES OR
              ELEMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

    (a) Prohibition on Deployment.--Except as provided in subsection
(b), no unit or individual of the United States Armed Forces or an
element of the intelligence community may be deployed in support of a
North Atlantic Treaty Organization military operation absent express
prior statutory authorization from Congress for such deployment.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a military
operation--
            (1) to directly repel an offensive military action launched
        against the United States or an ally with whom the United
        States has a mutual defense assistance agreement; or
            (2) to directly thwart an imminent offensive military
        action to be launched against the United States or an ally with
        whom the United States has a mutual defense assistance
        agreement.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``deployment'' has the meaning given that term
        in section 991(b) of title 10, United States Code; and
            (2) the term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning
        given the term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of
        1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
    (d) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act and applies with respect to North Atlantic Treaty
Organization military operations initiated on or after such date of
enactment.

Output:
States that it is the policy of the United States: (1) to protect the role of Congress as a coequal branch of government and ensure protection of its constitutional authority to declare war and support the Armed Forces; (2) to prevent the need for U.S. and international military intervention abroad through the utilization of diplomacy to resolve issues of concern to the United States and the international community; and (3) that no federal funds may be used to carry out any North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military operation or to deploy a unit of individual of the U.S. Armed Forces or an element of the intelligence community (IC) in support of a NATO military operation unless the President determines that such operation is warranted and seeks express prior authorization by Congress, as required under the Constitution. Provides an exception in the case of a military operation to directly thwart or repel an offensive military action launched against the United States or an ally with whom the United States has a mutual defense assistance agreement.

Prohibits any unit or individual of the U.S. Armed Forces or IC element from being deployed in support of a NATO military operation absent express prior statutory authorization from Congress, unless under the exception described above.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lewis and Clark Rural Water System
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Environmental enhancement.--The term ``environmental
        enhancement'' means the wetland and wildlife enhancement
        activities that are carried out substantially in accordance
        with the environmental enhancement component of the feasibility
        study.
            (2) Environmental enhancement component.--The term
        ``environmental enhancement component'' means the proposals
        described in the report entitled ``Wetlands and Wildlife
        Enhancement for the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System'', dated
        December 1994.
            (3) Feasibility study.--The term ``feasibility study''
        means the study entitled ``Feasibility Level Evaluation of a
        Missouri River Regional Water Supply for South Dakota, Iowa and
        Minnesota'', dated September 1993, that includes a water
        conservation plan, environmental report, and environmental
        enhancement component.
            (4) Incremental cost.--The term ``incremental cost'' means
        the cost of the savings to the project were the city of Sioux
        Falls not to participate in the water supply system.
            (5) Member entity.--The term ``member entity'' means a
        rural water system or municipality that meets the requirements
        for membership as defined by the Lewis and Clark Rural Water
        System, Inc. bylaws, dated September 6, 1990.
            (6) Project construction budget.--The term ``project
        construction budget'' means the description of the total amount
        of funds needed for the construction of the water supply
        project, as contained in the feasibility study.
            (7) Pumping and incidental operational requirements.--The
        term ``pumping and incidental operational requirements'' means
        all power requirements that are necessary for the operation of
        intake facilities, pumping stations, water treatment
        facilities, reservoirs, and pipelines up to the point of
        delivery of water by the water supply system to each member
        entity that distributes water at retail to individual users.
            (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (9) Water supply project.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``water supply project''
                means the physical components of the Lewis and Clark
                Rural Water Project.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``water supply project''
                includes--
                            (i) necessary pumping, treatment, and
                        distribution facilities;
                            (ii) pipelines;
                            (iii) appurtenant buildings and property
                        rights;
                            (iv) electrical power transmission and
                        distribution facilities necessary for services
                        to water systems facilities; and
                            (v) such other pipelines, pumping plants,
                        and facilities as the Secretary considers
                        necessary and appropriate to meet the water
                        supply, economic, public health, and
                        environment needs of the member entities
                        (including water storage tanks, water lines,
                        and other facilities for the member entities).
            (10) Water supply system.--The term ``water supply system''
        means the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit
        corporation established and operated substantially in
        accordance with the feasibility study.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall make grants to the water
supply system for the planning and construction of the water supply
project.
    (b) Service Area.--The water supply system shall provide for the
member entities safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial
water supplies, environmental enhancement, mitigation of wetland areas,
and water conservation in--
            (1) Lake County, McCook County, Minnehaha County, Turner
        County, Lincoln County, Clay County, and Union County, in
        southeastern South Dakota;
            (2) Rock County and Nobles County, in southwestern
        Minnesota; and
            (3) Lyon County, Sioux County, Osceola County, O'Brien
        County, Dickinson County, and Clay County, in northwestern
        Iowa.
    (c) Amount of Grants.--Grants made available under subsection (a)
to the water supply system shall not exceed the amount of funds
authorized under section 9.
    (d) Limitation on Availability of Construction Funds.--The
Secretary shall not obligate funds for the construction of the water
supply project until--
            (1) the requirements of the National Environmental Policy
        Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) are met; and
            (2) a final engineering report and a plan for a water
        conservation program are prepared and submitted to Congress not
        less than 90 days before the commencement of construction of
        the water supply project.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT COMPONENT.

    (a) Initial Development.--The Secretary shall make grants and other
funds available to the water supply system and other private, State,
and Federal entities, for the initial development of the environmental
enhancement component.
    (b) Nonreimbursement.--Funds provided under subsection (a) shall be
nonreimbursable and nonreturnable.

SEC. 5. MITIGATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE LOSSES.

    Mitigation for fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of the
construction and operation of the water supply project shall be on an
acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equivalency, concurrent with
project construction, as provided in the feasibility study.

SEC. 6. USE OF PICK-SLOAN POWER.

    (a) In General.--From power designated for future irrigation and
drainage pumping for the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program, the
Western Area Power Administration shall make available the capacity and
energy required to meet the pumping and incidental operational
requirements of the water supply project during the period beginning
May 1 and ending October 31 of each year.
    (b) Conditions.--The capacity and energy described in subsection
(a) shall be made available on the following conditions:
            (1) The water supply system shall be operated on a not-for-
        profit basis.
            (2) The water supply system shall contract to purchase the
        entire electric service requirements of the project, including
        the capacity and energy made available under subsection (a),
        from a qualified preference power supplier that itself
        purchases power from the Western Area Power Administration.
            (3) The rate schedule applicable to the capacity and energy
        made available under subsection (a) shall be the firm power
        rate schedule of the Pick-Sloan Eastern Division of the Western
        Area Power Administration in effect when the power is delivered
        by the Administration to the qualified preference power
        supplier.
            (4) It is agreed by contract among--
                    (A) the Western Area Power Administration;
                    (B) the power supplier with which the water supply
                system contracts under paragraph (2);
                    (C) the power supplier of the entity described in
                subparagraph (B); and
                    (D) the water supply system;
        that in the case of the capacity and energy made available
        under subsection (a), the benefit of the rate schedule
        described in paragraph (3) shall be passed through to the water
        supply system, except that the power supplier of the water
        supply system shall not be precluded from including, in the
        charges of the supplier to the water system for the electric
        service, the other usual and customary charges of the supplier.

SEC. 7. NO LIMITATION ON WATER PROJECTS IN STATES.

    This Act does not limit the authorization for water projects in the
States of South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota under law in effect on or
after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 8. WATER RIGHTS.

    Nothing in this Act--
            (1) invalidates or preempts State water law or an
        interstate compact governing water;
            (2) alters the rights of any State to any appropriated
        share of the waters of any body of surface or ground water,
        whether determined by past or future interstate compacts or by
        past or future legislative or final judicial allocations;
            (3) preempts or modifies any Federal or State law, or
        interstate compact, governing water quality or disposal; or
            (4) confers on any non-Federal entity the ability to
        exercise any Federal right to the waters of any stream or to
        any ground water resource.

SEC. 9. COST SHARING.

    (a) Federal Cost Share.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        Secretary shall provide funds equal to 80 percent of--
                    (A) the amount allocated in the total project
                construction budget for planning and construction of
                the water supply project under section 3; and
                    (B) such amounts as are necessary to defray
                increases in development costs reflected in appropriate
                engineering cost indices after September 1, 1993.
            (2) Sioux falls.--The Secretary shall provide funds for the
        city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in an amount equal to 50
        percent of the incremental cost to the city of participation in
        the project.
    (b) Non-Federal Cost Share.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        non-Federal share of the costs allocated to the water supply
        system shall be 20 percent of the amounts described in
        subsection (a)(1).
            (2) Sioux falls.--The non-Federal cost-share for the city
        of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, shall be 50 percent of the
        incremental cost to the city of participation in the project.

SEC. 10. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.

    (a) Authorization.--At the request of the water supply system, the
Secretary may allow the Commissioner of Reclamation to provide project
construction oversight to the water supply project and environmental
enhancement component for the service area of the water supply system
described in section 3(b).
    (b) Project Oversight Administration.--The amount of funds used by
the Commissioner of Reclamation for oversight described in subsection
(a) shall not exceed the amount that is equal to 1 percent of the
amount provided in the total project construction budget for the entire
project construction period.
    (c) Operation and Maintenance.--The water supply system shall be
responsible for annual operation and maintenance of the project.

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$223,987,700, to remain available until expended, of which not more
than $10,100,000 shall be used for the initial development of the
environmental enhancement component under section 4.

            Passed the Senate November 19, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.

Output:
Prohibits the Secretary from obligating project funds until: (1) National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requirements are met; and (2) a final engineering report and a plan for a water conservation program are submitted to Congress.
Requires the Secretary to make grants and other funds available to the System and other private, State, and Federal entities for the initial development of the environmental enhancement component.
Specifies that mitigation for fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of the construction and operation of the water supply project shall be on an acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equivalency, concurrent with project construction.
Requires the Western Area Power Administration to make available the capacity and energy required to meet the pumping and incidental operational requirements of the water supply project during the period beginning May 1, and ending October 31, of each year from power designated for future irrigation and drainage pumping for the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program, on specified conditions, including that: (1) the water supply system is operated on a not-for-profit basis; (2) the water supply system contracts to purchase the entire electric service  requirements of the project from a qualified preference power supplier that itself purchases power from the Administration; and (3) the rate schedule applicable to the capacity and energy made available is the firm power rate schedule of the Pick-Sloan Eastern Division of the Administration.
Specifies an 80 percent Federal share of planning, construction, and development costs of the project. Requires the Secretary to provide funds for the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, equal to 50 percent of the incremental cost of its participation in the project.
Authorizes the Secretary to allow the Bureau of Reclamation to provide project construction oversight to the water supply project and environmental enhancement component.
Makes the System responsible for the annual operation and maintenance of such project.
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. NIH RESEARCH STRATEGIC PLAN.

    Section 402 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282) is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (5) to read as
        follows:
            ``(5) shall ensure that scientifically based strategic
        planning is implemented in support of research priorities as
        determined by the agencies of the National Institutes of
        Health, including through development, use, and updating of the
        research strategic plan under subsection (m);''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) Research Strategic Plan.--
            ``(1) Five-year plans for biomedical research strategy.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each successive five-year
                period beginning with the period of fiscal years 2016
                through 2020, the Director of NIH, in consultation with
                the entities described in subparagraph (B), shall
                develop and maintain a biomedical research strategic
                plan.
                    ``(B) Entities described.--The entities described
                in this subparagraph are the directors of the national
                research institutes and national centers, researchers,
                patient advocacy groups, and industry leaders.
            ``(2) Use of plan.--The Director of NIH and the directors
        of the national research institutes and national centers shall
        use the strategic plan--
                    ``(A) to identify research opportunities; and
                    ``(B) to develop individual strategic plans for the
                research activities of each of the national research
                institutes and national centers that--
                            ``(i) have a common template; and
                            ``(ii) identify strategic focus areas in
                        which the resources of the national research
                        institutes and national centers can best
                        contribute to the goal of expanding knowledge
                        on human health in the United States through
                        biomedical research.
            ``(3) Contents of plans.--
                    ``(A) Strategic focus areas.--The strategic focus
                areas identified pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) shall--
                            ``(i) be identified in a manner that--
                                    ``(I) considers the return on
                                investment to the United States public
                                through the investments of the National
                                Institutes of Health in biomedical
                                research; and
                                    ``(II) contributes to expanding
                                knowledge to improve the United States
                                public's health through biomedical
                                research; and
                            ``(ii) include overarching and trans-
                        National Institutes of Health strategic focus
                        areas, to be known as Mission Priority Focus
                        Areas, which best serve the goals of preventing
                        or eliminating the burden of a disease or
                        condition and scientifically merit enhanced and
                        focused research over the next 5 years.
                    ``(B) Rare and pediatric diseases and conditions.--
                In developing and maintaining a strategic plan under
                this subsection, the Director of NIH shall ensure that
                rare and pediatric diseases and conditions remain a
                priority.
            ``(4) Initial plan.--Not later than 270 days after the date
        of enactment of this subsection, the Director of NIH and the
        directors of the national research institutes and national
        centers shall--
                    ``(A) complete the initial strategic plan required
                by paragraphs (1) and (2); and
                    ``(B) make such initial strategic plan publicly
                available on the website of the National Institutes of
                Health.
            ``(5) Review; updates.--
                    ``(A) Progress reviews.--Not less than annually,
                the Director of NIH, in consultation with the directors
                of the national research institutes and national
                centers, shall conduct progress reviews for each
                strategic focus area identified under paragraph (2)(B).
                    ``(B) Updates.--Not later than the end of the 5-
                year period covered by the initial strategic plan under
                this subsection, and every 5 years thereafter, the
                Director of NIH, in consultation with the directors of
                the national research institutes and national centers,
                stakeholders in the scientific field, advocates, and
                the public at large, shall--
                            ``(i) conduct a review of the plan,
                        including each strategic focus area identified
                        under paragraph (2)(B); and
                            ``(ii) update such plan in accordance with
                        this section.''.

Output: This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and maintain a biomedical research strategic plan. The NIH must use the strategic plan to identify research opportunities and to develop individual strategic plans for each of the national research institutes and national centers. Strategic plans must identify strategic focus areas in a manner that considers the return on investment of biomedical research and contributes to expanding knowledge to improve the public's health. Strategic focus areas must include overarching Mission Priority Focus Areas, which serve the goal of preventing or eliminating the burden of a medical condition. The NIH must: (1) ensure that rare and pediatric diseases and conditions remain a priority under the strategic plan, (2) publish the initial strategic plan within 270 days, (3) conduct progress reviews for each strategic focus area at least annually, and (4) update the strategic plan every five years.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Save American Jobs Through L Visa
Reform Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Testimony given at a February 4, 2004, hearing of the
        Committee on International Relations of the House of
        Representatives indicated that there is widespread abuse by
        companies subcontracting to other companies nonimmigrants who
        obtained status under the Immigration and Nationality Act by
        satisfying the requirements for intracompany transferees with
        ``specialized knowledge''. Such testimony included that of two
        United States citizens displaced from their jobs by such
        nonimmigrants.
            (2) Further evidence of abuse was indicated by such
        citizens citing cases, including their own, where a citizen's
        employment was terminated after the citizen trained such
        intracompany transferees to perform the citizen's job.
            (3) This testimony also indicated that significant numbers
        of intracompany transferees admitted to the United States due
        to claimed possession of ``specialized knowledge'' do not, in
        fact, possess that prerequisite ``specialized knowledge'' at
        the time of entry into the United States.
            (4) Employers have used the intracompany transferee visa
        program to fill thousands of positions in the United States.
        57,245 such visas were issued in fiscal year 2003, at the same
        time as United States unemployment in information technology
        specialities increased. The admission of intracompany
        transferees with ``specialized knowledge'' therefore flooded a
        job market which had already become highly competitive due to
        job losses.
            (5) Consular officers overseas continue to document
        pervasive fraud in intracompany transferee nonimmigrant visa
        petitions filed in certain countries. In China, for example,
        recent statistics provided by the United States Embassy in
        Beijing to a visiting congressional staff delegation in
        February 2004 reported an intracompany transferee nonimmigrant
        visa fraud rate of about 40 percent, in petitions received
        since fiscal year 2000, with similar fraud rates reported for
        other areas of China as well.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF NONIMMIGRANT VISAS FOR INTRACOMPANY TRANSFEREES
              WITH SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)) is amended by striking
``managerial, executive, or involves specialized knowledge,'' and
inserting ``managerial or executive,''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 214(c)(2) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
    ``(D) The period of authorized admission for a nonimmigrant
admitted under section 101(a)(15)(L) shall not exceed 7 years.''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating
        subparagraphs (C) through (E) as subparagraphs (B) through (D),
        respectively.

SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF ANNUAL NUMERICAL LIMITATION.

    Section 214(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1184(c)(2)), as amended by section 3 of this Act, is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(E) The total number of aliens who may be issued visas or
otherwise provided nonimmigrant status during any fiscal year
(beginning with fiscal year 2005) under section 101(a)(15)(L) may not
exceed 35,000. The numerical limitation in the preceding sentence shall
apply only to principal aliens and not to the spouses or children of
such aliens. The provisions of subsection (g)(3) shall apply to visas
subject to this subparagraph in the same manner as such provisions
apply to visas subject to subsection (g)(1).''.

SEC. 5. REMOVAL OF INTRACOMPANY TRANSFEREES FROM CLASSES OF ALIENS NOT
              PRESUMED TO BE IMMIGRANTS.

    Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1184(b)) is amended by striking ``subparagraph (L) or (V) of section
101(a)(15),'' and inserting ``section 101(a)(15)(V),''.

SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PAYMENT OF PREVAILING WAGE.

    It is the sense of the Congress that employers of nonimmigrants
described in section 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)) should pay such nonimmigrants wages that
are at least the greater of--
            (1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to all other
        individuals with similar experience and qualifications for the
        specific employment in question; or
            (2) the prevailing wage level for the occupational
        classification in the area of employment.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of
the enactment of this Act and shall apply to nonimmigrant visas issued,
or nonimmigrant status provided, under section 101(a)(15)(L) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)) on or after
such date. Such amendment shall not be construed as--
            (1) invalidating any visa issued under such section before
        such date; or
            (2) otherwise affecting any alien provided nonimmigrant
        status under such section before such date.

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Save American Jobs Through L Visa Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate specialized knowledge as a basis for obtaining an L (intracompany transferee) nonimmigrant visa.

Imposes an annual numerical limitation of 35,000 on the number of L visas that may be issued to principal aliens.

Removes L nonimmigrants from those classes of aliens that are not presumed to be immigrants (and thus requires L nonimmigrants to establish their entitlement to nonimmigrant status at the time of applying for a visa or admission).

Expresses the sense of Congress that employers should pay L nonimmigrants the greater of the actual wage level paid to similarly qualified individuals for the specific employment in question or the prevailing wage level for the occupational classification in the area of employment.